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[[File:HijackedByGanonC 6941.jpg|link=The Legend of Zelda|frame|What? Were you expecting someone else? [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Maybe that Zant guy?]]]]

 

 

An inverted form of [[The Man Behind the Man]]. Rather than a new evil being behind an old villain, an old villain is behind a new one.

 

''Keep in mind that this is about [[Plot Twist|plot twists]],'' '''''so EXPECT SPOILERS!'''''

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== The Legend Of Zelda (Ganon/Ganondorf) ==

Several times in ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' series the hot new [[Big Bad]] turns out to simply be a pawn of Ganon.

* In the ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages|Oracle]]'' games, {{spoiler|the Twinrova sisters, Kotake and Koume, are the real [[Big Bad]]s. Ganon is the [[Final Boss]], but he does not directly have a hand in the plot, making him more of a [[Bigger Bad]].}}

* Played with in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Skyward Sword]]'', as {{spoiler|Ganon doesn't appear in person, but the ending reveals that the spirit of Ganon that keeps pursuing Zelda and Link's descendants is the incarnation of the hatred of the [[Bigger Bad]] Demise. [[Irony|Thus in an ironic twist, everything Ganon has done has been essentially hijacked by Demise.]]}}

 

* Hijacked by the Sharingan is what many fans think ''[[Naruto]]'' has become ever since {{spoiler|[[Disk One Final Boss|Orochimaru]], [[Terrorist Without a Cause|Deidara]], [[Puppet Master|Sasori]], [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|Kakuzu]], [[Religion of Evil|Hidan]], [[Blood Knight|Kisame]], [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Pain/Nagato]], and [[Lady of War|Konan]] have been killed off. The only villains (Sasuke, [[Fan Nickname|Tobidara]]) have Sharingans, [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Danzo]] had a [[Body Horror|Sharingan Arm]], and Kabuto's ultimate trump card was...Uchiha Madara. (Or not, he now has a second ultimate trump card. Except he's triggering [[Death Flag]]s left and right, so it'll be back to Sharingan-only villains soon enough.)}}

* Vamdemon/Myotismon in ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]''.

* A key plot element in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'', also {{spoiler|inverted.}} Most of End of the Golden Witch involves {{spoiler|Battler trying to keep the role as protagonist}} and {{spoiler|Bernkastel}} doing the hijacking.

* In ''[[Zatch Bell]]'', Riou serves as the main villain for the Faudo arc -- {{spoiler|until Zeon and Dufaux invade the control room and absolutely crush him}}. And it happens right after {{spoiler|Riou defeats Gash and [[Only Mostly Dead|murders Kiyomaro]]}}, too.

* In ''[[Inuyasha]]'' it's almost inevitable that whoever the heroes are fighting next is really a pawn of [[Big Bad|Naraku]]. However, to their credit the heroes are almost always [[Genre Savvy|aware of this]], increasingly so as the series goes on. {{spoiler|And then it turns out Naraku was being manipulated all along by the Shikon jewel.}}

 

* [[Norman Osborn]]'s revival at the end of [[The Clone Saga]] definitely counts. We in the real world know he was brought in because the story had long since gotten out of hand, and the best way to resolve it neatly was to have one mastermind behind everything. Osborn, a notorious [[Chessmaster]], was judged the only Spidey villain with the oomph to pull it off (even if they had to bring him back from the dead).

* In ''[[Ultimate Marvel]]'', Dr. Doom has pulled this '''three times''' to date: in {{spoiler|the ''Ultimate Power'' miniseries, in ''[[The Ultimates]]'' vol. 3, and ''Ultimate Doom''}}. Which is weird, because he doesn't have nearly as much cred as his [[Marvel Universe|616]] counterpart, and except for those two instances, no one besides the Fantastic Four has dealt with him...but there you have it. The former kind of worked, the latter...[[Ass Pull|not so much]].

* In the ''[[Sin City]]'' tale ''Hell And Back'', {{spoiler|Wallenquist was revealed as the Colonel's boss with the Colonel's main assassin answering directly to him.}}

* Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in ''[[Amazons Attack]]''. A brainwashed Queen Hippolyta has led the Amazons of Themyscira to wage war on the United States! BUT WAIT! It turns out that Queen Hippolyta's attack was actually all a [[Secret Test of Character]] by the goddess Athena! BUT WAIT! It turns out it was all a convoluted plot masterminded by Granny Goodness of the [[New Gods]] while ''disguised'' as Athena and keeping the other Greek gods imprisoned! BUT WAIT! The entire miniseries was actually a tie-in to ''[[Countdown to Final Crisis]]'', where Granny Goodness is training hundreds of women to be female furies in connection to the Death of the New Gods! BUT WAIT! [[Four Lines, All Waiting|The Death Of The New Gods/Jimmy Olsen's superpowers plotline]] from ''Countdown'' was actually all part of Darkseid's evil plan involving the Anti-Life equation, and Granny Goodness was just working for him! [[Kudzu Plot|WHAT.]]

* European Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse comics did a story arc about an evil wizard who brainwashed Beagle Boys, Magica and Phantom Blot to serve him and keep the protagonists busy while he will carry on his evil plan. Phantom Blot however turned out to be just pretending to be brainwashed so he could stike at him and take over his scheme. In the end it was subverted, because the wizard ran away right after that, keeping his status of the [[Big Bad]] for the final part of the story.

 

 

* In ''[[Artemis Fowl]]: The Time Paradox'', the apparent villain-of-the-day (or yesterday) Damon Kronski turns out to be the pawn of {{spoiler|Opal Koboi}}.

* The original novel of ''[[You Only Live Twice]]''. So James Bond needs to get his mojo back after Blofeld got away and murdered his wife out of spite last time. Well, through a complicated series of events, Japan tosses him a relatively easy one: Some loon named Doctor Shatterhand is running a poisonous garden and encouraging suicide. Investigating that should jump-start him out of his funk...dum-da-da-da! It's Blofeld again! And he's ''crazy!''

* ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' plays with this: about half the books introduce a new character that turns out to be Count Olaf in disguise; however, the Baudelaires see through it early on and [[Cassandra Truth|spend the rest of the book trying to convince]] [[Adults Are Useless|the bumbling adults in charge.]]

** Also used for Olaf's many minions, at least one of whom always accompanies him in his schemes. Weirdly, the children never really are able to recognize ''them'' until the very end, despite the fact that the children are usually told that said minions just showed up in the area recently and they quickly notice suspicious characteristics about them. {{spoiler|For example, the Foreman with the bad wig turns out to be the Bald Man With The Big Nose, the doctor with the "unusually solid hands" turns out to be the Hook-Handed Man, and Officer Lucinda with her "lipsticked smile" turns out to be Esme Squalor}}. It's not until the end of the book that the identities are revealed, which leads to the siblings inevitably trusting the newly-captured Olaf into the hands of the kind, innocent doctor or police officer that they just met.

* Pick any ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' story, and you'll find a scholar who holds that Moriarty was behind it. Of course, the opening of "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder" more or less declares open season on this behavior, but that still doesn't account for such theories for stories that [[Staying Alive|take place after Moriarty is supposed to have died.]]

 

* One loses track of how many ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serials open with a seemingly original villain who turns out to be a pawn of the Daleks, the Cybermen, the Sontarans, or the Master. Or sometimes more than one of them (and sometimes they hijack each other). The production team would later admit that they overdid it in the eighth series (which introduced the Master), making him the primary villain in ''all five serials.''

** On one occasion, The Master was the pawn of the Daleks (incidentally, that was Roger Delgado's last appearance as the character), who were only revealed at the very end as the men (well, hideously mutated squidlike ex-Kaleds in bonded polycarbon armor) behind the man.

* ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' gives a humorous example. Dick is outraged when he discovers Mary has been getting love letters from a mysterious admirer, and discovers that it's actually his [[Arch Enemy]] Liam, who seduced Mary and tried to destroy Earth once before and is back to give both another shot.

* In ''[[Lost]]'', {{spoiler|the first antagonist encountered in the series is the Smoke Monster, which had been terrorizing the survivors since they first crashed on the Island, long before we even know about the Others. Early on, it was assumed that it was a raging beast, but later, we learned it was much more than that when it was discovered that it could assume the form of deceased characters. However, it only appeared in a few episodes and seemed to take a backseat to other antagonists such as Ben, the Others, Widmore, etc. After seasons of debating who the [[Big Bad]] would be, the season five finale introduced an unnamed man, The Man in Black, who is Jacob's enemy, vowing to kill him, and at the end of the episode, we learn he was manipulating everyone, especially Ben and Locke, the whole time in order to accomplish this. It is revealed in the season six premiere that this man was none other than the Smoke Monster, making him the [[Big Bad]] since the very first episode.}}

** Also, in The Game, {{spoiler|Max, the man behind Season 2's events, is the [[Big Bad]].}}

** Subverted in season six; {{spoiler|it seems like the Chinese are pulling this, but Phillip Bauer turns out to be the actual antagonist.}}

** And in the old days, Shocker's Great Leader turned out to be behind any number of evil organizations.

* In ''[[Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger]] vs. [[Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger]]'', the villain's plot was revealed to be to resurrect not only all the Alienizers and Trinoids that have been slain in battle, but Dezumozorlya (the Abarangers' [[Eldritch Abomination]] [[Big Bad]]) as well. Fortunately, {{spoiler|it was the dead [[Sixth Ranger|AbareKiller]] who was resurrected in Dezumozorlya's stead, and Killer proceeds to team up with his fellow Sentai to defeat the various villains.}} It is played straight, however, in ''[[Engine Sentai Go-onger]] vs. [[Juken Sentai Gekiranger]]'', {{spoiler|the villains are after the Dōkokugan, the sphere that the Gekirangers' [[Big Bad]] Long is sealed in, and he later breaks free of the seal in order to exact his revenge.}}

 

* Another WWE mystery: "Who ran over [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]]?" Well, the man driving the car was revealed to be Rikishi, whose lame [[Motive Rant]] killed any potential heat. Rikishi was so ill-fit for the [[Heel]] role that after one month the much better established [[Triple H]] was revealed to be [[The Man Behind the Man]].

** In reality, the mastermind couldn't have been anyone BUT Triple H. Triple H assaults Austin backstage, runs off, lures Austin out into the parking lot, where Rikishi just randomly happens to be in a car in the parking lot ready to run him over. Despite Triple H's insistence right before Rikishi's reveal that he was planning to lead to Austin to a beatdown, the variables are just too unlikely for it to be anybody but Triple H.

* [[The Nexus]] was a group of scorned rookies out for revenge against the mainframe of the WWE...only for them to eventually becomes lackeys of the already well-established [[CM Punk]].

 

 

* Teridax, the main Makuta from ''[[Bionicle]]'' got into the habit of this. The first two years after Teridax was first defeated, it was known he orchestrated the new antagonists to fight the heroes, but the two year after that it was part of [[The Reveal]], the year after that not so much but did involve his cronies setting him free, then after that it was again revealed he had basically been behind it all. The next year Teridax was a major player, and then the last year was the culmination of his master plan to take over the universe. {{spoiler|It worked.}}

 

* {{spoiler|Dr. Eggman and Eggman Nega}} in ''[[Sonic Rush Series]] Adventure''.

** Also {{spoiler|Metal Sonic}} in ''[[Sonic Heroes]]''.

** Averted, but attempted in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', where Bowser is not the main antagonist. He and Kammy Koopa appear in several cut scenes seeking the [[MacGuffin|Crystal Stars]], but always arrive after Mario and company have left with the Stars. In the climax, Bowser drops in...[[Dynamic Entry|literally]]...during the confrontation between Mario and Grodus (the essential main antagonist), and then the player has to fight Bowser and Kammy. But once the player defeats Bowser and Kammy, it turns out {{spoiler|that Grodus took advantage of the distraction to grab Peach and take her to the next chamber.}} So in the end, Bowser doesn't hijack the plot. [[Non Sequitur Scene|He never even finds out what's going on, and ends up being little more than comic relief in the otherwise serious endgame]].

*** Because seriously, "What's a finale without a Bowser appearance, huh? A cruddy finale, that's what!"

** ''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]'' uses a variation of this: you know from the beginning of the game that Bowser was responsible for transforming the kings of the Mushroom World into animals, but it isn't until you reach World 8 that you find out that {{spoiler|he has kidnapped Princess Peach again.}}

** In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners In Time]]'', Baby Bowser is a recurring nuisance, and Bowser only shows up late in the game to kidnap the princess and fight the brothers once. At the end of the game, however, after the brothers defeat {{spoiler|the older}} Princess Shroob, {{spoiler|Bowser eats the mushroom that Princess Shroob left behind, absorbs her power, and fights the brothers in one last battle}}.

** ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' takes an interesting spin on this. You'd think that, Bowser being one of the protagonists, he wouldn't be able to hijack the plot. {{spoiler|Technically, he doesn't. Fawful combines with the energy half of the Dark Star while Bowser accidentally combines with the physical half of the Dark Star. The physical half copies Bowser's DNA and turns into a purple and black version of Bowser, but only as a smoky spirit. After defeating Dark Fawful, the Dark Star eats Dark Fawful, completing his transformation into Dark Bowser just in time to have a climactic boss battle with the real Bowser.}}

*** {{spoiler|Further played with in that the epilogue consists of a [[Credits Montage]] of the Mario Brothers defeating the real Bowser anyway.}}

*** Then it gets confusing to say if it happened or not, because {{spoiler|in later games with King Boo, he ''does'' work for Bowser.}}

**** And then there's the Epileptic Tree that {{spoiler|King Boo was originally supposed to ''be'' Bowser.}}

* Done retroactively in the ''[[Legacy of Kain]]'' series. The first game, ''Blood Omen'', has the [[Big Bad]] "Hash'ak'gik", while the villains of ''Blood Omen 2'' (actually the [[Non-Linear Sequel|fourth game in the series]]) are the Sarafan, but it's eventually revealed the Sarafan Lord who leads them is a Hylden General. The fifth game, ''Defiance'', revealed that Hash'ak'gik and the Hylden General were the same being all along. {{spoiler|He then partially hijacks that game as well, possessing Janos to tie into the events of ''Blood Omen 2'' and acting as a secondary antagonist in the final levels}}.

* In ''[[Naruto Clash of Ninja]] Revolution 2'', the player spends most of the game fighting against Kagura, an evil ex-ANBU agent who wants revenge on Tsunade. It turns out that Kagura was seemingly manipulated into attacking the Hidden Leaf Village by [[The Dragon|her Dragon]] Bando, who in turn was manipulated by {{spoiler|Kabuto}} for unknown reasons (it's unclear whether he did it on his own, or for {{spoiler|Orochimaru}}).

* ''[[Fallout]]'', while not actually a character, the Forced Evolutionary Virus, a mutagenic serum used by the first game's [[Big Bad]], was brought back in the end stages of the second game as part of the new villain's plan to wipe out the wasteland. The villain of the third game was essentially repeating his plan but with a few tweaks.

* In ''[[City of Heroes]]'', [[Memetic Mutation|it's all a Nemesis plot]]; he orchestrated the [[Alien Invasion|Rikti invasion]] and possibly the [[No Swastikas|Council overthrow of the 5th Column]]. However, the events in [[Ancient Rome|Cimerora]] were started by a different group of villains: {{spoiler|the Nictus, including Requiem and the 5th Column}}.

** True veterans of the game know it's only a matter of the time until the writers make Nemesis responsible for {{spoiler|all of the Nictus and Kheldian plots entirely}} as well.

*** The game [[Lampshade Hanging|pokes fun at this]]. "It's all a Nemesis plot", "Not everything is a Nemesis plot", and "If it wasn't a Nemesis plot already, you can use the Mission Architect to make it one" are all tips on loading screens.

* In Steve Meretzky's ''[[The Spellcasting Series|Spellcasting 201]]'' (an [[Interactive Fiction]] game published by Legend Entertainment), the villain of the game turns out to be the villain of the previous game ''Spellcasting 101'' (the evil stepfather of the protagonist) in disguise. The same trick is pulled in the sequel, ''Spellcasting 301'', and it's done with an even more heavy-handed joke: it turns out that the father disguised himself {{spoiler|as a ridiculously hot woman}}. Talk about having it in for your son...

* In ''[[System Shock]] 2'', you initially believe that Xerxes is the [[Big Bad]] causing havok on the Von Braun. {{spoiler|Then, you realize that he was a pawn for SHODAN's creation, The Many. After you whip out the many, SHODAN becomes the villain, though the [[Spoiler Opening|box art and intro]] [[Late Arrival Spoiler|might have given it away.]]}}

* ''[[Little Big Adventure]] 2: Twinsen's Odyssey''. Turns out the aliens are just dupes of good ol' Doctor Funfrock.

* The ''[[Bubble Bobble]]'' [[Spin-Off]] ''Bust-A-Move'', AKA ''[[Bubble Bobble|Puzzle Bobble]]'': In the VS CPU modes of installments 2 through 4, a enemy named Drunk (the green hooded beer-drinking enemy from Bubble Bobble) has been inside, respectively, a giant robot [[Mecha]] named Bubblen (one letter shy of Bub's ''long'' bubble dragon name), a giant fake bubble dragon named Debblun, and a spaceship face named Madam Luna.

* Boss Cass, the [[Big Bad]] in ''[[Ty the Tasmanian Tiger]] 1'' and ''2'' is presented as [[The Quisling]] (though, like [[8-Bit Theater|Black Mage]], this would imply he'd never been on "Team Evil") with [[The Heartless|the Quinkan]] in TY 3. {{spoiler|He's the one who invited them over for a nice cup of tea and a spot of global domination.}}

* Outright inverted by Dedede from the ''[[Kirby]]'' series. He was the [[Big Bad]] and [[Final Boss]] of the Original ''Kirby's Dreamland''. In all subsequent games he is demoted to [[Disc One Final Boss]], and by ''Squeak Squad'', Kirby pretty much beats him up for shits and giggles as soon as his cake is stolen. He even outright ''helps'' Kirby in ''Kirby 64''.

* In several ''[[Metal Slug]]'' games, Morden's evil scheme for domination is hijacked right at the end by Martians. In another iteration, the Martian's plot is hijacked by martian eating, [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]] race of aliens.

* ''[[Ninja Gaiden]] II'' on the NES spends a lot of time building up Ashtar, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of Darkness," as the [[Big Bad]]. The opening cinematic goes so far as to suggest he was the [[Man Behind the Man]] in the previous game. Your showdown with him occurs only halfway through the game though, and after you kill him, Jaquio, the villain of the previous game, returns from being [[Not Quite Dead]] to become the main villain, and the [[Man Behind the Man]] who was behind Ashtar.

* In ''[[Ratchet and Clank Going Commando]]'', our heroes are offered a job by the CEO of MegaCorp, one of Gadgetron's competitors in the Bogon galaxy. Their job is initially to recover a stolen prototype, and as the game unfolds, we learn that the CEO is not as kindly as he first appears, and that the prototype will spell doom for the entire universe if unleashed. After fighting their way into his headquarters and confronting him, it's revealed that {{spoiler|the CEO was Captain Qwark, the bumbling [[Fake Ultimate Hero]] who served as one of the first game's antagonists, in disguise. Turns out he'd engineered the whole thing in order to save the galaxy from a menace he created in order to be taken seriously as a super hero. Ratchet ends up having to save the galaxy instead after he screws it up.}}

* In ''[[Jak 3]]'', it's revealed that {{spoiler|Errol was turned into a cyborg and is working with the Dark Makers.}}

** Kil'jaeden and Archimonde were also behind most of the events of the [[RTS]] ''[[Warcraft]]'' games. Horde invasion? That was them. The Scourge? Yep. Illidan? Kil'jaeden again.

** The Burning Legion does have local competition in the form of the [[Eldritch Abomination|Old Gods]], who control two of the four elemental lords, the Qiraji, living Nerubians, the Watchers of Ulduar, the Twilight's Hammer cult, [[Expansion Pack|Cataclysm]]'s [[Big Bad]] Deathwing and yet-to-be-seen Queen Azshara.

* In the first four ''[[Phantasy Star]]'' games, the [[Big Bad]] revealed early on might be an [[Evil Overlord|evil king]], an [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|evil intelligent computer]], a [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|scorned and now vengeful half-human monster]], a [[We ARE Struggling Together!|fabricated war]] [[Cain and Abel|between the heroes']] [[Enemy Mine|civilizations]], or an [[Omnicidal Maniac|omnicidal]] [[Evil Sorcerer]], but they're all revealed to be pawns of [[Eldritch Abomination|Dark Force]]. In the fourth game, {{spoiler|even Dark Force is revealed to be the millennial incarnation of [[Sealed Evil in a Can|Profound]] [[Ultimate Evil|Darkness]].}}

** When they say that darkness [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|cannot be killed]], they aren't kidding. [[Phantasy Star Online]]? Dark Falz. Episode II? Dark Falz' corruption. Episode III? Dark Falz fragments. Move on to [[Phantasy Star Universe]], and what's the source of the SEED ? Dark [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Falkis]]. Episode II, III and Portable all have Illuminus essentially side-by-side with Dark Falz. [[Averted]] with Portable 2, then ultimately [[Played Straight]] with Portable 2 Infinity and the [[108]] fragments of Dark Falz.

** In ''Retribution'' it is revealed that the whole assult on the sub-sector Aurelia was orchestrated by {{spoiler|the daemon, inadvertently released by Gabriel back in the end of the first game}}.

* After switching primary villains a dizzying number of times in the first place, the final boss of ''[[Chrono Cross]]'' ends up being Lavos (or, at least, a version of Lavos), just as in [[Chrono Trigger|its predecessor.]]

** Even though everyone pretty much shrugged and said "It's probably Reapers" in the first conversation about the Collectors.

* In ''[[Persona 3|Persona 3: The Answer]]'': After destroying the mysterious shadow that you've spent 90% of the game chasing, a new, unconnected [[Big Bad]] takes over: {{spoiler|Yukari Takeba. escaping the [[Groundhog Day Loop]] the party finds itself in requires using all their keys together to open a door either to the past, where they can try to re-write history so that the main character of the main game is still alive, or to the present, where they can go on with their lives. Most of the party agrees on the present, but Yukari wants to bring the main character back, and is desperate to do a [[Face Heel Turn]] and try to ''kill off the rest of the party''. When Akihiko subsequently takes a firm grip on the [[Conflict Ball]], the party splinters, and Aigis and Metis wind up having to kill their friends. They make an [[Unexplained Recovery]] just in time for a [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]] to show up as the [[Final Boss]].}}

* The [[Arcade Game]] ''[[Captain America and The Avengers]]'' openly presents Red Skull as the [[Big Bad]]. The NES version [[Reformulated Game|isn't exactly based on it]], but it's not hard to guess who the "Mystery Big Boss" is.

* In a way, this is played with during the final boss fight of [[MadWorld]]. After getting to the final area, you're set to fight the previous champ, and it is never revealed who that is, so one would expect a powerful new face that may reveal something about {{spoiler|Jack's past in the games}}. Then, get ready for this, {{spoiler|'''IT'S THE BLACK BARON.''' Yes, the guy who died multiple times as a joke character to explain how minigames work is the final boss and has no clue who Jack is.}} Oh, and {{spoiler|he's}} surprisingly [[Badass]]. While the main plot continues as expected, the final boss fight is with the least expected person...but one that has been previously established as a villain of sorts.

 

** Not to mention several dangerous situations set up by {{spoiler|demons who appear to be fragments of K'Z'K', the demonic [[Big Bad]] from several early arcs}}.

** And then there's HeretiCorp, which at least usually has its logo on everything, except during its man-behind-the-man-who-was-actually-behind-the-first-man-anyway plots. Really, it's getting less "Is this _____ or a new enemy?" and more "Is this ____ or ____?"

* In ''[[Adventurers!]]'', Khrima was the first villain, only to later be hijacked by Eternion. This is parodied, like everything else in ''Adventurers!'', when Khrima and Eternion have an election campaign on who gets to be the [[Final Boss]]. Eternion got his boss fight, but Khrima afterward comes from out of ''nowhere'' with a [[Very Definitely Final Dungeon]] and the [[Final Boss]] fight.

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

* In ''[[Chaos Fighters]]'' II-Chemical Siege, after the true villain is revealed as {{spoiler|Etphan Signis}}, when Enrei and Gareia finished him, it was revealed that {{spoiler|Thanic Snader}}, the [[Big Bad]] of ''Cyberion Strike'', did everything, including {{spoiler|mind controlling Etphan so that he can leave Etphan doing the dirty work}}.

* In ''[[Arby 'n' the Chief]]'', {{spoiler|Chaos Theosis, the main antagonists of Season 6, were actually working for Trent Donnovich, who was the main antagonist of Season 5.}}

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* More than one ''[[Adventure Time]]'' plot has turned out to have the Ice King behind it, occasionally nonsensically. This was likely parodied in the season 2 finale, where all he did for the first part was hang around annoying everyone and trying to be involved in the story, even though there was a bigger villain around.

* In second season of ''[[WITCH]]'' first season's [[Big Bad]], Phobos, escapes in one episode and takes over team of recurring vilains, Knights of Vengeance, from this season's [[Big Bad]], Nerissa. Justified in that they were [[The Remnant|Remnants]] of his army and still loyal to him and that Nerissa didn't need them anymore anyway. He was quickly defeated by Eylon and Nerissa reclaimed position of [[Big Bad]] by tricking her into giving up her powers. After Nerissa later aquired powers of another dimensional Heart, girls grew desperate and decided to [[Enemy Mine|ally themselves with Phobos]] who is the only person in [[The Multiverse]] capable of taking powers of the Heart against the owner's will. Which of course ended with him stealing Nerissa's powers, taking over his army and deciding to start [[Multiversal Conqueror|multiversal conquest]]. {{spoiler|At least until Cedric tricked him into giving him all his powers}}.

 

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