History Main / BreakoutMookCharacter

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** Similar to the Super Mario World ROM hacks, there was a ''"HardHat"'' series of fan games where the player was a Mettaur.
** And also ''"Mega Man: A Day in the Limelight"'', where you could play as the robot masters from ''1''.
** Also there is ''Star Man'' and it`s remake ''Star Man Upgraded''.

* One of the DLC playable characters for ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' is Krieg the Psycho. Yes, those Mooks that run up and attack you, throw axes, and blow themselves up.

* The somewhat obscure Namco game ''Grobda'' puts the player in control of a tank enemy from ''{{Xevious}}''.

* (above) Lime, the playable Slime character from ''{{Lunia}}''. During the entire first chapter, he is technically slaughtering his own kind.

* Half of ''{{Halo}} 2'' consisted of playing as an Elite who had been [[KickedUpstairs promoted]] to Arbiter.

* The upcoming DLC playable character for ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' is Krieg. Who's a Psycho. Yes, those Mooks that run up and attack you, throw axes, and blow themselves up.

* In general, most DungeonsAndDragons campaigns with a monster PC would be this, and there are books dedicated to such like 2e's Complete Race Guide and 3.5e's Savage Species. This goes double for Kobolds, who are both one of the more lovably pathetic (Yet deceptively dangerous) monster races, but also the ones who tend to get the most options.

* The ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' webcomic has three main groups, two of which are entirely or mostly made up of goblins, very nearly the lowest of the low when it comes to ''DungeonsAndDragons'' XP fodder.

** Similar to the Super Mario World ROM hacks, there was a ''"HardHat"'' trilogy of fan games where the player was a Mettaur.

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* In the DLC for VideoGame/DungeonsOfDredmor, The Realm Of The Diggle Gods, there is a skill that allows the PlayerCharacter to transform into a Diggle, the MascotMook of the game. Whether you pick this or not, you can still pray to the eponymous Diggle Gods when you get down to the lowest floors on the dungeon. Apparently the little targets can be pretty powerful when they're not under the control of the [[ArtificialStupidity AI]].

* The ''{{Goblins}}'' webcomic has three main groups, two of which are entirely or mostly made up of goblins, very nearly the lowest of the low when it comes to ''DungeonsAndDragons'' XP fodder.

* QuestForYrolg has a little imp killing off the FighterMageThief heroes, in reversal of the QuestForGlory games.

Usually will center around an exceptional member of the HenchmenRace. If the events of this story are canon this guy might become the AscendedExtra on par with the original heroes. Some of them will be [[HunterOfHisOwnKind hunting their own kind]] [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch on the heroes' side]], others will be trying to make it through MookPromotion and become a BigBad on their own right.

* ''Left4Dead'': Versus Mode (in all its incarnations) lets you control the [[SuperpoweredMooks Special]] [[ZombieApocalypse Infected]]. Which one you get is determined randomly, but Tanks only appear at predetermined points along the map (and are awarded to the Infected player who's done the most damage) and the Witch isn't on the list at all unless you're using a custom campaign mutation.

** ''RepublicCommando''.

* (above) Lime, the playable Slime character from ''{{Lunia}}''. Basically during the entire first chapter he is technically slaughtering his own kind.

** And a ''Half Life 2'' mod known as "Human Error" puts you in the boots of a Civil Protection officer.

* ''VideoGame/PrinnyCanIReallyBeTheHero?'' It is a GaidenGame to the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series starring an armada of the series' easily combustible penguin mooks. This being [[NintendoHard Prinny]], his role is still to die by the dozen: the player's thousand lives are all separate Prinnies, who pass the [[AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome Scarf Of Concentrated Awesome]] to the next in line. The sequel also makes Asagi (a recurring character who has a running gag of never being the main character of the game) playable as a Prinny (as she'd died and been reincarnated in the previous game).

* ''{{Prinny}}'', a GaidenGame to the ''{{Disgaea}}'' series starring an armada of the series' easily combustible penguin mooks. This being [[NintendoHard Prinny]], his role is still to die by the dozen: players thousand of lives are all separate Prinnies, who pass the [[AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome Scarf Of Concentrated Awesome]] to the next in line. The sequel also makes Asagi (a recurring character who has a running gag of never being the main character of the game) playable as a Prinny (as she'd died and been reincarnated in the previous game).

* StarWars:

* [[FinalFight Poison]] is playable in StreetFighterXTekken.

* There is a game actually called ''Mega Man Day in The Limelight'' where you play as the robot masters from the first game.

* [[OldSaveBonus If you buy Episodes 1 and 2]] of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4'', you will unlock Episode Metal, in which you play as [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD Metal Sonic]] through Episode 1's settings.

Can overlap with MookHorrorShow, when a story focuses on the {{Mook}}s, but only for long enough for TheHero to dispatch them.

!!Examples

* The ''{{Goblins}}'' webcomic.

* Many, many ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' [[GameMod ROM hacks]]. Rob-ombs Quest has a Bob-omb as the main character, The Ninji Safa has a Ninji as the main character, Pokey's Adventure has a Pokey as the main character, Super Blooper has a Blooper as the main character, and two upcoming hacks have a Buzzy Beetle and a Muncher as main characters respectively. Oh, and there are two Mario flash games with a Bullet Bill as the main character, and another with a Bandit as the main character.

* Similar to the Super Mario World ROM hacks, there was a ''"HardHat"'' trilogy of fan games for ''VideoGame/MegaMan'', where the player was a Mettaur.

* ''{{Prinny}}'', a GaidenGame to the ''{{Disgaea}}'' series starring an armada of the series' easily combustible penguin mooks. This being [[NintendoHard Prinny]], his role is still to die by the dozen: players thousand of lives are all separate Prinnies, who pass the [[AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome Scarf Of Concentrated Awesome]] to the next in line. The sequal also makes Asagi (a recurring character who has a running gag of never being the main character of the game) playable as a Prinny (as she'd died and been reincarnated in the previous game).
* VideoGame/PaperMario 1 & 2 might count, since Goombario / Goombella and other party members are technically main characters that are members of mook races.
* Bogey (a minor Goomba-like plant Mook) got a few in ''WebComic/KidRadd.''
* Slimer in ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters''.
* StarWars: ''TIEFighter'', ''RepublicCommando''.
** ''VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga'' has this as well, to an extent: Kyle Katarn started as a stormtrooper. Also, a non-videogame example, the Zahn novel ''Allegiance''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Half-Life}}'' spin-offs ''Opposing Force'' and ''Blue Shift'' featured a mook enemy and an interchangeable ally NPC as characters. Neither ever meet Freeman, but they're no different from the folks he kills by the dozen or completely neglects to rescue.

** And a Half Life 2 mod known as "Human Error" puts you in the boots of a Civil Protection officer.

* If you buy Episodes 1 and 2 of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4'', you will unlock Episode Metal, in which you play as [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD Metal Sonic]] through Episode 1's settings.