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* Sebastian [=LaCroix=] in the ending of ''VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' after you kill his [[TheDragon dragon]] the Sheriff: He simply isn't much for combat, and first tries his CompellingVoice on you, and when that fails, falling to his knees comboed with whining and simpering. Depending on your ending, the main character [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown takes this opportunity to give him a physical evaluation of his management style.]] [[spoiler:You don't even get to kill him in the end: Either Ming Xiao or Strauss takes him away for execution, or the contents of the Ankharan Sarcophagus does him (and potentially you) in.]]

* Sebastian [=LaCroix=] dies--you don't even kill him--in a cutscene at the end of ''Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines'' after you kill his [[TheDragon dragon]] the Sheriff.

** The latter two have an excuse. This is a Disney game after all, so they villains need a DisneyVillainDeath. The only Disney Villains fought in the series are distinctly inhuman (Hades, Ursula, Oogie, Scar), comically resilient (Captain Hook, Pete), or are capable of fighting back (Maleficent, Clayton, Barbossa, Jafar, Gantu, Shan Yu.) Would a battle against a bitter old woman honestly make a good boss fight?

* [[spoiler: Roxas]] in ''KingdomHearts II''. Later upgraded to ThatOneBoss in the UpdatedRerelease, not that [[NoExportForYou we english speaking types get to enjoy it]]. Additionally there was [[PeterPan Captain Hook]] in ''358/2 Days'' as well as [[SnowWhite The Queen]] and [[{{Cinderella}} Lady Termaine]] in ''Birth by Sleep''.

** Which actually ends up making sense; if [[spoiler:MB]] succumbed so easily to regular weapons fire, what chance did she have against [[OneManArmy Samus]] herself?
** What makes the scene confusing and infuriating to players is sometimes the player may wind up focusing on the right target to trigger the cut scene without even trying and others may focus on killing all the enemies before realizing who the main target is.

* In ''[[MetroidOtherM Metroid: Other M]]'', [[spoiler: the final boss fight]] takes the form of one very brief FPS segment - hit the boss one time and Federation soldiers storm in and finish the job.

* In ''{{Unreal}} 2'', the game ends with the player discovering that [[spoiler: his boss, Sector Commander Hawkins, was the BigBad all along.]] [[spoiler: Hawkins]] gets quickly executed in a cutscene by a single pistol shot to the gut, although as an unarmed human officer it's not like he could have put up much of a fight anyway.

* [[GeneralRipper General Randall]] is the leader of [[ArmiesAreEvil Blackwatch]], the GovernmentConspiracy behidn all of the mayhem in ''{{Prototype}}''. When [[HeroicSociopath Alex]] [[PersonOfMassDestruction Mercer]] finally catches up to Randall, he delivers a brief tirade and then [[IAmAHumanitarian consumes]] the general effortlessly. Which makes sense, given that Alex is able to take on entire batallions or infected hordes singlehandedly and win, and Randall's a middle-aged, one-armed man.

* [[spoiler:Saren]] from {{Mass Effect}} is potentially a cutscene boss. If the player's persuasion skills are high enough, he can be convinced to commit suicide during the cutscene that takes place before the boss battle, completely avoiding the final battle.

* In ''[[BatmanArkhamAsylum Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'', [[MadLove Harley Quinn]] receives a lot of build over the first two-thirds of the game or so only for her first direct attack on Batman to end with her being casually disposed in a cutscene.

** Not quite, as the EldritchAbomination takes control of his corpse. Though it still stands as the first fight with him can potentially be in a cutscene.

* Sebastian LaCroix dies--you don't even kill him--in a cutscene at the end of ''Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines'' after you kill his [[TheDragon dragon]] the Sheriff.

[[AC:Non-game examples]]

* While not exactly a game, Alex was fully prepared to fight the {{Runaways}} and the rest of the Pride, but got burned in fire before either if them could do anything to each other.

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Yes, the CutsceneBoss. That boss that's killed in a pre-scripted event, either with no input, or with quick-time events. Both are almost always incredibly disappointing, especially if the other bosses were big armoured bastards equipped with a BFG in each hand that required tactics, planning, and all your ammo to take out.

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