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== Anime & Manga ==

* Used straight/spoofed in ''[[The ~~Castleof~~ Cagliostro (Anime)|The Castleof Cagliostro]]'', where the count just happens to have a trap door right underneath where Lupin stands in Clarisse's chamber.

* Used straight/spoofed in ''[[The Castle of Cagliostro (Anime)|The Castleof Cagliostro]]'', where the count just happens to have a trap door right underneath where Lupin stands in Clarisse's chamber.

** Besides this one, the Count's castle is rife with secret passages and trap doors, including one that's an actual ''trap'' in the main entrance hall: It's even hooked up to a fake bust that spits out pictures, Polaroid style, of whomever it drops into the dungeon. Later, when Lupin sets fire to some stuff in the castle's basement, we can see smoke pouring out of all kinds of danged places, some of which seem to indicate the presence of even ''more'' chutes and trap doors.

* Spoofed and used as a [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Excel Saga (Manga)|Excel Saga]]''. Excel is "trapdoor'ed" almost constantly by [[Bad Boss|her employer]], Lord Il Palazzo, as punishment for being, well, herself. In one episode, the trap door is implemented as a form of transcontinental transportation.

* ''[[Yes Pretty Cure 5]]'' uses this whenever the Nightmare Group wants to get rid of someone. They come back, though.

* Used straight by Desler/Dessklok in ''[[Uchuu Senkan Yamato]]''.

* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'', when Bandit Keith confronts Pegasus at gunpoint (in the dub, he [[~~Four Kids~~ Entertainment|merely points at Pegasus]]) in a last-ditch effort to get revenge. Pegasus nonchalantly opens a [[Trap Door]] that dumps Keith into the ocean. In the manga, he uses his [[MacGuffin]] to WELD THE GUN to Keith's hand, and have Keith shoot himself. (Keith in the anime, even in the original Japanese, survives the fall.)

* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'', when Bandit Keith confronts Pegasus at gunpoint (in the dub, he [[4Kids! Entertainment|merely points at Pegasus]]) in a last-ditch effort to get revenge. Pegasus nonchalantly opens a [[Trap Door]] that dumps Keith into the ocean. In the manga, he uses his [[MacGuffin]] to WELD THE GUN to Keith's hand, and have Keith shoot himself. (Keith in the anime, even in the original Japanese, survives the fall.)

* ''[[Bleach]]'' anime #159. Trap doors open up under Renji Abarai and Dondochakka Bilstin, sending them into an arena where they confront the Espada Szayel Aporro Granz.

* ''[[Hanaukyo Maid Tai (Anime)|Hanaukyo Maid Tai]] La Verite''. In episode 5 Ikyo Suzuki uses one to send Ryuuka down the garbage chute.

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* In one segment of Disney's ''Mars and Beyond'', the Martian leader pulls a rope and a trap door opens under the kidnapped heroine.

* ''[[Labyrinth (Film)|Labyrinth]]'' does this [[Rule of Three|three times]]. First is when she gets past the guards with the riddle and says that the Labyrinth is "a piece of cake", the second is when Ludo is whisked right to the Bog of Eternal Stench, and then when Sarah gives Hoggle a kiss.

* ''[[~~DEBS|~~D.E.B.S.]]'' Lucy installs one inside a bank vault to bring Amy to her.

* ''[[D.E.B.S.]]'' Lucy installs one inside a bank vault to bring Amy to her.

* In ''The Man Called Flintstone'', the Green Goose uses one on Barney Rubble.

* At the end of ''[[Charade (Film)|Charade]]'', the bad guy is killed off with one, on a theater stage with sections of floor designed to open with a switch.

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== Live-Action TV ==

* Spoofed in ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~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]].

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

{{quote| '''Smart''' ''(picking the lock)'': "We'll be alright as long as this door isn't connected to a...to a..."<br />

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** "Sarko the Arkman". Used by the title character to capture Dorno, Tundro and Gleep.

** "The Antidote". The Spider Men ruler pushes a button to open one under Dorno.

* Naturally, [[Bad Boss|Lucius]] uses one of these on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]''. He uses it to get rid of [[Yes Man|Samy's]] stuff, but it only takes one glare for Samy to drop himself down.

* Naturally, [[Bad Boss|Lucius]] uses one of these on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]''. He uses it to get rid of [[Yes-Man|Samy's]] stuff, but it only takes one glare for Samy to drop himself down.

* [[She Ra|Hordak]] had one to drop his [[Surrounded By Idiots|hordsmen]] into. On the rare occasion one of them would avoid it another trap would get them, some of them where far less pleasant.

* ''The Adventures of Young Gulliver'' episode "The Dark Sleep". One is used on Gulliver while he's in the witch's castle.

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