History Main / StalactiteSpite

* Some ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games have chandeliers that fall when you approach.

* Coconuts

* In the Wilderness levels of ''LittleBigPlanet''- The icicles actually fall before you get to them, thus forming convenient platforms. Of course they're still capable of smashing you.

* In various ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' stages, ceilings lined with yellow spikes will occasionally have an [[NoticeThis odd-color]] spike mixed in, that shakes and falls as you cross underneath.

* [[SpikesOfDoom Spikes]]

Subtrope of MalevolentArchitecture and part of EverythingIsTryingToKillYou. Note that this trope doesn't include non-inanimate enemies (like Thwomp in SuperMario series) with that kind of behavior, nor does it include [[DeathTrap Death Traps]] which look like they're deliberately made to do their thing.

* Capcom's ''[[VideoGame/AladdinCapcom Aladdin]]'' has many falling stalactites in later levels.

* ''IceClimber'', though they won't appear on the level you choose to start on.
* ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'', where EverythingIsTryingToKillYou, it's no surprise that almost any time you walk close enough to a nearby spike, apple (cherry?), etc., it may suddenly fly out and try to kill you -- even if that means it's "falling" up, sideways, or diagonally.

* Falling spikes are a rather rare type of traps in ''VideoGame/{{Jumper}}'' series are falling spikes. [[KaizoTrap A memorable instance]] is at the end of stage 6-3 in ''Jumper Two''.
* ''{{Kirby}}'' games have explosive coconuts which fall when being under them. Got an umbrella handy?
** A handful of icicles can be found in ice levels of ''{{Kirby}}'s Dreamland 3''.

* Various levels in ''VideoGame/{{Purple}}'' have malevolent hazards that fall when the player approaches; construction beams in stages 1-2 and 4-3, and incicles throughout World 5.

** ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic and Knuckles]]'': Stactites can be found in the Lava Reef Zone.

* ''VideoGame/TinyToonAdventuresBustersHiddenTreasure'' has stalactites in its cave levels that fall when Buster gets close to them. The first boss battle with Plucky has him using a hammer to bring them down, which also triggers Dr. Gene Splicer to [[Main/BossArenaIdiocy lower his plane so Buster can jump on his head]].

* ''VideoGame/WonderBoy'' / ''VideoGame/AdventureIsland'' - Falling icicles in the ice temple levels. Oddly in the latter, being hit by an icicle results in a blue PaletteSwap of the "[[DeathThrows death by fire]]" animation.

* Two of the three ice levels in ''[[PacManWorld Pac-Man World 2]]'' have icy caves filled to the brim with icicles, waiting for Pac-Man to get close.

* Large icicles in Gaea's Cliff of ''FinalFantasyVII'' are treated as enemies in battle: Every time you strike them, they counter-"attack" by dropping smaller icicles on you from the ceiling.

* [=IceMan's=] stage in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManDrWilysRevenge Mega Man in Dr. Wily's Revenge]]'' has a couple of rooms with a limited number of stalactites that fall after certain amounts of time and will damage [=MegaMan=] if they land on him, but he can then safely jump onto them after they land to help reach the exit above.
* In the intro stage of ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man X}}3'', Zero knocks out a stretch of the ceiling and drops into the corridor just before the player takes control of him. Throughout the rest of the corridor, there are other stretches of ceiling that will fall when he passes below.

* Stalactites in level 2 of the [[NintendoHard impossibly unforgiving]] ZXSpectrum game ''Through the Trapdoor''.

See also CollapsingCeilingBoss, where a boss attacks by causing things to drop from the ceiling.

* The first ''VideoGame/DuckTales'' NES game had some fallinc icicles in the Himalayas level.

** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' ice dungeon has stalactites that not only ambush you, they turn into [[DemonicSpiders Chilfos]] on landing.

* Capcom's ''[[VideoGame/AladdinCapcom Aladdin]]'' had many falling stalactites in later levels.

* Icicles can be found in level 4 of ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}''.
* Bloblonia is full of falling stalactites in the Wii version of ''ABoyAndHisBlob.'' They're also one of the few things that can kill Boy while he's in the Cola Bubble, which is otherwise completely impervious to everything from enemies to [[SuperNotDrowningSkills water.]] Fortunately for you, you can send Blob underneath them to trigger them early.

* ''Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure'' has stalactites in its cave levels that fall when Buster gets close to them. The first boss battle with Plucky has him using a hammer to bring them down, which also triggers Dr. Gene Splicer to [[Main/BossArenaIdiocy lower his plane so Buster can jump on his head]].

* Some ''{{Castlevania}}'' games have chandeliers that fall when you approach.

* Plenty of icicles in the Nepal level of ''TombRaider Legend'', but [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in that you have to hang on to them and jump from one icicle to another, and perhaps Lara's body weight might make the icicles fall.

* A version of this appears in first ''HarryPotter'' game (at least on the PC): Stalactites in the Fire Seed Cave fall when Harry approaches, but he can never be hit by them and they're necessary to proceed through the cave.