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There are many different categories of bosses, some more memorable than others. There's the [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]], there's the [[Climax Boss]], the [[Final Boss]]...
And then, there's
Certain types of boss are not usually included in this consideration right off the bat: The [[Final Boss]], [[Wake Up Call Boss]], and [[Bonus Boss]]. People expect the [[Final Boss]] to be tough ([[Anticlimax Boss|usually]]), and the [[Bonus Boss]] is usually included solely to be difficult. Players will prepare for the Bonus Boss by overleveling, but for maximum frustration, That One Boss needs only to [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere|just show up out of nowhere, preferably having no place in the storyline beforehand.]]
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They usually show up in RPGs, though they're not exclusive to them. Game designers will sometimes go out of their way to put them in, [[Beef Gate|serving as a bottleneck]] to make sure you spend a couple hours [[Level Grinding]] before you go on to the next area.
Occasionally, the identity of That One Boss varies depending on an individual's playing style - bosses are often designed to have issues with one particular strategy, so one that requires another strategy can seriously hinder a gamer if they're not prepared to switch up their tactics. However, any easy tactics like [[Revive Kills Zombie]] disqualify a boss from being
They are sometimes called the "brick wall boss", for obvious reasons.
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Compare [[Demonic Spiders]], which is more of a That One [[Random Encounter]], as well as the [[Boss in Mook Clothing]]. We'll leave it up to you to decide which is worse. See also [[That One Sidequest]] and [[That One Level]]. Contrast [[Anticlimax Boss]], where the boss is underpowered/easy for story reasons (or despite them), and [[Breather Boss]], where the boss is just pathetically easy unintentionally. For bosses that are not technically difficult, but are downright frustrating, see [[Goddamned Boss]]. For bosses that are deliberately impossible to beat, see [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]. If you're looking to read up on unfair bosses that the game seems to [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|deliberately give every known advantage to,]] requiring you to either get by on [[Luck-Based Mission|luck]] or [[Fake Skill|cheap gameplay]], head on over to [[SNK Boss]].
To sum it up. If the boss is difficult when you first get to him, but when you get enough skill (or understanding of the needed mechanics), it is easy on further playthroughs, it is merely a [[Wake Up Call Boss]]. If it requires a very unusual tactic to win, but dies easily to it, that is [[Revive Kills Zombie]]. It has to be much harder than expected for that point in the game, and remain that way every time you replay the game to qualify as
It is useful to note that, as its name implies, most videogames only have ''one''
'''NOTE:''' [[Final Boss]] and [[Wake Up Call Boss]] cannot be
Because there are so many examples of this trope, they have been categorized by genre for your viewing convenience.
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* [[That One Boss/Atlus|Atlus]] (No, this isn't a genre, but a company. Yes, a company makes games with so many sadistically hard bosses that it [[Up to Eleven|needs its own section]].)
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* Not actually a game example, but in the manga ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'', Keima Katsuragi can capture any girl... ''any'' girl... with the exception of Yui Goido. He himself notes she is a serious player, introducing a new meaning to Player vs Player. {{spoiler|He eventually wins... by playing the [[Damsel in Distress]].}}
* Ashley's boss microgame from [[Wario Ware]] Touched features borderline [[Bullet Hell]] patterns of projectiles to dodge and an end boss that has three separate pieces shooting things at you.
* ''[[Nethack]]'' hasn't got many bosses, but of those few that are there, the {{spoiler|Wizard of Yendor}} is the most mind-numbingly annoying - and dangerous as well. His abilities include casting powerful spells (some of them capable of being [[One-Hit Kill|instantly lethal]]) as well as stealing certain important [[MacGuffin
* While the final bosses of the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series usually take longer to break than other culprits, the final showdown in ''Investigations'' gets special notice for being so long and difficult that there's a save point ''in the middle of the fight''.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY1o6yH5P0Q And here's a song about how difficult it is.]
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