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* ''VideoGame/PowerInstinct'': The entire joke of Reiji Oyama is that he's a no-nonsense martial artist who just so happens to be fighting against, amongst other fairly eccentric individuals, [[NeverMessWithGranny an elderly yet capable woman]], a cutesy MagicalGirl, and a young boy who can turn into a dog-themed HenshinHero.

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* Rosalina in ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' is a serene, maternal, and [[TimeAbyss incomprehensibly ancient]] MysticalWaif with a DarkAndTroubledPast. She also inhabits a CloudCuckooLand that has NegativeContinuity and runs on RuleOfFun. In [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy her initial appearance]], she was mysterious and dignified, but in the spinoffs she bounces between this and NotSoAboveItAll [[DependingOnTheWriter depending on the game in question]].

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Rosalina in ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' is a serene, maternal, and [[TimeAbyss incomprehensibly ancient]] MysticalWaif with a DarkAndTroubledPast. She also inhabits a CloudCuckooLand that has NegativeContinuity and runs on RuleOfFun. In [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy her initial appearance]], she was mysterious and dignified, but in the spinoffs she bounces between this and NotSoAboveItAll [[DependingOnTheWriter depending on the game in question]].question]].
** [[LivingToys Geno]] from the remake of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' is a fish out of water in a doll body he simply isn't used to, sent from the heavens to repair the Star Road, and one who takes the game much more seriously than his companions. However it's his attempts to ''not'' be serious and have fun with them that make him so entertaining, particularly his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ0QGQycKao hilariously stiff and awkward dance on the level-up screen]].

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* If Kazuma Kiryu of ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' isn't [[MundaneMadeAwesome tackling a mundane situation with extreme gusto]], then he's this. He often finds himself dragged into some of the most ridiculous situations possible when it comes to the side stories in the games (usually courtesy of [[TheGadfly Goro Majima]]), and whether he's [[VideoGame/YakuzaKiwami2 roped into providing voice acting for a Yaoi sex game]] or [[VideoGame/Yakuza0 coaching a dominatrix on how to do her job]], he'll handle it with [[SeriousBusiness earnest stoicism]] with a hint of subdued snark.
** In ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'', Majima also plays the Comically Serious in his substories, although he has more of a sense of humor as to the strange goings-on he gets roped into.



* If Kazuma Kiryu of ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' isn't [[MundaneMadeAwesome tackling a mundane situation with extreme gusto]], then he's this. He often finds himself dragged into some of the most ridiculous situations possible when it comes to the side stories in the games (usually courtesy of [[TheGadfly Goro Majima]]), and whether he's [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 roped into providing voice acting for a Yaoi sex game]] or [[VideoGame/Yakuza0 coaching a dominatrix on how to do her job]], he'll handle it with [[SeriousBusiness earnest stoicism]] with a hint of subdued snark.
** In ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'', Majima also plays the Comically Serious in his substories, although he has more of a sense of humor as to the strange goings-on he gets roped into.
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* Sub-Zero of ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' is a serious, scowling warrior whose {{Battle Intro}}s in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' reveal that he doesn't have much of a sense of humor. It then becomes devastatingly hilarious when this stone-faced assassin clan leader has to deal with people like Johnny Cage, leading to Sub-Zero becoming a long-suffering StraightMan to their antics.

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* Sub-Zero of ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' is a serious, scowling warrior whose {{Battle Intro}}s in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' reveal that he doesn't have much of a sense of humor. It then becomes devastatingly hilarious when this stone-faced assassin clan leader has to deal with people like [[ThePrimaDonna Johnny Cage, Cage]], leading to Sub-Zero becoming a long-suffering StraightMan to their antics.

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