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| 8 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Aion}}'', characters Ascend from being ordinary 'humans', becoming Daeva; in the main city for each race, players will find {{N|onPlayerCharacter}}PCs labeled as "Daeva of ..." for various things -- Intuition, Song, etc. One of the two Asmodai Daevas of Cooking is named 'Batali'. |
| 9 | * In the fantasy game ''VideoGame/{{Alundra}}'', there is a character named Jaylen who resembles Jay Leno and has a similar taste in cars. |
| 10 | * ''VideoGame/AngryBirds Stella Pop'' has {{Music/Shakira}} on it. [[https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_vPkQ7Tz4QqDyYJ-LUxrn2tH4pVtaY7BsyOccgKpdeL0UNoX82W9tdOFfPXT3Aaumw=h900 No really.]] Sure, it's a bird, but it's still Shakira. |
| 11 | * Robert Garcia from ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' is based on Creator/StevenSeagal in his prime, while King was modeled after Dutch Muay Thai fighter Saskia Van Rijswijk (with a bit of Grace Jones thrown in conceptually as well). Robert's redesign in ''XIV'' seems to be inspired by Creator/OrlandoBloom during his ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' days. |
| 12 | * Chuck Downfield, the annoying announcer of ''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Football]]'', was definitely based off of John Madden. |
| 13 | ** The Webber twins are arguably modeled after Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen. Although they also have quite a few similarities to Venus and Serena Williams, which is more emphasized in later games. |
| 14 | * ''VideoGame/BadDudes'' has the titular Dudes rescue "[[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan President Ronnie]]" from {{ninja}}. The NES port referred to him as simply "the President" and updated his sprite to resemble UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush. |
| 15 | * The fighting game ''Battle K-Road'' is a rather blatant example, featuring [[Creator/SylvesterStallone Wolf]] alongside [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger T-8P]] (who also has a [[PaletteSwap Head Swap]] in the form of [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} D-9P]]). |
| 16 | * Quite a few male characters in video games resemble Music/DavidBowie, including Raziel from the ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' games, and even the Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Zangoose, which has an Aladdin Sane lightning bolt-esque design on one side of its face. |
| 17 | ** Emperor Mateus Palmecia from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' GREATLY resembles Bowie's character Jareth from ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''. His English voice actor evidently picked up on this, as his performance is very similar to Bowie's. Plus, there's the fact that his gameplay in ''VideoGame/{{Dissidia|FinalFantasy}}'' is based entirely around setting up traps. |
| 18 | ** If Raphael from ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur II]]'' and ''III'' doesn't look like Music/DavidBowie, I don't know who the hell does (Mr. Bowie excluded). It's been way toned down in ''SCIV'', though, in part because Raphael is now much buffer. |
| 19 | * ''VideoGame/BlushBlush'' has the streamer Ichiban, who strongly resembles Markiplier. He references Mark's catchphrases and some of his past videos. Mark made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysROgI5qDL8 a video]] where he jokingly played through the game to see how far the similarities went. |
| 20 | * Creator/{{SNK}}'s 3D realistic {{fighting game}} ''VideoGame/BurikiOne'' has a number of characters based on famous fighters from almost all disciplines such as MMA ([[Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba Gai Tendo]]), Judo ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Douillet Jacques Ducalis]]), Greco-Roman wrestling ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Karelin Ivan Sokolov]]) and ProfessionalWrestling ([[Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} Patrick Van Heyting]].) |
| 21 | * The main plot of ''Cake Mania 5: Lights, Camera, Action!'' is famous director "[[Creator/MichaelBay Michel Bey]]" directing an extremely... confusing adaptation of ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice''. |
| 22 | * In the ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' AdventureGame ''Shadow of the Comet'', many of the character portraits are based on famous folks such as Vincent Price, Jack Nicholson, Tor Johnson, Sean Connery, and even H.P. Lovecraft. |
| 23 | * In the first ''VideoGame/{{Caravaneer}}'' game, [[PresidentEvil Oswald Raff]]'s similarity with Silvio Berlusconi might be a coincidence. |
| 24 | ** Jorge Arbusto[[note]]"George Bush" in Spanish[[/note]] is a recruitable mercenary in the first game who resembles UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush. |
| 25 | ** In the sequel, Fiston Diputtan, president of the Federation, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial definitely]] is not Putin. Neither is the [[TakeThat wealthy slaver]] Dolland Truffle related to anyone in real life with a similar name. |
| 26 | ** [[Creator/ChuckNorris Chunk Nariz]] has a relatively large religion formed around his memetic persona. |
| 27 | ** You can escort a Noam Chomsky in the sequel if you convince Samantha Stone to visit Tifk. |
| 28 | * The original NES ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania|I}}'' end credits: Trans Fishers (Terrence Fisher), Vram Stoker (Bram Stoker), James Banana (James Bama), Christopher Bee (Christopher Lee), Belo Lugosi (Creator/BelaLugosi), Boris Karloffice (Creator/BorisKarloff), Love Chaney Jr. (Creator/LonChaneyJr), Barber Sherry (Barbara Shelly), Love Chaney (Lon Chaney), Mix Schrecks (Max Shrek), Green Stranger (Glenn Strange), Cafebar Read (Oliver Reed), Andre Moral (André Morell), Jone Candies (John Carradine), and the hero, credited as Simon Belmondo (Jean-Paul Belmondo), the literal romanization of the Japanese spelling, instead of the Anglicized spelling of "Simon Belmont" used in the manual.[[labelnote:Explanation]]"Simon Belmondo" ("see-MOAN Bel-moan-do") is a French name based on the aforementioned Jean-Paul Belmondo, hence the Japanese spelling of "Shimon Berumondo".[[/labelnote]] |
| 29 | * ''VideoGame/ClarencesBigChance'': Clarence ''totally isn't'' pre-transition [[Webcomic/{{Sonichu}} Chris Chandler.]] Not at all. |
| 30 | * Jennifer Simpson from ''VideoGame/ClockTower'' was modeled after Creator/JenniferConnelly, who also starred in the Creator/DarioArgento movie (''Film/{{Phenomena}}'') that inspired the game. |
| 31 | * ''VideoGame/TheCloserGameOfTheYearEdition'': |
| 32 | ** The incident the title character suffers in the beginning is inspired by the story of how Brad Lidge, a modestly successful MLB player who was playing for the Houston Astros in 2005, suffered a humiliating gaffe against St. Louis Cardinals power hitter Albert Pujols in the playoffs. Meanwhile, Pujols himself is referenced wholesale by the BigBad Carlos Rodriguez, from his team and batting role right down to his nickname "The Machine". That said, the in-game incident carried heavier baggage than the one in real life; the game's version happened in Game 6 of the World Series, and the New York Yankees were unable to undo the damage the Closer's mistake did the way the Astros could for Lidge's. |
| 33 | ** Another player character, Zizek, is based on the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek. That pretty much explains his character as a philosopher defiant against societal norms. |
| 34 | * ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk'': |
| 35 | ** According to her Tomodachill profile, Freya's favorite author is [[Creator/NeilGaiman Geil Naiman.]] |
| 36 | ** In Episode 2, one of Lucas's status updates is him asking if "@mloydfayweather", the game's equivalent of Floyd Mayweather Jr., is available for a boxing match. It's also a reference to Creator/LoganPaul's match against the latter in 2021. |
| 37 | * Bill and Lance in the original ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' were blatantly based on Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger and Creator/SylvesterStallone. The backstory of ''Shattered Soldier'' echoes ''Film/DemolitionMan'' (which itself featured Stallone). Bill is accused of murdering his partner and causing "calamity on a global scale" with a superweapon, and is sentenced to HumanPopsicle prison, but is temporarily thawed to take down his old partner turned nemesis since he is the only one powerful enough for the task. |
| 38 | * The Creator/RadicalEntertainment games in the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series does this a lot: Crunch Bandicoot is Creator/MrT, Doctor N. Gin is Creator/PeterLorre (although it can be argued he was based on Lorre to begin with), Tiny Tiger is Mike Tyson, the Ratnicians are an army of Jerry Lewises, Chick Gizzard Lips is Howard Cosell, and some of the Park Drones consist of Andrew Dice Clay, Creator/BorisKarloff, W.C. Fields, and Charlton Heston. |
| 39 | * ''VideoGame/CrimeCity'' is an arcade buddy-cop themed RunAndGun game with the player 1 CowboyCop, Tony Gibson, being blatantly based on Creator/MelGibson, specifically the Martin Riggs character from ''Film/LethalWeapon''. They even share a surname! |
| 40 | * In ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'', one of the city's notorious former inhabitants was the mobster [[UsefulNotes/AlCapone Al Caphoney]], who got away with many years of organized crime only for tacks evasion[[note]](he swerved in the road to avoid a sharp object, and was arrested for dangerous driving)[[/note]] to be his downfall. [=McQueen=] pauses in the middle of explaining all this to claim that any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental. |
| 41 | * John Morgan of ''VideoGame/DeadIslandRiptide.'' Let's see, Australian soldier? Check. Hand to hand expert? Check. Uses WolverineClaws? Check. [[Creator/HughJackman Definitely that lawyer from Blue Heelers.]] |
| 42 | * ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' |
| 43 | ** Bass Armstrong looks like Wrestling/ScottSteiner but is modeled after [[Wrestling/StanHansen Stan "The Lariat" Hansen]] (as was "Macho" Mike Haggar from ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' and ''VideoGame/SaturdayNightSlamMasters''; in fact, many Japanese-made wrestling game main characters that people confused for Hogan analogues were actually based off of Hansen) and made to look like Wrestling/HulkHogan (mostly the [=nWo=] version). This makes things even MORE confusing when Bass's daughter Tina ends up resembling Hogan's (decidedly NON-wrestling) daughter Brooke. Given that Brooke was 8 the year the first game came out it's safe to assume Tina was not based on her. Oh, and he is also played by Wrestling/KevinNash in [[Film/DOADeadOrAlive the movie]]. |
| 44 | ** Zack is clearly based on Dennis Rodman, who even voiced him in the beach volleyball spinoff game. |
| 45 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Delicious}} 9: Emily's Honeymoon Cruise'' famous singer (and total JerkAss) "[[Music/TomJones John Tones]]" comes to perform on the ship. |
| 46 | * The main character of ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans'' is an alien who talks like Creator/JackNicholson. In the third game, an actual parody of Nicholson appears, with Crypto [[HypocriticalHumor complaining how annoying his voice is]]. |
| 47 | * Lazarus, a foul-mouthed, boisterous radio host in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' that deals with conspiracy theories, and serves as a GreekChorus of sorts along with Eliza, is inspired [[http://eidosmontreal.tumblr.com/post/16011525094/was-the-radio-guy-talking-about-the-bilderbergs mostly by Alex Jones, but by other personalities, such as Jim Rome and a fictional radio host from the movie Eight-Legged Freaks.]] |
| 48 | * Flynn, the protagonist of forgettable first-person-shooter ''Devastation'', looks much like Music/{{Eminem}}. |
| 49 | * ''VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry'' features the "Raptor News Network" and Bob Barbas, parodies of Fox News and Creator/BillOReilly. |
| 50 | * The BigBad in ''VideoGame/Doom3'' bears a striking resemblance (both physically ''and'' in voice) to Sir Creator/AnthonyHopkins. In particular, to Hopkins playing [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]]... |
| 51 | * The DS remakes of the ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' games featured new character artwork. Alena, rechristened a "Tsarevna" (Russian princess), and coming from a FantasyCounterpartCulture Russia, bears a striking resemblance to Tsarevna Anastasia Romanov. [[spoiler:Considering what happens to her father's kingdom, it's rather appropriate.]] |
| 52 | * The classic Creator/{{Sega}} 3D beat-em-up games ''VideoGame/DynamiteCop'' features a protagonist, Bruno Dillinger, who bears more than a passing resemblance to Creator/BruceWillis. Such that when the first ''Dynamite Cop'' was localized in the west, the game's name was changed to ''Franchise/DieHard [[MarketBasedTitle Arcade]]'', and Bruno was renamed "John [=McClane=]". When Bruno appeared in ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'', they completed the look by having him voiced by Ben Hiura, who does the Japanese dub voice for Willis' film appearances. |
| 53 | * ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'': Ulfric Stormcloak shares a lot of similarities to UsefulNotes/RobertTheBruce. Just as Ulfric shouted High King Torygg apart to kickstart his rebellion against the Empire, Bruce stabbed John III Comyn on holy ground -- Comyn was a Scottish baron and political rival of Bruce with ties to the English, and at the time the killing was a highly controversial move. Fleeing the authorities as an outlaw, Bruce was crowned the first king of Scotland and then led armies to war against England, winning independence in 1328. |
| 54 | * Are you sure that ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' didn't name its muscular baseball hero "Hulk Bryman" to avoid a lawsuit from Barry Bonds? |
| 55 | -->'''Hulk:''' "[[CatchPhrase You bet, kid!]]" |
| 56 | * ''VideoGame/ElectionYearKnockout'': Each opponent in the game is a very obvious parody of a RealLife political figure, which becomes apparent from simply their name. Jab Bush is a parody of Jeb Bush; Uncle Joe is a parody of Joe Biden; A-Oh! is a parody of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, better known as AOC; Ted Bruz is a parody of Ted Cruz; Cap'n Crenshaw is a parody of Dan Crenshaw; Birdie Sanders is a parody of Bernie Sanders; Chief Warrin' is a parody of Elizabeth Warren; Mike Pious is a parody of Mike Pence; Donald Thump is a parody of Donald Trump; Justin Turbeau is a parody of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau; Kim Jong BOOM is a parody of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un; and Vladimir Bootin is a parody of Russian president Vladimir Putin. |
| 57 | * ''Emily Enough'' features a very, very blatant No Celebrities Were Harmed version of Ed Gein -- the description of his career as a serial killer is lifted word-for-word from accounts of Gein. [[spoiler: In one of the game's more disturbing puzzles, you have to skin an old lady alive so he can wear her skin.]] |
| 58 | * In ''VideoGame/EverQuestII'', at Gnomeland Security HQ in Steamfont, a Gnome named Adam Cogbuster and a Halfling named Jamie Spocketbreaker are developing complex and dangerous new weaponry. They look a ''lot'' like [[Series/MythBusters Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman]]. |
| 59 | * ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' featured characters named 'Juan Cruz' and 'Viki Goldstein' in the 'Hubologist' base, although they insist that any resemblance to persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. |
| 60 | ** For those playing at home, they "coincidentally" resemble Creator/TomCruise, Creator/NicoleKidman, and Scientology, respectively. |
| 61 | ** The same game also had a big black boxing champion nicknamed "The Masticator", who could bite off your ear during a boxing match against him. |
| 62 | * Subverted in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' with 'The King' and his gang 'The Kings' who all dress like Elvis Presley. The King in particular though, as he even speaks in the same fashion as Elvis did. This is a subversion, however, as the Kings operate out of 'The King's School of Impersonation', a 50s drama school to teach people to act, dress, and speak like Elvis. Using the materials from the school, The Kings built their identity around the legendary figure. |
| 63 | ** The explanation for why no one mentions the name of the figure the school was about? By the time the King (the gang leader) got there, the surviving materials all referred to the figure simply as 'the King'. |
| 64 | * Billy from ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' and ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' is based on [[Music/GunsNRoses Axl Rose]], with his original design from ''Fatal Fury 2''-''KOF '95'' taking cues from former English pro-wrestler Dynamite Kid. Boxers Michael Max and Axel Hawk are based on Mike Tyson and George Foreman, respectively. |
| 65 | * In ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R.]]'', there is a character named Norton Mapes who is clearly based on the late great Creator/JohnCandy. |
| 66 | ** [[http://highres.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/180px-norton-mapes.jpg Or]] [[http://dcairns.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/harry.jpg Harry Knowles]]... |
| 67 | * Aside from the "Emperor Mateus Palmecia-Bowie" example above, the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series has: |
| 68 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI's'' [[{{Woolseyism}} SNES English localization]] made the Dream monsters of the original Japanese version into [[Film/TheThreeStooges The Dream Stooges]], complete with actual names. This trope was put into greater effect in the Advance remake, in which the stooges' names were distorted, but still obvious. |
| 69 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' and [[Franchise/CompilationOfFinalFantasyVII its spin-offs]] |
| 70 | *** [[ScaryBlackMan Barret Wallace]] looks and speaks remarkably similar to Creator/MrT. |
| 71 | *** [[MsFanservice Tifa Lockhart]]'s initial appearance really resembles Creator/JenniferConnelly, particularly her appearance on ''Film/CareerOpportunities'' (compare [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ff7_tifa_lockhart.png Tifa]] to [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c5/66/01/c5660176c8e9e3bfdc97664047d5344f.jpg Connelly in that film]]). However, Tifa's appearance since ''[[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]'' has been modeled after Ayumi Ito, who is her Japanese voice actress since the film. |
| 72 | *** [[PluckyGirl Aerith Gainsborough]]'s [[http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy/images/e/e4/Aeris_Portrait.jpg appearance]] resembles (and is said to be modeled after) a [[https://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/626/brookyoung.jpg young]] Creator/BrookeShields. Coincidentally or not, Aerith is [[ItWasHisSled eventually laid to rest]] in a [[Literature/TheBlueLagoon blue lagoon]]. |
| 73 | *** Genesis Rhapsodos is ''exactly'' modelled after Music/{{Gackt}}, to the point of [[InkSuitActor Gackt voicing him in Japanese]]. |
| 74 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'': |
| 75 | *** Biggs is drawn to resemble Creator/CharlieSheen's character from ''Film/{{Platoon}}'', and his English voice actor imitated Sheen's voice. |
| 76 | *** Chocobo Sam's English voice actor imitated Creator/SamElliott's voice. |
| 77 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' |
| 78 | *** Like Genesis, Squall Leonhart's appearance was based on Music/{{Gackt}}, while also drawing influence from the late Creator/RiverPhoenix. |
| 79 | *** Zell Dincht is said to be modeled after Music/RedHotChiliPeppers bassist Flea. Zell's [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/p__/images/f/f8/2022386-zell_dincht.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170723134424&path-prefix=protagonist facial structure]] does resemble a [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/fe/f8/23/fef823278b07a2e93908e97b553fbe77.jpg young Flea]]'s, though. |
| 80 | *** Headmaster Cid Kramer greatly resembles Creator/RobinWilliams. |
| 81 | ** Noel Kreiss from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'' resembles a young Creator/TomCruise. |
| 82 | * Perhaps the ultimate in use of this trope is the long-lived ''VideoGame/FireProWrestling'' series, where every wrestler in the game is a renamed version of an actual professional wrestler. There are ''over one hundred wrestlers'' in the latest one. |
| 83 | ** The last one, ''Fire Pro Wrestling RETURNS'' for the [=PS2=], contains over 350 wrestlers...and every single one of them is a rename (and some are recolors) of a real-life wrestler (many of them are just more "obscure" ones that casual US wrestling fans won't recognize). |
| 84 | * ''VideoGame/FlamingZombooka'': Two zombies in the second game's level pack's title screen look like zombie versions of Music/MichaelJackson and Music/ElvisPresley with their hairstyles and clothes. |
| 85 | * Most characters in ''VideoGame/FredericEvilStrikesBack'' are slightly-changed versions of real life musicians. |
| 86 | * In ''VideoGame/GodHand'' the cast of supporting characters includes a casino bouncer who looks like Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, an Afro-haired Kung-Fu master based on Film/BlackBeltJones and a Zebra-themed masked wrestler who fights just like [[Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling Giant Baba]]. Shannon has sometimes been interpreted as a caricature of Creator/ParisHilton. |
| 87 | * ''VideoGame/GrandChase'''s final (as of Season 2, has now been removed for Season 3) PVE mission (finishing Xenia Frontier's Red and Violet forests on 3 star-difficulty under 15 minutes) has you trying to beat the dungeon-clearing record of one Franchise/{{Indiana|Jones}} [[Creator/HarrisonFord Ford]]. |
| 88 | * Many fans suspect Alexandra Chilton from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' is a thinly veiled parody of Paris Hilton... |
| 89 | * The ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' ''VideoGame/WorldOfAssassinationTrilogy'' has a tendency to model some of the targets on real celebrities: |
| 90 | ** Jasper Knight is based on the same chess-playing defectors [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Korchnoi Viktor Korchnoi]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Alburt Lev Alburt]] (among others) who defected from the Soviet Union to the USA. |
| 91 | ** Claus Hugo Strandberg is a mix of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Madoff Bernie Madoff]] (famous for crafting a ''17 year long'' investment scandal and created the largest PonziScheme in history) and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange Julian Assange]] (who was famously held up in the Embassy of Ecuador in London after publishing U.S military documents). |
| 92 | ** Jordan Cross shares his appearance and veganism with that of Creator/JaredLeto (who is also a part of a rock band; Music/ThirtySecondsToMars), while his crime of killing his girlfriend is in reference to Music/SidVicious being suspected of killing his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. |
| 93 | ** Ken Morgan is based on infamous New York lawyer (and former mayor for the city) [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani Rudy Giuliani]], even sharing his receding hairline and tortoiseshell glasses. |
| 94 | ** Marco Abiatti not only looks like the former Italian prime minister; [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi]], but also has the attitude of other European populists. Both share ties to the mafia, off-color jokes, and feud with a newspaper; all of which are based on controversies surrounding Berlusconi. |
| 95 | ** Craig Black is based on Creator/StephenieMeyer, as his book series; Cassandra Snow, is clearly a parody of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''. Like Meyer, Black is stated to have released several sci-fi books that were ignored, and Black's involvement in a cult is based on Meyer inserting her Mormon beliefs into her books. |
| 96 | ** Jonathon Smythe is an obvious pastiche of Music/JustinBieber, in both appearance and infamy (minus the homicide, we hope); only amping up his notorious bad boy streak to the extreme. |
| 97 | ** Gabriel Santos is an over-the-top LargeHam parody of the persona Creator/GordonRamsay gives off in his shows, minus the notoriety of injuring his staff. |
| 98 | ** Thomas Cross is blatantly modelled after media mogul [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson Richard Branson]]. His media conglomerate and mentions of him being cold and staunchly conservative appears to have been taken from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch Rupert Murdoch]]. |
| 99 | ** Robert Knox's public image as an eccentric billionaire with a great interest in artificial intelligence and outlandish PR stunts bring [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk Elon Musk]] to mind, while the scars on the right side of his face resemble those of late Formula 1 driver [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niki_Lauda Niki Lauda]], who also got them from a racing accident. |
| 100 | ** Sierra Knox shares the revelation that she worked her way way up in her father's engineering company's finance department under an assumed name, with that of claims that BMW heiress [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanne_Klatten Susanne Klatten]] did the same thing. |
| 101 | ** Byron Washington III brings to mind [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_A._Saunders_III Thomas A. Saunders III]], founder of The Heritage Foundation. Both are founders of conservative think tanks at the center of climate change denialism. |
| 102 | ** Sophia Washington has her appearance modelled on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serena_Williams Serena Williams]], having the same sunglasses, initials, and her original name (as unintentionally left in her intel and in the ICA Files in Chongqing) is "Serena Washington". Much like Serena, Sophia also has a sister, Zoe Washington, which mirrors Serena's sister, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Williams Venus Williams]]. |
| 103 | ** Athena Savalas bears an uncanny resemblance to "the Queen of Mean" [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leona_Helmsley Leona Helmsely]], in both her appearance, her location, and her treatment of her employees. |
| 104 | ** Jimmy Chen bears a passing resemblance to infamous journalist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Ngo Andy Ngo]]. Ngo has been criticized for sharing fabricated and edited information, something Chen also does. They are both of Asian descent and have a habit of inserting themselves into volatile situations by going directly into the heart of what they want to cover. |
| 105 | ** Imogen Royce looks very much like Music/{{Grimes}}, with matching Royce's embracing of transhumanism and technology as a way to depopulate the work force seems to be a TakeThat towards practices advocated by Grimes and her ex-partner Elon Musk. |
| 106 | ** Manon Beaulieu is clearly based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yayoi_Kusama Yayoi Kusama]], who shares a similar dress sense of patterned dresses and a bob-cut hairstyle. |
| 107 | ** Allison Moretta may be inspired by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Sorokin Anna "Delvey" Sorokin]], a Russian-born con artist who swindled money from institutions and banks under the pretence of setting up an art foundation. |
| 108 | ** Sully Bowden is based on Creator/MikeTyson, in that they are both champion boxers with anger issues and drug addictions. Bowden has a scar on his right eyebrow that is in an identical placement to Tyson's own. He might also joke about being [=1/8th=] Irish, likely alluding to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conor_McGregor Conor McGregor]]. |
| 109 | * Creator/LindsayLohan sued Rockstar, claiming that the actress Lacey Jonas in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' was a caricature of her, which was ultimately dismissed. |
| 110 | ** Jay Norris is a parody of Website/{{Facebook}} creator Mark Zuckerberg, specifically the version in Film/TheSocialNetwork with his corruption and insufferable nature turned up. |
| 111 | ** Michael was designed after his actor Ned Luke, but it's impossible to see him without thinking of Creator/RobertDeNiro. Trevor (Creator/StevenOgg) has also brought up similarities to Creator/JackNicholson. |
| 112 | * ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'': |
| 113 | ** Axl Low is a laid-back British clone of Music/GunsNRoses vocalist Axl Rose. With a dash of [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Marty McFly]]. With fire magic and a [[SinisterScythe kusarigama]]. [[spoiler:The name of Low's alternate self from the past, William, is also taken from Rose, born William Bruce Rose Jr.]] |
| 114 | ** [[HotWitch I-no]] seems to be based of Shiina Ringo. |
| 115 | ** Less obvious but Sol Badguy has a lot of [[Music/{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]] in him, especially in the way how he holds [[CoolSword Fireseal]] emulates Freddie's way with a mic stand. Taken further with the later reveal that his real name is Frederick ''Bulsara''. |
| 116 | * Sgt Stacker ([[TheDanza voiced by Pete Stacker]]) in the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series is reminiscent of R. Lee Ermey. |
| 117 | * ''Homescapes'': |
| 118 | ** Austin and his family discover a secret room containing an unknown film by famous director "[[Creator/StanleyKubrick Stacy Rubric]]". |
| 119 | ** Jed mentions feeling like running out and learning martial arts after watching a "[[Creator/JackieChan Chackie Jan]]" movie. |
| 120 | ** Olivia's favorite mystery author is "[[Creator/AgathaChristie Agnes Misty]]". |
| 121 | * Theodore "Ted" Faro, GreaterScopeVillain of ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' (by way of being TooDumbToLive rather than being actively malicious, mind you) is a clear pastiche of silicon valley billionaires like Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and ''especially'' Elon Musk. He's a {{Techbro}} [[FictionFiveHundred trilionaire]] who built his fortune on new technology that he didn't actually invent himself, but paid other people to invent and then took credit for. He was also hailed as a hero for his developments, but was far more selfish and greedy in private. [[spoiler:Hopefully unlike Elon, he ends up causing the apocalypse by creating self-replicating, bio-matter-devouring, unhackeable robots that ''of course'' run amok and destroy all life on Earth]]. |
| 122 | * Kate Green in ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead 4'' looks blatantly similar to [[Music/BlackEyedPeas Fergie]]. And in ''Scarlet Dawn'', she resembles actress Creator/KeiraKnightley. |
| 123 | * In ''VideoGame/HoratioTheThirdSeniorManjensenWithKnuckles'', Morgan Treeman, the BigGood, is a parody of Creator/MorganFreeman. |
| 124 | ** ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDeadOverkill'' Isaac Washington is, for all intents and purposes, an Expy of Creator/SamuelLJackson. |
| 125 | * ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' doesn't have ''too'' many instances of this, but it ''does'' have a few that fans can clearly point out: |
| 126 | ** Demyx is based on, [[SarcasmMode you guessed it]], Music/DavidBowie. |
| 127 | ** Master Eraqus is very clearly designed after ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. Much like how Yen Sid's name is an anagram of "Creator/{{Disney}}", Eraqus's is "[[Creator/SquareEnix Square]]." |
| 128 | ** Master Xehanort was also at least partly designed after Disney producer Roy Conli. It gets totally {{lampshaded}} in one of the reveal trailers which Roy presented. |
| 129 | * Some of the VIP clients in ''[[VideoGame/KittyPowersMatchmaker Kitty Powers' Speed Date]]'' are {{Exp|y}}ies of famous celebrities, like [[WebVideo/PewDiePie DewDiePie]] and [[Music/KatyPerry Katie Berry]]. |
| 130 | * Canderous in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' looks like Creator/RonPerlman and would fit right in with many of the other characters he played. |
| 131 | * One of the Personality Cores in ''VideoGame/TheLab'''s minigame "Slingshot" is a Climate Change Awareness Core, whose job is to cause climate change so it can [[Film/AnInconvenientTruth raise awareness of it]]. It also sounds like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore a certain former US vice president]]. |
| 132 | * Vasu the ring appraiser from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'' also appers to be based on a Japanese comedian, Igari Shopan, whose most famous act was dressing up as an Arabian snake charmer. |
| 133 | * In ''VideoGame/LEGOMinifiguresOnline'', the Movie Starlet looks a lot like Marilyn Monroe. |
| 134 | * ''VideoGame/LiveALive'''s Sammo Hakka is a fairly obvious expy of Creator/SammoHung, with his first name and [[{{Acrofatic}} large yet surprisingly agile]] build. The official translation for the 2022 remake slightly obscures this by [[DubNameChange renaming him to]] "Hong Hakka." |
| 135 | ** Max Morgan from the Present Day chapter is clearly based on Wrestling/HulkHogan. |
| 136 | * ''VideoGame/{{Loopmancer}}'' has a Creator/HiroyukiSanada expy named Hiroyuki ''Ogata''. Besides the name, they both sport the same beard and are depicted as katana-swinging badasses. |
| 137 | * ''Lost in Nightmare'': Jill looks a lot like Sarah Connor from ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''. In TheRemake of the original, Jill had a Sarah Connor-ish outfit as an unlockable. |
| 138 | * The designers of the ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' series created draft classes from scratch, often tossing in high-profile players still in college whose names and images they couldn't legally use. Like a scrambling QB from Florida named "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Tebow Tim Tribow]]". |
| 139 | * In ''Make It Big In Hollywood'' naive movie mogul wannabe Lisa somehow attracts the personal attention of "[[Creator/BradPitt Brad Schmitt]]". |
| 140 | * The NES game ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'' features a character called Wink Smiley, who is a talk show host clearly based on Jay Leno. He looks exactly like a young Jay and even has Jay's chin. |
| 141 | * ''Franchise/MassEffect'': The default male face of Shepard is based on Dutch model Mark Vanderloo. |
| 142 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' |
| 143 | ** The original ''VideoGame/MetalGear1'' featured a cover artwork that was obviously traced from a publicity still of Creator/MichaelBiehn in ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''. |
| 144 | ** The original [=MSX2=] release of ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake'' featured character portraits obviously ripped from actual photographs of celebrities (notably with Solid Snake as Creator/MelGibson, Grey Fox as Creator/TomBerenger, Roy Campbell as Creator/RichardCrenna, and Big Boss as Creator/SeanConnery). These were changed to Shinkawa-style portraits in later releases to avoid any potential likeness infringement. |
| 145 | ** In the original ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', Solid Snake is (according to Yoji Shinkawa's own admission) a combination of Creator/ChristopherWalken's face on Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme's body. |
| 146 | ** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' |
| 147 | *** CIA director who is clearly meant to be a stand-in for John [=McCone=] (the real DCI at the time), but is never addressed by his name. This was likely done to avoid defaming [=McCone's=] person postmortem (since it wouldn't have sat well with [=McCone=]'s family to depict him as a solicitor for murder), while at the same time maintaining the game's historical setting. |
| 148 | *** The Boss is modeled after Creator/CharlotteRampling. |
| 149 | * In ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'', Travis "Ropeburn" Burfield [[{{Trumplica}} looks strikingly similar to Donald Trump]], and the atrium of his office building resembles that of Trump Tower, complete with an indoor waterfall. |
| 150 | * ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': Liu Kang is Creator/BruceLee. Johnny Cage is Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme. Sonya is Cynthia Rothrock. |
| 151 | ** Johnny is even moreso based off of Creator/NicolasCage. His profile in earlier games bore the likeness of Mr. Cage and Johnny's real name is even Jonathan Carlton (similar to how the other Cage's real name is Nicolas Coppola). |
| 152 | ** Also, the makers of ''VideoGame/MortalKombatII'' had once considered adding another female kombatant who was based on kickboxing champion Kathy Long, but she ended up not making the final cut. |
| 153 | * Nearly every fighting game has a Creator/BruceLee [[BruceLeeClone character]]. ''Franchise/MortalKombat''[='=]s Liu Kang, ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''[='=]s Marshall and Forest Law, ''Franchise/StreetFighter''[='=]s Fei Long, the aforementioned Kim Dragon from ''World Heroes,'' etc. And if not that, at least a character using his fighting style, i.e. ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''' Jon Talbain, ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur]]''[='s=] Maxi, ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter''[='=]s Jacky Bryant, etc. |
| 154 | * In the indie game ''Mr. President'', the PlayerCharacter is a bodyguard for a presidential candidate with a DodgyToupee named [[{{Trumplica}} Ronald Rump]]. Later on, the game introduces a shirtless Russian president named [[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin Rutin]]. |
| 155 | * ''VideoGame/MutantRampageBodyslam'' host L. Wolf Jam cribs his speaking style and hair from the popular disc jockey Creator/WolfmanJack. |
| 156 | * One of the regular customers in ''VideoGame/MyCafe'' is a nerdy IT-expert named Bill, whose name, profession and character design is definitely based on Bill Gates. |
| 157 | * ''VideoGame/MysteryTrackers: The Void'' centers on the mysterious disappearance of three fairly famous people, one of whom is horror novelist "[[Creator/StephenKing Kevin Sting]]". |
| 158 | * ''VideoGame/NCAAFootball'' requires the enforcement of this trope regarding all in-game players. Since, as "amateur" college athletes, their likenesses cannot legally be used, the game will only use their jersey number and loose physical characteristics (height, weight, age) to identify them. Even this became controversial as the courts began siding with the athletes in more and more legal rulings, leading to EA suspending the series. |
| 159 | * In the Spanish localization of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', Rawk Hawk is renamed [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hawk Hogan]]. |
| 160 | * ''Photograph Boy'', an obscure PC-Engine side-scroller from 1989. It has lots of these cameos, including Music/{{Madonna}} and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. |
| 161 | * ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' |
| 162 | ** Wobbuffet is partly based on the late Japanese comedian Sanpei Hayashiya, whose trademark was putting his hand to his forehead while saying: "sō na-n-su, okusan" or, in English, "That's the way it is, ma'am". Sonansu, as Wobbuffet is called in Japanese, is often shown putting its hand to its forehead. |
| 163 | ** Elesa in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' is apparently based on Music/LadyGaga. |
| 164 | ** Diantha of ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' is clearly inspired by Creator/AudreyHepburn. |
| 165 | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Ologun Bobby Ologun]] is a Nigerian comical personality in Japan, but also is known as a famous MMA fighter. In 2006, he becomes TheSponsor in the {{Sequel}} of ''[[VideoGame/PowerInstinct Power Instinct Matrimelee]]'' for Platform/PlayStation2 called as ''Shin Goketsuji Ichizoku: Bonnou no Kaihou'', in which Bobby appears as the SubBoss "Bobby Strong", the new bodyguard for Princess Sissy. |
| 166 | * The ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' series features several, most prominently in the fourth game, which was the first to feature voice acting. The farmers sound like Creator/JackNicholson, Dennis Hopper, and Rodney Dangerfield, The Chief Thief sounds like Creator/PeterLorre and so forth. |
| 167 | ** In the second game, there are several appearances by the Marx Brothers, most notably Groucho Marx as Ali Fakir, the used saurus salesman. |
| 168 | ** The third game throws in ''Series/SanfordAndSon''. |
| 169 | ** Both the second and fifth games in the series feature another Creator/PeterLorre-based character named Ugarte (it's much more obvious in the fifth game.) |
| 170 | ** The first game threw in Film/TheThreeStooges as brigands. |
| 171 | * ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal'' |
| 172 | ** The President is a furry UsefulNotes/BillClinton. |
| 173 | ** [[EvilDiva Courtney Gears]] is a robotic stand-in for Music/BritneySpears, who sings songs about [[KillAllHumans killing all organic life forms]] to a [[LyricalDissonance catchy pop beat]]. |
| 174 | * ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': Not visually, but Arthur Morgan shares one important detail with Doc Holliday, a gunslinger who participated in the O.K. Corral gunfight. [[spoiler:They both died to tuberculosis at age 36.]] |
| 175 | ** Bounty target Bart Cavanaugh can count in the PC and recently patched versions of the game. Between his name, his alcoholism, and the allegations of sexual improprieties, he seems to be intended as a stand-in for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh (who was accused of sexual assault during his committee hearings, and who admitted to liking beer in his youth). |
| 176 | * ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' series |
| 177 | ** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' : Albert Wesker not only has moves and clothes ripped right out of ''Film/TheMatrix'' but also has the mannerisms of the T-1000 from ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. If you shoot him and he dodges, many times he will wag his finger at you like the T-1000 did to Sarah Conner near the end. |
| 178 | ** In the original version of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica''. Steve Burnside also resembles Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio. His hairstyle was changed in ''Code Veronica: X'' to something more like Leon's. |
| 179 | *** Leon himself also resembles and is probably named after [=DiCaprio=]. Claire Redfield's name may also be a reference to Claire Danes, [=DiCaprio=]'s co-star in ''[[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Romeo + Juliet]]''. |
| 180 | ** Some of the characters in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak'' bear a certain resemblance to famous actors, especially the police officer who looks like Tom Cruise. |
| 181 | ** From the remake of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' onwards, Jill's appearance has been based on Canadian actress Julia Voth. |
| 182 | ** Rebecca Chambers has been based on Japanese singer Music/AyumiHamasaki, who was actually the spokesperson for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil0'' in Japan. She didn't provide the voice as the games always feature English voice acting. Although Sheva Alomar's motion capture was based on her voice actress Karen Dyer, Sheva's facial expressions were based on model Michelle Van Der Water. |
| 183 | * ''VideoGame/RobocopRogueCity'' features at least two: gang leader Soot bears a very close resemblance to Keith Flint from Music/TheProdigy, and Wendell is pretty much Creator/AlanRickman in his ''Film/DieHard'' incarnation. |
| 184 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Robopon}}'', the entire Macroworld/Waffle section of Ring and Cross is chock-full of this. Mr. Waffle is a washed-up computer maker, who was put out of business when a fire consumed his headquarters, Waffle Tower, twenty years ago. Now, his rival Mr. Gait has taken over the market with Macrosoft computers. Things get nasty when you learn that he sabotaged Waffle in order to facilitate his little takeover.... |
| 185 | ** Also note that Gait uses Robopon called X-Dog and I-80. Neither of them are terribly good. |
| 186 | * Once you get far enough in ''Sally's Quick Clips'', you can find a celebrity guest star in your salon: '[[Creator/JohnnyDepp Donny Jepp]]'. Hmmm. |
| 187 | * The Natsume NES game ''S.C.A.T.'' is a side-scrolling shoot-em-up starring Arnold and Sigourney (as in [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Schwarzenegger]] and [[Creator/SigourneyWeaver Weaver]]; they weren't even clever enough to come up with original names). |
| 188 | * Prolific horror novelist [[SignificantMonogram Sam Krieg]] in ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' is pretty obviously supposed to be Creator/StephenKing. |
| 189 | ** Illuminati handler Kirsten Geary is likewise Music/LadyGaga. |
| 190 | * In the first two ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games, the creator of the Demon Summoning Program is a crippled genius by the name of Steven who looks suspiciously like Creator/StephenHawking. |
| 191 | ** He returns in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'', with his name this time officially localized as Stephen instead of using the fan translated Steven. Yeah, not Stephen Hawking at all. |
| 192 | * The President in ''VideoGame/SilentScope EX'' is a lookalike of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush. |
| 193 | * In ''VideoGame/TheSims3'', your Sim can read a newspaper story about a director based on Creator/MichaelBay wanting to make a movie in Sim City. It mentions that the director said his movie was about "A guy blowing up city hall, then a car chase, then, wait for it, a fight on the beach. All in my trademark crazy shaky camera." |
| 194 | * ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves'' has Carmelita Fox, whose voice in the game resembles Creator/JessicaAlba, who is also known for portraying badass and sexy women just like Carmelita. |
| 195 | * The MadScientist Dr. Eggman in ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' is a parody of UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt. |
| 196 | * In addition, the minor character Eagle from the original ''VideoGame/StreetFighter1'' was retconned into a clone of Music/FreddieMercury when he reappeared in ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium Capcom vs. SNK 2]]''. |
| 197 | ** And of course there's Balrog (or rather M. Bison in the Japanese version), who was very clearly modeled after Mike Tyson. It's especially obvious when you see his character portrait in the pre-''Super'' iterations of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''. |
| 198 | ** Before Balrog, there was Mike from the original ''VideoGame/{{Street Fighter|I}}'', who was also based on Tyson. Though unlike Balrog, Mike only appeared once and isn't very popular. |
| 199 | ** Dee Jay was based off of kickboxer and fitness guru Billy Blanks. |
| 200 | ** Alex from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' acts as something of a Wrestling/HulkHogan homage, complete with a special intro pose with Hugo imitating the legendary match between Hogan and Andre. Hugo in turn is a renamed Andore from ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', who is ''blatantly'' based on Wrestling/AndreTheGiant. |
| 201 | ** Dudley is very similar to Chris Eubank, a Jamaican-British boxer known for his dapper attire. |
| 202 | ** ''Final Fight'' also had two enemy bikers named Axl and Slash modeled after their Music/GunsNRoses counterpart, while Poison's and Roxy's [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute replacements]] in the [=SNES=] version, Billy and Sid, are obvious references to Music/BillyIdol and Music/SidVicious. |
| 203 | ** Abel from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' bares a noticeable resemblance with MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko. |
| 204 | ** Crimson Viper from the same game is essentially Creator/AngelinaJolie with CoolShades. |
| 205 | * In ''Manga/{{Strider}} (NES)'', Vice Director Matic, with his vertical EightiesHair-do and CoolShades, strongly resembles Music/SigueSigueSputnik guitarist Neal X in his prime. |
| 206 | * Apart from the "Bruce Lee as Marshall Law" example above, ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' series have more not-celebrities: |
| 207 | ** King characters (King I in the first 2 games, and his successor King II from all other games) were inspired by the pro wrestler Satoru Sayama, as well as Mexican wrestler Fray Tormenta, a Catholic priest who became a masked wrestler in order to support an orphanage. Also, a lot of their moves (as well as Armor King) are homages to various Wrestling/{{WWE}} wrestlers. |
| 208 | ** Lei Wulong is modeled after Creator/JackieChan, particularly his character from the ''Film/PoliceStory'' film series. |
| 209 | ** More than based on existing people, there're some characters who were created with MotionCapture of real fighters, like Capoeira master Marcelo Pereira for Eddy Gordo and Tiger Jackson, and Taekwondo champion Su Il Hwang for Hwoarang. |
| 210 | ** Christie Monteiro is modeled after Creator/TyraBanks. |
| 211 | ** If he's not based on any existing boxer, one of Steve Fox's moves, the "Endless Roll", is a variation of the ''Dempsey Roll'', which was created and first used by the Heavy Weight Boxing Champion of the 1920s, Jack Dempsey. |
| 212 | ** Craig Marduk is the actor/wrestler Nathan Jones (not Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} as commonly thought, although he does contain some references to him). |
| 213 | ** Raven is based on Creator/WesleySnipes (in a weird mash-up of his ''Film/DemolitionMan'' and ''Film/{{Blade}}'' movie personas). |
| 214 | * ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'' mentions a few parodies of real historical figures, such as Carlota Linnaea (Carl Linnaeus), Charles Temwin (Charles Darwin), and Sir Adrian Andrewton (Sir Isaac Newton). |
| 215 | * ''VideoGame/TimeSplitters'': Sgt Cortez channels Creator/VinDiesel. |
| 216 | * ''Tinseltown Dreams: The 50s'' is a match-3 game that involves earning money for actors, directors and so on in order to film several different types of movies. As such, it's filled with almost-recognizable names such as actresses "[[Creator/GraceKelly Grace Kelleher]]" and "[[Creator/MarilynMonroe Marylou Monroe]]". |
| 217 | * ''VideoGame/TrioThePunch'' has "Bird Brain," a boss that looks a lot like Colonel Sanders. He breaks in half and reveals to be a large purple bird, but his "suit" looks exactly like Sanders. |
| 218 | * ''Treachery in Beatdown City'', an indie BeatEmUp/Action RPG hybrid inspired by ''Bad Dudes'' above has President "[[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Blake Orama]]" kidnapped by the Ninja Dragon Terrorists while the main trio also have to contend with the [[CorruptPolitician corrupt mayor]] "Mike Moneybags" based on former mayor of UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, billionaire Mike Bloomberg. |
| 219 | * The President in ''VideoGame/{{Vanquish}}'' is fairly clearly modeled on Hillary Clinton. |
| 220 | ** President Patricia Caldwell from ''VideoGame/SplinterCellBlacklist'' also strikingly resembles Hillary. |
| 221 | * Konami's arcade game ''VideoGame/Vendetta1991'' is possibly the only beat-em-up in which you can fight crime as Mike Tyson (Blood), Hulk Hogan (Hawk), Jean Claude Van Damme (Boomer), or even Mr. T (Sledge.) |
| 222 | * El Blaze from ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' greatly resembles WWE {{professional wrestl|ing}}er Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}}. |
| 223 | * ''VideoGame/WadeHixtonsCounterPunch'': The BigBad is an African-American boxing promoter with a shady reputation outright named Don. ''Totally not'' Don King. |
| 224 | * In ''VideoGame/WheresMyWater'''s crossover with ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', titled ''Where's My Water? Featuring XYY'', there is a famous singer based off Music/MichaelJackson named Jackson Sheep. |
| 225 | * ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' based its cast largely around this trope, with a touch of justified AnachronismStew (the plot involves a time machine). Dragon was a BruceLeeClone, while pro wrestler Muscle Power was an amazingly blatant steal of Wrestling/HulkHogan. Some of this was softened in the second game (Muscle Power, for example, lost his facial hair). |
| 226 | ** Hanzo = [[UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo Hanzo Hattori]], Fuuma = Fuma Kotaro, Janne = UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc, Jengis/Julius Carn = UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, Erick = Erik The Red, Ryoko = Ryoko Tamura (later Tani), Jack = UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, Shura = Nai Khanom Tom, Johnny Maximum = Joe Montana. Ryofu (Japanese translation of Lu Bu), Captain Kidd, Rasputin, and Gokuu are self-explanatory. Brocken is Brocken Jr. from ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'', (Neo) Geegus is a T-1000 from ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', (Neo) Dio is the title character from ''Manga/{{Baoh}}'', and Zeus is [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Raoh]]. Only Mudman isn't based on anyone. |
| 227 | * Patch 3.3 of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' introduced [[Music/JamesBrown Bronjahm, the Godfather of Souls]]. To further cement the reference, his loot includes such items as [[http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50316 Papa's Brand New Bag]], [[http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50196 Love's Prisoner]], and [[http://www.wowhead.com/?item=49788 Cold Sweat Grips]]. |
| 228 | ** ''[=WoW=]'' has more than a few as {{Shout Out}}s, however most notable is Archaeologist Creator/{{Harrison|Ford}} [[Franchise/IndianaJones Jones]]. He started out as a JokeCharacter who was [[BoomHeadshot chump killed]] at the gates of Zul'Aman. However he somehow didn't die and turned up fighting snakes in a tomb in the Grizzly Hills zone. In the new ''Cataclysm'' expansion he has a prominent role as a quest giver in the Uldum zone, complete with multiple {{Shout Out}}s and {{lampshade|Hanging}}s to go round in respect to all four Indy films. |
| 229 | ** In addition to those, we also have [[Creator/ParisHilton Haris Pilton]] (pictured), Ricole Nichie, and even ''Creator/ChuckNorris'' (pending as of November 2011 though). |
| 230 | * The villain of ''Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom!'' is "Alien Mosk", CEO of the nefarious "Tosla Incorporated". Lampshaded with NPC's dotted around that have a stock ThisIsAWorkOfFiction warning as their dialog, typically in areas that are blatantly based on real things. |
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