History PunnyName / VideoGames

* ''Cyber Grannies'' is an EdutainmentGame meant to teach kids the alphabet. The host character is a kangaroo named Atoz. This pun depends less on the name's pronunciation (AY-tozz) and more on its spelling - ''A to Z''.

* The ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series has a ton of pun-filled names: Dick Gumshoe, Penny Nichols, Will Powers, Jack Hammer, Sal Manella, Ben & Trilo Quist, Winston Payne, Laurence "Moe" Curls, Ted Tonate, etc. In the Japanese version, they also have punny names of sorts: Wright's Japanese name is "Ryuichi Naruhodo" ("naruhodo" meaning "I see"); Winston Payne is called "Takefumi Auchi" (possibly a pun on "Ouch!"); von Karma's last name in Japanese (Karuma) means "hunting evil". possibly giving a reference to HeWhoFightsMonsters, and Karuma Mei (Franziska von Karma) literally translates to "Hunting Evil Hades", a reference to how far she will go to fulfill her idea of justice. In an attempt to avoid the Japanese puns going unnoticed in the English version (i.e an English player may see a name as being just as normal as the others while a Japanese player gets the pun), they [[DubNameChange changed all the names]] to evoke a similar pun in English.

* The ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series has a ton of pun-filled names: Dick Gumshoe, Penny Nichols, Will Powers, Jack Hammer, Sal Manella, Ben & Trilo Quist, Winston Payne, Laurence "Moe" Curls, Ted Tonate, etc. In the Japanese version, they also have punny names of sorts: Wright's Japanese name is "Ryuichi Naruhodo" ("naruhodo" meaning "I see"); Winston Payne is called "Takefumi Auchi" (possibly a pun on "Ouch!"); von Karma's last name in Japanese (Karuma) means "hunting evil". possibly giving a reference to HeWhoFightsMonsters, and Karuma Mei (Franziska von Karma) literally translates to "Hunting Evil Hades", a reference to how far she will go to fulfill her idea of justice.

* The ''Franchise/Persona'' franchise:

** ''Joke Boat'', a game about performing stand-up comedy on a cruise ship, is hosted by Captain Chuck Hull.

* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' has a lot of these. Your seeds come from the Bloom and Doom Seed Co. Then you have plants with names such as Peashooter, Repeater, Wall Nut, and Cherry Bomb. The Doom Shroom makes a ''mushroom cloud'' when you use it. Creator/PopCap clearly had a lot of fun naming stuff in this game.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X3: Terran Conflict]]'' has a Boron scientist by the name of Mahi Ma. Mahi-mahi are a type of fish, and "mahi" is also "fish" in Persian. The Boron are squid people. Coincidence?

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}''
** The shrimp shoe store clerk is called Crusty Sean; say it fast and you get "crustacean". With Callie and Marie, [[IdolSinger the Squid Sisters]], you get calamari. There are also minor puns with people like the jellyfish Jelonzo and the sea anemone and clownfish duo of Annie and Moe.
** Booyah Base, the shopping area of Inkopolis, is two puns in one, being a play on bouillabaisse, a type of fish stew, and also referencing Shi'''buya''', a famous Japanese shopping district and the main inspiration for Inkopolis. Also, the weapon store located there is called Ammo Knights, after an extinct marine cephalopod species.
** The FinalBoss is a two-for-one deal. [[spoiler:DJ Octavio's name references both ''octaves'' for his musical theme and ''octopuses'' for... well, being an octopus.]]
** ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' gives us Off the Hook members Pearl and Marina, whose names form a pun on (of all things) Pearl Harbor.
** The Octo Expansion introduces C.Q. Cumber the sea cucumber.
* ''VideoGame/{{Antichamber}}'': The name of the game is Anti-chamber, kind of meaning the rooms are not what you expect normal rooms to be. And you start off in a proper antechamber, ie a small room leading into a much larger room.
* The protagonist of ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' has the default name of "Hiyoko Tosaka". "Hiyoko" means "baby bird".
* ''VideoGame/StarWarsDroidWorks'' has a recurring side character named RD-RR ("hardy har har"), who is best known for telling jokes.
* The only other character besides the player in ''VideoGame/ApertureTagThePaintGunTestingInitiative'' is Nigel, a play on the game's central mechanic of using surface-altering "gels."
* The Ex Nihilo mod for ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' includes the Crook, an agricultural tool. The add-on Ex Aliquo mod adds the Reed Burglar, the Hay Cutpurse, and even the Golden Nixon (the item's lore states "I am probably a crook" as a parody of UsefulNotes/RichardNixon's infamous "I am not a crook" quote.)
* ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'': Count on the South Park guys to subtitle their new game with a homophone of "the fractured butthole".
* ''VisualNovel/ShallWeDateOz'' plays off on this with a majority of love interests.
* ''VideoGame/RaymanOrigins'' has Betilla's sisters the Nymphs, who all have punny names based on the worlds in which they dwell: [[BandLand the Desert of Digeridoos]] is home to Holly Luya, [[LevelAte Gourmand Land]] is home to Edith Up, and so on.
* A majority of the characters in ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' have punny names, some translated from the Japanese language. For example, the Basu sisters are called Inkyu and Sakyu, which are puns for incubus and succubus. One of the classmates, Oka Ruto (which is a pun for "occult"), is trying to prove that there's something supernatural about them. Notice anything here?
* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' has a number of characters with punny names:
** Toriel, the goat woman who guides you through the Ruins and introduces you to the puzzles and combat mechanics (including the ability to Spare monsters), is a play on "tutorial".
** A minor enemy in the Ruins is Loox (whose family name is apparently Eyewalker). He's in fact little more than [[{{Oculothorax}} a giant eye with limbs]], so an ''eye'' that ''walks'' and ''looks''... and a pun on [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]] as well.
** LampshadeHanging: "Snowdrake realized its own name is a pun and is freaking out."
** Moldsmal is a harmless slime monster found in the Ruins that resembles a gelatin mold. Waterfall introduces a larger, more aggressive version of Moldsmal called... Moldbygg (rescribed in-game as "one size greater than Moldaverage").
** Shyren is a bashful siren-like creature who lives in Waterfall.
** Tsundereplane, an enemy found in the Hotlands, is rather obviously a talking airplane that acts {{tsundere}} towards the main character.
** One of the monsters found in [[spoiler: the True Lab]] is a monster composed of [[BodyOfBodies an amalgam of several dog-like monsters]] called Endogeny (En-''dog''-eny).
* Nancy Drew follows a chain of Punny Name clues from one cemetery plot to the next in ''[[VideoGame/NancyDrew Legend of the Crystal Skull]]''
* The tongue-in-cheek dating sim ''Harem Protagonist'' literally names its main character Shujin Kou, a play on ''shujinkou'' (the Japanese word for "protagonist" or "hero").
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'': The CanonName of the protagonist, ''Yu'' Narukami, is this -- he's "you", the player. Better yet, Narukami phonetically can mean "''Become a God''" so yes, his entire name can literally be "You become a God."
* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Most of the Protagonists attend a high school named "Shujin Academy". In Japanese, this can be read as "The People's Academy" or "[[EpiphanicPrison Prisoner Academy]]".
* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'', one of the members of [[StateSec S.T.A.G.]] is named Kia[[note]]The military abbreviation for "killed in action"[[/note]], which becomes a {{Prophetic Name|s}} if you take the "heroic" ending.
* ''VideoGame/HeroAndDaughter'': Most, if not all of the girls' names, and some of the skill names. From the [[http://vgperson.tumblr.com/post/95700558645/hero-daughter-translation-notes Translation Notes]]:
--> Dieh was ディエ, pronounced "dee-eh", and the joke is that it reads as "d-i-e". Dieh was the best compromise I could get so that was clear, but people would still pronounce it differently from the word "die".
--> Selphie's name was originally "Hightech". That is a ridiculous name, so I came up with the best possible pun. Also, her class and first Self-Skill were "uso denwa" (fake call), and while I made the skill simply "Fake a Call". I decided to make her class "Cell Phony."
--> Priscilla was just "Prizun". Uh... yeah. Priscilla is kind of a pun on "prison cell".
--> Cherie was just "Chia". Not like the pet, but from "cheer". Cherie is just a bit less obvious. Although actually, it may be intended to be "Tia". which would be slightly better.
--> Harmony was Wagokoro, "peaceful heart". However, that "wa" is also used to refer to traditional Japanese things, so everything about her has that angle to it as well. Paci-Fist was "Wadoken", which is beautiful, which is why I worked in the "down-right fist" part. Some of her skills also repeated the name of the move in all hiragana in the description, which ties into the whole classical Japanese thing.
--> Apil and Yomi are from an old platformer called Full Swing. Apil's name is probably a pun on "ahiru", duck, but she's also kind of tachi's mascot, so I didn't care to come up with my own terrible pun name. (Not to mention one of her skills is named "Appeal" as a pun on it.)
--> The King of Evil was "Maou-sama", a combination of "maou" (dark lord) and "ousama" (king). Of course, "Maou-sama" could be used as a respectful name for any old dark lord, but the joke is essentially "you never knew what he was the king of!"
--> I ended up keeping the name Meiji Staff, but it’s probably a pun on "Mage Staff". Maybe I could have made it "Magey" or something. I dunno.
--> The "My First Dagger!" and "Dagger" relationship was originally based on a Japanese homophone pun. たんけん (Tanken) can mean "exploration" or "dagger", but 短剣 is unquestionably "dagger". So it’s like "Yay, let's go exploring!" to "Bah, that's for kids. It's a DAGGER."
--> Rain Bow is an entirely new pun. The original was 真弓 (mayumi), literally "True Bow", but the description acts like it's a girl's name: "Mayumi! Mayumiii! It’s me! Marry me!"
--> (Take) My Sword For It is a modified pun, but it remains somewhat intact. It was 真剣 (literally "True Sword" -- yes, again), which can also be read as "serious/earnest".
--> Ram Bow is a mostly new pun. It was 剛弓 (Sturdy Bow), and the description had another homophone pun since "lamentation" is pronounced the same way; it was basically like "when shot by a Goukyuu, you goukyuu".
--> Smile & Bow was 千弓 (Thousand Bow), senkyuu, so the description joked about it sounding like "thank you".
--> Cross Sword is a new pun for yet another Japanese homophone pun. 魔剣 (Demon Sword) = maken, and the description said “maken” in the "I won’t lose" sense.
--> To the Point was 短刀直入, putting the word "dagger" into 単刀直入... which means "getting right to the point". So that worked pretty well.
--> Magic Dagger's description noted the similarity between 魔力 (magic power) and 魔刀 (magic sword).
--> Spear It was "yarikiru", which contains "spear" (yari) and means "to do something to completion". But tachi used it to joke about "finishing up alone" in the description, because of course he would.
--> Cluelash was "muchi", which means whip, but also means ignorance. Frankly, I'm surprised I came up with anything close.
--> The Whipper was "mucchi" in reference to "mucchimuchi", a word for supple skin, usually in reference to sexy women. I, uh... just felt it was better to replace that one.
--> Brawlblade was 剣嘩 (ken-ka), replacing one of the kanji for "brawl" with "sword".
--> Broad Sword was 太い刀, a joke on how "tachi" is written 太刀, which literally means "fat sword". Yeah, I know it has a katana sprite, but if Chrono Trigger can give a broadsword the name of a katana, I can do the opposite.
--> The Master Bracelet was the "Sage’s Bracelet", and its description was simply "Whew..." (And so it was before I got the reference.) This is in reference to "sage time", a term for the period of exhaustion after a guy ejaculates. ...Yeah. So my lewd puns there aren't unwarranted.
--> I don't know what the joke is with the Utah Cap either. It's... it’s made in Utah. That's what it said.
--> Assass Innate was just the word "ansatsu" (assassination) split into two with a dot. So, I mean, it’s totally the same thing, right?
--> "Ninja Ninny!" was "Ninja Ninjin!" (carrot).
* Some of the levels in ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheWoolBall'' have pun-based names such as "Fur of the Dark" or "Purranoia".
* The Jacksepticeye fan game ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/TheBOSSAJacksepticeyeFanGame The BOSS]]'' has the residents of Jack's computer affectionately refer to their home as "Wireland."
* In the ''Videogame/{{X}}-Universe'', the LizardFolk Teladi are united under the [[OneNationUnderCopyright Teladi Space Company]], lead by their Chairman, "Ceo".
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX'', eggs that summon raid bosses within Union Cross and Raid events are called "Eggcognito", while those in Union Cross quests that drop extra rewards are called "Shenaneggan."
* ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'':
** The inhabitants of the DarkWorld have names that are spooky versions of their Brightside counterparts; for instance, the protagonists, [=McQueen=] and Dooley, have counterparts named [=McScream=] and Ghouley. There's also mention of a Darkside city called San Frankensteincisco.
** More spooky pun names can be seen on the headstones in the graveyard.
* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' was going to be called "Lawn of the Dead" after ''Film/DawnOfTheDead'', but [=PopCap=] felt that Creator/GeorgeARomero would sue.
* In ''The House on Usher'' Angie's boss, a realtor, is named Homer Echers.
* In ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'', the villain that you defeat in China is General Tsao, a rooster. His name is pretty clearly a pun on General Tso's chicken, a Chinese dish.
* ''VideoGame/IdleBreakout'': Bosses have plenty of block pun names. Block Head, Blocka Doodle Doo, Blockodile, Blocktopus, Roblock, Call the Blocktor, Writer's Block... and more.
* ''VideoGame/UnemploymentQuest'': One of the enemies is called an [=IMP=]ulse.
* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'': Many villains have punny names, including N. Brio, N. Gin, N. Tropy, and N. Trance.
* ''Videogame/EvilGenius'':
** One mission involves a Chinese crime boss named Lei Ying Lo.
** Before he became a villain, "The Butcher" was a kindly doctor named Ethan Asia.
* ''VideoGame/DinkSmallwood'' mod ''Pinky the Pig'' has a character named Chris Mass.
* In ''VideoGame/GoldenSunTheLostAge'', the wind-aligned Reveal spell is in the cave beneath a stone formation on the Australia-equivalent continent. Naturally, the English translation called it [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru Air's Rock]].
* ''VideoGame/TheJackboxPartyPack 6'':
** The host of ''Push The Button'' is DODE ([[FunWithAcronyms Digital Officer During Emergencies]]), who takes the form of a '''dode'''cahedron with glasses.
** ''Joke Boat'', a game about performing stand-up comedy on a cruise ship, is hosted by Captain Chuck Hull.

* The various ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' Chocobo side games have a pair of recurring characters: a White Mage named "Shiroma" and a Black Mage "Kuroma". These are obvious abbreviations of "Shiro Madoushi" (White Mage in Japanese), and "Kuro Madoushi" (Black Mage in Japanese). Unfortunately, recent translations have tended to render their names as "Shirma" and "Croma". Although these are technically acceptable romanizations, they kill the joke -- failing to either translate it, or retain it as-is.

* ''VideoGame/{{Kindergarten}}'' has the [[CollectionSidequest Monstermon card]] Ohfaka 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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* Many characters in the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' series, such as Governor Phatt, the portly ruler of Phatt Island, from ''VideoGame/{{Monkey Island 2|LeChucksRevenge}}''.
* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' is chock full of both this trope and MeaningfulName. For example, Endou Mamoru (円堂守) is a pun on "endo o mamoru" (エンドを守る), which means "to defend the end" ("end" being in the soccer jargon sense). Being a talented goalkeeper, that's exactly what Endou does.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' there is a "hidden pun" in [[spoiler:Lightning's real name; Clair]], Éclair being the French word for Lightning.
* Creator/{{Konami}} in the [=NES=] era was shamelessly replete with puns when naming enemy mooks in their English instruction manuals. Among many, many others, ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfBayouBilly'' had [[GeniusBonus Tolouse L'Attack]], ''VideoGame/{{Contra}} III'' had the Corporals of Punishment, ''[[VideoGame/GanbareGoemon Legend of the Mystical Ninja]]'' had Tanaka U. Out, ''VideoGame/KidDracula'' had Phyllis Driller, and ''[[VideoGame/{{Contra}} Super C]]'' had a giant mouth monster named Lip O' Suction.
** In ''VideoGame/SilentScope'' (released in 1999), the final boss, who was guarding the President, was called "Monica the Armed Secretary".
* All over the place in ''VideoGame/EagleEyeMysteries'', usually connected to the characters' occupations. For example, Mr. Minas in the first game is a math teacher.
* ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' has characters like Glass Joe ("glass jaw"), Soda Popinski (or Vodka Drunkenski), Bear Hugger (some people do go by the name "Bear"), and Narcis Prince.
* Konami has an official Website/YouTube channel, called [[https://www.youtube.com/user/KONAMI573ch Konami573ch]]. The pun is on 573, which are taken from the Japanese numbers.
** Konami's in-house music artists are also fond of giving their works the occasional punny title. For example:
*** ''.59'' -- "point-five-nine" is pronounced "ten-go-ku" in Japanese; "tengoku" means "heaven".
*** ''QQQ'' -- "three" is "san" in Japanese, thus "three-Q" is "san-Q", which sounds like "thank you".
* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' actually has a couple of examples. Not counting player names:
** Paragon City's greatest champion is also the superheroic community's ''statesman.''
** One of the game's most infamous villains holds ''lord''ship over his own steampunk army. [[MagnificentBastard He is also a "nemesis" to just about everybody,]] hero or villain.
** One of Lord Recluse's generals happens to be a shark-man who named himself after the ''mako'' shark while ''captain'' of a small pirate vessel.
** A LOT of badges have theses as titles. That's not to mention a few of their descriptions, which can be just as punny.
* VideoGame/IMMeen.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Parodius}}'' series, the stick-figure characters Koitsu, Soitsu, Aitsu and Doitsu have names which read in Japanese as "this guy", "that guy", "that other guy" and "what guy?" The villain of the first game is a [[{{Youkai}} baku]] named Bug (the kana for which reads "bagu").

* In ''VideoGame/BreathOfFire'', an enemy late in the game that is a floating eyeball, is called an "Icu". Its name, with each of the letters pronounced out loud, is "I see you."
* Enemies in the ''Franchise/DonkeyKong'' series include Army Dillo, Davy Bones, Gnawty, Sassy Squatch, and Sneek. Then there are all the "K" ones like Kannon, Klank, Klobber, Klubba, Klump, Kopter, Krash, Kritter, Krossbones, Krumple, Kruncha, Krusha, and of course King K. Rool, who is actually a twofer since he is a king whose last name sounds like "rule", then you add on the K and it becomes "cruel". ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'' has the Snowmads, whose name is a portmanteau of "snow" and "nomad."
* The main character of ''VideoGame/MightySwitchForce'' is a police officer named Patricia Wagon. A shortened form of "Patricia" is "Patty", making her name a play on the term "paddy wagon", which is slang for the vehicles police use to transport criminals.
* The ''VideoGame/RealityOnTheNorm'' series includes a MadScientist named Dr. Die Vie Ess.

* ''[[VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfMassmouth Massmouth 2]]'': Professor Egnogin. (As in, "egg noggin" = "egghead".)
* The hero of ''Werewolf: The Last Warrior'' is a WolfMan named War Wolf. "War Wolf" would be identical to "Werewolf" if written in katakana, which is why the game's Japanese title uses romaji.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Mappy}}'', the title character's name is a pun on 'mappo', a Japanese slang term for cops. Nyamco, of course, is a pun on Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment.
* ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X3: Terran Conflict]]'' has a Boron scientist by the name of Mahi Ma. Mahi-mahi are a type of fish, and "mahi" is also "fish" in Persian. The Boron are squid people. Coincidence?
* ''VideoGame/LegoIsland'' takes it to the point that ''everyone'' in the game has some name like this. Pepper Roni, who delivers hot [[StealthPun pizza]], his father Bologna Roni, his grandfather Mac Roni, his adoptive parents Mama and Papa Brickolini, Bill Ding, paramedics Enter and Return, captain D.Rom ([[DontExplainTheJoke C.D.Rom]]), Laura and Nick Brick, antagonist Brickster -- just to name a few.
* Kat & Ana from ''VideoGame/WarioWare'', [[ThemeTwinNaming twin sisters]] that [[{{Ninja}} happen to be ninjas]].
* Many of the characters in the ''Mario and Luigi'' series come under this, such as the Emoglobin in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', who are microorganisms inside Bowser's body that give the player tips, or the Pi'illo inhabitants from ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'', who happen to be shaped like 'pillows' and usable as such to enter the Dream World. Or the Mega Pi'illos in the same game, who are called Cush and Shawn and Phil and Lowe respectively (put each of those two names together).
* In ''VideoGame/BakuBakuAnimal'', the player characters are a girl named Polly and a boy named Gon. Like everything else in the game, they're made of polygons.
* ''VideoGame/TheAngryVideoGameNerdAdventures'' spoofs [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Navi]] with [[AnnoyingVideoGameHelper Naggi, the Patronizing Firefly.]]
* ''VideoGame/BillNyeTheScienceGuyStopTheRock'' is full of these.
** Everyone who isn't Bill Nye has one. Their punny names also cross over with MeaningfulName as they tell you what their particular field of expertise is. For example, Connie Vection specializes in atmospheric sciences, while Sue Nami specializes in oceanic sciences.
** Impending Dumé, the asteroid which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin heralds impending doom]] and will destroy Earth if you don't solve all of MAAX's riddles.
* In ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'', Bowser's Cat form is called... Meowser. No prizes for guessing what that's based off of.
* ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni: Wrath of the White Witch'', much like the later ''Dragon Quest'' games, is full of these. One of the few examples that doesn't also fall under MeaningfulName is an painter in Al Mamoon who goes by the name of Con[[note]]or "con artist"[[/note]]
* Almost every character in ''VideoGame/FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist'' has one.
* FanNickname example: The [[LadyNotAppearingInThisGame nameless Vulcan lady with plentiful cleavage]] that graces a lot of ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'''s [[http://images-cdn.perfectworld.com/www/pictures/1353959785786.jpg promo art]] has been dubbed "T'Its" and variations thereof by the fanbase.
* Mr. Essengebox is the man built the message boxes in the ''VideoGame/{{Something}} series''. His name in the French version of ''Something Else'' is Monsieur Essengebox.
* ''VideoGame/MasterOfMagic'' includes such unique magical artefacts as Jan's Hammer and the Shield of Brooke.
* The makers of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' games love to use barely disguised naughty words when naming places and vehicles, such as having a '''dirt'''bike model named Sanchez.
** Right from the very first game, the districts of Liberty City were puns on real New York districts, such as Hackenslash (Hackensack) and New Guernsey (New Jersey)[[note]]Jersey and Guernsey are two of the Channel Islands[[/note]].
* ''VideoGame/CelDamage'' gives us a sexy woman named Dominique Trix who wears black and carries a whip (the whip is only seen on the box art and in menus, however), a fire-breathing imp named Sinder, a duck named Fowl Mouth, a bull named Whack Angus, a dinosaur named T. Wrecks, and a BrainInAJar named Brian.
* In ''VideoGame/MonsterBash'', Johnny Dash is occasionally helped by a small rodent identified at first as "FLR" -- which is later revealed to stand for "Frank Lloyd Rat". Cue thoughts about modern architecture, or a certain Music/SimonAndGarfunkel song running around one's head...
* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' brings us Marshall Law. As in, "martial law".
* ''VideoGame/WildStar'' is incredibly fond of this. Particularly notable is the fact that all Tradeskill Work Order Dailies are puns.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto2'': Your Russian contact, Jerkov.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'': Tommy Vercetti's surname sounds a lot like Vice City.

* In ''VideoGame/NiNoKuniIIRevenantKingdom'', in Goldpaw, a "Duebill" is a bird that follows around someone who has a debt they aren't able to pay at the moment, squawking "U O ME! U O ME!"

* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' has several examples, mostly with the characters you help in sidequest (one recurring example is a girl named "Meala [=DeVour=]"). Many enemies in the original ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' series often have punny names, often with BilingualBonus.
* Every named outlaw in ''[[VideoGame/{{Oddworld}} Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath]]'' has either a punny name, or a really bizarre nickname. They range from the fairly normal (Lootin Duke), the descriptive (Xplosives [=McGee=]), the punny (Jo' Mamma), and the unfortunate (Fatty [=McBoomboom=]). In fact, nearly every named character in the game except Sekto has a MeaningfulName, a punny name, or a combination of the two. (Stranger's real name is never revealed, unless his name actually ''is'' Stranger. Doc appears to be a nickname as well).
* ''VideoGame/EVEOnline'': The unfortunately named Thukker Tribe.
* In ''Franchise/MassEffect'', quarians have a first and last name, as well as a name that indicates which ship they serve on (Tali'Zorah vas Neema serves on the ''Neema''). In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', Tali'Zorah will introduce Shepard to one of the quarian Admirals, Zaal'Koris vas Qwib Qwib. Upon inquiry about the whimsical ship name, Koris will say he has considered transferring to a ship with a more honorable name, such as the Defrahnz or the Iktomi. That would make him Zaal'Koris vas Defrahnz or vas Iktomi.
** When infiltrating the estate of an arms merchant on Bekenstein, Kasumi has Shepard use the alias "Solomon Gunn", which sounds like "sell him a gun" when said fast.
** The franchise title is a punny name too. The discovery of element zero and the creation of mass effect fields by humanity, according to Captain Anderson at the beginning of the first game, advanced human technology by 200 years. In other words, [[AppliedPhlebotinum eezo]] had a ''mass effect'' on the scientific community...
* ''VideoGame/WarioLand'': The first two games had the same main female antagonist: [[{{Pirate}} Captain Syrup]]. Her return in the sequel reveals her first name: Maple.
* ''VideoGame/WarioLandShakeIt'':
** The Shake King, and the bosses Hot Roderick, Bloomsday/Scumflower, and Large Fry.
** The level Its-all Mine. A fitting level name considering Wario's obsession for treasure.
* The siren in ''VideoGame/{{Siren}}'' is a borderline case, as it's a siren in the sense of "[[EnthrallingSiren supernatural creature whose sound lures people to their death at sea]]", and it happens to sound like an air raid siren.
* The monsters in the new localizations of ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' are just swimming with these. For example: the opponents Alena faces in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'''s InevitableTournament are, in order, [[spoiler:Atilla the Hunk, Quick Draw [=McGore=], Prima Donna, Samson Knight, and the Abominable Showman]]. Really, everything -- be it enemy, location, item or ''person'' -- in the games. It wasn't taken to the extreme until [[VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII the eighth game]]. Let's hope you can handle it, otherwise this franchise is not for you.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Damn near every Pokémon has a pun somewhere in its name relating somehow to its appearance, type, or behavior. While most are fairly direct and simple, some are [[ViewersAreGeniuses quite clever and work on multiple levels]]...and are [[BilingualBonus multilingual]].
*** Sometimes, you don't even have to be multilingual. In Japan, there's a 5th-generation Pokémon called Giaru (gear; the Pokémon in question is known as Klink in English). You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what it looks like, either.
** Many of the Gym Leaders, too. In [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Generation I]], examples include Brock, Misty, Lt. Surge, Sabrina (a Trainer of Psychic Pokémon, which may be a reference to [[Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch another Sabrina]]), Blaine (similar to blaze; he uses strictly Fire Pokémon), and Giovanni (incorporates ''geo'', the Greek prefix meaning "earth").
*** Also, Giovanni is a mafia don, making him... Don Giovanni.
** In [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Generation II]], there was bird-using gym leader Falkner ("falconer" or "fowl"), bug-user Bugsy, Whitney (uses normal Pokémon; normal Pokémon use the white color scheme in the TCG), ghost-user Morty (''mort'' is French for "death"), Fighting-type leader Chuck (remind you of another famous Creator/{{Chuck|Norris}}?) and there's finally ice user Pryce (rhymes with "ice").
*** A minor NPC example in [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Generation II]] is the final trainer at the top of Sprout Tower, an old man named Elder Li. Go on, sound it out.
** [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Generation III]] even had the rock user Roxanne, Fighting-type Pokémon user Brawly, electric user Wattson (watts are a measurement of electricity), Fire user Flannery (sounds like "flame"), Normal-type user Norman (almost the word "normal"), bird user Winona (wind[=/=]wing), and Psychic users Liza and Tate (sounds like levitate). Really, it's rarer for a Pokémon gym leader to ''not'' have a punny name.
*** In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue FireRed and LeafGreen]]'', a sidequest involves finding a lost girl named Lostelle. Another sidequest involves finding a woman named Selphy, who will ''selfishly'' ask you to show her a specific Pokémon every day once you rescue her.
** Full list up to Generation IV: B''rock'', ''Mist''y, Lt ''Surge'', Erika (''Erica'' is a genus of heathers), Koga (Koga-ryu is a school of ninjitsu), Sabrina (as noted above), Blaine (as noted above), ''Gio''vanni, Falkner (archaic term for falconer), ''Bug''sy, ''Whit(e)''ney, ''Mort''y, Creator/{{Chuck|Norris}}, Jas''mine'', Pr''yce'', C''lair'', Janine (reverse the syllables and you get ninja), ''Rox''anne, ''Brawl''y, ''Watt''son, ''Flanne''ry (also Gaelic for 'red eyebrow', according to bulbapedia), ''Norm''an, ''Win(d/g)''ona, Liza&Tate (levitate), Wallace (sounds vaguely like water), Juan (again, sounds vaguely like water), Roark (ore, also similar to rock), ''Garden''ia, Maylene (melee), Crasher ''Wake'', Fantina (phantom), B''yron'', Cand''ice'', and ''Vol(t)''kner. Typically, expect punny names to accompany new Gym Leaders.
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', we get Cilan, Chili, and Cress (all foods that are like their type-Chili is fire type, for example), Lenora (from 'Normal' -- her type), Burgh ("Bug"), Elesa (from Tesla-she's electric), Clay the Ground Leader, Skyla (guess her type; and may reference skylarks), Brycen (Ice), and dragon Trainers Drayden & Iris (Drayden from 'Drake' or 'Dragon', and Iris after the flower Flaming Dragon Iris).
*** In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', there's Cheren (Bulgarian for Black, was a rival in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', Roxie (a musician/poison type user, 'rock' and 'toxic'), Burgh, Elesa, Clay, Skyla, and Drayden again, and Marlon (marlin (a type of fish)/marine).
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', there's Viola (genus of butterfly), Grant (from 'granite'), Korrina (arena), Ramos (moss), Clemont (from lemons, which can conduct electricity), Valerie (from the genus Valerianella), Olympia (from 'olympian'), and Wulfric (from 'wolf' and 'frigid').
*** The Holo Caster, while technically being a {{Portmanteau}} of "Holographic Broadcaster", is also a pun of [[spoiler:holocaust, foreshadowing the fact that it's creator is an OmnicidalManiac.]]
** With the player characters:
*** There's Haruka (May), which means "far away", which relates to Norman's Japanese name, Senri, which is 1000 li (a unit of measurement).
*** Lucas, which comes from ''lux-lucis'', the Latin root word for light.
*** Lyra, which comes from lyre.
*** Their Japanese names, too, with Kouki from the word for brightness.
*** Hikari meaning light, in English became Dawn, meaning first light of the day.
*** Rosa and Nate, which are a pun on the word "resonate".
*** Calem and Serena, from 'calm' and 'serene' respectively.
*** The default names for the characters are rather punny. ''Land''on[=/=]Terra or ''Sea''n[=/=]Marina in ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire''. ''Emerald'', however, didn't capitalize on names such as Skyler[=/=]Skye for its sky-based theme.
** Other important NPC's are not immune to this either.
*** ''Black 2 and White 2'' give us the owner of [=PokéStar=] Studios, Mr. Stu Deeoh, and his lead talent scout, Scout.
*** Also from ''Black 2 and White 2'' are the models in Nimbasa's gym, which follow the ThemeNaming conventions for an electric-type gym, including one named [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André-Marie_Ampère Ampère]].
** ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' continues to produce punny names. Palossand, a living sandcastle pokémon, has the Japanese name "Shirodesuna", from the Japanese word ''shiro'', meaning "castle"; the English word "death"; and ''suna'',' which means "sand". Equally, the sentence "Shiro desu na" means "That's a castle, huh."
** This also include the Ultra Beasts, Not only their names are punny, the moniker itself it's also a pun; a man sized Mosquito? A Giant Roach? A Gigantic electric wire?
* Creator/{{Infocom}} used to publish a newsletter titled ''The New VideoGame/{{Zork}} Times''.
* The various ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' Chocobo side games have a pair of recurring characters; a White Mage named "Shiroma" and a Black Mage "Kuroma." These are obvious abbreviations of "Shiro Madoushi" (White Mage in Japanese), and "Kuro Madoushi" (Black Mage in Japanese). Unfortunately, recent translations have tended to render their names as "Shirma" and "Croma." Although these are technically acceptable romanizations, they kill the joke -- failing to either translate it, or retain it as-is.
* In ''VideoGame/GitarooMan'', the main character is named U-1. In Japanese his name would be pronounced U-Ichi, and Yuichi is a common name for boys in Japan. In English: "You Won."
* ''VideoGame/HauntingStarringPolterguy'': "Polterguy" is of course a pun on "Poltergeist".
** Rhinoceros Beetle Drone K-Buto = Kabuto = Kabutomushi = Rhinoceros Beetle or, literally, "Helmet Insect"
** Snail Drone Dor-O = Doro = Mud
** Y-Ite is most likely a pun on the English word WHITE. Pronounce the Y and Ite separately and out comes White. This name probably refers to the owner's clothes and the fact that the butterfly drone is white to begin with.
** The real mystery are the other drones, such as Kris-T for moth, R-Nej for centipede (carnage?), Nhyte-R for spider, and whatever the Roach and Dragonfly was called has names that didn't make sense.
*** Well, Kris-T is obviously Christy, R-Nej probable is Carnage, and the Spider would, barring an obscure Japanese word, either Nighter (as in All-nighter) or "Knight R". How these are ''relevant'' is the question.
* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' (with a long "O" at the beginning) can mean, depending on the kanji used to spell it, "wolf" or "great god." Naturally, the main character is an extremely powerful goddess incarnated as a wolf.
** "Kami" can also mean "paper". Guess which game uses writing sacred symbols as a key mechanic?

** [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Milt Randolph in accounting.]]
* ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheTriad'' has a player character named I. P. Freeley.
* ''VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden'' has the one way love interest of Charles Barkley named Juwanna Mann. The character may also be named for the 2002 movie ''Juwanna Mann'', which features [[{{Crossdresser}} a male protagonist posing as a woman]] in the WNBA.
* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' names are often some form of pun, or otherwise {{Meaningful Name}}s, relying on the odd rules of the Japanese language. [[WerebeastTropes Were-Hakutaku]] Keine Kamishirasawa, for example, the kanji characters for Keine can mean "Wise sound" while Kamishirasawa literally means "Upper stream of a white valley." However, the Kamishirasawa kanji can be read as "ue-hakutaku" and so likely a pun by ZUN when he named the "Were-Hakutaku" character.
* Medic Herbert East in ''VideoGame/OperationDarkness'' is an obvious reference (in function as well as name) to Creator/HPLovecraft's story ''Literature/HerbertWestReanimator''. Note that this is only a punny name in the Western release; in the Japanese version, he was named Herbert West.
* ''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Hockey]]'' has Buddy Cheque, a play on "body check." ''Backyard Skateboarding'' has Erik Stream, a play on "air extreme." ''Backyard Football'' has Chuck Downfield, a pun on chucking the football downfield. [[VideoGame/BackyardSports Notice a trend?]]
* ''VideoGame/RuneScape'' has numerous characters with punny names. The most rampant examples are White Knights (Sir Amik Varze, Sir Tiffy Cashien) and druids (Pikkupstix).
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** Mr. Write from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'', who is essentially a cameo of Mr. Wright, the advisor character from the SNES ''VideoGame/SimCity''. Mr. Write's name is a play on "Mr. Wright", and the word "write", as he frequently writes letters. The character, "Dr. Left" from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaOracleGames Oracle of Seasons]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaTheMinishCap Minish Cap]]'' takes this further, with a name that is not only a play on the previous two names, but on the word "right" too.
** The ''Zelda'' series includes more characters with pun names. Further examples include the witch Syrup and her disciple Maple, fairy brother and sister pair named Tatl and Tael from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', and even Link himself (his name [[MeaningfulName indicates]] that he is a link between the game and the player).
** The name of King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' is a pun on the Japanese words for "ship" (fune) and "sailboat" (hansen). It is easier to see the connection in the [[LostInTranslation Japanese localization]] of the game (Da'''fune'''su No'''hansen''' Hairaru).
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]'', practically all major characters, including the villains, have train-related names. A few examples, Cole, Ferrus (Latin word for iron, ferrum), and Anjean, Rael and Steem of the Lokomo (Locomotive) tribe.
** Most of the inhabitants of Skyloft in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'' have names based on bird puns. We have Groose (combining goose and grouse), Cawlin (Colin combined with the bird onomatopoeia "caw), Owlan (owl), Parrow (sparrow), and many more. There are also the proprietors of the Lumpy Pumpkin, Pumm and his daughter Kina.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' has two [[BirdPeople Rito]] characters who have a dual pun [[BilingualBonus if you know Japanese]]. Teba on its own can mean "Chicken" as in the fowl. With his wife's name, Saki, added to his it becomes "Tebasaki" which is a fried chicken dish. [[spoiler:Made funnier when during the Vah Medoh fight you see that he did end up getting his leg fried while acting as a distraction, though it heals after the fight.]] There's also a minor Goron character named Bohrin who is almost always sleeping.
** In ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'', Link, our silent hero, quickly finds a fairy companion called Proxi, who decides that she can do enough talking for the pair of them. Thus, Link has a proxy to speak for him.
* Some locations in ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' have these, like the waste of Gohntu. There is also the Neksdor Kingdom, which is the second world, ''next door'' to the first one.
* The second, less serious game in the ''VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles'' series, as well as the DS entry, feature some, like the narcoleptic Constance Noring, Annie Buddyhome, Holly Day Inn, Ron N. Hyde, Phil T. Rich...
* In the [=PS2=]/X-Box title, Terminator: Dawn of Fate, you must escort a demolitions expert named Pvt. B. Last.
* ''VideoGame/{{Dofus}}'' has more than its share of puns in the class names. Every class name is meaningful, and most are puns, such as the time mage class, Xelor (Rolex backwards), and Eniripsa, the healer class (Aspirin backwards). Some are just silly such as the Iops (Named after a brand of yogurt).
* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' has Slim Cognito, a man who deals with weapons of questionable legality, and Emperor Otto [=DeStruct=], the BigBad of ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters Size Matters]]''.
* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' has a lot of these. Your seeds come from the Bloom and Doom Seed Co. Then you have plants with names such as Peashooter, Repeater, Wall Nut, and Cherry Bomb. The Doom Shroom makes a ''mushroom cloud'' when you use it. Creator/PopCap clearly had a lot of fun naming stuff in this game.
* Hakumen from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''. His name is a portmanteau of "Haku" (white) and "Kamen" (mask). Or it can read as [[spoiler:"white noodles"]], leading to [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/607091/blazblue-chibi-chopsticks-hakumen-long_hair-mask-m this image]].
* ''VideoGame/MagicalStarsign'' has a town full of Pyrites with Punny names, like Nun Toobrite and Tawks Lykeahippy, that represent how they talk.

* ''VideoGame/ForumWarz'' uses punny names regularly, both as the name of missions and name of forums the player must pwn.
* ''VideoGame/SupremeCommander2'' has some shameless ones for some of the units of the Illuminate faction:
** Fighter-Bomber: ''Weedoboth''
** Mobile Missile Launcher: ''Fisttosh''
** Experimental Multiple-Drone-Tank: ''Wylfindya''
** Experimental Anti-Air: ''Airnomo''
** Experimental Vortex Generator: ''Pullensmash''
** And from the [[DownloadableContent DLC]]:
*** Sniper Bot: ''Shotja''
*** Experimental Gunship: ''Zooprizer''
* Most characters in the ''Videogame/AmateurSurgeon'' series. The protagonists are Alan Probe (anal probe), Ophelia Payne (I feel your pain) and Ignacius Bleed (I. Bleed). According to the sequel, when Probe becomes a legitimate doctor they open hospitals called Bleed Everywhere. Some of their patients qualify as well -- for instance, the suspicious Trent Coat and the slimy, insect-filled Dwayne Pipe.

* ''VideoGame/LaytonBrothersMysteryRoom'' is full of them. Chase M. Downes, Destiny Knox, Uttar Mistry, and Keelan Makepeace.
* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** Sonic's companion Tails has the given name of Miles Prower, a pun on "miles per hour."

* ''Franchise/CarmenSandiego'': Having one of these is apparently a prerequisite for working under her, as every member of V.I.L.E. has a pun for a name except for Carmen herself. Examples over the course of the series include:
** Sarah Nade, Russ T. Hinge, and Mylar Naugahyde.
** Avery "Little Bit" Phelps, Sarah "Auntie" Bellum (a rare multi-layer pun)
** Justin Case, and Verna-Lee Kwinox.
** The Ding brothers, Lee and Bill.
** One MasterOfDisguise is named Frank M. Poster.
:: :Not that the good guys are any less punny:
** Ann Tickwittee, Ivan Idea.
** Dee Plomassy and the very subtle Rock Solid.
** And then there's your travel agent, Shirley Eugest (doubling as a StealthPun seeing that she's only referred to as either "Shirley" or "Miss Eugest" and her full name is never stated all together).
* In ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'', the first boss of the ''A Slice of Summer'' event is named the "[[UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} Rising Sun]]fish".
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'': This web-based MMORPG is packed with puns:
** The tutorial is given by a bird called the Toot Oriole.
** Orc Chasm. Say it a few times fast and you will understand.
** Other examples include Degrassi Knoll, John Wilke's Booth, the Malus of Forethought, The Armory and Leggery, the Worm Wood, the Palindome, and the Knob Goblins. The Armory and Leggery is run by two guys who have neither. *snrk*
* ''VideoGame/TheSims'': Nearly all characters in the GBA games have punny names, such as Sue Pirnova, Polly Nomial, Mel Odious, and Ewan Whatamee.
** Objects in Sim games got punny names as well, like the ShoutOut to ''Literature/HarryPotter'' "Prisoner of Azkalamp".
** In ''VideoGame/TheSimsMedieval'' a quest NPC is called Buzz Killington.
* In ''VideoGame/TheSims2'', some of the graves in Olive Spectre's yard are for Sims will Punny Names, such as Earl E. [=DeMise=], his brother Tim Lee, Lou and Hugh Thansia, and Rigger Mortis.
* On the note of "Sim" games, ''VideoGame/SimCity'' is quite full of these. Byallmeans Travel Agency, Deadforest Paper, Pump & Scoot Gas, Curtin Fabrics, and some odd others that weren't named after creators of the game.
* Oh man, ''VideoGame/TheSims 3''... nearly ''every'' sim has a punny name, the most well-known being Gobias Koffi.
* ''VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}}'': Most of the enemy drivers in this [[VehicularCombat racing/fighting]] game were very crude puns, the most memorable being "Mike Hunt". There are in fact [[http://www.yournotme.com 561 Michael Hunts in the UK]], meaning 561 sets of parents who didn't think of the possible implications; the same site also shows 74 Richard Heads.
* ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar''
** ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarI'' has a musk cat named Myau join the party. Yes, it rhymes with "meow".
** ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarII'': Rich thief, Shir Gold. She refers to herself as "Shir of the Wind".
* In ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'' (and ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' for that matter), many of the Toads' names end in "T.", providing a treasure trove of "-ty" puns. For example: Vanna T., Chuck Quizmo's assistant[[note]]Who may also be a reference to [[Series/WheelOfFortune Vanna White]][[/note]]; Tayce T., the local chef of Toad Town (as well as Zess T., the local chef of Rogueport); & Fice T., the guard to the entrance of Forever Forest.
** There is a miniboss in the form of a gigantic Koopa in incongruous NerdGlasses -- his name is Kent C. Koopa.
* ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'': The gnomish jester, Punny Bones, in this adventure/rpg hybrid. In fact, most of the character's jokes consisted of really bad puns. Other gnomes include the innkeeper Ann Agrama from the fifth game and the wizard Keapon Laffin from the second.
* ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'':
** ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' featured Ninten, referring to the system it was released on.
** ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' featured Ness, an anagram of the system (UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem) it was released on.
*** Everdred, who was "connected" to kidnappings in Twoson.
*** The four major towns in ''Earthbound'': Onett, Twoson, Threed and Fourside, in that order.
*** The Psychic Psycho and Soul Consuming Flame.
** ''VideoGame/Mother3'': The name of [[spoiler:Porky]]'s "utopian" city is New ''Pork'' City. Ouch. Sadly LostInTranslation: both games have friendly aliens from the planet Saturn -- but as the Japanese word for Saturn, ''dosei'', sounds like ''dousei'', which means "same name", all of the aliens are named the same -- Mr. Saturn/Mr. Same Name.
** Lots of enemies in ''Mother 3'' also have Punny Names. Namely the Balding Eagle, Boa Transistor, Cactus Wolf (as opposed to wolf cactus), Cattlesnake, Chilly Dog, Cleocatra (a mummified cat), Einswine (a pig with an oversized brain), Muttshroom (a dog/mushroom hybrid), Navy SQUEAL (one of the Pigmasks), Pigtunia, Pseudoor, and Pyrefly.

* The ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series have a ton of pun-filled names: Dick Gumshoe, Penny Nichols, Will Powers, Jack Hammer, Sal Manella, Ben & Trilo Quist, Winston Payne, Laurence "Moe" Curls, Ted Tonate, etc. This is even lampshaded in the first case, when if you call Cindy Stone (the victim) Cinder Block, the judge points out how bad a pun it was. The puns are evident, if not quite as blatant, in the original ''Gyakuten Saiban'' games -- the names translate into a phrase that describes the character; the creators said it began with two characters in [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney the first game]]'s second case (the characters known in English as April May and Redd White) and gained steam from there.
** ''...right, Mr. Wright?'' Phoenix Wright seems to be aware of this when he tells a joke:
--->'''Phoenix:''' Why am I a good defense attorney? Because I'm "wright" all the time.
** Carries all the way into the credits.
--->'''Judge:''' What was his name again? Mr. Left?
** In the Japanese version, they also have punny names of sorts: Wright's Japanese name is "Ryuichi Naruhodo" ("naruhodo" meaning "I see"); Winston Payne is called "Takefumi Auchi" (possibly a pun on "Ouch!"); von Karma's last name in Japanese (Karuma) means "hunting evil". possibly giving a reference to HeWhoFightsMonsters, and Karuma Mei (Franziska von Karma) literally translates to "Hunting Evil Hades", a reference to how far she will go to fulfill her idea of justice.
** They also make fun of this a lot in ''VisualNovel/{{Apollo Justice|AceAttorney}}''. Russian waitress Olga Orly presumably pronounces her last name "or-lee" at first, but after it's revealed that she's not really Russian, she says it's actually pronounced "oh really" (like the meme). Sleazy doctor with mob ties Pal Meraktis has the "malpractice" pun in his name pointed out by Trucy.
** The tradition continues in ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'', of course. There's the aforementioned Ted Tonate. There's an astronaut who [[spoiler:never gets to go to space]], which should be obvious because his name is Clay Terran (both synonyms/translations for the word "earth"). Bobby Fulbright is sort of a StealthPun, because Bobby is a derivative of Robert, which means "bright fame" -- so his name is essentially Bright Bright. Robin Newman [[spoiler:is actually a girl -- being a man is "new" to her]]. "Jinxie" Tenma is afraid of demons and curses. Worst (or best) of all, the series' punny name convention is used as ''evidence''. [[spoiler:Athena points out that "Hugh O'Conner" sounds like "You're a Goner", which puts the nature of an audio recording of the crime in jeopardy.]]
** ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsAceAttorney'' actually plays this into the plot: Why does everyone have ridiculously obvious pun names? Yes, this is (part) ''Ace Attorney'', but even by those standards, these are overkill (a wannabe knight called Knightle, a courier called Lettie Mailer, ect). But then at the end of the game it turns out that [[spoiler:everyone is a test subject who had their memories wiped and fake names and backstories given to them. The puns in their names are all bad and obvious because they were made up in-universe]].
** ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice Spirit of Justice]]'' again abandons all subtlety with its punny names, though unlike the Layton crossover there's no in-story reason for it. Among others, we have a tour guide named Ahlbi Ur'gaid, a hippie monk named Pees'lubin Andistan'dhin, a masked magician named Manov Mistree with the stage name Mr. Reus, a politician named Paul Atishon, a monk named Tahrust Inmee and his wife Beh'leeb Inmee, another monk named Puh'ray Zeh'lot [[spoiler:which is actually a pseudonym -- his real name is Rheel Neh'mu]], a member of LaResistance named Datz Are'bal, and the OverlyLongName Inga Karkhuul [[LampshadeHanging Haw'kohd Dis'nahm Bi'Ahni Lawga Ormo Pohmpus Da'nit Ar'edi Iz]] Khura'in III.

* Creator/ArtixEntertainment being the HurricaneOfPuns it is just loves these, for example we have the Knights of the Pactagonal Table, present across both ''VideoGame/DragonFable'' and ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'''s universes.

** [[ALoadOfBull Sir Loin]].
** [[DeadpanSnarker Sir Casm]].

** [[TheMedic Sir Junn]].
** [[ShockAndAwe Sir Jing]].
** [[NPCRoadblock Sir Comvent]]

** Sir Vivor, who repetedly launches himself to dangerous ruins and makes it out alive. Ironically, he is the only Knight of the Pactogonal Table to get killed in ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds''.

** In fact, this trope is a requirement to join them, it seems. Sir Baumbard (Who's name is a pun by itself) had to get his knighthood from the King in Swordhaven because the Pactogonal Knights didn't let him join them. Why? Because his name didn't work with "Sir" infront of it.

* ''Remedy Entertainment'' games give us:
** ''VideoGame/MaxPayne''. Ouch.
** ''VideoGame/AlanWake'', who is A.Wake. And that's exactly the problem.

* ''VideoGame/LegoIsland'' takes it to the point that ''everyone'' in the game has some name like this. Pepper Roni, who delivers hot [[StealthPun pizaz]], his father Bologna Roni, his grandfather Mac Roni, his adoptive parents Mama and Papa Brickolini, Bill Ding, paramedics Enter and Return, captain D.Rom ([[DontExplainTheJoke C.D.Rom]]), Laura and Nick Brick, antagonist Brickster -- just to name a few.

* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'': Many villains have punny names, including N. Brio (embryo), N. Gin (engine), N. Tropy (entropy), and N. Trance (entrance, as in, to put into a trance).

* In ''VideoGame/MonsterBash'', Johnny Dash is occasionally helped by a small rodent identified at first as "FLR" -- which is later revealed to stand for "Frank Lloyd Rat". Cue thoughts about modern architecture, or [[{{Earworm}} a certain Simon and Garfunkel song running around one's head]]...

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''

** Dr. Ivo Robotnik has an unfortunate punny name when his nickname, Eggman, is used ("Ivo" is a [[SdrawkcabName reverse]] of "Ovi", the Latin root for "egg"). The word "robotnik" is Polish for "worker", but whether this was intentional is unknown; it's found in that context in ''TabletopGame/Twilight2000'' (set in post-WWIII Poland).
** "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Cream the Rabbit]]"... who has a [[{{Mon}} Chao]] partner named Cheese, and her mother is named Vanilla.

* ''[[VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfMassmouth Massmouth 2]]'': Professor Egnogin.