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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Pay no attention to [[The Man Behind the Curtain]]!"''
|'''The Wizard''', ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''}}
▲{{quote|''"Pay no attention to [[The Man Behind the Curtain]]!"''|'''The Wizard''', ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''}}
The time has come, and after much journeying and many plot twists, the heroes are finally going to face the [[Big Bad]]. Unfortunately, there's a problem: said [[Big Bad]] is much stronger than they ever could have imagined. Its power is monstrous, its defenses impenetrable, and no matter what they do, the heroes can't so much as get it to flinch. Despair and woe, the villain has triumphed! His victory is assured!
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See also [[The Man Behind the Curtain]].
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The Pretenders in ''[[Transformers]]''. There was never really a "reveal" that within the [[Badass]] Bludgeon was a puny robot (the audience knew all
* Averted twice-over in ''[[Inuyasha]]'' with Juromaru and Kageromaru. Juromaru was tough, but Kageromaru lived in Juromaru's stomach and was much worse. However, Juromaru was a monster of his own, not just a shell for the other.
** Mouryoumaru is an ''[[Inuyasha]]'' example that plays the trope straight.
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* Kind of applies to the ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'' manga, where the [[Big Bad]] is actually a little kid that projects a much older, uglier image of himself so that he'll look more formidable.
* ''[[One Piece]]'' has Gecko Moria, who hides inside the giant zombie Oars. Though turns out Moria is just as dangerous as the giant zombie.
* Inverted in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. {{spoiler|The Evas are [[Eldritch Abomination
* Envy of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' claims his true form to be {{spoiler|a house-sized, multi-legged [[Eldritch Abomination]] easily capable of crushing the heroes. However, this is a lie; his true form is weak, newt-like form that can fit in the palm of a person's hand. Ultimately, Ed is dismissive enough of him to let Mei leave with him sealed in a jar}}.
* One of the demons ''[[Zatch Bell]]'' battles is like this, using its powers of animation to move and fight inside a durable, massive body.
== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[Team America: World Police]]'', {{spoiler|Kim Jong-il turns out to be a [[Refuge in Audacity|cockroach from space]]}}.
* In ''The Brotherhood Of The Wolf'', the dreaded Beast is revealed to be {{spoiler|a trained lion in a
* ''[[Labyrinth]]''. When the protagonists reach the entrance to the Goblin City, they're confronted by a giant robot-like creature. It turns out that the robot is being controlled by a small goblin inside of it.
== [[Live
* In the [[Toku]] ''[[Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger]]'', the villain Sargain is a small robotic ant piloting a human-sized robot body
* In ''[[
== [[Tabletop
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' module WG7 ''Castle Greyhawk''. An iron golem is built like a giant mecha, with many attacks a normal iron golem doesn't have. Its head holds a control room with an orc inside that is controlling it.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Yu Yevon from ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' is the [[Incredibly Lame Pun|embodiment]] of this trope.
* Lavos from ''[[
* King Boo from ''[[
* The [[Final Boss]] of ''[[Okami]]'' gives Yu Yevon a run for its money: {{spoiler|Yami the Dark Lord is actually a harmless baby seal in a jar controlling a gargantuan, mechanical sphere.}}
* {{spoiler|Shadow Mitsuo}} from ''[[Persona 4]]'' is a creepy floating baby capable of summoning an "outer shell" in the shape of a giant, pixelated 8-bit warrior. Though the real deal is far more dangerous than the shell.
* Poseidon creates one made out of the ''sea'' in ''[[God of War (
* In ''[[Mario
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo]]'', our heroes are facing a huge ink monster controlled by the [[Big Bad]], but luckily the keystone to the entire thing is the cursed artist whose strings are being pulled by the [[Big Bad]].
* Done with a good guy in the ''[[
* Skulker in ''[[Danny Phantom]]''. His real appearance is a small ghost made of ectoplasm, and his normal look is only his [[Powered Armor]].
* An episode of ''[[Big Guy and Rusty
* Similar to the ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' above, Se?Siniestro from ''Manny Riviera: The Adventure of El Tigre'', is just classmate of Manny and Frida with a knack for controlling a titanical battle suit which in turn can control an ''[[Meta Mecha|even bigger]]''[[Meta Mecha|battle suit]].
* Done with a hulking bounty hunter in [[Star Wars:
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