History OneSceneWonder / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/HuntDownTheFreeman'': Keemstar just gets one audio-only scene where he, as the President of the United States, announces the country's surrender to the Combine. It is one of the most well-known cutscenes in the game for its unintentional goofyness.

* ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga'' has the bonus flamingoes that you can trigger on Stage 2 and [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential attack]] for masses of extra points. Because [[EveryTenThousandPoints points give you extra lives]], and extra lives (or rather, [[ScrappyMechanic the suicide of]]) are necessary to keep the game's DynamicDifficulty under control, the flamingoes are very popular amongst fans.

*** And of course, [[AllThereInTheManual King Harkinian]]. He only appears in the intro to ''Faces of Evil'' and is only important to the plot of ''Wand of Gamelon'', and even then only appears in the intro and ending. Come the advent of WebAnimation/YouTubePoop, he's one of the most popular characters EVER.

* Monsoon from ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance]]'' appears in only one scene but he leaves a huge impact on the protagonist, Raiden. [[MemeticMutation His infamous speech on memes]] and [[AwesomeBosses/MetalGear his incredible boss fight]] afterwards helped leave an impact on players as well.

** A slightly more traditional example from VideoGame/MassEffect2 is Creator/AdamBaldwin's brief appearance as [[MemeticBadass Kal'Reegar]], a quarian ''commando'' with a ''rocket launcher''. Despite only appearing in two places, he's gained a huge fan following.

** The defective personality cores in the last act of ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'':

* [[DrillSergeantNasty Sergeant Dornan]] in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', one of the most memorable NPC's despite being little more than an extra. Despite his relative insignificance to the plot (you can rather easily bypass him at camp Navarro), the Sarge's got a "talking head" and voice acting which [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkKkHmFOfKE must be heard to be believed.]]

* Creator/JohnCleese appears as an NPC in a single quest in ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire''. With a name like [[AwesomeMcCoolName Sir Roderick Ponce Von Fontlebottom]] the MagnificentBastard, and being voiced by ''John freaking Cleese'', it's not surprising that he's easily one of the most memorable characters in the game. In his first appearance he ''blasts an enemy fighter when it was preparing to fight him''. And if you beat him you can claim his musket as a reward. And run around through fantasy Imperial China blasting people with a musket.

** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', Movran the Under, the Avvar chief whose response to the death of his son is to throw live goats at Skyhold (as in the building itself). He appears only while the player decides his punishment, [[LargeHam hamming it up]] the whole time.

** WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse only shows up at the very end of the [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI first game]], after the FinalBoss is dealt with. This was apparently enforced by Creator/{{Disney}, who had reservations about their mascot being prominent in such an unproven franchise. It was only after the first game became a success that Mickey start becoming more involved within the series' plot.

** ''WesternAnimation/Chernabog'' from the very first game mixes this up with TheArtifact. A GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere who's fought in the endgame, he was originally supposed to have a bigger role as the leader of TheHeartless, but that was changed halfway through development. That said, he was still kept in the game as a boss solely because he was that popular.

** Mickey Mouse only shows up at the very end of the [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts1 first game]], after the FinalBoss is dealt with. This was apparently enforced by Franchise/{{Disney}, who had reservations about their mascot being prominent in such an unproven franchise. It was only after the first game became a success that Mickey start becoming more involved within the series' plot.

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* The many wacky side characters in ''Videogame/Yakuza0'', due to it being the one that popularized the franchise in the west. The examples are Mr Shakedown, Mr. Libdo, Esobe the Oblitarian, Yuki and Pocket Circuit Fighter, who [[AscendedExtra went on to reappear]] in Kiwami, 6 and Like a Dragon.

* The many wacky side characters in ''Videogame/Yakuza 0'', due to it being the one that popularized the franchise in the west. The examples are Mr Shakedown, Mr. Libdo, Esobe the Oblitarian, Yuki and Pocket Circuit Fighter, who [[AscendedExtra went on to reappear]] in Kiwami, 6 and Like a Dragon.

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