Line #13 PlayingWith/FinalBoss


1	'''Basic Trope''': The final enemy you encounter in a video game, normally the BigBad.
2	* '''Straight''': At the end of [[ThirdPersonShooter FireZone]], [[TheHero Bob]] has fought his way through [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Fort Ultimatum]]; at the very end of his journey, he finally comes face-to-face with [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] for a duel to the death.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': In the final level of [=FireZone=], Evulz uses [[NanoTechnology Iron Dust]] to absorb his entire army and now stands inside the heart of his own technological horror. Bob must pull out all the stops to end his evil reign once and for all.
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** Emperor Evulz does face Bob at the end, but he is [[AntiClimaxBoss surprisingly easy to defeat]].
6	** DiscOneFinalBoss
7	* '''Justified''': Emperor Evulz is the main villain and it's Bob's mission to stop him, so it's only logical for them to have an epic final battle.
8	* '''Inverted''':
9	** Bob actually kills Evulz in the first level.
10	** [[MainCharacterFinalBoss Bob himself is the final boss]] while you play as Evulz to defeat Bob.
11	* '''Subverted''':
12	** In the room where Bob is supposed to fight the Emperor, the ceiling collapses [[TheUnfought and the villain is buried in rubble]]...
13	** After beating Evulz, Bob starts to walk away... at which point his RivalTurnedEvil Alex shows up madder than hell and [[RivalFinalBoss attacks]].
14	* '''Double Subverted''':
15	** ...So with Bob's ArchEnemy already dead, he walks away. At which point Evulz [[EnemyRisingBehind rises up]] and Bob sees his [[RoboticReveal true identity]] up close and personal. Time to finish off the TrueFinalBoss.
16	** Evulz shoots Alex in the back and goes OneWingedAngel.
17	* '''Parodied''': Bob fights his way through Evulz's [[StormingTheCastle fortress]], [[FoeTossingCharge killing off scores of]] [[EliteMooks his best men and monsters]]... And then challenges Evulz to a game of TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering.
18	* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob finally confronted Emperor Evulz. Just before they are about to clash, Emperor Evulz fell down a flight of stairs and snapped his neck. Bob shrugged and turned around to leave. Suddenly, Emperor Evulz's son appeared and challenged Bob. Bob defeated Emperor Evulz's son and announced his victory. Suddenly, a pissed off Emperor Evulz grabbed him from behind and initiated an annoying quicktime event. Bob succeeded the event and the Final Boss fight initiates for real along with an exposition train.
19	* '''Averted''': NoFinalBossForYou
20	* '''Enforced''': Bob has completely destroyed Emperor Evulz forces, and he is no longer a threat to the world anyway, however, Bob's superiors demand a final confrontation with Evulz to finish the job.
21	* '''Lampshaded''': "We've spent enough time fighting henchmen. It's time for the final battle with their boss!"
22	* '''Invoked''': Emperor Evulz spent all of his income to build a BossRoom for the sake of pretending himself as a video game Final Boss.
23	* '''Exploited''': Bob [[DressingAsTheEnemy dresses himself as the Final Boss]] and [[ViolationOfCommonSense defeats the Evul Empire by surrendering]].
24	* '''Defied''': Emperor Evulz is [[CutsceneBoss killed in a cutscene,]] or was killed by someone else long before Bob's arrival.
25	* '''Discussed''': "Since this is a game, there's always a Final Boss, isn't it?"
26	* '''Conversed''': "This is the final battle!"
27	* '''Played For Laughs''': [[VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten The stage 3 boss has aspirations of one day becoming a final boss.]]
28	* '''Deconstructed''': Evulz challenges Bob to a one-on-one battle at his base, but once he gets there, a hologram of Evulz greets him and explains that he's rigged the base to explode. What, did he think that Evulz would actually risk a direct battle?
29	* '''Reconstructed''': It turns out that it was just an attempt to make Bob lose the will to fight. He sees right through this and kicks down a door to reveal the [[TrueFinalBoss real Evulz]], then the real fight begins.
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35	%%* '''Implied''': ???
36	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

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