"WHAAAT!? How did that happen!? This is unacceptable! My works are either perfect, or they're perfectly worthless! Fine. Then I've got no choice. We'll just have to pretend it never happened! Hyee hee! Hyeee hee hee hee hee!"
— Folie if you beat Galahad early, Bravely Default II
"You've been piloting a Divine Knight for one day. I've been using mine for three years. Did you think I wouldn't have a trump card to play?"
— Crow Armbrust, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
Enemy: Ugh, I've been defeated. But I can't fall here. I must make my retreat.
Player: Wait, what? No, wait, you said that last time.
Enemy: What are you talking about?
Player: Yeah, you said you were gonna retreat, four chapters ago, so I let you retreat, and then I beat you. Y-you should be dead.
Enemy: I-I, I uh, I don't think that's how that works.
Player: I'm pretty sure that's how that works.
Enemy: O-o-oh well, uhh, I wasn't at my full power. So, so, th-that doesn't count. This fight didn't, didn't count. But next time, the next fight? Ooh, ooh! The next fight, I'm gonna, I'm gonna go all out, okay? So you, you better be ready, okay? For real, next time - next fight, all right? That, that will be... our final, our final battle.
Player: Okay, fine. I'll let you retreat this time. But... next time? I will put you down, okay? So...y'know, get ready.
Another three or four chapters...
Enemy: Ugh, I've been defeated. But I can't fall here. I must make a tactical retreat.
Player: Wait, what? No, wait, you said that last time.
Enemy: What are you talking about?
Player: Yeah, you said you were gonna retreat, four chapters ago, so I let you retreat, and then I beat you. Y-you should be dead.
Enemy: I-I, I uh, I don't think that's how that works.
Player: I'm pretty sure that's how that works.
Enemy: O-o-oh well, uhh, I wasn't at my full power. So, so, th-that doesn't count. This fight didn't, didn't count. But next time, the next fight? Ooh, ooh! The next fight, I'm gonna, I'm gonna go all out, okay? So you, you better be ready, okay? For real, next time - next fight, all right? That, that will be... our final, our final battle.
Player: Okay, fine. I'll let you retreat this time. But... next time? I will put you down, okay? So...y'know, get ready.
Another three or four chapters...
Enemy: Ugh, I've been defeated. But I can't fall here. I must make a tactical retreat.
— "I must retreat."
, a parody of Fire Emblem: Three Houses (spoiler: he never dies.)
, a parody of Fire Emblem: Three Houses (spoiler: he never dies.)