Does Not Illustrate: Giant Space Flea From Nowhere

The current image takes the trope name too literally, and it misunderstands the trope. The image seems to think that Giant Space Flea from Nowhere is a suddenly-appearing boss that clashes with the game's overall theme, which is not the correct definition.

A Giant Space Flea from Nowhere is, to quote the description, "a boss with no relevance whatsoever to the actual plot, and who comes out of nowhere." The parts I bolded are the two main criteria for this trope. The problem here is that the example in the image meets the second criterium, but not the first. The alleged "space flea" in this example is apparently the one behind the Evil Poachers you spend the rest of the game fighting, which makes it the Big Bad. It even says so in the image - "THIS IS THE FINAL BOSS. CONTROLING(sic) EVIL HUNTERS." Big Bads, by definition, cannot be Giant Space Fleas From Nowhere. It doesn't matter how strange or out-of-the-ordinary the boss is; that's not what this trope is about. It's about the plot relevance (or lack thereof) of the boss in question.

Short version: The image is a Square Peg Round Trope, and it's misleading. Given that GSFFN already sees a decent chunk of misuse for out-of-nowhere bosses that are plot relevant, I don't think it's a good idea to encourage it.

edited 9th Dec '14 2:26:03 AM by MyTimingIsOff

I dunno, I think that that green thingy is a far cry from the plot suggested by the rest of the sequence. Not particularly good but I think we'll need a suggestion here before a pull.