History TakeAThirdOption / VideoGames

** At the climax of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' Franklin is offered two options: [[spoiler: kill his friend Michael for [[PrivateMilitaryContractor Merryweather Security]] owner Devin Weston, or kill his friend Trevor for high level [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction FIB]] agent Steve Haines. Weston refers to defying both of them as "Option C" and a death wish. If you choose "Option C" (which is the option Franklin alludes by insulting Devin), Franklin, Michael, and Trevor take out Steve, Devin, the leader of the Triads that's been harassing them, and Stretch, the guy that has been getting Franklin's friend Lamar into trouble, [[GottaKillThemAll for good]] [[EarnYourHappyEnding measure]].]]

* ''Videogame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'' has Batman take a ''fourth'' option. During the second riot at Blackgate Prison, Joker and Bane have concocted a scheme that will force Batman to either sacrifice himself or kill one of his adversaries. Bane wears a heart monitor that's connected to the battery of the prison's electric chair. Each time Bane's heart beats, the chair's battery charges slightly and upon being fully charged, will electrocute the Joker (and if Batman tries to remove the heart monitor from Bane's body, it will explode). The only way for Batman to save Joker is to kill Bane. The third option is for Batman to let Bane kill him. [[spoiler:Batman decides to use the shock gloves he took from Electrocutioner to stop Bane's heart -- making Joker think Batman killed Bane -- then restart Bane's heart after the Joker has left the room.]]

* ''Videogame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'' has Batman take a ''fourth'' option. Joker and Bane have concocted a scheme that will force Batman to either sacrifice himself or kill one of his adversaries. Bane wears a heart monitor that's connected to the battery of the prison's electric chair. Each time Bane's heart beats, the chair's battery charges slightly and upon being fully charged, will electrocute the Joker (and if Batman tries to remove the heart monitor from Bane's body, it will explode). The only way for Batman to save Joker is to kill Bane. The third option is for Batman to let Bane kill him. [[spoiler:Batman decides to use the shock gloves he took from Electrocutioner to stop Bane's heart -- making Joker think Batman killed Bane -- then restart Bane's heart after the Joker has left the room.]]

* ''Videogame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'' has Batman take a ''fourth'' option. [[spoiler:Joker and Bane have concocted a scheme that will force Batman to either sacrifice himself or kill one of his adversaries. Bane wears a heart monitor that's connected to the battery of the prison's electric chair. Each time Bane's heart beats, the chair's battery charges and upon being fully charged, will electrocute the Joker (and if Batman tries to remove the heart monitor from Bane's body, it will explode). The only way for Batman to save the Joker is to kill Bane. The third option is for Batman to let Bane kill him. Batman decides to use the shock gloves he took from Electrocutioner to stop Bane's heart -- making Joker think Batman killed Bane -- then restart Bane's heart after the Joker has left the room.]]

* ''Videogame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'' has Batman take a ''fourth'' option. [[spoiler:Joker and Bane have concocted a scheme that will force Batman to either sacrifice himself or kill one of his adversaries. Bane wears a heart monitor that's connected to the battery of an electric chair. Each time Bane's heart beats, the chair's battery charges and upon being fully charged, will fry the Joker (and if Batman tries to remove the heart monitor, it will explode). The only way for Batman to save the Joker is to kill Bane. The third option is for Batman to let Bane kill him. Batman decides to use the shock gloves he took from Electrocutioner to stop Bane's heart, making Joker think Batman killed Bane, then restart the heart after the Joker has left the room.]]

* An infamous moment in video game history, in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'': when you are trying to acquire the Guardian Force Bahamut, you are asked several questions to test your character. The worst gag is the answer to the third question is an invisible third answer, which is only seen when you've decided on it.

** In the final case of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'', Phoenix must decide between [[spoiler:[[DistressedDamsel saving Maya]] from an assassin who's holding her ransom to force you to get an innocent verdict for his guilty client, and condemn an innocent to take the fall for the murder, or to expose his client as guilty but let Maya die.]] In the end, he manages to [[spoiler:convince the assassin to drop his contract and release Maya by showing him that that his client had planned to betray him all along; once he realizes that his code of honor and confidentiality was used against him, he announces that he won't rest until the man who duped him is dead, who immediately becomes so scared for his life that he ''begs'' for a guilty verdict so he'll be safer inside jail.]]