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* In the CarChase that opens ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', James Bond is sideswiped by a truck which tears the door off of his bulletproof car, a vulnerability that the pursing mooks do their best to exploit. However Bond uses it to his advantage by firing a burst through the exposed door frame to take them out first.
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* In the CarChase that opens ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', James Bond is sideswiped by a truck which tears the door off of his bulletproof car, a vulnerability that the pursing mooks pursuing carload of gunmen do their best to exploit. However Bond uses it to his ''his'' advantage by firing a burst through the exposed door frame to take them out first.as they come alongside.
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* In the CarChase that opens ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', James Bond is sideswiped by a truck which tears the door off of his bulletproof car, a vulnerability that the pursing mooks do their best to exploit. However Bond uses it to his advantage by firing a burst through the exposed door frame to take them out first.
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** In their first battle, Judau and Mashymere fight with open cockpits. This was ''accidental'' on Judau's part, as after FallingIntoTheCockpit he couldn't figure out how to close it. Mashymere [[MistakenForBadass thought it was an act of bravado]] which he [[LetsFightLikeGentleman felt obligated to match]].
** In the final battle with the Psyco Gundam II, Judau opens up the Psyco's head with a Newtype empowered beam saber. This reveals to him that the pilot [[spoiler:Ple II is a clone of Elpeo Ple, who had just made a HeroicSacrifice to save Judau]].
** Glemy opens the hatch of the Queen Mansa during his battle with Judau to show him and Ple-2 that he fights for what he calls a nobler cause than the errant junk collector turned pilot. Judau is undeterred by his words and saves Ple-2 from the still open cockpit and [[spoiler:Roux takes advantage of the opening to [[NotEnoughToBury completely obliterate]] Glemy with her beam rifle]].
** In their first battle, Judau and Mashymere fight with open cockpits. This was ''accidental'' on Judau's part, as after FallingIntoTheCockpit he couldn't figure out how to close it. Mashymere [[MistakenForBadass thought it was an act of bravado]] which he [[LetsFightLikeGentleman felt obligated to match]].
** In the final battle with the Psyco Gundam II, Judau opens up the Psyco's head with a Newtype empowered beam saber. This reveals to him that the pilot [[spoiler:Ple II is a clone of Elpeo Ple, who had just made a HeroicSacrifice to save Judau]].
** Glemy opens the hatch of the Queen Mansa during his battle with Judau to show him and Ple-2 that he fights for what he calls a nobler cause than the errant junk collector turned pilot. Judau is undeterred by his words and saves Ple-2 from the still open cockpit and [[spoiler:Roux takes advantage of the opening to [[NotEnoughToBury completely obliterate]] Glemy with her beam rifle]].
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* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' The Gouf and the Gundam both get their cockpits opened up in their final fight. The Gundam's opening is far smaller, somewhat showing that if they had even suits Ramba Ral might have won.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'': In the final battle the EZ-8 has its cockpit exposed by enemy fire. This puts Shiro and Aina in harms way as they deliver the final blow to the Apsalus and Aina's brother. In the ending it is shown that they survived.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'': In the final battle Setsuna and Ribbons slash open each other's Gundams. In a MythologyGag it happens the exact same way as in the original Gundam. Also, an ActorAllusion, Ribbons has the same Japanese voice actor as Amuro.
* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed'', the final battle between Kira and Athrun tears open the Strike's cockpit. This is done to raise the tension when Kira nearly dies, as Athrun self destructs the Aegis while attached to the Strike.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' opens up the Barbatos Lupus Rex in its final battle. Which is a pretty big deal, considering that this series really averts ArmorIsUseless and has one of the sturdiest Mechs in all Gundam. Sure enough, Mikazuki only has a few moments of life left in him.
* When Quatre has a freak out in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' and fights Heero and Trowa, the battle rips apart Trowa's mech. After TakingTheBullet for Heero again, the mech explodes shortly after, though Trowa survives.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'': In the final battle the EZ-8 has its cockpit exposed by enemy fire. This puts Shiro and Aina in harms way as they deliver the final blow to the Apsalus and Aina's brother. In the ending it is shown that they survived.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'': In the final battle Setsuna and Ribbons slash open each other's Gundams. In a MythologyGag it happens the exact same way as in the original Gundam. Also, an ActorAllusion, Ribbons has the same Japanese voice actor as Amuro.
* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed'', the final battle between Kira and Athrun tears open the Strike's cockpit. This is done to raise the tension when Kira nearly dies, as Athrun self destructs the Aegis while attached to the Strike.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' opens up the Barbatos Lupus Rex in its final battle. Which is a pretty big deal, considering that this series really averts ArmorIsUseless and has one of the sturdiest Mechs in all Gundam. Sure enough, Mikazuki only has a few moments of life left in him.
* When Quatre has a freak out in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' and fights Heero and Trowa, the battle rips apart Trowa's mech. After TakingTheBullet for Heero again, the mech explodes shortly after, though Trowa survives.
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** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' The Gouf and the Gundam both get their cockpits opened up in their final fight. The Gundam's opening is far smaller, somewhat showing that if they had even suits Ramba Ral might havewon.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'': In the final battle the EZ-8 has its cockpit exposed by enemy fire. This puts Shiro and Aina in harms way as they deliver the final blow to the Apsalus and Aina's brother. In the ending it is shown that they survived.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'': In the final battle Setsuna and Ribbons slash open each other's Gundams. In a MythologyGag it happens the exact same way as in the original Gundam. Also, an ActorAllusion, Ribbons has the same Japanese voice actor as Amuro.
* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed'', the final battle between Kira and Athrun tears open the Strike's cockpit. This is done to raise the tension when Kira nearly dies, as Athrun self destructs the Aegis while attached to the Strike.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' opens up the Barbatos Lupus Rex in its final battle. Which is a pretty big deal, considering that this series really averts ArmorIsUseless and has one of the sturdiest Mechs in all Gundam. Sure enough, Mikazuki only has a few moments of life left in him.
* When Quatre has a freak out in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' and fights Heero and Trowa, the battle rips apart Trowa's mech. After TakingTheBullet for Heero again, the mech explodes shortly after, though Trowa survives.won.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' The Gouf and the Gundam both get their cockpits opened up in their final fight. The Gundam's opening is far smaller, somewhat showing that if they had even suits Ramba Ral might have
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'': In the final battle the EZ-8 has its cockpit exposed by enemy fire. This puts Shiro and Aina in harms way as they deliver the final blow to the Apsalus and Aina's brother. In the ending it is shown that they survived.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'': In the final battle Setsuna and Ribbons slash open each other's Gundams. In a MythologyGag it happens the exact same way as in the original Gundam. Also, an ActorAllusion, Ribbons has the same Japanese voice actor as Amuro.
* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed'', the final battle between Kira and Athrun tears open the Strike's cockpit. This is done to raise the tension when Kira nearly dies, as Athrun self destructs the Aegis while attached to the Strike.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' opens up the Barbatos Lupus Rex in its final battle. Which is a pretty big deal, considering that this series really averts ArmorIsUseless and has one of the sturdiest Mechs in all Gundam. Sure enough, Mikazuki only has a few moments of life left in him.
* When Quatre has a freak out in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' and fights Heero and Trowa, the battle rips apart Trowa's mech. After TakingTheBullet for Heero again, the mech explodes shortly after, though Trowa survives.
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** In their first battle, Judau and Mashymere fight with open cockpits. This is mostly out of circumstance as Judau doesn't really know how to pilot the Zeta yet and both of their suits not being properly serviced.
** In the final battle with the Psyco Gundam II, Judau opens up the Psyco's head with a Newtype empowered beam saber. This means he has a view of the pilot [[spoiler:Ple II a clone of Elpeo Ple who made had a HeroicSacrifice to save Judau from the Gundam.]]
** In the final battle with the Psyco Gundam II, Judau opens up the Psyco's head with a Newtype empowered beam saber. This means he has a view of the pilot [[spoiler:Ple II a clone of Elpeo Ple who made had a HeroicSacrifice to save Judau from the Gundam.]]
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** In their first battle, Judau and Mashymere fight with open cockpits. This is mostly was ''accidental'' on Judau's part, as after FallingIntoTheCockpit he couldn't figure out of circumstance as Judau doesn't really know how to pilot the Zeta yet and both close it. Mashymere [[MistakenForBadass thought it was an act of their suits not being properly serviced.
bravado]] which he [[LetsFightLikeGentleman felt obligated to match]].
** In the final battle with the Psyco Gundam II, Judau opens up the Psyco's head with a Newtype empowered beam saber. Thismeans he has a view of reveals to him that the pilot [[spoiler:Ple II is a clone of Elpeo Ple Ple, who had just made had a HeroicSacrifice to save Judau from the Gundam.]]Judau]].
** In the final battle with the Psyco Gundam II, Judau opens up the Psyco's head with a Newtype empowered beam saber. This
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* In the final battle with Lord Genome in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', the Lagann's canopy gets broken off by Genome's furious attacks, leaving Simon exposed as he continues fighting him. And no, Lord Genome does not have a Gunmen when he did that.
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** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'': In the final battle the EZ-8 has its cockpit exposed by enemy fire. This puts Shiro and Aina in harms way as they deliver the final blow to the Apsalus and Aina's brother. In the ending it is shown that they survived.
** When Quatre has a freak out in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' and fights Heero and Trowa, the battle rips apart Trowa's mech. After TakingTheBullet for Heero again, the mech explodes shortly after, though Trowa survives.
** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed'', the final battle between Kira and Athrun tears open the Strike's cockpit. This is done to raise the tension when Kira nearly dies, as Athrun self destructs the Aegis while attached to the Strike.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'': In the final battle Setsuna and Ribbons slash open each other's Gundams. In a MythologyGag it happens the exact same way as in the original Gundam. Also, an ActorAllusion, Ribbons has the same Japanese voice actor as Amuro.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' opens up the Barbatos Lupus Rex in its final battle. Which is a pretty big deal, considering that this series really averts ArmorIsUseless and has one of the sturdiest Mechs in all Gundam. Sure enough, Mikazuki only has a few moments of life left in him.
* In the final battle with Lord Genome in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', the Lagann's canopy gets broken off by Genome's furious attacks, leaving Simon exposed as he continues fighting him.And no, This also puts him face to face with Lord Genome does not have Genome, [[PedestrianCrushesCar who wasn't even using a Gunmen when he did that.mecha at this point]].
** When Quatre has a freak out in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' and fights Heero and Trowa, the battle rips apart Trowa's mech. After TakingTheBullet for Heero again, the mech explodes shortly after, though Trowa survives.
** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed'', the final battle between Kira and Athrun tears open the Strike's cockpit. This is done to raise the tension when Kira nearly dies, as Athrun self destructs the Aegis while attached to the Strike.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'': In the final battle Setsuna and Ribbons slash open each other's Gundams. In a MythologyGag it happens the exact same way as in the original Gundam. Also, an ActorAllusion, Ribbons has the same Japanese voice actor as Amuro.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' opens up the Barbatos Lupus Rex in its final battle. Which is a pretty big deal, considering that this series really averts ArmorIsUseless and has one of the sturdiest Mechs in all Gundam. Sure enough, Mikazuki only has a few moments of life left in him.
* In the final battle with Lord Genome in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', the Lagann's canopy gets broken off by Genome's furious attacks, leaving Simon exposed as he continues fighting him.
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** Glemy opens the hatch of the Queen Mansa during his battle with Judau to show him and Ple-2 that he fights for what he calls a nobler cause than the errant junk collector turned pilot. Judau is undeterred by his words and saves Ple-2 from the still open cockpit and Roux takes advantage of the opening to snipe Glemy.
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** Glemy opens the hatch of the Queen Mansa during his battle with Judau to show him and Ple-2 that he fights for what he calls a nobler cause than the errant junk collector turned pilot. Judau is undeterred by his words and saves Ple-2 from the still open cockpit and Roux [[spoiler:Roux takes advantage of the opening to snipe Glemy.[[NotEnoughToBury completely obliterate]] Glemy with her beam rifle]].
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* ''The Bone Maker'': Kreya and Zera race through a monster-infested valley in a magical SpiderTank and have to direct it to [[WallCrawl climb a sheer cliff face]] even after its canopy is destroyed. Zera is loudly terrified, while Kreya, the tank's creator, is ''quietly'' terrified.
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* ''The Bone Maker'': ''Literature/TheBoneMaker'': Kreya and Zera race through a monster-infested valley in a magical SpiderTank and have to direct it to [[WallCrawl climb a sheer cliff face]] even after its canopy is destroyed. Zera is loudly terrified, while Kreya, the tank's creator, is ''quietly'' terrified.
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* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed'', the final battle between Kira and Athrun tears open the Strike's cockpit. This is done to raise the tension when Kira nearly dies, as Athrun self destructs the Aegis.
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* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed'', the final battle between Kira and Athrun tears open the Strike's cockpit. This is done to raise the tension when Kira nearly dies, as Athrun self destructs the Aegis.Aegis while attached to the Strike.
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* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'': In the final battle with the Psyco Gundam II, Judau opens up the Psyco's head with a Newtype empowered beam saber. This means he has a view of the pilot [[spoiler:Ple II a clone of Elpeo Ple who made had a HeroicSacrifice to save Judau from the Gundam.]]
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* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'': ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'':
** In their first battle, Judau and Mashymere fight with open cockpits. This is mostly out of circumstance as Judau doesn't really know how to pilot the Zeta yet and both of their suits not being properly serviced.
** In the final battle with the Psyco Gundam II, Judau opens up the Psyco's head with a Newtype empowered beam saber. This means he has a view of the pilot [[spoiler:Ple II a clone of Elpeo Ple who made had a HeroicSacrifice to save Judau from the Gundam.]]]]
** Glemy opens the hatch of the Queen Mansa during his battle with Judau to show him and Ple-2 that he fights for what he calls a nobler cause than the errant junk collector turned pilot. Judau is undeterred by his words and saves Ple-2 from the still open cockpit and Roux takes advantage of the opening to snipe Glemy.
** In their first battle, Judau and Mashymere fight with open cockpits. This is mostly out of circumstance as Judau doesn't really know how to pilot the Zeta yet and both of their suits not being properly serviced.
** In the final battle with the Psyco Gundam II, Judau opens up the Psyco's head with a Newtype empowered beam saber. This means he has a view of the pilot [[spoiler:Ple II a clone of Elpeo Ple who made had a HeroicSacrifice to save Judau from the Gundam.
** Glemy opens the hatch of the Queen Mansa during his battle with Judau to show him and Ple-2 that he fights for what he calls a nobler cause than the errant junk collector turned pilot. Judau is undeterred by his words and saves Ple-2 from the still open cockpit and Roux takes advantage of the opening to snipe Glemy.
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* ''VideoGame/MobileSuitGundamBattleOperationCodeFairy'': In the fight with Lilith's Pixie Gundam, Alma's Zaku II is heavily damaged and Alma is exposed. Seeing that the pilot is a young girl actually takes Lilith so off guard that Alma is able to make a hasty retreat before passing out,
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* ''VideoGame/MobileSuitGundamBattleOperationCodeFairy'': In the fight with Lilith's Pixie Gundam, Alma's Zaku II is heavily damaged and Alma is exposed. Seeing that the pilot is a young girl actually takes Lilith so off guard that Alma is able to make a hasty retreat before passing out,out.
* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'': While Eggman often uses vehicles without armored cockpits, the battle with the Egg Viper is probably the only one where Sonic breaks open the canopy to attack Eggman directly. Doing so changes his attack pattern to not make himself vulnerable, until he is down to his last attack and gambles everything on one last charge that Sonic can thwart by targeting him directly.
* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'': While Eggman often uses vehicles without armored cockpits, the battle with the Egg Viper is probably the only one where Sonic breaks open the canopy to attack Eggman directly. Doing so changes his attack pattern to not make himself vulnerable, until he is down to his last attack and gambles everything on one last charge that Sonic can thwart by targeting him directly.
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** ''MS 4'' has a light 4-legged walker with no cockpit and only a pair of vulcan cannons to keep it from being a waste of time. Predictably, it's invulnerable itself while offering no damage reduction (most vehicles can take 3 hits before the player has to eject). There are controlable animals in other games in the series with similar mechanics, however the Walking Machine doesn't even have the ActionBomb special ability animals and other SV-class vehicles do (for our animal-loving readers, the animals are unharmed; they trample anything in their path on their way to Stage Right).
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** ''MS 4'' has a light 4-legged walker with no cockpit and only a pair of vulcan cannons to keep it from being a waste of time. Predictably, it's invulnerable itself while offering no damage reduction (most vehicles can take 3 hits before the player has to eject). There are controlable controllable animals in other games in the series with similar mechanics, however the Walking Machine doesn't even have the ActionBomb special ability animals and other SV-class vehicles do (for our animal-loving readers, the animals are unharmed; they trample anything in their path on their way to Stage Right).
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* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. During the final battle in the Year of Hell episodes, the Voyager has a hole in the bridge, with a makeshift ForceField keeping Janeway inside. Janeway has the Voyager ram the time weapon, and the resulting time ripples return everything to how it was before the time weapon existed.
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* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': During the final battle in the "Year of Hell" episodes, the ''Voyager'' has a hole in the bridge, with a makeshift ForceField keeping Janeway inside. Janeway has the ''Voyager'' ram the time weapon, and the resulting time ripples return everything to how it was before the time weapon existed.
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* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'': Both ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals Generals]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3 Red Alert 3]]'' have units with a SnipingTheCockpit ability that does no damage to vehicles but makes them inert, requiring an infantry unit to go inside to reclaim (by any side). The fact that there's a hole in the windshield doesn't affect them in any way, and the same ability can be repeatedly used on the same vehicle.
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* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'' and ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'' both have units with a SnipingTheCockpit ability that does no damage to vehicles but makes them inert, requiring an infantry unit to go inside to reclaim (by any side). The fact that there's a hole in the windshield doesn't affect them in any way, and the same ability can be repeatedly used on the same vehicle.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': When a magnetic debris field takes out another starship's energy, the Cerritos has all its systems powered down and the armor plating removed to stop the debris from being attracted to the ship. The bridge viewscreen is taken off to let the manual controls be optimized as they navigate with their suits display and lookouts calling out big chunks. Mariner nearly falls out and some debris cracks Ransom's helmet, but otherwise the crew gets by pretty well.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': When a magnetic debris field takes out another starship's energy, the Cerritos has all its systems powered down and the armor plating removed to stop the debris from being attracted to the ship. The bridge viewscreen is taken off to let the manual controls be optimized as they navigate with their suits display and lookouts calling out big chunks. Mariner nearly falls out and some debris cracks Ransom's helmet, but otherwise the crew gets by pretty well.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': When a magnetic debris field takes out another starship's energy, the
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As the battle wears on and the parts go flying, what better way to highlight the destruction and up the stakes for our heroes than by destroying what little there is in the way of protection and breaking a hole and exposing the driver to the elements?
This is mostly to indicate that this is truly the final battle and everything is on the line. It is often a good way to showcase the characters AcePilot skills, in that they are using a crack in the cockpit or the open air to fight with instead of all their usual instruments.
Often a SpeculativeFiction trope, as the best vehicles that could conceivably have a good cockpit to open up are a HumongousMecha or a CoolShip, though breaking open the window is a good substitute in less futuristic works and basically works as a BrokenFaceplate for vehicles. For that reason, InstantConvertible is pretty related but distinct.
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* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' The Gouf and the Gundam both get their cockpits opened up in their final fight. The Gundam's opening is far smaller, somewhat showing that if they had even suits Ramba Ral might have won.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'': In the final battle the EZ-8 has its cockpit exposed by enemy fire. This puts Shiro and Aina in harms way as they deliver the final blow to the Apsalus and Aina's brother. In the ending it is shown that they survived.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'': In the final battle Setsuna and Ribbons slash open each other's Gundams. In a MythologyGag it happens the exact same way as in the original Gundam. Also, an ActorAllusion, Ribbons has the same Japanese voice actor as Amuro.
* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed'', the final battle between Kira and Athrun tears open the Strike's cockpit. This is done to raise the tension when Kira nearly dies, as Athrun self destructs the Aegis.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' opens up the Barbatos Lupus Rex in its final battle. Which is a pretty big deal, considering that this series really averts ArmorIsUseless and has one of the sturdiest Mechs in all Gundam. Sure enough, Mikazuki only has a few moments of life left in him.
* When Quatre has a freak out in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' and fights Heero and Trowa, the battle rips apart Trowa's mech. After TakingTheBullet for Heero again, the mech explodes shortly after, though Trowa survives.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'': In the final battle with the Psyco Gundam II, Judau opens up the Psyco's head with a Newtype empowered beam saber. This means he has a view of the pilot [[spoiler:Ple II a clone of Elpeo Ple who made had a HeroicSacrifice to save Judau from the Gundam.]]
* In the final battle with Lord Genome in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', the Lagann's canopy gets broken off by Genome's furious attacks, leaving Simon exposed as he continues fighting him. And no, Lord Genome does not have a Gunmen when he did that.
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* ''ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel'': In the famous issue #34 "Shakedown!", Ace and Lady Jaye are taking a modified Skystriker on a shakedown flight meant to test several new features. Meanwhile, Wild Weasel is likewise taking the Baroness on a flight to familiarise her with modifications to the Rattlers. Their paths cross when the Skystriker's new radar systems inadvertently alert Wild Weasel to its presence, leading to an aerial duel with both pilots pitting their aircraft and skills against each other (while Baroness and Lady Jaye act as TheWatson, which allows them to explain what they're doing and why). Ace manages to riddle the Rattler's cockpit with bullets, but while the cockpit is trashed Wild Weasel is saved thanks to a titanium "bathtub" inside the cockpit. Baroness then utilises the Rattler's gun turret and manages to shatter Ace's cockpit (damaging his helmet in the process). Ace does warn the loss of the canopy and helmet might hinder him, while Wild Weasel admits that he's suffered injuries from the earlier attack, but both pilots still fight to a draw and retreat when they realise they're both completely out of ammunition. Most famously, they fly by and salute one another before withdrawing.
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* The first ''Film/{{Airport}}'' disaster movie has a mid-air collision create a gaping hole in the cockpit, which suctions out the flight crew. This leaves only a cross-eyed stewardess to operate the aircraft with its BillionsOfButtons.
* ''Film/{{Avatar}}'': In the final battle Sully damages Quaritch's window on his MiniMecha. Undeterred by Pandora's atmosphere he opens the canopy to continue the fight.
* In ''Film/BattleOfTheBulge'', Telly Savalas and his crew keep fighting from an M24 Chaffee tank that - incredibly - has had its turret blown off, exposing the interior, but which is otherwise completely undamaged.
* ''Film/JohnWickChapter4'': During the climactic battle in Paris, John takes the wheel of a 1971 Plymouth Cuda, which gets both its doors and windshield torn off but otherwise proves no worse for gunfights.
* ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'' has Max drive a tanker truck out of the refinery, which the Marauders eagerly pursue. One Marauder team manages to throw a grappling hook into the driver's side door, and yank it free. This leaves Max's left side exposed to hostile fire. Further along, a crazed Wez hops onto the cab's roof, where he goes all bashy-smashy with a mace, destroying the windshield. Most of the fractured safety glass gets pushed away by Max and the feral kid.
* ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'': The transport truck carrying the Ark has its windows broken when Indy is put through them. Indy returns the favor and puts the driver through the other window.
* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022'': In the final battle, Super Sonic cuts open and decapitates the giant mech Robotnik created to make a point. Robotnik still tries to fight but that just ends with Sonic knocking it over.
* ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'': In the final battle the Scimitar breaks open the cockpit of the Enterprise-E. It helps emphasize how desperate the stakes are when Picard is forced to ram the Scimitar after all the conventional weapons run dry.
* Often occurs in the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' films, usually to show that the namesake terminators don't need protection.
** ''Film/TheTerminator'' only does this temporarily as the Terminator punches a hole through the window trying to kill Sarah Connor. Since the vehicle is easily identified, the heroes switch cars to another one.
** ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. Late in the film, the T-1000 breaks through the cockpit of the police helicopter circling the Cyberdyne building and pursues the heroes, unconcerned over the hole in the window.
** ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', when the T-X needs to shake off the T-850 from her crane, she hits him into a passing firetruck. Undeterred, it commandeers the vehicle through the broken windshield before even giving the fire crew time to process what is going on.
** In ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'', Pops gets flung onto a car, with his head breaking through the windshield. He's a little more gentle about telling the driver to leave the car than the other films.
** In ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'', Grace throws makeshift spears made from rebar at the pursuing Rev-9. The machine considers this a nuisance at worst and breaks the windshield to send its liquid metal half in pursuit.
* While saving his daughter in the climax of ''Film/TrueLies'', Harry Tasker has the windshield of his borrowed harrier get gunned off. It actually comes in handy for his daughter, who is hanging on to the damn jet for dear life, to have something to hold onto while he flies around.
[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. During the final battle in the Year of Hell episodes, the Voyager has a hole in the bridge, with a makeshift ForceField keeping Janeway inside. Janeway has the Voyager ram the time weapon, and the resulting time ripples return everything to how it was before the time weapon existed.
[[AC:Literature]]
* ''The Bone Maker'': Kreya and Zera race through a monster-infested valley in a magical SpiderTank and have to direct it to [[WallCrawl climb a sheer cliff face]] even after its canopy is destroyed. Zera is loudly terrified, while Kreya, the tank's creator, is ''quietly'' terrified.
[[AC:Video Games]]
*''Franchise/{{Halo}}'': In several games, it is possible for the driver's canopy of the [[TankGoodness UNSC Scorpion]] to be blown off, leaving the driver directly vulnerable to enemy fire.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', commandeered Cerberus mechs have a busted open front window when you take them over. This usually comes from you SnipingTheCockpit, but the one you take over in the middle of repairs also has one, likely the cause of said repairs.
* When Solid Snake disables the Rex's radar dome in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', Liquid has to make do by opening up the cockpit and piloting by sight. The designer, Otacon, actually deliberately made it this way so the Rex would have a weak point. Years later, in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', Snake himself would pilot the Rex out of the base, still with an open cockpit because it was left to decay.
* ''VideoGame/MetalSlug:''
** ''MS 4'' has a light 4-legged walker with no cockpit and only a pair of vulcan cannons to keep it from being a waste of time. Predictably, it's invulnerable itself while offering no damage reduction (most vehicles can take 3 hits before the player has to eject). There are controlable animals in other games in the series with similar mechanics, however the Walking Machine doesn't even have the ActionBomb special ability animals and other SV-class vehicles do (for our animal-loving readers, the animals are unharmed; they trample anything in their path on their way to Stage Right).
** ''MS 6'' has the Protogunner, a deceidedly not-super prototype of the Slug Gunner MiniMecha from the previous game, which has the requisite pair of miniguns on each flank and a low-pressure cannon, but no armor.
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'' and ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'' both have units with a SnipingTheCockpit ability that does no damage to vehicles but makes them inert, requiring an infantry unit to go inside to reclaim (by any side). The fact that there's a hole in the windshield doesn't affect them in any way, and the same ability can be repeatedly used on the same vehicle.
[[AC:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': When a magnetic debris field takes out another starship's energy, the Cerritos has all its systems powered down and the armor plating removed to stop the debris from being attracted to the ship. The bridge viewscreen is taken off to let the manual controls be optimized as they navigate with their suits display and lookouts calling out big chunks. Mariner nearly falls out and some debris cracks Ransom's helmet, but otherwise the crew gets by pretty well.
This is mostly to indicate that this is truly the final battle and everything is on the line. It is often a good way to showcase the characters AcePilot skills, in that they are using a crack in the cockpit or the open air to fight with instead of all their usual instruments.
Often a SpeculativeFiction trope, as the best vehicles that could conceivably have a good cockpit to open up are a HumongousMecha or a CoolShip, though breaking open the window is a good substitute in less futuristic works and basically works as a BrokenFaceplate for vehicles. For that reason, InstantConvertible is pretty related but distinct.
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[[AC:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' The Gouf and the Gundam both get their cockpits opened up in their final fight. The Gundam's opening is far smaller, somewhat showing that if they had even suits Ramba Ral might have won.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'': In the final battle the EZ-8 has its cockpit exposed by enemy fire. This puts Shiro and Aina in harms way as they deliver the final blow to the Apsalus and Aina's brother. In the ending it is shown that they survived.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'': In the final battle Setsuna and Ribbons slash open each other's Gundams. In a MythologyGag it happens the exact same way as in the original Gundam. Also, an ActorAllusion, Ribbons has the same Japanese voice actor as Amuro.
* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed'', the final battle between Kira and Athrun tears open the Strike's cockpit. This is done to raise the tension when Kira nearly dies, as Athrun self destructs the Aegis.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' opens up the Barbatos Lupus Rex in its final battle. Which is a pretty big deal, considering that this series really averts ArmorIsUseless and has one of the sturdiest Mechs in all Gundam. Sure enough, Mikazuki only has a few moments of life left in him.
* When Quatre has a freak out in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' and fights Heero and Trowa, the battle rips apart Trowa's mech. After TakingTheBullet for Heero again, the mech explodes shortly after, though Trowa survives.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'': In the final battle with the Psyco Gundam II, Judau opens up the Psyco's head with a Newtype empowered beam saber. This means he has a view of the pilot [[spoiler:Ple II a clone of Elpeo Ple who made had a HeroicSacrifice to save Judau from the Gundam.]]
* In the final battle with Lord Genome in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', the Lagann's canopy gets broken off by Genome's furious attacks, leaving Simon exposed as he continues fighting him. And no, Lord Genome does not have a Gunmen when he did that.
[[AC:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel'': In the famous issue #34 "Shakedown!", Ace and Lady Jaye are taking a modified Skystriker on a shakedown flight meant to test several new features. Meanwhile, Wild Weasel is likewise taking the Baroness on a flight to familiarise her with modifications to the Rattlers. Their paths cross when the Skystriker's new radar systems inadvertently alert Wild Weasel to its presence, leading to an aerial duel with both pilots pitting their aircraft and skills against each other (while Baroness and Lady Jaye act as TheWatson, which allows them to explain what they're doing and why). Ace manages to riddle the Rattler's cockpit with bullets, but while the cockpit is trashed Wild Weasel is saved thanks to a titanium "bathtub" inside the cockpit. Baroness then utilises the Rattler's gun turret and manages to shatter Ace's cockpit (damaging his helmet in the process). Ace does warn the loss of the canopy and helmet might hinder him, while Wild Weasel admits that he's suffered injuries from the earlier attack, but both pilots still fight to a draw and retreat when they realise they're both completely out of ammunition. Most famously, they fly by and salute one another before withdrawing.
[[AC:Film - Live Action]]
* The first ''Film/{{Airport}}'' disaster movie has a mid-air collision create a gaping hole in the cockpit, which suctions out the flight crew. This leaves only a cross-eyed stewardess to operate the aircraft with its BillionsOfButtons.
* ''Film/{{Avatar}}'': In the final battle Sully damages Quaritch's window on his MiniMecha. Undeterred by Pandora's atmosphere he opens the canopy to continue the fight.
* In ''Film/BattleOfTheBulge'', Telly Savalas and his crew keep fighting from an M24 Chaffee tank that - incredibly - has had its turret blown off, exposing the interior, but which is otherwise completely undamaged.
* ''Film/JohnWickChapter4'': During the climactic battle in Paris, John takes the wheel of a 1971 Plymouth Cuda, which gets both its doors and windshield torn off but otherwise proves no worse for gunfights.
* ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'' has Max drive a tanker truck out of the refinery, which the Marauders eagerly pursue. One Marauder team manages to throw a grappling hook into the driver's side door, and yank it free. This leaves Max's left side exposed to hostile fire. Further along, a crazed Wez hops onto the cab's roof, where he goes all bashy-smashy with a mace, destroying the windshield. Most of the fractured safety glass gets pushed away by Max and the feral kid.
* ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'': The transport truck carrying the Ark has its windows broken when Indy is put through them. Indy returns the favor and puts the driver through the other window.
* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022'': In the final battle, Super Sonic cuts open and decapitates the giant mech Robotnik created to make a point. Robotnik still tries to fight but that just ends with Sonic knocking it over.
* ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'': In the final battle the Scimitar breaks open the cockpit of the Enterprise-E. It helps emphasize how desperate the stakes are when Picard is forced to ram the Scimitar after all the conventional weapons run dry.
* Often occurs in the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' films, usually to show that the namesake terminators don't need protection.
** ''Film/TheTerminator'' only does this temporarily as the Terminator punches a hole through the window trying to kill Sarah Connor. Since the vehicle is easily identified, the heroes switch cars to another one.
** ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. Late in the film, the T-1000 breaks through the cockpit of the police helicopter circling the Cyberdyne building and pursues the heroes, unconcerned over the hole in the window.
** ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', when the T-X needs to shake off the T-850 from her crane, she hits him into a passing firetruck. Undeterred, it commandeers the vehicle through the broken windshield before even giving the fire crew time to process what is going on.
** In ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'', Pops gets flung onto a car, with his head breaking through the windshield. He's a little more gentle about telling the driver to leave the car than the other films.
** In ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'', Grace throws makeshift spears made from rebar at the pursuing Rev-9. The machine considers this a nuisance at worst and breaks the windshield to send its liquid metal half in pursuit.
* While saving his daughter in the climax of ''Film/TrueLies'', Harry Tasker has the windshield of his borrowed harrier get gunned off. It actually comes in handy for his daughter, who is hanging on to the damn jet for dear life, to have something to hold onto while he flies around.
[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. During the final battle in the Year of Hell episodes, the Voyager has a hole in the bridge, with a makeshift ForceField keeping Janeway inside. Janeway has the Voyager ram the time weapon, and the resulting time ripples return everything to how it was before the time weapon existed.
[[AC:Literature]]
* ''The Bone Maker'': Kreya and Zera race through a monster-infested valley in a magical SpiderTank and have to direct it to [[WallCrawl climb a sheer cliff face]] even after its canopy is destroyed. Zera is loudly terrified, while Kreya, the tank's creator, is ''quietly'' terrified.
[[AC:Video Games]]
*''Franchise/{{Halo}}'': In several games, it is possible for the driver's canopy of the [[TankGoodness UNSC Scorpion]] to be blown off, leaving the driver directly vulnerable to enemy fire.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', commandeered Cerberus mechs have a busted open front window when you take them over. This usually comes from you SnipingTheCockpit, but the one you take over in the middle of repairs also has one, likely the cause of said repairs.
* When Solid Snake disables the Rex's radar dome in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', Liquid has to make do by opening up the cockpit and piloting by sight. The designer, Otacon, actually deliberately made it this way so the Rex would have a weak point. Years later, in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', Snake himself would pilot the Rex out of the base, still with an open cockpit because it was left to decay.
* ''VideoGame/MetalSlug:''
** ''MS 4'' has a light 4-legged walker with no cockpit and only a pair of vulcan cannons to keep it from being a waste of time. Predictably, it's invulnerable itself while offering no damage reduction (most vehicles can take 3 hits before the player has to eject). There are controlable animals in other games in the series with similar mechanics, however the Walking Machine doesn't even have the ActionBomb special ability animals and other SV-class vehicles do (for our animal-loving readers, the animals are unharmed; they trample anything in their path on their way to Stage Right).
** ''MS 6'' has the Protogunner, a deceidedly not-super prototype of the Slug Gunner MiniMecha from the previous game, which has the requisite pair of miniguns on each flank and a low-pressure cannon, but no armor.
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'' and ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'' both have units with a SnipingTheCockpit ability that does no damage to vehicles but makes them inert, requiring an infantry unit to go inside to reclaim (by any side). The fact that there's a hole in the windshield doesn't affect them in any way, and the same ability can be repeatedly used on the same vehicle.
[[AC:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': When a magnetic debris field takes out another starship's energy, the Cerritos has all its systems powered down and the armor plating removed to stop the debris from being attracted to the ship. The bridge viewscreen is taken off to let the manual controls be optimized as they navigate with their suits display and lookouts calling out big chunks. Mariner nearly falls out and some debris cracks Ransom's helmet, but otherwise the crew gets by pretty well.
