Video Games
"(Is this guy whacked out? He just keeps muttering the same drivel.)"
— Gunvolt, Azure Striker Gunvolt
"Does talking to any of us sometimes feel repetitive to you? Or is it just me?"
—Pierce Washington, Saints Row IV
Do you ever feel like we always end up talking about the same things over and over?
—A Mii during a chat session, Tomodachi Life
"M'aiq speaks with many in his travels. After a time, they seem to repeat themselves. Strange."
—M'aiq the Liar, The Elder Scrolls Online
Junpei: There's something weird about this place. No one I talk to listens to me, or answers any of my questions.
Yukari: I ask 'em, "Where is this?" and they say "Yasogami High"... But when I ask, "And where is that?" all they say is, "This Culture Festival is so much fun!"
Yukari: I ask 'em, "Where is this?" and they say "Yasogami High"... But when I ask, "And where is that?" all they say is, "This Culture Festival is so much fun!"
"All that gives my life validation is explaining the Echo Flower..."
— NPC speaking into an Echo Flower before you meet them, Undertale
"We had a town greeter before. Actually, I think he was a drunk who thought shouting the name of the town at newcomers was funny."
— Child in Erdengard, Luxaren Allure
"It makes me so mad! We build your houses, your castles, your... Arrrgh! I'm tired of this speech!"
— Whomp King, Super Mario Galaxy 2
Sam: Do you have any... Hmm, I've run out of ideas.
Max: Well you can always just start over again.
Sam: Good idea!
Max: Well you can always just start over again.
Sam: Good idea!
— Sam & Max Save the World: Culture Shock
Sam: Momma Bosco has a lot of explaining to do about these clone tanks.
Max: You already said that.
Sam: It bears repeating.
Max: You already said that.
Sam: It bears repeating.
— Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls
"If you keep this up, I'll be forced to start repeating myself."
—Rosalind Lutece, Bioshock Infinite
"Ok I Believe I’ve Made My Point I’m Going To Procedurally Loop My Dialogue Now"
—Queen, Deltarune
"I have a hunch that if I talk to this person again she'll just say the same thing."
—Neptune, Super Neptunia RPG
Webcomics
Voice-over: The shoulder button is used to call players close to you. It can also be used to annoy.
Gambit: Stay close to me, mon ami! Stay together, team! Stay close to me, mon ami! Stay together, team! Stay close to me, mon ami! Stay together, team! Stay close to me, mon ami!
Gambit: Stay close to me, mon ami! Stay together, team! Stay close to me, mon ami! Stay together, team! Stay close to me, mon ami! Stay together, team! Stay close to me, mon ami!
—VG Cats on X-Men Legends 2
"Oh, come on! All they do is walk back and forth spouting the same moron phrases at anyone stupid enough to bump into them."
Web Animation
"...Spider-Man has about four different witticisms arranged in ascending order of making me want to web at full-speed under the wheels of a heavy goods vehicle—if I weren't paralyzed by the knowledge that he probably has witticisms for that, too."
"There was a moment when I was gabbing away with another sexy lady when the option came up to initiate a quick knobbing, which went down reasonably well, then afterwards she started repeating dialogue lines she'd been spouting beforehand. 'Wow,' I thought, 'I literally fucked her brain out!"
—Zero Punctuation on Alpha Protocol
Web Original
Think of the first time you ran into that dude who said 'In the Navy!' in GTA III. By the twentieth time you heard that Navy bite, it broke the illusion of Liberty City as being ever-changing.
"LIVE AND LET LIVE! LIVE AND LET LIVE! LIVE AND LET LIVE! LIVE AND LET LIVE! I'LL BE RIGHT BACK! LIVE AND LET LIVE! LIVE AND LET LIVE! LIVE AND LET LIVE! I WON'T GO SO EASY ON YOU NEXT TIME! LIVE AND LET LIVE! LIVE AND LET LIVE! LIVE AND LET LIVE! LIVE AND LET LIVE!" And people thought HEY LISTEN was a pain in the ass.
Web Video
"The old adventure game abuse of brute-forcing your way to a solution by combining everything with everything else is just as necessary here as ever. And it's not helped by how quick your characters are to repeat their same hopeless lines of rejection over and over again. It's all cute and funny, until you have a bitter script of denials burned into your memory."
Archibald: Hyah! I think that enemy got the point!
Player: Ha! Nice one, Archibald.
Archibald: Hyah! I think that enemy got the point!
Player: Heh. Yeah.
Archibald: Hyah! I think that enemy got the point! Hyah! I think that enemy got the point!
[later]
Player: Gosh, Archibald, do you think that enemy did or did not get the point?
Archibald: Hyah! I think that enemy got the point!
Player: Okay, good to know.
Player: Ha! Nice one, Archibald.
Archibald: Hyah! I think that enemy got the point!
Player: Heh. Yeah.
Archibald: Hyah! I think that enemy got the point! Hyah! I think that enemy got the point!
[later]
Player: Gosh, Archibald, do you think that enemy did or did not get the point?
Archibald: Hyah! I think that enemy got the point!
Player: Okay, good to know.
Guard: This is Central City.
Shien: Where'd you come from?!
Guard: This is Central City.
Shien: He's an NPC!
Shien: Where'd you come from?!
Guard: This is Central City.
Shien: He's an NPC!
