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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
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* The anime ''[[Beet the Vandel Buster]]'' (started in 2002) which features experience levels printed on the characters' chest and [[Money Spider|money for killing monsters]]. |
* The anime ''[[Beet the Vandel Buster]]'' (started in 2002) which features experience levels printed on the characters' chest and [[Money Spider|money for killing monsters]]. |
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== [[Film]] == |
== [[Film]] == |
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* Not a true example, but the 1984 thriller ''[[Cloak and Dagger (film)|Cloak and Dagger]]'' briefly flirted with this in its opening sequence. It begins with superspy Jack Flack infiltrating an embassy and dispatching a bunch of colourful ethnic archetypes with an arsenal of James Bond gadgets, then escapes down the street when a gate closes in front of him. Suddenly, a pair of giant [http://www.synthtopia.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/d12-dungeons-and-dragons-die.jpg numbered dodecahedrons] roll towards him. Cut to two kids playing a board game, the boy yelling triumphantly, "Jack Flack escapes!" |
* Not a true example, but the 1984 thriller ''[[Cloak and Dagger (film)|Cloak and Dagger]]'' briefly flirted with this in its opening sequence. It begins with superspy Jack Flack infiltrating an embassy and dispatching a bunch of colourful ethnic archetypes with an arsenal of James Bond gadgets, then escapes down the street when a gate closes in front of him. Suddenly, a pair of giant [http://www.synthtopia.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/d12-dungeons-and-dragons-die.jpg numbered dodecahedrons] roll towards him. Cut to two kids playing a board game, the boy yelling triumphantly, "Jack Flack escapes!" |
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* Being an adaptation of the graphic novel, [[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]] also runs on video game logic. |
* Being an adaptation of the graphic novel, ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'' also runs on video game logic. |
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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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{{quote|They all jumped upon us ''because we were lawful good.''}} |
{{quote|They all jumped upon us ''because we were lawful good.''}} |
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* The lyrics to the ''Morlocks'' song "Hardcore" contains the line "What's bad for you is good for me, I've got less than five in Humanity", a reference to ''Vampire: The Masquerade''. |
* The lyrics to the ''Morlocks'' song "Hardcore" contains the line "What's bad for you is good for me, I've got less than five in Humanity", a reference to ''Vampire: The Masquerade''. |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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** Alternatively, it could be argued that the RPG mechanics only apply to him: when he is hurt he loses hit points, but when other people are hurt they begin bleeding like normal people. |
** Alternatively, it could be argued that the RPG mechanics only apply to him: when he is hurt he loses hit points, but when other people are hurt they begin bleeding like normal people. |
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* ''[[Turn Signals on a Land Raider]]'' has elements of this, only with tabletop wargaming instead of tabletop RPG. |
* ''[[Turn Signals on a Land Raider]]'' has elements of this, only with tabletop wargaming instead of tabletop RPG. |
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== [[Western Animation]] == |
== [[Western Animation]] == |
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* ''[[Code Monkeys]]'' has life bars and things like that, though they don't mean anything. |
* ''[[Code Monkeys]]'' has life bars and things like that, though they don't mean anything. |
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