Home Alone Booby Traps.

Kevin McCallister, Alex Pruitt, Finn Baxter, and Max Mercer all used various "***booby traps***" for the criminals. Their functions were:

## *Home Alone (1990).*

### **Harry Lyme.**

* Shot in the groin by a BB gun (*before Marv*).
* Slips (*twice*) and falls on the ice-covered steps approaching the front door.
* Right hand is severely burned when he places it on the searing-hot doorknob (which comes from an electric BBQ starter on the other side). Although he puts it out with snow near the steps, it does inflict a painful permanent scar in the shape of an "M" which was seen in the sequel.
* Has his head burned by a blowtorch sprayed in fire when he opens the back door, and again, he puts it out with snow, melting his hat.
* Walks into plastic wrap covered with caulking glue and blasted with feathers blowing from a fan, causing him to look like a chicken.
* Slips on Kevin's Micro Machines toy cars at the foot of the stairs (*with Marv*).
* Gets hit in the face (loses his one cherished golden tooth) with a paint can while going up the staircase and is knocked off the stairs and crushes Marv (*with Marv*).
* Falls down after tripping on a wire, knocking him unconscious.
* Gets hit in the stomach with his crowbar by Marv when he attempts to kill Buzz's tarantula Axl.
* Falls after swinging to a wall while attempting to use a rope to cross to Kevin's tree house due to Kevin cutting the rope with a hedge clipper (*with Marv*).
* Hit by Old Man Marley with a snow shovel after Kevin's capture (*with Marv*).

### **Marv Murchins.**

* Shot in the forehead with a BB gun (*after Harry*).
* Slips and tumbles down on his back to the ice-covered stairway entrance to the basement, falls on the ice, *a*nd gets hit in the head with his crowbar when he tries to get up.
* Hit in the face with a heated iron falling from a laundry chute after pulling a light switch attached to the iron. The trap leaves a massive iron-shaped burn on his face.
* Loses his shoes and socks while climbing some tar-covered basement stairs and jams a nail into his foot after stepping on it, causing him to fall back down to the floor and scream in immense pain.
* Slips on ice again after leaving the basement.
* Steps on Christmas ornaments barefoot (making him scream in even more pain) when he comes in through a back window.
* Slips on Kevin's Micro Machines toy cars at the foot of the stairs (*with Harry*).
* Gets hit in the face with a paint can while going up the staircase and is knocked off the stairs (*with Harry*).
* Gets crushed by Harry when he falls off the stairs.
* Kevin grabs Buzz's pet tarantula Axl on Marv's face, after Marv grabs his foot, making him scream in panic.
* Gets hit in the left arm three times with his same crowbar by Harry after failure, while trying to kill the tarantula, Axl.
* Falls after swinging to a wall while attempting to use a rope to cross to Kevin's tree house due to Kevin cutting the rope with a hedge clipper (*with Harry*).
* Hit by Old Man Marley with a snow shovel after Kevin's capture (*with Harry*).
* Kicked by Harry when Marv tells the police about their crimes and that they're the "Wet Bandits".

## *Home Alone 2 Lost In New York (1992).*

### **Harry Lyme.**

* Slips on pearls dropped by Kevin (*with Marv*).
* Gets punched in the face by "The Model" after Kevin creates a diversion by pinching her rump (*when Kevin blames Harry for the act*).
* Crushes the roof of a parked car after flying from a seesaw triggered by Marv.
* Harry tries to grab a hold of a fire escape ladder which Kevin made all slippery with Monster Sap Soap, causing him to fall to the ground.
* A bag of power tools falls on him when he kicks open the back door.
* His head gets burned with a blowtorch again sprayed in fire when he tries to turn on a light switch in the bathroom; then he attempts to turn on the sink, which doesn't turn it on, so he tends to put it out in a toilet, unaware that Kevin had filled it with kerosene, almost blows up the apartment, and comes back out of the toilet with the whole bathroom burned up, along with his head, once again melting his hat.
* Falls from a sawed ladder.
* Narrowly dodges paint cans swinging on the staircase, but gets hit by a pipe and flung to a basement where he is hit again by the same pipe after Kevin cuts the rope with a bolt cutter holding it (*with Marv*).
* Crushed by tool chest that falls down the stairs (*with Marv*).
* Falls three stories when Kevin sets the rope on fire that he was climbing down on (it was soaked in kerosene) and gets covered from head to toe in varnish (*with Marv*).
* Showered by birdseed from the Pigeon Lady, and gets covered in pigeons, which peck him, and the pigeons' feathers stick to the varnish (*with Marv*).

### **Marv Murchins.**

* Slips on pearls dropped by Kevin (*with Harry*).
* Gets punched across the face by "The Model" after Kevin creates a diversion by pinching her rump (*before Kevin blames Harry for the act*).
* Has four bricks thrown at his face by Kevin from the roof of the apartment, which Harry just dodges.
* Jams three staples stuck in his rump, groin, and nose from a staple gun on the other side of the door.
* Falls through a giant hole into the basement.
* Steps into a puddle of Monster Sap Soap, slips, falls on his back, and slides into a big shelf of paint cans which fall on him, covering him in paint.
* Electrically shocked by an arc welder that Kevin connects to the sink, while trying to wash off the paint, making his skull be seen briefly.
* Hit by a hundred-pound bag of dusty cement.
* Gets frightfully stuck in the hole when he tries to climb back up.
* Narrowly dodges paint cans swinging on the staircase, but gets hit by a pipe and flung to a basement where he is hit again by the same pipe after Kevin cuts the rope with a bolt cutter holding it (*with Harry*).
* Crushed by a tool chest that tumbles down from the stairs (*with Harry*).
* He throws a last brick down to Kevin, but misses it.
* Falls three stories when Kevin sets the kerosene-soaked rope on fire that he was climbing down on and gets covered from head to toe in varnish (*with Harry*).
* Showered by birdseed from the Pigeon Lady, and gets covered in pigeons, which peck him, and the pigeons' feathers stick to the varnish (*with Harry*).
* Kicked by Harry four times when Marv once again tells the police about their crimes and that they're no longer the "Wet Bandits", but the "Sticky Bandits".

## *Home Alone 3 (1997).*

### **Petr Beaupre.**

* Bumps his head under a chair in an attempt to grab the toy car.
* Collides with Alice Ribbons head-on while chasing the toy car through a hedge.
* Hit on the head by a trunk of books and then a barbell (*with Earl Unger*).
* Injures himself in an attempt to open the front door which was screwed and drilled shut by Alex.
* Sprayed in the eyes with black spray paint, making it look like he's wearing a mask.
* Gets hit in the crotch by a spring-loaded boxing glove and falls on his shotgun, causing it to misfire at him.
* Steps on a whoopie cushion with speakers by it, startling him.
* Falls down a loose plank of boards into the basement and crushes Alice.
* Alex scared him with a bubble gun resembling a glock.
* Injured by an explosion of fireworks in a snow fort.
* Catches Alex's chicken pox (*along with Earl Unger, Burton Jernigan, and Alice Ribbons*).

### **Earl Unger.**

* Makes a dive for the toy car but narrowly misses and ends up soaked in a puddle of snow and mud.
* Accidentally hit by Jernigan's minivan.
* Gets electric shocked in an attempt to cut a yarn fence wired by Alex.
* Collides with the door knocker when he jumps onto the welcome mat with marbles underneath.
* Hit by a trunk of books and then a barbell (*with Petr Beaupre*).
* Hit by a water balloon and Plaster of Paris.
* A window hits him on the head.
* Gets his feet caught in adhesive glue when stepping into two Mega Bloks carts with wheels.
* Rolls through a corridor and crashes into the back door.
* Trips over a board, falls, and tumbles down into the basement, gets his fingers caught in a mousetrap, accidentally shoots a toilet pipe, and gets covered in raw sewage.
* Collides with Alice when they attempt to capture Alex and gets hit by a door when Alex closes it.
* Lands in a frozen swimming pool when the trampoline gives way after jumping from the roof (*with Burton Jernigan*).
* Catches Alex's chicken pox (*along with Petr Beaupre, Burton Jernigan, and Alice Ribbons*).

### **Burton Jernigan.**

* Slips on ice and lands into a shed where he is hit by a garden tools.
* Electric shocked by sitting on a chair that was wired to a golf cart battery, which fires the bullets on his gun belt and launches him into the wall, twice.
* Gets blasted by same firing it, once.
* Gets soaked by a garden hose.
* A running lawnmower falls onto him after he pulls a stuffed monkey from the garage attic attached to a lawnmower cord, resulting in an awful haircut.
* Falls 3 stories into the basement and lands on a toilet, which is crushed under his rump.
* Alex places his rat Doris on Jernigan's scrotum, before Alice gets scared, making her scream in frightened pain.
* Gets hit in the groin with a hockey club by Alice when she attempts to kill the rat Doris.
* Lands in a frozen swimming pool when the trampoline gives way after jumping from the roof (*with Earl Unger*).
* Catches Alex's chicken pox (*along with Petr Beaupre, Earl Unger, and Alice Ribbons*).

### **Alice Ribbons.**

* Alex's toy car runs up her neck and hits her in the chin.
* Collides with Petr Beaupre head-on while chasing the toy car through a hedge.
* Dragged by a dog after the dog is attracted to Alex's whistle.
* Accidentally splits her pants, exposing her red panties.
* Gets her hand stuck in a bucket of industrial-strength glue. She struggles to get free, but loses a glove.
* Gets caught in mud and loses her boots in an attempt to trespass and gets hit by 2 Santa flower pots.
* Injures her back in an attempt to use the hand rails (which break) to swing herself up onto the porch.
* Falls down a plank of boards into the basement (*before Petr Beaupre*).
* Gets crushed by Petr Beaupre when he falls.
* Is tricked into hitting Burton Jernigan in the gonads in an attempt to kill Alex's pet rat, Doris.
* Collides with Earl Unger when they attempt to capture Alex.
* Falls three stories down the dumbwaiter shaft to the basement because Alex removed the bottom, resulting in temporary paralysis.
* Catches Alex's chicken pox (*along with Petr Beaupre, Earl Unger, and Burton Jernigan*).

## *Home Alone 4 Taking Back The House (2002).*

### **Marv Murchins.**

* Gets hit in the head by a door when Kevin closes it.
* Kevin washes him away with water (*with Vera*).
* Gets hit in the rump by a hook, which sends him flying out of a window.
* Falls to the pointy grass of an lying ground.
* Kevin hits him with a pan.
* Gets hit by paste and gets soaked in yellow cheese fondue (*with Vera*).
* Gets hit an knocked back across the kitchen by a closing door, then into the oven (*with Vera*).
* Gets burned by a stove which he unknowingly sat on.
* His head and hand almost get crushed by the dumbwaiter.
* Gets hit with a pot (*before Vera*).
* He gets crushed by the cupboard after he pulls a pair of shoes.
* Kevin plays a recording of him, making it sound like he's insulting Vera, and they get into an argument.
* Vera slaps him in the face.
* Kevin flies a toy airplane at him, which hits him in the crotch, slides into Vera, and they fall down the stairs.
* Gets at the "Open Sesame" machine before Kevin speeds it up (*with Vera*).
* Breaks part of a chandelier and falls to the ground.
* Gets crushed by Vera when she falls.
* Trips over Buzz and Megan's feet and lands in a bush (*with Vera*).

### **Vera Murchins.**

* Kevin washes her away with water (*with Marv*).
* Marv puts her inside the bag with rope and gets stuck outside the window.
* Gets hit by paste and gets soaked in brown chocolate fondue (*with Marv*).
* Gets hit an knocked back across the kitchen by a closing door (*with Marv*).
* Gets hit with a pot (*after Marv*).
* Gets into an argument with Marv.
* Falls down the stairs after Marv slides into her.
* Gets at the "Open Sesame" machine before Kevin speeds it up (*with Marv*).
* Breaks part of a chandelier and falls to the ground and crushes Marv.
* Trips over Buzz and Megan's feet and lands in a bush (*with Marv*).

### **Molly Murchins.**

* Gets stuck in the elevator.
* Gets hit by a big silver tray used by Mr. Prescott.

## *Home Alone 5 The Holiday Heist (2012).*

### **Sinclair.**

* Gets drenched with eggnog.
* He gets kicked hard in the groin and face while trying to pull Jessica out of a window (*with Hughes*).
* Gets his foot caught in a strand of Christmas lights while trying to climb into a window, causing him to lose his balance, fall, swing around, and crash into the house.
* Gets really scared after Finn sets up his room to look like it's haunted by the ghost of Jimmy "Dead Leg" Gravano.
* Runs into walls full of wrapping paper and tape.
* Finn pushes him down the stairs and ends up crushing the Christmas tree.
* Finn pulls a rope and locks him in the basement (*with Hughes*).

### **Hughes.**

* He pulls a barbell from a ramp, which rolls under the garage door and trips him (*with Jessica*).
* Activates a snowblower that launches marbles at him.
* He gets kicked hard in the groin and face while trying to pull Jessica out of a window (*with Sinclair*).
* Eats a Nasty-tasting gingerbread man and accidentally drinks a glass of glue which looked like milk.
* He turns on the garbage disposal from the sink which shoots cotton balls that stick to the glue on his face like Santa Claus's beard.
* Finn pulls a rope and locks him in the basement (*with Sinclair*).

### **Jessica.**

* She pulls a barbell from a ramp, which rolls under the garage door and trips her (*with Hughes*).
* Gets hit in the face with a stocking full of coal look like red nose reindeer.
* She gets stuck in a window.
* She gets tar dumped on her.
* Finn shoots her three times in the butt with ping pong balls using his slingshot.
* This causes her to kick Sinclair and Hughes hard in the groin and face when they're trying to pull her out of the window.
* Mason pelts her with snowballs and knocks her out with a chunk of ice.
* She gets trapped in a snowman by Mason.

## *Home Sweet Home Alone (2021).*

### **Jeff McKenzie.**

* Drives over an icy road and crashes his car into a lamp post (*with Pam*).
* Slips on an icy driveway and lands flat on his back (*with Pam*).
* Blinded by an outdoor light and falls over, twice.
* Blinded by an outdoor light and slides across the icy driveway and smacks into a lamp post.
* Eats cookies covered in chocolate mixed with hot sauce. Then drinks milks that's also mixed with something spicy.
* Pushes a button with nail sticking out of it.
* Shot in the forehead with a billiard ball.
* Max plants a VR headset on him, making him think he's on a mountain top and ends up crashing into a shelf after trying to jump a ledge.
* Has his head accidentally hit by a door repeatedly by Pam.
* Gets hit in the head by a bag of flour connected to rope, followed by a jug of milk connected to another rope.
* Shot in the crotch by a bag of sugar and falls down several steps.
* Jeff attempts to pull himself up the buttered covered stairs by grabbing a stair slab only for it to break and he falls off down several steps.
* Is knocked over by Pam after she's sent flying.
* Jumps from a ledge and lands on a tilted trampoline that bounces him headfirst into a tree branch, resulting him losing a tooth and lands on a broken chair.
* Has several icicles fall of him and then trips on a trip wire.

### **Pam McKenzie.**

* Drives over an icy road and crashes his car into a lamp post (*with Jeff*).
* Slips on an icy driveway and lands flat on her back (*with Jeff*).
* Blinded by an outdoor light and trips over Christmas tree and gets tangled up in it's lights.
* Gets sprayed and hit with twelve bottles of diet soda.
* Steps in a puddle of lighter fluid and gets her shoes burnt off by fire cracker connected to a toy car.
* Sprayed with water by a taped up hose.
* Has her big toe whacked by spoon.
* Steps on Lego bricks, before falling over and getting her knees and hands punctured by the same bricks.
* Slips and falls on butter-covered stairs.
* Gets shot with darts that have thumbtacks connected to them by two Nerf guns.
* Gets weight launched at her that lands of her foot.
* Is sent flying, slides across the floor knocking over Jeff and bounces down the stairs on a yoga ball.
* Jumps down from a ledge and lands flat on her face.

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