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** On another Luigi-related note, in ''Doki Doki Panic'', the game from which we got ''SuperMarioBros2'', Luigi takes the place of the "Mama" character. Punch [[YouTubePoop "Mama Luigi"]] into [=YouTube=] to see why this is funny.

** On another Luigi-related note, in ''Doki Doki Panic'', the game from which we got ''SuperMarioBrothers2'', Luigi takes the place of the "Mama" character. Punch [[YouTubePoop "Mama Luigi"]] into [=YouTube=] to see why this is funny.

* A certain nameless, young, athletic, idealistic, impulsive, inexperienced President in ''PerfectDark''.

** I dare you to read [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/0202/020228.png this strip]] of Bob and George after having beaten 358/2 Days without giggling.

* In ''{{Pokemon}} Yellow'', professor Oak tells how trainers are honored for their exploits in hall of fame. Then a tool-assisted SpeedRun of this game [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zFhVr-oMcU was made]].

* The single player in ''[[HalfLife Half-Life 2]]'' contained phrases like "I can't believe you made it here this quickly" (and several other variations of it), "We don't go to Ravenholm", "Follow Freeman", "Doctor Freeman, you really shouldn't be out there" and many others. Then a SpeedRun of that game was released...

* There was some [[http://www.halolz.com/2010/07/25/the-video-game-community-lends-a-hand-with-the-gulf-oil-spill/ art]] about video game characters helping out with the BP Oil spill cleanup, such as Mario. Later, when the leak was fixed, TheColbertReport [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtUkQY-O0pA mentioned]] that the design was submitted by an anonymous plumber.

* In 1999, ''MonsterRancher 2'' came out. One monster, the Radial Niton, looks like a bright red race car. It has a description that says, "In the ancient era, there was said to be a play called 'Cars.'" In 2006, an actual movie called ''{{Cars}}'' comes out, and the main character is a red race car.

* On the topic of ''{{Pokemon}}'', watch [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_zCAsSc5l0 this]]. Now read [[http://ds.ign.com/articles/106/1065010p1.html this]].

* The third game in the ''{{Disgaea}}'' series has a battle with Prism Red in which he says something about [[RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude recruitment and teens with attitude]] (followed by the usual response). This scene becomes much funnier in the US version when you realize that JohnnyYongBosch, the VA for Almaz, was an actor in the ''PowerRangers'' series.
** In a similar instance, the battle against Prism Red in the first {{Disgaea}} is a bit ironic, as Laharl's english VA ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Goodson Barbara Goodson]]) is also known as the english voice of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Morphin_Power_Rangers Rita Repulsa]].

* The arcade game ''MichaelJackson's Moonwalker'' might be [[WidgetSeries weird enough]], but it just gets sillier ([[FunnyAneurysmMoment or creepier]]) each year: You ''touch kids'' (in the video game sense, and they're all girls, but the fact they are at the height of Michael's crotch does not help.) to gain points and powerups (and in home version, you cannot advance unless you get ''all'' the kids, which could be... hiding), or touch Bubbles the Chimp to get a super cyborg transformation. One of the attacks is grabbing his crotch. And then there's the dance attack: MJ does his Moonwalker gig, and it wipes out all the enemies on the screen.

*In perhaps what is better called a TakeThat in Hindsight moment; two NPCS in BaldursGate, Palin and Sarah, debate which local gang to join: a gang of thugs who rob & murder for money, or a group of ultra-capitalists who want to take over the world. SoYeah.

* In ''{{Persona 3}}'', when Mitsuru signs your character up for the student council, the game tells you to see your homeroom teacher. Specifically, it tells you to see Ms. Toriumi and "let her know you're '''interested'''." with the emphasis on "interested". This turns funny when, later on, you learn that Ms. Toriumi is the Love Interest you met on an online game.

** One of Elizabeth's requests asks the main character to let her borrow a handheld game from Junpei. However, upon playing it, she believes it is evil because it makes people play it for hours upon hours. Persona 3 would be ported onto the PSP a few years later.

* In ''FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'', one of the "special generic" characters you can recruit is a Hunter with the name Cheney. Bear in mind that FFTA came out in the States mid/late 2003, long before the infamous hunting accident involving Dick Cheney and Harry Whittington.
** Similarly, one of the Missions is requested by one "Cheney, Hunter".
*** They might be the same guy.

* [[StreetFighter Dan Hibiki]] was based on [[ArtOfFighting Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia]]. More than a decade later [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3MgPCm8a-g&fmt=18#t=4m40s this happens]].

** Naturally, mocked exactly as one might expect in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=247 this VGCats comic]].
* In {{Afterlife}}, one of the Heavenly Rewards that can appear is SimSimSimSimSimSimSimSimSimSimSim, described as the opportunity for a blessed soul to control an entire galaxy from the smallest microbe to the largest space races. The building is a hand holding a orb containing a spiral galaxy. [[{{Spore}} Does this remind you of anything]]?
* In FinalFantasyVII, the war between nature and industrialization and bad energy sources in prominent, as huge reactors suck the limited life force out of the planet creating irradiated wastelands and make loads of pollution, and even sometimes explode, causing huge disasters. These seem to be metaphors for fossil fuel power and nuclear power, respectivley. However, nuclear power will probably never create deserts resembling areas hit by nuclear missles, and it really only causes meltdowns if the people involed with working and creating the plant are being really stupid, which doesn't really happen too much. Also, while Mako power seems to allude to the problems caused by trying to obtain and burn fossil fuels, oil and coal are ''exactly'' what the characters support as an energy source after Mako power is deemed bad throughout the world. This wouldn't be all that bad, but the big nuclear meltdowns in the past were discovered to be caused by human ignorance making small issues become big, and fossil fuels are said to be responsible for one big bad thing. GlobalWarming.