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Examples of [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]] in [[Video Games]] include:
* Luigi of ''[[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' was originally a just a palette swap of his older brother, Mario. The early Mario Bros. anime and other promotional art depicted him as taller and thinner than Mario early on, but this depiction would take until Super Mario Bros 2 USA to show up in the actual games. He also gained divergent gameplay traits in both the US and Japanese [[SMB 2]] games, jumping higher and, in the Japanese game, having less traction while stopping.
** Additionally, the [[Cowardly Lion]] traits and fear of ghosts first displayed in ''[[Luigi's Mansion|Luigis Mansion]]'' also stuck through later games, going a long way to distinguish his personality along with his physical characteristics. Later games (especially the ''[[Mario & Luigi]]'' series) would have quite a bit of fun with this.
** Many of Luigi's distinctive character traits came from Western sources like the ''[[Super Mario Bros Super Show]]'' and were eventually introduced into the games, in a rare example of Mario canon [[Ascended Fanon|embracing rather than contradicting fanon.]] Even the character's voice has gradually come to sound more like his cartoon counterpart.
*** Actually the [[Atari 2600|Atari]] ''[[Mario Bros.]]'' promo showed Luigi as being quite similar to his cowardly self. ("Mario, where are you?!?")
** Minor note, but this can be fairly inconsistent. It's interesting to listen to the openings to battles in the ''Mario and Luigi'' games-- it's always "Here we go" and "Okie-dokie", but the tone of the latter (Luigi's line) changes over the three games, and goes from fairly-reluctant to... well, pretty confident. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bighor6Lclo The scene where Luigi joins the party] in ''Super Paper Mario'' is also worth mentioning.
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* The Medic from ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''. What his in-game lines and a laconic bio provided by Valve revealed was not much more than "swaggering [[Mad Doctor]] with fairly [[Camp Gay]] mannerisms". The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lSzUMBJnc "Meet the Medic"] video released 4 years after the game not only deepened his character, but also nearly completely changed what he was originally perceived as - he turned out to not be cold and grumpy, but much, much more outspoken and affable than first thought. He isn't even an ounce less insane than before, though.
* To show his dedication to the ''[[Kinnikuman]]'' manga, Matayan has made a few nods to how characters acted previously in ''[[Kinnikuman: Muscle Fight]]''.
** Stecasse King's Terryman tape has a few moves based on his characterization from the Kaiju Extermination arc. In this mode, Stecasse King can use a revolver<ref>Terryman used a revolver as his primary weapon in the Kaiju Extermination arc</ref> and has a super where he kicks the foe repeatedly and money drops out of them<ref>There's a scene in the Kaiju Extermination arc where Terryman kicked a kid for not having enough money.</ref>.
** Ramenman has a version of himself focusing on his characterization from the 20th Choujin Olympics arc, complete with moves and voice samples based on certain scenes.
* The main characters of the ''[[Epic Battle Fantasy]]'' series underwent several personality changes across the series: Matt and Natalie didn't really have much of a personality in ''EBF1'' due to the lack of cutscenes and dialogues; ''EBF2'' makes them heroic yet reckless at the same time and introduces NoLegs as a loyal helper without much else and Lance as a ruthless, ambitious and destructive villain; ''EBF3'' makes Matt a kleptomaniac, reckless and gluttonous moron, Natalie a knowledgeable scholar with a naive sense of morality and tree-hugging tendencies, and Lance (now on their side) a socially inept and perverted jerk, while Nolegs sees little extra characterization; ''EBF4'' introduces Anna as a no-nonsense adventurer but also a massive tree hugger, Natalie losing her tree-hugging side entirely to instead complain about certain types of monsters being disgusting; and in ''EBF5'', Matt loses his recklessness and becomes more laid-back, less moronic and naively friendly to every party member, NoLegs becomes a full-fledged party member rather than a summon, is shown bonding with Matt over their common fighting spirit and thieving tendencies and is overall abrasive, volatile and dirty-minded, Natalie remains a naive, somewhat preachy and sheltered scholar who also makes a big deal of her physique attracting unwanted attention from men, Lance is introduced as a villain who joins the party against his will, he is intelligent and pragmatic but also an utter sociopath with lecherous tendencies, and Anna remains a tree-hugging yet serious huntress but also becomes outwardly childish (her real age remains a mystery), refering a lot to herself as "cute", and is the one starting most conflicts with the rest of the party for reasons that range from somewhat valid to utterly petty.
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