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* From ''FalloutNewVegas'', the command to "Open Greenhouse door to Greenhouse."

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* From ''FalloutNewVegas'', ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', the command to "Open Greenhouse door to Greenhouse."



* ''Fallout 3'' lists a comic in the Hubris Comics Database called "Captain Cosmos: the Radioactive Space-Men from Space!"

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* ''Fallout 3'' ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' lists a comic in the Hubris Comics Database called "Captain Cosmos: the Radioactive Space-Men from Space!"
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* ''Fallout 3'' lists a comic in the Hubris Comics Database called "Captain Cosmos: the Radioactive Space-Men from Space!"
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Elaboration of Fallout: New Vegas redundancy

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** To be fair, this is because Gamebryo engine games list the description of an area portal as "<portal name> to <destination name>". Most often it's "Door to <place>", but the greenhouse door was probably different enough to justify a label.
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** Those, along with any other time a Quest requirement and a Skill requirement are given where you need to have at least that high of said skill in order to finish said Quest in the first place.
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'''Soldier''': [[ThisIsSPARTA I! AM! ON! FIRE!!!]]\\

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'''Soldier''': [[ThisIsSPARTA [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I! AM! ON! FIRE!!!]]\\
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** ''SonicColors'' takes this further with a [[LevelAte Sweet Mountain]] PA Announcement.

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** ''SonicColors'' ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' takes this further with a [[LevelAte Sweet Mountain]] PA Announcement.

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-->'''Spy''': I appear to have burst into flame! Fire. Fire! FIRE!
-->'''Soldier''': [[ThisIsSPARTA I! AM! ON! FIRE!!!]]
-->'''Medic''': I'M MELTING!
-->'''Heavy''': MY FLESH! IT BURNS!

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-->'''Spy''': I appear to have burst into flame! Fire. flame!/Fire. Fire! FIRE!
-->'''Soldier''':
FIRE!\\
'''Soldier''':
[[ThisIsSPARTA I! AM! ON! FIRE!!!]]
-->'''Medic''':
FIRE!!!]]\\
'''Medic''':
I'M MELTING!
-->'''Heavy''':
MELTING!\\
'''Heavy''':
MY FLESH! IT BURNS!


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** Under certain conditions an item can get a special "Vintage" tag, reflected in their readout name, usually from being created before that item got a craft recipe or the item drop system began. However, two items ''already'' had the word "Vintage" in their names, resulting in the "Vintage Vintage Tyrolean" and the "Vintage Vintage Merryweather".
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* Nintendo DS Lite, on startup:

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* Nintendo DS NintendoDS Lite, on startup:
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* A sign in [[TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]: "Mysterious Forest - It's a little bit mysterious."
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* The trailer of ''VideoGame/MagicalWhip'' gives us this gem:

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* The trailer of ''VideoGame/MagicalWhip'' ''VideoGame/MagicalWhipWizardsOfPhantasmalForest'' gives us this gem:
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** The above being an incorrect repetition, because toasters toast bread.
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* NobuoUematsu's band, the Black Mages, plays heavy-metal versions of ''FinalFantasy'' songs. On their third album, they renamed the final boss music from ''FinalFantasyIII'' into KURAYAMINOKUMO, which is Japanese for "the Cloud of Dark Darkness".

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* NobuoUematsu's band, the Black Mages, plays heavy-metal versions of ''FinalFantasy'' songs. On their third album, they renamed the final boss music from ''FinalFantasyIII'' ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' into KURAYAMINOKUMO, which is Japanese for "the Cloud of Dark Darkness".



* ''FinalFantasyV'': "The twelve legendary weapons. They are weapons. They are legendary. There are even twelve of them." Mind you, it was a sarcastic response to [[IdiotHero Bartz]]'s [[ParrotExposition constant repetition]].

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* ''FinalFantasyV'': ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'': "The twelve legendary weapons. They are weapons. They are legendary. There are even twelve of them." Mind you, it was a sarcastic response to [[IdiotHero Bartz]]'s [[ParrotExposition constant repetition]].
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* The as of yet unreleased game MetalGear Rising: Revengance. Because as the trailer says, "REVENGE + VENGEANCE = REVENGANCE".

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* The as of yet unreleased game MetalGear Rising: Revengance. Because as the trailer says, The concept is meant to be a portmanteau of "REVENGE + VENGEANCE = REVENGANCE".REVENGANCE", but ignores the fact that, on a fundamental level, ''they both mean the same thing'' (i.e. getting even).

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** ParrotExposition was named "Metal Gearing" for a reason.

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** ParrotExposition was originally named "Metal Gearing" for a reason.


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* Most of the phone messages you can listen to in ''FirstEncounterAssaultRecon'' have the person making the message introducing themselves by stating their full name to the person they're talking to. Even within the Armacham complex, wherein presumably everybody already knows each other ''and'' they have a system for determining who sent the message (i.e. "First message from: <caller's name>.").
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* The as of yet unreleased game MetalGear Rising: Revengance. Because as the trailer says, "REVENGE + VENGEANCE = REVENGANCE".
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The wiki didn\'t invent redundancy.


* The Plugin "The Box" for ''{{Oblivion}}'' starts with a flyer that has the subtitle "Misteriously odd horn is vaguely rumored to be strangely weird!" and reads "Following promises of great wealth of wealth, really powerful power, and knowledge of knowledgeable knowledge (try slipping that past the department of redundancy department 3 times fast), most have simply given up after mere HOURS of blowing the Horn without results!". Whoever made this mod seems to be a fan of tv tropes.

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* The Plugin "The Box" for ''{{Oblivion}}'' starts with a flyer that has the subtitle "Misteriously odd horn is vaguely rumored to be strangely weird!" and reads "Following promises of great wealth of wealth, really powerful power, and knowledge of knowledgeable knowledge (try slipping that past the department of redundancy department 3 times fast), most have simply given up after mere HOURS of blowing the Horn without results!". Whoever made this mod seems to be a fan of tv tropes.
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* ''{{Portal}}'': "It was a Morality Core they installed after I flooded the Enrichment Center with a deadly neurotoxin to make me stop flooding the enrichment center with a deadly neurotoxin. So get comfortable while I warm up the neurotoxin emitters."

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* ''{{Portal}}'': ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'': "It was a Morality Core they installed after I flooded the Enrichment Center with a deadly neurotoxin to make me stop flooding the enrichment center with a deadly neurotoxin. So get comfortable while I warm up the neurotoxin emitters."



** From Portal 2, after [[spoiler:Falling into Wheatley's trap]]:

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** From Portal 2, VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}, after [[spoiler:Falling into Wheatley's trap]]:
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* If ''VideoGame/TheGameOfTheAges'''s Village Idiot of Stupidity isn't enough for you, buy a suit of Magic Armor of Magic.
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* [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi Fawful]]. Just Fawful. He already draws out his metaphors and similies beyond belief, but in Bowser's Inside Story, he possibly says the most overkill inducing 'this is the end!' speech in existence:

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* [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi Fawful]]. Just Fawful. He Fawful]] already draws out his metaphors and similies [[TalksLikeASimile similies]] beyond belief, but in Bowser's ''Bowser's Inside Story, Story'', he possibly says the most overkill inducing 'this '[[PrepareToDie this is the end!' end!]]' speech in existence:
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* ''[[TeamFortress2 Team Fortress 2]]'': When any character is on fire, they yell about being on fire.

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* ''[[TeamFortress2 ''[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Team Fortress 2]]'': When any character is on fire, they yell about being on fire.
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* The NPC in ''{{Pokemon}} Gold'', ''Silver'', and ''Crystal'' (and likely ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver=]'' as well) who gives the protagonist the [=ItemFinder=] asks if he/she agrees with his love of treasure-hunting by asking, "Am I right or am I right?" (It's still possible to [[TakeAThirdOption say]] [[MathematiciansAnswer "no."]])

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* The NPC in ''{{Pokemon}} Gold'', ''Silver'', and ''Crystal'' ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver''/''Crystal'' (and likely ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver=]'' as well) who gives the protagonist the [=ItemFinder=] asks if he/she agrees with his love of treasure-hunting by asking, "Am I right or am I right?" (It's still possible to [[TakeAThirdOption say]] [[MathematiciansAnswer "no."]])
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* The NPC in ''{{Pokemon}} Gold'', ''Silver'', and ''Crystal'' (and likely ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver=]'' as well) who gives the protagonist the [=ItemFinder=] asks if he/she agrees with his love of treasure-hunting by asking, "Am I right or am I right?" (It's still possible to [[TakeAThirdOption say "no."]])

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* The NPC in ''{{Pokemon}} Gold'', ''Silver'', and ''Crystal'' (and likely ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver=]'' as well) who gives the protagonist the [=ItemFinder=] asks if he/she agrees with his love of treasure-hunting by asking, "Am I right or am I right?" (It's still possible to [[TakeAThirdOption say say]] [[MathematiciansAnswer "no."]])

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Irrelevant garbage. Also, don\'t just pothole the name of the game.


* [[{{Tsukihime}} This chair. This Chair. This Chair. This Chair. This Chair. This Chair. This Chair. This Chair. This Chair. This Chair. This Chair!]]

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* [[{{Tsukihime}} ''{{Tsukihime}}'': This chair. This Chair. This Chair. This Chair. This Chair. This Chair. This Chair. This Chair. This Chair. This Chair. This Chair!]]Chair!



* [[VideoGame/HotelMario "You know what they say: All toasters toast toast!"]]
** [[EdEddNEddy "Toast doesn't go in a toaster, bread does."]]
** [[RedDwarf "Would you like some toast?"]]
** '''[[GearsOfWar WHO WANTS TOAST!!?]]'''
** ''[[MortalKombat Toasty!]]''
** ''[[InvaderZim Not now, Son. I'm making... TOAST!!]]''
** [[DragonBallZAbridged Makin' toast!]]
** ''[[CrashBandicoot Break out the butter... Gonna make TOAST!]]''
** ''[[ThursdayNext Brought to you by the Toast Marketing Board.]]
** [[DragonBallZAbridged ...Butterin' toast!]]

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* [[VideoGame/HotelMario ''VideoGame/HotelMario'':
--> '''Mario:'''
"You know what they say: All toasters toast toast!"]]
** [[EdEddNEddy "Toast doesn't go in a toaster, bread does."]]
** [[RedDwarf "Would you like some toast?"]]
** '''[[GearsOfWar WHO WANTS TOAST!!?]]'''
** ''[[MortalKombat Toasty!]]''
** ''[[InvaderZim Not now, Son. I'm making... TOAST!!]]''
** [[DragonBallZAbridged Makin' toast!]]
** ''[[CrashBandicoot Break out the butter... Gonna make TOAST!]]''
** ''[[ThursdayNext Brought to you by the Toast Marketing Board.]]
** [[DragonBallZAbridged ...Butterin' toast!]]
toast!"



* [[TouhouProject "Innocent oblivious Marisa]] [[MemeticMutation is innocent"]].

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* [[TouhouProject ''TouhouProject'': "Innocent oblivious Marisa]] Marisa [[MemeticMutation is innocent"]].



* Shenmue's Ryo upon finding a key: "A key, but what for? What do I do with this key?". Followed shortly by a label: Mysterious Key
* In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, a book titled Events of the Third Era contains numerous typos and mistakes, including two entries that say "Death of Emperor Pelagius dies" and "defeat of Camoran Usurper defeated."

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* Shenmue's {{Shenmue}}'s Ryo upon finding a key: "A key, but what for? What do I do with this key?". Followed shortly by a label: Mysterious Key
Key.
* In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, a book titled Events of the Third Era contains numerous typos and mistakes, including two entries that say "Death of Emperor Pelagius dies" and "defeat of Camoran Usurper defeated.""
* The trailer of ''VideoGame/MagicalWhip'' gives us this gem:
--> ''"My magic may be weak.. But my strength is strong!"''
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** The same goes to GameCube and {{Wii}}.
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* The PC Computer game ''CallahansCrosstimeSaloon'' contains a song called "Belaboring the Obvious", in which the singer sings about all of the different ways he loves his wife. He goes on to state that the song is brought to you by the DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment ("Bureau of unnecessary repetition and pointless redundancy").

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* The PC Computer game ''CallahansCrosstimeSaloon'' ''Literature/CallahansCrosstimeSaloon'' contains a song called "Belaboring the Obvious", in which the singer sings about all of the different ways he loves his wife. He goes on to state that the song is brought to you by the DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment ("Bureau of unnecessary repetition and pointless redundancy").
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* Shenmue's Ryo upon finding a key: "A key, but what for? What do I do with this key?". Followed shortly by a label: Mysterious Key

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* Shenmue's Ryo upon finding a key: "A key, but what for? What do I do with this key?". Followed shortly by a label: Mysterious KeyKey
* In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, a book titled Events of the Third Era contains numerous typos and mistakes, including two entries that say "Death of Emperor Pelagius dies" and "defeat of Camoran Usurper defeated."
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Protection that it doesn\'t need due to being a Flying-type.


** Justified, as it provides protection from ability-canceling moves.
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* The marvelously titled [[http://www.mostfungames.com/invasion-of-the-space-invaders-from-outer-space-episode-1.htm Invasion of the Space Invaders from Outer Space!]]

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* The marvelously titled [[http://www.mostfungames.com/invasion-of-the-space-invaders-from-outer-space-episode-1.htm Invasion of the Space Invaders from Outer Space!]]Space!]]
*Shenmue's Ryo upon finding a key: "A key, but what for? What do I do with this key?". Followed shortly by a label: Mysterious Key
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** ''SonicColors'' takes this further with a [[LevelAte Sweet Mountain]] PA Announcement.
--->'''Dr. Eggman:''' People have been sitting on those rides. WITH THEIR BUTTS.
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* The {{Steam}} description for ''[[{{Driver}} Driver: Parallel Lines]]'' advertises how you can "Experience New York's gritty underworld as the most lethal wheelman for hire in the both the 70's of the past and the modern times of today." Giving them the benefit of the doubt, the '70s COULD refer to future '70s. But modern times ''are'' today.

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* The {{Steam}} description for ''[[{{Driver}} Driver: Parallel Lines]]'' advertises how you can "Experience New York's gritty underworld as the most lethal wheelman for hire in the both the 70's of the past and the modern times of today." Giving them the benefit of the doubt, the '70s COULD refer to future '70s. But modern times ''are'' today.today.
* The marvelously titled [[http://www.mostfungames.com/invasion-of-the-space-invaders-from-outer-space-episode-1.htm Invasion of the Space Invaders from Outer Space!]]

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