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{{quote|"How many players are with us today?"

''Player chooses "1"''

 

We've all been in the situation where, try as we might, a certain part of a game [[Nintendo Hard|seems]] -- [[Unwinnable|or is]]—impossible to get past, or [[Hopeless Boss Fight|supposed to be so.]]

 

When a boss battle is a '''Foregone Victory''', it is often a [[Anticlimax Boss]]—but not always; essentially, the '''Foregone Victory''' is to the [[Hopeless Boss Fight]] as the [[Anticlimax Boss]] is to [[That One Boss]].

 

* In ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]]''/''Emerald'', you cannot lose against Zigzagoon/Poochyenna when saving the life of the Professor at the beginning. Even if you just use the Buff/Debuff move against them over and over... it will flee, like a scared Latios.

** Also played with in ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'': you can actually faint Reshiram/Zekrom, but the dragons just get back up and fight you again until you catch them. [[Anti-Grinding|And you don't get any XP.]]

* You can't die in the [[Fake Action Prologue]] of ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', which takes place before Varric narrates the real story. It serves to show Varric is an [[Unreliable Narrator]].

* Beating GLaDOS in ''[[Portal 2]]'' is this, and also a [[Zero Effort Boss]]. Of course, anyone who's [[Interface Spoiler|read the chapter list]], or even the achievements, knows that this isn't anywhere near the end of the game.

 

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