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{{quote|''"I WARNED YOU ABOUT STAIRS BRO!!!! I TOLD YOU DOG!"''|'''Hella Jeff''', ''[[Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff]]'' {{[[[Stylistic Suck]] sic}}]}}
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In some [[Roguelike|Roguelikes]]s attempting to use the stairs while [[Standard Status Effects|confused]] or carrying to much weight can cause you to trip and fall down the stairs, causing you damage (and hence [[The Many Deaths of You|possibly killing you]]).
* This was a common way to die in old [[Adventure Game|adventure games]], especially Sierra games, which [[The Many Deaths of You|mocked the player]] for the various ways in which you could get yourself killed by performing ordinary tasks. The ''[[King's Quest]]'' series is a particularly bad offender.
* In ''[[Deardrops]]'', Shinichi pushed his fellow violinist Johan down a flight of stairs on impulse, injuring him, due to stress.
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