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* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', the Snake Beater achievement is a 10G achievement for Snake getting caught, uhm, [[ADateWithRosiePalms stimulating himself]].

* While not officially achievements, ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars: Dual Strike]]'' has several medals to earn by completing various milestones, such as building/destroying a certain number of each type of unit, capturing a certain number of properties, and so on. Two of these milestones are to earn a specific number of D Ranks and E Ranks in missions. In a strange twist, it can actually be harder to earn these ranks than even an S Rank, since normally if you're doing poorly enough to earn a D or an E, you're probably not far off from failing the map outright. Most people achieve these two medals simply by screwing around on the [[ForcedTutorial first mission]].

* Some of ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} V''[='=]s achievements are less than complimentary, including "He threw a car at my head!" for having to buy back one of your cities from barbarian conquerors.

** If you somehow [[TimedMission time out]] the first stage of Story Mode (the timer is quite lenient and is only there as an anti-idling and anti-hogging measure) rather than losing by way of having the opponent cross the finish line, you get the "Fight" title unlocked.

** Boared to Death, awarded for getting killed by a wild boar (the weakest enemy in the game, which only deals 1 HP of damage per attack).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "[[Recap/FuturamaS7E23GameOfTones Game of Tones]]": Fry fails a video game and is greeted with "the sound the game makes [[EpicFail when you get the all-time lowest score]]".

* ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' has a trophy for having Kiryu or Majima watch an erotic video, appropriately titled "...[[IReadItForTheArticles I Did It for the Trophy]]".
** The same game also has an achievement for being [[spoiler:smashed on the head with a bottle during a quick-time event in a fight scene]].

* The multiplayer mode of ''VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon'' gives achievements to everyone at the end of each level, based on what they did the most of or did particularly well. Anyone who doesn't get any other type of award gets one of a few mocking achievements, such as 'Prettiest Wallflower' and '[[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Mostly Harmless]]'.

** Engine started!: Attempting to play the GameWithinAGame Conan McGuinness Global Rally Grand Prix 95 in the Mikropekka computer, the game within a game crashes or freezes depending the graphical settings of that game due to the Mikropekka computer having an inadequate hardware and insufficient RAM. Freezing the computer (not the real one you're using) awards you with that achievement.

* The [=PS4=] ports of ''[[VideoGame/JediKnightIIJediOutcast Jedi Outcast]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/JediKnightJediAcademy Jedi Academy]]'' includes all sorts of wacky trophies for [[TheManyDeathsOfYou dying in various absurd manners]] (falling in lava, missing a platform, being eaten by a rancor, etc.), as well as a few that outright ''reward'' VideoGameCrueltyPotential, requiring you to do very non-Jedilike things such as killing helpless [=NPCs=] or [[TheJoysOfTorturingMooks torturing enemies with your Force powers]]. You also get a trophy [[NoFairCheating calling you out for beating a level with cheats]] if you do so, complete with disabling any trophies you would have gotten from completing the level legitimately.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'': The PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Xbox One versions as well as the Definitive Edition the achievement/trophy "Horror of the Santa Maria" can be unlocked by being drown.

* ''VideoGame/BrawlRoyale'': Among the ''[[CompilationRerelease Epic Battle Fantasy Collection]]'' version's 13 medals is "Masochist", earned by being killed by every in-game opponent in a single sitting.

* The UsefulNotes/Xbox360's AchievementSystem assigns achievements an arbitrary point value, which is tallied as a "gamerscore" on the user's profile. A few games took advantage of this to create mocking "negative achivements" worth ''zero'' points.

* Every installment from ''VideoGame/{{Kuukiyomi}}'' has an achievement list also known as "Hidden List". Most achievements require you to do something (ridiculously) inconsiderate/incorrect. For example: "A Single Bite" achievement from ''Kuukiyomi 2: Consider It More! - New Era'' is acquired by [[spoiler:[[AteItAll eating the whole cake piece instead of doing as]] C-Ko (the player protagonist's girlfriend) says: take a single bite of it]].
* On Stack Overflow, a [[https://stackoverflow.com/help/badges/63/tumbleweed badge named "Tumbleweed"]] used to be awarded for asking questions that [[ChirpingCrickets get no response from the community]]. The badge was [[https://stackoverflow.blog/2019/06/18/adios-to-unfriendly-badges-ahoy-lifejacket-and-lifeboat/ retired in 2019]], as it was found too discouraging.

** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' has:
*** "You enjoy all the killing, that's why." for killing so many enemies in one area that Snake vomits.
*** "Handle with Caution" for breaking off a statue's penis.
*** "You're pretty good." for getting kissed by [[spoiler:Ocelot]] during the final battle, which happens if you don't press any buttons for a while during what appears to be a PressXToNotDie situation.

** The US [=PS2=] version of ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution: DDRMAX'' unlocks the song "Celebrate" when you fail for the first time, and "Gentle Stress" when you fail an Oni course.

* In the Xbox One and [=PlayStation 4=] ''UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Classics'' CompilationRerelease, if, while playing ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'', you use your potions when no enemies are on screen, you get an achievement called 'What Are The Buttons?'.

* ''[[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Dead or Alive 4]]'' has the "20 Straight Losses in DOA Online" trophy. As you can guess, it requires you to lose 20 times in a row in online matches. To add injury to insult, it doesn't even award any Gs.

* The PSN/XBLA versions of ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'' give you a trophy/achievement just for being SquashedFlat (well, squashed down to a short size, anyway).

* ''[=GoldenEye=]: Source'' has a few, including "[[Film/{{Thunderball}} 004]]," which is awarded for [[ExplosiveStupidity blowing yourself up 25 times with your own mines]], "Film/{{Octopussy}}" for excessive camping, and "[[Film/AustinPowers Who Throws a Shoe?]]", which is awarded to someone who plays as Oddjob (who is widely considered unfair to use due to being smaller and therefore harder to hit, as well as having a borderline-broken RazorHat) for essentially being the worst player in the round. Then there's the Awards, which are given every match, that point out similar things, and they're similarly both doled out for genuine skill -- or a lack thereof.

* In ''VideoGame/Fallout4'', the achievement "Touchdown!" is earned by being killed by [[ActionBomb a Super Mutant Suicider]] or a Mini Nuke launched by a Fat Man weapon.

* ''Aaero'' awards "No Points for You!" if you fail a stage.

* ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga Rev.2016'' has "Attempted Pink Flamingos" for [[PressStartToGameOver getting a Game Over in Stage 2 before releasing the pink flamingos]].

** Likewise, the US [=PS2=] version of ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution: DDRMAX'' unlocks the song "Celebrate" when you fail for the first time, and "Gentle Stress" when you fail an Oni course.

* Enrolling in [[MercyMode Direct Dutposit]] in the very first level of the Rock Cavern will award an achievement called "Get Good" in the Steam version of ''VideoGame/Rikki&Vikki''.

* Enrolling in Direct Dutposit in the very first level of the Rock Cavern will award an achievement called "Get Good" in the Steam version of ''VideoGame/Rikki&Vikki''.

** Crash too often in VS Battles and you'll unlock the title "Creak car".

** Killing the Prime Minister not only nets a NonstandardGameOver, it nets you an achievement for it. Nice one, hoser.
** There's a cheevo gotten for letting the Anime Girl explode in the car. Her detonating inside the car is a bad thing, as it'll deal 2 damage (one lethal hit, one non-lethal hit) to everyone and damage the car. In a game where every survivor typically starts with 3 HP, this will usually leave your characters on the brink of death.

* The ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' mod ''Entropy: Zero'' has the "Bullet Hangover" achievement for dying 100 times.

* ''[=GoldenEye=]: Source'' has a few, including "[[Film/{{Thunderball}} 004]]," which is awarded for [[ExplosiveStupidity blowing yourself up 25 times with your own mines]], "Film/{{Octopussy}}" for excessive camping, and "[[Film/AustinPowers Who Throws a Shoe?]]", which is awarded to someone who plays as Oddjob (who is widely considered unfair to use due to being smaller and therefore harder to hit, as well as having a borderline-broken RazorHat) for essentially being the worst player in the round. Then there's the Awards, which are given every match, that point out similar things, and they're similarly both doled out for genuine skill — or a lack thereof.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Tribes}}: Ascend'', one of the accolades that earns you points is "llama grab", gotten when you pick up a flag at a very low speed — which is likely to result in you dying before you get much of anywhere with it, screwing up a faster-moving teammate's grab attempt, and dropping the flag somewhere that's harder for you to pick up until the flag automatically goes back to the stand. While it still gives you points, it's less than even a standard flag grab and the description even says "not for use in any highlight reels".

* ''VideoGame/MegaManX [[CompilationRerelease Legacy Collection]] 2'' features an achievement for ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'' (a game known to be notoriously hard even by ''Mega Man X'' standards) that requires Rookie Hunter Mode to be on[[note]]In fact, it's the only one out of both collections that requires it — and there are nine others that outright forbid it[[/note]], and you earn it by falling into a pit. Even the ''name'' of the achievement ("Wait, What!?") is mockery.

** As a general example, every game with an achievement system has an achievement which requires you to get {{Jumpscare}}d, and these have the lowest Xbox score across the board, with ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2’s'' “You Failed” achievement having a paltry ''15'' points, with the second lowest, “One Night at Freddy’s” having 60 points.

* ''[=GoldenEye=]: Source'' has a few, including "[[Film/{{Thunderball}} 004]]," which is awarded for [[ExplosiveStupidity blowing yourself up 25 times with your own mines]], "Film/{{Octopussy}}" for excessive camping, and "[[Film/AustinPowers Who Throws a Shoe?]]", which is awarded to someone who plays as Oddjob (who is widely considered unfair to use due to being smaller and therefore harder to hit, as well as having a borderline-broken RazorHat) for essentially being the worst player in the round. Then there's the Awards, which are given every match, that point out similar things, and they're similarly both doled out for genuine skill — or a lack thereof.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Tribes}}: Ascend'', one of the accolades that earns you points is "llama grab", gotten when you pick up a flag at a very low speed — which is likely to result in you dying before you get much of anywhere with it, screwing up a faster-moving teammate's grab attempt, and dropping the flag somewhere that's harder for you to pick up until the flag automatically goes back to the stand. While it still gives you points, it's less than even a standard flag grab and the description even says "not for use in any highlight reels".

* ''VideoGame/MegaManX [[CompilationRerelease Legacy Collection]] 2'' features an achievement for ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'' (a game known to be notoriously hard even by ''Mega Man X'' standards) that requires Rookie Hunter Mode to be on[[note]]In fact, it's the only one out of both collections that requires it — and there are nine others that outright forbid it[[/note]], and you earn it by falling into a pit. Even the ''name'' of the achievement ("Wait, What!?") is mockery.

** As a general example, every game with an achievement system has an achievement which requires you to get {{Jumpscare}}d, and these have the lowest Xbox score across the board, with ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2’s'' “You Failed” achievement having a paltry ''15'' points, with the second lowest, “One Night at Freddy’s” having 60 points.