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[[File:cit_Goshuushou_sama_Ninomiya_kun_laser_hallway_with_meidocit Goshuushou sama Ninomiya kun laser hallway with meido.jpg|link=Goshuushou Sama Ninomiya Kun|frame|It isn't easy being a [[Meido]].]]

* Natsuki and Mai prepare to infiltrate a [[Laser Hallway]] in ''[[Mai-HiME]]'', only to discover that Mikoto has already walked into the lasers and triggered the alarms.

* The... er, heroes... of ''Ali G Indahouse'' have to cross a room criss-crossed with lasers. Naturally they can't see the beams, so "Dave, we has to use your special powers." {{spoiler|Dave lights up his bong, takes a good strong hit, and blows the smoke out into the room}}. Once the lasers are visible, they can be avoided -- andavoided—and the best way to do that of course is to {{spoiler|dance the Robot the whole way}}.

* The ''[[Myth Busters]]'' thoroughly debunked this trope, first by discovering that visible laser security systems such as these simply don't exist (invisible infrared laser systems are sold instead), and secondly by demonstrating that even with a crude homemade mockup of the typical [[Laser Hallway]] most of the usual "circumvention methods" used on TV and the movies won't work, and can in fact trigger it. Specifically, they found that blowing smoke/powder at red lasers (jury-rigged from laser pointers) does make them visible, but not long or well enough to be very helpful without setting them off. Night-vision goggles plus powder make even IR beams visible, but with the same problem. Deflecting a beam with a mirror or hitting the detector with another beam worked, but was impractical. And most of their attempts assume beams placed so you could squeeze past them if only you knew where they were. Ironically, the ultrasonic motion sensors can be beaten with the ludicrous methods (tried almost on a whim by the producers) of holding up a bedsheet or simply walking at a snail's pace. Were it not for the fact that these methods violate the [[Rule of Cool]], I'm sure we'd have seen Tom Cruise using them in the next ''[[Mission Impossible]]'' movie.

* In ''[[The Crystal Maze]]'', there was one game in the Future Zone (inspired from the original in ''[[Fort Boyard]]'') which operated on a similar principle -- usingprinciple—using strings. Ringing a bell attached to one of the strings set off a warning. Three and it was an automatic lock-in.

* [[Psych|Shawn and Gus]] encountered one of these. The more limber Gus wove his way through the [[Laser Hallway]] and Shawn {{spoiler|just walked through, because he had already turned off the alarms}}.

* ''[[Fight Science]]'' employed a non-moving visible [[Laser Hallway]] to demonstrate a female ninja's flexibility and kinesthetic sense. [http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/fight-science#tab-Videos/07741_00 She clears the room in 56 seconds and does a back walkover out of the room just to show off].

* In ''[[Quake 4|Quake IV]]'' there is a level in which the player comes across a few space marines nearby a [[Laser Hallway]]. The marines point out that the lasers are deadly, as discovered by one of them who foolishly thought he could dance his way through. The player, however, having been mostly stroggified, can pass through without triggering the trap.

* In ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'', Leon has to dodge through a [[Laser Hallway]] about halfway through the game -- whichgame—which is actually a nod to the movie. This happens again in ''[[Resident Evil]]:[[The Umbrella Chronicles]]'' when Chris and Jill infiltrate an Umbrella base at the end of the game.

* Amusingly subverted in ''[[Fallout]] 3''. The Enclave fortress doesn't have the traditional laser beam corridors, but it does have anti-vermin laser traps under the various passageways. If the player crosses them, a weak flamethrower is ignited. They are utterly ineffective against the player at that point, and not only can they be avoided by simply going fast -- thefast—the player needn't even bother with them to exit the level.

* There is actually a [[Laser Hallway]] in ''[[Zork]] III,'' yet another of the series' numerous anachronisms.

** In ''Secret Agent Clank'', the first [[Unexpected Gameplay Change]] to [[Rhythm Game]] is in a particularly mean [[Laser Hallway]].

* The [[Homestar Runner|Strong Bad Email]] ''[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail178.html Bike Thief]'' features a [[Laser Hallway]] that's more of a Laser Couch.

* Appeared in a ''[[Lonelygirl15]]'' video, of all places; in "Mission Possible", Danielbeast has to navigate one of these.<br />It was pretty offensive they would invoke at ''least'' 4 of the worst tropes in fiction in what is supposed to be a convention-smashing ground-breaking series, including [[Everything Is Online]] and [[Pac-Man Fever]], which you would assume would be eradicated in early drafts when your target audience -- toaudience—to the point that people far enough outside it are ''unable to even gain access to view your show'' -- is—is Internet-savvy computer geniuses.

* Doctor Doofenschmirtz installs an "anti-platypus security" system in one episode of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' that includes a [[Laser Hallway]], among other traps. Naturally, Perry manages to avoid every trap easily.