History Main / RecurringTraveller

* ''VideoGame/LordOfTheRingsOnline'': Dewitt the Explorer and his trusty steed Floid can be found in most northern regions of Middle Earth. Players can earn a pair of achievements for finding him in each region.

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* The infamous portrait photographer in ''Videogame/{{Earthbound}}'' literally falls out of the sky to snap a picture of your party. Say fuzzy pickles!
** ''Mother 3'' has the Item Guy, who appears in locations that are so obviously inaccessible ([[spoiler: including the final area, which is thousands of feet underground with the only way to get to it being a one-way elevator controlled by the BigBad]]) it could practically be considered a LampshadeHanging in its own right, even though it's played more or less straight.

* The Creator/CirqueDuSoleil WidgetSeries ''Solstrom'' had a well-dressed matron appear somewhere in each of the first 12 episodes, even though each story took place in a different city (and several different countries in all). At the ''very'' end of the 13th and final episode, [[spoiler:she's revealed as the mother of Fogus Punch, the astronomer tracking the events of each story]]; though a careful viewer would start putting two and two together by paying close attention to the end credits of each episode, which refer to her as [[spoiler: Madame Punch]].

* Naturally, this is played for laughs with the shopkeeper in ''Film/PressStart''.

* ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' series:

*** Magimel brothers are primary merchants in this game, and occasionally appearing as a DungeonShop. One of them sells items, while the other can make make new dresses for Gepetto's LivingDoll in exchange for "stud cards".

* The Magimel brothers in ''VideoGame/ShadowHeartsCovenant''.
** The same game gives us the Ring Soul, a ball of light (though it's hinted this isn't its true form) that gives the party Attack Boosts and is hidden in most of the major locations you visit. If encountered enough, it becomes friendly with Yuri, and eventually reveals that it has a wife and daughter wherever it lives. It even impersonates them... and scares the hell out of Yuri by doing so.
** It continues in sequel ''From The New World'', where it's implied that being the voice behind the Ring Soul is some kind of profession. This time around, the voice of the Ring Soul seems to be a young girl who has just started her new job. As you encounter her, she grows more confident with her role as the Ring Soul and eventually gets a crush on Johnny... cue her angry, protective father, the Ring Soul from ''Covenant''.
*** Somewhat justified in that the Ring Soul is supposed to be an extra-dimensional being who can appear anywhere he/she wants in our reality. And apparently draws a salary for doing so.

** The old man from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyMysticQuest'', but this justified as [[spoiler: he is a thing, the Light Crystral.]]

* Wentos the Travelling Salesman from ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''. Every once and a while you'll see him in a town (the places he visits are random) where he will sell you goods at randomly-generated prices. Sometimes you can buy a product from him at [[GameBreaker less than the selling price]]. So basically, you can buy something from him and then [[GoodBadBugs sell it back immediately for a profit]].

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* The cabbage merchant in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.