7 Cocky Bosses Who Would Be Unkillable if They Didn't Stop to Taunt You

These arrogant bosses would be unbeatable, if only they didn't open themselves up to easy attacks! If only they didn't openly laugh at and mock you, the silly sausages.
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[@greenhydra10]

The fact that, in the myths, Heracles's flaw was wrath rather than pride is somewhat amusing to me.

[@christianlangdon3766]

It's almost like God of war barley understood much of the pantheon aside from the were jerks.

[@AzureRoxe]

@@christianlangdon3766 To be fair, that's a big part.

[@daviddaugherty2816]

​@christianlangdon3766 Yeah, after all they insisted on using Heracles's Roman name. Everybody does it and it always bugs me.

[@christianlangdon3766]

@@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.

[@derekbrown6813]

What if you all did one about OP bosses that were weak af?

[@M4A1BestGirl]

The fact that you defeated Hercules across two different games is indeed a Herculean feat

[@Brasc]

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.

[@lordofuzkulak8308]

@@Brascyou need another two on top of that that are disqualified on technicalities too.

[@Hero1922]

found Ellen, she loves to make puns as well, i mean guess everyone does but her most of all

[@M4A1BestGirl]

@@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.

[@TheChamp820]

⁠@@lordofuzkulak8308but now after those you’re finally free from the sins of deleting your brother’s save file.

[@tomireland3644]

The fact that Ellen puts the umbrella down to go hehehe I really wanted a followup plushie to be thrown 😂

[@Nix_Abyss]

I know I was waiting for it 😂

[@kalythai]

Plushie Throw is on cooldown

[@petersimpson4648]

I thought Luke might throw it again during one of Ellen's later segments.

[@Violet-Spark]

Missed opportunity, honestly. Would have gone perfectly with the theme

[@CelticVictory]

Luke was unaware that he had to throw a second plushie while Ellen was gloating.

[@TheTookinator]

"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.

[@andrewvirtue5048]

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.

[@NeverEvenThere]

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]

Also the 30 minutes or its free policy was leading to a lot of drivers driving recklessly and getting into wrecks.

[@MarkDeSade100]

Avoid the Noid! The Noid steals pizzas!

[@aelechko]

Perhaps it was the noid who should have avoided me

[@DFloyd84]

@@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).

[@andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780]

@@DFloyd84 anti air noid

[@katfromthekong414]

Is it wrong that I was expecting Luke to throw another thing right after Ellen lowered her guard?

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Nuh-uh.

[@SexyDexy25]

I think that would defeat the purpose of the joke. She’s doing what Ivy should have done

[@patrickj]

He's on cooldown.

[@jodinsan]

Would have been in theme with the video too.

[@MatthewFronsoe]

Oh, no, Luke's at least level 10 by now and has access to multiple attacks

[@tadeolaguarda6965]

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

[@Dovah_Slayer]

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)

[@jericoba]

Hilarious? More like, strange.

[@GravitasM]

How does Luke not immediately fire back with, "Worstaway? You mean Bestaway!"

[@SimuLord]

Luke is a German sausage thief who will take your wurst away.

[@randomname1990]

Ellen's face after blocking pikachu with the umbrella was so adorable

[@gwishart]

I wonder if it's at least partially because they finally got the timing right after 45 takes?

[@SimuLord]

There's a great bit in My Time At Sandrock when the villain stops to taunt the people in the town square...and Elsie the farm girl sneaks up behind him and clocks him in the back of the head, knocking him out cold. One of the other characters even points it out, saying "people sleep on the sneak up during a speech move."

[@jormungandrtheworldserpent8382]

fun fact in the myths hera is hecules biggest enemy so the fact she causes his downfall is kinda fitting

[@MySerpentine]

Hera hates all of Zeus's bastards, to be fair.

[@archerelms]

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

[@ArbiterDan]

How is that a "fun fact"? The game is inpired by the greek miths, it's no coincidence.

[@christianbrinkhoff5469]

Ellen going full savage in the Batman segment is absolutely the best thing I have seen today 🤣👌

[@leafandryly]

The umbrella bit was one of the best bits in ages. I don't know why I liked it so much but I did

[@MunchKING]

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.

[@FingersMahoney]

Indeed. He made a deal with Hades. If he defeated Herc in a battle then Hades would lead him to ole Sephi.

[@boobah5643]

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.

[@MunchKING]

@@boobah5643 That was just for his Ultimate Attack, really! *looks around nervously*

[@SmallGreenPlanetoid]

Crash Bandicoot's Koala Kong. Not only does he strike a pose after throwing boulders at you, he clearly skips leg days.

[@petersimpson4648]

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!"

[@Crisjola]

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.

[@lolAvalanche]

⁠@@CrisjolaDefinitely not, Eggman is only a boss for Tails in Adventure 2.

[@Icalasari]

@@lolAvalanche Eggman is the final boss for Tails in the first Adventure

[@lolAvalanche]

@@Icalasari that… neither disproves my point or is relevant to whether Eggman fought sonic in Adventure 2.

[@garethturkington2247]

Genuinely thought the title of this was "7 Cockney Bosses..." and thought Ellen was going to have OPINIONS

[@LJay_1985]

"Oi mate! I'll chuck ya dahhn the apples & pears!" -- a cockney boss, probably.

[@outsidextra]

hahahaha - E

[@michaelandreipalon359]

A list on video gaming Cockneys, be they good, evil, or neutral, would still be interesting.

[@VINZVANGO]

​@@michaelandreipalon359I never knew I wanted this so badly until now :')

[@MrOuest]

Oxtra makes the best video game related lists and this is no exception. Luke and Ellen are chucklesome as always.

[@laras678]

Would you look at *that* delightful new word!

[@pockylovingranger]

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

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

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

[@DirgeTV]

It definately feels strange nowadays whenever I fire up Injustice 2 to hear his voice knowing he's no longer around.

[@Scratch-es4rr]

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

[@roland228]

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.

[@2pink2punk]

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

[@Irisverse]

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.

[@omarkhalili6948]

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

[@user-zh4vo1kw1z]

For a second I read "Army Dillo" as something quite different

[@SimuLord]

The signature weapon of Cream the Rabbit?

[@brandonp7503]

I cackled at the plush Pikachu defensive barrier.

[@samdiabolos1858]

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

[@markj3169]

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.

[@ddjsoyenby]

elens jokes were pure gold.

[@Jonathon_Hennessey]

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.

[@chadflanaganCFC]

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.

[@dana.d.4627]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Disco Kid's win-loss ratio that appears before the fight.

[@marhawkman303]

what? 6-9 or something like that?

[@davyt0247]

@@marhawkman3034-13

[@someinternetweirdo6953]

lmao that lance armstrong burn was absolutely savage

[@RoboSparkle]

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.

[@claratalbot7613]

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

[@RangerBeef]

Ellen's smug smile after blocking that pikachu will fuel me for days. lmao

[@soldierhobbes1182]

I always appreciate videos like this that tell us exactly what not to do when we become super villains.

[@theyorkrose5274]

All of Andy's and Luke's and Johnny's tabletop rpg villains lol

[@tomhibbert6486]

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

[@Randolph_]

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

[@mrherc85]

As a normal adult man named Hercules, I feel both honoured and extremely embarrassed by my homonyms' double feature in this particular list...

[@consolescrub4031]

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.)

[@medichampion328]

Wheatley is probably the embodiment of this list type.

[@rootsandbonesart]

Absolutely delighted to see Pizza Tower on this list! Was not expecting that in the slightest.

[@tinyrogue1320]

2:42 LOL Ellen being the funniest person on earth brings me life xd

[@davyt0247]

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.”

[@devonmcdaniel1176]

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...

[@mantis638]

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.

[@BlooferLady86]

That soft little giggle from off screen when Ellen reacts to the Pizza Tower boss art. 😂

[@user-jr4ou6gf6u]

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.

[@SimonWarren28977]

I love how Aubrey-Maturinisms have been blended so well into Luke’s lexicon. A glass of wine with you, sir!

[@Lloyd-Franklin]

I really wish I could experience Arkham Asylum for the first time again.

[@CapricornMegan]

Same honestly

[@aegresen]

Mike has an invention: it's a brick XD

[@riveramnell143]

I want to experience Breath of the Wild and Skyrim for the first time again. 😊

[@MatthewFronsoe]

One of the benefits of enjoying so much drugs and alcohol in my 20s is a poor memory that allows me to do exactly that! I just relayed the game about two months ago and, to quote Gandalf, I turned it on and said "I have no memory of this place"

[@aegresen]

@@MatthewFronsoe holy hell, bruh, that doesn't sound fun

[@randyotte9599]

Love that KK Slider t-shirt on Luke.

[@Gazing-09]

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!"

[@davyt0247]

You also missed how Disco Kid literally says "Here it comes!" Before throwing a punch

[@pudgesnextturnaround3112]

Now i know where haminations got that quote from

[@Tbone680]

Fun Fact: The Noise is a reference to Domino’s old mascot “The Noid”. Although I’m sure most of you already knew that

[@joeldfisher]

Hercules twice in one list video, that's some kind of effort but I can't quite find the word to describe it

[@l0stndamned]

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.

[@Toomuchaaaron]

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

[@pandapounce]

The Noise is based on The Noid, a mascot for Dominos Pizza in the 1980s and revived briefly in 2021. You're welcome Zoomers.

[@louisewilson2044]

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.

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

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.

[@CorpoAgent73]

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.

[@chunkywhippet9503]

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

[@nogusek5836]

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

[@Michael_Lindell]

Great Luke, don't get Cocky!

[@M4A1BestGirl]

Movie villains: Five minute monologues Video game villains: Five minute monologues (particularly the Metal Gear series) and taunting Star Wars villains: Overconfidence

[@AlexDoubleAU]

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.

[@Paladin314]

The bit with the umbrella and plush Pikachu was gold, perfect

[@ChuyitoSon28]

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

[@christophergarland7936]

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.

[@Ortinbras]

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

[@lucariken2065]

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

[@rogueoctopus2229]

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.

[@MelchVagquest]

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!

[@Erok9]

Having TVs Hercules, Kevin Sorbo lend his voice for God Of War was a nice touch.

[@gos358]

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

[@ItsSarahRayne]

there's something really charming about Ellen's hehehehehehh giggle. like it's especially mischievous xD

[@HolyHadou]

Deep Cut but Jackie Chan Stuntmaster's Disco Rooftop boss. You actively couldn't fight him until you got the helicopter spotlight on him to make him dance then you could get a full combo on him. Repeat until cutscene.

[@realGeorgelucas18563]

The rubber chicken got me good.

[@N.BR500]

1:12 "Hey, this billionaire doesn't care abt protecting the environment. Damn....Weird." 🤣🤣

[@ShadwSonic]

In the Poison Ivy example, I see her health bar decreasing regardless of whether she's popped out or not, so she doesn't actually fit this list. She does take more damage when the shield is lowered, yes, but since the defense of said shield isn't "infinity", you _can_ beat her even without that tactical mistake.

[@thewolfstu]

16:37 you KNOW he said that just to make sora not feel bad. lol

[@Rubrickety]

Must see outtakes of umbrella shots! MUST!!

[@kevinphiggins]

17:14 Luke dropping an extremely obscure quote from Stan Lee’s appearance on The Simpsons

[@Skorpys365]

I come here for the lists, but I keep rewatching the videos for the sass and puns! ❤️

[@eric12bee]

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.

[@TheFirstCurse1]

When I read the title I immediately thought of Shao Khan from Mortal Kombat 9. His taunting was the only way my friend and I could beat him as kids. Wait until he taunts and then uppercut, over and over again, and hope that you can both survive long enough to kill him.

[@bubunonya9623]

Don't forget Koala Kong from Crash Bandicoot after he throws a really heavy boulder he'll start to flex and taunt you while leaving himself open for you to fling that boulder right back at him.

[@williamhogan6179]

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.

[@Mersopolis]

Looks like batarangs knock down a sliver of Ivy's health even when her shield is up. I wonder if anyone has tried beating her that way, avoiding attacking when she opens her shield.

[@brendanhart517]

Ok that Hubriscus joke was good and it was improved by the umbrella rubber chicken was just so good

[@TeryJones]

Oh man that freakin' Pikachu reflecting umbrella killed me XDXDXDXDXD

[@DragonQueen-ox8dk]

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.

[@gamithemighty5932]

I love the umbrella joke. top notch

[@SpaceNinja45]

5:59 Far from cute? That thing is adorable! Idk how I find it cute but I do

[@TheLittleNoobThatCould]

I also remember The Shocker boss fight in the GBA Spider-man movie tie-in fitting this criteria. Took me forever as a kid to figure that one out.

[@KiikoVT]

Ellen's off screen laughter will never lose it's infectiousness

[@seraphonica]

in case you didn't know, the carnivorous version of hubriscus is hubrisket

[@maxximus6418]

Literally all Poison Ivy had to do was close her protective shell around her and smash Batman or grow a bunch of plants under him when he least expects it, like after a bombardment of attacks THINK POISON IVY, YOU WERE A DOCTOR FOR GODS SAKE

[@Urahara451]

I always thought Herc’s line in KH1 was meant to subtly hint that he was holding back and was really just trying to give a kid in a bad situation a win

[@Kartissa]

Makes sense. After all, why have those barrels spawn in your arena if you don't intend for them to be used?

[@fatalwaffle1715]

Awesome Video!

[@pouncingmoggy]

Dr Eggman's Egg Wyvern in Sonic Adventure. He opens his protective cockpit to laugh as he watches you bop your way closer to his now exposed head and face and moustache. 😦

[@jefffreeman8905]

The Noise is probably a reference to The Noid that Dominos used briefly in the...80s? Then a paranoid dude whose last name was Noid went off the deepend.