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* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'' has this for most mooks and bosses. They usually come with a descriptive title too.

* ''VideoGame/FashionPoliceSquad'': The fashion criminal Mooks are often introduced in a cutscene where they walk into the area, followed by a scene that displays their code name and fashion crime (like Dull Suits being "Too Drab", Neon Brahs being "Too Flashy", Tourists having "Socks With Sandals", etc) while they give off a quote of their own.

* Octoling and Octostriker stages in ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' always do this after you move on from the starting area.

* ''VideoGame/SunsetOverdrive'' has this for each and every enemy in the game, utilizing an 80s-style freeze-frame so you know that they mean business. [[UpToEleven Taken even further]] by using the same technique for major characters!

* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' has those, except for a few late mooks (mostly variants of previously encountered ones).

* When you first enter Tourian in ''VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission'', there's a short cutscene of metroids draining a space pirate of its energy.
* In ''{{VideoGame/Killer7}}'', upon first encountering any type of [[ActionBomb Heaven Smile]], the screen zooms in and the name is displayed for a short time.

* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'': The game uses cutscenes to introduce bosses, mid-bosses, and major enemies such as [[SpacePirate space pirates]], baby Sheegoths, [[EliteMooks beam troopers]], and the Metroids themselves. However, the only time you'll see any text is if you use the Scan Visor.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'': While most games limit the introductory cut-scenes to large monsters (which are classified as bosses or minibosses), on rare occasions they'll also show a custscene introducing a new small monster. ''Monster Hunter 4'', for example, does this with the Konchu and later with the Zamite.

* In ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', levels with a Super Ability will introduce the appropriate mooks this way (with the exception of Super Bonkers, who is a miniboss).

* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' uses cut-scenes to introduce bosses, mid-bosses, and major enemies such as [[SpacePirate space pirates]], baby sheegoths, [[DemonicSpiders beam troopers]], and the metroids themselves. The only time you'll see any text is if you use the scan visor.

* In ''VideoGame/IttleDew'', all enemies (plus some statues) have a short dialogue with Ittle and Tippsie when they're first encountered.

* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' has those, except for a few late mooks (mostly variants of previouly encountered ones).

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

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[[caption-width-right:258:Your first meeting with Grace and Glory. [[DemonicSpiders And sadly for you, far from the last.]]]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Doom 3}}'' has this happen. When a new Mook shows up, a cutscene will kick in to let you know. This is only for demons, not zombies(except for the Commando). The Trite, the Cacodemon, and the Cherub, have no introduction cutscenes.

** This carries into ''VideoGame/StarcraftII''; most of your units, to a greater or lesser extent, have a campaign mission specifically tailored to them, and chances are that you'll see a demonstration of the unit's capabilities either during the briefing or at the beginning of the mission. Sometimes, especially in ''Heart of the Swarm'', these are even playable; the seven "evolution missions" in the game introduce you to two variations of one of your core units and let you take them out for a spin, pitting [[BugWar your ravening minions]] against [[MookHorrorShow hapless Dominion troops]] before deciding which of the two you want to keep.

* 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.

* While most ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' games limit the introductory cut-scenes to large monsters (which are classified as bosses or minibosses), on rare occasions they'll also show a custscene introducing a new small monster. ''Monster Hunter 4'', for example, does this with the Konchu and later with the Zamite.

* In ''Videogame/Psychonauts2'' every enemy, including bosses, get a short cutscene introducing them when they first appear.

* In ''VideoGame/CrisisCoreFinalFantasyVII'', there is a cutscene played when Zack and Cloud are riding in Cissnei's motorbike to Gongaga, and they're confronted by Genesis. Some stuff that ([[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext sort of]]) [[ItMakesSenseInContext makes sense in context]] involving a Genesis copy eating Zack's hair, and it causes a genetic mutation in said copy which results in him spouting grotesque spindly legs from his back. That enemy type isn't encountered again in the main game, but several variations appear in side-missions from that point on.

* New mook types in ''KISS: Psycho Circus'' are heralded in cutscenes, complete with their names showing up at the bottom of the screen.

* 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]]." They removed the brief description in ''Swap Force'', brought it back for only trappable enemies in ''Trap Team'', and did comical cutscenes for ''Superchargers''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' does it. [[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 (apparently, it was cut due to time constraints).
* ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'' features this with enemies found for the first time.

* ''VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns'' does this.

** ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'', made by the same director, also features this.

* Used in ''VideoGame/ColdFear'' with basically every enemy, except maybe for the [[spoiler: one-armed Exobrutes.]]
* Everytime you meet a new enemy in ''VideoGame/TheSuffering'', a cutscene will show them slithering out of the environment

* 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]]." They removed the brief description in ''Swap Force'', though.

* While most ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' limit the introductory cut-scenes to large monsters (which are classified as bosses or minibosses), on rare occasions they'll also show a custscene introducing a new small monster. ''Monster Hunter 4'', for example, does this with the Konchu and later with the Zamite.

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker's'' minibosses (a Darknut and a Winged Mothula, for instance) show up as EliteMooks later on, and get this trope in their miniboss appearance.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' has a cutscene to introduce one of the decrepit, stationary Guardians blocking one of the routes to a [[MiniDungeon Shrine]]. It's only after you complete the Great Plateau section that you find out about their significance to the plot. Also, the Zora's Domain section tasks you with retrieving Shock Arrows used by a Lynel, who gets an introductory cutscene (though you can encounter other Lynels before this point).

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' games often have cut-scenes that play during your first encounter with a new species of large monster.