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Author: whitetigah

Sep 26th 2007 at 2:16:13 AM

Almighty copypasta from the YKTTW thread closely related to this one I'd started, to make sure the examples don't get lost when the trope gets a writeup:

- The Bible: Samson is captured by the Philistines and blinded, then put on public display in the temple. He proceeds to tear down the pillars of said temple, crushing both himself and the Philistines.
- In ''FinalFantasyIX'', when you win the battle against Kuja he casts Ultima to kill off your party, but that leaves him drained off and almost dead -- something he probably knows. He didn't succeed, but hey, it's the thought that counts.
- In ''KingdomHearts 2'', Axel does this when he, Sora, Donald and Goofy are about to get swamped by mooks (I can't remember whether they were heartless or nobodies right now).
- Shredder, at the end of the second ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' movie, drank the mutagen, which transformed him into Super Shredder (also somehow transforming his outfit). He attempted to destroy the Turtles along with himself by bringing the pier down on their heads. (This paragraph was shamelessly copy-pasted from OneWingedAngel)

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Also, I think this is closely related to LoadBearingBoss: you defeat a boss and he tries to collapse the dungeon on the party's head to take them to hell with him.

By the way, I favour TakingYouWithMe.