Wham! Line/Video Games

"Otacon: They're already dead, all twelve of them. Snake: What? When did it happen? Otacon: Well... Snake: What the hell?"
 * Metal Gear Solid
 * The very last line of The Stinger after the credits of Metal Gear Solid, during which is calling his superior. "Yes. [...] Yes. [...] Thank you, ."
 * Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
 * There's a stinger like in Metal Gear Solid:

"Snake: Change sides? I don't recall ever saying I was on yours."
 * One that kicks off the notorious final act:

"Eve: Snake, listen to me, she didn't betray the United States [...] self-sacrifice, because that was her duty."
 * Carrying on the tradition in Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater:
 * During the ending sequence:

"Ocelot: I will continue my activities as a contact for the new government. Yes, it appears that no one knew that I was ADAM. Of course. I'm always at the CIA's disposal... Mr. Director."
 * During The Stinger:


 * Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
 * Right before the Final Boss:
 * There's a Wham Line in the final credits: "BIG BOSS: Richard Doyle"
 * For being a relatively minor character, Higashizawa from The World Ends With You gets a big one.
 * Joshua's got to have the best, though. And let's not forget Kitaniji's  and, slightly later on,.
 * The Another Day Secret Report, obtained by reading all of the previous ones, and defeating the Bonus Boss. By reading the others, you'd discovered the existence of a Fallen Angel who had aided Minamimoto, and learned that the writer of the Reports was, who is an Angel who is looking to find and stop the Fallen Angel. However, when you read the Another Day report, he says that there's a reason he doesn't want to meet up with the alternate version of himself:
 * Bioshock,
 * Swiftly followed by:

"Sofia Lamb: ...But there is one detail of your mutual bond she failed to account for. Eleanor.."
 * From Bioshock 2:


 * This from the "Minerva's Den" DLC.


 * Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army:

"Shadow Naoto: But a name doesn’t change the truth, it doesn’t let you . How could you become an ideal man, when you ?"
 * Persona 4:  the one who put 'em all in!"
 * Perhaps even earlier on when you have to pick 's name from the list.

"Bronson: "
 * F.E.A.R.: Paxton Fettel's words
 * Technically, it's not spoken, but toward the very end of the game, the camera pans down to show the name on the Origin project folder: Alma That one word changes the context of about 90% of the entire game.
 * After the credits, the very last words in the game. "There is some good news, however. " Spoken by.
 * Mother 3:

"Richter: (to Emil) This arte, this timing. So indeed...you are !"
 * Tales of Symphonia:
 * "Mithos, his older sister , and their companions and ."
 * : "Wow, that was an amazingly corny speech. Congratulations."
 * Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World:

"Jade: That's what I would say if I was an emperor, with a country and people to look after. As your friend... I feel compelled to stop you.[...] I'm sorry."
 * Tales of the Abyss:

": Dear Leah...Deckard always suspected...!"
 * Heavy Rain:
 * Diablo II: "You haven't failed, old man. You've done exactly as you were meant to do. However,.
 * Diablo III:

": Now, at last, to my true goal, the one that has always eluded me: !"
 * And soon after, things go From Bad to Worse EVEN WORSE with this line:


 * Silent Hill: Shattered Memories:
 * And subsequently: "The term is 'complicated grief.' but it's simple, isn't it?"
 * Vincents line from Silent Hill 3 had scarier implications than the rest of the game combined;

"Desther: No, Lady Aribeth, I have the cure."
 * Splinter Cell: Conviction gives us
 * Neverwinter Nights:

"Malak: Even the combined power of the Jedi Council couldn't completely destroy your former identity, could it?"
 * Knights of the Old Republic:

"EDI: Only one race is known to have this genetic structure:."
 * Jade Empire: "Your abilities have grown immensely. But it also does my heart good to see that you have remembered the basics of what I taught. "
 * Early on in the game, after the attack on Two Rivers by the Lotus Assassins, Sagacious Zu will say "I... I was one" immediately after talking about them (the context varies based on your dialogue choice).
 * Mass Effect:
 * Mass Effect 2

"."
 * Later:

"EDI: Shepard:"
 * Proving it's never too late for a curveball:

"I am."
 * From Mass Effect 3:

"Ghost: "! The silo doors are opening on the sub! Do you read me? THE SILO DOORS ARE OPEN!"
 * Dragon Age: Origins:
 * Dragon Age II, at the end of the quest "Alone": "You said you never wanted those markings, but that's not true! You wanted them; competed for them!"
 * In Merrill's quest "A New Path", she notices that, and suggests that something must have happened to it. , arrives and says "I happened."
 * Billy vs. SNAKEMAN: "You can do it, can't you? You can Loop."
 * Also, from before Cerebus Syndrome set in: "The power of a Reaper lies in… their Pants.", followed by "NO PANTS DAY."
 * Fire Emblem 7:
 * Modern Warfare 2:

"Makarov: "That was no message... *bang* This was the message.""
 * Additionally:

": "Good. That's one less loose end.""

"Makarov: ", my friend. You never should have come here.""
 * Modern Warfare 3 has one during "Blood Brothers."

"Eli Vance: "Unforseen consequences...the last time I heard those words was back at Black Mesa...you had just stepped into the test chamber when he whispered them in my ear. ""
 * Half Life 2: Episode Two "Prepare for unforeseen consequences."
 * Later on in the game there's this line too:


 * The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask: ""
 * The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening:
 * The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker: "But the hero never came...''
 * Breath of Fire I: "Ha! That was so easy! Here they are, "
 * And from Breath of Fire III: "I am a Guardian. The number beneath my name represents.
 * System Shock 2: " Are you afraid? What is it you fear? The end of your trivial existence? When the history of my glory is written, your species shall be but a footnote to my magnificence. "
 * World of Warcraft: At the end of the quest Cleansing Drak'Tharon:

""You trained them well, Fordring. You delivered the greatest fighting force this world has ever known...""
 * Another, during the final battle against the Lich King:


 * And after the death of Arthas, when reappears on the Lich King's throne (he was last seen :

"As for your life, mortal. I will be generous. After all... why would I destroy my most useful servant? I waited for you for weeks inside that Hyldnir mine."
 * Define reappears. He's visible in one of the portals you can go into while fighting Yogg, his voice is heard early in Icecrown Citadel, and his body is chained above the Frozen Throne all throughout your fight with the Lich King. All in all, that one had plenty of foreshadowing.
 * Loken has one final line to add insult to injury after capturing Thorim

"I know this will seem like betrayal, but Mr. Hastings has made an offer I simply cannot refuse. My apologies, (player)."
 * Toward the end of the Creepy Crate quest for Hallow's Eve, on the Alliance side (a similar series of events occurs for the Horde version) you have the option of turning it over to Anson Hastings, or to Hudson Barnes for safekeeping. If you choose Barnes, he will tell you this.

": And now, Shaman, you will give the Dragon Soul to ME."
 * Toward the end of Hour of Twilight, the Twilight Prophet reveals himself.

"Alexstraza: But now we must see it...."
 * One comes up in Cataclysm's ending


 * Second Sight: "You can't change the past."
 * STALKER:
 * Also, in the true ending:
 * An earlier one that sets up the revelation from the true ending:
 * Castlevania: Chronicles of Sorrow':
 * Castlevania: Lords of Shadow:
 * Metroid Fusion: ""
 * Transformers: War for Cybertron:
 * Umineko no Naku Koro ni: This game will not be granted a happy ending. Consider that the red truth is the Language of Truth.
 * In Alliance of the Golden Witch this is even used with what the character can´t say when Battler tries to say that he is the son of Asumu (his mother) and can't, effectively proving that Asumu ISN'T his mother, causing alot of dropped jaws
 * Umineko no Naku Koro ni: This game will not be granted a happy ending. Consider that the red truth is the Language of Truth.
 * In Alliance of the Golden Witch this is even used with what the character can´t say when Battler tries to say that he is the son of Asumu (his mother) and can't, effectively proving that Asumu ISN'T his mother, causing alot of dropped jaws

"Larxene: Since you entered this castle, you keep forgetting and remembering, because "
 * Final Fantasy XIII: My name is Barthandelus. Voice of the Sanctum, and Lord-Sovereign of the Cocoon fal'Cie. Your kind feared the darkness, so we gave you light. You begged us for the Purge, and did it not come to pass? Now you spurn our counsel? You must learn your place!
 * Earlier we get two in one:
 * Kingdom Hearts:
 * Kingdom Hearts: "It is I, Ansem. Seeker of Darkness." It's since become It Was His Sled, but at the time, this was a huge reveal.
 * Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories has this:

"Tron: My master is the creator of this system. Axel: Way to fall right into their trap."
 * Kingdom Hearts II

"Xion:"
 * Kingdom Hearts 358 Days Over 2

"Terra:"
 * Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep

"Varin Omega: I am Argilla: No way!"
 * Digital Devil Saga has two within the same arc:

"Dusknoir: This is goodbye... or is it?"
 * Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness

"Grovyle: "
 * Also,

": "You're late! I have been waiting!" The Hero: "Why did you want us to come here?" Hero: "Talk with you? I don't even know you!" Hero: "Why do you know all about me? What did you do?" Hero: "Why do you remember the accident? Who caused it?"
 * Also, this line heard at the end of the game:
 * "I just wanted to have a talk with you."
 * "So you don't know me right? Well, I know you."
 * "When you and are both traveling to here together, there appears to be a little accident. This accident actually separated you from and consequently turned you into a Pokémon. Remember the accident?"
 * "Yes, I remember the accident. That accident was caused by...me...""

"N: "First, I must tell you... .""
 * Pokémon Black and White has one about halfway through the game, with the wham furthered by how it's implied to be casually delivered:

"Edgeworth:"
 * The Ace Attorney series has several:
 * From the first game:

"Lana:"
 * From the fifth case, Rise From The Ashes. An in universe example as it caused such an uproar that the trial had to be suspended for a day.


 * From Justice for All:

"Sister Bikini: I see. So I've been wrong all this time. Mystic Morgan had three daughters, not two. Phoenix: Whaaa!? Th-Three? Sister Bikini: Yes. Iris, and Mystic Pearl."
 * From Trials & Tribulations:


 * From Ace Attorney Investigations, we have a wham laugh, when
 * A bit later:

"Mikagami: The defendant... I accuse you!"
 * From Investigations 2:


 * Call of Duty Black Ops. Two of them:


 * And later...


 * There's also the third one from "Rebirth":

"Altaïr: Speak sense, Templar, or not at all! Robert: Nine men he sent you to kill, yes...the nine who guarded the treasure’s secret? Altaïr: What of it? Robert: It wasn't nine who found the treasure, Assassin. Not nine, but ten. Altaïr: A tenth? None may live who carry the secret. Give me his name. Robert: Oh, but you know him well...and I doubt very much you'd take his life...as willingly as you’ve taken mine. Altaïr: Who? Robert: "
 * Assassin's Creed:

"(to Ezio) The rest is up to you..."
 * Assassin's Creed 2:

"The Animus: Voice. Desmond: Yes... Desmond: You're dead..."
 * Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood:

"."
 * Assassin's Creed: Revelations:

"Sephiroth: "...because you are a puppet.""
 * Final Fantasy VII:

" Thank you, Isaac. "
 * Dead Space 2:


 * TIE Fighter:

":"Belay that order. We're moving out."
 * Starcraft:
 * "Arise, my daughter. Arise...Kerrigan."
 * ''"I come to tell you of this creature's... courage.""

"Rozalin: Wait! I really can't tell you!! Etna: Sure you can. You just don't want to. Rozalin: "
 * Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories:

" : "God...is...dead.""
 * Bulletstorm:


 * Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, Celeste reveals herself as by saying "You've taken good awfully good care of ", and also, in the line before,.
 * "Peaceful days are over. Let's Survive." The last thing that the protagonist and his friends read before demons are summoned right before their eyes, and possibly the most iconic lines in the game.
 * Portal 2: "Actually...why do we have to leave right now?" Cue
 * And another:

"G La DOS: You know, taught me a valuable lesson. I *thought* you were my greatest enemy, when all along you were my best friend. The surge of emotion that shot through me when I saved your life taught me an even more valuable lesson -"
 * Not to mention:

"Cave Prime: Whoa! Chariots chariots. For some reason, some of the audio was bleeding through in this universe. Don't know if you were catching the subtext there, but that computer Cave is crazy. So: Greg was right. As of now, we are"
 * The Perpetual Testing Initiative we have one given after the "Computer!Cave" "arc" that completely turns the notion of "Cave Prime" on its head:

"Robot: Thank you for assuming the party escort submission position!"
 * From Portal, notable is that this was not in the original game and was patched in as part of an Alternate Reality Game addon more than two years after release.

"Kachi: Long ago, I wasn't called Kachi. I was known as...."
 * Sin and Punishment 2:

"Archer:"
 * Fate Stay Night has several. Due to the nature of the narration, some hit the reader more than the characters, and vice-versa.

"Cole: What do you want me to tell Moya?
 * In Famous:

"Cole: Yet the thing that drove him forward..."
 * Later, there's another one:

"Jean Bison:"
 * Actually, before that was Kessler's last words;
 * Sly 2:

"Cortana: You don't know what this thing does, do you?"
 * Halo has a couple:

"343 Guilty Spark: Why, of course. Arbiter: And where, Oracle, is that?"
 * In Halo 2:

"Arbiter: When the Prophets learn of this, they'll take your head! Tarturus: When they learn? Fool, they ordered me to do it."
 * Before that:

"Quark: (referring to a photo of ): """
 * In Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy, you unlock the Confession of The Creator scenario (Scenario 000) after completing Treachery of the Gods (Scenario 012) and Light to All (Scenario 013). Those latter two are numbered after the "cycle" of war in which it takes place. As per the story of the original game, the heroes break the cycle and go home after the 13th cycle. In Confessions of the Creator, which doesn't seem to take place anywhere in the ordinary story, the Mured Moogle tells you his story as you make your final approach to Chaos. In it, he casually mentions that in the 13th cycle, . You may write this off as perhaps a misnumbering. Maybe there was a 0th cycle or something. And then he talks about an 18th cycle.
 * Final Fantasy IV looks like it sets one up when Cecil and company travel to the moon and meet FuSoYa, when he reveals that his brother, KluYa, was Cecil's father. But that's just to set up the real Wham Line - Golbez: "My father? His name was...KluYa".
 * Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors:  This was in one of the previews, no less, but it does not mean what you may think it means.
 * From the Safe Ending:
 * "The answer to that is easy.  And the line itself is only part of the wham - it's said
 * 999's sequel, Virtue's Last Reward, has some as well: for example, Quark casually drops this bombshell in 's route. As a bonus, it's not a wham unless you've played certain other routes ... but if you have, it makes things about ten times more complicated.

": Do you remember me? I was once known as."
 * The ending of Mega Man X 3: "Dr. Light's plan for him will finally be revealed. Unknown to X, his destiny has already been decided. To save mankind, he must destroy Zero."
 * In the endgame of Final Fantasy I, the Warriors of Light journey to the world of 2000 years in the past, to confront the demon Chaos. They descend deep into the then-pristine Chaos Shrine...and encounter a disturbingly familiar face:


 * Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings And The Lost Ocean:


 * Origins gives us several throughout the game:

"Tidus: "If guardians do their job well, summoners will be safe!" (Silence) "Right?" "RIGHT?"
 * Final Fantasy X has a few:

Rikku: "Yunie will die, you know? ...You know, don't you?!"

Rikku: (Moments after the previous line) "The pilgrimages have to stop!""

"Computer: "Warning: There is a space-time anomaly forming. Two objects have emerged. Ship identification code cannot be processed for the large craft. The other is .""
 * Before the second fight with Seymour, he refers to Kimahri as the "last Ronso", and then reveals why: he killed all the Ronso that tried to stop him from pursuing the party.
 * Practically every line between meeting  and fighting her is a wham line.
 * Gradius V, Stage 2:

"Tenshi: What are you talking about? I'm saying I was bored out of my mind! So I came down to the surface and watched you playing with all kinds of different youkai. Reimu: I wouldn't exactly call it playing, though. Tenshi: Seeing that made me think, "I want to play disaster resolution too." So I caused one. A disaster, I mean."
 * Touhou 10.5: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody:

""Third Watcher? You mean Donz? I thought he went down with you guys, Ma!""
 * Etrian Odyssey. All this time you thought . Then comes the fifth Stratum, named . And yes, it's referring to.
 * In The Reconstruction, everything looks like it'll be fine and the world will be saved, but this banks on the fact that the third Watcher hasn't messed anything up. But that's okay, you're still on schedule and know where he is...or do you?

""The truth is, you are dead, Lucas.""
 * Fahrenheit (2005 video game): "A Mayan sacrifice. That's what it was."
 * Also in the chapter, "Where is Jade?".

""That was a good fight. You should be commended...""
 * Battlefield 3
 * Star Fox 64: "Don't ever give up, my son."
 * Do Don Pachi: Complete the game normally, and the Commander commends your efforts and tells you it's time to take a well-deserved rest. Fulfill the conditions for the 2nd loop, however, and...

"Alex: Who are you? Who sent you? Cross: You should pick your friends more carefully, Mercer."
 * In DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu, has two versions of the "welcome to 2nd loop" speech, depending on which version of the 2nd loop you unlock. Either way, he declares his intent to
 * Prototype:

"Alex:"
 * Later on:

""""
 * And also from

"Wesker: I would expect you to be happier to see us. Chris: Us? Wesker: So slow to catch on."
 * Resident Evil 5:

""I want to go home! I want to go back to my house by the hill! I want to see my mother!" The girl was shouting now, her face wet with tears. "But I know she's not there! I knew all along that she wasn't out there in the sky! Because...because..." """
 * Relatively minor example from Sonic Heroes: "All life form data... successfully copied."
 * Deadly Premonition: "When the time comes and you have to make that decision, make the right one. "
 * They even have that last part in letters about five times as big as the rest of the subtitles in the game, just in case you didn't see it.
 * Chapter 7 of Super Mario Galaxy


 * LA Noire in case, "Manifest Destiny":

""At least someone in your chickenshit organization knows how to do business, isn't that right, ?""
 * Grand Theft Auto:
 * From Grand Theft Auto Vice City

""Niko Bellic? ""
 * From Grand Theft Auto IV

""There's something wrong with the TV!""
 * Both Space Channel 5 games have this at one point.
 * Space Channel 5

""Heheh... Yeah right.""
 * Space Channel 5 Part 2

": "I'm only eight years old!""
 * Fate Extra:

"''Learn that you are my puppet."
 * Silent Hill: Shattered Memories has three of those:
 * First:
 * Second:
 * Third:
 * The Darkness has one from the titular entity itself:


 * If the sequel has one, it's in the end.

": You..."
 * Dead Rising in Overtime.

": "You did good, boy scout.""
 * True Crime: New York City:

"Hisao's Narration: "Emi's there, yes. ""
 * Katawa Shoujo has a few, often accompanied by the music stopping.
 * In Emi's route

""Personal lubricant- lemon flavored.""
 * Hisao finds a bottle in the shed, and the label tells him why Emi brought him there.

"Akira: When our folks told me that when we were at their place, though, they also."
 * In Lilly's route.

"Misha: ""
 * In Shizune's route

"Misha: "I know you like her, Hicchan. I mean that .""
 * Later in Shizune's route

": "Now wait just a second.""
 * Kid Icarus: Uprising: Medusa has been defeated. The world is at peace, the 8-bit credits are rolling, and Pit and Palutena are sharing a good laugh. And then...

"Pit: (to Magnus) It feels like just yesterday we were fighting together. Magnus: Yesterday?"
 * Then in Chapter 18:

"Mal'Ganis: You hear the voice of the Dark Lord. He whispers to you through the blade you wield. What does he say, young human? What dose the Dark Lord of the Dead tell you now? Arthas: He tells me that the time for my vengeance has come."
 * Warcraft 3.

""There is no universal vaccine." "How long has Rhoemer been working for you, Markinson?""
 * "The Dreadlords are the Lich king's jailors".
 * Syphon Filter

"McNeal: Where's the spaceship? The one that Kane stole? Vega: He didn't steal it. He built it."
 * Command & Conquer: Tiberium Sun.

""The destruction of the Philadelphia was no accident." "We just got word. JPL Deep Space Net is picking up 6 unidentified objects heading towards Earth..."
 * Tiberium Wars

"This being already exists in the datacore. Genetic derivations unknown.""

"Tatsumaru: Who is Tatsumaru? I am Seiryu the Blue Dragon, one of the Four Lords of the Burning Dawn!"
 * Tenchu 2

""Victoria, are you ready to give Mr. Garrett his compensation?""
 * Thief

"Emil: Weiss:"
 * Legacy of Kain
 * Blood Omen: He is the last! [Moebius points at Kain and swords are drawn.] Destroy him!
 * Soul Reaver: The blade is vanquished. So it unfolds...and we are a step closer to our destinies.
 * Soul Reaver 2: My god...the Hylden...we walked right into their trap. Raziel! Janos must stay dead!
 * Defiance: The Soul Reaver, pure of all corruption... this is what it is for. This is what I am for. The two become one... both Soul Reavers... together... and the Scion of Balance is healed... And I am not your enemy... not your destroyer... I am, as before, your right hand... your sword.
 * Nie R

"Sissel: Who. Am. I? I'm even further from the truth than when I started."
 * Ghost Trick: At the end of Chapter 14, after a number of revelations, Sissel sums up the result of it all: