History Main / StalactiteSpite

See also CollapsingCeilingBoss, where a boss attacks by causing things to drop from the ceiling. For ''Stalagmite'' Spite -- things that come from below instead of falling -- see SpikesOfDoom.

* ''VideoGame/PanicRestaurant'' - Icicles in the penultimate ice fridge level.

* ''VideoGame/CaptainSilver'': Coconuts wait for Captain to be under them before falling.

* The caverns in ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' are loaded with ''huge'' stalactites that drop constantly. Weirdly, [[MadeOfIron getting a giant, pointy rock dropped on Billy's head doesn't do as much damage as you might think.]]

* ''VideoGame/PrisonCity'' features large icicles that start to fall when Hal gets under them.

* In ''VideoGame/DontLookBack'', there are falling stalactites in some rooms.
* Two of the three ice levels in ''VideoGame/PacManWorld 2'' have icy caves filled to the brim with icicles, waiting for Pac-Man to get close.
* In ''VideoGame/LowGMan'', Airswimmer, the boss of Sector 2-1, attacks with falling icicles.
* ''Fausetté Amour'' has an ice cave level where icicles will detach themselves and launch themselves at you, whatever their orientation.

* The caverns in ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' are loaded with ''huge'' stalactites that drop constantly. Weirdly, [[MadeOfIron getting a giant, pointy rock dropped on Billy's head doesn't do as much damage as you might think.]]

* In ''CJ's Elephant Antics'', the SlippySlideyIceWorld's BossRoom has a ceiling that spawns falling icicles in random locations.

* Durig the ice phase of the FinalBoss fight in ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', several stalactites will fall from above in certain areas, freezing Bayonetta solid for a short period of time.
* One of the VideoGame/BallRevamped games has coconuts that start dropping when ball is underneath them.

* Durig the ice phase of the [[spoiler:FinalBoss]] fight in ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', several stalactites will fall from above in certain areas, freezing Bayonetta solid for a short period of time.

* ''Syobon Action'', belonging to PlatformHell subgenre, has some of the particularly bad falling ceilings.

In platform video games, completely inanimate objects in the ceiling seem to know when a player is approaching and fall down accordingly. And only the player because the scenery just doesn't care about the enemies somehow.

The most common offenders are:
* Stalactites
* [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Icicles]]
* {{Spikes|OfDoom}}
* [[FallingChandelierOfDoom Chandeliers]]
* [[PalmtreePanic Coconuts]]
* And sometimes a tile or an entire section of a ceiling.

Notice: In RealLife, falling icicles kill dozens of people each year, although it's the mass of the upper part of the icicle, not the pointy end that's lethal.

Subtrope of MalevolentArchitecture and part of EverythingIsTryingToKillYou. Note that this trope doesn't include non-inanimate enemies (like Thwomp in ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series) with that kind of behavior, nor does it include {{Death Trap}}s which look like they're deliberately made to do their thing.

See also CollapsingCeilingBoss, where a boss attacks by causing things to drop from the ceiling. For ''Stalagmite'' Spite - things that come from below instead of falling - see SpikesOfDoom.

* [[VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy Giant cherries]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Keep an eye on the ceiling.]]