History PunnyName / VideoGames

** 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 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.

** [[ALoadOfBull Sir Loin.]]

* Every named outlaw in ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}: VideoGame/StrangersWrath'' has either a punny name, or a really bizarre nickname. They range from the fairly normal (Lootin Duke) and the descriptive (Xplosives [=McGee=]) to 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.

* 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 [[spoiler: and her eventually trying to sincerely fight for justice by 'hunting' the evil her father set before her]]. 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.
** 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. 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.
** 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]]'', where the series's 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.]] [[SubvertedTrope However, he is NOT the killer.]]
** ''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]]'' uses the foreign country setting to completely abandon all sensibility in its pun names. Among others, we have a tour guide named Ahlbi Ur'gaid, a hippie monk named Pees'lubin Andistan'dhin, 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. Even in the US portions there's a masked magician named Manov Mistree with the stage name Mr. Reus, and a politician named Paul Atishon (technically Paul Atishon-Wimperson, but he prefers to drop that last part [[EmbarrassingLastName for obvious reasons]]).
** ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'' duology jumped through some hoops to retain the series' punny nature. Being the first localized game not to change Japan to LA (for pretty obvious reasons), several characters got to retain their original names, including protagonist Ryunosuke Naruhodo. However, some changes were still done to make the puns more obvious, like the first witness went from Taizou Uzukumaru (meaning "to crouch") became Iyesa Nosa (Yes Sir, No Sir). Even names intended to be in English were changed to make the pun clearer, such as the second game's William Petenshy (his last name meaning "crook") becoming William Shamspeare (retaining the Shakespeaere reference while incorporating that he's not on the level).

* 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 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]].

** ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice Spirit of Justice]]'' uses the foreign country setting to completely abandon all sensibility in its pun names. Among others, we have a tour guide named Ahlbi Ur'gaid, a hippie monk named Pees'lubin Andistan'dhin, 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. Even in the US portions there's a masked magician named Manov Mistree with the stage name Mr. Reus, and a politician named Paul Atishon.

* ''VideoGame/AlanWake'', who is A.Wake. And that's exactly the problem.

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
** Really, everything -- be it enemy, location, item or ''person'' -- in the new localizations of. 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.

** In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'', Queen Cleo''hat''ra, ruler of the Egyptian-themed kingdom of ''Helm''unaptra, protects the Zenithian ''Helmet'' while awaiting the arrival of the Legendary Hero.

** Sonic's companion Tails has the given name of Miles Prower, a pun on "miles per hour".
** 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".

** Super Sonic is a pun on supersonic speed.

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** ''[[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.

** The tradition continues in ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'', where the series's 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.]] [[SubvertedTrope However, he is NOT the killer.

** The tradition continues in ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'', where the series's 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.]]

** 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]].
** Also in ''[=DQIV=]'', going up to the Birdsong Tower in Chapter 2 gives you an encounter with two clumsy elves who drop the Birdsong Necter you're looking for. Their names? Oopsy and Daisy.

* ''VideoGame/RollerCoasterTycoon'' has randomly generated 'real' guest names starting from the Added Attractions expansion pack that can unintentionally contain puns. Like Dan D, [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds Mickey D]],[[Creator/WaltDisney Walt D]], and [[Creator/ValveCorporation Val V]].

* ''VideoGame/RollerCoasterTycoon'' has randomly generated 'real' guest names starting from the Added Attractions expansion pack that can unintentionally contain puns. Like Dan D, [[McDonalds Mickey D]],[[WaltDisney Mickey D]], and [[Valve Val V]].

* ''VideoGame/RollerCoasterTycoon'' has randomly generated 'real' guest names starting from the Added Attractions expansion pack that can unintentionally contain puns. Like Dan D, [[Mickey D McDonalds]],[[Walt D WaltDisney]], and [[Val V Valve]].

* Really, everything -- be it enemy, location, item or ''person'' -- in the new localizations of ''VideoGame/DragonQuest''. 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. 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]].

*** [[DarkMagicianGirl Bella]], when combined with the name of her doll (and by extension, [[spoiler:the name of her dead sister]]), Donna, form "belladonna", a poisonous weed black berries grow from.

*** Yew Geneolgia's first name is a pun on "you", fitting him being the protagonist of the game.

*** Bella, when combined with the name of her doll (and by extension, [[spoiler:the name of her dead sister]]), Donna, form "belladonna", a poisonous weed black berries grow from.