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* ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', naturally, has plenty of these. For example, Tapper heading off to serve some customers is rendered as gameplay taken from the first level of ''Tapper'', and the end credits feature Ralph and Vanellope in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''.

** Kvatch easily takes the cake, since it's fully explorable and you're only required to see about a third of it. ''TheElderscrollsIVOblivion'''s lore is integrated into Kvatch with great detail and the Arena actually contains a ''Main/GameWithinAGame'' in the form of the dance minigame. Needless to say, Kazerad takes his games seriously.

* Not so much outright video game graphics, but in ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'', the title character uses several moves from the video game ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleHulkUltimateDestruction'', such as turning a car into a pair of boxing gloves.
* ''Film/{{Doom}}'' was originally supposed to be entirely shot from the first person perspective of a SpaceMarine fighting monsters. Instead, it got one scene near the end which was done like that. And it was the best scene in the film....
* Uwe Boll did this in ''Film/HouseOfTheDead'', with [[SpecialEffectFailure questionable results]].

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' has a PacMan homage where Po and the Furious Five inside a dragon costume go through the streets "eating" guards.

* The TravelMontage in ''Film/TopSecret'' ends with the streets of East Berlin turning into the maze in ''PacMan''.

* ''Manga/PokemonSpecial'' is drawn manga-style most of the time, but switches to the game sprites for the Pokedex displays.

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Part of Homestar, Strong Sad and Pom Pom's quest in "In Search of the Yellow Dello" involves the trio appearing in a pastiche of ''Pitfall''. A deleted scene features an alternate version with the Atari 2600 game ''Barnstorming'' instead.

* In ''Film/SupermanIII'', the scene where the computer is launching missiles against Superman looked and sounded like an Atari video game, and was actually animated by Atari Inc. (then owned by Warner Bros. and overseen by [[Creator/DreamworksAnimation PDI]] founder Carl Rosendahl). Atari did plan to release a LicensedGame based on the movie, but [[{{Vaporware}} it was never finished]].

* In ''Film/SupermanIII'', the scene where the computer is launching missiles against Superman looked and sounded like an Atari video game, and was actually animated by Atari Inc. (then owned by Warner Bros.). Atari did plan to release a LicensedGame based on the movie, but [[{{Vaporware}} it was never finished]].

** In another episode, Homer attempts to put all the stuff bought at a garage sale into the car -- ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''-style!

** In one episode, Homer gets angry at a Mario lookalike and behaves like ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''. In another episode, Homer attempts to put all the stuff bought at a garage sale into the car -- ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''-style!

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer gets angry at a Mario lookalike and behaves like ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''. In another episode, Homer attempts to put all the stuff bought at a garage sale into the car -- ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''-style!
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode ''Marge Gamer'' shifts between the game characters of the MMORPG ''Earthland Realms'' and the players who look just like them. Or vice versa.

** Also happens a couple times in ''{{TOME}}'', but this is justified since the setting ''is'' actually a video game. The trope applies because there are a couple rare scenes that are a sort of OutOfGenreExperience for the ''type'' of game (the game is usually presented as an MMO, but a brief gag has the scene shift to a platformer, for instance).

* ''MyLittlePonyCamaraderieIsSupernatural''

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* The (hilariously awful) made-for-TV movie ''Film/MaxKnightUltraSpy'''s climax is rendered in the ''VideoGame/{{Half-Life}} engine'' to simulate the battle in cyberspace.

* ''Franchise/MikaguraSchoolSuite'': Episode 8 features Eruna searching for a hairbrush and lipstick in the style of ''Franchise/DragonQuest'', switching to a battle scene when Kurumi appears.

* ''Film/WreckItRalph'', naturally, has plenty of these. For example, Tapper heading off to serve some customers is rendered as gameplay taken from the first level of ''Tapper'', and the end credits feature Ralph and Vanellope in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''.

That moment when, in a live-action film, anime, comic strip or other non-video game medium, one suddenly gets video game graphics for a scene. Can be either meant as a self-ironic joke, a would-be profound comment, or for purposes of narrative distantiation. If it's PlayedStraight, it's WatchingAVideoGame. Sometimes, instead of getting video game-like graphics, the show starts to briefly follow video game rules or use a video game-like display.

* Leonardo [=DiCaprio=]'s character Richard suddenly experiences this in ''Film/TheBeach'.