History ComicallyMissingThePoint / Videogames

* ''ShadowHeartsCovenant'' has a hilarious example. Garan attempts to kill the party, however they're a bit more concerned about his appearance, at first. The final time he is encountered outside of a sidequest, he tries to scare the party by telling them that he sent them to hell. However, they all huddle and think that it's the pillow he's floating on. When he asks for their last words, Yuri says, "Yeah - that pillow. Where can I get one?"

* DotDotDot is a dramatic reading of a review for ''VideoGame/SuperPressSpaceToWinActionRPG2009'', written by someone who overlooked the fact that it's a DeconstructionGame.

** Also happens in Litchi's gag reel. Taokaka forces a select few characters to play a magical board game, in which the player abides by the rules or else. [[ButtMonkey Bang Shishigami]] falls on a square that forces him to get ''brutally beaten the crap outta him by a metal bat''. The other player's responses?

* Philippine national hero Jose Rizal is an unlockable character in the multiplayer of one of the ''MedalOfHonor'' games, complete with rocket launcher. The game deliberately misses the point in the name of RuleOfFunny since in RealLife Rizal was a pacifist.

*** In another scene from the sequel everyone is guessing what the guardian of the tree looks like. Zelos guesses a hot woman (as is his nature), Presea and Regal hope that it has paw pads, Raine thinks it's a being like a centurion, and Marta just thinks it'll be old. Here's what Colette says:

* In ''TheKingOfFighters XIII'', due to her extreme youth and PingPongNaivete, Kula Diamond often misunderstands what other people tell her in the pre-fight talks. HilarityEnsues every time this happens.

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* One section of the AGD FanRemake of KingsQuestII has Graham attempt to retrieve Neptune's trident from the King of the Sharkees, who's baffled by why he can't use its power. After all, the trident can only be used by those who possess "good will", and he with his sheer military might and ruthlessness obviously has ''the greatest'' will in the kingdom.

* ''ShadowHeartsCovenant'' has a hilarious example. Garan attempts to kill the party, however they're a bit more concerned about his appearance, at fist. The final time he is encountered outside of a sidequest, he tries to scare the party by telling them that he sent them to hell. However, they all huddle and think that it's the pillow he's floating on. When he asks for their last words, Yuri says, "Yeah - that pillow. Where can I get one?"

* DotDotDot is a dramatic reading of a review for ''SuperPressSpaceToWinActionRPG2009'', written by someone who overlooked the fact that it's a DeconstructionGame.

* Repeatedly in ''GhostTrick'', but the best example would be when [[PlayerCharacter Sissel]] goes to save someone from being executed. He arrives too late, and [[DeathIsCheap has to go back in time to prevent the man's death]]. Sissel, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia having no idea what an execution is]], offers up this utterly serious observation while watching events unfold:

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Phantasmagoria of Flower View]]'', quite a few characters miss the point of what Sikieiki's trying to tell them, even when Siki's being direct. Even Reimu and Marisa are guilty of this.
** In the manga ''[[AllThereInTheManual Wild and Horned Hermit]]'', Kasen Ibara puts up a sign saying "Only those who '''[[BoldInflation want to die]]''' should come here!" in an area filled with poisonous gases and infested with evil spirits. Reimu and Marisa take this literally, reasoning that ''everyone'' dies sooner or later, and cheerfully mine the area for [[GoldFever gold]] (which turns out to be made from the evil spirits's greed).
** Earlier in the same chapter has Kasen visiting Reimu's shrine, only to find it infested with vengeful spirits and Reimu missing. Then she notices a small gold nugget the spirits were swarming around...and immediately forgets everything about that, instead wondering how [[PerpetualPoverty Reimu]] got a hold of it.

* Philippine national hero Jose Rizal is an unlockable character in the multiplayer of one of the ''MedalOfHonor'' games, complete with rocket launcher. The game deliberately misses the point in the name of RuleOfFunny since in RealLife Rizal was a pacifist.
* In ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'':
--> '''Don Octavio:''' I know you're nothing without this little guy's brain. So I figure I'll scoop him out real slow and use him to fertlize my tomato plants.\\
'''Bentley:''' Oh no! I'm allergic to tomatoes!
* In ''JollyRover'', James wonders why Melvin is smoking -- next to a large barrel of gunpowder:
--> '''Melvin''': Capt'n Howell hates it too, says smokin's bad to ya health.
* The match commentators in ''MadWorld'' are only focused on the match about half the time. The rest leads to situations like this:
--> '''Kreese''': (Spends a minute recounting his fight with [[MsFanservice Elise]], the boss Jack is currently facing)\\
'''Howard''': [[GagBoobs AWESOME RACK ON HER THOUGH!]]\\
'''Kreese''': [[MaleGaze Aww, true dat!]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'': A running gag with Aperture Science, especially [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} the second game]]. For instance, as you're about to burn to death, [=GLaDOS=] cheerfully reminds you that your gun is designed not to malfunction at high temperatures.
** The Investment Opportunity video for the Long Fall Boots reveals that they were invented to prevent ''the equipment'' from being damaged. This is demonstrated by showing the little cartoon scientists bearing a broken Portal Gun off on a stretcher while mechanical arms sweep the broken test subject into an incinerator.
** Also forms the entire basic premise. Aperture Science invented a working portal device in the 1950s... but never bothered to market it or even announce it to the public, because it was a failure as a shower curtain.
* From the ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'' offical FAQ:
-->'''''Q: [[SelectiveGravity APPLES DO NOT FALL UP]]'''''\\
''A: [[VoodooShark They're more like giant cherries...]]''
* DotDotDot is a dramatic reading of a review for ''SuperPressSpaceToWinActionRPG2009'', written by someone who overlooked the fact that it's a DeconstructionGame.
* Guybrush Threepwood of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' is prone to this [[DependingOnTheWriter depending on the player]]. In ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'', for instance, Sherrif Fester Shinetop lures him into an alley and warns him that the area could be dangerous. One dialogue option has Guybrush ask if Fester heard something back there, too.
* Grobnar Gnomehands, resident SpoonyBard and {{Cloudcuckoolander}} of ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'', is the ''king'' of this trope. One memorable incident has him meet [[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights the previous game's]] bard, the kobold Deekin Scalesinger. It's fairly well known in the D&D mythos that [[FantasticRacism kobolds hate gnomes]]. Deekin sings a piece of doggerel about butchering gnomes, and ''Grobnar turns into a music critic''. [[Funny/NeverwinterNights2 The exchange has to be read to be believed.]]
* Repeatedly in ''GhostTrick'', but the best example would be when [[PlayerCharacter Sissel]] goes to save someone from being executed. He arrives too late, and [[DeathIsCheap has to go back in time to prevent the man's death]]. Sissel, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia having no idea what an execution is]], offers up this utterly serious observation while watching events unfold:
-->'''Sissel:''' So this is an execution, huh? It seems to me there's gotta be a safer way to do it...
** Amusingly, he is also completely correct. The man's death happened when dust and faulty wiring on the electric chair caused it to ''explode'', destroying the entire room. It's just that Sissel, having no idea what any of this is, thinks this is the normal way of going about an execution.
* In a "Choose your own Nightmare" game called "The Evil Pen Pal", one ending has player character uses his new-found psychic powers to scare and lift said Evil Pen Pal up...and he's [[GoryDiscretionShot sucked into a jet-engine off-screen]]. The player character ''calmly says'', "Billy flew into the Jet Engine." to his brother when he asks what happened. His brother responds with, "Wow...cool...wanna go home?"
** This is heavily lampshaded in a LetsPlay.
--> "You can't ''DO'' that! You can't commit ''murder''!"
* ''ShadowHeartsCovenant'' has a hilarious example. Garan attempts to kill the party, however they're a bit more concerned about his appearance, at fist. The final time he is encountered outside of a sidequest, he tries to scare the party by telling them that he sent them to hell. However, they all huddle and think that it's the pillow he's floating on. When he asks for their last words, Yuri says, "Yeah - that pillow. Where can I get one?"
* In ''VideoGame/DuelSaviorDestiny'' when the principal learns that the local nun girl is actually the thief that dresses up like a stripper, her only comment is that her garb violates the school dress code.
* In ''TheKingOfFighters XIII'', due to her extreme youth and PingPongNaivete, Kula Diamond often misunderstands what other people tell her in the pre-fight talks. HilarityEnsues every time this happens.
* In ''LunarEternalBlue'', TeamPet Ruby tries to explain to MysteriousWaif Lucia why she shouldn't [[InnocentFanserviceGirl go wandering around naked in front of Hiro and the other male party members:]]
-->'''Ruby:''' Nice girls don't show their no-no parts to boys until after they're married.
-->'''Lucia:''' You think Hiro and I should get married?
* During Makoto's ''Help Me!!'' segment in ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift BlazBlue: Continuum Shift EXTEND]]'', Kokonoe demands that Makoto [[ACupAngst explain her shelf]], to which she responds "You want me to explain furniture?" While this would be a typical response from a {{ditz}} and fit this trope under normal circumstances, the look on her face suggested she ''knew'' what Kokonoe was talking about, and she missed the point on purpose. Whether this makes it [[Funny/BlazBlue funnier]] is an exercise for the viewer.
** Another one in Valkenhayn's gag reel. Valky describes the legend of the "[[LittleMissBadass Sleeping Crimson-Eyed Pigtails]]" and goes on to mention that even [[{{Badass}} Hakumen]] pees himself at the mere mention of it. Ragna's response?:
-->'''Ragna''': "[[AnimatedArmor He]] ''[[FridgeLogic pees]]''?"

* In MetalGearSolid2 This is where the humour in the Otacon save calls during the Tanker chapter comes from. Otacon is trying to emulate Mei-Ling (from the first game) by giving Snake uplifting Chinese proverbs but he doesn't understand their meaning, so in trying to define their meaning he often totally misses the point. It gets to the point where Mei-Ling interrupts Otacon to tell Snake the real meaning of a proverb.

* In ''[[SlyCooper Sly Cooper 3: Honor Among Thieves]]'':
--> '''Don O:''' I know you're nothing without this little guy's brain. So I figure I'll scoop him out real slow and use him to fertlize my tomato plants.\\

* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', Lloyd is relating stories of extrinsic motivation to [[CloudCuckoolander Colette]] and Regal. Despite the fact that Regal CLEARLY tells Colette that Lloyd was referring to the temptation of the food that boosted his memories, Colette seems convinced that it was Dirk's cooking itself, and not the incentive of it, that taught Lloyd how to memorize the Dwarven Vows.

* Guybrush Threepwood of MonkeyIsland is prone to this [[DependingOnTheWriter depending on the player]]. In the first game, for instance, Sherrif Fester Shinetop lures him into an alley and warns him that the area could be dangerous. One dialogue option has Guybrush ask if Fester heard something back there, too.

** Mithos has this down to an art form. Case in point: [[spoiler:He completely misinterprets Martel's last wish to create the world without discrimination; later on, when the revived Martel calls Mithos out on his actions, he thinks she wants to leave the world with him, causing the rest of the world to die.]]