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This a classic gag often seen in silent films and cartoons: a staircase with hinged, pivoting, or collapsible steps turns into a steep ramp or slide. Often used in sequences where a character climbs the [[Stairway to Heaven]], only to be turned away at the Pearly Gates and sent whizzing down to Hell (compare with [[Hellevator]]).
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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 (
** ''[[A View to
** ''[[The Man
* 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.
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series, a staircase in Gryffindor House does this to prevent boys from entering the girls' dormitories. [[Double Standard|The boys' stairs have no such trap.]]
** In the final battle of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (novel)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', Hermione turns a staircase in a Hogwarts secret passage into a getaway slide to escape from a pair of Death Eaters. Of course, the Death Eaters simply go sliding down after them, so she turns the tapestry covering the entrance at the bottom to stone. CRUNCH.
* The ''[[Hand of Thrawn]]'' duology has this built into secret passages in Thrawn's fortress, which causes considerable inconvenience to Luke and Mara.
== [[Tabletop
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''.
** ''[[Dragonlance]]'' module DL12 ''Dragons of Faith''. One of the traps in Chafka's Tower is of this type.
** The Judges Guild modules ''The Caverns of Thracia'' and ''Verbosh'' each have one of these.
** Module I2 ''Tomb of the Lizard King'' had one of these. Anyone who fell victim to it would slide down into a flaming pit that would kill anyone without fire resistance.
** Module A1 ''Slave Pits of the Undercity''. The last room of the dungeon (where the [[Boss Battle]] takes place) has a long descending stair into the center of the room. If the [[PC
** The 3rd Edition Dungeon Master's Guide mentioned a sliding staircase trap as a possible dungeon feature.
* Flying Buffalo's ''Grimtooth's Traps'' supplement. The "Slider Spiker" trap uses this trick.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[
* 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.
* ''[[
* 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.
* ''[[
* The ''[[Lode Runner]]''-clone ''Wizard'' uses this as a standard level design mechanic.
* Near the end of ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
* 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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