Blade Trap

To be a true hero, one must go through many hard trials, inlcuding journeying through the deep bowels of dungeons and temples. One fear is that traps can come at any moment. The Blade Trap is a formidable mechanized trap that has impaled many a hero on its spikes, appearing in numerous Zelda games, starting with the original Legend of Zelda. The traps have come in a variety of types over the years of Hyrulian history, and are invincible to all attacks.

Legend of Zelda
The Blade Traps are motion sensitive and will sweep toward the intruder.

Link's Awakening
The Blade Traps are more sentient, seeming to have mechanized eyes built into the center of their "body". They work much like their original counterparts, but with deadlier effiency.

Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask
These seem to be the first generation of the trap, since their programming is just to slide along floors even when an intruder is not near. They have no motion sensors.

Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages
The Blade Traps are similar to those found in Link's Awakening although their are different models of the trap. The different models move at different speeds, with color indicating how fast the model moves.

Wind Waker
It seems Blade Traps worked better as non-sentient beings for Ganondorf, as he used them hundreds of years after the original design. These traps, however, were superior to their original counterparts. They had upgraded speed and power, making them a deadly and fearsome obstacle to would-be heros.

Minish Cap
Blade Traps have once again lost their mechanical "eyes" and come in blue and green varities. Green traps only follow a set course, while the blue contain motion sensors.

Quote from The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap Trap figurine: "Appear in various areas. A trap with sharp blades. Some are trigger by nearby intruders, while others follow a set path."

Twilight Princess
There are two models in this game: a gilded model used in the Temple of Time, and a stone model used everywhere else. They have no functional difference, however. In a few cases, they travel in circles along the ground, but in most cases they are merely bladed versions of the Spinner, and compete with Link for space on the Spinner rails. The monster Stallord used them to greatest effect in its boss battle, but otherwise they are mere annoyances.