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| 5 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''''[[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged CARGO-KEN TIMES FOUR!!!!]]'''''[[note]] [[RunningGag Cargo what?]][[/note]]]] |
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| 7 | ->''"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off agaaaiiiiin...!" *ding*'' |
| 8 | -->-- '''Team Rocket''', ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', [[OncePerEpisode in almost every episode (and some of the movies)]] |
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| 10 | Any object, if [[HomeRunHitter launched with sufficient force]], will sail clean over the horizon and vanish into the distant sky. A moment after it disappears, a four-pointed "twinkle" will appear in the spot where it was last seen, sometimes rotating briefly, along with [[AudibleGleam a high-pitched "ringing" noise]]. If the object is potentially explosive, it will blow up ''after'' the twinkle. It's also sometimes used to show that something is coming down from the sky. This particular use may be [[TruthInTelevision true,]] as in the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Second World War,]] Japanese AA gunners on ships were trained to watch for the gleam of an approaching dive bomber's canopy. Because after that, the only indication that something was coming was the [[BombWhistle whistling of bombs falling.]] |
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| 12 | In some media, particularly anime and video games, this will happen to characters. Comedic recurring villains seem to be especially prone to this trope, as it's an easy way to show that they're clearly defeated and out of the way for now without having to kill or otherwise permanently inconvenience them. It's also a common fate of anybody on the receiving end of a powerful enough MegatonPunch or HomeRunHitter. Regardless of how far they're launched, they can be expected to show up again with no lasting damage, usually with no word on how they survived or where they landed. |
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| 14 | !!Examples: |
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| 21 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 22 | * ''Soreike! Literature/{{Anpanman}}'': |
| 23 | ** Baikinman and his cohorts are usually taken care of in this manner — sent flying to the horizon screaming "Bai baikiiin!" at least once per episode. |
| 24 | ** Anpanman himself gets this, either if Baikinman successfully punches him back, or just an inverse from flying. |
| 25 | * Happens to Masked Osodashi (and rarely his cohorts) occassionally in ''Jankenman'' after being blasted off by Jankenman's Janken Powers. |
| 26 | * ''Manga/ArmedGirlsMachiavellism'': In the OVA, the blind Tsukuyo Inaba enters the men's bath by mistake and strips just as Fudō Nomura walks in. Embarrassed that she was seen naked, she punches him through the ceiling and into the sky, complete with *Twinkle*. Nomura lands in the women's bath in TheStinger. |
| 27 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': |
| 28 | ** After Tatsufusa Enjoji, the and 3rd seat of the Eighth Division confronts Chad and does a lot of boasting, Chad knocks him into the sky with a single punch. |
| 29 | ** In the next arc, Hiyori jumps into the sky while carrying Orihime. |
| 30 | ** Twice in [[{{Filler}} Episode #205]] during the kemari game: once when Ururu as the referee throws the ball up into the sky, and again when Jinta knocks Kon (in Ichigo's body) into the sky. |
| 31 | ** In [[{{Filler}} episode #213]], Tessai throws Kon (in Ichigo's body) through a hole in the ceiling of Kisuke Urahara's underground. |
| 32 | * Played straight in ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex's'' second season, when [[spoiler:an awakened Accelerator]] destroys [[spoiler:Kihara Amata]]. It's not just a twinkle in the sky, though, but a ''fire trail'' as the man burns to ash from atmospheric friction. |
| 33 | * ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': |
| 34 | ** Episode 3 "Honky Tonk Woman". After Faye blasts out of the casino in her ship with Spike and Jet clinging to her windshield, she flies straight up and disappears in a twinkle. |
| 35 | ** Episode 19 "Wild Horses". When a pirate spaceship escapes Faye and Jet, it flies off into the distance and disappears in a twinkle. |
| 36 | * In ''Manga/TheDisastrousLifeOfSaikiK'', Saiki's PowerLimiter breaks, causing him to gently nudge part of it into the stratosphere in this fashion when it falls in front of him. |
| 37 | ---> '''Saiki:''' "Huh, [[MediumAwareness that sparkle effect was pretty old-school...]] Never mind that, what just happened??" |
| 38 | * Happens to Suzuo once in ''Literature/{{Dokkoida}}'' after an over-enthusiastic greeting of Marilyn Ronmoe. |
| 39 | %%* Double-time in ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'', after Mai-chan releases a fish in episode 6 and in episode 7 when Nano throws a baseball past the professor. If someone knows where this is from, please add the work in a clear fashion. |
| 40 | * ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'': In "Machine Copy Machine", when Big G turns Doraemon into an airplane, the latter flies away and disappears with a twinkle. Later in the same episode, when Noby uses the Machine Copy Machine to turn into a rocket, he also disappears with a twinkle. |
| 41 | * Happens at least once in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': Trunks blasts Vegeta into the distance so that he can have time to kill Cell before he absorbs Android 18. We get a lovely twinkle out of it. The situation and the music provide a nice contrast to the lighthearted celebration inspired when it happens in Pokémon. |
| 42 | ** And ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' turns this into a CallBack to Goku and Vegeta's first battle. |
| 43 | * ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] on this trope in episode 18, where Iwata gets punched and says "Look for the twinkle!" just before he disappears into said twinkle. |
| 44 | * ''Manga/FairyTail'' is rather fond of this. |
| 45 | ** Elfman punches Totomaru, who was frozen by Gray. Added with Elfman's Speech during the punch and a 'wow' sound effect when a twinkle appeared |
| 46 | --->'''Elfman:''' "If you're a man..." ''(punches Totomaru to the sky)''\ |
| 47 | '''Elfman:''' "...fly to the heavens and become a star!"\ |
| 48 | '''Totomaru:''' "What is that supposed to mean?" ''(followed with a twinkle and a "wow" sound effects)'' |
| 49 | ** In Episode 51 of the anime, Happy becomes a twinkle as well when he makes a comment about Gray being shirtless and stalking girls. Before he could get to finish his sentence of Gray is a giant pervert, he got punched into the sky by Gray. |
| 50 | ** This is also the fate of [[spoiler:Bluenote Stinger]] after being defeated by an angry [[spoiler:Gildarts Clive]]. For bonus LaserGuidedKarma points, the victim in question would often ask his opponents "Can you fly?" to reference if they could hope to stand up to his [[GravityMaster power]]. |
| 51 | --->'''[[spoiler:Gildarts]]:''' "[[PreAsskickingOneLiner If you want to fly so badly how about I send you flying?]]" |
| 52 | ** Natsu get this when [[spoiler:Erza]] stepped on the trap that was intended for Gray in the 2nd OVA. |
| 53 | ** In Episode 126, this happens to the Jiggle Butt Gang once Natsu gets over his motion sickness. They launch themselves again, [[{{Fartillery}} accidentally]], and, despite missing the twinkle this time, it ''is'' accompanied by the trio shouting [[ShoutOut "WE'RE FLYING OFF AGAAAAIIIINNN!"]]. |
| 54 | ** In Episode 154, Happy gets this again after he mocks and epically trolls Erza. |
| 55 | * ''Anime/FateGrandCarnival'': During episode 2, a quick cut shows Sherlock Holmes investigating a chalk outline of the once-again killed Cu Chulainn. TheStinger reveals what happened to him. Jaguarman got upset about the carnival ending, so she used her Jaguar Kick skill on him, turning him into a twinkle. |
| 56 | * ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'': Kenshiro once [[GroinAttack kicked a guy in the nuts]], he flew high enough to become this trope. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0DFcmbLJVY No, seriously.]] |
| 57 | * A sort-of RunningGag in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi''. Occasionally, the [[PhysicalGod Nyan-Nyans]] will try to help the protagonists or their boss [[BigGood Tsiitsukun]], only to [[UnwantedAssistance mess up]] or [[SayingTooMuch say the wrong thing]] - and more than once they've gotten [[MegatonPunch punched through the roof]] as punishment. |
| 58 | -->"Aaaaaiyaaaaaaaa!!!! |
| 59 | * In some animated episodes of ''Manga/GetterRobo'', the titular robot's Getter 3 form has a special "Dai-Setsu-Zan-Oroshi" move that involves wrapping enemies in its extending arms and hurling them sumo-style into the air in a whirlwind. The enemy is thrown to the air so far, he disappears in a twinkle. This was even used in Getter 3's appearances in some ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' games. |
| 60 | * ''Manga/HanaukyoMaidTeam La Verite'' |
| 61 | ** Episode 2, when Taro is kicked into the sky by Ryuuka he ends up as a twinkle of light. |
| 62 | ** Episode 7, when Ryuuka uses a grenade underground she becomes a twinkle. |
| 63 | * Parodied in ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' when Yuki lost against Mikuru in a battle. "Curses." |
| 64 | * Happens to Kotengu in ''Manga/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe - Hachiyou Shou'' {{OAV}} episode "Kokoro no Yukue", after he is struck by lightning as a punishment for losing a tengu competition. |
| 65 | * In ''Anime/HetaliaAxisPowers'', when Italy was launched into the sky by an EjectionSeat, the last thing we saw of him was a twinkle. |
| 66 | * In ''Anime/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Kira's'' second episode, this happens to Takano as well after {{Magical Girl}}s Oyashiro Rika & Trap Satoko destroy her current Ritual Tool Devil, Nail Ripper, with their [[CallingYourAttacks 07th Explosion]] attack (whose name is a ShoutOut to 07th Expansion, which the franchise belongs to). As Takano goes flying into the horizon, just before becoming a twinkle herself, she screams, "Sorry, Brother!" all the while. |
| 67 | * In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', this was used to dispatch [[VillainOfTheWeek Alessi]], courtesy of a double-team NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from Jotaro and Polnareff's Stands. |
| 68 | * Happens in ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'', whenever Kenichi attempts to spar with Appachai. |
| 69 | * Ueki from ''Manga/TheLawOfUeki'' manages to ''pole vault'' twinkle out in Episode 17. |
| 70 | * Happens to Keitaro in ''Manga/LoveHina''. [[CommonKnowledge Not as often as you'd think, though.]] He gets flung skyward regularly, but usually comes crashing back down rather than disappearing into the sky. It does happen this way on rare occasion, though. |
| 71 | * Played with in ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico''. In an episode titled ''The Lukewarm Cold Equation'' Akito's robot was thrown into the distance during a fight, creating the twinkle. This had happened a couple of times in previous episodes, but this time the rest of the episode focused on ''where he went'', with Yurika and Megumi actually going out to search for him. |
| 72 | * At the beginning of ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'' this happened to none other than Kouji Kabuto, when the Mechanical Beast attacking the Institute grabbed Mazinger's Pilder ''with Kouji inside'' and threw it away. [[{{Narm}} Way to ruin the until-then tense scene]]. [[spoiler: And they land in the secret laboratory where Mazinkaiser is stored.]] |
| 73 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'': |
| 74 | ** Happens twice while Setsuna is piloting Gundam Exia. The first during the very first episode. [[spoiler: The second during ''[[WhereItAllBegan the final episode]]''.]] Although it is justified considering that the Gundams in question actually emit sparkles. |
| 75 | ** [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Patrick]] is often being blown away. Kind of played with though, in that unlike Team Rocket, it's actually surprising that he survives when this happens. |
| 76 | * The explosion variant happens {{Once an Episode}} to [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Prince Collection]] in ''Anime/MonColleKnights''. More specifically, when blasted over the horizon, his machine explodes, with the ensuing cloud turning into a rose with one of its "petals" falling off. |
| 77 | * Used to great effect in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' when All Might does this to the Nomu, a super-durable genetically engineered monster. All Might was on a strict time limit and didn't have time to subdue his opponent, so to remove it from the equation, he pummeled the Nomu faster than it could absorb the impacts until it was weak enough to be sent into the fucking stratosphere. That's how you get to be the world's best hero. |
| 78 | ** During the physical exam for hero school, Uraraka gets the high score for distance throwing by using her zero-gravity power to gently toss the ball out of orbit, ending in a twinkle. |
| 79 | --->'''Aizawa:''' Distance... infinite. |
| 80 | * When Haruka hurls the "airplane" far from Windbloom in episode four of ''Anime/MyOtome''. According to a bonus feature on the first DVD, the thing ended up '''in orbit'''. |
| 81 | * During a baseball game in ''Manga/NinjaNonsense'', one of Shinobu's home run hits does this. [[spoiler:It ends up reaching another galaxy!]] |
| 82 | * This happens to Buggy the Clown early on in ''Manga/OnePiece'' as well, where Luffy defeats him for the first time by sending him flying after Nami interrupts and messes up his pulling of himself back together. |
| 83 | * Whenever "Team Rocket is Blasting Off Again!" in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''. |
| 84 | ** This happens when they're blasting off from almost anything: Pokémon attacks, human intervention, high water pressure when springing a leak in a water pipe, doing honest work for an honest day's pay, etc. In ''Advanced Generation'', they've sometimes blasted off multiple times in one episode. Team Rocket's pretty much the TropeCodifier, which may explain why the trope has been greatly reduced in the ''Best Wishes'' series in which they rarely get blasted off, preferring a more traditional villain escape instead. In the ''X and Y'' series, this trope has made a comeback. |
| 85 | ** Lampshaded in "Noodles! Roamin' Off!"; Team Rocket was trying to capture a shiny (or "oddly-coloured") Metagross, and got blasted off in the attempt. Ash and his friends watched the "shooting star" fly across the sky. Here is the conversation that follows: |
| 86 | --->'''Ash:''' Hey, what if that star is actually Team Rocket, sent flying by that oddly-coloured Metagross and yelling "we're blasting off ''agaaaiin?''\ |
| 87 | '''Dawn:''' Nah, there's no way it's that. |
| 88 | ** In "Double-Time Battle Training", they [[GoneHorriblyWrong blasted themselves off when Jessie tried to combine Pokémon attacks together]] like how Dawn just learned. |
| 89 | ** "Malice in Wonderland" subverts this. Team Rocket gets blasted off for half the episode bouncing back and forth between various causes. They never get this trope. Ouch. |
| 90 | ** There's also "The Treasure Is All Mine!", when Team Rocket ''wanted'' to get sent flying; well, James does anyway (because it's the only way he can get away from his dreaded fiancée, Jessebelle). [[spoiler:He fails, though; Jessebelle ends up getting blasted off with him instead of Jessie.]] |
| 91 | ** In several circles, internet and otherwise, this trope has become ''known'' as [[MemeticMutation "Pulling a Team Rocket"]]. |
| 92 | ** This happened to Meowth by himself in "The School of Hard Knocks", after Team Rocket abuses him physically again. He comes back down, complete with a second twinkle, right on cue after Jessie and James say their respective last lines in the motto later in the episode. He lands in the pool, gets out, and (at least in the Japanese version) says his line. |
| 93 | --->'''Meowth:''' ''[translation from original Japanese]'' Something like that, Meowth!\ |
| 94 | '''Meowth:''' ''[English dub line]'' I love a splashy entrance! |
| 95 | ** Even a Pikachu Short had this: Meloetta did this when it flew up into the sky. |
| 96 | ** In one episode, they are launched in a block of ice. Near the end of the episode, they are seen, still in the ice block, floating in the water. They then say the phrase they say in a somber voice, with Meowth saying "With no sparkle..." a bit after. |
| 97 | ** Team Rocket aren't the only ones to get this treatment. In "Cerulean Blues", the Invincible Pokémon Brothers use their three Tentacruel to try and Poison Sting both Misty and her Gyarados into submission. Misty and Gyarados respond by blasting off the Tentacruel with a Hyper Beam, and then giving the same treatment to the brothers with a Hydro Pump. They even {{lampshade|Hanging}} this by saying, "We're not Team Rocket, but we're blasting off!" |
| 98 | ** As has Dario at the end of "The Flame Pokémon-a-Thon", following a confrontation with Ash over his methods in the race. Though he comes back down just in time to blame his defeat on the Rockets themselves and chase them away. |
| 99 | ** Burgundy also suffers this fate in "Clash of the Connoisseurs", when Crustle accidentally hits her with its Rock Wrecker. Ash overhears this (though he doesn't see who it was) and comments that it sounds familiar. |
| 100 | ** The Cosplay Pikachu side special (promoted to normal episode in the dub) has Masked Pikachu and his minions blasting off, although in-universe, it was a movie. |
| 101 | ** ''Anime/PokemonRangerAndTheTempleOfTheSea''. While Team Rocket is fleeing on a bicycle-powered balloon, a Fearow controlled by Jack Walker (the titular Pokémon Ranger) pierces their balloon with its beak and sends them zooming away into the sky. |
| 102 | ** An early episode in Advance Generation has this fate befall Ash's Corphish after Treecko attacks him to get him out of a hole. |
| 103 | ** Surprisingly, the ''Sun & Moon'' series has it averted altogether, instead having a wild Bewear showing up to grab them and then run off. It even gets [[DefiedTrope defied]] at one point, when Bewear ''catches them in midair'' just when it seems they're gonna get blasted into the sky. This only lasts for the whole season, thought, and by the next season, they've gone back to blasting off again. |
| 104 | ** Red's Clefairy had this by being punched from a Ursaring in "Lights, Camerupt, Action!" |
| 105 | ** Brock got this when his Bonsly tackled him from getting horny due to Nurse Joy in "Off the Unbeaten Path". |
| 106 | ** Clemont had this treatment as well in "A Rush of Ninja Wisdom!" when he tested out the Muscle Mass Magnifying Machine. |
| 107 | ** Even Ash gets this treatment in "Alola Kanto!" when he gets ran over by his herd of Tauros. |
| 108 | ** Pikachu was not safe from this during the episode with Buzzwole; Buzzwole's uppercut sends Pikachu into the sky with this. |
| 109 | ** In the manga ''Manga/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAdventure'', when Hareta’s Regigigas defeats Flint’s Rapidash with Mega Punch, the Mega Punch ends up blasting Flint’s Rapidash off. |
| 110 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1J5hlD66rA&t=1155s This happened to PaRappa]] in episode 3 of ''Anime/PaRappaTheRapper'', after a failed attempt to stop the teacher, who is now ''really'' insane after another bucket makes him REALLY crazy. |
| 111 | * Pretty much every villain from ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ'' gets this treatment by the Powerpuff Girls, especially Mojo Jojo. |
| 112 | * Frequently comes up in the ''Anime/PrettySammy'' series. Both Rumiya and many of the Love-Love Monsters go out this way. |
| 113 | * Any time someone gets booted into low earth orbit in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''. Inverted in an episode where Kuno delivers a message tied to an arrow, which appears ''out of'' a twinkle. |
| 114 | * In ''Manga/TheRedRangerBecomesAnAdventurerInAnotherWorld'', Misty is subject to this after getting hit with the wind from Tougo's HumongousMecha's [[{{BFS}} Giant Kizuna Sword]], landing in a forest far away enough that Tougo has to use his mech to fly over. |
| 115 | * Hanagata often gets sent flying into a twinkle by Otaru's marionettes in ''Anime/SaberMarionetteJ to X''. |
| 116 | * ''Manga/{{Sekirei}}'': In the third episode of the anime's second season, to members of the disciplinary squad, launched by Kazehana. |
| 117 | ** Yume does it to them at the end of Episode 12 in Season 1 as well. |
| 118 | * This happened to Dr. Eggman a couple of times in the early episodes of ''Anime/SonicX'', either because [[VillainExitStageLeft he was retreating]] or Sonic and the others had just given him the Team Rocket treatment. |
| 119 | * Ram-Dass launching from the CoolShip in ''Anime/StrainStrategicArmoredInfantry''. |
| 120 | * This happens twice in ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}! Miracle Friends'' episode 7. When Coffretchi applies makeup to Elephantotchi, the powder makes him want to sneeze, causing him to run around; right before he does so, he flings his owner off his back and into the sky, and he disappears with a twinkle. A few minutes later, Smartotchi and X are hit by Elephantotchi and also disappear into the sky with a twinkle. |
| 121 | * Guame ends up becoming a twinkle '''underground''' when he falls through a hole in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. |
| 122 | * Happens to ''giant robots'' frequently in ''Anime/TransformersCybertron''. Unsurprisingly, the [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Team Rocket]]-ish Ransack and Crumplezone experience it a time or two, complete with post-booting dialogue on one occasion: |
| 123 | -->'''Crumplezone:''' Why us, Ransack?\ |
| 124 | '''Ransack:''' It's the wheel of fate, my friend.\ |
| 125 | '''Both:''' It ran ''right over'' us! |
| 126 | ** However, it can also happen to fellow comedic villain Thundercracker, and the ''serious'' villain Scourge. Sideways does it voluntarily, his zigzagged departures often ending in this. |
| 127 | * ''Anime/UltimateMuscle'' has this happen to Mantaro sometimes, usually courtesy of Roxanne. |
| 128 | * A car twinkles out in an episode of ''Anime/{{Usavich}}''. A later episode has a police officer twinkle out after being hit by a barrel. |
| 129 | * Thorfinn and Thorkell's last fight in ''Manga/VinlandSaga'' almost comes to an abrupt end when Thorkell kicks Thorfinn into the distance. The boy slams into a tree, breaks his arm, most of his ribs, and then [[{{Determinator}} gets back up]]. |
| 130 | ** Thorkell also pulls of a reversed one, when Askeladd's men notice a Twinkle in the Sky that turns out to be a spear thrown by Thorkell from several miles away and completely impales a man through his chainmail and through his heart. Yes, that man is a [[BloodKnight pure monster]]. |
| 131 | * With any minor MonsterOfTheWeek villain that doesn't contribute majorly to the plot in ''Manga/WeddingPeach'', this happens (the major ones dissolve into sparkles and "are destroyed")… |
| 132 | * Happens a few times in ''Anime/YokaiWatch''. Prominent examples include Jibanyan a few times in the first episode when he tried to fight against a truck. Whisper suffered the same fate in episode 16 after Nate smacked him with a paper fan, and finally Nate himself at the receiving ends of a paws of fury from Jibanyan in episode 44. |
| 133 | * At the start of the Demon Tournament of ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', all the demons on Yusuke's group decide to gang up on their mutual boogey-man. Yusuke welcomes the attention and then proceeds to just punch all 48 opponents clean out of sight. Yusuke then comically [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the trope (and reveals his actions were intentional) by calling out the judges because none of his opponents fainted, died, or surrendered (which were the only loss conditions the rules had stated). They declare him the winner of that round anyway. |
| 134 | * When ''Manga/ZatchBell'' was riding on a cart tied to the bumper of the bus, both him and another character are launched into the distance thanks to the instability of the cart and the rope breaking. |
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| 137 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 138 | * ''Animation/FourAngies'': In episode 23, one of the X4 boys uses spring shoes to cheat at a jumping event in the sports competition. When he jumps into the air, he goes far enough to disappear with a twinkle before coming back down seconds later. |
| 139 | * In ''Animation/GuardianFairyMichel'', this happens frequently to the Black Hammer Gang as they're defeated. Bonus points for it happen to their ''castle'', too. |
| 140 | * In ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', it's not uncommon for characters sent flying in the sky to disappear with a brief twinkle. |
| 141 | * In the ''Animation/NoonboryAndTheSuper7'' episode "[[Recap/NoonboryAndTheSuper7S1E18HideAndGoSqueak Hide and Go Squeak]]", one of these appears after Rosygury is blown away by Pongdybory's SneezeOfDoom. |
| 142 | * In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', this happens a ''lot'' to Wolffy, who often gets blasted into the air somehow (his wife Wolnie hitting him with her FryingPanOfDoom is one possible cause). |
| 143 | * ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'': In "Khelo Samosa", when Dr. Goti Sodawala is launched into the distance by Vada bouncing into him (to save him from being forcefully puppeteered as a video game enemy) and shouts "Thank you, Samosa!", he disappears with a twinkle. |
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| 146 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 147 | * ''Fanfic/BrotherOnBoard'': Sabo wins his fight against [[spoiler:Miss Wednesday and Mr. 9]] by hitting them with his [[HomeRunHitter Knock Back]] attack which sends them both flying off into the sky. The author even includes the '''Twinkle''' sound effect. |
| 148 | * ''Webcomic/CutieMarkCrusaders10k'': When Twilight uses a stick to launch Crystalestia out of her turf, the alicorn leaves a trail of light and a twinkle in her wake. |
| 149 | * In ''Fanfic/{{Dial}}'', it happens to Ulik when Thor and Iron Man hit him with a combination attack, much to Hill's chagrin as it caused them to lose track of him. |
| 150 | * [[Creator/DetsniyOffSkiword Kid Icarus Uprising 2: Hades Revenge]] does this to Teem Chaos almost every time they appear. Fitting considering they are clearly a parody of the [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Team Rocket Trio]]. |
| 151 | * ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fanfic ''[[Fanfic/KingdomHeartsTheAntipode The Antipode]]'': The battle with the Cyclops Titan in the fourth instalment's ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' adaptation ends with said titan getting launched into space by [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} the Genie]]. |
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| 153 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic ''My Little Mommies'': This is how many stars were made - if you anger Princess Luna, you will become a twinkle and stay there. |
| 154 | * ''Fanfic/NewGamePlusOnePiece'': How the "fight" with Luffy ends for Alvida. Lampshaded: |
| 155 | -->Luffy admired the twinkling star she made. He always wondered why that happened. Eh, mystery twinkle. |
| 156 | * ''Fanfic/OpeningDangerousGates'': This happens to Natsu when a drunk Rangiku punches him. Master Makarov wisely takes a careful step back. |
| 157 | * ''Fanfic/PaperMarioX'': This is Franchise/{{Kirby}}'s exit at the end. |
| 158 | * ''Fanfic/PokemonClefairyTales'': As is par for the course, whenever a Rocket (usually Jessie, James, and Meowth, who first appear in chapter 9) get blasted off. |
| 159 | * ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'': |
| 160 | ** As usual, this happens to Team Rocket, though not as often as in canon since they're not actively trying to steal Pikachu from Ash. |
| 161 | ** PlayedForDrama during Chapter 18. Paul ends up blasting [[spoiler: Ash's Primeape]] into the sky. Unlike most examples, it's hinted that such an action might actually have ''fatal'' consequences. |
| 162 | * In ''Fanfic/TantabusMarkII'', this is how Sombra leaves Rainbow's dream. |
| 163 | * It happens in the final chapter of ''Fanfic/TheVampireOfSteel'' to [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kryptonian]] vampire Zol-Am when a ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s uppercut sends him flying off ''real'' high into the sky. |
| 164 | * ''Fanfic/TwelveRedLines'': |
| 165 | ** In Chapter 32, this happens to [[spoiler: Jones when she absorbs too much force from Wyper's missiles]]. They get sent flying from the backlash, and Usopp, who grabs them right before they're sent flying, gets dragged along for the ride. |
| 166 | ** In Chapter 36, this happens to Enel when [[spoiler: Jones and Usopp shoot him out of a cannon aimed at the moon]]. |
| 167 | * ''VideoGame/UnderTale'' fanfic ''Fanfic/MuffetTheMom'': Happens to Muffet in the sixth chapter, courtesy of Frisk and a see-saw. |
| 168 | * ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'': |
| 169 | ** After Tristan defeats Florence, he gets rid of the evil ring (Millennium Ring) "by throwing it randomly in a careless direction." As it flies through the air, Florence's voice can be heard shouting [[BigNo "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...."]], and then says "Twinkle" when the ring vanishes into the forest. |
| 170 | ** Later on, Marik kicks Crump out of Tea's mind. We then see Crump's spirit fly into the distance. As he becomes a Twinkle In The Sky, he actually screams, "[=AAAAAAaaaaaaah=]! Twinkle!" |
| 171 | [[/folder]] |
| 172 | |
| 173 | [[folder:Films — Animation]] |
| 174 | * Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheBigBadFoxAndOtherTales''. The DeliveryStork, [[spoiler:upon being revealed as a lazy bastard who faked his wing's injuries]], is catapulted into the sky and makes this. However, since [[AnimatedActors he's an actor in a play]], he lands in front of the stage and, upon being asked if he's okay by a co-worker, dismisses this as simply an acting trick. |
| 175 | * Zero, the Ghost Dog does this at the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' [[spoiler: as he turns into a star]]. |
| 176 | [[/folder]] |
| 177 | |
| 178 | [[folder:Films — Live-Action]] |
| 179 | * It happens in ''Film/KungFuHustle'' during the final battle. The film uses a lot of AnimationTropes despite being live action. |
| 180 | * Happened in ''Film/ShaolinSoccer'' when Sing demonstrates his kicking ability by kicking a beer can towards the sky later to be seen again on impact. |
| 181 | * In the first ''Film/UltramanZearth'' movie, Ultraman Zearth managed to defeat the main villain, Alien Benzene, with a MegatonPunch that sends Benzene into the stratosphere - cue twinkling star. |
| 182 | [[/folder]] |
| 183 | |
| 184 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 185 | * This is reversed by Glory in one episode of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. When Willow and Tara teleport Glory out of the hospital, she appears in the sky above Sunnydale in a starburst, then can be seen plummeting to earth as a falling star. |
| 186 | * This happens to the MonsterOfTheWeek in episode 14 of ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''. (It was a humorous episode and a tribute to the very silly ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger''.) |
| 187 | * This is part of the Warp Drive effect in the various ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series. |
| 188 | * Some installments of the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', particularly if they were made after the 2010s, does this... |
| 189 | ** ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'' has Ultraman Jack's battle against Varricane, with Jack sending the monster into space. Cue twinkle in the galaxy. |
| 190 | ** ''Series/UltramanGinga'' has Ginga and Victory fighting Bemlar and Bemstar, simultaneously. After Ginga destroys Bemlar, Bemstar gets stunned for a moment... until Victory unleashed his [[PowerFist Ex-Red King Knuckle]] and socks Bemstar in the face until the monster ends up in the stratosphere, complete with a twinkle. |
| 191 | ** ''Series/UltramanX'': In the episode "[[BreatherEpisode We Are Nebula!]]", the opposing alien team consisting of the aliens Babalou, Dada, Kemurian and Zettonian, decides to cheat by turning themselves kaiju-sized, necessitating Ultraman X to interfere... by using his Gomora armour to send all four aliens vanishing into the skies, complete with four twinkles. |
| 192 | [[/folder]] |
| 193 | |
| 194 | [[folder:Mythology and Religion]] |
| 195 | * ''Myth/ClassicalMythology'': This trope is OlderThanFeudalism — some sources claim Karkinos, the crab which would become the Cancer constellation after performing its task of distracting Hercules while he was trying to kill the Lernaean Hydra, got there because Hera gave it a place in the stars...after Hercules kicked it off into space! |
| 196 | [[/folder]] |
| 197 | |
| 198 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 199 | * In ''Theatre/PokemonTheMewsical'', the Twinkle in the Sky has become part of Team Rocket's planning process: |
| 200 | -->"We'll steal the Dragonite, hop on its back, and ride it to the ''ding''!" |
| 201 | * ''Theatre/{{Matilda}}'' uses this effect when Trunchbull swings and throws Amanda by her pigtails. |
| 202 | [[/folder]] |
| 203 | |
| 204 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 205 | * Played around with in ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'': [[spoiler: in the DLC Lost Episode 2, [[Franchise/StreetFighter Akuma punches Ryu]] so far away it seems like this would have happened. He flies back into the portal he came from in the distance instead.]] |
| 206 | * ''VideoGame/BeardBlade'' has one of the early bosses, Barnacle Barley, fought in the quarters of his ship where the windows are in the background. Defeating him sends him [[DestinationDefenestration out an open window]]... and into the horizon. Complete with a twinkle in the horizon. |
| 207 | * ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'' uses a twinkle (on the ''ground'') in its intro as Sophia zooms off into battle. |
| 208 | * ''Franchise/BlazBlue'': Makoto's Astral Finish ends in an uppercut that turns the opponent into a twinkle in the sky, and then leaves a ''huge'' impression on the moon... and smashes it apart. |
| 209 | * In ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'', the boss of Chapter 4 becomes one of these after he’s defeated and gets launched out of his skyscraper headquarters. |
| 210 | * In ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'', Ryu eventually learns to [[SummonMagic summon]] up to eight other dragons, whose attacks are short FMV's. The Sand Dragon's attack sends enemies flying off into the sky like this. Much like the ''God Hand'' example above, they will be back afterwards to take damage normally. |
| 211 | * In ''VideoGame/CarriesOrderUp'', one of these can be seen atop the impossibly tall stack of plates Carrie is holding on the Endless Mode menu graphic. |
| 212 | * ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'': In the Prehistoric era, a twinkling star can be seen in the background of some elevated areas. It's actually Lavos on his way down, [[TheCretaceousIsAlwaysDoomed no prize for guessing]] [[PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs which species is eradicated by its fall.]] |
| 213 | * How Animal Contra is defeated in ''VideoGame/NeoContra''. |
| 214 | * DLC for ''VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten'' gives us [[VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice Mao]] bringing in his [[HumongousMecha Getter Mao]] and showing it off to the Hades Party... before becoming sidetracked and showing an [[MemeticMolester "interest"]] in Desco and, subsequently, [[BigBrotherInstinct losing the keys to Fuka]]. |
| 215 | * After boss battles in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'', starting in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'' after a boss fight. Donkey Kong will be free to punch the bosses up to 25 times before sending them off into the sky. Follows in the sequel, ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze''. |
| 216 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': |
| 217 | ** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', summoning Fenrir has it use Terrestrial Rage with Titan's aid. Titan attacks by punching all foes skyward into the sky, turning into stars (though they come back down and crash). |
| 218 | ** At one point in the original ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles'', you're confronted by the game's resident GoldfishPoopGang, who demand a toll to continue down the road. Earlier on, the team's resident [[TeamPet Moogle]] declared a wish to become a star - if you choose not to pay the toll, you'll barge onwards, knocking the Moogle into the sky. Although [[ImpliedTrope you're never shown the Moogle "turning into" a star]], you do get this gem: |
| 219 | -->'''Selkie A:''' And so, he became a star.\ |
| 220 | '''Selkie B:''' Big time. |
| 221 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has the Hildibrand Adventures which take place after the end of each expansion's main story. By the time the overarching Hildibrand story is done in Patch X.5, Hildibrand is launched like this in some form or another to the next expansion's region for further adventures. |
| 222 | * ''VideoGame/GodHand'': |
| 223 | ** Gene's more powerful God Roulette attacks (Dragon Kick, 100 Fist and Homerun God to name a few) end with the enemy being launched in the milky way (where they already are), like the awesome credit song puts it. However, unlike other examples said enemies will actually end up back in front of you as if the attack was played backwards, even if it's just to let out a death cry. |
| 224 | ** Also, Evil BoisterousBruiser Elvis does this before his second fight against Gene. He punches two of his henchmen into the skies for disrespecting the body of one of their victims. |
| 225 | * ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'': |
| 226 | ** Slayer's Instant Kill involves punching an opponent into the sky and then reciting a haiku. When he completes the poem, there's a twinkle in the sky right before "Destroyed" is announced. |
| 227 | ** May's Instant Kill does this too in the later ''Xrd'' games, as the girl cheerfully blasts her opponent out of a cannon into the wild blue yonder. |
| 228 | * The first boss of ''VideoGame/GunstarHeroes'' is defeated in this way. |
| 229 | * ''VideoGame/HarmfulPark'' has a stage where you fight an inflatable dinosaur-like monster, being pumped by two mooks you cannot target. If you defeat the boss, it's subsequent explosion will blow the mooks behind it into the background until they're reduced to two dainty twinkles. |
| 230 | * ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'': The Dash Storm technique involves running at high speed to create a hurricane that sends the opponents flying in the air. The twinkle is present in the game, but not in the anime. |
| 231 | * This happens to the Rock Titan after being blasted off by WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} in the opening cutscene for Olympus Coliseum in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''. |
| 232 | * Happens quite a few times in the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series: |
| 233 | ** The icon for "Throw" ability in ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' depicts Kirby tossing something so hard that it becomes a twinkle in the sky. |
| 234 | ** In ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'', Kirby and Prince Fluff dispatch Yin-Yarn by hurling him into the sky. |
| 235 | ** In ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'', it's possible to get knocked by a large enemy or stage obstacle into the background, where this is the result. (If said enemy or obstacle doesn't [[CameraAbuse knock you into the screen]].) May also apply to its predecessor game, ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' (where the latter ''definitely'' applied). |
| 236 | ** In ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'', this happens to [[AnIcePerson Francisca]] and [[PlayingWithFire Flamberge]] after you beat them for the second time. |
| 237 | ** When Kirby delivers the final blow to King Dedede in ''VideoGame/KirbyFightersDeluxe'', the latter goes flying into the sky. |
| 238 | ** In ''VideoGame/KirbyBattleRoyale'', Dedede is given the Team Rocket treatment again after his [[HumongousMecha Dededestroyer Z]] is destroyed. |
| 239 | ** And in ''Kirby Fighters 2'', [[spoiler:Dedede and Meta Knight are sent flying after Kirby and his partner finish them with the [[WaveMotionGun Buddy Star Blaster]].]] |
| 240 | * Happens to a hapless minion of Mashtooth's in ''VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy'' after being punched away by his lord. |
| 241 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'': After Link defeats Master Kohga in their last duel, he tries to eliminate Link with his own missile weapon. It ends with his [[HoistByHisOwnPetard contraption hitting himself]] and sending him rocketing out of the Depths with an AudibleGleam. |
| 242 | * In ''VideoGame/LufiaCurseOfTheSinistrals'', after the party fights the Doom Eye, Dekar shows up to send it flying into orbit with his Exploding Sword attack. The twinkle's even accompanied by the "puzzle complete!" tune. |
| 243 | * Get hit by Creator/ChuckNorris' OneHitKill uppercut in ''VideoGame/{{MUGEN}}'', and this happens to your character. |
| 244 | * Happens to [[StarterVillain DJ Subatomic Supernova]] in ''VideoGame/NoStraightRoads'' after his defeat at the hands of Bunk Bed Junction. Appropriate, given his whole cosmic/space theme. |
| 245 | * ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'': |
| 246 | ** ''VideoGame/Persona4'': [[KickChick Chie's]] Galactic Punt Follow-up Attack[[note]]a special, souped-up physical attack that has a chance of triggering when a party member lands a critical hit or hits an enemy's weak spot, unlocked by hitting rank 3 in their Social Link[[/note]] allows the CuteBruiser to kick an enemy (and the occasional MiniBoss) into the orbital frame. This makes hers the most powerful in the game, as every other character's simply deals a huge amount of damage and renders a target dizzy, whereas Chie's is an instant kill attack. The move returns as Chie's instant death special attack in ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena''. |
| 247 | ** ''VideoGame/Persona5'': In Futaba's Palace, Ann throws Morgana so high into the air it results in Morgana temporarily disappearing in a tiny flash of light, before the cat hurdles back towards Earth. |
| 248 | * In ''VideoGame/Portal2'', a twinkle, complete with the standard sound effect, is created when a portal opens up very ''very'' far away - specifically, [[spoiler:on the Moon]]. |
| 249 | * ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' introduces the aptly-named Fairy-Type Z-Move, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hekerFgs9GI Twinkle Tackle]]". The animation for which depicts the user launching the target into orbit like so... with just a light tap. |
| 250 | * ''VideoGame/RaymanLegends'': This happens to The Magician after each boss fight, where they then land on a tiny planet to be used as instruments by the inhabitants. |
| 251 | * ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirls'': In the now-retconned normal ending, when [[spoiler:Kunio and Riki]] point out that Misako and Kyoko are basically stalking them, the girls respond by uppercutting them into the stratosphere. |
| 252 | * In ''VideoGame/ShadowHeartsCovenant'', Joachim has a damage-or-OHKO attack that launches an enemy high into the sky. The player will know it succeeded if the enemy creates a twinkle. |
| 253 | * ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'': In a sprite comic made by Matt Bozon during [[VideoGame/Shantae2002 Shantae GBC]]'s release called "Bolo gets taken out", Shantae wanted to invite Bolo to a festival dance. However, Bolo already invited [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Risky Boots]], and Shantae boots him into the sky. |
| 254 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': |
| 255 | ** ''VideoGame/SonicRush'': Each time Blaze defeats Eggman in a boss fight, she kicks him off flying into the sky. |
| 256 | ** ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'': After Eggman [[EvilIsNotAToy attempts]] to force Dark Gaia to follow his orders, it responds by blasting him away. |
| 257 | * ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'': |
| 258 | ** The Goomba King suffers this fate when the bridge of Goomba Fortress unfolds in ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'', sending him away. |
| 259 | ** Happens to the player in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' when they're launched into the sky from a cannon. It happens again to Lord Crump when his robot explodes. |
| 260 | ** Bizarrely, the giant Cheep Chomp from Long Fall Falls, in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'' ''flies away'' after reaching the high falls, cue this trope. |
| 261 | ** When you use a secret cannon in ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros1'' and ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii''. |
| 262 | ** Happens in reverse when Mario returns from a galaxy in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''. |
| 263 | ** In ''VideoGame/MarioParty3'', there's a scene where Bowser sneaks up and startles [[TomboyPrincess Princess Daisy]]. She slaps him so hard that she sends him flying. That's probably the reason why Bowser only kidnaps Peach. |
| 264 | ** ''VideoGame/MarioPartyStarRush'': All of the boss fights with Bowser end with his giant robot exploding, sending the Koopa King flying into space, leaving a twinkle in his wake. |
| 265 | ** In ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach'', Princess Peach sends Bowser flying by whacking him with her ParasolOfPain after defeating him in the final battle. |
| 266 | ** Can happen to Mario in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'' if he fails the Sudden Death round of the ''Shy Guys Finish Last'' quiz show: the poor lad get blown out of a cannon straight through the roof into the skies before this trope occurs. |
| 267 | ** Happens to Wario during the "Punch!" minigame in ''VideoGame/WarioWareTouched''. |
| 268 | ** Several times in the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series. Happens to Captain Syrup in some of the endings for ''VideoGame/WarioLandII'' and to the second boss in ''VideoGame/WarioLandShakeIt'', Hot Roderick, after Wario's final attack against him. |
| 269 | ** Raphael the Raven's death animation in ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland''. |
| 270 | * If someone is hit upwards out of the arena in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', this is the result... unless they fly forwards and bounce off the screen. It's actually pretty satisfying, especially since they scream the whole time; after a long and bitter fight, hearing a morose, "Pika ''piiiiikaaaaa''..." makes the whole thing seem worthwhile. This can sometimes look a bit weird in stages that take place entirely indoors/underground. Starting in [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU the fourth game]], it will stop occurring during the last seconds of a match, [[ObviousRulePatch to avoid the scenario where an assured victory turns into a tie because the match ended before the long animation finished playing out]]. In ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]'', if Snake uses his [[LimitBreak Final Smash]], which is essentially MacrossMissileMassacre, and someone gets star KO'd while the missiles are firing, a stray missile will [[SuperPersistentMissile follow them off into the distance]]. |
| 271 | * In ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'', the Linked Mystic Arte "Earthcracker/The Ludgernaut" ends with Leia and Ludger knocking an enemy into the sky with their staff/hammer respectively, causing the target to disappear into the distance with a twinkle of light. |
| 272 | * Roger Sr.'s typical fate in later ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' games. |
| 273 | * Happens to Lammy in the US version of ''VideoGame/UmJammerLammy''. |
| 274 | * Following the second boss fight against them in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'', this happens to [[spoiler: Zeke and Pandoria]] after being chased by a boulder that falls and rolls into them. |
| 275 | * What happens to Pamela once she's finally defeated in Milanor's chapter of the ''VideoGame/YggdraUnison'' voice drama. |
| 276 | * In ''VideoGame/ZackAndWikiQuestForBarbarosTreasure'', this is a possible way to die in "Operation Takeback!" |
| 277 | [[/folder]] |
| 278 | |
| 279 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 280 | * ''WebAnimation/AstroLOLogy'': Happens to Aquarius in "High Jinks" when the extendable pole that he created for a pole vault extends a little too well, sending him into the sky. |
| 281 | * ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': |
| 282 | ** In the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "winter pool", Pom-Pom becomes this after [[ItMakesSenseInContext bouncing off of Strong Bad's gelatin-filled pool]]. He's later shown floating through space. |
| 283 | ** At the end of "The Next April Fools Thing", Stinkoman punches Bubs so hard he goes flying into space, leaving behind a twinkle that becomes the words "Happy April Fools' Day". |
| 284 | * ''WebAnimation/SonicManiaAdventures'': In episode 3, Ray gets curious about the Master Emerald and tries to touch it. Knuckles responds by chucking him skyward. |
| 285 | * ''WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'' |
| 286 | ** In ''The Wacky Wario Bros.: The Welcome Invitation'', Mario kicks Wario and Waluigi off into the sky at the end, both of the Wario Bros. twinkling instantly after. |
| 287 | ** At the end of ''101 Ways for Mario to Die'', [=SMG4=] kicks Mario into the sky. Mario then screams before turning into a star and losing his last life. |
| 288 | * ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ'': Sonic and Shadow both send Kamek hurling into the distance after struck him simultaneously. |
| 289 | [[/folder]] |
| 290 | |
| 291 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 292 | * Looks like the Robster's blasting off again! Or, at the very least, being thrown by a big, naked purple guy in this [[http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=42&issue=13 strip]] of ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''. |
| 293 | * Done twice in ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'': when Cucumber and Nautilus [[http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/cq/page-183/ get thrown away]] by Bubblebeard, and when Saturday and Brambleby [[http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/cq/page-330/ got blown up]]. The latter even references the TropeCodifier in the footnote text: |
| 294 | -->"[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Looks like Team]]–no. No, never mind." |
| 295 | * Subverted in ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan''. A minor villain is thrown into the sky by an angry animal and Stunt expects nothing but AmusingInjuries. Then it turns out he was thrown directly up and he comes crushing down, landing on his neck and dying instantly. |
| 296 | * In ''[[Webcomic/TheChosenFour EarthBound: The Chosen Four]]'', [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Ness]] sends the Plague Rat of Doom flying upon smashing a blow with his and sends him straight into the sky. |
| 297 | * Used in ''Webcomic/PhoenixFlair'', when Anala [[http://phoenixflaircomic.tumblr.com/post/123094282137/page-5-thank-you-for-all-your-support-everyone punts one of the couriers over the horizon.]] |
| 298 | * After Willa [[AttackItsWeakPoint attacked the Titan's weak point]] in ''Webcomic/LatchkeyKingdom'', the Titan just [[NoSell No-Selled]] (No-Sold?) it and flicked her off into the distant caverns. |
| 299 | [[/folder]] |
| 300 | |
| 301 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 302 | * In ''Literature/TheImpossibleMan'', when Yuki use her most powerful attack, the villains are sent into the sky until "stars flashed in the distance." |
| 303 | [[/folder]] |
| 304 | |
| 305 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 306 | * [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony/Gandalf]] gets sent flying when he attempts to fight [[BigBad Malacite]] in ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights''. He comes back later, unharmed, after having orbited the Earth at least twice. |
| 307 | * A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2gxAhe7x3Q Youtube video] has a trio of [[MagicalGirl magical girl]] Nyuus [[CatFolk (fictional cat-like]] [[AlienAnimals aliens)]] named Callie, Whitney, and Blaire, punch [[Characters/InvaderZimZim Invader Zim]] and his girlfriend and partner in crime, a [[BunniesForCuteness rabbit-like alien]] named Martha into the sky and the two vanish with a twinkle. That part of the video is supposed to be a parody of the continuous defeat of Baikinman and his cohorts in Literature/{{Anpanman}}. |
| 308 | [[/folder]] |
| 309 | |
| 310 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 311 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS5E22ThePartysOverIslaDeSenorita The Party's Over, Isla De Señorita]]": The Party God leaves a twinkle after the Ice King flings him into outer space. |
| 312 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingSpiez'' episode "Operation: Twins of Trouble". When a WOOHP jet flies off into the distance, it disappears in one of these. |
| 313 | * Sokka's [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang boomerang]] twinkled before returning in the second episode of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. |
| 314 | * ComicBook/IronMan becomes this in ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' after Graviton launches him into outer space. |
| 315 | * ''WesternAnimation/BeepPrepared'': Taken to the extreme. [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner Wile E. Coyote]] is shot into space by his rocket sled. After he zooms past Sputnik and the Moon, the rocket explodes...and the Coyote has become the constellation Sagittarius. We even hear "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star". |
| 316 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Bibleman}}'': Its solution to the question of how Bibleman can defeat the villains without resorting to imitable violence: launching the villains into the sky and out of sight. |
| 317 | * Happens in the ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' animated special "A Wish for Wings That Work" when Santa Claus's sleigh takes off. |
| 318 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Centaurworld}}'': in "[[Recap/CentaurworldS2E3MyTummyYourHurts My Tummy, Your Hurts]]", Comfortable Doug disappears in the sky in a flash of light after being kicked by a horse named Becky Apples. |
| 319 | -->'''Doug''': In all my years, I have never encountered such sublime strength, Rebecca Apples! |
| 320 | * An inverse of this shows up in ''WesternAnimation/TheChristmasTree'', courtesy of Santa Claus. |
| 321 | * Happens to Sissi's baton in ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'''s "Zero Gravity Zone", where it keeps going through the sky into outer space. |
| 322 | * Happens to the characters on ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'', usually Stumpy or Mr. Cat, when they are thrown, kicked or launched into the sky. |
| 323 | * ''WebAnimation/MightyMagiswords'': In "Collection Infection", Vambre Warrior falls victim to this when she accidentally drops her Radiator Magisword into the river of fangs, causing the ground beneath her to turn into a geyser with fangs. |
| 324 | -->'''Vambre:''' That's not how geysers woooorrrrk! ''*ding*'' |
| 325 | * Some characters from ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow'' would often be shown blasted off into outer space, but without a twinkle. The only one who completely did this trope with the twinkle is Mr. Bump in the episode "Games". |
| 326 | * The plot of the season 2 finale of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is resolved by [[spoiler: Princess Cadance and Shining Armor using ThePowerOfLove]] to blast [[spoiler: [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Chrysalis]] and her army of EvilMinions]] over the horizon line - complete with a twinkle from the former. |
| 327 | * ''WesternAnimation/NedsNewt'' |
| 328 | ** In "Planes, Trains, and Newtmobiles", a rocket launches off to Russia with Ned and Newton in it, and when it flies off we pan up to the sky where it vanishes into a star before we cut to a view from space. |
| 329 | ** A similar rocket launches and twinkles in "Live and Let Dad" with Ned and Newton inside like last time, only it follows Dad's rocket and halfway though it initiates ejection sequence. |
| 330 | * ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'': |
| 331 | ** In [[Recap/OKKOLetsBeHeroesS1E18WereCaptured "We're Captured"]], this happens when the heroes concede defeat and fly off into the sky at the end of the episode. |
| 332 | ** In "Plaza Prom", Raymond is defeated by Radicles in the [[DanceOff Dance Battle]] and sent to the sky. |
| 333 | ** This also happens to Fink in the episode [[Recap/OKKOLetsBeHeroesS3E5KOVsFink "K.O. vs. Fink"]] after being defeated by the heroes' Love Beam attack, and though it is hard to see, a ding can still be heard. |
| 334 | %%** Raymond again in episode "Project Ray Way". |
| 335 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': In "Hunting Palismen", Hunter ends up shooting off into the distance this way after Luz slams a fire glyph onto his back. |
| 336 | * ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E23Reunited "Reunited"]], Garnet tosses [[spoiler:her wedding [[BouquetToss bouquet]]]] so high that it becomes a twinkle. A few minutes later, [[BrickJoke it lands]] on [[spoiler:Bismuth's]] head, who catches it with a confused expression. |
| 337 | * In the episode "Stars in their Eyes" of ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'', the Mario Brothers' spaceship does this as it heads towards planet Quirk at the beginning of the episode. |
| 338 | * Happens to some of Lord Dregg's spaceships sometimes, in later seasons of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987''. |
| 339 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' finale of the three-part episode, "Rebirth, Part 3", Galvatron opens the Plasma Energy Chamber on Earth [[OmnicidalManiac intending to destroy Earth, Cybertron and possibly the whole galaxy]] with the plasma energies. He and the other Decepticons try to escape aboard Scorponok's ship mode, but they take off too late, and are hit by a wild flux of energy from the chamber, which whips Scorponok and the whole Decepticon crew inside far, far away, making them a twinkle at the distance in the darkness of space. |
| 340 | * Happens to Hayaku in the ''WesternAnimation/TurboFAST'' episode "Turbo Drift" when she goes too fast and flies off the track in an attempt to outrace Turbo. |
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