History StrangeMindsThinkAlike / VideoGames

* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks'', [[TheLancer Kung Lao]] makes fun of [[TheHero Liu Kang]]'s relationship with Kitana, deeming her as his girlfriend. In [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 the Shaolin missions]], Liu Kang dismisses this. Come to ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', and ''[[CloningBlues Mileena]]'' makes fun of Liu's relationship.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', it's a recurring joke among Dimitri's friends that he gave a ''dagger'' to a girl he was crushing on. Later Byleth actually meets the girl ([[spoiler:Edelgard]]), and learns that she was extremely touched by the gift and cherishes it to this day.

* A variation occurs in the ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' episode "[[Recap/SamAndMaxFreelancePoliceEpisode204ChariotsOfTheDogs Chariots of the Dogs]]". Sam, Max, and Flint are looking for the missing Bosco and theorize that he may have hidden in his bunker. Sam finds the keypad to open the bunker and Max says, "Ooh, let's make it say 'BOOBIES'!" Shortly, Sam finds the code, and it turns out to be 5318008... or "BOOBIES" upside-down. Sam even [[LampshadeHanging comments on the similarity.]]

* This is an almost-constant part of the humor in the ''Mother'' series (''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}'', ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', and ''Videogame/{{MOTHER 3}}''). For example, an item will be described by every character in the game by the same highly-specific description ("Here's a jar of Yummy Pickles, be careful, it's easy to drop and easy to roll". "We dropped the jar of Yummy Pickles! Well, I guess that's what happens with something that's easy to drop and easy to roll." "What's that? It looks easy to drop and easy to roll.") or puzzles will be solved via a ''highly'' specific item someone has lying around that another character happens to desperately want (like a machine that makes trout-flavored yogurt.). All played for laughs, of course; this ''is'' the ''Mother'' series, after all.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' when [[KidHero Raz]] first tells {{Li|ttleMissSnarker}}li that [[ButtMonkey Dogen's]] brain has been stolen, she replies "No, he's just like that." Later Raz tells [[DiscoDan Milla]] and gets the same response. Though really, this is more a case of normal minds thinking alike about someone ''strange...''
* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks'', [[TheLancer Kung Lao]] made fun of [[TheHero Liu Kang]]'s relationship with Kitana, deeming her as his girlfriend. In [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 the Shaolin missions,]] Liu Kang dismisses this. Come to ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', and ''[[CloningBlues Mileena]]'' makes fun of Liu's relationship.
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'''s supplemental comics gives us well-known CloudCuckoolander Soldier and Heavy's slightly crazed sister, Zhanna. Considering that Soldier is a [[PatrioticFervor jingoistic nutjob]] and Zhanna has [[GildedCage basically been socially atrophied in Siberia for twenty years,]] the two of them operate on a disturbing shared mental wavelength. They're both more than a little bit off, perhaps best exemplified by this exchange that could only happen between them and no one else:
-->'''Soldier:''' Expect heavy enemy resistance along the eastern perimeter. I want you to treat these men with ''extreme prejudice.''\\
'''Zhanna:''' You...want me to be racist at them.\\
'''Soldier:''' I've made that same mistake, but no. "Extreme prejudice" just means killing everybody as violently as possible. I will leave the amount of ''actual'' prejudice to your discretion.
* In ''VideoGame/NinjaPizzaGirl'', Gemma's dad is skeptical of [[CannotSpitItOut Marcus]]' plan of confessing his feelings to Giselle by sending her an extremely hot and spicy pizza, but Gemma insists on following his instructions anyway. Once Giselle gets the pizza, she takes one bite out of it and immediately makes the [[SarcasmMode obvious]] connection - Marcus is telling her that his love for her burns as hot as the pizza! She happily runs off to tell him she feels the same way.
* ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' puts the protagonists of ''VideoGame/Persona3'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4'' together in the same adventure. The two get along swimmingly, sharing a mental wavelength full of in-jokes on what being a ''Persona'' protagonist entails. All of their party members are completely nonplussed by their interactions.
** The sequel does it again in ''VideoGame/PersonaQ2NewCinemaLabyrinth'', with the addition of the female protagonist from the Persona 3 PSP remake and the protagonist of ''VideoGame/Persona5''. For example, when they see a tree stump with a long-nose, they all think of their long-nosed mentor Igor.
* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', it's a recurring joke among Dimitri's friends that he gave a ''dagger'' to a girl he was crushing on. Later Byleth actually meets the girl ([[spoiler:Edelgard]]), and learns that she was extremely touched by the gift and cherishes it to this day.

* ''Videogame/GuildWars Nightfall'' has to do this a couple of times are mission splits, to bring the plot back together.
** After the player completes Rihlon Refuge, the Master of Whispers reveals a secret passage to Vabbi behind the waterworks. Its complementary mission if Poghan Passage, after which Margrid reveals the Corsairs also know about the passage.

* In ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'', both [[{{Pirate}} Eoleo]] and [[NeverMessWithGranny Obaba]], in their respective intro scenes, are immediately distracted when they notice that Kraden hasn't aged a day in the last thirty years (Eoleo was a ''toddler'' the last time they met...albeit a precocious one). Once Kraden's immortality is explained, both immediately ''follow up'' by saying how much it must suck that [[AgeWithoutYouth he'll be seventy-plus forever]]. Apparently Eoleo learned a ''lot'' from his great-grandma.

-->'''Luke, Tear, Guy, Anise, and Natalia:''' ''That can't possibly be true...''
* A variation occurs in one of the Telltale ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' games. (Season 2, episode 4 in fact.) Sam, Max, and Flint are looking for the missing Bosco and theorize he may have hidden in his bunker. Sam finds the keypad to open the bunker and Max says "Ooh, let's make it say 'BOOBIES'!" Shortly, Sam finds the code and it turns out to be 5318008...or 'BOOBIES' upside-down. Sam even [[LampshadeHanging comments on the similarity.]]