I love the progression of TerminalMontage's art and humor style reflected in these bosses. While the early bosses still had a somewhat cartoony art style, they generally looked more disturbing, grotesque, and clashed with their bright cartoon environment. This is seen in bosses like Marx, Andross, and Dharkon. However, as we progress, TerminalMontage adds more detail and the bosses settle into a more grounded look. They fit with the environment better and allow for much more flexibility in how TerminalMontage structures the encounters. An easy comparison is Kirby's Adventure Kracko and Amazing Mirror Kracko: the first Kracko is a creepy photorealistic eye, while the second Kracko fits the look of the world and physically interacts more with Kirby. The second Kracko's design approach offers much more nuance to its respective scene; it would be jarring for a photorealistic eye to show up in Heaven, and it would be much harder for Kirby to have an in-depth interaction with a PNG of an eye. Of course, TerminalMontage can still make bosses look disturbing if he wants to, seen in 0². Even then, though, the horror comes not from the tonal whiplash of photorealism but from the eerie details and atmosphere. This shift in design philosophy offers TerminalMontage much greater flexibility on what he can do with his bosses - he can do goofy one-shots if he wants, but he can also do justice to a boss with a several minute fight using the exact same art style. Even though his whole channel is about silly videos that make us laugh, TerminalMontage has matured his art style and humor, and I wanted to take a moment to appreciate his growth as a creator.

Alternate title: watching Nintendo bosses be continuously decimated by blank-eyed creatures

All of them are great, but nothing can top Suavemente Ganondorf.

I will always love how the tendency for boss to get destroyed got firmly established, only for Ridley to end up actually being a threat.

I love how OoT Link has the most trouble with his boss fights while everyone else just steamrolls theirs (for the most part)

16:14 This is honestly one of my favorite Something moments. It is the perfect blend of badass and hilarious. Samus wants to feel her fist connect with Ridley's stupid fucking face, and the arm cannon is just in the way. Nope is really the only appropriate reaction to something like that headed your way.

absolutely love how terminal doubled down on the "kirbo is a god-fearing christain" joke when he was told to stop, and how all of the verses stated are *actual verses* 10/10

34:30 King Dedede realizing Kirby absolutely goes easy on him

Link is truly the underdog in these videos when it comes to fighting his bosses compared to everyone else

Samus vs Ridley is by far my favorite boss fight in the Something Series. The tension pre-fight, the music, the color palettes and just both of them going all out against each other (because canonically this is the last time Samus fights the real Ridley)

I'll never get over the sound-boosted slap being the most powerful weapon in the Something About Universe

Part of what I love about TerminalMontage is that he appreciates the music within the games and makes it clear by formatting the mega man boss battles as music duels

The way that ended with Giratina keeled over was so perfect and properly anticlimactic. I love it. xD

“Oh no, you’re a wall now!” “That’s right X!” , has got to be one of my favorite jokes/exchanges from this series. I feel like the interaction is so applicable to many different 2D games. A boss “getting stronger” with their next phase, only to become a stationary one screen wall that’s not nearly as threatening or engaging as previous phases. Granted, I don’t know if that’s the case for this particular game/boss, or if that’s even the joke Terminal Montage was going for, but I just think the exchange was decently good at making fun of that particular trope regardless.

Bird Up was the hardest boss in Monster Hunter games. His first phase has him grow larger the longer he's alive. His second phase sends you to the Bird Up dimension, and if you don't defeat him in time, he'll crash your game.

19:19 "Hey Could you Guys Please Stop?" That line still lives in my heart to this day.

I love how some boss fights are just one shot and they’re dead, and others have the characters struggling for their lives

35:11 will always remain the greatest reference.

I will never not love Ryu buckling his seatbelt before fighting the car from the inside

SOMETHING ABOUT BOSS RUSH and special moments FULL OUT: 0:30 prince big frog 1:09 Raphael the GIANT Raven 1:33 Meta Knight 1:47 Mr. Bright and Mr. Shine 2:09 MARX THE DEMON 2:52 Bowser phase 1 2:58 Bowser phase 2 3:14 Bowser phase FINAL 3:30 QUEEN BOO 4:07 Giant bat 4:12 Medusa head 4:18 Twin Mummies 4:24 Frankenstein's monster 4:37 Death 4:48 Count Dracule 4:59 Count Dracule phase 2 5:19 VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY GIANT BOWSER 6:15 C O N U T D R A C U L E 6:22 MARX THE DEMON (again) 6:41 DHARKON THE CREEPY 7:10 Very Gnawty The Sans 7:13 King K. Rool 7:33 King K. Rool phase 2 7:39 Granga 7:46 Attack Carrier 7:50 Saucerer 7:55 Bacoon 8:00 Spyborg 8:19 Mechbeth 8:51 Gorgon 9:11 Star Wolf Team 10:16 Andross the SR PELO (Hard Route) 10:31 WINDBLIGHT GANON 10:38 WATERBLIGHT GANON 10:43 THUNDERBLIGHT GANON 10:46 FIREBLIGHT GANON 10:55 CALAMITY GANON 11:06 DARK BEAST GANON 11:12 Iggy 11:18 Queen boo 11:24 Morton 11:27 Lemmy 11:30 Ludwig 11:41 Bowser 12:00 Whispy Woods 12:06 Meta Knight Gang 12:19 Mr. Bright and Mr. Shine (again) 12:34 Kracko 12:43 Meta Knight 12:51 King dedede 13:15 NIGHTMARE 13:40 JUDGMENT 13:46 HIEROPHANT 14:08 STRENGTH The cat 14:46 S H A G G Y 15:29 Ruiner Nergigante 15:31 but Ruiner Nergigante is ded 15:37 SHARA ISHVAIDA 16:13 Ridley 16:22 Phantoon 16:32 Kraid 16:41 Draygon 17:16 RIDLEY 17:47 Mother brain 18:14 Mother brain PHASE 2 18:23 eggman phase 1 18:33 Eggman Phase 2 18:44 EGGMAN PHASE 3 18:57 Deku Tree 19:17 King Dodongo is gonna die 19:21 Vile 19:39 Chill Penguin 19:56 Spark Mandrill 20:36 Armoured Armadillo 20:42 Launch Octopus 20:58 Boomer Kuwanger 21:16 Sting Chameleon 21:30 Storm Eagle 21:40 Flame Mammoth 21:47 first Velguarder 22:01 Sigma 22:23 SIGMA PHASE 2 22:48 CLOUDJIN 23:40 King Golem 23:51 Kracko 24:14 Mega Titan 24:30 BABY SHARK 24:50 Wiz 25:27 MASTER HAND & CRAZY HAND 25:47 Dark Meta Knight 26:12 Dark Mind 26:23 Dark Mind PHASE 2 27:26 Bowser 27:30 Birdo 27:34 King wart 27:43 Duon 27:57 walking skeleton 28:15 Phantom Gannon 29:04 AJJAJJAJJAJAJAJAJJA 29:07 Undyne 30:08 DUMMY 30:21 Muffet 30:38 METTATON 31:20 Emperor Bulblax 31:39 Car she's fighting! 32:09 M.BISON 32:38 Flare Dancer 32:57 Volvagia 33:45 Waddle Doo 33:52 Possessed King Dedede 34:03 Whispy Woods 34:09 Pix 34:41 Magman 35:12 HR-H 35:46 Zero 2 THE BEST CREEPYPASTA 37:26 KLEAVOR 37:39 ARCANINE 37:47 ELECTRODE 37:53 AVALUGG 38:00 THE VOLO (FINAL BOSS) 39:22 GIRATINA PHASE 2 (FINAL BOSS) 40:10 the end

bowser in world of light: “don’t worry, I’ll make this quick” also him: lasts longer than most of the other fights

Most bosses in the Something Series are either: The protagonists obliterates them in 5 seconds Or They have an epic moment that looks awesome. Both end up being funny to watch.

06:02 I forgot Samus has a momma instinct complex and grabbed Olimar when they were falling.

0:00 Yoshi Island 1:30 Kirby superstar 2:52 Super Mario 64 3:26 Luigi’s mansion 4:06 Castlevina 5:08 Super smash bros Ulitmate 7:10 Donkey Kong 64 7:39 Star Fox 10:29 Zelda botw 11:11 super Mario bros 3 11:57 Kirby’s adventure 13:37 Typing of the dead 15:26 Monster Hunter 16:09 Super Metroid 18:23 Sonic adventure 18:57 Zelda Ocarina of time 19:19 Megaman X 22:45 Yoshi story 23:40 Kirby and the Amazing Mirror 27:26 Super Mario nes,advanced 27:36 Super Smash Bros Brawl 27:55 Zelda:Forest temple 29:07 Untertale 31:14 Pimkin 31:38 Street Fighter(I HATE THE CAR!!!) 32:36 Zelda:Fire temple 33:38 Kirby 64 37:24 Pokémon

I know it was purely due to it being the last boss fight chronologically, but ending it with Giratina in, what was essentially the family guy death pose, was literally the best way for this video to end. Great job!!

Man really walked up and uploaded his franchise's Boss Rush. What a madlad. 5:45-5:51 I love Samus' *"ENOOOOOOOOUGH!!"* expression as she stops Bowser from growing more.

37:00 Kirby fixed his pink eye, how sweet

Now like, imagine an episode where all the protagonist that fought their bosses got put into an arena together to fight every single boss they’ve collectively fought. Best fight ever.

This feels like one of those mega man boss rushes, the speed of some of them really brings the comparison home

I really can’t decide between the Boshi VS Raphael fight, the Kirby “RULES OF NATURE!!” fight, or Suave Ganon. They’re all so freaking good dude

Watching these compilations can allow someone appreciate the small details. Such as the callback to "Mario and Luigi's Ultimate Attack" at 5:49.

I love how Mario 64 you essentially just get the speedrun experience from Bowser's perspective in real time

Can we all just agree that the Cloud Djin fight unironically goes hard? And H-RH

huh, something I didn't notice before is that dracula tries to give a speech the first time, and in the second he skips it completely

Lmao, the way kirbo yelps after the boss gives his speech makes me laugh every time. So random and unexpected.

I like how Kirby should be able to walk by Wispy Woods with no problem, but chooses to go all out on a fricking tree. Gotta love Kirbo!

I love how the first thing we see is Baby Mario violently shitting all over the floor, really sets the tone of the video I feel. In that it's hilarious.

11:09 Why was that transition SO SMOOTH? Edit: During Magman's segment, there's a nice pause between him screaming and getting hit with the second rock. My phone's notification sound is the Fairy Tail "WOW" sound effect and... just yes.

18:24 will always be my favorite TM bit.

17:12 as a fan of Godzilla I gotta say that I love that anguirus roar

Christian Kirbo is and always will be funny.

26:49 Kirbo took off the big boy gloves

Every one of these is incredible, but Suave Ganon is legendary. So much so the channel Scion made a Gerudo valley/Suavemente remix that is unironically incredible. TM makes art, and TM's art inspires even more art.

I like how when Samus is flying past planet popstar she's goes "nope forget that mess" 26:32

Phantom Ganon is still the best one, though I do think of that Stalfos laugh unbidden every so often

11:25 - This will never fail to make me crack up

I really love how 02 found Christ, it was such a beautiful thing to see, brought a tear to my eye…

30:38 This one is gotta be the best boss battle

35:24 *RULES OF NATURE,* _rules of nature,_ *RULES OF NATURE,* _rules of nature,_ *RULES OF NATURE,* _rules of nature,_ *RULES OF NATURE,* *RULES OF NATAATUUUURE!!*

I really enjoyed seeing the kirbros enter a primal rage as they ripped apart master hand and crazy hand.

23:35 perfect transition

“Oh no, you’re a wall now!” “That’s right, X.” To be fair, they did use that trick more often than not.

every time kirbo spreads the word of the lord the video get 10 times better

36:18 ....This moment....

Always a good day when Terminal Montage uploads.

YOU ARE A LEGEND!!! I could watch these over and over again 😂😂 Side note, in the Super Metroid vid I was so stoked choosing all the endings at the end of video. GENIUS!!!! 🔥🔥🔥

15:37 is the best one for me so iconic and even recieved its own mod in the game

Man, really wished the Storm Eagle rematch was here. Was pretty epic

28:15 SUAVEMENTE

My favorite terminal montage boss will still be OH NO YOURE A WALL NOW 22:19

Slippy is death... Falco: NICE!

Zero2 was awesome. The weird smile was so unnerving, and then it turned into an eye with blood tears

Sooner or later, this will turn into a full-on Boss Rush game

15:47 - Just noticed the Kirbo tatoo

To note, the TerminalMontage versions of characters are some of the strongest interpretations of themselves.

This compilation made me realize how many of these bosses lost thanks to the power of God. Castlevania, Luigi's Mansion, and all of the Kirby related ones, now those 3 hanging out for Christmas makes more sense.

Fun fact: in that smash bros fright close to 6:54 where im pretty sure the creator of smash says he believes in mario, for a split second the yellow caption says "You have to stop this madness, I regret combining the universes, who am I to play God? The internet and the memes will be the end of us."

16:58 This is the first time I noticed Evil the Cat there damn

I did not need such a great excuse to rewatch all of these 😂❤

3:30 this moment right here decided the fate of the universe

7:28 legitimately tripped me up because I was only half-paying attention and I am very ashamed.

13:42 i believe he typed bird up.

I now understand why Ganondorf wasn’t apart of Dharkon’s Boss Rush. Because he would of defeated everyone with his immaculate power of dance and the crab wanted to give them a chance.

Love how the song of storms was playing in the first one ⭐️

11:48 pov:you pissed off mario and he ain't giving a crap about mercy

11:30 terminalmontage predicted peaches but is Ludwig.

30:25 I always love how funny Muffet says that

The fact Mario Slaps Bowser every time is hilarious. I die every time I see it. He got the whole slapping Bowser from Yoshi when he was a baby. Him and Luigi continue Yoshi's Bowser Slapping Legacy

Bird Up and the Rapping in the Monster Hunter Something About always puts a smile on my face.

‏‪33:50‬‏ ‏‬‏If there's one scene that makes me laugh everytime, it's definitely that one

27:15 well, Jesus does have the dragon balls

7:56 POLLUTION (villain destroyed) oh…..BUT STILL

The content I didn't know I wanted, but still I'll absolutely watch even though I've seen all of these individually already.

13:55 This is that part that stopped me from standing up while wiping.

8:36 this will always be my favourite clip from terminal montage

I don't care what anyone says- Christian Kirby will never stop being funny

It's very fascinating what is and is not considered a boss fight

Spanish ganondorf is something i didn't know i needed in my life

You just know the car bonus stage in Street Fighter was personal when TerminalMontage draws it as if it was one of the labors of Hercules

When that Frankenstein dabs in Castlevania, it always gets me.

This is going to be the best use of 40 minutes of my entire life

We really just did a Terminalmontage Boss Rush, didn't we?

Now in 2023 we need a Rehydrated Ganondorf, and a Magolor fight

I just want to quickly mention to everyone that we still don't have the full version of the Dark Ambience remix of the Venom Tunnels heard in Kirby 64's Dark Star. Have a nice day!

28:36 this is hilarious I just Re-beat forest temple

3:18 R.I.P. para quien tenía los audífonos puestos (translation) R.I.P. for those who had headphones on

I swear if Samus and Olimar had a crossover from the Something About series, I'm dying to watch it.

These are so amazing, I love the chaotic humor. I am so invested in these!

Looking back, the king boo fight should totally have included Doom music.

I love the pure chaos and randomness in Kirbo's videos😂