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* In the fourth case of the second ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' game, an important plot point is the fact that the name {{spoiler|Adrian Andrews}} can apply to any gender, and {{spoiler|Shelley de Killer messes up by using "he" instead of "she" despite claiming he met her in person.}} The script does a good job of dancing around using pronouns for that person, but it's helped in that the name is only mentioned a few times during the time it's important.
* In the fourth case of the second ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' game, an important plot point is the fact that the name {{spoiler|Adrian Andrews}} can apply to any gender, and {{spoiler|Shelley de Killer messes up by using "he" instead of "she" despite claiming he met her in person.}} The script does a good job of dancing around using pronouns for that person, but it's helped in that the name is only mentioned a few times during the time it's important.
** Also, when presenting profiles which people don't have a specific response to, they'll often say things like, "I don't know anything about this person."
** Also, when presenting profiles which people don't have a specific response to, they'll often say things like, "I don't know anything about this person."
* [[NiGHTS Into Dreams|NiGHTS]]. Oh GOD, NiGHTS.
* [[NiGHTS Into Dreams|NiGHTS]]. Oh GOD, NiGHTS. {{context}}
* Legion in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''. It's iffy on whether the entity identified as Legion should be called a "he" (male-sounding voice), "it" (inherently genderless robot), or "they" (gestalt consciousness consisting of 1,183 "programs" in a single "platform"). Shepard refers to Legion as "it" (...''usually''), though most of fandom refers to Legion as "he."
* Legion in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''. It's iffy on whether the entity identified as Legion should be called a "he" (male-sounding voice), "it" (inherently genderless robot), or "they" (gestalt consciousness consisting of 1,183 "programs" in a single "platform"). Shepard refers to Legion as "it" (...''usually''), though most of fandom refers to Legion as "he."
** In [[Mass Effect 3|the third game]], Legion refers to himself as I {{spoiler|right before his [[Heroic Sacrifice]], if you manage to achieve peace between the Quarians and the Geth}}.
** In [[Mass Effect 3|the third game]], Legion refers to himself as I {{spoiler|right before his [[Heroic Sacrifice]], if you manage to achieve peace between the Quarians and the Geth}}.