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[[File:FinalBosses 9185.jpg|frame|They're [[Large and In Charge|big]], they're [[Big Bad|bad]], they're ready to throw down. Are you? <ref>Clockwise from top-left: [[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|Bowser]], [[Final Fantasy VII|Sephiroth]], [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ganon]], [[Metroid|Mother Brain]], [[Castlevania: Rondo of Blood|Dracula]], [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2|Robotnik]].</ref>]]
 
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Being{{noexamples|being a near-ubiquitous trope in video games, a list of specific examples is unnecessary - almost every game with [[Boss Battle]]s has one that takes place just before the ending of the game, and that's the Final Boss. Note that the Final Boss isn't necessarily the hardest; even if it's not a [[Anticlimax Boss|pushover]], there may be a [[That One Boss|really hard boss]] earlier on, and [[Bonus Boss]]es are usually around to give [[Challenge Gamer]]s a tougher fight than is needed to finish the game. More interesting forms of this trope are under different pages. Also, the final boss need not be the very last thing you fight. Sometimes, a post-climax finisher fight occurs; less difficult, or smaller stakes than before, meant to tie up loose ends; we like to call that a [[Post Final Boss]].}}
 
Note that the Final Boss isn't necessarily the hardest; even if it's not a [[Anticlimax Boss|pushover]], there may be a [[That One Boss|really hard boss]] earlier on, and [[Bonus Boss]]es are usually around to give [[Challenge Gamer]]s a tougher fight than is needed to finish the game. More interesting forms of this trope are under different pages. Also, the final boss need not be the very last thing you fight. Sometimes, a post-climax finisher fight occurs; less difficult, or smaller stakes than before, meant to tie up loose ends; we like to call that a [[Post Final Boss]].
 
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