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{{trope}}
A video game trope you've [[Seen It a Million Times|seen a million times]]: an enemy, just a plain old enemy that inexplicably turns up only once in the entire game. You wonder why the developers coded it; you wonder if it was partially [[Dummied Out]]. Sometimes it's just there to provide a special challenge for anyone trying for [[One Hundred Percent Completion]]. Sometimes it's there because it exists to fit a unique circumstance in a level or sidequest
There are two types of
Please try to avoid listing
▲Please try to avoid listing minibosses and so forth here; these enemies are notable primarily because they're regular enemies who could by all rights turn up at various points in the game but don't.
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* ''[[Super Metroid]]'' has a few in Maridia, mostly for functional reasons: In one corridor, a bizarre walker carves a path through a wall for the player. Later in the same segment, a corridor contains a squirming pile of white...things to help show off one of the abilities of Samus' new found equipment.
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*** Also, the Lightbringer's data scan mentions energizing them like a normal safe zone or destroying them with matter-antimatter weapons, but they disappear before you get the Light and Annihilator Beams.
** ''Metroid Prime 3'' has a frustrating few, including the [[That One Sidequest|incredibly hard to scan]] gel ray.
* ''[[Castlevania]] [[Castlevania Sorrow|Aria Of Sorrow]]'' has a couple of ordinary enemies who appear in just one room to frustrate [[One Hundred Percent Completion]], such as the super-fast flying fish enemy that requires a TimeStopper from ''another''
** ''[[Castlevania Sorrow|Dawn of Sorrow]]'' also has a few unique enemies. Three are of the "special requirement to find" (Mothman, Winged Humanoid and Yeti) variety, and there are several others that just happen to have one spawn location in the entire game (such as the Alura Une and the Wakwak Tree).
** ''[[Symphony of the Night]]'' has the Dodo bird, who appears in one room and runs for its life the moment it sees you...with good reason, too, as killing it gives you a chance at an [[Infinity+1 Sword]] [[Randomly Drops|drop]].
*** Symphony actually has loads, especially if you consider enemies that appear more than once, but never outside of the one room they're found in.
** The dodo above re-appears in ''[[Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin|Portrait of Ruin]]'' in a single room... sometimes. It's pretty much random. There are also a few others. [[Sand Worm
** Oddly, the Stone Rose/Man-eating Plant which is fairly common in later games only appears in one spot in Stage 1 of ''[[Rondo of Blood]]'', as well as the hunchback in Stage 3 who tries to steal your subweapon.
** The glass skeletons only appear in one room in ''[[Harmony of Dissonance]]''. They seem to be there to give nice exp.
** Castlevania examples, as you can see, go on for AGES.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]] [[The Legend of Zelda:
** In the same game, the Lynels from the [[The Legend of Zelda (
** From the Forest Temple in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'' comes a lone medium-sized Skulltulla that dangles over one bridge in one room. Kill it, and it's gone forever.
** Another ''Legend of Zelda'' example: Takkuri, a large bird that divebombs Link and steals Rupees or items from him, is an enemy type in some games but a unique enemy in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** Similarly, ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** Also from ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
*** ''Link's Awakening'' also has... Kirby. Yes, ''that'' [[Kirby]]. As an enemy. He only appears in a single room in the Eagle's Tower dungeon.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina Of Time]]'' has the Composer Brothers,
*** The [[Kill It
** In ''Zelda II'', just before you fight the final boss battles you walk through a room with in which a giant 'Bot' will appear from nowhere above your head. Given by this point in the game you've learned to upthrust with your sword, and the thing can be broken up with one hit, I imagine most people killed it before they'd fully processed what it was making for a unique enemy with a closely associated sensation of 'wait... what the heck just happened?'
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|Phantom Hourglass]]'' had the Pols Voice, which only showed up twice in very specific places in the Temple of Courage. This trope is very common in Zelda games.
** ''Majora's Mask'' has one Peahat hidden in a pit in Termina Field; kill it for a Piece of Heart and you've never got to fight another one. This wouldn't be so unusual had the previous game not featured numerous Peahats of the same type in similar areas.
** Similarly, normal Poes are only found in one room of the Stone Tower Temple, and a solitary 'normal' (as opposed to Business Scrubs and Mad Scrubs) Deku Scrub enemy is found in the Swamp Spider House. Both of these were a lot more numerous in Ocarina Of Time.
* ''[[
** He's just the most well known. There's also Fish Roe Man, Soot Dumpling, Mystery Metal Monkey, Bright Smile, Top Dogfish.... There's nearly a dozen more with completely unique sprites that many players may never see hidden in the game. Mother 3 lives this trope.
* In the NES version of ''[[Punch
* The Giant Jellyfish in ''[[
** ''Cave Story'' also has the mimic door and chinfish, both of which appear once near the start but never again in the game. Basil, an invincible enemy that can one-hit-kill you, only shows up in the undamaged Egg Corridor (although it functions more like a deadly room feature than an enemy), and an exploding green cloud only appears in the ruined Egg Corridor. The Gravekeeper is another unique enemy of no greater significance. [[Giant Mook|Giant Pingon]] in the same area is also an unique enemy.
*** The blowfish is mentioned in the closing credits as the "only one."
* There's a character named Mizzo in ''[[Super Smash Bros
* ''[[Pikmin|Pikmin 2]]'' has a single Toady Bloyster in the Perplexing Pool that holds a treasure. It's the only one you fight in the main game. You fight its bigger boss relative more times than this creature.
** Weirdly enough, the log file on it shows close to a dozen of them in one place.
** There are also [http://www.pikminwiki.com/Secret_Wistful_Wild_bugs orange bugs] that appear every 30 day in Wistful Wild starting with Day 31.
* ''[[
** As a bit of an Easter egg, killing the one and only Chain Chomp in ''[[
** The level 'Monkey's Favourite Lake' has Barney Bubble, a strange purple creature that blows bubbles when you stomp on it. Only two appear at the very end of the level and nowhere else.
* ''[[Super Mario World (
** ''Super Mario World'' also had the Fishin' Boo, a rare ghost Lakitu that follows Mario with a flame on a fishing rod. It only appeared for a short while in the first room of the Choco Island Ghost House. The same stage also had a few ghosts that turned into solid blocks when Mario looked at them.
** One Ghost House also had a [[Degraded Boss|degraded version]] of the [[King Mook|Big Boo]].
** The Torpedo Teds of the Soda Lake level, anyone? They appeared in bunches, but thankfully, just in [[That One Level
** There is only one yellow Koopa in the entire game. Tons of green, tons of red, a fair amount of blue - and one lonely yellow one. In a similar vein, each alternately-colored Yoshi appears in only one or two Star Road levels. (You ''can'' turn any Yoshi blue in the SNES version if you find Yoshi Wings.)
*** This is because yellow koopa shells are coded to go into that whacky invincible mode if a koopa is inside. Imagine having to deal with those constantly
*** Strangely, the last special level features a single winged yellow Koopa
*** The blocks that Magikoopa hits with his spells turn into yellow Koopas as well.
** The single Red Snifit in ''[[Super Mario Bros
** ''[[
*** Galaxy also features only two giant jellyfish enemies in the whole game.
* Several times in the ''[[Fallout]]'' series, even if they're basically just re-skins.
* The shoe-wearing Goombas, notoriously, appear in [[Best Level Ever|only World 5-3]] of ''[[
** ''[[
*** The Parabeetles are only found in one level of World 5. It seems they were planned to be in more levels, according to the screenshot of a deleted level on the box. There's also a green version in some of the [[Dummied Out]] levels.
*** The Fire Brothers are only encountered in a secret part of the World 2 map, carrying the third Warp Whistle, and as a solitary individual in one of the Hand Trap stages in World 8.
*** The laser statues in Bowser's Castle.
*** The Angry Sun in an unnumbered stage of World 2 and World 8-2 (potential [[Nightmare Fuel]] in the latter, as it appears suddenly from behind a hill at night).
** ''[[Super Mario World (
** In ''[[Paper Mario:
*** Some of the enemies in the Glitz Pit and Pit of 100 Trials.
** The Fake Bowser found at the end of World 3 of the original ''[[Super Mario Bros. (
*** In the same game, World 7-3 is the only level with flying green Koopa Paratroopas.
* In ''[[Half Life|Half Life 2]]'', the Claw Scanners appear in a couple of chapters and don't appear again until late in Episode 2.
** In the original Half Life, the Black Ops assassins only appear in two rooms in the entire game, and even then only in groups of three. In ''Opposing Force'', they're more common, but only slightly so.
* ''[[Kirby|Kirby's Dream Land 3]]'' has two instances. The first is Polof, a rabbit-like creature that appears in one level of Sand Canyon, and disappears into a background wall when you approach. Though this one actually has a purpose: {{spoiler|That spot where it vanishes is a secret door leading to a room filled with items. The Polof is still missing, though.}} The second is Batamon, which appears in a few levels and looks a lot like Kirby. Usually there's no way to engage them directly, though in one level there's a secret where you can. There are also certain copy abilities that'll let you destroy them from a distance, but there's no discernible reason to do so.
** ''[[Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards
** In Kirby's Adventure, Rolling Turtle (Phan Phan in the remake) is only found in level 4-4. The only other time you find it is 7-2, which is a [[Boss Rush|Miniboss Rush]] level.
* While on the edge of the trope, possibly any enemy that only shows up as backup for the boss in a [[Boss Battle]]. There are a lot of these in the Mario RPGs, which only ever appear as a minion for a [[Flunky Boss]].
** ''[[
** A creature called Drill Bit (a recolor of an earlier enemy named Jabit) appears after beating Smithy's first form as an NPC, and nowhere else (they apparently just started production on them when Mario and co. invaded The Factory).
* Throughout the [[Pokémon]] series, there have been several non-legendary species of which only one is available to the player, whether in the wild or through NPC interaction. Notably, some of these species become more common in later Generations.
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** There are extremely few shark mobs in the entire game.
** Undead Quilboar are only found in Razorfen Downs.
** Gastropods. These creepy snails cannot be harmed by the first attack on them, and they pursue whatever player ''makes'' that first attack. While very slow, they can OTK said player with one touch unless you kill them first. Only found in the Throne of Thunder raid.
** Lord Marrowgar is the only Bone Wraith ever shown.
*** As of Cataclysm, Marrowgar has received a brother bone wraith. Earthrager Ptah.
* In ''[[Nethack]]'', shades and skeletons are moderately-powerful undead who only appear on the level dubbed "Orcus Town".
* Buccaneros in ''[[
** Also, the [[Chest Monster|evil treasure chests]] that eat Wario only appear three times in the level Boogie Mansion, are blasted open to get treasure, and don't respawn.
* Every level in ''[[
* Many enemies in Ps2 [[Shinobi]] appears only in bossfights, and they're often a tiny flyer themed with the boss, including fire-breathing heads for [[Pyromaniac|Homura]], giant snakes for [[An Ice Person|Kurokuda]],laser-spitting masks for [[Giant Mecha|Yatsurao]], shikigami for {{spoiler|Ageha}} and sentient paper charms for [[Big Bad|Hiruko]].
* The original Dragon Warrior for the NES had a Golem. Oh sure, you can fight Stone Golems later, or Goldmen earlier, but it had only one enemy named Golem. And it was a [[Beef Gate]] guarding the town of Cantlin. After you kill it, gone forever, no more to be found at all.
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** Kuchuka is a purple barrel that chucks bombs at you, appearing only in the level Pot Hole Panic.
** Pink versions of the enemy Koin show up in one of the levels in the last world, attempting to push you off ledges with their trash-can lid shields.
**
** Gleamin' Bream, whose only purpose is to light up dark areas, in "Floodlit Fish".
** ''Finally'', the remake adds in a ground-based version of the TNT barrel Klasp, which act similar to the Klobba enemy.
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* The original ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' had the Rockkrocs in "Stop & Go Station", and the almost completely invincible gray Krushas in "Platform Perils".
* ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' had:
** The [[Invincible Minor Minion|invincible]] Snapjaw, found in [[Rise to
** The Cat-O-9-Nails, which appears in only three levels, one of which has to be unlocked.
** The rollercoaster riding Klank in "Target Terror" and "Rickety Race".
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** The ghostly Mini-Neckies that show up during the Kreepy Krow boss battle.
** The faster, [[Real Men Wear Pink|pink]] Krunchas found in "Castle Crush" and "Clapper's Cavern".
* In ''[[
** the Replica Snipers. They are identical (same health, same weapons...) to the regular Replica soldiers, except fror their completely unique suit, and they only appear once: about 8 of them attack you on a roof during the level "Urban Decay", after that they don't appear anymore, not even in the expansion packs.
* ''[[Halo]] 2'' had the "Honor Guard Councillor", which was actually a [[The Missingno|glitched]] Gold Elite. This is the only Gold fought on difficulties lower than Legendary. Accompanied by him are a couple [[Invisibility Cloak
** In only one room in the final level of the first game do you encounter cloaked Flood.
** The first level has an uncloaked Stealth Elite, possibly due to a glitch.
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** Sacred Icon has the [[Deflector Shields]]-equipped Advanced Sentinels.
** Cairo Station has a pair of Elites dual-wielding plasma pistols at the beginning (they don't know how to use charged shots), and an Elite wielding both a Plasma Rifle and Needler at the end. At the end of the underwater passage on Regret, you encounter a group of stealth-cloaked Grunts, which are never seen again.
** ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' has an NMPD officer who turns on the Rookie because [[He Knows Too Much]] on Data Hive. This is the only time you fight an NMPD officer in the game and also the only non covenant enemy in the game.
* In every level of ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', there is a special hidden Elite who will randomly appear out of nowhere in certain areas if you're fast enough in playing the level. These elite, nicknamed "BOB", give you a load of points when killed (to add to your credits if scoring is turned on) and a special medal if your Xbox Live account is linked to Bungie's site, but if you don't kill them fast enough they will disappear. BOBs come in two flavors: Gold Spec-Ops Rangers and completely white, random model Elites, similar to the aforementioned Honor Guard Councillor. The second variety's white coloration is due to a spawning error where the game "forgets" to add the correct color to the Elite character model.
** There's one point early in the game where you fight a pair of King Kong-sized lizard-gorillas, apparently a form of local wildlife on the planet. They're tougher than normal infantry, but not so tough that you could call them a boss battle or anything. They're never seen or heard of again afterwards, making the whole encounter something of a [[
** Similar to the BOB's, the first level contains a lone Stealth Elite (different color than the cloaked Spec-Ops Elites encountered later) nicknamed "Bill", which can be spotted just before the moas first appear. If killed, it drops a data pad that can be read. This also may be a leftover from a dummied-out objective.
** Zealots are only fought three times in ''Reach'', as a group of three at the end of Winter Contingency, as a singleton on Tip of the Spear, and another trio on The Pillar of Autumn accompanying the [[King Mook|Field Marshal]] (not including the two killed in a cutscene).
* Most of the room-specific enemies in ''[[La-Mulana]]'' are really minibosses, but there are a few exceptions: Thunderbird in Tower of Ruin, a large white thing that fires lightning downwards; Ba in the Confusion Gate, which looks and acts like a larger version of the [[Goddamned Bats]] ''La-Mulana'' players all know and hate; and Spriggan in the Chamber of Extinction's [[Disconnected Side Area|upper area]], a giant which the player needs to turn into a stepping stone to a higher platform.
* ''[[
* The Politician, a [[Giant Mook]] fought at the end of Level 6 in the original ''[[Prince of Persia]]''. This isn't technically a boss, as he is only slightly tougher than the regular [[Mook
** The first enemy of Level 8 also qualifies. He looks like every other guard but has different AI. Including the fact that he'll never move towards you, so you really have to learn how to step forward and parry.
* The arcade version of ''[[Contra]]'', on the hard and [[Harder Than Hard]] difficulty settings, has a pair of SCUBA divers that jump out of the water and attack you with knives at the beginning of the game, and they are never seen again.
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* At the end of the first stage of ''[[Time Crisis]] II'', after the semi crashes, a group of gray soldiers with rocket launchers attacks you. Nowhere else do the gray soldiers wield rocket launchers. Also, during the first [[Boss Battle]] and nowhere else, there are Aqua Ninjas that periodically jump out of the water. The first game also had knife-throwing guards during the [[Disc One Final Boss]] battle, which became recurring enemies in later games.
* At the start of the Starbase level in ''TMNT IV: Turtles in Time'', there is a robot moving up and down who fires lasers at you. It takes one hit to kill, and no more appear.
* The first-person shooter ''[[Ubersoldier]]'' features a single flamethrower-toting, gas mask-wearing soldier in the final level. He can be killed quickly, and never appears anywhere else.
* ''[[Streets of Rage]] 2'' has a number of regular [[Mook
* The Killer Tomatoes in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. They only appear in one specific area of Fungi Forest, and after you kill them, they're gone for good. The toy-themed enemies in Frantic Factory are also very rare.
** There's also the unnamed, clam-like monsters that are found in a treasure chest only Tiny can enter in Gloomy Galleon, and the Red Kritters that only appear in minigames.
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** In ''Blazing Blade'' most enemies are male, apart from representatives of classes that are [[Always Female]] like Troubadors. There are three exceptions to this in the entire game: a lone female Sniper in "Valorous Roland" and a pair of female Druids seen in the Hector Hard Mode and ''only'' the Hector Hard Mode version of "Cog of Destiny." The Sniper isn't anything special, but the Druids are real [[Boss in Mook Clothing|bosses in mook clothing]], as they're packing status-ailment inflicting staves and have suck a high Magic stat that their attack range for them is ''20 tiles''!
* There is only one giant moth in the entirety of ''[[Resident Evil 2]]'', in an optional out-of-the-way room in the lab basement. Screenshots of the beta (not ''RE 1.5'') showed more of them in other locations, such as the power room.
* In ''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]]: Nemesis'', there are only two of the Gamma-type Hunter (the froglike ones).
* In ''[[Marathon
** In the first ''Marathon'', the Drinniols were only used twice in the entire game, on "The Rose" and "Blaspheme Quarantine". They also had a [[Dummied Out]] orange [[Palette Swap]], which may have been the source of the "[[Urban Legend of Zelda|A Good Way To Die]]" [[Secret Level]] rumors. Better yet are the hostile [[Attack Drone
** ''[[Marathon
* Two Klobbers, which debuted in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', make a random appearance in one level in ''DK: Jungle Climber''.
* The Elite Goombule of ''[[
** The Player's Guide doesn't even bother listing them in the Enemy Compendium.
* The weird flying jellyfish-like creatures ([[All There in the Manual|named only in the manual as "Sentinels"]]) that patrol Tubba Blubba's Castle in the original ''[[Paper Mario (
** In ''[[
* In some versions of the original ''[[Resident Evil 1|Resident Evil]]'' (specifically the ''Director's Cut'' and ''Deadly Silence''), the player gets to fight a zombie version of one of his character's S.T.A.R.S. teammate (specifically Forest Speyer).
* ''[[
* [[Xenoblade]] tends to have a few "Notorious Monsters" per questing area. They tend to look exaclty like certain creatures from that area, but with buffed-up stats. Oh, and when you fight them, the [[Crowning Music of Awesome|hands-down best song in the game]] starts to play...
* ''[[Pathways
* In the PC version of ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]'', which lacked the Egypt prologue mission, the female Elite Guards only appear in the church level (although they also appear regularly in the last few levels on most versions of the game).
* In the 2009 ''[[Wolfenstein (
* ''[[Odium]]'' has the Hornets and Harvesters - mundane enemies in every respect, save that they only pop up in one combat. The Hornets attack you while you enter the sewers and the Harvesters pop up in the laboratory at the end of the game.
* ''[[Resident Evil Code: Veronica]]'' has the [[Demonic Spiders|poison moths]] in [[That One Level|that one corridor]], which you unfortunately have to traverse multiple times. When you revisit the area as Chris, they're gone, replaced by zombies. Earlier, in the passage to the seaplane port, there's a group of zombies that inexplicably have [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]. Cyber-zombies?
* In ''[[Crysis (
** There's a type of alien trooper that has a different head crest and is equipped with a freeze ray instead of an ice gun. There are only about 3 or 4 of them in the entire game. Again, they're a fairly standard enemy, so it's not like they make up for their rarity by being much tougher than normal or anything like that.
* The "Bouncer" Big Daddy enemy that serves as the mascot of ''[[
* Lots of things in [[I Wanna Be the Guy]] only show up in one particular place, usually to punishing you for a completely logical action with a [[
* Neo Garula from ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'' counts, as it can only be encountered once in the game (and even then, not guaranteed).
* Sp Forces/Imperial Elite in ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' only appear if you agree to test your strength against Gestahl's bodyguards during the banquet scene.
* ''Final Fantasy VI'' also has Dobermans, which only appear in the Imperial Camp if you try to open a chest by kicking it. They're not too tough.
* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' has a fair number of them all over the place. Although many are [[Palette Swap|palette swaps]], special mention should go to the unique Elfadunks and Heavy Tank. Elfadunks are tiny elephants found [[Fridge Logic|only on the beaches]] near the Chocobo Ranch, somewhere you'll never need to go. Heavy Tanks are found only in a single screen near the Gongaga Reactor, but at least you can find [[Summon Magic|Titan]] there.
* ''[[
* The NES version of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the Arcade Game (Video Game)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the Arcade Game]]'' had three unique enemies in one entire stage. The Shogun's stage had Robot Gorilla Ninjas, Robot Scorpions, and Robot Tigers that came to life out of door paintings. After beating these things they never show up again throughout the rest of the game.▼
** The snow level earlier in the game had some as well; the hopping mechs disguised as snowmen, snowball-throwing Foot ninjas, and an invincible snow plow.▼
* ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'' has quite a few.
** The 80 rare game are exactly
** The Elementals and entites operate on the same principle.
** Then there are simply enemies who are completely normal, but for whatever reason, there's only one spawn point for them in the entire
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the Arcade Game]]''
▲** The NES version
▲** The snow level earlier in the game had some as well; the hopping mechs disguised as snowmen, snowball-throwing Foot ninjas, and an invincible snow plow.
** The original arcade version of the sequel, ''[[Turtles in Time]]'' had a weird robot with boxing gloves that only appeared in the second stage.
* Cassandra's [[Bodyguard Babes]] seen during Mission 1-3 in ''[[Perfect Dark]]'' and in the [[Bonus Stage]] "Mr. Blonde's Revenge". They make up a fairly large number of enemies in the former and are almost all the enemies in the latter, but otherwise are never seen.
* In ''[[Super Robot Wars W]]'' there's a variation of [[Robeast|Beastman]] [[
* One room in ''[[
* In Armor Armadillo's stage in [[Mega Man X]] 1, there is exactly one batton (the bat-type enemy from the classic series) among the newer, skeletal bats. Notable in that this one [[Randomly Drops]] high-potency medicines very frequently, so it can be used to farm for life ups.
* The third stage of ''[[Journey to Silius]]'' has the [[Personal Space Invader]] [[Fan Nickname|known as]] HumpBot, which fortunately only appears about four times, and is not seen in any other stage.
* In ''[[Killzone]] 2'', only several [[Elite Mooks|Elite Shock Troopers]] are fought, all in the third-to-last level. In ''Killzone 3'' only ''two'' of these guys show up in the entire game, as part of the first wave of enemies at the beginning of the last level. It's entirely possible for your allies to gun them down before you even notice them. ''Killzone 3'' also has the Capture Troopers and Hazmat Troopers, [[Big Bad|Chairman Stahl]]'s personal elites who show up frequently in cutscenes but are only seen a handful of times in the game.
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* ''Mass Effect 3'' has three examples of this related to decisions earlier in the series. {{spoiler|In the second game, if you betrayed Samara for Morinth, then Morinth appears as a Banshee on the final mission. Also in the second game, if Legion was given to Cerberus instead of recruited as a party member, it is encountered as an enemy at the Cerberus Headquarters. In the third game, if the Grissom Academy mision was never completed, Jack will be indoctrinated and killed as a Phantom, also at Cerberus HQ}}.
* The first ''[[Red Faction]]'''s one-time non-boss enemies include the APC near the beginning, which you don't even need to fight, the Riot Guards in the barracks, the Ultor Combat Drone in the shuttle bay area, and the adult Rock Worm near the end of Capek's Zoo.
* The 8-bit version of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (
* In the [[Brutal Bonus Level|Special Stage]] of ''[[Parodius|Gokujou Parodius]]'', just before the [[Bonus Boss|Robot Penguin]], you will encounter an enemy called the "16-Bit Block," which has 65536 hit points [[Invincible Minor Minion|and will scroll off the screen before you can do any significant damage]].
* In the original ''[[Final Fight]]'', Andore and Andore Jr are recurring mooks, but F. Andore, G. Andore, and U. Andore only appear in the second part of Stage 3, with U. Andore only appearing if there are two players.
* ''[[Pokémon]]'':
** The Marowak Ghost in ''[[Pokémon Red and Blue]]''. Due to its importance to the plot, it could be called a boss, but gameplay-wise, it is a regular Marowak that cannot be caught, thus making it a unique type of Mon.
** Furisode Girls in ''[[Pokémon X and Y]]''. In that game, this Trainer Class only appears in one location, the Sushi High Roller restaurant, and do not appear as opponents anywhere else in the franchise except the spin-off app game ''[[Pokémon Masters EX]]''. Even in that game, only two of the four sprites appear.
** Zigzagged with the Mystery Man Trainer Class. Eusine (from ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver]]'') and River (from ''[[Pokémon XD|Pokémon XD Gale of Darkness]]'') could also be considered bosses due to plot relevance, but no other trainers in those or any other game have that Trainer Class.
* The "boxing robot" in ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtles in Time]]''. This unnammed mook appeared only twice in the original game, in the "Alley Cat Blues" and "Neon Night Riders" stages. It was replaced by a Roadkill Rodney in the SNES port.
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