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** In ''DragonAgeII'', Snarky!Hawke repeatedly demonstrates throughout the game, that they are perfectly aware of what [[WretchedHive type]] of city [[CityOfAdventure Kirkwall]] is and what role they play.
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** Varric also demonstrates this throughout the game, though one has to wonder how much is embellishment on his part, since he's the narrator.
--> '''Hawke''': Someday I would like to go one ''week'' without meeting an insane blood mage, just one week!
** Varric also demonstrates this throughout the game, though one has to wonder how much is embellishment on his part, since he's the narrator.
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*** A good example of Shepard's lapsing into WrongGenreSavvy is during ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'', when during a high-speed car chase, Shepard genuinely asks what kinds of guns a ''taxi'' has! In fairness, you could easily argue that all this does is prove that Shepard has become very much aware of their status as a CosmicPlaything and become ProperlyParanoid as a result. Taxi's armed with guns? Given what they've faced, that's the ''least'' obsurd.
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* In ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria'', [[TheHero Stocke]] regularly figures out plot developments and motivations like this, especially during sidequests. Among other things, as soon as [[spoiler:Raynie]] starts explaining that "[[IHaveThisFriend So there's this guy...]]" he immediately asks if she's in love with the guy, and when a [[LargeHam very melodramatic]] soldier tries to send the party on a FetchQuest but doesn't know the location of the targets, Stocke hazards a guess that the soldier pawned them for cash, prompting a "H-How did you know!?"
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* In ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria'', [[TheHero Stocke]] regularly figures out plot developments and motivations like this, especially during sidequests. Among other things, as soon as [[spoiler:Raynie]] starts explaining that "[[IHaveThisFriend So there's this guy...]]" he immediately asks if she's in love with the guy, and when a [[LargeHam very melodramatic]] soldier tries to send the party on a FetchQuest but doesn't know the location of the targets, Stocke hazards a guess that the soldier pawned them for cash, prompting a "H-How did you know!?"know!?"
* Like in ''VideoGame/MegaMan4'', Dr. Wily [[VillainExitStageLeft exits stage left]] in an escape pod when you beat the Wily Machine. Unlike that game, however, [[spoiler:Mega Man immediately uses [[SmartBomb Wish Star]] on him]] in ''VideoGame/Rockman4MinusInfinity''.
* Like in ''VideoGame/MegaMan4'', Dr. Wily [[VillainExitStageLeft exits stage left]] in an escape pod when you beat the Wily Machine. Unlike that game, however, [[spoiler:Mega Man immediately uses [[SmartBomb Wish Star]] on him]] in ''VideoGame/Rockman4MinusInfinity''.
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* In ''KingsQuest'', an AdventureGame series, Graham recalls his father's sage advice, "[[ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest Take anything that isn't nailed down.]]"
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* In ''KingsQuest'', ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'', an AdventureGame series, Graham recalls his father's sage advice, "[[ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest Take anything that isn't nailed down.]]"
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* In ''{{Singularity}}'', [[CompleteMonster Nikolai Demichev]] is smart enough to keep plans for the [[spoiler: Singularity Reactor, and rebuilds it after the heros blow it up]]. He also never forgets that time travel is possible. Thus, when confronted with two American Marines in modern-day uniforms even though there hasn't been an American military for about fifty years [[spoiler:because the timeline has been altered so the USSR conquered the world in the sixies]], he knows exactly what's going on, and doesn't waste time wondering how the two men have become crazy enough to believe the things they're talking about.
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* In ''{{Singularity}}'', [[CompleteMonster Nikolai Demichev]] Demichev is smart enough to keep plans for the [[spoiler: Singularity Reactor, and rebuilds it after the heros blow it up]]. He also never forgets that time travel is possible. Thus, when confronted with two American Marines in modern-day uniforms even though there hasn't been an American military for about fifty years [[spoiler:because the timeline has been altered so the USSR conquered the world in the sixies]], he knows exactly what's going on, and doesn't waste time wondering how the two men have become crazy enough to believe the things they're talking about.
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* In ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria'', [[TheHero Stocke]] regularly figures out plot developments and motivations like this, especially during sidequests. Among other things, as soon as [[spoiler:Raynie]] starts explaining that "[[IHaveThisFriend So there's this guy...]]" he immediately asks if she's in love with the guy, and when a [[LargeHam very melodramatic]] soldier tries to send the party on a FetchQuest but doesn't know the location of the targets, Stocke hazards a guess that the soldier pawned them for cash, prompting a "H-How did you know!?"
* In ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria'', [[TheHero Stocke]] regularly figures out plot developments and motivations like this, especially during sidequests. Among other things, as soon as [[spoiler:Raynie]] starts explaining that "[[IHaveThisFriend So there's this guy...]]" he immediately asks if she's in love with the guy, and when a [[LargeHam very melodramatic]] soldier tries to send the party on a FetchQuest but doesn't know the location of the targets, Stocke hazards a guess that the soldier pawned them for cash, prompting a "H-How did you know!?"
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* The ''[[PokemonMysteryDungeon Pokemon: Mystery Dungeon]]'' series is filled with this. In the Red/Blue, Gengar, the main antagonist, is very [[GenreSavvy Genre Savvy.]] He knows just how to get rid of the villain and his plan works perfectly - almost.
** Alakazam and Xatu also appeared to fit this trope, simply because of their ESP powers. Alakazam, however, was [[spoiler: [[WrongGenreSavvy Wrong Genre Savvy]].]]
** Alakazam and Xatu also appeared to fit this trope, simply because of their ESP powers. Alakazam, however, was [[spoiler: [[WrongGenreSavvy Wrong Genre Savvy]].]]
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* The ''[[PokemonMysteryDungeon Pokemon: Mystery Dungeon]]'' ''PokemonMysteryDungeon'' series is filled with this. In the Red/Blue, Gengar, the main antagonist, is very [[GenreSavvy Genre Savvy.]] GenreSavvy. He knows just how to get rid of the villain and his plan works perfectly - almost.
** Alakazam and Xatu also appeared to fit this trope, simply because of their ESP powers. Alakazam, however, was [[spoiler:[[WrongGenreSavvy Wrong Genre Savvy]].WrongGenreSavvy.]]
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* In the ''GrandTheftAuto'' series, a pedestrian having a conversation about a nearby dead body will occasionally mutter "Don't worry, he'll respawn!" or something similar.
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* Arthas, aka the Lich King, of ''WorldOfWarcraft'', as of the newest expansion, has displayed some unexpected genre-savviness, going so far in one early encounter as to [[spoiler:deliberately murder your character, simply to prove a point about his own power, knowing full well you'll get right back up shortly and keep coming after him anyway]]. Now that is ''DangerouslyGenreSavvy''.
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* Arthas, aka the Lich King, of ''WorldOfWarcraft'', ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', as of the newest expansion, has displayed some unexpected genre-savviness, going so far in one early encounter as to [[spoiler:deliberately murder your character, simply to prove a point about his own power, knowing full well you'll get right back up shortly and keep coming after him anyway]]. Now that is ''DangerouslyGenreSavvy''.
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* Refreshingly, the main character in ''ShinMegamiTensei: VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' can be played this way. Often, the main character can explain the plot to the other characters in the party. There's usually two dialogue options: Genre Savvy and Panicking/Has no idea what's going on. In most [=RPG=]s, the main character is prevented from being genre savvy in favor of having an ExpositionFairy explain everything for them. As a result, there's not really any scenes in the game where the main character says things like [[GenreBlind "That demonic cult member said he wanted to destroy the world with demons! I wonder what that could mean? Please explain it to me, party members."]][[hottip:*:That's [[TheChick Yuzu]]'s [[TheWatson job]].]]
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* Refreshingly, the main character in ''ShinMegamiTensei: VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' can be played this way. Often, the main character can explain the plot to the other characters in the party. There's usually two dialogue options: Genre Savvy and Panicking/Has no idea what's going on. In most [=RPG=]s, the main character is prevented from being genre savvy in favor of having an ExpositionFairy explain everything for them. As a result, there's not really any scenes in the game where the main character says things like [[GenreBlind "That demonic cult member said he wanted to destroy the world with demons! I wonder what that could mean? Please explain it to me, party members."]][[hottip:*:That's [[TheChick Yuzu]]'s Yuzu's]] [[TheWatson job]].]]
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** Bill: "You know who's going to survive this? It ain't the fella making jokes."
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* In ''DragonAge: Origins'', if you have the human noble story and tell Arl Howe that you're going to kill his wife and daughter, he will respond, "Isn't that precious? Is this where I lament the monster I helped create? Let me show you how it's done: I made your mother kiss my feet before she died, it was the last thing your father saw. Meet my sword, and change that." Unfortunately he's not genre savvy enough to know not to mess with the Warden.
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* In ''DragonAge: ''VideoGame/DragonAge: Origins'', if you have the human noble story and tell Arl Howe that you're going to kill his wife and daughter, he will respond, "Isn't that precious? Is this where I lament the monster I helped create? Let me show you how it's done: I made your mother kiss my feet before she died, it was the last thing your father saw. Meet my sword, and change that." Unfortunately he's not genre savvy enough to know not to mess with the Warden.
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* In ''CommandAndConquer: Renegade'', after [[OneManArmy Havoc]] manages to board the plane and fight off Sakura just before take-off, Sakura immediately radios the crew NOT to attack him (too late, ''he'' has attacked them).
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* In ''CommandAndConquer: Renegade'', ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRenegade'', after [[OneManArmy Havoc]] manages to board the plane and fight off Sakura just before take-off, Sakura immediately radios the crew NOT to attack him (too late, ''he'' has attacked them).
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** Frankomatic points this out during the final battle between Lance and Fritz. You'd have to be REALLY genre savvy to know that the whole "rug whip" would actually work!
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** Frankomatic points this out during the final battle between Lance and Fritz. You'd have to be REALLY genre savvy to know that the whole "rug whip" would actually work!
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* In the FalloutNewVegas add-on Honest Hearts, White Bird, the Sorrow tribe shaman, is player savvy enough to give you this gem with an [[NamedWeapon unique weapon]]:
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* In the soon-to-be-released iPhone game ''DemonSouls'' (not to be confused with the Playstation title of the same name), you play as Thunder, a spear fisherman who lives in a small fishing village. He ends up fighting demons at every turn, grabbing artifacts, and the like. He actually becomes more genre-savvy as the story goes on, eventually saying at one point, "Anyone wanna bet there's going to be demons waiting for us right after I grab this artifact?"
** He isn't surprised when he turns out to be right.
** He isn't surprised when he turns out to be right.
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* ''IWannaBeTheGuy'' forces the ''player'' of all people to be Genre Savvy as a requirement to progress past...well, to pretty much progress period. Unfortunately, [[NintendoHard this isn't the only thing needed to progress]].
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* ''IWannaBeTheGuy'' ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'' forces the ''player'' of all people to be Genre Savvy as a requirement to progress past...well, to pretty much progress period. Unfortunately, [[NintendoHard this isn't the only thing needed to progress]].
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* The developers for ''{{Spore}}'' knew that [[FreudWasRight when given artistic freedom, people will naturally deviate towards pornographic material]], and put in measures so people would not be forced to run into peoples' penis-monsters when exploring the player-made content.
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** After a certain point, Max seems to have simply descended into being a {{Fourth Wall Observer}}. He suggests at one point switching to the {{Rhythm Game}} genre to take down the Samulacra, and instantly jumps on the opportunity to do a {{Fetch Quest}} later on.
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** After a certain point, Max seems to have simply descended into being a {{Fourth Wall Observer}}. FourthWallObserver. He suggests at one point switching to the {{Rhythm Game}} RhythmGame genre to take down the Samulacra, and instantly jumps on the opportunity to do a {{Fetch Quest}} FetchQuest later on.
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* In ''{{Legacy of Kain}}: Defiance'', Kain shows his level of savvy, likely stemming from several centuries of living, in the Citadel of the Ancients. He encounters a series of very well-proportioned statues with dangerous looking swords, and monologues to himself that there was no way in Hell they wouldn't attack at some point.
* ''{{Batman Arkham Asylum}}'', When the player is getting close to completing all of the Riddler's Challenges, the Riddler accuses Batman of cheating, and that he is looking up the hidden locations on the internet.
* ''{{Batman Arkham Asylum}}'', When the player is getting close to completing all of the Riddler's Challenges, the Riddler accuses Batman of cheating, and that he is looking up the hidden locations on the internet.
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* In ''{{Legacy of Kain}}: ''LegacyOfKain: Defiance'', Kain shows his level of savvy, likely stemming from several centuries of living, in the Citadel of the Ancients. He encounters a series of very well-proportioned statues with dangerous looking swords, and monologues to himself that there was no way in Hell they wouldn't attack at some point.
*''{{Batman Arkham Asylum}}'', ''BatmanArkhamAsylum'', When the player is getting close to completing all of the Riddler's Challenges, the Riddler accuses Batman of cheating, and that he is looking up the hidden locations on the internet.
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* Both Ben and Dan in ''BenThereDanThat'' and its sequel are aware at all times that they're in a [[AdventureGame point-and-click]], and specifically that it's one of the {{LucasArts}} school which doesn't punish the player with deaths or {{Unwinnable}} situations. This is frequently used to justify their more dangerous antics and their [[TooDumbToLive lack of any fear of death]], as well as Ben's [[KleptomaniacHero kleptomania]] and [[MoonLogicPuzzle deliberately trying to come up with convoluted ways of doing simple things]]. The aliens, however, are DangerouslyGenreSavvy, and reveal at the end of ''BenThereDanThat'' that their abduction of Ben and Dan and forcing them to go through a point-and-click adventure game was just there to [[YouAreTooLate keep them clicking about long enough for the aliens to enact their real evil plan.]]
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* Both Ben and Dan in ''BenThereDanThat'' and its sequel are aware at all times that they're in a [[AdventureGame point-and-click]], and specifically that it's one of the {{LucasArts}} LucasArts school which doesn't punish the player with deaths or {{Unwinnable}} situations. This is frequently used to justify their more dangerous antics and their [[TooDumbToLive lack of any fear of death]], as well as Ben's [[KleptomaniacHero kleptomania]] and [[MoonLogicPuzzle deliberately trying to come up with convoluted ways of doing simple things]]. The aliens, however, are DangerouslyGenreSavvy, and reveal at the end of ''BenThereDanThat'' that their abduction of Ben and Dan and forcing them to go through a point-and-click adventure game was just there to [[YouAreTooLate keep them clicking about long enough for the aliens to enact their real evil plan.]]
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** There's also the DLC ''Lair of the Shadow Broker,'' and the banter between Shepard and Liara regarding merc tactics.
-->'''Liara:''' The drones are disorganized. They'd be more effective if they all attacked at once.
-->'''Shepard:''' Please don't give the mercs ideas.
-->'''Liara:''' The next wave looks like a big one.
-->'''Shepard:''' You just ''had'' to give them tactical advice.
-->'''Liara:''' But now there'll be fewer left to deal with inside.
-->'''Shepard:''' Keep dreaming, T'Soni.
-->'''Liara:''' The drones are disorganized. They'd be more effective if they all attacked at once.
-->'''Shepard:''' Please don't give the mercs ideas.
-->'''Liara:''' The next wave looks like a big one.
-->'''Shepard:''' You just ''had'' to give them tactical advice.
-->'''Liara:''' But now there'll be fewer left to deal with inside.
-->'''Shepard:''' Keep dreaming, T'Soni.
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* Midna in ''TheLegendOfZelda: Twilight Princess'' is rather genre savvy (half because she's TheImp + DeadpanSnarker; half probably to make up for how [[StopHelpingMe ridiculously obvious her predecessor, Navi's, hints were]]).
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* Midna in ''TheLegendOfZelda: Twilight Princess'' ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' is rather genre savvy (half because she's TheImp + DeadpanSnarker; half probably to make up for how [[StopHelpingMe ridiculously obvious her predecessor, Navi's, hints were]]).
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* Cole from ''SpiritTracks'' might just be the most GenreSavvy villian the series ever had and goes out of his way to eliminate every single trope that could probably make his master's GrandTheftMe on Princess Zelda's part go wrong, from FightingFromTheInside (he removes her spirit first) to AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs (He didn't attempt to take over Hyrule Castle, like every other villian in the series would have done). The one mistake he makes, pulling an [[spoiler: YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on Byrne]] was finally his downfall.
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* Cole from ''SpiritTracks'' ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'' might just be the most GenreSavvy villian the series ever had and goes out of his way to eliminate every single trope that could probably make his master's GrandTheftMe on Princess Zelda's part go wrong, from FightingFromTheInside (he removes her spirit first) to AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs (He didn't attempt to take over Hyrule Castle, like every other villian in the series would have done). The one mistake he makes, pulling an [[spoiler: YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on Byrne]] was finally his downfall.
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* Blizzard showed themselves to be almost DangerouslyGenreSavvy when it came to developing ''{{Diablo}} 3'' - they knew that in the multiplayer option, just about every characters' stats would be the ''exact same'' as one another with little if any deviation at all. So they knew that since {{Munchkin}}s would eventually force everyone to follow the "best" build, to simply make all the stats determined at level-up anyways.
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* Blizzard showed themselves to be almost DangerouslyGenreSavvy when it came to developing ''{{Diablo}} 3'' - they knew that in the multiplayer option, just about every characters' stats would be the ''exact same'' as one another with little if any deviation at all. So they knew that since {{Munchkin}}s would eventually force everyone to follow the "best" build, to simply make all the stats determined at level-up anyways.anyways.
* In the FalloutNewVegas add-on Honest Hearts, White Bird, the Sorrow tribe shaman, is player savvy enough to give you this gem with an [[NamedWeapon unique weapon]]:
---> White Bird "Use well. Or sell to curio trader. Either way, says much about you."
* In the FalloutNewVegas add-on Honest Hearts, White Bird, the Sorrow tribe shaman, is player savvy enough to give you this gem with an [[NamedWeapon unique weapon]]:
---> White Bird "Use well. Or sell to curio trader. Either way, says much about you."
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* Refreshingly, the main character in ''ShinMegamiTensei: DevilSurvivor'' can be played this way. Often, the main character can explain the plot to the other characters in the party. There's usually two dialogue options: Genre Savvy and Panicking/Has no idea what's going on. In most [=RPG=]s, the main character is prevented from being genre savvy in favor of having an ExpositionFairy explain everything for them. As a result, there's not really any scenes in the game where the main character says things like [[GenreBlind "That demonic cult member said he wanted to destroy the world with demons! I wonder what that could mean? Please explain it to me, party members."]][[hottip:*:That's [[TheChick Yuzu]]'s [[TheWatson job]].]]
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* Refreshingly, the main character in ''ShinMegamiTensei: DevilSurvivor'' VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' can be played this way. Often, the main character can explain the plot to the other characters in the party. There's usually two dialogue options: Genre Savvy and Panicking/Has no idea what's going on. In most [=RPG=]s, the main character is prevented from being genre savvy in favor of having an ExpositionFairy explain everything for them. As a result, there's not really any scenes in the game where the main character says things like [[GenreBlind "That demonic cult member said he wanted to destroy the world with demons! I wonder what that could mean? Please explain it to me, party members."]][[hottip:*:That's [[TheChick Yuzu]]'s [[TheWatson job]].]]
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* The developers for ''{{Spore}}'' knew that [[FreudWasRight when given artistic freedom, people will naturally deviate towards pornographic material]], and put in measures so people would not be forced to run into peoples' penis-monsters.
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* The developers for ''{{Spore}}'' knew that [[FreudWasRight when given artistic freedom, people will naturally deviate towards pornographic material]], and put in measures so people would not be forced to run into peoples' penis-monsters.penis-monsters when exploring the player-made content.
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* A lot of people in ''SuperRobotWarsZ 2'' especially in ''Sasei-Hen'' are quite genre savvy, especially when events from the end of ''CodeGeass'' happens. [[spoiler: When Schneitzel reveal's Zero's identity depending on your option somebody (Roger or Duo depending on player's choice) will point out why they should still trust him, not Schneizel and later, when in one route Lelouch becomes Emperor, almost entire cast knows him well enough to know he has a plan.]]
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* A lot of people in ''SuperRobotWarsZ 2'' especially in ''Sasei-Hen'' are quite genre savvy, especially when events from the end of ''CodeGeass'' happens. [[spoiler: When Schneitzel reveal's Zero's identity depending on your option somebody (Roger or Duo depending on player's choice) will point out why they should still trust him, not Schneizel and later, when in one route Lelouch becomes Emperor, almost entire cast knows him well enough to know he has a plan.]]]]
* Blizzard showed themselves to be almost DangerouslyGenreSavvy when it came to developing ''{{Diablo}} 3'' - they knew that in the multiplayer option, just about every characters' stats would be the ''exact same'' as one another with little if any deviation at all. So they knew that since {{Munchkin}}s would eventually force everyone to follow the "best" build, to simply make all the stats determined at level-up anyways.
* Blizzard showed themselves to be almost DangerouslyGenreSavvy when it came to developing ''{{Diablo}} 3'' - they knew that in the multiplayer option, just about every characters' stats would be the ''exact same'' as one another with little if any deviation at all. So they knew that since {{Munchkin}}s would eventually force everyone to follow the "best" build, to simply make all the stats determined at level-up anyways.
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* DoubleSwitch. After being attacked by a mummy who turned out to be [[spoiler: Eddie]] a few times, three people hurry to Brutus's room. Why? Because they decided that they need a gun to shoot their attacker, and since they know Brutus has had dealings with the Mafia, they figure who better to come to for a gun? They didn't get a gun, but at least they tried, didn't they?
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* DoubleSwitch. ''VideoGame/DoubleSwitch'': After being attacked by a mummy who turned out to be [[spoiler: Eddie]] a few times, three people hurry to Brutus's room. Why? Because they decided that they need a gun to shoot their attacker, and since they know Brutus has had dealings with the Mafia, they figure who better to come to for a gun? They didn't get a gun, but at least they tried, didn't they?
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** The Saints as well, they often {{Lampshade}} and discuss tropes such as help arriving after two waves of SWAT teams and mentioning how they think Loren wouldn't be so cliche as to hide on the top floor of the tallest building of the city "like a criminal mastermind".
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** The Saints as well, they often {{Lampshade}} and discuss tropes such as help arriving after two waves of SWAT teams and mentioning how they think Loren wouldn't be so cliche as to hide on the top floor of the tallest building of the city "like a criminal mastermind".mastermind".
* A lot of people in ''SuperRobotWarsZ 2'' especially in ''Sasei-Hen'' are quite genre savvy, especially when events from the end of ''CodeGeass'' happens. [[spoiler: When Schneitzel reveal's Zero's identity depending on your option somebody (Roger or Duo depending on player's choice) will point out why they should still trust him, not Schneizel and later, when in one route Lelouch becomes Emperor, almost entire cast knows him well enough to know he has a plan.]]
* A lot of people in ''SuperRobotWarsZ 2'' especially in ''Sasei-Hen'' are quite genre savvy, especially when events from the end of ''CodeGeass'' happens. [[spoiler: When Schneitzel reveal's Zero's identity depending on your option somebody (Roger or Duo depending on player's choice) will point out why they should still trust him, not Schneizel and later, when in one route Lelouch becomes Emperor, almost entire cast knows him well enough to know he has a plan.]]
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* Refreshingly, the main character in ''ShinMegamiTensei: DevilSurvivor'' can be played this way. Often, the main character can explain the plot to the other characters in the party. There's usually two dialogue options: Genre Savvy and Panicking/Has no idea what's going on. In most [=RPG=]s, the main character is prevented from being genre savvy in favor of having an ExpositionFairy explain everything for them. As a result, there's not really any scenes in the game where the main character says things like [[GenreBlind "That demonic cult member said he wanted to destroy the world with demons! I wonder what that could mean? Please explain it to me, party members."]]
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* Refreshingly, the main character in ''ShinMegamiTensei: DevilSurvivor'' can be played this way. Often, the main character can explain the plot to the other characters in the party. There's usually two dialogue options: Genre Savvy and Panicking/Has no idea what's going on. In most [=RPG=]s, the main character is prevented from being genre savvy in favor of having an ExpositionFairy explain everything for them. As a result, there's not really any scenes in the game where the main character says things like [[GenreBlind "That demonic cult member said he wanted to destroy the world with demons! I wonder what that could mean? Please explain it to me, party members."]]"]][[hottip:*:That's [[TheChick Yuzu]]'s [[TheWatson job]].]]
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* The ''[[PokemonMysteryDungeon Pokemon: Mystery Dungeon]]'' series is filled with this. In the Red/Blue, Gengar, the main antagonist, is very [[GenreSavvy Genre Savvy.]] He knows just how to get rid of the villain and his plan works perfectly - almost.
** Alakazam and Xatu also appeared to fit this trope, simply because of their ESP powers. Alakazam, however, was [[spoiler: [[WrongGenreSavvy Wrong Genre Savvy]].]]
** In the second game, Grovyle, and each of the villains was dangerously Genre Savvy.
** Alakazam and Xatu also appeared to fit this trope, simply because of their ESP powers. Alakazam, however, was [[spoiler: [[WrongGenreSavvy Wrong Genre Savvy]].]]
** In the second game, Grovyle, and each of the villains was dangerously Genre Savvy.
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** It should also be noted that Sonic himself is also this. With the amount of times he's lampshaded tropes in the games, he fits well. Example being in SonicColors he knew right away that the amusement park was just a front for Eggman's evil plot.
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** One of the most genre savvy moments of the series comes after [[spoiler: Saren's death]], either from combat or [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath a self-inflicted gunshot wound]]. After Shepard opens the relays around the Citadel, s/he sends the squadmates down to "make sure he's dead." One of the party members will then put a round clean through his skull, [[spoiler: although it doesn't stop him from getting up again anyway]].
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** With a few slight lapses, Shepard (renegade or [[GoodIsNotSoft paragon]]) has shown him/herself to be consistently GenreSavvy throughout the entire series so far. A good counterpoint to the DangerouslyGenreSavvy [[EldritchAbomination Reapers]] and [[MagnificentBastard Illusive Man]].
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* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', Balthier lives and breathes this trope to the point he's practically the TropeCodifier for the series. He instantly believes Basch's story that he has an EvilTwin, he's perfectly aware that the AncientTomb will contain DemonicSpiders and {{Booby Trap}}s, and that TheEmperor will be awaiting them on TheBridge. He also constantly claims he's [[TheHero "the leading man"]] and as such may be called upon to do a HeroicSacrifice eventually. When he eventually ''does'' invoke said trope, well...
-->"Princess! No need to worry. I hope you haven't forgotten my role in this little story. I'm the leading man. You know what they say about the leading man - [[PlotArmor he never dies]]."
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' does this. Lightning and Hope find a save station and a treasure sphere containing Ethersol (A usable item that restores the party's TP) just before entering a [[BossRoom large, open arena]]. Hope comments, "[[ThisIsGonnaSuck I get the feeling something bad is about to happen...]]"
** Another one: Hope knows that tired old tale of "Revenge is not going to solve anything." He doesn't care.
* ''PrincessWaltz'' is a good H-game not just because of its elements that work, but because it gleefully lampshades its own cliches. It's really hard to hate this game for following the stock conventions of its own genres when they cleverly keep poking fun at them at the same time. In fact, the BigBad and The PluckyComicRelief are walking fonts of GenreSavvy hilarity.
* ''HeroesOfMightAndMagic IV'' includes a sympathetic undead king who gets his underling to draw up plans for invading a neighbouring kingdom -- and them sends the plans to that kingdom, so they can fix the holes in their defenses. He explains that even though invading his neighbour would make him the most powerful ruler in the entire world, that would just mean [[GondorCallsForAid everyone else would unite their forces to take him down]].
** He later promotes a zombie to Captain and takes the trouble to learn his name for showing the sense and initiative to find out exactly what an enemy's ArtifactOfDoom did (saving his life in the process), and figures out that there must be a reason why no one has ever activated each of five {{MacGuffin}}s. He then takes [[SacrificialLamb appropriate precautions]].
* The protagonist's genre savviness is what jump-starts the plot in the FMV game ''Brain Dead 13''. Teen computer ace Lance is sent to fix a computer at the home of MadScientist and brain-in-a-tank Nero Neurosis, and quickly identifies it as a typical mad scientist's lair. Dr. Neurosis flies into a rage after Lance refers to him as an "[[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne average villain]]", and he sics his homicidal toady Fritz on our hero.
* Almost ''all'' the characters in the ''{{Disgaea}}'' series, particularly Etna. Mao from the third game is [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy dangerously so]], concluding that the quickest method of kicking his dad off the throne and rule with his own iron fist is to actually ''become the hero'' of the game.
** Also from Disgaea 3, after you have defeated [[spoiler: Super-Hero Aurum]] he says "Wait! In these games the final boss always has to take his final form before you can truly defeat him!", to which Mao replies "Ah! Curse you, using that convenient Game Mechanic!"
* In the ''GrandTheftAuto'' series, a pedestrian having a conversation about a nearby dead body will occasionally mutter "Don't worry, he'll respawn!" or something similar.
* ''SaintsRow'': "No one stays dead in Stilwater''.
* [[DarkForcesSaga Kyle Katarn]] (at least in ''Jedi Academy'') is genre savvy, lampshading tropes such as the fact that [[LockedDoor the console for opening a door is probably hidden in some room twelve floors up]] and that [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling Luke Skywalker]] ''[[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling always]]'' [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling senses a disturbance in the Force]].
** He's like this to a lesser extent in ''Jedi Outcast,'' too. [[NeverTrustATrope Never trust a bartender with bad grammar.]]
*** He also finishes one of his mission objectives (disabling the Doomgiver's shields) during Galek's monologue.
** In a lesser example, he always knows how to find keys.
* ''CityOfHeroes'' has one involving the Trolls and the Tsoo: while interfering with a meeting between the two gangs, heroes will come across Mr. Ting, a Tsoo, complaining to the Troll leader, "Haven't you learned anything? [[RevealingCoverup When you kidnap people, capes show up.]]"
** Many of the {{NPC}}s in the game tend to be genre savvy: civilians will complain about they can't walk down the street without someone trying to snatch their purse, kidnap them, or try to use them in strange rituals. And some of the villains are equally savvy; at least one fragment of dialogue for a low-level gangbanger references the endless-loop purse tug-of-war animation with a "No, really! I actually got the purse!"
*** In the same vein of the low-level gang member, a cry for help on part of the {{NPC}} struggling for her purse shows some degree of GenreSavvy as well, recognizing that since crying out about getting mugged won't summon help quickly enough, she yells that there's a fire instead.
**** This is advice given to people in the real world too.
** The pamphleteer in front of City Hall will sometimes say things like "Burn Perez Park to the ground! [[ScrappyLevel It's full of monsters and impossible to find your way around!]]"
* In ''ArmyOfTwo'', neither Rios nor Salem are particularly fazed by being [[OneManArmy sent in on missions to retake aircraft carriers or blast their way past the entirety of the People's Liberation Army,]] and at the endgame, they [[spoiler: take on practically all of the biggest PMC in the world without blinking.]] When confronting PsychoForHire Phillip Clyde, they don't even act surprised at his stream of increasingly irrational descriptions of what he's going to do to their corpses -- [[FreudianExcuse they assume he had a messed up childhood]].
* ''IWannaBeTheGuy'' forces the ''player'' of all people to be Genre Savvy as a requirement to progress past...well, to pretty much progress period. Unfortunately, [[NintendoHard this isn't the only thing needed to progress]].
** It also invokes DeathByGenreSavviness several times -- primarily in the famous '[[ViolationOfCommonSense You jumped into a sword! You retard!]]' scene.
** Meanwhile, the game itself is very Player Savvy. "OK, so I know now that these apples will fall on me, and that the third one will fall ''up''. Ah, but there's a gaping hole between trees there. I can use it to just jump between the two trees and avoid any apples! Alright here I- A SIDEWAYS APPLE?!". Or how about sequences with one insanely hard bunch of obstacles. Once you finally pass the apples/spikepit/enemies and you think you're home free once you reach the platform on the other side... the ground falls away, or a spike lands on that ''exact'' spot that you thought was safe, and you die just so that the game can teach you not to get complacent.
* Midna in ''TheLegendOfZelda: Twilight Princess'' is rather genre savvy (half because she's TheImp + DeadpanSnarker; half probably to make up for how [[StopHelpingMe ridiculously obvious her predecessor, Navi's, hints were]]).
-->'''Midna:''' [[KleptomaniacHero Look at that open window... this village is full of idiots.]]
* Cole from ''SpiritTracks'' might just be the most GenreSavvy villian the series ever had and goes out of his way to eliminate every single trope that could probably make his master's GrandTheftMe on Princess Zelda's part go wrong, from FightingFromTheInside (he removes her spirit first) to AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs (He didn't attempt to take over Hyrule Castle, like every other villian in the series would have done). The one mistake he makes, pulling an [[spoiler: YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on Byrne]] was finally his downfall.
* ''DawnOfWar 2'' starts with the Blood Ravens realizing all they need to win the war is one player character.
* The developers for ''{{Spore}}'' knew that [[FreudWasRight when given artistic freedom, people will naturally deviate towards pornographic material]], and put in measures so people would not be forced to run into peoples' penis-monsters.
* Arthas, aka the Lich King, of ''WorldOfWarcraft'', as of the newest expansion, has displayed some unexpected genre-savviness, going so far in one early encounter as to [[spoiler:deliberately murder your character, simply to prove a point about his own power, knowing full well you'll get right back up shortly and keep coming after him anyway]]. Now that is ''DangerouslyGenreSavvy''.
** Even moreso, when you finally do manage to face him, he reveals that [[spoiler: he's been letting you kill all his best monsters specifically so that you will 'get stronger' -- as in, get their loot -- so that you, the player, will be a better, stronger minion when he turns you.]]
* [[MsFanservice Rouge the Bat]] takes an abrupt turn to the Genre Savvy in ''[[SonicChronicles Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood]]'', LampshadeHanging everything from the convenient findability of the series' GreenRocks to the [[TalkLikeAPirate nonsensical dialects]] of [[SpaceIsAnOcean space brigands]].
** It should also be noted that Sonic himself is also this. With the amount of times he's lampshaded tropes in the games, he fits well. Example being in SonicColors he knew right away that the amusement park was just a front for Eggman's evil plot.
*** A perfect example; "Experience has taught me to investigate anything that glows."
* Henry of ''NoMoreHeroes'' is made of this trope. He correctly identifies himself as main character Travis' mysterious foil and just goes on from there.
** Travis picks up some of it once ''Desperate Struggle'' starts, but the king of the trope is the final boss. When Travis can't figure out his motives, the boss snaps, pointing out that [[spoiler:YouKilledMyFather]] is a staple of every genre known to man -- "''Shakespeare'', for God's sake!"
* Guillo of ''BatenKaitos Origins'' displays genre-savviness throughout the game, questioning good guys who turn out to be villains, realizing when something has come "too easily," and knowing to run away before the inevitable [[HopelessBossFight "doomed to lose"]] boss fights.
* A critical plot point in ''MetalGearSolid 3'': [[spoiler:When you meet an American soldier in the Russian wilderness during the ColdWar, who is asking about Adam and says his code name is Snake, just give it a shot and tell him you're Eva. [[AdamAndOrEve Chances are very good this Adam guy has a partner by that name.]]]]
* Zoey of ''Left4Dead'' is a prime example -- as a college student, she's seen a lot of zombie movies, and often spouts out lines relating to [[ZombieApocalypse their current situation]].
** "I can't get over how fast they all are! It's not even fair, I'm calling zombie bullshit on that, you know? They're not... allowed to be so fast!"
** Unfortunately she's also WrongGenreSavvy in the comic The Sacrifice she finds out that [[spoiler:Her father was actually a carrier so when she shot him in a mercy killing after he was bitten, it was a pointless sacrifice]]
* [[MonkeyIsland Guybrush Threepwood]] occasionally points out a trope during his adventures and tries to take advantage (generally by refusing to do something stupid).
* The title character of ''EatLeadTheReturnOfMattHazard'' is not only savvy about every genre he's ever been in, but he's savvy about every other game genre, too. He also has MediumAwareness, and these are half of what he uses to get through his situation. The other half, of course, is lots of guns.
* Apart from the whole "evil unkillable vampires" part and stuff of which she is by necessity very genre savvy, [[CloudCuckoolander Arcueid]] of ''{{Tsukihime}}'' also surprisingly displays some genre savviness in regards to relationships. Arcueid notes that Shiki sure is acting nice to everyone else, he says that he ''is'' nice to everyone... except her. You idiot! She's thrilled (but can't quite grasp why), because she recognizes him as being a {{tsundere}} -- and therefore making her the love interest!
* Refreshingly, the main character in ''ShinMegamiTensei: DevilSurvivor'' can be played this way. Often, the main character can explain the plot to the other characters in the party. There's usually two dialogue options: Genre Savvy and Panicking/Has no idea what's going on. In most [=RPG=]s, the main character is prevented from being genre savvy in favor of having an ExpositionFairy explain everything for them. As a result, there's not really any scenes in the game where the main character says things like [[GenreBlind "That demonic cult member said he wanted to destroy the world with demons! I wonder what that could mean? Please explain it to me, party members."]]
* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'': Sam & Max gradually grow into this throughout the [[TelltaleGames Telltale]] series, eventually reaching a point in ''Moai Better Blues'' where Max correctly guesses that the sea monkeys' prophecy about their messiah has [[TheThreeTrials three distinct requirements that the duo will have to fulfill in order to progress]]. The sea monkeys themselves, being GenreBlind, take his seemingly omniscient guess as evidence that he might be their messiah.
** After a certain point, Max seems to have simply descended into being a {{Fourth Wall Observer}}. He suggests at one point switching to the {{Rhythm Game}} genre to take down the Samulacra, and instantly jumps on the opportunity to do a {{Fetch Quest}} later on.
*** ''Doggelgangers!!!''
* In ''NeverwinterNights'', besides of making more explicable efforts to stop the plague, the BigGood and his minions set up an academy to train heroes to save the city. Of course, [[PlayerCharacter one of them]] does. However, this goes beyond any reasoning that might actually make sense in the game world, and seems more like a bad excuse to set up the ProtagonistWithoutAPast.
* Carth's smelling a rat about the whole mission in the first ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' game could be interpreted as Genre Savviness, as could a lot of Atton's behavior in the sequel. In-universe, it's mostly explained as both of them being Force sensitive.
* In ''{{Uncharted}}: Drake's Fortune'', Nathan Drake invariably ends up in gunfights consisting of several waves of goons. Every so often, Drake will ask to himself "Where do these guys keep coming from?".
** In the second game, ''Among Thieves'', Drake in one level has to retrieve an ally from a broken elevator. As he does so, Drake tells himself "I swear to God, [[spoiler:if there's a zombie around the next corner...". Mutant Spaniards, or "zombies", were a special foe from the first game, in a level where Drake again had to rescue a friend from a small compartment.]]
* The girls in the ''TouhouProject'' games occasionally show that they are ''very'' aware of the tropes of BulletHell games. Not the least of which is the fact that they ''explicitly'' call their attacks {{Danmaku}}. One amusing example appears in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'', whose Stage 4 has an unusually long wait between reaching the boss's area, and the boss showing up. When she gets there, Reimu spends a few moments muttering to herself about what's going on, and when no boss shows up, she demands "Doesn't someone usually pop in with a response right about now?"
* In ''{{Legacy of Kain}}: Defiance'', Kain shows his level of savvy, likely stemming from several centuries of living, in the Citadel of the Ancients. He encounters a series of very well-proportioned statues with dangerous looking swords, and monologues to himself that there was no way in Hell they wouldn't attack at some point.
* ''{{Batman Arkham Asylum}}'', When the player is getting close to completing all of the Riddler's Challenges, the Riddler accuses Batman of cheating, and that he is looking up the hidden locations on the internet.
* In ''[[ModernWarfare Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]'', in the second-to-last-mission, Soap and Price go on an assassination mission. Once the target realizes that Price is coming after him, he orders a full evacuation of his base and tells his men to simply hold off the heroes until he can escape. An entire military base vs. two men, and the guy knows it's futile to actually try to kill them.
* In ''{{Singularity}}'', [[CompleteMonster Nikolai Demichev]] is smart enough to keep plans for the [[spoiler: Singularity Reactor, and rebuilds it after the heros blow it up]]. He also never forgets that time travel is possible. Thus, when confronted with two American Marines in modern-day uniforms even though there hasn't been an American military for about fifty years [[spoiler:because the timeline has been altered so the USSR conquered the world in the sixies]], he knows exactly what's going on, and doesn't waste time wondering how the two men have become crazy enough to believe the things they're talking about.
-->'''Devlin:''' Name, rank and serial number is all you're getting from us, ''Ivan.'' Now, I want to speak to someone from our embassy.
-->'''Demichev:''' You will find that impossible, for a variety of reasons...
* In ''BrutalLegend'', Eddie shows a degree of genre savvy right off the bat when he sees a Twisted Coil Battle Nun from behind. "All right. I'm supposed to think you're a nun, but I know you're really some big ugly demon, so let's have it! (she turns and roars in his face) HAH! I knew it! Big, ugly demon."
* In ''DragonAge: Origins'', if you have the human noble story and tell Arl Howe that you're going to kill his wife and daughter, he will respond, "Isn't that precious? Is this where I lament the monster I helped create? Let me show you how it's done: I made your mother kiss my feet before she died, it was the last thing your father saw. Meet my sword, and change that." Unfortunately he's not genre savvy enough to know not to mess with the Warden.
* In ''KingsQuest'', an AdventureGame series, Graham recalls his father's sage advice, "[[ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest Take anything that isn't nailed down.]]"
* In ''CommandAndConquer: Renegade'', after [[OneManArmy Havoc]] manages to board the plane and fight off Sakura just before take-off, Sakura immediately radios the crew NOT to attack him (too late, ''he'' has attacked them).
* In ''ZettaiHeroProject'', pretty much everyone is aware of what cliches to keep track of, apparently because HenshinHero shows are based on real life for them. But their CrowningMomentOfAwesome comes when Darkdeath Evilman unleashes a series of energy blasts that land in countless cities across the world, causing mass destruction. [[spoiler:Each and every one of those locations was evacuated, because they were all the buildings and landmarks that are always destroyed in movies. There were no casualties at all.]]
* Both Ben and Dan in ''BenThereDanThat'' and its sequel are aware at all times that they're in a [[AdventureGame point-and-click]], and specifically that it's one of the {{LucasArts}} school which doesn't punish the player with deaths or {{Unwinnable}} situations. This is frequently used to justify their more dangerous antics and their [[TooDumbToLive lack of any fear of death]], as well as Ben's [[KleptomaniacHero kleptomania]] and [[MoonLogicPuzzle deliberately trying to come up with convoluted ways of doing simple things]]. The aliens, however, are DangerouslyGenreSavvy, and reveal at the end of ''BenThereDanThat'' that their abduction of Ben and Dan and forcing them to go through a point-and-click adventure game was just there to [[YouAreTooLate keep them clicking about long enough for the aliens to enact their real evil plan.]]
* Kouin in EienNoAselia realizes that being perfectly willing to kill to save his girlfriend makes him less sympathetic than the angsty Yuuto, which means he can't be TheHero. Yuuto himself edges close on occasion.
* ''MassEffect'' has Legion, a mobile platform for a race of artificial intelligences who download themselves into cyborg bodies. He explains the entire metaplot of the series in a single comment when he explains how his faction of his race have chosen to create their own future rather than use the technology of others. Adopting the EldritchAbomination's seemingly benign technology will undermine their independence and cause their society to develop along lines someone else has chosen. It may be a metaphor for cultural imperialism or a SpaceWhaleAesop depending on your point of view.
** In the first game on Noveria, the Peak 15 facility has suddenly been overrun by murderous insect. Even though he has no idea what they are and where they come from, the chief of security doesn't seem very suprised. After all, ''"Labs like these exist to do stupid crap that gets people killed."''
** There's also the DLC ''Lair of the Shadow Broker,'' and the banter between Shepard and Liara regarding merc tactics.
-->'''Liara:''' The drones are disorganized. They'd be more effective if they all attacked at once.
-->'''Shepard:''' Please don't give the mercs ideas.
-->'''Liara:''' The next wave looks like a big one.
-->'''Shepard:''' You just ''had'' to give them tactical advice.
-->'''Liara:''' But now there'll be fewer left to deal with inside.
-->'''Shepard:''' Keep dreaming, T'Soni.
* DoubleSwitch. After being attacked by a mummy who turned out to be [[spoiler: Eddie]] a few times, three people hurry to Brutus's room. Why? Because they decided that they need a gun to shoot their attacker, and since they know Brutus has had dealings with the Mafia, they figure who better to come to for a gun? They didn't get a gun, but at least they tried, didn't they?
* In one mission in FreeSpace, you lead a raid on a Shivan supply depot. After the first two transports grab their cargo, two more show up to snag the last two. When the first one grabs his container, it promptly [[StuffBlowingUp explodes,]] killing the transport. The other transport refuses to grab the last container, knowing that it's set to explode. Command forces the transport to do it anyway. Guess what happens next.
* Towards the end of [[HuntedTheDemonsForge Hunted: The Demon's Forge]] Caddoc notes that, "Chanting is never a good thing" And it isn't,
* In ''SaintsRowTheThird'', Loren captures Gat, Shaundi and Boss, and offers them membership in the Syndicate. They turn him down. He immediately tells his men to kill them. What's more, he doesn't stop even after the Saints jump out of the airplane they were in. As a matter of fact, he [[spoiler: kills Johnny Gat]] and uses this information to enrage the Saints, possibly to get at their emotions and make them slip up. It works, especially with Shaundi.
** Matt Miller is noticeably afraid of the Saints, and is well aware of what they're capable of, to the point where he [[spoiler: wisely considers just paying the Saints off instead of fighting them in one mission.]]
** The Saints as well, they often {{Lampshade}} and discuss tropes such as help arriving after two waves of SWAT teams and mentioning how they think Loren wouldn't be so cliche as to hide on the top floor of the tallest building of the city "like a criminal mastermind".
-->"Princess! No need to worry. I hope you haven't forgotten my role in this little story. I'm the leading man. You know what they say about the leading man - [[PlotArmor he never dies]]."
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' does this. Lightning and Hope find a save station and a treasure sphere containing Ethersol (A usable item that restores the party's TP) just before entering a [[BossRoom large, open arena]]. Hope comments, "[[ThisIsGonnaSuck I get the feeling something bad is about to happen...]]"
** Another one: Hope knows that tired old tale of "Revenge is not going to solve anything." He doesn't care.
* ''PrincessWaltz'' is a good H-game not just because of its elements that work, but because it gleefully lampshades its own cliches. It's really hard to hate this game for following the stock conventions of its own genres when they cleverly keep poking fun at them at the same time. In fact, the BigBad and The PluckyComicRelief are walking fonts of GenreSavvy hilarity.
* ''HeroesOfMightAndMagic IV'' includes a sympathetic undead king who gets his underling to draw up plans for invading a neighbouring kingdom -- and them sends the plans to that kingdom, so they can fix the holes in their defenses. He explains that even though invading his neighbour would make him the most powerful ruler in the entire world, that would just mean [[GondorCallsForAid everyone else would unite their forces to take him down]].
** He later promotes a zombie to Captain and takes the trouble to learn his name for showing the sense and initiative to find out exactly what an enemy's ArtifactOfDoom did (saving his life in the process), and figures out that there must be a reason why no one has ever activated each of five {{MacGuffin}}s. He then takes [[SacrificialLamb appropriate precautions]].
* The protagonist's genre savviness is what jump-starts the plot in the FMV game ''Brain Dead 13''. Teen computer ace Lance is sent to fix a computer at the home of MadScientist and brain-in-a-tank Nero Neurosis, and quickly identifies it as a typical mad scientist's lair. Dr. Neurosis flies into a rage after Lance refers to him as an "[[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne average villain]]", and he sics his homicidal toady Fritz on our hero.
* Almost ''all'' the characters in the ''{{Disgaea}}'' series, particularly Etna. Mao from the third game is [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy dangerously so]], concluding that the quickest method of kicking his dad off the throne and rule with his own iron fist is to actually ''become the hero'' of the game.
** Also from Disgaea 3, after you have defeated [[spoiler: Super-Hero Aurum]] he says "Wait! In these games the final boss always has to take his final form before you can truly defeat him!", to which Mao replies "Ah! Curse you, using that convenient Game Mechanic!"
* In the ''GrandTheftAuto'' series, a pedestrian having a conversation about a nearby dead body will occasionally mutter "Don't worry, he'll respawn!" or something similar.
* ''SaintsRow'': "No one stays dead in Stilwater''.
* [[DarkForcesSaga Kyle Katarn]] (at least in ''Jedi Academy'') is genre savvy, lampshading tropes such as the fact that [[LockedDoor the console for opening a door is probably hidden in some room twelve floors up]] and that [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling Luke Skywalker]] ''[[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling always]]'' [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling senses a disturbance in the Force]].
** He's like this to a lesser extent in ''Jedi Outcast,'' too. [[NeverTrustATrope Never trust a bartender with bad grammar.]]
*** He also finishes one of his mission objectives (disabling the Doomgiver's shields) during Galek's monologue.
** In a lesser example, he always knows how to find keys.
* ''CityOfHeroes'' has one involving the Trolls and the Tsoo: while interfering with a meeting between the two gangs, heroes will come across Mr. Ting, a Tsoo, complaining to the Troll leader, "Haven't you learned anything? [[RevealingCoverup When you kidnap people, capes show up.]]"
** Many of the {{NPC}}s in the game tend to be genre savvy: civilians will complain about they can't walk down the street without someone trying to snatch their purse, kidnap them, or try to use them in strange rituals. And some of the villains are equally savvy; at least one fragment of dialogue for a low-level gangbanger references the endless-loop purse tug-of-war animation with a "No, really! I actually got the purse!"
*** In the same vein of the low-level gang member, a cry for help on part of the {{NPC}} struggling for her purse shows some degree of GenreSavvy as well, recognizing that since crying out about getting mugged won't summon help quickly enough, she yells that there's a fire instead.
**** This is advice given to people in the real world too.
** The pamphleteer in front of City Hall will sometimes say things like "Burn Perez Park to the ground! [[ScrappyLevel It's full of monsters and impossible to find your way around!]]"
* In ''ArmyOfTwo'', neither Rios nor Salem are particularly fazed by being [[OneManArmy sent in on missions to retake aircraft carriers or blast their way past the entirety of the People's Liberation Army,]] and at the endgame, they [[spoiler: take on practically all of the biggest PMC in the world without blinking.]] When confronting PsychoForHire Phillip Clyde, they don't even act surprised at his stream of increasingly irrational descriptions of what he's going to do to their corpses -- [[FreudianExcuse they assume he had a messed up childhood]].
* ''IWannaBeTheGuy'' forces the ''player'' of all people to be Genre Savvy as a requirement to progress past...well, to pretty much progress period. Unfortunately, [[NintendoHard this isn't the only thing needed to progress]].
** It also invokes DeathByGenreSavviness several times -- primarily in the famous '[[ViolationOfCommonSense You jumped into a sword! You retard!]]' scene.
** Meanwhile, the game itself is very Player Savvy. "OK, so I know now that these apples will fall on me, and that the third one will fall ''up''. Ah, but there's a gaping hole between trees there. I can use it to just jump between the two trees and avoid any apples! Alright here I- A SIDEWAYS APPLE?!". Or how about sequences with one insanely hard bunch of obstacles. Once you finally pass the apples/spikepit/enemies and you think you're home free once you reach the platform on the other side... the ground falls away, or a spike lands on that ''exact'' spot that you thought was safe, and you die just so that the game can teach you not to get complacent.
* Midna in ''TheLegendOfZelda: Twilight Princess'' is rather genre savvy (half because she's TheImp + DeadpanSnarker; half probably to make up for how [[StopHelpingMe ridiculously obvious her predecessor, Navi's, hints were]]).
-->'''Midna:''' [[KleptomaniacHero Look at that open window... this village is full of idiots.]]
* Cole from ''SpiritTracks'' might just be the most GenreSavvy villian the series ever had and goes out of his way to eliminate every single trope that could probably make his master's GrandTheftMe on Princess Zelda's part go wrong, from FightingFromTheInside (he removes her spirit first) to AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs (He didn't attempt to take over Hyrule Castle, like every other villian in the series would have done). The one mistake he makes, pulling an [[spoiler: YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on Byrne]] was finally his downfall.
* ''DawnOfWar 2'' starts with the Blood Ravens realizing all they need to win the war is one player character.
* The developers for ''{{Spore}}'' knew that [[FreudWasRight when given artistic freedom, people will naturally deviate towards pornographic material]], and put in measures so people would not be forced to run into peoples' penis-monsters.
* Arthas, aka the Lich King, of ''WorldOfWarcraft'', as of the newest expansion, has displayed some unexpected genre-savviness, going so far in one early encounter as to [[spoiler:deliberately murder your character, simply to prove a point about his own power, knowing full well you'll get right back up shortly and keep coming after him anyway]]. Now that is ''DangerouslyGenreSavvy''.
** Even moreso, when you finally do manage to face him, he reveals that [[spoiler: he's been letting you kill all his best monsters specifically so that you will 'get stronger' -- as in, get their loot -- so that you, the player, will be a better, stronger minion when he turns you.]]
* [[MsFanservice Rouge the Bat]] takes an abrupt turn to the Genre Savvy in ''[[SonicChronicles Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood]]'', LampshadeHanging everything from the convenient findability of the series' GreenRocks to the [[TalkLikeAPirate nonsensical dialects]] of [[SpaceIsAnOcean space brigands]].
** It should also be noted that Sonic himself is also this. With the amount of times he's lampshaded tropes in the games, he fits well. Example being in SonicColors he knew right away that the amusement park was just a front for Eggman's evil plot.
*** A perfect example; "Experience has taught me to investigate anything that glows."
* Henry of ''NoMoreHeroes'' is made of this trope. He correctly identifies himself as main character Travis' mysterious foil and just goes on from there.
** Travis picks up some of it once ''Desperate Struggle'' starts, but the king of the trope is the final boss. When Travis can't figure out his motives, the boss snaps, pointing out that [[spoiler:YouKilledMyFather]] is a staple of every genre known to man -- "''Shakespeare'', for God's sake!"
* Guillo of ''BatenKaitos Origins'' displays genre-savviness throughout the game, questioning good guys who turn out to be villains, realizing when something has come "too easily," and knowing to run away before the inevitable [[HopelessBossFight "doomed to lose"]] boss fights.
* A critical plot point in ''MetalGearSolid 3'': [[spoiler:When you meet an American soldier in the Russian wilderness during the ColdWar, who is asking about Adam and says his code name is Snake, just give it a shot and tell him you're Eva. [[AdamAndOrEve Chances are very good this Adam guy has a partner by that name.]]]]
* Zoey of ''Left4Dead'' is a prime example -- as a college student, she's seen a lot of zombie movies, and often spouts out lines relating to [[ZombieApocalypse their current situation]].
** "I can't get over how fast they all are! It's not even fair, I'm calling zombie bullshit on that, you know? They're not... allowed to be so fast!"
** Unfortunately she's also WrongGenreSavvy in the comic The Sacrifice she finds out that [[spoiler:Her father was actually a carrier so when she shot him in a mercy killing after he was bitten, it was a pointless sacrifice]]
* [[MonkeyIsland Guybrush Threepwood]] occasionally points out a trope during his adventures and tries to take advantage (generally by refusing to do something stupid).
* The title character of ''EatLeadTheReturnOfMattHazard'' is not only savvy about every genre he's ever been in, but he's savvy about every other game genre, too. He also has MediumAwareness, and these are half of what he uses to get through his situation. The other half, of course, is lots of guns.
* Apart from the whole "evil unkillable vampires" part and stuff of which she is by necessity very genre savvy, [[CloudCuckoolander Arcueid]] of ''{{Tsukihime}}'' also surprisingly displays some genre savviness in regards to relationships. Arcueid notes that Shiki sure is acting nice to everyone else, he says that he ''is'' nice to everyone... except her. You idiot! She's thrilled (but can't quite grasp why), because she recognizes him as being a {{tsundere}} -- and therefore making her the love interest!
* Refreshingly, the main character in ''ShinMegamiTensei: DevilSurvivor'' can be played this way. Often, the main character can explain the plot to the other characters in the party. There's usually two dialogue options: Genre Savvy and Panicking/Has no idea what's going on. In most [=RPG=]s, the main character is prevented from being genre savvy in favor of having an ExpositionFairy explain everything for them. As a result, there's not really any scenes in the game where the main character says things like [[GenreBlind "That demonic cult member said he wanted to destroy the world with demons! I wonder what that could mean? Please explain it to me, party members."]]
* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'': Sam & Max gradually grow into this throughout the [[TelltaleGames Telltale]] series, eventually reaching a point in ''Moai Better Blues'' where Max correctly guesses that the sea monkeys' prophecy about their messiah has [[TheThreeTrials three distinct requirements that the duo will have to fulfill in order to progress]]. The sea monkeys themselves, being GenreBlind, take his seemingly omniscient guess as evidence that he might be their messiah.
** After a certain point, Max seems to have simply descended into being a {{Fourth Wall Observer}}. He suggests at one point switching to the {{Rhythm Game}} genre to take down the Samulacra, and instantly jumps on the opportunity to do a {{Fetch Quest}} later on.
*** ''Doggelgangers!!!''
* In ''NeverwinterNights'', besides of making more explicable efforts to stop the plague, the BigGood and his minions set up an academy to train heroes to save the city. Of course, [[PlayerCharacter one of them]] does. However, this goes beyond any reasoning that might actually make sense in the game world, and seems more like a bad excuse to set up the ProtagonistWithoutAPast.
* Carth's smelling a rat about the whole mission in the first ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' game could be interpreted as Genre Savviness, as could a lot of Atton's behavior in the sequel. In-universe, it's mostly explained as both of them being Force sensitive.
* In ''{{Uncharted}}: Drake's Fortune'', Nathan Drake invariably ends up in gunfights consisting of several waves of goons. Every so often, Drake will ask to himself "Where do these guys keep coming from?".
** In the second game, ''Among Thieves'', Drake in one level has to retrieve an ally from a broken elevator. As he does so, Drake tells himself "I swear to God, [[spoiler:if there's a zombie around the next corner...". Mutant Spaniards, or "zombies", were a special foe from the first game, in a level where Drake again had to rescue a friend from a small compartment.]]
* The girls in the ''TouhouProject'' games occasionally show that they are ''very'' aware of the tropes of BulletHell games. Not the least of which is the fact that they ''explicitly'' call their attacks {{Danmaku}}. One amusing example appears in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'', whose Stage 4 has an unusually long wait between reaching the boss's area, and the boss showing up. When she gets there, Reimu spends a few moments muttering to herself about what's going on, and when no boss shows up, she demands "Doesn't someone usually pop in with a response right about now?"
* In ''{{Legacy of Kain}}: Defiance'', Kain shows his level of savvy, likely stemming from several centuries of living, in the Citadel of the Ancients. He encounters a series of very well-proportioned statues with dangerous looking swords, and monologues to himself that there was no way in Hell they wouldn't attack at some point.
* ''{{Batman Arkham Asylum}}'', When the player is getting close to completing all of the Riddler's Challenges, the Riddler accuses Batman of cheating, and that he is looking up the hidden locations on the internet.
* In ''[[ModernWarfare Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]'', in the second-to-last-mission, Soap and Price go on an assassination mission. Once the target realizes that Price is coming after him, he orders a full evacuation of his base and tells his men to simply hold off the heroes until he can escape. An entire military base vs. two men, and the guy knows it's futile to actually try to kill them.
* In ''{{Singularity}}'', [[CompleteMonster Nikolai Demichev]] is smart enough to keep plans for the [[spoiler: Singularity Reactor, and rebuilds it after the heros blow it up]]. He also never forgets that time travel is possible. Thus, when confronted with two American Marines in modern-day uniforms even though there hasn't been an American military for about fifty years [[spoiler:because the timeline has been altered so the USSR conquered the world in the sixies]], he knows exactly what's going on, and doesn't waste time wondering how the two men have become crazy enough to believe the things they're talking about.
-->'''Devlin:''' Name, rank and serial number is all you're getting from us, ''Ivan.'' Now, I want to speak to someone from our embassy.
-->'''Demichev:''' You will find that impossible, for a variety of reasons...
* In ''BrutalLegend'', Eddie shows a degree of genre savvy right off the bat when he sees a Twisted Coil Battle Nun from behind. "All right. I'm supposed to think you're a nun, but I know you're really some big ugly demon, so let's have it! (she turns and roars in his face) HAH! I knew it! Big, ugly demon."
* In ''DragonAge: Origins'', if you have the human noble story and tell Arl Howe that you're going to kill his wife and daughter, he will respond, "Isn't that precious? Is this where I lament the monster I helped create? Let me show you how it's done: I made your mother kiss my feet before she died, it was the last thing your father saw. Meet my sword, and change that." Unfortunately he's not genre savvy enough to know not to mess with the Warden.
* In ''KingsQuest'', an AdventureGame series, Graham recalls his father's sage advice, "[[ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest Take anything that isn't nailed down.]]"
* In ''CommandAndConquer: Renegade'', after [[OneManArmy Havoc]] manages to board the plane and fight off Sakura just before take-off, Sakura immediately radios the crew NOT to attack him (too late, ''he'' has attacked them).
* In ''ZettaiHeroProject'', pretty much everyone is aware of what cliches to keep track of, apparently because HenshinHero shows are based on real life for them. But their CrowningMomentOfAwesome comes when Darkdeath Evilman unleashes a series of energy blasts that land in countless cities across the world, causing mass destruction. [[spoiler:Each and every one of those locations was evacuated, because they were all the buildings and landmarks that are always destroyed in movies. There were no casualties at all.]]
* Both Ben and Dan in ''BenThereDanThat'' and its sequel are aware at all times that they're in a [[AdventureGame point-and-click]], and specifically that it's one of the {{LucasArts}} school which doesn't punish the player with deaths or {{Unwinnable}} situations. This is frequently used to justify their more dangerous antics and their [[TooDumbToLive lack of any fear of death]], as well as Ben's [[KleptomaniacHero kleptomania]] and [[MoonLogicPuzzle deliberately trying to come up with convoluted ways of doing simple things]]. The aliens, however, are DangerouslyGenreSavvy, and reveal at the end of ''BenThereDanThat'' that their abduction of Ben and Dan and forcing them to go through a point-and-click adventure game was just there to [[YouAreTooLate keep them clicking about long enough for the aliens to enact their real evil plan.]]
* Kouin in EienNoAselia realizes that being perfectly willing to kill to save his girlfriend makes him less sympathetic than the angsty Yuuto, which means he can't be TheHero. Yuuto himself edges close on occasion.
* ''MassEffect'' has Legion, a mobile platform for a race of artificial intelligences who download themselves into cyborg bodies. He explains the entire metaplot of the series in a single comment when he explains how his faction of his race have chosen to create their own future rather than use the technology of others. Adopting the EldritchAbomination's seemingly benign technology will undermine their independence and cause their society to develop along lines someone else has chosen. It may be a metaphor for cultural imperialism or a SpaceWhaleAesop depending on your point of view.
** In the first game on Noveria, the Peak 15 facility has suddenly been overrun by murderous insect. Even though he has no idea what they are and where they come from, the chief of security doesn't seem very suprised. After all, ''"Labs like these exist to do stupid crap that gets people killed."''
** There's also the DLC ''Lair of the Shadow Broker,'' and the banter between Shepard and Liara regarding merc tactics.
-->'''Liara:''' The drones are disorganized. They'd be more effective if they all attacked at once.
-->'''Shepard:''' Please don't give the mercs ideas.
-->'''Liara:''' The next wave looks like a big one.
-->'''Shepard:''' You just ''had'' to give them tactical advice.
-->'''Liara:''' But now there'll be fewer left to deal with inside.
-->'''Shepard:''' Keep dreaming, T'Soni.
* DoubleSwitch. After being attacked by a mummy who turned out to be [[spoiler: Eddie]] a few times, three people hurry to Brutus's room. Why? Because they decided that they need a gun to shoot their attacker, and since they know Brutus has had dealings with the Mafia, they figure who better to come to for a gun? They didn't get a gun, but at least they tried, didn't they?
* In one mission in FreeSpace, you lead a raid on a Shivan supply depot. After the first two transports grab their cargo, two more show up to snag the last two. When the first one grabs his container, it promptly [[StuffBlowingUp explodes,]] killing the transport. The other transport refuses to grab the last container, knowing that it's set to explode. Command forces the transport to do it anyway. Guess what happens next.
* Towards the end of [[HuntedTheDemonsForge Hunted: The Demon's Forge]] Caddoc notes that, "Chanting is never a good thing" And it isn't,
* In ''SaintsRowTheThird'', Loren captures Gat, Shaundi and Boss, and offers them membership in the Syndicate. They turn him down. He immediately tells his men to kill them. What's more, he doesn't stop even after the Saints jump out of the airplane they were in. As a matter of fact, he [[spoiler: kills Johnny Gat]] and uses this information to enrage the Saints, possibly to get at their emotions and make them slip up. It works, especially with Shaundi.
** Matt Miller is noticeably afraid of the Saints, and is well aware of what they're capable of, to the point where he [[spoiler: wisely considers just paying the Saints off instead of fighting them in one mission.]]
** The Saints as well, they often {{Lampshade}} and discuss tropes such as help arriving after two waves of SWAT teams and mentioning how they think Loren wouldn't be so cliche as to hide on the top floor of the tallest building of the city "like a criminal mastermind".
