Collapses
Hits
Both words in one sentence
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The trope is averted in one of the Alternate Endings - the arrow hits him in the shoulder, he collapses, and the palace burns down around him and the princess in a Bolivian Army Ending.
Source: Annoying Arrows - Another officer hits him with a taser; he collapses, then gets back up, and is finally subdued by half a dozen officers dogpiling him.
Source: Taser Tag Weakness -
Reznor bosses of Super Mario World are fought on a bridge which, after two hits, rapidly collapses from the middle.
Source: Boss Arena Urgency
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