Kreese Kreeley: This is it! The Final Match with The Final Boss in The Final Stage!
Howard "Buckshot" Holmes: Finally!
Howard "Buckshot" Holmes: Finally!
— MadWorld
Goddess-to-be-born.
Bow thy head and open your heart to the benediction of God's light!
Drink in the light and cleanse your soul!
Surrender to the radiance...
Divine love eternal!
Bow thy head and open your heart to the benediction of God's light!
Drink in the light and cleanse your soul!
Surrender to the radiance...
Divine love eternal!
"Bwahahahaha!!! What's a finale without a Bowser appearance? A cruddy finale, that's what!"
Now, for the finale, fight against thine own sub-season!
— Text in Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons before Okina Matara uses her final spell
"Super dreadnought class battleship, closing fast! This is it, the final enemy of the human race!"
Caleb Goldman: I've been waiting for you...friends.
James Taylor: Goldman! Do you know what you're doing?!
Goldman: I'm fully aware of what I'm doing! Can't you see? Man committed a sin: Disturbing the life cycle of nature. The original sin that man is responsible to: To protect the loyfe cycle. I have made a creature to rule over mankind! This Is the Final Battle! Show yourself! Our new ruler, The Emperor!
James Taylor: Goldman! Do you know what you're doing?!
Goldman: I'm fully aware of what I'm doing! Can't you see? Man committed a sin: Disturbing the life cycle of nature. The original sin that man is responsible to: To protect the loyfe cycle. I have made a creature to rule over mankind! This Is the Final Battle! Show yourself! Our new ruler, The Emperor!
— The House of the Dead 2
You might say I'm the... FINAL BOSS... With ominous music! Dun, dun, DUUUN!
— Dame Dedtime, Yo-kai Watch 2
"Don't worry, nobody will think any of this nonsense is canon. Now, let us act out our existential angst as this genre demands... in an ostentatious final boss battle."
— Bloody Marie, Skullgirls
"Now is the time. Two Titans meet - as it was written."
— Samuel Hayden, Doom Eternal
"I've studied your history, know all the enemies you've faced. I am honored to be the last."
— Nathaniel Malick, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., "What We're Fighting For"
"Shiori Fujisaki, history's softest, smiling final Dracula, sits upon an endgame throne as tall as the moon, ready to reveal every miserable secret in your little pile. [...] Shiori Fujisaki is, in my opinion, the greatest final boss ever conceived and executed in any video game ever made."
— Tim Rogers, Action Button review of Tokimeki Memorial
"At the end of the dream… even chaos… tears itself apart! Let us mark the end of this eternal conflict!"
— Chaos, Dissidia Final Fantasy
"Enough is enough! The battle lines are drawn... It is time for the final conflict!"
"Life, dreams, hopes... Where'd they come from, and where are they headed? These things, I am going to destroy!!"
—Kefka, Final Fantasy VI