History KnightOfCerebus / VideoGames

** The End from ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'' asily the biggest one in the franchise, as it brings the entire franchise into Cosmic Horror territory. And when your rival contenders for the title consist of people like [[VileVillainSaccharineShow Black Doom,]] [[HeroKiller Mephiles,]] [[MadGod Solaris,]] [[OmnicidalManiac Eggman Nega,]] [[ApocalypseHow Dark Gaia]] and the sort, that is no '''easy''' feat to accomplish.

** Shadow the Hedgehog's introduction into franchise took the series down a much darker and grimmer path. ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' had a larger share of dark moments than any of the previous games but ultimately contained an upbeat tone. ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' (Shadow's debut) is certifiably a point at which the series started experimenting with much heavier themes and Shadow was certainly a catalyst in the series' move in that direction (which continued all the way up to ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'').

* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' is as full of them as it is of lighthearted soundtracks and rainbows:
** ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' has Nightmare, the first truly sinister villain, who intends to cause everyone pain, to the point that King Dedede, even after sealing him away, kept the inhabitants of Dream Land from dreaming to protect them from him, which was mistaken by Kirby for an evil plan.
** Zero. He does not appear in ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2'' but is presumably the one who sent Dark Matter to [[DemonicPossession possess King Dedede]] and [[TheNightThatNeverEnds bring darkness to Dream Land]]. After a similar plot in ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3'', he appears for the first time, and is perhaps one of the series' most frightening villains due to the blood when you fight him (including ''cutting himself and shooting his blood at you'', and ''ripping out his own eye''). And he returns as 02 in his final appearance in ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' (or else a different version of him takes his place), once again having Dark Matters possess Dedede and others and, though the blood is toned down, still menacing and sinister before he finally [[KilledOffForReal dies for good]].
** ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror'' has Dark Meta Knight, an evil counterpart to Meta Knight who defeats him and replaces him (though Meta Knight survives). And then you get his master, Dark Mind, who is a sinister conquerer of the mirror world who corrupted the Dimension Mirror with darkness and strongly resembles [[Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron]].
** To a lesser extent, Dark Nebula in ''VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad''. His personality and ambitions are not fleshed out very much and he doesn't look nearly as menacing as Dark Mind, but [[spoiler: he does possess Daroach, and both King Dedede and Meta Knight really wanted him to not be released (even with the powerful Kirby around to fight him, who ends up easily destroying him nonetheless), to the point of Meta Knight fighting Kirby to try to prevent this.]] And he is also mentioned to be the ''ruler of the underworld''.
** ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack'' has the ''deathly evil'' Necrodeus, who not only is terrifying in looks to the point that Necrodeus' apperance is more fitting to a DarkFantasy instead of the SugarBowl of Kirby universe, but nearly kills Franchise/{{Kirby}} at the beginning of the game by [[CurbStompBattle splitting him into ten defenseless smaller Kirbies before proceeding to actually murder nine out of the ten while one of them escaped by literally following his heart]]. And that's only the beginning; every time Kirby leaves one of the islands, however many Kirbies are revived are captured by his mooks until only one of them is left (until Skullord's defeat, of course). You can have this guy to thank for sealing this game in CerebusSyndrome, as this adventure seems like a trip through Hell itself for the smaller, weaker ten Kirbies.
** ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' has Queen Sectonia. She is a vain, cruel tyrant who has made the people of Floralia suffer for a long time, prompting them to call Kirby for help. Her henchman, Taranza, [[spoiler: controls King Dedede like a puppet]], and after assuming her OneWingedAngel form, Sectonia plans to suck the life force of everyone in Dream Land ''for all eternity''. It gets even worse when you realize she was originally a benevolent ruler before being permanently corrupted by the Dimension Mirror, either through an equally permanent corruption on the mirror by Dark Mind before his death, or the absolute hatred and vengeance of the very much alive Dark Meta Knight.
** ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheRainbowCurse'' has [[spoiler: Dark Crafter]], who [[spoiler: possesses Claycia]] and [[TakenForGranite turns everyone on Pop Star into clay]], which is either effectively death to them until released (which he intended to last forever), or [[AndIMustScream has them fully conscious while petrified]], thus effectively (though temporarily, thanks to Kirby's heroics) wiping out an entire planet simply to gain power for himself. Even Kirby is affected by this and had Elline not come along when she did, Kirby would not have been able to save everyone else.
** ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' has Star Dream, President Haltmann's master computer who [[spoiler: betrays and absorbs him (even [[CessationOfExistence deletes his soul]] in the non-canon True Arena)]]. Arguably one of the two most evil and dangerous villains in the series, Star Dream wishes to kill all organic life out of hate for it. It is also implied Star Dream influenced Haltmann to become a corrupt and greedy president and forget his goal of reviving his supposedly dead daughter.
** Finally, ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' has two: First, Hyness is perhaps the most insane and frightening villain in the series (possible exception of Zero and Necrodeus), a cult leader who sucks life from his three generals during the fight with him, and [[spoiler: sacrifices them and himself]] to release the god he worships, Void Termina, who is the other of the two most evil villains in the series; Void Termina destroys worlds [[ForTheEvulz for no reason]], with his ultimate goal being the destruction of all worlds, and is, like Necrodeus, evil incarnate (to the point that Friendship Hearts hurt him instead of turning him or having no effect on him). He may be the origin of Dark Matter and everything that controlled it such as Zero, Dark Mind, Dark Nebula, and the Master Crown, and the dark counterpart of Kirby (though he is still defeated by Kirby relatively easily). For the second phase of the battle you have to fight his heart.

** ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' has [[MonsterClown Dimentio]]. He starts off as exhibiting some humorous personality quirks, much like his fellow minions of Count Bleck. But as the plot progresses, he is revealed to be utterly psychotic, and quickly makes history by becoming the first villain to [[spoiler:successfully [[HeroKiller kill]] Mario & Luigi (they get better though, as expected)]]. This culminates in him [[spoiler:stealing the Chaos Heart from Bleck and planning to remake the multiverse in his image once the old one has been destroyed, and then, when he is defeated, deciding to ''destroy it all anyway'' out of spite]].

** Uka Uka made his presence clear in ''Warped'' by revealing himself as BiggerBad compared to Dr Cortex, who cowers before him. His brother Aku Aku is mortified he has been released from his prison and puts heavy emphasis throughout the game that he is the worst possible threat the bandicoots could face (something that would eventually be put into perspective in ''Crash Bash'', where one very ominous alternate ending has Uka Uka ''win'' and take over the planet, with ''zero'' mood killer gags or ironic comedy present). As games passed, Uka Uka eventually gained plenty of LargeHam tendencies and a PointyHairedBoss dynamic to make him still fit in within the rest of the comical RoguesGallery, though he remained the menacing tog dog among Crash's enemies for most of the series, until at least...

* ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'' has its fair shares of [[LargeHam loud villains]] who are evil but still have humour. That cannot be said for [[ImmortalityImmorality The Sorceress]] and [[spoiler:The Sorcerer]] who are both no nonsense villains who have no regards for others. The Sorceress' plan was to [[spoiler:kill 150 baby dragons for a spell to achieve immortality]] and [[spoiler:The Sorcerer's plan was to drain everyone including children of their magic not caring if they're hurt and leaving them in an alternate reality.]]

* The ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'' has the Warden, real name Dmitri Johannes Petrov. Unlike every other villain, including [[BigBad Reginald Copperbottom]] and his [[NoNonsenseNemesis Right Hand Man]], this guy has no comedic moments or redeeming qualities. At the end of the ''Presumed Dead'' ending in ''Fleeing the Complex'', Dmitri gives Henry an ultimatum: Return to [[TheAlcatraz The Wall]] (and stay in a maximum security confinement forever) or stay in the truck as Dmitri pushes it off the cliff. And then comes ''[[GrandFinale Completing the Mission]]''. Although appearing in one route, he goes as far as to send ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill a couple of tanks]]'' after two people, because [[IdiotHero one]] ruined his reputation and [[ActionGirl another one]] broke his teeth by hitting him with a stop sign while driving a bike.

** Queen Vanessa. A creepy spectre who only shows up in a single mission that briefly turns the game into an VideoGame/{{Amnesia|Series}}-lite game of running and hiding from an implacable, invincible boss who turns anyone she can get her hands on into an ice statue. And while Hat Kid is hiding and Vanessa is hunting, the latter speaks to Hat Kid with the tone of a sweet grandmother asking her grandchildren to come play, with only subtlety of tone betraying the malice underneath. [[spoiler:She's also [[GreaterScopeVillain responsible for]] the Snatcher -- Vanessa was a complete {{Yandere}} who, falsely believing her husband was having an affair with a flower seller when he was buying Vanessa flowers, chained him in her basement until he died and became the Snatcher, which also cursed the once green land into the nightmarish EldritchLocation it is today]].

** '"VideoGame/KirbyAndTheRainbowCurse'' has [[spoiler: Dark Crafter]], who [[spoiler: possesses Claycia]] and [[TakenForGranite turns everyone on Pop Star into clay]], which is either effectively death to them until released (which he intended to last forever), or [[AndIMustScream has them fully conscious while petrified]], thus effectively (though temporarily, thanks to Kirby's heroics) wiping out an entire planet simply to gain power for himself. Even Kirby is affected by this and had Elline not come along when she did, Kirby would not have been able to save everyone else.

** '"VideoGame/KirbyAndTheRainbowCurse'' has [[spoiler: Dark Crafter]], who [[spoiler: possesses Claycia]] and [[spoiler:TakenForGranite turns everyone on Pop Star into clay]], which is either effectively death to them until released (which he intended to last forever), or [[AndIMustScream has them fully conscious while petrified]], thus effectively (though temporarily, thanks to Kirby's heroics) wiping out an entire planet simply to gain power for himself. Even Kirby is affected by this and had Elline not come along when she did, Kirby would not have been able to save everyone else.

** Zero. He does not appear in ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2'' but is presumably the one who sent Dark Matter to [[DemonicPossession possess King Dedede]] and [[TheNightThatNeverEnds bring darkness to Dream Land]]. After a similar plot in ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3'', he appears for the first time, and is perhaps one of the series' most frightening villains due to the blood when you fight him (including ''cutting himself and shooting his blood at you'', and ''ripping out his own eye''). And he returns as 02 in his final appearance in ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' (or else a different version of him takes his place), once again having Dark Matters possess Dedede and others and, though the blood is toned down, still menacing and sinister before he finally dies for good.

** To a lesser extent, Dark Nebula in ''VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad''. His personality and ambitions are not fleshed out very much and he doesn't look nearly as menacing as Dark Mind, but he does possess Daroach, and both King Dedede and Meta Knight really wanted him to not be released (even with the powerful Kirby around to fight him, who ends up easily destroying him nonetheless), to the point of Meta Knight fighting Kirby to try to prevent this. And he is also mentioned to be the ''ruler of the underworld''.

** ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' has Queen Sectonia. She is a vain, cruel tyrant who has made the people of Floralia suffer for a long time, prompting them to call Kirby for help. Her henchman, Taranza, controls King Dedede like a puppet, and after assuming her OneWingedAngel form, Sectonia plans to suck the life force of everyone in Dream Land ''for all eternity''. It gets even worse when you realize she was originally a benevolent ruler before being permanently corrupted by the Dimension Mirror, either through an equally permanent corruption on the mirror by Dark Mind before his death, or the absolute hatred and vengeance of the very much alive Dark Meta Knight.
** ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' has Star Dream, President Haltmann's master computer who betrays and absorbs him (even [[CessationOfExistence deletes his soul]] in the non-canon True Arena). Arguably one of the two most evil and dangerous villains in the series, Star Dream wishes to kill all organic life out of hate for it. It is also implied Star Dream influenced Haltmann to become a corrupt and greedy president and forget his goal of reviving his supposedly dead daughter.
** Finally, ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' has two: First, Hyness is perhaps the most insane and frightening villain in the series, a cult leader who sucks life from his three generals during the fight with him, and sacrifices them and himself to release the god he worships, Void Termina, who is the other of the two most evil villains in the series; Void Termina destroys worlds [[ForTheEvulz for no reason]], with his ultimate goal being the destruction of all worlds, and is, like Necrodeus, evil incarnate (to the point that Friendship Hearts hurt him instead of turning him or having no effect on him). He may be the origin of Dark Matter and everything that controlled it such as Zero, Dark Mind, Dark Nebula, and the Master Crown, and the dark counterpart of Kirby (though he is still defeated by Kirby relatively easily). For the second phase of the battle you have to fight his heart.

* ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack'' has the ''deathly evil'' Necrodeus, who not only is terrifying in looks to the point that Necrodeus' apperance is more fitting to a DarkFantasy instead of the SugarBowl of Kirby universe, but nearly kills Franchise/{{Kirby}} at the beginning of the game by [[CurbStompBattle splitting him into ten defenseless smaller Kirbies before proceeding to actually murder nine out of the ten while one of them escaped by literally following his heart]]. And that's only the beginning; every time Kirby leaves one of the islands, however many Kirbies are revived are captured by his mooks until only one of them is left (until Skullord's defeat, of course). You can have this guy to thank for sealing this game in CerebusSyndrome, as this adventure seems like a trip through Hell itself for the smaller, weaker ten Kirbies.

** Queen Vanessa. A creepy spectre who only shows up in a single mission that briefly turns the game into an VideoGame/{{Amnesia}}-lite game of running and hiding from an implacable, invincible boss who turns anyone she can get her hands on into an ice statue. And while Hat Kid is hiding and Vanessa is hunting, the latter speaks to Hat Kid with the tone of a sweet grandmother asking her grandchildren to come play, with only subtlety of tone betraying the malice underneath. [[spoiler:She's also [[GreaterScopeVillain responsible for]] the Snatcher -- Vanessa was a complete {{Yandere}} who, falsely believing her husband was having an affair with a flower seller when he was buying Vanessa flowers, chained him in her basement until he died and became the Snatcher, which also cursed the once green land into the nightmarish EldritchLocation it is today]].

** Ogen, an experienced but [[TheCynic cynical]] apothecary who appears in Alfyn's third and fourth chapters. Alfyn's story starts off fairly light-hearted, with him travelling to treat the sick and suffering. Then he encounters Ogen, who refuses to treat a wounded man called Miguel because he believes that "[[ArcWords some lives are not worth saving]]", which clashes with [[WideEyedIdealist Alfyn]]'s belief that it is a healer's duty to treat whomever they can. Alfyn's story really takes a darker turn when [[spoiler:Ogen's perspective [[JerkassHasAPoint is proven right]]; Miguel is a thief and a murderer, and after Alfyn treats him in Ogen's stead out of the kindness of his heart (and a naïve belief that he will HeelFaceTurn, wastes no time [[UngratefulBastard betraying Alfyn's trust]], kidnapping a little boy to hold for ransom and then [[WouldHurtAChild wounding]] him in anger at his crying, forcing Alfyn to [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness kill]] Miguel [[MustMakeAmends to save the boy's life]]. The entire incident continues to haunt Alfyn for much of his fourth chapter, and raises serious questions of whether "some lives are not worth saving"]].

** Ogen, an experienced but [[TheCynic cynical]] apothecary who appears in Alfyn's third and fourth chapters. He refuses to treat a wounded man called Miguel because he believes that "[[ArcWords some lives are not worth saving]]", which clashes with [[WideEyedIdealist Alfyn]]'s belief that it is a healer's duty to treat whomever they can. Alfyn's story really takes a darker turn when [[spoiler:Ogen's perspective [[JerkassHasAPoint is proven right]]; Miguel is a thief and a murderer, and after Alfyn treats him in Ogen's stead out of the kindness of his heart (and a naïve belief that he will HeelFaceTurn, wastes no time [[UngratefulBastard betraying Alfyn's trust]], kidnapping a little boy to hold for ransom and then [[WouldHurtAChild wounding]] him in anger at his crying, forcing Alfyn to [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness kill]] Miguel [[MustMakeAmends to save the boy's life]]. The entire incident continues to haunt Alfyn for much of his fourth chapter, and raises serious questions of whether "some lives are not worth saving"]].

* In ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'', we have [[NoNameGiven Mystery Man and Shady Figure]], two followers of a dark {{Cult}} that worships the local GodOfEvil, and the villains of [[LightIsGood Ophilia]]'s third chapter. Despite their rather silly-sounding titles, Mystery Man and Shady Figure are when Ophilia's story takes a much darker turn. In spite of her adoptive father falling seriously ill, Ophilia's pilgrimage begins on a hopeful note as she travels Orsterra in her sister Lianna's place so that the latter can remain at their father's side, renewing the light of the Sacred Flame to the land and its people, and helping others in need such as the three children in Saintsbridge. Then, in Ophilia's third chapter, she reads a threatening letter sent by these two Cultists to the bishop of Goldshore, Donovan, telling him that they have [[WouldHurtAChild kidnapped his young daughter]], Lysa, and won't return her unless he claims the Ember from the Flamebearer (Ophilia) and gives it to them. [[spoiler:[[ILied They were planning to murder Donovan and his daughter whether he gave them the Ember or not]], and after Ophilia defeats them in battle to save Lysa, Lianna arrives in Goldshore to inform her that their father has died... and then Lianna betrays Ophilia and takes the Ember from her in a desperate (and futile) hope that their father can be brought BackFromTheDead, having been visited by [[DarkMessiah the]] [[ArcVillain Savior]] with said (false) promise and allying herself with him.]]

** The PC-98 release of ''Madou Monogatari 1'' ends with a brawl against a disgusting-looking lich named Fudoushi, and when he presented that horrifying illusion of melting faces, you ''knew'' that this was definitely not going to be your lighthearted Puyo fare.

* LaughablyEvil is the standard for ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'' villains, even if they are [[WouldHurtAChild trying to beat up Hat Kid]]. But the game [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids can get quite dark]], and two villains are played deadly serious:
** Queen Vanessa. A creepy spectre who only shows up in a single mission that briefly turns the game into an VideoGame/{{Amnesia}}-lite game of running and hiding from an implacable, invincible boss who turns anyone she can get her hands on into an ice statue. And while Hat Kid is hiding and Vanessa is hunting, the latter speaks to Hat Kid with the tone of a sweet grandmother asking her grandchildren to come play, with only subtelty of tone betraying the malice underneath. [[spoiler:She's also [[GreaterScopeVillain responsible for]] the Snatcher -- Vanessa was a complete {{Yandere}} who, falsely believing her husband was having an affair with a flower seller when he was buying Vanessa flowers, chained him in her basement until he died and became the Snatcher, which also cursed the once green land into the nightmarish EldritchLocation it is today]].
** The Empress, ArcVillain of the Nyakuza Metro DLC. Whereas the Mafia of Cooks was TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily and utterly impotent, the Empress runs her criminal syndicate deadly straight, conscripting Hat Kid and forcing her to hand over any [[MacGuffin Time Pieces]] she gets, and has a NonStandardCharacterDesign much closer to something out of the ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' series than ''A Hat in Time''. She's also seen [[BadBoss calmly killing a subordinate who tries to steal from her]], and in the end of the DLC, [[spoiler:when Hat Kid steals the Time Pieces back, there isn't a BossBattle -- like Queen Vanessa, all Hat Kid can do is run and hide from an angry criminal kingpin with a rocket launcher while the entire [[{{Yakuza}} Nyakuza]] chases Hat Kid down for a chance at the multi-million dollar reward on her head. And the Empress [[NearVillainVictory nearly succeeds]], stopped from cornering and tearing apart Hat Kid only by the timely appearance of a pair of cops]]. Finally, if spoken to after the mission, [[spoiler:while the police are investigating her jewelry store, the Empress makes it clear that it's only a matter of time before she makes another attempt to kill Hat Kid]].

** Chaos Lord Ledgermayne. Basically, many villains before it, especially some of the previous Chaos Lords, were lighthearted and comical in nature, and even mainly focused on {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s, big deal. Then cue the arrival of Ledgermayne, who proves to be almost invincible due to being immune to regular weapons and magics and even being able to control magic itself. And later, Ledgermayne reveals its plan to cut off all magic from Lore - all without caring about the fact that all life on Lore will die if it itself succeeds, which it is, of course, fully aware of.

* In ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'', we have [[NoNameGiven Mystery Man and Shady Figure]], two followers of a dark {{Cult}} that worships the local GodOfEvil, and the villains of [[LightIsGood Ophilia]]'s third chapter. Despite their rather silly-sounding titles, Mystery Man and Shady Figure are when Ophilia's story takes a much darker turn. In spite of her adoptive father falling seriously ill, Ophilia's pilgrimage begins on a hopeful note as she travels Orsterra in her sister Lianna's place so that the latter can remain at their father's side, renewing the light of the Sacred Flame to the land and its people, and helping others in need such as the three children in Saintsbridge. Then, in Ophilia's third chapter, she reads a threatening letter sent by these two Cultists to the bishop of Goldshore, Donovan, telling him that they have [[WouldHurtAChild kidnapped his young daughter]], Lysa, and won't return her unless he claims the Ember from the Flamebearer (Ophilia) and gives it to them. [[spoiler:[[ILied They were planning to murder Donovan and his daughter whether he gave them the Ember or not]], and after Ophilia defeats them in battle to save Lysa, Lianna arrives in Goldshore to inform her that their father has died... and then Lianna betrays Ophilia and takes the Ember from her in a desperate (and futile) hope that her father can be brought BackFromTheDead, having been visited by [[DarkMessiah the]] [[ArcVillain Savior]] with said (false) promise and allying herself with him.]]

** The Empress, ArcVillain of the Nyakuza Metro DLC. Whereas the Mafia of Cooks was TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily and utterly impotent, the Empress runs her criminal syndicate deadly straight, conscripting Hat Kid and forcing her to hand over any [[MacGuffin Time Pieces]] she gets, and has a NonStandardCharacterDesign much closer to something out of the ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' series than A Hat in Time. She's also seen [[BadBoss calmly killing a subordinate who tries to steal from her]], and in the end of the DLC, [[spoiler:when Hat Kid steals the Time Pieces back, there isn't a BossBattle -- like Queen Vanessa, all Hat Kid can do is run and hide from an angry criminal kingpin with a rocket launcher while the entire [[{{Yakuza}} Nyakuza]] chases Hat Kid down for a chance at the multi-million dollar reward on her head. And the Empress [[NearVillainVictory nearly succeeds]], stopped from cornering and tearing apart Hat Kid only by the timely appearance of a pair of cops]]. Finally, if spoken to after the mission, [[spoiler:while the police are investigating her jewelry store, the Empress makes it clear that it's only a matter of time before she makes another attempt to kill Hat Kid]].

** Silver from ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' is much darker than other rivals, having stolen his starter rather than being given one, forcing another trainer into handing over his Pokémon, [[spoiler: being Giovanni's son,]] and treating his Pokémon like tools rather than friends.

* ''VideoGame/MemoriaFreese'': Things were already serious in the ''LightNovel/DateALive'' crossover campaign ''Ais Catastrophe'' [[spoiler: before the false Kaguya Yamai appeared after she turned Ais into an Inverse Spirit but it was only later revealed that she was behind everything that happened so far. Not only does she beat out [[Characters/DateALiveKurumiTokisaki Kurumi]] as the most "evil" Spirit, the humor level drops at the very moment she reveals herself. From there on, the story is dark and horrifying with psychological torment and creepy scenarios. And by a far extension, she's also one of the most vile foes Bell and Shido faced, making her name]] in both worlds of ''Date A Live'' and ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon''.

** In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', the [[EdritchAbomination Dark Star]] is treated without any source of humor compared to [[IntentionalEngrishIsFunny Fawful]] and [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Midbus]]. This thing desires nothing short of complete annihilation and its horrifying nature gets worse when showing its sapience as Dark Bowser.