![]() A brief one occurs in one episode of Noir.The doors open at the top of the mountain to reveal that Afro apparently killed him somewhere on the way up. Heavily implied in Afro Samurai, when Brother 1 starts machine-gunning the elevator Afro and Ninja are in while standing on it.Bonus points for the chapter actually being called "Elevator Action". Shows up in Hellsing, but since it is Alucard, it's more of a Elevator Massacre Sequence.The sequence may be the Trope Codifier for the inclined elevator variant in general, and understandably inspired many imitators and shoutouts- the room at the end of one such fight in Half Life 1, for instance, is a direct recreation of the base of the elevator from AKIRA, matching up perfectly with a panel from the original manga. A truly epic example of the inclined elevator form pops up in AKIRA, eventually becoming an explosive Melee A Cinq as various parties first try to ride, prevent, and/or beat the elevator to the bottom of the shaft, and then try to get back to the surface in one piece.Has nothing to do with the Elevator Action series of video games, which has you fighting people pretty much everywhere except the elevators. Sister trope of the Cable-Car Action Sequence. Its polar opposite is the lack of action in an Uncomfortable Elevator Moment.Ĭompare Elevator Escape, where the action comes from the villain or monster reaching through the closing elevator doors. This trope is not to be confused with Elevator Going Down, which is another form action entirely. Lift of Doom is a specific variant, usually found in Platform Games. Often parodied by having two combatants fight their way inside the elevator, then calmly wait for the elevator to arrive before resuming the fight. ![]() Although those games are out of vogue these days, examples can still be found occasionally in platformers, Action games and RPGs. This tropes is most common in early nineties Beat 'em Up games, which often used a moving platform rather than an enclosed elevator, allowing the player to throw enemies off the side.
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