u/WhentheTropesAndFavs

Boss as in special enemy, not strictly games

Fight as in anything but a Weeping Angel

Disguised as in they are introduced staying still

FAVORITE EXAMPLES, I REPEAT, FAVORITES

1. Talos from Jason and the Argonauts 1963

2. Daimaijin by Daiei Tokusatsu in 1966

3. Cenobia’s intro referencing a Shisa statue - Shadow of the Colossus

4. The Fake-out final boss from Stick War: Legacy

5. The Shao Kahn Kolossus from Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Konquest

6. The Black Dragon from Ocean Hunter Arcade

7. Ferrous Wroughtnaut from Mowzie’s Mobs

1. The Big Rig from Iron Meat, GIF is from the animated trailer

2. The Train also from Iron Meat, GIF also from the animated trailer

3. The Tanks from Zombie Army 4

4. Another Tank, the Flesh General from Homeanimations

5. A Battleship, Black Mass Mechagodzilla by @Steel_Neck

Honorable mention: SCP-4217 from the SCP Mythos is also a battleship but the ship part is canonically in perfect condition, the fleshy bits are always underwater

1. Flint’s dad crashing onto the INVISIBLE COFFEE TABLE - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

2. Flash running headfirst into Wonder Woman’s invisible jet - Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

3. Hal getting rolled by Megamind’s invisible car - Megamind

4. Demo slamming right into another invisible car - Rappy “n” Demo: Revenge of Ninja Spy

Mine’s the Viking family having dinner in Primal season 2

“Ah crap they have families too” -my real time reaction

As an older brother myself the play fighting started by the youngster is accurate

But since it’s Vikings the parents don’t intervene, a neat hint towards their warrior culture

This moment is sweet and all but then we’re reminded they are not the main protagonists

1. Baxter Stockman is just smart enough to be useful, but every time he fails the Shredder has him tortured and torn apart until he’s reduced to the very brain that made him worth anything - TMNT 2003

2. Airachnid has all the evidence of Sentinel Prime’s crimes against Cybertron stored in her memory drives, Elita-One acquires this intel by ripping off one of Airachnids limbs and beating her into submission, then she gets slammed onto a table for good measure - Transformers One

3. The Half-Mag Scientist being a designated as “DO NOT TERMINATE,” but after taking one of his hits personally Deimos pummels his face in and out - Madness Combat

Wheel is singular by the way, think Unicycle

1. The Big Wheel from Spider-Man comics

2. Grievous’ TSMEU-6 from Star Wars

3. Thanos’ Threshers from Infinity War

4. The Shredder Drones from Battleship

5. Demolisher from Revenge Of The Fallen inspired me to make this post even though he technically has two wheels but he rides like a Unicycle

Does NOT have to be a turtle shell though

1. Gamera vs Guiron - Gamera Rebirth

2. Gamera vs Iris - Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

3. Bowser’s “Whirling Fortress” - Smash Bros

4. Terraspin - Ben 10

5. Henodus - Jurassic Park Builder

6. Anguirus - Godzilla Raids Again Manga Adaptation

I don’t know how rare this design trope is but I’m gonna use this idea myself for concept art

1. This Space Hog having Captain in its sights - Space King Episode 5

2. H4CK3R having a crosshair that dilates and shakes just like a real eye would - Animator vs Animation

1. Gru from Despicable Me loves his freeze ray he keeps in his black and dark gray suit

2. Mr Freeze from DC was originally Mr Zero who was green and red to save money on colored ink

3. Horizon Brave from Pacific Rim is many shades of tan and beige, although it didn’t get to show off its Cryo Cannons in the movie the official novel and forgotten mobile game, Breach Wars, put them on full display (GIFs are from Breach Wars)

Bonus if it’s more creative than “awake during surgery” and if they DON’T escape the bed

1. Yulian visiting Teddy to throw a chair at him - Nobody 2021
2. Godzilla pretending to ignore this girl - Godzilla GMK 2001

Original: Kratos vs Baldur in God Of War 2018

Sonic edit: https://youtu.be/qiC5RN6oxsQ?

Come on Reddit, load my fav examples this time

1. The sardine can from Angry Birds summons Mighty Eagle to annihilate the whole level (art by Briman2000)

2. The green bean from Hellboy 2 is actually the fetus of a Forest God (The Last Elemental)

3. The toaster from Team Neighborhood doubles down on this trope with the toaster itself transforming into a giant robot and it’s special move simply being toast (by the way, this series is recognized by TV Tropes)

1. Reed - Godzilla: Black Mass by @Steel_Neck

2. Karlach - Baldur’s Gate 3

3. Extremis Virus patients - Iron Man 3 (pictured is VFX concept art)

4. The Skullcrawler that ate a flashing camera - Kong: Skull Island

My favorite examples

1. Director Michael Dougherty casting himself to get eaten by Rodan - Godzilla King Of The Monsters

2. Director Michael Bay casting himself to get flicked by Megatron - Transformers 2007

3. Actor Conan O’Brien playing himself getting tentacled - Sharktopus vs Pteracuda

4. Horror director David Cronenberg wanted to be a Jason victim so bad he practically barged his way onto production - Jason X

5. Co-writer David Koepp casting himself as “Unlucky Bastard” no seriously that’s actually how they credit his character getting eaten - The Lost World: Jurassic Park

6. Animator The Winglet has a recurring gag of killing off his TF2 persona, Party Hat Demoman - Fedora Chronicles

7. Animator Sr Pelo also kills his own persona from time to time - Spooky Month (top) and Mokey’s Show (bottom)