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This is sort of a combination of [[Benevolent Architecture]] and [[Contrived Coincidence]]. |
This is sort of a combination of [[Benevolent Architecture]] and [[Contrived Coincidence]]. |
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Several [[Sub-Trope|subtropes]] exist for video games. See [[Boss Arena Idiocy]], [[Puzzle Boss]], [[Ring Out Boss]], [[Bullfight Boss]]. |
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* More than a few ''Zelda'' bosses are only harmable by something in their lair. |
* More than a few ''Zelda'' bosses are only harmable by something in their lair. |
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** One [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] boss in ''[[The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks]]'' actually destroys the feature you're using to harm him. |
** One [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] boss in ''[[The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks]]'' actually destroys the feature you're using to harm him. |
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** An arguably-[[Justified Trope|justified]] time that it happens is with the Bomb Flowers in ''[[The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'s'' Great Dodongo's Lair. Bomb Flowers apparently thrive in hot climates, and can be equated to a dangerously-explosive weed, processed versions of which are the Gorons' major export, and the 'normal' bombs you use through the majority of the game. |
** An arguably-[[Justified Trope|justified]] time that it happens is with the Bomb Flowers in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'s'' Great Dodongo's Lair. Bomb Flowers apparently thrive in hot climates, and can be equated to a dangerously-explosive weed, processed versions of which are the Gorons' major export, and the 'normal' bombs you use through the majority of the game. |
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* Any [[Bullfight Boss]] in which you have to make the boss charge into some damaging, natural feature of the arena. (Like a charged Tesla Coil when the boss is only vulnerable to being electrocuted.) |
* Any [[Bullfight Boss]] in which you have to make the boss charge into some damaging, natural feature of the arena. (Like a charged Tesla Coil when the boss is only vulnerable to being electrocuted.) |
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* Melchiah from [[Legacy of Kain|Soul Reaver]]. The only way to damage him is with three one-shot devices in the room. And the last of the three just happens to be a meat-and-bone-grinding death mechanism in the exact center of the room. |
* Melchiah from [[Legacy of Kain|Soul Reaver]]. The only way to damage him is with three one-shot devices in the room. And the last of the three just happens to be a meat-and-bone-grinding death mechanism in the exact center of the room. |
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[[Category:Suspiciously Convenient Index]] |
[[Category:Suspiciously Convenient Index]] |
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[[Category:Convenient Weakness Placement]] |
[[Category:Convenient Weakness Placement]] |
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