History Main / PinataEnemy

* In ''TimeCrisis'', some harmless "bonus enemies" will pop up from time to time. Shooting one will yield a [[StalkedByTheBell time]] bonus. In ''Time Crisis II'', shooting a bonus enemy yields 5,000 points.

* Most of the ''DragonQuest'' series has golems made of solid gold which dispense a [[strike:great deal of cash]] college fund on death.

** RichBoys, Ladies, and the like give you tons of cash after beating them. In R/S/E, there's a Rich Boy on the third route of the game that gives you $1400 after beating him, 10 times the amount most trainers at that point are giving out. They're also usually pretty weak trainers overall.

* The ''PaperMario'' series has the Amayzee Dayzees, who are shiny gold and rarely appear instead of the regular white Crayzee Dayzees. Killing them either gets you a lot of coins or a lot of Star Points (I can't remember), and they tend to run from battle almost immediately.

** Sandbag fits the trope name, but not the trope.

* Most of the ''DragonWarrior'' series has golems made of solid gold which dispense a [[strike:great deal of cash]] college fund on death.

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[[caption-width:265:An Enemy Piñata. (But not, it should be said, a Piñata Enemy)]]

* Most of the ''DragonWarrior'' series has golems made of solid gold which dispense a [[strike:great deal of cash]] college fund.

* Most of the ''DragonWarrior'' series has golems made of solid gold which dispense a great deal of cash.

** ESPECIALLY don't forget the Gold Golem in most of the games. [[YouFailEconomicsForever Damn things are walking retirement funds.]]

An enemy target or victim in a video game sought out by the player because they are (relatively) easy to kill and have a very high payout. Or, put simply a MetalSlime without the metal.

Often a type of MetalSlime. To a certain extent, the opposite of GoddamnedBats; you ''want'' to see these guys. Differs from MoneySpider, in that they seem to be in the game specifically to be killed for loot.

** ESPECIALLY don't forget the Gold Golem in most of the games. Damn things are walking retirement funds.

* The gold golem in ''{{Nethack}}''.

An enemy target or victim in a video game sought out by the player because they are (relatively) easy to kill and have a very high payout.

* Despite being more powerful than the average enemy, the Dragon in the Temple of Earth from ''TalesOfSymphonia'' qualifies because it's still relatively easy to defeat (maybe not on your initial trip, but definitely gets to that point long before the end of the game) and has an ''insane'' payoff. And there's a sidequest that requires the donation of copious amounts of money. Guess which enemy you'll be facing repeatedly?

* The original ''MegaManX'' has a cameo from a [[MegaMan classic series]] enemy...which is pretty much an instant one-up. And it respawns the moment you walk off the screen!

* Pindleskin in ''{{Diablo}} 2''.

** Apparently the amount of money the dragon drops was a bug.

*''{{Persona 3}}'' includes several varieties of the "Treasure Hand", a harmless monster who dies in one hit (if he doesn't run away first) that drops items required to create custom weapons, worth large amounts of money, or which are required for finishing some of Elizabeth's sidequests (only if you've already accepted the respective sidequest).