History Main / DeadlyTrainingArea

* Rita's "training" room in ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' where the hero receives combat training. Once he gets crippled by one of the attacking robots, Rita [[MercyKill kills him]], so he can start the session all over again.

Sometimes FridgeLogic kicks in regarding these training arenas. More often than not from a character asking the question of how risking death in training is better than risking death on the battlefield. Occasionally, these extreme measures are explained as emotional training, dire necessity, or simply the product of a mentor with a [[SinkOrSwimMentor Darwinistic]] [[TheSpartanWay approach]]. Otherwise, if some characters in the setting have incredible [[GoodThingYouCanHeal regenerative or healing powers]], it makes sense to make the training as dangerous as safely possible to better prepare the recruits: better break you spine in the training room and have it healed in five minutes tops, than skip the training room and break your spine on the battlefield with no magical healer available.

* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', the Arena almost fits the bill. Though it is revisited several times, it never looks the same twice, as it is changed to suit the day's training. However dangerous, though, the intention is to avoid killing anyone, especially the Chief's son.

** Death Worlds are considered prime recruitment worlds for the Imperial Guard and the Space Marines precisely because surviving to adulthood there is an impressive enough feat. The "wasteful" part is on full display (on the {{Film/Rambo}}-producing planet of Catachan, only 1 in 4 people makes it past the age of 10), and only countered by the fact that the Imperium's billions of planets hold trillions of people.

** Death Worlds are considered prime recruitment worlds for the Imperial Guard and the Space Marines precisely because surviving to adulthood there is an impressive enough feat. The "wasteful" part is on full display, and only countered by the fact that the Imperium's billions of planets hold trillions of people.

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'''s training room is a rather impressive example, filled with all manner of wind-up or clockwork bludgeoning, stabbing, slicing, or burning devices.

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'''s training room is a rather impressive example, filled with all manner of wind-up or clockwork bludgeoning, stabbing, slicing, or burning devices.

* The Dungeon in ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon''. Adventurers can pick up and learn skills outside, but can only really earn experience by fighting monsters and risking their lives inside.

* The ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' supplement ''Champions II'' had rules for Danger Rooms. If the {{PC}}s wanted to, it was possible to set the level high enough to kill the person (or people) inside. If super villains invaded the base, one suggested tactic was to lure them into your DangerRoom and turn it on full power.

* ''Fanfic/ProjectFreelancerPhaseOneGenesis'' gives its SuperSoldier agents blanks and lockdown paint, but the [[Machinima/RedVsBlue sim troopers]] they face during training are issued live rounds.

->''[[AC:"Due to mandatory scheduled maintenance, the appropriate chamber for this testing sequence is currently unavailable. It has been replaced with a live-fire course designed for military androids."]]''
-->-- '''[=GLaDOS=]''', ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''

* There's a villainous example in ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove''.

* The shortly-lived ''ComicBook/StrikeforceMorituri'' had an [[UpToEleven extremely potent version of this trope]] with '' Biowar Facility Alpha' '' (or [[FluffyTheTerrible 'The Garden']], as it was more commonly known. Essentially a miniature version of a DeathWorld with EverythingTryingToKillYou (both organic and electronic/mechanical), the place was designed to act as a full-scale, real-time version of HowDoIShotWeb (which actually became TrainingFromHell, as two of the members of the very first Morituri team were killed in there and it became common for Morituri '''without''' active physical powers to be injured in the area). The kicker is that in-universe, ''the facility and the Strikeforce itself were directly inspired by the X-Men' & their 'Danger Room', as the creator's daughter was an 'X-Men' fan.''

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''. The Professor designs a holographic training room in which the girls may hone their ultra-super-powers by beating up virtual enemies. The simulation has a numerical difficulty setting (from one to ten) but the Professor insists they stick to the lower numbers for safety's sake. The problem arises when Bubbles worries that being a GirlyGirl means she's soft. A few jeers from enemies make her doubt her strength and fear that she's [[FauxActionGirl not as heroic]] as her sisters. To prove she's hardcore, she enters the simulator solo and turns the difficulty dial [[ShoutOut literally]] UpToEleven.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. The Professor designs a holographic training room in which the girls may hone their ultra-super-powers by beating up virtual enemies. The simulation has a numerical difficulty setting (from one to ten) but the Professor insists they stick to the lower numbers for safety's sake. The problem arises when Bubbles worries that being a GirlyGirl means she's soft. A few jeers from enemies make her doubt her strength and fear that she's [[FauxActionGirl not as heroic]] as her sisters. To prove she's hardcore, she enters the simulator solo and turns the difficulty dial [[ShoutOut literally]] UpToEleven.

-->'''Pirate:''' What? NO! That would completly remove the point of a simulation.

* Balamb Garden from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' had a sort of Greenhouse-like training area where you could [[LevelGrind fight against]] the [[ManEatingPlant local variety of voracious flora]]. Occasionally, a TyrannosaurusRex would eat you.

* In ''ComicBook/DetectiveComicsRebirth'', the team's new base (called the Belfry) has one, known as the Mud Room. It uses excess Clayface matter to form solid opponent constructs.