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Andariel
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Since: Sep, 2012
Bisected8
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(Primordial Chaos)
2025-03-04 04:26:16
Also Unwinnable Boss Fight and The Battle Didn't Count covers fights where you lose in a cutscene anyway.
Edited by Bisected8 TV Tropes's No. 1 bread themed lesbian. she/her, fae/faer

When a game makes you lose a very much winnable fight in cutscene, just so that a character they clearly want you to like can save you.