History PlayingWith / BaitAndSwitchBoss

* '''Averted''': Each boss is as it appears to be.

** One too many snarky comments later, and the Knight comes back to beat some respect into our JerkWithAHeartOfGold .

* '''Straight''': Hiro is about to fight Anacondor, when the latter is suddenly decapitated by [[BlackKnight the Dark and Stormy Knight]], who challenges the protagonist in his place.

* '''Inverted''': DecoyProtagonist: it looks like Hiro is the protagonist, but then he’s ganked by the Black Knight, and Alice must become hero in his stead.

** The Dark and Stormy Knight ambushes Hiro instead, making it a very unusual DualBoss

* '''Deconstructed''': The Dark and Stormy Knight would have easily killed Hiro if the latter was worn out from fighting off Anacondor. Instead, the knight is beaten, and then has to explain [[YouhaveFailedMe both his failure]] and [[TheStarscream his assasination attempt to Emperor Evulz]], who is decidedly unhappy with this arrangement.

'''Basic Trope''': It looks like a boss-fight is about to start, when another boss interrupts and fights you instead.

* '''Downplayed''': You fight Anacondor for a while, but when it gets to 75% health, the Dark and Stormy Knight pushes him off-screen and enters the battle instead.

** One too many snarky comments later, and the Knight comes back to beat some respect into our JerkWithAHeartOfGold

** The Dark And Stormy Knight himself is immediately slaughtered by another challenger, and this repeats itself a total of seven times.

** Every time you think you're about to face a different boss, the Dark and Stormy Knight[[RecurringBoss murders them and challenges you instead.]]

* '''Deconstructed''': The Dark and Stormy Knight would have easily killed Hiro if the latter was worn out from fighting off Anacondor. Instead, the knight is beaten, and then has to explain [[YouhaveFailedMe both his failure]] and [[TheStarscream his assignation attempt to Emperor Evulz]], who is decidedly unhappy with this arrangement.

** The Dark and Stormy Knight is a LoneWolfBoss, and has [[OmnicidalNeutral no interest in helping Hiro or Evulz in the first place]]: He just sees this fight as a way to kill 2 birds with one stone and maybe find a WorthyOpponent while he’s at it.

* '''Deconstructed''': The Dark and Stormy Knight would have easily killed Hiro if the latter was worn out from fighting off Anacondor. Instead, the knight is beaten, and then has to explain [[YouhaveFailedMe both his failure]] and [[TheStarscream his assignation attempt to Emperor Evulz, who is decidedly unhappy with this arrangement.

** Evulz introduces himself by [[PublicExecution publicly executing the DarkAndStormyKnight]] directly in front of Hiro, [[YouHaveFailedMe when the latter disobeys orders for the last time.]]

** That part where the Dark And Stormy knight one-shots Anancondor has GameplayAndStoryIntegration, and is the first of several [[RecurringBoss]] [[HopelessBossFight]]s.

** Every time you think you're about to face a different boss, the Dark and Stormy Knight murders them and challenges you instead.
* '''Downplayed''': You fight Anacondor for a while, but when it gets to 75% health, the Black Knight pushes him off-screen and enters the battle instead.

** After The Dark and Stormy Knight dives in and slashes at Anacondor, it turns the latter is not quite dead ad proceed to swallow the former whole and fight you instead.

* '''Conversed''': “[[FridgeLogic Wouldn’t it make more sense to wait until Hiro has just defeated Anancondor before attacking? For a knight, his grasp of tactics is…lacking.]]
* '''Deconstructed''': The Dark and Stormy Knight would have been able to easily kill Hiro if the latter was worn out from fighting off Anacondor. Instead, he is beaten, and then has to explain both his failure and his assignation attempt to Emperor Evulz, who is decidedly unhappy with this arrangement.

** Evulz introduces himself by public executing the knight directly in front of Hiro, [[YouHaveFailedMe when the latter disobeys orders for the last time.]]
** The Dark and Stormy Knight is a lone wolf boss, and has [[OmnicidalNeutral no interest in helping Hiro or Evulz in the first place]]: He just sees this fight as a way to kill 2 birds with one stone and maybe find a WorthyOpponent while he’s at it.

** That part where the Dark And Stormy knight one-shots Anancondor has GameplayAndStoryIntegration, and is the first of several {{Recurring|Boss}} {{Hopeless Boss Fight}}s.

* '''Straight''': Hiro is about to fight Anacondor, when the latter is suddenly decapitated by [[TheBlackKnight the Dark And Stormy Knight]], who challenges the protagonist in his place.

** Every time you think you’re about to face a different boss, the Dark and Stormy Knight murders them and challenges you instead.

** The Dark and Stormy Knight is a LoneWolf boss, and has [[OmnicidalNeutral no interest in helping Hiro or Evulz in the first place]]: He just sees this fight as a way to kill 2 birds with one stone and maybe find a WorthyOpponent while he’s at it.

'''Bait-and-Switch Boss''': It looks like a boss-fight is about to start, when another boss interrupts and fights you instead.

* '''Exaggerated''': The Dark And Stormy Knight himself is immediately slaughtered by another challenger, and this repeats itself a total of seven times.

* '''Justified''': ThereCanBeOnlyOne, and you can only become [[Klingon Promotion the One by killing the current One.]] Both Hiro and the Dark And Stormy Knight want to be the One, and the latter just arrived as Hiro began fighting the snake..

* '''Subverted''': After The Dark and Stormy Knight dives in and slashes at Anacondor, it turns the latter is not quite dead ad proceed to swallow the former whole and fight you instead.
** The Dark and Stormy Knight is JustPassingThrough, and leave Hiro alone.

* '''Double Subverted''': When Anancondor is at 75% of his health, He suddenly gets [[DiagonalCut cut into bits]] [[KillItThroughItsStomach from the inside]] by The Dark and Stormy Knight, who proceed to challenge you to a duel.

* '''Parodied''': Anancondor is a poorly-made Puppet on strings, and is very obviously just there to fake you out.
** Hiro asks why the knight murdered Anancondor instead of himself while the latter had the chance. A beat passes, and the new boss suddenly Faceplams and sheepishly asks if he can try that again.

* '''Lampshaded''': “Ignore this pitiful worm! [[IAmYourOpponenet You face ME now!]]”
** “Hey! I was tyring to FIGHT that snake, y’know! Give a guy a little EXP here!”

* '''Exploited''': Hiro challenges Anancondor to a fight to draw out the Black knight, knowing that The Dark And Stormy Knight would immediately kill the snake and attack Hiro instead, [[theOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou as his honour would allow nothing less.]]

* '''Implied''':??

* '''Reconstructed''': Evulz introduces himself by public executing the knight directly in front of Hiro, [[YouHaveFailedMe when the latter disobeys orders for the last time.]]

* '''Played For Drama''': That part where the Dark And Stormy knight one-shots Anancondor has GameplayAndStoryIntegration, and is the first of several [[ReoccurringBoss Reoccurring]] HoplessBossFights.
** Anancondor was OnceAMan and Hiro’s best friend: when the knight cuts Anancodnor down, the last chance Hiro had of reclaiming his friend is cut down as well.

%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

** The Dark and Stormy Knight is JustpassingThrough, and leave Hiro alone.

* '''Double Subverted''': When Anancondor is at 75% of his health, He suddenly gets [[DiagonalCut cut into bits]] [[KillItThroughIt’sStomach from the inside]] by The Dark and Stormy Knight, who proceed to challenge you to a duel.