Basic Trope: The heroes think they beat the boss and won the game, only for the boss to get back up for round two.
- Straight: It looks like Alice and Bob have successfully beaten Emperor Evulz. As they're celebrating their victory, Emperor Evulz gets back up, changes into a stronger form, and attacks again.
- Exaggerated: Evulz goes down dramatically. Alice and Bob celebrate and the game ending wrap-up cutscenes start playing. But Evulz comes back to interrupt the ending sequence, and the fight continues.
- Downplayed: Evulz falls to the ground, but is back up before Alice and Bob have a chance to start celebrating.
- Justified:
- Evulz was wounded and tired from the fight, but not to the point he can't get up and continue.
- Evulz only pretended to get defeated, and fell on purpose.
- Evulz's falling and convulsing was him failing to keep Monstro contained within himself… Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
- Inverted: Evulz seemingly manages to defeat Alice and Bob. The "Game Over" screen pops up, but Alice and Bob get back up and continue the fight.
- Subverted:
- Evulz gets back up, seemingly ready to continue the fight, but falls back down before he can do anything else.
- After getting back up, Evulz is easily taken down again with a single hit.
- Double Subverted: Then, he gets back up a second time, and the fight continues for real.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: Evulz does this repeatedly during the same fight. As this continues, Alice and Bob grow reluctant to start celebrating for real, fearing he'll get up yet again.
- Averted: Evulz stays down.
- Enforced: Evulz going down that easy wouldn't make for a good, satisfying final boss. So the developers had to give him a second phase.
- Lampshaded: "Guess we didn't win just yet."
- Invoked: Evulz fakes a fall to lull Alice and Bob into a false sense of victory.
- Exploited: Evulz waits until Alice and Bob begin celebrating to get back up, hoping to deliver a sneak attack sucker punch.
- Defied: Alice and Bob make extra sure Evulz is dead before they celebrate their victory.
- Discussed: "You're sure he's dead? And he's not going to get back up to ambush us when we start celebrating?"
- Conversed: "That boss fight was too easy. Is he going to get back up for round two?"
- Played for Drama: When Evulz gets back up, he murders Alice, causing Bob to have a breakdown, before an emotionally broken Bob has to finish the fight on his own.
- Played for Horror: When Evulz gets back up, he transforms into a gruesome Eldritch Abomination for the next phase of the fight.
Stop your celebrating! It's going to take more than that to send me back to Victory Fakeout!
