History AllOfTheOtherReindeer / VideoGames

In ''VideoGame/RootsOfPacha'', Jag was kicked out of his old tribe because he was believed to be weak for his pacifism.

** [[spoiler:Vil has been a famous, widely acclaimed actor since a young age, but is frustrated for always being typecast as villains. This also got him bullied by young kids who [[ButIPlayedOneOnTV couldn't separate him from his roles]].]]

* ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'''s [[spoiler:Azul Ashengrotto]] suffered this when he was a child, [[spoiler:as was often bullied by other merchildren for being a physically slow, chubby octopus who emitted ink uncontrollably when he cried. This drove him to hone his magic skills so that he could make his bullies pay tenfold, developing and perfecting his unique magic, "[[DealWithTheDevil It's a Deal]]" as a form of revenge on them.]]

* Ricken in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' was bullied as a child, even more so after his family lost most of their wealth and their noble status.
* Princess Azura from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' notes that she has been ostracized and bullied no matter [[ChildOfTwoWorlds which kingdom]] she lived in.

** Ashley Williams is the granddaughter of the human commander at Shanxi -- the only battle where an Alliance force surrendered to an alien one. Since then, the military has had it in for her family, which is a bad thing when military service is InTheBlood. Despite her [[InformedAttribute competence]], Ashley is constantly stuck with minor and degrading posts.

** The [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe asari]] are a species able to mate with anyone, and pride themselves on their population of [[HalfHumanHybrid half asari hybrids.]] When two asari mate and have a child, the "pureblood" is considered an outcast since they don't contribute anything new to the gene pool. It also doesn't help that purebloods have a (admittedly pretty small, but still greater than zero) chance of becoming Ardat-Yakshi, which are essentially mass-murdering HornyDevils in a sci-fi setting.

* The [=NPCs=] of ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'' love to torment Ryu (and the player) with pointless {{Fetch Quest}}s and [[UnexpectedGameplayChange genre-change mini-games]]. In the end, the player decides whether to "[[TheStoic put up with it silently]]" or KillEmAll.

* Both Jun and Eda from ''VideoGame/OpusEchoOfStarsong'' had suffered pretty severely from bullying by their peers in their youths which ended up having some pretty detrimental effects on their mental health as they grew up. Jun cause he was such a pushover while Eda due to her having gained the attention of her elders thanks to her Lumen sensitivity. And even grownup they are still mostly treated as outcasts.

* ''VideoGame/Persona3'' has all of them have something that isolated them from the rest of their peers, be it lousy parents (Yukari, Junpei, Fuuka), personal tragedy (Akihiko, Shinjiro, Ken, Yukari), bullying (Fuuka), or a plain lack of social skills (Akihiko, Mitsuru, Aigis).
* ''VideoGame/Persona4'': A pretty common theme with most of them is how they pretty much didn't have much if any friends for one reason or another and felt isolated from others:
** The PlayableCharacter moved around a lot and never really had the chance to form solid and long-lasting friendships.
** Yosuke is the new kid town before yours, having moved 6 months prior. His dad is the manager of the new Junes, which has been hurting local businesses. Yosuke is thus treated with a bit of scorn by proxy or as a complaints' box. He didn't really have friends outside of Chie and his crush on Saki.
** Chie meanwhile is a tomboy who keeps the other guys from hounding her popular best friend. Her lack of traditional femininity and nature harmed her self-esteem as a woman and she had no friends besides Yukiko (and more recently, Yosuke.)
** Yukiko is the heir of the local inn (considered a pride of the town) and her beauty gives her a lot of unwanted attention she's pretty isolated from her peers because of this and the aloof reputation she was given. Her OnlyFriend thus far was really Chie.
** Kanji cultivated a "delinquent" image to protect himself from ridicule due to being teased in the past for his love of adorable and cute things by girls and boys, though the former was especially biting.
** Rise became an idol because of her friendless childhood, but now has become consumed by life and has begun losing her passion for the job.
** Naoto is MarriedToTheJob and her own aloof nature and desire to be seen as an adult leads to her neglecting her social skills and interacting with others.
** Eri implies that she's not very popular among the other mothers of children at daycare, partly because of her being a second wife and from the city, and she even blames Yuuta for this.
* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Part of what draws the protagonists together is that they're all more or fewer outcasts.
** The Protagonist, Ryuji, and Ann all have negative reputations at their school and are viewed as {{Delinquents}} by both the staff and the student body.
** Yusuke is abused and exploited by his guardian, Madarame.
** Makoto is pressured by both her principal and older sister Sae to "be useful." Associating with the former gets her the TeachersPet treatment and further alienates her from her peers.
** Futaba suffers from a severe case of SurvivorsGuilt and social anxiety when she was blamed for driving her mother to suicide by her other relatives to the point of being a {{Hikikomori}}.
** Haru is forced into an engagement that she does not want and [[LonelyRichKid has nobody to support her through it]].
** Goro seems like a bright young GreatDetective but grew up in an abusive household and [[IJustWantToHaveFriends has been alone his entire life]].
** Kasumi is also treated this way by students from Shujin who don't put her on a pedestal are usually jealous of her for getting preferential treatment by virtue of being an honor student. Unknown to Kasumi [[spoiler:or rather Sumire, other people sees [[CameBackWrong her as a delusional insane girl who tries to act as her sister.]]]]

** Class Zero from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0'' is marginalized by most of the faculty and fellow students of the Peristylium, Class Zero in turn isolates Rem and Machina as outsiders and keeps them LockedOutOfTheLoop.

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', Cloud had a lonely and alienated childhood in Nibelheim. He was apparently shunned and ostracized by many of the children, especially Tifa's close friends, as well as being viewed as a troublemaker by the adults. This makes it easy for Tifa's father to blame Cloud for causing Tifa's near fatal accident when she was eight-years-old when it actually wasn't his fault -- running off into the Nibel Mountains was entirely Tifa's idea, not Cloud's. The years of social isolation led to deep emotional insecurities which drive Cloud to leave Nibelheim in an attempt to become a famous hero and thereby prove to everyone that he's not a loser. Unfortunately those same insecurities prevent Cloud from getting into SOLDIER and also contributes to his mental breakdown during Hojo's experiments.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' applies to trope to an entire ''nation''. The nation of Garlemald are composed of people who are physically and intellectually superior to the other races. However, the Garleans have a genetic makeup that prevents them from using magic. According to the [[WordOfGod supplementary material in the lore book]], all the other nations either ignored, bullied, or mocked the Garleans for their inferiority with magic. Once the Garleans discover ceruleum, they harvest it to make huge advancements in technology and weapons that are miles above what the rest of Eorzea uses. With the power of magitek, the Garleans form their empire and [[FromNobodyToNightmare aim for complete subjugation of Eorzea]].

* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Part of what draws the protagonists together is that they're all more or less outcasts.

* ''VideoGame/QuakeIV'' had Matthew Kane, the main character, who [[spoiler:ends up being Stroggified (in every way except for the fact that he still retains his mind, due to being rescued before having his mind control chip activated)]]. At first, most of his comrades (aside from his Squad members) reject him for this, but after learning that he's thw best and only hope for humanity, everyone wants to be his best friend.

* ''VideoGame/AvalonCode'' has a moment that neighbors ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' proportions. The BigBad dupes one of your friends into jacking the Book of Prophecy and uses it to begin his own plot for omnicide - thankfully, it stops midway through, as he doesn't have the power in his current body to wholly destroy the world. Your love interest (Fana will be your substitute if you don't have one) gets pulled INTO THE BOOK and their page entry is ruined thoroughly during the fiasco, however, and you are buried as well. Once you're unearthed, what does the "Holy" King do? Why, he ''accuses you of destroying the town, brings together a bunch of civilians who equally use you as a scapegoat, and throws both you and the only guy who has even half an idea what just happened in jail to rot for all eternity!'' Thankfully, you manage to get out of there with help from a fellow con who uses the basement of the castle to store his ill-gotten goods, and from there the two of you begin your plot to get the book back and set things right.

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', Cloud had a lonely and alienated childhood in Nibelheim. He was apparently shunned and ostracized by many of the children, especially Tifa's close friends, as well as being viewed as a troublemaker by the adults. This makes it easy for Tifa's father to blame Cloud for causing Tifa's near fatal accident when she was eight years old when it actually wasn't his fault -- running off into the Nibel Mountains was entirely Tifa's idea, not Cloud's. The years of social isolation led to deep emotional insecurities which drive Cloud to leave Nibelheim in an attempt to become a famous hero and thereby prove to everyone that he's not a loser. Unfortunately those same insecurities prevent Cloud from getting into SOLDIER and also contributes to his mental breakdown during Hojo's experiments.

* 15-year-old Rudy from the first ''[[VideoGame/WildArms1 Wild ARMs]]'' suffers from this. His unusual strength and his ability to use [=ARMs=] (magic guns said to have been used by Demons) freaks people out, making him an outcast from society (the fact that no one knows where he came from does not help matters). Best shown at the beginning of the game when he's driven out of the village he just saved because the villagers (who , up till that point, had been nice to him) found out he carried, and wielded, an ARM.

* The backstory of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'''s Tails state that other kids mocked him for his twin tails, though that kinda disappeared after he joined up with Sonic. Similarly, Blaze was shunned for the [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]] that she initially had trouble controlling, which, along with her role as guardian of the resident {{Cosmic Keystone}}s, led to her becoming withdrawn, antisocial, and [[IWorkAlone insistent on working alone]].

* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'': The Belmont clan at one point suffers this, as their immense [[FunctionalMagic magical power]] caused them to be feared by the locals. Trevor Belmont, however, manages to set things straight by saving these people from Dracula's wrath (and kicked his butt), only then they start accepting the family.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', Cloud had a lonely and alienated childhood in Nibelheim. He was apparently shunned and ostracized by many of the children, especially Tifa's close friends, as well as being viewed as a troublemaker by the adults. This makes it easy for Tifa's father to blame Cloud for causing Tifa's near fatal accident when she was eight years old when it actually wasn't his fault -- running off into the Nibel Mountains was entirely Tifa's idea, not Cloud's. The years of social isolation led to deep emotional insecurities which drive Cloud to leave Nibelheim in an attempt to become a famous hero and thereby prove to everyone that he's not a loser. Unfortunately those same insecurities prevent Cloud from getting into SOLDIER and also contributes to his mental breakdown during Hojo's experiments.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' applies to trope to an entire ''nation''. The nation of Garlemald are composed of people who are physically and intellectually superior to the other races. However, the Garleans have a genetic makeup that prevents them from using magic. According to the [[WordOfGod supplementary material in the lore book]], all the other nations either ignored, bullied, or mocked the Garleans for their inferiority with magic. Once the Garleans discover ceruleum, they harvest it to make huge advancements in technology and weapons that are miles above what the rest of Eorzea uses. With the power of magitek, the Garleans form their empire and [[FromNobodyToNightmare aim for complete subjugation of Eorzea]].
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'': Marche, Mewt, and Ritz receive this treatment from their classmates in St. Ivalice for different reasons: Marche because he's the new kid, Mewt because he's painfully shy and quiet and carries his teddy bear everywhere, and Ritz because of her white hair, quick temper, and outspoken attitude. As a result, the three end up befriending each other pretty quickly. Marche's brother Doned also considers himself to be subject to this, since all the other kids can walk and he requires a wheelchair, feeling left behind because of this. [[spoiler: It's revealed that it's just his self-defeatist attitude about his illness that's causing him to shut himself off from others]].