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** Less obvious but Sol Badguy has a lot of [[Music/{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]] in him.
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* One of the Personality Cores in ''VideoGame/TheLab'''s minigame "Slingshot" is a Climate Change Awareness Core, whose job is to cause climate change so it can raise awareness of it. It also sounds like a certain former US vice president.
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* In ''Delicious 9: Emily's Honeymoon Cruise'' famous singer (and total Jerkass) "[[Music/TomJones John Tones]]" comes to perform on the ship.
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** Patricia Caldwell from ''VideoGame/SplinterCellBlacklist'' also strikingly resembles Hillary.
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* The main plot of ''Cake Mania 5: Lights, Camera, Action!'' is famous director "[[Creator/MichaelBay Michel Bey]]" directing an extremely...[[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs confusing]] adaptation of ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice''.
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* The main plot of ''Cake Mania 5: Lights, Camera, Action!'' is famous director "[[Creator/MichaelBay Michel Bey]]'' directing an extremely...[[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs confusing]] adaptation of ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice''.
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* ''Mystery Trackers: The Void'' centers on the mysterious disappearance of three fairly famous people, one of whom is horror novelist "Kevin Sting."
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* In ''Delicious 9: Emily's Honeymoon Cruise'' famous singer "[[Music/TomJones John Tones]]" comes to perform on the ship.
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* The main plot of ''Cake Mania 5: Lights, Camera, Action!'' is famous director "[[Creator/MichaelBay Michel Bey]]'' directing an extremely...[[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs confusing]] adaptation of ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice''.
* The main plot of ''Cake Mania 5: Lights, Camera, Action!'' is famous director "[[Creator/MichaelBay Michel Bey]]'' directing an extremely...[[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs confusing]] adaptation of ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice''.
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** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' : Albert Wesker not only has moves and clothes ripped right out of ''Film/TheMatrix'' but also has the mannerisms of the T-1000 from ''Terminator 2''. If you shoot him and he dodges, many times he will wag his finger at you like the T-1000 did to Sarah Conner near the end.
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** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' : Albert Wesker not only has moves and clothes ripped right out of ''Film/TheMatrix'' but also has the mannerisms of the T-1000 from ''Terminator 2''.''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. If you shoot him and he dodges, many times he will wag his finger at you like the T-1000 did to Sarah Conner near the end.
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* Once you get far enough in ''Sally'sQuickClips'', you can find a celebrity guest star in your salon: 'Donny Jepp'. Hmmm.
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* Once you get far enough in ''Sally'sQuickClips'', ''Sally's Quick Clips'', you can find a celebrity guest star in your salon: 'Donny Jepp'. Hmmm.
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** It did get better throughout the series.
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* ''Videogame/AngryBirdsStellaPop'' has {{Music/Shakira}} on it. [[https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_vPkQ7Tz4QqDyYJ-LUxrn2tH4pVtaY7BsyOccgKpdeL0UNoX82W9tdOFfPXT3Aaumw=h900 No really.]] Sure, it's a bird, but it's still Shakira.
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** Michael was designed after his actor Ned Luke, but it's impossible to see him without thinking of Creator/RobertDeNiro.
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* Nearly every fighting game has a Creator/BruceLee [[BruceLeeClone character]]. ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur]]''[='s=] Maxi, ''Franchise/MortalKombat''[='=]s Liu Kang, ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''[='=]s Marshall Law, ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''' Jon Talbain, ''Franchise/StreetFighter''[='=]s Fei Long, etc.
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* Nearly every fighting game has a Creator/BruceLee [[BruceLeeClone character]]. ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur]]''[='s=] Maxi, ''Franchise/MortalKombat''[='=]s Liu Kang, ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''[='=]s Marshall and Forest Law, ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''' Jon Talbain, ''Franchise/StreetFighter''[='=]s Fei Long, the aforementioned Kim Dragon from ''World Heroes,'' etc. And if not that, at least a character using his fighting style, i.e. ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''' Jon Talbain, ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur]]''[='s=] Maxi, ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter''[='=]s Jacky Bryant, etc.
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* Apart from the "Bruce Lee as Marshall Law" example above, ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' series have more not-celebrities: Raven is based on Wesley Snipes (in a weird mash-up of his ''Film/DemolitionMan'' and ''Film/{{Blade}}'' movie personas), Craig Marduk is the actor/wrestler Nathan Jones, and Lei Wulong is Creator/JackieChan, to name just a few.
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** Also I-no seems to be based of Shiina Ringo.
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* In ''VideoGame/GodHand'' the cast of supporting characters includes a casino bouncer who looks like ArnoldSchwarzenegger, an Afro-haired Kung-Fu master based on Film/BlackBeltJones and a Zebra-themed masked wrestler who fights just like [[Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling Giant Baba]]. Shannon has sometimes been interpreted as a caricature of Creator/ParisHilton.
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* In ''VideoGame/GodHand'' the cast of supporting characters includes a casino bouncer who looks like ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, an Afro-haired Kung-Fu master based on Film/BlackBeltJones and a Zebra-themed masked wrestler who fights just like [[Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling Giant Baba]]. Shannon has sometimes been interpreted as a caricature of Creator/ParisHilton.
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* The classic {{Sega}} 3D beat-em-up games ''Dynamite Cop'' features a protagonist, Bruno Dillinger, who bears more than a passing resemblance to Creator/BruceWillis. Such that when the first ''Dynamite Cop'' was localized in the west, the game's name was changed to ''Franchise/DieHard [[MarketBasedTitle Arcade]]'', and Bruno was renamed "John [=McClane=]".
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* The classic {{Sega}} 3D beat-em-up games ''Dynamite Cop'' features a protagonist, Bruno Dillinger, who bears more than a passing resemblance to Creator/BruceWillis. Such that when the first ''Dynamite Cop'' was localized in the west, the game's name was changed to ''Franchise/DieHard [[MarketBasedTitle Arcade]]'', and Bruno was renamed "John [=McClane=]". [=McClane=]".
* John Morgan of ''VideoGame/DeadIslandRiptide.'' Let's see, Australian soldier? Check. Hand to hand expert? Check. Uses WolverineClaws? Check. [[Creator/HughJackman Definitely that lawyer from Blue Heelers.]]
* John Morgan of ''VideoGame/DeadIslandRiptide.'' Let's see, Australian soldier? Check. Hand to hand expert? Check. Uses WolverineClaws? Check. [[Creator/HughJackman Definitely that lawyer from Blue Heelers.]]
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** Jay Norris is a parody of Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, specifically the version in Film/TheSocialNetwork with his corruption and insufferable nature turned up.
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* ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing]]'' features Disney/WreckItRalph. His voice in the game dosn't sound like Creator/JohnCReilly. He's voiced by Brian T. Delaney in this game, as well as in the ''Wreck-It Ralph'' Wii game.
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* The classic {{Sega}} 3D beat-em-up games ''Dynamite Cop'' features a protagonist, Bruno Dillinger, who bears more than a passing resemblance to Creator/BruceWillis. Such that when the first ''Dynamite Cop'' was localized in the west, the game's name was changed to ''Film/DieHard [[MarketBasedTitle Arcade]]'', and Bruno was renamed "John [=McClane]]".
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* The classic {{Sega}} 3D beat-em-up games ''Dynamite Cop'' features a protagonist, Bruno Dillinger, who bears more than a passing resemblance to Creator/BruceWillis. Such that when the first ''Dynamite Cop'' was localized in the west, the game's name was changed to ''Film/DieHard ''Franchise/DieHard [[MarketBasedTitle Arcade]]'', and Bruno was renamed "John [=McClane]]".[=McClane=]".
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** Dudley is very similar to Chris Eubank, a Jamaican-British boxer known for his dapper attire.
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** Diantha of ''Videogame/PokemonXAndY'' is clearly inspired by Creator/AudreyHepburn.
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* President Winters in ''VideoGame/{{Vanquish}}'' is quite clearly based on Hilary Clinton. ''[[http://images.popmatters.com/blog_art/w/winters_standing.png Quite]]'' clearly.
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* ''VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry'' features the "Raptor News Network" and Bob Barbas, parodies of FoxNewsChannel and Bill O'Reilly.
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* The classic {{Sega}} 3D beat-em-up games ''Dynamite Cop'' features a protagonist, Bruno Dillinger, who bears more than a passing resemblance to Creator/BruceWillis. Such that when the first ''Dynamite Cop'' was localized in the west, the game's name was changed to ''Film/DieHard [[MarketBasedTitle Arcade]]'', and Bruno was renamed "John [=McClane]]".
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** Hanzo = Hanzo Hattori, Fuuma = Fuma Kotaro, Janne = JoanOfArc, Jengis/Julius Carn = UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, Erick = Erik The Red, Ryoko = Ryoko Tamura (later Tani), Jack = UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, Johnny Maximum = Joe Montana. Ryofu (Japanese translation of Lu Bu), Captain Kidd, Rasputin, and Gokuu are self-explanatory. It's not clear who Shura is. Brocken is Brocken Jr. from ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'', Neo-Dio is the title character from ''Baoh the Visitor'', and Zeus is [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Raoh]]. Only Neo Gee Gus and Mudman aren't based on anyone.
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** Hanzo = Hanzo Hattori, Fuuma = Fuma Kotaro, Janne = JoanOfArc, UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc, Jengis/Julius Carn = UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, Erick = Erik The Red, Ryoko = Ryoko Tamura (later Tani), Jack = UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, Johnny Maximum = Joe Montana. Ryofu (Japanese translation of Lu Bu), Captain Kidd, Rasputin, and Gokuu are self-explanatory. It's not clear who Shura is. Brocken is Brocken Jr. from ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'', Neo-Dio is the title character from ''Baoh the Visitor'', and Zeus is [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Raoh]]. Only Neo Gee Gus and Mudman aren't based on anyone.
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** In the original ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', Solid Snake is (according to Yoji Shinkawa's own admission) a combination of Christopher Walken's face on Jean-Claude Van Damme's body.
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** It did get better throughout the series.
** It did get better throughout the series.
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** Hanzo = Hanzo Hattori, Fuuma = Fuma Kotaro, Janne = JoanOfArc, Jengis/Julius Carn = UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, Erick = Erik The Red, Ryoko = Ryoko Tamura (later Tani), Jack = JackTheRipper, Johnny Maximum = Joe Montana. Ryofu (Japanese translation of Lu Bu), Captain Kidd, Rasputin, and Gokuu are self-explanatory. It's not clear who Shura is. Brocken is Brocken Jr. from ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'', Neo-Dio is the title character from ''Baoh the Visitor'', and Zeus is [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Raoh]]. Only Neo Gee Gus and Mudman aren't based on anyone.
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** Hanzo = Hanzo Hattori, Fuuma = Fuma Kotaro, Janne = JoanOfArc, Jengis/Julius Carn = UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, Erick = Erik The Red, Ryoko = Ryoko Tamura (later Tani), Jack = JackTheRipper, UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, Johnny Maximum = Joe Montana. Ryofu (Japanese translation of Lu Bu), Captain Kidd, Rasputin, and Gokuu are self-explanatory. It's not clear who Shura is. Brocken is Brocken Jr. from ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'', Neo-Dio is the title character from ''Baoh the Visitor'', and Zeus is [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Raoh]]. Only Neo Gee Gus and Mudman aren't based on anyone.
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* Lazarus, a foul-mouthed, boisterous radio host in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' that deals with conspiracy theories, and serves as a GreekChorus of sorts along with Eliza, is inspired [[http://eidosmontreal.tumblr.com/post/16011525094/was-the-radio-guy-talking-about-the-bilderbergs mostly by Alex Jones, but by other personalities, such as Jim Rome and a fictional radio host from the movie Eight-Legged Freaks.]]
* The original ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania|I}}'' for the NES end credits: "Mix Schrecks, Vram Stoker, [[Creator/BelaLugosi Belo Lugosi]], Trance Fischer, Creator/{{Boris Karloff}}ice, etc." The hero himself is credited as "Simon [[JeanPaulBelmondo Belmondo]]" instead of the Anglicized spelling of "Simon Belmont" used in the manual.
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': The default male face of Shepard is based on Dutch model Mark Vanderloo.
* The original ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' featured a cover artwork that was obviously traced from a publicity still of Michael Biehn in ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''.
** The original [=MSX2=] release of ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake'' featured character portraits obviously ripped from actual photographs of celebrities (notably with Solid Snake as Creator/MelGibson, Grey Fox as Tom Berenger, Roy Campbell as Richard Crenna, and Big Boss as Creator/SeanConnery). These were changed to Shinkawa-style portraits in later releases to avoid any potential likeness infringement.
** In the original ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', Solid Snake is (according to Yoji Shinkawa's own admission) a combination of Christopher Walken's face on Jean-Claude Van Damme's body.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' features a CIA director who is clearly meant to be a stand-in for John [=McCone=] (the real DCI at the time), but is never addressed by his name. This was likely done to avoid defaming [=McCone's=] person postmortem (since it wouldn't have sat well with [=McCone=]'s family to depict him as a solicitor for murder), while at the same time maintaining the game's historical setting.
* Billy from ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' and ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' is based on [[Music/GunsNRoses Axl Rose]], with his original design from ''Fatal Fury 2''-''KOF '95'' taking cues from former English pro-wrestler Dynamite Kid.
* Similarly, Axl Low from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is a laid-back British clone of Axl Rose.
* In addition, the minor character Eagle from the original ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' was retconned into a clone of Freddie Mercury when he reappeared in ''Capcom vs. SNK 2''.
** And of course there's Balrog (or rather M. Bison in the Japanese version), whose source of inspiration is rather obvious....
** Alex from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' acts as something of a Wrestling/HulkHogan homage, complete with a special intro pose with Hugo imitating the legendary match between Hogan and Andre. Hugo in turn is a renamed Andore from ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', who is ''blatantly'' based on Wrestling/AndreTheGiant.
** ''Final Fight'' also had two enemy bikers named Axl and Slash modeled after their Music/GunsNRoses counterpart, while Poison's and Roxy's [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute replacements]] in the [=SNES=] version, Billy and Sid, are obvious references to Billy Idol and Sid Vicious.
** Abel from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' bares a noticeable resemblance with MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko.
** Crimson Viper from the same game is essentially Creator/AngelinaJolie with CoolShades.
* Max Morgan from ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' is another fairly obvious {{Expy}} of the Hulkster.
** With his first name and his [[{{Acrofatic}} large yet surprisingly agile]] build, it's safe to call Sammo Hakka an expy of SammoHung.
* The incarnation of the Riddler seen in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' is based, most notably in his file picture, on Creator/NeilPatrickHarris.
* In ''VideoGame/GodHand'' the cast of supporting characters includes a casino bouncer who looks like ArnoldSchwarzenegger, an Afro-haired Kung-Fu master based on Film/BlackBeltJones and a Zebra-themed masked wrestler who fights just like [[Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling Giant Baba]]. Shannon has sometimes been interpreted as a caricature of Creator/ParisHilton.
* ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' based its cast largely around this trope, with a touch of justified AnachronismStew (the plot involves a time machine). Dragon was a BruceLeeClone, while pro wrestler Muscle Power was an amazingly blatant steal of Wrestling/HulkHogan. Some of this was softened in the second game (Muscle Power, for example, lost his facial hair).
** Hanzo = Hanzo Hattori, Fuuma = Fuma Kotaro, Janne = JoanOfArc, Jengis/Julius Carn = GenghisKhan, Erick = Erik The Red, Ryoko = Ryoko Tamura (later Tani), Jack = JackTheRipper, Johnny Maximum = Joe Montana. Ryofu (Japanese translation of Lu Bu), Captain Kidd, Rasputin, and Gokuu are self-explanatory. It's not clear who Shura is. Brocken is Brocken Jr. from ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'', Neo-Dio is the title character from ''Baoh the Visitor'', and Zeus is [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Raoh]]. Only Neo Gee Gus and Mudman aren't based on anyone.
*** Isn't Neo Geegus a T-1000 from Terminator?
* Perhaps the ultimate in use of this trope is the long-lived ''VideoGame/FireProWrestling'' series, where every wrestler in the game is a renamed version of an actual professional wrestler. There are ''over one hundred wrestlers'' in the latest one.
** The last one, ''Fire Pro Wrestling RETURNS'' for the [=PS2=], contains over 350 wrestlers...and every single one of them is a rename (and some are recolors) of a real-life wrestler (many of them are just more "obscure" ones that casual US wrestling fans won't recognize).
* The NES game ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'' features a character called Wink Smiley, who is a talk show host clearly based on Jay Leno. He looks exactly like a young Jay and even has Jay's chin.
* Quite a few male characters in video games resemble Music/DavidBowie, including Raziel from the ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' games, and even the Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Zangoose, which has an Aladdin Sane lightning bolt-esque design on one side of its face.
** Just look here: http://www.videogamelookalikes.com/
** Emperor Mateus Palmecia from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' GREATLY resembles Bowie's character Jareth from ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''. His English voice actor evidently picked up on this, as his performance is very similar to Bowie's. Plus, there's the fact that his gameplay in ''Dissidia'' is based entirely around setting up traps.
*** Speaking of ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Squall's]] appearance was based on popular J-Rock artist {{Gackt}}.
*** Either that, or Squall was based on River Phoenix. They even have the same birthday (August 23).
*** It was in fact River Phoenix. [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h1TX-20-4MM/TJ-T3cNYOgI/AAAAAAAADRI/iRKMh2B8iNw/s1600/squall_river_comparison.jpg Squall is even clearly made to look like River]]. The Gackt myth came from Gackt once mentioning he played the game and renamed Squall after himself.
*** Also from VIII, Cid greatly resembles Creator/RobinWilliams.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI's'' [[{{Woolseyism}} SNES English localization]] made the Dream monsters of the original Japanese version into [[Film/TheThreeStooges The Dream Stooges]], complete with actual names. This trope was put into greater effect in the Advance remake, in which the stooges' names were distorted, but still obvious.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' and [[ScaryBlackMan Barret]], who is remarkably similar to Creator/MrT.
** Genesis Rhapsodos of the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' ExpandedUniverse is ''exactly'' modelled after Gackt, to the point of [[InkSuitActor Gackt voicing him in Japanese]].
** If Raphael from ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur II]]'' and ''III'' doesn't look like Music/DavidBowie, I don't know who the hell does (Mr. Bowie excluded). It's been way toned down in ''SCIV'', though, in part because Raphael is now much buffer.
* El Blaze from ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' greatly resembles WWE {{professional wrestl|ing}}er Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}}.
* ''Franchise/DeadOrAlive''
** Bass Armstrong looks like Wrestling/ScottSteiner but is modeled after [[Wrestling/StanHansen Stan "The Lariat" Hansen]] (as was "Macho" Mike Haggar from ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' and ''VideoGame/SaturdayNightSlamMasters''; in fact, many Japanese-made wrestling game main characters that people confused for Hogan analogues were actually based off of Hansen) and made to look like Wrestling/HulkHogan (mostly the [=nWo=] version). This makes things even MORE confusing when Bass's daughter Tina ends up resembling Hogan's (decidedly NON-wrestling) daughter Brooke. Given that Brooke was 8 the year the first game came out it's safe to assume Tina was not based on her.
** Zack is clearly based on Dennis Rodman.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal''
** The President is a furry UsefulNotes/BillClinton.
** [[EvilDiva Courtney Gears]] is a robotic stand-in for Music/BritneySpears, who sings songs about [[KillAllHumans killing all organic life forms]] to a [[LyricalDissonance catchy pop beat]].
* The Radical Entertainment games in the ''Franchise/CrashBandicoot'' series does this a lot: Crunch Bandicoot is Creator/MrT, Doctor N. Gin is Creator/PeterLorre (although it can be argued he was based on Lorre to begin with), Tiny Tiger is Mike Tyson, the Ratnicians are an army of Jerry Lewises, Chick Gizzard Lips is Howard Cosell, and some of the Park Drones consist of Andrew Dice Clay, Creator/BorisKarloff, W.C. Fields, and Charlton Heston.
* The BigBad in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} 3'' bears a striking resemblance (both physically ''and'' in voice) to Sir Creator/AnthonyHopkins. In particular, to Hopkins playing [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]]...
** Now that you mention it, the big bad from the first ''Doom'' game looks oddly like John Romero.
*** You are actually referring to the Big Bad from ''Doom 2''.
* Many fans suspect Alexandra Chilton from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' is a thinly veiled parody of Paris Hilton...
* Creator/LindseyLohan sued Rockstar, claiming that the actress Lacey Jonas in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' was a caricature of her.
* ''Photograph Boy'', an obscure PC-Engine side-scroller from 1989. It has lots of these cameos, including Music/{{Madonna}} and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.
* In the fantasy game ''VideoGame/{{Alundra}}'', there is a character named Jaylen who resembles Jay Leno and has a similar taste in cars.
* In ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R.]]'', there is a character named Norton Mapes who is clearly based on the late great Creator/JohnCandy.
** [[http://highres.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/180px-norton-mapes.jpg Or]] [[http://dcairns.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/harry.jpg Harry Knowles]]...
* ''Emily Enough'' features a very, very blatant No Celebrities Were Harmed version of Ed Gein -- the description of his career as a serial killer is lifted word-for-word from accounts of Gein. [[spoiler: In one of the game's more disturbing puzzles, you have to skin an old lady alive so he can wear her skin.]]
* Are you sure that ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' didn't name its muscular baseball hero "Hulk Bryman" to avoid a lawsuit from Barry Bonds?
-->'''Hulk:''' "[[CatchPhrase You bet, kid!]]"
* The ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' series features several, most prominently in the fourth game, which was the first to feature voice acting. The farmers sound like Creator/JackNicholson, Dennis Hopper, and Rodney Dangerfield, The Chief Thief sounds like Creator/PeterLorre and so forth.
** In the second game, there are several appearances by the Marx Brothers, most notably Groucho Marx as Ali Fakir, the used saurus salesman.
** The third game throws in ''Series/SanfordAndSon''.
** Both the second and fifth games in the series feature another Creator/PeterLorre-based character named Ugarte (it's much more obvious in the fifth game.)
** The first game threw in Film/TheThreeStooges as brigands.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': Liu Kang is Creator/BruceLee. Johnny Cage is Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme. Sonya is Cynthia Rothrock.
** Johnny is even moreso based off of Creator/NicolasCage. His profile in earlier games bore the likeness of Mr. Cage and Johnny's real name is even Jonathan Carlton (similar to how the other Cage's real name is Nicolas Coppola).
** Also, the makers of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat2'' had once considered adding another female kombatant who was based on kickboxing champion Kathy Long, but she ended up not making the final cut.
* Nearly every fighting game has a Creator/BruceLee [[BruceLeeClone character]]. ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur]]''[='s=] Maxi, ''Franchise/MortalKombat''[='=]s Liu Kang, ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''[='=]s Marshall Law, ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''' Jon Talbain, ''Franchise/StreetFighter''[='=]s Fei Long, etc.
* The DS remakes of the ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' games featured new character artwork. Alena, rechristened a "Tsarevna" (Russian princess), and coming from a FantasyCounterpartCulture Russia, bears a striking resemblance to Tsarevna Anastasia Romanov. [[spoiler:Considering what happens to her father's kingdom, it's rather appropriate.]]
* Konami's 1991 arcade game ''VideoGame/{{Vendetta}}'' is possibly the only beat-em-up in which you can fight crime as Mike Tyson (Blood), Hulk Hogan (Hawk), Jean Claude Van Damme (Boomer), or even Mr. T (Sledge.)
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' featured characters named 'Juan Cruz' and 'Viki Goldstein' in the 'Hubologist' base, although they insist that any resemblance to persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
** For those playing at home, they "coincidentally" resemble Creator/TomCruise, Creator/NicoleKidman, and Scientology, respectively.
** The same game also had a big black boxing champion nicknamed "The Masticator", who could bite off your ear during a boxing match against him.
* ''VideoGame/GrandChase'''s final (as of Season 2, has now been removed for Season 3) PVE mission ([[SpeedRun finishing Xenia Frontier's Red and Violet forests on 3 star-difficulty under 15 minutes]]) has you trying to beat the dungeon-clearing record of one Franchise/{{Indiana|Jones}} [[Creator/HarrisonFord Ford]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Aion}}'', characters Ascend from being ordinary 'humans', becoming Daeva; in the main city for each race, players will find {{N|onPlayerCharacter}}PCs labeled as "Daeva of ..." for various things -- Intuition, Song, etc. One of the two Asmodai Daevas of Cooking is named 'Batali'.
* Bill and Lance in the original ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' were blatantly based on Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger and Creator/SylvesterStallone. The backstory of ''Shattered Soldier'' echoes ''Film/DemolitionMan'' (which itself featured Stallone). Bill is accused of murdering his partner and causing "calamity on a global scale" with a superweapon, and is sentenced to HumanPopsicle prison, but is temporarily thawed to take down his old partner turned nemesis since he is the only one powerful enough for the task.
* The MadScientist Dr. Eggman in ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' is a parody of Creator/TheodoreRoosevelt.
* The Natsume NES game ''S.C.A.T.'' is a side-scrolling shoot-em-up starring Arnold and Sigourney (as in Schwarzenegger and Weaver, they weren't even clever enough to come up with original names).
* Chuck Downfield, the annoying announcer of ''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Football]]'', was definitely based off of John Madden.
* In ''VideoGame/TheSims 3'', your Sim can read a newspaper story about a director based on Creator/MichaelBay wanting to make a movie in Sim City. It mentions that the director said his movie was about "A guy blowing up city hall, then a car chase, then, wait for it, a fight on the beach. All in my trademark crazy shaky camera."
* Flynn, the protagonist of forgettable first-person-shooter ''Devastation'', looks much like Music/{{Eminem}}.
* Apart from the "Bruce Lee as Marshall Law" example above, ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' series have more not-celebrities: Raven is based on Wesley Snipes (in a weird mash-up of his ''Film/DemolitionMan'' and ''Film/{{Blade}}'' movie personas), Craig Marduk is the actor/wrestler Nathan Jones, and Lei Wulong is Creator/JackieChan, to name just a few.
* Patch 3.3 of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' introduced [[Music/JamesBrown Bronjahm, the Godfather of Souls]]. To further cement the reference, his loot includes such items as [[http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50316 Papa's Brand New Bag]], [[http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50196 Love's Prisoner]], and [[http://www.wowhead.com/?item=49788 Cold Sweat Grips]].
** ''[=WoW=]'' has more than a few as {{Shout Out}}s, however most notable is Archaeologist Creator/{{Harrison|Ford}} [[Franchise/IndianaJones Jones]]. He started out as a JokeCharacter who was [[BoomHeadshot chump killed]] at the gates of Zul'Aman. However he somehow didn't die and turned up fighting snakes in a tomb in the Grizzly Hills zone. In the new ''Cataclysm'' expansion he has a prominent role as a quest giver in the Uldum zone, complete with multiple {{Shout Out}}s and {{lampshade|Hanging}}s to go round in respect to all four Indy films.
** In addition to those, we also have [[Creator/ParisHilton Haris Pilton]] (pictured), Ricole Nichie, and even ''Creator/ChuckNorris'' (pending as of November 2011 though).
* The fighting game ''Battle K-Road'' is a rather blatant example, featuring [[Creator/SylvesterStallone Wolf]] alongside [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger T-8P]] (who also has a [[PaletteSwap Head Swap]] in the form of [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} D-9P]]).
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
** Wobbuffet is partly based on the late Japanese comedian Sanpei Hayashiya, whose trademark was putting his hand to his forehead while saying: "sō na-n-su, okusan" or, in English, "That's the way it is, ma'am". Sonansu, as Wobbuffet is called in Japanese, is often shown putting its hand to its forehead.
** The character Looker in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Platinum]]'' is apparently based on Creator/DavidTennant, and even dresses the same as the [[Series/DoctorWho Tenth Doctor]].
** Elesa in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' is apparently based on Music/LadyGaga.
* Vasu the ring appraiser from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'' also appers to be based on a Japanese comedian, Igari Shopan, whose most famous act was dressing up as an Arabian snake charmer.
* ''VideoGame/TimeSplitters'': Sgt Cortez channels VinDiesel.
* ''Lost in Nightmare'': Jill looks a lot like Sarah Conner. In TheRemake of the original, Jill had a Sarah Conner-ish outfit as an unlockable.
* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' series
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' : Albert Wesker not only has moves and clothes ripped right out of ''Film/TheMatrix'' but also has the mannerisms of the T-1000 from ''Terminator 2''. If you shoot him and he dodges, many times he will wag his finger at you like the T-1000 did to Sarah Conner near the end.
** In the original version of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica''. Steve Burnside also resembles Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio. His hairstyle was changed in ''Code Veronica: X'' to something more like Leon's.
*** Leon himself also resembles and is probably named after [=DiCaprio=]. Claire Redfield's name may also be a reference to Claire Danes, [=DiCaprio=]'s co-star in ''[[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Romeo + Juliet]]''.
** Some of the characters in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak'' bear a certain resemblance to famous actors, especially the police officer who looks like Tom Cruise.
** From the remake of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' onwards, Jill's appearance has been based on Canadian actress Julia Voth.
** Rebecca Chambers has been based on Japanese singer Music/AyumiHamasaki, who was actually the spokesperson for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil0'' in Japan. She didn't provide the voice as the games always feature English voice acting. Although Sheva Alomar's motion capture was based on her voice actress Karen Dyer, Sheva's facial expressions were based on model Michelle Van Der Water.
* Kate Green in ''VideoGame/TheHouseOfTheDead 4'' looks blatantly similar to [[Music/BlackEyedPeas Fergie]].
** ''VideoGame/TheHouseOfTheDeadOverkill'' Isaac Washington is, for all intents and purposes, an Expy of Creator/SamuelLJackson.
* Sgt Stacker ([[TheDanza voiced by Pete Stacker]]) in the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series is reminiscent of R. Lee Ermey.
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' with 'The King' and his gang 'The Kings' who all dress like Elvis Presley. The King in particular though, as he even speaks in the same fashion as Elvis did. This is a subversion, however, as the Kings operate out of 'The King's School of Impersonation', a 50s drama school to teach people to act, dress, and speak like Elvis. Using the materials from the school, The Kings built their identity around the legendary figure.
** The explanation for why no one mentions the name of the figure the school was about? By the time the King (the gang leader) got there, the surviving materials all referred to the figure simply as 'the King'.
* Jennifer Simpson from ''VideoGame/ClockTower'' was modeled after Creator/JenniferConnelly, who also starred in the Creator/DarioArgento movie (''Film/{{Phenomena}}'') that inspired the game.
* The designers created draft classes from scratch, often tossing in high-profile players still in college whose names and images they couldn't legally use. Like a scrambling QB from Florida named "Tim Tribow".
* In the first two ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games, the creator of the Demon Summoning Program is a crippled genius by the name of Steven who looks suspiciously like StephenHawking.
** He returns in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'', with his name this time officially localized as Stephen instead of using the fan translated Steven. Yeah, not Stephen Hawking at all.
* In the Spanish localization of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', Rawk Hawk is renamed [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hawk Hogan]].
* ''VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry'' features the "Raptor News Network" and Bob Barbas, parodies of FoxNewsChannel and Bill O'Reilly.
* ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing]]'' features Disney/WreckItRalph. His voice in the game dosn't sound like Creator/JohnCReilly. He's voiced by Brian T. Delaney in this game, as well as in the ''Wreck-It Ralph'' Wii game.
* The President in ''VideoGame/SilentScope EX'' is a lookalike of George W. Bush.
* Prolific horror novelist [[SignificantMonogram Sam Krieg]] in ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' is pretty obviously supposed to be Creator/StephenKing.
** Illuminati handler Kirsten Geary is likewise Creator/LadyGaga.
* The President in ''VideoGame/{{Vanquish}}'' is fairly clearly modeled on Hillary Clinton.
* In the ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' AdventureGame ''Shadow of the Comet'', many of the character portraits are based on famous folks such as Vincent Price, Jack Nicholson, Tor Johnson, Sean Connery, and even H.P. Lovecraft.
* ''Mystery Trackers: The Void'' centered on the mysterious disappearance of three fairly famous people, one of whom was horror novelist "Kevin Sting."
* ''Tinseltown Dreams: The 50s'' is a match-3 game that involves earning money for actors, directors and so on in order to film several different types of movies. As such, it's filled with almost-recognizable names such as actresses "Grace Kelleher" and "Marylou Monroe."
* Many ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fans can clearly tell that Demyx is a spoof of, [[SarcasmMode you guessed it]], Music/DavidBowie.
* The main character of ''Videogame/DestroyAllHumans'' is an alien who talks like Creator/JackNicholson. In the third game, an actual parody of Nicholson appears, with Crypto [[HypocriticalHumor complaining how annoying his voice is]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Robopon}}'', the entire Macroworld/Waffle section of Ring and Cross is chock-full of this. Mr. Waffle is a washed-up computer maker, who was put out of business when a fire consumed his headquarters, Waffle Tower, twenty years ago. Now, his rival Mr. Gait has taken over the market with Macrosoft computers. Things get nasty when you learn that he sabotaged Waffle in order to facilitate his little takeover....
** Also note that Gait uses Robopon called X-Dog and I-80. Neither of them are terribly good.
* In ''VideoGame/LEGOMinifiguresOnline'', the Movie Starlet looks a lot like Marilyn Monroe.
* President Winters in ''VideoGame/{{Vanquish}}'' is quite clearly based on Hilary Clinton. ''[[http://images.popmatters.com/blog_art/w/winters_standing.png Quite]]'' clearly.
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* The original ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania|I}}'' for the NES end credits: "Mix Schrecks, Vram Stoker, [[Creator/BelaLugosi Belo Lugosi]], Trance Fischer, Creator/{{Boris Karloff}}ice, etc." The hero himself is credited as "Simon [[JeanPaulBelmondo Belmondo]]" instead of the Anglicized spelling of "Simon Belmont" used in the manual.
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': The default male face of Shepard is based on Dutch model Mark Vanderloo.
* The original ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' featured a cover artwork that was obviously traced from a publicity still of Michael Biehn in ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''.
** The original [=MSX2=] release of ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake'' featured character portraits obviously ripped from actual photographs of celebrities (notably with Solid Snake as Creator/MelGibson, Grey Fox as Tom Berenger, Roy Campbell as Richard Crenna, and Big Boss as Creator/SeanConnery). These were changed to Shinkawa-style portraits in later releases to avoid any potential likeness infringement.
** In the original ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', Solid Snake is (according to Yoji Shinkawa's own admission) a combination of Christopher Walken's face on Jean-Claude Van Damme's body.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' features a CIA director who is clearly meant to be a stand-in for John [=McCone=] (the real DCI at the time), but is never addressed by his name. This was likely done to avoid defaming [=McCone's=] person postmortem (since it wouldn't have sat well with [=McCone=]'s family to depict him as a solicitor for murder), while at the same time maintaining the game's historical setting.
* Billy from ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' and ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' is based on [[Music/GunsNRoses Axl Rose]], with his original design from ''Fatal Fury 2''-''KOF '95'' taking cues from former English pro-wrestler Dynamite Kid.
* Similarly, Axl Low from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is a laid-back British clone of Axl Rose.
* In addition, the minor character Eagle from the original ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' was retconned into a clone of Freddie Mercury when he reappeared in ''Capcom vs. SNK 2''.
** And of course there's Balrog (or rather M. Bison in the Japanese version), whose source of inspiration is rather obvious....
** Alex from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' acts as something of a Wrestling/HulkHogan homage, complete with a special intro pose with Hugo imitating the legendary match between Hogan and Andre. Hugo in turn is a renamed Andore from ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', who is ''blatantly'' based on Wrestling/AndreTheGiant.
** ''Final Fight'' also had two enemy bikers named Axl and Slash modeled after their Music/GunsNRoses counterpart, while Poison's and Roxy's [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute replacements]] in the [=SNES=] version, Billy and Sid, are obvious references to Billy Idol and Sid Vicious.
** Abel from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' bares a noticeable resemblance with MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko.
** Crimson Viper from the same game is essentially Creator/AngelinaJolie with CoolShades.
* Max Morgan from ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' is another fairly obvious {{Expy}} of the Hulkster.
** With his first name and his [[{{Acrofatic}} large yet surprisingly agile]] build, it's safe to call Sammo Hakka an expy of SammoHung.
* The incarnation of the Riddler seen in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' is based, most notably in his file picture, on Creator/NeilPatrickHarris.
* In ''VideoGame/GodHand'' the cast of supporting characters includes a casino bouncer who looks like ArnoldSchwarzenegger, an Afro-haired Kung-Fu master based on Film/BlackBeltJones and a Zebra-themed masked wrestler who fights just like [[Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling Giant Baba]]. Shannon has sometimes been interpreted as a caricature of Creator/ParisHilton.
* ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' based its cast largely around this trope, with a touch of justified AnachronismStew (the plot involves a time machine). Dragon was a BruceLeeClone, while pro wrestler Muscle Power was an amazingly blatant steal of Wrestling/HulkHogan. Some of this was softened in the second game (Muscle Power, for example, lost his facial hair).
** Hanzo = Hanzo Hattori, Fuuma = Fuma Kotaro, Janne = JoanOfArc, Jengis/Julius Carn = GenghisKhan, Erick = Erik The Red, Ryoko = Ryoko Tamura (later Tani), Jack = JackTheRipper, Johnny Maximum = Joe Montana. Ryofu (Japanese translation of Lu Bu), Captain Kidd, Rasputin, and Gokuu are self-explanatory. It's not clear who Shura is. Brocken is Brocken Jr. from ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'', Neo-Dio is the title character from ''Baoh the Visitor'', and Zeus is [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Raoh]]. Only Neo Gee Gus and Mudman aren't based on anyone.
*** Isn't Neo Geegus a T-1000 from Terminator?
* Perhaps the ultimate in use of this trope is the long-lived ''VideoGame/FireProWrestling'' series, where every wrestler in the game is a renamed version of an actual professional wrestler. There are ''over one hundred wrestlers'' in the latest one.
** The last one, ''Fire Pro Wrestling RETURNS'' for the [=PS2=], contains over 350 wrestlers...and every single one of them is a rename (and some are recolors) of a real-life wrestler (many of them are just more "obscure" ones that casual US wrestling fans won't recognize).
* The NES game ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'' features a character called Wink Smiley, who is a talk show host clearly based on Jay Leno. He looks exactly like a young Jay and even has Jay's chin.
* Quite a few male characters in video games resemble Music/DavidBowie, including Raziel from the ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' games, and even the Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Zangoose, which has an Aladdin Sane lightning bolt-esque design on one side of its face.
** Just look here: http://www.videogamelookalikes.com/
** Emperor Mateus Palmecia from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' GREATLY resembles Bowie's character Jareth from ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''. His English voice actor evidently picked up on this, as his performance is very similar to Bowie's. Plus, there's the fact that his gameplay in ''Dissidia'' is based entirely around setting up traps.
*** Speaking of ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Squall's]] appearance was based on popular J-Rock artist {{Gackt}}.
*** Either that, or Squall was based on River Phoenix. They even have the same birthday (August 23).
*** It was in fact River Phoenix. [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h1TX-20-4MM/TJ-T3cNYOgI/AAAAAAAADRI/iRKMh2B8iNw/s1600/squall_river_comparison.jpg Squall is even clearly made to look like River]]. The Gackt myth came from Gackt once mentioning he played the game and renamed Squall after himself.
*** Also from VIII, Cid greatly resembles Creator/RobinWilliams.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI's'' [[{{Woolseyism}} SNES English localization]] made the Dream monsters of the original Japanese version into [[Film/TheThreeStooges The Dream Stooges]], complete with actual names. This trope was put into greater effect in the Advance remake, in which the stooges' names were distorted, but still obvious.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' and [[ScaryBlackMan Barret]], who is remarkably similar to Creator/MrT.
** Genesis Rhapsodos of the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' ExpandedUniverse is ''exactly'' modelled after Gackt, to the point of [[InkSuitActor Gackt voicing him in Japanese]].
** If Raphael from ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur II]]'' and ''III'' doesn't look like Music/DavidBowie, I don't know who the hell does (Mr. Bowie excluded). It's been way toned down in ''SCIV'', though, in part because Raphael is now much buffer.
* El Blaze from ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' greatly resembles WWE {{professional wrestl|ing}}er Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}}.
* ''Franchise/DeadOrAlive''
** Bass Armstrong looks like Wrestling/ScottSteiner but is modeled after [[Wrestling/StanHansen Stan "The Lariat" Hansen]] (as was "Macho" Mike Haggar from ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' and ''VideoGame/SaturdayNightSlamMasters''; in fact, many Japanese-made wrestling game main characters that people confused for Hogan analogues were actually based off of Hansen) and made to look like Wrestling/HulkHogan (mostly the [=nWo=] version). This makes things even MORE confusing when Bass's daughter Tina ends up resembling Hogan's (decidedly NON-wrestling) daughter Brooke. Given that Brooke was 8 the year the first game came out it's safe to assume Tina was not based on her.
** Zack is clearly based on Dennis Rodman.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal''
** The President is a furry UsefulNotes/BillClinton.
** [[EvilDiva Courtney Gears]] is a robotic stand-in for Music/BritneySpears, who sings songs about [[KillAllHumans killing all organic life forms]] to a [[LyricalDissonance catchy pop beat]].
* The Radical Entertainment games in the ''Franchise/CrashBandicoot'' series does this a lot: Crunch Bandicoot is Creator/MrT, Doctor N. Gin is Creator/PeterLorre (although it can be argued he was based on Lorre to begin with), Tiny Tiger is Mike Tyson, the Ratnicians are an army of Jerry Lewises, Chick Gizzard Lips is Howard Cosell, and some of the Park Drones consist of Andrew Dice Clay, Creator/BorisKarloff, W.C. Fields, and Charlton Heston.
* The BigBad in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} 3'' bears a striking resemblance (both physically ''and'' in voice) to Sir Creator/AnthonyHopkins. In particular, to Hopkins playing [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]]...
** Now that you mention it, the big bad from the first ''Doom'' game looks oddly like John Romero.
*** You are actually referring to the Big Bad from ''Doom 2''.
* Many fans suspect Alexandra Chilton from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' is a thinly veiled parody of Paris Hilton...
* Creator/LindseyLohan sued Rockstar, claiming that the actress Lacey Jonas in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' was a caricature of her.
* ''Photograph Boy'', an obscure PC-Engine side-scroller from 1989. It has lots of these cameos, including Music/{{Madonna}} and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.
* In the fantasy game ''VideoGame/{{Alundra}}'', there is a character named Jaylen who resembles Jay Leno and has a similar taste in cars.
* In ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R.]]'', there is a character named Norton Mapes who is clearly based on the late great Creator/JohnCandy.
** [[http://highres.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/180px-norton-mapes.jpg Or]] [[http://dcairns.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/harry.jpg Harry Knowles]]...
* ''Emily Enough'' features a very, very blatant No Celebrities Were Harmed version of Ed Gein -- the description of his career as a serial killer is lifted word-for-word from accounts of Gein. [[spoiler: In one of the game's more disturbing puzzles, you have to skin an old lady alive so he can wear her skin.]]
* Are you sure that ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' didn't name its muscular baseball hero "Hulk Bryman" to avoid a lawsuit from Barry Bonds?
-->'''Hulk:''' "[[CatchPhrase You bet, kid!]]"
* The ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' series features several, most prominently in the fourth game, which was the first to feature voice acting. The farmers sound like Creator/JackNicholson, Dennis Hopper, and Rodney Dangerfield, The Chief Thief sounds like Creator/PeterLorre and so forth.
** In the second game, there are several appearances by the Marx Brothers, most notably Groucho Marx as Ali Fakir, the used saurus salesman.
** The third game throws in ''Series/SanfordAndSon''.
** Both the second and fifth games in the series feature another Creator/PeterLorre-based character named Ugarte (it's much more obvious in the fifth game.)
** The first game threw in Film/TheThreeStooges as brigands.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': Liu Kang is Creator/BruceLee. Johnny Cage is Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme. Sonya is Cynthia Rothrock.
** Johnny is even moreso based off of Creator/NicolasCage. His profile in earlier games bore the likeness of Mr. Cage and Johnny's real name is even Jonathan Carlton (similar to how the other Cage's real name is Nicolas Coppola).
** Also, the makers of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat2'' had once considered adding another female kombatant who was based on kickboxing champion Kathy Long, but she ended up not making the final cut.
* Nearly every fighting game has a Creator/BruceLee [[BruceLeeClone character]]. ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur]]''[='s=] Maxi, ''Franchise/MortalKombat''[='=]s Liu Kang, ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''[='=]s Marshall Law, ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''' Jon Talbain, ''Franchise/StreetFighter''[='=]s Fei Long, etc.
* The DS remakes of the ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' games featured new character artwork. Alena, rechristened a "Tsarevna" (Russian princess), and coming from a FantasyCounterpartCulture Russia, bears a striking resemblance to Tsarevna Anastasia Romanov. [[spoiler:Considering what happens to her father's kingdom, it's rather appropriate.]]
* Konami's 1991 arcade game ''VideoGame/{{Vendetta}}'' is possibly the only beat-em-up in which you can fight crime as Mike Tyson (Blood), Hulk Hogan (Hawk), Jean Claude Van Damme (Boomer), or even Mr. T (Sledge.)
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' featured characters named 'Juan Cruz' and 'Viki Goldstein' in the 'Hubologist' base, although they insist that any resemblance to persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
** For those playing at home, they "coincidentally" resemble Creator/TomCruise, Creator/NicoleKidman, and Scientology, respectively.
** The same game also had a big black boxing champion nicknamed "The Masticator", who could bite off your ear during a boxing match against him.
* ''VideoGame/GrandChase'''s final (as of Season 2, has now been removed for Season 3) PVE mission ([[SpeedRun finishing Xenia Frontier's Red and Violet forests on 3 star-difficulty under 15 minutes]]) has you trying to beat the dungeon-clearing record of one Franchise/{{Indiana|Jones}} [[Creator/HarrisonFord Ford]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Aion}}'', characters Ascend from being ordinary 'humans', becoming Daeva; in the main city for each race, players will find {{N|onPlayerCharacter}}PCs labeled as "Daeva of ..." for various things -- Intuition, Song, etc. One of the two Asmodai Daevas of Cooking is named 'Batali'.
* Bill and Lance in the original ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' were blatantly based on Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger and Creator/SylvesterStallone. The backstory of ''Shattered Soldier'' echoes ''Film/DemolitionMan'' (which itself featured Stallone). Bill is accused of murdering his partner and causing "calamity on a global scale" with a superweapon, and is sentenced to HumanPopsicle prison, but is temporarily thawed to take down his old partner turned nemesis since he is the only one powerful enough for the task.
* The MadScientist Dr. Eggman in ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' is a parody of Creator/TheodoreRoosevelt.
* The Natsume NES game ''S.C.A.T.'' is a side-scrolling shoot-em-up starring Arnold and Sigourney (as in Schwarzenegger and Weaver, they weren't even clever enough to come up with original names).
* Chuck Downfield, the annoying announcer of ''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Football]]'', was definitely based off of John Madden.
* In ''VideoGame/TheSims 3'', your Sim can read a newspaper story about a director based on Creator/MichaelBay wanting to make a movie in Sim City. It mentions that the director said his movie was about "A guy blowing up city hall, then a car chase, then, wait for it, a fight on the beach. All in my trademark crazy shaky camera."
* Flynn, the protagonist of forgettable first-person-shooter ''Devastation'', looks much like Music/{{Eminem}}.
* Apart from the "Bruce Lee as Marshall Law" example above, ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' series have more not-celebrities: Raven is based on Wesley Snipes (in a weird mash-up of his ''Film/DemolitionMan'' and ''Film/{{Blade}}'' movie personas), Craig Marduk is the actor/wrestler Nathan Jones, and Lei Wulong is Creator/JackieChan, to name just a few.
* Patch 3.3 of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' introduced [[Music/JamesBrown Bronjahm, the Godfather of Souls]]. To further cement the reference, his loot includes such items as [[http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50316 Papa's Brand New Bag]], [[http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50196 Love's Prisoner]], and [[http://www.wowhead.com/?item=49788 Cold Sweat Grips]].
** ''[=WoW=]'' has more than a few as {{Shout Out}}s, however most notable is Archaeologist Creator/{{Harrison|Ford}} [[Franchise/IndianaJones Jones]]. He started out as a JokeCharacter who was [[BoomHeadshot chump killed]] at the gates of Zul'Aman. However he somehow didn't die and turned up fighting snakes in a tomb in the Grizzly Hills zone. In the new ''Cataclysm'' expansion he has a prominent role as a quest giver in the Uldum zone, complete with multiple {{Shout Out}}s and {{lampshade|Hanging}}s to go round in respect to all four Indy films.
** In addition to those, we also have [[Creator/ParisHilton Haris Pilton]] (pictured), Ricole Nichie, and even ''Creator/ChuckNorris'' (pending as of November 2011 though).
* The fighting game ''Battle K-Road'' is a rather blatant example, featuring [[Creator/SylvesterStallone Wolf]] alongside [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger T-8P]] (who also has a [[PaletteSwap Head Swap]] in the form of [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} D-9P]]).
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
** Wobbuffet is partly based on the late Japanese comedian Sanpei Hayashiya, whose trademark was putting his hand to his forehead while saying: "sō na-n-su, okusan" or, in English, "That's the way it is, ma'am". Sonansu, as Wobbuffet is called in Japanese, is often shown putting its hand to its forehead.
** The character Looker in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Platinum]]'' is apparently based on Creator/DavidTennant, and even dresses the same as the [[Series/DoctorWho Tenth Doctor]].
** Elesa in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' is apparently based on Music/LadyGaga.
* Vasu the ring appraiser from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'' also appers to be based on a Japanese comedian, Igari Shopan, whose most famous act was dressing up as an Arabian snake charmer.
* ''VideoGame/TimeSplitters'': Sgt Cortez channels VinDiesel.
* ''Lost in Nightmare'': Jill looks a lot like Sarah Conner. In TheRemake of the original, Jill had a Sarah Conner-ish outfit as an unlockable.
* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' series
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' : Albert Wesker not only has moves and clothes ripped right out of ''Film/TheMatrix'' but also has the mannerisms of the T-1000 from ''Terminator 2''. If you shoot him and he dodges, many times he will wag his finger at you like the T-1000 did to Sarah Conner near the end.
** In the original version of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica''. Steve Burnside also resembles Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio. His hairstyle was changed in ''Code Veronica: X'' to something more like Leon's.
*** Leon himself also resembles and is probably named after [=DiCaprio=]. Claire Redfield's name may also be a reference to Claire Danes, [=DiCaprio=]'s co-star in ''[[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Romeo + Juliet]]''.
** Some of the characters in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak'' bear a certain resemblance to famous actors, especially the police officer who looks like Tom Cruise.
** From the remake of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' onwards, Jill's appearance has been based on Canadian actress Julia Voth.
** Rebecca Chambers has been based on Japanese singer Music/AyumiHamasaki, who was actually the spokesperson for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil0'' in Japan. She didn't provide the voice as the games always feature English voice acting. Although Sheva Alomar's motion capture was based on her voice actress Karen Dyer, Sheva's facial expressions were based on model Michelle Van Der Water.
* Kate Green in ''VideoGame/TheHouseOfTheDead 4'' looks blatantly similar to [[Music/BlackEyedPeas Fergie]].
** ''VideoGame/TheHouseOfTheDeadOverkill'' Isaac Washington is, for all intents and purposes, an Expy of Creator/SamuelLJackson.
* Sgt Stacker ([[TheDanza voiced by Pete Stacker]]) in the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series is reminiscent of R. Lee Ermey.
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' with 'The King' and his gang 'The Kings' who all dress like Elvis Presley. The King in particular though, as he even speaks in the same fashion as Elvis did. This is a subversion, however, as the Kings operate out of 'The King's School of Impersonation', a 50s drama school to teach people to act, dress, and speak like Elvis. Using the materials from the school, The Kings built their identity around the legendary figure.
** The explanation for why no one mentions the name of the figure the school was about? By the time the King (the gang leader) got there, the surviving materials all referred to the figure simply as 'the King'.
* Jennifer Simpson from ''VideoGame/ClockTower'' was modeled after Creator/JenniferConnelly, who also starred in the Creator/DarioArgento movie (''Film/{{Phenomena}}'') that inspired the game.
* The designers created draft classes from scratch, often tossing in high-profile players still in college whose names and images they couldn't legally use. Like a scrambling QB from Florida named "Tim Tribow".
* In the first two ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games, the creator of the Demon Summoning Program is a crippled genius by the name of Steven who looks suspiciously like StephenHawking.
** He returns in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'', with his name this time officially localized as Stephen instead of using the fan translated Steven. Yeah, not Stephen Hawking at all.
* In the Spanish localization of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', Rawk Hawk is renamed [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hawk Hogan]].
* ''VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry'' features the "Raptor News Network" and Bob Barbas, parodies of FoxNewsChannel and Bill O'Reilly.
* ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing]]'' features Disney/WreckItRalph. His voice in the game dosn't sound like Creator/JohnCReilly. He's voiced by Brian T. Delaney in this game, as well as in the ''Wreck-It Ralph'' Wii game.
* The President in ''VideoGame/SilentScope EX'' is a lookalike of George W. Bush.
* Prolific horror novelist [[SignificantMonogram Sam Krieg]] in ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' is pretty obviously supposed to be Creator/StephenKing.
** Illuminati handler Kirsten Geary is likewise Creator/LadyGaga.
* The President in ''VideoGame/{{Vanquish}}'' is fairly clearly modeled on Hillary Clinton.
* In the ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' AdventureGame ''Shadow of the Comet'', many of the character portraits are based on famous folks such as Vincent Price, Jack Nicholson, Tor Johnson, Sean Connery, and even H.P. Lovecraft.
* ''Mystery Trackers: The Void'' centered on the mysterious disappearance of three fairly famous people, one of whom was horror novelist "Kevin Sting."
* ''Tinseltown Dreams: The 50s'' is a match-3 game that involves earning money for actors, directors and so on in order to film several different types of movies. As such, it's filled with almost-recognizable names such as actresses "Grace Kelleher" and "Marylou Monroe."
* Many ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fans can clearly tell that Demyx is a spoof of, [[SarcasmMode you guessed it]], Music/DavidBowie.
* The main character of ''Videogame/DestroyAllHumans'' is an alien who talks like Creator/JackNicholson. In the third game, an actual parody of Nicholson appears, with Crypto [[HypocriticalHumor complaining how annoying his voice is]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Robopon}}'', the entire Macroworld/Waffle section of Ring and Cross is chock-full of this. Mr. Waffle is a washed-up computer maker, who was put out of business when a fire consumed his headquarters, Waffle Tower, twenty years ago. Now, his rival Mr. Gait has taken over the market with Macrosoft computers. Things get nasty when you learn that he sabotaged Waffle in order to facilitate his little takeover....
** Also note that Gait uses Robopon called X-Dog and I-80. Neither of them are terribly good.
* In ''VideoGame/LEGOMinifiguresOnline'', the Movie Starlet looks a lot like Marilyn Monroe.
* President Winters in ''VideoGame/{{Vanquish}}'' is quite clearly based on Hilary Clinton. ''[[http://images.popmatters.com/blog_art/w/winters_standing.png Quite]]'' clearly.
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