If the boss and/or the battle is really weird and nonsensical even in the context of the game, there may be some overlap between the two tropes. Often they are also a Generic Doomsday Villain.Īlso, compare the non-video game boss equivalent, the Big-Lipped Alligator Moment, which applies mostly to scripted scenes that came out of nowhere and have little or no mention of it afterward. Not necessarily related to Giant Enemy Crab, but it could be. As you can see, many a Superboss is not included because they are technically a bonus boss and may even be outside of canon. Sometimes explained with All There in the Manual, but that might be an Author's Saving Throw. Contrast Outside-Context Problem, which is a villain (or other problem) whose indeterminate origin is the source of their mystery and danger. Diabolus ex Nihilo is the non-video game equivalent: a bad guy who pops up out of the blue, does some damage, and dies. In more fantastical settings, they tend to be Single Specimen Species. In other words, Lavos, Jenova, and any other alien world-destroying parasites that are essential to the storyline of the game do not qualify, even if they're literal space fleas from the darkest depths of the universe. If it makes sense in the plot, it is not this regardless of how weird the boss might be.
Note that, contrary to what the name might at first seem to indicate, the Space Flea is not always an Eldritch Abomination, though overlap is possible. In any case, do not expect the game to foreshadow or give proper answers about what the hell you are fighting right now. They are frequently mindless creatures or beasts as opposed to actual characters, and tend to appear at the end of unimportant plot threads, such as Fetch Quests, but there are a few that do show up in the main quest, sometimes even as the Final Boss or a Post-Final Boss. The Angry Video Game Nerd, reviewing Transformers: Convoy no Nazo note It's actually someone who makes marginally more sense: Trypticon.Ī Giant Space Flea from Nowhere is a boss with no relevance whatsoever to the actual plot, and who comes out of nowhere.
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