History PlayingWith / AsteroidsMonster

* '''Defied''': Bob crushed a Purple Blob with a stone block, crushing it and preventing it from splitting into smaller parts.

** Alternatively, after a Noise Blob is killed, it splits into 300 smaller independent Black Blobs.
** Alternatively, every monster type in the game splits into smaller monsters when killed.
** [[UpToEleven After killing a Red Blob, it splits into 2 Yellow Blobs when killed which each splits into 2 Green Blobs when killed which split into 2 Blue Blobs when killed, which then split back into 2 Red Blobs when killed. As a result, each blob can divide infinitely.]]

** The "split" mechanic is based on chance, so some dead Purple Blobs split into Black Blobs, and t

* '''Double Subverted''': After a Purple Blob is killed, it turns into 3 black chunks of slime which move a bit at first but then just stay on the ground. However, later, when reentering the cave they were in, they're very much alive and try to attack the player.

** Main villain the Great Chohmelrae Blob who rules over all other blobs, has split into 4 smaller parts before killing a hero in his HopelessBossFight. However, there will be now a conflict between different parts of the Great Chohmelrae Blob.

* '''Downplayed''': An enemy falls apart when killed and the parts are still able to hurt you briefly, but don't become independent enemies.

* '''Inverted''': After a Grey Cubecircuit is killed, it turns translucent until another Grey Cubecircuit is killed in which case they join together and start attacking the player a a single enemy.

* '''Zig Zagged''':
** Only some Purple Blobs split into two Black Blobs. The other simply dies.

* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???

* '''Defied''': Bob crushed a Purple Blob with a stone block, crushing it and preventing from splitting into smaller parts.

* '''Downplayed''': An enemy falls apart when killed and parts are still able to hurt you briefly, but don't become independent enemies.

** [[UpToEleven After killing a Red Blob, it splits into 2 Yellow Blobs when killed which each splits into 2 Green Blobs when killed which split into 2 Blue Blobs when killed, which then split back into 2 Red Blobs when killed. As a result,]] {{Recursion each blob can divide infinitely.}}

** [[UpToEleven After killing a Red Blob, it splits into 2 Yellow Blobs when killed which each splits into 2 Green Blobs when killed which split into 2 Blue Blobs when killed, which then split back into 2 Red Blobs when killed. As a result,]] [[Recursion each blob can divide infinitely.]]

** Taking it UpToEleven, after killing a Red Blob, it splits into 2 Yellow Blobs when killed which each splits into 2 Green Blobs when killed which split into 2 Blue Blobs when killed, which then split back into 2 Red Blobs when killed. As a result, each blob can divide infinitely.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Only some Purple Blobs split into two Black Blobs. The other simply dies.

* '''Justified''': Blobs in the game are very small and each part takes 10 minutes to start independently moving and there's a large biological description given on how they do that.

* '''Reconstructed''': The separate blobs are part of a HiveMind that is able to reconstruct itself back into one.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* It's a logical extension of regenerating FromASingleCell.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': Main villain the Great Chohmelrae Blob who rules over all other blobs, has split into 4 smaller parts before killing a hero in his HopelessBossFight. However, there will be now a conflict between different parts of the Great Chohmelrae Blob.

'''Reconstructed''': The separate blobs are part of a HiveMind that is able to reconstruct itself back into one.

%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Parodied''': The Hero finds himself fighting so many endless dividing blobs that he stabs himself, only to split into two different heroes.
* '''Deconstructed''': Main villain the Great Chohmelrae Blob who rules over all other blobs, has split into 4 smaller parts before killing a hero in his HopelessBossFight. However, there will be now a conflict between different parts of the Great Chohmelrae Blob.
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': After killing a Red Blob, it splits into 2 Orange Blobs which each split into 2 Yellow Blobs when killed which each splits into 2 Green Blobs when killed which split into 2 Blue Blobs when killed which split into 2 Purple Blobs when killed and which finally split into 2 Black Blobs when killed.

* '''Straight''': After killing a [[BlobMonster Pruple Blob]], it splits into 2 smaller independent Black Blobs.
* '''Exaggerated''': After a Red Blob, it splits into 2 Orange Blobs which each split into 2 Yellow Blobs when killed which each splits into 2 Green Blobs when killed which split into 2 Blue Blobs when killed which split into 2 Purple Blobs when killed and which finally split into 2 Black Blobs when killed.

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Discussed''': "If I had an ability to split into two if I was killed."

* '''Defied''': ???

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': ???

* '''Averted''': ???

* '''Discussed''': ???

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