History Main / DeathfromAbove

** Narrator Jake describes himself as this after he bonds with his Ikran. His feelings of lethality last up until he is attacked by Death From Above in the form of a predator almost five times as big.
** The Na'vi word for the great leonopteryx, "Toruk", means [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Last Shadow"]].

* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'' has a partial example with the Goomba Storm technique. Bowser orders a squad of Goombas to ZergRush the enemy. The player must then tap at the Goombas with the stylus to make Bowser set them on fire, upon which they leap into the air, raining fiery death upon the enemy at the end.

* ''Franchise/SuperMario'':

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':

** The Night's Watch takes full advantage of their position atop the Wall to rain arrows, flaming barrels, and even a huge scythe down on anyone who tries to storm the Wall.
** Whenever Dany's dragons show up, viewers can count on people being roasted from above. For a specific example, Drogon drops out of the sky in Daenerys' darkest hour (surrounded by Sons of the Harpy at the Great Games) and immediately starts laying waste to her enemies. Especially evident in Season 7 when [[TheBigGuy Drogon]] absolutely obliterates [[spoiler: the Lannister/Tarly army]], showcasing just how [[FantasticNuke terrifying and destructive]] a mature dragon would be when used in combat.

** This is a reoccurring theme in almost all of the big summons in ''Final Fantasy''. Examples are almost all of Bahamut's summonings, one of which involves him firing a [[EarthShatteringKaboom Moon Killer]] which blasts through the moon to reach its target. Other notable ones are Eden from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', Ark from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', which combines KillSat with CoolAirship, and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII''[='=]s Exodus, whose ultimate attack drops a [[Film/{{Armageddon}} meteor the size of Texas]] on your enemy's head. It is as cool as it sounds.

* ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' and ''Film/DeepImpact'' both revolved around meteor impacts.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

** ''Call of Duty 4: VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' has a level called ''Death From Above'' in which you provide close air support from an AC-130U gunship. For the uneducated, the AC-130U has a left-side-mounted 25mm [[GatlingGood GAU-12 Equalizer]], one 40 mm L/60 Bofors cannon and one 105 mm M102 howitzer. The Bofors was usually used as an AA gun, and the M102 is usually used in an indirect-fire artillery role. Using it as a direct-fire weapon from the side of a large cargo plane was something of a stroke of genius. Check [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130 more.]]

* ''VideoGame/SplitSecond2010'': Air Strike mode has you racing down the track while a helicopter rains down missiles on you. In the airport race, one [[StuffBlowingUp Power Play]] drops an airplane on your opponents -- and it's not just a small plane dropping from a crane. ''[[UpToEleven A jumbo jet crash lands on the runway]]''.

* TheCavalry version of BigDamnHeroes coming from above can be seen in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', in which it is dubbed a "Force from on high." Also subverted, as the superheroes involved do not kill anybody.

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]

[[folder:Eastern Animation]]
* The Space Fleet team led by ''Animation/KapitanBomba'' rarely uses weapons other than guns and grenades, but on few occasion they got issued a mortar with several different types of ammunition.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Franchises]]
* Franchise/MonsterVerse: The [[Characters/MonsterVerseMUTO male MUTO]] in ''Film/Godzilla2014'' employs a hit and run strategy using its wings, and dive-bombs [[spoiler:the boat carrying the nuclear bomb the military intended to use to kill him, the female and Godzilla]]. The spin-off graphic novel ''Skull Island: The Birth of Kong'' recycles the [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandKaijuAndOtherCreatures Vinestrangler]] -- a creature that was cut from ''Film/KongSkullIsland'', hanging from trees and using its CombatTentacles to ambush and devour unsuspecting prey that wanders below it -- as a Monarch creature profile.
[[/folder]]

* Happens frequently in ''Roleplay/DestroyTheGodmodder''. Almost every other turn, ''something'' falls from the sky. Two infamous examples from 2 are Zero Hour, when a giant meteor crashed into [[TempleOfDoom Monolithium]], and [[spoiler: [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The Eclipse]]]]

* {{Franchise/Extrapower}}: Dark Force's planetary conquest involves mass orbital bombardment. This happens to Earth's major cities in Attack of Dark Force, with Dark Force willing to use an even bigger, concentrated blast to reduce Earth into dust. In ''VideoGame/ExtrapowerStarResistance'', you get to witness a city-wiping strike happen in real time.

* ''Roleplay/DestroyTheGodmodder'' has had multiple uses of this on all scales, from as small as an airstrike, to the UNSC Preston Cole doing orbital bombardments, and it doesn't even stop at having the entire solar system thrown at the godmodder. Probably one of the most notable examples would be ninjatwist's meteor strike that completely obliterated the PG side in one shot.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Eleenin can fire a beam of light upon her enemy from overhead.
** Melinda can make it rain purple fireballs.
* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Seth can summon toy bomber helicopters.
** Amber can float in the air with astroids surrounding her and fire them downward.
* WebOriginal/TheInnocent is filled with bombardments carried out by [[ChildSoldiers children]], which are intended to force the bombarded cities to surrender.

* In ''WebOriginal/TheInnocent'', the children bomb cities across Europe and the world. To lit them here creates a LongList.
* ''WebVideo/WorldWarTwo'': The series covers the war's critical aspect of air forces deployed against ground targets. Scores of soldiers and civilians alike will die over the course of the conflict from bombs and strafing runs by aircraft machine guns and cannons.

* ''VideoGame/{{Rage}}'' opens with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis 99942 Apophis]] slamming into Earth.

** They even have multiple ways to perform Exterminatus, from virus-bombing (which destroys all unprotected organic material on a planet) to cyclonic torpedoes (which shatter the planet's crust).

** Although all the biggest lightning spells come from above, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'''s Thundaga definitely looks the most impressive, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p6CjEOdfws almost like a small-scale reverse-Eden.]]

* ''LightNovel/EightySix'':

* [[EarthShatteringKaboom Planet killers]] are the extreme form of Death From Above.

* Franchise/MonsterVerse: The [[Characters/MonsterVerseKaiju male MUTO]] in ''Film/Godzilla2014'' employs a hit and run strategy using its wings, and dive-bombs [[spoiler:the boat carrying the nuclear bomb the military intended to use to kill him, the female and Godzilla]]. The spin-off graphic novel ''Skull Island: The Birth of Kong'' recycles the [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandKaijuAndOtherCreatures Vinestrangler]] -- a creature that was cut from ''Film/KongSkullIsland'', hanging from trees and using its CombatTentacles to ambush and devour unsuspecting prey that wanders below it -- as a Monarch creature profile.

* Invoked word-for-word by [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited Amanda Waller]] after the Justice League's [[KillSat Binary Fusion Generator]] has been fired on Cadmus Headquarters, with disastrous consequences for [[CouldHaveBeenMessy buildings all around]].

** This is also how [[spoiler: the Battle of Belhalla]] finishes in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''. Death by [[spoiler: a "fire rain" via the Meteor spell, courtesy of the court magicians under the orders of the MagnificentBastard who has just killed your leader. Aaaaaahhhhh!!!]]

** Also the M.O. for large land predators that spend a lot of time in trees. Leopards and wolverines are known to take down larger prey items in this manner, simply by dropping down on said prey item.