The process of a costumed superhero/supervillian getting his/her ass whooped. This expression can be used regardless of whether or not the costume consists of a cape.

The safeguarding of Earth and other worlds from biological cross-contamination (i.e. billionaires with too much time on their hands).

Also known as “planetary protection.” Planetary protection / quarantine “reflects both the unknown nature of the space environment and the desire of the scientific community to preserve the pristine nature of celestial bodies until they can be studied in detail.”

There are two types of interplanetary contamination. Forward contamination is the transfer of viable organisms from Earth to another celestial body. Back contamination is the transfer of extraterrestrial organisms, if such exist, back to the Earth's biosphere.

In Melee, and to a lesser extent Brawl, when Mario swings the cape around to either:

A. Deflect a fully charged Samus ball
B. Deflect a Fox/Falco after theit up+b recovery rocket
C. Basically anytime the cape is used for tactical advantage