History Main / CollapsingCeilingBoss

* This is one of Ralph's tactics in both the ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' movie and [[{{Defictionalization}} defictionalized]] video game.

[[FridgeLogic One wonders]] how the whole building or cave doesn't collapse and crush both the hero and the boss. Similarly, you'd expect at some point there would be no more stuff left up there to fall down but that never happens, no matter how many times the boss smashes the arena.

* This is one of Ralph's tactics in both the ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' movie and {{defictionalization}} video game.

*** You face off with a drill bot with a very similar pattern in Marble Garden Zone in ''Sonic 3''.
** The Wacky Workbench boss is an interesting case. Robotnik's machine blasts through the ceiling above, dropping debris down that you ride up to the next floor - which has a hole in it from where Robotnik broke through. The third time he does this, he doesn't actually make it through the ceiling, but his drill breaks and the spikes rain down along with debris, and riding up to the ceiling reveals his machine stuck in it.

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

* This is one of Ralph's tactics in both the ''WreckItRalph'' movie and {{defictionalization}} video game.
* Used twice in VideoGame/LaMulana.

** This is also a common attack for the Golem enemies. Some will cause boulders to rain down, while the Iron Golem from ''Circle Of The Moon'' will make gears tumble down, since you fight him in a clock tower.

* One ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'' boss has this: to defeat him, you have to wait until he does his GroundPound attack and dodge it, at which point he looks up at the boulders bouncing off his head. This process is repeated three times, despite the fact that you should have run out of ceiling a while back.

* Volvagia from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' can do the same with boulders.

* A very common setup in ''VideoGame/MegaMan''.
** Guts Man from the first game would jump around, and catch the falling boulder to throw at you.

* Casandra starts doing this midway through the final showdown of ''[[{{Pico}} Pico's School]]'', and you have to shoot the debris out of the air so that you don't lose health.

** Wasn't there construction going on? The junk that falls seems more "Construct''ing''" than "Construct''ed''".

* In the SNES remake of ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia'', the [[MultiArmedAndDangerous multi-armed]] GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere in Level 17 causes skulls to fall from the ceiling when landing.

* In ''WorldOfWarcraft'' Magtheridon causes debris to fall onto players during his third stage, when he breaks the walls of his prison.

* Rayquaza is a variation on this in ''{{Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire}} and Emerald''. After you awaken him, he flies out of Sky Pillar, half destroys the place, and you wonder when you're riding through it the next time in order to catch him why it's still standing. As it is, you fall through the floor if you don't get things just right.
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** 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.

* In the ''{{Mega Man Battle Network}}'' series, Knight Man, Laser Man, Ground Man, and Gregar all have attacks that cause this to happen, though it's exemplified by the latter of the four, as it causes rocks to fall every time it moves on top of having an attack that rains down a ton more.
* Also a common boss attack in the ''{{Castlevania}}'' series.

** Goliath in ''OrderOfEcclesia'' can both drop pieces of the ceiling on you and smash a large chunk of the floor ''upwards''.
* ''SonicTheHedgehog'' is by no means a stranger to this attack.
** 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.

** 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.]]
* Donkey Kong does this in ''DonkeyKong'' for the GBA, and the ''MarioVsDonkeyKong'' series, stomping on the ground causing junk to fall from the ceiling. Very odd in the final boss battle in Donkey Kong, since you're at the top of a tower, and there is no ceiling.

* One ''SpyroTheDragon'' boss has this: to defeat him, you have to wait until he does his GroundPound attack and dodge it, at which point he looks up at the boulders bouncing off his head. This process is repeated three times, despite the fact that you should have run out of ceiling a while back.

** Don Bongo from ''[[VideoGame/YoshisStory Yoshi's Story]]'' is an odd version. His stomping around causes dishes to drop from the ceiling.
* The Segmented Crawbster in ''{{Pikmin}} 2'' has an attack like this. It rams the wall and makes rocks fall down. Gather your Pikmin. ''Fast.''

* Happens twice in ''Flintstones - Surprise at Dinosaur Peak''. One time with caveman boss and second time when during the final boss battle.
* The giant yeti in ''{{Spelunky}}'' can knock ice blocks loose from the ceiling simply by ''roaring.''

** In the original ''PaperMario'', 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.
* 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 to fall from the ceiling. Since the stage is in a top-down view, Abobo must stay away from [[CrosshairAware the crosshairs that appear]] to avoid being crushed by the stone chunks.

* ''{{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 ''very first boss'' of DragonQuestIX can do this. Despite all logic, it does as much damage as his regular attack.
* Happens in DCUniverseOnline when you and Nightwing face [[spoiler: Bane]].
* The very first boss of WarioLand Shake It, Rollenratl does this by shaking the ceiling. Then again, he is holding up the roof... He also eventually kind of realises the downfall of this tactic when he's defeated and crushed by the ceiling.
* Tutankhamenattack, the boss of the TempleOfDoom stage in ''[[{{Gradius}} Life Force]]'', uses falling blocks as an attack.
* In the SNES remake of ''PrinceOfPersia'', the [[MultiArmedAndDangerous multi-armed]] GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere in Level 17 causes skulls to fall from the ceiling when landing.

** Drill Man in ''Rockman4MinusInfinity'' does this during his desperation attack.

* Casandra starts doing this midway through the final showdown of ''Pico's School'', and you have to shoot the debris out of the air so that you don't lose health.

** Fairly often, this attack is given to the Frankenstein's Monster boss. They don't usually jump, instead either stomping the ground, or pounding the wall with their fists.

* In ''IWannaBeTheGuy'', whenever Kraidgief stomps, spikes and debris from the ceiling fall down towards you.

** Prior to the fight itself Scourgelord Tyrannus forces players to run through an ice tunnel and uses his dragon to try to collapse the roof, dropping giant chunks of ice that hurl players around the tunnel if they connect.
* ''{{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.

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