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*** [[spoiler:And he does it again as the first Fortress Boss in ''''VideoGame/MegaMan7''.]]

** The Power Piston, the second boss of Mr. X's castle in ''''VideoGame/MegaMan6'', pounded the wall to cause a constant rain of rocks.
** Stone Head, a miniboss in Jewel Man's stage in ''''VideoGame/MegaMan9'' shakes ground to cause boulders to fall.

*** [[spoiler:And he does it again as the first Fortress Boss in ''7''.]]

** The Power Piston, the second boss of Mr. X's castle in ''6'', pounded the wall to cause a constant rain of rocks.
** Stone Head, a miniboss in Jewel Man's stage in ''9'' shakes ground to cause boulders to fall.

* Also a common boss attack in the {{Castlevania}} series.

* SonicTheHedgehog is by no means a stranger to this attack.

* VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor has Rawk Hawk, who can climb onto the steel bars and shake it, causing things to rain down on you.
** In the prequel, Tutankoopa does something similar to Mario and his partner. At one point in the fight, it will backfire against him and he gets hit with a fallen piece of limestone from the ceiling.

* In IllusionOfGaia, the Mummified Queen does this in the pyramid, but with large stone blocks falling from the ceiling.

* A very common setup in ''Game/MegaMan''.

* Volvagia from ''OcarinaOfTime'' can do the same with boulders.

* The Old Man from ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZelda'' does this as a boss in ''Videogame/AbobosBigAdventure'': after drinking a potion and [[MakeMyMonsterGrow having turned into a giant]], he often stomps on the ground causing debris from the ceiling to fall. Since the stage is in a top-down view, Abobo must stay clear of [[CrosshairAware the crosshairs that appear]] to avoid being crushed by the debris.

[[FridgeLogic One wonders]] how the whole building or cave doesn't collapse and crush both the hero and the boss. Similarly, there's never any real structural damage, no matter how many times the boss smashes the arena.

** Goliath in ''Order of Ecclesia'' can both drop pieces of the ceiling on you and smash a large chunk of the floor ''upwards''.

** The spiked pig robot boss from ''Sonic2'' for the Master [=System/Game=] Gear would charge at you. If he hit the wall, stalactites would rain down.

* In {{Hydorah}}, the end boss of Dunarys is literally a collapsing ceiling. A more traditional example occurs at the end of Cyclades Liberation.

* The final boss of ''{{Purple}}'', as one of his attacks, can DropTheHammer and cause blocks to fall from the ceiling.

* Runescape has [[ThatOneBoss Stomp]], a frustrating Dungeoneering boss. It wouldn't be so bad if the debris that falls didn't block off the items you need to prevent him from healing a third of his health.

** [[strike:Robotnik]] Eggman's Machine in Ice Mountain Zone in ''SonicAdvance'' remains on the ceiling, pounding it to rain stalactites down on you. Since you're stuck in water too deep to jump out of, you have to [[BossArenaIdiocy jump on the sinking stalactites to be able to reach Eggman, and get a breath.]]

* In {{IllusionOfGaia}}, the Mummified Queen does this in the pyramid, but with large stone blocks falling from the ceiling.

* ''YoshisIsland'' and ''Yoshi's Island DS'' both have this for the FinalBoss... except neither battle has a ceiling, and the castle itself had collapsed before then. For the first game, the debris comes from Giant Baby Bowser's roaring causing a ChunkyUpdraft.

* ''[=~Yoshi's Island~=]'' and ''Yoshi's Island DS'' both have this for the FinalBoss... except neither battle has a ceiling, and the castle itself had collapsed before then. For the first game, the debris comes from Giant Baby Bowser's roaring causing a ChunkyUpdraft.
** Don Bongo from ''[[YoshisStory Yoshi's Story]]'' is an odd version. His stomping around causes dishes to drop from the ceiling.

* PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor has Rawk Hawk, who can climb onto the steel bars and shake it, causing things to rain down on you.

[[FridgeLogic One wonders]] how the whole building or cave doesn't collapse and crush both the hero and the boss? Similarly, there's never any real structural damage, no matter how many times the boss smashes the arena.

* The ''very first boss'' of DragonQuestIX can do this. Despite all logic, it does as much damage as his regular attack.

* Runescape has [[ThatOneBoss Stomp]], a frustrating Dungeoneering boss. It wouldn't be so bad if the debris that falls didn't block off the items you need to prevent him from healing a third of his health.

* The second boss of [[FreewareGame Freeware]] {{shmup}} ''Hydorah''.

*''[=~Yoshi's Island~=]'' and ''Yoshi's Island DS'' both have this for the FinalBoss... except neither battle has a ceiling, and the castle itself had collapsed before then, so you've really got to wonder where the rocks were coming from.