History Main / BoobyTrap

* ''TheEnglishPatient'' is set in areas of WorldWarTwo Italy that have been thoroughly boobytrapped by the retreating Axis. One of the main characters, Kip, is a sapper with the British army; the presence of unexploded bombs and mines is what brings him to the villa where the other protagonists live.

* One of Bill Mauldin's WorldWarII cartoons showed a couple of Germans rigging a disabled tank ... unaware that American troops were already close enough that they could have reached out and touched them. The caption is an American saying, "Dang clever booby trap! I kinda hate to disturb 'em..."

** King Sombra's bread-and-butter in ''The Crystal Empire - Parts [[{{Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E1TheCrystalEmpirePart1}} 1]]-[[{{Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E2TheCrystalEmpirePart2}} 2]]''.

** King Sombra's bread-and-butter in ''The Crystal Empire - Parts [[{{Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E1TheCrystalEmpirePart1}} 1]]-[[{{Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E1TheCrystalEmpirePart2}} 2]]''.

* A staple of pretty much any old-school DungeonCrawl in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons.'' Particularly fiendish {{Game Master}}s love filling their dungeons with these.

* Rigging boobytraps is the bread and water for [[CombatPragmatist Military Engineer]] troops.

* The main weapons in ''SpyVsSpy'', which include a gun on a tripwire, a CartoonBomb, a giant spring, an [[BucketBoobyTrap electrified water bucket]], and a TimeBomb.

* The ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia'' series has ''lots'' of traps. SpikesOfDoom? Yup. Wall-mounted buzzsaws? Yup. SmashingHallwayTrapsOfDoom? Yup. Bladed pendulums? Yup. Spinning poles covered in spikes? Yup. The list goes on and on. Frequently combined with DeathCourse for extra fun.

* Laird set up one long ago in the castle dungeon in ''Film/ThePrincessAndThePea''. He tried to lead Rollo into it until Fearless set it off.

* Naturally only Captain Kirk can get away with a fake booby trap to win the day.

* The ''SpaceQuest'' series includes: Collapsing bridges, grates with monsters lurking underneath, laser fences, [[LaserHallway hallways lined with invisible laser traps]], DisintegratorRay-equipped slot machines, sticky trees that get you eaten alive by insects, acid pits, conveyor belts leading to shredding machines, and many more.

* ''SoldierOfFortune II'' has tripwire mines in some levels, which the player can disarm.

Obviously, TruthInTelevision. Keep in mind, however, that in most countries booby traps are illegal and if they kill someone you'll likely face jail time. This includes incidences of home invasion by a thief. The reasoning behind this is that such traps cannot tell the difference between the aforementioned thief and a firefighter breaking down your door to save someone thus laws are in place to discourage homeowners from taking such an action.

Obviously, TruthInTelevision. Compare and contrast TrickBomb.

** Baseball pitching machines

* In ''PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' and Platinum,you set these for other players in the Underground.

* Pills and armor shards often trigger ambushes in ''VideoGame/SeriousSam 1''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Half-Life|1}}'' has mines which can be set off via their blue/green laser tripwires and sentries which can be set off by nearby red beams [[note]]why they didn't simply have the sentries shoot anyone who walked past, as some indeed do, is anyone's guess[[/note]], the former are one of the available weapons. ''VideeoGame/{{Half-Life 2}}'' has "hopper mines" which can be wrenched off the ground with the gravity gun and replanted [[note]]detonating when enemies approached rather than you or allies[[/note]] or simply punted for a quick explosion, as well as several traps in zombie infested [[GhostTown Ravenholm]]: re-purposed gas mains, blades on car engines and cars on pulleys.

** Get shot by a {{pressure plate}} activated shotgun sitting on a nearby bench.

* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' has all of the above. Also concealed mines which don't glow.
* In ''StarCraft'' Terran players can set up hidden land mines.

** One dungeon in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' has what can only be [[http://steamcommunity.com/id/StarSword_C/screenshot/452848054054451402 the most obvious booby trap ever]]. By contrast, there are some booby traps in Dwemer ruins that can be really deadly. One type can only be described as a helicopter rotor in a trench; it can take out a [[GiantMook steam centurion]] in two hits.