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* In the official app of ''TabletopGame/{{Wingspan}}'', a board game about birds, the park ranger who gives you the tutorial is named Robin.
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* ''VideoGame/DareToDream'': Bonehead and his brother Cementhead are a bone with eyes and a chunk of cement with a face.
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* The ''VideoGame/EndlessOcean'' series is set in the Pelago Commonwealth, a Micronesian archi''pelago'' of 1,000 islands.
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* ''VideoGame/TerminatorDawnOfFate'': You must escort a demolitions expert named Pvt. B. Last.
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* ''VideoGame/TerminatorDawnOfFate'': ''VideoGame/TheTerminatorDawnOfFate'': You must escort a demolitions expert named Pvt. B. Last.
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* ''VideoGame/RuphandAnApothecarysAdventure'': One book in Arkenvali's Grand Librarium mentions that having a pun for a name is [[FantasticNamingConvention an Arkenvali tradition]], and Brill then mentions that it's caught on in Evrandel too. Some examples being:
** Brill Yance herself. Pun on Brilliance.
** Genn, Brill's boss at the Orvas potion shop. His full name is revealed to be a pun on "Generation", when given during the Altolatio auctions for the Pepperevenge medal, as they only work with his "patented Pepperflasks".
** Brill Yance herself. Pun on Brilliance.
** Genn, Brill's boss at the Orvas potion shop. His full name is revealed to be a pun on "Generation", when given during the Altolatio auctions for the Pepperevenge medal, as they only work with his "patented Pepperflasks".
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* ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'': Count on the ''Franchise/SouthPark'' guys to subtitle their new game with a homophone of "the fractured butthole".
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* The [[UsefulNotes/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer 3DO]] was the first game console designed for polygons. So after audio and video, we've got ''three-dee''-o.
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*** Ness, an anagram of the system (UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem) the game was released on.
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*** Ness, an anagram of the system (UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem) (Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem) the game was released on.
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* Creator/{{Valve}} produces UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. Get it?
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* Creator/{{Valve}} produces UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.Platform/{{Steam}}. Get it?
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** Sonic's companion Tails has the given name of Miles Prower, a pun on "miles per hour", while his nickname is a play on the fact that [[MultipleTailedBeast he has two tails]].
** Knuckles the Echidna's most notable feature is the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin large spikes on his knuckles]].
** Knuckles the Echidna's most notable feature is the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin large spikes on his knuckles]].
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** Sonic's companion Tails has the given name of Miles Prower, a pun on "miles per hour", while his nickname is a play on the fact that [[MultipleTailedBeast he has two tails]].
** Knuckles the Echidna's most notable feature is the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin large spikes on his knuckles]].hour".
** Knuckles the Echidna's most notable feature is the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin large spikes on his knuckles]].
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* The siren in ''VideoGame/{{Siren}}'' is a borderline case, as it's a siren in the sense of "[[OurSirensAreDifferent supernatural creature whose sound lures people to their death at sea]]", and it happens to sound like an air raid siren.
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* The siren in ''VideoGame/{{Siren}}'' ''VideoGame/Siren1'' is a borderline case, as it's a siren in the sense of "[[OurSirensAreDifferent supernatural creature whose sound lures people to their death at sea]]", and it happens to sound like an air raid siren.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Kindergarten}}'' has the [[CollectionSidequest Monstermon card]] Ohfaka Tornado ("Oh fuck, a tornado!"), whose FlavorText notes that it has the power to compel its victims to say its name. Since the game is otherwise extremely sparse on swearing, it also doubles as a PrecisionFStrike.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Kindergarten}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Kindergarten|2017}}'' has the [[CollectionSidequest Monstermon card]] Ohfaka Tornado ("Oh fuck, a tornado!"), whose FlavorText notes that it has the power to compel its victims to say its name. Since the game is otherwise extremely sparse on swearing, it also doubles as a PrecisionFStrike.
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* ''VideoGame/Lego2KDrive'' has a decent number of characters whose names are puns on something such as Parker Carr, Max Speed, Fossil Fueler, and Otto and Manuel.
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** Other important NPC's are not immune to this either.
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** Other important NPC's [=NPCs=] are not immune to this either.
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* In ''The Beast of Torrack Moor'' the editor of the ''Lowsea Gazette'' is called C. D. Slime.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{APICO}}'', Nana ''Bee''lia is the one who gets you started with your beekeeping career.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{APICO}}'', Various residents of APICO Islands have "bee" in their names such Nana ''Bee''lia is ''Bee''lia, Dr. ''Bee''njamin, Ab''bee''... the one who gets you started with your beekeeping career.list goes on.
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** The new character introduced in ''Sonic Dream Team'', Ariem, is the phonetic spelling of "R.E.M." (or "rapid eye movement", the state of deep sleep most connected with intense dreaming). As the game is heavily connected to dreaming this is an apt name (and also why she is a sheep-like creature, which continues the association with sleep).
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** The name of the new character introduced in ''Sonic Dream Team'', Ariem, is the phonetic spelling of "R.E.M." (or "rapid eye movement", the state of deep sleep most connected with intense dreaming). As the game is heavily connected to themed around dreaming this is an apt name (and also why she is a sheep-like creature, which continues the association with sleep).
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** The new character introduced in ''Sonic Dream Team'', Ariem, is the phonetic spelling of "R.E.M." (or "rapid eye movement", the state of deep sleep most connected with intense dreaming). As the game is heavily connected to dreaming this is an apt name (and also why she is a sheep-like creature, which continues the association with sleep).
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* Hakumen from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''. His name is a portmanteau of "Haku" (white) and "Kamen" (mask).
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* Hakumen from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''.''Franchise/BlazBlue''. His name is a portmanteau of "Haku" (white) and "Kamen" (mask).
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* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' received a new translation team starting with [[VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII the eighth game]], who started filling their localizations with all sorts of wordplay. Allegedly, it was always like this in the original Japanese; the prior translators had just replaced the puns with stereotypically fantasy-sounding names. The new team has even been able to go back and create new pun-filled translations for older games when they were remade:
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* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' ''Franchise/DragonQuest'' received a new translation team starting with [[VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII the eighth game]], who started filling their localizations with all sorts of wordplay. Allegedly, it was always like this in the original Japanese; the prior translators had just replaced the puns with stereotypically fantasy-sounding names. The new team has even been able to go back and create new pun-filled translations for older games when they were remade:
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** Many of the Skinks have names like these. Besides the tabletop character Tiktaq'to, there are such characters as your in-game advisor Yukcannadoozat, while Klo'aqa is a one of the pool of random general names.
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** Many of the Skinks have names like these. Besides the tabletop character Tiktaq'to, there are such characters as your in-game advisor Yukcannadoozat, while Klo'aqa is a one of the pool of random general names. Slann can also spawn with names such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroxyanthrapurin Hydroxyanthrapur'in]].
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* ''VideoGame/CastleChase'': From [[http://www.castlechase.dragonflydev.com/tips.htm Word of God]]:
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* ''VideoGame/CastleChase'': From [[http://www.castlechase.dragonflydev.com/tips.htm Word of God]]:
--> Monica's full name, Monica Logelin, is a play on the word monologue, in light of her constant moments of talking to the player.
--> Monica's full name, Monica Logelin, is a play on the word monologue, in light of her constant moments of talking to the player.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' brings us Marshall Law. As in, "martial law".
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* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' brings us Marshall Law. As in, "martial law".
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* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoQuest'': The name "Atari" can mean a multitude of things in Japanese (just for example: strike, success, guess, tackle, jackpot, target, etc.), many of which describe Atari's general character pretty well. She is aware of this and [[LampshadeHanging will frequently point it out or make puns with her own name.]]
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* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'':
** Onion Pixie's name references the fact that he has a head that's an onion, but also that he's an oni, a Japanese demon (weirdly, despite being called a pixie in his name; in the Japanese version, he's called "Onion").
** ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoQuest'': The name "Atari" can mean a multitude of things in Japanese (just for example: strike, success, guess, tackle, jackpot, target, etc.), many of which describe Atari's general character pretty well. She is aware of this and [[LampshadeHanging will frequently point it out or make puns with her own name.]]
** Onion Pixie's name references the fact that he has a head that's an onion, but also that he's an oni, a Japanese demon (weirdly, despite being called a pixie in his name; in the Japanese version, he's called "Onion").
** ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoQuest'': The name "Atari" can mean a multitude of things in Japanese (just for example: strike, success, guess, tackle, jackpot, target, etc.), many of which describe Atari's general character pretty well. She is aware of this and [[LampshadeHanging will frequently point it out or make puns with her own name.]]
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* ''VideoGame/MetaStasis'': The protagonist is a girl named Mehta, not just "Meta" like in the title, but distorted a bit.
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* ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'': The [[AnIcePerson cryokinetic]] Kula Diamond's first name is phonetically similar to "cooler".
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* Robby and Ninjoy from the ''VideoGame/PapaLouieArcade'' series of video games are some of the more obvious examples. Others include sisters Nevada and Utah, Delivery Boy Roy, Julep, and others.
** The last one can also count as a ParentalBonus, since a mint julep is a type of alcoholic beverage consisting of primarily bourbon, water, crushed or shaved ice, and mint.
** The last one can also count as a ParentalBonus, since a mint julep is a type of alcoholic beverage consisting of primarily bourbon, water, crushed or shaved ice, and mint.