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{{quote|'''Gwen:''' What is this thing? There's no useful purpose for there to be a bunch of chompy, crushy things in the middle of a hallway!
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Having large items appear on a conveyor belt that crush down are also common... which makes one wonder what these factories are supposed to be making that require so much repeated crushing to make. It also sometimes appears in [[Womb Level|settings that are within giant monsters]], which could be justified because you're within the monster's digestive tract and that the smashing/pounding things are part of its pre-digestion chewing process.
When devices commonly found in this trope are implemented as [[Death Trap
A one-stop [[Death Course]].
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Resident Evil 4]]''.
* ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]''. Oddly, they didn't do much damage if they slammed on the player. This, of course, could be [[Hand Wave
** In ''Ghost of Sparta'', there is an underwater section of Atlantis that features these. They cause instant death, thus [[Death Is a Slap on The Wrist|setting you back a few seconds]] to right in front of the trapped area.
* ''[[Eternal Darkness]]: Sanity's Requiem''. Same as above, but less justification.
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** This being said, in ''Hunters'' these are absolutely '''horrible'''. These alone make the second run through the planet that they are on ''[[That One Level|unbearable]]''. Going through not 1, not 2, not even 3, no, '''4''' sets of these. With no checkpoints. And you die instantly if they even GRAZE you.
* Occur every so often in the classic ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' games, and one of the few ways in which he can die instantly [[Chunky Salsa Rule|regardless]] of rings, shield, invincibility or even Super form... less common in the modern Sonic games, but that's just as well given the rise and rise of the [[Bottomless Pit]].
** Which isn't to say they're entirely absent, of course. The Evil Foundry level in ''[[Sonic Storybook Series|Secret Rings]]'' has vertical crushers bordered on either side by [[Bottomless Pit
** ''[[Sonic CD]]'' has some blocks in Wacky Workbench that ''look'' like these, but will actually just drop you into the area below if you [[Violation of Common Sense|let them "crush" you]]. This is actually necessary to [[Guide Dang It|reach a Robotizer]].
*** There are some real crushers that look almost identical to the fake ones in the later level [[Eternal Engine|Metallic Madness]].
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* ''[[An Untitled Story]]'' has [[Super Mario Bros.|Thwomp]]-like enemies which come crashing down when approached. They even come in [[Underground Monkey|three flavours]].
* The first screen of ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]'' features four spiked walls that quickly zip across about 90 percent of the screen, resulting in the usual [[Ludicrous Gibs|messy demise]] of The Kid if he's not already in the safe 10 percent when that happens.
* ''[[Bug!]]!'' has them. Interestingly enough, there were two kinds- stomper-looking things (non-fatal, does 1
* In ''[[Miner 2049er]]'', one station has a whole row of these traps to walk through.
* ''[[Marathon Trilogy|Marathon]]'' occasionally uses these, such as the final gauntlet in Defend THIS!. In a few levels, such as By Committee in ''Infinity'', the doors can crush you.
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