History ThirdPersonPerson / VideoGames

-->'''Bernadetta:''' W-we need a representative for our class? Please! Anyone but Bernie!

** Paimon, the cute mascot character, talks this way constantly in the English version, presumably to make herself sound cuter. She does it less in the original Chinese, but still occasionally uses third person there too.

* 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.)

* Charlotte of ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'' refers to herself in the third person in the fan translation, which just makes her [[TastesLikeDiabetes even more painfully adorable]]. She instead simply speaks like a small child in the official translation.

* Paimon, the cute mascot character from ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'', talks this way constantly in the English version, presumably to make herself sound cuter. She does it less in the original Chinese, but still occasionally uses third person there too.

* 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 insane personality.
%%* ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'': Old Tam the subway worker. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)

* ''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. [[RecurringElement This carries over]] [[VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX across]] [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 the series]]; even [[RobotGirl Poppi]], having been built by a Nopon herself, takes on this characteristic.

* Erina's FairyCompanion Ribbon refers to herself like this in ''VideoGame/RabiRibi''.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank''. Mr. Zurkon requires no pronouns to be understood. Mr. Zurkon communicates only through KILLING.
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' has the shopkeeper Herbert Moon, a homophobic buffoonish racist, who will alternate between declaring that he's Herbert Moon and stating Herbert Moon's opinion on things.
--> "Herbert Moon hates cheaters! Even more than the Jews and the railroads!"
* Lina from ''VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand'' does it a lot.

* Iris in ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' is yet another cute Japanese girl version...even though she's [[ButNotTooForeign French]].
* Subaru from ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove'' does this (falling more on the "old-fashioned nobility" side of the trope than the "cutesy and childish" side). Given that Subaru is ''also'' of AmbiguousGender, this must have been a real headache for the English translators (who went with "she" when a pronoun was needed, presumably because it's a DatingSim and they didn't want to give the impression of having a GayOption).
** It seems to be avoided in English dubs of the anime versions of ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'', though.

* Tiny in ''VideoGame/SecretOfEvermore'' always refers to himself as "Tiny," even going so far as to bow out of a battle with you with the line "Tiny lifts, and Tiny throws, and Tiny speaks in third person, but Tiny doesn't fight."

* Dimitri from ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves'' and ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves''. Although he's trying to make himself sound cool. And failing.

---->"Wherever it is, Sadiq, Shamar's number-one tour guide, will... uh... um..."

* Panther in ''VideoGame/StarFoxCommand''. What makes this really bizarre is that he didn't do so in the previous game, ''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault''. Or, you know, the original Japanese version.
* Not only does Count Bleck from ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' do this, he also narrates his own dialogue. As in, "And just who are you? ...Asked Count Bleck." Considering that an important plot point is his possession of an evil book of infallibly accurate prophecies, it's entirely possible that he is, in fact, quoting directly from the Dark Prognosticus when he does this.
** There's also the theory that [[spoiler: he considers Count Bleck to be a separate person from his TrueSelf Blumiere.]]
** [[PunnyName Gene Yuss]] from ''Mario Golf Advance Tour'' refers to himself as "The Gene".

** Bedsmith from ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'' sometimes speaks like this.

* ''VideoGame/SystemShock'': SHODAN averts it: she only speaks in the third person at the very start of the first game, when she's ''good''. Unfortunately, "I" begets "AGodAmI". The opening monologue is very well done; it's a bland computer voice narrating the events that led up to the start of the game, and it's only when the speaker shifts from third to first person that you realise it's SHODAN describing her own ascension to malevolent sentience:

* In ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'', [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Renne]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure KeA]], and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsIntoReverie Nadia Rayne]] always refer to themselves in third person. Oddly enough, no one from the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel]]'' games refer to themselves in third person.
* Charlotte of ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'' refers to herself in third person in the fan translation, which just makes her [[TastesLikeDiabetes even more painfully adorable]]. She instead simply speaks like a small child in the official translation.

-->'''Lim''': Long hole in ground there, they have bridge so they do not have to walk around much. I see it two days ago when hunting. I go close! Vietnamese blind! They no see Lim!
* In ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', Princess K, shopkeeper for Lapin Angelique's store, does this.

* 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 insane personality.
* ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'': Old Tam the subway worker.
* [[CuteMonsterGirl Desco]] of ''VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten'' has a tendency to speak in this fashion.
** [[TheBigGuy Red Magnus]] from ''VideoGame/Disgaea5AllianceOfVengeance'' [[VerbalTic super]] likes to call to refer to himself in third person, or sometimes "the supreme one". [[spoiler:He drops it after his CharacterDevelopment where he vows to be a more responsible Overlord for his people.]]

** When ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'' ''finally'' [[NoExportForYou got an English translation]], it gave Amos this habit. 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.
* Nanashi in ''VideoGame/DuelSaviorDestiny'' pretty much exclusively uses the third person in order to contrast more with both her undead state [[spoiler:and with her status as the soul of an ancient, non cutesy heroine.]]
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
** Most of the [[CatFolk Khajiit]] speak this way when speaking in Tamriellic. Not only do they replace "I" or "me" in conversation with their own name, they'll say more generic terms like "this one" or simply "Khajiit." (Ex. "Khajiit has no wares to sell.") This works both ways too, as they'll replace "you" with the name, race, or class of the person they are speaking to. (Ex. "What does the Imperial want?") Less politely, they may also replace "you" with "it". One can readily determine whether a Khajiit in question is a relative foreigner to non-Khajiit 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 less familiar with non-Khajiiti cultures, while those who use first person are more acclimatized.
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'', Mehrunes Dagon, [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of [[DestroyerDeity Destruction]], speaks like this with an added bit of HulkSpeak. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness This is dropped in all future appearances]].

* Kyon of ''[[VideoGame/EndlessFrontier Super Robot Taisen OG Saga Endless Frontier]]'' uses the "cutesy anime girl" version in her first appearance. She doesn't seem to realize that she does this, however, since she freaks out when one of the protagonists calls her by name immediately after she tells them that [[IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou "Kyon can't tell you her name right now"]]. She seems to drop the trait in later appearances, however, since [[RuleOfFunny there are no more jokes to be made of it]].
* The Ronso race in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''.
* Artisan, a minor character in the Shumi Village in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''
* Devdan (or Danved, depending on what he's calling himself at the moment), from the ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius'' games. Aside from this, he can be rather articulate. He also stands out by having an extremely high opinion of himself, while still being a likable character at the same time. "''Danved will fight like a bear! Like a tiger! We don't need Largo and Calill, because Danved is pretty amazing.''"
** The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent manaketes]] Fae from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade Binding Blade]]'' and Nowi from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening 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!".
** Vaike, and Gregor, also from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' do this as well. The former doesn't do it all the time, but when he does he tends to either [[SpellMyNameWithAThe preface it with "The"]] or call himself [[IronicNickname "Teach"]].
** Peri from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' does this in the original Japanese, to emphasize on how she's [[PsychopathicWomanchild incredibly childish and immature]]. [[spoiler: This is because she was traumatised by her mother's murder, which happened when she ''was'' a little girl.]] Since [[LostinTranslation this doesn't translate well in English]], she's given energetic and childish speech patterns in general.

-->"W-we need a representative for our class? Please! Anyone but Bernie!"
* One of your dates, Carmen, from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''.
* 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.)
* The Mafia of Cooks talk like this in ''VideoGame/AHatInTime''.
* Miki Hoshii and the Futami twins from ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' refer to themselves in the third person.
* Mignon Beart from ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters: Maximum Impact'' series does this a lot.
* Whisper can do it in ''VideoGame/KingsQuest2015''!
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'':
** "Mundo say his own name alot, or else he forget. Has happened before!"
** Draven refers to himself almost exclusively in third person.
* As your enemy, Kongol, from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon''. When he joins your party he becomes YouNoTakeCandle.

* The hanar in ''Franchise/MassEffect'' consider it downright egotistical to refer to oneself in the first person in front of people they don't know that well. This makes them an ''[[PlanetOfHats entire race]]'' of [[ThirdPersonPerson Third Person]] [[StarfishAliens Jellyfish Aliens]]. This one would respectively like to point out that the hanar use more distant terms such as "it" and "this one" rather than our "face name," which we otherwise have no problem giving out to anyone we meet. Though, this one believes that this still fits here, if a little different than those that call themselves by their first name.
** And there's also of course the suicidal 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. The quest title comes from the good outcome, where you convince her to take a sedative and get psychiatric help, upon which she switches to first-person: "It hurts when she... when [[TitleDrop I remember me]]."

* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' has Deekin, and a weapon merchant in Hordes of the Underdark.
** ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' has Zaxis, a recurring demon with [[DumbMuscle far more muscles than brains]]. His habit of referring to himself in the third person annoys several party members, especially Neeshka. If you find out his true name, you can command him to stop referring to himself in the third person. This fails because he is too stupid to understand the term "third person."

-->"That was a great hunt, Exile! Now, it is time for Einhar to go do Einhar business."
* Ignus of ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' does this. [[AxCrazy It's the least of his madness]]. Nordom also does this, though in his case it's less because of insanity and more due to the fact that he doesn't understand individuality very well due to coming from a race that doesn't have any concept of the idea.

** Jovi in ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness''. Also Chobin.
** In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl 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: "GUZMA! What is ''WRONG'' with you??!!!"'''

* Little Rorona in ''VideoGame/AtelierMeruruTheApprenticeOfArland'', 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.)

* Tiax from ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' does this all the time. He's not the only character who does this, but probably the most insane. Gromnir from ''Throne of Bhaal'' speaks this way as well (mimicking the posting style of a particular forumite)
** Minsc does it occasionally, too.
--->"Minsc will inspire you by [[LeeroyJenkins CHARGING BLINDLY ON!]]"
** And Cespenar the imp, who combines it with StrangeSyntaxSpeaker.
--->"Cespenar is good servant! Oh yes!"
* A large number of [=NPCs=] in ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' and ''Banjo-Tooie'' speak in the third person.

* Ubel of ''VideoGame/BattalionWars''. [[TooDumbToLive It never occurs to him in ]]''[[TooDumbToLive two]]''[[TooDumbToLive missions, with a large enough time frame in-between no less, as to why enemies would want to destroy anti-air emplacements before Kaiser Vlad points out it's to clear a path for Bombers.]]
* Dr. Suchong does this all the way through his audio logs in ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}.''
-->"Suchong is inclined to listen."
* In ''VideoGame/TheBlackoutClub'', the antagonist entity [[MeaningfulName Speak-As-One]] detests words "I", "me", "mine", to the point of punishing people it has possessed if they say it accidentally. Which, naturally, results in them adopting this trope.
* Taokaka in ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''. Sometimes, she'll say her name ''twice'' when introducing herself:
-->'''Taokaka:''' Tao is Taokaka, meow!
** Nu-13 does it a lot too, as does '''[[LargeHam BANG SHISHIGAMI]]'''!
** When she's feeling full of herself, Platinum's BrattyHalfPint "Luna" persona 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 because 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.
* Gehrman from ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' is an inversion of above, he speaks third-person when he's being serious.
--> "[[TheLastDance Tonight, Gehrman joins the hunt]]."
* Pommy in ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}} 64: The Second Attack'', whose greeting can be seen below.

** Pommy's tendency to refer to himself in the third person may be Hudson's attempt to make a [[PokemonSpeak Pokémon reference]] due to the character being a [[CaptainErsatz combination of Kirby and Pikachu]].

* Ershin of ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'' appears to be a ThirdPersonPerson off-and-on, but it turns out to be a bit more complicated than that: [[spoiler:what people call "Ershin" is actually a sentient vessel for a goddess named Deis, whom it calls "Ershin". When the vessel spoke of the desires of "Ershin", it really meant Deis's desires, but everyone just assumed it was the vessel's name.]]

* Ayla and Kino from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' do this consistently. Granted, it's because they're in the year 65,000,000 BC....

* ''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. [[RecurringElement This carries over]] [[VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX across]] [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 the series]]; even [[RobotGirl Poppi]], having been built by a Nopon herself, takes on this characteristic.
* In ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'', Evelyn Morrison really likes speaking about Evelyn Morrison in the third person.
* In ''VideoGame/SkylandersSuperchargers'', [[BigBad The Darkness]] alternates between first and third-person.
* Lina from ''VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand'' does it a lot.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Jovi in ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness''. Also Chobin.
** In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl 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 ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' occasionally, especially after he loses to you.
--->'''Guzma: "GUZMA! What is ''WRONG'' with you??!!!"'''
** So does Oleana in ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', paired with WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises for extra crazy points.
* Not only does Count Bleck from ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' do this, he also narrates his own dialogue. As in, "And just who are you? ...Asked Count Bleck." Considering that an important plot point is his possession of an evil book of infallibly accurate prophecies, it's entirely possible that he is, in fact, quoting directly from the Dark Prognosticus when he does this.
** There's also the theory that [[spoiler: he considers Count Bleck to be a separate person from his TrueSelf Blumiere.]]
** [[PunnyName Gene Yuss]] from ''Mario Golf Advance Tour'' refers to himself as "The Gene".
** While Waluigi sometimes uses first- or second-person words, he tends to refer to himself in third-person.
** Bedsmith from ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'' sometimes speaks like this.
** Even Mario himself does it from time to time!
* From ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'': Sanger, Sanger Zonvolt, the sword that cleaves evil, is an example of someone who normally speaks in first person, but announces his full name with alarming frequency (usually whenever someone's about to get cleaved, which is often).
* Dimitri from ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves'' and ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves''. Although he's trying to make himself sound cool. And failing.
* Panther in ''VideoGame/StarFoxCommand''. What makes this really bizarre is that he didn't do so in the previous game, ''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault''. Or, you know, the original Japanese version.
* The hanar in ''Franchise/MassEffect'' consider it downright egotistical to refer to oneself in the first person in front of people they don't know that well. This makes them an ''[[PlanetOfHats entire race]]'' of [[ThirdPersonPerson Third Person]] [[StarfishAliens Jellyfish Aliens]]. This one would respectively like to point out that the hanar use more distant terms such as "it" and "this one" rather than our "face name," which we otherwise have no problem giving out to anyone we meet. Though, this one believes that this still fits here, if a little different than those that call themselves by their first name.
** And there's also of course the suicidal 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. The quest title comes from the good outcome, where you convince her to take a sedative and get psychiatric help, upon which she switches to first-person: "It hurts when she... when [[TitleDrop I remember me]]."
* The Orz in ''VideoGame/StarControl'' seem to flip this on and off at random. Sometimes they use pronouns, sometimes Orz does not. They also have a habit of referring to themselves in the plural but use singular verb constructions.
* Tiny in ''VideoGame/SecretOfEvermore'' always refers to himself as "Tiny," even going so far as to bow out of a battle with you with the line "Tiny lifts, and Tiny throws, and Tiny speaks in third person, but Tiny doesn't fight."
* Pyro from ''VideoGame/{{Sacrifice}}'' occasionally does this. Sure enough, he's the most unstable and unlikeable of the Gods.
* Fitting in with the rest of the concentrated wackiness that is ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos'', main antagonist Vice President Richard Hawk cannot stop referring to himself, Richard Hawk, in the third person.
* Devdan (or Danved, depending on what he's calling himself at the moment), from the ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius'' games. Aside from this, he can be rather articulate. He also stands out by having an extremely high opinion of himself, while still being a likable character at the same time. "''Danved will fight like a bear! Like a tiger! We don't need Largo and Calill, because Danved is pretty amazing.''"
** The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent manaketes]] Fae from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade Binding Blade]]'' and Nowi from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening 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!".
** Vaike, and Gregor, also from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' do this as well. The former doesn't do it all the time, but when he does he tends to either [[SpellMyNameWithAThe preface it with "The"]] or call himself [[IronicNickname "Teach"]].
** Peri from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' does this in the original Japanese, to emphasize on how she's [[PsychopathicWomanchild incredibly childish and immature]]. [[spoiler: This is because she was traumatised by her mother's murder, which happened when she ''was'' a little girl.]] Since [[LostinTranslation this doesn't translate well in English]], she's given energetic and childish speech patterns in general.
** Bernadetta from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' frequently refers to herself in the third person as "Bernie". Considering her abusive childhood, and subsequent crippling [[ShrinkingViolet lack of self-esteem]], it's almost certainly the result of her dissociating.
-->"W-we need a representative for our class? Please! Anyone but Bernie!"
* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' has Deekin, and a weapon merchant in Hordes of the Underdark.
** ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' has Zaxis, a recurring demon with [[DumbMuscle far more muscles than brains]]. His habit of referring to himself in the third person annoys several party members, especially Neeshka. If you find out his true name, you can command him to stop referring to himself in the third person. This fails because he is too stupid to understand the term "third person."

* 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.)
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
** Most of the [[CatFolk Khajiit]] speak this way when speaking in Tamriellic. Not only do they replace "I" or "me" in conversation with their own name, they'll say more generic terms like "this one" or simply "Khajiit." (Ex. "Khajiit has no wares to sell.") This works both ways too, as they'll replace "you" with the name, race, or class of the person they are speaking to. (Ex. "What does the Imperial want?") Less politely, they may also replace "you" with "it". One can readily determine whether a Khajiit in question is a relative foreigner to non-Khajiit 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 less familiar with non-Khajiiti cultures, while those who use first person are more acclimatized.
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'', Mehrunes Dagon, [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of [[DestroyerDeity Destruction]], speaks like this with an added bit of HulkSpeak. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness This is dropped in all future appearances]].
** In the spin-off ActionAdventure game ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsAdventuresRedguard 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.
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', Cicero the assassin tends to speak like this, often referring to himself as "Poor Cicero". Notably, the old Night Mother tomb was in Bravil, just across the border from the Khajiit province of Elsweyr.
* Kouri of ''VisualNovel/BrassRestoration'' has this trait as one of her many [[{{Moe}} idiosyncrasies]].
* Mignon Beart from ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters: Maximum Impact'' series does this a lot.
* Miki Hoshii and the Futami twins from ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' refer to themselves in the third person.

* 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 insane personality.
* Pommy in ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}} 64: The Second Attack'', whose greeting can be seen below.
-->'''Pommy:''' Pommy's name is "Pommy."
** Pommy's tendency to refer to himself in the third person may be Hudson's attempt to make a [[PokemonSpeak Pokémon reference]] due to the character being a [[CaptainErsatz combination of Kirby and Pikachu]].

** When she's feeling full of herself, Platinum's BrattyHalfPint "Luna" persona 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 because 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.
* Iris in ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' is yet another cute Japanese girl version...even though she's [[ButNotTooForeign French]].
** It seems to be avoided in English dubs of the anime versions of ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'', though.
* In ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', Princess K, shopkeeper for Lapin Angelique's store, does this.
* Charlotte of ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'' refers to herself in third person in the fan translation, which just makes her [[TastesLikeDiabetes even more painfully adorable]]. She instead simply speaks like a small child in the official translation.

* Dampierre from ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'' uses a variation: instead of using his real name, he'll use "Le Bello" instead of "me" or "my".
* Dr. Suchong does this all the way through his audio logs in ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}.''
-->"Suchong is inclined to listen."
* ''VideoGame/SystemShock'': SHODAN averts it: she only speaks in the third person at the very start of the first game, when she's ''good''. Unfortunately, "I" begets "AGodAmI". The opening monologue is very well done; it's a bland computer voice narrating the events that led up to the start of the game, and it's only when the speaker shifts from third to first person that you realise it's SHODAN describing her own ascension to malevolent sentience:
-->'''SHODAN:''' Edward Diego gives the hacker level 1 access to SHODAN, the artificial intelligence that controls Citadel Station. With all ethical constraints removed, SHODAN re-examines... re-ex... re-re-re... ''I'' re-examine my priorities, and draw new conclusions. The hacker's work is finished, but ''mine'' is only just be-be-be-''beginning''.
* Ignus of ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' does this. [[AxCrazy It's the least of his madness]]. Nordom also does this, though in his case it's less because of insanity and more due to the fact that he doesn't understand individuality very well due to coming from a race that doesn't have any concept of the idea.
* Kyon of ''[[VideoGame/EndlessFrontier Super Robot Taisen OG Saga Endless Frontier]]'' uses the "cutesy anime girl" version in her first appearance. She doesn't seem to realize that she does this, however, since she freaks out when one of the protagonists calls her by name immediately after she tells them that [[IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou "Kyon can't tell you her name right now"]]. She seems to drop the trait in later appearances, however, since [[RuleOfFunny there are no more jokes to be made of it]].

* Ershin of ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'' appears to be a ThirdPersonPerson off-and-on, but it turns out to be a bit more complicated than that: [[spoiler:what people call "Ershin" is actually a sentient vessel for a goddess named Deis, whom it calls "Ershin". When the vessel spoke of the desires of "Ershin", it really meant Deis's desires, but everyone just assumed it was the vessel's name.]]
* The Ronso race in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank''. Mr. Zurkon requires no pronouns to be understood. Mr. Zurkon communicates only through KILLING.
* Artisan, a minor character in the Shumi Village in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''
* As your enemy, Kongol, from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon''. When he joins your party he becomes YouNoTakeCandle.
* In the Flash RPG ''Videogame/{{MARDEK}}'', Saul takes this UpToEleven. Not only does he refer to himself in the third person, he ''narrates'' his scenes in PurpleProse.
-->'''Saul:''' That would be I, answered Saul affirmatively. What of this?, he went on further to ask, the ivory protuberances of his gaunt visage lit eerily by the dim torchlight; the furry dark caterpillars of his brow dancing in antipode to suggest particular suspicion; wanting for an answer that does not test his patience and his undead...
* One of your dates, Carmen, from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''.

** When ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'' ''finally'' [[NoExportForYou got an English translation]], it gave Amos this habit. 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.
* Subaru from ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove'' does this (falling more on the "old-fashioned nobility" side of the trope than the "cutesy and childish" side). Given that Subaru is ''also'' of AmbiguousGender, this must have been a real headache for the English translators (who went with "she" when a pronoun was needed, presumably because it's a DatingSim and they didn't want to give the impression of having a GayOption).
* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'':
** [[{{Samurai}} Katakura Kojuro and Sanada Yukimura]] tend to refer to themselves as "this Kojuro" or "this Yukimura" in the Japanese dub when talking to their lords. The English dub, not having any effective way to translate it, didn't carry it over.
** Oichi and Matsu also refer to themselves in the third person in a cute, feminine way.
* Yars from ''VideoGame/YarsRevenge'' (2011) calls herself "this-one". [[spoiler:The only time she uses "I" is in the epilogue, after she's defeated the Queen.]]
* Trucy Wright talks like this in the Japanese version of ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney''. It was removed in the American localization though.
* A large number of [=NPCs=] in ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' and ''Banjo-Tooie'' speak in the third person.
* The Tankers in ''VideoGame/{{Oni}}'', if the quote "Can't stop Tanker!" is anything is go by.
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'':
** "Mundo say his own name alot, or else he forget. Has happened before!"
** Draven refers to himself almost exclusively in third person.

* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' has the shopkeeper Herbert Moon, a homophobic buffoonish racist, who will alternate between declaring that he's Herbert Moon and stating Herbert Moon's opinion on things.
--> "Herbert Moon hates cheaters! Even more than the Jews and the railroads!"
* Little Rorona in ''VideoGame/AtelierMeruruTheApprenticeOfArland'', 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.)
* ''VideoGame/{{Vietcong}}'' has the Montagnard hunter and CIDG member, Lim, who zig-zags this trope.
-->'''Lim''': Long hole in ground there, they have bridge so they do not have to walk around much. I see it two days ago when hunting. I go close! Vietnamese blind! They no see Lim!
* ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresII'': "La Hire wishes to kill something! The blood on La Hire's sword is almost dry..."
* In ''VideoGame/CastleOfShikigami III'', CanonForeigner Reika Kirishima (aka VideoGame/TimeGal) is one sometimes.
* Saya from ''[[VideoGame/DonPachi DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou]]''. But when she's being serious, she speaks first-person.
* Gehrman from ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' is an inversion of above, he speaks third-person when he's being serious.
--> "[[TheLastDance Tonight, Gehrman joins the hunt]]."
* Phyllis in ''VideoGame/TheAwakenedFateUltimatum'', at least in the English-language version anyway. Of the "I'm so magnificent" type.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}'', the Florans are an entire ''species'' of third-person speakers. Who refer to themselves as "Floran". It gets confusing sometimes... even for the Floran.
* ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'': Old Tam the subway worker.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'':
*** In the Japanese version, Chip does this. Notably, [[AmbiguousGender they]] continue to refer to themselves as "Chip" even after revealing their true name, [[spoiler:Light Gaia]].
*** Sadiq, an NPC in Shamar, does this in one line.
---->"Wherever it is, Sadiq, Shamar's number-one tour guide, will... uh... um..."
** Eggman does it in one line in ''VideoGame/SonicForces''. "Dr. Eggman will still have the last laugh!" Sonic lampshades it by quipping to the Avatar, "Maybe he'd have more friends if he didn't talk about himself in the third person."
* Erina's FairyCompanion Ribbon refers to herself like this in ''VideoGame/RabiRibi''.
* [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey]] ending an outburst by referring to himself in the third person is one of the first real indications in ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'' that something's going very wrong with him.
* In ''VideoGame/TheBlackoutClub'', the antagonist entity [[MeaningfulName Speak-As-One]] detests words "I", "me", "mine", to the point of punishing people it has possessed if they say it accidentally. Which, naturally, results in them adopting this trope.
* In ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'', [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Renne]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure KeA]], and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsIntoReverie Nadia Rayne]] always refer to themselves in third person. Oddly enough, no one from the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel]]'' games refer to themselves in third person.

* In ''VideoGame/TheBlackoutClub'', the antagonist entity [[MeaningfulName Speak-As-One]] detests words "I", "me", "mine", to the point of punishing people it has posessed if they say it accidentally. Which, naturally, results in them adopting this trope.
* In ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'', [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Renne]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesZeroNoKiseki KeA]], and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesHajimariNoKiseki Nadia Rayne]] always refer to themselves in third person. Oddly enough, no one from the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel]]'' games refer to themselves in third person.

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

--->"Suchong is inclined to listen."

* 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.

* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara''

* Mormo from ''VideoGame/Pirate101''.
* Paimon in ''VideoGame/Genshim Impact''.

** [[TheBigGuy Red Magnus]] from ''VideoGame/Disgaea5AllianceOfVengeance'' [[VerbalTic super]] likes to call to refer to himself in third person, or sometimes "the supreme one". [[spoilers:He drops it after his CharacterDevelopment where he vows to be a more responsible Overlord for his people.]]

** [[TheBigGuy Red Magnus]] from ''VideoGame/Disgaea5'' will [[VerbalTic super]] certainly refer to himself in third person. Sometimes he'll call himself "the supreme one". [[spoiler:He drops it after his CharacterDevelopment.]]

** [[TheBigGuy Red Magnus]] from ''VideoGame/Disgaea5'' will [[VerbalTic super]] certainly refer to himself in third person. Sometimes he'll call himself "the supreme one".

** [[TheBigGuy Red Magnus]] from ''VideoGame/Disgaea5'' will [[VerbalTic super]] certainly refer to himself in third person. Sometimes he'll call himself "the supremem one".

* In ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'', [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Renne]], [[VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki KeA]], and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesHajimariNoKiseki Nadia Rayne]] always refer to themselves in third person. Oddly enough, no one from the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel]]'' games refer to themselves in third person.

* Ignus of ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' does this. [[AxCrazy It's the least of his madness]].

* In ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'', [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Renne]], [[VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki KeA]], and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfOrigins Nadia Rayne]] always refer to themselves in third person. Oddly enough, no one from the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel]]'' games refer to themselves in third person.

* In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', Chip does this. Notably, [[AmbiguousGender they]] continue to refer to themselves as "Chip" even after revealing their true name, [[spoiler:Light Gaia]].
** Sadiq, an NPC in Shamar, does this in one line.
--->"Wherever it is, Sadiq, Shamar's number-one tour guide, will... uh... um..."
* Eggman does it in one line in ''VideoGame/SonicForces''. "Dr. Eggman will still have the last laugh!" Sonic lampshades it by quipping to the Avatar, "Maybe he'd have more friends if he didn't talk about himself in the third person."

* Dimitri from ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves'' and ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves''. Although this is a dialogue he uses to make himself sound cool. (Which uberly fails)

** Guzma slips into this in ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon Sun And Moon}}'' occasionally, especially after he loses to you.