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* Subverted in an episode of ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'': Rick stumbles in what he believes is quicksand and yells for help; when TC and Magnum arrive, Magnum tells Rick he's in a swamp - "There is no quicksand in Hawaii."
* The [[Big Bad]] in ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'''s "The Night of the Bottomless Pit," who absolutely hates muck, [[Death by Irony|meets his maker that way]].
* Averted in, of all places, the campy ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' series, where the Riddler's [[Death Trap]] involves tricking the Dynamic Duo into posing for a picture on a giant cake which is made of quicksand (long story). Batman warns Robin that the key to surviving quicksand is not to panic, and once this advice help them stay buoyant, he is able to use a rocket-device on their belts to propel them upward and escape.
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** Subverted in ''Mario Teaches Typing 2.'' During a cutscene, Mario and Luigi fall through a hole in a bridge and are saved by a pool of quicksand below.
* ''Super [[Metroid]]'''s many quicksand pools present no danger at all, because Samus wears a sealed space suit and can't drown. If you don't feel like jumping out, you can sink all the way in and walk around on the bottom. In a few places this allows access to new areas.
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** The Arbiter Grounds in ''[[Twilight Princess]]'' has quicksand, including the instant-death type, as a frequent and dangerous obstacle.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'''s Haunted Wasteland has a river of no-escape quicksand that you cross by either using the Longshot or the Hover Boots. Once across, you are still in danger of sinking if you stray off the path.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|Spirit Tracks]]'' has quicksand pits in the Sand Temple and parts of the Tower of Spirits.
** You fight a Moldorm in a pit of quicksand in ''[[Links Awakening]]''. You only get sucked downward (to a cave you must traverse to get back to the surface) if you get put in the center of the pit; the rest of the quicksand simply pulls you toward that center.
** In ''[[Skyward Sword]]'', Link can keep from getting sucked into the quicksand of Lanayru Desert if he [[Videogame Dashing|sprints across it]]. Also, the Timeshift Stones can change it back into the solid, grass-covered ground it once was [[Before the Dark Times]].
** A variation is the Bottomless Bogs in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild|Breath of the Wild]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom|Tears of the Kingdom]]'', a mire that can cause Link to drown almost instantly.
* Subverted in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie|Banjo-Tooie]]''. While there is quicksand in Mayahem Temple and Terrydactyland, it doesn't pull you down, the Dragundas living in it do, then spit you back onto solid ground. The wading boots are used to cross the quicksand. The Dragundas are also in Grunty Industries' toxic waste and polluted water.
* Used in an absolutely laughable manner in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)||Sonic the Hedgehog 2006]] game. Wherever sand appears, expect it to be quicksand. And if you fall in? You fall straight through like there's nothing there. In other words, another [[Bottomless Pit]] in disguise, much like water in that game.
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* Averted in ''[[The Curse of Monkey Island]]''. Guybrush gets trapped in a pool of quicksand, but only up to his waist, and he sinks so slowly that the player has ample time to figure out how to use a balloon, a rock, and a nearby thorn bush to get him out before anything unpleasant happens to him.
* ''[[Adventures of Dino Riki]]'' has quicksand whirlpools popping up from the ground.
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