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* In DonkeyKongCountryReturns, this happens twice with bosses. Once after you deliver the final blow to whatever critter the Tiki of the world is possessing, and one where he punches out that Tiki. You can even add extra hits to that Tiki if you're patient enough.

** The ending of WindWaker shows Link ramming his sword into Ganondorf's head and fusing with the power of the triforce to turn him to stone for all eternity (or until they decide they need him for a Windwaker-verse game again).

* In ''MortalKombatShaolinMonks'', this happens after every boss fight.

* Every boss in the original three episodes of ''DukeNukem3D'' is finished in a cutscene. The first takes a shotgun blast to the skull. The third and final boss has his eye kicked through an American football goal. The second boss however has his head ripped off and his neck shat in. Literally.

* In ''MortalKombat: Shaolin Monks'', this happens after [[BeyondTheImpossible every single boss fight]]. Well, it ''is'' a Mortal Kombat game.
* AgeOfMythology ends its campaign with a showdown between the allies of the gods, led by the recently-glorified Arkantos, and the allies of the Titans, led by a [[TakenForGranite giant animated statue of Poseidon]]. Bringing down the statue in-game is depicted in-cutscene with the end of an epic duel between the two.

** A rather spectacular one happens occurs at the end of the fight with [[spoiler:the Archdemon]], wherein a character grabs a nearby fallen sword to finish it off in dramatic fashion. This can variably be the PC or various party members depending on how you handle a number of earlier story decisions. Potentially a CrowningMomentofFunny if it happens to be your staff-wielding Mage of a Warden who is normally too physically weak to even ''equip'' a sword.

Done with every boss in {{Bayonetta}} (by the same people who made Devil May Cry and Vanquish. Bayonetta summons a giant demon to finish the bosses off.

* The first part of the ending cut scene in ''SuperMarioGalaxy'' where Mario punches Bowser hard enough just after the final attack to send him into the surface of a star.

* ''IWannaBeTheGuy'' inverts the trope: if you get hit with a specific move of Kraidgief's, it turns into a ridiculously epic piledriver with ''FirstOfTheNorthStar'' music playing in the background. This is pretty blatant overkill, as just touching Kraidgief is more than enough to kill The Kid.

* Happens for quite a few bosses in Vanquish, odd thing is occasionally they combine it with a [[PressXToNotDie Quite Time Events]] so what might become a Coup De Grace could blow up in your face forcing you to fight another mode of the boss or start all over again.

** The ending of WindWaker shows Link ramming his sword into Ganondorf's head and fusing with the power of the triforce to turn him to stone for all eternity.

** The ending of WindWaker shows Link ramming his sword into Ganondorf's head and fusing with the power of the triforce to turn him to stone for all eternity (or until they decide they need him for a Windwaker-verse game again).

*** Technically, the player delivers this impaling through the chest when using the Ending Blow move on Gannon when he's down. The only hint that this is how you defeat Gannon is the context prompt that you get any other time it would be applicable.

* Very common in the ''SuperRobotWars'' videogame, where importants villains will almost prompt a cutscene when defeated where [[TheBattleDidntCount they get some HP back]] and then get killed by the attack that beated them in their own shows. Sometimes {{justified}}, like with ''GaoGaiGar'' villains, since only Guy can pull out their Zonder Cores.

** [[WallBanger Even if you manage to kill the statue without using Arkantos]].

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* The first boss in ''DukeNukem3D'' is finished with a headshot.

* Subverted in ''KingdomHearts II''; in the final boss battle, after warding off an [[BeamSpam extremely prolonged]] [[DeathInAllDirections attack]], a small cutscene shows shit going down and blows being delivered. However, at the end of all this he is [[NotQuiteDead not dead]]; just left with 1 HP and permanently stunned, allowing you to deliver the final blow.

* Happens in ''BatmanArkhamAsylum'' at the end of [[spoiler: the battle with Titan-Joker. Batman delivers the knockout punch during a cutscene once he has been worn down sufficiently.]]

* In ''MetalGearSolid3'' [[spoiler:'s last battle, averted, a rarity for the series and the only time it's done in the game. It's done as a setup for a PlayerPunch.]]

* Pretty much every boss fight in ''Nier'' does this using scaled-up versions of the Sealed Verse powers.