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* When Haruka hurls the "airplane" far from Windbloom in episode four of ''[[Mai-Otome]]''.
* When Haruka hurls the "airplane" far from Windbloom in episode four of ''[[Mai-Otome]]''.
** According to a bonus feature on the first DVD, the thing ended up '''in orbit'''.
** According to a bonus feature on the first DVD, the thing ended up '''in orbit'''.
* Any time someone gets booted into low earth orbit in ''[[Ranma One Half|Ranma 1/2]]''. Inverted in an episode where Kuno delivers a message tied to an arrow, which appears ''out of'' a twinkle.
* Any time someone gets booted into low earth orbit in ''[[Ranma ½|Ranma 1/2]]''. Inverted in an episode where Kuno delivers a message tied to an arrow, which appears ''out of'' a twinkle.
* ''[[Excel Saga (anime)|Excel Saga]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging|hangs a lampshade]] on this trope in episode 18, where Iwata gets punched and says "Look for the twinkle!" just before he disappears into said twinkle.
* ''[[Excel Saga (anime)|Excel Saga]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging|hangs a lampshade]] on this trope in episode 18, where Iwata gets punched and says "Look for the twinkle!" just before he disappears into said twinkle.
* Played with in ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]''. In an episode titled ''The Lukewarm Cold Equation'' Akito's robot was thrown into the distance during a fight, creating the twinkle. This had happened a couple of times in previous episodes, but this time the rest of the episode focused on ''where he went'', with Yurika and Megumi actually going out to search for him.
* Played with in ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]''. In an episode titled ''The Lukewarm Cold Equation'' Akito's robot was thrown into the distance during a fight, creating the twinkle. This had happened a couple of times in previous episodes, but this time the rest of the episode focused on ''where he went'', with Yurika and Megumi actually going out to search for him.
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*** There's been quite a bit of controversy around this trope in Smash Bros tournaments, because which animation you get when you're knocked into the sky (the twinkle or falling against the screen) is completely random...but a "blasting off" animation takes three times longer to actually KO someone. This could potentially result in someone winning a match even though they were defeated first. Because of this, there are some hacks of the game which remove the twinkle altogether.
*** There's been quite a bit of controversy around this trope in Smash Bros tournaments, because which animation you get when you're knocked into the sky (the twinkle or falling against the screen) is completely random...but a "blasting off" animation takes three times longer to actually KO someone. This could potentially result in someone winning a match even though they were defeated first. Because of this, there are some hacks of the game which remove the twinkle altogether.
* [[Super Mario Bros.]] examples:
* [[Super Mario Bros.]] examples:
** Happens to the player in ''[[Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door]]'' when they're launched into the sky from a cannon. It happens again to Lord Crump when his robot explodes.
** Happens to the player in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' when they're launched into the sky from a cannon. It happens again to Lord Crump when his robot explodes.
** When you use a secret cannon in [[New Super Mario Bros|New Super Mario Bros.]]/[[New Super Mario Bros Wii|New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]
** When you use a secret cannon in [[New Super Mario Bros|New Super Mario Bros.]]/[[New Super Mario Bros Wii|New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]
** Happens in reverse when Mario returns from a galaxy in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.
** Happens in reverse when Mario returns from a galaxy in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.
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