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{{trope}}
[[File:lunia.png|link=Lunia|frame|Yes, he(?) is a [[Player Character]].]]
A spin-off game or story (or a side story or special episode) that focuses on a [[Mascot Mook]] whose only purpose was to die by the dozen in the original. ▼
▲A spin-off game or story (or a side story or special episode) that focuses on a [[Mascot Mook]] whose only purpose was to die by the dozen in the original.
Usually will center around an exceptional member of the [[Henchmen Race]]. If the events of this story are canon this guy might become the [[Ascended Extra]] on par with the original heroes. Some of them will be [[Hunter of His Own Kind|hunting their own kind]] [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much|on the heroes' side]], others will be trying to make it through [[Mook Promotion]] and become a [[Big Bad]] on their own right. ▼
▲Usually will center around an exceptional member of the [[Henchmen Race]]. If the events of this story are canon this guy might become the [[Ascended Extra]] on par with the original heroes. Some of them will be [[Hunter of His Own Kind|hunting their own kind]] [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much|on the heroes' side]], others will be trying to make it through [[Mook Promotion]] and become a [[Big Bad]] on their own right.
Usually played for comedy (it's funny to see things from the point of view of someone you didn't even consider important enough to be having any sort of private life or backstory). ▼
▲Usually played for comedy (it's funny to see things from the point of view of someone you didn't even consider important enough to be having any sort of private life or backstory).
Can overlap with [[Mook Horror Show]], when a story focuses on the [[Mook|Mooks]], but only for long enough for [[The Hero]] to dispatch them. Also can overlap with [[Monster Adventurers]].▼
▲Can overlap with [[Mook Horror Show]], when a story focuses on the [[Mook
Compare [[Lower Deck Episode]], [[Villain Episode]], and [[A Day in The Limelight]], which involve actual characters being given the spotlight, instead of generic NPCs.▼
▲Compare [[Lower Deck Episode]], [[Villain Episode]], and [[A Day in
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== Video Games ==
* (above) Lime, the playable Slime character from ''[[Lunia]]''. Basically during the entire first chapter he is technically slaughtering his own kind.
* The Minions in ''[[Overlord]]'' got their own spin-off on DS.
* Many, many ''[[Super Mario World (
** ''Rob-ombs Quest'' has a Bob-omb as the main character.
** ''The Ninji Safa'' has a Ninji as the main character.
** ''Pokey's Adventure'' has a [[Exactly What It Says
** ''Super Blooper'' has a Blooper as the main character.
** Two upcoming hacks have a Buzzy Beetle and a Muncher as main characters respectively.
** There are two Mario flash games with a Bullet Bill as the main character, and another with a Bandit as the main character.
** And two where you are a koopa: [
* ''[[Dragon Quest Heroes
* ''[[Mega Man (
** Similar to the Super Mario World ROM hacks, there was a ''"[[Hard Hat]]"'' trilogy of fan games where the player was a Mettaur.
** And also ''"Mega Man: A Day in the Limelight"'', where you could play as the robot masters from ''1''.
** Also there is ''Star Man'' and it`s remake ''Star Man Upgraded''.
* ''[[Prinny]]'', a [[Gaiden Game]] to the ''[[Disgaea]]'' series starring an armada of the series' easily combustible penguin mooks. This being [[Nintendo Hard|Prinny]], his role is still to die by the dozen: players thousand of lives are all separate Prinnies, who pass the [[Amulet of Concentrated Awesome|Scarf Of Concentrated Awesome]] to the next in line. The sequel also makes Asagi (a recurring character who has a running gag of never being the main character of the game) playable as a Prinny (as she'd died and been reincarnated in the previous game).
* ''[[Paper Mario (
* [[Star Wars]]:
** ''[[
** ''[[Republic Commando]]''.
** ''[[Star Wars: Dark Forces
* ''[[Ghosts
* ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'': Versus Mode (in all its incarnations) lets you control the [[Superpowered Mooks|Special]] [[Zombie Apocalypse|Infected]]. Which one you get is determined randomly, but Tanks only appear at predetermined points along the map (and are awarded to the Infected player who's done the most damage) and the Witch isn't on the list at all unless you're using a custom campaign mutation.
* Half of ''[[Halo]] 2'' consisted of playing as an Elite who had been [[Kicked Upstairs|promoted]] to Arbiter.
* Abobo from ''[[
* Lander/Randar which has made several cameo appearances in Compile games, got an MSX game ''Randar no Bouken''.
* ''[[Half-Life (
** The spin-offs ''Opposing Force'' and ''Blue Shift'' featured a mook enemy and an interchangeable ally NPC as characters. Neither ever meet Freeman, but they're no different from the folks he kills by the dozen or completely neglects to rescue.
** The same for mods like ''Azure Sheep'' switching between male and female security guards and ''Point of View'' featuring a variant "Alien Slave" (Vortigaunt) as the [[Player Character]].
** And a ''Half Life 2'' mod known as "Human Error" puts you in the boots of a Civil Protection officer.
* [[
* One of the characters in ''[[Mana
* There is a game actually called ''Mega Man Day in The Limelight'' where you play as the robot masters from the first game.
* The somewhat obscure Namco game ''Grobda'' puts the player in control of a tank enemy from ''[[Xevious]]''.
* ''[[Battle for Wesnoth]]'' has a lot of these, including "Inky's Quest"
* Variation: The "You Are A Creeper" Mod for ''[[Minecraft]]''. In which, yes, [[Exactly What It Says
* The sequel to the [[Commodore 64|C64]] classic ''Attack Of The Mutant Camels'' was called ''Revenge Of The Mutant Camels''. Take a guess.
* In the DLC for [[
* [[Quest for Yrolg]] has a little imp killing off the [[Fighter, Mage, Thief]] heroes, in reversal of the [[Quest for Glory]] games.
* The sample game that came with the first Playstation [[RPG Maker]] tool has this as it's premise - Gobli was a goblin that dreamed of becoming a main character and not just XP fodder for the heroes (long before the [[Goblins
* The [[Nitrome]] game ''Enemy 585'' is about helping a Koopa analogue work his way backward through an [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''[[Super Mario World (
* [[Old Save Bonus|If you buy Episodes 1 and 2]] of ''[[
== Web Comics ==
* The ''[[Goblins]]'' webcomic has three main groups, two of which are entirely or mostly made up of goblins, very nearly the lowest of the low when it comes to ''[[Dungeons
* Bogey (a minor Goomba-like plant Mook) got a few in ''[[
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