Trap
Wile
Wile noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
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Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A frequently seen trope, where trap doors are disguised by the likes of Yosemite Sam, Wile E.
Source: Trap-Door Fail -
Coyote, etc., only for their adversaries to completely ignore it or go over the trap doors as though they weren't there
and then it works when Yosemite, Wile E., and others try it.
Source: Trap-Door Fail -
Fluttershy's attempt to trap a critter and its resulting backfire would land her among the ranks of Elmer Fudd and Wile E. Coyote.
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