Line #2 PlayingWith/ClimaxBoss


1	'''Basic Trope''': A BossBattle set after a major revelation, capping off the latest plot developments with an epic fight.
2	* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Dirk]] and [[PlayerParty his friends]] just retrieved the last [[MineralMacGuffin Flare Prism]], which they've been told hold the key to defeating Emperor Evulz... but surprise! [[TheDragon General Jade]] was just using them as his personal MacGuffinDeliveryService! He overpowers [[SquishyWizard Velvet]] when she tries to stop him, and takes off with her and the Flare Prisms, leaving behind one of his pet dragons to finish the heroes off. Cue BossBattle.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Before leaving, he taunts them by revealing that Velvet is actually [[RebelliousPrincess Emperor Evulz' daughter]]! And that [[LovableRogue Blitz]] was [[TheMole spying on them all along]]! Oh, and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he's not required anymore]], so he can just be fried by the dragon too. And General Jade's going to betray Evulz and destroy the world in less than a week! Bye!
4	--->'''[[BoisterousBruiser Pi]][[TrueCompanions ke]]''': [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Ah shit]]. INeedAFreakingDrink after this, wanna come with me Dirk?\
5	'''Dirk''': Sure.
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** General Jade just swipes the Flare Prisms and leaves the dragon behind without making any plot reveals.
8	** General Jade was merely a [[ThresholdGuardians Threshold Guardian]] [[BrokenBridge that held off Dirk and company from the Flare Prism]] for a large chunk of the first act.
9	* '''Justified''': General Jade himself turns out to be the major boss battle.
10	* '''Inverted''':
11	** AnticlimaxBoss
12	** [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere A boss that comes as a total surprise in the middle of a part of the game where nothing important is happening.]]
13	* '''Subverted''': [[ZeroEffortBoss General Jade's pet dragon, despite being huge and fearsome, goes down in 2 hits.]]
14	* '''Double Subverted''': [[TurnsRed ... after which, it reveals its true, death-dealing form!]]
15	* '''Parodied''': Jade ''tries'' to give his big DramaBomb speech, [[ShutUpHannibal but Dirk and his friends keep attacking him and won't let him finish]]. Finally, he gives up in disgust, summons his dragons so he can escape, and slinks off complaining about his big moment being ruined.
16	* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
17	* '''Averted''': No major boss fight after a major plot turn.
18	* '''Enforced''':
19	** "That was a long cutscene. The players are probably itching for a fight".
20	** "We have to make that PlayerPunch from earlier count, but having the BigBad FinalBoss himself be responsible for it wouldn't work; let's [[ItsPersonalWithTheDragon make it personal with the Dragon]]."
21	* '''Lampshaded''': Jade says offhandedly that, now that Dirk & Co. are off guard due to such a dramatic revelation, its the perfect time to call forth his pet dragon.
22	* '''Invoked''': The heroes taunt General Jade into leaving behind his pet dragon so they can cut down his forces before he retreats.
23	* '''Exploited''': ???
24	* '''Defied''': The heroes attack General Jade before he can reveal anything
25	* '''Discussed''': ???
26	* '''Conversed''': "You see, the problem with climax bosses is that you have to rewatch the cutscene every time you die".
27	* '''Deconstructed''': The heroes live [[CrapsackWorld in a place]] where using some poor beast as a cover for an escape is common and so have rigged a ballista with trusted friends or mercenaries to kill the dragon when it inevitably shows up. The revelations shock them to the core but the dragon dies with barely a whimper due to proper planning.
28	* '''Reconstructed''': General Jade knows about the ballista and sends a DualBoss dragon to attack that team before they can fire it. However, both are killed by [[TheBrute Claidheamh]], who was hired by Emperor Evulz to take down ''every'' person after the Flare Prism, who promptly challenges the gang to a fight.
29	* '''Played For Laughs''': Jade's speech revealing everything is interrupted by a GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere crashing onto the scene. It immediately attacks the heroes; Jade is clearly surprised, but decides to just go with it.
30	* '''Played For Drama''': Jade revels in the grief and chaos of his revelations and then drops the [[DramaBomb Drama Bomb of changing Velvet, the Big Bad's daughter into her primal form: the]] [[BossBattle dragon!]] Blitz, who was secretly in love with her, refuses to fight and is [[RedemptionEqualsDeath killed shielding the others.]]
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