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* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta 2}}'' has a very spoiler-y example at Chapter XVI. [[spoiler:As Bayonetta and Balder (her father from the past, who she's already fought) escape a collapsing structure, they get to safety and Bayonetta lets slip Balder's name, which he never actually told her. When he gets suspicious, [[NotSoStoic she ends up getting flustered]] [[BadLiar and telling a very flimsy lie]]]].
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* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta 2}}'' ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'' has a very spoiler-y example at Chapter XVI. [[spoiler:As Bayonetta and Balder (her father from the past, who she's already fought) escape a collapsing structure, they get to safety and Bayonetta lets slip Balder's name, which he never actually told her. When he gets suspicious, [[NotSoStoic she ends up getting flustered]] [[BadLiar and telling a very flimsy lie]]]].lie]]]].
* ''VideoGame/BearAndBreakfast'': When Hank visits Anton's office, Anton addresses him by name, to his surprise since he never introduced himself first. Anton then says he knew Hank's name before Hank's mom did, except that Margaret didn't name him.
* ''VideoGame/BearAndBreakfast'': When Hank visits Anton's office, Anton addresses him by name, to his surprise since he never introduced himself first. Anton then says he knew Hank's name before Hank's mom did, except that Margaret didn't name him.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'': around the end of chapter 13, it is revealed that while [[spoiler:Ardyn]] never lied about his name, strictly speaking, he also omitted a fairly crucial detail about it - [[spoiler:he used to be known as Ardyn Lucis Caelum, revealing himself as Noctis's very distant (separated by over 100 generations) immortal ancestor]].
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* ''VideoGame/FearsToFathom'': A retroactive example occurs in ''Ironbark Lookout''. Jack initially doesn't think much of it that [[spoiler:Silas]] knows his name without Jack having told him, because [[spoiler:Silas]] claims to work at the park and says his co-workers have talked about Jack. However, Jack gets a lot more worried when he mentions it to Connor, who says that [[spoiler:no one named Silas works with them]].
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** Parodied in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' during one of the calls Lazlow takes on the [[Radio/GTARadio Chatterbox FM station]]. It's from Tony Cipriani (a Mafia boss who you take missions from early in the game), who says "my name's not important" but accidentally lets his name slip as he's asking advice on [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas how to make his mother show more appreciation]]. Lazlow as such calls him Tony when he starts to respond, which makes Tony suspicious, wondering if he's tracing the call and threatening to kill him if he is, before insisting Tony is most definitely ''not'' his name - only to immediately refer to himself as Tony again.
--->'''Not-Tony''': Tony? Who said my name is Tony? Are you tracing this call? Because if you are, you're going to get real intimately acquainted with what your brains look like! My name's not Tony! Okay?!\\
'''Lazlo''': Okay...\\
'''Not-Tony''': But my ma, she's all like "Tony, Tony, be a real man, stand up for yourself, don't take no shit", when all I try to do is to be a good son...What do I do?\\
--->'''Not-Tony''': Tony? Who said my name is Tony? Are you tracing this call? Because if you are, you're going to get real intimately acquainted with what your brains look like! My name's not Tony! Okay?!\\
'''Lazlo''': Okay...\\
'''Not-Tony''': But my ma, she's all like "Tony, Tony, be a real man, stand up for yourself, don't take no shit", when all I try to do is to be a good son...What do I do?\\
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** Parodied in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' during one of the calls Lazlow takes on the [[Radio/GTARadio Chatterbox FM station]]. It's from Tony Toni Cipriani (a Mafia boss who you take missions from early in the game), who says "my name's not name ain't important" but accidentally lets his name slip as he's asking advice on [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas how to make his mother show more appreciation]]. Lazlow as such calls him Tony Toni when he starts to respond, which makes Tony Toni suspicious, wondering if he's tracing the call and threatening to kill him if he is, before insisting Tony Toni is most definitely ''not'' his name - only to immediately refer to himself as Tony Toni again.
--->'''Not-Tony''': Tony? Who said --->'''Not-Toni''': Toni? How'd you know my name is Tony? Are you was Toni? You tracing this call? Because Cause if you are, you're going to gonna get real intimately acquainted with what your brains look like! My name's not Tony! name ain't Toni! Okay?!\\
'''Lazlo''':Okay...Uh, okay...\\
'''Not-Tony''': '''Not-Toni''': But my ma, she's all like "Tony, Tony, mom, she keeps going, "Toni, Toni, be a real man, stand up for yourself, don't take no shit", when shit!" But all I try to do is to be a good son...What do I do?\\
'''Lazlo''':
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Moments where somebody realizes that "INeverToldYouMyName" in VideoGames.
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* Are you part of an MMORPG RP Community? Expect this. The real reason is that people can have multiple characters, so Alice might know Bob well as his warrior character but not be aware that he also has a monk until Bob introduces himself while playing the monk. The in-universe, in-character reason could be anything.
** This can also occur because Bob is introducing himself to Alice for the first time on any character, addressing her [[GameplayAndStorySegregation by the avatar name suspended above Alice's avatar]]. In this case, it could be a sign of being new to RP OR not reading the player's bio to see that certain costumes may have certain identities. These usually prompt an out of character correction.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta 2}}'' has a very spoiler-y example at Chapter XVI. [[spoiler:As Bayonetta and Balder (her father from the past, who she's already fought) escape a collapsing structure, they get to safety and Bayonetta lets slip Balder's name, which he never actually told her. When he gets suspicious, [[NotSoStoic she ends up getting flustered]] [[BadLiar and telling a very flimsy lie]]]].
* In ''VideoGame/TheCaligulaEffect'', Marie Mizuguchi [[spoiler:also known as Wicked]] comes with food and water to free the Go-Home Club from being locked in their club room for two days. The protagonist doesn't have any of it [[ProperlyParanoid and rightly so]], which leads to this exchange:
-->'''Marie:''' Aren't you hungry? You should eat too, President.\\
'''Protagonist:''' How do you know I'm the President?\\
'''Marie:''' ...Huh?
* ''VideoGame/EscapeFromLavenderTown'' is a game that knows your name. Without you ever entering it before.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'': around the end of chapter 13, it is revealed that while [[spoiler:Ardyn]] never lied about his name, strictly speaking, he also omitted a fairly crucial detail about it - [[spoiler:he used to be known as Ardyn Lucis Caelum, revealing himself as Noctis's very distant (separated by over 100 generations) immortal ancestor]].
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** In the original Japanese script of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', the [[PlayerCharacter Avatar]] knows Chrom's name the moment they first meet, even though they're suffering from amnesia and initially can't remember their ''[[HelloInsertNameHere own]]'' name. Chrom's lieutenant [[CrutchCharacter Frederick]] finds this very suspicious. The English translation changes this scene somewhat. Instead of being suspicious and asking "How do you know my name?", Chrom instead remarks that since the Avatar already knows his name, it will speed up the introductions. Frederick instead focuses more on the fact that the Avatar claims not to remember anything except Chrom's name and the fact that they claim to not remember how they know him.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', during Chapter 18 of the Conquest route, the [[PlayerCharacter Avatar]] and his/her siblings from the Nohrian royal family stop by the neutral kingdom of Izumo, which is governed by Archduke Izana. Izana recognizes Elise, the youngest of the siblings, and addresses her by name without having been told it, and while Elise is mildly surprised that he knew her name, she lets it slide. Too late, the party realizes that Izumo was actually impersonated by Zola, a high-ranking Nohrian dark mage (who would naturally know all the royals' names), in a ploy to trap and execute the Hoshidan royal siblings.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'':
** Parodied in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' during one of the calls Lazlow takes on the [[Radio/GTARadio Chatterbox FM station]]. It's from Tony Cipriani (a Mafia boss who you take missions from early in the game), who says "my name's not important" but accidentally lets his name slip as he's asking advice on [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas how to make his mother show more appreciation]]. Lazlow as such calls him Tony when he starts to respond, which makes Tony suspicious, wondering if he's tracing the call and threatening to kill him if he is, before insisting Tony is most definitely ''not'' his name - only to immediately refer to himself as Tony again.
--->'''Not-Tony''': Tony? Who said my name is Tony? Are you tracing this call? Because if you are, you're going to get real intimately acquainted with what your brains look like! My name's not Tony! Okay?!\\
'''Lazlo''': Okay...\\
'''Not-Tony''': But my ma, she's all like "Tony, Tony, be a real man, stand up for yourself, don't take no shit", when all I try to do is to be a good son...What do I do?\\
'''Lazlo''': Well Ton-I mean sir...
** ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Grand Theft Auto Online]]'' has this occur at the end of the fourth heist, a huge drug deal organized by Trevor. His buyer mentions both Trevor's name and the fact that the purchase includes cocaine, two things which Trevor did not tell him. Of course, it turns out to be a sting operation, which Trevor is forced to flee by jumping into the ocean.
* A variation occurs in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories''. In Traverse Town, Leon, who claims to have never met Sora and the others, refers to Sora by name as he tells him not to take it personally, despite Sora never having mentioned his name in the conversation. Shortly thereafter, he does the same to Donald and Goofy, when protesting that he really doesn't know them.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** In ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', [[ItWasHisSled Sheik's true identity as Zelda is widely known]]. For any players undergoing PopCulturalOsmosisFailure or are very new to the franchise, this twist is {{foreshadow|ing}}ed when Sheik calls Link by his name at the end of their first "conversation", even though Sheik is literally the first person Link sees after jumping forward in time, hinting that Sheik is someone Link already knows.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', when Link, who had been asleep for a century in the [[HealingVat Shrine of Resurrection]] and emerges [[AmnesiacHero without his memories]], first enters [[FishPeople Zora's]] Domain, he finds that many of the inhabitants immediately and sometimes casually greet him with his name upon first meeting him. It is gradually revealed that not only are the Zora sufficiently LongLived for many to have been around a century ago, but Link was also good friends with the Zora people, particularly [[ChildhoodFriend Princess Mipha]]. Subverted when he reaches Goron City: the entrance guard greets Link with his name, but when Link asks him how he knows, the guard admits [[RightForTheWrongReasons he didn't; he simply greets everyone as if they were the old Hylian Champion just to pass the time]].
* At the end of ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'' the Janitor who had popped in and out of the game tells Mae that he'll see her around. It takes Mae a moment to realize she had never actually given him her name. This is one of the clues that imply the janitor [[AlmightyJanitor might be more than he seems]].
* Early in ''VideoGame/OneShot'', the game calls you by name during a TitleDrop ("You only have one shot , [Name]"), despite not asking you for it. It's a good indication of the [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou nature of the game]].
* In ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'', Maria calls James by name in spite of the fact that he never introduces himself. James never comments on this or responds to it in any way, and it's far from the only knowledge she should not have and yet does.
** In ''VideoGame/SilentHillOrigins'', Dahlia knows Travis's name without him ever telling her. He asks her about it, but she never gives him an answer.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX'': In Arzenal Reunited, [[Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater Captain Nemo]] calls [[Anime/CrossAnge Jill]] Alektra, indicating that he knows more that he lets on. As a result, Jill feels that Nemo is someone she can trust. Jill, thus, gives Nemo access to the first Para-Mail squadron.
* In the English version of ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', upon meeting Neku, Joshua uses Neku's name twice before actually being told by Neku himself. Used to hint that Joshua is more than he seems, as he later ends up being a very significant character. The reason why he knows Neku's name is [[spoiler:because he personally selected Neku to serve as his proxy, and killed him to enter him into the Reaper's Game]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', after being exiled from his village, Fei encounters a woman in the forest who is later knocked unconscious prompting Fei to yell "Keep your hands off Elly!". Later on she introduces herself and her name is in fact Elly. There is a [[MindScrew really complicated]] reason for this.
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Moments where somebody realizes that "INeverToldYouMyName" in VideoGames.
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!!General:
* Are you part of an MMORPG RP Community? Expect this. The real reason is that people can have multiple characters, so Alice might know Bob well as his warrior character but not be aware that he also has a monk until Bob introduces himself while playing the monk. The in-universe, in-character reason could be anything.
** This can also occur because Bob is introducing himself to Alice for the first time on any character, addressing her [[GameplayAndStorySegregation by the avatar name suspended above Alice's avatar]]. In this case, it could be a sign of being new to RP OR not reading the player's bio to see that certain costumes may have certain identities. These usually prompt an out of character correction.
!!By Title:
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta 2}}'' has a very spoiler-y example at Chapter XVI. [[spoiler:As Bayonetta and Balder (her father from the past, who she's already fought) escape a collapsing structure, they get to safety and Bayonetta lets slip Balder's name, which he never actually told her. When he gets suspicious, [[NotSoStoic she ends up getting flustered]] [[BadLiar and telling a very flimsy lie]]]].
* In ''VideoGame/TheCaligulaEffect'', Marie Mizuguchi [[spoiler:also known as Wicked]] comes with food and water to free the Go-Home Club from being locked in their club room for two days. The protagonist doesn't have any of it [[ProperlyParanoid and rightly so]], which leads to this exchange:
-->'''Marie:''' Aren't you hungry? You should eat too, President.\\
'''Protagonist:''' How do you know I'm the President?\\
'''Marie:''' ...Huh?
* ''VideoGame/EscapeFromLavenderTown'' is a game that knows your name. Without you ever entering it before.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'': around the end of chapter 13, it is revealed that while [[spoiler:Ardyn]] never lied about his name, strictly speaking, he also omitted a fairly crucial detail about it - [[spoiler:he used to be known as Ardyn Lucis Caelum, revealing himself as Noctis's very distant (separated by over 100 generations) immortal ancestor]].
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** In the original Japanese script of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', the [[PlayerCharacter Avatar]] knows Chrom's name the moment they first meet, even though they're suffering from amnesia and initially can't remember their ''[[HelloInsertNameHere own]]'' name. Chrom's lieutenant [[CrutchCharacter Frederick]] finds this very suspicious. The English translation changes this scene somewhat. Instead of being suspicious and asking "How do you know my name?", Chrom instead remarks that since the Avatar already knows his name, it will speed up the introductions. Frederick instead focuses more on the fact that the Avatar claims not to remember anything except Chrom's name and the fact that they claim to not remember how they know him.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', during Chapter 18 of the Conquest route, the [[PlayerCharacter Avatar]] and his/her siblings from the Nohrian royal family stop by the neutral kingdom of Izumo, which is governed by Archduke Izana. Izana recognizes Elise, the youngest of the siblings, and addresses her by name without having been told it, and while Elise is mildly surprised that he knew her name, she lets it slide. Too late, the party realizes that Izumo was actually impersonated by Zola, a high-ranking Nohrian dark mage (who would naturally know all the royals' names), in a ploy to trap and execute the Hoshidan royal siblings.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'':
** Parodied in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' during one of the calls Lazlow takes on the [[Radio/GTARadio Chatterbox FM station]]. It's from Tony Cipriani (a Mafia boss who you take missions from early in the game), who says "my name's not important" but accidentally lets his name slip as he's asking advice on [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas how to make his mother show more appreciation]]. Lazlow as such calls him Tony when he starts to respond, which makes Tony suspicious, wondering if he's tracing the call and threatening to kill him if he is, before insisting Tony is most definitely ''not'' his name - only to immediately refer to himself as Tony again.
--->'''Not-Tony''': Tony? Who said my name is Tony? Are you tracing this call? Because if you are, you're going to get real intimately acquainted with what your brains look like! My name's not Tony! Okay?!\\
'''Lazlo''': Okay...\\
'''Not-Tony''': But my ma, she's all like "Tony, Tony, be a real man, stand up for yourself, don't take no shit", when all I try to do is to be a good son...What do I do?\\
'''Lazlo''': Well Ton-I mean sir...
** ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Grand Theft Auto Online]]'' has this occur at the end of the fourth heist, a huge drug deal organized by Trevor. His buyer mentions both Trevor's name and the fact that the purchase includes cocaine, two things which Trevor did not tell him. Of course, it turns out to be a sting operation, which Trevor is forced to flee by jumping into the ocean.
* A variation occurs in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories''. In Traverse Town, Leon, who claims to have never met Sora and the others, refers to Sora by name as he tells him not to take it personally, despite Sora never having mentioned his name in the conversation. Shortly thereafter, he does the same to Donald and Goofy, when protesting that he really doesn't know them.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** In ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', [[ItWasHisSled Sheik's true identity as Zelda is widely known]]. For any players undergoing PopCulturalOsmosisFailure or are very new to the franchise, this twist is {{foreshadow|ing}}ed when Sheik calls Link by his name at the end of their first "conversation", even though Sheik is literally the first person Link sees after jumping forward in time, hinting that Sheik is someone Link already knows.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', when Link, who had been asleep for a century in the [[HealingVat Shrine of Resurrection]] and emerges [[AmnesiacHero without his memories]], first enters [[FishPeople Zora's]] Domain, he finds that many of the inhabitants immediately and sometimes casually greet him with his name upon first meeting him. It is gradually revealed that not only are the Zora sufficiently LongLived for many to have been around a century ago, but Link was also good friends with the Zora people, particularly [[ChildhoodFriend Princess Mipha]]. Subverted when he reaches Goron City: the entrance guard greets Link with his name, but when Link asks him how he knows, the guard admits [[RightForTheWrongReasons he didn't; he simply greets everyone as if they were the old Hylian Champion just to pass the time]].
* At the end of ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'' the Janitor who had popped in and out of the game tells Mae that he'll see her around. It takes Mae a moment to realize she had never actually given him her name. This is one of the clues that imply the janitor [[AlmightyJanitor might be more than he seems]].
* Early in ''VideoGame/OneShot'', the game calls you by name during a TitleDrop ("You only have one shot , [Name]"), despite not asking you for it. It's a good indication of the [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou nature of the game]].
* In ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'', Maria calls James by name in spite of the fact that he never introduces himself. James never comments on this or responds to it in any way, and it's far from the only knowledge she should not have and yet does.
** In ''VideoGame/SilentHillOrigins'', Dahlia knows Travis's name without him ever telling her. He asks her about it, but she never gives him an answer.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX'': In Arzenal Reunited, [[Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater Captain Nemo]] calls [[Anime/CrossAnge Jill]] Alektra, indicating that he knows more that he lets on. As a result, Jill feels that Nemo is someone she can trust. Jill, thus, gives Nemo access to the first Para-Mail squadron.
* In the English version of ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', upon meeting Neku, Joshua uses Neku's name twice before actually being told by Neku himself. Used to hint that Joshua is more than he seems, as he later ends up being a very significant character. The reason why he knows Neku's name is [[spoiler:because he personally selected Neku to serve as his proxy, and killed him to enter him into the Reaper's Game]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', after being exiled from his village, Fei encounters a woman in the forest who is later knocked unconscious prompting Fei to yell "Keep your hands off Elly!". Later on she introduces herself and her name is in fact Elly. There is a [[MindScrew really complicated]] reason for this.
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