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[[File:Mega_Man_4_boss_1256.gif|link=Mega Man 4 (Video Game)|rightframe|Can you ''please'' stop trying to punch holes in the flooring?]]
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[[File:Mega_Man_4_boss_1256.gif|link=Mega Man 4 (Video Game)|right|Can you ''please'' stop trying to punch holes in the flooring?]]
 
 
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But wait a minute -- did that part of the floor just ''crumble away'' and reveal a [[Bottomless Pit]] underneath it? And did the boss just do that attack ''again''? Argh! Forget your HP meter, if he takes out the ''floor'', you're history!
 
This is a [[Sub -Trope]] of the [[Time Limit Boss]], in which there doesn't need to be any ''actual timer'' counting down to zero -- the time limit is measured implicitly, e.g. by how much of the arena remains that the boss hasn't destroyed yet. The more damage he causes, the less room the player has to work with, and if it drags on long enough the player will inevitably fall off the arena entirely and lose the battle anyway. (If there ''is'' an [[Timed Mission|actual timer]] presented it is basically irrelevant, as chances are the boss will have finished destroying the arena long before the time in question has expired.)
 
The difficulty of these bosses is [[Unstable Equilibrium|directly proportional]] to how long it takes to defeat them: If you've played the game repeatedly or are quick enough to get a few attacks in early, the boss is hardly a challenge; but if the fight drags on for a long time, he'll become a nightmare to defeat -- if it's still possible to defeat him at all -- and may be a candidate for [[That One Boss]].
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Compare [[Time Limit Boss]], [[Stalked By the Bell]]. Contrast [[Boss Arena Idiocy]] and its close cousin [[Hoist By His Own Petard]].
 
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* The ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series has several.
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