History Main / MookChivalry

** Generally averted in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', which was known for it's relatively intelligent AI at the time; sub-bosses generally appear with an [[FlunkyBoss entourage of mooks]], and enemies will actively try and surround Leon and Ada, and will likely attack simultaneously and catch them in damage chains. One of the most dangerous, yet underestimated, attacks they have is grabbing the player from behind, dealing no damage but opening Leon up to as many attacks they can manage before he breaks free or dies.

** Zigzagged in ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus''. While it is entirely possible to get into a battle with multiple wild Pokémon at the same time, the ones you aren't actively targeting are often content to just sit back and pass their turns while the one you're targeting fights you. However, it's also entirely possible for three wild Pokémon to gang up on you and take out ''multiple'' of yours before you even get a turn. It's also [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in certain Trainer Battles; the Diamond and Pearl Clans don't use Poké Balls--the technology is 2 years old at this point--so it makes sense for Irida and Adaman to let all their Pokémon at you. Granted, only one of them will be around your level, with the others being around ''half.'' The main aversions of this are either Galaxy Team Members, like the [[StaticRoleExchangeableCharacter opposite-gender protagonist character,]] or fell out of a space-time rift in the sky from what is implied to be the future, like [[FishOutOfTemporalWater you [[spoiler: and [[AscendedExtra Ingo]]]].

** Zigzagged in ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus''. While it is entirely possible to get into a battle with multiple wild Pokémon at the same time, the ones you aren't actively targeting are often content to just sit back and pass their turns while the one you're targeting fights you. However, it's also entirely possible for three wild Pokémon to gang up on you and take out ''multiple'' of yours before you even get a turn. It's also [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in certain Trainer Battles; the Diamond and Pearl Clans don't use Poké Balls--the technology is 2 years old at this point--so it makes sense for Irida and Adaman to let all their Pokémon at you. Granted, only one of them will be around your level, with the others being around ''half.'' The main aversions of this are either Galaxy Team Members, like the [[StaticRoleExchangableCharacter opposite-gender protagonist character,]] or fell out of a space-time rift in the sky from what is implied to be the future, like [[FishOutOfTemporalWater you [[spoiler: and [[AscendedExtra Ingo]]]].

** Played even straighter than normal at Dragonspiral Tower in ''Black and White''. Four Plasma {{Mooks}} gang up and encircle you...then fight you one at a time anyway.

** Finally gets some aversion in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]'' where, due of invention of [[ZergRush Horde Battles]], multiple Aqua or Magma Grunts can gang up on you for a 1v5. However, this is a hilarious CurbStompBattle on their end, as their Mons are only level 15... and yours are likely by that point ''DOUBLE'' that at the lowest.

** Zigzagged in ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus''. While it is entirely possible to get into a battle with multiple wild Pokémon at the same time, the ones you aren't actively targeting are often content to just sit back and pass their turns while the one you're targeting fights you. However, it's also entirely possible for three wild Pokémon to gang up on you and take out ''multiple'' of yours before you even get a turn.

* A rare example of this done by the good guys happens in the new ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', as some of Earthrealm's greatest heroes attack Sindel one at a time without using their special abilities, only to be easily dispatched, many of them killed, just to prove how tough she is.