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[[File:lunia.png|link=Lunia|frame|Yes, he(?) is a [[Player Character]].]]
A spin-off game or story (or a side story or special episode) that focuses on a [[Mascot Mook]] whose only purpose was to die by the dozen in the original. ▼
▲A spin-off game or story (or a side story or special episode) that focuses on a [[Mascot Mook]] whose only purpose was to die by the dozen in the original.
Usually will center around an exceptional member of the [[Henchmen Race]]. If the events of this story are canon this guy might become the [[Ascended Extra]] on par with the original heroes. Some of them will be [[Hunter of His Own Kind|hunting their own kind]] [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much|on the heroes' side]], others will be trying to make it through [[Mook Promotion]] and become a [[Big Bad]] on their own right. ▼
▲Usually will center around an exceptional member of the [[Henchmen Race]]. If the events of this story are canon this guy might become the [[Ascended Extra]] on par with the original heroes. Some of them will be [[Hunter of His Own Kind|hunting their own kind]] [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much|on the heroes' side]], others will be trying to make it through [[Mook Promotion]] and become a [[Big Bad]] on their own right.
Usually played for comedy (it's funny to see things from the point of view of someone you didn't even consider important enough to be having any sort of private life or backstory). ▼
▲Usually played for comedy (it's funny to see things from the point of view of someone you didn't even consider important enough to be having any sort of private life or backstory).
Can overlap with [[Mook Horror Show]], when a story focuses on the [[Mook|Mooks]], but only for long enough for [[The Hero]] to dispatch them. Also can overlap with [[Monster Adventurers]].
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Compare [[Lower Deck Episode]], [[Villain Episode]], and [[A Day in the Limelight]], which involve actual characters being given the spotlight, instead of generic NPCs.
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== Video Games ==
* (above) Lime, the playable Slime character from ''[[Lunia]]''. Basically during the entire first chapter he is technically slaughtering his own kind.
* The Minions in ''[[Overlord]]'' got their own spin-off on DS.
* Many, many ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' [[Game Mod|ROM hacks]].
** ''Rob-ombs Quest'' has a Bob-omb as the main character.
** ''The Ninji Safa'' has a Ninji as the main character.
** ''Pokey's Adventure'' has a [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Pokey as the main character]].
** ''Super Blooper'' has a Blooper as the main character.
** Two upcoming hacks have a Buzzy Beetle and a Muncher as main characters respectively.
** There are two Mario flash games with a Bullet Bill as the main character, and another with a Bandit as the main character.
** And two where you are a koopa: [http://www.addictinggames.com/action-games/akoopasrevenge.jsp\]
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** Also there is ''Star Man'' and it`s remake ''Star Man Upgraded''.
* ''[[Prinny]]'', a [[Gaiden Game]] to the ''[[Disgaea]]'' series starring an armada of the series' easily combustible penguin mooks. This being [[Nintendo Hard|Prinny]], his role is still to die by the dozen: players thousand of lives are all separate Prinnies, who pass the [[Amulet of Concentrated Awesome|Scarf Of Concentrated Awesome]] to the next in line. The sequel also makes Asagi (a recurring character who has a running gag of never being the main character of the game) playable as a Prinny (as she'd died and been reincarnated in the previous game).
* ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]] 1 & 2'' might count, since Goombario / Goombella and other party members are technically main characters that are members of mook races.
* [[Star Wars]]:
** ''[[TIE Fighter]]''.
** ''[[Republic Commando]]''.
** ''[[Star Wars: Dark Forces|Dark Forces Saga]]'' has this as well, to an extent: Kyle Katarn started as a stormtrooper.
* ''[[Ghosts 'n Goblins
* ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'': Versus Mode (in all its incarnations) lets you control the [[Superpowered Mooks|Special]] [[Zombie Apocalypse|Infected]]. Which one you get is determined randomly, but Tanks only appear at predetermined points along the map (and are awarded to the Infected player who's done the most damage) and the Witch isn't on the list at all unless you're using a custom campaign mutation.
* Half of ''[[Halo]] 2'' consisted of playing as an Elite who had been [[Kicked Upstairs|promoted]] to Arbiter.
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