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* The ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'' series had a pretty major example with the VideoGame/RavingRabbids. Originally they were the mooks of ##Rayman: Raving Rabbids##, which focused pretty heavily on the Rabbids as MascotMook characters, but was still primarily centered around Rayman. However, every following game started to feature Rayman less and less. ''Raving Rabbids 2'' still let you play as Rayman, but it was also possible to go through the whole game only playing as the rabbids. In ''Raving Rabbids TV Party'', Rayman was only featured in the cutscenes. Finally, with ''VideoGame/RabbidsGoHome'' and every following ''Raving Rabbids'' game Rayman has been completely absent. Now Rayman and the Raving Rabbids are completely different series, with the Raving Rabbids focusing on [[PartyGame party games]] and Rayman focusing on platformers.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'' series had a pretty major example with the VideoGame/RavingRabbids. Originally they were the mooks of Rayman: Raving Rabbids, which focused pretty heavily on the Rabbids as MascotMook characters, but was still primarily centered around Rayman. However, every following game started to feature Rayman less and less. Raving Rabbids 2 still let you play as Rayman, but it was also possible to go through the whole game only playing as the rabbids. In Raving Rabbids TV Party, Rayman was only featured in the cutscenes. Finally, with Rabbids Go Home and every following Raving Rabbids game Rayman has been completely absent. Now Rayman and the Raving Rabbids are completely different series, with the Raving Rabbids focusing on [[PartyGame party games]] and Rayman focusing on platformers.

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* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' has a Piranha Plant, which are normally mooks in ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Super Mario]]'' games, as a playable fighter. It is in fact the first fighter in the series who isn't a main protagonist, villain, or supporting character in their original games.

* A lot of the early characters from ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' were originally enemies from the RPG series ''Madou Monogatari'', but several of them became popular enough to earn their own spin-off games and frequent appearances. Several examples include Draco, Witch, Suketoudara, Skeleton-T, Serilly, Harpy, and Kikimora. Ironically, the Puyos themselves are a subversion; despite being the namesake of the franchise, they're still treated like fodder.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' has a Piranha Plant, which are normally mooks in ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' games, as a playable fighter. It is in fact the first fighter in the series who isn't a main protagonist, villain, or supporting character in their original games.

* ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'': Similar to the Super Mario World ROM hacks, there is a ''VideoGame/HardHat'' series of fan games where the player is a Mettaur.

** The UpdatedReRelease of ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'' features a seemingly normal Goomba as the protagonist of his own game mode where he leads Bowser's army in his absence. The only thing setting him apart from other Goombas is that he wears a flag on his head.
** Most of the Mario side games including ''VideoGame/MarioKart, VideoGame/MarioParty'' [[VideoGame/MarioTennis and]] [[VideoGame/MarioGolf the]] [[VideoGame/MarioStrikers various]] [[VideoGame/MarioSuperSluggers sports]][[VideoGame/MarioSportsMix games]] include mooks from the main series as playable characters. ''VideoGame/SuperMarioParty'' in particular fills almost half its roster with them.
** Accounting for the naming issues surrounding him and other Koopa wizards, Kamek was introduced in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland'' as Baby Bowser's nanny/right-hand, making him a single character with dialogue rather than just a random mook. He was possibly inspired by Bowser's unnamed magikoopa assistant in the ''ComicBook/SuperMarioAdventures'' comic. While games prior to the ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' subseries might have left it debatable which magikoopas were THE Kamek (not helped by how "Kamek" is actually what the wizard mooks are called in Japanese), the NSMB games with later ones like ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'' have cemented that there is indeed one single Magikoopa who serves as Bowser's sidekick.

* In ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon'', we have [[spoiler: The unlockable character the Bullet, who is one of the Bullet Kin you've been slaughtering throughout the game.]]

** There are two ''Mario'' Flash games with a Bullet Bill as the main character, and another with a Bandit as the main character. [[Videogame/AKoopasRevenge And two where you are a Koopa.]]
** In adition, many of the ''Mario'' Sports or ''[[VideoGame/MarioKart Kart]]'' spin-offs have mooks as playable characters.

** The UpdatedReRelease of ''Videogame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'' features a seemingly normal goomba as the protagonist of his own game mode where he leads Bowser's army in his absence. The only thing setting him apart from other goombas is that he wears a flag on his head.

** Accounting for the naming issues surrounding him and other koopa wizards, Kamek was introduced in ''Yoshi's Island'' as Baby Bowser's nanny/right-hand, making him a single character with dialogue rather than just a random mook. He was possibly inspired by Bowser's unnamed magikoopa assistant in the ''Super Mario Adventures'' comic. While games prior to the ''New Super Mario Bros.'' subseries might have left it debateable which magikoopas were THE Kamek (not helped by how "Kamek" is actually what the wizard mooks are called in Japanese), the NSMB games with later ones like ''Mario and Luigi: Dream Team'' have cemented that there is indeed one single magikoopa who serves as Bowser's sidekick.

* Half of ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' ''[[VideoGame/{{Halo 2}} 2]]'' consisted of playing as an Elite who had been [[KickedUpstairs promoted]] to Arbiter, while three of the four playable co-op characters in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'' are Elites (including the aforementioned Arbiter). Additionally, Elites have been selectable in the multiplayer for ''2'', ''3'', and ''VideoGame/HaloReach''.

* The sequel to the [[UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}} C64]] classic ''Attack Of The Mutant Camels'' was called ''Revenge of the Mutant Camels''. Take a guess.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' has a Piranha Plant, which are normally mooks in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' games, as a playable fighter. It is in fact the first fighter in the series who isn't a main protagonist, villain, or supporting character in their original games.

** The spin-offs ''Opposing Force'' and ''Blue Shift'' featured a mook enemy and an interchangeable ally NPC as characters. One personally knows Freeman, while the other meets him during his escape attempt from Black mesa, but they're no different from the folks he kills by the dozen or completely neglects to rescue.

* Lime, the playable Slime character from ''VideoGame/{{Lunia}}'', was the former TropeNamer and is shown in the picture above. During the entire first chapter, he is technically slaughtering his own kind.

** Accounting for the naming issues surrounding him and other koopa wizards, Kamek was introduced in ''Yoshi's Island'' as Baby Bowser's nanny/right-hand, making him a single character with dialogue rather than just a random mook. He was possibly inspired by Bowser's unnamed magikoopa assistant in the ''Super Mario Adventures'' comic. While games prior to the ''New Super Mario Bros.'' subseries might have left it debateable which magikoopas were THE Kamek (not helped by "Kamek" is actually what the wizard mooks are called in Japanese), the NSMB games with later ones like ''Mario and Luigi: Dream Team'' have cemented that there is indeed one single magikoopa who serves as Bowser's sidekick.

* The sample game that came with the first [=PlayStation=] ''VideoGame/RPGMaker'' tool has this as its premise -- Gobli was a goblin that dreamed of becoming a main character and not just XP fodder for the heroes (long before the [[Webcomic/{{Goblins}} webcomic with the same premise]], mind). Joining him on his quest were a literal hole in the wall that wanted to be a character, and an adorable kitten that wanted to become a FinalBoss.

** most of the Mario side games including ''VideoGame/MarioKart, VideoGame/MarioParty'' [[VideoGame/MarioTennis and]] [[VideoGame/MarioGolf the]] [[VideoGame/MarioStrikers various]] [[VideoGame/MarioSuperSluggers sports]] [[VideoGame/MarioSportsMix games]] include mooks from the main series as playable characters. ''VideoGame/SuperMarioParty'' in particular fills almost half its roster with them.

* In ''VideoGame/IndiePogo'', the character representing ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon'' is a Bullet-Kin, the MascotMook. In-game they fight using a combination of the different Bullet-Kin breeds and common gungeoneer abilities.

** And a ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' mod known as ''Human Error'' puts you in the boots of a Civil Protection officer, while another called ''Combine Destiny'' has the player play as a Combine Overwatch soldier.

* In certain ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' games, you can play as a [[WaddlingHead Waddle Dee]].

* In the ''Showdown'' mode of ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'', aside from every relevant character being playable, we also have a Goldarmor, one of the most common enemies in any campaign.

** most of the Mario side games including ''VideoGame/MarioKart, VideoGame/MarioParty'' [[VideoGame/MarioTennis and]] [[VideoGame/MarioGolf the]] [[VideoGame/MarioStrikers various]] [[VideoGame/MarioSuperSluggers sports]] [[VideoGame/MarioSportsMix games]] include mooks from the main series as playable characters. VideoGame/SuperMarioParty in particular fills almost half its roster with them.

** most of the Mario side games including VideoGame/MarioKart, VideoGame/MarioParty [[VideoGame/MarioTennis and]] [[VideoGame/MarioGolf the]] [[VideoGame/MarioStrikers various]] [[VideoGame/MarioSuperSluggers sports]] [[VideoGame/MarioSportsMix games]] include mooks from the main series as playable characters. VideoGame/SuperMarioParty in particular fills almost half its roster with them.

** most of the mario side games including VideoGame/MarioKart, VideoGame/MarioParty [[VideoGame/MarioTennis and]] [[VideoGame/MarioGolf the]] [[VideoGame/MarioStrikers various]] [[VideoGame/MarioSuperSluggers sports]] [[VideoGame/MarioSportsMix games]] include mooks from the main series as playable characters. VideoGame/SuperMarioParty in particular fills almost half its roster with them.

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' has [[TheGoomba Moto Bug]] that became playable in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGlC-YVFvQY this]] GameMod.

* In general, most ''TabletopGame/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. Not to mention, they were the race chosen to play host to the infamous GameBreaker, [[PhysicalGod Pun-Pun]].

* One of the characters in ''[[VideoGame/ManaKhemia2FallOfAlchemy Mana-Khemia 2]]'' is a little girl who was raised by three [[MascotMook Punis]], slime creatures that are common enemies in the ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}}'' series. She constantly rides one of them and uses all three of them in battle.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has arguably the ultimate version of this when it turns out that Cloud, previously believed to be [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous an elite soldier of Sephiroth's rank and unit]], was actually just one of the same generic soldiers you've been slaughtering by the hundreds.