Toppled Statue: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', Kamina's statue in Kamina City was pulled down when the people revolted.

* ''[[El Hazard]]'': After infiltrating the Buggrom citadel, and rescuing Fatora, Makoto and the others make their escape. During which, he asks [[Dark-Skinned Redhead|Shayla]] [[Playing With Fire|Shayla]] to help {{spoiler|Ifurita, who'd been freed from Jinnai's control and using her remaining energy to cover their escape.}} One of Shayla's blasts triggers a chain reaction of explosions throughout the hive which ultimately causes Jinnai's statue to crumble as it topples over.

* The sonnet ''Ozymandias'' ([[Trope Namer]] for [[Look On My Works Ye Mighty and Despair]]) centers on this concept, a destroyed statue laying in the middle of buried ruins containing an inscription of the great wonders the king built.

* At the end of ''[[The Twilight Zone (TV)|The Twilight Zone]]'' episode "The Little People", the statue of a man who'd been lording over a microscopic civilization on another planet is toppled by the little people themselves, after the man is killed by giants.

* In the Dwarf intro to ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online (Video Game)|The Lord of the Rings Online]]'', the statue of Thorin Oakenshield has been torn down by the Dourhand clan and a statue of Skorgrim, the Dourhands' ancestor, erected in its place.

* In ''[[Kid Icarus Uprising (Video Game)|Kid Icarus Uprising]]'', there is a building where you have to fight three of the bosses again. In the main room, there are statues of the three of them. After you defeat each one, its statue crumbles.

* In ''[[Half-Life 2 (Video Game)|Half-Life 2]]'', after starting the rebellion, one of the first things you witness is Breen's propaganda screen being toppled by the resistance.

* If you proceed to the [[Brutal Bonus Level]] in ''[[Cave Story (Video Game)|Cave Story]]'', you can take a detour to visit a room with a statue of The Doctor (as well as the three previous bearers of the Crown). You can destroy these statues--and they drop powerups when you do so.

* In ''[[Age of Mythology (Video Game)|Age of Mythology]]: The Titans'', you have to destroy several statues of [[General Ripper|General Melagius]] before dealing with him in person. In this case because smashing statues grant you gifts and bonuses.