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* In one episode of ''[[CSI: Miami]]'', a woman is drugged on a plane and chucked onto an airport convoy belt—where she gets a fatal head injury from a luggage arm. |
* In one episode of ''[[CSI: Miami]]'', a woman is drugged on a plane and chucked onto an airport convoy belt—where she gets a fatal head injury from a luggage arm. |
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* In the ''[[Jonathan Creek]]'', two sisters are practicing a magic trick where one of them is strapped down and moved towards a buzzsaw which drops away at the crucial moment. {{spoiler|Except it doesn't and she gets cut in half lengthwise.}} |
* In the ''[[Jonathan Creek]]'', two sisters are practicing a magic trick where one of them is strapped down and moved towards a buzzsaw which drops away at the crucial moment. {{spoiler|Except it doesn't and she gets cut in half lengthwise.}} |
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* In an episode of the [[Game Show]] ''[[Truth or Consequences]]'', a woman from the audience had to stop an incredibly complex machine before its conveyor belt dropped a pie on her husband's face. There were all kinds of lights, switches, etc. on the machine which she flipped frantically, but {{spoiler|unbeknownst to her, the only way to stop it was to pull the electrical plug out of its outlet}}. |
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* One of the so-called "[[Bonus Round|bonus rounds]]" on ''[[Distraction]]''; if your prize (which they state very clearly that ''you have already won'') makes it to the end before you answer the question correctly, it meets the wrong end of a wrecking ball. |
* One of the so-called "[[Bonus Round|bonus rounds]]" on ''[[Distraction]]''; if your prize (which they state very clearly that ''you have already won'') makes it to the end before you answer the question correctly, it meets the wrong end of a wrecking ball. |
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* The '''entire premise''' of ''[[Downfall (TV series)|Downfall]]''. Don't answer in time, and your prizes, your money and eventually ''you'' go over the side of a 10-story building. |
* The '''entire premise''' of ''[[Downfall (TV series)|Downfall]]''. Don't answer in time, and your prizes, your money and eventually ''you'' go over the side of a 10-story building. |
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* In the ''[[MacGyver]]'' episode "The Black Corsage", [[MacGyver]] and Frank Colton are captured in a fish processing plant, tied up and placed on a conveyor belt that will feed them into a fish grinder. |
* In the ''[[MacGyver]]'' episode "The Black Corsage", [[MacGyver]] and Frank Colton are captured in a fish processing plant, tied up and placed on a conveyor belt that will feed them into a fish grinder. |
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* A 1970s commercial had [[Expy|expies]] of [[The Avengers (TV series)|Steed and Mrs. Peel]] strapped to one of these and headed for another giant buzzsaw—while they [[Casual Danger Dialogue|discussed whatever product the commercial was for]]. Then "Steed" managed to work one of his shoes loose, tossed it with a kick, it hit a control lever, and the board they were tied to pivoted so the blade passed ''between'' the heroes, cutting the ropes holding them. |
* A 1970s commercial had [[Expy|expies]] of [[The Avengers (TV series)|Steed and Mrs. Peel]] strapped to one of these and headed for another giant buzzsaw—while they [[Casual Danger Dialogue|discussed whatever product the commercial was for]]. Then "Steed" managed to work one of his shoes loose, tossed it with a kick, it hit a control lever, and the board they were tied to pivoted so the blade passed ''between'' the heroes, cutting the ropes holding them. |
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== Music == |
== Music == |
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