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* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'': An evil scientist is turning cute forest animals into robots; stop him! ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2|Sonic 2]]:'' Evil scientist is doing it again; stop him, with the help of a mutant fox! ''[[Sonic 3 and Knuckles|Sonic 3 & Knuckles]]'': Evil scientist has duped an echidna into helping him; stop both of them!
** Apparently, the in-game plot was kept to a minimum in the Genesis games so that Sega of Japan and Sega of America would be free to make up mutually contradictory backstories, tailored to their target markets. Then came the ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'' games and the addition of an actual plot to the series (and with it, the Western backstory was almost entirely rendered [[Canon Discontinuity]]).
* ''[[Descent]]'': You are a [[AFGNCAAPFeatureless Protagonist|space mercenary]] who is hired by an unscrupulous space mining corporation. Apparently the AI controlling their [[Recycled in Space|space]] [[Underground Level|mines]] has [[AI Is a Crapshoot|gone rogue]] and you need to travel to each mine, destroy the robots, destroy the reactor, and [[Collapsing Lair|get out safely]]. Made even more ridiculous because the [[Super-Powered Robot Meter Maids|supposed "mining robots"]] include a [[Demonic Spiders|"drilling" bot]] with an under-mounted chain gun and robots that dig with homing missiles. As the game progresses the makers lose all pretense of designing "mining" robots and explain the [[Spikes of Villainy|spike covered]] [[Charged Attack|fusion shooting]] monstrosities as a "top secret military test."
** Well, the briefings do mention the designs being modified and new ones being created by the rogue AIs; take that how you will.
* The plot of ''[[Spelunky]]'' is so irrelevant, that the blurbs at the start of the game explaining said plot are randomly selected from a list.
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