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* Half of the ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' final bosses. And some of the fortress bosses. [[VideoGame/MegaManX Rangda]] [[ThatOneBoss Bangda]]!!! *shakes fist*

* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', the castle boss. Castellan Salazar and his left hand man [[spoiler: fuse with a giant random plant (that is stuck to a wall) in order to make a giant ''talking'' plant........with tentacles]]
** The final form of Birkin in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' - the trick is to shoot him a lot.
** Plant 42 from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'', in the remake at least.

* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' has Gurdy, [[spoiler:Mom's Heart/It Lives, Isaac, and ???]]. ''[[UpdatedRerelease Rebirth]] adds in Mega Maw, The Gate, Mama Gurdy, Mr. Fred, [[spoiler:Mega Satan]], and removes [[spoiler:Isaac and ???]] from this trope by letting them move around a bit.

* The final boss in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} II'' is a demonic face on a wall that fires cubes that spawn demons on impact with a surface (or {{telefrag}} you if they land on you). If you use the no clipping cheat it turns out that the core of the boss is programmer John Romero's head on a stake.

* ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'' also has an "enormous plant thing" boss. It's stationary, but it spews spores and things.
** ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' does this a lot. Heck, the original [[BigBad Mother Brain]] fight was one!
*** And there was the Parasite Queen and Flaaghra bosses in Prime too.
** ''VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission'' has one too: a large cocoon that hangs from the ceiling and doesn't move. After you shoot the things holding it in place, it falls down to the room below, where you fight the insect boss that hatches from it.
** Other bosses from Metroid include the Hive Mecha and Fire Drone from ''Prime'', the large worm that grants the Charge Beam and Mecha Ridley from ''Zero Mission''.

* Barinade in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', sorta. At the start of the battle, the main body is linked via tentacles to the ceiling. You must chop it free in order to send it into a suicidal frenzy and kill it.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' has one boss, Diababa, that is stationary (but has a very long reach), and at least two, Morpheel is stationary in its short first phase before deciding to get up and actually fight.
** Kalle Demos in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' uses vines to do the damage.
** In ''VideoGame/{{The Legend Of Zelda Oracle|Games}} of Ages'' though, there's one hugely puzzle-tastic PuzzleBoss, King Thwomp (yes, like [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros the ones from Mario]]) who stays completely in the middle of the room, save for one dropping attack. He attacks by throwing bombs and fireballs and rocks at you. He's one of the weirder Zelda bosses.

* Rock Minotaurs in ''VideoGame/GodOfWar II'' are generally these. If you see a random pile of rocks between you and a grapple point, chances are when you approach it you'll be greeted by a rock minotaur.

* Every 3D [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] game has a boss that simply stands in the same place and shoots at you from a stationary position. In this case, it's a matter of getting around them to their hidden weak points.

** The boss guarding the Luna tower in ''VideoGame/SeikenDensetsu3'' (except for some very brief attack animations, he is never off screen); ditto the mask boss guarding the Shade stone; ditto Genova, the fireplace boss; ditto one of the final bosses.

* [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes Dr. Peace]] functions as one, simply shooting at the player from the pitcher's mound in the arena.

* Barinade in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', sorta. At the start of the battle, the main body is linked via tentacles to the ceiling. You must chop it free in order to send it into a suicidal frenzy and kill it. Morpha kind of also counts, depending on whether you consider the strange water in the center of the room to be part of the boss or not.

* Several bosses from ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden Dragon Sword'' and no doubt the other five ''Ninja Gaiden'' games..
** The original NES games had several of these, too. In the first game, fighting the Masked Devil sort-of counts, as the actual target (which does most of the attacking) is a stationary statue. The final demon boss is also stationary, too. In Ninja Gaiden 2, a boss about midway through the game is stationary, as are two of the three forms of the final boss. Ninja Gaiden 3 only has one stationary boss, being the second form of the three-part final boss.

** Chthon, the first boss, also counts.

* ''VideoGame/AlienVsPredatorCapcom'' will pit you against the Alien Queen, tied to her egg sac. She's immobile that way, but she still has a number of attacks (claws, teeth, acid, stinger tail ...) and a host of lesser aliens to help her. Remember the movie - if you defeat her, rest assured that you haven't seen the [[RecurringBoss last]] [[NintendoHard of]] [[FinalBoss her]] ...

* Franchise/DevilMayCry has the Leviathan heart. ''Three'' stationary targets to be exact.

*** Tortletommy stands still underwater, pushing strong currents of water and many [[AquaticMook enemies to avoid]]. [[{{Kevlard Tortletommy would probably be too heavy to swim, anyway.]]
*** Great Gear stays on top of the screen, spitting {{spike balls|OfDoom}} to attack. There are weights on the sides attached to chains, pulling Great Gear's rotation. To defeat the boss, Kirby must destroy the right weights to tilt the boss to expose and AttackItsWeakPoint.

A boss that stands in the background and launches attacks into the foreground is a BackgroundBoss. If the boss remains on one side of the screen and is edging ever closer requiring you to defeat him while running away he may also be an AdvancingWallOfDoom.

** The iconic Whispy Woods who makes an appearance in the majority of the games, along with his MirrorWorld [[{{Expy}} counterpart]] King Golem, from ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror''.
** The Combo Cannon, the Halberd Reactor, and Computer Virus, all from ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar (Ultra)''.
*** Computer Virus deserves an explanation: The boss is stationary because it's a parody of an [[RPGElements RPG battle]].

* Gooper Blooper in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine''.

** A fair few in the Sonic series. [[VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland Volcano Valley]], [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 The Biolizard]], Ghost Kraken, Ghost Titan, Ghost Pendulum (all 3 ghosts from ''[[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Sonic Rush Adventure]]''), [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Crystal Egg]] (with the tubes around it and spinning flower beam things), and undoubtedly many more.

Compare PivotalBoss. Contrast HighSpeedBattle. Not to be confused with a ''[[ArtAttacker Stationery]]'' Boss who attacks you with memos, box files, pens, ink, staplers etc.

** ''Sonic 1'' for the Game Gear has a final boss, which is basically Robotnik standing in a tube while jet blasts shoot up from the floor in a pattern and an occasional energy ball flies across the screen.
** ''Sonic 2'' for the Game Gear had a first and a last boss like this, the former being down a pit and the latter being Robotnik himself in a wall-mounted gun emplacement.
** The Quartz Quadrant level of ''Sonic CD'' features a twist on this kind of boss. Robotnik stands on a platform over a conveyor belt that threatens to throw you into spikes if you stop running and he drops spiked projectiles onto you. After you hit him once, the boss is beaten by running towards him at full speed, eventually forcing the conveyor belt to break.
** A fair few in the Sonic series. Volcano Valley, The Biolizard, Ghost Kraken, Ghost Titan, Ghost Pendulum (all 3 ghosts from Sonic Rush Adventure), Crystal Egg (with the tubes around it and spinning flower beam things), and undoubtedly many more.

* The Hell Atsche of ''[[NavalOps Warship Gunner 2]]'' is a fortress with a giant laser cannon on top.

** In ''VideoGame/{{The Legend Of Zelda Oracle|Games}} of Ages'' though, there's one hugely puzzle-tastic PuzzleBoss, King Thwomp (yes, like [[SuperMarioBros the ones from Mario]]) who stays completely in the middle of the room, save for one dropping attack. He attacks by throwing bombs and fireballs and rocks at you. He's one of the weirder Zelda bosses.

* The final boss of ''{{Obscure}}'' was also immobile.
* Every 3D [[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] game has a boss that simply stands in the same place and shoots at you from a stationary position. In this case, it's a matter of getting around them to their hidden weak points.

* ''{{Metroid}} Fusion'' also has an "enormous plant thing" boss. It's stationary, but it spews spores and things.
** ''Metroid'' does this a lot. Heck, the original [[BigBad Mother Brain]] fight was one!

** Metroid Zero Mission has one too: a large cocoon that hangs from the ceiling and doesn't move. After you shoot the things holding it in place, it falls down to the room below, where you fight the insect boss that hatches from it.

* The Chernabog battle and World of Chaos in ''KingdomHearts''.
** Marluxia's final form in ''KingdomHearts Re:Chain of Memories'': Marluxia remains immobile while his large, angelic specter attacks.

** [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Oogie Boogie]] as the mansion did not move (being a mansion and all,) and in the previous battle, he didn't move all that much.
** The Parasite Cage in Monstro was pretty stationary, too, the first encounter with it being a PivotalBoss.
** Ice Titan and Rock Titan, on account of both being nearly too big to fit in the arena, let alone move around it.
** The Cave of Wonders Guardian, being rooted to the ground.
** Basically, this series has a lot of them.