Skippable Boss: Difference between revisions

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Occasionally, games will decide to give you a break and actually feature methods of skipping [[Boss Battle|boss battles]], most often by [[Talking Your Way Out|talking them out of]] fighting the player or by using some [[Boss Arena Idiocy|convenient environmental feature]] to instantly destroy them.

Of course, skipping the boss may not be the best course of action if you earn a nifty reward by defeating it through normal means, or if there's one for [[Hundred Percent Completion]]. But, hey, that's the penalty you get for taking the easy way out.

Of course, skipping the boss may not be the best course of action if you earn a nifty reward by defeating it through normal means, or if there's one for [[Hundred-Percent Completion]]. But, hey, that's the penalty you get for taking the easy way out.

The [[Skippable Boss]] is occasionally the alternative to the [[Hopeless Boss Fight]] or the [[Bonus Boss]]. It most frequently occurs in (but is not limited to) [[Role Playing Game|RPGs]]. See also [[Puzzle Boss]].

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* In ''[[Cave Story (Video Game)|Cave Story]]'', a late part of the game has two dragons (the Sisters) that you fight if you open a very obvious chest in the middle of the room. Less obviously, you can avoid the chest and continue on. Earlier in the game, [[Recurring Boss]] Balrog explicitly ''asks'' you if you want to fight. If you respond with "no," he says "Oh, okay" and goes about his way.

* ''[[Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis (Video Game)|Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis]]'' had an EXTREMELY difficult fist-fight against a Nazi that could be avoided by crushing him with a boulder (and a lesser opponent which could be defeated by toppling a stone slab onto him), but in order to get maximum "Indy points" you had to go through the game multiple times, actually fighting the boss at least once. And hey, [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazis in video games]]!

** Also, the majority of fights could be skipped outright by using the "Sucker Punch" option, which downed the enemy immediately. You got no Indy Points though, and the above-named [[Giant Mook]] [[Punch Punch Punch Uh Oh|just shrugs it off and laughs]].

** Also, the majority of fights could be skipped outright by using the "Sucker Punch" option, which downed the enemy immediately. You got no Indy Points though, and the above-named [[Giant Mook]] [[Punch-Punch-Punch Uh-Oh|just shrugs it off and laughs]].

* ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]'' features two skippable bosses. In one, you fight Magus in North Cape after the fall of Zeal... and you can skip this by convincing him to [[Heel Face Turn|join forces instead]]. The second is Lavos. When you arrive in 1999 AD via Epoch, you can crash it into Lavos and skip his first form. However, doing so [[Point of No Return|eliminates your ability to return]] to the End of Time for saving and healing; on the plus side, whether or not you crash the Epoch [[Multiple Endings|changes the ending]]. And a subverted skippable boss earlier as well:

{{quote| '''Nizbel:''' You wanna see Azala? She's right through here.<br />

(You walk past Nizbel, mentally thanking him for the directions.)<br />

'''Nizbel:''' Hey! I meant you gotta go through me! Whaddaya think I was standing here looking all vicious for? }}

* Although not technically a boss, there's a seemingly unskippable fight towards the end of ''Custom Robo'' for Gamecube that can actually be skipped if you're incredibly insistent with an apparent [[But Thou Must]] question.

* Although not technically a boss, there's a seemingly unskippable fight towards the end of ''Custom Robo'' for Gamecube that can actually be skipped if you're incredibly insistent with an apparent [[But Thou Must!]] question.

* The final confrontation with the Turks in ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'', if you ran the Wutai subquest, can be skipped simply by refusing to fight. However, if you have a Steal materia handy, there's enough loot between the three of them to make it worth the effort anyway.

* The second time Tiger Joe shows up in ''[[God Hand]]'', you can run right past him and exit the stage without so much as one punch.

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