History LampshadeHanging / Videogames

* ''[[VideoGame/AnotherCode Another Code: R]]'' often takes light-hearted jabs at it's own use of tropes, and tropes that are common with narrative heavy point-and-click games:

* ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters King of Fighters XIII]]'':

* In ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', at first only Sora [[spoiler:Riku and Mickey]] can use a Keyblade. Later on, in Kingdom Hearts II, Roxas [[spoiler:and Kairi]] can wield one (with Roxas being able to use [[DualWielding two]]). In that game's secret ending and ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth by Sleep]]'', it is also revealed that Terra, Ventus, Aqua, and Master Eraqus can wield them, [[spoiler: as can Master Xehanort and Vanitas]]. There's even a world full of abandoned Keyblades at the end of the game, suggesting that at some point, there has been THOUSANDS of people able to wield the Keyblade. Braig summed it up best:

* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', Sans is conversing with [[PlayerCharacter Frisk]] when his brother Papyrus comes prancing down the street. At this moment, Frisk is trying to avoid being noticed by Papyrus. So, what does Sans suggest? To hide behind a "conveniently shaped lamp".

* ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters King of Fighters XIII]]'': In [[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting King's]] backstory, it's said that she had nearly won the Muay Thai championship title, until her shirt ripped open revealing she was a woman. Which resulted in her being disqualified and publicly disgraced. Flash forward several years later, where [[CulturedBadass despite her fighting ability]], [[DudeWheresMyRespect she still has put up with wisecracks and putdowns about her fighting style.]] Joe strikes a nerve during their pre-fight dialogue (seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOPiUIHROo8 at 2:26-2:37 here).]]
-->'''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Joe Higashi]]:''' "Let me tell you in advance: [[PretenderDiss that fake Muay Thai of yours]] is not gonna work against me!"
-->'''King: (irritated)''' "*sigh*... I'm getting sick of all these guys pretending to know what's fake and what's rea!"

** In the original ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'' there was a bug which caused the leader Gandhi to be incredibly aggressive instead of being very peaceful. He would regularly nuke a Civ out of nowhere at the last possible moment, potentially making you lose the game (or potentially delivering a struggling player an easy victory). Because this prevented boredom in the late game, and most players thought it was hilarious, it was kept in rather than being excised. Thus, "nuclear Gandhi" became a running joke. So in ''Civilization 6'', developer Firaxis decided to name an achievement "I thought we'd moved past this joke": which calls for you to drop a nuke as the other Indian leader, Chandragupta.
** Any given game of ''Civilization'' will turn into a hearty AnachronismStew sooner or later, due to the mix of technologies, historical figures and even empires that only existed for a brief period. ''Civilization 6'' acknowledges this with an achievement called "Missed that day in history class" for clearing nuclear fallout with a Roman Legionary.

--> '''Tifa:''' Have any of you seen a guy with [[AnimeHair spiky hair]]?
--> '''Donald & Goofy:''' ''(turn to Sora)''
--> '''Sora:''' ''(tugs said spiky hair)''
--> '''Tifa:''' ''(chuckles)'' Spikier.

*** Another ''Awakening'' example: should Chrom get married to either Olivia or the Village Maiden (whom he meets either ''the chapter he needs to get hitched by'', or even ''after that'', respectively), Lissa will mock the heck out of the situation.

-->'''Luke:''' I sense a disturbance in the Force...\\

-->'''Bard:''' This other bloke kept talking about mice I couldn't see.

-->'''Saddler:''' Oh, I think you know. The "[[AmericaSavesTheDay American prevailing]]" is a cliché that only happens in your Hollywood movies.
*** The American (Leon) prevails.

-->'''Chris:''' Do you get all your ideas from comic book supervillains?

-->"You had to pick ''this'' religion? You couldn't pick one where the embodiment of evil was a really angry sheep or something?"

-->Today a troupe of brigands broke into the school and began slashing their way through to the crypts. As they cut down a study group in the foyer, the nearby students continued their practices, oblivious! The forces within that hall would overwhelm a small army, yet they yielded piece-meal.

-->'''Yu:''' It's time the Investigation Team got back in action.\\

--> '''Max:''' It must be one of those stupid 555 phones.\\

-->'''Adventurer:''' Hey, no need to be pushy! We were just doing it for the experience.

-->'''Alistair:''' Yes, it seems like you've had your own troubles. What are the odds?

-->'''Shepard:''' So, you just wander the galaxy righting wrongs?\\

-->'''Shepard:''' So the other geth believed your proof that the Reapers were coming back?
-->'''Legion:''' Of course.
-->'''Shepard:''' Well, that must have been nice.

--> "One whole Iifa Tree. It's amazingly heavy...''obviously''."

--> '''Mogstache:''' "As you progress through your play plan, chocobos find treasure chests with their favorite greens inside. In return, they'll give you accessories."\\

--> '''Kefka''': "Who cares? He's just another sadist with a god complex--like THAT'S something special!"

--> '''Shantotto''': "Your hair... is a ''DISTRACTION''!"

--> '''Cloud''' ''(to Sephiroth)'': "Fighting you [[DramaticPause ...]] would be meaningless. I'm tired of taking part in pointless battles."\\

--> '''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Tidus]]''': "You're just gonna ''take'' that?!"\\

--> [[spoiler:'''Hades''']]: Oh well. I'll figure something out. I have like what, [[BreakingTheFourthWall 25 years until the next sequel]]?

** There's a joke in the RPG community about kill and collect quests. These quests are often filler quests, and the items you are a told to collect are sometimes quite strange. As an example, people often say "collect bear butts". This is not meant to suggest that games actually include quests to collect literal bear butts. Of course, WoW does exactly that: and the questgiver lampshades it by saying you're not a "proper adventurer" until you do. The reason why this person needs bear butts, is never stated (though presumably it has to do with necromancy and it's likely better not to ask). And, for the icing on the cake, not all the bears will actually have the item "bear butt" in their loot table. Don't think about that one too hard.

* In the original ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'' there was a bug which caused the leader Gandhi to be incredibly aggressive instead of being very peaceful. He would regularly nuke a Civ out of nowhere at the last possible moment, potentially making you lose the game (or potentially delivering a struggling player an easy victory). Because this prevented boredom in the late game, and most players thought it was hilarious, it was kept in rather than being excised. Thus, "nuclear Gandhi" became a running joke. So in ''Civilization 6'', developer Firaxis decided to name an achievement "I thought we'd moved past this joke": which calls for you to drop a nuke as the other Indian leader, Chandragupta.

* Speaking of Smash, in Byleth's reveal trailer for [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate]], Sothis references the common complaint of 'too many swordfighters', and that Byleth would just be yet another to add to that list- right off the tail end of him getting beaten down by Link, Hero and Cloud.

* In ''VideoGame/SplinterCellChaosTheory'', one mission begins with Sam Fisher saying "Don't tell me... Three alarms and the mission is over." to which his superior, Lambert, replies "Of course not. [[ThisIsReality This is no video game]], Fisher." This is taking a jab at the previous games in which missions would frequently end after 3 alarms.

* ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'':
** In the ending, [[spoiler:Classic Tails asks Modern Tails where Sonic puts all of his Rings. Modern Tails says he always forgets asking]].
** [[spoiler:Classic Tails shouts "Dr. Robotnik!" when Classic Eggman shows up]]. His response? "Nobody calls me that anymore!" [[note]]Averted in the Japanese version, as [[spoiler: instead of Tails shouting "Dr. Robotnik", he shouts, in confusion, "Two Eggmans?". Classic Dr. Eggman's response to that is him stating,]] "You seem surprised."[[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''. In the ending, [[spoiler: Classic Tails asks Modern Tails where Sonic puts all of his Rings. Modern Tails says he always forgets asking.]]
** Also, [[spoiler: Classic Tails shouts "Dr. Robotnik!" when Classic Eggman shows up]]. His response? "Nobody calls me that anymore!" [[note]]Averted in the Japanese version, as [[spoiler: instead of Tails shouting "Dr. Robotnik", he shouts, in confusion, "Two Eggmans?". Classic Dr. Eggman's response to that is him stating,]] "You seem surprised."[[/note]]

* Both the Master Chief and even more so Cortana in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' are strongly leaning to the [[DeadpanSnarker snarky side]] and make several GenreSavvy comments throughout the games. Even the original trilogy's SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} of Cortana's rescue near the end of ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'' doesn't end without fixing up the MoodWhiplash:

** "[[ItMakesSenseInContext How did we get into this situation again?]]" "[[ChronicHeroSyndrome Matthew]] [[ButThouMust can be talked into anything]], [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments that's how]]."

* Good old [[Wrestling/JimRoss J.R.]] calls it with the ProfessionalWrestling page quote, word for word, in the ''VideoGame/SmackdownVsRaw'' series.

* In the original ''Franchise/SidMeiersCivilization'' there was a bug which caused the leader Gandhi to be incredibly aggressive instead of being very peaceful. He would regularly nuke a Civ out of nowhere at the last possible moment, potentially making you lose the game (or potentially delivering a struggling player an easy victory). Because this prevented boredom in the late game, and most players thought it was hilarious, it was kept in rather than being excised. Thus, "nuclear Gandhi" became a running joke. So in ''VideoGame/Civilization6'', developer Firaxis decided to name an achievement "I thought we'd moved past this joke": which calls for you to drop a nuke as the other Indian leader, Chandragupta.

* AnimalCrossing: So why ''can't'' you simply bring lost items to the police station? And why is it ok to claim any lost item even if it doesn't belong to you? [[http://imgur.com/gallery/sWOuP Copper is wondering the same thing...]]
** In AnimalCrossingNewLeaf, you have only one police officer in your town and he'll claim he's not allowed to leave the station to find a lost item's owner... ''ever''.

** Two of the best quest chains in the game is basically the game hanging a lampshade on itself. The first one is a low-level Horde-only quest. You are given a quest, to become a quest-giver and hand out three quests to AI "players". You sit on a horse with a giant exclamation point over your head and the three dudes come talk to you (one of whom is familiar if you're an undead, and has unique dialog for you). The quests you give out are suitably silly. The other is a higher level quest available for both factions, and stars the paladin Maximilian of Northshire. He is a reference to Don Quixote, and makes you his "squire". Basically, he's delusional. It's actually pretty dark because you end up killing a girl's pet parrot, throwing a lady off a cliff, provoking a dinosaur to rampage, killing neutral elementals, and insulting a traveler (not in that order). The point though is to lampshade how the game makes you do random stuff for total strangers and doesn't really tell you why you should do it.

** In ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'', if you poke too much Shandris Feathermoon, the night elf archer in steroids, one of the things she says is why she never runs out of arrows.

* In the original ''Franchise/SidMeier'sCivilization'' there was a bug which caused the leader Gandhi to be incredibly aggressive instead of being very peaceful. He would regularly nuke a Civ out of nowhere at the last possible moment, potentially making you lose the game (or potentially delivering a struggling player an easy victory). Because this prevented boredom in the late game, and most players thought it was hilarious, it was kept in rather than being excised. Thus, "nuclear Gandhi" became a running joke. So in''VideoGame/Civilization6'', developer Firaxis decided to name an achievement "I thought we'd moved past this joke": which calls for you to drop a nuke as the other Indian leader, Chandragupta.

* Both the Master Chief and even more so Cortana in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' are strongly leaning to the [[DeadpanSnarker snarky side]] and make several GenreSavvy comments throughout the games. Even the original trilogy's CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming of Cortana's rescue near the end of ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'' doesn't end without fixing up the MoodWhiplash:

** "[[ItMakesSenseInContext How did we get into this situation again?]]" "[[ChronicHeroSyndrome Matthew]] [[ButThouMust can be talked into anything]], [[CrowningMomentOfFunny that's how]]."