History SchmuckBait / AnimeAndManga

* In ''Literature/KazeNoStigma'', a website temps browsers with the question "Do you want power? Yes/No". Answering "yes" will give you super-powers, but [[spoiler:what isn't said is that this involves making a pact with a demon and all pact-makers will be used as sacrifices to summon a demon lord]].

* In ''Code-E'', Kannagi tells Chinami not to look at an ad with a couple kissing. Of course, she does, and due to her feelings for him and vice versa, her emotion-controlled electro-superpower gets out of hand and causes damage to the electric system of the bus.

* ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' Yuuko convinces Mio to push the fire alarm button at school by telling her that she tried and nothing happened. The results are what you would expect.

** Beyond a certain point, the bounty on a pirate’s head is an incentive for bounty hunters ''not'' to go after them. If you kill one of the Four Emperors or one of the Eleven Supernovas, the World Government will pay you over a billion Berry, and you’ll be set for life. Except you won’t, because if you try, ''you’ll die''.

* ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'' basically starts off with a giant example of this. Please do not touch the mysterious floating magical portal...

* The ''LightNovel/DirtyPair'' once had to deal with a trap that was triggered when one pulled on a little handle on the end of a rope suspended from the ceiling. The designer of the trap then proudly pointed out that it was a lot more effective than the "regular" stuff that burglars/spies/etc. promptly avoid.

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'':

* In ''LightNovel/KazeNoStigma'', a website temps browsers with the question "Do you want power? Yes/No". Answering "yes" will give you super-powers, but [[spoiler:what isn't said is that this involves making a pact with a demon and all pact-makers will be used as sacrifices to summon a demon lord]].
* In Episode 8 of ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'', Touma asks Stiyl to stick out his tongue. When he complies, Touma uppercuts him.

* In ''LightNovel/InfiniteStratos'', Houki is looking at a pair of bunny ears is sticking out of the ground with a sign that says "Please pull me out". She doesn't do it, but Ichika does, and a giant carrot drops in front of him moments later. Inside said giant carrot is Houki's sister Tabane, who arrives in a [[MundaneMadeAwesome less than dramatic]] fashion in order to give Houki her own [[PoweredArmor IS suit.]]

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': Kirito's guild comes across a single chest in an otherwise empty secret room deep in a front-line dungeon. PlayedForDrama, since [[spoiler:only Kirito and Sachi realize it's a trap before it's too late, and everyone except [[SurvivorGuilt Kirito]] is killed in the ensuing fight. Even the guild leader, who wasn't present for the dungeon crawl, [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide]] out of despair when Kirito tells him]].

* ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' basically starts off with a giant example of this. Please do not touch the mysterious floating magical portal...

* ''Manga/FairyTail'' Natsu gets suckered into this trope hook-line-and-sinker. he hearsg an anonymous tip from Gray, Natsu's teammate, that someone may have found what he's looking for. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, Natsu gets trapped in a time and space magic spell created by Daphne. The end result is that now he has to fight his own flesh and blood, his teammate of Fairy Tail.]]

* ''Manga/FairyTail'' Natsu gets suckered into this trope hook-line-and-sinker [[spoiler: hearing an anonymous tip from Gray; Natsu's teammate about word on that someone may have found what he's looking for. Unfortunately for him, Natsu gets trapped in a time and space magic spell created by Daphne. The end result is that now he has to fight his own flesh and blood, his teammate of Fairy Tail.]]

* When the Straw Hat Pirates raided Sir Crocodile's casino in ''Manga/OnePiece'', they found a sign in the backroom corridors pointing off in one direction that said "Pirates". It led to a dead end containing a trap door which dropped them in a cage. [[IdiotHero Luffy]] considered it ''fiendishly'' clever.
** In Dressrosa, Luffy and Franky learn that Donquixote Doflamingo (That arc's BigBad) is hosting a tournament...with the [[spoiler: Mera Mera Fruit belonging to Luffy's dead brother Ace]] as the prize. Franky points out that it's ''obviously'' a trap, but allows Luffy to enter because "It's better to have no regrets." Luffy enters in disguise under an alias, which helps a bit, but the Donquixote Family see through it soon enough. [[spoiler: Then, an old friend appears and swaps places with Luffy, allowing Luffy to attack Doflamingo's castle undetected.]]

* She does it again in a ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' story, where Ranma (in girl-form) and Akane hit the tennis courts in relatively skimpy outfits (it's winter, so everyone else is bundled up) to lure out Happōsai. Akane mentions that the old man can't possibly be stupid enough to fall for such an obvious trap, but suddenly he appears, groping Ranma. As he's tied up, Happōsai complains that "Spotting a trap and staying out of it are two entirely different things!" Happōsai is notorious for responding like this every single time. It's when he doesn't that people realize something is wrong.

** Even in a dream she falls for this: She encounters a button that Chiyo-chan says, "will kill (Chiyo)". [[{{Jerkass}} So of course she presses it. And of course, she finds one for herself and does not press it.]]

* The titular ArtifactOfDeath in ''Manga/DeathNote'' has the words "Death Note" written clearly across the cover, and pretty much sits on the ground like a big blinking sign that says, "Gee, [[BlatantLies I hope no one picks me up and uses me for world domination]]." Then along comes VillainProtagonist Light Yagami. [[CorruptTheCutie Guess what happens.]] But once you pick up on Ryuk's personality, you come to suspect he literally leaves the Death Note on the ground as Schmuck Bait because he finds it fun to watch what people do with it. And since whoever picks it up becomes able to see him, he gets to play around with them...[[spoiler: plus in the end, whatever happens, he always gets ''something'' out of the deal: at the very least, he gets to watch the book holder die.]]

* ''Manga/HanaukyoMaidTeam: La Vérité'' Episode 7.

* In the new years episode of ''Manga/NininGaShinobuden'', Shinobu finds a button with warnings posted all around it, and doesn't even hesitate in pressing it.

* ''Anime/HanaukyoMaidTai: La Vérité'' Episode 7.

* She does it again in a ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' story, where Ranma (in girl-form) and Akane hit the tennis courts in relatively skimpy outfits (it's winter, so everyone else is bundled up) to lure out Happōsai. Akane mentions that the old man can't possibly be stupid enough to fall for such an obvious trap, but suddenly he appears, groping Ranma. As he's tied up, Happōsai complains that "Spotting a trap and staying out of it are two entirely different things!"
** Happosai is notorious for responding like this every single time. It's when he doesn't that people realize something is wrong.

* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh''

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}''

* ''Anime/SpiritedAway''. Both played straight in the beginning with Chihiro's parents, and averted at the end, when she's told ''not'' to look back in a scene reminiscent to Orpheus. She almost does, but her willpower is strong enough not to look back.

* TheFamiliarOfZero basically starts off with a giant example of this. Please do not touch the mysterious floating magical portal...

* ''[[Manga/GambleFish]]'': Shyu Omei challenges Shirasagi to a game: he drops a bundle of cash in one jar, a poisonous snake in another, puts a cloth over them, shakes them a bit, then lets Shirasagi pick one. There's no trick to it and the choice should be obvious, but Shirasagi grabs the snake anyways because Shyu Omei specifically manipulates him into overthinking the game and choosing by the sound each jar makes.

* In ''Anime/MahoujinGuruGuru'', Jaba kingdom has a rule that says that you must not stand in front of the guardian statue Pura Pura and tell it "Take care of your health" while boxing with your left hand, picking your nose with your right hand, and having a loaf of bread wedged up your rear. The prince Schmucked himself into getting turned into a pig as a result of violating this rule. Nike had to be restrained from doing so three times.

* ''Anime/HanaukyoMaidTai: La Vérité''
** Episode 7. Taro and several of the maids explore a mysterious underground corridor. They've already discovered that the place is filled with booby traps.
** They encounter a rope suspended from the ceiling. Both Ryuuka and Ikuyo Suzuki thinks it's a pinata and want to pull it but Konoe orders them not to. Konoe accidentally trips and pulls it herself, then falls into an opening that appears in the floor.
** We find Taro, Ryuuka and Ikuyo Suzuki [[IndyEscape running from a giant rolling ball]]. A FlashBack shows a large button with a skull on it, then Ikuyo Suzuki says, "It was staring at me as if it wanted me to push it!"