Basic Trope: Enemy that splits into smaller ones when killed.
- Straight: After killing a Purple Blob, it splits into 2 smaller independent Black Blobs.
- Exaggerated:
- After killing a Red Blob, it splits into 2 Orange Blobs which each split into 2 Yellow Blobs when killed which each splits into 2 Green Blobs when killed which split into 2 Blue Blobs when killed which split into 2 Purple Blobs when killed and which finally split into 2 Black Blobs when killed.
- After a Noise Blob is killed, it splits into 300 smaller independent Black Blobs.
- Every monster type in the game splits into smaller monsters when killed.
- All Blobs can split into a different version upon destruction, with there existing an endless cycle.
- Downplayed:
- An enemy falls apart when killed and the parts are still able to hurt you briefly, but don't become independent enemies.
- The "split" mechanic is based on chance, so some dead Purple Blobs split into Black Blobs, and some disappear without any Black Blobs.
- Justified:
- Blobs in the game are very small and each part takes 10 minutes to start independently moving and there's a large biological description given on how they do that.
- It's a logical extension of regenerating From a Single Cell.
- Blobs are colonies of ten micrometer critters.note
- Inverted: After a Grey Cubecircuit is killed, it turns translucent until another Grey Cubecircuit is killed, at which point they join together and start attacking the player as a single Red Cubecircuit.
- Subverted: After a Purple Blob is killed, it turns into 3 black chunks of slime which move a bit at first but then just stay on the ground.
- Double Subverted: When the player reenters the cave they were in, they're very much alive and try to attack the player.
- Parodied: The Hero finds himself fighting so many endless dividing blobs that he stabs himself, only to split into two different heroes.
- Zig Zagged: After a Purple Blob is killed, it turns into 3 black chunks of slime which move a bit at first but then just stay on the ground. However, later, when reentering the cave they were in, they're very much alive and try to attack the player. Except the pieces are just regret-fueled hallucinations.
- Averted: After killing a Purple Blob, it is simply killed.
- Enforced: The Purple Blob and the Black Blob are a Captain Ersatz of the Purpdrop and the Halfdrop from a recent popular RPG.
- Lampshaded: "A slime that splits into smaller slimes? What is this, Video Game/Minecraft?"
- Invoked: Dr. Goldstein attempts to create a monster which splits into multiple individuals in case it gets killed.
- Exploited: Purple Blob kills itself to split into 2 smaller Black Blobs so it could hunt the player if it has retreated into tight caverns.
- Defied:
- Bob crushes a Purple Blob with a stone block, crushing it and preventing it from splitting into smaller parts.
- Bob runs past all Purple Blobs to avoid having to deal with the splitting.
- Discussed: "I wish I had the ability to split into two if I was killed."
- Conversed: ???
- Deconstructed:
- The Great Chohmelrae Blob, who rules over all other blobs, has split into 4 smaller parts before killing a hero in his Hopeless Boss Fight. However, there will be now a conflict between different parts of the Great Chohmelrae Blob.
- The blobs overrun the entire planet because they can't easily be contained.
- Reconstructed:
- The separate blobs are part of a Hive Mind that is able to reconstruct itself back into one.
- The blobs may split when they're killed, but they're still subject to starvation. They eventually die out when they run out of food
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