History ButThouMust / ActionAdventureGames

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', Sarasrahla asks Link whether he really wants to find the Master Sword, and the only choices given are "Yeah!" and "Of course!".

** In the color version of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]'', if you say "no" enough times to the photographer, you get an alternate photo [[spoiler:in which you're knocked out]]. Also inverted if you find Papahl lost in the mountain but don't have any food to offer him, where your choices when he asks for help are "Nope" and "Can't".

** In the color version of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]'', if you say "no" enough times to the photographer, you get an alternate photo [[spoiler:in which you're knocked out]].

** In Sasha Nein's level, the latter tells you to shoot 1000 censors to get your Marksman license and leaves you alone with the adjustable MookMaker. Even if you try to go the boring route and leave the machine alone, at one point it shuts down, giving you no other option than to turn it to the [[UpToEleven maximum setting]] [[StupidityIsTheOnlyOption marked with a skull]], which naturally causes all hell to break loose. [[spoiler:If you were to go back to Sasha's mind, this is revealed to be somewhat justified, as he expected you to overload the system.]]

*** Also, when talking to Zelda the first time, she will make a comment if you say "no." Like when she asks you to not tell anyone, if you say no, she says "Don't be a blabbermouth" and asks again.
** A particularly funny one occurs in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]''. At one point, you have to transport a basin of water to Eldin Volcano and pour it into the mouth of a large frog statue in order to proceed. Since the container is rather large, [[FairyCompanion Fi]] suggests to call for [[TheScrappy Scrapper]] the flying {{Jerkass}} robot to carry it. If you reply "Not that guy...", Fi delivers this: "Master...unless you plan to carry the tub on your back, now is not the time to be picky about who will help you. I will call for the robot." as Scrapper's silly {{Leitmotif}} starts playing.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', Prince Sidon requests Link's help with saving Zora's Domain from Divine Beast Vah Ruta. If you respond "I'll think on it," Sidon simply pauses for a moment and says "Was that sufficient time to think? Surely. So let's get to work!"
* At the end of ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}: Risky's Revenge'', you're asked to trade the three {{MacGuffin}}s you've collected in order to save Uncle Mimic. If you refuse, Shantae will say that she doesn't have a choice and hand them over anyway.

** In Sasha Nein's level, the latter tells you to shoot 1000 censors to get your Marksman license and leaves you alone with the adjustable MookMaker. Even if you try to go the boring route and leave the machine alone, at one point it shuts down, giving you no other option than to turn it to the [[UpToEleven maximum setting]] [[StupidityIsTheOnlyOption marked with a skull]], which naturally causes all hell to break loose. [[spoiler:However, if you go back to Sasha's mind later, he claims that he wanted you to do that all along.]]

*** When [[spoiler:Zelda asks you to wake her up thousands of years later]], you have the option to answer "Of Course!", "I promise" and "I will". [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools And it is heartwarming]].

* ''VideoGame/BraveFencerMusashi'' did this at least twice.
** When Steward asks you to rescue the princess, if you choose "No", he literally says, "But Thou Must".
** After you agree to save the princess, Steward asks you to visit the library before leaving. If you say no, Steward hints you're either lazy or stupid, and asks you again. If you say "no" at least once, Musashi responds exasperatedly that he will go to the library, but if he says "yes" the first time, he remarks that it's actually a good idea.

* At the start of Chapter 2 of the NES game ''VideoGame/StarTropics'', your submarine is hailed by a dolphin who asks you to find her missing son. Your little robotic navigator/dolphin-speak-translator asks if he can tell her you'll do it. Say no all you'd like - ''you're gonna find that damn dolphin''.
* After you defeat Curly Brace in ''VideoGame/CaveStory'', she asks if you're there to kill her and the Mimigas. The game does allow you to proceed for a bit afterward, regardless of your answer -- but you eventually reach a point where you can't proceed without returning a dog to Jenka, and you can't take this dog from Curly's house until you tell her that you don't intend to kill her.
* The BigBad of ''[[VideoGame/{{Boktai}} Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django]]'' gives you the option to join him before the battle, and choosing yes earns you a superimposed image of Django's [[SuperPoweredEvilSide vampire self]] across the screen along with a NonstandardGameOver. There's also an EasterEgg late in the game where Lita offers to let you suck her blood, where choosing yes gets a similar ending.
* ''VideoGame/HotTinRoofTheCatThatWoreAFedora'': Quoted directly by Frankie if the player tries to leave Jones's office before she answers the phone (thus starting off the story).
* If you want to finish ''VideoGame/TheSexyBrutale'', you need to [[spoiler:forgive yourself and let go]]. Choosing the other option just forces you to go through the final few scenes of the climax again and doesn't show either an ending or the credits.
* If you are dating Amane in ''VideoGame/{{Judgment}}'', you'll eventually get a scene where a Yakuza will attempt to bribe Yagami with two million yen to stop seeing her. Even if you planned on rejecting Amane's love confession, Yagami is not allowed to accept the bribe, and the question will be asked repeatedly until you choose to not take it.

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/CaveStory''; early in the game, a RecurringBoss, Balrog ([[Franchise/StreetFighter no]] [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings relation]]), asks if you really want to fight with him. It ''looks'' like a But Thou Must situation, but if you choose no, he accepts your answer and leaves.
** At one point, you are asked if you want to escape (and view the worst ending). You can say "yes", but you can still move on and pursue the best ending anyway.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles'' offers only these in its ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesEchoesOfTime Echoes of Time]]'' spin-off. Your choice of response typically only changes the very next sentence in the conversion, if that. One conversation is especially bad, and gives you the following options: "Let's hear a song", "Let's hear a song", "Let's hear a song", and "Let's hear a song".

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesEchoesOfTime'', at one point, there's a dialogue where Norschtalen comments that it's odd that Sherlotta has a tail when most people don't, and when she asks your opinion, the only response possible is "Not really". Norschtalen immediately breaks the fourth wall to complain that you only had one option to choose from, and demands you try again with at least three. This time, the three are "Why?", "Nope", and "Seems normal to me".
* In early versions of ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}'', you ''have to'' kill two of the bosses, even if you're playing pacifically. From version 1.3 onwards, you can affect plot events that result in their deaths by other means, making it possible to complete the game with zero kills.

* When entering the final boss room in ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'', Jackett will throw away any weapon he's currently holding, even if you are wearing a mask like Dennis or Richter that gives you a weapon from the start. You're forced to use the trophy to fight the boss.

* If you are dating Amane in ''VideoGame/Judgment'', you'll eventually get a scene where a Yakuza will attempt to bribe Yagami with two million yen to stop seeing her. Even if you planned on rejecting Amane's love confession, Yagami is not allowed to accept the bribe, and the question will be asked repeatedly until you choose to not take it.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'', whenever a character gives you a "secret" (a password to access something in the other game), if you say no to whether or not you'll accept it, they'll just ask the question again until you say yes. Also, in ''Oracle of Ages'', if you refuse to give the Gorons the Bomb Flower to save the elder who's crushed under a pile of rocks, the Goron will say that the elder will die without it, and then repeat if you refuse again.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'', whenever a character gives you a "secret" (a password to access something in the other game), if you say no to whether or not you'll accept it, they'll just ask the question again until you say yes.

** Princess Zelda from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' does it, among others. In her case, she actually reacts to your refusal, but then the conversation loops right back to the same question.
** Also, in the same game if you say "No" when the Great Deku Tree asks if you're ready to enter him and fight the evils inside, he'll assume that you want to train some more and not open up until you talk to him again.
** But in the color version of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]'', if you say "no" enough times to the photographer, you get an alternate photo [[spoiler:in which you're knocked out]].
** A more obscure one exists in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]''. In the Astral Observatory, you can look through the old man's telescope by talking to him. He asks you if you want to look through it first, and you can refuse. He'll take it well. However, speak to him as Deku Link and he won't take no for an answer.
*** Also in ''Majora's Mask'', if you say "No" when Kafei asks if you can keep a secret he'll say "Listen, when someone asks you that, you say yes."

* Most of the ''Zelda'' games use it, such as the Great Deku Tree asking for Link's help at the beginning of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' but ignoring him if he refuses.
--> '''LetsPlay/NintendoCapriSun''': If you say no, it's a "But Thou Must".
** Also, when talking to Zelda the first time, she will make a comment if you say "no." Like when she asks you to not tell anyone, if you say no, she says "Don't be a blabbermouth" and asks again.

** [[Funny/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesEchoesOfTime They aren't always used poorly, however.]]

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', when sage Sahasrahla asks Link if he really wants to find the Master Sword, the player's choices for a response are "Yeah!" and "Of Course!"

--->'''Byrne:''' I can't let you cause any more harm.
--->'''Zelda:''' [[HeyThatsMyLine Hey, that's what we were going to say!]] Well... Maybe WE won't let YOU cause any more harm!
--->''(At this point, Link can choose between "Yeah!" and "Right!".

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', [[spoiler:when Zelda asks you to wake her up thousands of years later]], you have the option to answer "Of Course!", "I promise" and "I will". [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools And it is heartwarming]].

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', [[spoiler:when Zelda asks you to wake her up thousands of years later]], you have the option to answer "Of Course!", "I promise" and "I will". [[TropesAreTools And it is heartwarming]].