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[[caption-width:250:Can you ''please'' stop trying to punch holes in the flooring?]]

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[[caption-width:320:Ha, Robotnik! [[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt You missed!]]]]

* In [[MegamanX Mega Man X4]], there's the mid boss of Split Mushrooms Stage, Tentoroid. Thankfully it only takes a few charge shots to destroy, but if your going for a no charge shot run like a certain [[RoahmMythril dragon]] does, it's pretty tough to get enough shots in on time before [[SpikesOfDoom spikey]] doom.

** Spring Yard Zone's boss has a spike on it's base. Leave it too long, and it will eventually take away all the floor, leaving you with nothing to stand on.
** Labyrinth Zone's boss has you scaling a vertical obstacle course. If you're quick, you can keep ahead of the water; if you're slow, you get to do it in the water with worse control physics. If you're really slow, you'll drown.
*** If you're really fast (as in tool-assisted speedrun fast), you can leave Robotnik in the dust.
** Act 2 of Sandopolis features a boss that's an AdvancingBossOfDoom, which will slowly move closer and closer. This isn't usually an issue, but the arena does have an end wall, and if the boss reaches that far wall, you will get crushed between the two.

* In [[MegamanX Mega Man X4]], there's the mid boss of Split Mushrooms Stage, Tentoroid. Thankfully it only takes a few charge shots to destroy, but if your going for a no charge shot run like a certain [[RoahmMythril dragon]] does, it's pretty tough to get enough shots in on time before [[SpikesOfDoom spikey]] doom

* ''OracleOfAges'' has the second miniboss do this: It flies around and tries to GroundPound you, knocking tiles out wherever it lands. However, it's not that hard to defeat him, and there's a border of unbreakable tiles. [[MustHaveLotsOfFreeTime I once tried to get him to destroy all the tiles before giving up out of boredom]].

Compare TimeLimitBoss. Contrast BossArenaIdiocy and its close cousin HoistByHisOwnPetard.

The difficulty of these bosses is directly proportional to how long it takes to defeat them: If you've played the game repeatedly or are quick enough to get a few attacks in early, the boss is hardly a challenge; but if the fight drags on for a long time, he'll become a nightmare to defeat -- if it's still possible to defeat him at all -- and may be a candidate for ThatOneBoss.

* [[ThatOneBoss The Evil Wall]] in Final Fantasy IV will crush your players one by one as soon as it gets close enough. If you're not one or two hits away from killing it at this point, you're doomed.

** [[YoshisIsland The sequel]] tries to recreate this moment, but it just isn't the same.

** Not exactly an example, but in ''SonicTheHedgehog4'', once the FinalBoss has 1 hp left, it will try a LastDitchMove to crush the floor and make Sonic fall into a BottomlessPit. You better get that last hit in before it's too late!

* In ''{{Ys}} I'', everytime you hit Dark Fact, a piece of the platform drops out. If you're standing on said piece, you die instantly. If you aren't leveled up enough(in the TurboGrafx16 version that is; in others you'll already be at the {{cap}}), you'll end up with too many holes and become trapped and killed.

* In ''{{Purple}}'', the final boss will occasionaly send down bolts of lightning that destroy the floor.

** Sonic CD's semifinal boss fight has Sonic and Metal Sonic race. If you're too slow, You get hit by a laser.

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* In ''EccoTheDolphin: Defender of the Future'', the final boss is the alien queen's [[WombLevel heart]]. During the fight, blood rises from the bottom. if you don't defeat it quickly, Ecco will drown in the blood. [[JustifiedTrope Which makes sense]] because blood doesn't have air in it.

** Labyrinth Zone has a much less dangerous, but still annoying boss. The boss has you scaling a vertical obstacle course. If you're quick, you can keep ahead of the water; if you're slow, you get to do it in the water with worse control physics. If you're really slow, you'll drown.

* In ''{{Ys}} I'', everytime you hit Dark Fact, a piece of the platform drops out. If you're standing on said piece, you die instantly.

* In SpongebobSquarepants TheMovie [[GameOfTheMovie game]], King Neptune destroys the floors but leaves some, and never destroys the rest, so it's kinda a subversion.
** Uh, no. That'd be TurnsRed. He destroys the floor halfway through the fight.

Note that many bosses will become progressively tougher and switch to stronger attacks as the battle wears on; while BossArenaUrgency may overlap, this isn't always the case. For example, if this progression only occurs after inflicting specific amounts of damage, then this is simply because the boss TurnsRed; BossArenaUrgency occurs if this progression takes place ''independent'' of the player's actions.

** The TrueFinalBoss of ''Sonic and Knuckles'', and some of the 3D games (including the aforementioned ''Sonic Adventure 2'',) is like this. You don't have an actual timer, but you start the fight as [[SuperMode Super Sonic]]. If you run out of rings, you turn back to normal, and in the boss fight, this causes you to die. This makes sense in S&K, as the fight takes place in space, but makes less sense in Sonic Adventure, where you can die from standing on the road(Although you're more likely to fall into the water and drown).

** The final fight against Bowser has this: he'll start dropping boulders through the ground, turning them into bottom-less pits. If you let him get too close, he'll get rid of the entire ground.

* ''AlienSoldier'' had "Back Stringer". You fought this GiantSpider on the wings and body of its dinner, a [[http://www.bogleech.com/aliensoldier/as-spiderbattle.gif decapitated giant fly]]. Small destructible [[DemonicSpiders spiders]] would come up from the bottom of the screen and pull the fly down the big spider web (each additional one making it sink faster). If the fly platform disappears off the bottom of the screen, expect to [[GameOver die]]- you'll keep falling into a [[NonLethalBottomlessPits health-draining bottomless pit]] OVER AND OVER AGAIN!!!
* In SpongebobSquarepants TheMovie [[GameOfTheMovie game]], King Neptune destroys the floors but leaves some, and never destorys the rest, so it's kinda a inversion.

* SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland: The [[BackgroundBoss final boss]] will start off by occasionally dropping boulders near where Yoshi stands, leaving sizable gaps. When he's about to die, he bum-rushes the arena to destroy all platforms and knock Baby Mario out of the saddle while Yoshi plummets. Pretty much screwed either way.
** [[YoshisIslandDS The sequel]] tries to recreate this moment, but it just isn't the same.

Compare TimeLimitBoss. Contrast BossArenaIdiocy.