Colossus Climb: Difference between revisions

* Some recent toothpaste commercial, as explanation for the fifth "dentist of five". As a slight aversion, the vulnerable area is ''the'' [[Groin Attack|vulnerable area]].

* A commercial for Capri Sun V has a young boy being attacked by a Cybear, a giant machine/bear hybrid. The kid manages to kill the 'marauding Ursa Machina' by leaping onto his back with a trampoline and ''stabbing him with the Capri Sun straw.''

 

== Anime and Manga ==

** The second time, Jack has been shrunk by an attack and climbs his opponent to give his beans a warm environment to grow in (they're on an ice field).

* ''[[Naruto]]'' does this to {{spoiler|the Four Tails Bijuu}} in the Fourth Shinobi War, {{spoiler|in order to free him from Tobi's control}}.

 

== Comic Books ==

* In Issue 20 of Archie Comics' ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures]]'', a [[Giant Mook|giant Foot Soldier]] is unleashed and begins destroying the city. After an initial futile assault is launched on its shins, they climb up in search of a vulnerable spot. Turns out that they {{spoiler|only wind up being a diversion so that a fireman-turned-dragon (thanks to an old curio shop owner's powder) can defeat it.}}

 

* In the movie version of ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'', the hero climbs up on top of a giant bug that's attacking his squad. He blows a hole in the bug's body, drops a large explosive in the hole, and jumps off.

* In ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' movie ''The Return of the King'', where Legolas climbs the Oliphant and shoots it in the head with arrows after [[Film/Awesome|singlehandedly wiping out the entire archer platform and sending it to earth]].

* The twins vs. [[Combining Mecha|Devastator]] in ''[[Transformers Film Series|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'' ends up like this.

* Played for laughs in ''[[Shrek]]'' when Puss in Boots attacks Shrek (including an ''[[Alien]]'' style chest burst, no less).

 

== Literature ==

* In most adaptations of ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'', the Lilliputians use this, as a swarming attack, against the title character.

* The standard attack of the Nac Mac Feegle (six-inch-high [[Violent Glaswegian]]s) in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novels is to clamber up their opponent and headbutt him with an effect like lead shot.

* ''A Rustle in the Grass'' by Robin Hawdon is a [[Mouse World|novel about ants]] told in a [[Heroic Fantasy]] style. At one stage the anthill is attacked by a bird and the ant hero drives it off by climbing up its body to attack the bird's eye.

* The Mechas in [[Orson Scott Card]]'s ''Empire'', apparently designed by a particularly [[Genre Savvy]] engineer, are nearly impossible to climb on. Our heroes have to get creative to take them out, by pushing on the legs to upset the balance, and then hitting it with two cars. {{spoiler|They find a much, much easier method once they link up with the National Guard in the form of AT-4.}}

** And back in ''Ender's Game'', Ender attacks the virtual Giant in a video game by leaping onto him and [[Eye Scream|digging into his eye.]]

 

* Believe it or not, ''[[Power Rangers]]'' (a show where [[Henshin Hero]]es typically summon [[Humongous Mecha]] in response to a [[Make My Monster Grow]] situation) has done this quite a few times, although it is sometimes regarded as a live-action anime.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

* This is standard operating procedure for Elementals in ''[[BattleTech]]''. Elementals are 8' tall [[Power Armor]] wearing [[Super Soldier]] troopers, [[Designer Babies|genetically designed]] by [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|the Clans]] to be anti-Mech infantry. As even the smallest 'Mech is still over 6 meters tall, Elemental teams, operating in groups of five, often enact a Colossus Climb to destroy enemy 'Mechs, mostly to [[Attack Its Weak Point]]. Because of the construction of some types of 'Mechs, which often lack humanoid features like hands, this trope is considered a perfectly sensible tactic instead of a suicide run.

** However, there are some Inner Sphere infantry units, who are not 8' tall nor clad in armor that can resist 'Mech-scale weapons, who will occasionally try to do this with varying degrees of success. It is possible for simple infantrymen to inflict critical leg damage to enemy 'Mechs this way, and the novels describe at least three instances where a 'Mech was captured or destroyed by infantry making climbs.

 

== Video Games ==

** Inverted at the end of ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'', where {{spoiler|Sonic has to save the colossus he's running all over rather than try to destroy it.}}

** In ''[[Sonic Rush Series]] Adventure'', the boss of Blizzard Peaks is a whale. Smack it open, jump inside to an obstacle course, then smack this weak spot at the end for [[Massive Damage]]. Literally. While most bosses in this game take loads of hits, only 3 times of reaching this spot (different course each time too) is needed.

** But in ''III'', the battle with {{spoiler|Cronos}} takes the cake. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkRYaxqgOTs The guy] is easily the biggest boss <s>in the series</s> OF ALL TIME! But then, what do you expect from a Titan? Worst part, he's not the most hygienic of bosses, meaning Kratos has to climb over a living mountain covered with bleeding scabs and filthy sores while fighting skeletal enemies, just to get to spot where he can hurt him.

* In ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'', El Gigante must be killed by shooting at him for a while, then climbing onto his back and slashing at the parasite controlling the beast as it emerges. Of course, the player can also just shoot the parasite as well, but that doesn't look nearly as cool.

* Another computer game that features this is ''[[Rayman]] 3: Hoodlum Havoc'', where Rayman needs to run up the villain's arm to reach the magic thing in its back, in the second stage of the final boss battle.

 

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