History AerithAndBob / VideoGames

* As the ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' series takes place in a setting that is relatively similar to Earth, a vast majority of the characters' names are normal sounding names, especially in the game's FantasyCounterpartCulture of real life nations. Then you have Abyssal Dission, the main antagonist of ''VideoGame/AceCombat3Electrosphere'', which is a name that you'd expect out of a SaturdayMorningCartoon.

*** Except for [[FanTranslation Cara]]. Or is it Krile? [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Kururu]]?
*** To a lesser extent, we also have Lenna... or is it Reina?

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has Vincent, Zack, Barret Wallace and his daughter Marlene, Scarlet, Priscilla, Reno, Elena, Lucrecia, Ester, Joe and Rufus mixed in with names like Sephiroth, Cloud Strife and Genesis Rhapsodos (and actually ''having'' TropeNamer [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Aeris/Aerith]]). ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemakeIntergrade'' also has a character named "Billy Bob", so the VII branch of the franchise literally has an Aerith and a Bob in it.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'' has Estelle, Joshua, Olivert ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS with a T]]), Klaudia ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS with a K]]), Tita, Kevin, Kurt, Julia... And Scherazard, Agate, Zin, Anelace, Josette and Mueller. On the villain side we have Alan, Gilbert, Georg, Walter, and Luciola, Renne, Leonhardt (LAY-on-hart, NOT "Leonard") and Bleublanc.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsThroughDaybreak'' has characters with ordinary, Western-sounding names, for instance Agnès Claudel, Judith Ranster, Roy Gramheart, Nina Fenly, Latoya Hamilton, Ellroy Harwood, Walter Kron, Gerard Dantes, Viola and Alexandre, but it also contains characters with Chinese names such as Cao Lee, Rixia Mao, Ashen Lu, Zin Vathek and Kilika Rouran. Party member Aaron Wei contains this trope by himself, having a very Western first name with a very Chinese last name. And then there's the protagonist Van Arkride, whose name is completely fictional [[spoiler: and his first name is actually an acronym]]. [[note]] Van Arkride may be SpellMyNameWithAnS for "Wan Al-Quraidi", a composite of a Chinese first name and Arabic last name, but that's unlikely[[/note]]. Justified as the game is set in [[{{Wutai}} Calvard]], which contains a lot of immigrants from the East.

* The workshop in ''VideoGame/ManaKhemiaAlchemistsOfAlRevis'' follows this trend: the girls [[SpellMyNameWithAnS (at least in the localized version)]] are named Jess, Nikki, Anna, and Pamela. The boys are Vayne, Roxis, Flay... and Muppy, though Muppy ''is'' an alien from another planet. Or something.

* ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode'': There are some names that are very common (such as [[SchrodingersPlayerCharacter Jesse]], [[TheSmartGirl Olivia]], [[NiceGuy Lukas]], [[note]] Even if it's [[SpellMyNameWithAnS spelled with a "k" instead of a "c", which is more common]] [[/note]], [[BadassInDistress Gabriel]], [[CoolOldLady Harper]], [[IHaveManyNames Jack]], [[UnknownRival Stella]] and [[spoiler: [[KilledOffscreen Fred]]]]); some that are quite... ''unique'', but chances are you've heard them before or will hear them again (such as [[FieryRedhead Petra]], [[TheBigGuy Axel]], [[MadBomber Magnus]], [[AscendedFanboy Radar]], [[spoiler: [[EvilBrit Romeo]] and [[RevengeBeforeReason Xara]] [[note]] Pronounced "Zara" but [[SpellMyNameWithAnS spelled with an X]] [[/note]]]]; and then some that you'll probably only ever hear here ([[MilesGloriosus Soren]], [[TheEngineer Ellegaard]], [[WellIntentionedExtremist Ivor]], [[OrderVersusChaos Isa]]). Most names are of Scandinavian origin because of the [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} original game's]] Swedish roots.

* VideoGame/TalesOfArise has Law and Shion ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS spelled as "Shionne"]]) in a party of Alphen, Rinwell, Dohalim and Kisara.

* Usually, the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series of games have "cool" or exotic names for the most part, with a few standard Western names for flavor. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' inverts this: The named cast consists of Maria, Guy, Leon, Josef, Ric([[SpellMyNameWithAnS h]])ard, Leila, Gordon, Scott, Hilda, Paul, Cid, a Mr. Borghen, and Mateus...plus [[OddNameOut Minwu and Firion/Frioniel]].

* The ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'' (formerly the ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'') series does this often.
** ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsFriendsOfMineralTown'' (the remake of ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature More Friends of Mineral Town]]'') has names like Karen, Rick, Jennifer, and Cliff--and then Kai, Huang, Ran (formerly Ann), and Poupouri. There's even Doctor, [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep who has no other name]].
** ''VideoGame/StoryofSeasons2014'' has mostly Western names such as Veronica, Angela, Otmar--old fashioned as it is--and Eda. But then there's name like Raeger, Nadi, Licorice, Kamil,[[note]]In ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonTaleOfTwoTowns'' they had been renamed to Cam and Reina.[[/note]] and Agate--named after a gemstone!
** Justified in ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsTrioOfTowns'' as the people of live in three separate themed towns. Westown, a NewOldWest town, has more "western" names like Wayne, Ford, Miranda, and Lisette; Lulukoko Village is a Hawaiian mix with names like Tototara, Ludus, Iluka, and Siluka; and Tsuyukusa--the {{Wutai}} town--is all Japanese inspired names like Kasumi, Yuzuki, Ittetsu, and Sumomo.

* ''VideoGame/{{Roots of Pacha}}'', a game set in prehistoric times, has characters with tribal-sounding names such as Igrork, Brah, and Okka, and characters with modern names such as Ada, Ron, and Reese.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'': In a world populated by Tellah, Fusoya, Golbez, Rydia, and twins Palom and Porom, the hero and his girlfriend are Cecil and Rosa. And the QuirkyBard is named Edward. Rydia is very likely SpellMyNameWithAnS for Lydia, but the R stuck as the official spelling.

*** Hoenn main cast consists of pretty much normal names.
*** If you add Hisui main cast to Sinnoh, you get Lucas, Dawn, & Barry, and… more Japanese names Rei & Akari plus Volo,

*** The Paldea main cast consists of Julietta & Penny, and… Floran, Nemona, & Avern.

** '''Elite Fours and Champions:'''
*** TBA

** ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' has Wes as the protagonist and [[VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness its sequel]] has Michael, but the other characters have names like Diogo, Marcon, Liaks, Nexir, Snattle, or Mirror B. Some of the names in Unova's Battle Subway are on par with Orre's in terms of randomness. Others are just random words, however. And then there's a School Girl named [[GenderBlenderName Percy]].
*** A few more, specifically from ''XD'': Furgy, Kwane, Jetsal, Hobble, Zook, Koiyt (whom you battle right after Kwane in Mt. Battle), & Jedo.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Stray}}'', the robots’ names can vary between regular-sounding names, both common and uncommon, real words that could conceivably be nicknames, and nonsense words. Just within the main four Outsiders, you have Momo, Doc, Zbaltazar, and Clementine. Some robots, like The Guardian, are known only by their titles, and these may be their official names.

** Let's not leave out the rest, either. On the protagonists' side, we've got Shion, Jin, MOMO (all normal Japanese names, though MOMO is written in all caps), Ziggy (short for Ziggurat 8, real name is the more mundane Jan Sauer), [[RobotGirl KOS-MOS]], chaos, and Gaignun Kukai Jr., who usually just goes by, well, Jr. Also, names like Allen, Tony, Richard or Wilhelm with the likes of Margulis, Pellegri or Canaan.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'': The first king of Hyrule has the name Rauru, fittingly exotic for a member of a race of BeastMen. His Hylian wife is named Sonia. Purah's assistant is also named Josha (or Joshua in the Japanese version), which falls outside of the Sheikah naming scheme.

*** The full name Aerith ''Gainsborough'' alone contains this trope. So does Tifa ''Lockhart''. It seems as though the majority of the player characters have the "Aerith" names while the [[NonPlayerCharacter non-player characters]] got the "Bob" end of the stick.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki'' has characters with ordinary, Western-sounding names, for instance Agnès Claudel, Judith Ranster, Roy Gramheart, Nina Fenly, Latoya Hamilton, Ellroy Harwood, Walter Kron, Gerard Dantes, Viola and Alexandre, but it also contains characters with Chinese names such as Cao Lee, Rixia Mao, Ashen Lu, Zin Vathek and Kilika Rouran. Party member Aaron Wei contains this trope by himself, having a very Western first name with a very Chinese last name. And then there's the protagonist Van Arkride, whose name is completely fictional [[spoiler: and his first name is actually an acronym]]. [[note]] Van Arkride may be SpellMyNameWithAnS for "Wan Al-Quraidi", a composite of a Chinese first name and Arabic last name, but that's unlikely[[/note]]. Justified as the game is set in [[{{Wutai}} Calvard]], which contains a lot of immigrants from the East.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'': The first king of Hyrule has the name Rauru, fittingly exotic for a member of a race of BeastMen. His Hylian wife is named Sonia.