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* 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.)

* In ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', the key to defeating the final boss is shattering containers with prisoners, from which he keeps leeching life to heal himself.

* ''TheNinjaWarriorsAgain'' has the {{final boss}}, the evil dictator you're supposed to kill. Except he's 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]].

That 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 the crap they decided to put behind it - {{For Massive Damage}}.

* Multiple bosses in ''KingdomHearts''.

** The Egg Viper from ''[[SonicAdventureSeries Sonic Adventure]]''.
** All of the day bosses from ''SonicUnleashed''.
** The final bosses in ''SonicSpinball'' and ''SonicColors''.

* The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin brain-powered psychic tank]] in ''{{Psychonauts}}'' is defeated by [[MindOverMatter flinging chunks of concrete]] at the glass dome [[JustifiedTrope shielding the final boss's brain]].

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** In the sequel you have to do this with Mr Freeze.
* {{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.

* 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 ''StreetFighter2'' - the thing keeps losing more and more parts as you beat it up.)

* The final boss of the original ''Mario Vs. Donkey Kong''.

** The final bosses in ''Sonic Spinball'' and ''SonicColors''.

* ''[[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4: Turtles in Time]]'' for the {{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 into the screen.

* The ''[[{{SonicTheHedgehog}} Sonic]]'' series has many bosses defeated in this manner:

[[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2 http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Canopy_picture_7248.png]]
[[caption-width:250:Two guesses where the weak point is.]]

* In ''Flintstones - The Rescue of Dino and Hoppy'', you have to defeat the final boss by breaking its cockpit cover made of glass

* Inverted in ''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. Oh, and there's a time limit.

* ''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.

* 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.

* The final boss of the original Mario Vs. Donkey Kong.
* The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin brain-powered psychic tank]] in {{Psychonauts}} is defeated by [[MindOverMatter flinging chunks of concrete]] at the glass dome [[JustifiedTrope shielding the final boss's brain]].
* In ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', the key to defeating the final boss is shattering containers with prisoners, from which he keeps leeching life to heal himself.
* 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 ''StreetFighter2'' - the thing keeps losing more and more parts as you beat it up.)

** The Egg Viper from [[SonicAdventureSeries Sonic Adventure]].

* Multiple bosses in ''KingdomHearts''.
* Poison Ivy in ''BatmanArkhamAsylum''. This one is odd, considering she's inside a plant.

* ''TheNinjaWarriorsAgain'' has the {{final boss}}, the evil dictator you're supposed to kill. Except he's 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]].

[[SuperMarioGalaxy2 http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Canopy_picture_7248.png]]

* Various bosses in both ''SuperMarioGalaxy'' and ''SuperMarioGalaxy2''. In fact almost every robotic boss in each game is subject to this.

* Inverted in ''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. Oh, and there's a time limit.

* In Knights Of The Old Republic, the key to defeating the final boss is shattering containers with prisoners, from which he keeps leeching life to heal himself.
* 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 street fighter 2 -the thing keeps losing more and more parts as you beat it up)
* The [[{{SonicTheHedgehog}} Sonic]] series has many bosses defeated in this manner.

** The final boss in Sonic Spinball.
*** As well as ''SonicColors''.

* Mother Brain from {{Metroid}}: [[EnhancedRemake Zero Mission]]. Super Missiles are needed to break the glass, which still fails to kill her.
** Don't forget Mecha Ridley.
** [[OlderThanTheyThink Actually,]] the [[BrainInAJar Mother Brain]] example harks back to the original.
* This happens in ''KingdomHearts'' with multiple bosses
* Poison Ivy in ''BatmanArkhamAsylum''.
** This one is odd, considering she's inside a plant.

* Inverted in 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. Oh, and there's a time limit.

* The three intermediate bosses in ''Super Methane Bros'' can only be destroyed by repeated hits to their glass cockpits.

* Sonic3DBlast had this for all of the end of level battles with Robotnik.

* The Sonic series has many bosses defeated in this manner.
** The Egg Viper from Sonic Adventure.
** All of the day bosses from Sonic Unleashed.

* Mother Brain from Metroid: Zero Mission. Super Missiles are needed to break the glass, which still fails to kill her.

* This happens in Kingdom Hearts with multiple bosses
* Poison Ivy in Batman: Arkham Asylum.

These are incredibly common around machinery bosses, such as against a [[{{Humongous Mecha}}]], {{Walking Tank}}, or a {{Battleship Raid}}; the latter being less commonly used.

This trope can also be combined with {{Colossal Climb}} if the weak point is high up on a structure.

That 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 the crap they decided to put behind it - [[For Massive Damage]].

These are incredibly common around machinery bosses, such as against a [[Humongous Mecha]], [[Walking Tank]], or a [[Battleship Raid]]; the latter being less commonly used.

Subtrope of [[Attack Its Weak Point]].

This trope can also be combined with [[Colossal Climb]] if the weak point is high up on a structure.

Compare with [[Go For The Eye]].

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A more specific version of AttackItsWeakPoint. It's not uncommon in [[BossFight Boss Fights]] against HumongousMecha, WalkingTank (And SpiderTank) or any mechanical boss, or even any machine with some kind of cockpit to be easily destroyed by breaking glass parts (Usually glaringly obvious, such as a cockpit on the top of the boss) on them ForMassiveDamage. Bonus points if it explodes in a [[StuffBlowingUp fiery]] [[MadeOfExplodium explosion]]. Of course, it could just fall to pieces but what would be the fun it that?

* In ''Flintstones - The Rescue of Dino and Hoppy'', you have to defeat the final boss by breaking its cockpit cover made of glass

* Various bosses in both SuperMarioGalaxy and SuperMarioGalaxy2. In fact almost every robotic boss in each game is subject to this.
* In PacManWorld 2 Inky, Pinky and Clyde are all defeated this way.

* Poison Ivy in Batman: Arkham Asylum.