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* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'', the simulation in which the Boss is trapped is patrolled by spy-bots called Control Interface Devices. If your notoriety gets high enough, a golden one will spawn, and you can chase it down and destroy it in order to reset your notoriety to zero. In other words, you have to [[spoiler: [[Literature/HarryPotter catch the golden 'snitch']].]]
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* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'', the simulation in which the Boss is trapped is patrolled by spy-bots called Control Interface Devices. If your notoriety gets high enough, a golden one will spawn, and you can chase it down and destroy it in order to reset your notoriety to zero. In other words, you have to [[spoiler: [[Literature/HarryPotter catch the golden 'snitch']].]]]]
* Viola from ''VideoGame/PokemonXandY'' is an amateur photographer who favors Bug Pokemon. In other words, [[spoiler:she's a "shutterbug"]].
* Viola from ''VideoGame/PokemonXandY'' is an amateur photographer who favors Bug Pokemon. In other words, [[spoiler:she's a "shutterbug"]].
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* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', Mileena's second Fatality is called "Rip Off". She tosses her sais at the victim's feet then rips their torso off. More dedicated ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' fans [[spoiler:will recognize it as a rip-off, in the imitation sense, of one of Kira's Fatalities in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'']].
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* The name of MortalKombat 2's secret boss Smoke is a pun on Dan Forden's catchphrase 'Toasty' which you have to hear to find him - implying he's the physical manifestation of smoke. This seems to have gone over the heads of most people when Smoke was changed into a robot for the next game.
** In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', Mileena's second Fatality is called "Rip Off". She tosses her sais at the victim's feet then rips their torso off. More dedicated ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' fans [[spoiler:will recognize it as a rip-off, in the imitation sense, of one of Kira's Fatalities in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'']].
** In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', Mileena's second Fatality is called "Rip Off". She tosses her sais at the victim's feet then rips their torso off. More dedicated ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' fans [[spoiler:will recognize it as a rip-off, in the imitation sense, of one of Kira's Fatalities in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'']].
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* The people of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Figaro]] live in a fortified city in the middle of the desert. It can be sunk underground by means of a special mechanism. It would not be too much of a stretch to call it a [[spoiler:sand castle]].
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* The people of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Figaro]] live in a fortified city in the middle of the desert. It can be sunk underground by means of a special mechanism. It would not be too much of a stretch to call it a [[spoiler:sand castle]].castle]].
* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'', the simulation in which the Boss is trapped is patrolled by spy-bots called Control Interface Devices. If your notoriety gets high enough, a golden one will spawn, and you can chase it down and destroy it in order to reset your notoriety to zero. In other words, you have to [[spoiler: [[Literature/HarryPotter catch the golden 'snitch']].]]
* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'', the simulation in which the Boss is trapped is patrolled by spy-bots called Control Interface Devices. If your notoriety gets high enough, a golden one will spawn, and you can chase it down and destroy it in order to reset your notoriety to zero. In other words, you have to [[spoiler: [[Literature/HarryPotter catch the golden 'snitch']].]]
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* ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' removed several characters from ''Melee'' that were (moveset-wise) clones: ([[Franchise/TheLegendofZelda Young Link]], VideoGame/DrMario, [[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Roy]], and [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pichu]]). It also removed [[CloningBlues Mewtwo]].
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* ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' removed several characters from ''Melee'' that were (moveset-wise) clones: ([[Franchise/TheLegendofZelda Young Link]], VideoGame/DrMario, [[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Roy]], and [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pichu]]).Pichu]], and [[Franchise/TheLegendofZelda Young Link]] (though the last one was replaced with [[TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker's]] Toon Link, essentially changing nothing). It also removed [[CloningBlues Mewtwo]].
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* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', [[spoiler: Namine tells Kairi at one point to "Believe in yourself", whilst trying to convince her to step through a dark portal.]] If you don't get it, remember that [[spoiler: Namine is Kairi's Nobody.]]
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* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', [[spoiler: Namine Naminé tells Kairi at one point to "Believe in yourself", whilst trying to convince her to step through a dark portal.]] If you don't get it, remember that [[spoiler: Namine Naminé is Kairi's Nobody.]]
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** In the ''Mac Update'' trailer, the Sniper looks at two objects through his scope. First, [[MicrosoftWindows a window]]. Second, [[AppleMacintosh an apple]].
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** Also, the Bioshock franchise as a whole is notorious for centering around oppressive extremist ideologies giving way to chronic madness. It's a series of [[Creator/IrrationalGames Irrational Games]].
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** Also, the Bioshock franchise as a whole is notorious for centering around chronic madness brought on by oppressive extremist ideologies giving way to chronic madness.ideologies. It's a series of [[Creator/IrrationalGames Irrational Games]].
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** Also, the Bioshock franchise as a whole is notorious for centering around oppressive extremist ideologies giving way to chronic madness. It's a series of [[Creator/IrrationalGames Irrational Games]].
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* The American release date of ''VideoGame/BlazBlue: Continuum Shift'' is July 20, roughly 19 days after the Japanese release. [[spoiler:7/20. As in the 720 degree motion required for Iron Tager's "Genesic Emerald Tager Buster" distortion drive. REAL SOVIET RELEASE DATE!]]
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* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect'', when accessing a computer system in a trashed laboratory, the computer's personality asks you: "It looks like you are trying to restore this facility. Would you like help?"
** One response option is labeled "Crap. A pop-up"
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* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect'', ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', when accessing a computer system in a trashed laboratory, the computer's personality asks you: "It looks like you are trying to restore this facility. Would you like help?"
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** Quarians bear the name of their home ship in their names preceded by the preposition 'vas', which can be somewhat embarrassing if the ship name is ridiculous, as is the case with Admiral Zaal'Koris vas ''Qwib Qwib''. If you ignore Tali's advice and ask him about the name, he'll mention that he's considered transferring to the ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vas_deferens Defrahnz]]'' or ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasectomy Iktomi]]''.
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** Quarians bear the name of their home ship in their names preceded by the preposition 'vas', which can be somewhat embarrassing if the ship name is ridiculous, as is the case with Admiral Zaal'Koris vas ''Qwib Qwib''.''Qwib-Qwib''. If you ignore Tali's advice and ask him about the name, he'll mention that he's considered transferring to the ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vas_deferens Defrahnz]]'' or ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasectomy Iktomi]]''.
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* While he was reverse-engineering the {{Wii}}'s architecture, Segher discovered that the Hollywood processor (officially the graphics processor) contains a tiny ARM core in addition to its normal ATI core. [[hottip:* :It handles apploading and security authentication, though obviously this wasn't known at the time.]] Since it wasn't documented anywhere (not even in the developer's guide!) it didn't have a name, so he nicknamed it "Starlet." [[spoiler:Because it's a little piece of Hollywood.]]
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* While he was reverse-engineering the {{Wii}}'s architecture, Segher discovered that the Hollywood processor (officially the graphics processor) contains a tiny ARM core in addition to its normal ATI core. [[hottip:* :It [[note]]It handles apploading and security authentication, though obviously this wasn't known at the time.]] [[/note]] Since it wasn't documented anywhere (not even in the developer's guide!) it didn't have a name, so he nicknamed it "Starlet." [[spoiler:Because it's a little piece of Hollywood.]]
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* ''VideoGame/DawnOfTheDragons'' has the Guru Bear. It is rumored to be [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear smarter than the average bear]].
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* ''VideoGame/DawnOfTheDragons'' has the Guru Bear. It is rumored to be [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear smarter than the average bear]].bear]].
* The people of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Figaro]] live in a fortified city in the middle of the desert. It can be sunk underground by means of a special mechanism. It would not be too much of a stretch to call it a [[spoiler:sand castle]].
* The people of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Figaro]] live in a fortified city in the middle of the desert. It can be sunk underground by means of a special mechanism. It would not be too much of a stretch to call it a [[spoiler:sand castle]].
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* Several bosses in ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' are modeled after the SevenDeadlySins. With one exception, they have unique character models. The exception is Sloth, who is a reskinned Globin (and his Super Sloth form is a reskinned Glazing Globin). [[spoiler:He has a lazy character design.]]
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* Several bosses in ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' are modeled after the SevenDeadlySins. With one exception, they have unique character models. The exception is Sloth, who is a reskinned Globin (and his Super Sloth form is a reskinned Glazing Globin). [[spoiler:He has a lazy character design.]]]]
* ''VideoGame/DawnOfTheDragons'' has the Guru Bear. It is rumored to be [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear smarter than the average bear]].
* ''VideoGame/DawnOfTheDragons'' has the Guru Bear. It is rumored to be [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear smarter than the average bear]].
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** ZUN also [[MemeticMutation infamously]] referred to Kazami Yuuka as "youkai ''{{moe}}''". One interpretation of this is that youkai find her AxCrazy behavior endearing in the same way that humans find shy, clumsy girls endearing. Another is that ''moe'' literally means "to sprout/bud", and Yuuka is a flower youkai...
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** Several stealth puns for the Pyro: the Pyro's gender and sexual orientation have never been revealed (and apparently never will be), but more than a few people presumed it was a gay male due to the presence of a flower purse in the Pyro's cabinet. Several other poses, gestures, and accessories used by the Pyro appear to be heavily CampGay. It's never openly stated a gay male Pyro might very well be [[spoiler: a flaming homosexual.]]
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** Several One groaner of a stealth puns pun for the Pyro: the Pyro's gender and sexual orientation have never been revealed (and apparently never will be), but more than a few people presumed it was a gay male due to the presence of a flower purse in the Pyro's cabinet. Several other poses, gestures, and accessories used by the Pyro appear to be heavily CampGay. It's never openly stated a gay male Pyro might very well be [[spoiler: a flaming homosexual.]]
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** Several stealth puns for the Pyro: the Pyro's gender and sexual orientation have never been revealed (and apparently never will be), but more than a few people presumed it was a gay male due to the presence of a flower purse in the Pyro's cabinet. Several other poses, gestures, and accessories used by the Pyro appear to be heavily CampGay. It's never openly stated a gay male Pyro might very well be [[spoiler: a flaming homosexual.]]
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* In ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'', Zero can {{di|agonalCut}}vide [[DivideByZero enemies]] if you deal the final blow with a bladed weapon.
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* In ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'', Zero can {{di|agonalCut}}vide [[DivideByZero enemies]] enemies if you deal the final blow with a bladed weapon.
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* In the seventh ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' game, three Pegasus Knight sisters share similar names. The first two, Florina and Fiora, are Latin words for "flower," while third sister Farina's name means "flour."
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* In the seventh ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' game, three Pegasus Knight sisters share similar names. The first two, Florina and Fiora, are Latin words for "flower," while third sister Farina's name means "flour."
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* ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' removed several characters from ''Melee'' that were (moveset-wise) clones: ([[Franchise/TheLegendofZelda Young Link]], VideoGame/DrMario, [[VideoGame/FireEmblem Roy]], and [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pichu]]). It also removed [[CloningBlues Mewtwo]].
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* ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' removed several characters from ''Melee'' that were (moveset-wise) clones: ([[Franchise/TheLegendofZelda Young Link]], VideoGame/DrMario, [[VideoGame/FireEmblem [[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Roy]], and [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pichu]]). It also removed [[CloningBlues Mewtwo]].
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* In ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'', a late-game twist reveals that [[spoiler: [[PlayerCharacter Booker DeWitt]] is Elizabeth's father]]. Furthermore, Booker is listed on a Wanted poster as being over six feet tall, which makes him a [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/BioShock big Daddy]]]].
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* In ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'', a late-game twist reveals that [[spoiler: [[PlayerCharacter Booker DeWitt]] is Elizabeth's father]]. Furthermore, Booker is listed on a Wanted poster as being over six feet tall, which makes him a [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/BioShock big Daddy]]]].Daddy]]]].
* Several bosses in ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' are modeled after the SevenDeadlySins. With one exception, they have unique character models. The exception is Sloth, who is a reskinned Globin (and his Super Sloth form is a reskinned Glazing Globin). [[spoiler:He has a lazy character design.]]
* Several bosses in ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' are modeled after the SevenDeadlySins. With one exception, they have unique character models. The exception is Sloth, who is a reskinned Globin (and his Super Sloth form is a reskinned Glazing Globin). [[spoiler:He has a lazy character design.]]
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* ''{{Persona4}}'' has [[PungeonMaster Teddie]], who has been making [[IncrediblyLamePun un-bear-able]] puns throughout the entire game. So what Persona do you get when finishing his social link? [[spoiler: Helel, the Light-'''bear'''-er]]
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* In ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'', a late-game twist reveals that [[spoiler: Booker is Elizabeth's father]]. Furthermore, Booker is listed on a Wanted poster as being over six feet tall, which makes him a [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/BioShock big Daddy]]]].
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* In ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'', a late-game twist reveals that [[spoiler: [[PlayerCharacter Booker DeWitt]] is Elizabeth's father]]. Furthermore, Booker is listed on a Wanted poster as being over six feet tall, which makes him a [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/BioShock big Daddy]]]].
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* In ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'', while ''SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker'' is being played in Legends PVP you can hear him occasionally say "No one's ever called me the Space Cowboy! Or the Gangster of Love for that matter!" which is a reference to the song "The Joker" by ''Music/SteveMillerBand''.
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* In ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'', while ''SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker'' is being played in Legends PVP you can hear him occasionally say "No one's ever called me the Space Cowboy! Or the Gangster of Love for that matter!" which is a reference to the song "The Joker" by ''Music/SteveMillerBand''.''Music/SteveMillerBand''.
* In ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'', a late-game twist reveals that [[spoiler: Booker is Elizabeth's father]]. Furthermore, Booker is listed on a Wanted poster as being over six feet tall, which makes him a [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/BioShock big Daddy]]]].
* In ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'', a late-game twist reveals that [[spoiler: Booker is Elizabeth's father]]. Furthermore, Booker is listed on a Wanted poster as being over six feet tall, which makes him a [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/BioShock big Daddy]]]].
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* In ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'', while ''SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker" is being played in Legends PVP you can hear him occasionally say "No one's ever called me the Space Cowboy! Or the Gangster of Love for that matter!" which is a reference to the song "The Joker" by ''Music/SteveMillerBand''.
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* In ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'', while ''SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker" ''SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker'' is being played in Legends PVP you can hear him occasionally say "No one's ever called me the Space Cowboy! Or the Gangster of Love for that matter!" which is a reference to the song "The Joker" by ''Music/SteveMillerBand''.
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* One character in ChoroQ HG 4 hangs out in front of the school and brags about his intelligence. What kind of car is he? [[spoiler:A Smart (as in the brand).]]
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* One character in ChoroQ HG 4 hangs out in front of the school and brags about his intelligence. What kind of car is he? [[spoiler:A Smart (as in the brand).]]]]
* In ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'', while ''SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker" is being played in Legends PVP you can hear him occasionally say "No one's ever called me the Space Cowboy! Or the Gangster of Love for that matter!" which is a reference to the song "The Joker" by ''Music/SteveMillerBand''.
* In ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'', while ''SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker" is being played in Legends PVP you can hear him occasionally say "No one's ever called me the Space Cowboy! Or the Gangster of Love for that matter!" which is a reference to the song "The Joker" by ''Music/SteveMillerBand''.
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*** Could we consider this Lampshaded with the introduction of the Ham Shank?
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** Could we consider this Lampshaded with the introduction of the Ham Shank?
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** "I WILL KILL YOU WITH [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Warrior's_Spirit BEAR HANDS]]!"
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** "I WILL KILL YOU WITH [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Warrior's_Spirit [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdbs4KIkHNA BEAR HANDS]]!"
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** Could we consider this Lampshaded with the introduction of the Ham Shank?
** "I WILL KILL YOU WITH [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Warrior's_Spirit BEAR HANDS]]!"
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*** Not to mention the Sniper's Halloween costume is a vampire slayer known as the "Camper Van Helsing."
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Half-Life 2}}'', Dr. Kleiner's pet headcrab is named Lamarr, and later confirms the pun when he can't find it.
-->'''Alyx:''' We'll get you a new headcrab.\\
'''Dr. Kleiner:''' There's only one [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heddy_Lamarr Heddy]]!
** [[Film/BlazingSaddles That's Hedley]]!
** [[FridgeBrilliance The exact same gag was used in]] ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo''.
** There's another one, maybe. "It's spawning season for the antlions!" And they do indeed spawn. [[RespawningEnemies And spawn, and spawn...]] They're the only enemies in the game that do, in fact.
* Diddy Kong is said to be Donkey Kong's nephew, which makes the latter...a monkey's uncle.
* In case 2 of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney: Trials and Tribulations'', a valuable jewel is called the "Tear of Emanon". If you don't get it, read it backwards.
** In the third case, the murder victim was a computer programmer working for a company called Blue Screens. The phrase "blue screen of death" is never used.
*** Maya comments that it "sounds like a really stable company".
** The final case features two characters using false names with the surname "Deauxnim". Considering the series' love of {{Punny Name}}s, it's quite surprising that neither is called "Sue".
** The character's name in Japanese is also a StealthPun: her pseudonym is "Elise", but her real name is "Maiko" (one translation of which is "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dancing_Girl dancer]]").
** The ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' series is famous for giving the characters incredibly punny names. Like Shelly de Killer, the assassin who leaves cards with the images of shells at the scene of the crime to draw suspicion from his clients. [[spoiler: The killer with the conches]].
** One potentially obscure pun can be found in the name of Max Galactica, the magician Phoenix defends in the third case of ''Justice For All''. Max is particularly fond of milk, and needs it to calm his nerves before a performance. How many players realize that the word "galactic" is defined as pertaining to milk in the first place?
** In ''Ace Attorney Investigations'', it's eventually revealed that the Yatagarasu's Key [[spoiler: has a handle that opens up to reveal a concealed knife blade. They key part has a bit shaped like a butterfly, and the way the handle opens makes it a ''literal'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balisong_%28knife%29 butterfly knife]].]]
** The second game's third case introduces us to Acro's pet monkey Money, who has a tendency to steal and stockpile shiny objects. While this causes Phoenix some early grief, the other members of the circus seem to be used to it and regard it as a harmless prank... or [[spoiler:monkeyshines]].
*** Also from that case, there's a clown called Moe who gives you a DeathGlare. [[spoiler: Yes, it's a MoeStare.]]
* No points for guessing which animal is featured on the coat of arms of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan Aswan]] in ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings'' by ParadoxInteractive. [[spoiler:[[TheChroniclesOfNarnia A lion.]]]]
** Not a swan?
*** It's a Stealth Pun that's subverted by a ''deeper'' Stealth Pun. ''Whoa''.
* At the beginning of the second episode of ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', Morgan tells Guybrush how much she admires him, and says she even learned how to hold her breath for five minutes. Guybrush informs her he can hold it for ten. "You mean that's true? I thought the stories were exaggerated! Impressive!" So in her opinion, [[Creator/MarkTwain reports of his breath...]]
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', [[spoiler: Namine tells Kairi at one point to "Believe in yourself", whilst trying to convince her to step through a dark portal.]] If you don't get it, remember that [[spoiler: Namine is Kairi's Nobody.]]
* Almost certainly unintentional, but a large element of the plot of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' is Princess Elise's budding romantic feelings for the anthropomorphic hero. Thus making her a [[spoiler:fur Elise]].
* The head of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'''s [[TheMafia mafia-esque]] Team Rocket is named Giovanni, making him [[spoiler:Don Giovanni]].
** Also, Spoink and Grumpig are pig-like creatures adorned with pearls. [[spoiler:ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine?]]
** Empoleon is a haughty penguin Pokemon, and rather obviously takes it's name from "emperor" and "emperor penguin." More subtly, it takes it's name from "Napoleon Bonaparte." How can you tell? [[spoiler:Both Napoleon and Empoleon are 5'07".]]
** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' introduces the ability Big Pecks, found on seven Unova birds and four pre-existing Dream World birds, which makes them immune to defense loss. The "pecks" bird reference is immediately apparent, but you may not know that the original Japanese name for the ability translated to "Pigeon Breast". So it really means they have big pecs. Groan.
** Speaking of Unova, Zekrom, the Legendary Mascot of White, not only has control over electricity and lightning, but also has large thighs. [[spoiler:It has thunder thighs]], get it?
** One of the members of the Unova Elite Four is a Ghost-type trainer who also is an aspiring writer. Ergo, she's a ghostwriter.
* The most powerful axe in most modern ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games is the Golden Axe. In ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Dawn of Sorrow]]'', Yoko is able to make said weapon even more powerful by combining it with a boss's soul. Specifically, she [[VideoGame/GoldenAxe adds Death]].
** There's also the enemy in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia Order of Ecclesia]]'' known as the "Chosen [[BilingualBonus Une]]".[[note]] Une is French for "one"[[/note]]
* A particularly dark one in ''Empire: VideoGame/TotalWar'', in which you get different trade resources from different trade ports- sugar from South America, spices from the East Indies, and ivory from Africa. However, that sure is a lot of ivory, considering the profit to be made... and then you realize it's a reference to [[MadeASlave Black Ivory.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}: Deadly Shadows'', one mission requires you to break into a clock tower operated by the Hammerites (colloquially, the Hammers) and sabotage the mechanism, causing the clock to stop. In other words, you have to [[Music/MCHammer Stop Hammer Time]].
* In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', there is a character named Broque Monsieur who speaks with a heavy French accent and is made out of blocks. If you try saying his name with a fake French accent, it sounds like you're saying "block monster".
** Or, of course, Mr. Block.
** That's also a normal PunnyName; it refers to a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croque-monsieur grilled ham and cheese sandwich]]. If you add a fried egg to the top, you get a Croque-madame. Hee...
*** Of course there's also a Madame Broque, his ex.
*** Also in that game, the villain Fawful, who is from the Beanbean Kingdom, has a pig henchman named Midbus, making them [[spoiler:pork and beans]].
*** Midbus also has spikes down his spine [[spoiler:so he's also a razorback]] and when he gets ice powers he can give Bowser a cold. A little coincidence with a recent panic.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect'', when accessing a computer system in a trashed laboratory, the computer's personality asks you: "It looks like you are trying to restore this facility. Would you like help?"
** One response option is labeled "Crap. A pop-up"
** If you buy the Collectors' Edition of ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', you get some extra content: namely a suit of armour and a rifle modelled after those of the Collectors, the chief enemy in the game. Note the apostrophe.
** Quarians bear the name of their home ship in their names preceded by the preposition 'vas', which can be somewhat embarrassing if the ship name is ridiculous, as is the case with Admiral Zaal'Koris vas ''Qwib Qwib''. If you ignore Tali's advice and ask him about the name, he'll mention that he's considered transferring to the ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vas_deferens Defrahnz]]'' or ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasectomy Iktomi]]''.
* In ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime 3: Corruption'', one of your last tasks is to explore the derelict vessel Valhalla to obtain a "pirate code" that will grant access to one of the enemy's leviathans. But the only reason you need it is so that the leviathan can plot a course for you and the Federation fleet to follow to [[spoiler:Phaaze, the living Phazon planet]]. So when you think about it, [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean the pirate code is really more like a guideline...]]
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear XX'' has two characters with connections to each other named [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie and Venom]]. Would you believe that one of them is a black shape-changing symbiote who combined with a human and went on to control his body?
** That Zato-1 is the name shown on the character selection screen for the first games with Eddie in, and that he appears to be more a batwinged demonic figure and Venom is a pool cue wielding Egyptian assassin with long purple hair over his eyes, kinda obfuscates the pun a bit too and makes it more stealthy.
** Also, the number "1" in Japan is pronounced "Ichi", thus making him [[{{Zatoichi}} Zato-Ichi]]
* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' features a demon named Fletus who's obsessed with cars and racing. No-one mentions that this makes him a [[spoiler:speed demon.]]
** Or that if he ever got more than one, he'd [[spoiler:have a fleet of cars.]]
** Ditto for Glottis from ''VideoGame/GrimFandango''.
* In ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', the protagonist Hisao is hospitalized after a confession of love provokes his arrythmia and gives him a heart attack. The girl in question eventually breaks ties with Hisao, which is one of the many reasons he's depressed at the start of the game. In other words, Hisao's got [[spoiler:a broken heart.]]
** Lilly Satou, who is blind, says "I don't see why it matters" when asked to make a name for her team in the fishing competition. Keep in mind that people often say things such as "I see" around her, only to sheepishly apologize, and she is amused by their apologies.
* In ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', one of the Demoman's unlockable weapons is the [[Franchise/{{Highlander}} Eyelander]], a big Scottish {{BFS}}. Since it's a Scottish BFS, that makes it a claymore. However, there's more than one type of weapon called a claymore. The aforementioned type of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claymore sword]], and a kind of '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M18A1_Claymore_Antipersonnel_Mine bomb]]'''.
** He's a black Scotsman. ''Black Angus''.
** Do not forget the line ''"DON'T RUN! IS JUST HAM!"'' when eating the Sandvich (a ham and/or baloney sandwich) as the Heavy, a character who is [[LargeHam extremely boisterous and over the top]].
** And the Sniper's camper van. A "camper" in FPS terminology is a guy who rarely moves from one particular spot to kill people. Which is something snipers usually do.
** The bobble head in "Meet the Sniper" that he pretended to headshot was originally of an old man holding a bottle of apricot jelly, a reference to the part of the brain often called "the apricot" by snipers, but they decided against it because it was so obscure.
*** That didn't stop them from giving him apricot air freshener.
** The Sniper's parents apparently live on "Adelaide St." which is in itself a reasonable name for a street, but Australians joke that [[UsefulNotes/OtherAustralianTownsAndCities the city of Adelaide]] only has one street anyway.
** Similarly, the "Meet the Engineer" video has him sitting at a campfire. Guess what one of the main Engineer strategies is.
*** This is actually a double stealth pun. Take a closer look at his 'campfire.' [[spoiler:It's the burning corpse of the Sniper. So the camper is using a camper as a campfire.]]
** The "[[BribingYourWayToVictory Mannconomy]]" update was announced with a letter from Saxton Hale explaining how he discovered the Internet, in which he also notes that "the perverts at [=AnagramYourName=].com should be '''ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES'''." ("Saxton Hale" is an anagram of [[spoiler:"hot anal sex".]])
*** So... is that the reason his products are known to spontaneously combust at random, and his top customers happen to be ill-tempered assholes that really like big guns?
* Probably unintentional, but in old Irem arcade game ''Ninja Spirit'' you control a ninja named Moonlight. He can create up to three shadow clones which follow his every move. [[spoiler:''Moonlight Shadow!'']]
** Either that or [[spoiler:[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonshadow_%28song%29 He's being followed by a Moonshadow]].]]
* ''NezumiMan'' has Milky Nezumi, who doesn't attack with dairy products (like Butter Nezumi), but stars. [[spoiler:In case you're wondering, he named himself after our resident galaxy.]]
* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' has two in the gameplay mechanics. The first is Ms. Mowz's standard attack, a [[ArmorPiercingSlap slap that ignores enemy defenses]], and the second is the fact that machine-type enemies are easy to freeze with ice attacks, (one of the hints old Wonkey tells you).
** When tattling one of the harder enemies in the X-Naut base, the X-Yux, Goombella informs you that its name is properly pronounced "Cross-Yux". This in itself doesn't reveal a pun, but instead results in two when you combine this logic with the rest of the base's denizens. First, the X-Nauts, who would be properly pronounced "Cross-Nauts". [[spoiler:Noughts and Crosses]]. And second, their computer TEC, which is a shortened form of its proper name TEC-XX. [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn Double Cross]]]].
*** Said computer is found in a base on the moon. Considering what game this is, would make it [[spoiler:a paper moon.]]
* The text-based game ''Scapeghost'' has you as detective Alan Chance killed during an undercover drugs operation and coming back from the dead to take revenge. You are literally the Ghost of A. Chance.
* ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'': Duksana Pond.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' game ''Double Spoiler'', is another camera-based GaidenGame starring the reporter Aya Shameimaru. Given [[CreatorsPet how much fans love Aya]], one has to wonder why? Well, it's been joked that Aya is ZUN's girlfriend. And ZUN is apparently aware of this, because he's releasing ''Double Spoiler'' on White Day, i.e. the day that boys give gifts back to their girlfriends to thank them for the Valentine's Day chocolate.
* From ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe 2'': The [[FilmNoir Black Film]].
* From ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'':
-->'''Meryl:''' I'm not green!\\
'''Snake:''' Oh yes you are.
** The joke is, [[spoiler:this conversation takes place over codec. Meryl is, in fact, green. Just like everyone else.]]
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' brings us several stealth puns on the subtitle ''"Snake Eater"''. "Operation Snake Eater" is the codename of Snake's mission, and codenames tend, by their natures, to be stealth puns on the mission's objective. In this case, it is either that Snake was going to have to eat the native wildlife to survive or that he was sent to [[spoiler:assassinate the leader of the Cobra Unit]].
*** Snake was also a Green Beret before joining FOX, and "snake eater" is a military slang term for Green Berets.
*** If Snake eats a snake and then calls Para-Medic, she won't call him a "snake eater" but instead a "cannibal".
*** In a later cutscene, Snake cooks a snake over a fire and then eats it.
*** Then there's the stealthiest use of the pun - Ocelot's favorite animal according to the database is a Markhor, which in Persian means "snake eater".
*** Not to mention the not-so-subtle innuendo derived from the title of the game. (If you believe Kojima and co. to be above this, think they actually named the series' main character Solid Snake.)
* The American release date of ''VideoGame/BlazBlue: Continuum Shift'' is July 20, roughly 19 days after the Japanese release. [[spoiler:7/20. As in the 720 degree motion required for Iron Tager's "Genesic Emerald Tager Buster" distortion drive. REAL SOVIET RELEASE DATE!]]
* The main characters of ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' start out delivering packages. Consider the pronunciation of the game's name in UsefulNotes/BritishEnglish, and think of a famous company name that rhymes with it.
* While he was reverse-engineering the {{Wii}}'s architecture, Segher discovered that the Hollywood processor (officially the graphics processor) contains a tiny ARM core in addition to its normal ATI core. [[hottip:* :It handles apploading and security authentication, though obviously this wasn't known at the time.]] Since it wasn't documented anywhere (not even in the developer's guide!) it didn't have a name, so he nicknamed it "Starlet." [[spoiler:Because it's a little piece of Hollywood.]]
* In the seventh ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' game, three Pegasus Knight sisters share similar names. The first two, Florina and Fiora, are Latin words for "flower," while third sister Farina's name means "flour."
* In ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'', a high-stakes poker game in Mexico results in several people pointing their guns at each other. Someone notes that [[MexicanStandoff "There must be a name for this."]]
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Banjo-Kazooie}} Banjo-Tooie]]'' has one that can spawn two stealth puns: One move Banjo learns, Snooze Pack, has him fall asleep inside his backpack to recover health. Thus literally making his pack a nap sack or a sleeping bag.
* The general of the Cornerian forces in ''VideoGame/StarFox'' is named Pepper. Which means he could have been a [[Film/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand sergeant]] at some point in the past. (Note, however, that it isn't necessarily true. Armies are traditionally split into two major divisions, officers and enlisted. Most officers join the army as officers via a program such as ROTC rather than being promoted from enlisted. Since a general is an officer, many generals have never been privates, corporals, or sergeants, which are enlisted ranks.)
** Long before the N64 version, the ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' comics (which promoted the then-recently released Super NES game) actually incorporated this pun into one chapter.
** Couldn't he also be a Pepper Cornerian?
* In ''EV Nova'', there is a ship called the Cambrian. Some historically-inclined gamers like to call it the [[GeniusBonus Prince]] of Wales.
* In ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'', Zero can {{di|agonalCut}}vide [[DivideByZero enemies]] if you deal the final blow with a bladed weapon.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}'' series has monsters called Hobbes. They're nasty, brutish, and short.
* Very near the end of ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture'', you discover that the London of the future [[spoiler:is actually the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground London underground]]]]. Not phrased like that, so...
* Ratchet from ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' is a mechanic. Ratchet is also the name of a socket wrench. Furthermore, Ratchet's ears are shaped like the head of a standard wrench.
* The final level of Mario Zone (where the levels are inside a giant mechanical Mario) in ''VideoGame/{{Super Mario Land 2|SixGoldenCoins}}'' has a lot of (suspiciously Lego-like) bricks. The level apparently takes place in the Mario-bot's head. [[spoiler:So the Mario-bot is a blockhead.]]
** Another level has a lot of what seem to be rubber balls - and considering this level is set in Mario-bot's ''crotch''...
* In ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'', Whitaker's gun shop from the first campaign is running a [[GunsAkimbo 2-for-1 special for 9mm pistols]].
** In the second campaign, you visit a theme park with a nut theme. The character on the hammer-bell game is named Mustachio. The game never mentions what kind of nut he is. [[spoiler:He's a pistachio.]]
* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Boktai}} Lunar Knights]]'', Perrault is an antagonist who keeps confronting Aaron and Lucian with her [[CoolShip mobile ship]] Schrodinger. It is only later that the player finds out that Perrault is a [[UsefulNotes/SchrodingersCat cat]].
* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', you can recruit the cyberdog belonging to [[ElvisImpersonator The King]], leader of the gang, [[SendInTheClones The Kings]]. The dog's name is [[MeaningfulName Rex]]. Rex's personal quest involves replacing his aging brain. One of the candidates for the transplant? A dog named [[OverlyLongGag Rey]]. [[spoiler: Rex is Latin for "king". Rey is Spanish for... you guessed it! "King".]]
** [[ShoutOut Rey]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid is replacing Rex.]]
** Though possibly unintentional, ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' is often abbreviated as "NV." Much of the game takes place in Nevada. [[spoiler:What's the US Postal Code for Nevada? NV.]]
** A nice Stealth Pun gives the town of Novac its name. The town is built up around a prominent hotel (of which we are unaware of the real name) and a large, partly working neon sign outside the hotel entrance tells us the hotel has "No Vac[[spoiler:ancy"]]
* Mobs are actually a generic term for mobile entities for any MMORPG. Sure enough, it's rather easy to get mobbed by mobs in most of them.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', [[MeaningfulName Creepers]] have an irritating habit of hiding behind corners, under ledges, and outside doorways to ambush the player.
** Creepers have a mottled green texture that, at a distance, can cause one to mistake them for cacti or the tops of trees. [[spoiler:The word "creeper" can also refer to various plants.]]
* ''VideoGame/ChibiRobo'' features a beautiful princess doll by the name of Princess Pitts. This seems like a curious name for a princess, but consider that this is a Nintendo-published game. [[spoiler:What do you find in a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Peach]] but a Pit?]]
** [[IThoughtItMeant Wait, she's]] [[ComicallyMissingThePoint sleeping with]] [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]]? Does [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] know about this?
* ''GuiltyParty'' has a level set inside of a train. If you play a co-op game in that level, the all-play mini-game involves you catching a bunch of snakes that were released in the luggage compartment. [[spoiler: [[Film/SnakesOnAPlane Snakes on a Train,]] anyone?]]
* In Japan ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII: Champion Edition'' is known as ''Street Fighter II Dash'', while ''Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting'' is known as ''Street Fighter II Dash Turbo''. The word "dash" is not written on the logo of either game, but represented by a prime mark (′) used to indicate derivatives in math, which is sometimes called a "dash". Both games were derivatives of the original ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''.
* In ''Super VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'''s arcade mode, [[AllAmericanFace Guile's]] win quote against [[HuskyRusskie Zangief]] is "The bigger they are, the harder they fall!" [[spoiler:This could be referencing Zangief himself, or [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn the USSR]].]]
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''... Mario grows when he "consumes" mushrooms. In other words, [[spoiler:Mario is getting high.]]
* A bit in the second half of ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'': "You're good at murder. Could you murder this bird for me?" Judging by the sound it makes as it flies away, the bird is a crow. [[spoiler:A murder of crows?]]
** At the very end of the game. [[spoiler:Wheatley is stranded in space with another personality core orbiting him. For it to orbit another object of equal volume means that Wheatley must be incredibly ''dense''.]]
** Wheatley is a spherical robot [[spoiler:who was built to make SelfDemonstrating/{{GLaDOS}} dumber. Or, in layman's terms, an IdiotBall]].
** The most obvious one in the game: [[spoiler:Throughout the game you get drops that the turrets sing opera and a cappella. Some {{easter egg}}s let you see a very fat turret that stays silent until the ending sequence where it leads an entire symphony of 'singing' turrets in a female Italian's voice. ''It ain't over 'till the fat lady (turret) sings''.]]
* Tons of them abound in the platform game ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}!''. Many of the enemies are based off real-life animals, with the names taken literally.
** The ants in [[ShiftingSandLand Reptilia]] wear soldier hats, drop via parachutes, and fire grenades out of their tails. They're [[spoiler:army ants]].
** [[BubblegloopSwamp Splot]] has flying insects that fire out a stream of electricity from their rear. They're [[spoiler:lightning bugs]].
** [[UnderTheSea Quaria]] has fishes that have the head of a bulldog. They're [[spoiler:dogfishes]].
** Also in Quaria, there are swimming beetles which sport scuba equipment. [[spoiler:Diving beetles]].
** The [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Burr-ubs]] had [[GoddamnedBats annoying]] white fleas that jumped out of the snow and threw (or rolled) snowballs at Bug. [[spoiler:Snow fleas]].
** [[LethalLavaLand Arachnia]] had ants with flamethrower packs and fire breath. [[spoiler:Fire ants]]. Then again, the [[AllThereInTheManual manual calls them that]].
* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', Mileena's second Fatality is called "Rip Off". She tosses her sais at the victim's feet then rips their torso off. More dedicated ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' fans [[spoiler:will recognize it as a rip-off, in the imitation sense, of one of Kira's Fatalities in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'']].
* ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' has the "September" level, where the target uses fans, planes, and an animal-controlled bonfire to make the sun shine. [[spoiler:In other words, she's using [[Music/EarthWindAndFire Earth, Wind and Fire]].]]
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'''s Mara isn't exactly subtle, being a giant penis demon and all, but ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' has a couple of subtle jokes in his stats: All of his physical attacks are pierce-type (including Primal Force, the strongest single-target pierce attack in the game,) and he's weak against ice.
* ''[[VideoGame/SlyCooper Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves]]'' has a chapter set in Blood Bath Bay, inhabited by "throwbacks" who live as [[APirate400YearsTooLate pirates]]. Since the Sly universe is populated by {{funny animal}}s, all the {{Mooks}} in the entire chapter are canines. Meaning the pirates who inhabit this town are... [[spoiler:sea dogs]].
* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', you have a pistol from the start of the game. Early on, you're introduced to [[MoneySpider Borgia messengers]], who you can tackle to steal all of their money. However, if you kill one, you instantly become notorious, and the guards will attack you on sight. The game is basically telling you "[[spoiler:don't shoot the messenger]]".
* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' has Connor begin his search for Benjamin Church in an abandoned... church.
* In ''VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns'', one enemy you encounter is called an Eyepot. The reference to a certain portable audio player is right out in the open, but what you might not realize at first is that, as an Eyepot, it must contain [[spoiler:Eye Tea]].
** Also, you defeat them by first stunning them with [[spoiler:blasts of pepper]]... making them [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/IronMan pepperpots]]]], perhaps?
** In one area, you pass through a castle made of playing cards. Well, a man's home is his castle, so this one is a [[spoiler:house of cards]][[note]]The literal meaning of which is a structure made of playing cards and nothing else, and therefore difficult to build without knocking over; this gives rise to the metaphorical meaning, in which an impressive structure is easily destroyable[[/note]].
** In addition, it's a [[spoiler:Anime/CastleInTheSky]] or [[spoiler:[[Literature/CastleInTheAir Air]]]].
** This castle has crenellations, obviously having been made by [[spoiler:cutting the cards]].
* ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' is all about [[FlippingTheBird flipping birds]] at [[DirtyCop evil pigs]].
** The white egg-shaped birds drop egg bombs at their targets, making them 'egg-layers' (a slang term for bomber planes).
** ''Angry Birds in Space'' featured a ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''-themed bonus level. Just think about it.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'s Dream Land 3'', Kirby can fling his bird buddy Pitch about by swinging a parasol like a golf club. The parasol is a ''pitch''ing wedge.
* In the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series, [[Film/TheHillsHaveEyes all of the background scenery have eyes.]]
* In ''VideoGame/WheresMyWater'', if all of the water were to flow offscreen, then the alligator you're supposed to have the water go into his bathtub will start crying.
* ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' removed several characters from ''Melee'' that were (moveset-wise) clones: ([[Franchise/TheLegendofZelda Young Link]], VideoGame/DrMario, [[VideoGame/FireEmblem Roy]], and [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pichu]]). It also removed [[CloningBlues Mewtwo]].
* The final boss theme of ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}: Hard Corps'' is called "Last Springsteen." [[spoiler: Music/BruceSpringsteen's nickname is "The Boss."]]
* In the original ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'', Cut Man is weak against Guts Man's Super Arm, which allows you to pick up and throw boulders. [[spoiler:That is to say, [[RockPaperScissors rock beats scissors]].]]
** In addition, Cut Man takes more damage from Mega Man's Mega Buster than any of the other original six Robot Masters - or, in fact, any other Robot Master in the entire franchise when played on default difficulty. [[spoiler:Again, '''Rock''' beats scissors (''Rockman'' being the Japanese title of the ''Mega Man'' series).]]
** Sheep Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan10''. He's an [[Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep electric-themed robot master]].
*** Some fans, not content with this explanation of Sheep Man's name, have noticed that his stage is set inside a computer, and computers of course have [[spoiler:''RAM''.]]
*** In the same vein, Mareep, Flaaffy, and Ampharos are Electric-type sheep Franchise/{{Pokemon}}.
** One from the fangame ''VideoGame/MegaManUnlimited'': According to the character info, Nail Man was promoted over his rival Hammer Man because he was the more intelligent of the two. That's right... [[spoiler:he's sharper]].
* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'', the DJ of Head Radio is named Michael Hunt, who also goes by Mike. Given the nature of jokes in GTA, this is obviously a play on the classic gag name Mike Hunt (say it out loud), but what makes it a stealth pun as opposed to a normal pun is the actual phrase "Mike Hunt" never appears in the game. (Although said DJ does say at one point "This is DJ Michael Hunt. You can call me Mike.")
* In ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', Speed Highway has a large bell. Guess what comes out when you hit it. The answer? [[spoiler:Rings.[[note]]Both the standard bell sound and the Sonic game item.[[/note]]]]
* ''Hyrule Historia'' finally explains why [[GoodMorningCrono Link is asleep at the beginning of almost every]] ''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]'' game: [[spoiler:it's [[KingInTheMountain "the hero's awakening."]]]]
* In addition to the ever-present Bullet Bills, ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' features their underwater counterparts, Torpedo Teds. [[spoiler:Making it one of the few Mario [[Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure adventures with a Bill and Ted]].]]
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', particles called fonons represent different elements. The Seventh Fonon is the element of Sound. ''Abyss's'' plot depends heavily on the Seventh Fonon so there are a lot of references to sound and music - the world's Bible-slash-prophecy is called Score, there are people with names like "Largo," "Sync," and "Din," and there are the giant tuning forks that attack you in Sephiroth dungeons. Then there's the Key of Lorelei, which controls Seventh Fonons. [[spoiler: So does the Key of Lorelei control sounds in the Key of Lorelei?]] Also, when Luke uses the Key of Lorelei in the final scene, he sticks it in the ground and turns it. [[spoiler:So is it an unlocking-key or a musical key? Both!]]
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', the light seal and altar of the summon spirits of light are housed in the Tower of Mana, an old library. Why are the seal and altar of light in a library? Because [[spoiler: books are en''light''ening.]]
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'', Karol wields hammers. One of the hammers has a "stop right there!" hand printed on it. [[spoiler: Stop! Hammer Time!]]
* One character in ChoroQ HG 4 hangs out in front of the school and brags about his intelligence. What kind of car is he? [[spoiler:A Smart (as in the brand).]]
-->'''Alyx:''' We'll get you a new headcrab.\\
'''Dr. Kleiner:''' There's only one [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heddy_Lamarr Heddy]]!
** [[Film/BlazingSaddles That's Hedley]]!
** [[FridgeBrilliance The exact same gag was used in]] ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo''.
** There's another one, maybe. "It's spawning season for the antlions!" And they do indeed spawn. [[RespawningEnemies And spawn, and spawn...]] They're the only enemies in the game that do, in fact.
* Diddy Kong is said to be Donkey Kong's nephew, which makes the latter...a monkey's uncle.
* In case 2 of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney: Trials and Tribulations'', a valuable jewel is called the "Tear of Emanon". If you don't get it, read it backwards.
** In the third case, the murder victim was a computer programmer working for a company called Blue Screens. The phrase "blue screen of death" is never used.
*** Maya comments that it "sounds like a really stable company".
** The final case features two characters using false names with the surname "Deauxnim". Considering the series' love of {{Punny Name}}s, it's quite surprising that neither is called "Sue".
** The character's name in Japanese is also a StealthPun: her pseudonym is "Elise", but her real name is "Maiko" (one translation of which is "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dancing_Girl dancer]]").
** The ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' series is famous for giving the characters incredibly punny names. Like Shelly de Killer, the assassin who leaves cards with the images of shells at the scene of the crime to draw suspicion from his clients. [[spoiler: The killer with the conches]].
** One potentially obscure pun can be found in the name of Max Galactica, the magician Phoenix defends in the third case of ''Justice For All''. Max is particularly fond of milk, and needs it to calm his nerves before a performance. How many players realize that the word "galactic" is defined as pertaining to milk in the first place?
** In ''Ace Attorney Investigations'', it's eventually revealed that the Yatagarasu's Key [[spoiler: has a handle that opens up to reveal a concealed knife blade. They key part has a bit shaped like a butterfly, and the way the handle opens makes it a ''literal'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balisong_%28knife%29 butterfly knife]].]]
** The second game's third case introduces us to Acro's pet monkey Money, who has a tendency to steal and stockpile shiny objects. While this causes Phoenix some early grief, the other members of the circus seem to be used to it and regard it as a harmless prank... or [[spoiler:monkeyshines]].
*** Also from that case, there's a clown called Moe who gives you a DeathGlare. [[spoiler: Yes, it's a MoeStare.]]
* No points for guessing which animal is featured on the coat of arms of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan Aswan]] in ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings'' by ParadoxInteractive. [[spoiler:[[TheChroniclesOfNarnia A lion.]]]]
** Not a swan?
*** It's a Stealth Pun that's subverted by a ''deeper'' Stealth Pun. ''Whoa''.
* At the beginning of the second episode of ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', Morgan tells Guybrush how much she admires him, and says she even learned how to hold her breath for five minutes. Guybrush informs her he can hold it for ten. "You mean that's true? I thought the stories were exaggerated! Impressive!" So in her opinion, [[Creator/MarkTwain reports of his breath...]]
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', [[spoiler: Namine tells Kairi at one point to "Believe in yourself", whilst trying to convince her to step through a dark portal.]] If you don't get it, remember that [[spoiler: Namine is Kairi's Nobody.]]
* Almost certainly unintentional, but a large element of the plot of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' is Princess Elise's budding romantic feelings for the anthropomorphic hero. Thus making her a [[spoiler:fur Elise]].
* The head of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'''s [[TheMafia mafia-esque]] Team Rocket is named Giovanni, making him [[spoiler:Don Giovanni]].
** Also, Spoink and Grumpig are pig-like creatures adorned with pearls. [[spoiler:ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine?]]
** Empoleon is a haughty penguin Pokemon, and rather obviously takes it's name from "emperor" and "emperor penguin." More subtly, it takes it's name from "Napoleon Bonaparte." How can you tell? [[spoiler:Both Napoleon and Empoleon are 5'07".]]
** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' introduces the ability Big Pecks, found on seven Unova birds and four pre-existing Dream World birds, which makes them immune to defense loss. The "pecks" bird reference is immediately apparent, but you may not know that the original Japanese name for the ability translated to "Pigeon Breast". So it really means they have big pecs. Groan.
** Speaking of Unova, Zekrom, the Legendary Mascot of White, not only has control over electricity and lightning, but also has large thighs. [[spoiler:It has thunder thighs]], get it?
** One of the members of the Unova Elite Four is a Ghost-type trainer who also is an aspiring writer. Ergo, she's a ghostwriter.
* The most powerful axe in most modern ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games is the Golden Axe. In ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Dawn of Sorrow]]'', Yoko is able to make said weapon even more powerful by combining it with a boss's soul. Specifically, she [[VideoGame/GoldenAxe adds Death]].
** There's also the enemy in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia Order of Ecclesia]]'' known as the "Chosen [[BilingualBonus Une]]".[[note]] Une is French for "one"[[/note]]
* A particularly dark one in ''Empire: VideoGame/TotalWar'', in which you get different trade resources from different trade ports- sugar from South America, spices from the East Indies, and ivory from Africa. However, that sure is a lot of ivory, considering the profit to be made... and then you realize it's a reference to [[MadeASlave Black Ivory.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}: Deadly Shadows'', one mission requires you to break into a clock tower operated by the Hammerites (colloquially, the Hammers) and sabotage the mechanism, causing the clock to stop. In other words, you have to [[Music/MCHammer Stop Hammer Time]].
* In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', there is a character named Broque Monsieur who speaks with a heavy French accent and is made out of blocks. If you try saying his name with a fake French accent, it sounds like you're saying "block monster".
** Or, of course, Mr. Block.
** That's also a normal PunnyName; it refers to a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croque-monsieur grilled ham and cheese sandwich]]. If you add a fried egg to the top, you get a Croque-madame. Hee...
*** Of course there's also a Madame Broque, his ex.
*** Also in that game, the villain Fawful, who is from the Beanbean Kingdom, has a pig henchman named Midbus, making them [[spoiler:pork and beans]].
*** Midbus also has spikes down his spine [[spoiler:so he's also a razorback]] and when he gets ice powers he can give Bowser a cold. A little coincidence with a recent panic.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect'', when accessing a computer system in a trashed laboratory, the computer's personality asks you: "It looks like you are trying to restore this facility. Would you like help?"
** One response option is labeled "Crap. A pop-up"
** If you buy the Collectors' Edition of ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', you get some extra content: namely a suit of armour and a rifle modelled after those of the Collectors, the chief enemy in the game. Note the apostrophe.
** Quarians bear the name of their home ship in their names preceded by the preposition 'vas', which can be somewhat embarrassing if the ship name is ridiculous, as is the case with Admiral Zaal'Koris vas ''Qwib Qwib''. If you ignore Tali's advice and ask him about the name, he'll mention that he's considered transferring to the ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vas_deferens Defrahnz]]'' or ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasectomy Iktomi]]''.
* In ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime 3: Corruption'', one of your last tasks is to explore the derelict vessel Valhalla to obtain a "pirate code" that will grant access to one of the enemy's leviathans. But the only reason you need it is so that the leviathan can plot a course for you and the Federation fleet to follow to [[spoiler:Phaaze, the living Phazon planet]]. So when you think about it, [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean the pirate code is really more like a guideline...]]
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear XX'' has two characters with connections to each other named [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie and Venom]]. Would you believe that one of them is a black shape-changing symbiote who combined with a human and went on to control his body?
** That Zato-1 is the name shown on the character selection screen for the first games with Eddie in, and that he appears to be more a batwinged demonic figure and Venom is a pool cue wielding Egyptian assassin with long purple hair over his eyes, kinda obfuscates the pun a bit too and makes it more stealthy.
** Also, the number "1" in Japan is pronounced "Ichi", thus making him [[{{Zatoichi}} Zato-Ichi]]
* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' features a demon named Fletus who's obsessed with cars and racing. No-one mentions that this makes him a [[spoiler:speed demon.]]
** Or that if he ever got more than one, he'd [[spoiler:have a fleet of cars.]]
** Ditto for Glottis from ''VideoGame/GrimFandango''.
* In ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', the protagonist Hisao is hospitalized after a confession of love provokes his arrythmia and gives him a heart attack. The girl in question eventually breaks ties with Hisao, which is one of the many reasons he's depressed at the start of the game. In other words, Hisao's got [[spoiler:a broken heart.]]
** Lilly Satou, who is blind, says "I don't see why it matters" when asked to make a name for her team in the fishing competition. Keep in mind that people often say things such as "I see" around her, only to sheepishly apologize, and she is amused by their apologies.
* In ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', one of the Demoman's unlockable weapons is the [[Franchise/{{Highlander}} Eyelander]], a big Scottish {{BFS}}. Since it's a Scottish BFS, that makes it a claymore. However, there's more than one type of weapon called a claymore. The aforementioned type of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claymore sword]], and a kind of '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M18A1_Claymore_Antipersonnel_Mine bomb]]'''.
** He's a black Scotsman. ''Black Angus''.
** Do not forget the line ''"DON'T RUN! IS JUST HAM!"'' when eating the Sandvich (a ham and/or baloney sandwich) as the Heavy, a character who is [[LargeHam extremely boisterous and over the top]].
** And the Sniper's camper van. A "camper" in FPS terminology is a guy who rarely moves from one particular spot to kill people. Which is something snipers usually do.
** The bobble head in "Meet the Sniper" that he pretended to headshot was originally of an old man holding a bottle of apricot jelly, a reference to the part of the brain often called "the apricot" by snipers, but they decided against it because it was so obscure.
*** That didn't stop them from giving him apricot air freshener.
** The Sniper's parents apparently live on "Adelaide St." which is in itself a reasonable name for a street, but Australians joke that [[UsefulNotes/OtherAustralianTownsAndCities the city of Adelaide]] only has one street anyway.
** Similarly, the "Meet the Engineer" video has him sitting at a campfire. Guess what one of the main Engineer strategies is.
*** This is actually a double stealth pun. Take a closer look at his 'campfire.' [[spoiler:It's the burning corpse of the Sniper. So the camper is using a camper as a campfire.]]
** The "[[BribingYourWayToVictory Mannconomy]]" update was announced with a letter from Saxton Hale explaining how he discovered the Internet, in which he also notes that "the perverts at [=AnagramYourName=].com should be '''ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES'''." ("Saxton Hale" is an anagram of [[spoiler:"hot anal sex".]])
*** So... is that the reason his products are known to spontaneously combust at random, and his top customers happen to be ill-tempered assholes that really like big guns?
* Probably unintentional, but in old Irem arcade game ''Ninja Spirit'' you control a ninja named Moonlight. He can create up to three shadow clones which follow his every move. [[spoiler:''Moonlight Shadow!'']]
** Either that or [[spoiler:[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonshadow_%28song%29 He's being followed by a Moonshadow]].]]
* ''NezumiMan'' has Milky Nezumi, who doesn't attack with dairy products (like Butter Nezumi), but stars. [[spoiler:In case you're wondering, he named himself after our resident galaxy.]]
* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' has two in the gameplay mechanics. The first is Ms. Mowz's standard attack, a [[ArmorPiercingSlap slap that ignores enemy defenses]], and the second is the fact that machine-type enemies are easy to freeze with ice attacks, (one of the hints old Wonkey tells you).
** When tattling one of the harder enemies in the X-Naut base, the X-Yux, Goombella informs you that its name is properly pronounced "Cross-Yux". This in itself doesn't reveal a pun, but instead results in two when you combine this logic with the rest of the base's denizens. First, the X-Nauts, who would be properly pronounced "Cross-Nauts". [[spoiler:Noughts and Crosses]]. And second, their computer TEC, which is a shortened form of its proper name TEC-XX. [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn Double Cross]]]].
*** Said computer is found in a base on the moon. Considering what game this is, would make it [[spoiler:a paper moon.]]
* The text-based game ''Scapeghost'' has you as detective Alan Chance killed during an undercover drugs operation and coming back from the dead to take revenge. You are literally the Ghost of A. Chance.
* ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'': Duksana Pond.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' game ''Double Spoiler'', is another camera-based GaidenGame starring the reporter Aya Shameimaru. Given [[CreatorsPet how much fans love Aya]], one has to wonder why? Well, it's been joked that Aya is ZUN's girlfriend. And ZUN is apparently aware of this, because he's releasing ''Double Spoiler'' on White Day, i.e. the day that boys give gifts back to their girlfriends to thank them for the Valentine's Day chocolate.
* From ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe 2'': The [[FilmNoir Black Film]].
* From ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'':
-->'''Meryl:''' I'm not green!\\
'''Snake:''' Oh yes you are.
** The joke is, [[spoiler:this conversation takes place over codec. Meryl is, in fact, green. Just like everyone else.]]
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' brings us several stealth puns on the subtitle ''"Snake Eater"''. "Operation Snake Eater" is the codename of Snake's mission, and codenames tend, by their natures, to be stealth puns on the mission's objective. In this case, it is either that Snake was going to have to eat the native wildlife to survive or that he was sent to [[spoiler:assassinate the leader of the Cobra Unit]].
*** Snake was also a Green Beret before joining FOX, and "snake eater" is a military slang term for Green Berets.
*** If Snake eats a snake and then calls Para-Medic, she won't call him a "snake eater" but instead a "cannibal".
*** In a later cutscene, Snake cooks a snake over a fire and then eats it.
*** Then there's the stealthiest use of the pun - Ocelot's favorite animal according to the database is a Markhor, which in Persian means "snake eater".
*** Not to mention the not-so-subtle innuendo derived from the title of the game. (If you believe Kojima and co. to be above this, think they actually named the series' main character Solid Snake.)
* The American release date of ''VideoGame/BlazBlue: Continuum Shift'' is July 20, roughly 19 days after the Japanese release. [[spoiler:7/20. As in the 720 degree motion required for Iron Tager's "Genesic Emerald Tager Buster" distortion drive. REAL SOVIET RELEASE DATE!]]
* The main characters of ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' start out delivering packages. Consider the pronunciation of the game's name in UsefulNotes/BritishEnglish, and think of a famous company name that rhymes with it.
* While he was reverse-engineering the {{Wii}}'s architecture, Segher discovered that the Hollywood processor (officially the graphics processor) contains a tiny ARM core in addition to its normal ATI core. [[hottip:* :It handles apploading and security authentication, though obviously this wasn't known at the time.]] Since it wasn't documented anywhere (not even in the developer's guide!) it didn't have a name, so he nicknamed it "Starlet." [[spoiler:Because it's a little piece of Hollywood.]]
* In the seventh ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' game, three Pegasus Knight sisters share similar names. The first two, Florina and Fiora, are Latin words for "flower," while third sister Farina's name means "flour."
* In ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'', a high-stakes poker game in Mexico results in several people pointing their guns at each other. Someone notes that [[MexicanStandoff "There must be a name for this."]]
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Banjo-Kazooie}} Banjo-Tooie]]'' has one that can spawn two stealth puns: One move Banjo learns, Snooze Pack, has him fall asleep inside his backpack to recover health. Thus literally making his pack a nap sack or a sleeping bag.
* The general of the Cornerian forces in ''VideoGame/StarFox'' is named Pepper. Which means he could have been a [[Film/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand sergeant]] at some point in the past. (Note, however, that it isn't necessarily true. Armies are traditionally split into two major divisions, officers and enlisted. Most officers join the army as officers via a program such as ROTC rather than being promoted from enlisted. Since a general is an officer, many generals have never been privates, corporals, or sergeants, which are enlisted ranks.)
** Long before the N64 version, the ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' comics (which promoted the then-recently released Super NES game) actually incorporated this pun into one chapter.
** Couldn't he also be a Pepper Cornerian?
* In ''EV Nova'', there is a ship called the Cambrian. Some historically-inclined gamers like to call it the [[GeniusBonus Prince]] of Wales.
* In ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'', Zero can {{di|agonalCut}}vide [[DivideByZero enemies]] if you deal the final blow with a bladed weapon.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}'' series has monsters called Hobbes. They're nasty, brutish, and short.
* Very near the end of ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture'', you discover that the London of the future [[spoiler:is actually the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground London underground]]]]. Not phrased like that, so...
* Ratchet from ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' is a mechanic. Ratchet is also the name of a socket wrench. Furthermore, Ratchet's ears are shaped like the head of a standard wrench.
* The final level of Mario Zone (where the levels are inside a giant mechanical Mario) in ''VideoGame/{{Super Mario Land 2|SixGoldenCoins}}'' has a lot of (suspiciously Lego-like) bricks. The level apparently takes place in the Mario-bot's head. [[spoiler:So the Mario-bot is a blockhead.]]
** Another level has a lot of what seem to be rubber balls - and considering this level is set in Mario-bot's ''crotch''...
* In ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'', Whitaker's gun shop from the first campaign is running a [[GunsAkimbo 2-for-1 special for 9mm pistols]].
** In the second campaign, you visit a theme park with a nut theme. The character on the hammer-bell game is named Mustachio. The game never mentions what kind of nut he is. [[spoiler:He's a pistachio.]]
* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Boktai}} Lunar Knights]]'', Perrault is an antagonist who keeps confronting Aaron and Lucian with her [[CoolShip mobile ship]] Schrodinger. It is only later that the player finds out that Perrault is a [[UsefulNotes/SchrodingersCat cat]].
* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', you can recruit the cyberdog belonging to [[ElvisImpersonator The King]], leader of the gang, [[SendInTheClones The Kings]]. The dog's name is [[MeaningfulName Rex]]. Rex's personal quest involves replacing his aging brain. One of the candidates for the transplant? A dog named [[OverlyLongGag Rey]]. [[spoiler: Rex is Latin for "king". Rey is Spanish for... you guessed it! "King".]]
** [[ShoutOut Rey]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid is replacing Rex.]]
** Though possibly unintentional, ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' is often abbreviated as "NV." Much of the game takes place in Nevada. [[spoiler:What's the US Postal Code for Nevada? NV.]]
** A nice Stealth Pun gives the town of Novac its name. The town is built up around a prominent hotel (of which we are unaware of the real name) and a large, partly working neon sign outside the hotel entrance tells us the hotel has "No Vac[[spoiler:ancy"]]
* Mobs are actually a generic term for mobile entities for any MMORPG. Sure enough, it's rather easy to get mobbed by mobs in most of them.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', [[MeaningfulName Creepers]] have an irritating habit of hiding behind corners, under ledges, and outside doorways to ambush the player.
** Creepers have a mottled green texture that, at a distance, can cause one to mistake them for cacti or the tops of trees. [[spoiler:The word "creeper" can also refer to various plants.]]
* ''VideoGame/ChibiRobo'' features a beautiful princess doll by the name of Princess Pitts. This seems like a curious name for a princess, but consider that this is a Nintendo-published game. [[spoiler:What do you find in a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Peach]] but a Pit?]]
** [[IThoughtItMeant Wait, she's]] [[ComicallyMissingThePoint sleeping with]] [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]]? Does [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] know about this?
* ''GuiltyParty'' has a level set inside of a train. If you play a co-op game in that level, the all-play mini-game involves you catching a bunch of snakes that were released in the luggage compartment. [[spoiler: [[Film/SnakesOnAPlane Snakes on a Train,]] anyone?]]
* In Japan ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII: Champion Edition'' is known as ''Street Fighter II Dash'', while ''Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting'' is known as ''Street Fighter II Dash Turbo''. The word "dash" is not written on the logo of either game, but represented by a prime mark (′) used to indicate derivatives in math, which is sometimes called a "dash". Both games were derivatives of the original ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''.
* In ''Super VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'''s arcade mode, [[AllAmericanFace Guile's]] win quote against [[HuskyRusskie Zangief]] is "The bigger they are, the harder they fall!" [[spoiler:This could be referencing Zangief himself, or [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn the USSR]].]]
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''... Mario grows when he "consumes" mushrooms. In other words, [[spoiler:Mario is getting high.]]
* A bit in the second half of ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'': "You're good at murder. Could you murder this bird for me?" Judging by the sound it makes as it flies away, the bird is a crow. [[spoiler:A murder of crows?]]
** At the very end of the game. [[spoiler:Wheatley is stranded in space with another personality core orbiting him. For it to orbit another object of equal volume means that Wheatley must be incredibly ''dense''.]]
** Wheatley is a spherical robot [[spoiler:who was built to make SelfDemonstrating/{{GLaDOS}} dumber. Or, in layman's terms, an IdiotBall]].
** The most obvious one in the game: [[spoiler:Throughout the game you get drops that the turrets sing opera and a cappella. Some {{easter egg}}s let you see a very fat turret that stays silent until the ending sequence where it leads an entire symphony of 'singing' turrets in a female Italian's voice. ''It ain't over 'till the fat lady (turret) sings''.]]
* Tons of them abound in the platform game ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}!''. Many of the enemies are based off real-life animals, with the names taken literally.
** The ants in [[ShiftingSandLand Reptilia]] wear soldier hats, drop via parachutes, and fire grenades out of their tails. They're [[spoiler:army ants]].
** [[BubblegloopSwamp Splot]] has flying insects that fire out a stream of electricity from their rear. They're [[spoiler:lightning bugs]].
** [[UnderTheSea Quaria]] has fishes that have the head of a bulldog. They're [[spoiler:dogfishes]].
** Also in Quaria, there are swimming beetles which sport scuba equipment. [[spoiler:Diving beetles]].
** The [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Burr-ubs]] had [[GoddamnedBats annoying]] white fleas that jumped out of the snow and threw (or rolled) snowballs at Bug. [[spoiler:Snow fleas]].
** [[LethalLavaLand Arachnia]] had ants with flamethrower packs and fire breath. [[spoiler:Fire ants]]. Then again, the [[AllThereInTheManual manual calls them that]].
* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', Mileena's second Fatality is called "Rip Off". She tosses her sais at the victim's feet then rips their torso off. More dedicated ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' fans [[spoiler:will recognize it as a rip-off, in the imitation sense, of one of Kira's Fatalities in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'']].
* ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' has the "September" level, where the target uses fans, planes, and an animal-controlled bonfire to make the sun shine. [[spoiler:In other words, she's using [[Music/EarthWindAndFire Earth, Wind and Fire]].]]
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'''s Mara isn't exactly subtle, being a giant penis demon and all, but ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' has a couple of subtle jokes in his stats: All of his physical attacks are pierce-type (including Primal Force, the strongest single-target pierce attack in the game,) and he's weak against ice.
* ''[[VideoGame/SlyCooper Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves]]'' has a chapter set in Blood Bath Bay, inhabited by "throwbacks" who live as [[APirate400YearsTooLate pirates]]. Since the Sly universe is populated by {{funny animal}}s, all the {{Mooks}} in the entire chapter are canines. Meaning the pirates who inhabit this town are... [[spoiler:sea dogs]].
* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', you have a pistol from the start of the game. Early on, you're introduced to [[MoneySpider Borgia messengers]], who you can tackle to steal all of their money. However, if you kill one, you instantly become notorious, and the guards will attack you on sight. The game is basically telling you "[[spoiler:don't shoot the messenger]]".
* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' has Connor begin his search for Benjamin Church in an abandoned... church.
* In ''VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns'', one enemy you encounter is called an Eyepot. The reference to a certain portable audio player is right out in the open, but what you might not realize at first is that, as an Eyepot, it must contain [[spoiler:Eye Tea]].
** Also, you defeat them by first stunning them with [[spoiler:blasts of pepper]]... making them [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/IronMan pepperpots]]]], perhaps?
** In one area, you pass through a castle made of playing cards. Well, a man's home is his castle, so this one is a [[spoiler:house of cards]][[note]]The literal meaning of which is a structure made of playing cards and nothing else, and therefore difficult to build without knocking over; this gives rise to the metaphorical meaning, in which an impressive structure is easily destroyable[[/note]].
** In addition, it's a [[spoiler:Anime/CastleInTheSky]] or [[spoiler:[[Literature/CastleInTheAir Air]]]].
** This castle has crenellations, obviously having been made by [[spoiler:cutting the cards]].
* ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' is all about [[FlippingTheBird flipping birds]] at [[DirtyCop evil pigs]].
** The white egg-shaped birds drop egg bombs at their targets, making them 'egg-layers' (a slang term for bomber planes).
** ''Angry Birds in Space'' featured a ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''-themed bonus level. Just think about it.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'s Dream Land 3'', Kirby can fling his bird buddy Pitch about by swinging a parasol like a golf club. The parasol is a ''pitch''ing wedge.
* In the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series, [[Film/TheHillsHaveEyes all of the background scenery have eyes.]]
* In ''VideoGame/WheresMyWater'', if all of the water were to flow offscreen, then the alligator you're supposed to have the water go into his bathtub will start crying.
* ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' removed several characters from ''Melee'' that were (moveset-wise) clones: ([[Franchise/TheLegendofZelda Young Link]], VideoGame/DrMario, [[VideoGame/FireEmblem Roy]], and [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pichu]]). It also removed [[CloningBlues Mewtwo]].
* The final boss theme of ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}: Hard Corps'' is called "Last Springsteen." [[spoiler: Music/BruceSpringsteen's nickname is "The Boss."]]
* In the original ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'', Cut Man is weak against Guts Man's Super Arm, which allows you to pick up and throw boulders. [[spoiler:That is to say, [[RockPaperScissors rock beats scissors]].]]
** In addition, Cut Man takes more damage from Mega Man's Mega Buster than any of the other original six Robot Masters - or, in fact, any other Robot Master in the entire franchise when played on default difficulty. [[spoiler:Again, '''Rock''' beats scissors (''Rockman'' being the Japanese title of the ''Mega Man'' series).]]
** Sheep Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan10''. He's an [[Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep electric-themed robot master]].
*** Some fans, not content with this explanation of Sheep Man's name, have noticed that his stage is set inside a computer, and computers of course have [[spoiler:''RAM''.]]
*** In the same vein, Mareep, Flaaffy, and Ampharos are Electric-type sheep Franchise/{{Pokemon}}.
** One from the fangame ''VideoGame/MegaManUnlimited'': According to the character info, Nail Man was promoted over his rival Hammer Man because he was the more intelligent of the two. That's right... [[spoiler:he's sharper]].
* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'', the DJ of Head Radio is named Michael Hunt, who also goes by Mike. Given the nature of jokes in GTA, this is obviously a play on the classic gag name Mike Hunt (say it out loud), but what makes it a stealth pun as opposed to a normal pun is the actual phrase "Mike Hunt" never appears in the game. (Although said DJ does say at one point "This is DJ Michael Hunt. You can call me Mike.")
* In ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', Speed Highway has a large bell. Guess what comes out when you hit it. The answer? [[spoiler:Rings.[[note]]Both the standard bell sound and the Sonic game item.[[/note]]]]
* ''Hyrule Historia'' finally explains why [[GoodMorningCrono Link is asleep at the beginning of almost every]] ''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]'' game: [[spoiler:it's [[KingInTheMountain "the hero's awakening."]]]]
* In addition to the ever-present Bullet Bills, ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' features their underwater counterparts, Torpedo Teds. [[spoiler:Making it one of the few Mario [[Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure adventures with a Bill and Ted]].]]
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', particles called fonons represent different elements. The Seventh Fonon is the element of Sound. ''Abyss's'' plot depends heavily on the Seventh Fonon so there are a lot of references to sound and music - the world's Bible-slash-prophecy is called Score, there are people with names like "Largo," "Sync," and "Din," and there are the giant tuning forks that attack you in Sephiroth dungeons. Then there's the Key of Lorelei, which controls Seventh Fonons. [[spoiler: So does the Key of Lorelei control sounds in the Key of Lorelei?]] Also, when Luke uses the Key of Lorelei in the final scene, he sticks it in the ground and turns it. [[spoiler:So is it an unlocking-key or a musical key? Both!]]
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', the light seal and altar of the summon spirits of light are housed in the Tower of Mana, an old library. Why are the seal and altar of light in a library? Because [[spoiler: books are en''light''ening.]]
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'', Karol wields hammers. One of the hammers has a "stop right there!" hand printed on it. [[spoiler: Stop! Hammer Time!]]
* One character in ChoroQ HG 4 hangs out in front of the school and brags about his intelligence. What kind of car is he? [[spoiler:A Smart (as in the brand).]]
