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Any object, if launched with sufficient force, volition sail clean over the horizon and vanish into the distant sky. A moment after it disappears, a 4-pointed "twinkle" will appear in the spot where it was last seen, sometimes rotating briefly, along with a high-pitched "ringing" racket. If the object is potentially explosive, information technology will blow upward after the twinkle.

It'due south likewise sometimes used to testify that something is coming down from the sky. This particular use may be true; during World War II, Japanese AA gunners on ships were trained to sentry for the gleam of an approaching swoop bomber's canopy. Because afterward that, the only indication that something was coming was the whistling of bombs approaching.

Examples of A Twinkle in the Sky include:

Anime and Manga

• Whenever "Team Rocket is Blasting Off Again!" in Pokémon. This happens when they're diggings off from almost anything: Pokémon attacks, human intervention, high water force per unit area when springing a leak in a water pipe, doing honest work for an honest day'southward pay, etc. In the Advance seasons, they've sometimes blasted off multiple times in one episode. This may exist why the trope has been greatly reduced in the current serial, where they take even so to be blasted off, preferring a more traditional villain escape instead.
  • In Double-Fourth dimension Battle Training, they blasted themselves off when Jessie tried to combine Pokémon attacks together similar how Dawn merely learned.
  • "Malice In Wonderland" subverts this, hard. Squad Rocket gets blasted off for half the episode bouncing dorsum and forth between various causes. They never go this trope. Ouch.
  • There'due south also when Team Rocket wanted to get sent flying; well, James does anyhow (it'due south because information technology's the only way he tin go away from his dreaded fiancée, Jessiebelle).
  • Subverted HARD in All-time Wishes, because they faked diggings off.
  • Subverted once more in another episode. Ash and Co. current of air up being the ones diggings off since the episode focused on Squad Rocket.
  • In several circles, internet and otherwise, this trope has go known equally "Pulling a Team Rocket".
• When Haruka hurls the "plane" far from Windbloom in episode four of Mai-Otome.
  • According to a bonus feature on the showtime DVD, the affair ended up in orbit.
• Any time someone gets booted into low earth orbit in Ranma ½. Inverted in an episode where Kuno delivers a message tied to an arrow, which appears out of a twinkle.
• Excel Saga hangs a lampshade on this trope in episode 18, where Iwata gets punched and says "Look for the twinkle!" just earlier he disappears into said twinkle.
• Played with in Martian Successor Nadesico. In an episode titled The Lukewarm Common cold Equation Akito's robot was thrown into the distance during a fight, creating the twinkle. This had happened a couple of times in previous episodes, merely this time the residual of the episode focused on where he went, with Yurika and Megumi really going out to search for him.
• Hanagata oftentimes gets sent flight into a twinkle by Otaru's marionettes in Saber Marionette J To 10.
• Happens all too ofttimes to Keitaro in Love Hina.
  • Not as oftentimes equally y'all'd think though. He gets flung skyward regularly, but usually comes crashing back downwardly rather than disappearing into the heaven. It does happen this manner on rare occasion, though.
• Ram-Dass launching from the Absurd Transport in Soukou no Strain.
• Happens at least one time every episode of Soreike! Anpanman. Baikinman and his cohorts are usually taken intendance of in this manner - sent flight to the horizon screaming their Catch Phrase "Bai baikiiin!"
• Ueki from The Police of Ueki manages to pole vault twinkle out in episode 17.
• A auto twinkles out in an episode of Usavich. A afterwards episode has a police officeholder twinkle out after existence striking by a barrel.
• When Zatch Bell was riding on a cart tied to the bumper of the charabanc, both him and another graphic symbol are launched into the distance thanks to the unstability of the cart and the rope breaking.
• Frequently comes up in the Pretty Sammy series. Both Rumiya and many of the Dearest-Love Monsters go out this way.
• During a baseball game in the anime Ninin ga Shinobuden, one of Shinobu'due south domicile run hits does this. It ends up reaching another galaxy!
• Happens to giant robots frequently in Transformers Cybertron. Unsurprisingly, the Team Rocket-ish Ransack and Crumplezone experience it a time or ii, consummate with post-booting dialogue on one occasion:

Crumplezone: "Why united states, Ransack?" Ransack: "It'southward the cycle of fate, my friend." Both: "It ran right over united states of america!"

• • Even so, it tin as well happen to fellow comedic villain Thundercracker, and the serious villain Scourge. Sideways does information technology voluntarily, his zigzagged departures ofttimes catastrophe in this.
• In some animated episodes of Getter Robo, the titular robot'south Getter 3 form has a special "Dai-Setsu-Zan-Oroshi" motion that involves wrapping enemies in its extending arms and hurling them sumo-fashion into the air in a whirlwind. The enemy is thrown to the air and so far, he disappears in a twinkle. This was even used in Getter 3'due south appearances in some Super Robot Wars games.
• Bleach anime:
  • Episode 37. Later on Tatsufusa Enjoji, the assistant adjutant and 3rd seat of the 8th Sectionalisation confronts Chad and does a lot of boasting, Chad knocks him into the sky with a single dial.
  • Episode 127 when the Vizard Hiyori Sarugaki jumps into the sky while carrying Orihime Inoue.
  • Twice in Episode 205 during the kemari game. Once when the referee Ururu Tsumugiya throws the ball upward into the sky, and once when Jinta Hanakari knocks Kon (in Ichigo'southward body) into the sky.
  • Episode #213, after Tessai throws Kon (in Ichigo'south body) through a hole in the ceiling of Kisuke Urahara's surreptitious expanse and dorsum into the surface world.
• In Yu Yu Hakusho, during Yusuke's start (mass elimination) friction match of the Demon World Tournament, he blows away every other competitor in the match with one punch, causing about 43 separate twinkles at the same fourth dimension.
• Thorfinn and Thorkell's final fight in Vinland Saga almost comes to an abrupt terminate when Thorkell kicks Thorfinn into the altitude. The boy slams into a tree, breaks his arm, most of his ribs, and then gets support.
  • Thorkell as well pulls of a reversed one, when Askeladds men notice a Twinkle in the Sky that turns out to be a spear thrown past Thorkell from several miles away and completely ipales a man through his chainmail and through his middle. Yes, that man is a pure monster.
• Happens in Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple, whenever Kenichi attempts to spar with Appachai.
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00
  • Happens twice while Setsuna is piloting Gundam Exia. The showtime during the very offset episode. The second during the final episode. Although it is somewhat justified considering that the Gundams in question really emit sparkles.
  • Patrick is frequently being diddled abroad, and it's not for cypher that he got the Fan Nickname "Team Patrick", in reference to Squad Rocket. Kind of played with though, in that unlike Team Rocket, information technology's actually surprising that he survives when this happens.
• Happens to Kotengu in Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Hachiyou Shou OAV episode "Kokoro no Yukue", afterward he is struck by lightning every bit a punishment for losing a tengu competition.
• The explosion variant happens Once an Episode to Prince Collection in Mon Colle Knights. More specifically, when blasted over the horizon, his machine explodes, with the ensuing deject turning into a rose with i of its "petals" falling off.
• Happens to Suzuo once in Dokkoida?! after an over-enthusiastic greeting of Marilyn Ronmoe.
• Guame ends up becoming a twinkle underground when he falls through a hole in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
• With whatsoever small Monster of the Week villain that doesn't contribute majorly to the plot in Wedding Peach, this happens (the major ones dissolve into sparkles and "are destroyed")...
• Cowboy Bebop episode three "Honky Tonk Woman". After Faye blasts out of the casino in her transport with Spike and Jet clinging to her windshield, she flies straight up and disappears in a twinkle.
• Parodied in Suzumiya Haruhi when Yuki lost against Mikuru in a battle. "Curses."
• Hanaukyo Maid Tai La Verite
  • Episode 2, when Taro is kicked into the sky past Ryuuka.
  • Episode vii, when Ryuuka uses a grenade cloak-and-dagger.
• Happens at least in one case in Dragonball Z; Trunks blasts Vegteta into the altitude so that he tin can have fourth dimension to kill Cell before he absorbs Android 18. We go a lovely twinkle out of it. The situation and the music provide a nice contrast to the lighthearted celebration inspired when it happens in Pokemon.
• Fairy Tail:
  • Episode 24, Elfman punches Totomaru, who was frozen by Gray. Added with Elfman's Oral communication during the punch and a 'wow' sound event when a twinkle appeared

Elfman:"If you're a man..." Punches Totomaru to the sky* Elfman:"...wing to the heavens and get a star!" Totomaru:"What is that supposed to mean?" followed with a twinkle and a "wow" audio effects*

• • Episode 51, Happy becomes a twinkle besides when he commented about Gray being shirtless and stalking girls. Before he could get to finish his sentence of Gray is a behemothic pervert, he got punched into the sky by Gray.
  • This is too the fate of Bluenote Stinger after being defeated by an aroused Gildarts.

• • Natsu get this when Erza stepped on the trap which was intended for Gray in the 2d OVA
• Played straight in A Sure Magical Alphabetize‍'‍s season season, when an awakened Accelerator destroys Kihara Amata. It wasn't merely a twinkle in the sky, though, simply a fire trail as the homo burned to ash from atmospheric friction.
• Sekirei, in the 2nd flavour'due south of the anime'southward third episode, to members of the disciplinary team, launched by Kazehana.
  • Yume does it to them at the stop of episode 12 in Season 1 as well.
• Kinnikuman Nisei has this happen to Mantaro sometimes, usually courtesy of Roxanne.
• This happens to Buggy the Clown early in I Slice as well, where Luffy defeats him for the first time by sending him flying subsequently Nami interrupts and messes up his pulling of himself dorsum together.
• In Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira'southward 2nd episode, this happens to Takano also after Magical Girls Oyashiro Rika & Trap Satoko destroy her current Ritual Tool Devil, Blast Ripper, with their 07th Explosion assail (whose proper name is a Shout-Out to 07th Expansion, which the franchise belongs to). As Takano goes flying into the horizon, just before becoming a twinkle herself, she screams, "Sorry, Brother!" all the while.

Film

• Happened in Shaolin Soccer when Sing demonstrates his kicking ability by kicking a beer tin towards the sky later to exist seen over again on impact.
• Information technology too happens in Kung Fu Hustle during the final boxing. The pic uses a lot of Animation Tropes despite being live action.

Video Games

• Slayer's Instant Kill in Guilty Gear Xx involves punching an opponent into the sky and and so reciting a haiku. When he completes the verse form, in that location's a twinkle in the sky right before "Destroyed" is appear.
• BlazBlue : Makoto's Astral Cease ends in a uppercut that turns the opponent into a twinkle in the sky, and and then leaves a huge impression on the moon... and smashes it apart.
• If someone is striking upwards out of the arena in Super Smash Bros. or its sequels Melee and Brawl, this is the upshot...unless they wing frontwards and bounciness off the screen (only from Melee onward). It's really pretty satisfying, especially since they scream the whole time; after a long and biting fight, hearing a morose, "Pika piiiiikaaaaa..." makes the whole thing seem worthwhile.
  • Especially gratifying in that particular instance if you are a fan of Team Rocket... which accounts for, oh, 99% of the fanbase.
  • ...unless you happen to get KOed by a stage hazard while your opponent is gently floating off toward the horizon. Think: it doesn't count every bit a KO until you leave the screen.
    • There's been quite a bit of controversy around this trope in Smash Bros tournaments, because which animation you get when you're knocked into the sky (the twinkle or falling against the screen) is completely random...but a "diggings off" blitheness takes 3 times longer to actually KO someone. This could potentially result in someone winning a match even though they were defeated first. Because of this, at that place are some hacks of the game which remove the twinkle altogether.
• Super Mario Bros. examples:
  • Happens to the actor in Newspaper Mario: The G-Year Door when they're launched into the heaven from a cannon. Information technology happens once more to Lord Crump when his robot explodes.
  • When you use a secret cannon in New Super Mario Bros./New Super Mario Bros. Wii
  • Happens in reverse when Mario returns from a galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy.
• Happens to Wario in the "Punch!" minigame in Wario Ware: Touched.
  • Happens to the 2d dominate in Wario Country: Shake It, Hot Roderick, after Wario's concluding attack against him.
• In Shadow Hearts: Covenant, Joachim has a damage-or-OHKO assail that launches an enemy high into the sky. The player will know it succeeded if the enemy creates a twinkle.
• At one bespeak in the original Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, you're confronted by the game'due south resident Goldfish Poop Gang, who demand a cost to go on downwardly the road. Earlier on, the squad's resident Moogle declared a wish to go a star - if you choose not to pay the toll, y'all'll barge onwards, knocking the Moogle into the sky. Although you're never shown the Moogle "turning into" a star, you exercise go this gem:

Selkie A: "And and so, he became a star." Selkie B: "Big fourth dimension."

• In God Hand, Gene'southward more than powerful God Roulette attacks (Dragon Kick, 100 Fist and Homerun God to proper noun a few) end with the enemy being launch in the milky way (where they already are), like the awesome credit song puts information technology.
  • Also, Evil Boisterous Bruiser Elvis does this before his 2d fight confronting Gene. He punches two of his henchmen into the skies for disrespecting the torso of i of their victims.
• Chie'southward Galactic Punt from Persona 4 allows the Cute Bruiser to kick an enemy (and the occasional Mini Boss) into the orbital frame.
• Roger Sr.'southward typical fate in later Tekken games.
• Raphael the Raven's death animation in Yoshi's Island. Skip to two:38 for the boss boxing and 3:50 for the actual twinkle.
• The icon for the "Throw" ability in Kirby's Gamble depicts Kirby tossing something and so that it turns into A Twinkle in the Sky.
• The first boss of Gunstar Heroes is defeated in this way.
• What happens to Pamela once she'southward finally defeated in Milanor'south affiliate of the Yggdra Unison vocalisation drama.
• In Portal 2, a twinkle, complete with the standard sound effect, is created when a portal opens upwards very very far abroad, specifically: on the moon.
• DLC for A Hope Unforgotten gives united states Mao bringing in his Getter Mao and showing it off to the Hades Party... before condign sidetracked and showing an "interest" in Desco and, after, losing the keys to Fuka.
• "Dash Strom" technique in Inazuma 11.
• Blaster Master uses a twinkle (on the footing) in it's intro as Sophia zooms off into battle.
• Played around with in Asura's Wrath In the DLC Lost Episode ii, Akuma punches Ryu so far away it seems like this would have happened. He flies back into the portal he came from in the distance instead.

Web Comics

• Looks like the Robster's diggings off over again! Or, at the very least, being thrown by a big, naked purple guy in this strip of The Adventures of Dr. McNinja.
• Subverted in Dominic Deegan. A small villain is thrown into the heaven by an angry animal and Stunt expects nothing only Amusing Injuries. Then it turns out he was thrown straight upwardly and he comes burdensome down, landing on his neck and dying instantly.

Web Original

• In The Impossible Homo, when Yuki utilize her well-nigh powerful attack, the villains are sent into the heaven until "stars flashed in the distance."
• In Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series, Marik kicks Crump out of Tea's mind. We then see Crump'south spirit fly into the distance. As he becomes a Twinkle In The Sky, he actually screams, "AAAAAAaaaaaaah! Twinkle!"
• Spoony/Gandalf gets sent flying when he attempts to fight Malacite in Suburban Knights. He comes back afterward, unharmed, afterwards having orbited the Earth at least twice.

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