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See also [[Fed to The Beast]].

== Anime & Manga ==

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** In ''The Joker's Five-Way Revenge'' (a notable comics story marking the return of the [[Monster Clown|psychotic murderous]] [[Alternate Character Interpretation|version of the character]]), the Joker threatens an old henchman (who he suspects of having betrayed him) with this... unless Batman volunteers to take his place. Naturally, Batman accepts. Naturally, the Joker reneges and dumps them both in the pool. Naturally, Batman beats the trap, rescues the hostage, and collars the Joker.

* In the comic ''[[Gorsky and Butch (Comic Book)|Gorsky and Butch]]'', the [[Mad Scientist]] Dr. Fishstein/Fishmeyer/Fisherking has this as his preferred method of doing evil. Being completely incompetent, he keeps forgetting about water....

* ''[[Wanted (Comic Book)|Wanted]]'' has [[Lawyer Friendly Cameo|alternate universe Batman and Robin]] captured by Mr. Rictus, suspended over a tank with a man-eating robotic octopus. {{spoiler|Because they can't remember that they are superheroes, they die horribly.)}}

* ''[[Wanted (Comic Book)|Wanted]]'' has [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo|alternate universe Batman and Robin]] captured by Mr. Rictus, suspended over a tank with a man-eating robotic octopus. {{spoiler|Because they can't remember that they are superheroes, they die horribly.)}}

* In one ''[[Daredevil]]'' storyarc, the hero ends up in an old mansion [[Death Trap|converted into a gigantic house of DEATH]]. At one point, he gets thrown into a tube and ends up in a pool... which, due to lack of maintenance, featured a half empty base, and a suffocating shark. Subversion!

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== Films -- Animation ==

* In ''[[The ~~Emperors~~ New Groove (Disney)|The Emperors New Groove]]'' a pull on the wrong lever drops characters into a crocodile pit. Even the lever's creator questions the wisdom of this setup.

* In ''[[The Emperor's New Groove (Disney)|The Emperors New Groove]]'' a pull on the wrong lever drops characters into a crocodile pit. Even the lever's creator questions the wisdom of this setup.

* In the 1986 ''[[Transformers the Movie (Animation)|Transformers the Movie]]'', anyone the Quintessons found "innocent" was dropped into a tank filled with Sharkticons.

* In ''[[Despicable Me (Film)|Despicable Me]]'', Vector's living room sits ''on top'' of a shark tank -- with a ''transparent floor''.

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== Web Comics ==

* The aforementioned acidborn shark from ''Dungeonscape'' is prominently featured in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0541.html strip #541] of ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|The Order of the Stick]]'', where O-Chul is dropped into a vat of spikes, acid, and an acid-breathing shark. The villains make wagers on his survival in a game show format. Extra Irony bonus: Rich Burlew, the author, was involved in writing said add-on. [http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=193765 He says], "If I thought I could have slipped [[Austin Powers|laser-headed sharks]] through the WOTC editing staff, I would have."

{{quote| '''Demon-roach:''' [[Self Deprecation|They'll let any old hack write a sourcebook these days.]]}}

{{quote| '''Demon-roach:''' [[Self-Deprecation|They'll let any old hack write a sourcebook these days.]]}}

* [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=994 "The Voice of Reason"] from ''[[Questionable Content (Webcomic)|Questionable Content]]''.

* Parodied in ''[[Adventurers (Webcomic)|Adventurers]]'': the [[Big Bad]] threatens to throw his enemies into a "vat of boiling sharks", but [[Fridge Logic|soon realizes]] that it [http://adventurers-comic.com/d/0037.html wouldn't work].

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== Western Animation ==

* ''[[Batman ~~the~~ Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]''

* ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]''

** [[The Joker]] does this in the episode "The Laughing Fish", in a scene adapted directly from the example under "Comic Books".

** "Mad Love" does this with piranhas. The Joker had concocted it as one of his many potential ways of eliminating Batman, but gave up on it because there was no way to make it funny. He had wanted to call it the "Death of a Thousand Smiles", but piranhas are incapable of smiling, even when given Joker-Venom. Harley Quinn tried to implement the plan herself to impress him, reasoning that the frowns would ''look like'' smiles if you lowered Batman into the tank upside-down. Joker was furious, however, because [[Don't Explain the Joke|she had to explain the joke]].

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** Señor Senior Sr. also had a shallow pool with crocodiles.

** Professor Dementor had an almost generic shark pool, filled with lava!

** [[Super Powered Evil Side|Evil!Ron]] had a piranha pool prepared in order to scare [[The Dragon|Shego]] into complete obedience. It worked.

** [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Evil!Ron]] had a piranha pool prepared in order to scare [[The Dragon|Shego]] into complete obedience. It worked.

* In ''[[The Venture Brothers (Animation)|The Venture Brothers]]'' episode "Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean", the Monarch has the main characters tied up and prepared to drop them all into a river infested with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru candiru] fish. Venture mocks him, claiming the candiru's ability to swim up a man's urethra is an urban legend, too bad he's [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010907.html wrong]. (You may now [[Nightmare Fuel|cringe]] if you're a guy.) He has also used an actual pool of sharks to aid in the execution of a purportedly disloyal henchman. Although the sharks didn't touch him, because he'd already [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|replaced the guy's blood with acid]].

* ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' has Jackie and Tohru suspended over one.