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{{trope}}
A '''deadfall trap''' is a type of trap used by a [[Hunter-Trapper]]. It consists of a heavy rock or log with one side propped up with a stick, with food or other bait underneath, used to trap and crush small animals. A cord is tied to the stick so that the rock or log falls when the animal takes the bait or when the trapper pulls the cord.▼
▲It consists of a heavy rock or log with one side propped up with a stick, with food or other bait underneath, used to trap and crush small animals.
A '''box-and-stick trap''' is a hollow variant of the deadfall trap used for live trapping, where a cage replaces the crushing weight.
As with the [[Bear Trap]] or [[Mouse Trap]], sometimes this works, but sometimes it catches the wrong thing.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* A couple in ''[[Cyanide & Happiness]]'':
** Kris depicts catching a rabbit with a propped-up top hat and a carrot as a rite of passage for magicians in [http://explosm.net/comics/1274 #1274].
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** In [http://explosm.net/comics/4450/ #4450] by Rob, a worm serves as bait to catch an "early bird" to cook and eat.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* #13 of ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s Photoplasty ''[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_520_18-things-you-never-noticed-in-famous-pictures-part-2/ 18 Things You Never Noticed in Famous Pictures (Part 2)]'' takes Kevin Carter's Pulitzer-winning photo of a vulture stalking a crouching Sudanese child and adds a ray of hope by having the child bait a vulture into a box-and-stick trap with an ACME brand cage. A kid's gotta eat somehow.
* ''Easy Money'' by Glenn Jones ([//www.behance.net/gallery/157662/Glennz-Tees-Concepts-for-Voting-2008 #9 here]) - a trap for tooth fairies. Also, ''Restocking'' ( [//www.behance.net/gallery/1714025/Glennz-Tees-Concepts-for-Voting-Jul-Sep-2011 #10 here]), with a [[Pull a Rabbit Out of My Hat|hat]] instead of a box.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' and ''Merrie Melodies'':
** Elmer Fudd has used a box-and-stick trap on occasion to try to catch Bugs Bunny. In ''A Wild Hare'', Elmer ends up catching a skunk instead. In ''Hare Remover'', Bugs sees Elmer's trap for the first time, remembering that Bugs's grandfather had described them before, and plays along by getting trapped.
** Wile E. Coyote has tried (and failed) to use deadfall traps to catch the Road Runner.
* In the [[Stop Motion]] animated ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' [[Christmas Special]] ''[[It's a SpongeBob Christmas!]]'', Patrick sets up this type of trap for Santa Claus baited with a Christmas cookie to make it Christmas every day. He falls for it himself.
== Other ==
* [https://www.theshirtlist.com/ghost-trap-t-shirt/ "Ghost Trap" T-shirt] — with a cardboard [[Pac-Man]] as bait under a ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' ghost trap.
* Google's Noto Emoji,
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Wikipedia describes [[wikipedia:Animal trapping#Deadfall traps|figure-four and Paiute deadfall traps]].
* A dog breeder sells [https://web.archive.org/web/20160824123036/http://drycreekkennels.weebly.com/pyramid-rabbit-traps.html pyramid-shaped box-and-stick rabbit traps].
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Big Trope Hunting]]
[[Category:Comedy Tropes]]
[[Category:Animation Tropes]]
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