Trap Door: Difference between revisions

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'''Hayley''':"[[Oh Crap]]! It's [[Trap Door]] [[Sdrawkcab Name|spelled backwards]]!<br />

''Hayley and Jeff immediately fall through a trap door''|''[[American Dad]]''}}

* Played with in ''[[Austin Powers|Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery]]'': During his introduction, Doctor Evil [[You Have Failed Me|sends numerous minions into fiery pits]] with the push of a button, but when he reoccupies the [[Supervillain Lair|Evil Lair]] thirty years later, the mechanisms are a bit rusty and the goon he incinerates is [[Not Quite Dead]].

** Although, same said henchman survived a fall off a cliff with two broken legs and a bear mauling him at the end credits, so you can't blame it on the mechanisms themselves.

* The vampire superhero film ''[[Blade (film)|Blade]]'' (1998) had a character named Dr. Karen Jensen fall down into a trap chute near the end of the film, where she found and killed her former research partner (who had been turned into a vampire slave), but climbed back out of the chute using an old bone for leverage.

* Ringo Starr falls through at least two trapdoors in ''Help!'' One of them is in a pub and uses a beer glass (glued to its coaster) as a switch; fortunately for those trying to rescue Ringo, its seams are just visible. Another one is inside the area covered by an electrified cage somewhere in the Bahamas...

* Spoofed in ''[[Doctor Who]] and the Curse of Fatal Death'', when the Master accidentally falls down the same trap door three times. The journey back up takes three hundred and twelve years apiece, though he re-appears mere moments later due to [[Time Travel]].

* ''[[Get Smart]]'': Affectionately parodied in a scene where Maxwell Smart and 99 are breaking into the villain's lair.

'''Smart & Villain''' ''(simultaneously)'': "[[Obligatory Joke|Drop in, yes...]]" }}

* The Merchant Banker in ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' gets rid of a charity collector this way (but keeps his collecting tin).

* The "Sock It To Me" bits on ''[[Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In]]'' frequently showed a character (usually Judy Carne) falling through a trap door.

* Spoofed in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDedpreZH-0 this] segment from [[That Mitchell and Webb Look]] where the architect working for the [[Evil Genius]] has built the trap door compliant to safety requirements. That is, with a red light, an announcement warning to clear the area, and yellow signs. The guy in the chair escapes.

** ''Justice League'' episode "Bad Day on Black Mountain". After Mastermind teleports Superman to his lair, he activates a trap door under him and drops him into a cell lined with kryptonite.

* Spoofed by Mr. Burns of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' often. Homer has, however, stood in the wrong position, or was too fat to fall into the hole, or it had been removed for safety violations, or it happened to be malfunctioning and making the victims fall back into the scene through the ceiling. (Although Lenny hasn't been as fortunate)

** Then there's the Buzz Cola Trap Door: Fall into the flavor hole!

* ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' episode "Dragons of Ashida". The title character has a servant pull a rope, which drops the floor out from under the Quest party.

** "The Gamesmaster": Cobra Commander gets abducted this way.

** In one episode of the 1990 series, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNcy9YaYxkc The Baroness orders Destro to prove his loyalty by dumping Zarana. He immediately pushes a button, and Zarana's bed turns out to be a trap door.]

* [[DuckTales]]: In the first episode Scrooge uses one to cheer himself up:

'''Scrooge''': [[Little No|No!]] [pushes buttom]<br />

'''Solicitor''': Ugh! [falls down while Scrooge laughs] }}