History Main / WaterTowerDown

* Used by {{Rango}} (accidentally) to take out the hawk. Because it's empty, he drops the tower itself on his enemy. [[spoiler:He ''does'' use water to solve his problems at the climax, but the watertower's not involved.]]
* Happens to Ludmilla at the end of ''BartoktheMagnificent''.

* In the first fight against Doppelganger in ''MaximumCarnage'', it's possible to instantly defeat him by throwing a nearby water tower at him.

A common method used in order to KillItWithWater. See that water tower on top of the building? Well, it turns out these are - ahahaha - filled with water. Knock down the water tower, and a huge torrent of the stuff will come crashing down below. It will displace and pummel any living thing beneath it, and extinguish fire extremely quickly. In a fantastic setting, water-weak creatures will often be wiped out by it. [[MST3KMantra Try not to think too hard]] about why a water-weak opponent would choose to fight anywhere near a water tower.

* Occurs in the first issue of ''UntoldTalesOfSpiderMan'', where an inexperienced Spidey fights The Scorcher (an armored arsonist) in a warehouse.

A common method used in order to KillItWithWater. See that water tower on top of the building? Well, it turns out these are - ahahaha - filled with water. Knock down the water tower, and a huge torrent of the stuff will come crashing down below. It will displace and pummel any living thing beneath it, and extinguish fire extremely quickly. In a fantastic setting, water-weak creatures will often be wiped out by it. [[MST3KMantra Try not to think too hard]] about why a water-weak opponent would choose to fight anywhere near a water tower.

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* This is how the Sandman is taken out at the end of the third ''Film/SpiderMan'' movie. [[spoiler: Of course, he doesn't actually die. Just stops fighting.]]

* The ending of ''TheToweringInferno'' has the heroes blowing up a set of huge water tanks at the top of the building in an attempt to extinguish the fire.

* ''IronMan3''. Tony Stark has an OhCrap moment when a villain tries to take him out with this method.

* In Detective Comics #825, "Return of Doctor Phosphorus", {{Batman}} attempts to stop Doctor Phosphorus - a PlayingWithFire villain - using this trope, but it barely slows Phosphorus down.

* Variant in the ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' "See No Evil": when Batman is fighting an invisible opponent under a water tower, he throws a Batarang into the tower's underside, causing water to leak onto his foe and make him visible. (The man is still taken out by Batman's martial arts.)

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' tie-in comic ''Viva Las Buffy'' Buffy is combating vampires on a rooftop. Realizing she's outnumbered, she tosses a conveniently nearby priest into the rooftop water tower and tells him to bless the water. He does so, and Buffy knocks down the tower so the vampires disintegrate from exposure to the now holy water.

* This is the method by which [[strike: the TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles]] Splinter first defeats the Shredder in the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 second cartoon]]; not only does the water throw him from the rooftop, the tower itself then lands on him. Ouch.

* NeedForSpeed Most Wanted and Carbon used these as pursuit breakers. Drive through the supports and the tower falls on the perusing police cars.

* Variant in the ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' "See No Evil": when Batman is fighting an invisible opponent under a water tower, he throws a Batarang into the tower's underside, causing water to leak onto his foe and make him visible. (The man is still taken out by Batman's martial arts.)

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* In GKChesterton's ''The Napoleon of Notting Hill'', threatening this is how Wayne finally gets his enemies to surrender. Indeed, [[WordOfGod Chesterton]] described the use of the Waterworks as a weapon as part of the original inspiration.

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* ''{{SuikodenV}}'' has Lucretia flooding an entire castle in order to kill the enemy mooks inside.
* In ''[[BaldursGate Baldur's Gate]]'' the cloakwood Mine was abandoned when the miners dug into a riverbed. Years later the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Iron Throne]] somehow got the hole sealed and the water pumped out, to resume the mining with illegal slaves. After killing the local leader in charge of the mine, you take his key to the seal and then you can figure out the rest...

* NeedForSpeed Most Wanted and Carbon used these as pursuit breakers. Drive through the supports and the tower falls on the perusing police cars.

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* This is the method by which [[strike: the TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles]] Splinter first defeats the Shredder in the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 second cartoon]]; not only does the water throw him from the rooftop, the tower itself then lands on him. Ouch.
* Variant in the ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' "See No Evil": when Batman is fighting an invisible opponent under a water tower, he throws a Batarang into the tower's underside, causing water to leak onto his foe and make him visible. (The man is still taken out by Batman's martial arts.)

* In the original ''{{Highlander}}'' film: the Kurgan slashes out the supports of a water tower on the top of a building in order to give him extra cover from which to ambush Connor Macleod (they are fighting on the roof at the time).

* ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' uses this in the episode "See No Evil". When Batman is fighting an invisible opponent under a water tower, he throws a Batarang into the tower's underside, causing water to leak onto his foe and make him visible.

* In ''[=~Looney Tunes: Back in Action~=]'', Daffy Duck causes DJ to run the Batmobile into the Warner Bros tower and knock it over, flooding a few scenes, ending the chase scene, and getting DJ fired.

* Mr [[spoiler: Book]] is [[MindOverMatter thrown]] through [[KillItWithWater a water tower]] in ''DarkCity''.

* Nite-Owl and Silk Spectre take advantage of one of these to temporarily subdue a fire in ''{{Watchmen}}''. It keeps going, but the water clears enough of a path for them to rescue the apartment tenants.

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* Used by {{Rango}} (accidentally) to take out the hawk. Because it's empty, he drops the tower itself on his enemy. [[spoiler:He ''does'' use water to solve his problems at the climax, but the watertower's not involved.]]

* In ''[=~Looney Tunes: Back in Action~=]'', Daffy Duck causes DJ to run the batmobile into the Warner Bros tower and knock it over, flooding a few scenes and ending the chase scene, I think. At minimum it got DJ fired.
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* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' tie-in comic ''Viva Las Buffy'' Buffy is combating vampires on a rooftop. Realizing she's outnumbered, she tosses a conveniently nearby priest into the rooftop water tower and tells him to bless the water. He does so, and Buffy knocks down the tower so the vampires disintegrate from exposure to the now holy water.

* This is how the Sandman is taken out at the end of the third ''SpiderMan'' movie. [[spoiler: Of course, he doesn't actually die. Just stops fighting.]]

* This is the method by which [[strike: the TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles]] Splinter first defeats the Shredder in the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 second cartoon]]; not only does the water throw him from the rooftop, the tower itself then lands on him. Ouch.
* ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' uses this in the episode "See No Evil". When Batman is fighting an invisible opponent under a water tower, he throws a Batarang into the tower's underside, causing water to leak onto his foe and make him visible.
* ''{{SuikodenV}}'' has Lucretia flooding an entire castle in order to kill the enemy mooks inside.
* In ''[=~Looney Tunes: Back in Action~=]'', Daffy Duck causes DJ to run the batmobile into the Warner Bros tower and knock it over, flooding a few scenes and ending the chase scene, I think. At minimum it got DJ fired.
* In the original ''{{Highlander}}'' film: the Kurgan slashes out the supports of a water tower on the top of a building in order to give him extra cover from which to ambush Connor Macleod (they are fighting on the roof at the time).
* The ending of ''TheToweringInferno'' has the heroes blowing up a set of huge water tanks at the top of the building in an attempt to extinguish the fire.
* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' tie-in comic ''Viva Las Buffy'' Buffy is combating vampires on a rooftop. Realizing she's outnumbered, she tosses a conveniently nearby priest into the rooftop water tower and tells him to bless the water. He does so, and Buffy knocks down the tower so the vampires disintegrate from exposure to the now holy water.

* Mr [[spoiler: Book]] is [[MindOverMatter thrown]] through [[KillItWithWater a water tower]] in DarkCity.

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