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* In ''VideoGame/UnicornOverlord'', after defeating Renault in the game's first story arc, he briefly reappears during liberation missions as Laurent, a KnightErrant secret identity he created to distance himself from his time serving TheEmpire. By the third time you encounter him, Clive, one of his former comrades, sees right through "Laurent's" disguise and pleads for him to join the Liberation army.

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** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Aerith's name anagrams to "I, Earth", though it's obscured by the fact that the English localisation [[LostInTranslation romanised her name as "Aeris"]].

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Aerith's name anagrams to "I, Earth", though it's obscured by the fact that the English localisation [[LostInTranslation romanised her name as "Aeris"]]."Aeris"]].
*** Aerith's late mother was named Ifalna, which is an almost-anagram of "final", not only referencing the series but also the fact that she was the last full-blooded Cetra.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Perdition}}'': Gomadi can be rearranged to "I am {{God}}'', and Tanas is likewise an anagram for {{Satan}}. [[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks Neither of them can be considered morally righteous]].
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* ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheAzranLegacy'': One of the regions Layton and his friends have to visit in order to gather the Azran eggs is Mosinnia, where a mysterious event has caused all adults to fall asleep indefinitely. After the mystery behind the event is solved, the adults wake up, but since many of them had fallen asleep for a whole week, they're having a difficult time sleeping once again. Tellingly, the name of the town is an anagram for ''insomnia''.
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** Dunsparce's Japanese name, ノコッチ (Nokotchi), is an anagram of ツチノコ (Tsuchinoko), the cryptid it's based on.

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** Dunsparce's Japanese name, ノコッチ (Nokotchi), is an anagram of ツチノコ (Tsuchinoko), ({{Tsuchinoko}}), the cryptid it's based on.
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** Xehanort's name is an anagram-plus-X of both "another" and [[TheHeartless "no heart"]]. "No Heart" is used as the name of a BonusBoss in ''Birth by Sleep Final Mix'': Xehanort's Keyblade Armor.

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** Xehanort's name is an anagram-plus-X of both "another" and [[TheHeartless "no heart"]]. "No Heart" is used as the name of a BonusBoss {{Superboss}} in ''Birth ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth by Sleep Final Mix'': Mix]]'': Xehanort's Keyblade Armor.
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** And another puzzle earlier on involves [[SolveTheSoupCans rearranging the cans]] in a pantry so that their labels spell out a sentence, which foreshadows later events in the game. The trick is that the only vowel you can use is Y. [[spoiler:The solution is "Shy gypsy slyly spryly tryst by my crypt".]]

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** And another puzzle earlier on involves [[SolveTheSoupCans rearranging the cans]] in a pantry so that their labels spell out a sentence, which foreshadows later events in the game. The trick catch is that the only vowel you can use provided is Y.'Y'. [[spoiler:The solution is "Shy gypsy slyly spryly tryst by my crypt".]]
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*** "Two milkmen go comedy" = "Welcome to my kingdom." Zero's greeting to the players, which connects with Zero III's proclamation of being the "King of this kingdom". [[spoiler:Possibly unintended, but the "Two milkmen" part might also refer to two players of the Ambidex Game, [[PlayerCharacter Sigma Klim]] and [[LaserGuidedAmnesia K]]/[[CloningBlues Kyle Klim]]. "Two Klim men".]]

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*** "Two milkmen go comedy" = "Welcome to my kingdom." Zero's greeting to the players, which connects with Zero III's proclamation of being the "King of this kingdom". [[spoiler:Possibly unintended, but the "Two milkmen" part might also refer to two players of the Ambidex Game, [[PlayerCharacter Sigma Klim]] and [[LaserGuidedAmnesia K]]/[[CloningBlues Kyle Klim]].K]]/Kyle Klim. "Two Klim men".]]
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* ''VideoGame/Depict1'', if spelt as "Depict One", is an anagram for "deception". Deception is the CentralTheme of the game, with [[MissionControlIsOffItsMeds your advisor lying to you throughout the entire game]].
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** [[AnIcePerson Ice-type]] Eeveelution Glaceon’s name anagrams to “congeal” (to freeze).
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* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'': The father of one of the adoptable children in the Hearthfire expansion is named "Lemkil", which is an anagram of "Kill Me"; something quite a few players are [[AssholeVictim quite willing to oblige]] with [[AbusiveParents how he treats his daughter]], who you can then adopt.

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* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'': The father of one of the adoptable children in the Hearthfire expansion is named "Lemkil", which is an anagram of "Kill Me"; something quite a few players are [[AssholeVictim quite willing to oblige]] with [[AbusiveParents how he treats his daughter]], who whom you can then adopt.

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* The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Mareep (which resembles [[Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep an electric sheep]]) actually gets its name from an anagram of the word "ampere", which is used to describe the intensity of an electric current.

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Mareep (which resembles [[Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep an electric sheep]]) actually gets its name from an anagram of the word "ampere", which is used to describe the intensity of an electric current.

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