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5[[quoteright:350:[[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/megahammerglass.png]]]]
6[[caption-width-right:350:Two guesses where the weak point is.]]
7That robot needs a less glaring weak spot.
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9That is, certain {{Boss Fight}}s look very threatening, but all you need to do is hit the incredibly obvious glass chamber -- which can either hold the pilot, an exposable core system, or whatever they decided to put behind it -- for massive damage.
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11These are incredibly common around machinery bosses, such as against a HumongousMecha, WalkingTank, or a BattleshipRaid; the latter being less commonly used.
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13This trope can also be combined with ColossusClimb if the weak point is high up on a structure.
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15Subtrope of AttackItsWeakPoint and usually falls under ShowsDamage as well. Compare with GoForTheEye and SnipingTheCockpit. See VehicularAssault.
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21* Poison Ivy in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum''. This one is odd, considering she's inside a plant. Presumably its actually a transparent membrane.
22* Played with in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' for Mr. Freeze. The actual fight is a very complex PuzzleBoss, once you win it becomes a cutscene of Batman punching Mr. Freeze in the visor and then face.
23* Not a playable example, but an actual cutscene. In ''VideoGame/BionicCommando 2009'', Radd Spencer is gripped by Joe's mecha and nearly crushed to death. He regains consciousness in time to [[UseYourHead headbutt]] through Joe's windshield, through the heavily-reinforced glass, and ''through Joe's face''. This causes the robot's hands to free him.
24* The first fight with Agnus in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' is a PuzzleBoss variant of this. He stands behind an electrified/reinforced glass wall and you must break through it by [[ThrowTheMookAtThem chucking the flying Gladius swords at it]]. Otherwise, your ordinary attacks are mostly coded to deal ScratchDamage to the wall instead.
25* Abductors in ''VideoGame/FreedomWars'' have giant "pods" on their bodies, the destruction of which will deal heavy damage to the Abductor (as well as liberating whoever is trapped inside). Be careful, though: once the pod is broken, the Abductor TurnsRed.
26* ''VideoGame/MechWarrior'' has this trope in the form of the cockpit hitbox location. However despite the fact that it has minimal armor and a powerful shot can in fact instakill any mech if you hit it the small size and difficulty of hitting it even under the best of conditions makes it almost universally a lucky shot if you pull it off. Crosses over directly with GoForTheEye against an Atlas; the cockpit is in its right eye!
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29* In ''VideoGame/TheNinjaWarriorsAgain'', the FinalBoss, the evil dictator you're supposed to kill, is in a laser-spamming machine with a glass window. And there are ''loads'' of minions attacking you! [[spoiler:You have to [[GrievousHarmWithABody throw the minions into the glass to damage it]] until it breaks]].
30* Averted in the old ''Punisher'' beat'em up game. The robot boss has some glass panels in its head but those go first and breaking them is no impediment -- you have to literally punch the thing into scrap to win (it somewhat resembles the car-wrecking bonus stage in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' -- the thing keeps losing more and more parts as you beat it up.)
31* ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime'' for the {{UsefulNotes/SNES}} gives you this in your first boss fight against Shredder, who's in a mechanical construct firing all sorts of weapons at you while his [[{{Mook}} Foot Soldiers]] are distracting you (and the battle is shown from Shredder's point of view). While you can beat up the ninjas endlessly, the only way to beat Shredder is to throw said ninjas [[CameraAbuse into the screen]].
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34%%* ''VideoGame/BattleKidFortressOfPeril'': The FinalBoss battle with the Supermech.
35* In the ''VideoGame/{{Darkwing Duck|Capcom}}'' LicensedGame for the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]], during the final battle with Steelbeak, the first phase involves Darkwing destroying the glass window he is sitting behind. Doing so rewards Darkwing with a first aid kit, which he may need for the second phase.
36* {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'', which has a level where you have to carefully guide an underwater vehicle around. More cracks appear in the glass every time you hit a wall. [[TimedMission Oh, and there's a time limit.]]
37* In ''VideoGame/TheFlintstonesTheRescueOfDinoAndHoppy'', you have to defeat the final boss by breaking its cockpit cover made of glass.
38* In ''VideoGame/TheLuckyDimeCaper Starring WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'', the final boss is Magica De Spell, who is in possession of Scrooge [=McDuck's=] #1 Dime. to defeat her, Donald must break open the crystal ball housing the dime, as it is the source of Magica's powers.
39* The final boss of the first ''VideoGame/MarioVsDonkeyKong'' is a HumongousMecha piloted by Donkey Kong, where he is seen controlling the robot in a cockpit protected by a glass dome. Players must defeat DK by chucking barrels at the cockpit in order to break it open.
40* In many of the ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' games, the various Wily Machines that Dr. Wily pilots are generally weak at the cockpit. In a few cases, such as ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'', Mega Man has to break a different part of the Wily Machine to reveal the cockpit, but eventually, this trope will apply.
41* Dr. Weil's final form in ''VideoGame/MegaManZero4'' has an orange pane of glass protecting his head. Break it and he blows up, though it's justified given that his head [[spoiler:is really the only "human" part left on the [[MechanicalAbomination cybernetic monstrosity]] he's become]].
42* [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Mother Brain]] from ''VideoGame/{{Metroid|1}}'', ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' and ''VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission''. Missiles or Super Missiles are needed to break the glass, which still fails to kill her. Same goes for Mecha Ridley in ''Zero Mission''.
43* In ''VideoGame/PacManWorld 2'', Inky, Pinky and Clyde are all defeated this way. Pinky's mech is an odd example. The glass cockpit is coded to be a weak point, but you can't actually attack said cockpit without hacking (you're supposed to attack a different weak point), yet the glass dome continues to depress and crack anyway.
44* The real version of the brain-powered psychic tank in ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' (as opposed to the mental blueprint version, who is more of a BullfightBoss) is defeated by [[MindOverMatter using telekinesis to fling chunks of concrete]] at the glass dome shielding the boss's brain.
45* The ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series has many bosses defeated in this manner, particularly in the 3D games:
46** Robotnik's Ship, the final boss of ''VideoGame/SonicSpinball'', is a more justified example than most, as the glass-domed cockpit is ''inside'' the ship itself. You have to break into the ship first, then hit the cockpit's glass dome enough times to shatter it.
47** The Egg Viper from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' is an odd example in that the cockpit is usually fully-enclosed and impregnable, but every now and then [[BondVillainStupidity Eggman will open it up and expose his weak point]] just so he can taunt you.
48** The three GUN mech bosses in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' - Big Foot, Hot Shot, and Flying Dog - all have identical-looking glass canopies that the player has to hit in order to disable them. In the case of Big Foot (fought as Sonic) and Hot Shot (fought as Shadow), this is fairly easy, but Flying Dog is fought as Rouge, and aiming your glides so that you hit the cockpit is easier said than done.
49** The final boss of ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''' regular stories, Egg Emperor, has a circular window in the center, behind which Eggman's face is visible as he pilots it. Just to make sure you know it's the weak point, it also glows in multiple colours.
50** All of the day bosses from ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' have Eggman riding and controlling a robot in a cockpit. The player needs to attack him there in order to damage him using the Homing Attack or Boost. The nighttime exclusive Egg Dragoon follows this as well, where Werehog Sonic needs to punch Eggman's glass covered dome via [[PressXToNotDie quick time events]] in the [=PS3=]/Xbox 360 versions.
51** The final boss of ''VideoGame/SonicColors'', the Nega-Wisp Armor, has the Egg-o-Matic seated in the top of its head, protected by a glass canopy. The player has to Homing Attack up to it in order to hit it. Each time you hit it, you'll free a Wisp - free enough Wisps and they'll [[AllYourPowersCombined combine their abilities]] to help Sonic deal the finishing blow.
52** The revamped fight with Metal Sonic in ''VideoGame/SonicMania Plus'' has him use the Phantom Ruby to transform into Giga Metal, a giant robot similar to [[VideoGame/KnucklesChaotix Metal Sonic Kai]]. His weakpoint is glass barrier embedded in his chest that is shielding the Phantom Ruby. The player needs to hit the glass eight times in order to defeat the upgraded Metal Sonic.
53%%** ''VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland'' had this for all of the end of level battles with Robotnik.
54* Megaleg in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' and Diggaleg and Megahammer in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2''. In fact almost every robotic/mechanical boss in each game is subject to this.
55* In ''VideoGame/SuperMethaneBros'', the three intermediate bosses can only be destroyed by repeated hits to their glass cockpits.
56* In ''VideoGame/TinyToonAdventuresBustersHiddenTreasure'', in the [[GhostShip haunted pirate shipwreck]], Buster beats Montana Max to the titular "hidden treasure" by seconds. During the battle against him, a scuba-helmeted Monty [[BossArenaUrgency bursts out of the floor, leaving gaping holes]] into the OneHitKill water below. To defeat Monty, Buster must destroy his scuba helmet.
57* Captain Syrup's flying saucer, which serves as the Factory Final Boss in ''VideoGame/WarioLandII'', has a crystal cockpit which you need to break with body slams so you can throw the bombs she launches back directly at her.
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60* The first hostile entity in ''Roleplay/DestroyTheGodmodder'' had a cracked glass cockpit. Despite being pretty big, it got [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped]] after the weakness was revealed.
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63* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', the key to defeating the final boss is shattering containers with prisoners, from which he keeps leeching life to heal himself.
64* More EliteMook than boss fight (although they are treated as boss enemies the first few times they appear), Atlas mechs in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' are a variation of this trope: they have [[SnipingTheCockpit glass cockpits which you can break and then kill the engineer piloting it]] so you can [[VehicularTurnabout hijack the mech and pilot it yourself, using it to kill the rest of the Cerberus troops]]. While cool, this turns out to be AwesomeButImpractical, since, by the time you manage to break the glass, the mech will probably be on the brink of death anyway (and if the Atlas mech is destroyed while you're in it, you get a GameOver); it's simpler to just destroy it outright.

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