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{{quote|''"Peeing is for sims of lesser wills."''|''[[The Sims 3]]''}}
So, the Hero has fulfilled every task he set out to accomplish. The [[Big Bad]] is no more, those who were trapped under his power have been liberated, his minions are defeated, [[
[[Gameplay and Story Segregation|Except for storyline purposes,]] video game characters are seldom forced to complete such mundane tasks as eating, sleeping, bathing, [[Limited Wardrobe|changing clothes]], or going to the bathroom. Often the only "need" they have to be concerned about is their [[Hit Points|health meters]], but even that can almost always be taken care of in a jiffy with a swig of a potion or a dip in a [[Healing Spring]].
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*** Somewhat subverted within the game; early on in the last day, the player character says something along the lines of "I really gotta take a whiz". Doing so reveals his urine is now green and brown and thick: he's contracted gonorrhea, and he makes a note to get cured. Of course, [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|you can go on urinating on people all the same, causing them to vomit.]]
* Subverted in ''[[No More Heroes]]'' and ''[[Chu Lip]]'' by having the heroes go to the bathroom in order to save the game.
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'', there are a few areas with toilets (Most notably the area before the [[Mind Screw]] Psycho Mantis [[Boss Battle]]) in which the guards can be found relieving themselves (A funnier example of this is in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]''), [[Fridge Logic|which leaves one to wonder]]: was it the nanotechnology in Snake's body that renders it unnecessary for Snake to take a break?
** Either that, or the suit's just very, very self-contained. Y'know. Like an astronaut's.
*** Considering the game takes place over the course of a few hours, tops, it's probable that he just ''holds it in''. Adrenaline can do that, ya know. Also, the notable time period where he ''is'' required to waste a lot of time (assumed to be three or four hours, maybe more), he's being ''tortured'', which tends to have the unfortunate side effect of loss of bladder control...
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