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* ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'': The protagonists of the first two games in the trilogy are named [[VideoGame/EarthboundBeginnings Ninten]], after the company that published the game, and [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Ness]], an anagram for [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]. [[VideoGame/Mother3 Lucas]] is instead named after one of a pair of twins from the novel ''The Notebook'', which fits with his general dissimilarity to the two and the fact that his game is the only one that doesn't take place in America[=/=]{{Eagleland}}.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'': The protagonists of the first two games in the trilogy are named [[VideoGame/EarthboundBeginnings Ninten]], after the company that published the game, and [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Ness]], an anagram for [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]. [[VideoGame/Mother3 Lucas]] is instead named after one of a pair of twins from the novel ''The Notebook'', which fits with his general dissimilarity to the two and the fact that his game is the only one that doesn't take place in America[=/=]{{Eagleland}}.
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* The ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'' UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance trilogy is made up of games titled ''[[VideoGame/SpyroSeasonOfIce Season of Ice]]'', ''[[VideoGame/Spyro2SeasonOfFlame Season of Flame]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/SpyroAttackOfTheRhynocs Attack of the Rhynocs]]''. Supposedly, ''Attack of the Rhynocs'' was originally going to continue the trend by being titled ''Season of Wind''.
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* The ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'' UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance Platform/GameBoyAdvance trilogy is made up of games titled ''[[VideoGame/SpyroSeasonOfIce Season of Ice]]'', ''[[VideoGame/Spyro2SeasonOfFlame Season of Flame]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/SpyroAttackOfTheRhynocs Attack of the Rhynocs]]''. Supposedly, ''Attack of the Rhynocs'' was originally going to continue the trend by being titled ''Season of Wind''.
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* ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'': Most people in the Arni village have common Western names such as Serge, Marge, Leena, Miguel. Then there's Serge's father Wazuki [[spoiler: AKA Lynx]] who has a (rare but still realistic) ''Japanese'' name, ''WRITTEN IN KATAKANA''. Radius downplays the trope: his name isn't properly realistic in the West, but is Latin, not Japanese.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' has the Fire families of spells. Sure, Fireball / Firebane / Firebolt and Blaze / Blazemore / Blazemost follow a pattern, but Bang / Boom / Explodet? Its name was changed in the remakes to fit with the rest of spell names.
* In ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar'', most characters have unrealistic names that mean something in Tolkien's conlangs or are TranslationConvention for Westron and/or Rohirric. And then there's the protagonist Talion, whose name is Latin for "eye-for-an-eye" [[note]]Tolkien used Anglo-Saxon as translation for Rohirric and Old Norse as translation for Khudzul, but never Latin[[/note]]. And the "Blade of Galadriel" DLC takes this up a notch with the Nazgul sisters Riya and Yuka, whose names are actually JAPANESE [[note]]Tolkien rarely mentioned Easterlings by name, but the only one he did confirm was named Khamul, a clearly non-Japanese name[[/note]].
* ''VideoGame/OgreBattle'':
** ''VideoGame/TacticsOgre'' has the Foriner sisters: Selye, Shelley, Sisteena, and...Olivia.
** The series is named after songs by Queen (whom Yasumi Matsuno was a fan of): "Ogre Battle", "March of the Black Queen", "Let Us Cling Together" and "Person of Lordly Caliber". Except for one: "Knight of Lodis".
** ''VideoGame/TacticsOgre'' has the Foriner sisters: Selye, Shelley, Sisteena, and...Olivia.
** The series is named after songs by Queen (whom Yasumi Matsuno was a fan of): "Ogre Battle", "March of the Black Queen", "Let Us Cling Together" and "Person of Lordly Caliber". Except for one: "Knight of Lodis".
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** ''VideoGame/TacticsOgre'' has the Foriner sisters: Selye, Shelley, Sisteena, and...Olivia.
** The series is named after songs by Queen (whom Yasumi Matsuno was a fan of): "Ogre Battle", "March of the Black Queen", "Let Us Cling Together" and "Person of Lordly Caliber". Except for one: "Knight of Lodis".
** ''VideoGame/TacticsOgre'' has the Foriner sisters: Selye, Shelley, Sisteena, and...Olivia.
** The series is named after songs by Queen (whom Yasumi Matsuno was a fan of): "Ogre Battle", "March of the Black Queen", "Let Us Cling Together" and "Person of Lordly Caliber". Except for one: "Knight of Lodis".
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* ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders'': Most of the important characters' HumongousMecha are named after Egyptian deities, except for [[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Vic Viper]], which is the only one not powered by the {{Unobtainium}} known as Metatron.
* In ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar'', most characters have unrealistic names that mean something in Tolkien's conlangs or are TranslationConvention for Westron and/or Rohirric. And then there's the protagonist Talion, whose name is Latin for "eye-for-an-eye" [[note]]Tolkien used Anglo-Saxon as translation for Rohirric and Old Norse as translation for Khudzul, but never Latin[[/note]]. And the "Blade of Galadriel" DLC takes this up a notch with the Nazgul sisters Riya and Yuka, whose names are actually JAPANESE [[note]]Tolkien rarely mentioned Easterlings by name, but the only one he did confirm was named Khamul, a clearly non-Japanese name[[/note]].
* ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'': Most people in the Arni village have common Western names such as Serge, Marge, Leena, Miguel. Then there's Serge's father Wazuki [[spoiler: AKA Lynx]] who has a (rare but still realistic) ''Japanese'' name, ''WRITTEN IN KATAKANA''. Radius downplays the trope: his name isn't properly realistic in the West, but is Latin, not Japanese.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' has the Fire families of spells. Sure, Fireball / Firebane / Firebolt and Blaze / Blazemore / Blazemost follow a pattern, but Bang / Boom / Explodet? Its name was changed in the remakes to fit with the rest of spell names.
* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'': Most of the club leaders have {{Punny Name}}s relating to their club (e.g. Occult Club leader Oka Ruto= JapaneseRanguage for "occult"). The exceptions are Amai Odayaka, Kizana Sunobu (both of whom are among Yandere-chan's rivals), and Fureddo Jonezu (Fred Jones, as the [[BewareTheSillyOnes Photography Club]] are [[{{Expy}} expies]] of [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Mystery, Inc]]).
* In ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar'', most characters have unrealistic names that mean something in Tolkien's conlangs or are TranslationConvention for Westron and/or Rohirric. And then there's the protagonist Talion, whose name is Latin for "eye-for-an-eye" [[note]]Tolkien used Anglo-Saxon as translation for Rohirric and Old Norse as translation for Khudzul, but never Latin[[/note]]. And the "Blade of Galadriel" DLC takes this up a notch with the Nazgul sisters Riya and Yuka, whose names are actually JAPANESE [[note]]Tolkien rarely mentioned Easterlings by name, but the only one he did confirm was named Khamul, a clearly non-Japanese name[[/note]].
* ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'': Most people in the Arni village have common Western names such as Serge, Marge, Leena, Miguel. Then there's Serge's father Wazuki [[spoiler: AKA Lynx]] who has a (rare but still realistic) ''Japanese'' name, ''WRITTEN IN KATAKANA''. Radius downplays the trope: his name isn't properly realistic in the West, but is Latin, not Japanese.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' has the Fire families of spells. Sure, Fireball / Firebane / Firebolt and Blaze / Blazemore / Blazemost follow a pattern, but Bang / Boom / Explodet? Its name was changed in the remakes to fit with the rest of spell names.
* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'': Most of the club leaders have {{Punny Name}}s relating to their club (e.g. Occult Club leader Oka Ruto= JapaneseRanguage for "occult"). The exceptions are Amai Odayaka, Kizana Sunobu (both of whom are among Yandere-chan's rivals), and Fureddo Jonezu (Fred Jones, as the [[BewareTheSillyOnes Photography Club]] are [[{{Expy}} expies]] of [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Mystery, Inc]]).
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* In ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar'', most characters have unrealistic names that mean something in Tolkien's conlangs or are TranslationConvention for Westron and/or Rohirric. And then there's the protagonist Talion, whose name is Latin for "eye-for-an-eye" [[note]]Tolkien used Anglo-Saxon as translation for Rohirric and Old Norse as translation for Khudzul, but never Latin[[/note]]. And the "Blade of Galadriel" DLC takes this up a notch with the Nazgul sisters Riya and Yuka, whose names are actually JAPANESE [[note]]Tolkien rarely mentioned Easterlings by name, but the only one he did confirm was named Khamul, a clearly non-Japanese name[[/note]].
* ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'': Most people in the Arni village have common Western names such as Serge, Marge, Leena, Miguel. Then there's Serge's father Wazuki [[spoiler: AKA Lynx]] who has a (rare but still realistic) ''Japanese'' name, ''WRITTEN IN KATAKANA''. Radius downplays the trope: his name isn't properly realistic in the West, but is Latin, not Japanese.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' has the Fire families of spells. Sure, Fireball / Firebane / Firebolt and Blaze / Blazemore / Blazemost follow a pattern, but Bang / Boom / Explodet? Its name was changed in the remakes to fit with the rest of spell names.
* ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders'': Most of the important characters' HumongousMecha are named after Egyptian deities, except for [[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Vic Viper]], which is the only one not powered by the {{Unobtainium}} known as Metatron.
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* In ''VideoGame/GoodbyeVolcanoHigh'', Fang's name stands out against their family's traditional Arabic names (Naser, Sabah, Saeed, and Amal). This is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] due to "Fang" being their chosen name after transitioning to being nonbinary, and their deadname fits in with their family's names.
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* From ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreVIFiresOfRubicon'':
** Rokumonsen is the one AC pilot from the Rubicon Liberation Front who doesn't adhere to their finger-based naming scheme. This is because he's an independent mercenary who is only affiliated with them rather than a full member.
** Kate Markson stands out among literally everyone else in Rubicon as she goes only by a proper name instead of a call sign of some kind. Armored Core veterans will also note [[spoiler:that her naming style evokes [[ArmoredCoreMasterOfArena Lana Nielsen aka Nine-Ball]], with good reason as she's a proxy for ALLMIND]].
** Rokumonsen is the one AC pilot from the Rubicon Liberation Front who doesn't adhere to their finger-based naming scheme. This is because he's an independent mercenary who is only affiliated with them rather than a full member.
** Kate Markson stands out among literally everyone else in Rubicon as she goes only by a proper name instead of a call sign of some kind. Armored Core veterans will also note [[spoiler:that her naming style evokes [[ArmoredCoreMasterOfArena Lana Nielsen aka Nine-Ball]], with good reason as she's a proxy for ALLMIND]].
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* Two odd names in the six levels of ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}''- Insectia, Reptilia, '''Splot''', Quaria, '''Burrubs''', and Arachnia.
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* Two odd names in the six levels of ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}''- ''VideoGame/{{Bug|1995}}''- Insectia, Reptilia, '''Splot''', Quaria, '''Burrubs''', and Arachnia.
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* In ''Fair'' A. B. Astherton owns cats named Shelley, [[Creator/CharlesDickens Dickens]], [[Creator/VictorHugo Hugo]] and Mr. Wiggins.
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* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': Most FunnyAnimal characters have improper nouns for names, such as "Cream", "Sonic", "Silver", "Knuckles", and "Blaze". The obvious odd one out of the Classic characters is Amy Rose, who has a perfectly 'normal' sounding name. Typically only human characters have names like hers (for example, Maria Robotnik). Amy is also one of the few FunnyAnimal characters with a surname. Tails also counts, as his real name is the {{punny|Name}} but otherwise mundane "Miles Prower".
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* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': Most FunnyAnimal characters have improper nouns for names, such as "Cream", "Sonic", "Silver", "Knuckles", and "Blaze"."Blaze", usually followed by "the [Species]". The obvious odd one out of the Classic characters is Amy Rose, who has a perfectly 'normal' sounding name. Typically only human characters have names like hers (for example, Maria Robotnik). Amy is also one of the few FunnyAnimal characters with a surname. Tails also counts, as his real name is the {{punny|Name}} but otherwise mundane "Miles Prower".
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** Keldeo is the only member of the Swords of Justice whose name isn't based on a color and doesn't end with -ion.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'': The protagonists of the first two games in the trilogy are named [[VideoGame/EarthboundBeginnings Ninten]], after the company that published the game, and [[VideoGame/EarthBound Ness]], an anagram for [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]. [[VideoGame/Mother3 Lucas]] is instead named after one of a pair of twins from the novel ''The Notebook'', which fits with his general dissimilarity to the two and the fact that his game is the only one that doesn't take place in America[=/=]{{Eagleland}}.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'': The protagonists of the first two games in the trilogy are named [[VideoGame/EarthboundBeginnings Ninten]], after the company that published the game, and [[VideoGame/EarthBound [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Ness]], an anagram for [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]. [[VideoGame/Mother3 Lucas]] is instead named after one of a pair of twins from the novel ''The Notebook'', which fits with his general dissimilarity to the two and the fact that his game is the only one that doesn't take place in America[=/=]{{Eagleland}}.
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* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'': Most FunnyAnimal characters have such as "Cream", "Sonic", "Silver", "Knuckles", and "Blaze". The obvious odd one out of the Classic characters is Amy Rose, who has a perfectly 'normal' sounding name. Typically only human characters have names like hers (for example, Maria Robotnik). Amy is also one of the few FunnyAnimal characters with a surname. Tails also counts, as his real name is the {{punny|Name}} but otherwise mundane, "Miles Prower".
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* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'': ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': Most FunnyAnimal characters have improper nouns for names, such as "Cream", "Sonic", "Silver", "Knuckles", and "Blaze". The obvious odd one out of the Classic characters is Amy Rose, who has a perfectly 'normal' sounding name. Typically only human characters have names like hers (for example, Maria Robotnik). Amy is also one of the few FunnyAnimal characters with a surname. Tails also counts, as his real name is the {{punny|Name}} but otherwise mundane, mundane "Miles Prower".
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** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'' are the first games in the series to portray the Sheikah as a fullblown race and gives them all names that are based off of fruits, which makes Impa stick out like a sore thumb for the same reason as in ''A Link Between Worlds''.
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* ''Every single case'' in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series has the word "Turnabout" somewhere in the title... except for case 5 of the first game's remake, "Rise from the Ashes".
* In ''VideoGame/{{Annalynn}}'', the main character is pursued by four snakes that are {{exp|y}}ies of the ghosts from ''VideoGame/PacMan''. Their names are [[RhymeThemeNaming Randy, Handy, Candy,]] and Mike.
* ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine''/''VideoGame/BendyAndTheDarkRevival'': The members of the Butcher Gang are named Charley, Barley, Carley and Edgar. Averted with their ink incarnations, which are named Piper, Fisher, Striker and Slicer.
* The different playable characters in ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' are all named after biblical figures, except for four of the secret characters: [[MyNameIsQuestionMarks ???]], [[spoiler:The Lost]], [[spoiler:The Keeper]], and [[spoiler:The Forgotten]]. This is most likely because the other characters are Isaac pretending to be different Biblical characters, while the secret characters [[spoiler:are Isaac's body and soul after his suicide]].
* If you consider it part of the series due to being made by the same company with the same director and having very similar gameplay elements, then ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' is this to the "Souls" series of ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'', ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' and ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII''.
* Two odd names in the six levels of ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}''- Insectia, Reptilia, '''Splot''', Quaria, '''Burrubs''', and Arachnia.
* ''VideoGame/CubeColossus'': A.M.U-01 Azrael, for the Biblical Angel of Death, instead of something out of Norse Mythology like the other A.M.Us, Heimdall, Valkyrie, Odin, and Loki.
* The main protagonists in ''VideoGame/{{Daikatana}}'' are Hiro, Mikiko, and Superfly.
* ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' introduced the [[CouncilOfAngels Angiris Council]], consisting of Tyrael, Auriel, Malthael, Itherael, and... Imperius. This doubles as a MeaningfulName, since Imperius is a HolierThanThou BloodKnight compared to his fellow angels.
* ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' has a playable cast filled with [[MeaningfulName meaningful]] and [[PunnyName punny]] names. There's Serph (Surf, as in water, which is related to [[AnIcePerson ice]]), Heat ([[PlayingWithFire fire]]), Argilla (means "[[DishingOutDirt clay]]"), Gale ([[BlowYouAway wind]]), Cielo (means "[[ShockAndAwe sky]]")...and then there's Roland, whose name has absolutely nothing to do with [[ShockAndAwe lightning]]. Also a pretty outstanding case of AerithAndBob. [[spoiler:It makes slightly more sense when you remember that everyone in the playable cast except Roland are AIs, but then you find out the AIs are based on real people that actually had those names when they were alive, making it ''weirder.'' Even in this case, Gale's real self is called David Gale, an actual real-life name.]] In the novel Literature/QuantumDevilSagaAvatarTuner this trope is subverted: [[spoiler: Serph's real self is Shin Minase (Japanese), Heat is Kazuki Homura (German), Argilla's real self is Annabella di Fiori (Italian), Cielo's real self is Cielo Alondra (from Latin America). All of them are real-life names like Roland, even if they are still loosely tied to elements: Minase means "Ageless Water" in Japanese, Fiori (Italian for "flowers") relates to earth, and Cielo means "Sky" in both Italian and Spanish. The Odd Name Out in this case is Kazuki Homura, which would be a German name if it wasn't written in Kanji (a rarity for German names), and which contains the ''Japanese'' word for "Flame".]]
* In the Dusty Dunes Desert area of ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'', three men in sombreros who are arranged like the reels of a slot machine introduce themselves as big brother Pancho, little brother Pincho, and their friend Tomas Jefferson. They return in the final area of ''VideoGame/Mother3''.
* ''VideoGame/EndlessSky'': One of the bounty missions has you hunting the "Rat Pack", a fleet of SpacePirates whose ships bear the names various vermin: Rat, Ferret, Stoat, Vixen, Weasel, and Cluny as their flagship. There's no justification given for the flagship's name, but it could be in honor of [[{{Literature/Redwall}} a specific literary rat]].
* The Brownie Kings from ''VideoGame/EternalDaughter'': Mixie, Moxy, Pixie, Poxy, and Randolph.
* In the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'' series:
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears'', there is a band ([[CombinationAttack no, not that Band]]) of five [[{{Wutai}} Eblanese]] [[GratuitousNinja ninja]], enough to form a full party in that game. Of these ninja, the first four are named Tsukinowa, Izayoi, Zangetsu, and Gekkou, Japanese terms for phases of the moon. The last is named Edge -- Edge, being one of the heroes from the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV previous game]] and their king and master. And his real name is "Edward Geraldine."
** Mainline VideoGame/FinalFantasy protagonists from VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII onwards are: Cloud, Squall, Zidane, Tidus ("Sun", from Okinawan ''tida''), Vaan ("Wind", from French ''vent''), Lightning, Noctis ("Night", from Latin ''nox'') and Clive. Zidane and Clive (incidentally the only two not designed by Tetsuya Nomura) have names unrelated to the sky and atmospheric phenomena.
** The nations of Valisthea in ''Final Fantasy XVI'' are Rosaria, Sanbreque, Waloed, Dhalmek and... Iron Kingdom. Justified, as the Iron Kingdom shares its Mothercrystal with Rosaria and doesn't have a Dominant, unlike the other four.
* In ''Finding Martin'' Martin's house has penguin lawn ornaments named Huey, Dewey, Louie, Stewie and Chuck.
* In the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series:
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'', Ogma's three axemen are named Saji, Maji, and Barts in the Japanese version and Cord, Bord and Barst in the American version. This is expounded upon in the ending; the two similarly named ones become woodcuters, while the one that sticks out stays with the army.
** In the ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' DLC chapter "Anna on the Run", the enemies are a group of identical-looking bandits named Lloyd, Llewelyn, Llars, Llucas, Llincoln, Llogan, Lleland, Llamar, Llouis, Llyle, Lliam, Lluther, Llester, and... Tom.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', the title for part 2 depends on which house you choose at the start of the game. The Odd Name Out is Crimson Flower, for being the only one that fits the theme naming: the route names come from motifs in Japanese traditional art that represent seasons and colors. The Wind is associated with summer and green (Byleth [[spoiler: and Rhea, Sothis, Seteth and Flayn]]), the Flowers are associated with spring and red (Edelgard), the Snow is associated with winter and blue (Dimitri) and the Moon is associated with fall and gold (Claude), but Dimitri's route is "Azure Moon", Claude's route is "Verdant Wind" and Byleth's route [[spoiler: AKA the Church route]] is "Silver Snow", leaving only Edelgard to have the route associated with her color and motif. It gets even odder in the original Japanese version of the names, as it's ''Edelgard's'' route that sticks out. The other three routes were translated in a more straightforward manner ((銀雪の章/''Ginsetsu no Shō'' - "Silver Snow Chapter"; 蒼月の章/''Sōgetsu no Shō'' - "Blue Moon Chapter"; and 翠風の章/''Suifū no Shō'' - "Green Wind Chapter"), Crimson Flower is 紅花の章/''Kōka no Shō'', which means...."[[FlowerMotifs Safflower]] Chapter." While the floral aspect remains, the color theming does not - in fact, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safflower real-life safflowers]] tend to be orange or yellow, with red flowers being almost non-existant. This route name also has symbolism that was LostInTranslation, as [[spoiler:Edelgard's route is the alternative route for the Black Eagles, and the player needs to [[GuideDangIt fulfill several requirements]] to access it. In folklore, safflowers were thought to be useful in attracting and ensnaring a potential lover for the holder - and luring Byleth to Edelgard's side is something she actively tries to do throughout White Clouds.]]
* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' has the redesigned animatronics: Toy Freddy, Toy Bonnie, Toy Chica, and... The Mangle, who, according to ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysWorld'', was named '''Funtime''' Foxy before they were broken and turned into an attraction.
* In ''VideoGame/FlightRising'', the first ten elemental deities have a [element-related word]+[title] naming pattern: Earthshaker, Flamecaller, Windsinger, Tidelord, Icewarden, Stormcatcher, Lightweaver, Shadowbinder, Gladekeeper, and Plaguebringer. Meanwhile, the Arcane deity (who is also the youngest of the setting's gods) is simply called the Arcanist.
* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'':
** The demonic {{Knight Templar Parent}}s antagonizing you are known as Daddy Dearest and Mommy Mearest. Then there's their daughter... Girlfriend, which isn't alliterative, rhyming, or designates her position in the family, and better fits with the naming scheme of [[CoupleThemeNaming her boyfriend]], [[ADogNamedDog "Boyfriend"]]. Fittingly, she's also the only one not shown to do anything evil.
** Of the characters included up to Week 7, everyone either goes by a nickname ([[WebAnimation/SpookyMonth Skid and Pump]], WebAnimation/{{Tankm|en}}an) or some kind of identifier (Boyfriend, Girlfriend, Daddy Dearest, Mommy Mearest, Senpai, Monster, and [[spoiler:Spirit]]). This leaves out VideoGame/{{Pico}}, the only character going by a real name. Counting planned characters, [[WebAnimation/MadnessCombat Hank J. Wimbleton]] is the only character that has a known full name.
* ''VideoGame/GatlingGears'' has all the bosses' names [[SpellMyNameWithAThe start with a "The"]], except for one. The Vanguard, The Gardener, The Excavator, Shockstorm, The Bouncer, and The Butler.
* In ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Grand Theft Auto Online]]'', one of Gerald's jobs is to track down and kill a set of Ballas [=OGs=]. From first to last, the names of your targets are Big T, Little T, Small F and Terrance.
* The mobile game ''Hopeless Heroes'' has a ThemeNaming with the various [[TeamPet Goops]], having their names end with -oop (so we have stuff like Boop, Toop, Stoop, Zoop, etc). One of them however is simply named Daniel.
* ''VideoGame/HyperLightDrifter'': Most bosses are named after tarot cards. The bosses of the eastern, northern, and western sectors are the Hermit, the Hierophant, and the Hanged Man, respectively, and the final boss is Judgment. The boss(es) of the southern sector? The Sentients.
* The [[PsychoRangers Handsome Men]] from ''VideoGame/{{Killer7}}'', in true {{Sentai}} tradition, are all named after the colors they wear (Handsome Red, Handsome Blue, Handsome White Pearl, etc.,) except for Handsome Dead (who's dark red and yellow.)
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** All Nobodies have names that are [[SignificantAnagram anagrams]] of their human names with "[[LetXBeTheUnknown X]]" added, which in most cases makes them outlandish-sounding (that is if their human names are not already). All except Naminé, whose name not only is not an anagram of her human's name (Kairi) and does not have an X, it is a perfectly normal real life name. Although while it's not an anagram, it is thematically related to Kairi; ''kai'' and ''nami'' are Japanese for "sea" and "wave", respectively.
** While Xion has an X in her name, the other letters are not anagram of her human name. In fact, she doesn't even have a human form, being a replica of a Nobody, which makes her an outcast within the Organization XIII whose members are otherwise all Nobodies. That doesn't stop her name from [[MeaningfulName having a truckload of meanings]], including tide (''shio'' in Japanese), Tatarinow's aster (''shion'' in Japanese), and the anagrams for No. i (imaginary number) and No I (no one).
* One quest in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' involves finding items for four demonic band members: Bognort, Stinkface, Flargwurm and Jim.
%%* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'': Commonly used in the different levels.
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'':
** Both prior to and after his 2019 [[BalanceBuff VGU]], Mordekaiser's abilities all follow a ThemeNaming of HeavyMetal themed [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]], such as his post-VGU ultimate being named "Realm of Death", after the Music/JudasPriest song "Beyond the Realms of Death". The only exception is his post-VGU E ability, "Death's Grasp". [[WhatCouldHaveBeen While some themed names were considered]], such as [[Music/{{Metallica}} "Master of Puppets" and "Creeping Death"]], none were considered fitting enough for [[YouWillNotEvadeMe what the ability actually does]].
** Varus is the only member of the [[LivingWeapon Darkin]] species whose name doesn't have two As in it. This is because he originally ''wasn't'' a Darkin, with his status as one being the result of [[{{Retcon}} his lore being retroactively rewritten years after his debut]]. This is something that his fellow Darkin, Aatrox, will [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] as part of his taunt against Varus.
--->'''Aatrox:''' "Varus". V-A-R-U-S, your name should have an A and then another A, Varus. There was a memo, Varus, ''there was a memo''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro'': Three of the four guardians have names directly referencing their associated element -- Ignitus is the fire guardian, Volteer is the electricity guardian, and Terrador is the earth guardian. The exception is Cyril the ice guardian, whose name is derived from the Greek word for "masterful" rather than anything ice-related.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'': The Tingle brothers: Tingle, Ankle, Knuckle, and David Jr. The latter having a different kind of name is justified for not being actually related to Tingle.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'': The seven sages all have names relating to the colors of the rainbow -- with the exception of Impa, since her status as a LegacyCharacter means that her name predates the theme.
* ''VideoGame/TheMaidOfFairewellHeights'': Jinn and Lords Whitepeach and Blackberry are the demon world's Cat Pile BROTHERS!! But, Jinn isn't named after a food like Lords Whitepeach and Blackberry.
* ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom'': Dark Lord Valvoga consists of three beings: Ophelia, Dryzen, and Mickey. It does not help that Mickey is decidedly camp and constantly bullied by the other two despite technically being in control.
* ''Franchise/MegaMan'':
** Most of the Mavericks in the ''Mega Man X'' series use AnimalThemeNaming in the form of "(Element) (Animal)". The few that buck this trend are named after [[FloralThemeNaming fungi, flowers, and vegetables]]: Split Mushroom (from ''VideoGame/MegaManX4''), Axle the Red (a.k.a. Spike Rosered, ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX5 X5]]''; more on that below), Tornado Tonion (''[[VideoGame/MegaManX7 X7]]''), and Optic Sunflower (''[[VideoGame/MegaManX8 X8]]'').
** This started all the way back in the original ''VideoGame/MegaManX1'' game, where there's, among other animals, an octopus, a penguin, an armadillo, and... er, a kuwanger. Boomer Kuwanger (known as Boomerang Kuwanger in Japanese) is technically a stag beetle, but for some reason he retained most of his strange Japanese name in English translations (the other mavericks have similar names in Japanese, like Icy Penguigo, Storm Eagleed and Launcher Octopuld.)
** ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'' is also the only game where the Mavericks retain their exact Japanese names (regardless of how little sense it makes to Western ears, like Infinity Mijinion), while ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'' breaks the naming tradition altogether and names the Mavericks after members of Music/GunsNRoses (leading to names like Mattrex, Duff [=McWhalen=], and Grizzly Slash.)
** X5 has an odd name out within the odd names out: The Skiver is the only one not named after a Guns N' Roses member. Still not fitting the "ability + species" theme naming of the other games, but still referencing his sky theme.
** Things went back to normal with the New Generation Reploids in ''X8'', with the exception of Gravity Antonion.
** After the player takes care of the first wave of four bosses in ''VideoGame/MegaManZero2'', they're free to take on the second wave, consisting of the three surviving Guardians -- Sage Harpuia, Fairy Leviathan, and Fighting Fefnir -- and Burble Hekelot, a normal Mutos Reploid standing in for his boss, the deceased fourth Guardian Hidden Phantom.
* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'':
** ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'': The DarkWorld counterparts of Temple Grounds, Agon Wastes, Torvus Bog, and Sanctuary Fortress are respectively Sky Temple Grounds, Dark Agon Wastes, Dark Torvus Bog, and ''Ing Hive''. The last one has its name because it's where the Ing proliferate the most.
** ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'': The main planets visited are Norion, Bryyo, Elysia, and ''Pirate Homeworld''. The last one is the only planet without a fully confirmed name (averted in the Japanese version of the game, where it's called Urtraghus; the only hint suggesting this name in the Western versions is the name of an enemy, Urtragian Shriekbat).
* ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'': The Mighty Number team consist of Pyrogen, Cryosphere, Dynatron, Seismic, Battalion, Aviator, Brandish, Countershade, and... Beck. According to the backstory, this is because the Mighty Numbers' creator, Dr. White, designed Mighty No. 9 as a {{Ridiculously Human Robot|s}}, and gave him a human name to reflect this.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' did this once per game, with three palette-swap ninjas:
** The original male ninjas: Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and secret character Reptile. Smoke continues the S-theme, but Noob Saibot doesn't really.
** The female ninjas: Kitana, Mileena, and secret character Jade.
** And the cyber-ninjas in the third game do it ''twice'': Cyrax, Sektor, and Smoke. Note that Cyrax is one of the few times you see the letter C in ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' (granted it's a soft C which is usually left alone), so of course in the ''Ultimate'' reboot, he has a HeelFaceTurn. Also note that Smoke is monosyllabic, a throwback to the original smoke, and non-science-fictiony. Also, he actually ''helps'' Sub-Zero; too bad he gets thrown in the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor and ultimately teams up with Noob Saibot.
* ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'': The protagonists of the first two games in the trilogy are named [[VideoGame/EarthboundBeginnings Ninten]], after the company that published the game, and [[VideoGame/EarthBound Ness]], an anagram for [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]. [[VideoGame/Mother3 Lucas]] is instead named after one of a pair of twins from the novel ''The Notebook'', which fits with his general dissimilarity to the two and the fact that his game is the only one that doesn't take place in America[=/=]{{Eagleland}}.
* ''VideoGame/OhShit'': The ghosts are named Joey, Paul, Willy, and Frankie. Paul is the only one whose name doesn't end in an "-ie"-like sound.
* Despite the ''VideoGame/{{Onimusha}}'' series taking place in Japan for the most part, the majority of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Genma]] don't have Japanese names, at all. Some of them are named after characters in ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', such as Fortinbras, Guildenstein, and Marcellus. The [[VideoGame/Onimusha2SamuraisDestiny second game]] introduced Genma with peculiar names, like Ginghamphatts, Jujudormah, and Gogandantess. The only Genma in the series with Japanese names were originally human to begin with ''and'' are of Japanese descent. One such character is UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga.
* Blinky, [[MeaningfulName Pinky]], Inky, and Clyde, the ghosts from ''VideoGame/PacMan''. ''Ms. Pac-Man'' replaced Clyde with Sue and ''Jr. Pac-Man'' replaced him with Tim. According to Website/TheOtherWiki, in the original Japanese version, one set of names for them (see [[http://www.exotica.org.uk/wiki/Lost_In_Translation/Puckman here]]) was Akabei (or "赤ベイ", with 赤 meaning "red"), Pinky, Aosuke (or "青助", with 青 meaning "blue"), and Guzuta (or "愚図た", with 愚図 meaning "indecisive person" or "someone who lags behind"). Guzuta is the only one that [[ColourfulThemeNaming doesn't refer to a color]].
* Belladonna is the only properly named character from the ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' series to be related to the Velvet Room and not have a name that somehow ties into ''Franchise/{{Frankenstein}}''. The remainder are Igor, [[VideoGame/Persona3 Elizabeth]], [[VideoGame/Persona4 Margaret]] (this one's pretty obscure -- she's the ship captain's sister in the novel), [[VideoGame/Persona3 Theodore]] (most likely for Theodore Roszak, author of ''The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein''), [[VideoGame/Persona4 Marie]] (Creator/MaryShelley, author of ''Frankenstein'') [[VideoGame/Persona5 Caroline, Justine]], and [[spoiler:[[WalkingSpoiler Lavenza]]]]. Belladonna still fits the ''Frankenstein'' motif as a whole even if her name doesn't, as she's inspired by the Film/BrideOfFrankenstein.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Eevee is the only member of its family not to have "eon" in its name.
** Tyrogue is the only one of its family to not have "Hitmon" in its name. And among Tyrogue's three evolutions, there's an Odd Name Out within them: Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan are named after Creator/BruceLee and Creator/JackieChan respectively, while Hitmontop is named after...spinning tops.
** Among characters, the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Seven Sages of Team Plasma]] have names based on colors... except Ghetsis, who is named after a musical chord (the dissonant G-C# tritone). And he's the TreacherousAdvisor. Also, up until the fifth generation, the {{Big Bad}}s all had [[OminousMundanity more realistic names]].
** The {{Canon Name}}s to most protagonists are mostly average names, but Red from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' and his DistaffCounterpart Leaf are the exceptions. Red ''technically'' is an actual name, though it's quite rare, especially in Japan.
** Type: Null is the only Pokémon to not even ''have'' a real name.
* In ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoTetris'', O is technically the only member of the S.S. Tetra not to recieve a DubNameChange, making him the only crew member whose name is still one letter.
* ''VideoGame/RaptorCallOfTheShadows'' has three episodes- Bravo Sector, Tango Sector and Outer Regions.
* The Generic Dudes GangOfHats from ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom'' is a group of thugs with rhyming names (Gary, Cary, Terry, Jerry, etc.) Their leader's name? ''Ralph''.
* Until ''VideoGame/SilentHillOrigins'' came out, [[VideoGame/SilentHill2 James]] was, either accidentally or on purpose, the Odd Man Out of the protagonists whose names otherwise began with H. ([[VideoGame/SilentHill1 Harry]], [[VideoGame/SilentHill3 Heather]], and [[VIdeoGame/SilentHill4 Henry]].)
* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'': Most FunnyAnimal characters have such as "Cream", "Sonic", "Silver", "Knuckles", and "Blaze". The obvious odd one out of the Classic characters is Amy Rose, who has a perfectly 'normal' sounding name. Typically only human characters have names like hers (for example, Maria Robotnik). Amy is also one of the few FunnyAnimal characters with a surname. Tails also counts, as his real name is the {{punny|Name}} but otherwise mundane, "Miles Prower".
* The ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'' UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance trilogy is made up of games titled ''[[VideoGame/SpyroSeasonOfIce Season of Ice]]'', ''[[VideoGame/Spyro2SeasonOfFlame Season of Flame]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/SpyroAttackOfTheRhynocs Attack of the Rhynocs]]''. Supposedly, ''Attack of the Rhynocs'' was originally going to continue the trend by being titled ''Season of Wind''.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Stacking}}'', the main character Charlie Blackmore is the only member of his family whose name doesn't start with the letter A.
* ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'':
** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature'' features a trio of housewives who [[GossipyHens enjoy gossip]] named Anna, Manna, and Sasha.
** ''Back To Nature'' features a family of Lillia, Basil, Popuri... and Rick. Rick's name is the odd-one out because he [[RelatedInTheAdaptation originally was unrelated]] to Popuri. In ''Harvest Moon 64'' he was the cousin to Gray and Ann (thus the red hair they all share). Popuri and her parents were originally florists, not chicken farmers, thus the plant-based theme of their names.
* The Dolls from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' are named after the months of the year... except Cammy. Justified since Cammy no longer works for Bison. Furthermore, all the twelve months' names had already been used.
* {{The strategist}}s of the ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' series have always been from the Silverberg family ([[VideoGame/SuikodenII Shu]] and Apple, at least, are students of [[VideoGame/SuikodenI Mathiu]]), but [[VideoGame/SuikodenV the fifth game]] gives you Lucretia Merces, a hot Karayan {{expy}} of Zhuge Liang, who has no relation to the Silverbergs in any way. The other side's strategists have nothing to do with the family either.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' has the Koopalings, named after famous musicians ([[Series/TheMortonDowneyJrShow Morton]], [[Music/ThePlasmatics Wendy]], Music/{{Iggy|Pop}}, Music/{{Roy|Orbison}}, [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Lemmy]], and Music/{{Ludwig|VanBeethoven}}). The exception is Larry, who (contrary to popular belief) wasn't named for anyone in particular, but was called that because, according to WordOfGod, he "just looked like a Larry".
** ''VideoGame/MarioParty5'': All boards end with "Dream" in their names, except for Bowser Nightmare. It's justified, because the standard boards are meant to represent healthy, beautiful dreams while Bowser's Nightmare represents fearful ones.
** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' has a trio in Glitzville consisting of a Hammer Bro, Boomerang Bro, and Fire Bro who are respectively named Hamma, Bamma, and [[MeaningfulName Flare]].
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars [[OriginalGeneration OG Saga]]: VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'' has group of antagonists call Orchestral Army. Their members have German name based on "Literature/TheBremenTownMusicians" (Henne - Hen, Ezel - Donkey and Katze - Cat), then we have a CuteWitch call '''Kyon'''. Kyon is Greek for Dog (though it's still odd name out for not being German).
* ''VideoGame/OgreBattle'':
** ''VideoGame/TacticsOgre'' has the Foriner sisters: Selye, Shelley, Sisteena, and...Olivia.
** The series is named after songs by Queen (whom Yasumi Matsuno was a fan of): "Ogre Battle", "March of the Black Queen", "Let Us Cling Together" and "Person of Lordly Caliber". Except for one: "Knight of Lodis".
* In ''VideoGame/TyTheTasmanianTiger'', Ty's family consists of Bri, Di, Ty, Sly, and Betty.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', the hidden Temmie village is home to [[PlanetOfSteves Temmie, Temmie, Temmie, Temmie, Temmie, Temmie,]] and Bob.
* ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'': Most characters in the trilogy have either Japanese or Ainu-derived names. Then there's Jachdwalt, a distinctly German name. While he is from a different country, his country is not suggested to have a different language or naming tradition, and other characters from his country don't have German names either. This discrepancy is never explained nor even commented on.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'', Ambulas is the only one of the Corpus MechaMooks to not use AnimalThemeNaming.
* ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'': The ES mechs are all named after [[ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming Jacob's children]] from the ''Literature/BookOfGenesis'' - except that there is no mech named Benjamin, as he is for some reason replaced by [[Literature/BookOfExodus Joshua]].
* ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders'': Most of the important characters' HumongousMecha are named after Egyptian deities, except for [[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Vic Viper]], which is the only one not powered by the {{Unobtainium}} known as Metatron.
* In ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar'', most characters have unrealistic names that mean something in Tolkien's conlangs or are TranslationConvention for Westron and/or Rohirric. And then there's the protagonist Talion, whose name is Latin for "eye-for-an-eye" [[note]]Tolkien used Anglo-Saxon as translation for Rohirric and Old Norse as translation for Khudzul, but never Latin[[/note]]. And the "Blade of Galadriel" DLC takes this up a notch with the Nazgul sisters Riya and Yuka, whose names are actually JAPANESE [[note]]Tolkien rarely mentioned Easterlings by name, but the only one he did confirm was named Khamul, a clearly non-Japanese name[[/note]].
* ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'': Most people in the Arni village have common Western names such as Serge, Marge, Leena, Miguel. Then there's Serge's father Wazuki [[spoiler: AKA Lynx]] who has a (rare but still realistic) ''Japanese'' name, ''WRITTEN IN KATAKANA''. Radius downplays the trope: his name isn't properly realistic in the West, but is Latin, not Japanese.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' has the Fire families of spells. Sure, Fireball / Firebane / Firebolt and Blaze / Blazemore / Blazemost follow a pattern, but Bang / Boom / Explodet? Its name was changed in the remakes to fit with the rest of spell names.
* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'': Most of the club leaders have {{Punny Name}}s relating to their club (e.g. Occult Club leader Oka Ruto= JapaneseRanguage for "occult"). The exceptions are Amai Odayaka, Kizana Sunobu (both of whom are among Yandere-chan's rivals), and Fureddo Jonezu (Fred Jones, as the [[BewareTheSillyOnes Photography Club]] are [[{{Expy}} expies]] of [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Mystery, Inc]]).
* In ''VideoGame/{{Annalynn}}'', the main character is pursued by four snakes that are {{exp|y}}ies of the ghosts from ''VideoGame/PacMan''. Their names are [[RhymeThemeNaming Randy, Handy, Candy,]] and Mike.
* ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine''/''VideoGame/BendyAndTheDarkRevival'': The members of the Butcher Gang are named Charley, Barley, Carley and Edgar. Averted with their ink incarnations, which are named Piper, Fisher, Striker and Slicer.
* The different playable characters in ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' are all named after biblical figures, except for four of the secret characters: [[MyNameIsQuestionMarks ???]], [[spoiler:The Lost]], [[spoiler:The Keeper]], and [[spoiler:The Forgotten]]. This is most likely because the other characters are Isaac pretending to be different Biblical characters, while the secret characters [[spoiler:are Isaac's body and soul after his suicide]].
* If you consider it part of the series due to being made by the same company with the same director and having very similar gameplay elements, then ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' is this to the "Souls" series of ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'', ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' and ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII''.
* Two odd names in the six levels of ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}''- Insectia, Reptilia, '''Splot''', Quaria, '''Burrubs''', and Arachnia.
* ''VideoGame/CubeColossus'': A.M.U-01 Azrael, for the Biblical Angel of Death, instead of something out of Norse Mythology like the other A.M.Us, Heimdall, Valkyrie, Odin, and Loki.
* The main protagonists in ''VideoGame/{{Daikatana}}'' are Hiro, Mikiko, and Superfly.
* ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' introduced the [[CouncilOfAngels Angiris Council]], consisting of Tyrael, Auriel, Malthael, Itherael, and... Imperius. This doubles as a MeaningfulName, since Imperius is a HolierThanThou BloodKnight compared to his fellow angels.
* ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' has a playable cast filled with [[MeaningfulName meaningful]] and [[PunnyName punny]] names. There's Serph (Surf, as in water, which is related to [[AnIcePerson ice]]), Heat ([[PlayingWithFire fire]]), Argilla (means "[[DishingOutDirt clay]]"), Gale ([[BlowYouAway wind]]), Cielo (means "[[ShockAndAwe sky]]")...and then there's Roland, whose name has absolutely nothing to do with [[ShockAndAwe lightning]]. Also a pretty outstanding case of AerithAndBob. [[spoiler:It makes slightly more sense when you remember that everyone in the playable cast except Roland are AIs, but then you find out the AIs are based on real people that actually had those names when they were alive, making it ''weirder.'' Even in this case, Gale's real self is called David Gale, an actual real-life name.]] In the novel Literature/QuantumDevilSagaAvatarTuner this trope is subverted: [[spoiler: Serph's real self is Shin Minase (Japanese), Heat is Kazuki Homura (German), Argilla's real self is Annabella di Fiori (Italian), Cielo's real self is Cielo Alondra (from Latin America). All of them are real-life names like Roland, even if they are still loosely tied to elements: Minase means "Ageless Water" in Japanese, Fiori (Italian for "flowers") relates to earth, and Cielo means "Sky" in both Italian and Spanish. The Odd Name Out in this case is Kazuki Homura, which would be a German name if it wasn't written in Kanji (a rarity for German names), and which contains the ''Japanese'' word for "Flame".]]
* In the Dusty Dunes Desert area of ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'', three men in sombreros who are arranged like the reels of a slot machine introduce themselves as big brother Pancho, little brother Pincho, and their friend Tomas Jefferson. They return in the final area of ''VideoGame/Mother3''.
* ''VideoGame/EndlessSky'': One of the bounty missions has you hunting the "Rat Pack", a fleet of SpacePirates whose ships bear the names various vermin: Rat, Ferret, Stoat, Vixen, Weasel, and Cluny as their flagship. There's no justification given for the flagship's name, but it could be in honor of [[{{Literature/Redwall}} a specific literary rat]].
* The Brownie Kings from ''VideoGame/EternalDaughter'': Mixie, Moxy, Pixie, Poxy, and Randolph.
* In the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'' series:
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears'', there is a band ([[CombinationAttack no, not that Band]]) of five [[{{Wutai}} Eblanese]] [[GratuitousNinja ninja]], enough to form a full party in that game. Of these ninja, the first four are named Tsukinowa, Izayoi, Zangetsu, and Gekkou, Japanese terms for phases of the moon. The last is named Edge -- Edge, being one of the heroes from the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV previous game]] and their king and master. And his real name is "Edward Geraldine."
** Mainline VideoGame/FinalFantasy protagonists from VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII onwards are: Cloud, Squall, Zidane, Tidus ("Sun", from Okinawan ''tida''), Vaan ("Wind", from French ''vent''), Lightning, Noctis ("Night", from Latin ''nox'') and Clive. Zidane and Clive (incidentally the only two not designed by Tetsuya Nomura) have names unrelated to the sky and atmospheric phenomena.
** The nations of Valisthea in ''Final Fantasy XVI'' are Rosaria, Sanbreque, Waloed, Dhalmek and... Iron Kingdom. Justified, as the Iron Kingdom shares its Mothercrystal with Rosaria and doesn't have a Dominant, unlike the other four.
* In ''Finding Martin'' Martin's house has penguin lawn ornaments named Huey, Dewey, Louie, Stewie and Chuck.
* In the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series:
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'', Ogma's three axemen are named Saji, Maji, and Barts in the Japanese version and Cord, Bord and Barst in the American version. This is expounded upon in the ending; the two similarly named ones become woodcuters, while the one that sticks out stays with the army.
** In the ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' DLC chapter "Anna on the Run", the enemies are a group of identical-looking bandits named Lloyd, Llewelyn, Llars, Llucas, Llincoln, Llogan, Lleland, Llamar, Llouis, Llyle, Lliam, Lluther, Llester, and... Tom.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', the title for part 2 depends on which house you choose at the start of the game. The Odd Name Out is Crimson Flower, for being the only one that fits the theme naming: the route names come from motifs in Japanese traditional art that represent seasons and colors. The Wind is associated with summer and green (Byleth [[spoiler: and Rhea, Sothis, Seteth and Flayn]]), the Flowers are associated with spring and red (Edelgard), the Snow is associated with winter and blue (Dimitri) and the Moon is associated with fall and gold (Claude), but Dimitri's route is "Azure Moon", Claude's route is "Verdant Wind" and Byleth's route [[spoiler: AKA the Church route]] is "Silver Snow", leaving only Edelgard to have the route associated with her color and motif. It gets even odder in the original Japanese version of the names, as it's ''Edelgard's'' route that sticks out. The other three routes were translated in a more straightforward manner ((銀雪の章/''Ginsetsu no Shō'' - "Silver Snow Chapter"; 蒼月の章/''Sōgetsu no Shō'' - "Blue Moon Chapter"; and 翠風の章/''Suifū no Shō'' - "Green Wind Chapter"), Crimson Flower is 紅花の章/''Kōka no Shō'', which means...."[[FlowerMotifs Safflower]] Chapter." While the floral aspect remains, the color theming does not - in fact, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safflower real-life safflowers]] tend to be orange or yellow, with red flowers being almost non-existant. This route name also has symbolism that was LostInTranslation, as [[spoiler:Edelgard's route is the alternative route for the Black Eagles, and the player needs to [[GuideDangIt fulfill several requirements]] to access it. In folklore, safflowers were thought to be useful in attracting and ensnaring a potential lover for the holder - and luring Byleth to Edelgard's side is something she actively tries to do throughout White Clouds.]]
* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' has the redesigned animatronics: Toy Freddy, Toy Bonnie, Toy Chica, and... The Mangle, who, according to ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysWorld'', was named '''Funtime''' Foxy before they were broken and turned into an attraction.
* In ''VideoGame/FlightRising'', the first ten elemental deities have a [element-related word]+[title] naming pattern: Earthshaker, Flamecaller, Windsinger, Tidelord, Icewarden, Stormcatcher, Lightweaver, Shadowbinder, Gladekeeper, and Plaguebringer. Meanwhile, the Arcane deity (who is also the youngest of the setting's gods) is simply called the Arcanist.
* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'':
** The demonic {{Knight Templar Parent}}s antagonizing you are known as Daddy Dearest and Mommy Mearest. Then there's their daughter... Girlfriend, which isn't alliterative, rhyming, or designates her position in the family, and better fits with the naming scheme of [[CoupleThemeNaming her boyfriend]], [[ADogNamedDog "Boyfriend"]]. Fittingly, she's also the only one not shown to do anything evil.
** Of the characters included up to Week 7, everyone either goes by a nickname ([[WebAnimation/SpookyMonth Skid and Pump]], WebAnimation/{{Tankm|en}}an) or some kind of identifier (Boyfriend, Girlfriend, Daddy Dearest, Mommy Mearest, Senpai, Monster, and [[spoiler:Spirit]]). This leaves out VideoGame/{{Pico}}, the only character going by a real name. Counting planned characters, [[WebAnimation/MadnessCombat Hank J. Wimbleton]] is the only character that has a known full name.
* ''VideoGame/GatlingGears'' has all the bosses' names [[SpellMyNameWithAThe start with a "The"]], except for one. The Vanguard, The Gardener, The Excavator, Shockstorm, The Bouncer, and The Butler.
* In ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Grand Theft Auto Online]]'', one of Gerald's jobs is to track down and kill a set of Ballas [=OGs=]. From first to last, the names of your targets are Big T, Little T, Small F and Terrance.
* The mobile game ''Hopeless Heroes'' has a ThemeNaming with the various [[TeamPet Goops]], having their names end with -oop (so we have stuff like Boop, Toop, Stoop, Zoop, etc). One of them however is simply named Daniel.
* ''VideoGame/HyperLightDrifter'': Most bosses are named after tarot cards. The bosses of the eastern, northern, and western sectors are the Hermit, the Hierophant, and the Hanged Man, respectively, and the final boss is Judgment. The boss(es) of the southern sector? The Sentients.
* The [[PsychoRangers Handsome Men]] from ''VideoGame/{{Killer7}}'', in true {{Sentai}} tradition, are all named after the colors they wear (Handsome Red, Handsome Blue, Handsome White Pearl, etc.,) except for Handsome Dead (who's dark red and yellow.)
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** All Nobodies have names that are [[SignificantAnagram anagrams]] of their human names with "[[LetXBeTheUnknown X]]" added, which in most cases makes them outlandish-sounding (that is if their human names are not already). All except Naminé, whose name not only is not an anagram of her human's name (Kairi) and does not have an X, it is a perfectly normal real life name. Although while it's not an anagram, it is thematically related to Kairi; ''kai'' and ''nami'' are Japanese for "sea" and "wave", respectively.
** While Xion has an X in her name, the other letters are not anagram of her human name. In fact, she doesn't even have a human form, being a replica of a Nobody, which makes her an outcast within the Organization XIII whose members are otherwise all Nobodies. That doesn't stop her name from [[MeaningfulName having a truckload of meanings]], including tide (''shio'' in Japanese), Tatarinow's aster (''shion'' in Japanese), and the anagrams for No. i (imaginary number) and No I (no one).
* One quest in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' involves finding items for four demonic band members: Bognort, Stinkface, Flargwurm and Jim.
%%* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'': Commonly used in the different levels.
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'':
** Both prior to and after his 2019 [[BalanceBuff VGU]], Mordekaiser's abilities all follow a ThemeNaming of HeavyMetal themed [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]], such as his post-VGU ultimate being named "Realm of Death", after the Music/JudasPriest song "Beyond the Realms of Death". The only exception is his post-VGU E ability, "Death's Grasp". [[WhatCouldHaveBeen While some themed names were considered]], such as [[Music/{{Metallica}} "Master of Puppets" and "Creeping Death"]], none were considered fitting enough for [[YouWillNotEvadeMe what the ability actually does]].
** Varus is the only member of the [[LivingWeapon Darkin]] species whose name doesn't have two As in it. This is because he originally ''wasn't'' a Darkin, with his status as one being the result of [[{{Retcon}} his lore being retroactively rewritten years after his debut]]. This is something that his fellow Darkin, Aatrox, will [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] as part of his taunt against Varus.
--->'''Aatrox:''' "Varus". V-A-R-U-S, your name should have an A and then another A, Varus. There was a memo, Varus, ''there was a memo''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro'': Three of the four guardians have names directly referencing their associated element -- Ignitus is the fire guardian, Volteer is the electricity guardian, and Terrador is the earth guardian. The exception is Cyril the ice guardian, whose name is derived from the Greek word for "masterful" rather than anything ice-related.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'': The Tingle brothers: Tingle, Ankle, Knuckle, and David Jr. The latter having a different kind of name is justified for not being actually related to Tingle.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'': The seven sages all have names relating to the colors of the rainbow -- with the exception of Impa, since her status as a LegacyCharacter means that her name predates the theme.
* ''VideoGame/TheMaidOfFairewellHeights'': Jinn and Lords Whitepeach and Blackberry are the demon world's Cat Pile BROTHERS!! But, Jinn isn't named after a food like Lords Whitepeach and Blackberry.
* ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom'': Dark Lord Valvoga consists of three beings: Ophelia, Dryzen, and Mickey. It does not help that Mickey is decidedly camp and constantly bullied by the other two despite technically being in control.
* ''Franchise/MegaMan'':
** Most of the Mavericks in the ''Mega Man X'' series use AnimalThemeNaming in the form of "(Element) (Animal)". The few that buck this trend are named after [[FloralThemeNaming fungi, flowers, and vegetables]]: Split Mushroom (from ''VideoGame/MegaManX4''), Axle the Red (a.k.a. Spike Rosered, ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX5 X5]]''; more on that below), Tornado Tonion (''[[VideoGame/MegaManX7 X7]]''), and Optic Sunflower (''[[VideoGame/MegaManX8 X8]]'').
** This started all the way back in the original ''VideoGame/MegaManX1'' game, where there's, among other animals, an octopus, a penguin, an armadillo, and... er, a kuwanger. Boomer Kuwanger (known as Boomerang Kuwanger in Japanese) is technically a stag beetle, but for some reason he retained most of his strange Japanese name in English translations (the other mavericks have similar names in Japanese, like Icy Penguigo, Storm Eagleed and Launcher Octopuld.)
** ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'' is also the only game where the Mavericks retain their exact Japanese names (regardless of how little sense it makes to Western ears, like Infinity Mijinion), while ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'' breaks the naming tradition altogether and names the Mavericks after members of Music/GunsNRoses (leading to names like Mattrex, Duff [=McWhalen=], and Grizzly Slash.)
** X5 has an odd name out within the odd names out: The Skiver is the only one not named after a Guns N' Roses member. Still not fitting the "ability + species" theme naming of the other games, but still referencing his sky theme.
** Things went back to normal with the New Generation Reploids in ''X8'', with the exception of Gravity Antonion.
** After the player takes care of the first wave of four bosses in ''VideoGame/MegaManZero2'', they're free to take on the second wave, consisting of the three surviving Guardians -- Sage Harpuia, Fairy Leviathan, and Fighting Fefnir -- and Burble Hekelot, a normal Mutos Reploid standing in for his boss, the deceased fourth Guardian Hidden Phantom.
* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'':
** ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'': The DarkWorld counterparts of Temple Grounds, Agon Wastes, Torvus Bog, and Sanctuary Fortress are respectively Sky Temple Grounds, Dark Agon Wastes, Dark Torvus Bog, and ''Ing Hive''. The last one has its name because it's where the Ing proliferate the most.
** ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'': The main planets visited are Norion, Bryyo, Elysia, and ''Pirate Homeworld''. The last one is the only planet without a fully confirmed name (averted in the Japanese version of the game, where it's called Urtraghus; the only hint suggesting this name in the Western versions is the name of an enemy, Urtragian Shriekbat).
* ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'': The Mighty Number team consist of Pyrogen, Cryosphere, Dynatron, Seismic, Battalion, Aviator, Brandish, Countershade, and... Beck. According to the backstory, this is because the Mighty Numbers' creator, Dr. White, designed Mighty No. 9 as a {{Ridiculously Human Robot|s}}, and gave him a human name to reflect this.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' did this once per game, with three palette-swap ninjas:
** The original male ninjas: Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and secret character Reptile. Smoke continues the S-theme, but Noob Saibot doesn't really.
** The female ninjas: Kitana, Mileena, and secret character Jade.
** And the cyber-ninjas in the third game do it ''twice'': Cyrax, Sektor, and Smoke. Note that Cyrax is one of the few times you see the letter C in ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' (granted it's a soft C which is usually left alone), so of course in the ''Ultimate'' reboot, he has a HeelFaceTurn. Also note that Smoke is monosyllabic, a throwback to the original smoke, and non-science-fictiony. Also, he actually ''helps'' Sub-Zero; too bad he gets thrown in the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor and ultimately teams up with Noob Saibot.
* ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'': The protagonists of the first two games in the trilogy are named [[VideoGame/EarthboundBeginnings Ninten]], after the company that published the game, and [[VideoGame/EarthBound Ness]], an anagram for [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]. [[VideoGame/Mother3 Lucas]] is instead named after one of a pair of twins from the novel ''The Notebook'', which fits with his general dissimilarity to the two and the fact that his game is the only one that doesn't take place in America[=/=]{{Eagleland}}.
* ''VideoGame/OhShit'': The ghosts are named Joey, Paul, Willy, and Frankie. Paul is the only one whose name doesn't end in an "-ie"-like sound.
* Despite the ''VideoGame/{{Onimusha}}'' series taking place in Japan for the most part, the majority of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Genma]] don't have Japanese names, at all. Some of them are named after characters in ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', such as Fortinbras, Guildenstein, and Marcellus. The [[VideoGame/Onimusha2SamuraisDestiny second game]] introduced Genma with peculiar names, like Ginghamphatts, Jujudormah, and Gogandantess. The only Genma in the series with Japanese names were originally human to begin with ''and'' are of Japanese descent. One such character is UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga.
* Blinky, [[MeaningfulName Pinky]], Inky, and Clyde, the ghosts from ''VideoGame/PacMan''. ''Ms. Pac-Man'' replaced Clyde with Sue and ''Jr. Pac-Man'' replaced him with Tim. According to Website/TheOtherWiki, in the original Japanese version, one set of names for them (see [[http://www.exotica.org.uk/wiki/Lost_In_Translation/Puckman here]]) was Akabei (or "赤ベイ", with 赤 meaning "red"), Pinky, Aosuke (or "青助", with 青 meaning "blue"), and Guzuta (or "愚図た", with 愚図 meaning "indecisive person" or "someone who lags behind"). Guzuta is the only one that [[ColourfulThemeNaming doesn't refer to a color]].
* Belladonna is the only properly named character from the ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' series to be related to the Velvet Room and not have a name that somehow ties into ''Franchise/{{Frankenstein}}''. The remainder are Igor, [[VideoGame/Persona3 Elizabeth]], [[VideoGame/Persona4 Margaret]] (this one's pretty obscure -- she's the ship captain's sister in the novel), [[VideoGame/Persona3 Theodore]] (most likely for Theodore Roszak, author of ''The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein''), [[VideoGame/Persona4 Marie]] (Creator/MaryShelley, author of ''Frankenstein'') [[VideoGame/Persona5 Caroline, Justine]], and [[spoiler:[[WalkingSpoiler Lavenza]]]]. Belladonna still fits the ''Frankenstein'' motif as a whole even if her name doesn't, as she's inspired by the Film/BrideOfFrankenstein.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Eevee is the only member of its family not to have "eon" in its name.
** Tyrogue is the only one of its family to not have "Hitmon" in its name. And among Tyrogue's three evolutions, there's an Odd Name Out within them: Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan are named after Creator/BruceLee and Creator/JackieChan respectively, while Hitmontop is named after...spinning tops.
** Among characters, the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Seven Sages of Team Plasma]] have names based on colors... except Ghetsis, who is named after a musical chord (the dissonant G-C# tritone). And he's the TreacherousAdvisor. Also, up until the fifth generation, the {{Big Bad}}s all had [[OminousMundanity more realistic names]].
** The {{Canon Name}}s to most protagonists are mostly average names, but Red from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' and his DistaffCounterpart Leaf are the exceptions. Red ''technically'' is an actual name, though it's quite rare, especially in Japan.
** Type: Null is the only Pokémon to not even ''have'' a real name.
* In ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoTetris'', O is technically the only member of the S.S. Tetra not to recieve a DubNameChange, making him the only crew member whose name is still one letter.
* ''VideoGame/RaptorCallOfTheShadows'' has three episodes- Bravo Sector, Tango Sector and Outer Regions.
* The Generic Dudes GangOfHats from ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom'' is a group of thugs with rhyming names (Gary, Cary, Terry, Jerry, etc.) Their leader's name? ''Ralph''.
* Until ''VideoGame/SilentHillOrigins'' came out, [[VideoGame/SilentHill2 James]] was, either accidentally or on purpose, the Odd Man Out of the protagonists whose names otherwise began with H. ([[VideoGame/SilentHill1 Harry]], [[VideoGame/SilentHill3 Heather]], and [[VIdeoGame/SilentHill4 Henry]].)
* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'': Most FunnyAnimal characters have such as "Cream", "Sonic", "Silver", "Knuckles", and "Blaze". The obvious odd one out of the Classic characters is Amy Rose, who has a perfectly 'normal' sounding name. Typically only human characters have names like hers (for example, Maria Robotnik). Amy is also one of the few FunnyAnimal characters with a surname. Tails also counts, as his real name is the {{punny|Name}} but otherwise mundane, "Miles Prower".
* The ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'' UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance trilogy is made up of games titled ''[[VideoGame/SpyroSeasonOfIce Season of Ice]]'', ''[[VideoGame/Spyro2SeasonOfFlame Season of Flame]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/SpyroAttackOfTheRhynocs Attack of the Rhynocs]]''. Supposedly, ''Attack of the Rhynocs'' was originally going to continue the trend by being titled ''Season of Wind''.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Stacking}}'', the main character Charlie Blackmore is the only member of his family whose name doesn't start with the letter A.
* ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'':
** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature'' features a trio of housewives who [[GossipyHens enjoy gossip]] named Anna, Manna, and Sasha.
** ''Back To Nature'' features a family of Lillia, Basil, Popuri... and Rick. Rick's name is the odd-one out because he [[RelatedInTheAdaptation originally was unrelated]] to Popuri. In ''Harvest Moon 64'' he was the cousin to Gray and Ann (thus the red hair they all share). Popuri and her parents were originally florists, not chicken farmers, thus the plant-based theme of their names.
* The Dolls from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' are named after the months of the year... except Cammy. Justified since Cammy no longer works for Bison. Furthermore, all the twelve months' names had already been used.
* {{The strategist}}s of the ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' series have always been from the Silverberg family ([[VideoGame/SuikodenII Shu]] and Apple, at least, are students of [[VideoGame/SuikodenI Mathiu]]), but [[VideoGame/SuikodenV the fifth game]] gives you Lucretia Merces, a hot Karayan {{expy}} of Zhuge Liang, who has no relation to the Silverbergs in any way. The other side's strategists have nothing to do with the family either.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' has the Koopalings, named after famous musicians ([[Series/TheMortonDowneyJrShow Morton]], [[Music/ThePlasmatics Wendy]], Music/{{Iggy|Pop}}, Music/{{Roy|Orbison}}, [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Lemmy]], and Music/{{Ludwig|VanBeethoven}}). The exception is Larry, who (contrary to popular belief) wasn't named for anyone in particular, but was called that because, according to WordOfGod, he "just looked like a Larry".
** ''VideoGame/MarioParty5'': All boards end with "Dream" in their names, except for Bowser Nightmare. It's justified, because the standard boards are meant to represent healthy, beautiful dreams while Bowser's Nightmare represents fearful ones.
** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' has a trio in Glitzville consisting of a Hammer Bro, Boomerang Bro, and Fire Bro who are respectively named Hamma, Bamma, and [[MeaningfulName Flare]].
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars [[OriginalGeneration OG Saga]]: VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'' has group of antagonists call Orchestral Army. Their members have German name based on "Literature/TheBremenTownMusicians" (Henne - Hen, Ezel - Donkey and Katze - Cat), then we have a CuteWitch call '''Kyon'''. Kyon is Greek for Dog (though it's still odd name out for not being German).
* ''VideoGame/OgreBattle'':
** ''VideoGame/TacticsOgre'' has the Foriner sisters: Selye, Shelley, Sisteena, and...Olivia.
** The series is named after songs by Queen (whom Yasumi Matsuno was a fan of): "Ogre Battle", "March of the Black Queen", "Let Us Cling Together" and "Person of Lordly Caliber". Except for one: "Knight of Lodis".
* In ''VideoGame/TyTheTasmanianTiger'', Ty's family consists of Bri, Di, Ty, Sly, and Betty.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', the hidden Temmie village is home to [[PlanetOfSteves Temmie, Temmie, Temmie, Temmie, Temmie, Temmie,]] and Bob.
* ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'': Most characters in the trilogy have either Japanese or Ainu-derived names. Then there's Jachdwalt, a distinctly German name. While he is from a different country, his country is not suggested to have a different language or naming tradition, and other characters from his country don't have German names either. This discrepancy is never explained nor even commented on.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'', Ambulas is the only one of the Corpus MechaMooks to not use AnimalThemeNaming.
* ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'': The ES mechs are all named after [[ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming Jacob's children]] from the ''Literature/BookOfGenesis'' - except that there is no mech named Benjamin, as he is for some reason replaced by [[Literature/BookOfExodus Joshua]].
* ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders'': Most of the important characters' HumongousMecha are named after Egyptian deities, except for [[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Vic Viper]], which is the only one not powered by the {{Unobtainium}} known as Metatron.
* In ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar'', most characters have unrealistic names that mean something in Tolkien's conlangs or are TranslationConvention for Westron and/or Rohirric. And then there's the protagonist Talion, whose name is Latin for "eye-for-an-eye" [[note]]Tolkien used Anglo-Saxon as translation for Rohirric and Old Norse as translation for Khudzul, but never Latin[[/note]]. And the "Blade of Galadriel" DLC takes this up a notch with the Nazgul sisters Riya and Yuka, whose names are actually JAPANESE [[note]]Tolkien rarely mentioned Easterlings by name, but the only one he did confirm was named Khamul, a clearly non-Japanese name[[/note]].
* ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'': Most people in the Arni village have common Western names such as Serge, Marge, Leena, Miguel. Then there's Serge's father Wazuki [[spoiler: AKA Lynx]] who has a (rare but still realistic) ''Japanese'' name, ''WRITTEN IN KATAKANA''. Radius downplays the trope: his name isn't properly realistic in the West, but is Latin, not Japanese.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' has the Fire families of spells. Sure, Fireball / Firebane / Firebolt and Blaze / Blazemore / Blazemost follow a pattern, but Bang / Boom / Explodet? Its name was changed in the remakes to fit with the rest of spell names.
* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'': Most of the club leaders have {{Punny Name}}s relating to their club (e.g. Occult Club leader Oka Ruto= JapaneseRanguage for "occult"). The exceptions are Amai Odayaka, Kizana Sunobu (both of whom are among Yandere-chan's rivals), and Fureddo Jonezu (Fred Jones, as the [[BewareTheSillyOnes Photography Club]] are [[{{Expy}} expies]] of [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Mystery, Inc]]).
