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* The monster in any [[James Byron Huggins]] novel. In the first act, the genetically-engineered super-dragon will be destroying tanks and if it escapes it could destroy cities, while the third act it can be killed by some strongman with a viking axe and a couple of grenades. Same thing in ''Hunter''; the monster rips apart heavily fortified labs and squads of armed guards only to die from being lit on fire in single combat with the hero.
* The more [[Our Demons Are Different|Denarians]] you see in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', the easier they get to kill. The first one took three [[Church Militant|Knights of the Cross]] to take down. By the time we see three more, the Denarian leader versus one Knight is pretty even. More than a dozen pop up, and they're not much more than ordinary mooks. Partially justified, as the dozen were picked for desire rather than skill, but the drop in capability is still pretty drastic.
** Also partially justified in that Harry tends to [[Took a Level
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* In ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'', the recurring enemy Jr. Troopa has reduced HP resulting from having swum to Yoshi's Island and back in pursuit of Mario. This is somewhat mitigated by the addition of a spiked cap. Upon defeat, he then talks as though flight would have made the trip effortless.
** Of course, Jr. Troopa's entire schtick is that he's a one man [[Terrible Trio]], being substantially weaker than the heroes every time they encounter him. He's a tough fight, but it's difficult to lose to him.
* The Necrons of ''[[Warhammer
** The last version of the game does not directly nerf them, but various rule changes hurt them so badly they are almost a joke now.
* An entirely different type of of "lowered monster difficulty" is in R&D games like ''[[X-COM]]''; you gain new technology that outclasses even the [[Big Bad]] aliens. This isn't [[Can't Catch Up]] as the examples there do not match the case: Your entire team gets better; none of your characters gets left behind. The [[Big Bad|enemies]] get more powerful by normal [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]], but your team gets more powerful faster.
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== Western Animation ==
* Something of an inversion on this occurred in the Saturday morning cartoon of ''[[Dungeons
* Done at times in ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', perhaps most obviously in the episode "Revolution". At first [[Mean Brit|Mad Mod's]] [[Mecha-Mooks|robot guards]] are so powerful that the Titans can't even defeat 2 or 3 of them- they're simply [[Made of Iron|too tough]]. When they wind up fighting an entire army at once all of a sudden the Titans [[Made of Plasticine|can rip them apart like tissue paper or knock them over like skittles.]]
** That might also count as [[Conservation of Ninjutsu]].
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