History PlayingWith / LoadBearingBoss

* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Sol]] and [[PlayerParty his friends]] defeat [[WhipItGood Lady Scarlett]] in her own castle. After she falls, the castle begins shaking and collapsing, forcing them to flee for their lives.

** Scarlet's lair is [[WallMaster literally]] held together by her.

** Or, Scarlett had a huge load of explosives stored in the surrounding area, and told her mooks to set them off if she was killed.

** Alternatively, Scarlett's lair is only held together by a conscious effort of will, so it goes down when she's killed and can no longer hold the place up.
** Even more alternatively, it could just be held together by her. [[WallMaster Literally.]]

** Or ''more'' alternatively, Scarlett has damaged a major support during the fight, and said fight ends when they stop and run away.

** Alternatively, the battle between Sol with his friends and Lady Scarlett takes place in ruins and defeat of Lady Scarlett causes ruins to reform into a huge castle.
** Another alternative: the boss is going to blow everything up ''unless'' you kill it.

** Lady Scarlett's BastardUnderstudy brings anyone undesirable he can't publicly kill to the castle, and then covertly helps the hero kill Scarlett, [[TheStarscream riding him of his overbearing leader and many other threats to his rule.]]
* '''Defied''': "Don't kill him, just knock her out - he might be a LoadBearingBoss!"

** Or, the villain had a huge load of explosives stored in the surrounding area, and told his mooks to set them off if he was killed.

** Alternatively, the villain's lair is only held together by a conscious effort of will, so it goes down when he's killed and can no longer hold the place up.
** Even more alternatively, it could just be held together by him. [[WallMaster Literally.]]
** The mortally-wounded villain, having nothing left to lose, attempts to [[TakingYouWithMe take the heroes with him]] by literally bring the house down on them.
** Or ''more'' alternatively, the boss has damaged a major support during the fight, and said fight ends when they stop and run away.
** The fight between the heroes and the villain has damaged the place so badly that it collapses afterwards.

** The base starts quaking, only for the boss to open an eye and say "Er, I'm NotQuiteDead yet...", at which everything stabilizes.
** The Boss's lair collapsing is a running gag, happening due to a variety of causes, from being defeated to suffering a GroinAttack to tripping and falling over.

* '''Defied''': "Don't kill him, just knock him out - he might be a LoadBearingBoss!"

* '''Played For Laughs:''' Just before Sol delivers the final blow, the GenreSavvy [[CuteWitch Ichigo]] calls out "STOP!" -- and instructs everyone else to move closer to the exit before giving the okay.

* '''Parodied''': The base starts quaking, only for the boss to open an eye and say "Er, I'm NotQuiteDead yet...", at which everything stabilizes.

* '''Exploited''': Sol's mission is to destroy the Evil Lair, and decides to go about doing so by simply killing the boss.
** Lady Scarlett's BarstardUnderstudy bring anyone undesirable he can't publicly kill to the castle, and then covertly helps the hero kill Scarlett, [[TheStarscream riding him of his overbearing leader and many other threats to his rule.]]

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

'''Basic Trope''': The defeat of a VideoGame [[BossBattle Boss]] leads to the surrounding area collapsing.

* '''Parodied''': The base starts quaking, only for the boss to open an eye and say "Er, I'm NotQuiteDead yet...", at which everything stabilises.
* '''Deconstructed''': The collapsing lair kills all of Scarlett's henchmen and dooms her EvilScheme to failure. She is dragged out of the rubble and resuscitated, only to be thrown in jail.
* '''Reconstructed''': She takes some comfort in the fact that her trap still succeeded in [[HeroicSacrifice killing some of the heroes]]. If her henchmen failed to stop the heroes, they deserve whatever they get. Finally, if she can't see her plan through to fruition personally, she doesn't want someone else taking the credit.

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* '''Justified''': Scarlett had a powerful spell cast upon her castle so that it would be immediately destroyed upon her death, in order to keep opportunistic self-declared "heroes" from stealing all her wealth and secrets.

* '''Inverted''': "Haha, [[ThanatosGambit just as I planned]]! MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning! With me dead, you'll never be able to destroy the {{Hellgate}} I was protecting!"

** Do defeat Lady Scarlett you drop her palace on her head.

* The fight between the heroes and the villain has damaged the place so badly that it collapses afterwards.

* '''Reconstructed''': She takes some comfort in the fact that her trap still succeeded in [[HeroicSacrifice killing some of the heroes]].

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

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