History ThirdPersonPerson / VideoGames

** The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent manaketes]] Fa from Sword of Seals and Nowi from Awakening speak in the third person, as well, which reinforces [[BadassAdorable their nature]]. In Nowi's case, this habit is prominent in the Japanese version, but toned down in the English version; Nowi's only voice clip of speaking in the third person is her victory quote of "Nowi wins!".

** Bernadetta from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' frequently refers to herself in the third person as "Bernie". Considering her abusive childhood, and subsequent crippling lack of self-esteem, it's almost certainly the result of her dissociating.

* Monaca Towa, The BigBad of ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'' and also TheDragon of Junko Enoshima refers to herself as the third person, although it's probably to disguise her [[ManipulativeBitch Manipulative]] and outright insant personality.

** When she's feeling full of herself, BrattyHalfPint Luna refers to herself in the third person as well--presumably in an attempt to sound self-important. Just to recap, this means ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' has people who refer to themselves by name becaues they're [[TheDitz airheaded]], [[RobotGirl soulless]], [[NoIndoorVoice attempting]] to be an [[GoodIsOldFashioned old-fashioned hero]], and egotistical...in short, pretty much every possible reason one would refer to oneself by name with a straight face.

* When ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'' ''finally'' [[NoExportForYou got an English translation]], it gave Amos this habit (no idea if it showed up in the original Japanese). It comes off as the "extreme humbleness" type - he refers to himself as "Old Amos" in that aw-shucks country boy way. The fortune teller Madame Luca also refers to herself, and with her it does seem to be due to inflated ego.

* Little Rorona in ''[[VideoGame/AtelierMeruruTheApprenticeOfArland Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland]]'', though it [[ZigzaggingTrope zigzags]] a bit. (At least in the English language version anyway, maybe or maybe not in the original Japanese.) This is one of those rare justified examples involving a character that is just a little kid and therefore isn't quite familiar with pronouns / doesn't yet have a strong sense of personal identity. (In fact, she is suffering from a MerlinSickness and has ''lost'' much of her personal identity due to her age having been rolled back because of a Potion of Youth.)

* The vortigaunts from ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' do this because they seem to lack the knowledge of first and second person pronouns. In other words, they use "this one" to refer to themselves and "the * HelloInsertNameHere* " to refer to anyone else, always speaking as if whatever's going on is happening somewhere else with some other people. This is because they are technically a HiveMind via PsychicPowers, (that is to say any individual can apparently experience the senses of another individual) though the degree to which this occurs is not made very obvious in-game. (While the Vortigaunts are DittoAliens, they are all individuals who mourn death, though not in the same fashion that humans do.)

* Carlie of ''VideoGame/SeikenDensetsu3'' does this, which just makes her [[TastesLikeDiabetes even more painfully adorable]].

** In the spin-off ActionAdventure game ''Redguard'', the Sload {{Necromancer}} N'Gasta refers to himself as "this one" in conversation. It is believed that this may be a trait of all Sload.

* ''Franchise/Pokemon}}'':

* Jovi in ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness''. Also Chobin.
** In ''Pokémon Platinum'', the Gym Leader [[AnIcePerson Candice]] seems to adopt this as a habit after you beat the Elite Four and buy a villa in the Resort Zone. Interestingly enough she seems to make a conscious effort to stop referring to herself in the third person when you rematch her.
** Guzma slips into this in ''Pokémon Sun & Moon'' occasionally, especially after he loses to you.

* "[[VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresII La Hire wishes to kill something]]! The blood on La Hire's sword is almost dry..."

** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', Cicero the assassin tends to speak like this, often referring to himself as "Poor Cicero".

* ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'': Most, if not all, of [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter the Nopon]] do this in addition to their YouNoTakeCandle speech pattern, but [[TeamPet Riki]] tends to do it the most.

** Most [[CatFolk Khajiit]] speak this way, particularly so in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]''. This goes both ways, with them forgoing "I" or "me" in place of their name, "Khajiit" or "this one"; and replacing "you" with your character's name, class or race. One can readily determine whether a Khajiit in question is a relative foreigner to human lands or has lived in them for a long time by studying their speech patterns. The ones who refer to themselves in the third person frequently are foreigner, while those who use first person are more acclimatized.

* Most of the [[PettingZooPeople Khajiit]] of ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' universe speak this way, particularly so in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]''. This goes both ways, with them forgoing "I" or "me" in place of their name, "Khajiit" or "this one"; and replacing "you" with your character's name, class or race. One can readily determine whether a Khajiit in question is a relative foreigner to human lands or has lived in them for a long time by studying their speech patterns. The ones who refer to themselves in the third person frequently are foreigner, while those who use first person are more acclimatized.

* Fitting in with the rest of the concentrated wackiness that is ''MetalWolfChaos'', main antagonist Vice President Richard Hawk cannot stop referring to himself, Richard Hawk, in the third person.

** And there's also of course the girl in the sidequest "I Remember Me". Though that's more because she is insanely [[TheWoobie messed up psychologically and has nothing to do with egotism.]] You're actually speaking to a SplitPersonality she constructed to cope with the horrors she experienced as a slave; she's effectively trying to convince herself that the trauma happened to someone else.

-->'''Guzma: "GUZMA! What is ''WRONG'' with you!"'''

-->'''Guzma: "GUZMA! What is WRONG with you!"'''