Disposable Bandits: Difference between revisions

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Laconic: Bandits as disposable enemies with no direct connection to the main villains.

 

 

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* All over the place in early and filler parts of ''[[Fist of the North Star]]''. Virtually all of them are [[Too Dumb to Live|stupid enough to charge at the guy who just made their friends explode with a touch]]. They decrease in frequency as Kenshiro starts fighting the forces of the major villains instead, though the only real difference those new minions have is sometimes making their futile attack out of fear of/loyalty to their superiors rather than stupidity.

* A running gag in ''[[Slayers]]'' is Lina easily disposing of such, but being a [[Destructive Savior]] to the point many actually fear her ''more'' than the bandits.

* ''[[One Piece]]'''s very first villain was Higuma the Bear, the leader of a clan of mountain bandits that protagonist Monkey D. Luffy encountered as a young boy. While he and his crew do leave an impact on the plot, it's due to them serving as a three-fer plot device: we get to see how badass Luffy's mentor Shanks and his pirate crew are by watching them effortlessly wipe the floor with them, they're indirectly responsible for Shanks losing his one of his arms, ''and'' they're also indirectly responsible for him giving Luffy his iconic straw hat. Higuma and at least one other bandit are also the series' first confirmed fatalities, with the former being [[Eaten Alive]] by a terrifying sea monster and the latter getting shot out of nowhere by one of Shanks' men. This wouldn't be noteworthy if it wasn't for the fact that it's ''very'' rare for villains to outright die in this series (or ''any'' character outside of flashbacks, for that matter).

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

** The entire first book of ''Kingmaker'' has the player characters slaughter loads of bandits, most of whom aren't given names with even their leader [[Only Known By Their Nickname]] "The Stag Lord" (he wears a deer themed helmet).

** The third party ''Legendary Beginnings'' adventure series starts with ''The Bandit's Cave'' which, as the name implies, has the player characters tracking down the cave that some orc bandits are using as a base. The series is aimed at introducing new players to the medium and genre, and deliberately uses such a stereotypical beginner's quest as part of it.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Likewise for [[Spiritual Successor]] ''[[Tradewinds]]''

* Generic, unaffiliated, pirates are a common [[Random Encounter]] when sailing in ''[[Sid Meier's Pirates]]'' and can be hunted as a way to gain booty without taking on a national government. One unique aspect of the game's implementation is that ships encountered are not automatically identified, and sticking around to identify a ship decreases the odds you'll be able to get away or have initiative in the fight, but attacking straight away runs the risk of biting off more than you can chew and attacking other-wise non-hostile targets, possibility to the extent of starting a fight with a nation.

 

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