History Main / VictoryFakeout

* Subverted in ''DonkeyKongCountry'', where the fake [[XtremeKoolLetterz kredits]] during the final battle is blatently obvious, such as enemy names in place of developer names, and the fact the final battle theme continues to play regardless.

'''Warlock:''' ''You thought you defeated me. I'm much stronger than you expected. Now I will destroy you!!''\\

->'''Epilogue Narration:''' ''"You defeated your arch rival the sinister Warlock. Peaceful days will now return to Vampires and Monsters."''

->''"You defeated your arch rival the sinister Warlock. Peaceful days will now return to Vampires and Monsters."''
-->-- '''Epilogue Text''', ''MonsterInMyPocket''

-->-- ''MonsterInMyPocket'', several seconds later

* ''DragonQuestI'' has you beat the [[BigBad Dragonlord]]... Only for his even stronger, gigantic pet dragon to attack you (in the north american release, this was changed to the Dragonlord pulling a OneWingedAngel).
** Then in ''DragonQuestII'' you kill [[EvilSorcerer Hargon]] before he can complete his summoning ritual... Only for the ritual to still work anyway, leaving you to fight TrueFinalBoss [[{{Satan}} Malroth]].

* After defeating Bowser in ''[[NewSuperMarioBrosWii New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', Mario (and the other players if playing multiplayer) looks up at Princess Peach, only to be revealed to be Kamek in disguise, who then casts a spell on Bowser, making him colossal.

** At the end of ''SuperMarioGalaxy2'', Bowser first appears to have been flung into space as a result of Mario [[GroundPound ground-pounding]] his own meteorites at him, but just right before he can even get the last Grand Star, Bowser flies back up, eats the Grand Star, and becomes huge again, and as a result Mario had to ground-pound more meteorites at him to finish him off.
** ''SuperMario3DLand'' did this twice: After the first battle against Bowser, Mario runs up to Peach's chamber to find a cardboard cutout of the Princess, and then sees Bowser carrying the captive Peach, who then mocks him and jumps off the tower. This also happens again during the ''real'' final battle, where Mario knocks Bowser into a lava pit (after he [[spoiler: [[DonkeyKong throws barrels at Mario]]]])... ...and then Bowser jumps back up and starts chasing him.

* Carnage returns to attack the player's {{Spider-Man}} and Venom during the credits sequence in the ''Maximum Carnage'' game.

* In ''Zuma's Revenge'', one shot on the false Zhaka Mu will drop him. The real one interrupts the fake end credits, and he's much harder to beat.

** In Arghoma's case, however, you "fight" her [[ClippedWingAngel Clipped Wing Angel]] form instead.

** In Arghoma's case, however, you "fight" her [[ClippedWingedAngel]] form instead.

** In Arghoma's case, however, you "fight" her [[ClippedWingedAngel Clipped Winged Angel]] form instead.

* Happens in the FinalBoss battle of ''IWannaBeTheGuy''.

'''Vampire:''' ''[[FlatWhat ...What!!...]]''

* Happens twice in ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''. First when fighting Stal-lord, and then again against Arghoma.

* Frequently used in the various MegaMan game series, where the "final" boss seemingly dies only to escape to yet another stage or spontaneously develop a new form. Dr. Wily in ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan Mega Man 3]]'', Sigma in the first ''MegaManX'' game, and Elipzo in ''[[MegaManZero Mega Man Zero 2]]'' are particularly clear-cut examples.

* In the ''{{Borderlands}}'' DLC, ''The Zombie Island of Doctor Ned'', you go toe-to-toe with the titular Doctor... then you kill him in less than half a minute, get an achievement, and the credits roll. Then the real boss, "Undead Ned" rips his way through the screen, laughs at the player, and the fight resumes.

* In ''PaperMario'', after knocking out Lava Pirahna, the victory theme is about to kick in when the ground shakes and the Lava Pirahna gets back up for another round, and this time it is [[IncendiaryExponent on fire]].

* In ''[[{{Xenosaga}} Episode II]]'', the first fight against the Patriarch actually goes to the post-battle XP screen, then breaks to send you into the battle against the next form.
* Simularly, in ''FinalFantasyVII'', after defeating Bizzaro Sephiroth, the screen fades to black and it appears the post-battle XP screen is going to appear, but instead the game is loading ''[[TropeNamer the]]'' OneWingedAngel battle.

** ''SuperMario3DLand'' did this twice: After the first battle against Bowser, Mario runs up to Peach's chamber to find a cardboard cutout of the Princess, and then sees Bowser carrying the captive Peach, who then mocks him and jumps off the tower. This also happens again during the ''real'' final battle, where Mario knocks Bowser into a lava pit (after [[spoiler: throws barrels at Mario]])... ...and then Bowser jumps back up and starts chasing him.

->'''Warlock:''' Ha! Ha! Ha! ... I have returned!\\
'''Vampire:''' ...Warlock!...\\
'''Warlock:''' You thought you defeated me. I'm much stronger than you expected. Now I will destroy you!!\\
'''Vampire:''' ...What!!...

So, you've defeated the FinalBoss after a long and hard battle, the good old victory music that played after defeating the other bosses kicks in, and your character does his usual dance...