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* InvokedTrope in ''Film/OurManFlint''. When Derek Flint first meets Gilia face-to-face, she doesn't hide that she's a member of Galaxy who has tried to kill him twice already. She invites him to her apartment with the promise of sex and the [[SexFaceTurn opportunity of getting information from her]], if he's willing in turn to take the risk of walking into what he knows is a trap.
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* ''Film/{{Circle}}'': Right after Beth is killed merely because she didn't [[IHaveAFamily have children]], the Rich Man asks the Black Man next to him to share his life story as well. The Black Man is savvy enough not to fall for that one, since it's already been established that people will be killed for the pettiest reasons.
-->'''Black Man:''' Who, me? Fuck that man, I ain't saying shit. Y'all killed her and she did nothing wrong.
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* One short film staring ''Creator/ShirleyTemple'' has a box mounted on a wall with a sign saying "Pull this cord to [[Circling Birdies see the stars]]." Shirley's character pulls it and an ExtendoBoxingGlove pops out, which harmlessly passes over her head due to her height. [[ChekhovsGun Later she sits under the box and pulls the cord to nail the antagonist of the film in the face when he is about to attack her.]]

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* One short film staring ''Creator/ShirleyTemple'' has a box mounted on a wall with a sign saying "Pull this cord to [[Circling Birdies [[CirclingBirdies see the stars]]." Shirley's character pulls it and an ExtendoBoxingGlove pops out, which harmlessly passes over her head due to her height. [[ChekhovsGun Later she sits under the box and pulls the cord to nail the antagonist of the film in the face when he is about to attack her.]]
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* ''Film/BlazingSaddles'': "Candygram for Mongo!" Cue first half of the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes stinger. "[[YouNoTakeCandle Mongo like candy]]." Open box. Watch powder explosion completely fill the screen, as if to EatTheCamera. Cue other half of the stinger.

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* ''Film/BlazingSaddles'': "Candygram for Mongo!" Cue first half of the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes stinger. "[[YouNoTakeCandle Mongo like candy]]." Open box. Watch [[PowderGag powder explosion completely fill the screen, screen]], as if to EatTheCamera. Cue other half of the stinger.
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* One short film staring ''Creator/ShirleyTemple'' has a box mounted on a wall with a sign saying "Pull this cord to see the stars." Shirley's character pulls it and an ExtendoBoxingGlove pops out, which harmlessly passes over her head due to her height. [[ChekhovsGun Later she sits under the box and pulls the cord to nail the antagonist of the film in the face when he is about to attack her.]]

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* One short film staring ''Creator/ShirleyTemple'' has a box mounted on a wall with a sign saying "Pull this cord to [[Circling Birdies see the stars.stars]]." Shirley's character pulls it and an ExtendoBoxingGlove pops out, which harmlessly passes over her head due to her height. [[ChekhovsGun Later she sits under the box and pulls the cord to nail the antagonist of the film in the face when he is about to attack her.]]
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* An InvokedTrope in ''Film/RevengeOfThePinkPanther''. French crime boss Douvier rings up Inspector Clouseau with an anonymous tip-off to lure him to where his assassins are waiting. After he hangs up, his mistress says that Clouseau will think it's a trap, but Douvier replies that he'll think it's too obvious to be a trap. GilliganCut to Cato and Clouseau arguing.
-->'''Cato:''' But it's obviously a trap!
-->'''Clouseau:''' Cato, it is too obvious to be a trap.
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* The Merry Men in ''Film/RobinHoodCzwartaStrzala'' set a sign that says "No Entry! Nothing Interesting Here!" to bait the [[{{Mooks}} Nottingham guard]] into an ambush.
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* In ''Film/TheBlackPhone'', the door of the basement the kidnapped child is in remains unlocked at night and seems the perfect chance to escape. Finney gets a phone call from one of the previous victims telling him to ''not'' simply leave and go up the stairs because it's a trap. The Grabber intentionally does this, spending the night in a chair near the door, belt in hand, ready to beat and kill any victim that tries to escape that way.
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** ''Home Alone'': Kevin uses his BB gun to shoot Harry in the crotch through the doggy door. Then Marv sticks his head through the door, and is promptly shot in the forehead.

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** ''Home Alone'': ''Film/HomeAlone1'': Kevin uses his BB gun to shoot Harry in the crotch through the doggy door. Then Marv sticks his head through the door, and is promptly shot in the forehead.
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* ''Film/{{Entrapment}}'': In Mac's castle, Gin suddenly sees a small key lying in front of a large cabinet; and she is on the point of unlocking it, when Mac's voice is suddenly heard. Later, it is revealed that the cabinet contains equipment for listening in on telephone calls.
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* ''Film/Elves2017'': In the movie prologue, one of the kids, while apparently under the influence of the Christmas Elf doll, tells his little brother he knows where his Christmas present is. He takes him over to the stove and opens it up, telling him to go inside to find it. The kid seemingly doesn't question this and goes inside, whereupon he's sealed inside and the oven turned on.
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* ''Film/{{Deathstalker}}'': The Amulet of Life is sort of used as this towards the end of the movie. [[spoiler: t is left hanging from the ceiling of a completely unguarded room that the main protagonist had no trouble reaching. When Deathstalker tries to grab it, however, one of the main villain's mooks attacks him.]]

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* ''Film/{{Deathstalker}}'': The Amulet of Life is sort of used as this towards the end of the movie. [[spoiler: t [[spoiler:It is left hanging from the ceiling of a completely unguarded room that the main protagonist had no trouble reaching. When Deathstalker tries to grab it, however, one of the main villain's mooks attacks him.]]
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* In the Thai horror movie [[Film/NineNineNineNineNineNineNine 999-9999]], a girl named Rainbow urged those who heard about how Rainbow's friend dying horribly upon having called the number, to not call the number. Naturally the group of kids who Rainbow newly befriended fell for it. The aforementioned number will grant any wish the next day only to be traded by the lives of those who called (and have their wish granted) by the end of the day after the wish is granted.

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* In the Thai horror movie [[Film/NineNineNineNineNineNineNine 999-9999]], ''Film/NineNineNineNineNineNineNine'', a girl named Rainbow urged those who heard about how Rainbow's friend dying horribly upon having called the number, to not call the number. Naturally the group of kids who Rainbow newly befriended fell for it. The aforementioned number will grant any wish the next day only to be traded by the lives of those who called (and have their wish granted) by the end of the day after the wish is granted.



* In ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'' the cabin's cellar doesn't just have ''one'' piece of Schmuck bait, oh no. It's filled with ''dozens'' of weird or mysterious objects, and, if played with, each of them will summon a different kind of monster to kill the cabin dwellers. The cellar itself is SchmuckBait as well, since the trap door ''threw itself open'' in the middle of a game of Truth Or Dare.

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* In ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'' ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'', the cabin's cellar doesn't just have ''one'' piece of Schmuck bait, oh no. It's filled with ''dozens'' of weird or mysterious objects, and, if played with, each of them will summon a different kind of monster to kill the cabin dwellers. The cellar itself is SchmuckBait as well, since the trap door ''threw itself open'' in the middle of a game of Truth Or or Dare.



* ''Film/{{Constantine}}''. While the title character is preparing to drag the demon out of the possessed girl he tells the men helping him "Close your eyes. And whatever happens, don't look." One of them does. He collapses and [[LockedIntoStrangeness his hair turns white]].
* ''Film/{{Deathstalker}}'': The Amulet of Life is sort of used as this towards the end of the movie. [[spoiler: It is left hanging from the ceiling of a completely unguarded room that the main protagonist had no trouble reaching. When Deathstalker tries to grab it, however, one of the main villain's mooks attacks him.]]
* DiscussedTrope in ''Film/{{DEBS}}''. As they're entering a bank the villains are supposedly robbing, Max points out that the creepy shadows, confined space and complete lack of bad guys is a classic example of this trope. Amy, who's feeling defensive about being promoted over Max's head, [[ThatsAnOrder orders them]] inside the vault anyway. The vault is empty of villains.

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* ''Film/{{Constantine}}''. ''Film/Constantine2005'': While the title character is preparing to drag the demon out of the possessed girl girl, he tells the men helping him "Close your eyes. And whatever happens, don't look." One of them does. He collapses and [[LockedIntoStrangeness his hair turns white]].
* ''Film/{{Deathstalker}}'': The Amulet of Life is sort of used as this towards the end of the movie. [[spoiler: It t is left hanging from the ceiling of a completely unguarded room that the main protagonist had no trouble reaching. When Deathstalker tries to grab it, however, one of the main villain's mooks attacks him.]]
* DiscussedTrope {{Discussed|Trope}} in ''Film/{{DEBS}}''. As they're entering a bank the villains are supposedly robbing, Max points out that the creepy shadows, confined space and complete lack of bad guys is a classic example of this trope. Amy, who's feeling defensive about being promoted over Max's head, [[ThatsAnOrder orders them]] inside the vault anyway. The vault is empty of villains.
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* One short film staring ''Creator/ShirleyTemple'' has a box mounted on a wall with a sign saying "Pull this cord to see the stars." Shirley's character pulls it and a boxing glove pops out, which luckily misses her due to her height. [[ChekhovsGun Later she sits under the box and pulls it to nail the antagonist of the film in the face when he is about to attack her.]]

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* One short film staring ''Creator/ShirleyTemple'' has a box mounted on a wall with a sign saying "Pull this cord to see the stars." Shirley's character pulls it and a boxing glove an ExtendoBoxingGlove pops out, which luckily misses harmlessly passes over her head due to her height. [[ChekhovsGun Later she sits under the box and pulls it the cord to nail the antagonist of the film in the face when he is about to attack her.]]
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*** One involves the crook pulling on a doorknob, only to find that it comes loose and is attached to a string. He then must keep pulling ''several more yards'' of the string before the trap ([[GroinAttack a staple gun at crotch height]]) is triggered. Presumably the idea was they he'd know ''something'' was up, but be [[TooDumbToLive too determined to figure it out]] to stop.

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*** One involves the crook pulling on a doorknob, only to find that it comes loose and is attached to a string. He then must keep pulling ''several more yards'' of the string before the trap ([[GroinAttack a staple gun at crotch height]]) is triggered. Presumably the idea was they he'd know ''something'' was up, but be [[TooDumbToLive too determined to figure it out]] to stop.
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* There's a jar of acid in ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'' helpfully labeled "ACID: DO NOT THROW IN FACE". Two guesses what the Gremlins do with it.

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* One short film staring ''Creator/ShirleyTemple'' has a box mounted on a wall with a sign saying "Pull this cord to see the stars." Shirley's character pulls it and a boxing glove pops out, which luckily misses her due to her height. [[ChekhovsGun Later she sits under the box and pulls it to nail the antagonist of the film in the face when he is about to attack her.]]



* ''Unthinkable'' involves the brutal torture of a man who has made several nuclear devices and placed them in cities across America. After one of the interrogators begs him to give them evidence that the threat is real, he relents and gives them a location. The building matches one of the video recordings he had sent to the government, but there is no bomb. Instead, on the roof is a picture of himself taped to the wall. Everyone leaves it alone until one dumbass soldier blurts "What the hell is that?" and snatches the picture off...triggering the detonator it was covering and blowing up the shopping mall across the street.

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* ''Unthinkable'' ''Film/{{Unthinkable}}'' involves the brutal torture of a man who has made several nuclear devices and placed them in cities across America. After one of the interrogators begs him to give them evidence that the threat is real, he relents and gives them a location. The building matches one of the video recordings he had sent to the government, but there is no bomb. Instead, on the roof is a picture of himself taped to the wall. Everyone leaves it alone until one dumbass soldier blurts "What the hell is that?" and snatches the picture off...triggering the detonator it was covering and blowing up the shopping mall across the street.



* One short film staring ''Creator/ShirleyTemple'' has a box mounted on a wall with a sign saying "Pull this cord to see the stars." Shirley's character pulls it and a boxing glove pops out, which luckily misses her due to her height. [[ChekhovsGun Later she sits under the box and pulls it to nail the antagonist of the film in the face when he is about to attack her.]]

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