Hinting
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Both words in one sentence
- At the end of Triggerheart Exelica's second stage, the Boss Warning Siren sounds and a large ship appears, but the boss music doesn't start yet, hinting that this is not the real boss.
Source: Trick Boss - To his credit, he survives said Heroic BSOD outside the game, as an average human with no equipment, no warning about aliens, and just a vague suspicion based on shreds of memories hinting that he was once an aliem fighter who somehow left the cycle.
Source: Heroic BSOD / Anime and Manga -
Red Sky, Take Warning: The second half of the child story last dungeon and the place where you fight the final boss in adult story have red skies, hinting their status as the The Very Definitely Final Dungeon.
Source: Video Game / Deep Labyrinth
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