Artificial Incompetence - In the storyline, a robot or other AI botches a simple task asked of it.
Seen in:
- Star Tours. Captain RX-24 is a rookie pilot who overshoots the Forest Moon of Endor....and then bungles straight into the heart of comet and then into a battle between the Rebellion and the Empire.
-- Star Tours: The Adventures Continue (albeit to a lesser degree), as the adventure is caused by a faulty onboard computer that seals C-3PO into the cockpit.
- Horizons - The chef-bot is clearly having a bad day.
Greed is Bad, Mmmkay? - A character looking for an easy score or payout winds up sending the riders on a perilous journey against their will.
Seen in:
- Dinosaur - Dr. Grant Seeker puts an unwitting group of time tourists on the verge of being wiped out by the KT meteorite just so he can sneak an Iguanodon into the present day.
- The Great Movie Ride - Whether its the old west bank robber or the gangland hoodlum, they just can't take their eyes off a cursed jewel. It doesn't end well.
It Doesn't End Well - Sometimes a character in an attraction meets a tragic fate. Sometimes they're just a working stiff just doing a thankless job, sometimes they bring it upon themselves. But either way, there's no happy ending for them.
Seen in:
- Snow White's Scary Adventure, where the Wicked Queen gets struck by lightning and falls screaming to her death, mere seconds after attempting to drop a heavy rock on the ride vehicles.
- The ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter - The working stiff X-S technician goes to get the power turned back on while a vicious alien stalks the corridors. He promptly gets munched.
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - One of the other Nautilus subs gets caught by the squid, there are no survivors.
- Pirates of the Caribbean - All of the jail and cavern scenes. The only ones who died somewhat peacefully are the chess players.
- The Haunted Mansion - Too many to count: Ghost Host's way out, the black widow bride, crocodile tightrope walking, and blissful ignorance.
-- But also a subversion, as while all of the inhabitants met horrible ends, they're definitely living it up in the afterlife.
The Name Says It All - A character or organization has a name that reveals their nature.
Seen in:
- The ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter's "X-S Tech", exemplified by their faux-charming CEO "Chairman Clench".
- Dinosaur, where the human antagonist is literally "Dr. Grant Seeker".
- Journey Into Imagination has the Dreamfinder.
Seen in:
- Star Tours. Captain RX-24 is a rookie pilot who overshoots the Forest Moon of Endor....and then bungles straight into the heart of comet and then into a battle between the Rebellion and the Empire.
-- Star Tours: The Adventures Continue (albeit to a lesser degree), as the adventure is caused by a faulty onboard computer that seals C-3PO into the cockpit.
- Horizons - The chef-bot is clearly having a bad day.
Greed is Bad, Mmmkay? - A character looking for an easy score or payout winds up sending the riders on a perilous journey against their will.
Seen in:
- Dinosaur - Dr. Grant Seeker puts an unwitting group of time tourists on the verge of being wiped out by the KT meteorite just so he can sneak an Iguanodon into the present day.
- The Great Movie Ride - Whether its the old west bank robber or the gangland hoodlum, they just can't take their eyes off a cursed jewel. It doesn't end well.
It Doesn't End Well - Sometimes a character in an attraction meets a tragic fate. Sometimes they're just a working stiff just doing a thankless job, sometimes they bring it upon themselves. But either way, there's no happy ending for them.
Seen in:
- Snow White's Scary Adventure, where the Wicked Queen gets struck by lightning and falls screaming to her death, mere seconds after attempting to drop a heavy rock on the ride vehicles.
- The ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter - The working stiff X-S technician goes to get the power turned back on while a vicious alien stalks the corridors. He promptly gets munched.
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - One of the other Nautilus subs gets caught by the squid, there are no survivors.
- Pirates of the Caribbean - All of the jail and cavern scenes. The only ones who died somewhat peacefully are the chess players.
- The Haunted Mansion - Too many to count: Ghost Host's way out, the black widow bride, crocodile tightrope walking, and blissful ignorance.
-- But also a subversion, as while all of the inhabitants met horrible ends, they're definitely living it up in the afterlife.
The Name Says It All - A character or organization has a name that reveals their nature.
Seen in:
- The ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter's "X-S Tech", exemplified by their faux-charming CEO "Chairman Clench".
- Dinosaur, where the human antagonist is literally "Dr. Grant Seeker".
- Journey Into Imagination has the Dreamfinder.
