History Main / WarmupBoss

* The dark eco plant in the [[JungleJapes Forbidden Jungle]] in ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy''.

** Whispy Woods is the first boss in almost every ''Kirby'' game (except in ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror'', where he's replaced by [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute King Golem]], who's basically a reskin with the ability to summon [[GiantMook Golems]] and in ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'' where he gets replaced as the first boss by the giant gorilla, Gorimondo). He's completely stationary, most of his attacks can be avoided simply by ''standing right next to him,'' and his only really dangerous attack is to drop apples. In the [[NewGamePlus Extra Mode]] of ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand'', though, he can drop ''[[SpikesOfDoom Gordos]].'' Notably, many later games add twists and variations to his fight to catch veterans off-guard, such as Twin Woods in ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'', his ability to inhale and chew players in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' (nailing people who think standing next to him and whaling away will still work), and the considerably more mobile [[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe Flowery Woods]] and [[VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot Clanky Woods]], but in all cases are still easier than bosses later in the game, so they still fit this trope.

** The Yamaraja: Earth from the first game is technically the third boss but since the first two battles, against the Cardinal and Foxface, are of the [[HopelessBossFight hopeless]] kind, they don't count. The fight introduces the concept of ring abnormalities (status ailment that affect the Judgement Ring) that will be present for the entire game. Despite the name, the monster is water aligned and will take huge damage from Zhuzhen's Ogre Flamedance attack.
** The Gargoyle from ''Covenant'' is dark aligned and thus Nicholas and his white magic could easily soloed the fight.
** The Deep One from ''From the New World'' could have posed a threat had Johnny fought it by himself. Fortunately, Shania, [[VoluntaryShapeshifting already on her Thunderbird fusion]], joins the battle quickly turning the tide in favor of the heroes.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfTianding'': "Piggy" Wang, the game's first boss (and one hell of a FatBastard) is a surprisingly good punching bag for players. He's laughably immobile due to being confined to a rickshaw, his cane and pistol attacks can be dodged with your jumping and dashing moves, his massive girth makes him an easy target for melee and projectile attacks and by getting behind him (easy with the jump trick), then Wang is a sitting duck to a dozen concentrated punches that shaves his health away before he can recover. The only danger comes from the two turrets on either side of the screen and his giant weaponized statue, but they're nowhere as challenging as later bosses' attack patterns - and that's not getting into how you can [[HoistByHisOwnPetard deflect the statue's projectiles into hurting Wang for you]].

** Momohime fights the Blue Monk, a revenge-seeking cyclops yokai. He's a big sluggish target that telegraphs all of his attack (he always prays before taking action) making them really easy to dodge. He can also be stun-locked by a flurry of slashes before he gets to do anything.
** Kizuke has to deal with Kurozaru, the leader of the Skull Valley Ozaru ninjas. Like the Blue Monk, he's also a big target that telegraphs all of his attack that invariably involve his pair of pinwheel shurikens. The difference is that Kurozaru is slightly faster but not by much.

** The Gargoyle from ''Convenant'' is dark aligned and thus Nicholas and his white magic could easily soloed the fight.

** ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' and ''Advent'': To drive it home, the first and second bosses in the former get a variation each that become {{Mini Boss}}es in the latter, and the ''latter's'' first boss is the only one Grey/Ashe have to defeat [[BadassNormal in just their regular un-Megamerged forms]].

* ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'': Most of the games include one of these.
** The first game has Toasty -- you have to work hard to get hit in this "battle".

** The first Alpha Metroid in ''VideoGame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus'' and ''VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns''.

** Shadow Yosuke from ''VideoGame/Persona4'' is your introduction to general bossfight 101, involving using attacks and guards in response to the boss's behavior to bring him down.

* ''VideoGame/HeavyWeapon'' has the ''Twinblade'' boss. It's first appears in the end of the first level, only armed with homing missile launchers. You can destroy its launchers, making it become vulnerable for the rest of the fight. On the second fight, the missile lauchers are tougher to destroy and has two indestructible energy turrets added to the mix. However, ''Twinblade'' becomes [[EarlyBirdBoss much more threatening]] in Boss Blitz mode thanks to you starting off with no power ups other than one level of shielding, and can end you in ''two'' hits if you're not careful.

* ''VideoGame/HeavyWeapon'' has the ''Twinblade'' boss. It's first appears in the end of the first level, only armed with homing missile launchers. You can destroy its launchers, making it become vulnerable for the rest of the fight. On the second fight, the missile lauchers are tougher to destroy and has two indestructible energy turrets added to the mix. However, ''Twinblade'' becomes [[EarlyBirdBoss much more threating]] in Boss Blitz mode thanks to you starting off with no power ups other than one level of shielding, and can end you in ''two'' hits if you're not careful.

** The series has the Veloci/Gen/Io/Giadromes, weak "boss" monsters that are basically just [[KingMook souped-up versions of small monsters]]. Even with the weak starting weapons, they can be easily killed in under two minutes.
** Later games have the Great Jaggi, which is also a KingMook, but is given more of a unique design from its underlings and more health to make it more of an actual boss monster. Its relatives, the Great Wroggi and Great Baggi, are also {{King Mook}}s, but are fought later enough to not count as just warm-ups.
** ''Portable 3rd'' also has the Arzuros, with its simple and slow movement pattern and low health. It's even fought ''before'' the Great Jaggi in this game.

* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'' has Skelter Helter. He serves mainly as a tutorial to the game's controls and is therefore rather easy to beat. [[ThatOneBoss At least until you fight him on Bitter...]]
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroesIII''
** Mr Black Hole spends most of the battle awkwardly shuffling around while occasionally using his black holes to do a telegraphed, easy to dodge attack. Even after escaping to an outer dimension and forcing Travis to summon his mini mecha armor, he's still a pushover.
** Gold Joe is even easier: all his attacks end with a flourish that leave him open for a counterattack and his gimmick, magnetizing the metallic floor of the area, can be easily turned against him by reversing the polarity and sending him crashing into the electric fence that surrounds the arena.

** Shadow Yosuke from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' is your introduction to general bossfight 101, involving using attacks and guards in response to the boss's behavior to bring him down.
** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}''

** Knuckle Dragger in ''Videogame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' is simply a big bullymong surrounded by smaller bullymongs that you deal with before you even get your Action Skill.

* Every Stage 1 boss in the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' series. They're the first spellcard users you encounter in the games, but their patterns are (usually) trivial to dodge. This sometimes extends to the Stage 2 boss, at least when they're not the WakeUpCallBoss.

* ''BeaconOfHope'' has Rotty the giant rotary phone, who has two telegraphed attacks and very slow-moving projectiles.

* Wyzen in ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' has the easiest patterns in the game to look out for, along with being the first of Asura's former allies to die. Even when he's the [[UpToEleven size of the planet]], Asura still destroys him handily.