History Main / MacrossMissileMassacre

* ''Anime/GenesisClimberMospeada'': With ''Anime/{{Macross}}'', another part of ''Anime/{{Robotech}}''. This is Stig (''aka'' Scott Bernard)'s preferred method of disposing of enemies. In fact, before Wiki/TVTropes even existed, ''Robotech'' fans were referring to the MacrossMissileMassacre by their own term: "Scott Bernarding".

* The FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' is more than happy to make your [[TennisBoss little tennis match]] more interesting by mixing in a disconcerting number of homing missiles (in addition to his various other attacks). ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' actually lets ''you'' do this to your opponents with the Tenta Missiles [[LimitBreak special weapon]].

* [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Powerpuff]] [[FunWithAcronyms Dynamo]] ('''Dy'''namic '''Na'''notechnic '''Mo'''nobot) in its debut episode, "Uh Oh, Dynamo", is anywhere between {{subver|tedTrope}}sion and [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] of Triple M. The heatseekers [[{{Roboteching}} massacre]] everything in the city... ''except'' the [[MonsterOfTheWeek giant]] puffer fish. Maybe its [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poikilotherm cold-bloodedness]] has something to do with it.

* Alliance warships in ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes'' are capable to doing this, although they tend to save this for desperation attacks.

** Taken UpToEleven in episode 47 of ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}'' when the fleet launches an [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill MMM composed entirely of]] '''[[NukeEm NUKES]]'''.

** The Northerners take this UpToEleven with their own version which, while only launching four hundred a piece, has four warheads per missile and can be linked en-masse to northern warships. And the missiles they fire are the updated versions of weapons that were designed to hurt and KILL dragons. Did we mention they also doubled the range range of those Roose used to spank the Lannisters at the Twins? [[spoiler:They prove their worth beyond a shadow of a doubt when a Night's Watch force of eight heavy cruisers, eight light cruisers, and sixteen scout cruisers ambushes an Other fleet of 130 cruisers, thirty-six battleships, twenty dragon-carriers, and Star Killer. While the Night's Watch is massacred, they destroy more than a hundred and fifty Other vessels and inflict severe damage to Star Killer. The missiles also prove their boasts by killing four ice dragons.]]

** [[spoiler: Later, [[TrueFinalBoss Chakravartin]] does a Macross ''[[UpToEleven Pla]][[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill net]]'' Massacre during the first phase of the fight with him in the final fight.]]

** ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' has the Experimental MIRV, which qualifies despite only firing 8 missiles. Why, you ask? Each missile contains a nuclear warhead. Certain areas such as Takoma Park have switches that launch missile barrages, and the KillSat in ''Broken Steel'' also fires these.
** Gun Runner's Arsenal also adds the [[YouNukeEm Tiny Tots Mini-Nuke]], which deploys a volley of nine bomblets similar to the Experimental MIRV from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}''.

** Taken UpToEleven in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout4}}'' with the [[YouNukeEm Big Boy MIRV]], the Big Boy launcher doubles the amount of Mini Nuke, the MIRV mod is no exception. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9UbJW_-YlQ Big Boy MIRV]] launcher fires '''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill 12 Mini Nukes]]''' at once.

** Even better? These games have [[LimitBreak SP attacks]], that allow your battroids to unleash a barrage that would do any ork proud, be it melee or, obviously, missile based. [[UpToEleven And then you equip]] the MechaExpansionPack for ANY robot, or better yet, use any of the [[CoolShip Macross-class ships.]]

** Any [=M7M=] is fully capable of singlehandedly leveling sectors, but the ATF's entry, the Skirnir, takes it UpToEleven and crosses it with ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill. Its anticapital weapon is the Shadow missile, which does [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale 755 megajoules]] of damage per warhead [[RecursiveAmmo on an eight-warhead missile]] -- about [[GameBreaker 10x that of the Commonwealth Hammer torpedo]]. The toughest ships in the game as of ''X3: Albion Prelude'' have [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale 14 gigajoules]] of shielding. Do the math. The typo in the Shadow's missile data was corrected in ''Albion Prelude'' to being single-warheaded only, as well as having its stats slightly [[{{Nerf}} nerfed]]. It was fun while it lasted.

* The ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'' Super Robot has this one. [[{{Troperiffic}} As well as about every other Super Robot trope...]] In fact [[UpToEleven it can deploy this attack from the fingertips, the arms, or the feet.]]

** Also in [=WW2=], this tactic was the backbone of the Imperial Japanese Navy's strategy to defeat the US Navy in a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantai_Kessen single, climactic battle]], where after destroying American screening formations the former would use [[ZergRush large numbers]] of cruisers and destroyers equipped with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_93_torpedo powerful, long-range torpedoes]][[note]]The maximum exponent were the cruisers [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Oi Ōi]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Kitakami Kitakami]], each one armed with ''[[UpToEleven forty]]'' torpedo tubes for a time[[/note]] against the US battleships before letting theirs in, including the famous "Yamato", in to fight them, or whatever remained after said attack.

** ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'': [=LunaTrigger=]'s finisher, "Trigger Full Burst", is this. A rather neat trick considering it's laser bullets and not missiles that are doing the trajectory curving, but the Luna form combinations regularly break the laws of physics anyways.
** ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'': OOO's [=TaJaDor=] combo, which features projectiles shaped like peacock tail feathers.

A form of DeathInAllDirections, ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill, and ImpossiblyCoolWeapon. May overlap with FatalFireworks. If this is fired from another missile in the form of a cluster or multi missile, then it's RecursiveAmmo. See also BeamSpam and MagicMissileStorm. See also the related video game genre, BulletHell.

* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': Overlapping with MagicMissileStorm, A Call Beyond unleashes a [[StarPower small star]] that explodes into streaks of light that bombard anything in their vicinity, true to [[VideoGame/BloodBorne the game]] it is featured in. It is used in Chapter 20 of the original version to [[BreachingTheWall make a gap in a fortress wall]], which allows Kyril and his company to infiltrate the Leaping Lizard stronghold. [[spoiler:Chapter 6 of the remastered version ends with Kyril [[KilledOffForReal insta-killing Vault]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill and his men using this]]. Not only is this an [[OhCrap "Oh Crap!"]] moment for the ones on the receiving end, it is also one for Olga as well -- even an experienced [[BlackMagic Black Magic]] user like her has never seen such a powerful spell before. That is the day she realised the power gap between the two has never been more apparent than before.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' features [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkigysW1sMQ A Call Beyond]], an [[ProjectileSpell arcane spell]] which fires a barrage of stars toward the sky and chases after the aimed target. Bonus point for self-centered [[AreaOfEffect AoE]] explosion.

* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''
** Holly Summers in is fond of launching salvo upon salvo of missiles [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext from her prosthetic leg]].
** The player is also capable of doing this in the Sequel, in the mecha fight against Charlie [=MacDonald=].

* ''VideoGame/StarControl'' has the Earthling Cruiser whose main weapon is a refurbished nuclear missile. While it cannot be seen during battles, as you fight just with one ship and a Cruiser can launch at best two missiles with a full battery, Starbase Commander Hayes mentions how during the war against the Ur-Quan Hierarchy said vessels were used in numbers (''Macross MX Missile Massacre'').

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* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' the Missile Massacre is a favored "tactic" of Attenborough, who is prone to pushing the Fire button of the warships without warning, hence his [[FanNickname nickname]] {{Beamspam}} [=McMuppet=].

* In ''Videogame/{{Destiny}}'', both Cabal Centurion and Colossus troops will gladly pump out a constant supply of missiles from backpack launchers. Valus Ta'aurc, a Cabal boss and leader of their Siege Dancers army, takes this to a whole new level, constantly spamming an endless supply of missiles while rampaging around the area, and only a few hits from said missiles are enough to kill even the toughest [[PlayerCharacter Guardians]]. Before he was nerfed, Ta'aurc got the affectionate FanNickname of "Rockets [=McDickface=]" by the fandom for his durability and unlimited supply of missiles.

* In ''VideoGame/WarRobots'', equipping your robot with multiple missile weapons will result in this, in particular the Pinata/Orkan family of weapons. They're often [[FanNickname nicknamed]] "Russian Death Button".

* Briefly used by ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'', to blow a hole in world made entirely of a giant aquarium, housing warring [[FishPeople shark and dolphin people]], [[InsaneTrollLogic believing that would somehow lead to peace.]] Really. Fortunately this fails miserably, unfortunately, Dodgers then opts just to ram his ship though the tank... Well, it did get the two civilizations of fish people to set their differences aside. * Briefly used by ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'', to blow a hole in world made entirely of a giant aquarium, housing warring [[FishPeople shark and dolphin people]], [[InsaneTrollLogic believing that would somehow lead to peace.]] Really. Fortunately this fails miserably, unfortunately, Dodgers then opts just to ram his ship though the tank... Well, it did get the two civilizations of fish people to set their differences aside.

** It is worth noting that the majority of missiles carried in VLS systems on US ships are actually AntiAir missiles meant to defend the fleet from air or missile attack. That said, the Navy has been able to use SAMs as antiship missiles since the Talos in the 1950s, and in fact used Standard missiles in such a role during the Tanker Wars in the Persian Gulf. Effectively, this means that any enemies within 50 miles or so would face a barrage of dozens of supersonic missiles. While such missiles have relatively small warheads, modern warships tend to be relatively unarmored.

* In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', Pandora has a flying missile platform mode capable of pulling this off. In the [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening third game]], Kalina Ann had the "Hysteric" move which launched cluster micro missiles.

* ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear'': This is one of Chris Yukine's favorite tactics, in conjunction with [[MoreDakka lots and lots of bullets]]. The basic version, ''Megadeth Party'', shoots about two dozen foot-long rockets. Later upgrades include ''Megadeth Quartet'' (good for armies of mooks) and ''Megadeth Symphony'' (good for inconvenient mountains).

-->'''Tony Stark:''' ''They'' say that the best weapon is the one you never have to fire. I respectfully disagree. I prefer the weapon you only have to fire once. That's how Dad did it, that's how America does it... and it's worked out pretty well so far. I present to you the newest in Stark Industries' Freedom line. Find an excuse to let one of these off the chain, and I personally guarantee, the bad guys won't even wanna come out of their caves. Ladies and gentlemen, for your consideration... the Jericho.

[[caption-width-right:350:"[[UsefulNotes/JosephStalin Quantity has a quality all its own.]]"]]

** You remember that section in BeamSpam? About how people freak out and fire on seeing or hearing a Metroid? This is how they react in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'', since they're using Ice Missiles now.
*** And yet, she can only fire one missile at a time. a Macross Missile Massacre would have been more doable in the original ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'', where you could fire a missile, tap the beam fire button, then instantly fire another missile instead of waiting for the reload, resulting in 4 to 6 to 10 missiles headed towards the same target. 2D ''Metroid'' games are more Macross-friendly too, being as those ones don't require a reload. However, they also don't track, at all.

* In ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', an entire fleet of helicopter things each launch all their missiles in rapid succession to defeat [[spoiler:a tree]].

** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'''s [=MetalGarurumon=] used Grace Cross Freezer/[[DubNameChange Ice Wolf Bite]], an attack spamming freezing missiles, and cool (no pun intended) enough to be featured in his transformation sequence.

** [=MetalGarurumon=] and his Grace Cross Freezer returns in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure2020'', now combined with a FreezeRay BeamSpam. Omegamon can also fire missiles from the Garuru Cannon, in keeping with his [[AllThereInTheManual Reference Book profile]], though he only does so while fighting [[spoiler:Abaddomon Core]]. He fires them from hidden ports on the [[ShoulderCannon shoulder]] and nose of the Garuru Cannon.

** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'''s Metal Garurumon used Ice Wolf Bite, an attack spamming freezing missiles, and cool (no pun intended) enough to be featured in his transformation sequence.

* ''Fanfic/OfSheepAndBattleChicken'': Volus warships utilize this tactic exclusively, to the point where they have massive missile batteries facing ''backwards'' so that they can also shower you with missiles as they run away.
* ''Fanfic/AHollowInEquestria'': Princess Luna demonstrates she has her own organic/magical variant of this move, channeling her magic through the feathers on her wings instead of her horn to take advantage of multiple simultaneous conductors, providing her with the ability to deliver a wide, continuous, GatlingGood delivery of concussive blasts.
* ''Fanfic/LetTheGalaxyBurn:'' The standard tactics for human space fleets. Special note should be given to the "Longbow" defense network of which a single platform is capable of launching a volley of over six hundred missiles.
** The Northerners take this UpToEleven with their own version which, while only launching four hundred a piece, has four warheads per missile and can be linked en-masse to northern warships. And the missiles they fire are the updated versions of weapons that were designed to hurt and KILL dragons. Did we mention they also doubled the range range of those Roose used to spank the Lannisters at the Twins? [[spoiler:They prove their worth beyond a shadow of a doubt when a Night's Watch force of eight heavy cruisers, eight light cruisers, and sixteen scout cruisers ambushes an Other fleet of 130 cruisers, thirty-six battleships, twenty dragon-carriers, and Star Killer. While the Night's Watch is massacred, they destroy more than a hundred and fifty Other vessels and inflict severe damage to Star Killer. The missiles also prove their boasts by killing four ice dragons.]]
** [[spoiler:Taken even further in the battle of the Wall, where the Northern and Night's Watch forces launch ''two million'' missiles at the Others. The Others actually hesitate for a few seconds at seeing this, indicating even they were stunned by the amount of missiles coming at them.]]