History WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes / VideoGames

* The Genesis ''Beavis and Butt-Head''. At the Turbo Mall, bring the army recruiter a snake from the pet shop and he'll be cowering on the floor, leaving you free to take the folder on the desk[[note]]Can be used for couch-fishing--But that's a different trope[[/note]] and the ticket piece it was covering.

* The eponymous ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'' flee in terror from otherwise harmless Mitites.

* Youmu Konpaku from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' is scared of ghosts -- which is ironic, because she just happens to be [[HalfHumanHybrid half-ghost]] herself, and has a CuteGhostGirl as a mistress.

* All playable lawyers, save Mia Fey and Athena Cykes seem to suffer from this in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series: Miles Edgeworth (who already has a Seismophobia to boot) needs Gumshoe to fetch him books from the higher up shelves, Phoenix Wright has to be led by his hand by his teenage sidekick when passing a bridge and breaks out into hysterical catchphrase-shouting upon boarding a Ferris Wheel and Apollo Justice can't ascend as much as 10 meters without starting to shiver like a dry pile of leaves.

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'': [[AbsurdPhobia Unusual example]]: Bees are Splash Woman's worst enemy, so her weakness is Honey Woman's weapon, Bee Chaser. Honey Woman, on the flipside, inverts this trope with bees. Quite appropriate since she resembles one.
** The fact that Splash Woman is weak to the Bee Chaser is rather odd, though. Since bees cannot tolerate water too well, she should be just fine in water.

* Ellie the Elephant in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryIII'' hates mice. In one level she has to navigate a dark lumber mill with lamps and mice; if she sees a mouse in the light, she'll turn and run.

* Fiona from ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' is terrified of insects, when she kicks open a wall to get the item and dozens of bugs come out, Fiona is less than thrilled.

** Gemini Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' [[www.wikipedia.org/Serpentiphobia hates snakes]]. Not surprisingly, he takes massive damage from Snake Man's Search Snakes.

** Gemini Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' [www.wikipedia.org/Serpentiphobia hates snakes]. Not surprisingly, he takes massive damage from Snake Man's Search Snakes.

** Gemini Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' [www.wikipedia.org/Serpentiphobia hates snakes]]. Not surprisingly, he takes massive damage from Snake Man's Search Snakes.

** Gemini Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' hates snakes. Not surprisingly, he takes massive damage from Snake Man's Search Snakes.

* [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesZeroNoKiseki Elie MacDowell]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Millium Orion]] in the ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'' hate ghosts and do not want to be near them whatsoever. Though to be fair to them, when ghosts can and will kill you as they do in this series, there's a really good reason to be afraid of them.

* Part of a certain side quest chain in ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsOnline'' involves retrieving some baby turtles from the work shed of a hobbit named Grobo Dogroot who happens to be deathly afraid of turtles. When you go to pick them up, each and every one is called "Grobo's Greatest Fear."

* Gemini Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' hates snakes. Not surprisingly, he takes massive damage from Snake Man's Search Snakes.

* [[ArcherArchetype Lev]] from ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' is very tense around them due to the rival faction, the [=WLF=] often using [[AttackDog attack dogs]] to fight. He gets it under control after he gets to interact with [[spoiler:Alice, Abby's favorite dog]].

* [[PlayerCharacter Sam]] from ''VideoGame/DeathStranding]] is afraid of [[HatesBeingTouched touch]]. He will recoil if somebody extends a hand to greet him, or even tries to sit next to him. Due to Sam being a [[BackFromTheDead repatriate]], certain touch causes him to develop rashes. With that being said, he works as a [[{{Courier}} porter]], and his job forces him to traverse the territories of ghosts called [=BTs=], that will try to grab him and pull him under the tar they produce to kill him.

** Becomes HilariousInHindsight as of ''VideoGame/PlaystationBattleRoyale'', where Nate can be pitted against [[VideoGame/TwistedMetal Needles Kane]], the most well-known MonsterClown in video games.

* [[VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki Elie MacDowell]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Millium Orion]] in the ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'' hate ghosts and do not want to be near them whatsoever. Though to be fair to them, when ghosts can and will kill you as they do in this series, there's a really good reason to be afraid of them.

* A short time into the events of ''VideoGame/{{Geist}}'', it is revealed that BigBad Volks's [[TheDragon Dragon]] Rourke is afraid of dogs. Close to the end of the game, Volks holds a meeting behind locked doors and gives specific orders to shoot anyone who comes close who isn't himself or Rourke. The solution is straightforward: [[BodySurf possess Rourke]]. To possess someone, you must first terrify him. Thus, you undergo a series of short missions for the sole purpose of getting a dog into the same room as him.