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* The first fight with Agnus in ''DevilMayCry 4'' is this. He sits behind an electrified glass wall and you must break through it by chucking flying swords at it.

* In ''PacManWorld 2'' Inky, Pinky and Clyde are all defeated this way.

Subtrope of AttackItsWeakPoint.

Compare with GoForTheEye and SnipingTheCockpit.

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* ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime'' 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.

* In ''VidoeGame/PacManWorld 2'', the fights with Inky, Pinky, and Blinky (actually Clyde) use this.

** ''VideoGame/Sonic3D'' had this for all of the end of level battles with Robotnik.

** ''Sonic3DFlickiesIsland'' had this for all of the end of level battles with Robotnik.

* Mother Brain from ''{{Metroid}}'' and ''[[EnhancedRemake Metroid Zero Mission]]''. Super Missiles are needed to break the glass, which still fails to kill her. Also the same with Mecha Ridley.
* In ''{{Flintstones}} - The Rescue of Dino and Hoppy'', you have to defeat the final boss by breaking its cockpit cover made of glass.

* Captain Syrup's flying saucer, which serves as the Factory Final Boss in ''[[WarioLand Wario Land 2]]'', has a crystal cockpit which you need to break with body slams so you can throw the bombs she launches back directly at her.

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

These are incredibly common around machinery bosses, such as against a HumongousMecha, WalkingTank, or a BattleshipRaid; the latter being less commonly used.

Compare with GoForTheEye.

* Not a playable example, but an actual cutscene. In ''VideoGame/BionicCommando: Rearmed'', 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 heavy-reinforced glass, and ''through Joe's face''. This causes the robot's hands to free him.

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

* Captain Syrup's flying saucer, which serves as the Factory Final Boss in ''WarioLand2'' 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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* The Thunder Thighs from ''{{Metaspace}}''.

** Crosses over directly with {{Go For The Eye}} against an Atlas; the cockpit location is it's right eye!

** Every GUN mech from ''{{Sonic Adventure 2}}''.

** The final bosses in ''SonicSpinball'' and ''VideoGame/SonicColors''.
** ''Sonic3DBlast'' had this for all of the end of level battles with Robotnik.
** In other words ''every'' boss where you fight Eggman directly. You'd think he'd learn.
* Mother Brain from ''{{Metroid}}'' and ''[[EnhancedRemake Zero Mission]]''. Super Missiles are needed to break the glass, which still fails to kill her. Also the same with Mecha Ridley.

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

* Thunder Thighs from ''{{Metaspace}}''.

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 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 {{Colossus Climb}} if the weak point is high up on a structure.

Compare with {{Go For The Eye}}.

* Poison Ivy in ''BatmanArkhamAsylum''. This one is odd, considering she's inside a plant.
** In the sequel, ''BatmanArkhamCity'', you have to do this with Mr Freeze.

* Averted in the old ''VideoGame/{{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.)

* Averted in the old ''VideoGame/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.)

* Not a playable example, but an actual cutscene. In ''VideoGame/BionicCommando: Rearmed'', Radd Spencer is gripped by Joe's mecha and nearly crushed to death. He regains consciousness in time to [[UseYourHead headbutt]] Joe's through windshield, through the heavy-reinforced glass, and ''through Joe's face''. This causes the robot's hands to free him.

* Not a playable example, but an actual cutscene. In ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'': Rearmed, Radd Spencer is gripped by Joe's mecha and nearly crushed to death. He regains consciousness in time to [[UseYourHead headbutt]] Joe's through windshield, through the heavy-reinforced glass, and ''through Joe's face''. This causes the robot's hands to free him.

* The ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' series has many bosses defeated in this manner:

** Every GUN mech from {{Sonic Adventure 2}}
** All of the day bosses from ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''.