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* It could be argued that [[AnticlimaxBoss Gary]] is this in [[Bully]], with the clique leader BossRush being the FinalBoss stage. The fight against Gary consists largely of taunts and arguements, before an easy fight which ends with Gary being expelled. Really, the fight is only there to get back at Gary for the events of the rest of the game, but the earlier BossRush provided much more of a challenge.

* Well after beating the [[TheManBehindTheMan Elder Princess Shroob]] in MarioAndLuigi: Partners in Time, she possesses Bowser in a last ditch attempt to kill the Mario Bros. and their younger counterparts back in the present time. Even though you can only damage her spirit by reflecting their attacks back at Bowser (the ones Bowser charges and fires, counter with hammer), or dodging them outright (the ones you can jump over), this battle is the easiest of the game.

* Well after beating the [[TheManBehindTheMan Elder Princess Shroob] in MarioAndLuigi: Partners in Time, she possesses Bowser in a last ditch attempt to kill the Mario Bros. and their younger counterparts back in the present time. Even though you can only damage her spirit by reflecting their attacks back at Bowser (the ones Bowser charges and fires, counter with hammer), or dodging them outright (the ones you can jump over), this battle is the easiest of the game.

* after beating the elder Princess Shroob in MarioAndLuigi: Partners in Time, she posesses bowser in a last ditch attempt. even though you can only damage him/her by reflecting their attacks back at them, this battle is the easiest of the game. (even jumping over fireballs will simply cause the fireballs to roll back and hit them)
* After you fight Braska's Fianl Aeon in ''FinalFantasyX'', you meet [[spoiler:Yu Yevon]] in a fight that is mechanically impossible to lose.

Your confrontation with the SealedEvilInACan that [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil represents all evil]] has been foreshadowed throughout the whole game. Finally, you get to its magic castle, defeat TheDragon in a [[FinalBoss suitibly dramatic confrontation]], and then... [[AntiClimaxBoss that was easy.]]

Surprise! [[TheDragon The]] ''[[TheDragon Dragon]]'' was the real FinalBoss of that game, and what you just fought was really the PostFinalBoss.

In clearer terms, the PostFinalBoss is an [[AnticlimaxBoss easy]] to [[ZeroEffortBoss effortless]] boss you fight to clean up the plot after you fight the real FinalBoss. They're more common in [=RPGs=] than other types of games mainly because [=RPGs=] pay more attention to the plot than other types of games, but they can also be found in nearly any game that has a plot.

* After you fight Braska's Fianl Aeon in ''FinalFantasyX'', [[spoiler:Yu Yevon]] comes out as one of these.

* ''{{Metroid}}'' Fusion has [[spoiler:the Omega Metroid]], which is basically a last challenge while being timed. He can be tricky, but his attacks are easy to avoid and you should have plenty of time to win. The SA-X is the true final boss really. [[spoiler:MB]] is another example, from ''OtherM'' - the [[spoiler:Metroid Queen]] is the main final boss, the last part is just a first person thing and you just have to aim for the enemy ([[spoiler:MB]]) in order for a cutscene to play. It only resembles a challenge due to being backed up by four unique EliteMooks (Desbrachian supersoldiers) who can still be knocked out of the way easily once you figure out the proper trick to them. However, there is a PlayableEpilogue afterwards...
* General Oliver can be this in the House and Independent endings to FalloutNewVegas, after defeating the MadeOfIron Legate Lanius. Possibly subverted by the fact that, while he's only as strong as an average human, he's a FlunkyBoss assisted by a squad of [[EliteMooks NCR Veteran Rangers]], who are ''by far'' the most dangerous non-unique [=NPC=]s in the entire game and within a couple of seconds can kill even a level 30 character in high-end armor.

* ''{Metroid}}'' Fusion has [[spoiler:the Omega Metroid]], which is basically a last challenge while being timed. He can be tricky, but his attacks are easy to avoid and you should have plenty of time to win. The SA-X is the true final boss really. [[spoiler:MB]] is another example, from ''OtherM'' - the [[spoiler:Metroid Queen]] is the main final boss, the last part is just a first person thing and you just have to aim for the enemy ([[spoiler:MB]]) in order for a cutscene to play. It only resembles a challenge due to being backed up by four unique EliteMooks (Desbrachian supersoldiers) who can still be knocked out of the way easily once you figure out the proper trick to them. However, there is a PlayableEpilogue afterwards...

* {{[[Metroid]]}} Fusion has [[spoiler:the Omega Metroid]], which is basically a last challenge while being timed. He can be tricky, but his attacks are easy to avoid and you should have plenty of time to win. The SA-X is the true final boss really. [[spoiler:MB]] is another example, from ''OtherM'' - the [[spoiler:Metroid Queen]] is the main final boss, the last part is just a first person thing and you just have to aim for the enemy in order for a cutscene to play. However, there is a PlayableEpilogue afterwards...

* The real final boss of ''MetroidOtherM'' is the Queen Metroid. Afterwards, there's still a couple levels of gameplay and a final confrontation with main villain M.B., but she goes down in one shot and only resembles a challenge due to being backed up by four unique EliteMooks (Dezorian supersoldiers) who can still be knocked out of the way easily once you figure out the proper trick to them.

* ''Operation C'', the ''{{Contra}}'' game for the original GameBoy, has you fight a giant robot guardian before confronting the alien leader. The alien leader itself is just a giant BrainInAJar with no form of defense whatsoever.

* At the end of the final ''{{Borderlands}}'' [=DLC=] (which is also the end of the ''Borderlands'' story proper), you fight a humongous Claptrap robot-fortress. After you blow that up, the 3-foot-tall Claptrap robot himself jumps out to fight you. He's pretty nimble and has a fairly damaging close-range hadoken move, but otherwise has relatively low health and damaage output and is a pretty easy fight compared to the usual major boss battles in the game.

* At the end of the final ''{{Borderlands}}'' [=DLC=] (which is also the end of the ''Borderlands'' story proper), you fight a humongous Claptrap robot-fotress. After you blow that up, the 3-foot-tall Claptrap robot himself jumps out to fight you. He's pretty nimble and has a fairly damaging close-range hadoken move, but otherwise has relatively low health and damaage output and is a pretty easy fight compared to the usual major boss battles in the game.

* General Olvier can be this in some of the endings to FalloutNewVegas, after defeating Lanius. Possibly subverted by the fact that, while he's only as strong as an average human, he's a FlunkyBoss assisted by a squad of NCR rangers, who can do much more damage to you than he can.

* Seen in the [=PC=] version of ''FarCry''. In the final level you fight (in order) the [[OneWingAngel mutated, superpowered]] BigBad, then go through ThatOneLevel fighting several [[GiantMook Giant Mooks]] with rocket launchers and DemonicSpider snipers, then have to fight through a final gauntlet of EliteMooks, before you finally come to the final villain; a weak scientist armed with a submachine gun who goes down in one bullet.

In clearer terms, the PostFinalBoss is an [[AnticlimaxBoss easy]] to [[ZeroEffortBoss effortless]] boss you fight to clean up the plot after you fight the real FinalBoss. They're more common in RPGs than other types of games mainly because RPGs pay more attention to the plot than other types of games, but they can also be found in nearly any game that has a plot.

Examples:
* After you fight BFA in FinalFantasyX, [[spoiler:YuYevon]] comes out as one of these.
* The two or three move fight against Sephiroth in FinalFantasyVII is also one of these.
* ShadowOfTheColossus: [[spoiler: The HopelessBossFight against the three knights]] after you've beaten the final Colossus.
* [[spoiler: Geldoblame]] in Baten Kaitos.
* [[spoiler:Nyx]] in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3.