History PlayingWith / BossDissonance

** The boss gained his position by being [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority way stronger than everything else]].

* '''Enforced''': "The player just went through hell to get to the end of the level, right? Let's make the bosses really easy so they don't break their controllers".

* '''Zig Zagged''': There are lots of bosses in the game. Some are hard, some are easy, some are [[ThatOneBoss all but impossible]], some are [[CurbStompBattle too easy]]....

* '''Zig Zagged''': There are lots of bosses in the game. Some are hard, some are easy, some are [[ThatOneBoss all but impossible]], some are [[CurbStompBattle too easy]]....

[[folder:Type 1 - Hard Levels, Easy Bosses]]

* '''Inverted''': Type 1 is an inversion of Type 2, and vice-versa

[[folder: Type 2 - Easy Levels, Hard Bosses]]

* '''Inverted''': Type 2 is an inversion of Type 1, and viceversa

** Alternatively, the game is a BulletHell shooter. It's significantly easier to avoid intricate bullet patterns from one enemy rather than sprays of bullets from several.

* '''Deconstructed''': The boss has an inferiority complex that leads to suicidal tendencies. When you fight him, he refuses to fight back and begs you to finish him. When the player beats him (''if'' the player beats him), it's a genuine TearJerker.
* '''Reconstructed''': ...But when he finds out that you're actually going to go through with it, he has a FreakOut and tries to take you out with all he's got!...only to be taken out in half a second.

* '''Lampshaded''': "If you're such a BadAss, why did you hire such wimps to guard you?"

* '''Subverted''': After fighting yet another easy boss for a while, he suddenly TurnsRed and becomes ThatOneBoss.

** The boss goes down easily, but turns out to be a BaitAndSwitchBoss. The player barely has time to recover from the (negligible) damage he took before the ManBehindTheMan comes out [[ThatOneBoss ready to fight]].

Back to BossDissonance

* '''Inverted''': Type 1 is an inversion of Type 2, and viceversa

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Straight'''
** ''Hard levels'': The bosses are much easier than the levels.
** ''Hard bosses'': The bosses are much harder than the levels.
* '''Exaggerated'''
** ''Hard levels'': The game is PlatformHell, but every boss is a ZeroEffortBoss.
** ''Hard bosses'': The game's levels are [[ItsEasySoItSucks boringly easy]], but each boss requires several hours of practice, [[TrialAndErrorGameplay memorization]], LevelGrinding, etc.
* '''Justified'''
** ''Hard levels'':
*** The boss is a weak but brilliant and charismatic BigBad who is protected by his legion of Mooks and deviously constructed DeathCourse.
*** The game is based around navigation and platforming, and not around combat. The bosses are simply there to signify the end of a level.
*** Alternatively, the game is a BulletHell shooter. It's significantly easier to avoid intricate bullet patterns from one enemy rather than sprays of bullets from several.
** ''Hard bosses'':
*** The boss gained his position by being [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority way stronger than everything else]].
*** The game is a BossGame. The levels in between are a token challenge thrown in to space out the battles.
* '''Inverted''': Mario-type and Kirby-type are inversions of each other.
* '''Subverted'''
** ''Hard levels'': After fighting yet another easy boss for a while, he suddenly TurnsRed and becomes ThatOneBoss.
** ''Hard bosses'': The first boss in the game [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever takes up more than the whole screen]], but [[AnticlimaxBoss turns out to be really easy]].
* '''Double Subverted'''
** ''Hard levels'': After fighting yet another easy boss for a while, he goes OneWingedAngel...but it turns out to be a ClippedWingAngel.
** ''Hard bosses'': It's the AttackOfThe50FootWhatever, but [[AnticlimaxBoss it's really easy]]. But then it TurnsRed, and becomes ThatOneBoss.
* '''Parodied'''
** ''Hard levels'': A PlatformHell game has humorously easy bosses like ordinary goldfish, rubber ducks, etc.
** ''Hard bosses'': A NintendoHard BossGame has areas between the bosses that are substantial, but pointlessly easy.
* '''Deconstructed'''
** ''Hard levels'': The boss has an inferiority complex that leads to suicidal tendencies. When you fight him, he refuses to fight back and begs you to finish him. When the player beats him (''if'' the player beats him), it's a genuine TearJerker.
** ''Hard bosses'': The boss's minions are on strike and do nothing to stop you on your way to the boss. While you're busy with him, they terrorize the countryside, and one of them becomes the next BigBad.
* '''Reconstructed'''
** ''Hard levels'': ...but when he finds out that you're actually going to go through with it, he has a FreakOut and tries to take you out with all he's got!...only to be taken out in half a second.
** ''Hard bosses'': ...only for the first BigBad to beat the arising boss and take control of his gang (and former minions).

* '''Averted''': The bosses are more challenging than the rest of the game, to a reasonable extent. Or as challenging as the levels themselves.
* '''Enforced''':
** ''Hard levels'': "The player just went through hell to get to the end of the level, right? Let's make the bosses really easy so they don't break their controllers.
** ''Hard bosses'': "Sure, the levels look pretty, but it's the bosses that'll stick in the players mind. So make the levels easy so they can get to the super-tough bosses, where the real fun lies."
* '''Lampshaded'''
** ''Hard levels'': "You seem incredibly weak compared to what I had to go through to get to you."
** ''Hard bosses'': "If you're such a BadAss, why did you hire such wimps to guard you?"
* '''Invoked'''
** ''Hard levels'': "TheHero will never defeat me if he can't get past all my guards and traps!"
** ''Hard bosses'': "I can't trust my Mooks to take care of this guy. It's time to take matters into my own hands."
* '''Defied'''
** ''Hard levels'': A RecurringBoss is fought early on, and doesn't put up much of a fight. He comes back, having sworn vengeance and [[TookALevelInBadass taken several levels in badass]], to become ThatOneBoss.
** ''Hard bosses'': A very tough boss battle is fought...for a few seconds or turns. The boss then escapes so he can stay alive and see his EvilPlan come to fruition.

* '''Conversed''':
** ''Hard levels'': "Oh man, after that level, the boss music has never sounded so sweet."
** ''Hard bosses'': "Oh crap. That's the boss music."

** ''Mario-type'': The bosses are much easier than the levels.
** ''Kirby-type'': The bosses are much harder than the levels.

** ''Mario-type'': The game is PlatformHell, but every boss is a ZeroEffortBoss.
** ''Kirby-type'': The game's levels are [[ItsEasySoItSucks boringly easy]], but each boss requires several hours of practice, [[TrialAndErrorGameplay memorization]], LevelGrinding, etc.

** ''Mario-type'':

** ''Kirby-type'':

** ''Mario-type'': After fighting yet another easy boss for a while, he suddenly TurnsRed and becomes ThatOneBoss.
** ''Kirby-type'': The first boss in the game [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever takes up more than the whole screen]], but [[LevelFiveOnix turns out to be really easy]].

** ''Mario-type'': After fighting yet another easy boss for a while, he goes OneWingedAngel...but it turns out to be a ClippedWingAngel.
** ''Kirby-type'': It's the AttackOfThe50FootWhatever, but [[LevelFiveOnix it's really easy]]. But then it TurnsRed, and becomes ThatOneBoss.

** ''Mario-type'': A PlatformHell game has humorously easy bosses like ordinary goldfish, rubber ducks, etc.
** ''Kirby-type'': A NintendoHard BossGame has areas between the bosses that are substantial, but pointlessly easy.

** ''Mario-type'': The boss has an inferiority complex that leads to suicidal tendencies. When you fight him, he refuses to fight back and begs you to finish him. When the player beats him (''if'' the player beats him), it's a genuine TearJerker.
** ''Kirby-type'': The boss's minions are on strike and do nothing to stop you on your way to the boss. While you're busy with him, they terrorize the countryside, and one of them becomes the next BigBad.

** ''Mario-type'': ...but when he finds out that you're actually going to go through with it, he has a FreakOut and tries to take you out with all he's got!...only to be taken out in half a second.
** ''Kirby-type'': ...only for the first BigBad to beat the arising boss and take control of his gang (and former minions).

** ''Mario-type'': "The player just went through hell to get to the end of the level, right? Let's make the bosses really easy so they don't break their controllers.
** ''Kirby-type'': "Sure, the levels look pretty, but it's the bosses that'll stick in the players mind. So make the levels easy so they can get to the super-tough bosses, where the real fun lies."

** ''Mario-type'': "You seem incredibly weak compared to what I had to go through to get to you."
** ''Kirby-type'': "If you're such a BadAss, why did you hire such wimps to guard you?"

** ''Mario-type'': "TheHero will never defeat me if he can't get past all my guards and traps!"
** ''Kirby-type'': "I can't trust my Mooks to take care of this guy. It's time to take matters into my own hands."

** ''Mario-type'': A RecurringBoss is fought early on, and doesn't put up much of a fight. He comes back, having sworn vengeance and [[TookALevelInBadass taken several levels in badass]], to become ThatOneBoss.
** ''Kirby-type'': A very tough boss battle is fought...for a few seconds or turns. The boss then escapes so he can stay alive and see his EvilPlan come to fruition.

** ''Mario-type'': "Oh man, after that level, the boss music has never sounded so sweet."
** ''Kirby-type'': "Oh crap. That's the boss music."

** '''Mario-type''': The bosses are much easier than the levels.
** '''Kirby-type''': The bosses are much harder than the levels.

** '''Mario-type''': The game is PlatformHell, but every boss is a ZeroEffortBoss.
** '''Kirby-type''': The game's levels are [[ItsEasySoItSucks boringly easy]], but each boss requires several hours of practice, [[TrialAndErrorGameplay memorization]], LevelGrinding, etc.

** '''Mario-type''':

** '''Kirby-type''':

** '''Mario-type''': After fighting yet another easy boss for a while, he suddenly TurnsRed and becomes ThatOneBoss.
** '''Kirby-type''': The first boss in the game [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever takes up more than the whole screen]], but [[LevelFiveOnix turns out to be really easy]].

** '''Mario-type''': After fighting yet another easy boss for a while, he goes OneWingedAngel...but it turns out to be a ClippedWingAngel.
** '''Kirby-type''': It's the AttackOfThe50FootWhatever, but [[LevelFiveOnix it's really easy]]. But then it TurnsRed, and becomes ThatOneBoss.

** '''Mario-type''': A PlatformHell game has humorously easy bosses like ordinary goldfish, rubber ducks, etc.
** '''Kirby-type''': A NintendoHard BossGame has areas between the bosses that are substantial, but pointlessly easy.

** '''Mario-type''': The boss has an inferiority complex that leads to suicidal tendencies. When you fight him, he refuses to fight back and begs you to finish him. When the player beats him (''if'' the player beats him), it's a genuine TearJerker.
** '''Kirby-type''': The boss's minions are on strike and do nothing to stop you on your way to the boss. While you're busy with him, they terrorize the countryside, and one of them becomes the next BigBad.

** '''Mario-type''': ...but when he finds out that you're actually going to go through with it, he has a FreakOut and tries to take you out with all he's got!...only to be taken out in half a second.
** '''Kirby-type''': ...only for the first BigBad to beat the arising boss and take control of his gang (and former minions).

** '''Mario-type''': "The player just went through hell to get to the end of the level, right? Let's make the bosses really easy so they don't break their controllers.
** '''Kirby-type''': "Sure, the levels look pretty, but it's the bosses that'll stick in the players mind. So make the levels easy so they can get to the super-tough bosses, where the real fun lies."

** '''Mario-type''': "You seem incredibly weak compared to what I had to go through to get to you."
** '''Kirby-type''': "If you're such a BadAss, why did you hire such wimps to guard you?"

** '''Mario-type''': "TheHero will never defeat me if he can't get past all my guards and traps!"
** '''Kirby-type''': "I can't trust my Mooks to take care of this guy. It's time to take matters into my own hands."

** '''Mario-type''': A RecurringBoss is fought early on, and doesn't put up much of a fight. He comes back, having sworn vengeance and [[TookALevelInBadass taken several levels in badass]], to become ThatOneBoss.
** '''Kirby-type''': A very tough boss battle is fought...for a few seconds or turns. The boss then escapes so he can stay alive and see his EvilPlan come to fruition.

** '''Mario-type''': "Oh man, after that level, the boss music has never sounded so sweet."
** '''Kirby-type''': "Oh crap. That's the boss music."

** '''Mario-type''': The boss is a weak but brilliant and charismatic BigBad who is protected by his legion of Mooks and deviously constructed DeathCourse.

** '''Kirby-type''': The boss gained his position by being [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority way stronger than everything else]].

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** '''Mario-type''': The game is PlatformHell, but every boss is a ZeroEffortBoss. (SuperMarioGalaxy2 is notable for this, which is why it's called Mario-type.)

** '''Mario-type''': The game is PlatformHell, but every boss is a ZeroEffortBoss.

** '''Kirby-type''': The boss gained his position by being [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking way stronger than everything else]].

** '''Mario-type''': It's a very NintendoHard game. However, every boss is a ZeroEffortBoss.

** '''Kirby-type''': A very tough boss battle is fought...for a few seconds or turns. The boss then escapes so he can stay alive and see his XanatosGambit come to fruition.

* '''Conversed''': ???