History Main / MookDebutCutscene

Thus, the unsuspecting player will often run in a seemingly desert area and be interrupted by a cutscene. [[RandomEncounter Cue a mook]] appearing stylishly from nowhere and maybe doing some threatening moves before the fight begins. The sequence is usually wordless but may feature a warcry of some sort. Naturally {{Elite Mook}}s tend to have a debut scene more often than minor mooks.

* ''DawnOfWar'' also does it for your own units in some cases (in the first two games, which had linear missions).

* The Undead's Abomination gets a little scene in ''WarcraftIII'', where it's noted it seems to consist of corpses sown together.

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* Happens in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series- the first time you meet geth, husks (both on Eden Prime) and Collectors are all during cutscenes. Interestingly, in the first game, since you can do most of the story missions in any order, the two subtypes of geth, the large Prime units and wall-clinging Hopper units have debut cutscenes every time you run into them.

* In ''KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', levels with a Super Ability will introduce the appropriate mooks this way (with the exception of Super Bonkers, who is a miniboss).
* The SpongebobSquarepants game ''[[VideoGame/SpongebobSquarepantsBattleForBikiniBottom Battle for Bikini Bottom]]'' contained brief cutscenes of most robots when you first encounter them, as well as them showcasing their fighting techniques against harmless [=NPCs=] or other targets.

* ''VideoGame/FableI'' has a few, includeing a memorable one for balverines.

* ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' have Dr Vahlen and Dr Shen comment aliens that you meet for the first time.

* In the ''StarWars DarkForcesSaga'' game Jedi Outcast, when you first encounter a Reborn (artificially-empowered Force users; far more {{Badass}} than most Imperial {{Mooks}}, though nothing compared to those who properly learned Jedi and Sith techniques) you get a brief cutscene of his arrival.

* In VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity, the first time you meet a new kind of mook, the camera zooms in and Batman describes the new enemy.

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'', the first time you encounter a new enemy type in Story mode the camera cuts to the enemy in question and displays their name with a brief, slightly witty description attached. E.g, "Drow Spearman: Watch out for the [[BladeOnAStick pointy end]]."

* ''GauntletLegends''! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewTjygaoCMc

* ''VideoGame/{{X-Com Enemy Unknown 2012}}'' have Dr Vahlen and Dr Shen comment aliens that you meet for the first time.

* ''DeadIsland'' introduces new zombie types in the game via this trope.

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* Happens in the ''MassEffect'' series- the first time you meet geth, husks (both on Eden Prime) and Collectors are all during cutscenes. Interestingly, in the first game, since you can do most of the story missions in any order, the two subtypes of geth, the large Prime units and wall-clinging Hopper units have debut cutscenes every time you run into them.

* FableI has a few, includeing a memorable one for balverines.

* ''{{Bayonetta}}'' does it. Curiously, [[BossInMookClothing Gracious & Glorious]] don't have one even though they are the {{Elite Mook}}s of the game; probably because they are an upgraded version of [[DemonicSpiders Grace & Glory]] and are not met in Easy mode.

** Zombies and Hunters are both introduced with a FMV cutscene when first encountered in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil the original]].

Please do not include bosses in the examples. This trope is for regular enemies appearing for the first time.

* In BatmanArkhamCity, the first time you meet a new kind of mook, the camera zooms in and Batman describes the new enemy.

* Done in every game of the ''DevilMayCry'' series, for every single enemy. The reboot ''DmCDevilMayCry'' follows the tradition.

* Happens in the ''MassEffect'' series- the first time you meet geth, husks (both on Eden Prime) and Collectors are all during cutscenes.

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* The SpongebobSquarepants game ''Battle for Bikini Bottom'' contained brief cutscenes of most robots when you first encounter them, as well as them showcasing their fighting techniques against harmless [=NPCs=] or other targets.

* ''X-Com Enemy Unknown 2012'' have Dr Vahlen and Dr Shen comment aliens that you meet for the first time.