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->''Players that don't read flavor text aren't too bright, sorta smell, and dress funny. But let's just keep this between us, okay? They can [[BerserkButton get kind of violent]].''

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* In the ''YuGiOh'' TCG, flavor text appears only on Normal Monster cards, which are virtually non-existent in competitive play, so the lore is very spotty and mostly forgotten.

* ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea}}'' has humorous Flavor Text in its weapon descriptions.

* Appears at times in ''Anime/DuelMasters''. Partway through the game's English release, Wizards of the Coast began to change some of the cards' text to match the GagDub nature of the show.

* Appears at times in ''DuelMasters''. Partway through the game's English release, Wizards of the Coast began to change some of the cards' text to match the GagDub nature of the show.

* ''MagicTheGathering'' has a lot of Flavor Text, some player types even build decks based on the "story" of the cards, leading to such weird but fascinating combos as sacrificing the embodiment of your death into pure damage with which to kill an opponent.

* All of the items in ''{{Recettear}}'' have humorous descriptions, in keeping with the [[{{Woolseyism}} Woolseyised]] script.

* An ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'' strip in ''{{Dragon}}'' featured a character who claimed that ''ignoring'' flavor text was the key to true peace. He didn't do ''anything'' that wasn't required by the rules; so since dirt didn't have any mechanical effect he didn't bathe, since there were no rules specifying that characters got sleepy, he only slept when hit by a [[StandardStatusEffects magical effect]] (if he'd been a magic user, he'd also have done so when he wanted to recharge his spells), and he ate a revolting gruel once every two weeks, because the rules said that if he didn't he'd starve but didn't specify any other effects of not eating.

* For every {{Pokemon}} a player captures in the wild, their [[MonsterCompendium Pokédex]] adds one or two sentences of in-universe description for their species. Later games add such details as the creature's footprint (if applicable), a SoundTest ability to play the creature's vocal cry, a size/weight comparison to the player character, and a comparison of form or [[SecondarySexualCharacteristics gender differences]] between the species's different members (where applicable). The species's weight actually does have some gameplay consequences, but those are very few and far between.

* ''AgeOfEmpires'' and ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology'' have long in-universe description of their units.

* ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea}}'' has humorous Flavor Text on its weapon description.

* The ''{{Homeworld}}'' series has in-universe descriptions for all of its units in the manual of the game.

** Examining a coyote will display a randomly chosen ''WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner'' [[CanisLatinicus fake species name]].

* Weapons in ''FinalFantasyXIII'' have this.

* In FableII, every item has flavor text. [[FunnyMoments It's the most hilarious part of the game]]

* The {{Naruto}} CCG has flavor text below the illustration for each card, oftentimes a quote from the show.

* Some of the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' unlockable weapons and hats have flavor text in their description. Japanese themed items have haikus.

* VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey has description for each monster.
* HeroesOfMightAndMagic 3 has a small text describing the acquisition of a new artefact, HeroesOfMightAndMagicV and 6 has description of every unit in the game.

* This very wiki. And this very page.

* In ''StarOcean2'', there are a huge number of items that are raw materials for crafting and items that can be crafted. Many of them contain flavor text not related to what the object does, such as describing the texture or taste of [[HyperactiveMetabolism food items]].

* Some of the ''{{TeamFortress2}}'' unlockable weapons and hats have flavor text in their description. Japanese themed items have haikus.

* The {{Naruto}} CCG has flavor text below the illustration for each card.

* ''{{Disgaea}}'' has humorous Flavor Text on its weapon description.
* ''{{Mother 3}}'': The in-game Battle Memory has flavor text descriptions of each enemy you've met.

** Additionally, since Generation IV, each Pokemon's status screen includes text documenting when and where it was caught, and a one-sentence remark about the individual creature's personality.

FlavorText is regularly found in [[MonsterCompendium Monster Compendia]], [[PamphletShelf Pamphlet Shelves]] and [[VideoGameItemsAndInventory inventory items]], they sometimes take the form of an EncyclopediaExposita.

* The Bestiary of ''FinalFantasyXII'' provides a lot of flavor text, along with a lot of backstory, for everything from the land of Ivalice to the Bazaar to the Espers.

* EtrianOdyssey has description for each monster.

* the {{Naruto}} CCG has flavor text below the illustration for each card.