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{{trope}}
The villain sits in his lair, waiting eagerly to hear how his most recent plan was a success. Suddenly, a Mook comes running in. He looks frightened, and upset: [[Bearer of Bad News|He has bad news.]] The Mook delivers the news and winces.
The [[Big Bad]] sits a moment to comprehend this recent update, [[Shoot the Messenger|before bursting into rage]]. He angrily berates the Mook who has [[You Have Failed Me...|"failed me for the last time!"]] Convenient [[Trap Door]] time! The Big Bad pushes the button, the trap door opens... and it just happens to be right next to the Mook who was supposed to fall in. This is usually followed by a moment of awkward silence before the villain asks, "Do you mind?" The Mook will promptly jump into the trap door after this.
Of course, there are alternate varieties. Sometimes the trap door fails to kill its victims, and they continue to complain. Other times, the victim is too fat to slip through. Regardless of how it plays out, if the trap door doesn't work the way it should, you've just met a Trap Door Fail.
Usually found in comedy.
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* In the ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' cartoon "[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbsample.swf Pay Plus]," Strong Bad and The Cheat drop Homestar through a trap door, but Homestar does ''not'' plunge into a bottomless pit.
* [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/542666 The mastermind has some issues, too.]
* IN [[MSF High]], this happens with Liruru Von Astaroth. She goes "[[You Have Failed Me...]]" points to her terrified assistant, the trapdoor opens...Assistant flutters overhead. Liruru did it on purpose, it's an old gag.
== Western Animation ==
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