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** The most infamous instance of this trope is [[That One Boss]], [[Bonus Boss]] Zodiark, who has Darkja, an attack which not only does high magic damage to the entire party that cannot be avoided, but it also has a chance to inflict Instant Death. That doesn't sound so bad, except ''XII'' is one of the very few games in the series where this is ''no'' form of equipment that grants protection from [[One-Hit Kill]] attacks. Ergo, Zodiark has the potential to instantly kill off your entire active party regardless of their HP or level, and there is nothing you can do but pray.
*** [[Guide Dang It|Or pull two people back into the reserves before it goes off, and Shell the leader to at least halve the ID chance.]]
* In ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', there's a surprisingly low number of storyline bosses that have a one-shot party kill move. The [[Training
** But then there's [[Bonus Boss|Th'uban]] in the Arena who likes to counterattack with a total status-remover, removing even Auto-Life. From your whole party. This counterattack might be a party kill unless you've trained a lot.
*** Of course, some Storyline Bosses "do" have a rather devastating party killing move. One of them likes to Totally Annihilate your party with ONE move. But at least you get a fair warning before he unleashes the hurt.
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** Secondly, he has the spell Grand Cross, which can inflict Death on the entire party. Or Petrify.
** Thirdly, he has the spell Meteor, which [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|hits the party with 4 highly damaging meteors]], with a random target being chosen for each one.
* Comes in three main flavours in ''[[UFO:
** Alien rocket launchers and railguns explode in the midst of the party, who start out bunched and haven't had time to spread out before the ammmunition begins flying.
** A [[Demonic Spiders|Deathbellows]] hurls a gobbet of flesh-devouring [[Bee-Bee Gun|bees]] ([[Memetic Mutation|my God]]) into the heart of your group.
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== Web Original ==
* In the [[Freelance Astronauts]]' [[Let's Play]] of ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', one of their attempts at level 9-7 ended up as this when all four of them [[Crowning Moment of Funny|make the same jump into a Piranha Plant.]]
* [[Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do In An RPG]] gives a guide on what's an appropriate TPK
{{quote|1430. If the party goes out like ~300~, that's cool. [[Thelma and Louise]] not so much.}}
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* Sometimes one idiot can ruin an entire session of ''[[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]]'', [http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/93/ as proved] by ''[[The Unspeakable Vault of Doom]]''.
* Referenced in ''[[Erfworld]]''.
{{quote|'''[[Manipulative Bastard|Charlie]]:''' What am I looking at here, Parson?
'''[[Magnificent Bastard|Parson]]:''' TPK. [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies]]. }}
* In ''[[Absurd Notions]]'', it [http://www.absurdnotions.org/page47.html takes a while] to convince the designers of "Traps and Treasures" that they shouldn't make ''all'' the traps [http://www.absurdnotions.org/page38.html result in TPKs].
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