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Most [[Mooks]] exist solely to [[What Measure Is a Mook?|die en masse]] by the hero's hands.
 
Some become famous in the process, and the result is a [[Mascot Mook]].
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Sometimes the popularity of the [[Mascot Mook]] can result in spin-off titles dedicated entirely to them; see [[Breakout Mook Character]]. See [[Recurring Element]] for non-monster examples.
 
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== Action Adventure ==
* [[Villain Protagonist|Your]] [[Ugly Cute]] Minions in ''[[Overlord]]'', who even get their own DS spin-off.
* The Sharpclaw Tribe in ''[[Star Fox Adventures (Video Game)|Star Fox Adventures]]''.
* The Bokoblins in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]''.
 
== Action RPG ==
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* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' has no shortage of these. The classic titles feature [[Boss in Mook Clothing|Tonberry]], a little green-skinned hooded guy, [[Metal Slime|Cactuar]], a running cactus, and [[Demonic Spider|Malboro]], a giant stinky plant; ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'' features its own take on Goblins, and the little Mandragora people. All of these have been immortalized in plushie form.
** Moreover, it seems that they attempt to add a new one with each iteration. ''[[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|Final Fantasy I]]'' introduced Goblins. Marlboros came into play in ''[[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Final Fantasy II]]'', with Chocobos expanding into battles in later titles. ''[[Final Fantasy III (Video Game)|Final Fantasy III]]'' saw the first appearance of Moogles. In ''[[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IV]]'' there was the debut of the Zus. ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'' brought Tonberries and Magic Pots to the world. ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' was where Cactuars made their introduction. At this point, you could stock a game purely with recurring mooks from the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series. Oh, wait, they ''have'' - the ''Chocobo'' series.
* The Poo Snake from ''[[Blue Dragon]]'' was an intentional attempt to create one of these, because of the [[ClicheCliché Storm]] theme. It worked - you can recruit one named Poopie in the sequel. They're basically Slimes, with all their [[Underground Monkey|Underground Monkeys]].
* And the Punis, the Slimes-by-another-name of the ''[[Atelier Series]]''.
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' has Jack Frost, who is the spirit of winter as a cute snowman dressed up like a clown. He has a bunch of related "Frost" type characters in each game to go along with him, such as his [[Distaff Counterpart]] Strawberry Frost and [[Evil Twin]] Black Frost. Not to mention [[Bonus Boss]] King Frost.
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* Goombas and Koopa Troopas from the ''[[Super Mario Bros]].'' series have evolved into this over the years, more so with Koopa Troopas owing to their [[Anthropomorphic Shift]]. Nowadays a Mario game is far more likely to feature Goombas and Koopa Troopas as sympathetic allies than [[Goomba Stomp|stompable]] monsters. (Not so much with the Piranha Plant.) You have them as party members in [[Paper Mario]] 1 and 2, and in any game where Bowser is on your side, especially Bowser's Inside Story.
** [[New Super Mario Bros (Video Game)|Well, not stompable if it's not a 2D platformer anyway]].
* Metall (or Mettool, [[Spell My Name With an "S"|or however you spell it]]) from the classic ''[[Mega Man (Video Game)|Mega Man]]'' games also qualifies, appearing in every game in the series and making cameos in several non-Classic entries. (Bomb Bonne of ''[[Mega Man Legends (Video Game)|Mega Man Legends]]'' even bears a strong resemblance to the classic helmeted enemy.)
** They're not just classic enemies, the only ''[[Mega Man X (Video Game)|Mega Man X]]'' games they haven't appeared in are 2 and 3, and they haven't appeared in the first three Zero games. They appeared everywhere else. They ''did'' appear in the ''[[Mega Man Zero (Video Game)|Mega Man Zero]]'' games if you used a Cyber Elf that transformed all the enemies in any stage into Metts.
** Sniper Joes, although they're mainly locked into the Classic series. In exchange, not a single one of those games doesn't feature some variant of them.
* Moo from the ''[[Klonoa (Video Game)|Klonoa]]'' series is a big round blank-faced creature that mills around aimlessly, waiting for Klonoa to use it as either a springboard or a missile. Their inherent harmlessness coupled with their adorable appearance easily makes Moo the second-most recognizable character in the franchise ([[Needs More Love|not that there are many who would recognize Klonoa in the first place, mind you]]).
* Every enemy in the ''[[Kirby]]'' games (besides some Final Bosses) counts as one of these. From the toddling Waddle Dees to the [[Invincible Minor Minion|invincible]] Gordos, to the scowling pink Bronto Burts.
* The Pipo Monkeys from the ''[[Ape Escape (Video Game)|Ape Escape]]'' games. No need to [[EverythingsEverything's Better With Monkeys|say why]]. In fact, your objective is to [[Gotta Catch Em All|capture them!]]
* The [[Mecha-Mooks|Biankies]] of ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]'', who also resemble the Putties of ''[[Power Rangers]]''.
* The Dopefish from ''[[Commander Keen (Video Game)|Commander Keen]]'' is iconic enough to be the subject of many [[Easter Egg|Easter Eggs]] from a wide variety of other games.
* The Hoodmongers from ''[[Rayman|Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]''. It should be noted that there is nothing cute, adorable, or "wuvable" about them; they're basically potato sacks with large hats and shotguns.
** They're the [[One -Winged Angel]] form of fairy-like creatures that have been [[Mind Rape|Mind Raped]], so there's a certain element of pity. They're also comically stupid, even more so than the Space Pirates. And eventually {{spoiler|you get the ability to repair their damaged minds and restore them to what they once were.}}
 
 
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== Turn Based Strategy ==
* Prinnies from the ''[[Disgaea]]'' series are condemned souls forced to work off their afterlife sentence in the hopes of being reincarnated as something ''not'' a Prinny in their next life. They also happen to be [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|adorable little patchwork]] [[EverythingsEverything's Better With Penguins|penguins]] who are [[Knife Nut|good with knives]], [[Made of Explodium|explode when thrown]] and like saying [[Verbal Tic|"dood!"]]. Of course, this being ''Disgaea'' we're talking about, the fact that they're [[Mooks]] puts them squarely under the ''[[Player Mooks|player's]]'' command. They do show up as enemies, but not nearly as often as some other monster types, and when they do, it's generally in the tutorial levels or [[Breather Level|joke levels]] that expect the player to take full advantage of their volatile nature.
** Prinnies are beloved enough to star in their own nigh-[[Platform Hell]] PSP game ([[No Fourth Wall|much to the consternation of the heroine of a cancelled game who's stuck doing cameos]]), appropriately called Prinny. [[Nintendo Hard|You get a]] ''[[Nintendo Hard|thousand]]'' [[Nintendo Hard|lives at the start.]]
 
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