Saw Traps That Were Unbeatable 

Him: all my traps are beatable The trap: you have 0.7 seconds to pull out your eyeballs with your toes

“For this trap You’ll have to break every single Finger, toe, and limb you have. You then have to solve a 5x5 rubiks Cube. You have 2 seconds. Good luck”

John Kramer: "I'm not a murderer, murder is bad." Also John: "There is a knife inside of your spine and the only way to get it out is to disconnect your brainstem"

Jigsaw is like that math teacher who will give you the most hardest math question you've ever seen but, when ask him honestly if he knows the answer he will just say, "To be honest? I actually don't know how to solve it."

“I have never shot anyone, i gave them the chance to dodge it.”

Jigsaw: "I don’t condone murder and I despise murderers" Also Jigsaw: "There’s a bomb in your brain and you gotta get it out lol"

The Classroom Trap was set up by Amanda. It's noted by the detectives that arrive that even if the victim were to somehow rip the hook out of his jaw without killing himself and still be able to walk with all of the trauma and blood loss he'd suffered, all of the exits were either barred or welded shut. He had no way out.

I loved the concept of Saw 5 and the realization that they should have worked together. It's such a slap to the face 😂

"Look officer, I killed no one. He did it himself, I just simply tied him to a safe, and required him to eat all of his own intestines in 10 seconds or be ejected out of a plane to fall to his death. He DECIDED not to eat all of his intestines."

I don't think Jigsaw's argument of him being innocent and not having killed anybody 'himself' would hold up in a court of law.

Fun fact: If I remember correctly the door to the classroom in the classroom trap was welded shut so even if the poor guy somehow tore his jaw off and lived, he couldn't leave the room. It was literally unbeatable. Also the angel trap was unbeatable.

The trap I personally hated the most (and not talking survival odds here), was Amanda's trap in the very first Saw. Every trap (not talking about the rigged aspect here), was designed, at the very least, to give the captee a chance at escaping at personal cost/pain. But Amanda's trap had her cut open another person (who was supposed to be dead too). Not once did she have to make a personal sacrifice, something Jigsaw prides himself on when designing his traps.

“The key is inside the center of your heart. All you have to do is remove your heart and grab the key before the time is up or your chest will explode.” Type of stuff they were on 💀

Jigsaw: “All my traps are beatable” The trap: “In order you survive you must die”

In a realistic scenario, all traps with a few minutes or less timer in this franchise would end in the victim dying while still processing the situation, without doing anything towards freeing themselves. Hell, the objective could be: "Tell me your birthday" with a 60 second timer, and chances are the shock of waking up in the nightmare and the inevitable mental side effects of being unconscious would still make the victim fail.

One of the movie franchises I can die comfortably without seeing. Very intriguing but intense. This video is the closest I’ve gotten to it. Somethings aren’t so easy to forget

Jigsaw: all my traps are beatable. Also Jigsaw: rip your jaw out please ☺️

My favorite thing about saw is that he explains the game like it’s easy. “All you have to do it is remove your wisdom teeth” LMAO WHAT?!

Unbeatable traps were created by Amanda Young. Classroom trap, Angel Trap were designed by Amanda for the victims execution, rather than their “rebirth”

“All my traps are beatable” *“Your next task is to successfully order an ice cream from the McDonalds ice cream machine.”*

John: "I just want them to redeem themselves" Everyone: "Cool motive, still murder"

No one ever talks about those traps where it’s a 1v1 and only one person can survive. That’s straight up murder because no matter what, one person will die.

Amanda set up Adam's trap too. She threw the key randomly and caused it to go down the drain. Amanda kept setting up unwinnable games like Kerry's angel trap and of course the classroom with the door welded shut. I think in the first trap, Adam was supposed to be able to free roam the bathroom, but Amanda obviously threw a wrench in that with the key...

I just can't imagine being able to convince yourself "he can survive after scooping his eyeball out" or something to that degree or higher. Then again, John is clearly already an extremely unwell man lmao

I kind of want a SAW film where Jigsaw says “I want to play a game” and then It cuts to him and the victim yelling at each other over monopoly

9:59 look away? I remember people yelling "knock her the F*** out so she cant yell!" in the cinema lol

The true unbeatable traps were not designed by Kramer. Amanda and Hoffman did not care if the traps were survivable or not. Granted, Jigsaw did have some REALLY hard traps to survive where someone can easily die even with the ‘Will to survive’. Let’s also not forget how some games include murdering other people, when they are helpless to save themselves.

Most of the unbeatable traps were set by Hoffman and Amanda. John Kramer wanted people to have the chance to escape. So any of these unbeatable traps weren’t him unless they were personal.

_“I’ve never murdered anyone in my life”_ *Murders a couple SWAT officers by electrocuting them when they attempted to go up a flight of stairs to get to Jigsaw*

After the 2nd movie, John Kramer was no longer constructing the traps. It was actually pointed out that Amanda's traps were unbeatable and John didn't approve of that. Once he died, it spiraled out of control and became more about killing and torturing than it was about teaching someone to value their lives which was John's whole philosophy behind why he did what he did. By the end, the one before the stupid reboot or Jigsaw movie, it came full circle that he used the doctor from the first movie to make sure the ones that killed unnecessarily and in John's name, were stopped and paid the price for misrepresenting his vision

With the bedroom trap, I think the easiest way to get through it was to hit both triggers at the same time, taking out both the eyes at the same time so the pain isn’t extended more than it has to be

Jigsaw:"You did something bad so if you survive my almost unbeatable trap, you'll appreciate and enjoy life more" Surviors with trauma, PTSD, panic attacks and anxiety:👍

I would actually be terrified to even be an ACTOR for these movies. Those traps can look a bit too realistic sometimes... O_o

"My doctor had a shitty beside manner, that's why you, a person with an addiction problem that has never met me, has been kidnapped. And now have to prove to me you want to live (not that you were suicidal but just didn't have the zest for life I think you should have) by crippling yourself in an incredibly painful way. Btw I'm not responsible." J.Kramer

Jigsaw: "I hate murderers. I don't murder." Also Jigsaw: "Kill this dude in 6 hours or you die."

All of Amanda’s traps were unbeatable she purposely wanted her victims dead. Like that one trap with the girl and the acid she had to get the key out before the timer went or her chest was gonna open up and Amanda walked in at the last minute and tricked it cs she got the key out in time and the key wasn’t even for that trap.

The Flammable Jelly is technically survivable, but Jigsaw doesn’t give enough info to figure it out. You’re meant to blow out the candle, as the actual code is written in glow-in-the-dark paint. You can then relight the candle with matches in the room to actually input the code.

The classroom trap is 100% unbeatable, and is set up by Amanda Young. John Kramer played a game with Amanda in Saw III for making unbeatable traps, such as the classroom one, because even if you ripped out your jaw and lived, the door was welded shut.

For the flammable gel trap , all you can do is placing the candle to a safe distance and then try 10.000 possible combinations. Surviving is not complately in your hands but you can increase your chance by being fast and trying most of it. The wall is not a help.

The tooth puzzle is impossible because you will likely scratch off the numbers from your teeth while trying to rip them out. Your best shot is to try and feel the shape with your finger, then guess the code.

What I think is the worst part about the needle pit is that the needles are used, which means that the ends are bent. These bent tips tear skin super easily going in and especially coming out.

The candle trap is probably the most annoying one because Jigsaw himself made it unbeatable but he loathes Amanda and Mark for doing the same 🤷‍♂️

The reason the bathroom trap for Adam is unbeatable is not cause of John but it's due to Amanda. They retroactively explain it but it does explain why it went down the drain while Lawrence had his key. It's actually explained that most of the unbeatable trap are not due to John but instead it's his disciples. I think the only exception is Lawrence. He's the only desciple that makes the traps actually beatable.

The Classroom trap should be in the rigged traps section for 3 reasons 1. There was no way that Troy could rip his jaw without hilariously bad consecuences 2. The door that Troy would use to "escape" when he ripped all his chains was welded shut 3. His damaged tendons wouldn't let him walk to the door even if he could magicaly remove all the chains and the door wasn't welded shut

Love the movies, but kid napping people and putting them in life threatening situations where survival is possible if played correctly is still murder. It always bugs me when John says he never murdered anyone.

Jigsaw be like "all you have to do is hold the flashlight for you dad without him yelling"

Actually in Saw 3, almost all traps were designed by Amanda's John's follower and self-proclaimed successor. She made the traps unbeatable because she thought people didm't deserve to win. As for Hoffman's traps, they were survivable but they were far too brutal

The needle pit is the one that I always think of when I think of saw movies. Terrifying.

Is everyone forgetting the biggest part of all about the chains trap: The door was welded shut. Even if he did manage to pull his chains out in time by some miracle, he'd have 0 chances of escape. Everything around the room had been barricaded by tables and chairs, so no escaping through the windows, simply throwing the bomb away or having enough strength to surround yourself with enough tables to survive such a blast. Theoretically speaking, even if he tried breaking the glass jar and throwing the bomb into a corner of the room AND hid behind enough cover, he'd still die from sheer blood loss before anyone could cut through the door in time. *This trap was impossible and rigged from the start, just like all the rest that were left off the list.*

John Kramer: "Everybody deserves a chance!!" All the people in Bobby's test in Saw 7, all of William's coworkers in Saw 6, the people involved in the car accident in Jeff's game in Saw 3 and many more: "Hold up...!!"

To beat the needle pit, just take your shoes off and put them over your hands while you’re digging. The thick rubber soles and leather will give some protection and also act as paddles. There are objects in the room, too; a pram, and a box. Use them as scoops.

tbh the death mask thing was one of the most uh... uncomfortable traps for me lol (i hate thinking about the eye, i dont like visitting ophthalmologist and basically any surgery or doing anything around the eye so its really 💀 for me)

I hate the fact that Jigsaw gave Amanda one of the easiest traps where she didn't even have to harm herself. But when it's her turn to be Jigsaw, she has the absolute nerve to rig the traps to be unbeatable. If surviving her test actually rehabilitated her, why did she think the same thing wouldn't happen to her victims?

What I'd love to see would be a "Jigsaw, the Failure" movie, where every single one of his victims does the most likely: Fade out, when the pain starts to grow strong. Or completely loses the mind in a panic attack. Or ruins survival-essential parts of the trap by puking on it. Reactions, that would make Jigsaw seriously question his talent for predicting human behaviour.

One thing to note is that despite the fact that John makes his traps brutal and cruel, he ALWAYS gives the player a chance to survive. Amanda, Hoffman, etc. were not out for teaching them a lesson. They were purely out for blood.

2:38 I think you would mostly avoid cuts by just sliding your feet across the ground, and that's a rather easy solution to think of

For the flammable jelly trap, I think the reason it is so difficult is that Kramer himself suffers from cancer and knows how painful being that I’ll truly is. So because the guy in the trap fakes being ill, Kramer would naturally be resentful of him, to the point his standard procedure of making his traps winnable is thrown to the side in favor of his own sense of justice.

Any traps Amanda made hahah

I have an idea for the classroom trap. You saw how there were desks stacked up to make it look like a classroom? Maybe, he could rip out one side of the hooks, and then grab a desk and shield himself from the explosion and shrapnel of the nail bomb. If he did this, he would have enough time to wait for the police to arrive, because we see them investigate the crime scene where limbs are scattered everywhere, so they could help him out. Just a theory on a potential strategy.

I’m regards to Adam’s key in Saw 1 being impossible, I think it was given lip service that Amanda just dumped the key in when it was meant to be tied to something so it could still be retrieved. Basically, because she didn’t care if they lived or died, she didn’t set the game up correctly and it became rigged when it wasn’t supposed to be.

The tongue one in Spiral was also pretty much unbeatable, had he ripped his whole tongue off he'd have probably bled out to death way before he could leave and look for help

Bruh, I think most people would rather die than do this shit. I'll wait to explode I don't give a damn. The thing is, why would I want unbearable pain when I can have sweet nothingness? (Plus I won't have to pay taxes anymore so Jigsaw kinda doing me a solid ngl)

I was quite surprised that you actually did select only traps that weren't meant as "kill traps", as well as only ones built by John himself - until the last one, that is. I believe it's even discussed in the third movie itself, as soon as the chain guy's remains are found, that the trap didn't follow Jigsaw's usual modus operandi of giving the victim a chance to escape, simply because of the fact that the police had to literally cut a hole through the welded metal sheet that blocked the only entrance. The trap was actually one of Amanda's, who's own signature for her traps was the fact that they were, objectively, inescapable. The Angel Trap is also one of her traps, which was physically impossible to escape because the arms that would swing out and create the "angel wings" were literally embedded into the ribcage, so even after removing the key from the acid, there was no way out. Despite this singular oversight, this was actually a really well put together video, and I enjoyed it, especially as I just recently re-watched the series myself. One trap I'd like to add to the list, despite actually being one of Hoffman's traps, is the second one Art Blanc was put in after the "See No Evil, Speak No Evil" one where his mouth was sewn shut. Similarly to Adam and his key in the first movie, Art didn't really have a choice regarding his death with that one: he was reliant on Riggs not entering the door before the timer ended, because he was set up to look like the mastermind given his alleged freedom to maneuver in the room. The reality is that if he tried to escape or help the others escape, the pliers embedded into his neck would snap shut and sever his spinal cord, likely from some hidden control Hoffman had on him to keep the game running, or perhaps he was simply told this in another tape after the device was attached to him. But Riggs got in before the timer ended, and probably would have shot Art either way because he thought he was the new accomplice for Jigsaw. He was kind of screwed no matter what he did.

The classroom trap was designed by Amanda, because the door was welded shut so even if the dude got all the chains out he'd have no way of escaping, which is also why John didn't choose amanda as his successor because in SAW 3 he mentions how he despises murderers and because her traps had no way of escape (just like the butterfly rib cage one) he saw it as murder rather than a "test"

For the circular saw trap: Remember that 10 pints is just 1.5 gallons of liquid.If all of the participants chipped in by collecting water or other bodily fluids( other than blood in the trap) they would’ve been been better off. If for instance, each person peed into the trap, would’ve at least reduced the blood loss necessary. As for the key…

My main complaint for the Tooth pulling trap is, 2/4 of my wisdom teeth, when removed by professionals, shattered into pieces. So idk, seems like a damned if you do damned if you dont

I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure Adam's key was explained in the third film that Amanda carelessly tossed it onto him to probably make it easier for him to lose it.

The classroom trap is an Amanda trap. It's literally unbeatable because even if he pulled out all the rings, the door is welded shut, they make that point in the movie. Also, if you pulled out one wisdom tooth in the teeth trap, you'd have to cycle through 000-999 for the other 3 digits, so it's one thousand possible combinations, not one hundred.

The trap that bothered me most is one from saw 3D, the brazen bull one. The entire point of it was that the trap was unbeatable, given that he lied about surviving the same trap and that his pectoral muscles couldn't support his weight, even John basically tells him that in the audio. So he was deemed to fail and his girlfriend be burned alive. She was the only innocent person there, the only one who knew nothing about him being a fraud. So this was an execution of an innocent person to teach that guy a lesson? John designed this trap and chose the victims so it definitely went against his ''I never killed enyone'' , ''murder is disgusting to me''. Unless he cheated it was unbeatable and how was he supposed to know by cheating he won't activate the brazen bull. I don't get why that woman had to die in such a horrible way when she didn't wrong anybody.

I don’t get why people where so shocked by the needle trap, i found the twisting limbs trap much worse to look at (where his legs and arms and eventually his neck starts twisting) i forgot the name of the trap but it’s from Saw 3 i believe

Just remember that Amanda, Kramers apprentice put the key in the bathtub in the first movie and Kramer hated her cause she was notorious for making traps that were impossible to beat/ rigging traps to be impossible so Kramer didn't do the key in the bathtub Amanda did. Also Amanda did the classroom trap

7:17 bro is doin flips

Towards the final movies, the traps seemed to get really unfair, and it never made sense to me e.g. William Easton had to kill people to win his games. But I guess even the first film had Amanda kill to get her key? It seems weird that John put so much emphasis on living through your trap, but anyone involved in your trap was just a throwaway set piece. Do they get a tape too? "Hey, in 3 minutes someone is gonna bust in here and kill you for the key in your guts. Try to poop it out and you get to live..."

I watched the first two Saw-movies with a friend and she actually had a very interesting idea why Jigsaw was like that: It was never his intention to actually have beatable traps. He just wanted to punish people, but he musters out who should have a survival-chance and who not. Everyone who doesn't have a survival-chance in his opinion he gives the illusion of freedom, lurking him in the last hope just to be destroyed even more (If someone watched "Fate/Zero" (Terrible anime to be honest, but with very interesting ideas), you can compare that to Bluebeards speak of why he let the kid go just to kill him off with a tentaclemonster while he was reaching the door). Also it gives everyone the illusion that Jigsaw gives everyone a chance. This was best shown with Adams key - Adam was meant to be killed in the very beginning, Jigsaw stated that in Gordons tape. The mentioning with the key was just Jigsaw saying "You had a chance, you let it slip", creating the illusion Adam had a chance to flee while actually he never had. Thinking it further, he might actually have more of a problem with his students not because they were rigging the game - But because they were rigging it too obviously. So in this case, Jigsaw is a murderer, and he knows it. He is just a sadistic mastermind giving the illusion he "frees" people, while sometimes actually freeing people (if it was his intention or not is another thing).

Let’s not forget how Adam was sabotaged by Amanda in the start of the bathroom game. He was supposed to be able to move around the bathroom freely but the door still would’ve been locked. I always wondered how the bathroom game would play out if Adam was able to unlock his chains and be able to walk around the bathroom freely

2:50 I always wondered in this trap could he have not moved the glass around to clear a walkable path? Like sliding one foot left to right to swish the glass away from the floor , or using one hand doing the same? Wouldn't that make things slightly more bearable?

Don't forget how Jigsaw literally for no reason put a smoker into a trap against a non smoker where you have to hold your breath to survive.

The needle trap was by far the most uncomfortable trap to watch

Dont forget that in the classroom trap, there was also two chains that looped around both of his Achilles heels, even if the door wasnt welded shut, he wouldn't have been able to walk afterward

10:30 door sealed shut too, Amanda trap tho

For the flammable jelly trap, you don't even need to move to beat it. It's one of those left-right-left combination locks which can easily be cracked just by spinning slowly and listening/feeling for the clicks. Obviously if it's a better designed one, that won't work, but you can still brute force it by hand algorithmically, it might just take a little while and I don't think there's any time limit to that one.

I got addicted to your Saw analysis a few weeks ago. I just can’t get enough of these!

1:42 - I never understood the “broken glass” sound effects or why people think there’s any glass in the pit. All of those syringes are plastic as almost all modern syringes are.

I love at least the first 3 Saw films, but I rarely watch them because I get legit nightmares and pure paranoia for weeks afterwards. Leigh and James knew what they were doing making these though, absolutely insane films

Forgetting the fact it was impossible to escape, the chain trap is probably the one I would least want to do out of any trap in the series. Watching him rip the chains through his achilles makes me cringe every time. Then the chain through his jaw just tops it off and waiting for the timer to count down to die is the only viable option because screw that

For the flammable jell one I would have taken a dull shard of glass and used it to scrape some gel off, especially around my face hands and forearm

My only thinking on the flammable jelly trap is that in fact some of the numbers were done in a paint that would show differently if the candle was close enough, but this wasn't really shown because of how they edited it.

Either Bobby’s wife was never the original person who was meant to be apart of the final trap in Saw7, or she was actually supposed to be hiding something. John doesn’t just throw innocent people into the games. Maybe in one of the first drafts of the script she actually knew about his lie.

So a few things to take into account: 1. In regards to the Venus Flytrap from Saw II, the game Saw II: Flesh and Blood shows that this trap actually is beatable, you would just need to cut the stitching on your eye and you would be able to reach the key. 2. In Saw III, Saw IV, & Saw V, both the Angel Wings/Rib Spreader Trap and the Classroom Trap are 2 of the traps determined to have to have been done by a 2nd accomplice as it is noted that John Kramer himself would have been too sick at that point to set up the traps and Amanda would not have the physical capabilities.

I remember hearing somewhere that Amanda placed Adam's key, hence why its put in such a shitty place. I don't remember who said that though sooo I dunno if its true.

My idea for beating the needle pit: Someone with shoes on jumps in. Someone else hands their shoes to the person in the pit. The person in the pit puts the other shoes on their hands and uses them to dig.

In 2027, Saw 15: "I wanna play a game. Behind you is a 20 megaton thermonuclear device. To disarm it, you must pull off your head with a vacuum cleaner and use it to play a perfect game of bowling in 30 seconds. Live or die. Make your choice."

One thing about the candle trap to make it easier. Instead of walking directly on top of the glass shards, just use your hand to shove it out of the way.

"I've never killed anyone, i'm not a murderer" You put them in situations where it was either maim themselves permanently or death John, you can ride that high horse all day but that shit ain't gonna hold up for a fucking SECOND in court

I know I'm way behind on answering the question of who made the classroom trap, but I believe it was Amanda who made the trap. If I'm not mistaken 3 is the movie where john is in the makeshift hospital he has in his lair and can't really do much. I could be wrong though so anybody who cares enough lemme know.

They show Amanda haphazardly throw the key into the bathtub anyway, which wasn't where it was supposed to go. I think had Adam gotten the key he'd have still been trapped anyway cause I'd assume the door was locked. However, the entire point of all of the movies had to do with psychology and anticipating the human mind to a point where Jigsaw basically knew what would happen before it happened. I don't think we as an audience were ever meant to understand.

Well the classroom trap was built to be inescapable and he was basically meant to die. Amanda built her traps that way due to her belief that they didn't deserve second chances like John gave them if they succeeded. So in that film all of her traps were inescapable. So all of Johns traps you could escape but at a huge cost, just Amanda's, then towards end others too, weren't; but especially Amanda's as she built them 100% inescapable.

The classroom trap wasn't done by John. The door was welded shut. There was no escape or the dude, even if he did somehow get the ring out of his jaw. That is not a John Kramer trap that is an Amanda trap. Her traps were 100% unbeatable.

There are two possible - but probably very unlikely - ways to beat the Classroom Trap. 1. Try to make a makeshift barrier with the chair and any other furniture that may be within reach and pray you survive the shrapnel. 2. Remove just enough rings to be able to reach the bomb and maybe defuse it. I know, neither of these are really good options, but it is the only chance you would have.

Even if you were a world class surgeon, it is very unlikely you would survive removing your own eye. Puncturing the area around your eye would cause blood to fill up the area, which would cause pressure on the brain. You’d be very lucky to not cause related brain damage, not to mention your immune response is suppressed in the area around your eye, so any infection from unsterilized tools would have a greater chance of going septic and reaching your brain.