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Variations include:
* Multiple 'moles' pop up, and only one can be hit for damage. Hitting the wrong mole may provoke counter attacks in order to de-emphasize Area of Effect attacks. This type often happens with [[Doppelganger Spin
* The monster that you must kill is above ground but cannot be hurt, and only hitting the 'mole' will allow you to attack it directly.
* There are no holes. The monster just pops up in a random spot. Usually done by monsters that teleport.
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* ''[[Phantasy Star]] Online'' has the first forms of Vol Opt and the Episode IV boss do this.
* ''Zelda'' has used plenty of variations:
** ''[[Zelda II:
** Extremely literally for Volvagia, in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
*** Less literally, Phantom Ganon, also from ''Ocarina of Time''. Substitute 'hole' for 'picture'.
** Non-boss example: Wizrobes in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* A variant occurs in ''Super [[Metroid]]''. Botwoon is a snake-like miniboss that pops up from holes in the wall. To damage it you must shoot it in the head when it peeks out of one of the holes to spit projectiles at you.
* That...incredibly suggestive-looking worm thing from ''[[Silent Hill 3]]''. Ugh.
** And the Caterpillar boss from ''[[Silent Hill 1]]'', which pops up in random spots.
* The first boss in ''[[Beyond Good
* Monty Moles in ''[[
** You DO get to play a Whack-a-Mole type mission with the Moo Moo Farm moles in ''[[
** Lemmy and Wendy in ''[[Super Mario World (
** ''[[
** In ''[[
** In ''[[New Super Mario Bros
** In ''[[New Super Mario Bros
* Some mole noises in ''[[
* The Super Scope game ''Mole Patrol''.
* ''[[
* You don't really find any holes for them in ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'', but when those black Antlions ''do'' pop up, they hurt like hell. They also stay above ground after the ambush. The brown Antlions always stay above ground, however. Of course, the game also has worms, which only move through popping in and out of the ground.
* Traditionally, the first form of Dracula in most of the 2D [[Castlevania]] games is an example of a teleporting mole.
* Mission 23 of ''[[Magical Battle Arena]]'', where an infinite number of [[
* In ''[[
* One of the best NES Powerpad games was essentially whack-a-mole with a different skin. In ''Eggsplode'', you were a dog who had to protect a hen house from foxes that would try to blow up the chickens with a bomb (awesome, I know!). Points for stepping on the Powerpad where a bomb was, loss of life for stepping on a chicken that had laid an egg. Came as a multi-cart with ''Short Order''.
* ''[[Okami]]'' has a minigame like this that does feature moles. There's a ring of holes, and you need to headbutt the leader three times. You can predict where he'll pop up by the dirt clouds he sends up as he travels underground, but he's also got two or three henchmen doing the same thing to throw you off. And they speed up every time you make a successful hit. Fortunately you only ever need to do this once to [[
* ''[[Terranigma]]'' has a boss like this.
* The first fortress boss in ''[[
* ''[[
* One boss in ''[[Persona 2]]'' creates 3 [[Doppleganger Spin|mirrored illusions of herself.]] The illusions reflect all damage thrown at them. Also she casts berserk on the party to incite them to attack blindly. Hopefully you'll [[Random Number God|get lucky]] and someone will crit on her, [[Spanner in
* The "[[That One Boss|Dual Sockets]]" boss in ''[[Alien Hominid]]''. Don't hit the [[Attack Its Weak Point|pink glowing core]] (out of the multiple cores) in time? Prepare to be '''''[[Shock and Awe|electrocuted]]''''' [[One-Hit Kill|immediately]]!
* ''[[
* The Mole Train boss in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' has segments like this where you have to whack [[Mole Miner
* The fire dragon boss in ''[[
* The final battle of the original ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' is a variation on this.
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