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Notice: In [[Real Life]], falling icicles kill dozens of people each year, although it's the mass of the upper part of the icicle, not the pointy end that's lethal.
Subtrope of [[Malevolent Architecture]] and part of [[Everything
See also [[Collapsing Ceiling Boss]], where a boss attacks by causing things to drop from the ceiling.
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* Capcom's ''[[Aladdin (Capcom)|Aladdin]]'' had many falling stalactites in later levels.
* Icicles can be found in level 4 of ''[[Battletoads]]''.
* Bloblonia is full of falling stalactites in the Wii version of ''[[A Boy and His Blob]].'' 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 [[Super Not-Drowning Skills|water.]] Fortunately for you, you can send Blob underneath them to trigger them early.
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* A version of this appears in first ''[[Harry Potter]]'' 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.
* ''[[Ice Climber]]'', though they won't appear on the level you choose to start on.
* ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]'', where [[Everything Is Trying to Kill You]], 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
** ''[[Indiana Rodent]]'' has falling fruit in a homage to [[I Wanna Be the Guy]].
* [[Jill of the Jungle]] features falling stalactites in several of its cave-themed levels.
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* One of the traps in the snow-themed stages of ''Oh No! More [[Lemmings]]'' is falling icicles.
* ''Linus Spacehead'' has got bouncing coconuts (brown for some reason) which fall when approached.
* In the Wilderness levels of ''[[
* In the intro stage of ''[[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.
* ''[[Monster Party]]'' - Round 3 is an example of falling stalactites.
* All over the place in world 3 of ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. Complete with whole ceilings worth that do this, and giant types about the size of a car that have to be used as a temporary platform.
* Antarctica stages in Konami's ''[[
* ''[[Panic Restaurant]]'' - Icicles in the penultimate ice fridge level.
* ''[[Prince of Persia]]'', in the level preceding the [[Final Boss]], has a bunch of ceiling tiles that fall into your path as if someone were running over them (as loose ceiling/floor tiles are otherwise not unusual).
* Various levels in ''[[Purple]]'' have malevolent hazards that fall when the player approaches; construction beams in stages
* ''[[Rick Dangerous]]''. While they only trigger on your proximity, they will also kill any enemies they happen to fall on.
* Spikes intentionally being dropped onto the player's head is an occasional ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' trap in levels:
** The lifting weights with spiked undersides in the Marble Zone (''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]] 1'').
** The Underground Zone of the Game Gear ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' features spikes that fall when you near them/pass under them.
** Ice Cap Zone from ''[[Sonic 3 and Knuckles|Sonic The Hedgehog 3]]'', though the fallen icicles can also be used as
** ''[[Sonic 3 and Knuckles|Sonic and Knuckles]]'': Stactites can be found in the Lava Reef Zone.
** Daytime Holoska stage in ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' has a few of those icicles.
* In various ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' stages, ceilings lined with yellow spikes will occasionally have an [[Notice This|odd-color]] spike mixed in, that shakes and falls as you cross underneath.
* ''[[SuperTux]]'' has icicles that drop from the ceiling (and occassionally even free-floating ones that drop) when the player approaches.
* ''Syobon Action'', belonging to [[Platform Hell]] subgenre, has some of the particularly bad falling ceilings.
* Stalactites in level 2 of the [[Nintendo Hard|impossibly unforgiving]] [[ZX Spectrum]] game ''Through the Trapdoor''.
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