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== [[Film]] ==
* The [[Buster Keaton]] short "[[The Haunted House]]." Appears as a [[Booby Trap]] and in the [[Stairway to Heaven]] variant.
* [[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]]:
** ''[[A View to A Kill (Film)|A View to Aa Kill]]'', Max Zorin (played by [[Christopher Walken]]) does this to a stockholder who declines to take part in his plan to destroy Silicon Valley. It's worth mentioning that this staircase [[Thrown From the Zeppelin|leads to the open door of an airship]].
** ''[[The Man With the Golden Gun (Film)|The Man Withwith the Golden Gun]]''. Scaramanga has one of these in his lair. In the opening segment he uses it to slide down and grab his golden gun to kill an assassin.
* Near the end of ''The [[Care Bears]] Movie'', Swift Heart and Bedtime [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDkjWHuX0u0#t=1m55s flip the staircase to slide mode] to speed up a pair of orphan children and then flip it back to slow down an older boy chasing them.
 
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]'', Crono, Lucca, and Frog can encounter one in a dungeon located underneath a chapel. There are two stairways to choose from, but the first one taken will always become this, forcing you to go all the way around to get back to the other.
* A couple of times in the [[Super Mario Bros.]] series you have to ascend a flight of stairs within a time limit, or they'll turn into a ramp and return you to the bottom.
* ''[[Wario Land (Video Game)|Wario Land]]: Shake It!'' has switchable stair/ramps that can be used to build up momentum.
* Occurs briefly in ''[[Lego Star Wars]] 2: The Original Trilogy'' ("Escape from Cloud City" level) and ''[[Lego Indiana Jones]]'' ("Well of Souls" level).
** Actually, ''[[Lego Star Wars]]'' contains several of these, in the form of slides that the player must turn into stairs (or build stairs on top of) in order to pass
* One of those things are present in [[That One Level]] in ''[[Loco Roco]] 2''.
* The "Lonesome Ghosts" level of ''[[Mickey Mania]]'' has a bunch of these.
* ''[[DragonsDragon's Lair]]'' has one of these.
* The ''[[Lode Runner]]''-clone ''Wizard'' uses this as a standard level design mechanic.
* Near the end of ''[[Psychonauts (Video Game)|Psychonauts]]'', you run into one of these, with the switch being manned by a bird.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Super FriendsSuperfriends]]'' (1973) episode "The Baffles Puzzle". Wonder Woman is walking down a staircase leading underground when the stairs fold and she slides to the bottom. Watch it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS7psqgbYNI#t=5m40s here]
* Done at least once in ''[[Scooby Doo]],'' though I couldn't tell you the episode(s).
** Occurred in the ''[[Scooby Doo]] Where Are You!'' episode "Never Ape An Ape Man". Fred has the rest of the gang run up some stairs while the Ape Man chases them. When the gang reaches the top Fred presses a button, the stairs fold down and the Ape Man slides down them and into a trap.
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