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* Kazuma Kiryu, protagonist of the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series. [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 Diaper-clad regression-fetishist gangsters]] are one of the ''least'' weird things he gets exposed to during the course of the games.
** His successor, [[Characters/LikeADragonIchibanKasuga Ichiban]] [[VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon Kasuga]], somehow has it ''even worse'' than Kiryu in this respect. It'd be easier to name a substory (or, hell, any situation in the main story itself) that ''doesn't'' involve weird and surreal things like [[ItMakesSenseInContext fighting a giant Roomba vacuum cleaner or a chimp operating a digger]].

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Kazuma Kiryu, protagonist of the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' ''Yakuza'' series. [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 Diaper-clad regression-fetishist gangsters]] are one of the ''least'' weird things he gets exposed to during the course of the games.
** His successor, [[Characters/LikeADragonIchibanKasuga Ichiban]] [[VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon Ichiban Kasuga]], somehow has it ''even worse'' than Kiryu in this respect. It'd be easier to name a substory (or, hell, any situation in the main story itself) that ''doesn't'' involve weird and surreal things like [[ItMakesSenseInContext fighting a giant Roomba vacuum cleaner or a chimp operating a digger]].
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* Kazuma Kiryu, protagonist of the ''Videogame/{{Yakuza}}'' series. [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 Diaper-clad regression-fetishist gangsters]] are one of the ''least'' weird things he gets exposed to during the course of the games.

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* Kazuma Kiryu, protagonist of the ''Videogame/{{Yakuza}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series. [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 Diaper-clad regression-fetishist gangsters]] are one of the ''least'' weird things he gets exposed to during the course of the games.



* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' brings us the Wild Wasteland trait, which replaces several random encounters with much weirder versions. For example, a group of mercenaries being replaced with crashed aliens, raiders being replaced with rolling-pin-wielding grannies, and a shaman summing up a spiritual journey by shouting [[MemeticMutation "Take drugs! Kill a bear!"]].

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* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' brings us the Wild Wasteland trait, which replaces several random encounters with much weirder versions. For example, a group of mercenaries being replaced with crashed aliens, raiders being replaced with attacked by a gang of rolling-pin-wielding grannies, and a shaman summing up a spiritual journey by shouting [[MemeticMutation "Take drugs! Kill a bear!"]].
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* Kazuma Kiryu, protagonist of the ''Videogame/{{Yakuza}}'' series. Diaper-clad regression-fetishist gangsters are one of the ''least'' weird things he gets exposed to during the course of the games.

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* Kazuma Kiryu, protagonist of the ''Videogame/{{Yakuza}}'' series. [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 Diaper-clad regression-fetishist gangsters gangsters]] are one of the ''least'' weird things he gets exposed to during the course of the games.
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** His successor, [[Characters/LikeADragonIchibanKasuga Ichiban]] [[VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon Kasuga]], somehow has it ''even worse'' than Kiryu in this respect. It'd be easier to name a substory (or, hell, any situation in the main story itself) that ''doesn't'' involve weird and surreal things like fighting a giant roomba vaccuum cleaner or a chimp operating a differ.

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** His successor, [[Characters/LikeADragonIchibanKasuga Ichiban]] [[VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon Kasuga]], somehow has it ''even worse'' than Kiryu in this respect. It'd be easier to name a substory (or, hell, any situation in the main story itself) that ''doesn't'' involve weird and surreal things like [[ItMakesSenseInContext fighting a giant roomba vaccuum Roomba vacuum cleaner or a chimp operating a differ.digger]].
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** His successor, [[Characters/LikeADragonIchibanKasuga Ichiban]] [[VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon Kasuga]], somehow has it ''even worse'' than Kiryu in this respect. It'd be easier to name a substory (or, hell, any situation in the main story itself) that ''doesn't'' involve weird and surreal things like fighting a giant roomba vaccuum cleaner or a chimp operating a differ.
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* ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'': Poor Euden just can’t seem to catch a break, can he? It seems as though there’s something weird happening at the Halidom just about every week, and even when he’s not there, they’re almost bound to run into some sort of trouble. There is actually an explanation: The Halidom has many different people who live in it, which is why it has an unusual aura of mana around it, and it’s implied that this aura lures people to it. As for Euden himself, [[spoiler: He’s part of their {{God}}’s heart, more specifically, the part that gives to others. In other words, he’s essentially their world’s equivalent to Jesus.]] That’s why it only makes sense that he would be the one to always be there whenever there’s a problem.

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* ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'': Poor Euden just can’t seem to catch a break, can he? It seems as though there’s something weird happening at the Halidom just about every week, and even when he’s not there, they’re Euden and his friends are almost bound to run into some sort of trouble. There is actually an explanation: The Halidom has many different people who live in it, which is why it has an unusual aura of mana around it, and it’s implied that this aura lures people to it. As for Euden himself, [[spoiler: He’s part of their {{God}}’s heart, more specifically, the part that gives to others. In other words, he’s essentially their world’s equivalent to Jesus.]] That’s why it only makes sense that he would be the one to always be there whenever there’s a problem.
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* ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'': Poor Euden just can’t seem to catch a break, can he? It seems as though there’s something weird happening at the Halidom just about every week, and even when he’s not there, they’re almost bound to run into some sort of trouble. There is actually an explanation: The Halidom has many different people who live in it, which is why it has an unusual aura of mana around it, and it’s implied that this aura lures people to it. As for Euden himself, [[spoiler: He’s part of their {{God}}’s heart, more specifically, the part that gives to others. In other words, he’s essentially their world’s equivalent to Jesus.]] That’s why it only makes sense that he would be the one to always be there whenever there’s a problem.
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* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'': Planet Popstar may seems like this [[SugarBowl cute and cuddly place]], but it always seems to be on the receiving end of truly crazy things. Examples include, but are not limited to [[spoiler: an embodiment of nightmares, literal Dark Matter, multiple times, a clown that became a god, an alien with a crown that gives him nigh-unlimited power, a [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen tyrannical queen]] who [[ItMakesSenseInContext wants to become a giant plant]], a [[Franchise/StarWars Death Star-like]] [[AIIsACrapshoot AI]], a being that’s essentially their equivalent to {{Satan}}, a genetic experiment that [[GoneHorriblyWrong went horribly wrong]],]] the list goes on.


* ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'': [[AxCrazy Vlad's]] jobs started out as petty revenge plots, before broadening into out-and-out bizarre. He's had the crew recover safes, a herd of goats[[labelnote:*]]They were being used as drug mules to smuggle cocaine. DontAsk.[[/labelnote]], Christmas presents, and most disturbingly, ''[[spoiler:[[NuclearWeaponsTaboo live nuclear warheads]]]]''.

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* ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'': [[AxCrazy Vlad's]] jobs started out as petty revenge plots, before broadening into out-and-out bizarre. He's had the crew recover safes, a herd of goats[[labelnote:*]]They were being used as drug mules to smuggle cocaine. DontAsk.[[/labelnote]], Christmas presents, and most disturbingly, ''[[spoiler:[[NuclearWeaponsTaboo live ''[[spoiler:live nuclear warheads]]]]''.warheads]]''.
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* Much like her [[Franchise/IndianaJones spiritual predecessor]], Lara Croft in ''Franchise/TombRaider'' is an AdventurerArchaeologist who somehow manages to land right in the middle of conspiracies by [[Film/LaraCroftTombRaider obscure secret societies, megalomaniacal arms dealers]], [[VideoGame/TombRaider ancient]] [[VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary Atlantean]] [[VideoGame/TombRaiderLegend dictators]], mafia bosses obsessed with ancient Chinese magic, mad scientists, and [[VideoGame/TombRaiderTheAngelOfDarkness demons and fallen angels]].

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* Much like her [[Franchise/IndianaJones spiritual predecessor]], Lara Croft in ''Franchise/TombRaider'' is an AdventurerArchaeologist who somehow manages to land right in the middle of conspiracies by [[Film/LaraCroftTombRaider obscure secret societies, megalomaniacal arms dealers]], [[VideoGame/TombRaider [[VideoGame/TombRaiderI ancient]] [[VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary Atlantean]] [[VideoGame/TombRaiderLegend dictators]], [[VideoGame/TombRaiderII mafia bosses obsessed with ancient Chinese magic, magic]], [[VideoGame/TombRaiderIII mad scientists, scientists]], and [[VideoGame/TombRaiderTheAngelOfDarkness demons and fallen angels]].
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* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'': Poor old Conker had a bit of a Bad Fur Day. All he wanted to do in the first place was go home, yet anything that could go wrong went [[CrossesTheLineTwice HORRIBLY wrong]], and the game consisted of him being thrown into bizarre non-sequitur after bizarre non-sequitur.

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* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'': Poor old Conker had has a bit of a Bad Fur Day. All he wanted to do in the first place was go home, yet anything that could might go wrong went [[CrossesTheLineTwice goes HORRIBLY wrong]], wrong, and the game consisted consists of him being thrown into bizarre non-sequitur after bizarre non-sequitur.
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* Kazuma Kiryu, protagonist of the ''Videogame/{{Yakuza}}'' series. Diaper-clad regression-fetishist gangsters are one of the ''least'' weird things he gets exposed to during the course of the games.
* Lampshaded by Adell in ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}'', quoted on the quote page.
* Vayne from ''VideoGame/ManaKhemiaAlchemistsOfAlRevis''. He has "attracted" a ''ghost'' and an ''alien invader'' to be members of his workshop. And then there are the quirks of the ''rest of his friends'' (a boy-crazy {{catgirl}}, a {{superhero}}[=-=][[FaceHeelTurn turned]][=-=]EvilOverlord, to name a few). In the end, though, they will ''always'' [[TrueCompanions remain his friends]] ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg yes, even]] TheRival), regardless of what happens to him in the game.
* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' brings us the Wild Wasteland trait, which replaces several random encounters with much weirder versions. For example, a group of mercenaries being replaced with crashed aliens, raiders being replaced with rolling-pin-wielding grannies, and a shaman summing up a spiritual journey by shouting [[MemeticMutation "Take drugs! Kill a bear!"]].
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has the [[PlayerCharacter Warrior of Light]] get into world saving plots on a regular basis along with the more wackier adventures like those with [[GentlemanDetective Hildibrand]] [[BunnyEarsLawyer Manderville]].
* Madison from ''VideoGame/HeavyRain''. Including the DLC, she is attacked by ''two'' serial killers and a rapist before she even meets the Origami Killer.
* The PlayerCharacter from ''VideoGame/RuneScape'', ''oh so much''. Checking on a friend's friend who's been acting strangely? You end up in a plot involving the Goddess of Destruction trying to take out the small kingdom of Al-Kharid. Try to help a boy through his rites of manhood? That thing you helped him find was actually a member of an ancient, nigh-extinct race of {{Voluntary Shapeshift|ing}}ers, and finding him is the first step down a long rabbit hole. Helping a retired sculptor create one last statue? End up releasing two ArchEnemy members of the same race of {{Voluntary Shapeshift|ing}}ers. Investigate a thief in the castle basement? That questline ends with you fighting ''the avatar of the god of war''. Help a cook bake a cake for the Duke's birthday? A chain of events causes you to release the Culinaromancer, an evil sorcerer who uses [[{{Whatevermancy}} food magic]].
* ''VideoGame/TheClueFinders''. 4 supposedly ordinary kids who can't even go out in their backyards without [[spoiler: finding an underground civilization of [[GaiasRevenge plant-people who want to take over because humans polluted their water supply]]]].
* Much like her [[Franchise/IndianaJones spiritual predecessor]], Lara Croft in ''Franchise/TombRaider'' is an AdventurerArchaeologist who somehow manages to land right in the middle of conspiracies by [[Film/LaraCroftTombRaider obscure secret societies, megalomaniacal arms dealers]], [[VideoGame/TombRaider ancient]] [[VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary Atlantean]] [[VideoGame/TombRaiderLegend dictators]], mafia bosses obsessed with ancient Chinese magic, mad scientists, and [[VideoGame/TombRaiderTheAngelOfDarkness demons and fallen angels]].
* The Sith Inquisitor from ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' is heavily immersed in the more mystical elements of the Force and has a bizarre affinity for running into Force-Ghosts on a regular basis. Lampshaded by the ghost of their ancestor, who explains that this is actually a rare gift, allowing them to draw out restless spirits and draw forth their emotions. He even describes their mere presence as being akin to an overwhelming pull.
** On Voss, at one point the Inquisitor explains to another Imperial their plan to enter a region steeped in the Dark Side that causes most who venture inside to go mad, simply to find the Gormak they'd met whilst Dreamwalking, in the hopes it will help them find a way to cure their HeroicRROD from having too many Force Ghosts [[ManySpiritsInsideOfOne currently bound within them]]. Rather tellingly the Imperial's response is to be more worried by the utterly ''blasé'' manner in which the Inquisitor treats the entire situation as if it were ''[[SeenItAll routine]]''.
* In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration 2nd OG'', it is revealed that the weirdness magnet is an actual object. [[spoiler: The core of Shuu's Granzon was designed by the Guests to cause probability alterations, attracting all kinds of invaders from other worlds.]] It's pointed out that this explains [[MonsterOfTheWeek why Earth has been attacked by lots of aliens in a relatively short time period.]]
* The Hero from Sierra's ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' series. While a certain amount is to be expected considering he's an adventurer and hero, so is likely to be intentionally walking into the weirdness, some of the bizarre situations he finds himself in go ''way'' beyond what would be reasonably expected.
* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'': Poor old Conker had a bit of a Bad Fur Day. All he wanted to do in the first place was go home, yet anything that could go wrong went [[CrossesTheLineTwice HORRIBLY wrong]], and the game consisted of him being thrown into bizarre non-sequitur after bizarre non-sequitur.
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', Varric will at one point outright say that ''everything'' that happens to [[PlayerCharacter the Inquisitor]] is weird. He later notes this as the reason he believes the Inquisitor is the Herald of Andraste. Either s/he is the Maker's chosen, or s/he has the absolute worst luck. Most likely both.
* It's explained in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' that TheHeartless are drawn to those who possess a [[CoolSword Keyblade]] and attack them on sight. The Heartless fear the Keyblade as one of the only things that can destroy them and seek to remove the threat at every turn.
* In ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'', what starts out as a simple task of bringing Faye's ashes to the highest peak leads Kratos and Atreus to battling against the Norse pantheon. Even Mimir had a hard time believing that [[spoiler: Baldur]] happened to find them and start a fight.
-->'''Mimir:''' Why don't you tell me how all this began with [[spoiler: Baldur]]?\\
'''Atreus:''' He just knocked on our door!\\
'''Mimir:''' [[spoiler: Baldur of Asgard]] just knocked on your door?\\
'''Atreus:''' Yeah, he just showed up and started a fight.
* ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'': [[AxCrazy Vlad's]] jobs started out as petty revenge plots, before broadening into out-and-out bizarre. He's had the crew recover safes, a herd of goats[[labelnote:*]]They were being used as drug mules to smuggle cocaine. DontAsk.[[/labelnote]], Christmas presents, and most disturbingly, ''[[spoiler:[[NuclearWeaponsTaboo live nuclear warheads]]]]''.
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'', in a skit, both Karol and Raven accuse Yuri for being this. He counters that at least he always comes out fine, no matter how dire the situation is.

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