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A hole in the ground that's somehow covered up so as to blend in with the surrounding terrain. Sometimes it's hidden beneath a [[Trap Door]]. Related to but not to be confused with [[Bottomless Pit]]. If it's not hidden, it's not a pit trap.
A standard subversion is where character A sets up a pitfall for character B, B walks straight over the covered pit and doesn't fall in, and then character A tries to cross (possibly preceded by tentative testing first) and ''does'' fall in, Wile E. Coyote-style.
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== [[Anime]] And [[Manga]] ==
* A spike-filled one is one of the traps found in the grounds of the Iga ninja dogs in ''[[Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin]]''. It is used by Hayato to kill one of the Koga dogs {{spoiler|as well as himself, as he literally [[Taking You
* Team Rocket in the ''[[Pokémon (
** They were very effective in the episode "The Stolen Stones".
** Used against "the twerps" in the episode "Here's Looking At You".
** One is used in an attempt to capture a Rhydon in "Right on, Rhydon!" It captures Jessie's Wobuffet instead.
* In an episode of ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* Used and [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade-hung]] in the anime of ''[[Ranma
* In the Kyoto Arc of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', the [[Big Bad]] sets one up that's filled with [[Frogs and Toads|frogs]] in a temple that Negi's class visits. [[Genki Girl|Makie]] and [[Class Representative|Ayaka]] fall into it.
** Negi's father also used one full of onions and garlic [[Mundane Solution|to defeat Evangeline]].
* Used to no effect (unless you count it working on Natsu, Gray, and Erza) by Lucy in [[Fairy Tail]].
* In ''[[Excel Saga (
* The ''[[Touhou]]'' manga, ''Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth'' has this as [[Screwy Squirrel|Tewi's]] most common prank, with [[Butt Monkey|Reisen]] being the traps' most common victim. One of it actually [[Mundangerous|managed to knock out]] the infamously powerful Yorihime.
== [[Film]] ==
* Seen as a plot twist in the comedy film 'The Three Amigos'. It took out three mooks.
* In Disney's ''[[Swiss Family Robinson (
* One forms a central part of the rather dark plot of [[
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* ''[[Dungeons
* ''[[Magic:
* ''[[Role Master]]'' ''Arms Companion''. Had a "spiked bottom" type similar to the ''[[Dungeons
* ''[[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]]''. In ''Worlds of Cthulhu'' magazine #3, the adventure "The Golden Scorpion" had some (with [[Spikes of Doom]]) in the underground temple area.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Available as an item in ''[[Animal Crossing]]''. Said item is also in [[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl and is actually called the pitfall.
* One level in ''[[Kirby]] 64: The Crystal Shards'' has numerous pitfalls scattered across its first stretches. Some of them contain helpful items, but some contain nasty spikes. The trick is to trigger them and then jump ''very'' quickly.
* ''[[Nethack]]'' has them. Some of them contain spikes. {{spoiler|And if those spikes are poisoned, it's a potential [[One-Hit Kill|instadeath]] if you're not poison resistant.}}
* One of ''[[Pitfall]]'''s trademarks.
* At one point in [[Infocom]]'s ''[[
* The ''[[Metal Gear]]'' series is full of these. They are apparently programmed so that only Snake can trigger them. And the enemies can even walk over them when they're open.
* ''[[Space Quest]] II'' has a partially concealed pit trap death early in the game.
* [[Discussed Trope|Discussed]] in ''[[Persona 3]].'' This is what Elizabeth thinks a manhole is intended to be.
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* Some ''[[Super Mario World (
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* At the end of [[The Lion King|''The Lion King 1 1/2'']], Timon and Pumbaa actually defeat the hyenas by luring them all into a large pit they dug while Simba is still fighting Scar.
* In the [[Superman Theatrical Cartoons|Superman cartoon]] ''"Showdown"'', a mob tricks [[Superman]] into a Pit Trap through a [[Trap Door]] made of reinforced steel. The mobster and his henchman then place a heavy desk over the [[Trap Door]]. This... mildly inconviences Superman.
* [[Big Bad|Percival]] [[Evil Poacher|McLeach]] actually does this to Cody at the very beginning of [[The Rescuers (Disney film)|''The Rescuers Down Under'']] in order to force him to give up [[Giant Flyer|the eagle Marahute.]]
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