Silly Boss Kills
Sometimes, killing a boss the intended way isn't enough
A list of games that have funny/joke ways of killing bosses by unconventional means (comment ones I've missed, I'm open to suggestions!)
A list of games that have funny/joke ways of killing bosses by unconventional means (comment ones I've missed, I'm open to suggestions!)
38 Games
The End can be killed by... old age if you save the game before the fight and wait 8 days outside the game. The only meta and non-combatant one, but effective none-the-less.
Salazar can be defeated by throwing some eggs (generally golden ones) into his mouth for a quick way of killing him
Jo Amon, one of the hardest bosses in the series, can have his dagger stolen from him by using a Majima essence, and can be taken down in one hit by throwing it at him.
Soap is also able to be used to kill enemies in Ultrakill, also being a one-hit kill.
Krauser can be killed by the dinky knife that Leon carries with him everywhere, as he is the most succeptable to knife attacks than even regular Ganados. Maybe a bit too conventional, since the knife is the best way to save ammo in the game, but it is quite silly regardless.
Undead Behemot King & Phantom Train can be defeated the same way as Scarmiglione in FFIV.
Another fight, Wrexsoul, can be quickly cleared with a bug when they possess a party member and get banished by another.
Another fight, Wrexsoul, can be quickly cleared with a bug when they possess a party member and get banished by another.
Ceaseless Discharge can be defeated by running away after triggering the fight, then running back to where you triggered it, slipping off the thin ledge in place until it eventually falls off and dies.
The empty bottle replaces the bug net this time around for energy tennis, and is probably even more iconic than the bug net for defeating Ganondorf.
Soulcage can be defeated the same way as Scarmiglione in FFIV.
Gi Nattak can be defeated the same way as Scarmiglione in FFIV.
Leshy's final phase uses a moon card that deals 1 damage per turn for all your cards, but with the "stinky" modifier, a modifier that reduces attacks by 1, renders them completely useless. He'll even complain that moons don't have a sense of smell.
Evrae Altana can be defeated the same way as Scarmiglione in FFIV.
It is possible to circumvent encounters with Pirahna Plant bosses by taking them out with an egg before they get powered up, ending the boss fight before it even begins.
The fishing rod can be used to distract Ganondorf during his final phase at the end of the game to land some hits in.
The empty bottle can also be used to bat the energy balls back in the first phase like in Ocarina of Time.
The empty bottle can also be used to bat the energy balls back in the first phase like in Ocarina of Time.
The bug net can be used to reflect Aghanim's energy balls back at him, the start of a trend with Zelda. On that same note bees can be used to deafeat bosses or standard enemies in general.
Boom Boom can be defeated instantly by using a glitch called "sprite bumping" which stores a block being bumped into another room, and kills him instantly.
Quite niche but is an unintended and funny way to kill him.
Quite niche but is an unintended and funny way to kill him.
Using the bible on Isaac's mother (or her heart) is able to instantly kill her which is referenced in the prologue of the game.
If you can bring him far enough from his thrown area, Palpatine can be defeated in 6-6 (Jedi Destiny) by nudging him into the reactor shaft as a call back to how he died in the original film. Both a silly way to kill the final boss and a cool reference.
You are able to kill enemies instantly by teleporting into them, exploding them from the inside out, a technique called "telefrag".
The bar of soap is also able to kill any enemy in one hit if equipped.
The bar of soap is also able to kill any enemy in one hit if equipped.
An amiibo can be used to bypass Duma, unceremoniously ending the bossfight in no time flat.
Using a noclip cheat code to get behind a wall in the room of the final boss, Icon of Sin, reveals an easter egg of John Romero's decapitated head, asking (in reverse and down pitched) to be killed, doing so will kill the final boss and end the level.
The boss in the second level will be asleep if you complete the level fast enough (with TAS level accuracy), making them vulerable to being pushed off and ending the fight in a breeze.
The man on fire can be taken down by a solitary water pistol in quite a few shots, but you are actually able to defeat him this way, unlike the Zelda additions.
Dino Zombie can be defeated the same way as Scarmiglione in FFIV.
In the cutscene for the Death Egg robot, you can glitch out by getting squished by him and kill the second phase without any effort at all.
Scarmiglione, being an undead, can defeated instantly by the "Phoenix Down" spell, ending the fight before it even begins.
You are able to defeat the final boss, King Yama, by carrying a eggplant throughout the entire game and throwing it in his face, defeating him instantly.
Abandon can be defeated the same way as Scarmiglione in FFIV.
Metalman can be defeated in one hit by using his own metal blades against him. Talk about being unprepared....
Freeze Man can be defeated if you use any electric style weapon, which are able to stunlock him in place and your charges are able to refill before he has a chance to attack himself. You don't even need to move too as long as you hit your first shot.
Runt can be killed by a singular arrow, ending the fight in no time at all.
While a little conventional, the game forces you to fight him properly in hard mode, since he prepares for the fight and wears a helmet.
While a little conventional, the game forces you to fight him properly in hard mode, since he prepares for the fight and wears a helmet.
Bringing it all back to the beginning, a bug net can be used to reflect Demise's lightning-based skyward strike, giving you an opening for attack.
Various bosses are still vulnerable to attack while they are powering up/introducing themselves and take damage, even though they don't have a health bar.
Both Turbo Man and Spring Man can be taken down by the noise crash.
Cloud Man can also be defeated with the danger wrap, but the game glitches out heavily and kills you as well.
Both Turbo Man and Spring Man can be taken down by the noise crash.
Cloud Man can also be defeated with the danger wrap, but the game glitches out heavily and kills you as well.
It is possible to leave the arena during the Goliath fight due to the recoil of your bow, meaning you can kill them without any effort and in one hit (if you have enough energy in the arrow).
An ice cream truck can kill Lenny in the desert if you kill all the birds in the area, crashing straight into him out of nowhere. This might be a stretch, but it's funny and stupid regardless.
Certainly the most unconventional boss we've had yet but the Ghost Town level has you doing a minecart race against Crutch which can be cleared without touching the control stick.
Presumably due to an oversight, your character's magic stat is able to overflow when you cast "cure" so that you can dish out insane damage to the final boss. Even your other party members can't do the damage you can with that spell.
As long as you have Toad leveled up enough, you're able to turn the Emperor into a toad during the supposedly climactic battle between you and him.
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In Dusk you can telefrag (kill by teleporting into the same place as a enemy, thus killing them from the inside) the last boss for Episode 2. If anything you can just kill almost any boss in the game with the Soap.
@Rogueliker added!
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Oh, I've got one!
In Yakuza 0, during the Jo Amon boss fight (the hardest in the game and one of the hardest in the whole series), you can use one of Majima essences action to steal his dagger.
If you throw the dagger at him and successfully hit him, you'll H1KO him.
In Yakuza 0, during the Jo Amon boss fight (the hardest in the game and one of the hardest in the whole series), you can use one of Majima essences action to steal his dagger.
If you throw the dagger at him and successfully hit him, you'll H1KO him.
@PeterGabriel added the Yakuza 0 one, the other ones you commented aren't appearing but don't fit the criteria anyway but thanks for the suggestions anyways!
The Ceaseless quick kill in Dark Souls is fully intentional, he does not get stuck in the geometry, he is grabbing onto the ledge.
smb3 sprite bump glitch lets you kill boom boom instantly, but obvs too niche for anyone but speedrunners/tasers lol
https://youtu.be/TL0z64InnNk?si=nVK6CZyUnLi6JQmV
https://youtu.be/TL0z64InnNk?si=nVK6CZyUnLi6JQmV
In FF Mystic Quest, the main character's magic stat is just in the sweet spot to where cure causes overflow and does obscene damage to the final boss. This isn't a case of the boss being undead, your other party member's cure will act like normal.
In the original release of Final Fantasy Tactics, the 1v1 duel with Wiegraf is one of the hardest fights in the game, due to his access to powerful Holy Sword abilities. The elemental property of these abilities is determined by the sword the user has equipped, and Wiegraf is using a non-elemental sword during this fight. However, the game's AI still assumes that these attacks have the holy element, so by equipping the Chameleon Robe (which absorbs holy), Wiegraf will instead use his much weaker monk attacks.
In the original release of Final Fantasy Tactics, the 1v1 duel with Wiegraf is one of the hardest fights in the game, due to his access to powerful Holy Sword abilities. The elemental property of these abilities is determined by the sword the user has equipped, and Wiegraf is using a non-elemental sword during this fight. However, the game's AI still assumes that these attacks have the holy element, so by equipping the Chameleon Robe (which absorbs holy), Wiegraf will instead use his much weaker monk attacks.
dunno if it counts as a boss but there's a race against crunch in crash wrath of cortex where you can win by pressing no buttons
I don't really get why people call Ceaseless Discharge getting stuck. He clearly holds onto the cliff and has a falling animation
@surprisejunkie thank you for the submission!
@cyanplaza I added the Mystic Quest one but the other one didn't feel like it belonged on this list, but thanks for the cool detail!
@Slavath could you give me some more context for this, if you did I'd be happy to add it!
@biaza & @Vookatos I watched a video on how to easily defeat The Ceaseless and the strategy was far too easy not to include on this list, and it definitely seemed like an oversight in the boss' design but I'll change that it isn't a glitch, thank you for your input
@cyanplaza I added the Mystic Quest one but the other one didn't feel like it belonged on this list, but thanks for the cool detail!
@Slavath could you give me some more context for this, if you did I'd be happy to add it!
@biaza & @Vookatos I watched a video on how to easily defeat The Ceaseless and the strategy was far too easy not to include on this list, and it definitely seemed like an oversight in the boss' design but I'll change that it isn't a glitch, thank you for your input
Isaac Rebirth; Using the Bible on Mom or Mom's Heart will instantly kill her. This is a reference to the Epilogue of Isaac Rebirth.
Conversely, if you use the Bible on Satan, it kills YOU instead
@zeusdeegoose thanks! I didn't mention the Satan bit since this is meant for ways that the player can kill bosses, not the other way around but it's a cool piece of trivia nonetheless!
I can't find any video of it being done, but the level ghost town, which is a minecart race against crunch, can be beaten without touching the controller according to the wiki
https://crashbandicoot.fandom.com/wiki/Ghost_Town
i swear there used to be a video of this but i cant find it
https://crashbandicoot.fandom.com/wiki/Ghost_Town
i swear there used to be a video of this but i cant find it
@Slarvath thank you for the input, I watched a video on the course itself and that gave me enough of an idea so it's been added now!
Cant forget Doom 2 and how you can one shot Icon of Sin if you use the noclip cheat to go behind the wall and shoot the Decapitated John Romero head
Correcting myself, you dont neccessarily one shot it, but shooting Romero's head deals overwhelming damage to Icon of Sin, when you begin the fight he also says "To win the game, you must kill me, John Romero"
In Mega Man 7 bosses are still vulnerable to getting hit during parts of their introduction and powering up animations, so with exploits like Noise Crash here against Turbo Man and Spring Man, as well as Danger Wrap against Cloud Man you can hit them prior to them having any HP. Though with Cloud Man it confuses the game to the point it garbles the stage and kills you too.
in mega man battle network 2, if you have any electric style, you can kill FreezeMan without ever letting him attack, because your default chargeshots can stun him and recharge before he has a chance to restart his attack state. you can even stand in place cause he never moves from the back panel
@HunterMask I forgot about that easter egg, and I didn't realise it had a purpose, thanks for the addition!
@Vee that's a very nice one, thank you!
@MagneticBurn also what I was looking for, thanks!
@Vee that's a very nice one, thank you!
@MagneticBurn also what I was looking for, thanks!
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