The current picture has nothing to do with the trope, so yeah. The trope seems to be Actually a Doombot, only it's more like: "Actually, the thing you killed was the weaker, physical part of the villain."
The current picture, as you said, shows a purple robot standing next to a giant black/white marble.
edited 14th Dec '10 5:27:13 AM by Scardoll
Fight. Struggle. Endure. Suffer. LIVE.Well, technically, it is fighting a shadow (you'd have to watch that episode of NGE for it to make sense) but it's a bad example for the trope.
Dark Link's not really an example, since he's not just a projection of some greater being.
Phantom Ganon, on the other hand, is a very good example. During his death scene, Ganondorf even says that you only defeated his phantom. That death scene doesn't really make a great pic, though, so perhaps a pic of the opening cutscene of the fight, complete with boss subtitles?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyDloMg58AU
Boss subtitles at :36, relevant death scene moment at 2:35.
Belief or disbelief rests with you.Wait, wait. I got it. The Shadow monsters from Ico. I don't think you get any better than that.
What about Doppleman, Gecko Moria's shadow, from One Piece? Not only is it an example of his trope, but it's also a literal shadow, AND you can see the "main body" in the same frame.
I actually really like that pic, although it's a bit poor quality.
It really gets across the "You're only fighting the fake one" feel.
Fight. Struggle. Endure. Suffer. LIVE.The One Piece pic is excellent. My only other suggestion would be this
◊ God Of War pic maybe with the caption "You thought the first guy was tough? He was just an arm." but the One Piece example is much more obvious.
edited 14th Dec '10 2:49:16 PM by GabrielGloom
That's Luffy and Gecko Moria from the Thriller Bark arc in One Piece.
^ You're kidding right? I can't even tell what is so shadowy about that image, or that it's even from Go W.
The trope is not about literally fighting a shadow. It's about fighting something that's only a small part of the real thing.
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A robot and a big black marble? They don't even look like they're fighting: