@@Hero1922 And Luke is always a dick about it, but hey, it's all in good fun, right? A group of friends who constantly argue about which game is better, while doing a bunch of research on said games and explaining what makes them so unique, or terrible depending on their personal taste.
@@AzureRoxe i mean sure I feel often they twist the spirit of Greek myths into something not them. Here why doesn't hercules have his lion armor, which renders him invulnerable think that would kinda fit what they had going for instead. But nope let's make him a prideful idiot instead for some reason.
Fun fact: The Noise was based off a mascot for Dominos Pizza from the late 80s called the Noid. It was discontinued after a mentally ill man thought the mascot was insulting him and took a pizza place hostage in 1989...
@@MunchKING Dominos brings out the Noid when one of their policies backfires on them. First was the thirty minutes thing and the latest was the drone delivery (I think).
The fact that Hércules was one of the few greek héroes who actually wasn't very arogant but he is constantly depicted as extremly arogant in mode works is hilarious
I want to see a game or movie that actually knows the source material and make him not arrogant (his flaw is wrath this is so easy to make a weakness out of have him charge the player and he hits the wall when the player dodges or sidesteps or that he exhausts himself after an especially powerful attack)
"Shut up and fight me" is the kind of thing villains often say in movies and games, but it's advice they rarely take themselves. Edit: also, never stop the puns, Ellen, they are amazing.
Did Ellen have some sort of sickness or "episode" a few years ago? There was like an entire period where her hair was just always rough, and messy, and greasy looking.
She hates any bastards just especially Zeus's because not only is he not being faithful, he's being unfaithful to her, the goddess of marriage. It's a titan sized slap in the face
No mention of Sonic Adventure? In Sonic's final fight with Eggman, he opens the pod of his vehicle and literally calls out, "See if you can make it through here, Sonic!"
Doesn’t he also do that in Adventure/Battle 2? I… I swear he does. It’s been over at least 18 years since I’ve played it on my Game Cube so I really don’t know.
I can't remember if he would've been invincible/impossible to beat otherwise, but Girahim in Skyward Sword 'spares' Link multiple times throughout the game because he refused to view him as a threat and some of the fight mechanics were centered around that too
Oh yeah, the first time you beat him he's like "Ugh, this is wasting my time" and just leaves. I suppose you never actually truly defeat him since he ends up achieving everything he set out to do and revives Demise so he can become his sword, he just didn't count on you being able to defeat Demise.
Noise isn’t the only pizza tower boss who has to mock you, there is also pizza head who spends so much time laughing after attacking you can erase a entire bar of his hp
The idea that you do an attack and it's immediately reflected back at you, doing damage, and then you keep doing the attack over and over is so hilarious.
In fairness to Ivy, she's not invincible with her shield up, it just takes a REALLY long time to chip down her health. Titan Joker is a better example from that game. He's totally immune to all Batman's attacks and is completely unstoppable, until he decides to preen for the news helicopter and turns his back on you once you're done fighting his goons.
Not to mention driving Peppino into such a rage that he can take out four health in one hit through bringing in all the previous bosses and taunting Peppino about it.
Considering how Electrocutioner's gauntlets turn Batman into a unstoppable Swiss Army knife of asskickery the fact their owner spends his "fight" just taunting Batman makes you wonder how much of a threat he'd be if he actually used them.
I knew a version of Shao Kahn, would be on this list, He was beyond busted in MK2 and MK9, only time you could do anything remotely effectively was during his taunts
In the Castlevania games, Count Dracula would be invincible if he made himself completely intangible instead of leaving his head available for whichever Belmont family member he's fighting to hit him with the vampire killer whip.
That Syphon Filter 2 boss. Though you don't directly win because he's taunting you, but his taunting bought you some time to put him in place where he belongs
What about Clockwerk from Sly Cooper? Despite being the final boss of the game & seeing himself as a better thief than Sly this mechanical owl can't stop taunting you which Carmalita to use her shock pistol to create holes in his armor allowing Sly to use the weapons on Carmalita's jetpack to defeat him
That first entry in the list had it all, gaming content, rubber chickens, Ellens mischievous giggled & some excellent topical comments about Lance Armstrong! Oh and not forgetting the protective shield, with multiple uses no less! 10/10 content
So, I would never expect Fear and Hunger to feature on an Oxtra list for...many many reasons...BUT there is a major boss in that game who is incredibly difficult UNLESS you try talking to him instead of attacking, and with the right dialogue options the cocky bastard will get annoyed that you don't see how great and powerful he is and he will stop attacking you to instead spend his turns trying to make sure you understand how great he is.
Dark Cloud 2's Minotaur Joe. While not exactly taunting, when he stops to take a swig from a barrel, that's when he's most vulnerable. Just don't let him finish that swig...
Dying at the fact “The Noise” in Pizza Tower is a parody of the noid from the 1980’s domino’s pizza commercials that everyone hated and it’s just as weird/loud in the game as it is in the commercials
What about Chauncey the baby from Luigi's Mansion after he finishes his attack he just giggles and taunts you with rattle leaving him pretty open for a attack
Hey, you're a normal adult man doing normal adult things. (plus if I was an extremely powerful Greek demigod famed for their fighting and a child came up with a key expecting me to fight them I might also develop a mortal weakness to whatever is lying around and just give them the win so I don't accidentally cause a Mortal Kombat fatality.)
I feel Dr Shemp should be on here. He is completely invulnerable against Spyro from the front and the only time his back is facing you is when he is running in a sprint away and you can’t catch up before he turns around. That is until he does an over the top dance before attacking you and you could flame his behind before he hits.
In Ivy's defense, it is possible that she probably needed to see so that she could control her plants better, hence why she opened her flower... But her cockiness did get the best of her, as dictated by the rules of "I'm the player!"
A fact for Disco kid: In the game's Title Defense, Disco Kid realizes that him taunting you makes you punch him. So he sometimes throws in a fake one that he will block and counter attack. That would be pretty smart, if it weren't for the fact that if you hit him with a 3 star punch at that time, you will instantly KO him and win the fight
Irving from Resident Evil 5. The man transforms into an invulnerable giant fish monster and tries to kill Chris and Sheva. And he would've succeeded too if not for his tendency to stick his mutant fish tongue (which is also somehow his head and torso) out at the aforementioned protags while laughing manically.
One idea of a boss that caused their demise through being petty could be Ash from titanfall 2. She didnt taunt you in the middle of battle, but had you stuck in a facility that was completely controlled by her, but because she wanted to do some "tests" (aka wasting humans that could be fighting in the war to see if some pow can survive them) on you while she could have easily got you killed (and was even comanded to by blisk), which lead to the two of you meeting at some point in the world foundry and getting herself killed. Like you wouldnt even get to fight her if she didnt want to play with you so much (not in a sexual way) and do pretty unethical tests so that she can fill out her stat board or something
On Rocket Knight Adventures one of the later bosses actually plays ping-pong with his own weakpoint during the last phase of the boss-fight. Ivy does actually take scratch-damage when the cover is closed, so it is theoreically possible to beat her without hitting her when she's taunting.
We can’t forget about the ice king in castle crashers, who teleports as quickly as hell, and who your best chance to hit him, is when he is laughing at you
I take it titan Joker doesn't count because technically he isn't taunting Batman so much as he is ignoring him to pose for the Gotham press helicopter.
Regarding Pizza Tower: If any of the devs are reading this, can you get me in touch with your dealers? If that game is any indication, you were on some truly great stuff.
This made me immediately think of Red Grant in the PS2 adaptation of James Bond: From Russia With Love. Somehow he's been trained to be completely invincible unless he's flexing and performing quotes from the original movie, in which case glowing weak spots appear all over his body for Bond to shoot at.
Another Donkey Kong example would be Bleak from Donkey Kong 3, who takes a break from pelting you with snow cannonballs literally just to laugh at you. Three guesses how well that works out for him.
Omfg, I felt that at 14:51 man, hated that i'd panic and dodge roll outta habit just to be locked in animation and and wide open for the finishing blow, lmao.
Movie villains: Five minute monologues Video game villains: Five minute monologues (particularly the Metal Gear series) and taunting Star Wars villains: Overconfidence
Dr Robotnick and his egg viper in sonic adventure one, the egg viper is immune to sonics attacks, armed with a laser cannon and capable of destroying the platforms sonic is standing on, but instead of going for the kill he toys with you and every so often opens up his protective armour to taunt you, opening a weak point that you can attack
Where's Gabriel from ULTRAKILL? In your first fight with him, he consistently does two attacks, taunts, rinse and repeat. This makes the difficulty spike of his bossfight more bearable because he refuses to end a taunt early, even if a drill is currently excavating his brain from his skull.
he also does that in his second fight which is even funnier considering that the guy KNOWS he'll die if he wont end you here and now, but just decides to randomly trash talk you mid fight which gives you the opportunity to 🪙 🪙 🪙🔫⚡
You can add Shao Kahn in MK9 to the list. The taunt opening is even more visible in this game, and you really need it on high difficulty because of the way the MK opponent code automatically counters your attacks based on a % chance. It's a good thing that Shao Kahn is so hard in this game, otherwise you might never see his gruesome "elevator door" fatality.
Handsome Jack from Borderlands 2. As much as I love his many voice lines insulting you and making hilarious jokes, he does that even in his boss fight at the end of the story
Remember Rumbleman from Ready2Rumble R2? Bastard had a mile long reach and extreme strength - but thanks to his ego, he kept trying to get his rumble meter filled by taunting you. And his taunting animation was so long, you could easily unleash any kind of combo on him time to time.
Not even one minute into the video but While the game tells you what to do, I think cortex from twinsanity would fit this list perfectly as story wise, he technically tells crash what to do Ie: "Here's one gift you can return!" When he first shoots the energy ball you have to spin back at him.
5:40 I wondered why K rool Wasn’t on the list but I remembered he doesn’t taunt you so much as he waves to the crowd so now I want a list of bosses who show off for the audience
Rhulk from Destiny 2’s “Vow of the Disciple” raid definitely fits this. He could’ve just killed us within 10 seconds of starting the raid, but he doesn’t take us seriously, strutting around the arena with his hands behind his back and just kicking anyone close enough to him aside. By the time he realises he might actually die, he’s only a few seconds from death himself, and will take you with him if you can’t finish him off quickly enough.
It’s funny how the bosses waste there time taunting you when you are about to beat the living hell out of them is funny becuase of how gullible they are
Sly Cooper 3: Honor Among Thieves has two that might qualify. First, Captain LeFwee, who stays on the offense until he... Decides to show off how he can balance on his peg leg, apparently. The second is your second fight against Doctor M. Which you'll notice has looks an awful lot like the Poison Ivy boss fight you just mentioned... Only even dumber! Because, not only does Doctor M. constantly taunt you from behind an impenetrable shield, he drops it while his giant monster is TRYING TO SUCK YOU IN. So not only is he just as dumb as Poison Ivy for dropping the shield, he's even dumber for dropping it at the moment when you are most likely to be right in front of him.
It would've been hilarious if Ellen blocked the second plushie throw, and then got pelted by another plushie as she put her umbrella back down to laugh, lol.
I immediately thought of the “Egg Viper” from Sonic Adventure, virtually indestructible until Dr. Robotnik decides for absolutely no reason to pop-out to scream “See if you can make it through this!”
The first one I thought of is Purrla, the Chapter 6 Nega Boss in Balan Wonderworld. While she’s not actually invulnerable by any means, she’s still the only Nega Boss who prefers to skip around the arena and taunt you over actually attacking you. There’s one particular ability of hers where she spawns little blocks in a platforming staircase formation while freezing time and locking you in place, but instead of taking the opportunity to attack you, she continues to taunt you until time resumes, which wouldn’t be so ridiculous if it wasn’t for the fact that you can equip the Chrono Bunny costume, which makes you immune to time stops. So if Purrla freezes time while you’re wearing the Chrono Bunny costume, you’re free to jump on the blocks and easily reach her weak spot before the effect wears off.
Neo Cortex at the end of Crash Bandicoot 2. Dude's trying to fly away from you on his jetpack, only to stop every once in a while and essentially go "na nana boo boo" so you can catch up.
The fact that Ellen puts the umbrella down to go hehehe I really wanted a followup plushie to be thrown 😂
I know I was waiting for it 😂
Plushie Throw is on cooldown
I thought Luke might throw it again during one of Ellen's later segments.
Missed opportunity, honestly. Would have gone perfectly with the theme
Luke was unaware that he had to throw a second plushie while Ellen was gloating.
The fact that you defeated Hercules across two different games is indeed a Herculean feat
One might even call them... Labo(u)rs. Now all we need is ten other games where you defeat Hercules and it'd be the full Twelve.
@@Brascyou need another two on top of that that are disqualified on technicalities too.
found Ellen, she loves to make puns as well, i mean guess everyone does but her most of all
@@Hero1922 And Luke is always a dick about it, but hey, it's all in good fun, right?
A group of friends who constantly argue about which game is better, while doing a bunch of research on said games and explaining what makes them so unique, or terrible depending on their personal taste.
@@lordofuzkulak8308but now after those you’re finally free from the sins of deleting your brother’s save file.
The fact that, in the myths, Heracles's flaw was wrath rather than pride is somewhat amusing to me.
It's almost like God of war barley understood much of the pantheon aside from the were jerks.
@@christianlangdon3766 To be fair, that's a big part.
@christianlangdon3766 Yeah, after all they insisted on using Heracles's Roman name. Everybody does it and it always bugs me.
@@AzureRoxe i mean sure I feel often they twist the spirit of Greek myths into something not them. Here why doesn't hercules have his lion armor, which renders him invulnerable think that would kinda fit what they had going for instead. But nope let's make him a prideful idiot instead for some reason.
What if you all did one about OP bosses that were weak af?
Fun fact: The Noise was based off a mascot for Dominos Pizza from the late 80s called the Noid. It was discontinued after a mentally ill man thought the mascot was insulting him and took a pizza place hostage in 1989...
Also the 30 minutes or its free policy was leading to a lot of drivers driving recklessly and getting into wrecks.
Avoid the Noid! The Noid steals pizzas!
Perhaps it was the noid who should have avoided me
@@MunchKING Dominos brings out the Noid when one of their policies backfires on them. First was the thirty minutes thing and the latest was the drone delivery (I think).
@@DFloyd84 anti air noid
The fact that Hércules was one of the few greek héroes who actually wasn't very arogant but he is constantly depicted as extremly arogant in mode works is hilarious
I want to see a game or movie that actually knows the source material and make him not arrogant (his flaw is wrath this is so easy to make a weakness out of have him charge the player and he hits the wall when the player dodges or sidesteps or that he exhausts himself after an especially powerful attack)
Hilarious? More like, strange.
Is it wrong that I was expecting Luke to throw another thing right after Ellen lowered her guard?
Nuh-uh.
I think that would defeat the purpose of the joke. She’s doing what Ivy should have done
He's on cooldown.
Would have been in theme with the video too.
Oh, no, Luke's at least level 10 by now and has access to multiple attacks
How does Luke not immediately fire back with, "Worstaway? You mean Bestaway!"
"Shut up and fight me" is the kind of thing villains often say in movies and games, but it's advice they rarely take themselves.
Edit: also, never stop the puns, Ellen, they are amazing.
Did Ellen have some sort of sickness or "episode" a few years ago? There was like an entire period where her hair was just always rough, and messy, and greasy looking.
Ellen's face after blocking pikachu with the umbrella was so adorable
I wonder if it's at least partially because they finally got the timing right after 45 takes?
14:45 I thought Cloud said he was there to find Sephiroth, who is the hidden boss at the top of the Colosseum battles, so it actually makes sense.
Indeed. He made a deal with Hades. If he defeated Herc in a battle then Hades would lead him to ole Sephi.
While true, you say all that as if pausing his quest for a series of bouts at an arena is out of character for Cloud.
@@boobah5643 That was just for his Ultimate Attack, really! *looks around nervously*
@@FingersMahoney Think Sora should have said that Aerith can be found in Traverse Town?
Oxtra makes the best video game related lists and this is no exception. Luke and Ellen are chucklesome as always.
Would you look at *that* delightful new word!
The umbrella bit was one of the best bits in ages. I don't know why I liked it so much but I did
fun fact in the myths hera is hecules biggest enemy so the fact she causes his downfall is kinda fitting
Hera hates all of Zeus's bastards, to be fair.
She hates any bastards just especially Zeus's because not only is he not being faithful, he's being unfaithful to her, the goddess of marriage. It's a titan sized slap in the face
How is that a "fun fact"? The game is inpired by the greek miths, it's no coincidence.
Ellen going full savage in the Batman segment is absolutely the best thing I have seen today 🤣👌
Crash Bandicoot's Koala Kong. Not only does he strike a pose after throwing boulders at you, he clearly skips leg days.
No mention of Sonic Adventure? In Sonic's final fight with Eggman, he opens the pod of his vehicle and literally calls out, "See if you can make it through here, Sonic!"
Doesn’t he also do that in Adventure/Battle 2?
I… I swear he does. It’s been over at least 18 years since I’ve played it on my Game Cube so I really don’t know.
@@CrisjolaDefinitely not, Eggman is only a boss for Tails in Adventure 2.
@@lolAvalanche Eggman is the final boss for Tails in the first Adventure
@@Icalasari that… neither disproves my point or is relevant to whether Eggman fought sonic in Adventure 2.
Genuinely thought the title of this was "7 Cockney Bosses..." and thought Ellen was going to have OPINIONS
"Oi mate! I'll chuck ya dahhn the apples & pears!" -- a cockney boss, probably.
hahahaha - E
A list on video gaming Cockneys, be they good, evil, or neutral, would still be interesting.
@@michaelandreipalon359I never knew I wanted this so badly until now :')
14:00 “Removal of Doc Lewis’ chocolate bar may be hazardous to your health. The WVBA is not responsible for any frustration from this point forward.”
Hearing Kevin Conroy right off the bat stabbed my feels SO DAMN MUCH!!!!! Still can’t believe it’s over a year since he passed away Q_Q
Most celebrities like kids. Matt greoning got a foot massage from a 17 year old girl Epstein’s plane. Remember that when you mourn a celebrity
It definately feels strange nowadays whenever I fire up Injustice 2 to hear his voice knowing he's no longer around.
I can't remember if he would've been invincible/impossible to beat otherwise, but Girahim in Skyward Sword 'spares' Link multiple times throughout the game because he refused to view him as a threat and some of the fight mechanics were centered around that too
Oh yeah, the first time you beat him he's like "Ugh, this is wasting my time" and just leaves. I suppose you never actually truly defeat him since he ends up achieving everything he set out to do and revives Demise so he can become his sword, he just didn't count on you being able to defeat Demise.
Noise isn’t the only pizza tower boss who has to mock you, there is also pizza head who spends so much time laughing after attacking you can erase a entire bar of his hp
The idea that you do an attack and it's immediately reflected back at you, doing damage, and then you keep doing the attack over and over is so hilarious.
In fairness to Ivy, she's not invincible with her shield up, it just takes a REALLY long time to chip down her health. Titan Joker is a better example from that game. He's totally immune to all Batman's attacks and is completely unstoppable, until he decides to preen for the news helicopter and turns his back on you once you're done fighting his goons.
I’d say pizza face in pizza tower also does this, as he only becomes vulnerable in phase 3 because he stops to laugh at you
Not to mention driving Peppino into such a rage that he can take out four health in one hit through bringing in all the previous bosses and taunting Peppino about it.
Considering how Electrocutioner's gauntlets turn Batman into a unstoppable Swiss Army knife of asskickery the fact their owner spends his "fight" just taunting Batman makes you wonder how much of a threat he'd be if he actually used them.
Ellen's smug smile after blocking that pikachu will fuel me for days. lmao
I knew a version of Shao Kahn, would be on this list, He was beyond busted in MK2 and MK9, only time you could do anything remotely effectively was during his taunts
I always appreciate videos like this that tell us exactly what not to do when we become super villains.
I cackled at the plush Pikachu defensive barrier.
In the Castlevania games, Count Dracula would be invincible if he made himself completely intangible instead of leaving his head available for whichever Belmont family member he's fighting to hit him with the vampire killer whip.
That Syphon Filter 2 boss. Though you don't directly win because he's taunting you, but his taunting bought you some time to put him in place where he belongs
For a second I read "Army Dillo" as something quite different
same i thought it said navy dillo for a sec
What about Clockwerk from Sly Cooper? Despite being the final boss of the game & seeing himself as a better thief than Sly this mechanical owl can't stop taunting you which Carmalita to use her shock pistol to create holes in his armor allowing Sly to use the weapons on Carmalita's jetpack to defeat him
I love how Aubrey-Maturinisms have been blended so well into Luke’s lexicon. A glass of wine with you, sir!
Absolutely delighted to see Pizza Tower on this list! Was not expecting that in the slightest.
2:42 LOL Ellen being the funniest person on earth brings me life xd
That first entry in the list had it all, gaming content, rubber chickens, Ellens mischievous giggled & some excellent topical comments about Lance Armstrong! Oh and not forgetting the protective shield, with multiple uses no less! 10/10 content
elens jokes were pure gold.
lmao that lance armstrong burn was absolutely savage
So, I would never expect Fear and Hunger to feature on an Oxtra list for...many many reasons...BUT there is a major boss in that game who is incredibly difficult UNLESS you try talking to him instead of attacking, and with the right dialogue options the cocky bastard will get annoyed that you don't see how great and powerful he is and he will stop attacking you to instead spend his turns trying to make sure you understand how great he is.
That soft little giggle from off screen when Ellen reacts to the Pizza Tower boss art. 😂
I'm surprised you didn't mention Disco Kid's win-loss ratio that appears before the fight.
what? 6-9 or something like that?
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Dark Cloud 2's Minotaur Joe. While not exactly taunting, when he stops to take a swig from a barrel, that's when he's most vulnerable. Just don't let him finish that swig...
Dying at the fact “The Noise” in Pizza Tower is a parody of the noid from the 1980’s domino’s pizza commercials that everyone hated and it’s just as weird/loud in the game as it is in the commercials
What about Chauncey the baby from Luigi's Mansion after he finishes his attack he just giggles and taunts you with rattle leaving him pretty open for a attack
As a normal adult man named Hercules, I feel both honoured and extremely embarrassed by my homonyms' double feature in this particular list...
Hey, you're a normal adult man doing normal adult things. (plus if I was an extremely powerful Greek demigod famed for their fighting and a child came up with a key expecting me to fight them I might also develop a mortal weakness to whatever is lying around and just give them the win so I don't accidentally cause a Mortal Kombat fatality.)
I feel Dr Shemp should be on here. He is completely invulnerable against Spyro from the front and the only time his back is facing you is when he is running in a sprint away and you can’t catch up before he turns around. That is until he does an over the top dance before attacking you and you could flame his behind before he hits.
Wheatley is probably the embodiment of this list type.
All of Andy's and Luke's and Johnny's tabletop rpg villains lol
6:54 I haven't played Donkey Kong 64 in years, yet hearing Army-Dillo's sound effects brought me all the way back to my childhood!
Love that KK Slider t-shirt on Luke.
In Ivy's defense, it is possible that she probably needed to see so that she could control her plants better, hence why she opened her flower... But her cockiness did get the best of her, as dictated by the rules of "I'm the player!"
A fact for Disco kid: In the game's Title Defense, Disco Kid realizes that him taunting you makes you punch him. So he sometimes throws in a fake one that he will block and counter attack. That would be pretty smart, if it weren't for the fact that if you hit him with a 3 star punch at that time, you will instantly KO him and win the fight
Irving from Resident Evil 5. The man transforms into an invulnerable giant fish monster and tries to kill Chris and Sheva. And he would've succeeded too if not for his tendency to stick his mutant fish tongue (which is also somehow his head and torso) out at the aforementioned protags while laughing manically.
Fun Fact: The Noise is a reference to Domino’s old mascot “The Noid”. Although I’m sure most of you already knew that
One idea of a boss that caused their demise through being petty could be Ash from titanfall 2. She didnt taunt you in the middle of battle, but had you stuck in a facility that was completely controlled by her, but because she wanted to do some "tests" (aka wasting humans that could be fighting in the war to see if some pow can survive them) on you while she could have easily got you killed (and was even comanded to by blisk), which lead to the two of you meeting at some point in the world foundry and getting herself killed. Like you wouldnt even get to fight her if she didnt want to play with you so much (not in a sexual way) and do pretty unethical tests so that she can fill out her stat board or something
On Rocket Knight Adventures one of the later bosses actually plays ping-pong with his own weakpoint during the last phase of the boss-fight.
Ivy does actually take scratch-damage when the cover is closed, so it is theoreically possible to beat her without hitting her when she's taunting.
The Noise is based on The Noid, a mascot for Dominos Pizza in the 1980s and revived briefly in 2021. You're welcome Zoomers.
You also missed how Disco Kid literally says "Here it comes!" Before throwing a punch
Now i know where haminations got that quote from
We can’t forget about the ice king in castle crashers, who teleports as quickly as hell, and who your best chance to hit him, is when he is laughing at you
I take it titan Joker doesn't count because technically he isn't taunting Batman so much as he is ignoring him to pose for the Gotham press helicopter.
Regarding Pizza Tower: If any of the devs are reading this, can you get me in touch with your dealers? If that game is any indication, you were on some truly great stuff.
This made me immediately think of Red Grant in the PS2 adaptation of James Bond: From Russia With Love. Somehow he's been trained to be completely invincible unless he's flexing and performing quotes from the original movie, in which case glowing weak spots appear all over his body for Bond to shoot at.
Another Donkey Kong example would be Bleak from Donkey Kong 3, who takes a break from pelting you with snow cannonballs literally just to laugh at you. Three guesses how well that works out for him.
Hercules twice in one list video, that's some kind of effort but I can't quite find the word to describe it
Omfg, I felt that at 14:51 man, hated that i'd panic and dodge roll outta habit just to be locked in animation and and wide open for the finishing blow, lmao.
The bit with the umbrella and plush Pikachu was gold, perfect
Great Luke, don't get Cocky!
Movie villains: Five minute monologues
Video game villains: Five minute monologues (particularly the Metal Gear series) and taunting
Star Wars villains: Overconfidence
Dr Robotnick and his egg viper in sonic adventure one, the egg viper is immune to sonics attacks, armed with a laser cannon and capable of destroying the platforms sonic is standing on, but instead of going for the kill he toys with you and every so often opens up his protective armour to taunt you, opening a weak point that you can attack
Where's Gabriel from ULTRAKILL?
In your first fight with him, he consistently does two attacks, taunts, rinse and repeat.
This makes the difficulty spike of his bossfight more bearable because he refuses to end a taunt early, even if a drill is currently excavating his brain from his skull.
he also does that in his second fight
which is even funnier considering that the guy KNOWS he'll die if he wont end you here and now, but just decides to randomly trash talk you mid fight which gives you the opportunity to 🪙 🪙 🪙🔫⚡
1:12 "Hey, this billionaire doesn't care abt protecting the environment. Damn....Weird." 🤣🤣
Sisyphus Prime often stops to taunt you with his 'Nice try!' although that doesn't necessarily make the fight any easier lol
You can add Shao Kahn in MK9 to the list. The taunt opening is even more visible in this game, and you really need it on high difficulty because of the way the MK opponent code automatically counters your attacks based on a % chance. It's a good thing that Shao Kahn is so hard in this game, otherwise you might never see his gruesome "elevator door" fatality.
Ellen's off screen laughter will never lose it's infectiousness
DragonQuest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King - Dhoulmagus. He is already a huge difficulty spike, but he will sometimes cackle and waste a turn~
Handsome Jack from Borderlands 2. As much as I love his many voice lines insulting you and making hilarious jokes, he does that even in his boss fight at the end of the story
2:40 has to be one of the best moments in the history of this channel. Presh mem material.
5:59 Far from cute? That thing is adorable! Idk how I find it cute but I do
Remember Rumbleman from Ready2Rumble R2? Bastard had a mile long reach and extreme strength - but thanks to his ego, he kept trying to get his rumble meter filled by taunting you. And his taunting animation was so long, you could easily unleash any kind of combo on him time to time.
Having TVs Hercules, Kevin Sorbo lend his voice for God Of War was a nice touch.
16:37 you KNOW he said that just to make sora not feel bad. lol
I don't know why the phrase "perhaps a plush pikachu will settle your hash" makes me smile so much
Not even one minute into the video but
While the game tells you what to do, I think cortex from twinsanity would fit this list perfectly as story wise, he technically tells crash what to do
Ie:
"Here's one gift you can return!" When he first shoots the energy ball you have to spin back at him.
there's something really charming about Ellen's hehehehehehh giggle. like it's especially mischievous xD
5:40 I wondered why K rool Wasn’t on the list but I remembered he doesn’t taunt you so much as he waves to the crowd so now I want a list of bosses who show off for the audience
17:14 Luke dropping an extremely obscure quote from Stan Lee’s appearance on The Simpsons
Rhulk from Destiny 2’s “Vow of the Disciple” raid definitely fits this.
He could’ve just killed us within 10 seconds of starting the raid, but he doesn’t take us seriously, strutting around the arena with his hands behind his back and just kicking anyone close enough to him aside.
By the time he realises he might actually die, he’s only a few seconds from death himself, and will take you with him if you can’t finish him off quickly enough.
Clockey from Endacopia. When Clockey gets cocky and decides to laugh in your face, that's the exact moment you need to punch him in his stupid face.
Was it just me or can anyone else hear the wheezing laughter right after she says “I suppose I didn’t enjoy sleeping that much anyway”?
Oh man that freakin' Pikachu reflecting umbrella killed me XDXDXDXDXD
Ellen throwing some absolute shade at the beginning of this video! 😂 1:12
2:44 oh no, Ellen has become the ultimate BBEG, the one that's smart enough to use defensive techniques at the appropriate moments!
It’s funny how the bosses waste there time taunting you when you are about to beat the living hell out of them is funny becuase of how gullible they are
Ellen's snickering laugh is adorable. Luke, throw more plushies. One of them will get through, I'm sure.
Sly Cooper 3: Honor Among Thieves has two that might qualify.
First, Captain LeFwee, who stays on the offense until he... Decides to show off how he can balance on his peg leg, apparently.
The second is your second fight against Doctor M. Which you'll notice has looks an awful lot like the Poison Ivy boss fight you just mentioned... Only even dumber! Because, not only does Doctor M. constantly taunt you from behind an impenetrable shield, he drops it while his giant monster is TRYING TO SUCK YOU IN. So not only is he just as dumb as Poison Ivy for dropping the shield, he's even dumber for dropping it at the moment when you are most likely to be right in front of him.
I come here for the lists, but I keep rewatching the videos for the sass and puns! ❤️
It would've been hilarious if Ellen blocked the second plushie throw, and then got pelted by another plushie as she put her umbrella back down to laugh, lol.
I immediately thought of the “Egg Viper” from Sonic Adventure, virtually indestructible until Dr. Robotnik decides for absolutely no reason to pop-out to scream “See if you can make it through this!”
The first one I thought of is Purrla, the Chapter 6 Nega Boss in Balan Wonderworld. While she’s not actually invulnerable by any means, she’s still the only Nega Boss who prefers to skip around the arena and taunt you over actually attacking you. There’s one particular ability of hers where she spawns little blocks in a platforming staircase formation while freezing time and locking you in place, but instead of taking the opportunity to attack you, she continues to taunt you until time resumes, which wouldn’t be so ridiculous if it wasn’t for the fact that you can equip the Chrono Bunny costume, which makes you immune to time stops. So if Purrla freezes time while you’re wearing the Chrono Bunny costume, you’re free to jump on the blocks and easily reach her weak spot before the effect wears off.
Neo Cortex at the end of Crash Bandicoot 2. Dude's trying to fly away from you on his jetpack, only to stop every once in a while and essentially go "na nana boo boo" so you can catch up.