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1Naturally, tropes aren't just limited to television and literature. You'll encounter some ideas that started from video games. That's right...trope naming has gone digital (or analog, if you prefer).
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3%%If the first game of a series is responsible for naming a trope, it doesn't need to be listed.
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5[[index]]
6!! Lists
7* Website/TheGrandListOfConsoleRolePlayingGameCliches
8** HeadsIWinTailsYouLose
9** LoadBearingBoss
10** StandardFemaleGrabArea
11----
12* Website/TheRPGClichesGame
13** BrokenBridge
14** DuelBoss
15** FakeKing
16** FetchQuest
17** TraumaInn
18
19!! Games
20* ''VideoGame/TheSeventhGuest''
21** SolveTheSoupCans
22*** AlphabetSoupCans
23----
24* ''Franchise/AceAttorney''
25** ChoosingDeath
26** ThatWasObjectionable
27----
28* ''VideoGame/{{Agario}}''
29** IoGame
30----
31* ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast1988''
32** RiseFromYourGrave
33----
34* ''VideoGame/{{Angband}}''
35** RandomNumberGod (on the Usenet group rec.games.roguelike.angband)
36----
37* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''
38** AndYourRewardIsClothes
39*** AndYourRewardIsEdible
40*** AndYourRewardIsInteriorDecorating
41----
42* ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}''
43** AsteroidsMonster
44** Every10000Points
45----
46* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie''
47** BubblegloopSwamp
48* ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie''
49** HailfirePeaks
50----
51* ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}''
52** MiddleEasternCoalition
53----
54* ''Franchise/BlazBlue''
55** ImmortalBreaker
56----
57* ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}''
58** BreakingOut
59----
60* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''
61** ChaosArchitecture
62** {{Metroidvania}} (partial; other half comes from ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'')
63----
64* ''VideoGame/CannonFodder''
65** WarHasNeverBeenSoMuchFun
66----
67* ''VideoGame/ChronoCross''
68** TimeCrash
69----
70* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''
71** BarrierChangeBoss
72** GoodMorningCrono
73** NewGamePlus
74** TechPoints
75----
76* ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}''
77** PleaseSelectNewCityName
78----
79* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer''
80** CommandAndConquerEconomy
81----
82* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3''
83** WeaponizedLandmark
84----
85* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay''
86** ContextSensitiveButton
87----
88''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot''
89* ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity''
90** AcademyOfEvil
91* ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing''
92** CitadelCity
93----
94''VideoGame/DarkSouls''
95* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI''
96** GreatBow
97----
98* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar''
99** YouCallThatAWound
100----
101* ''VideoGame/{{Defender}}''
102** SmartBomb
103----
104* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}''
105** CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth
106** GeoEffects
107** LoveFreak
108** MegatonPunch
109----
110* ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''
111** PowerOfTheVoid (cross-reference to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'')
112** TrapMaster
113----
114* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry''
115** BlackoutBasement
116** GangplankGalleon
117** GustyGlade (''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'')
118** HornetHole (''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'')
119** JungleJapes (''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'')
120** MinecartMadness
121** SpringySpores (''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'')
122** TreeTopTown
123----
124* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''
125** {{BFG}}
126*** {{BFS}}
127*** ChainsawGripBFG
128** DoomDoors
129** GodMode
130*** GodModeSue [[invoked]]
131** TeleFrag
132** TeleportingKeycardSquad (fandom term)
133----
134* ''Franchise/DragonQuest''
135** ButThouMust
136** CuteSlimeMook
137** LegacyBossBattle (''Dragon Quest IX'')
138** MetalSlime
139----
140* ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawl''
141** DungeonCrawling
142----
143* ''VideoGame/EagleEyeMysteries''
144** EagleEyeDetection
145----
146* ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994''
147** AlmightyIdiot
148** {{Eagleland}}
149*** EaglelandOsmosis
150** NewAgeRetroHippie
151** SoundStone
152** YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm
153----
154* ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim''
155** LevelAte (''Earthworm Jim 2'')
156** PlanetHeck
157----
158* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind''
159** ThreadOfProphecySevered
160----
161* ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness: Sanity's Requiem''
162** MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning
163** SanityMeter
164----
165* ''VideoGame/{{Everquest}}''
166** YouWillNotEvadeMe
167----
168* ''VideoGame/Fallout2''
169** {{Autodoc}}
170----
171''Franchise/FinalFantasy''
172* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI''
173** BlackMage
174*** BlackMagicianGirl (cross-reference to ''Franchise/YuGiOh'')
175** PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling
176** TheRedMage
177** WelcomeToCorneria (named for a town, though it's actually a line from [[Webcomic/EightBitTheater 8-Bit Theater]])
178** WhiteMage
179*** WhiteMagicianGirl (cross-reference to ''Franchise/YuGiOh'')
180* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII''
181** FloatingContinent
182* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''
183** AsLongAsThereIsEvil (Zeromus' FinalSpeech)
184** SheatheYourSword
185* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV''
186** PowerOfTheVoid (cross-reference to ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'')
187** SpellBlade
188* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''
189** LaughingMad (Reference to Kefka's Theme, "Dancing Mad")
190** {{Magitek}}
191** SprintShoes
192* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''
193** AerithAndBob
194** TheLifestream
195** LimitBreak
196** OneWingedAngel (named for Sephiroth's FinalBoss song in ''VII'')
197*** ClippedWingAngel
198** SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer
199** {{Wutai}}
200* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''
201** FairyBattle
202** YouAreNotAlone
203* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''
204** ThisIsMyStory
205* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI''
206** TheBeastmaster
207* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2''
208** EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep
209*** HisNameReallyIsBarkeep
210----
211* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem''
212** MarthDebutedInSmashBros (cross-reference to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'')
213** SecretShop
214----
215* ''VideoGame/FreedomForce''
216** RightMakesMight (one of Minuteman's {{catch phrase}}s)
217----
218* ''VideoGame/FZero''
219** PortTown
220----
221* ''VideoGame/GameOfTheYear420BLAZEIT''
222** FourTwentyBlazeIt
223----
224* ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}''
225** WizardNeedsFoodBadly
226*** GodsNeedPrayerBadly
227----
228* ''VideoGame/{{Genji}}''
229** AttackItsWeakPoint
230** GiantEnemyCrab
231** RealTimeWeaponChange
232** ThisIndexHitsForMassiveDamage (all from the same E3 conference presentation-turned-[[Memes/VideoGames Internet meme]])
233----
234* ''VideoGame/GodHand''
235** PummelDuel
236----
237* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''
238** HotCoffeeMinigame (''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', after the infamous DummiedOut section)
239** VengeanceFeelsEmpty (''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'')
240** ViceCity (''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'')
241----
242* ''VideoGame/HalfLife''
243** HowDoIShotWeb (either from the ''Natural Selection'' mod or the ''Website/SomethingAwful'' forums)
244** LighthousePoint
245** NoOSHACompliance (an achievement in ''Half-Life 2'')
246** RightManInTheWrongPlace
247----
248* ''VideoGame/TheImpossibleQuiz''
249** LOL69
250----
251* ''Creator/{{Infocom}}''
252** {{Feelies}}
253** InteractiveFiction
254----
255* ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''
256** KingOfAllCosmos
257----
258* ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct''
259** ComboBreaker
260----
261* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''
262** DreamMatchGame
263----
264* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''
265** AnotherSideAnotherStory
266** TheHeartless
267** ResignationsNotAccepted (''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 Days]]'')
268** TheWarSequence (''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII KHII]]'')
269** LandOfDragons (''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII KHII]]'')
270----
271* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing''
272** AnAdventurerIsYou
273** NinjaPirateZombieRobot
274** NoobCave
275** PhotoprotoneutronTorpedo
276----
277* ''VideoGame/KingsQuestV''
278** AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder
279----
280* ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}''
281** AbilityMixing (''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'', but proper use of the trope started with ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'')
282** AmericanKirbyIsHardcore
283** FountainOfMemes (''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'', via pun on Fountain of Dreams)
284*** FountainOfExpies
285----
286* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''
287** AmericansHateTingle
288** DarkWorld (''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'')
289** DeathMountain
290** HeartContainer
291** GiantsKnifeHumansGreatsword (Named after Medigoron's Giant's Knife in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'')
292** HijackedByGanon ([[FanSpeak fandom term]])
293** IFightForTheStrongestSide (''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'')
294** TheLostWoods
295** SpinAttack (''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'')
296** SunkenCity (''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons]]'')
297** UrbanLegendOfZelda
298----
299* ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney''
300** InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn
301----
302* ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL''
303** IKnowMaddenKombat (partial; other half comes from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'')
304----
305* ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion''
306** {{Cutscene}}
307** ICantReachIt
308----
309* ''VideoGame/{{Mardek}}''
310** ActuallyFourMooks (Originally titled "ActuallyFourBlokes")
311----
312* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''
313** CannedOrdersOverLoudspeaker
314** LoyaltyMission
315** WeWereYourTeam
316----
317* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne''
318** BulletTime
319----
320* ''Franchise/MegaMan''
321** EmergencyEnergyTank
322** MagmaMan (''VideoGame/MegaMan9'')
323----
324* ''VideoGame/MetalGear''
325** FissionMailed (''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'')
326----
327* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}''
328** {{Metroidvania}} (partial; other half comes from ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'')
329** NoobBridge (fandom term)
330** SamusIsAGirl
331** SequenceBreaking
332----
333* ''VideoGame/{{Minesweeper}}''
334** {{Tilesweeper}}
335----
336* ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic''
337** HourOfPower
338** SoulJar
339----
340* ''Videogame/MonsterRancher''
341** TailSlap
342----
343* ''Franchise/MortalKombat''
344** FinishHim
345** FlawlessVictory
346** IKnowMortalKombat
347*** IDontKnowMortalKombat
348*** IKnowMaddenKombat (partial; see ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'')
349** MirrorMatch
350** StageFatality
351----
352* ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}''
353** BeautifulVoid (Creator/DouglasAdams' description of the game)
354** ZipMode (a movement feature in the game)
355----
356* ''VideoGame/NetHack''
357** YetAnotherStupidDeath (on the Usenet group rec.games.roguelike.nethack)
358----
359* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights''
360** MagicMissileStorm, in conjunction with the spell ''magic missile'' from ''D&D''
361----
362* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2: Storm of Zehir''
363** FowlMouthedParrot
364----
365* ''VideoGame/PacMan''
366** PacManFever
367----
368* {{Pinball}}
369** PinballTropes (Trope Namer for essentially everything in this index)
370----
371* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies''
372** SummonBackupDancers
373----
374* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' (examples originating from the anime should go in the TropeNamers/AnimeAndManga page)
375** BrickBreak (''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'')
376** BugBuzz (''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'')
377** BulletSeed (''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'')
378** DittoFighter
379** EliteFour
380** EscapeRope
381** GottaCatchThemAll
382*** GottaKillThemAll
383*** GottaRescueThemAll
384** HornAttack
385** HotSkittyOnWailordAction (fandom term, coined by Website/GameFAQs)
386** MagikarpPower
387** {{Mon}} (came up with this specific diminutive for "monster" even if it didn't invent the genre proper, with ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' and ''VideoGame/MonsterRancher'' helping cement the term).
388*** ComMons
389*** StarterMon
390*** OlympusMons
391*** HuMons
392** MyNameIsQuestionMarks (''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'')
393** {{Phonymon}}
394** RareCandy
395** RazorWind
396** SinglePaletteTown (a pun on the home city from the first-generation games)
397** AWildRapperAppears (based on "A Wild X Appears/Appeared!", Pokèmon's trademark {{Random Encounter|s}} line)
398----
399* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''
400** TheCakeIsALie
401** CompanionCube
402** NiceJobBreakingItHero
403*** NiceJobBreakingItHerod
404*** NiceJobFixingItVillain
405*** NiceJobGuidingUsHero
406** ThinkingUpPortals (a play on the tagline, "thinking with portals")
407----
408* ''Videogame/ProWrestling''
409** AWinnerIsYou
410*** ATroperIsYou (on virtue of everything in this index being named after the above line)
411----
412* ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin''
413** NotSoInvincibleAfterAll
414----
415* ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''
416** MilkmanConspiracy
417** PsiBlast
418----
419* ''VideoGame/PunchOut''
420** HeroStoleMyBike (while named for a meme, said meme came from this game's TrainingMontage)
421** VodkaDrunkenski
422----
423* ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}''
424** ArenaShooter (''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'')
425** QuadDamage (''VideoGame/QuakeI'')
426----
427* ''VideoGame/RType''
428** ReflectingLaser
429----
430* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank''
431** GrindBoots
432** MegaCorp
433** DeathCourse
434----
435* ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}''
436** BandLand (from the first game)
437----
438* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''
439** MasterOfUnlocking
440** PresidentEvil (cross-reference with a parody featured in ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'')
441** SurvivalHorror
442----
443* ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven''
444** MegamixGame (''Rhythm Heaven Megamix'')
445----
446* ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheTriad''
447** LudicrousGibs
448----
449* ''VideoGame/RockBand''
450** BigRockEnding
451** BladderOfSteel (achievement from the second game)
452----
453* ''VideoGame/{{Rogue}}''
454** {{Roguelike}} (cross-reference with the Usenet group rec.games.roguelike)
455----
456* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxSaveTheWorld''
457** ObliviousGuiltSlinging
458----
459* ''VideoGame/SecretOfEvermore''
460** {{Prehistoria}}
461----
462* ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland''
463** TheThreeTrials
464** YouFightLikeACow
465----
466* ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus''
467** ColossusClimb
468----
469* ''VideoGame/ShadowsOfTheDamned''
470** CityOfTheDamned
471----
472* ''VideoGame/Shivers1995''
473** MuseumOfTheStrangeAndUnusual
474----
475* ''VideoGame/TheSims''
476** SpeakingSimlish
477----
478* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''
479** BadFuture (''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'')
480** CasinoPark (''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'')
481** EternalEngine (''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'')
482** GreenHillZone (''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'')
483** MascotWithAttitude
484** PalmtreePanic (''Sonic the Hedgehog CD'')
485** {{Studiopolis}} (''VideoGame/SonicMania'')
486** UltimateLifeform (''Sonic Adventure 2'')
487----
488* ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders''
489** PersonalSpaceInvader
490----
491* ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon''
492** WingShield (''VideoGame/SpyroEnterTheDragonfly'', but has greater uses in ''VideoGame/SpyroAHerosTail'')
493----
494* ''VideoGame/StarControl''
495** BattleThralls
496----
497* ''VideoGame/{{StarCraft|I}}'' (1998)
498** ConstructAdditionalPylons
499** SpawnBroodling
500** YouRequireMoreVespeneGas
501** ZergRush
502----
503* ''VideoGame/StarFox''
504** DoABarrelRoll (''VideoGame/StarFox64''. Provided by Peppy Hare)
505** GoForTheEye (''VideoGame/StarFox64''. Again provided by Peppy Hare)
506----
507* ''Franchise/StreetFighter''
508** CherryTapping (fandom term)
509** HurricaneKick
510** KamehameHadoken (cross-reference to ''Franchise/DragonBall'')
511** LetsFightLikeGentlemen (Dudley's entrance quote from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'')
512** {{Shoryuken}}
513** {{Shotoclone}} (fandom term)
514----
515* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' (includes ''VideoGame/{{Wario}}'' and ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' sub-series)
516** OneUp
517*** InfiniteOneUps
518** BigBoosHaunt (''VideoGame/SuperMario64'')
519** ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch (''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'', inspired by a certain in-game line[[note]]"I love going on message boards and complaining about games I've never played!"[[/note]])
520** {{Faceship}} (''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'')
521** GoKartingWithBowser (''VideoGame/MarioKart'')
522** TheGoomba
523*** GoombaSpringboard
524*** GoombaStomp
525** GroundPound (''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'')
526** HeKnowsAboutTimedHits (''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'')
527** InvisibleBlock (''VideoGame/PaperMario''[[note]]First game to officially utilize the "Invisible Block" term. Before, those were called "Hidden Blocks".[[/note]])
528** ItemGet (''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'')
529** LethalLavaLand (''VideoGame/SuperMario64'')
530** MacroZone (''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'')
531** MagicMushroom (''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' manual)
532** MinusWorld
533** JustForFun/OneMarioLimit
534** PinballZone (''VideoGame/WarioLand4'')
535** PipeMaze (''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'')
536** PoisonMushroom (''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels'')
537** ShiftingSandLand (''VideoGame/SuperMario64''}
538** SpaceZone (''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'')
539** SphereFactor (''VideoGame/MarioParty7'')
540** TheSpiny
541** TimeKeepsOnTicking (''VideoGame/YoshisIslandDS'')
542** ToyTime (''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'')
543** WarpWhistle (''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'')
544** WarpZone
545** WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing (''VideoGame/MarioParty'', from a popular series of videos featuring Luigi)
546** YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle
547----
548* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''
549** HowUnscientific
550** OriginalGeneration
551** RealRobotGenre
552** SuperRobotGenre (technically, as ''Anime/MazingerZ'' merely [[TropeCodifier defined]] the archetype)
553----
554* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''
555** EdibleAmmunition
556** GuestFighter
557** MarthDebutedInSmashBros (cross-reference to ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'')
558** MultiMookMelee
559----
560* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''
561** DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent
562** ShootTheMedicFirst (cross-reference with ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'')
563----
564* ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''
565** FallingBlocks
566** TheTetrisEffect
567----
568* ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater''
569** SkateHeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth (cross-reference to the Belinda Carlisle song "Heaven is a Place on Earth")
570----
571* ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}''
572** LordBritishPostulate
573----
574* ''VideoGame/{{WarCraft}}''
575** CivilWarcraft
576** StopPokingMe
577* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''
578** LeeroyJenkins (via [[WebVideo/LeeroyJenkinsVideo a memetic video]])
579** NinjaLooting
580** ResurrectionSickness
581** YouNoTakeCandle
582----
583* ''VideoGame/YouHaveToBurnTheRope''
584** YouHaveToBurnTheWeb
585----
586* ''VideoGame/ZeroWing''
587** AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs
588** ForGreatJustice
589** IntentionalEngrishForFunny (all but this one are from the same meme/''opening scene'')
590** SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb
591** WarWasBeginning
592** YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive
593----
594* ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}''
595** TheTamingOfTheGrue (Cross reference with ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'')
596[[/index]]

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