In the original series, Zeon dropped one of Earth's space colonies during the Back Story "Operation British" in an attempt to destroy the Earth Federation's nuke-proof headquarters in Brazil. The only way they avoid an Inferred Holocaust is by making it explicit, though rarely past class 0 on the scale. The Trope Namer is Gundam: dropping large objects ranging from space colonies to asteroids to battlestations is a favorite tactic of the series, though usually unsuccessful. Later parodied when Nerval's battle body wraps around Leopard's colony, yells out " COLONY DROP!!", and suplexes him into the lunar surface. Leopard, the Master Computer running a space colony in The Girl Who Leapt Through Space, spirals downward into despair after he can't fire his Wave-Motion Gun and almost colony drops himself into the Earth. In the second Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series, a rare positive if bittersweet example of this trope: The Tachikoma drop dozens of satellites, including the one containing their AI, into Earth's atmosphere in order to intercept a nuclear missile aimed at Dejima. The favor gets returned later on by the Getter Emperor, a Humongous Mecha so large that it crushes the AFC's planets by flying into them. The Andromeda Flow Country from Getter Robo attempt this with their enormous space battleship, in a last-ditch attempt to stop humanity's use of Getter Rays. The good puchuus manage to destroy most of it, then when they learn a remaining piece will still devastate the City of Adventure on impact, declare it acceptable losses and leave as the Puchuu-shaped mushroom cloud rises over Fukuo- excuse me, "F City." (The next episode is a parody of Fist of the North Star that turns quite unexpectedly, and quite effectively, serious in the last third). Parodied in Excel♡Saga: at the end of the Space Opera spoof, the evil puchuu faction tries to ram the Earth with their giant mothership. Kotori blows up the first one in time, then Shido and his harem blows up the second one, and Origami blows up the third one. Date A Live: Some treacherous members of DEM attempt to assassinate Sir Isaac Ray Peram Westcott by causing three satellites to fall on Tengu City, not caring about the collateral damage. Battle Programmer Shirase's main character Akira has a 'special attack' where he drops three decommissioned Russian satellites in a row, insuring that the last makes it intact through the atmosphere on the target of his choice. Contrast Save Sat, when it's a satellite crashing down. 
If you have a weapon capable of causing these, then it is very likely also a subtrope of Superweapon. Even a successfully halted colony drop can be the source of an Inferred Holocaust. Those who happen to be at ground zero are especially screwed. This often results in an Earth-Shattering Kaboom. When someone is doing this on purpose, this trope often overlaps with Meteor-Summoning Attack and Orbital Bombardment.
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If this is done deliberately by a villain, he may warn the world in advance ( through their TV sets), so as to give the good guys time to avert it. Most often done with asteroids or comets, but very large space colonies often show up too, and provide the added drama of allowing both populations to witness their imminent doom. It most likely will require Applied Phlebotinum to stop or a large amount of firepower, thus it's also one of the few cases where the Nuclear Option is acceptable. The sky literally falling has a way of pushing the story quickly past the Godzilla Threshold. Or not, if you don't care about surviving it or you're already going to be dead when it happens. Put simply, just set any sufficiently large object on a course toward the Earth, or whatever world is important to the plot, and make sure you're off-world when it hits. One of the most dramatic ways to try and bring about The End of the World as We Know It.
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