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== Videogames ==
* Many hotheaded RPG characters, whether heroes or villains, will be [[Hot
* The entire population of Azeroth was handed one of these between ''[[War Craft]] III'' and ''[[World of Warcraft]]''. Nearly all the civilizations of Kalimdor, which includes forces from both the Alliance and the Horde, allied to fend off the Burning Legion and the Scourge by the end of the former game, but those alliances dissolve ''offscreen'' in the years between the games. The release of ''Wrath of the Lich King'', and the corresponding rise of the Scourge as a major threat once again, has caused a thaw in relations between the coalitions, but they still battle openly in some places. The main purpose of the war seems to be to have an excuse for the two sides to be in opposition.
** [[Creator's Pet|Varian and Garrosh]] are ''walking'' [[Conflict Ball|Conflict Balls]]!
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* In ''[[Mega Man X (Video Game)|Mega Man X]] 5'' many reploids you fight want to have a piece of your character for various reasons. While there are varying degrees of justification, the fact that several not in the throes of Maverick fever insist on doing this when the [[Colony Drop|giant space colony is coming crashing down]] is a bit incredulous.
** ''Mega Man X4'''s entire plot starts simply because Colonel would rather throw the entire Repliforce into a pointless war with the Maverick Hunters than simply ''turn off his [[Laser Sword]] when asked to come to the latter's headquarters''.
* The [[Conflict Ball]] ''is'' the plot to ''Vivisector: Beast Inside''. It starts out with a [[General Ripper]] hiring an [[Evilutionary Biologist]] to create an army of [[Half-Human Hybrid|Half Human Hybrids]], only to split into a civil war over disagreements over how the army should be utilized. Okay, that's reasonable. Then the General decides to [[Nuke'Em|nuke the biologist's soldiers]] for no good reason, and when he tricks the player character into coming to their island hideaway, he conveniently forgets to inform ''his own soldiers'' that he required your help, turning them against you for no reason other than to add more enemies for you to fight. [[It Got Worse|It gets worse, though]]; later on, the General kills your only ally in the game for absolutely no reason but to get you to abandon him for the doctor's side, and then you learn that the beast soldiers are pre-programmed to hate humans on sight, forcing you to ''fight your new allies'', even though there really should be no reason for that to happen. In essence, the ''only'' reason why you have to fight ''any'' enemies in the game is because [[But Thou Must!]].
* In ''[[Onimusha]]: Dawn of Dreams'', you must fight each one of your potential party members before they can join your party, mostly just because fighting is what the game is all about. This leads to some rather odd, out of character moments from each one before they join you. Roberto, for instance, acts like a complete [[Jerkass]] when you first meet for no particular reason, despite being a perfectly nice guy afterwards.
* The AI in ''[[Galactic Civilizations]] II'' likes to lob one of these your way if it gets bored. The galaxy is prosperous, quiet, and peaceful? A [[Random Event|Mega Event]] goes off in which one of your citizens assassinates the head of the Drengin Empire, plunging you into war! Which drags the Drengin's allies the Drath Legion into it, and thanks to their [[Manipulative Bastard|racial ability]] they convince the Yor to attack you too! But then the Altarians step in on your behalf, and use ''their'' racial ability to have the Iconians help out too, but ''that'' serves as the last straw for the Korx who team up with the Thalans...
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