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** [[CorruptCorporateExecutive The owner]] doesn't care about his workers and wants to save as much money as possible.



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* '''Exploited''': ???The place was built cheaply so the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive the boss]] could save money, not caring about their employees.
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** Or the story takes place before the OSHA.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???The factory met basic safety guidelines when it was built, but hasn't been maintained properly, so some of the safety measures break when actually used.

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* '''Justified''': The location was made for the express purpose of being a deathtrap.

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* '''Justified''': '''Downplayed''': ???
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The location was made for the express purpose of being a deathtrap.



*** Or, it is an illegal sweatshop.

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*** ** Or, it is an illegal sweatshop.



* '''Subverted''': The factory turns out to actually [[ShowWithinAShow be a movie set]].

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The factory turns out to actually [[ShowWithinAShow be a movie set]]. set]].



* '''Double Subverted''': The factory turns out to actually [[ShowWithinAShow be a movie set]], which is also horribly unsafe.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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The factory turns out to actually [[ShowWithinAShow be a movie set]], which is also horribly unsafe.



* '''Deconstructed''': The location was condemned precisely because it was so unsafe and caused so many accidents. Warning signs are clearly posted to this effect, and the characters suffer severe injuries as a consequence of venturing inside.
** The factory is so unsafe and dangerous that workers die or get injured every two seconds, wasting precious labor force. Coupled with public outrage, the factory becomes unprofitable and closes down.
* '''Reconstructed''': A BigBad looking for a bargain purchases the condemned property for a laughably low price and turns it into his headquarters...without making any improvements.
** The work is set in a time before OSHA, and the factory was built by a CorruptCorporateExecutive who cared little for the safety of the workers.



* '''Lampshaded''': "Why don't they ever put railings over these bottomless pits?"

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"Why don't they ever put railings over these bottomless pits?"



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* '''Deconstructed''':
** The location was condemned precisely because it was so unsafe and caused so many accidents. Warning signs are clearly posted to this effect, and the characters suffer severe injuries as a consequence of venturing inside.
** The factory is so unsafe and dangerous that workers die or get injured every two seconds, wasting precious labor force. Coupled with public outrage, the factory becomes unprofitable and closes down.
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** A BigBad looking for a bargain purchases the condemned property for a laughably low price and turns it into his headquarters...without making any improvements.
** The work is set in a time before OSHA, and the factory was built by a CorruptCorporateExecutive who cared little for the safety of the workers.






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** Or the factory is sentient and doesn't like when people fight in it.
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*** Or it is an illegal sweatshop.

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*** Or Or, it is an illegal sweatshop.



** the muzak is ''Chemical Worker's Song'', ''Work 20 Hours'', etc.

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** the muzak The music is ''Chemical Worker's Song'', ''Work 20 Hours'', etc.
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** The factory is so unsafe and dangerous that workers die or get injured every two seconds, wasting precious labor force. Coupled with public outrage, the factory becomes unprofitable and closes down.
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**The work is set in a time before OSHA, and the factory was built by a CorruptCorporateExecutive who cared little for the safety of the workers.
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** Or, the factory itself is the BossBattle.

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** Or, [[EternalEngine the factory itself is the the]] BossBattle.
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**Or the place hasn't been used in a while and is still being rebuilt.
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*** Or it is an illegal sweatshop.
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Back to NoOSHACompliance, if you dare.

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Back to NoOSHACompliance, if you dare. Watch your step, and the railing's a little wobbly.
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** Or, the factory itself is the BossBattle.
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** the muzak is Chemical Worker's Song, Work 20 Hours, etc.

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** the muzak is Chemical ''Chemical Worker's Song, Work Song'', ''Work 20 Hours, Hours'', etc.
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** the muzak is Chemical Worker's Song, Work 20 Hours, etc.

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* '''Discussed''': "The Alpha Factory was condemned because its builders took absolutely no safety precautions. Wouldn't it suck to have to fight Charlie there?"

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* '''Discussed''': "The Alpha Factory was condemned shut down because its builders took absolutely no safety precautions.of all the accidents. Wouldn't it suck to have to fight Charlie there?"
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* '''PlayedForLaughs''': The central premise of the film is the extravagant lengths management goes to in order to keep the factory from being condemned. The cover-ups and bribes end up becoming [[CompletelyMissingThePoint more expensive then the repairs themselves]], but management doesn't notice or [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules doesn't care]].
* '''PlayedForDrama''': The factory's unsafe conditions have caused the deaths of Bob's father and brother, so he makes it his mission in life to [[{{Revenge}} make the owners pay]]...

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* '''PlayedForLaughs''': '''Played For Laughs''': The central premise of the film is the extravagant lengths management goes to in order to keep the factory from being condemned. The cover-ups and bribes end up becoming [[CompletelyMissingThePoint more expensive then the repairs themselves]], but management doesn't notice or [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules doesn't care]].
* '''PlayedForDrama''': '''Played For Drama''': The factory's unsafe conditions have caused the deaths of Bob's father and brother, so he makes it his mission in life to [[{{Revenge}} make the owners pay]]...

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* '''Parodied''': During the scene, someone notices out a blueprint for the building where all the deathtraps are clearly spelled out. ("The bottomless pit with no railings goes here.")

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* '''Parodied''': During the scene, someone notices out The building has a blueprint for the building where all the deathtraps are clearly spelled out. ("The bottomless pit with no railings goes here.")

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* '''Defied''': Charlie deliberately installs proper safety features in his factory, because he's not a BadBoss and doesn't want his minions getting hurt.

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* '''Defied''': Charlie deliberately installs proper safety features in his factory, SupervillainLair, because he's not a BadBoss and doesn't want his minions getting hurt.

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* '''Double Subverted''': The factory turns out to actually [[ShowWithinAShow be a movie set]], which is also horribly unsafe. Alternatively, there are invisible forcefields protecting... the machinery, not the people.

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* '''Double Subverted''': The factory turns out to actually [[ShowWithinAShow be a movie set]], which is also horribly unsafe. unsafe.
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Alternatively, there are invisible forcefields protecting... the machinery, not the people.
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* '''PlayedForDrama''': The factory's unsafe conditions have caused the deaths of Bob's father and brother, so he makes it his mission in life to [[Revenge make the owners pay]]...

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* '''PlayedForDrama''': The factory's unsafe conditions have caused the deaths of Bob's father and brother, so he makes it his mission in life to [[Revenge [[{{Revenge}} make the owners pay]]...
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* '''PlayedForLaughs''': The central premise of the film is the extravagant lengths management goes to in order to keep the factory from being condemned. The cover-ups and bribes end up becoming more expensive then the repairs themselves, but management doesn't notice or doesn't care.
* '''PlayedForDrama''': The factory's unsafe conditions have caused the deaths of Bob's father and brother, so he makes it his mission in life to make the owners pay...

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* '''PlayedForLaughs''': The central premise of the film is the extravagant lengths management goes to in order to keep the factory from being condemned. The cover-ups and bribes end up becoming [[CompletelyMissingThePoint more expensive then the repairs themselves, themselves]], but management doesn't notice or [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules doesn't care.
care]].
* '''PlayedForDrama''': The factory's unsafe conditions have caused the deaths of Bob's father and brother, so he makes it his mission in life to [[Revenge make the owners pay...pay]]...

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* '''Subverted''': The factory turns out to actually [[ShowWithinAShow be a movie set]]. Alternatively, there are invisible forcefields protecting everyone.

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* '''Subverted''': The factory turns out to actually [[ShowWithinAShow be a movie set]].
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Alternatively, there are invisible forcefields protecting everyone.



* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Reconstructed''': ???
A BigBad looking for a bargain purchases the condemned property for a laughably low price and turns it into his headquarters...without making any improvements.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???The safety conditions in the factory vary on a room-by-room basis, with some rooms meeting every guideline OSHA has ever published and others that would give a safety inspector massive heart failure.



* '''PlayedForLaughs''': The central premise of the film is the extravagant lengths management goes to in order to keep the factory from being condemned. The cover-ups and bribes end up becoming more expensive then the repairs themselves, but management doesn't notice or doesn't care.
* '''PlayedForDrama''': The factory's unsafe conditions have caused the deaths of Bob's father and brother, so he makes it his mission in life to make the owners pay...



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** Alternatively: The story takes place in [[TheEmpire a country with literally no OSHA]].

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* '''Inverted''': Things that are harmless come with overly elaborate safeguards.

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* '''Inverted''': Things that are harmless come with overly elaborate safeguards.safeguards, like a baby carriage with locks, or a three-inch drop with a five-foot railing and foam padding.

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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Charlie deliberately installs proper safety features in his factory, because he's not a BadBoss and doesn't want his minions getting hurt.



Back to NoOSHACompliance.

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Back to NoOSHACompliance.NoOSHACompliance, if you dare.

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* '''Lampshaded''': "No, Bob, don't chase Charlie into the abandoned factory! It's not safe!"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "No, Bob, "Why don't chase Charlie into the abandoned factory! It's not safe!"they ever put railings over these bottomless pits?"



* '''Defied''': "I am ''not'' chasing Charlie into that abandoned factory! If he wants to fight me, it'll be out here in the open."
* '''Discussed''': "I just know Charlie's going to try to get me into the Alpha Factory. It was condemned years ago after all the deaths."

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* '''Defied''': "I am ''not'' chasing Charlie into that abandoned factory! If he wants to fight me, it'll be out here in the open."
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* '''Discussed''': "I just know Charlie's going to try to get me into the "The Alpha Factory. It Factory was condemned years ago after all the deaths."because its builders took absolutely no safety precautions. Wouldn't it suck to have to fight Charlie there?"

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* '''Justified''': Charlie retreats into a factory that's been abandoned for years and is clearly in disrepair, because he's overmatched by Bob and wants to use the environment to his advantage.

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* '''Justified''': Charlie retreats into a factory that's been abandoned The location was made for years and is clearly in disrepair, because he's overmatched by Bob and wants to use the environment to his advantage.express purpose of being a deathtrap.

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* '''Justified''': Bob and Charlie fight in a factory that's been abandoned for years and is clearly in disrepair.

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* '''Justified''': Bob and Charlie fight in retreats into a factory that's been abandoned for years and is clearly in disrepair.disrepair, because he's overmatched by Bob and wants to use the environment to his advantage.

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Click the edit button to start this new page.

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Click '''Basic Trope''': A location is unsafe for its notional purpose, to the edit button point where no sane regulatory body would ever let people work there.
* '''Straight''': Bob fights Charlie in a factory, where there are bottomless pits with no railings, catwalks that break when punched, and fire and steam belching everywhere.
* '''Exaggerated''': The scenery is actively malevolent towards the characters (see MalevolentArchitecture).
* '''Justified''': Bob and Charlie fight in a factory that's been abandoned for years and is clearly in disrepair.
* '''Inverted''': Things that are harmless come with overly elaborate safeguards.
* '''Subverted''': The factory turns out
to start actually [[ShowWithinAShow be a movie set]]. Alternatively, there are invisible forcefields protecting everyone.
* '''Double Subverted''': The factory turns out to actually [[ShowWithinAShow be a movie set]], which is also horribly unsafe. Alternatively, there are invisible forcefields protecting... the machinery, not the people.
* '''Parodied''': During the scene, someone notices out a blueprint for the building where all the deathtraps are clearly spelled out. ("The bottomless pit with no railings goes here.")
* '''Deconstructed''': The location was condemned precisely because it was so unsafe and caused so many accidents. Warning signs are clearly posted to
this new page. effect, and the characters suffer severe injuries as a consequence of venturing inside.
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': There are proper safety features in place in all the environments the characters enter.
* '''Enforced''': The final fight scene in the big action movie almost has to occur in the Smoke and Fire Factory for audiences to accept it. It gives the villain more opportunities to [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty fight dirty]] and the hero more opportunities to [[DeusExMachina turn the tables]].
* '''Lampshaded''': "No, Bob, don't chase Charlie into the abandoned factory! It's not safe!"
* '''Invoked''': Charlie deliberately rigs the location to be a deathtrap, or chooses a deathtrap for a location, in the hopes of luring Bob to fight him there.
* '''Defied''': "I am ''not'' chasing Charlie into that abandoned factory! If he wants to fight me, it'll be out here in the open."
* '''Discussed''': "I just know Charlie's going to try to get me into the Alpha Factory. It was condemned years ago after all the deaths."
* '''Conversed''': "Have you ever noticed how big fight scenes always take place in places that are horribly unsafe?"
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