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* ''VideoGame/SuikaGame'' (also known as ''Watermelon Game'') is a simple puzzle game for the Nintendo Switch that can only be described as "VideoGame/PuzzleBobble with fruits and physics". It was released in 2021 only in Japan, but gained a massive boost in popularity and downloads in September 2023 after [[VirtualYouTuber Vtubers]] from ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'' and ''WebAnimation/{{NIJISANJI}}'' began streaming the game. It helps that the game is dirt cheap, costing only 240 yen. The unpresidented interest in the game outside Japan led to the publisher to officially release internationally with English, Chinese, and Korean translations the following month.

* Jerry Wallace's 1972 song "If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry" had its popularity boosted on the charts after it was featured in the ''Series/NightGallery'' episode "The Tune in Dan's Cafe".

* WebVideo/{{Arlo}} has frequently criticized ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'' and ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash'' for being bad games in the ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' series. So when he did a review of the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch version of ''VideoGame/BugFables'', an {{homage}} to the earlier ''Paper Mario'' games, and declared it a fitting successor to classic ''Paper Mario'' while also having its own unique merits, the low-budget crowdfunded game got a large boost in sales.

* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' barely broke 150,000 copies of UsefulNotes/NintendoDS game sales. Then Neku was featured in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance''. Cue the game shooting up the Amazon bestseller list and more people playing this well-received but overlooked game, as well as the game eventually being ported to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and mobile devices.

** ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' got a boost from Marth and Roy's appearances in ''Melee''. Before this, ''Fire Emblem'' was a Japan-exclusive franchise, meaning that as far as the West was concerned, MarthDebutedInSmashBros. But interest in the franchise made it one of Nintendo's major moneymakers on the [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS 3DS]] (where ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' was its KillerApp) and [[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Switch]] (where ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' became the franchise's best-selling game in record time).

** ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'', after the franchise went dormant since 2008, got some interest in Japan after the title characters were introduced to ''Ultimate''. When Creator/MasahiroSakurai announced the pair, he mentioned that their games can be played on the UsefulNotes/XboxOne, which led to a noticeable increase in searches and mentions of the system.

* ''Anime/ADogOfFlanders1975'': The anime received a surge of popularity in 2016 (in the West) because [[Anime/ReZero Natsuki Subaru]]'s phone ringtone is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPBQiNmhxbI the theme song]].

* The ReligiousEdutainment cartoon ''The Beginners' Bible'', produced by Creator/JimJinkins of ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' fame, suddenly saw a greater interest after snippets of it were used in the ''WebVideo/MandelaCatalogue'' to depict events which happened during the Biblical time period of that universe.

* Singer-songwriter-performance artist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Wilson_(musician) Gary Wilson]] got renewed attention after {{Music/Beck}} gave a ShoutOut to "My man Gary Wilson" in "Where It's At".

* How many young gamers do you think first learned of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti after hearing them mentioned in the song "[[Music/JoanBaez Here's To You]]" in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidGroundZeroes''?

* ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning'' was released for the itch.io Meta Game Jam, where it got a good reception and came in second best, but mostly had a subdued reception outside of the site. It was arguably the {{WebVideo/Vinesauce}} of the game several days later that jumpstarted its popularity.

* ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning'' was released for the itch.io Meta Game Jam, where it got a good reception and came in second best, but mostly had a subdued reception outside of the site. It was arguably the Vinesauce of the game several days later that jumpstarted its popularity.

* ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning'' was released for the itch.io Meta Game Jam, where it got a good reception and came in second best, but mostly had a subdued reception outside of the site. It was arguably the WebVideo/Vinesauce of the game several days later that jumpstarted its popularity.

* ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning'- was released for the itch.io Meta Game Jam, where it got a good reception and came in second best, but mostly had a subdued reception outside of the site. It was arguably the ''WebVideo/Vinesauce'' stream of the game several days later that jumpstarted its popularity.

* ''Suika Game'' (also known as ''Watermelon Game'') is a simple puzzle game for the Nintendo Switch that can only be described as "VideoGame/PuzzleBobble with fruits and physics". It was released in 2021 only in Japan, but gained a massive boost in popularity and downloads in September 2023 after [[VirtualYouTuber Vtubers]] from ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'' and ''WebAnimation/{{NIJISANJI}}'' began streaming the game. It helps that the game is dirt cheap, costing only 240 yen. The unpresidented interest in the game outside Japan led to the publisher to officially release internationally with English, Chinese, and Korean translations the following month.

* When ''VideoGame/DuckHunt'' was first released in Japan in 1984, it was still pretty early during the Famicom's lifespan, barely a blip in most people's radar as a result. The game's main novelty at the time was the fact that it was one of the first games to support the Famicom's light gun controller alongside ''VideoGame/WildGunman'' and ''VideoGame/HogansAlley''. However, its inclusion as a pack-in game in most NES console bundles, initially in the Deluxe Set with the R.O.B. robotic buddy, later on in the more popular Action Set as a 2-in-1 cartridge alongside ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'', led it to become one of the most widely distributed Nintendo game for the console, ensuring a presence in the collective consciousness of NES players. This eventually led to the dog and duck duo from the game becoming a fighter in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' as well as ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.

** ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' got some interest in Japan after the title characters were introduced to ''Ultimate''. When Creator/MasahiroSakurai announced the pair, he mentioned that their games can be played on the UsefulNotes/XboxOne, which led to a noticeable increase in searches and mentions of the system.