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So, you're walking around on the world map, and there comes [[Fight Woosh|that flash you've come to know and loathe]]. Get ready for another [[Random Encounters|random encounter]]! Except, what's this? Seems you're not in any danger after all. Congratulations, you've just run into a [['''Fairy Battle]]'''.
 
Occasionally showing up in [[Role Playing Game|role playing games]], the [['''Fairy Battle]]''' is something that makes itself look like a battle, but turns out to be, well, something else.
 
Compare [[Pop Quiz]], [[Helpful Mook]].
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* In the game ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]] Spirit Caller'', selecting a person (all represented by a triangle with a circle on top) talks to them. Usually this challenges that person to a duel... unless it is the Dark Magician Girl, who will instead give you a rare card.
 
== [[MMORPG|MMORPGs]]s ==
* ''[[Atlantica Online]]'' has treasure chests that spawn for players that use a treasure map. The chest appears as an enemy... but goes down in one hit.
* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'': The "Rampaging Adding Machine" [[Downplayed Trope|borders on this]]. It's also an enemy, but it mainly exists to combine scrolls.
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* In Torneko's chapter of ''[[Dragon Quest IV]]'', he occasionally runs into traveling merchants on the world map, or even a traveling innkeeper.
* In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', in the ruins near Petalburg, there is a Thwomp who, despite appearing to be a mini-boss, actually just gives you a pop quiz. If you lose, however, he does make you fight a handful of enemies.
* In the ''[[Fallout]]'' series, it's quite common for random encounters to set you up against...a travelling merchant? A rave party in the wilderness? [[Doctor Who]]? How dangerous random encounters are depends on your "Luck" stat and, to a lesser degree, the Survival skill.<ref>The Luck stat affects probabilities for which encounter is encountered, while Survival affects which random encounters you get the option to avoid or enter at your discretion</ref>.
* One random encounter in ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' is a literal [[Fairy Battle]]. With fairies. You can still kill them if you want to, but they are just pranksters and will reward you if you play along.
** To be specific, they want your pants...
* ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' had [[Save Point]] [[Chest Monster|Chest Monsters]]s in Magus's Castle... which fluttered around doing nothing in particular until you killed them. They're evidently there just for the free experience and tech points...
* In ''[[Mother 3]]'', there's an enemy called the "Walking Bushie" that casts Lifeup on the main characters in battle and never attacks. After a few rounds of healing, the bush walks away, ending battle. If you attack the bush, it runs away without healing you.
** The original ''[[MOTHER 1]]'' featured an enemy called Groucho. While it could attack you, if you let it live, it would say "Hello" and then leave, giving a random party member a fair experience bonus.
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