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NoSpoilerz Since: Apr, 2014
2018-02-16 10:21:13

This is an Inverted Trope of Turns Red, for starters. Plenty of examples on the page. They even have their own folder. Now then, for more specificity...

  • If the boss remains weakened for the rest of the fight, represented by them using less flashy, more desperate attacks, it's a Combat Breakdown. For example, Rando begins his Final Boss fight in phases 1 and 2 with fire balls and martial arts and ends the fight in phase 3 scratching at you and wasting turns crying.
  • If you're looking for a point where the boss becomes tuckered out momentarily and becomes vulnerable, but gets right back up afterwards, see Death or Glory Attack and Tactical Suicide Boss.
  • If the boss is trying to do something flashy that winds up hurting them in the long run, like transforming into a monster which results in them getting weaker, see Clipped-Wing Angel.
  • If the boss is supposed to be stronger, and is treated as such in-story (it's supposed to be a straight-up One-Winged Angel), but instead gets weaker because the programmers didn't think it through, see Anti-Climax Boss.

I hope that helps!

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