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* ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'': In ''Enemy Within'', once you've finally tracked down EXALT's headquarters facility, it turns out to be a massive penthouse suite filled with artwork, luxurious furniture, and a kickass evil command center, all of which you can blow to glorious, ''glorious'' pieces.

* The final boss of ''VideoGame/TheNinjaWarriors''. You've cornered the BigBad in his office, and all you need to do is [[AntiClimaxBoss walk up to him and slash him]].

Plus, of course, it tends to be an excellent set piece: expensive-looking works of art to throw, leather couches to tumble over, white marble columns to slam heads into, expensive-looking statuary to shred with gunfire in slow-mo, and, of course, the [[SuperWindowJump surprisingly easily broken]] picture [[DestinationDefenestration window]] right above a twenty-story drop; that's always fun. See also: ThroneRoomThrowdown.

Plus, of course, it tends to be an excellent set piece: expensive-looking works of art to throw, leather couches to tumble over, white marble columns to slam heads into, expensive-looking statuary to shred with gunfire in slow-mo, and, of course, the [[SuperWindowJump surprisingly easily broken]] picture [[DestinationDefenestration window]] right above a twenty-story drop; that's always fun.

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* ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'': After a whole game of fending off the Haltmann Works Company, the final level sees Kirby entering the company’s head office, having to battle a souped-up [[UnwillingRoboticisation Mecha Knight]], followed by [[BigBad President]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Haltmann]] himself in his own [[BlingOfWar blinged-out suit]] of PoweredArmor. [[spoiler: However, Haltmann isn’t the final boss.]] The finale of the bonus mode "Meta Knightmare Returns", and all Arena battles against Haltmann [[spoiler:and the Meta Knightmare final bosses]] take place in the same office.

* Narrowly {{averted|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'': while the climactic confrontation with the BigBad, Father Balder, takes place on the opulent top floor of the Ithavoll Group headquarters (though it’s more like a small amphitheater than a penthouse), the actual boss fight takes place on its falling rubble after it explodes.

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* ''ComicBook/SinCity''
** ''The Hard Goodbye'': The last stop of Marv's RoaringRampageOfRevenge through Basin City is Cardinal Roark's 5th story luxury bedroom/chapel.
** There was also the Lord Estate in ''A Dame To Kill For'', which was the setting for two major fights, including the climax.
** The Sin City short ''Daddy's Little Girl'' has a rather tragic subversion of this battle when the main character goes to a rich man's estate in order to fight for the right to marry his daughter. [[spoiler: The daughter set her boyfriend up to be brutally murdered by her father. As it turns out, they're in a incestuous relationship and apparently killing poor schmucks turns him on.]]
* ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'' story "Naked Kills" is an exercise in {{Improvised Weapon}}ry (brooms, staplers, pencils...), as Frank infiltrates the Daedalus Tower as a janitor (a building for the super-rich where no one enters without clearance or a weapon of any kind, and is used to make snuff porn). The final page sees the owner (who escaped the first massacre) let Frank in to clean up his suite.
* ''ComicBook/Robin1993'' ends with two fights in King Snake's executive suite fifty floors above the streets of Hong Kong. In the first Snake pummels Clyde Rawlins to death, and when Tim arrives and sees his ally dead he's able to use a bit of misdirection and kick Snake out the window, where he then leaves him clinging to the ledge with ComicBook/LadyShiva standing over him who is implied to have made him fall to his death, though of course he shows up again later.

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* The end of the ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' movie features a lengthy fight in the Kingpin's penthouse office.

* ''[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]]'', of course, has the confrontation of Mace Windu and his Jedi vs. Palpatine and Anakin take place in the Chancellor's office. Although surprisingly little expensive artwork is damaged in the fight, it does feature the easily-breakable window [[spoiler:which Mace is blown through in a display of [[LargeHam UNLIMITED]] [[DrunkWithPower POWER]] by Palpatine]].

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* There are many examples of these fights on ''Series/{{Angel}}'', where Wolfram and Hart's offices get trashed. These include the final fight of the first season, the final fight of series (against Hamilton), and the complete devastation wrought by the EvilerThanThou demon known as the Beast.
** Of course, he went to the office in the first episode of the first season and was still there at the end of the fifth, so it was quite some time before he made much progress fighting the disease.

* ''[[Series/WonderWoman1975 Wonder Woman]]'': In "The Girl with a Gift for Disaster ", [[MonsterOfTheWeek William Mayfield's]] plot has been foiled by Wonder Woman, but he must gather his prized collection before making his escape. So Wonder Woman catches him in his executive suite, has a [[CurbStompBattle very short, very decisive fight]] and locks him up in his own display case.

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* In the original ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', Psycho Mantis can be found holed up in the Commander's Room, a hi-tech office with a number of marble busts and mounted deer antlers. Mantis uses his telekinesis to hurl these at you during the fight.
* In ''[[VideoGame/DynamiteCop Die Hard Arcade]]'', the leader of the kidnappers, White Fang, remains in a penthouse office throughout the story ala Hans Gruber. When you finally reach him, the office turns into a diabolical trap, [[SmashingHallwayTrapsOfDoom with panels extending from the wall to crush you]].

** Subverted in ''VideoGame/TheNinjaWarriorsAgain''. You don't get to fight Banglar in his office, but have to fight a DualBoss from the first stage. Banglar's office is not the final stage either.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', the final battle takes place in Belger's office, ending with you knocking him out of the window. The exact same thing happens in the ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' episode of the ''WesternAnimation/StreetFighter'' cartoon. Belger's wheelchair-bound and uses a crossbow to fight you, by the way, making this one of the more bizarre examples.

* The same thing happens at the end of the ''VideoGame/HammerinHarry'' arcade game. The last level starts in the sewers and somehow ends in the penthouse of Rusty Nailers Co., where Harry has to fight the President, who is revealed to be a robot/cyborg after you beat him.

** The same thing happens in the ''[[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcom Capcom v/s SNK]]'' first game, if you get Geese as your FinalBoss instead of Bison.
* ''VideoGame/ThePunisherTHQ'' (2005) video game. The luxurious penthouse battle (which belongs to the Kingpin, see above) actually takes place midway through a level about five levels before the end. Yes, someone does get tossed out the window. Then the Punisher has to escape the penthouse, back downstairs and out the front door.
** The same is the case in ''VideoGame/ThePunisherCapcom'', though no one goes out the window. The Kingpin does, however, turn out to be a LoadBearingBoss for some reason.
* Happens in the video game ''[[VideoGame/DefJamSeries Def Jam: Fight for New York]]''. It is ''really friggin' hard'' to finish the fight without knocking Snoop Dogg's character out of a window.

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'': The final fight takes place in [[spoiler: the Council Chambers, although the BigBad is a trespasser there and you're actually defending it.]]
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' has a very brief and [[CurbStompBattle very one-sided fight]] during Thane's recruitment mission, where Thane drops in on Nassana Dantius' guards and massacres the entire room in a couple of seconds.
* ''Fighting Force 64'' inverts this. The very first level is the parking area outside the office building. After that place (and the penthouse) is cleared, it's back to the streets.

* In the ''[[VideoGame/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'' video game for the Super Nintendo, Spider-Man must fight his way through J. Jonah Jameson's penthouse suite to fight Smythe. That, however, isn't the last level -- [[TheAlcatraz The Vault]] is.
* In ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'', Colonel Konrad's HQ is on the penthouse suite of the Burj Khalifa. [[spoiler:Ultimately averted]].

* In ''[[VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown XCOM: Enemy Within]]'', once you've finally tracked down EXALT's headquarters facility, it turns out to be a massive penthouse suite filled with artwork, luxurious furniture, and a kickass evil command center, all of which you can blow to glorious, ''glorious'' pieces.
* Though it's not the final confrontation, about midway through ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' Adam faces off against a dozen heavily-armed Belltower soldiers in the private offices of Tai Yong Medical's CEO. Can be played straight if Jensen's heavily armed and specc'd to kick ass and take names, or it can be subverted if you've gotten the cloaking upgrade and slipped out through a convenient air vent (or just [[ProperlyParanoid put a gas mine near the entrance]]).

* Narrowly averted in ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'': while the climactic confrontation with the BigBad, Father Balder, takes place on the opulent top floor of the Ithavoll Group headquarters (though it’s more like a small amphitheater than a penthouse), the actual boss fight takes place on its falling rubble after it explodes.

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* Parodied in ''Webcomic/KidRadd'': The final level within the game-within-a-comic inexplicably takes place in "Gnarl's Office", despite the rest of the game taking place in a Mega Man-like fantasy world.
** To be fair, we see relatively little of the rest of the game; Radd could've spent the previous few levels fighting his way up a skyscraper to the aforementioned office.
* ''Webcomic/{{Dreamkeepers}}'' subverts this, as the fight in the suite wasn't the final fight or the BigBad.

** Also, in the original Mass Effect the final fight takes place in [[spoiler: the Council Chambers, although the BigBad is a trespasser there and you're actually defending it.]]

* The FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'', who will teach you to [[ThatOneBoss seriously hate]] that [[DestinationDefenestration massive window]].

* Averted in ''VideoGame/EarthBound''. After going through several major detours and a BizarroUniverse, Ness and Jeff are finally able to access the forty-eighth floor of the Monotoli Building, where Paula is being held by [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr. Monotoli]]. However, Mr. Monotoli turns out to be not a ClimaxBoss but a puny old man who is no longer interested in hindering Ness in any way.

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* Whereas the ''entire'' first season of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' takes place in a fallout-blanketed and crumbling post-apocalyptic desert wasteland, [[TheHero Kenshiro's]] final confrontation with his RivalTurnedEvil best-friend Shin takes place in a cleanly polished, cavernous throne-room of marble and gold.

* ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin Vol 1]]'' ends with two fights in King Snake's executive suite fifty floors above the streets of Hong Kong. In the first Snake pummels Clyde Rawlins to death, and when Tim arrives and sees his ally dead he's able to use a bit of misdirection and kick Snake out the window, where he then leaves him clinging to the ledge with ComicBook/LadyShiva standing over him who is implied to have made him fall to his death, though of course he shows up again later.

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* ''Film/{{Mirage 1965}}'' has a variation; an executive suite is where the hero is given a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown by one of the BigBad's henchmen.[[spoiler:..who is then shot by the hero's LoveInterest.]]

* In the ''VideoGame/SpiderMan'' video game for the Super Nintendo, Spider-Man must fight his way through J. Jonah Jameson's penthouse suite to fight Smythe. That, however, isn't the last level -- [[TheAlcatraz The Vault]] is.

* Operation 925 and Ziba Tower maps from ''Close Quarters'' DLC in ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 3}}''. The former is an office suite, the latter is a luxury penthouse complex.
* Part of some maps in ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 4}}'', notably the penthouse suite in Siege of Shanghai, the office complex in Operation Dawnbreaker, and the hotel in Hainan Resort.
* In ''[[Videogame/XCOMEnemyUnknown XCOM: Enemy Within]]'', once you've finally tracked down EXALT's headquarters facility, it turns out to be a massive penthouse suite filled with artwork, luxurious furniture, and a kickass evil command center, all of which you can blow to glorious, ''glorious'' pieces.
* Though it's not the final confrontation, about midway through ''Videogame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' Adam faces off against a dozen heavily-armed Belltower soldiers in the private offices of Tai Yong Medical's CEO. Can be played straight if Jensen's heavily armed and specc'd to kick ass and take names, or it can be subverted if you've gotten the cloaking upgrade and slipped out through a convenient air vent (or just [[ProperlyParanoid put a gas mine near the entrance]]).

* The final level of ''Videogame/MotherRussiaBleeds'' has the heroes fighting their way into the Kremlin, culminating in a confrontation with what is presumably the Soviet Premier.

* In the ''Videogame/{{Yakuza}}'' series, the climax typically involves fighting your way up the Millennium Tower skyscraper and often ends with a RooftopConfrontation upon a helipad.

* Narrowly averted in ''Videogame/{{Bayonetta}}'': while the climactic confrontation with the BigBad, Father Balder, takes place on the opulent top floor of the Ithavoll Group headquarters (though it’s more like a small amphitheater than a penthouse), the actual boss fight takes place on its falling rubble after it explodes.

* ''VideoGame/ThePunisher'' (2005) video game. The luxurious penthouse battle (which belongs to the Kingpin, see above) actually takes place midway through a level about five levels before the end. Yes, someone does get tossed out the window. Then the Punisher has to escape the penthouse, back downstairs and out the front door.

* Narrowly averted in ''Videogame/{{Bayonetta}}'': while the climactic confrontation with the BigBad, Father Balder, takes place on the opulent top floor of the Ithavoll Group headquarters, the actual boss fight takes place on its falling rubble after it explodes.

** And earlier in the movie, the first time he went to arrest Jones in his office, which didn't go so well since he ended up facing [[MiniMecha ED-209]] and barely escaped. [[spoiler: And the whole Detroit police force too.]]