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** [[spoiler:In the TrueFinalBoss of ''[[UpdatedRerelease Royal]]'', after the Phantom Thieves block a series of attacks from Adam Kadmon, the Thieves hold back one more giant blow, giving Joker a free moment to [[ColossusClimb climb up its arm]], land on top of its head, and pull out his gun right at its forehead. Like the Cognitive Wakaba fight, the player is given a prompt to shoot, with Joker saying "[[PreMortemOneLiner Checkmate]]," blasting Maruki inside with a single bullet, defeating him.]]

** ''VideoGame/Persona3'': [[spoiler:The final battle against Nyx (not to be confused with Nyx Avatar, who serves as the de facto FinalBoss) sees the protagonist make token attacks against Nyx while slowly being empowered by the bonds they made with their allies, allowing them to use the Great Seal at the end to seal away Nyx once and for all. Note that using the Great Seal costs ''all'' of the protagonist's HP...]]

** ''VideoGame/Persona5'': [[spoiler:The final boss fight, when you bring his health all the way down, initially ends with Yaldabaoth [[OneHitKill wiping out your entire team with a single attack]], [[JustToyingWithThem revealing that he could have done that the entire time and that you hadn't even scratched him that entire time]]. However, when your party somehow manages to find the strength to stand, this [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve inspires the common people to believe in you]]. Since the world was currently in a state of [[YourMindMakesItReal cognition-based reality]], their belief [[EleventhHourSuperpower unlocks Joker's Ultimate Persona]], the demon Satanael, standing even taller than Yaldabaoth with a [[{{BFG}} very large gun]]. [[BoomHeadshot No need to explain any further]].]]

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'' and its [[VideoGameRemake remake]], ''Fire Emblem Echoes,'' when the game calculates that the attack will spell the final boss' defeat after running all RNG, Alm will toss his shield to the side and perform a jumping stab, a move seen nowhere else in the game. He and Celica get special dialogue before this moment in Echoes. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] if you decide to finish Duma off with [[GoodBadBugs Nosferatu]], though.

* VideoGame/Persona5
** [[spoiler:The final boss fight, when you bring his health all the way down, initially ends with Yaldabaoth [[OneHitKill wiping out your entire team with a single attack]], [[JustToyingWithThem revealing that he could have done that the entire time and that you hadn't even scratched him that entire time]]. However, when your party somehow manages to find the strength to stand, this [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve inspires the common people to believe in you]]. Since the world was currently in a state of [[YourMindMakesItReal cognition-based reality]], their belief [[EleventhHourSuperpower unlocks Joker's Ultimate Persona]], the demon Satanael, standing even taller than Yaldabaoth with a [[{{BFG}} very large gun]]. [[BoomHeadshot No need to explain any further]].]]

* Inverted with ''VideoGame/HaloReach'''s epilogue, "Lone Wolf", where Noble Six recieves a coup de grâce from a squad of Elites after being defeated.

* In ''VideoGame/GravityRush'', when you whittle down a boss's health bar, you're told to "finish them" by tapping a crosshair that appears on their weak point, causing a cutscene where Kat attacks them with what appears to be a powered up version of the Spiraling Claw. This is subverted in your [[spoiler: first battle with Raven; she does the same move to counter it and sends Kat flying back]].

** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'': In the last battle, [[spoiler:this is used as a rarity for the series and the only time it's done in the game, when Snake executes The Boss. The cut-scene [[spoiler:also ends and forces players to deliver the coup de grace themselves.]]

* This is how the eponymous character in ''VideoGame/BlackRockShooter: TheGame'' finishes off the alien bosses.

* Done to various lengths in most ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' games, but it's played up the most in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3''. After [[ImplacableMan all]] [[HeroKiller the]] [[SuperPersistentPredator shit]] [[ScarilyCompetentTracker Nemesis]] [[WhyWontYouDie put]] [[NearVillainVictory you]] [[BossInMookClothing through]], his badly mutilated body ''still'' drags itself toward you for one final strike after the final battle. You're free to just flee and let the impending nuke take him out, but it is a ''hell of a lot more satisfying'' to watch Jill pump him full of high-calibre magnum rounds and finish the bastard off once and for all.

* ''Franchise/MetalGear'':

* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' does this when [[spoiler: Ellie fucks up David]] with a machete. Happens much more often in the World of Assassination Trilogy, where kills at the end of certain setups (such as [[spoiler:smothering Silvio Caruso while disguised as his psychologist]]), while activated through the player's input, will be dealt by 47.

* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'', the targets all have cutscene conversations with Altair before dying from their wounds. Majd Addin, after admitting he staged executions because he loves power and the people's fear, gets finished off with another stab.

* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' [[spoiler:'s last battle, used as a rarity for the series and the only time it's done in the game.]]
** The cut-scene [[spoiler:also ends and forces players to deliver the coup de grace themselves.]]
** That same situation is subverted in the first ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' [[spoiler: when Grey Fox is pinned to the wall by Metal Gear Rex and asks Snake to MercyKill him. No matter how many times the player pushes the fire button, Snake can't bring himself to do it.]]

* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' does this when [[spoiler: Ellie fucks up David]] with a machete.
** Happens much more often in the World of Assassination Trilogy, where kills at the end of certain setups (such as [[spoiler:smothering Silvio Caruso while disguised as his psychologist]]), while activated through the player's input, will be dealt by 47.

* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'' the targets all have cutscene conversations with Altair before dying from their wounds. Majd Addin, after admitting he staged executions because he loves power and the people's fear, gets finished off with another stab.