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* The first of ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' Games, ''Arena'', begins in a prison where the player learns in a dream that the Emperor is an impostor, and must chase all over Tamriel for pieces of the Chaos Staff to defeat him. |
* The first of ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' Games, ''Arena'', begins in a prison where the player learns in a dream that the Emperor is an impostor, and must chase all over Tamriel for pieces of the Chaos Staff to defeat him. |
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* ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'' had {{spoiler|Astos}} who was pretending to be a king so he could trick you into getting him the crown from the Marsh Cave. |
* ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'' had {{spoiler|Astos}} who was pretending to be a king so he could trick you into getting him the crown from the Marsh Cave. |
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** In ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'', we have a fake princess. Who eats rats. And demands sex from [[The Hero]]. |
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** ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', of course, is known for this one. {{spoiler|Unlike in many cases, the real king is ''dead.''}} |
** ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', of course, is known for this one. {{spoiler|Unlike in many cases, the real king is ''dead.''}} |
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* ''[[Jade Empire]]'' plays with this Trope a great deal. {{spoiler|Early on, you are lead to believe that Emperor Sun Hai is somehow being controlled by his sinister adviser, [[The Faceless|Death's Hand]]. Once you reach him, though, you learn that Death's Hand is merely a puppet of Sun Hai, who is still very much in control of his own faculties despite being dead, and must defeat the Emperor... just in time for another villain to actually step out of the shadows and assume control of the Empire, pretending that Sun Hai still rules.}} |
* ''[[Jade Empire]]'' plays with this Trope a great deal. {{spoiler|Early on, you are lead to believe that Emperor Sun Hai is somehow being controlled by his sinister adviser, [[The Faceless|Death's Hand]]. Once you reach him, though, you learn that Death's Hand is merely a puppet of Sun Hai, who is still very much in control of his own faculties despite being dead, and must defeat the Emperor... just in time for another villain to actually step out of the shadows and assume control of the Empire, pretending that Sun Hai still rules.}} |
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