History Main / AttackItsWeakPoint

** And speaking about Fafnir, bathing in his blood rendered Sigurd/Siegfried invulnerable. Apart from a spot on his shoulder where a leaf had stuck to him.

** In MGS3 this is justified: the back of the [[HumongousMecha Walking Behemoth]] Shagohod falls off [[spoiler: when you attempt to destroy it by blowing up a bridge from underneath it]] and the only part left unarmored is the back of the cockpit, which was never to be exposed. Shooting the threads with the RPG-7 also helps considerably.

->'''NoahAntwiler:''' Gee, I wonder where I should shoot. Could it be the giant glowing blue fuck me light on his forehead?

* ''RiseOfTheKasai'' has a few bosses like this; three bosses(two that are fought at the same time) take the form of dragons that fly around the platform and will breath fire at you that will instantly kill you if it hits. They're far out of reach for most of the fight and can only be sniped by arrows right before breathing fire, and then will only take damage if they arrow hits a weak point on their chest. The final boss can be stunned, but not killed, by attacking it over and over again, however, it's SoulJar is floating right above it. Once again, arrow to that equals dead boss.

*** Actually, the head in general is well-armored enough (apart from obvious points like the eyes) that, while it'll hurt, it isn't likely to do as much damage as body shots. The solar plexus and kidneys are particularly good targets.

*** And in the case of a tank which would rather make the first move than try to resist a pounding, it's an active protection system, which goes ''way'' back in the 1970s, apparently pioneered by the Soviet Union. The first APS, codenamed the ''Drozd'', had a PointDefensless problem: a good portion of antitank rockets still made their way through the tank and the ''Drozd'' only covered the front. Recent developments have fixed this problem, though.

* Military vehicle designers have gotten wise to this, as evidenced by the number of Trucks, APC's and other assorted light armoured vehicles with V-shaped hulls (to deflect the blast from an explosive (say a mine or IED) thats undeneath the vehicle away from it) that have been cropping up in recent years.

->'''[[NoahAntwiler]]:''' Gee, I wonder where I should shoot. Could it be the giant glowing blue fuck me light on his forehead?

** On the flip side, ''MetalGear Online'' (at least the version packaged with MGS4) has an in-game option in which players hosting a match can decide to enable a "Headshots Only" mode, in which you're penalized if you shoot an opposing player anywhere but their head. And considering just how headshot-unfriendly the game's controls are to begin with...

"They're .... liability!"]]]]

[[quoteright:245:[[PennyArcade http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pennyarcadecollosi.png]]]] [[caption-width-right:245:[[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/10/21/ "They're .... liability!"]]]]

[[quoteright:245:[[PennyArcade http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pennyarcadecollosi.png]]]] [[caption-width-right:245:[[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/10/21/ "They're a goddamn liability!"]]]]

* ''MSPaintMasterpieces'' hilariously referenced it. While the comic usually has ''Game/MegaMan'' finishing off the Robot Masters with their [[ElementalRockPaperScissors weaknesses]], at one point a heavily damaged Mega Man, riding in a stolen [[HumongousMecha walker]] is confronted by Quick Man. After a little taunting from the latter, MegaMan makes the walker [[GroinAttack kick Quick Man in the crotch]], while he mutters to himself, "I hope...that was...his weakness..."

Therefore, if you see a shiny or glowing target anywhere on the boss villain's body, chances are that's where [[ForMassiveDamage you need to attack]]. Common targets are the [[BoomHeadshot head]], [[GoForTheEye eyes]] (particularly if it's a cyclops), [[CognizantLimbs hands]] (if the monster is giant), tail, [[GroinAttack balls]] (if it's male) the inside of the mouth or a soft underbelly. Machines often have a gratuitous red PowerCrystal that practically screams, "Hit me!". If the boss is particularly large, it might require [[ColossusClimb a difficult trip to get there]]. Sometimes, the weak point may not be exposed right away, meaning it may require [[PuzzleBoss a little ingenuity]] on your part to get it out in the open. Sometimes the target will be reachable [[TacticalSuicideBoss only when the boss does a certain move]], in which AIRoulette or ArtificialStupidity must be in play to keep the game winnable. This is particularly true for [[PlatformGame Platformers]], ActionAdventure games, and {{Third Person Shooter}}s.

Quite often this weak spot targeting becomes mundane job for hero team. Monster of the day attacks, all attacks are useless. Hero team uses computer or some other way to find weak spot then finishes monster in one strike. Usually even after whole season of such boring destructions villain does not learn to cover that tiny weak spot for his next invincible monster.

** Well armed an armoured maybe, but its design of three propeller shafts rather than four was a big flop, not only did it critically weaken the keel, (leading to the 'ability' of a single torpedo to jam the rudders), but it also made steering a pig (not helped by a really too small rudders). She was a Battleship, with emphasis the 'battle' rather than the 'ship'. She was also more vulnerable to plunging fire than contemporary British designs, which resulted in one of the shells from the Prince of Wales severing the forward fuel line. The secondary armament wasn't much good either, making it especially vulnerable to low-altitude torpedo bombers.

* Most cats HATE tummy rubs because their instinct is to protect their vunerable tummies. A cat rolling over and showing you its stomach is a sign of trust.

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* The DEMONHEAD MOBSTER KINGPIN from ''MSPaintAdventures'', after suffering the heroes' devastating [[SpiritBomb Triple Truffle Shuffle Scuffle Comb Rave Attack]]: "DMK's NETHER-REGIONAL VULNERABULB blooms, briefly exposing his WEAK SPOT."