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* ''VideoGame/LoveOfMagic'':
** The email from the developers of "Landlady & Flatmate" that discusses how there is of course no incest in their game, [[CouldSayItBut unless of course you install a patch]].
** Molly describing the MakeItLookLikeAnAccident disposal of Jenny's previous manager.
--->'''Molly''': Anyway, he had a slight accident, and accidentally fell three stories down and landed in front of an industrial lawnmower. By accident.
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And in ''VideoGame/{{PAYDAY3}}'', Chains on occasion notes that, "Nothing's going on here, we've got a situation normal all across the board, no-ones dead[[note]]Most likely NOT true, since generally, if you're using the radio? The guard is dead[[/note]], and we don't have any robbers[[note]]VERY definitely not true![[/note]] or anything like that, everything's just peachy!"

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* And in ''VideoGame/{{PAYDAY3}}'', Chains on occasion notes that, "Nothing's going on here, we've got a situation normal all across the board, no-ones dead[[note]]Most likely NOT true, since generally, if you're using the radio? The guard is dead[[/note]], and we don't have any robbers[[note]]VERY definitely not true![[/note]] or anything like that, everything's just peachy!"
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And in ''VideoGame/{{PAYDAY3}}'', Chains on occasion notes that, "Nothing's going on here, we've got a situation normal all across the board, no-ones dead[[note]]Most likely NOT true, since generally, if you're using the radio? The guard is dead[[/note]], and we don't have any robbers[[note]]VERY definitely not true![[/note]] or anything like that, everything's just peachy!"
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* ''VideoGame/{{Sam and Max|FreelancePolice}} Save the World'' has [[SuckECheeses Ted E. Bear's Mafia-Free Funland and Casino]], which has its own song about [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub the total lack of Mafia on the premises]].

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* ''VideoGame/{{Sam and Max|FreelancePolice}} Save the World'' has [[SuckECheeses Ted E. Bear's Mafia-Free Funland and Casino]], which has its own song about [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub [[TotallyNotACriminalFront the total lack of Mafia on the premises]].
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* There's too many to count in the world of ''VideoGame/AceAttorney'', but perhaps the biggest offender would be when StarterVillain Frank Sahwit returns in ''Investigations 2''. The basic strategy of his Logic Chess section is to patiently wait for him to blow a hole in his story with one of these, such as him revealing he was the one who found the victim's body.

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* There's too many to count in the world of ''VideoGame/AceAttorney'', ''Franchise/AceAttorney'', but perhaps the biggest offender would be example is when StarterVillain Frank Sahwit returns in ''Investigations 2''.''VisualNovel/GyakutenKenji2''. The basic strategy of his Logic Chess section is to patiently wait for him to blow a hole in his story with one of these, such as him revealing he was the one who found the victim's body.



** For that matter, Marisa's evolving BossSubtitles have increasingly been verging further and further into this trope's territory throughout the series. While her being refered to as the "Ordinary Magician" was a funny joke at first, later appearances have slapped her with titles (e.g., [[Manga/ForbiddenScrollery "Extremely Ordinary Magician"]] and [[VideoGame/WilyBeastAndWeakestCreature "Excruciatingly Ordinary Magician"]]) that sound more like she's insisting that she's most definitely [[AmbiguouslyHuman just your average human who happens to be using magic, no matter how youkai-like she may seem.]]

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** For that matter, Marisa's evolving BossSubtitles have increasingly been verging further and further into this trope's territory throughout the series. While her being refered to as the "Ordinary Magician" was a funny joke at first, later appearances have slapped her with titles (e.g., [[Manga/ForbiddenScrollery [[Manga/TouhouSuzunaanForbiddenScrollery "Extremely Ordinary Magician"]] and [[VideoGame/WilyBeastAndWeakestCreature [[VideoGame/TouhouKikeijuuWilyBeastAndWeakestCreature "Excruciatingly Ordinary Magician"]]) that sound more like she's insisting that she's most definitely [[AmbiguouslyHuman just your average human who happens to be using magic, no matter how youkai-like she may seem.]]seem]].



** ''VideoGame/TouhouEiyashouImperishableNight'' pulls this off at many passes. Keine hid the Human Village with her power and tells all the teams that there's "nothing around here." [[CloudCuckooLander Yuyuko]] blames the endless night she caused (in her scenario) on the last boss, to the last boss's face, and is called out by [[OnlySaneMan Youmu]]. Magic Team does this [[IncrediblyLamePun all night long]]:
-->'''Marisa:''' C'mon, surrender those humans to us now.\\

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** ''VideoGame/TouhouEiyashouImperishableNight'' pulls this off at many passes. Keine hid the Human Village with her power and tells all the teams that there's "nothing around here." [[CloudCuckooLander [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Yuyuko]] blames the endless night she caused (in her scenario) on the last boss, to the last boss's face, and is called out by [[OnlySaneMan Youmu]]. Magic Team does this [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} all night long]]:
-->'''Marisa:''' --->'''Marisa:''' C'mon, surrender those humans to us now.\\



* ''VideoGame/Tropico4'':
--> '''Sunny:''' So, Penultimo, what does the new factory produce.
--> '''Penultimo:''' Sprockets! Huge demand for them in the US!
--> '''Sunny:''' Such a large, well-guarded factory to produce... sprockets?
--> '''Penultimo:''' Also, bulb holders. Paperweights. Certainly not weapons of any kind!
--> '''Sunny:''' Not weapons of any kind. [[SarcasmMode Right...]]

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''VideoGame/{{Tropico}} 4'':
-->'''Sunny:'''
So, Penultimo, what does the new factory produce.
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produce.\\
'''Penultimo:''' Sprockets! Huge demand for them in the US!
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US!\\
'''Sunny:''' Such a large, well-guarded factory to produce... sprockets?
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sprockets?\\
'''Penultimo:''' Also, bulb holders. Paperweights. Certainly not weapons of any kind!
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kind!\\
'''Sunny:''' Not weapons of any kind. [[SarcasmMode Right...]]

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* The tutorial popup about tranquilising dinosaurs in ''VideoGame/{{Parkasaurus}}'' says "nothing bad ever happens at dinosaur parks, and certainly not at [[Franchise/JurassicPark dinosaur parks in movies]]."

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* In ''VideoGame/OctopathTravelerII'', the Glacis route of Ochette's Chapter 2 takes place in Stormhail, which is constantly covered in snow. After Ochette captures Glacis, Akala claims he doesn't want to stick around and "frolic in the snow." Ochette teases him for this and says he needs to be more honest.
* The tutorial popup about tranquilising tranquilizing dinosaurs in ''VideoGame/{{Parkasaurus}}'' says "nothing bad ever happens at dinosaur parks, and certainly not at [[Franchise/JurassicPark dinosaur parks in movies]]."
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* ''VideoGame/ThereIsNoGameWrongDimension'' is about a Game insisting that there is no game. The User's objective is to prove him wrong.
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** The item, thermos of "whiskey", is "a glass of perfectly innocent milk that absolutely does not have any vodka or rum or whiskey or a blend of vodka, rum and whiskey in it."

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** The item, thermos of "whiskey", is "a glass of perfectly innocent milk that absolutely does not have any vodka or rum or whiskey or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs a blend of vodka, rum and whiskey whiskey]] in it."

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* When asked about if [[CreepyPasta Herobrine]] was in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', [[TrollingCreator Notch]] said this:

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* When asked about if [[CreepyPasta Herobrine]] was in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', [[TrollingCreator Notch]] said this:this (although arguably, everything he mentions had been theorized at least a thousand times beforehand):
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** Meta example: After a mission which requires you to blow up [[spoiler: Mike Toreno's]] helicopter, the game states "Excellent. [[spoiler: Toreno]] can't have survived that fireball. Take a guess who shows up shortly after unharmed.

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** Meta example: After a mission which requires you to blow up [[spoiler: Mike Toreno's]] helicopter, the game states "Excellent. [[spoiler: Toreno]] can't have survived that fireball. " Take a guess who shows up shortly after unharmed.
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* In the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' Tellius games, [[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Danved]] is definitely not [[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Devdan].

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* In the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' Tellius games, [[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Danved]] is definitely not [[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Devdan].Devdan]].
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* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'': The note purported to be from the player's mother, received as you complete the 9th Fog level, is followed by "Sincerely, Mom (Not the Zombies)".
** Similarly, the treasure map received before completing Pirate Seas in the sequel leads to "Treasure! (not Zombies)".

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* ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'': When Raj drops by during Amelia and Joe's first date, he apologizes for interrupting their picnic. Amelia tells him it's fine, but Joe denies that anything "important or romantic" happened during it [[spoiler:because it's actually [[TwinSwitch his twin brother Sam covering up his overt flirting with Amelia earlier.]]]]



* ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}''. Right, Lucas?

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* ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}''.''VideoGame/{{MOTHER3}}''. Right, Lucas?



* In ''VideoGame/{{PAYDAY 2}}'', Sokol, the Russian Grinder, can say this when picking up the pager for a guard he killed.

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** And also in ''[=HeartGold/SoulSilver=]'' (don't remember if there was such a line in the GSC originals), upon reaching Azalea Town, a Team Rocket grunt is seen in an argument with some dude, then bumping him and having him run away, and then closing the path to the Slowpoke Well. And when the player talks to him, he states that "Nothing is going on".

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** And also in ''[=HeartGold/SoulSilver=]'' (don't remember if there was such a line in the GSC originals), ''[=HeartGold/SoulSilver=]'', upon reaching Azalea Town, a Team Rocket grunt is seen in an argument with some dude, then bumping him and having him run away, and then closing the path to the Slowpoke Well. And when the player talks to him, he states that "Nothing is going on".



* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'' has an Archangel in a maze warn you about illusion traps in dead seriousness, then he insists that he's helping YOU out, and that he himself is most assuredly not lost.
* Maria in ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' repeatedly assures James that "she's real". That's one of the main things that lets you know [[spoiler:she's not. Although this may also be an attempt to reassure ''herself'' that she's real]].
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* ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram'' has the Not-Rockomax Micronode, which was not the result of industrial espionage. Any similarities between it and a product from Rockomax is entirely coincidental.
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* Pokemon Fangame ''VideoGame/PokemonClover'' has this in the legendary Notridley. Its Pokedex entry assures us that it is, most definitively, NOT [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Ridley]], even if it looks like Ridley wearing a fake mustache.

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