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* 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!
* ''Doctor Fun'' had a [http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/collections/1990/images/df1990-430.gif detailed comparative study] of the problem by lowering subjects into test barrels:
{{quote|Most fun: barrel of monkeys.
Less fun: barrel of [[Squirrels in My Pants|squirrels]].
No fun: barrel of leeches.}}
* One ''[[The Far Side]]'' cartoon features medieval soldiers storming into a castle on the drawbridge. One of them looks down to see what's in the moat, and shouts "Ooh! Goldfish, everyone!"▼
* ''[[The Wizard of Id]]'' has the moat around the castle filled with [[Stock Ness Monster]]s.▼
* [[Magic: The Gathering|Benalish Hero]] in ''[[What's New with Phil and Dixie]]'', after [[Asskicking Equals Authority|becoming]] the [[Pirate Girl|Pirate Queen]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20150428205658/http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20090308 got this]:▼
{{quote|'''Benalish Hero:''' ''(grinning)'' Jones! Someone put a ''shark'' in my bath!▼
'''Jones:''' ''(scared)'' R-r-really, o Queen?▼
'''Benalish Hero:''' Next time make it a ''big'' one. }}▼
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* In the ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' episode "The Spell of Tut", King Tut uses a Crocodile Pool as a [[Death Trap]] for Robin.
* ''[[CSI]]'' has a plot where a killer put a shark in a casino swimming pool, resulting in it eating someone (thus making it a double duty trope with [[Animal Assassin]]).
== Newspaper Comics ==
▲* One ''[[The Far Side]]'' cartoon features medieval soldiers storming into a castle on the drawbridge. One of them looks down to see what's in the moat, and shouts "Ooh! Goldfish, everyone!"
▲* ''[[The Wizard of Id]]'' has the moat around the castle filled with [[Stock Ness Monster]]s.
▲* [[Magic: The Gathering|Benalish Hero]] in ''[[What's New with Phil and Dixie]]'', after [[Asskicking Equals Authority|becoming]] the [[Pirate Girl|Pirate Queen]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20150428205658/http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20090308 got this]:
▲{{quote|'''Benalish Hero:''' ''(grinning)'' Jones! Someone put a ''shark'' in my bath!
▲'''Jones:''' ''(scared)'' R-r-really, o Queen?
▲'''Benalish Hero:''' Next time make it a ''big'' one. }}
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