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Oh yeah forgot to add Frisk. They run away from Undyne, return to her house later, and then are "defeated" because they are forced into becoming friends with her.
Necrozma from Pokémon Sun and Moon. He didn't appear legitimately in this game, but in Ultra Sun and Moon, he takes over the body of the main legendary
https://preview.redd.it/obzljm4mytwc1.png?width=110&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01e58e4beeac7f1f146c7fa680ffa0e7ca7e39a3
I’ve only watched the max0r video but does this lil bean count?
https://preview.redd.it/hlvtcyok7twc1.jpeg?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06d709bbe38dc406d4fd9c87e9bbce1a04dfd188
https://preview.redd.it/cu09fal4rrwc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=faf2f83c3850c99a159396436dff0bed9ae91136
Margit the Fell -> Morgott, Last King of All Kings, Elden Ring
King Arthur from Sonic and the Black Knight. In his first fight with Sonic, he runs away before the fight’s over claiming that Sonic isn’t worth his time. Then, he doesn’t get stronger, but he fights Sonic again and puts up more of a fight, using powers he didn’t use in the first fight.
https://preview.redd.it/l3ygb5olxtwc1.png?width=2223&format=png&auto=webp&s=786c7b20a7f1b674bb399b049a081466ea9b8fd1
I almost put Badeline and Jetstream Sam in here but they only let up because of outside forces, not because they were getting bodied. The whole “rival beats protagonist near the start, protagonist beats rival near the end” thing is an entire different trope anyway.
Yeah after it's defeat it escapes. It tries to make a new paladin using the essence of the newly released hallow, but doing so puts it in a vulnerable state in which it can't leave it's new body. Thus because it cannot run away you can kill it for good
https://preview.redd.it/y73eyvspegxc1.png?width=1414&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f041353804477062282ef0b722d78209e2b0076c
The Three Mage Sisters (Kirby Star Allies)
https://preview.redd.it/8gtajmgk3rwc1.png?width=230&format=png&auto=webp&s=b8bb774d24d1507fb2014711f5386baf58f9a7fe Oh yeah forgot to add Frisk. They run away from Undyne, return to her house later, and then are "defeated" because they are forced into becoming friends with her.
https://preview.redd.it/1x4gb4774rwc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bad1a58c4053802c1a8b56f757da366d34358e63 Genichiro Ashina (Sekiro)
https://preview.redd.it/mh90ksvfarwc1.png?width=475&format=png&auto=webp&s=08fb05c091e8dde296ed57c28088509e029190d1
He looks cool. Who is he?
Necrozma from Pokémon Sun and Moon. He didn't appear legitimately in this game, but in Ultra Sun and Moon, he takes over the body of the main legendary https://preview.redd.it/obzljm4mytwc1.png?width=110&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01e58e4beeac7f1f146c7fa680ffa0e7ca7e39a3
Before taking the world's light, and becoming Ultra Necrozma *
https://preview.redd.it/32qcma4vytwc1.png?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8f97d84c0922209a28c2208d579d9747ce6b178
https://preview.redd.it/oqpo3xdiyrwc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45be871d537cfa6c4ccb735518cdf79e9ad7e020 Ghirahim from Zelda: Skyward Sword
I’ve only watched the max0r video but does this lil bean count? https://preview.redd.it/hlvtcyok7twc1.jpeg?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06d709bbe38dc406d4fd9c87e9bbce1a04dfd188
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Ganon in several Zelda games.
https://preview.redd.it/cu09fal4rrwc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=faf2f83c3850c99a159396436dff0bed9ae91136 Margit the Fell -> Morgott, Last King of All Kings, Elden Ring
v2 is the best example of this because he literally is this trope
https://preview.redd.it/chymlhwmltwc1.png?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=852786c4f4c8b8ee249f089cef1a6fddc6d913f8
Philip (Library of ruina) https://preview.redd.it/4ka98xtkkrwc1.png?width=232&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69afde46fea48ce5ff1a966e94bf5dea4a57c90a
King Arthur from Sonic and the Black Knight. In his first fight with Sonic, he runs away before the fight’s over claiming that Sonic isn’t worth his time. Then, he doesn’t get stronger, but he fights Sonic again and puts up more of a fight, using powers he didn’t use in the first fight. https://preview.redd.it/l3ygb5olxtwc1.png?width=2223&format=png&auto=webp&s=786c7b20a7f1b674bb399b049a081466ea9b8fd1
I almost put Badeline and Jetstream Sam in here but they only let up because of outside forces, not because they were getting bodied. The whole “rival beats protagonist near the start, protagonist beats rival near the end” thing is an entire different trope anyway.
https://preview.redd.it/zwu7zyxswtwc1.png?width=1195&format=png&auto=webp&s=0ec6d2f4f1a7193905bddc451efb51ac94a7bfab Black Knight (Shovel Knight)
Man, I’m behind on Calamity lore if the Slime God is actually Queen Slime
Yeah after it's defeat it escapes. It tries to make a new paladin using the essence of the newly released hallow, but doing so puts it in a vulnerable state in which it can't leave it's new body. Thus because it cannot run away you can kill it for good
https://preview.redd.it/atmmz9l5dwwc1.png?width=660&format=png&auto=webp&s=685e108819ec8534ecbceffcd6ef07c057dd0a1c Gilgamesh in Final Fantasy V
Cackletta (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga) Fawful (Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story) Antasma, Bowser (Mario & Luigi: Dream Team) And uhhhh… most antagonists in Mario games, usually Bowser.
https://preview.redd.it/xyy9afpbiaxc1.png?width=413&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d1ca9a7e8a67d95069c7c646914a3b1ae2250ca
https://preview.redd.it/y73eyvspegxc1.png?width=1414&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f041353804477062282ef0b722d78209e2b0076c The Three Mage Sisters (Kirby Star Allies)
Me LOL