Line #9 PlayingWith/BaitAndSwitchBoss


1	'''Basic Trope''': It looks like a boss-fight is about to start, when another boss interrupts (usually fatally) and fights you instead.
2	* '''Straight''': Hiro is about to fight [[SnakesAreSinister Anacondor]], when the latter is suddenly decapitated by [[BlackKnight the Dark and Stormy Knight]], who challenges the protagonist in his place.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** The Dark And Stormy Knight himself is immediately slaughtered by another challenger, and [[OverlyLongGag this repeats itself a total of seven times]].
5	** Every time you think you're about to face a different boss, the Dark and Stormy Knight [[RecurringBoss murders them and challenges you instead.]]
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** 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.
8	** After a certain amount of time, the Dark and Stormy Knight will step in and finish off Anacondor, unless the player has already defeated it.
9	* '''Justified''':
10	** ThereCanBeOnlyOne, and you can only become [[KlingonPromotion 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..
11	** The Dark And Stormy Knight feels he is TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou.
12	* '''Inverted''': DecoyProtagonist: it looks like Hiro is the protagonist, but then he’s ganked by the Dark And Stormy Knight, and Alice must become hero in his stead.
13	* '''Subverted''':
14	** After The Dark and Stormy Knight dives in and slashes at Anacondor, it turns the latter is not quite dead and proceeds to swallow the former whole and fight you instead.
15	** The Dark and Stormy Knight was [[IWasJustPassingThrough just passing through]], and leaves Hiro alone.
16	** The Dark and Stormy Knight ambushes Hiro instead, making it a very unusual DualBoss.
17	* '''Double Subverted''':
18	** 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.
19	** One too many snarky comments later, and the Knight comes back to beat some respect into our JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
20	* '''Parodied''':
21	** Anancondor is a poorly-made Puppet on strings, and is very obviously just there to fake you out.
22	** Hiro asks why the knight murdered Anancondor instead of himself while the latter had the chance. A beat passes, and the new boss suddenly face-palms and sheepishly asks if he can try that again.
23	* '''Zig Zagged''': The Dark and Stormy Knight dives in and slashes at Anacondor, but the latter is not quite dead. Both bosses retreat their challenges and offer [[EnemyMine to help kill the other]]; [[DialogueTree you can choose to accept one of their offers,]] [[OmnicidalNeutral or to take both of them on at once.]]
24	* '''Averted''':
25	** Each boss is as it appears to be.
26	** Dark and Stormy Knight appears once Hiro has defeated Anacondor.
27	* '''Enforced''': ExecutiveMeddling means that Anacondor’s fight is DummiedOut, but the art team who laboured over the sprites want to still get some use out of them.
28	* '''Lampshaded''':
29	** “Ignore this pitiful worm! [[IAmYourOpponent You face ME now!]]”
30	** “Hey! I was trying to FIGHT that snake, y’know! Give a guy a little EXP here!”
31	* '''Invoked''': The Dark And Stormy Knight baits Anancondor into fighting Hiro, as he wants the snake dead and thinks suddenly decapitating it would make for a suitable entrance.
32	* '''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.]]
33	* '''Defied''': Anancondor turns on and murders the Dark and Stormy Knight before the latter can attack him, saying he doesn’t want his big moment to be interrupted.
34	* '''Discussed''': “Right about now, I’m expecting that knight to bust out the wall like the cool-aid man and split you in twain, and then challenge me to a fight as an encore”.
35	* '''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.]]"
36	* '''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.
37	* '''Reconstructed''':
38	** Evulz introduces himself by [[PublicExecution publicly executing the Dark and Stormy Knight]] directly in front of Hiro, [[YouHaveFailedMe when the latter disobeys orders for the last time.]]
39	** 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 two birds with one stone and maybe find a WorthyOpponent while he’s at it.
40	* '''Played For Laughs''': Anacondor is a PunchClockVillain, and the Dark And Stormy Knight comes to take his shift right before the battle. Anacondor happily retreats to watch the fight with popcorn.
41	* '''Played For Drama''':
42	** That part where the Dark And Stormy knight one-shots Anancondor has GameplayAndStoryIntegration, and is the start of a HopelessBossFight
43	** Anancondor was WasOnceAMan and Hiro’s best friend: when the knight cuts Anancondor down, the last chance Hiro had of reclaiming his friend is cut down as well.
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45	[[BaitAndSwitchBoss Back to Boss Fi- SHCIK …Er, Bait And Switch Boss, thank you. ]]
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47	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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