History NinjaPirateZombieRobot / VideoGames

* Monkey Island gives us Lechuck, who's been a Ghost, Zombie, Demon, and giant statue, did I mention he's a pirate? And in the latest game, he's been turned into a ''human''.
** Let's not forget that the fourth game (before he was a giant statue) had him shifting between his previous three incarnations uncontrollably. He was actually referred to as "the Demon Zombie Ghost Pirate Le'Chuck".
** In the climactic battle of the game ''Escape from MonkeyIsland'', [[spoiler:you control a Talking [[IKnowKarate Kung-Fu]] {{Pirate}} [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Monkey]] HumongousMecha. And you fight a statue possessed by a [[NightOfTheLivingMooks Demon Zombie Ghost Pirate]] From Heck.]]

* Plants Vs. Zombies have a couple of these in the enemies: The BigBad is a zombie who pilots a giant robot that shoots fire and ice, and throws RVs; There's a zombie dolphin trainer who leaps over your plants (well, most of them anyway) with an undead dolphin, A zombie football player, a zombie Micheal Jackson impersonator that summons backup dancers, a zombie suicide bomber mental patient, a zombie businessman whose {{Berserk Button}} is having his newspaper destroyed (when he's so close to finishing his Sudoku), and others.

** Then there's the Protector Spectre and its description, which [[ExactWords is the ghost of a mummy of an ancient high priest, which is pretty scary, but not as scary as the ghost of a mummy of an ancient werewolf high priest would be. Man, that'd be terrifying. And if he'd been a vampire before he caught lycanthropy? Wow. ...But I digress]]. The Protector Spectre, that is. [[RunningGag Not]] [[AmbiguousSyntax its descrition]].

* ''{{Pokémon}}'''s Garchomp gets honorable mention. Why? Because it's a [[EverythingIsEvenWorseWithSharks shark]] crossed with a [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaur]], [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]], and a ''[[CoolPlane jet]]'' (With torpedoes on its head!). Unsurprisingly, it's considered a GameBreaker.

** That's not counting the drops from previous rosters, including a baby version of the [[{{Pokemon}} lightning shooting mouse]], the [[{{Pokémon}} psychic cat-kangaroo-rat]] GlassCannon, and so on.

** That's not counting the drops from previous rosters, including a babyfied version of the [[{{Pokémon}} lightning shooting mouse]], the [[{{Pokémon}} psychic cat-kangaroo-rat]] GlassCannon, and so on.

* ''{{Pokémon}}'''s Garchomp gets honorable mention, why? Because it's a [[EverythingIsEvenWorseWithSharks shark]] crossed with a [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaur]], [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]], and a ''[[CoolPlane jet]]'' (With torpedoes on its head!). Unsurprisingly, it's considered a GameBreaker.
** [[YourMilageMayVary Until the Ice type move comes around.]]

* In the climactic battle of the game ''Escape from MonkeyIsland'', [[spoiler:you control a Talking [[IKnowKarate Kung-Fu]] {{Pirate}} [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Monkey]] HumongousMecha. And you fight a statue possessed by a [[NightOfTheLivingMooks Demon Zombie Ghost Pirate]] From Heck.]]

** Grunty has a number of more mundane titles she can add to her name as well, including Captain (Rusty Bucket Bay), CEO (Grunty Industries), Aviator (Banjo Pilot), and Mechanic (Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts).

* ''Ninja-Pi-Ro'' [[http://www.pencilkids.com/the-vault/ninjapiro-flash-game/ (playable here)]] a flash game by Pencil Kids, with shares (with the lack of one word) this trope's title. This trope is also it's only apparent reason for existence

** Grunty has a number of more mundane titles she can add to her name as well, including Captain (Rusty Bucket Bay), CEO (Grunty Industries), and Aviator (Banjo Pilot).

** Grunty has a number of more mundane titles she can add to her name as well, including Captain (Rusty Bucket Bay), CEO (Grunty Industries), and Pilot (Banjo Pilot).

* Gruntilda of the {{Banjo-Kazooie}} series seems to fall deeper into this trope with each subsequent game. In ''Banjo-Tooie'' she turns into a Zombie Witch, in ''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'' she appears as a Robot Ghost Witch, and in ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts'', not only is Grunty now a zombie head in a robot body, but during the final battle attacks the heroes on a pirate ship, thus making her a Pirate Zombie Robot Witch.
** Gruntilda has a number of more mundane titles she can add to her name as well, including Captain (Rusty Bucket Bay), CEO (Grunty Industries), and Pilot (Banjo Pilot).

* Gruntilda of the {{Banjo-Kazooie}} series seems to fall deeper into this trope with each subsequent game. In ''Banjo-Tooie'' she turns into a Zombie Witch, in ''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'' she appears as a Robot Ghost Witch, and in ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts'', not only is Grunt now a zombie head in a robot body, but during the final battle attacks the heroes on a pirate ship, thus making her a Pirate Zombie Robot Witch.

* Plants Vs. Zombies have a couple of these in the enemies: The BigBad is a zombie who pilots a giant robot that shoots fire and ice, and throws RVs; There's a zombie dolphin trainer who leaps over your plants (well, most of them anyway) with an undead dolphin, A zombie football player, a zombie Micheal Jackson impersonator that summons backup dancers, a zombie suicide bomber mental patient, a zombie businessman whose {{Berserk Button}} is having his newspaper destroyed (when he's so close to finishing his Sudoku), and others.

** Heck, Megaman himself fits perfectly. He's a robot who shoots plasma, scissors, electricity, fire, boomerangs, more fire (atomic, no less!), bombs, more bombs (crash bombs, no less!), tornadoes, more tornadoes, robotic bees, shurikens, diamonds, miniature stars, bubbles made of lead, lasers, black holes, tomahawk hatchets, magnets, and more. His dog also turns into a jetpack, a surfboard, a submarine, or a spring..

* While not as extreme as the other entries on this list, the teams on TeamFortress2 consist of:
** A foulmouthed bostonian with a SawedOffShotgun
** A man with delusions of being a WWII Veteran (And [[{{BFG}} just big enough of a rocket launcher]] to convince everyone else)
** A person of AmbiguousGender in an asbestos-lined suit wielding a [[KillItWithFire flamethrower]]
** An [[FatIdiot obese, monosyllabic]] Russian man who can rock a [[GatlingGood minigun]] like no other
** A [[DrunkenMaster drunk,]] Black Scottish Cyclops that's fond of [[MadBomber explosives]]
** A GoodOlBoy from Texas who builds mechanical death machines in his spare time
** A slightly [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi-ish]] MadDoctor who hides [[FantasticDrug drugs]] in his [[HealingShiv healing gun]]
** An [[LandDownUnder Australian]] hunter who [[HeroicSociopath just so happens to go after humans]]
** And a [[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys French]] assassin with a phobia of being [[UrineTrouble soaking in urine]].

* The ''Game/MegaMan'' franchise, full stop. Its [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters myriads of mechanoids]] are often a combination of a robot and something else. The classic series alone has a robot ninja ''and'' a robot pirate, as separate boss characters. Also a robot vampire and his robot zombie {{mooks}}.

** Aforementioned Ninja Robot, according to his official game backstory, is not only possibly alien in nature, but rides a robotic frog . . . yes, this makes Shadow Man a ''Robotic Frog-Riding Alien Ninja Robot Master'', whether the frog is also alien is unknown.

** Aforementioned Ninja Robot, according to his official game backstory, is not only possibly alien in nature, but rides a robotic frog . . . yes, this makes Shadow Man a ''Robotic-Frog Riding Alien Ninja Robot Master'', whether the frog is also alien is unknown.

*** Speaking of aliens in the Megaman series, the Robot Masters of Megaman V for the Gameboy are all confirmed alien in origin, this gives us such combinations as Venus the Alien Anthropomorphic Crab Robot, and Pluto the Alien Werecat Robot.

*** Speaking of aliens in the Megaman series, the Robot Masters of Megaman V for the Gameboy are all confirmed alien in origin, this gives us such combinations as Venus the Alien Robot Anthropomorphic Crab, and Pluto the Alien Robot Werecat.

* Oh, ''SuperSmashBros''. As of ''Brawl'', the roster includes two [[SuperMarioBros fire-throwing plumbers]], [[EarthBound two]] [[{{Mother 3}} psychic]] children, a [[YoshisIsland dinosaur that can turn into a dragon]], a [[SuperMarioBros turtle-dragon]], [[DonkeyKongCountry two monkeys]] (well, all right, a monkey with a jetpack who shoots his enemies with peanuts and a bongo-playing ''ape'' wearing a tie), a [[{{Kirby}} penguin with a sledgehammer]], a robot with laser eyes, a [[KidIcarus warrior angel]] with ImprobableAimingSkills and a DualWielding SwissArmyWeapon, some [[StarFox furry space mercenaries who drive tanks]], a [[SamusIsAGirl female]] [[{{Metroid}} space mercenary in a battlesuit]], [[FZero a race car driver/bounty hunter]], a [[SuperMarioBros princess who fights with an umbrella]], a [[TheLegendOfZelda magic princess/ninja]] (who, in her own series, has a magic princess pirate counterpart), an [[{{Pikmin}} astronaut leading flower aliens]], a [[TheLegendOfZelda badass elf-looking chap with loads of weapons, an evil wizard/kickboxer, a smaller cartoon version of said badass elf]], a [[LethalJokeCharacter 2-D stick figure guy]], an ExtremeOmnivore [[{{Kirby}} pink puffball]], a [[{{Kirby}} blue ninja/Batman/Vader puffball]], a [[{{Pokémon}} singing, self-deflating puffball with hypnosis powers]], an [[{{Pokémon}} electric mouse]], a [[{{Pokémon}} canine]] BruceLeeClone with aura powers, a [[{{Pokémon}} dinosaur plant]], a [[{{Pokémon}} turtle with ninja moves]] (teenage status unconfirmed), a [[{{Pokémon}} flying, fire-breathing, dragon-like lizard]], a [[{{Pokémon}} trainer of the above three]], [[IceClimber a pair of mallet-wielding eskimo children]], a [[{{FireEmblem}} blue-haired Japanese speaking swordsman prince, a blue-haired mercenary with a huge sword]], an [[WarioWare obese, flatulent Italian man]] with an infinite supply of edible motorcycles and a superhero alter-ego, a [[SonicTheHedgehog blue speedy hedgehog]] and a [[PaintingTheFourthWall fourth-wall-painting]] [[MetalGearSolid spy assassin clone]]. And the BigBad is a [[PowerGlows glowing]] Space Angel, controlling a giant sentient [[WhiteGloves glove]]. And that's not even getting into the assistant characters.

** Similarly, you have Phazon. [[PowerGlows Glowing]] [[AlwaysChaoticEvil evil]] sentient goop capable of [[TheCorruption corrupting]], [[PsychoSerum mutating]] and [[HiveMind taking over]] creatures of all kinds, staple of some [[MookMaker alternate biochemistry, capable of spawning enemies]], being an enemy if liquid, [[InsurmountableWaistHighFence nigh-indestructible]] (without proper weaponry), and also [[PoweredByAForsakenChild your suit and body run on it]]. Run, Samus. Very fast.
** We also have Ridley, who is a dragon space pirate. Who then is turned into a cyborg. Who then becomes undead and mutated. Who is also technically an alien. So, that's an Undead Mutated Cyborg Alien Dragon Space Pirate.

* ''[[TraumaCenter Trauma Team]]'' has in its main cast a [[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja ninja]] [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]] endoscopic surgeon.

* ''[[DonkeyKongCountry Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' has a rollercoaster level inwhich you are persued by a pirate crocodile skeleton ghost.

* The arcade BulletHell game ''Cyvern''. Like the name suggests, you control a cyborg wyvern with guns, rocket launchers, {{Smart Bomb}}s and one heck of a BreathWeapon.

* The arcade BulletHell game ''Cyvern''. Like the name suggests, you control a cyborg wyvern with guns, rocket launchers, {{Smart Bomb}}s and one heck of a BreathWeapon.
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* ''HomestarRunner'' dips into this territory now and again, such as when Strong Bad desires "flamethrowers that shoot chocolate hundred-dollar bills," as well as the time he checked an email while parachuting with narwhals and celebrities.
** And who could forget the [[http://www.hrwiki.org/images/1/18/bearholdingshark.png Bear holding a Shark]]?
** A minigame in episode one of ''Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People'' is aptly named ''Snake Boxer V''. Nothing more needs to be said.
** Ahem. Strong Bad's [[YouMeanXmas Decemberween]] wish list includes a catapult that launches balls of cobras and a chainsaw car.
** And his fear of being fired upon with poison-tipped witch doctors.
** Shark-Mobile. (Can it work?)
** [[http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/7/76/Into_the_Moronosphere.PNG/100px-Into_the_Moronosphere.PNG "Suddenly, an eight-foot sub sandwich constrictor engsmsploded out of nowhere!"]]
* [[http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/mockingbird How to Kill a Mockingbird]] is ''made'' of this trope.
-->''"And then the pirate's like "No way!" and pulls out his musket. Actually it was more like a laser. Well, a laser sword. With guns on it. And it shot other swords."''
-->''"The ninjas all started flying, and some of them were turning into fireballs, and dinosaurs, and Presidents - wait, not Presidents, I meant volcanoes. The pirates were all flying on their burning sharks, and many of them were shooting angry bears. That were on fire. Cold fire."''
* [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/435590 Anicopters: Armageddon]] not only parodies mass-marketing kids shows via having a squadron of animal heads with elemental powers and helicopter rotors, but the NinjaPirateZombieRobot trope, as the credits display various characters that didn't even appear in the short, such as Captain Deadsaws (zombie pirate with chainsaw hands), Aborted Potato-Hitlers, Cannon Santa, and even Lucifer. The fake soundtrack credits also include a song titled "GIANT POTATO-HITLER VS. TWO THOUSAND VELOCIRAPTORS".
* Chris the Ninja Pirate from ''WeeblAndBob''. He's not ''that'' cool, though, so he may be a parody of this phenomenon.
** The pirate being the natural enemy of the ninja, it's possible he's just supposed to represent a Thing That Should Not Be.