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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway The Battle of Midway]] during the Pacific War is a notable example... and a case of this backfiring. The Japanese Navy, under the command of Admiral Yamamoto, needed to destroy the US Navy's Aircraft Carriers that have been hampering their operations in the Pacific. To do this, Yamamoto and the Navy planned on capturing the American-controlled Midway Island, a small-but-strategically-important atoll/island roughly equidistant between North America and Asia. In response, the US Navy would send their carriers and a task force to recapture the island; but once they arrived, Yamamoto would spring his trap: the Japanese Navy would surprise & ambush them with their own carriers (and later battleships & cruiser in a separate task force) lying in wait to destroy the US Pacific Fleet for good. ''However'', this plan began to fall apart before it started; the Americans had intercepted the Japanese Naval Code and learned their plans & approximate naval dispositions. In response, US Navy Admiral Nimitz created his own trap to destroy the enemy. Once the Japanese Aircraft Carriers arrived to begin their assault, they were ambushed by the very same American Carriers they sought to destroy, resulting in the Japanese Task Force losing ''all'' their own carriers in the battle.
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway The Battle of Midway]] during the Pacific War is a notable example... and a case of this backfiring. The Japanese Navy, under the command of Admiral Yamamoto, needed to destroy the US Navy's Aircraft Carriers that have been hampering their operations in the Pacific. To do this, Yamamoto and the Navy planned on capturing the American-controlled Midway Island, a small-but-strategically-important atoll/island roughly equidistant between North America and Asia. In response, the US Navy would send their carriers and a task force to recapture the island; but once they arrived, Yamamoto would spring his trap: the Japanese Navy would surprise & ambush them with their own carriers (and later battleships & cruiser in a separate task force) lying in wait to destroy the US Pacific Fleet for good. ''However'', this plan began to fall apart before it started; the Americans had intercepted the Japanese Naval Code and learned their plans & approximate naval dispositions. In response, US Navy Admiral Nimitz created his own trap to destroy the enemy. Once the Japanese Aircraft Carriers arrived to begin their assault, they were ambushed by the very same American Carriers they sought to destroy, resulting in the Japanese Task Force losing ''all'' their own carriers in the battle.
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* The pilot episode of ''Series/Daredevil2015'' ends with our hero Matt Murdock leaping into action to save a kidnapped boy. The following episode opens with Matt being found in a dumpster with multiple injuries--turns out the kidnapping was a setup by the Russian mafia who were out to get Daredevil.
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* The pilot episode of ''Series/Daredevil2015'' ends with our hero ''Series/Daredevil2015''
** In "[[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E2CutMan Cut Man]]", MattMurdock leaping leaps into action to save a boy being kidnapped boy. The following episode opens with Matt by the Russians. It turns out that Vladimir and Anatoly kidnapped the boy purely as bait for Matt. He's gravely wounded trying to rescue the boy, and ends up being found in a dumpster with multiple injuries--turns outside Claire Temple's building. Claire has to patch him up before he can go out and successfully save the kidnapping boy.
** In "[[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E9SpeakOfTheDevil Speak of the Devil]]", Wilson Fisk has Elena Cardenas killed knowing that Matt will be enraged enough by her death to come out and confront him. Matt takes the bait, and ends up being ambushed by Nobu, Fisk having set Nobu and Matt up to take each other out without him dirtying his own hands. When Matt manages to survive this duel, albeit badly wounded, Fisk enters the room, accompanied by James Wesley and Francis.
--->'''Wilson Fisk:''' Thank you. Nobu was becoming an issue. I appreciate you removing him from concern.\\
'''Matt Murdock:''' You...you ''wanted'' me to do this.\\
'''Wilson Fisk:''' In asetup by perfect world, you would have taken each other out, but it isn't a perfect world, is it? Not yet. To be honest, it took longer than I expected. Nobu didn't mind. He meditated for hours. I find it difficult to meditate. My mind, it won't quiet. It's a character flaw, I suppose. We all have them. You, for instance. You've demonstrated an emotional weakness for children and women. I assumed that would extend to the Russian mafia who were out elderly. So I baited the hook. Here you are.\\
'''Matt Murdock:''' You took her life just to getDaredevil.my attention?\\
'''Wilson Fisk:''' Nobu forced my hand in the matter. My options, they were limited by necessity. I took no pleasure in her passing.\\
'''Matt Murdock:''' ''[staggering towards Fisk]'' I'm gonna kill you.\\
'''Wilson Fisk:''' ''[spreads his arms]'' [[BringIt Take your shot!]]
** In "[[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E2CutMan Cut Man]]", Matt
** In "[[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E9SpeakOfTheDevil Speak of the Devil]]", Wilson Fisk has Elena Cardenas killed knowing that Matt will be enraged enough by her death to come out and confront him. Matt takes the bait, and ends up being ambushed by Nobu, Fisk having set Nobu and Matt up to take each other out without him dirtying his own hands. When Matt manages to survive this duel, albeit badly wounded, Fisk enters the room, accompanied by James Wesley and Francis.
--->'''Wilson Fisk:''' Thank you. Nobu was becoming an issue. I appreciate you removing him from concern.\\
'''Matt Murdock:''' You...you ''wanted'' me to do this.\\
'''Wilson Fisk:''' In a
'''Matt Murdock:''' You took her life just to get
'''Wilson Fisk:''' Nobu forced my hand in the matter. My options, they were limited by necessity. I took no pleasure in her passing.\\
'''Matt Murdock:''' ''[staggering towards Fisk]'' I'm gonna kill you.\\
'''Wilson Fisk:''' ''[spreads his arms]'' [[BringIt Take your shot!]]
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* In ''Film/BlackBook'', which is set in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Nazi-occupied]] [[UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands Netherlands]], the family of Rachel Stein (Creator/CariceVanHouten) ends up victim of an elaborate scheme by [[spoiler:Akkermans]] to lure remaining Jewish people to a fake escape route on a river where a squad of Germans led by Franken wait for them and gun them down. Only Rachel manages to escape.
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* ''Radio/BleakExpectations:'' Happens to Pip Bin in series 4. Being Pip Bin, it is an ''incredibly obvious'' trap, with the man doing the luring even giving the SuspiciouslySpecificDenial that he is not being lured, and Pip believes this.
* ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme:'' One sketch has a pair of lionesses giving a seminar to prey animals on how not to be caught. At the end, they point out a fact all the animals didn't clock, and that all the doors are barred.
-->'''Lioness:''' Kind of your own worst enemies, guys.
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* ''Radio/BleakExpectations:'' Happens to Pip Bin in series 4. Being Pip Bin, it is an ''incredibly obvious'' trap, with the man doing the luring even giving the SuspiciouslySpecificDenial that he is not being lured, and Pip believes this.
* ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme:'' One sketch has a pair of lionesses giving a seminar to prey animals on how not to be caught. At the end, they point out a fact all the animals didn't clock, and that all the doors are barred.
-->'''Lioness:''' Kind of your own worst enemies, guys.
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* ''[[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/72498/sublight-drive-star-wars/ Sublight Drive]]'': The surprise attack on Coruscant was not known or authorised by the Confederacy leaders, but General Tann devises a plan to work with the resulting furious Republic offensive, by carefully provoking them into getting ''too'' aggressive and overextending, leaving their core worlds inadequately defended. Rain Bonteri, the protagonist, is frustrated by not being allowed to attack, but General Tann privately discusses with Admiral Trench that Bonteri is being deliberately hamstrung so that he doesn't immediately annihilate his opponent -- thus drawing more Republic reinforcements, which will be further out of position when Operation Storm-Door begins.
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* In ''Fanfic/AgeOfDragons'', Hawke is lured into a clearly obvious trap by someone pointing out that the trap is probably more interesting than what he's doing at the moment.
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* In ''Fanfic/AgeOfDragons'', Hawke is lured into a clearly obvious trap by someone pointing out that the trap is probably more interesting than what he's doing at the moment.
* ''Fanfic/InvaderZimABadThingNeverEnds'': In Chapter 19, [[spoiler: [[VillainTeamUp Lex and Aldrich]] anticipate Zim and Tak's assault on the former's base to hijack control of his MechaMooks, so they use Aldrich's [[BiggerOnTheInside dimension-distorting technology]] to change its layout and seal it off in a PocketDimension once they enter, cutting them off from their target and any escape, while unleashing said MechaMooks on them]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' fanfic ''Fanfic/PatronOfTheArtOfWar'', the opening mission is Sabine running a solo run to set up charges under an Imperial building to collapse it into the ground, however the info was a trap set up by Thrawn to capture Sabine in order to "protect" her.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' fanfic ''Fanfic/PatronOfTheArtOfWar'', the opening mission is Sabine running a solo run to set up charges under an Imperial building to collapse it into the ground, however the info was a trap set up by Thrawn to capture Sabine in order to "protect" her.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Marinette has been avoiding Luka since their breakup in "Truth", so in "Crocoduel" her friends decide to have Juleka’s, Luka's twin sister, birthday party at their home. So, the two can make up and be friends again by forcing them to be at the same place. When Alya tells Marinette that plans have changed for Juleka’s birthday she goes along with it for a second. Then she figures out what is going on, describers it in detail, and calls the whole thing a trap. Alya doesn't even bother trying to deny it.
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** During the L'Manburg War for Independence, after an encounter gone wrong, the L'Manburgians hide in a bunker prepared by Eret... except [[spoiler:Eret reveals himself to be a [[RebelliousRebel traitor]] and activates a piston door in the wall, allowing Dream and his allies to storm the bunker and kill the L'Manburgians in a CurbStompBattle]].
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** During the L'Manburg War for Independence, after an encounter gone wrong, the L'Manburgians hide in a bunker prepared by Eret... except [[spoiler:Eret Eret reveals himself to be a [[RebelliousRebel traitor]] and activates a piston door in the wall, allowing Dream and his allies to storm the bunker and kill the L'Manburgians in a CurbStompBattle]].CurbStompBattle.
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** On Day 128, Apo invites Acho out to the Ice Wall under the pretenses of a "Monster Slaying quest" to try to kill star on Captain Blondbeard's orders, despite Apo's reluctance to [[KillTheOnesYouLove do so]] and Acho repeatedly questioning the oddly specific "quest requirements" all the way. [[spoiler:It doesn't work out in the end, as Acho is quickly able to counter the attack, with the resultant conversation ending with Apo making his FriendOrIdolDecision to choose to salvage their friendship instead.]]
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** On Day 128, Apo invites Acho out to the Ice Wall under the pretenses of a "Monster Slaying quest" to try to kill star on Captain Blondbeard's orders, despite Apo's reluctance to [[KillTheOnesYouLove [[FightingYourFriend do so]] and Acho repeatedly questioning the oddly specific "quest requirements" all the way. [[spoiler:It doesn't work out in the end, as Acho is quickly able to counter the attack, with the resultant conversation ending with Apo making his FriendOrIdolDecision to choose to salvage their friendship instead.]]
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* In the Obama Adventure series, George Bush lures Barack Obama into a trap using his two henchmen so that he can steal his identity.
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* In ''WebVideo/AfterlifeSMP'': Enigma Lizzie disguised herself as a PirateGirl hosting a "boat race" to lure several (relatively) unsuspecting members of the Obama Adventure series, George Bush lures Barack Obama server into a sealed chamber under an Ocean Monument, which they would be unable to break out of due to the Mining Fatigue that the Elder Guardians in the Monument would induce. Unfortunately, this plan ends up backfiring twofold, as not only did the 'victims' bring along buckets of milk that allowed them to negate the effect and break out of the trap, but [[spoiler:Lizzie also [[HoistByHerOwnPetard immediately gets killed by Guardians]] after leaving the boys to their fate]].
* ''Series/TheCallOfWarr'': Vid attempts to lure Durkin into a trapusing his two henchmen by making him help him at the church. While Durkin was actually willing to go, he attempted to go and inform the other soldiers first... so that he can steal his identity.Vid just got impatient and KO'd him, instead.
* ''Series/TheCallOfWarr'': Vid attempts to lure Durkin into a trap
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** On Day 1, while investigating the Corrupted Island on the Recruitment Officer's instructions, Aimsey starts [[HearingVoices hearing a strange, crying voice that no one else can hear]]. When they follow the voice into the depths of the island, Corruption goo tentacles suddenly come alive and presumably kill them.
** On Day 72, Water finds a strange quest book laid out in the main tavern and crosses a broken bridge deep in the catacombs under Sandro Caravel's statue. This leads to a corridor with a button halfway through, which drops her down a PitTrap into a Hooded Figure's cage when it's pressed. Three days later, Shep falls for the same trap and is captured the same way.
** On Day 75, Bek is also captured by Hooded Figures when her [[CompanionCube statue companion]] Dai goes missing and she eventually finds them being used as bait for her on Monkey Island.
** On Day 128, Apo invites Acho out to the Ice Wall under the pretenses of a "Monster Slaying quest" to try to kill star on Captain Blondbeard's orders, despite Apo's reluctance to [[KillTheOnesYouLove do so]] and Acho repeatedly questioning the oddly specific "quest requirements" all the way. [[spoiler:It doesn't work out in the end, as Acho is quickly able to counter the attack, with the resultant conversation ending with Apo making his FriendOrIdolDecision to choose to salvage their friendship instead.]]
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** On Day 1, while investigating the Corrupted Island on the Recruitment Officer's instructions, Aimsey starts [[HearingVoices hearing a strange, crying voice that no one else can hear]]. When they follow the voice into the depths of the island, Corruption goo tentacles suddenly come alive and presumably kill them.
** On Day 72, Water finds a strange quest book laid out in the main tavern and crosses a broken bridge deep in the catacombs under Sandro Caravel's statue. This leads to a corridor with a button halfway through, which drops her down a PitTrap into a Hooded Figure's cage when it's pressed. Three days later, Shep falls for the same trap and is captured the same way.
** On Day 75, Bek is also captured by Hooded Figures when her [[CompanionCube statue companion]] Dai goes missing and she eventually finds them being used as bait for her on Monkey Island.
** On Day 128, Apo invites Acho out to the Ice Wall under the pretenses of a "Monster Slaying quest" to try to kill star on Captain Blondbeard's orders, despite Apo's reluctance to [[KillTheOnesYouLove do so]] and Acho repeatedly questioning the oddly specific "quest requirements" all the way. [[spoiler:It doesn't work out in the end, as Acho is quickly able to counter the attack, with the resultant conversation ending with Apo making his FriendOrIdolDecision to choose to salvage their friendship instead.]]
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* In [[WebVideo/DrGlaucomflecken'', doctors are lured into dreaded wellness trainings with specialty-specific bait (Ancef for Ortho, sudoku puzzles for Anesthesia, lollipops for Pediatrics, salt containers for Nephrology.) Once they take the bait and come into the training room, the hospital administrator locks the windows and bolts the doors so they can't escape.
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* In [[WebVideo/DrGlaucomflecken'', ''WebVideo/DrGlaucomflecken'', doctors are lured into dreaded wellness trainings with specialty-specific bait (Ancef for Ortho, sudoku puzzles for Anesthesia, lollipops for Pediatrics, salt containers for Nephrology.) Once they take the bait and come into the training room, the hospital administrator locks the windows and bolts the doors so they can't escape.
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* ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' has a scene where a great number of soldiers of the Queens' Justice, led by Princess Ren, go after a mill where they know some of the enemy are hiding. Aware that it could be a trap, Eldest and Corelle Whistler go out ahead of them. The enemy turned out to have ''cannons'', and with the soldiers filling the street.
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* ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' has a scene where a great number of soldiers of the Queens' Justice, led by Princess Ren, go after a mill where they know some of the enemy are hiding. Aware that it could be a trap, Eldest and Corelle Whistler go out ahead of them. The enemy turned out to have ''cannons'', and with the soldiers filling the street.street...
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* ''Film/EightBallClown'': At the beginning of the movie, a pregnant woman comes to 8-Ball's house to answer his ad for free baby stuff. He tells her they're in the basement, and leads her down there. As they head down, 8-Ball injects tranquilizers into her that renders her unconscious.
* The One Nation Earth agents in the ''Film/{{Apocalypse}}'' film series movie ''Tribulation'' are misdirected to what they think is the Haters' hideout, and start shooting up the place, only to find out that it was rigged with explosives. Cue the OhCrap.
* The One Nation Earth agents in the ''Film/{{Apocalypse}}'' film series movie ''Tribulation'' are misdirected to what they think is the Haters' hideout, and start shooting up the place, only to find out that it was rigged with explosives. Cue the OhCrap.
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* ''Film/EightBallClown'': At the beginning of the movie, a pregnant woman comes to 8-Ball's house to answer his ad for free baby stuff. He tells her they're in the basement, and leads her down there. As they head down, 8-Ball injects tranquilizers into her that renders render her unconscious.
* The One Nation Earth agents in the ''Film/{{Apocalypse}}'' film series movie ''Tribulation'' are misdirected to what they think is the Haters' hideout, and start shooting up the place, only to find out that itwas is rigged with explosives. Cue the OhCrap.
* The One Nation Earth agents in the ''Film/{{Apocalypse}}'' film series movie ''Tribulation'' are misdirected to what they think is the Haters' hideout, and start shooting up the place, only to find out that it
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* The "Poor Thing" sequence in ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' has a variation of this, with Beadle Bamford luring Lucy Barker to Judge Turpin's mansion, telling her that the Judge is remorseful about sending away her husband, Benjamin Barker, for life on a false charge. When Lucy arrives, there's a wild masked ball well underway at the mansion, with no one she knows there; and when Lucy finally does find the Judge, it turns out that he is anything ''but'' remorseful, and has used this ball as a means to [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty get her alone and defenseless]], resulting in Lucy getting raped.
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* The "Poor Thing" sequence in ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' has a variation of this, with Beadle Bamford luring Lucy Barker to Judge Turpin's mansion, telling her that the Judge is remorseful about sending away her husband, Benjamin Barker, for life on a false charge. When Lucy arrives, there's a wild masked ball well underway at the mansion, with no one she knows there; and when Lucy finally does find the Judge, it turns out that he is anything ''but'' remorseful, and has used this ball as a means to [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty get her alone and defenseless]], resulting in Lucy getting raped.raped amid the jeering laughter of the crowd.
-->''She wasn't no match for such craft, you see,\\
And everyone thought it so droll.\\
They figured she had to be daft, you see,\\
So all of them stood there and laughed, you see!\\
Poor soul!\\
Poor thing!''
-->''She wasn't no match for such craft, you see,\\
And everyone thought it so droll.\\
They figured she had to be daft, you see,\\
So all of them stood there and laughed, you see!\\
Poor soul!\\
Poor thing!''
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* ''VideoGame/WildArms1: When Jane tells your party she's heard a rumor that the [[UnholyHolySword Guardian Blade]] is somewhere in Volcannon Trap, they eagerly go to investigate. [[spoiler: It turns out the demons spread the rumor to lure them in so Berserk can finish them off. The name of the ruin, and the fact that Jane had to blast the door off with a giant bomb, should have been major red flags.]]
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** Earlier in the game [[spoiler: your party goes to Cage Tower in the hopes of finding clues to the mystery of the many abductions that have happened in the nearby town. This turns out to be a trap with Alhazad activating an energy field to keep the heroes away while he conducts an experiment and destroys the statue they are trying to protect. Once again, the name should have told them something.]]
** Earlier in the game [[spoiler: your party goes to Cage Tower in the hopes of finding clues to the mystery of the many abductions that have happened in the nearby town. This turns out to be a trap with Alhazad activating an energy field to keep the heroes away while he conducts an experiment and destroys the statue they are trying to protect. Once again, the name should have told them something.]]
