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* The first boss of ''[[Dynamite Headdy]]'' shows up at the end of the second world with a new vehicle, only to be squashed by the real boss. He even remains stuck in the boss's underside for the whole fight.
* A variant occurs in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. Diddy enters a boss room, finding it inhabited by a small, insect-sized dragon which buzzes irritatingly around his head, so he jumps on it and squashes it. Then an identical but much larger dragon crawls out of the lava behind Diddy; it's not happy.
* At the end of 1-3 in ''[[DemonsDemon's Souls]]'', you find a typical Fat Minister, the likes of which you've been fighting as regular enemies before. At first it looks like he would be the boss, but suddenly he gets stabbed from behind and thrown out by the real boss, The Penetrator.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', {{spoiler|you arrive at the core of the moon just in time to see [[The Man Behind the Man]] get defeated in a cutscene, only for his hatred to take form and become the [[Final Boss]].}}
* In ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'', after retrieving one of the [[Plot Coupons]], one of the [[Big Bad]]'s minions shows up, ready to fight you; only to be swept away (somewhat literally) by {{spoiler|Leviathan}}. However, {{spoiler|nothing forces you to fight Leviathan now: You can proceed to the next dungeon and return there only when you want to unlock his Summon}}.
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** Its sequel ''[[No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle]]'' has more, numerically speaking. Out of the 51 ranked assassins in the United States, {{spoiler|numbers 49 through 26 are cheerleaders who work with the 25th ranked assassin, [[Jerk Jock|Charlie MacDonald]], to form a [[Humongous Mecha]]. Assassins ranked 22 through 11 are participating with Travis (ranked 23rd by this point) in a free-for-all battle where they are killed by the tenth ranked assassin, [[Person of Mass Destruction|Dr. Letz Shake]] (ironically, the brain from the machine that Letz Shake used in the last game). Story-wise, the ninth ([[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|Million Gunman]]) and eighth ([[We Can Rebuild Him|Neo Destroy Man]]) ranked assassins are this to Travis, although you do get to fight them as Shinobu. Finally, after [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Henry]] comes out of a coma thanks to Travis, he goes out and kills the fifth and sixth ranked bosses for Travis off-screen, giving the victories to Travis and sending him pictures of the aftermath; he also chides Travis for being upset about it because the game already has 15 bosses and more would be unreasonable.}} All in all, that's {{spoiler|36}} bosses that the player does not get to fight.
* In ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'', what you expect to be a rematch against the first-level [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] is interrupted when all four of them get knocked out by the [[Recurring Boss]], who demands one last fight from you.
* ''[[Paper Mario: theThe Thousand -Year Door]]'' has an...interesting variant. Where you THINK you're fighting the chapter boss, and it goes through the entire sequence of the end of a chapter. But for some reason, there's no Peach or Bowser segment... {{spoiler|It turns out, Doopliss has stolen your name, and fooled your party into thinking he's the real you. The rest of the chapter has you getting your "self" back.}}
* Done in ''[[Prince of Persia]]: Warrior Within'' in the [[True Final Boss]] ending. If you got all the health upgrades, as you prepare for {{spoiler|a second battle with Kaileena, the Dahaka attacks again, but by this point you have a weapon that can harm it, so you and Kaileena team up to kill it}}. Earlier in the game, you're about to confront the Crow on an outside ledge, but it just then gets killed by the Dahaka, and yet another [[Escape Sequence]] begins.
* ''[[Rocket Knight Adventures]]'' for Genesis had you finally get into the evil pig space station and lay some smackdown on the Pig Emperor. Except he's a robotic impersonator, and once you beat him you find out the real boss is an ancient malevolent computer.
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* In ''[[Sonic Colors]]'', Eggman tries to use mind control to force a fight between Sonic and Tails, but when the device he's using breaks down, he's got a regular boss ready to go.
** In ''[[Sonic 3 and Knuckles]]'', when you reach [[Final Boss|Sky Sanctuary]] with Knuckles, it looks like you're going to fight the Eggrobo yet again, shortly before [[The Dragon|Mecha Sonic]] shows up and destroys it.
* ''[[Ape Escape]] 2'' has Hikaru finally meet Specter after defeating the Freaky Monkey Five. Specter talks about how he'll beat Hikaru with a powerful mecha...when Yellow Monkey, the one who run after you beat him, appears again, and [[Attack of the 50 -Foot Whatever|giant size]]. After Yellow destroys the mecha because he's told not to eat more Vita-Z bananas Specter leaves you to deal with the new problem.
* In ''[[Adventure Quest]]'', [[One Eyed Doll]] decides to assist you in battling Chaos Lord Discordia. You battle your way to what you believe to be Chaos Lord Discordia, only for [[One Eyed Doll]] to suddenly reveal that actually, ''she's'' Chaos Lord Discordia, and that other guy was just a victim of her [[Mind Control]].
* ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'': {{spoiler|So, you've defeated the Elite Four and are on your way to challenge the Champion. Not easy by any means, but at least you know what to expect! You heal up your Pokemon and ascend the staircase...wait, what's N doing here? [[You Can't Thwart Stage One|Oh crap!]] At least you know who the Final Boss is now, though! Wait, ''Ghetsis''?! ''[[Trick Boss|Oh crap...!]]''}}
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