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** Happened again in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' with {{spoiler|[[Evil Is Sexy|Jihl]] }}, who was even [[Never Trust a Trailer|featured in the trailer]], but ended up appearing in a stupefying total of 4 scenes (if even that many). During the last of which {{spoiler|she was blasted in the back by the [[Bait and Switch Boss|REAL boss]] as she confronted the heroes}}. They are now fightable in DLC for XIII-2, however.

** In ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'', during chapter one, a couple people are set up as [[Disc One Final Boss|disc one final bosses]], but are never directly fought. Among these are Gustav (Who set up the Marquis's kidnapping, which [[Even Evil Has Standards|Wiegraf detested]]) and Gragoroth, the Corpse Brigade member who kidnapped Teta<ref>he commits suicide by explosion after being shot by Argath at Ft. Zeakden</ref>.

** However, you do get to fight Kamek in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners In Time]]'' and ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', and the Magikoopa fought in ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'' is implied to be him. Still, the Yoshis never get a crack at him.

** Finally averted in ''[[New Super Mario Bros Wii]]'', where after 7 worlds of helping villains become more powerful (and before doing so in the final battle one castle later), Kamek finally fights you in a boss battle... straight after using magic to make the boss room filled with strange moving platforms and enemies!

* ''[[Baten Kaitos]]'': Geldoblame has yet to be fought in human form, unlike pretty much every other human villain in the series. And {{spoiler|Melodia}} isn't fought at all.

* Two ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' examples:

** The hyped-up duel between Roxas and Sora never happened in the original ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', but was added in the Final Mix.

** A third example is Maleficent in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''. Her only encounters with Sora end with {{spoiler|[[Enemy Mine]] situations}}, even though every other Disney villain from the first game is given a proper battle.

** In ''[[Silent Hill: Downpour]]'', {{spoiler|you ''become'' the final boss}}.

* In ''[[The Dark Spire]]'' (a [[Nintendo DS]] dungeon crawler), you fight what appears to be the main boss and kill him. Then you learn there's much more to it, but the real boss you only fight in a cutscene. And you have to do a lot of stuff to unlock this ending, which makes it a real let down.

** Another ''[[Metal Gear]]'' example: {{spoiler|[[Meaningful Name|Decoy]] Octopus}} is the only member of the FOXHOUND terrorist squad who doesn't have a boss encounter in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''. Instead, {{spoiler|you meet him in the first 30 minutes of gameplay, disguised as the DARPA Chief Donald Anderson...and even though you don't actually ''fight'' him, you still ''kill'' him by passing the FOXDIE virus to him.}}

** Hot Coldman is all but confirmed early on in ''[[Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker]]'' to be the main villain, but you don't get to fight him. {{spoiler|Or Zadornov, who's killed in a cutscene}}.

* In ''[[Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped]]'', Uka Uka is introduced as the man behind the man, an extremely powerful mask that was sealed away for thousands of years. You never really fight him; all he does is act as an obstacle during the final boss battle. This isn't so bad (a mask is kind of hard to make into a full boss), but it gets really annoying in ''[[Crash Bandicoot the Wrath of Cortex]]'' where there was a perfect opportunity to fight him. In that game, every boss is Crunch absorbing the powers of an elemental mask. There are four elemental masks, five bosses, you'd expect the final boss to be the recurring boss using Uka Uka's power, right? Nope. Instead, he just uses the other four masks at once, and Uka Uka does absolutely nothing during the fight except pull Cortex back to safety after you attack him. It took until ''[[Crash Twinsanity]]'' for a proper battle with Uka Uka but by that time, he's no longer the main villain.

* In ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]] Explorers of Time/Darkness'', the leader of Team Skull, Skuntank, is never fought, while his flunkies Zubat and Koffing are fought at the end of the first dungeon. After trying to backstab Wigglytuff and suffering the off-screen beatdown that followed, Team Skull is just sort of forgotten, aside from one dungeon.

** Many fans were disappointed when they found out that during the post-game storyline, when you're given the task of [[Gotta Catch Them All|hunting down the six sages of Team Plasma]], you don't get the opportunity to engage them in battle. This is especially notable because, near the end of the normal storyline, they all try to gang up on you, 6 on 1, before the Gym Leaders come in to take them off your hands, but they never decide to get revenge on you. Instead, they all (but one) turn themselves in willingly.

** Also, the Shadow Triad - those teleporting ninjas who guide you throughout the game.

** In the movie trilogy, he was planned to appear in the Battle of the Black Gate, but dropped for not fitting with the tone of the films or Tolkien's vision. He was replaced with the armoured troll Aragorn fights instead.

** It is important to note that Sauron did have a physical form in the book - only in the movies was he a mere flaming eye. Several characters make mention of it, and Tolkien also confirms it in his letters beyond all doubt, saying that "the form that he took was that of a man of more than human stature, but not gigantic."

* In ''[[Mistborn]]'', Lord Tevidian is [[High Priest]] of the [[Corrupt Church]], one of the chief lieutenants of [[God-Emperor|the Lord Ruler]], and {{spoiler|the father of heroine Vin}}. He is, in other words, exactly the kind of character you'd expect a dramatic confrontation against, but when he ''does'' show up it's only for his political rivals to frame him for treason, at which point the Lord Ruler gives them permission to kill him off messily. He never even ''speaks'' to {{spoiler|his daughter}}, much less has any sort of confrontation with her.

* In ''[[His Dark Materials]]'', the Authority (A.K.A. [[God]]) is set up as the ultimate source of the problems of society and the plot. But late in the series, it becomes apparent that his Dragon, Metatron, is really calling the shots, while the Authority is the victim of a carriage crash and a stiff breeze.