Naturally, 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).

%%If the first game of a series is responsible for naming a trope, it doesn't need to be listed.
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!! Lists
* Website/TheGrandListOfConsoleRolePlayingGameCliches
** HeadsIWinTailsYouLose
** LoadBearingBoss
** StandardFemaleGrabArea
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* Website/TheRPGClichesGame
** BrokenBridge
** DuelBoss
** FakeKing
** FetchQuest
** TraumaInn

!! Games
* ''VideoGame/TheSeventhGuest''
** SolveTheSoupCans
*** AlphabetSoupCans
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* ''Franchise/AceAttorney''
** ChoosingDeath
** ThatWasObjectionable
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* ''VideoGame/{{Agario}}''
** IoGame
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* ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast1988''
** RiseFromYourGrave
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* ''VideoGame/{{Angband}}''
** RandomNumberGod (on the Usenet group rec.games.roguelike.angband)
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* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''
** AndYourRewardIsClothes
*** AndYourRewardIsEdible
*** AndYourRewardIsInteriorDecorating
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* ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}''
** AsteroidsMonster
** Every10000Points
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* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie''
** BubblegloopSwamp
* ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie''
** HailfirePeaks
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* ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}''
** MiddleEasternCoalition
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* ''Franchise/BlazBlue''
** ImmortalBreaker
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* ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}''
** BreakingOut
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* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''
** ChaosArchitecture
** {{Metroidvania}} (partial; other half comes from ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'')
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* ''VideoGame/CannonFodder''
** WarHasNeverBeenSoMuchFun
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* ''VideoGame/ChronoCross''
** TimeCrash
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* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''
** BarrierChangeBoss
** GoodMorningCrono
** NewGamePlus
** TechPoints
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* ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}''
** PleaseSelectNewCityName
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* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer''
** CommandAndConquerEconomy
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* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3''
** WeaponizedLandmark
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* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay''
** ContextSensitiveButton
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''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot''
* ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity''
** AcademyOfEvil
* ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing''
** CitadelCity
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''VideoGame/DarkSouls''
* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI''
** GreatBow
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* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar''
** YouCallThatAWound
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* ''VideoGame/{{Defender}}''
** SmartBomb
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* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}''
** CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth
** GeoEffects
** LoveFreak
** MegatonPunch
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* ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''
** PowerOfTheVoid (cross-reference to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'')
** TrapMaster
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* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry''
** BlackoutBasement
** GangplankGalleon
** GustyGlade (''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'')
** HornetHole (''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'')
** JungleJapes (''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'')
** MinecartMadness
** SpringySpores (''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'')
** TreeTopTown
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* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''
** {{BFG}}
*** {{BFS}}
*** ChainsawGripBFG
** DoomDoors
** GodMode
*** GodModeSue [[invoked]]
** TeleFrag
** TeleportingKeycardSquad (fandom term)
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* ''Franchise/DragonQuest''
** ButThouMust
** CuteSlimeMook
** LegacyBossBattle (''Dragon Quest IX'')
** MetalSlime
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* ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawl''
** DungeonCrawling
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* ''VideoGame/EagleEyeMysteries''
** EagleEyeDetection
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* ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994''
** AlmightyIdiot
** {{Eagleland}}
*** EaglelandOsmosis
** NewAgeRetroHippie
** SoundStone
** YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm
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* ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim''
** LevelAte (''Earthworm Jim 2'')
** PlanetHeck
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* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind''
** ThreadOfProphecySevered
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* ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness: Sanity's Requiem''
** MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning
** SanityMeter
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* ''VideoGame/{{Everquest}}''
** YouWillNotEvadeMe
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* ''VideoGame/Fallout2''
** {{Autodoc}}
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''Franchise/FinalFantasy''
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI''
** BlackMage
*** BlackMagicianGirl (cross-reference to ''Franchise/YuGiOh'')
** PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling
** TheRedMage
** WelcomeToCorneria (named for a town, though it's actually a line from [[Webcomic/EightBitTheater 8-Bit Theater]])
** WhiteMage
*** WhiteMagicianGirl (cross-reference to ''Franchise/YuGiOh'')
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII''
** FloatingContinent
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''
** AsLongAsThereIsEvil (Zeromus' FinalSpeech)
** SheatheYourSword
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV''
** PowerOfTheVoid (cross-reference to ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'')
** SpellBlade
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''
** LaughingMad (Reference to Kefka's Theme, "Dancing Mad")
** {{Magitek}}
** SprintShoes
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''
** AerithAndBob
** TheLifestream
** LimitBreak
** OneWingedAngel (named for Sephiroth's FinalBoss song in ''VII'')
*** ClippedWingAngel
** SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer
** {{Wutai}}
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''
** FairyBattle
** YouAreNotAlone
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''
** ThisIsMyStory
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI''
** TheBeastmaster
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2''
** EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep
*** HisNameReallyIsBarkeep
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* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem''
** MarthDebutedInSmashBros (cross-reference to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'')
** SecretShop
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* ''VideoGame/FreedomForce''
** RightMakesMight (one of Minuteman's {{catch phrase}}s)
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* ''VideoGame/FZero''
** PortTown
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* ''VideoGame/GameOfTheYear420BLAZEIT''
** FourTwentyBlazeIt
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* ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}''
** WizardNeedsFoodBadly
*** GodsNeedPrayerBadly
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* ''VideoGame/{{Genji}}''
** AttackItsWeakPoint
** GiantEnemyCrab
** RealTimeWeaponChange
** ThisIndexHitsForMassiveDamage (all from the same E3 conference presentation-turned-[[Memes/VideoGames Internet meme]])
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* ''VideoGame/GodHand''
** PummelDuel
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* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''
** HotCoffeeMinigame (''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', after the infamous DummiedOut section)
** VengeanceFeelsEmpty (''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'')
** ViceCity (''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'')
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* ''VideoGame/HalfLife''
** HowDoIShotWeb (either from the ''Natural Selection'' mod or the ''Website/SomethingAwful'' forums)
** LighthousePoint
** NoOSHACompliance (an achievement in ''Half-Life 2'')
** RightManInTheWrongPlace
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* ''VideoGame/TheImpossibleQuiz''
** LOL69
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* ''Creator/{{Infocom}}''
** {{Feelies}}
** InteractiveFiction
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* ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''
** KingOfAllCosmos
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* ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct''
** ComboBreaker
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* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''
** DreamMatchGame
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* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''
** AnotherSideAnotherStory
** TheHeartless
** ResignationsNotAccepted (''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 Days]]'')
** TheWarSequence (''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII KHII]]'')
** LandOfDragons (''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII KHII]]'')
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* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing''
** AnAdventurerIsYou
** NinjaPirateZombieRobot
** NoobCave
** PhotoprotoneutronTorpedo
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* ''VideoGame/KingsQuestV''
** AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder
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* ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}''
** AbilityMixing (''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'', but proper use of the trope started with ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'')
** AmericanKirbyIsHardcore
** FountainOfMemes (''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'', via pun on Fountain of Dreams)
*** FountainOfExpies
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* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''
** AmericansHateTingle
** DarkWorld (''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'')
** DeathMountain
** HeartContainer
** GiantsKnifeHumansGreatsword (Named after Medigoron's Giant's Knife in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'')
** HijackedByGanon ([[FanSpeak fandom term]])
** IFightForTheStrongestSide (''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'')
** TheLostWoods
** SpinAttack (''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'')
** SunkenCity (''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons]]'')
** UrbanLegendOfZelda
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* ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney''
** InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn
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* ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL''
** IKnowMaddenKombat (partial; other half comes from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'')
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* ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion''
** {{Cutscene}}
** ICantReachIt
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* ''VideoGame/{{Mardek}}''
** ActuallyFourMooks (Originally titled "ActuallyFourBlokes")
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* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''
** CannedOrdersOverLoudspeaker
** LoyaltyMission
** WeWereYourTeam
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* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne''
** BulletTime
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* ''Franchise/MegaMan''
** EmergencyEnergyTank
** MagmaMan (''VideoGame/MegaMan9'')
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* ''VideoGame/MetalGear''
** FissionMailed (''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'')
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* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}''
** {{Metroidvania}} (partial; other half comes from ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'')
** NoobBridge (fandom term)
** SamusIsAGirl
** SequenceBreaking
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* ''VideoGame/{{Minesweeper}}''
** {{Tilesweeper}}
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* ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic''
** HourOfPower
** SoulJar
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* ''Videogame/MonsterRancher''
** TailSlap
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* ''Franchise/MortalKombat''
** FinishHim
** FlawlessVictory
** IKnowMortalKombat
*** IDontKnowMortalKombat
*** IKnowMaddenKombat (partial; see ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'')
** MirrorMatch
** StageFatality
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* ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}''
** BeautifulVoid (Creator/DouglasAdams' description of the game)
** ZipMode (a movement feature in the game)
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* ''VideoGame/NetHack''
** YetAnotherStupidDeath (on the Usenet group rec.games.roguelike.nethack)
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* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights''
** MagicMissileStorm, in conjunction with the spell ''magic missile'' from ''D&D''
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* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2: Storm of Zehir''
** FowlMouthedParrot
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* ''VideoGame/PacMan''
** PacManFever
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* {{Pinball}}
** PinballTropes (Trope Namer for essentially everything in this index)
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* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies''
** SummonBackupDancers
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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' (examples originating from the anime should go in the TropeNamers/AnimeAndManga page)
** BrickBreak (''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'')
** BugBuzz (''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'')
** BulletSeed (''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'')
** DittoFighter
** EliteFour
** EscapeRope
** GottaCatchThemAll
*** GottaKillThemAll
*** GottaRescueThemAll
** HornAttack
** HotSkittyOnWailordAction (fandom term, coined by Website/GameFAQs)
** MagikarpPower
** {{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).
*** ComMons
*** StarterMon
*** OlympusMons
*** HuMons
** MyNameIsQuestionMarks (''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'')
** {{Phonymon}}
** RareCandy
** RazorWind
** SinglePaletteTown (a pun on the home city from the first-generation games)
** AWildRapperAppears (based on "A Wild X Appears/Appeared!", Pokèmon's trademark {{Random Encounter|s}} line)
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* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''
** TheCakeIsALie
** CompanionCube
** NiceJobBreakingItHero
*** NiceJobBreakingItHerod
*** NiceJobFixingItVillain
*** NiceJobGuidingUsHero
** ThinkingUpPortals (a play on the tagline, "thinking with portals")
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* ''Videogame/ProWrestling''
** AWinnerIsYou
*** ATroperIsYou (on virtue of everything in this index being named after the above line)
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* ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin''
** NotSoInvincibleAfterAll
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* ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''
** MilkmanConspiracy
** PsiBlast
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* ''VideoGame/PunchOut''
** HeroStoleMyBike (while named for a meme, said meme came from this game's TrainingMontage)
** VodkaDrunkenski
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* ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}''
** ArenaShooter (''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'')
** QuadDamage (''VideoGame/QuakeI'')
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* ''VideoGame/RType''
** ReflectingLaser
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* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank''
** GrindBoots
** MegaCorp
** DeathCourse
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* ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}''
** BandLand (from the first game)
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* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''
** MasterOfUnlocking
** PresidentEvil (cross-reference with a parody featured in ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'')
** SurvivalHorror
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* ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven''
** MegamixGame (''Rhythm Heaven Megamix'')
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* ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheTriad''
** LudicrousGibs
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* ''VideoGame/RockBand''
** BigRockEnding
** BladderOfSteel (achievement from the second game)
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* ''VideoGame/{{Rogue}}''
** {{Roguelike}} (cross-reference with the Usenet group rec.games.roguelike)
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* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxSaveTheWorld''
** ObliviousGuiltSlinging
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* ''VideoGame/SecretOfEvermore''
** {{Prehistoria}}
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* ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland''
** TheThreeTrials
** YouFightLikeACow
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* ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus''
** ColossusClimb
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* ''VideoGame/ShadowsOfTheDamned''
** CityOfTheDamned
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* ''VideoGame/Shivers1995''
** MuseumOfTheStrangeAndUnusual
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* ''VideoGame/TheSims''
** SpeakingSimlish
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* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''
** BadFuture (''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'')
** CasinoPark (''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'')
** EternalEngine (''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'')
** GreenHillZone (''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'')
** MascotWithAttitude
** PalmtreePanic (''Sonic the Hedgehog CD'')
** {{Studiopolis}} (''VideoGame/SonicMania'')
** UltimateLifeform (''Sonic Adventure 2'')
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* ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders''
** PersonalSpaceInvader
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* ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon''
** WingShield (''VideoGame/SpyroEnterTheDragonfly'', but has greater uses in ''VideoGame/SpyroAHerosTail'')
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* ''VideoGame/StarControl''
** BattleThralls
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* ''VideoGame/{{StarCraft|I}}'' (1998)
** ConstructAdditionalPylons
** SpawnBroodling
** YouRequireMoreVespeneGas
** ZergRush
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* ''VideoGame/StarFox''
** DoABarrelRoll (''VideoGame/StarFox64''. Provided by Peppy Hare)
** GoForTheEye (''VideoGame/StarFox64''. Again provided by Peppy Hare)
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* ''Franchise/StreetFighter''
** CherryTapping (fandom term)
** HurricaneKick
** KamehameHadoken (cross-reference to ''Franchise/DragonBall'')
** LetsFightLikeGentlemen (Dudley's entrance quote from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'')
** {{Shoryuken}}
** {{Shotoclone}} (fandom term)
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* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' (includes ''VideoGame/{{Wario}}'' and ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' sub-series)
** OneUp
*** InfiniteOneUps
** BigBoosHaunt (''VideoGame/SuperMario64'')
** 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]])
** {{Faceship}} (''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'')
** GoKartingWithBowser (''VideoGame/MarioKart'')
** TheGoomba
*** GoombaSpringboard
*** GoombaStomp
** GroundPound (''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'')
** HeKnowsAboutTimedHits (''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'')
** InvisibleBlock (''VideoGame/PaperMario''[[note]]First game to officially utilize the "Invisible Block" term. Before, those were called "Hidden Blocks".[[/note]])
** ItemGet (''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'')
** LethalLavaLand (''VideoGame/SuperMario64'')
** MacroZone (''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'')
** MagicMushroom (''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' manual)
** MinusWorld
** JustForFun/OneMarioLimit
** PinballZone (''VideoGame/WarioLand4'')
** PipeMaze (''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'')
** PoisonMushroom (''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels'')
** ShiftingSandLand (''VideoGame/SuperMario64''}
** SpaceZone (''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'')
** SphereFactor (''VideoGame/MarioParty7'')
** TheSpiny
** TimeKeepsOnTicking (''VideoGame/YoshisIslandDS'')
** ToyTime (''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'')
** WarpWhistle (''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'')
** WarpZone
** WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing (''VideoGame/MarioParty'', from a popular series of videos featuring Luigi)
** YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle
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* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''
** HowUnscientific
** OriginalGeneration
** RealRobotGenre
** SuperRobotGenre (technically, as ''Anime/MazingerZ'' merely [[TropeCodifier defined]] the archetype)
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* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''
** EdibleAmmunition
** GuestFighter
** MarthDebutedInSmashBros (cross-reference to ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'')
** MultiMookMelee
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* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''
** DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent
** ShootTheMedicFirst (cross-reference with ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'')
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* ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''
** FallingBlocks
** TheTetrisEffect
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* ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater''
** SkateHeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth (cross-reference to the Belinda Carlisle song "Heaven is a Place on Earth")
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* ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}''
** LordBritishPostulate
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* ''VideoGame/{{WarCraft}}''
** CivilWarcraft
** StopPokingMe
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''
** LeeroyJenkins (via [[WebVideo/LeeroyJenkinsVideo a memetic video]])
** NinjaLooting
** ResurrectionSickness
** YouNoTakeCandle
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* ''VideoGame/YouHaveToBurnTheRope''
** YouHaveToBurnTheWeb
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* ''VideoGame/ZeroWing''
** AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs
** ForGreatJustice
** IntentionalEngrishForFunny (all but this one are from the same meme/''opening scene'')
** SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb
** WarWasBeginning
** YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive
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* ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}''
** TheTamingOfTheGrue (Cross reference with ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'')
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