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Stock phrase in role playing games, also rendered as "Joined the party". In Japanese, this is typically "X became your [[True Companions|Nakama]]!"

Common enough that only examples that are [[Playing ~~With~~ a Trope|played with]] should be listed.

Common enough that only examples that are [[Playing with a Trope|played with]] should be listed.

== [[Adventure Game]] ==

* ''[[Strong ~~Bads~~ Cool Game for Attractive People ~~(Video Game)~~|Strong Bads Cool Game for Attractive People]]: 8-Bit Is Enough'' does this, being an [[Affectionate Parody]] of old videogames. ___ HAS JOINED YOUR PARTY!

* ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People|Strong Bads Cool Game for Attractive People]]: 8-Bit Is Enough'' does this, being an [[Affectionate Parody]] of old videogames. ___ HAS JOINED YOUR PARTY!

== [[Role Playing Game]] ==

* ''[[Shadow Hearts]]'' series has a [[Running Gag]] that Roger Bacon ''pretends'' to join your party (complete with 'Naming screen') but never actually does it.

* ''[[~~Chrono Cross (Video Game)|~~Chrono Cross]]'''s messages are personalized for each character's accent/verbal tic/gimmick. "[[Valley Girl|Marcy, like, joined your party!]]" "[[No Indoor Voice|ZOAH JOINED YOUR PARTY.]]" "[[Masked Luchador|Greco tagged into your party!]]" "[[Our Fairies Are Different|Razzly joined your party-hee!]]" "[[Surfer Dude|~Doc joined your party, dude!]]" "[[Machine Monotone|Grobyc-joined-your-party.]]"

* ''[[Chrono Cross]]'''s messages are personalized for each character's accent/verbal tic/gimmick. "[[Valley Girl|Marcy, like, joined your party!]]" "[[No Indoor Voice|ZOAH JOINED YOUR PARTY.]]" "[[Masked Luchador|Greco tagged into your party!]]" "[[Our Fairies Are Different|Razzly joined your party-hee!]]" "[[Surfer Dude|~Doc joined your party, dude!]]" "[[Machine Monotone|Grobyc-joined-your-party.]]"

* ''[[Super Mario Brothers|Super Mario RPG]]'' has Bowser joining your party with the announcement, "Mario and his friend have joined the Koopa Troop! (or so they're pretending)"

** In the first ''[[Paper Mario (~~Video Game~~)|Paper Mario]]'' after you reach the top floor of Boo Mansion, Bow joins your party, as the text box notes, "''like it or not!''"

** In the first ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' after you reach the top floor of Boo Mansion, Bow joins your party, as the text box notes, "''like it or not!''"

** In ''[[~~Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door (Video Game)|~~Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door]]'', after you beat {{spoiler|Doopliss for the second time}}, Vivian is said by a text box to have "''really'' joined your party now!" Also, in Chapter 5, when Flavio accompanies Mario to the entrance to the Pirate's Grotto, a message appears stating that "Flavio will join you for a short time" even though he only follows Mario around and does not act as a partner. Most of the other tag-along characters join without a message of that sort.

** In ''[[Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door]]'', after you beat {{spoiler|Doopliss for the second time}}, Vivian is said by a text box to have "''really'' joined your party now!" Also, in Chapter 5, when Flavio accompanies Mario to the entrance to the Pirate's Grotto, a message appears stating that "Flavio will join you for a short time" even though he only follows Mario around and does not act as a partner. Most of the other tag-along characters join without a message of that sort.

* ''[[~~Skies of Arcadia (Video Game)|~~Skies of Arcadia]]'' announces that "Drachma joined your party... again" after said character rejoins for good after dropping in and out of the party several times in a short timeframe. Much later, one crewmember brings with him a twist on the "X joined your crew as a Y" message: "[[Team Pet|Pow]] joined your crew as a Jester... of sorts."

* ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]'' announces that "Drachma joined your party... again" after said character rejoins for good after dropping in and out of the party several times in a short timeframe. Much later, one crewmember brings with him a twist on the "X joined your crew as a Y" message: "[[Team Pet|Pow]] joined your crew as a Jester... of sorts."

* In ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', a minor NPC joins your party at one point even though it's full. But before you regain controls he already turns out to be a monster in disguise.

* ''[[~~Dragon Quest VIII (Video Game)|~~Dragon Quest VIII]]'' has the characters do a little pirouette and bow to cutesy music when they join your party.

* ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]'' has the characters do a little pirouette and bow to cutesy music when they join your party.

* In ''[[Persona 4]]'' if you return to a dungeon (that happens to be built entirely as a homage to 8 and 16 bit jRPGs) at one point and add Yosuke to your party he will comment [[Leaning On the Fourth Wall|"Yosuke joined your party! ... or something like that, right?"]]

* In ''[[Persona 4]]'' if you return to a dungeon (that happens to be built entirely as a homage to 8 and 16 bit jRPGs) at one point and add Yosuke to your party he will comment [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall|"Yosuke joined your party! ... or something like that, right?"]]

* When someone joins your party in ''[[Fallout 3]]'' and ''[[Fallout New Vegas]]'', a pop-up message appears telling you so. This was absent in the first two games of the series, when potential companions would just start following you after their recruiting conditions were met.

* When someone joins your party in ''[[Fallout 3]]'' and ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', a pop-up message appears telling you so. This was absent in the first two games of the series, when potential companions would just start following you after their recruiting conditions were met.

* In ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'', one character who will later join your party has some rather awkward lines about how if you help him and allow him to "join with you" he'll help you out.

== [[Turn Based Strategy]] ==

== [[Turn-Based Strategy]] ==

* ''[[~~Disgaea (Video Game)|~~Disgaea]]'' has at least two people who join your party without your consent, and a few more who are actually enslaved by Laharl<ref>Hoggmeiser and Maderas</ref>.

* ''[[Disgaea]]'' has at least two people who join your party without your consent, and a few more who are actually enslaved by Laharl<ref>Hoggmeiser and Maderas</ref>.

** ''[[Disgaea 2]]'' plays with this for most of the main characters, to whit:

** ''[[Disgaea 2 Cursed Memories]]'' plays with this for most of the main characters, to whit:

{{quote| [Rozalin] is bound to you by the terms of the ritual.<br />

Deeply swayed by Adell's manliness and cologne, [Yukimaru] joined the group.<br />

Beauty Queen [Etna] is stalking Adell.<br />

Under the condition of three square meals a day, [Overlord Laharl] has joined the group. }}

** ''[[Disgaea 3]]'' continues to play with this for its downloadable characters:

** ''[[Disgaea 3 Absence of Justice]]'' continues to play with this for its downloadable characters:

{{quote| [[Butt Monkey|Tink]] was enrolled as a student while still unconscious.<br />

Mao has received the most badass [[Makai Kingdom|Notebook]] ever. }}

*** At one point early in the game you get the message "Raspberyl ended up traveling with you" however she doesn't officially join your party till later.

** And in ''[[~~Disgaea 4 a Promise Unforgotten (Video Game)|~~Disgaea 4 a Promise Unforgotten]]'':

** And in ''[[Disgaea 4 a Promise Unforgotten]]'':

{{quote| Warden Axel was forced to join your party, but he's so weak and useless that he won't fight in the battles.}}