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** In ''VieoGame/FireEmblemEngage'', Chapter 6 involves the player fighting some bandits in the Firene-Brodia border, and Chapter 13 involves a battle with bandits in Solm. Neither group is tied to the main antagonists- the Fell Dragon Sombron, the Elusian army(which worships him) or the Corrupted(his mindless minions).

* ''Machinima/GamingAllStars'': The vast majority of villains in ''The Ultimate Crossover'' and ''Remastered'' aren’t connected to or even ''aware'' of [[spoiler: [[GreaterScopeVillain Polygon]] [[VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale Man]] or [[VideoGame/StarFox Andross]]]]. The same could be said for ''2'', in which pretty much none of the antagonists have any affiliation with or knowledge of [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/EarthboundBeginnings Giygas]]]].

* In ''VideoGame/TinyToonAdventuresDefendersOfTheUniverse'', Fifi and Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong are this, as they aren't aligned with Evil Max, instead fighting the main four for Shirley to try to stop them from reaching the Bullions' spaceship and prevent her prediction of Earth being doomed from coming true.

* King Boom Boo from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''. A ghost haunting the Death Chamber that attacks Knuckles after he finds the key to Eggman's base. Aside from living in the pyramid that Eggman turned into his base, it isn't associated with Eggman in any way, as the latter has his own Egg Golem as a guard, so it wasn't deployed by him. King Boom Boo is simply the [[KingMook leader]] of the smaller ghosts that keep appearing in Knuckles' levels.

%%* Bull from ''Videogame/TyTheTasmanianTiger''.

** Belome and Punchinello in ''Videogame/SuperMarioRPG''. The game actually has quite a few villains who aren't connected with the main bad guys, but these two are given the least context. There's also Booster, who indirectly causes the game's most extreme example of GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere. Valentina, like Booster, is also [[ArcVillain the main villain of a story arc]] but is in no way affiliated with the BigBad.
** Despite being a Koopa, Jr. Troopa in ''Videogame/{{Paper Mario|64}}'' actually isn't aligned with Bowser. In fact, near the end of the game he even attacks four of Bowser's minions just to get a final match with Mario.

** Many examples also exist in the ''Videogame/MarioAndLuigi'' series, like Popple, Trunkle, Hermie, The Chuckolator, Jojora and her Friend, Mother Piranha, Bean Piranha, Tolstar in ''Videogame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga''; Durmite, Broque Monsieur and the Tower of Yikk (Who is the second giant Bowser boss though the Tower of Yikk does use Fawful’s minions in some of its attacks) in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory''; Mrs. Thwomp in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime''; and Bowser in the first three games, have no connection to the Big Bad whatsoever, and most have no connection to the storyline at all.

* The boss Kandar (also known as Robbin' Hood in some localizations) appears in several ''[[Videogame/DragonQuest Dragon Quest]]'' games, and he's usually a thief who has no connection whatsoever to the BigBad, except in ''Videogame/DragonQuestV'' where [[spoiler: the main villain hired him to attack the protagonist.]]

* The first few bosses of most ''Videogame/{{Touhou}}'' games rarely have much to do with the plot.

* Gulpo (King of the Blobs), a [[VillainOfTheWeek oneshot villain]] from the WesternAnimation/JoeOrioloFelixTheCat cartoon [[Recap/JoeOrioloFelixTheCat1x27FelixBabySits "Felix Babysits"]]. He's not affiliated with [[BigBadWannabe Professor]] or [[BigBad Master Cylinder]], he's just a [[MegaMicrobes ravenous amoeba]] that becomes a threat to Felix and Poindexter when the latter shrinks Felix and unwittingly enlarges Gulpo with a formula. [[TheBusCameBack He comes back as a boss fight]] in the [[VideoGame/FelixTheCat 1992 video game]], but due to the games [[ExcusePlot wafer-thin plot]], it's not clear if he's affiliated with Professor now or if he's just giving Felix trouble again for the heck of it.
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': Harm is the only villain that is not revealed to have been (and is permanently defeated before he is even known about by, let alone becomes) part of The Light throughout the show's two seasons.

* There were a few villains on ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' that were standalones, such as Abracadaver, Roach Coach and (on the reboot) Man-Boy, the Gnat and the Fashionistas (a little bit of a zig-zag with the Fashionistas--Mojo Jojo was about to marry Barbarus until they had a conflict of interests).

* In ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'', the culprit of Case 3, [[spoiler:Lance Amano]], is the only killer who is not connected to the smuggling ring that is the OverarchingVillain of the game. [[spoiler:His father, however, is part of the conspiracy, and his attempt to prevent his son from being arrested ends up getting him arrested, too]].

* ''Anime/TweenyWitchesTheAdventures'': Jestor from "The Secret of Dragon House" is the only warlock not shown to be involved in the conspiracy of the warlock dictatorship.

** Many of the bosses in the second half of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''-- Phunbaba, Doomgaze, the Eight Dragons, and Atma Weapon-- don't work for Kefka, but were [[SealedEvilInACan released from their slumber]] when he started mucking about with plate tectonics. In the first half of the game, Vargas has nothing to do with the Empire-- he's just a martial artist with an unrelated grudge against Sabin-- and neither does Dadaluma, a thug who apparently just loves to fight (and is possibly mentally disturbed).

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** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'': Several bosses, such as Major Burrows and Buggaboom, have to be defeated because they're threatening innocent characters for personal reasons, not because [[GalacticConqueror Bowser]] told them to do so.

* In the Alabasta saga of ''Manga/OnePiece'', which comprises the Reverse Mountain, Whiskey Peak, Little Garden, Drum Island and Alabasta arcs, the {{Arc Villain}}s of most of the arcs are from Baroque Works, a criminal organization plotting to overthrow the kingdom of Alabasta. Drum Island is the exception, since Wapol, the former king of the island, is entirely unaffiliated with Baroque Works. The Straw Hats only stop at his island to find a doctor for Nami.

** The Hydra in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarI'' is merely a monster that Kratos encounters at the very beginning of the game while sailing to Athens and has no relation with Ares or his attack on Athens. The novelization confirms Ares has nothing to do with the Hydra, even asking if the other gods were responsible for it and its implied that [[spoiler:Athena might have been the one to send it in order to convince Poseidon to grant his magic to help Kratos progress in his quest]].

* Rayquaza from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'', isn't allied with the other villains and is just attacking Fox because he entered its territory. Subverted later on when Tabuu creates a clone of it to guard the Great Maze.

** Validar in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' is a strange case. He's fought while Mad King Gangrel is the current ArcVillain and seems to have no connections to him. However, Validar is actually TheHeavy of the game in reality and Gangrel is just a DiscOneFinalBoss, and while this is obvious to the player from the start, the characters in-game don't know this yet. So he serves this role early on before becoming much more important later.

** Many examples also exist in the ''Videogame/MarioAndLuigi'' series, like Popple from ''Superstar Saga'', possibly Trunkle from the same game, Hermie, The Chuckolator, Jojora and her Friend, Mother Piranha, Bean Piranha, Tolstar, Bowser in all three games, Durmite/whatever in Bowser's Inside Story, the Tower of Yikk (Who is the second giant Bowser boss though the Tower of Yikk does use Fawful’s minions in some of its attacks) in the same game, Mrs. Thwomp in Partners in Time, and Broque Monsieur in Bowser's Inside Story have no connection to the Big Bad whatsoever, and most have no connection to the storyline at all.

* In ''[[VideoGame/StrangersWrath Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath]]'', the only bosses who are aligned with [[spoiler:[[BigBad Sekto]]]] are D. Caste Raider and the Gloktigi. All the other bosses are their own independent villains.

** Your rivals in the mainline games. They're not allied at all with the villainous team that are the main big bads of the game, but they challenge you anyway to test their strength. Sometimes they serve as the TrueFinalBoss after the main villains are dealt with, but not always.

* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'', [[SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome ally-turned-villain]] Straizo is the only antagonist who isn't affiliated with the Nazis or the Pillar Men. He'd attacked Speedwagon and his companions to use their blood to activate the stone mask and become a vampire, but he didn't want to awaken Santviento, the Pillar Man inside the cave where he found the mask.

** Several minibosses in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', given the nature of the game's villain. Among them, the ancient creatures and peoples of Ikana Canyon stand out, including Captain Skull Keeta, Igos du Ikana, and all of the Garos (including their Master).
** Gohdan from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' is a creature born of the Gods' need to test the potential hero. As such, he has no association with Ganon and is not fought again at Ganon's Castle.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', Moldarach and Tentalus (both, incidentally, found in Lanayru Desert) are the only two bosses with no connection to Ghirahim.

** The Security Robot B.O.X. in ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'' is the only boss in the game to not be infected by an X Parasite. The first time, anyway, as it reappears for a second round once an X Parasite infects its organic components.
** Crocomire and Botwoon in ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' do not seem to be affiliated with the SpacePirates at all, mostly just being random Zebesian creatures until Samus shows up and attacks them.
** ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'' has almost all of its bosses being either Ing or Ing-possessed creatures. The exceptions are Dark Samus, who appears three times doing her own thing; the Alpha Blogg, a creature that doesn't get possessed and is simply left as a trap; and the Caretaker Class Drone, a random machine that attacks Samus.
** In ''VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns'', [[spoiler:Proteus Ridley is the only Space Pirate to appear, having shown up to steal the last Metroid from Samus]]. Arachnus, returning from ''VideoGame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus'', reprises its role as a non-Metroid boss, and was the only one back in the original ''Metroid II''. ''Samus Returns'' also adds the Diggernaut, which is a Chozo mining machine that goes haywire and has no affiliations with the Metroids.

* Papu Papu, the first boss of ''VideoGame/{{Crash Bandicoot|1996}}''. Every other boss in the game is either a scientist working with [[BigBad Neo Cortex]], or an animal Cortex mutated. Papu Papu, on the other hand, is just the leader of a WackyWaysideTribe that Crash stumbles through.
* The only boss in ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' that is related in some way to the [[BigBad Panther King]] is the Experiment, found and fought in the WarArc chapter; and it's because it and the Tediz were created by Ze Professor so they could ''[[TheStarscream defeat the Panther King]]'' (Conker still has to defeat them because they are threatening the otherwise peaceful kingdom).
* Depending on which version of the game, the first boss or most of the bosses in ''VideoGame/DonaldDuckGoinQuackers'' aren't affiliated with the final boss and BigBad Merlock (the one exception being the Game Boy Advance version, where Merlock is the only boss faced in the game):

** On the second visit to Halloween Town, somebody is stealing presents from Santa Claus for unknown reasons. It's later discovered that the theft was caused by the Experiment, a creation of Dr. Finklestein's that went rogue. [[BetaTestBaddie It stole the presents in a vain attempt to gain a heart]], which Dr. Finklestein did not give it during the creation process.

** The Security Robot B.O.X. in ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'' is the only boss in the game to not be infected by an X parasite. The first time, anyway, as it reappears for a second round once an X parasite infects its organic components.
** Crocomire in ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' does not seem to be affiliated with the SpacePirates at all, mostly just being a random Zebes creature until Samus shows up and attacks it. Same goes for Botwoon.

* Your rivals in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''. They're not allied at all with the villainous team that are the main big bads of the game, but they challenge you anyway to test their strength. Sometimes they serve as the TrueFinalBoss after the main villains are dealt with, but not always.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' has the pirates who are terrorizing Pravoka and Astos the Dark Elf, neither of whom are connected to Garland or the Four Fiends.
* Many of the bosses in the second half of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''-- Phunbaba, Doomgaze, the Eight Dragons, and Atma Weapon-- don't work for Kefka, but were [[SealedEvilInACan released from their slumber]] when he started mucking about with plate tectonics. In the first half of the game, Vargas has nothing to do with the Empire-- he's just a martial artist with an unrelated grudge against Sabin-- and neither does Dadaluma, a thug who apparently just loves to fight (and is possibly mentally disturbed).

** Despite being a Koopa, Jr. Troopa in ''Videogame/{{Paper Mario|64}}'' actually isn't aligned with Bowser. [[spoiler:In fact, near the end of the game he even attacks four of Bowser's minions just to get a final match with Mario.]]
** Most [[ArcVillain Chapter bosses]] in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' aren't affiliated with the X-Nauts, the main antagonistic force in the game. Hooktail, however, does turn out to have been affiliated with [[spoiler: the game's GreaterScopeVillain]]. Most of them, such as [[spoiler:Grubba]] or Cortez, are simply bad guys who found one of the Crystal Stars and are using or hoarding it for entirely selfish reasons. [[spoiler:Doopliss]] is an interesting case since he ''starts out'' as a Lone Wolf Boss but then [[spoiler:allies himself with the [[TerribleTrio Shadow Sirens]]]] after his chapter. Smorg is another odd example in that it was originally intended to have been a creature summoned by Beldam of the Shadow Sirens, but this exposition dialogue was cut in the final version, leaving its origins ambiguous.
** ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' has Francis, the third boss. He is not allied with Count Bleck; he's just some StrawFan who kidnapped your ExpositionFairy. [[spoiler: Though he can appear in [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Castle Bleck]] if you’re stupid enough to tell [[PaperThinDisguise an obviously disguised Mimi]] you’d rather not meet him. He still only ends up there because he was abducted.]]

* In the Baroque Works saga of ''Manga/OnePiece'', which comprises the Laboon, Whiskey Peak, Little Garde, Drum Island and Alabasta arcs, the {{Arc Villain}}s of most of the arcs are from Baroque Works, a criminal conspiracy plotting to overthrow the kingdom of Alabasta. Drum Island is the exception, since Wapol, the former king of the island, is entirely unaffiliated with Baroque Works. The Straw Hats only stop at his island to find a doctor for Nami.

A BossBattle or similar villain that isn't teamed up/associated with or even [[EvilVersusEvil opposing]] the BigBad, but is instead a lone wolf. They aren’t anyone's lackey; they’re a villain on their own.