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* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'', this happens to the target of Leia and Ludger's linked mystic arte at the end.

** 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.

* If someone is hit upwards out of the arena in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' or its sequels, 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. Especially gratifying in that particular instance if you are a fan of Team Rocket. 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 Macross Missile Massacre]], and someone gets star KO'd while the missiles are firing, a stray missile will [[SuperPersistentMissile follow them off into the distance]].

* Roger Sr.'s typical fate in later ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' games.

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** This is also the fate of [[spoiler: Bluenote Stinger]] after being defeated by an angry [[spoiler: Gildarts Clive]].

* Happens to Kotengu in ''VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe - Hachiyou Shou'' {{OAV}} episode "Kokoro no Yukue", after he is struck by lightning as a punishment for losing a tengu competition.
* In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', when Italy was launched into the sky by an EjectionSeat, the last thing we saw of him was a twinkle.
* 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.
* In ''VisualNovel/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.

* ''Manga/{{Sekirei}}'', in the third episode of the anime's second season, to members of the disciplinary squad, launched by Kazehana.

* Most enemies in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' that aren't killed tend to end up in a heap, but this trope was used to dispatch Alessi in episode 33 of ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'', courtesy of a double-team NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from Jotaro and Polnareff's Stands.

* How Animal Contra is defeated in ''Neo VideoGame/{{Contra}}''.

* 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:

* ''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.

* Slayer's Instant Kill in ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Guilty Gear XX]]'' 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.

* Happens quite a few times in the Franchise/{{Kirby}} series:

** [[spoiler:In ''VideoGame/KirbyBattleRoyale'', Dedede is given the Team Rocket treatment again after his [[HumongousMecha Dededestroyer Z]] is destroyed.]]
** 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]].]]

* 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...
* [[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]] from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' 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''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': In the pyramid dungeon, 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.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'', a twinkle, complete with the standard sound effect, is created when a portal opens up very ''very'' far away - specifically, [[spoiler:on the Moon]].
* ''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!

** In ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party 3]]'', 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.

* If someone is hit upwards out of the arena in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' or its sequels, 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. Especially gratifying in that particular instance if you are a fan of Team Rocket. 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 the fifth game]], if Snake uses his [[LimitBreak Final Smash]], which is essentially [[MacrossMissileMassacre Macross Missile Massacre]], and someone gets star KO'd while the missiles are firing, a stray missile will [[SuperPersistentMissile follow them off into the distance]].

* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'':
** 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.
** 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.

* In the ''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.

** [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Patrick]] is often being blown away, and it's not for nothing that he got the FanNickname "Team Patrick", in reference to Team Rocket. Kind of played with though, in that unlike Team Rocket, it's actually surprising that he survives when this happens.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Cargo-Ken Times Four]].]]

* 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 Pokemon.

* Whenever "Team Rocket is Blasting Off Again!" in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''.

** ''Anime/PokemonRangerAndTheTempleOfTheSea''. While Team Rocket is fleeing on a bicycle-powered balloon, a Fearow controlled by Jack Walker (the titular Pokemon Ranger) pierces their balloon with its beak and sends them zooming away into the sky.

** In the manga ''Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Adventure'', when Hareta’s Regigigas defeats Flint’s Rapidash with Mega Punch, the Mega Punch ends up blasting Flint’s Rapidash off.

* Happens to ''giant robots'' frequently in ''Anime/TransformersCybertron''. Unsurprisingly, the [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Team Rocket]]-ish Ransack and Crumplezone experience it a time or two, complete with post-booting dialogue on one occasion:

* [[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/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket Trio]].

-->"[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Looks like Team]]–no. No, never mind."

-->-- ''Team Rocket, Anime/PokemonTheSeries, [[OncePerEpisode in almost every episode (and some of the movies)]]''

-->-- ''Team Rocket, {{Anime/Pokemon}}, [[OncePerEpisode in almost every episode (and some of the movies)]]''

** ''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.

* The icon for "Throw" ability in ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' depicts Kirby tossing something so hard that it becomes a twinkle in the sky.

** When [[VideoGame/{{Kirby}} Kirby]] delivers the final blow to King Dedede in ''Kirby Fighters Deluxe'', the latter goes flying into the sky. [[spoiler:In ''VideoGame/KirbyBattleRoyale'', Dedede is given the Team Rocket treatment again after his Dededestroyer Z is destroyed.]]

* When Haruka hurls the "airplane" far from Windbloom in episode four of ''Anime/MaiOtome''. According to a bonus feature on the first DVD, the thing ended up '''in orbit'''.

* ''Soreike! Franchise/{{Anpanman}}'':

-->-- ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}, [[OncePerEpisode in almost every episode (and some of the movies)]]''

** ''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.

* In ''Animation/GuardianFairyMichel'', this happens frequently to the Black Hammer Gang as they're defeated. Bonus points for it happen to their ''castle'', too.