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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Detective Conan]]'' uses this quite a bit.
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** The Riddler used to set up insurance fires that were set off by such an elaborate series of events using items already in the buildings that they would look like accidents.
== Fan
* Most of [[The Prankster|Socrates']] pranks in ''[[Calvin and Hobbes: The Series]]'' come off as a downplayed and [[Played for Laughs]] version of this, usually targeting [[The Chew Toy|Calvin.]]
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* ''[[Ghost Trick]]'', in spades. It, for example, features {{spoiler|death by Rube Goldberg contraption}} (twice) and {{spoiler|death by giant plastic chicken}}. You, of course, get to go and try avert all those ridculously complicated deaths.
** In fact, the game deconstructs the idea a little; the {{spoiler|Rube Goldberg contraption}} permanently scarred the person who set it up (since it was supposed to be harmless). Later, it was found to have made an "impossible move", and nobody could ever figure out why it acted the way it did, leading all involved to despair.
* This was a possible result of a ''[[Fallout]] 3'' [[Wreaking Havok]] demonstration. Ideally, the player would remain where they
== Western Animation ==
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