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* ''Literature/DeGriezelbus'': Subverted. Beentjes survives the demise of Onnoval in the second book, but he decides not to go after the protagonists and jumps into a grave. Of course, that doesn't stop him from returning in the next book to continue serving his master.

* ''VideoGame/AbyssCrossing'': The main antagonist, [[spoiler:Siro, enlisted the aid of her sister, Kuro, to concentrate magical elements into the Astras, throwing the multiverse into chaos. However, Kuro doesn't assist Siro in the FinalBoss fight and instead waits for the party in the Unexplored Labyrinth.]]

* An example of this occurs in ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'': after Roy is finished with Pride, he exits his lair only to be shot in the eye by Frank Archer, who had been marching slowly into the area. Despite this Pride was not the actual Big Bad, Archer having been the Dragon to another Dragon.

* An example of this occurs in ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'': after Roy is finished with Pride, he exits his lair only to be shot in the eye by Frank Archer, who had been marching slowly into the area. Despite this Pride was not the actual Big Bad, Archer having been the Dragon to another Dragon.

** Thanks to surviving getting caught in Al's transmutation and crossing through The Gate into the alternate realm, Envy has made it into the events of Conqueror of Shamballa, where he encounters his younger half-brother and later his father.

* During the ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' side mode ''Heroes in Another Dimension'', you fight the Three Mages Sisters after you fight Hyness, reversing the order they are fought in the main game.

* This happened with the 5th ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' movie, ''[[Anime/DragonBallZCoolersRevenge Cooler's Revenge]]'': when Goku recovers from his injuries and powers up to fight BigBad Cooler; the force waves throw Cooler's remaining henchman and more-or-less Dragon Salza into a rock face, which he disappears into. He's forgotten until the very end when Cooler is vanquished when he emerges to try and finish off the exhausted and battered heroes. Until Piccolo blows a hole in him via an offscreen ''[[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged SPECIAL BEAM CANNON]]''.

* From the 2003 ''Film/{{Zatoichi|2003}}'' movie, the {{ronin}} bodyguard Asano waits until after his boss is dead to fight Zatoichi.

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* Bennett from ''Film/{{Commando}}'' doesn't fight Matrix until Arius has already been killed.

* The film ''Film/DieHard'' has [[spoiler:Karl turn up one last time at the very end of the film after previously being left for dead.]] Although, he did fulfill his duties as [[TheDragon Dragon]], having beaten the crap out of John [=McClane=] before his defeat. [[spoiler:He was just too Bad-Ass to die, at least until Sgt. Al Powell regained the confidence to shoot a gun.]]

* In ''Film/SamuraiCop'', Yamashita is the only one of Fujiyama's men remaining at the end of the FinalBattle and is Marshall's final opponent in a DuelToTheDeath. When [[spoiler:Yamashita loses, [[{{Seppuku}} he cuts himself open.]]

* In ''Film/TheManFromToronto'', after [[spoiler: [[BigBad Debora]] has been boiled]] and all the other assassins have been killed or knocked out, the Man from Tokyo still shows up to kill Teddy and Randy, but Randy promptly knocks him out.

* In ''VideoGame/MythTheFallenLords'', Soulblighter chases the Legion until it reaches the fortress of Rhi'Hanon where the BigBad, Balor, resides. After defeating Balor and magically teletransporting to the Great Devoid to throw his head inside, the rest of the Legion finds again Soulblighter, [[PostClimaxConfrontation angrily waiting for the survivors and seeking to retrieve Balor's head]]. He fails, only to flee and return for the sequel as a DragonAscendant.

* In ''VideoGame/MythTheFallenLords'', Soulblighter chases the Legion until it reaches the fortress of Rhi'Hanon where the BigBad, Balor, resides. After defeating Balor and magically teletransporting to the Great Devoid to throw his head inside, the rest of the Legion finds again Soulblighter, [[PostClimaxConfrontation angrily waiting for the survivors and seeking to retrieve Balor's head]]. He fails, only to flee and return for the sequel as TheDragonAscended.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGear''

** Revolver Ocelot is guilty of this trope ''several times'' throughout the Metal Gear Solid series. In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'', Revolver Ocelot is the Dragon for Solidus Snake, but is absent near the end of the game because [[spoiler: he was a double agent working for The Patriots]], and in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'', Major Ocelot is one of Colonel Volgin's most trusted men, and yet [[spoiler: [[TheStarscream he outright betrays him during his fight with Snake]]]] because [[spoiler: he was also a double agent, sent by the US to assist Snake]].

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' game, Subterranean Animism, Komeiji Satori, the leader of the boss group (calling her a BigBad is a bit misleading) appears in the ''fourth'' of six stages. The two final stage bosses, Kaenbyou Rin and Reiuji Utsuho are Satori's "pets."

* ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'': The final battle against the Dark Signers unfolds by having the four Signers go all the way to the destinated five locations where the five Dark Signers are waiting for them. Even with a sixth Dark Signer (Bommer) being added, Rudger, the leader of the Dark Signers, is the [[DiscOneFinalBoss fourth of the Dark Signers to be defeated]]. The two remaining Dark Signers, Carly and Misty, have been waiting the entire time for their opponent's to arrive, while two of their comrades (Demack and Kiryu), their new comrade (Bommer), and their superior (Rudger) have been defeating in the meantime. However, after the last Dark Signer is defeated, Godwin emerges as TheManBehindTheMan who has been manipulating both sides for his own benefits, and turning out to be a third party all along.

* ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'': The final battle against the Dark Signers unfolds by having the five Signers go all the way to the destinated five locations where the five Dark Signers are waiting for them. Even with a sixth Dark Signer (Bommer) being added, Rudger, the leader of the Dark Signers, is the [[DiscOneFinalBoss fourth of the Dark Signers to be defeated]]. The two remaining Dark Signers, Carly and Misty, have been waiting the entire time for their opponent's to arrive, while two of their comrades (Demack and Kiryu), their new comrade (Bommer), and their superior (Rudger) have been defeating in the meantime. However, after the last Dark Signer is defeated, Godwin emerges as TheManBehindTheMan who has been manipulating both sides for his own benefits, and turning out to be a third party all along.

* In Episode 6 of ''[[Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX]]'', [[spoiler: Carol apparently dies after losing to the IGNITED Symphogears. The Auto-Scorers become the main threat. This is subverted later on, when Carol is revived in a new body at the end of Episode 8.]]