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* Just like the Jean Grey example itself, Zero from ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' is known in the fandom for dying and resurrecting at the drop of a hat, which isn't exactly fair. He's only died canonically, what, [[strike:4/5]] 3 times? [[strike:And he's not revived the last time.]] Scratch that, he came back as a biometal. In the words of Sigma: "ZELLO! [[WhyWontYouDie JUZDIE]]!" Perhaps this is because Zero is TheObiWan and the writers thought he was too BadAss to keep dead.
** According to the creator, Zero was originally supposed to stay dead the first time. [[EnsembleDarkhorse It didn't work out]].
** Fans also forget that X himself isn't much better. Zero was supposed to die in X5, but it was retconned to a near-death - and X himself also nearly died. Zero died later on when the [[ColonyDrop Ragnarok Satellite]] fell, and by then X was ''already'' dead and even his 'cyber-elf' spirit had vanished from the physical world. And X was ''also'' brought back as a biometal same time as Zero. Discounting the retconned death, Zero has died twice, X once, and both have a close-call each.
** Another example from the series: Guts Man of ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'', believed to be a DumbMuscle mostly thanks to his portrayal in the [[WesternAnimation/MegaMan animated series]], and certainly not helped by his incarnation in ''MegaManBattleNetwork''. ''MegaManPoweredUp'' tried to correct this, by explicitly showing that, while Guts Man really isn't a genius, he's not ''that'' dumb, either.
** From MegaManStarForce, we have Luna, [[spoiler: the {{Muggle}} who got blown up and then put back together again.]]
* From ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'': Poor, poor Firion. He was an orphaned kid who became one of the key fighters for the rebels, helped overthrow TheEmperor, killed him when he came back to life after taking over the underworld, and in ''{{Dissidia}}'' is a hot-blooded, badass rebel who exhibits mastery of ''Final Fantasy II's'' ''entire'' battle system. But he gets seduced by one Lamia Queen, and no one--not even the staff who threw in two {{Mythology Gag}}s in ''Dissidia'' for it--will let him forget it.
** In addition, thanks to ''{{Dissidia}}'' Firion will forever be associated with the so-called "wild rose" and his dream of filling the world with roses.
* From ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', some people don't like Rosa much for the fact she's a DistressedDamsel, being sick with desert fever then getting kidnapped shortly after you cure her. Once you rescue her she stays by Cecil's side for the rest of the game, even when he tells her to stay behind because it's too dangerous.
** Kain gets {{Brainwashed}} ''once'', with a period between the Tower of Zot and Sealed Cave where Golbez loses the signal and has to retune it. Somehow that apparently translates into HeelFaceRevolvingDoor even though he only leaves and rejoins ''twice''.
** In the sequel ''TheAfterYears'' Kain is evil again and Rosa spends most of the plot on the sidelines after fleeing from Baron before Kain kidnaps her. The other characters even wonder "Has Kain been brainwashed again?" [[spoiler:Actually no, it's his EvilCounterpart / EnemyWithout, the true Kain is known as the Hooded Man and is completely good]]. Rosa, unfortunately for her, has no such redeeming plot point. Could also be seen as PanderingToTheBase--the other female character of the original game, not counting Porom, is Rydia, who is much more popular with the fans than Rosa. While Rosa spends most of the game out of action, Rydia is promoted to main female lead.
** In-game example: Cecil attacks Mysidia [[JustFollowingOrders under the (false) King Baron's command]]. When he returns, everyone hates him for it while he's walking around in Dark Knight armour. Some of them even [[Baleful Polymorph curse him]]. Understandable. They ''keep cursing him'' , even ''after'' he's become a Paladin and started fighting alongside them. May fall under WhatTheHellTownspeople, but it still qualifies.
* Despite resolving the majority of his issues and becoming a confident leader by the end of the game, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII's'' Cloud Strife will always be known as an angsty, [[ContemplateOurNavels navel-gazing]] introvert. Likewise, Aerith has been painted so heavily with TheMessiah brush that most people forget that she was a spunky, energetic and flirty young woman who fell in love with a [[LovingAShadow shadow of her dead first boyfriend]] and frequently caused problems by running off on her own. Interestingly, this creates something of a HypeBacklash, in that SquareEnix is often accused of [[PanderingToTheBase pandering to the extreme version of this]], and stated in creation materials for ''AdventChildren'' that they characterized Cloud as angsty because they thought fans would be more familiar with such a depiction.
** If it's not the {{Wangst}}, then it's the cross-dressing mission to get in Don Corneo's mansion. Even though it's optional, WesternAnimation/RobotChicken put Cloud under their gay game characters because he went in a hot tub with other men in speedos.
* Though not as negative as some examples here, Zidane in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' will always be famous for that one scene--"Ooh, soft!". As well-known among fans of the game as that scene is, groping Garnet really was an accident and he apologized afterwards. He may be a ChivalrousPervert, but he's more the former than the latter.
* If there's one thing [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Tidus and Yuna]] will always be remembered by, it will be the infamous "fake laugh" scene. What many fail to realize is that the laughter was ''supposed'' to sound forced. Even the other characters wonder [[YoureInsane what is wrong with them]].
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', Vaan asks Fran how old she is, which is insensitive and the entire party chews him out for it, but under the circumstances isn't a bad question (the scene just before implies Fran is over fifty years old, and that Viera live far longer than humans). Additionally, some AlternativeCharacterInterpretation posits that he asked her ''that'' question rather than asking her about her possibly [[spoiler: painful past in her HiddenElfVillage]]. Then in ''Dissidia 012'', his opening quote to Shantotto, Prishe ''and'' Ultimecia is to ask how old they are, ''and'' he asks the same about Cosmos in a storyline scene.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', Lightning punches Snow on two separate occasions - in extreme circumstances and while under an enormous amount of emotional stress. Probably due to the fact that it was a) heavily featured in the trailers, b) awesome, and c) what many players wanted to do at that point, fanfic features her decking Snow full-force at the drop of a hat. They also tend to forget that she [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosted]] a lot over the course of the story, with ''Dissidia 012'' even portraying her as the fan view of her as super stoic and hostile.
** Hope will forever be known as the [[{{Wangst}} whiney]] Mamas Boy with [[YouKilledMyFather a revenge complex]]. However, his journey to overcome his irrational and adolescent desire for revenge (a coping mechanism for seeing his mother die before his eyes and not understanding why) is his ''[[CharacterDevelopment main character arc]]'', which resolves about halfway through the game.
** Snow himself is [[TheScrappy hated]] for supposedly having a hero complex and being obsessed with Serah (you know, ''his fiancée''). But one of the first observations made about Snow in-game (by Vanille) is that he's "all-talk", and it very quickly becomes clear that Snow is talking big to cover for deeper insecurities.
* [[TheChick Kairi]] only gets properly kidnapped twice in the ''KingdomHearts'' series (both in ''II'', and in the first instance she actually escapes on her own; the first game had her lifeless body held captive by Riku but her heart/essence safe with Sora, and Riku was ''protecting'' her body), yet most of the fandom apparently will forever deem her a DamselScrappy who "always gets kidnapped" regardless.
** Speaking of ''KingdomHearts'', Tetsuya Nomura will absolutely never live down... [[Disney/{{Hercules}} I've got two words for ya]]: zippers. Nomura used lots of zippers when designing KingdomHearts; for the simple reason that it was a popular trend among children in Japan at the time. Nowadays, everything Nomura ever did or ever will do will be characterized for tons of zippers everywhere, from shoes to hats. You can point out all of his characters who have no zippers (even ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' features a generous amount of zipperless characters), but to no avail. And if it isn't zippers, then it's belts; but less mocked because belts are a more common trend.
* In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword]]'', Erk is most definitely annoyed by Serra and isn't shy about telling her so. In his B support with Priscilla he makes a few comments on the stress of having been Serra's escort. Fanon took this to mean he genuinely hates Serra's guts and will loudly bash her to anyone within earshot.
** Legault's flirtations with Heath in their supports result in a lot of fangirls forgetting the other, more plot-driven aspects of his character.
** MysteriousWaif Ninian has only broken down in tears ''twice'' through the storyline. Fans treat her as if she cried every single time she opened her mouth, and use it to bash her for [[RealWomenNeverWearDresses being "weak"]] or standing in between Eliwood and [[ActionGirl Lyn]] (who has ''also'' cried in canon, BTW).
** Speaking of Eliwood, his declaration that he has no love for war led to at least half the fandom either bashing him as a "pansy-ass pussy" or painting him as a male MoeMoe who flails/cries/goes into cardiac arrest at the sight of blood.
** ChivalrousPervert Sain says "oh, beauteous one" exactly ''one time'' within the course of the game.
** Half the fandom characterizes ShrinkingViolet Florina entirely based on her fear of men.
** Lucius has been mistaken for a woman exactly ''once'', even though his feminine looks are commented on by several characters.
*** Even the second part of this is an example of this trope. Only one other character has actually pointed out his feminine looks (Priscilla), and it was meant to be a veiled aggressive comment. No one else has ever talked about his looks in a conversation.
*** Though this one might have something to do with how many ''players'' mistook him for a woman.
** The series itself is pretty well known for having lots of BrotherSisterIncest (And [[FlirtyStepsiblings other]] [[KissingCousins kinds]] of incest). There's a legitimate point to this, given that the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Jugdral Chronology]] has ''lots'' of incest (one pairing as a major plot point, a few more strongly implied, and multiple incestuous pairings that players can set up themselves), but ''Genealogy of the Holy War'' is the only one where it has a bearing on the main plot. The rest is mainly IncestSubtext thanks to BigBrotherWorship which is largely unreciprocated and a pair of maybe-too-close twins... but as it's still lots more incest than most video game series have, it does stick in the mind.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'', try to find more than one discussion involving Eirika that ''doesn't'' bring up her supposed "fail" regarding the Stone of Renais, or that doesn't passively-aggressively bring her down as "an useless leader" who "needs rescuing" for it... and sometimes blame her for things that '''other''' people have done! Or
** Innes tells Eirika he'll prove himself worthy of her love in their A level support. Fanfics pairing Eirika with someone else turn him into a competitive JerkAss who sees her as nothing more than a prize to be won.
*** Similarly, fans who support Innes as Eirika's favored suitor shamelessly use Seth's A support with Eirika (in which he first tries to distance himself from her, to later confess his own love) to accuse Seth of being sexist, creepy and possessive of her. The DoubleStandard is obvious.
** Ike from VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius is known solely for his line in SuperSmashBros Brawl: "I fight for my friends!" Not so much the line itself, but for the less than stellar voice acting.
** While Micaiah in ''Radiant Dawn'' is quite the WellIntentionedExtremist, from the way some fans talk you'd think that's ''all'' she was. At least among fans who bother to see her character past crying "Mary Sue!" over her appearance and lineage.
** Ever since a certain base conversation in ''Radiant Dawn'', you'd think all Soren ever ''did'' was cry in Ike's arms.
** ''FireEmblemAwakening'':
*** Sumia shows her affection to Chrom by baking pies for him. The fans immediately pegged her as nothing more than a pie-baking housewife with no other facets to her personality and in some cases, [[DieForOurShip used it as an excuse to bash her]].
*** The game itself might as well be called ''FireEmblem: Self-Insertion Fanservice Adventure'' according to the fans, completely ignoring the other aspects of the plot.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' has this with Rosemary. A certain Codec call topped off with an argument with her emotionally distant boyfriend launched her status as one of [[TheScrappy The Scrappies]] of the series, with plenty of DieForOurShip sentiments on the side.
** Otacon [[BringMyBrownPants pisses himself]] when being attacked by an insane BloodKnight [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Undead Cyborg Ninja]] who had just murdered a corridor full of armed soldiers and was [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique trying to squeeze some information from Otacon that he genuinely didn't know]]. Fandom (and Snake in an [=MGS2=] Codec call) is mocking him for this to this day. Particularly weird when ''three'' other characters piss themselves in the series (Emma, Sokolov, and even Big Boss), without the reputation for incontinence sticking; then again, two of the three are dead before their game ends ([[spoiler:although Sokolov is revealed to be alive in ''Portable Ops'']]), and the third is [[MemeticBadass goddamn Big Boss]].
* The entire genre of Text Adventures - or Interactive Fiction - will forever be remembered, unfairly or not, for YouCantGetYeFlask.
** "[[VideoGame/{{Zork}} You are likely to be eaten by a grue]]." ("So it might be a good idea to obtain a light source, like, oh, that lantern over there, before entering the darkness. Seriously, what's so hard about this?")
** "[[ColossalCave You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.]]" ("But if you think that's bad, wait until you get to the 'nondescript area of a cave', which is also a maze, we just don't bother to reveal it via an overly elaborate and easily memed description.")
* Apparently, "[[GratuitousEnglish I're stain mah hends with your bra!" and "You cannot escape flom dess!"]] are the only things [[FatalFury Geese Howard]] ever says according to some fans. Those phrases originated from ''[[SNKVsCapcom Capcom vs. SNK]]''.
** On a similar note, it appears that for anything in regards to SNK characters, the only artwork or voice samples they will ever use of them is from [=CvS1=] or [=CvS2=], invariably.
*** SNK itself. Disregard taunts, parries, super moves, super meter, background cameos and just about everything ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' didn't invent; SNK made ''[[FollowTheLeader Art]] [[AlternateCompanyEquivalent of]] [[OldShame Fight]] [[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting ing]]'', [[SarcasmMode therefore they are FOREVER incapable of coming up with ANYTHING]] '''''[[BlatantLies EVER.]]'''''
** Terry Bogard has also ended up on the recieving end of this thanks to his Buster Wolf DM as whenever they think of his [[GratuitousEnglish rampant Engrish]] habits, they'll invariably go for his "ARE YOU OKAY?!" and "BUSTAH WORF!" line, and his Buster Wolf as being his most famous, ubiquitous move (Kind of like Vegeta's signature move being Galick Gun despite only using it once). Believe it or not Terry has NOT had that DM in every single game he's ever been in, having only been in ''Garou: Mark of the Wolves'', both ''[[CapcomVsSnk Capcom]] [[CapcomVsSnk2 Vs SNK]]'' games (See above bullet point for that), KOF 2003, XI and XIII. But it seems like its all he can ever say and perform, according to most, thanks to the aforementioned question.
* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' has several:
** Almost all {{Catch Phrase}}s come from a single occurence, due to the limited amount of text in the actual games.
** Cirno is indeed TheDitz, but ever since she was labeled "(9) Baka" in the 9th game's instruction manual, her stupidity has become her defining trait in fandom. Her other claim to fame is her "Icicle Fall" spellcard on Easy, which has a safe spot directly in front of her. This has led some to believe she is an easy boss, only to find out that on Normal and harder, she still has some pretty nasty attacks, not to mention that "Icicle Fall" on Normal doesn't have that safe spot anymore.
** An even worse case from the same series is Mystia Lorelei. After defeating her in the eighth game's second stage, Yuyuko Saigyouji made a joke about having eaten her: Ever since then, fanon basically made her into the cast's emergency food ration (with Yuyuko being her most frequent predator), with plenty of eating and chicken (she's a bird girl) jokes at her expense. In short, a bird version of [[Manga/ExcelSaga Mince]].
** Yuyuko herself would become known as a BigEater because of this, as well as her comments about the game's events being a "wonderful midnight snack tour," with {{Flanderization}} taking her appetite to ExtremeOmnivore levels.
*** Aki Eda and ZUN turned Yuyuko's appetite into a CrowningMomentOfAwesome when, at the end of ''Silent Sinner in Blue'', Yuyuko prioritizes stealing a simple jug of Lunarian sake over advanced Lunarian technology and weaponry. It's too trivial for retaliatory action and can be consumed in a single sitting so it can never be recovered, but it perfectly broadcasts "We win."
** There's also Keine, the unfortunate were-hakutaku who will forever be known for all the [[Memes/{{Touhou}} CAVED]] [[MemeticMolester people left in her wake]].
* JohnRomero. ''VideoGame/{{Daikatana}}'':
** Only because we're all confused as to whether or not we were ever actually made his bitches.
** Best described in [[http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/june03/dumbestmoments/index.shtml a 2003 Gamespy article detailing the 25 dumbest moments in video game history]] (a list in which Ion Storm [[RuleOfThree appears three times]]):
--> ''"John Romero is a talented guy who has contributed to and designed [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} some really]] [[VideoGame/{{Quake}} cool games]], but Daikatana is such a colossal Mount Everest of failure that it tends to overshadow just about everything else."''
* In-story of ''{{Mercenaries}} 2'', your merc will be known throughout Venezuela as "the merc that Solano shot in the ass".
* Francis has this in ''Left4Dead'' during the Crash Course campaign. Ever since Zoey shot the (infected) helicopter pilot that saved them from No Mercy hospital and they wound up crashing, Francis will take every moment he can get to remind Zoey of what she did.
* Has happened to many ''BackyardSports'' characters. For example, Dmitri will forever be known as TheSmartGuy, while Maria will forever be known as the girl with pigtails.
* Shiro Emiya from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' is often branded CaptainObvious based on one moment ''that didn't really even happen'': the infamous "People die when they are killed." line isn't even an accurate translation; what he said was more along the lines of, "[[NoOneCouldSurviveThat Normal people are supposed to die]] [[DeathIsCheap from (these kinds of injuries)]]". He may be [[LawfulStupid stupid]] in [[LeeroyJenkins other]] [[StayInTheKitchen ways]], but pointing out the obvious isn't really one of them.
** One of Shiro's ideals as TheMessiah is that he doesn't want to see Saber (and, for the most part, Saber ''specifically'') injured because of his own weakness. If you listened to the internet, you'd think his every other sentence is "StayInTheKitchen!"
* Gunpei Yokoi for a number of years was mainly known for the Virtual Boy and his tragic death, although he's recently remembered now for his positive legacy, such as ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' and creating the Game & Watch and GameBoy.
** Interestingly enough, Gunpei Yokoi is also the man that originally came up with the idea for Nintendo to adopt the policy of 'Lateral thinking with withered technology'.
* Gunpei's protege, Yoshio Sakamoto, will never live down the fact that he was responsible for the [[BrokenBase highly divisive]] ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', despite being the person behind the beloved ''Super Metroid'' and the other 2D Metroid games, the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' games and the ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'' series.
** And when Sakamoto doesn't receive the hate for the game, most of the time is because [[ScapegoatCreator the blame is directed towards Team Ninja instead]].
** ''Other M'' itself won't let down the scenes that caused it to become the BrokenBase game that it is. Despite the fact that Samus is depicted as a rather strong individual who recovers from several things to down the biggest bosses in the game, fandom have latched onto the infamous Ridley scene and Adam's way of talking towards her being the main reasons her entire character is weakened in the game.
*** More to the point, fandom rants on the game to the point where it stops being a NeverLiveItDown and starts becoming more FanDumb for the various complains the more hardcore fan base has towards it.
* Masahiro Sakurai, despite being the creator of VideoGame/{{Kirby}}, will forever be known for his highly controversial decisions regarding ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' such as the inclusion of [[ScrappyMechanic tripping]], the removal of such popular characters as [[VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} Mewtwo]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblem Roy]], and his decisions on not including certain highly-requested characters. This will likely carry on to the fourth Smash Bros. game as well.
* ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' will likely be remembered as the game where [[spoiler:giant winged babies come out of a hole in the sky and eat everyone and the main character gets shot down by fighter jets in modern-day Japan.]] Despite its infamy, that's actually ''not'' the Canon ending, though that ending leading to ''VideoGame/NieR'' isn't helping.
* In-game example: The Jedi Exile in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic II'' is there when the planet Peragus is destroyed (depending on the player's choices, s/he could also be responsible for it). Regardless of whether or not the Exile is actually responsible, it seems everyone and their Twi'lek dancer is reminding them about it. On one occasion where you're allowed to pick a line about how it wasn't the Exile's fault, the character's response is that of course it was, since the Exile chose to go to Peragus. Sadly, there is no option to comment on how the Exile was only even anywhere near Peragus because s/he was drugged and rendered unconscious by an assassin droid hired by that same character in the first place.
** The Exile was also responsible for the destruction of Malachor V in the backstory: some characters seem to extrapolate this and Peragus and come to the conclusion that blowing up planets is some kind of regular habit for her/him.
* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' has an example in the fan-made continuation of the main campaign Aribeth's Redemption: everyone (even Aribeth) seems to forget about her years of invaluable contribution to the city of Neverwinter and the fact that she barely damaged the city's surrounding territories at all during the Luskan war, all because she was mind-controlled into leading an enemy army to attack the city. Then again, this might be justified.
* In ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', widely considered the worst 3D Sonic game, there ''are'' hints of romantic feelings between [[InterspeciesRomance the very human Princess Elise and the very non-human Sonic]]...but [[{{Starboarding}} it's entirely on Elise's side]]. Not that this minimizes the {{squick}} ''much''...but if you have to blame someone for the romance, [[DamselScrappy blame Elise.]]
** The port of ''SonicTheHedgehog'' to the GameBoyAdvance was considered to be a complete failure. Considering that the GBA is technically more powerful than the Sega Genesis, the port should have been able to run without problems. Instead, the port is stuffed with massive frame rate drops for no reason, butchered sound and music, and altered physics that make playing the game extremely difficult. To top it off, the game was supposed to be a celebration of Sonic's 15th anniversary. Sega completely screwing up a simple port showed that [[TheyJustDidntCare they simply didn't give a shit and tried to cash in on the Sonic fan base.]] Fans still have not forgotten about this, especially so soon after Sonic 06 came out.
** Ever since Knuckles was fooled into thinking Sonic was the bad guy in ''Sonic 3'' he has earned a reputation as a gullible idiot who will believe anything Eggman tells him. This has happened, to a far lesser degree in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', itself over 10 years old, and again in ''SonicAdvance 2''.
** ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' forever cursed Shadow with a reputation as an amnesiac constantly {{Wangst}}ing about being uncertain of his true identity, even though he almost immediately got [[ShadowTheHedgehog his own game]] which resolved all that.
*** Shadow even had a decidedly ''un-angsty'' line, giving off a riff Sonic would've been proud of. ''To Sonic himself''.
---> "Well, I guess it'll be a date to '''die''' for."
** On a related case to Sonic, Dimps. This development studio made some nice [[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy 2D]] [[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries platformers]] for the series, and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV some other well-received games.]] But the only thing they'll ever be remembered for is "ruining [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4 Sonic 4]]".
** The "Green Eyes" complaint from Website/YouTube user ''[=AKnotholeResident=]''.
* Zelda is known for being kidnapped constantly, and apparently every game is based on this concept. This is not the case. Admittedly, Zelda has been rescued in several games, she is often depicted as being able to take care of herself. The most famous Zelda game is arguably ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', and you actually discover late in the game that [[spoiler:she was [[SamusIsAGirl the awesome ninja dude]] that has been fighting evil and bossing you around for half the game.]] Zelda HAS been kidnapped, enchanted, turned to stone and whatnot for half of the game, but the other half was spent kicking ass.
** She also [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess surrendered her entire kingdom to Zant without a fight]], which left some fans less than impressed with her, even though the ''reasoning'' behind this was because Zant had all her soldiers at gunpoint (so to speak) and made it clear that his power could ''destroy'' her kingdom if she didn't hand it over. She was basically doing the logical thing, and even if you think that's bad, she more than makes up for it later by [[spoiler:saving Midna's life, and later helping fight Ganondorf on horseback.]]
** If one happens to run across a page that makes an example of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' and isn't [[ButtMonkey joking at Link's expense]], then it'll be [[RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun gushing]] about him [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome stabbing Ganon through the head]].]]
** [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Fi]]. Most fans [[TheScrappy loathe her]] for effectively taking the StopHelpingMe factor UpToEleven, even rivaling fellow ExpositionFairy Navi. While she can get rather annoying, by the way some people talk about her, [[{{Flanderization}} she constantly interrupts gameplay every five seconds and always reports information shown right in front of your face,]] and made the game near unplayable. The fact that [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Tatl]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker the King of Red Lions]], and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Midna]] were [[EnsembleDarkhorse fan-favorites]] didn't help, and Fi's comparatively [[TheSpock cold]] and sometimes [[UncannyValley creepy]] disposition only made it worse.
* VideoGame/HotelMario and the two animated VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDIGames are remembered more for their [[{{Narm}} narmy]] quotes than their gameplay and storyline.
* Veigue of ''VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth'' is only remembered by the fandom as "that guy who [[SayMyName screams his girlfriend's name a lot]].
* Creator/{{WayForward Technologies}} is better known for their oft-maligned launch period NintendoDS messenger app release Ping Pals and [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames mediocre cartoon tie-ins]] than their more applauded work, notably the rare and [[NeedsMoreLove underappreciated]] GameBoyColor game ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'', and as such, has infuriatingly been referenced instead in features and reviews on their work in ''VideoGame/{{Contra}} 4 for the Nintendo DS.
** This probably doesn't qualify as a NeverLiveItDown example anymore, since Contra 4 was pretty well received and Wayforward managed to build up its reputation with good games such as the Wii remake of ''VideoGame/ABoyAndHisBlob'', ''VideoGame/{{LIT}}'' and ''Shantae: Risky's Revenge'', among their usual licensed work.
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' was, unfortunately, hyped just a little too much on its release, leading to key figures in the gaming industry slamming it, to the effect that even now it seems to be remembered as little more than a poor Mario imitator. As anyone who actually played it at the time can attest, this is quite wrong - it was a beautifully designed, addictive platformer with one of the best soundtracks to grace any game of any time period. And its first sequel was even better in all regards.
** Unfortunately, game music composer Grant Kirkhope has run into this with the infamous "DK Rap," which served as the ThemeTuneRap for ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64''. However, Kirkhope has [[http://grantkirkhope.com/donkeykong64.html stated that]], contrary to [[MisBlamed popular belief]], the DK Rap was ''supposed'' to be cheesy and silly, and not a ''serious'' attempt at a rap song about cartoony talking apes.
** During the peak of ''Donkey Kong Country'''s popularity, ShigeruMiyamoto famously complained that "players will put up with mediocre gameplay as long as the art is good." What he actually meant was that he was angry at his Nintendo bosses for [[ExecutiveMeddling interfering with his development of]] VideoGame/YoshisIsland [[ExecutiveMeddling by insisting that it mimic DKC's visual style]]. Many took this to mean that Miyamoto believed the game itself was nothing more than eye-candy, and to this day you'll often hear people declare that Miyamoto hated it.
* Nintendo will ''always'' be considered the gaming patron saint of {{Bowdlerization}}. Never mind they have gotten past the NeverSayDie point long ago, and how in fact they're the more LENIENT company nowadays, with games released on multiple systems having less censorship on Nintendo systems (or at least the same, but not MORE). Sure, they still censor some stuff every now and then, but no more than the others. Ironically, the most censor-happy company right now is ''Sony''. The same Sony who [[InformedAbility supposedly]] is DarkerAndEdgier than Nintendo.
** Of note: Several of the entries for the ClusterFBomb VideoGames page are on the Wii, including ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', ''VideoGame/MadWorld'', and ''HouseOfTheDead: OVERKILL'', which had a ''Guinness World Record'' for the number of F-bombs dropped during the game. One might think Nintendo is going out of its way to break their "Kid Friendly" image.
** Even still, with Sony having titles like ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' it's pretty understandable how they got this image of being DarkerAndEdgier even with many kid-friendly titles like ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet''.
** EVERY new Nintendo console game is a Mario game.
* Speaking of Nintendo, their official magazine in Spain, ''NintendoAccion'' will ''always'' be considered to be extremely biased towards Pokémon. During the height of the Pokémon craze they had Pokécovers nearly every month, but that's more WolverinePublicity than actual bias. Same for having an extra mini-magazine focused on Pokémon. Nowadays they don't cover them much more they cover Mario or Zelda games. In fact, if anything they have a ''Zelda'' bias, with all Zelda games getting huge scores without exception (and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'' getting the only perfect score so far), talking about the sagas as if it was super-popular everywhere (even on Japan, where, while not unpopular, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff is not THAT big compared to its Western fandom]]) and claim Link is the best character on all three ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' games (in the first and third, he's currently at the lowest tier of the TierList. On ''Melee'' he's mid-tier), yet nobody accuses them of favoring the Zelda series.
* In-universe example; in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', Yukiko's EnemyWithout hosts a dating gameshow and mentions "scoring a hot stud". [[BecomeARealBoy Teddie]] has no idea what it means, but that doesn't stop him from bringing it up at almost every opportunity, even citing "scoring with girls" as one of his reasons for [[spoiler: wanting to stay as a human]]. Even Yukiko asks him to let it go after a while. And back to the fan's attitudes, you could come away from them with the impression that [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Kanji]] is the [[CampGay gayest]] [[HardGay gay]] to ever [[HoYay gayly gay]], despite the overdone mannerisms coming from his Shadow (and even he admits that he's not entirely adverse to girls, just afraid of rejection).
* If you were to believe some people, the ''DeadOrAlive'' series doesn't exist. [[BestKnownForTheFanservice Only the Beach Volleyball games]]. And if it does exist, then they are not [[FightingGame Fighting Games]], but JigglePhysics simulators.
* ''{{Genji}}'' series aren't known for its gameplay mechanics (other than the real time weapon change) and story due to having giant crabs in them.
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is always going to be known as: "That game that gave us [[WholesomeCrossdresser Bridget]]." Bridget was only one unique character out of many, and he wasn't introduced until the second sequel, but he's easily the most well known.
** Also, {{Unsettling Gender Reveal}}s involving Bridget aren't nearly as common in canon as people think. Sure it did happen during Johnny's ending, giving the page image for that trope, but that's really the only notable example. The series itself doesn't try to hide the fact that Bridget is a guy at all, in fact it's the first thing mentioned in most of his bios and in canon Bridget is usually surprised when people actually mistake him for a girl.
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' has some of the more colorful cast there is. However, some of them have been suffering cases of NeverLiveItDown which may fling into AlternateCharacterInterpretation
** TheHero Ragna The Bloodedge is squarely a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. However, due to his past history of destroying several NOL bases and leaving no survivors, something he hasn't done as of late (or at least shown in the game), some people makes it clear and never let the fandom forget that he was a mass murderer... and always will be.
** Jin Kisaragi started out as a psychopath {{Yandere}} of the brother-complex variety who only had his sights of Ragna. As the story progresses, we learned his relationship with Tsubaki Yayoi and he tremendously cared about her. In fact, post-CS, he made it his mission to save Tsubaki, making him look heroic. Fandom reaction? He's still and always will be the brother-crazed psycho {{Yandere}}.
*** This impression is reinforced by the characterization Continuum Shift gives him. While it's in non-canon gag storylines, it's in at least three gag storylines. Not to mention in Teach Me Miss Litchi, too. [[ImplausibleDeniability So, not entirely the fans' faults]] Arc Systems are milking this RunningGag for all it's worth.
** Litchi Faye-Ling is quite probably the most egregious one. She is all nice and caring to everyone she comes across, provided they're not evil and she does try her best to save Arakune. But one moment she unwillingly joined NOL as [[IDidWhatIHadToDo the situation practically forced her to if she wants a shot in saving Arakune]], fans practically considered 'obsession' to be her whole personality, forgetting all the good things she did before (and thought they were just to facilitate her obsession) and mere association with NOL dooms her to be a {{Heel}} in many fans' eyes.
*** Litchi never living it down can be adhered because there's one thing NOL as a whole never lives down: Their one rule of 'Anyone opposing us will receive swift, immediate execution' is the one thing everyone would remember them as and deems the organization as a [[StarWars Palpatine-esque]] [[TheEmpire Empire]] where someone needs a degree of asshattery if they even want to think of joining, forgetting the fact that without them, the world will fall into utter anarchy, as well as any misdirections aren't because of their foundation, but because of manipulations of Hazama and Relius. It didn't help that the rule was established after they trounced the Ikaruga Federation, home of fan favorite hammy ninja of justice Bang Shishigami, thus always considering them to the side of justice, forgetting that Ikaruga stirred the rebellion in the first place and in war, there's no such thing as 'righteous and villainous'.
** Bang Shishigami also got a minor one going. Yes he once used to hate Jin Kisaragi. But in CS, he's shown to have unconditionally helped Jin and despite knowing that he killed his master, he knew Jin wasn't truly to blame and the true enemy is the system within NOL. So... how does fandom answer when asked on who the heck is Bang's ArchEnemy? Always will be Jin Kisaragi.
** Resident MadScientist Relius Clover is probably most remebered for the ''[[{{MemeticMolester}} buckets]] and [[{{NoYay}} buckets]]'' of subtext he has. And then there's what he did to [[{{GenkiGirl}} Makoto]]... [[{{RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil}} *shudder*]]
* ''Franchise/MassEffect''
** A sizable majority of the fan base will ''never'' let Ashley or Kaidan live down what happened on Horizon in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''.
** Ash gets a whole lot of online flack for being the "racist" of the group. In reality, all she does is ask if letting non-Alliance personnel walk around their fleet's prototype ship is a good idea; individually, she treats her non-human teammates the same way she does everyone else. Compare Garrus's interactions with Wrex and Tali, or Tali's assertion that her people were perfectly justified in firing the first shot of their RobotWar.
** And ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' didn't help either, since Ashley and Kaidan, assuming Shepard tries to bury the hatchet, question Shepard's loyalty at three seperate points: when Cerberus is attacking an Alliance base during their first mission fighting with Shepard again, when they find a Cerberus soldier that looks like a husk during that same mission, [[spoiler: and when Shepard is [[NotWhatItLooksLike pointing a gun at one of the leaders of the galaxy during a terrorist attack]]. In the final incident, when Cerberus stages a coup in the citadel, those trust issues may finally be resolved, or end up in the Virmire survivor's death, if the player cannot, or doesn't want to convince them.]] To hear some fans talk about it, they spent the entire first half of the game, or in Ashley's case all of it, harping on the issue.
*** Although in fairness, Shepard was resurrected from the dead by a terrorist organisation, which they then proceeded to work for. Then shortly after severing ties with Cerberus, went and ''blew up an entire solar system''. From Ashley/Kaidan's point of view, distrusting Shepard actually is perfectly reasonable at this point.
*** Of course, there every other Alliance person you ask will support Shepard's motivations and actions, will understand the necessity of siding with Cerberus against the Collectors and will believe that Shepard is no longer with them as of the third game, even if they didn't know Shepard nearly as well. And by that point in the franchise, it's pretty much gotten to the point where 'Shepard has said this or done that, that it's probably a good idea to listen to him/her.' A conclusion Ashley and Kaidan also reach eventually if Shepard puts any effort into rebuilding the relationship.
** During the SuicideMission in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', the squad has to traverse an obstacle using a large barrier that only a powerful biotic can project. The player has to select which team member is best fit for it, upon which [[SmugSuper Miranda,]] who's supposed to be a tactical genius, will say the above line. If you actually pick her for the job, she completely botches it and gets one of your squad members killed. The right choices are Jack and Samara.
** And now that MassEffect3 is out, one of the only things Liara is now known for is always being in Shepard's cabin every two or three seconds or always fawning over Shepard. Its as if the fans are going out of their own way to try and find something that will label each leading female character in every sequel.
** Try the series in general. You put in a couple of short (~20 seconds) and entirely optional sex scenes in the first game, and suddenly it's the focus of the whole series, [[CriticalResearchFailure or so Fox News insisted]]. It's very rare where an article or discussion about Mass Effect or Bioware ''doesn't'' make reference to sex.
*** It doesn't help that the romances are the main area of concern for the active part of the fanbase. Bioware's just giving gamers what they want.
** In universe, spoken nearly word-for-word by Garrus regarding the turian Primarch in ''{{Mass Effect 3}}'', after it's discovered his son screws up a very important mission. [[spoiler: Ultimately subverted, though. The Primarch's son makes a HeroicSacrifice that makes up for the screw-up]].
** Another in-universe example happens near the end of the Mars mission. In order to stop an infiltration unit created by Cerberus from leaving with the plans for the Crucible, James Vega rams the Cerberus shuttle with the Kodiak they used to to reach Mars. This causes a huge crash that destroys the enemy shuttle while leaving the Kodiak mostly intact but leaves James with a reputation of crashing and destroying shuttles all the time despite him no longer piloting the Kodiak.
** Kai Leng has yet to live down [[PokeThePoodle eating Captain Anderson's cereal]].
** The ''Citadel'' DLC adds two more moments for Shepard: Joker will never let you (or Cortez) live down [[WeNeedADistraction using him for bait that one time]], and ''nobody'' lets Shep forget about [[WalkingDisasterArea shooting up that poor sushi place]].
* ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'': James Sunderland has done many impressive things, like fight [[ImplacableMan Pyramid Head]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome and win]], but the one thing he is most remembered for is [[IdiotBall jumping into a large, dark abyss with no prompting]] towards the end of the game. From then on, any time a SilentHill protagonist encounters a hole, players ask "What would James do?"
* Bethesda will never live down the Horse Armour debacle from ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion''. Even [[WordOfGod Todd Howard]] lampshaded it at E3 2011.
* Sony Online Entertainment will never live down the "New Game Enhancements" to ''VideoGame/StarWarsGalaxies'' in Nov. 2005, which caused the hemorrhaging of subscriptions and saw the beginning of the six-year slippery slope to the game's cancellation in late 2011.
** Similarly, the PlaystationNetwork will never be looked at the same way again thanks to Sony not handling the hacking incidents on its networks more swiftly, which caused the PSN to be down for almost a month.
* [[SuperMarioBros Yoshi]] is often thought of as a mindless monster who eats people, gets ridden on all the time, and [[PokemonSpeak speaks like a Pokémon]]. However, many video games have shown that he is kind, intelligent, and perfectly capable of speech, and ever since the Gamecube era, he has stood in a pose that makes him practically impossible to ride.
* Bianca Whitaker from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'', DS remake, is remembered for having a habit of reminding you [[RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun how she and the hero went on a ghost hunting when they were kids]]. She only talks about ghost hunting a few times after she and her childhood friend reunion, and will only talk about it more along with other things when you're revisiting her places of memory in a party chat. Of course, some fans ignore this, resulting Bianca being a lot less dateable.
* If one were to mention the name {{CAVE}}, the ONLY image that will pop into most gamers' minds is that of their infamous {{True Final Boss}}es, never mind the other 98% of the games they appear in.
* The only thing ever mentioned when ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} 3'' is brought up is that [[WhoForgotTheLights the game is really dark]]. Nobody ever mentions how scary that makes the overall experience, of course.
* Not to forget ''ZeroWing''. "All your base are belong to us!"
* In-universe in ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'', protagonist Red finds out that TagalongKid Elh is scared of bugs. It becomes a RunningGag in the game. Elh even says "I'm never going to live this down, am I?" the first time the fact is discovered.
* David [=DeMartini=], ElectronicArts' Senior Vice President of Global E-commerce and head of Origin, said in an interview that EA will never hold deep discounts on Origin like {{Steam}} because it "cheapens intellectual property." Fast forward a few weeks later, Origin has its one-year anniversary sale and summer sale. Cue many PC gamers snarking about the cheapened [=IPs=] on sale.
* The Playstation 3 suffered a huge blow to its image when it was showcased at an E3 event. The infamous "RIIIIIDGE RAAAACERRR!!!"[[note]]The quote comes from a PR speaker showcasing the game and shouting the game title when no one reacted to the game[[/note]] and "fighting {{giant enemy crab}}s in feudal Japan where you flip it over and {{attack its weak point}} for massive damage", along with "[[RealTimeWeaponChange REAL TIME WEAPON CHANGE]]!" made the console look like a total joke. On top of this, the $599 price tag turned everyone off and became ammo for trolls to use in forums. The head of Sony also made an ignorant comment by saying that even if the console is expensive, people will buy it anyway because the brand name is so popular. The console did get cheaper over time and obtained better games, but the rough start is not forgotten by anyone.
* Microsoft's {{Xbox 360}} seems to be sorely known for the Red Rings of Death, which show up on the power's lights when the console experiences a hardware failure. The red rings plagued a ton of consoles and caused Microsoft to lose a ton of money from recalling the product, fixing the current consoles that had the problem, making a new console design to stop the problem, and offering people an extended warranty.
* After the ''StreetFighterXTekken'' DLC characters controversy[[note]]PS3 and Xbox 360 versions only, as the PlayStationVita port has all of the "extra" characters available by default[[/note]], expect forums on every subsequent Capcom game to make some joke about half the content being on locked disc DLC.
* N's childhood room in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' plus his sheltered upbringing led fandom to characterize him as a ManChild who still plays with toy trains and doesn't know where babies come from.
** Silver from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver HeartGoldAndSoulSilver]]'' strips the player character of their Team Rocket disguise. For a long time after, fandom treated him like a MemeticMolester.
* DukeNukem is going to likely be forever associated with DukeNukemForever, {{Vaporware}} and forever being in DevelopmentHell. Never mind the popular series, everyone thinks of it as 'that game which spent fifteen years in development'.
* On the note of Duke, developer Gearbox, once known as the team behind the fan-favorite ''{{Borderlands}}'' series, received huge amounts of contempt thanks to ''AliensColonialMarines'', what with its [[NeverTrustATrailer misleading trailers]], TroubledProduction, outsourcing, and mediocre final product. Now whenever the team announces a new project, they are instantly greeted with scorn from many gamers, who will make sure to remind others of CM, as the reception to its recent acquisition of the {{Homeworld}} series, and even the DLC for ''{{Borderlands 2}}'' proves.
* An in-universer example when Prince Snowe from StarStealingPrince is very nearly killed at the very start of the game, coming close enough to death to break an enchantment on his kingdom that's tied to his life and put it in jeopardy. From that point on, none will ever miss an opportunity to remind him that he's an idiot who couldn't even go on a small journey without getting himself (almost) killed [[spoiler: even when it's decided that breaking the enchantment was for the best.]]
* Even though she's shown in many spinoff games to be a total {{Badass}} (including ''slapping Bowser so hard that he becomes a'' ''TwinkleInTheSky'' in [[MarioParty Mario Party 3]], the only thing that Princess Daisy will ever be known for is her appearance in ''[[MarioKart Mario Kart Double Dash]]'', where the only thing she ever said was "Hi, I'm Daisy!" at the top of her lungs.
** Princess Peach has [[TookALevelInBadass taken many levels in badass]] over the years, but is ''still'' treated like a DamselScrappy who never does anything but get captured and bake cakes. Granted, the gamemakers ''do'' rely too much on her classic role as TheArtifact, but that doesn't erase the existence of her contributions in the [=RPGs=] and utter badassery in [[SuperPrincessPeach her own game]].
* Ayumi Tachibana from ''Famicom Detective Club'' series seems to be renowned in Japanese fandom for her reckless action of [[spoiler:drugging the protagonist with sleeping pill on his coffee]]. Even the Japanese description of her trophy in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' lampshaded this.

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