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** ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty]]''
*** There's a stinger like in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'':
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'''Snake:''' What? When did it happen?
'''Otacon:''' Well...{{spoiler|[[Ancient Conspiracy|a hundred years ago.]]}}
'''Snake:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|What the hell?]] }}
** One that kicks off the [[Gainax Ending|notorious]] [[Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty/Recap|final act]]:
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** Carrying on the tradition in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'':
*** During the ending sequence:
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*** During [[The Stinger]]:
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** ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots]]''
*** Right before the [[Final Boss]]: {{spoiler|"Stopped you? Why would I want to do that? [[All According to Plan|This is exactly what I'd hoped for."]]}}
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* ''[[Bioshock]]'', {{spoiler|"Stop, [[Arc Words|would you kindly?]] 'Would you kindly'...powerful phrase...Familiar phrase?"}}
** Swiftly followed by:
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** From ''[[Bioshock]] 2'':
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** This from the "Minerva's Den" DLC.
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* ''[[Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army]]'':
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* ''[[Persona 4]]'': {{spoiler|"Namatame's}} the one who put 'em all in!"
** Perhaps even earlier on when you have to pick {{spoiler|Adachi}}'s name from the list.
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* ''[[F.E.A.R.]]'': Paxton Fettel's words {{spoiler|"You and I were born from the same mother."}}
** Technically, it's not spoken, but toward the very end of the game, the camera pans down to show the name on the Origin project folder: Alma {{spoiler|Wade.}} That one word changes the context of about 90% of the entire game.
** After the credits, the very last words in the game. "There is some good news, however. {{spoiler|The first prototype was a complete success.}}" Spoken by {{spoiler|Genevieve Aristide, the president of Armacham}}.
* ''[[Mother 3]]'':
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* ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'': {{spoiler|"My daughter? Don't make me laugh. When I came down to play the role of guardian angel, you [[Something Only They Would Say|inferior beings]] just started calling me her father on your own."}}
** "Mithos {{spoiler|Yggdrasill}}, his older sister {{spoiler|Martel}}, and their companions {{spoiler|Kratos}} and {{spoiler|Yuan}}."
** '''{{spoiler|Mithos}}''': "Wow, that was an amazingly corny speech. Congratulations."
* ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'':
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* ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'':
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* ''[[Heavy Rain]]'': {{spoiler|"Don't forget about me...Scottie."}}
* ''[[Diablo II]]'': "You haven't failed, old man. You've done exactly as you were meant to do. However, {{spoiler|I am not the archangel Tyrael}}.
* ''[[Diablo III]]'':
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** And soon after, things go [[From Bad to Worse]] ''[[Up to Eleven|EVEN WORSE]]'' with this line:
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* ''[[Silent Hill: Shattered Memories]]'': {{spoiler|"I know you're not Harry Mason!"}}
** And subsequently: "The term is 'complicated grief.' but it's simple, isn't it?"
** Vincents line from ''[[Silent Hill 3]]'' had [[Fridge Horror|scarier implications]] than the rest of the game combined;
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* ''[[Splinter Cell]]: Conviction'' gives us {{spoiler|Grim telling Sam that his daughter is alive. His reaction nicely mirrors our own.}}
* ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'':
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* [[Knights of the Old Republic]]:
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* ''[[Jade Empire]]'': "Your abilities have grown immensely. But it also does my heart good to see that you have remembered the basics of what I taught. {{spoiler|[[Treacherous Advisor|Even]] [[Sabotutor|the]] [[Oh Crap|flaws]].}}"
** Early on in the game, after the attack on Two Rivers by the Lotus Assassins, Sagacious Zu will say "[[Defector From Decadence|I... I was one]]" immediately after talking about them (the context varies based on your dialogue choice).
* ''[[Mass Effect]]'': {{smallcaps|There is a realm of existence so far beyond your own you cannot even imagine it. I am beyond your comprehension. I am {{spoiler|Sovereign}}.}}
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
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** Later:
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** Proving it's never too late for a curveball:
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'''Shepard''': {{spoiler|Not just any Reaper. A ''human'' Reaper.}} }}
* From ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'':
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* ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins'': {{spoiler|"Sound the retreat."}}
** ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', at the end of the quest "Alone": "You said you never wanted those markings, but that's not true! You wanted them; competed for them!"
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* ''[[Fire Emblem Elibe|Fire Emblem 7]]'': {{spoiler|"The ice dragon there...The beast slaughtered by your hand...That is Ninian. The girl you loved."}}
* ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2'':
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'''{{spoiler|Price}}''': "{{spoiler|[[Nuke'Em|Good.]]}}" }}
** Additionally:
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** ''[[Modern Warfare]] 3'' has one during "Blood Brothers."
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* ''[[Half-Life|Half Life 2: Episode Two]]'' "Prepare for unforeseen consequences."
** Later on in the game there's this line too:
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* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]'': "{{spoiler|A puppet that can no longer be used is mere garbage. This puppet's role has just ended...}}"
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]:'' {{spoiler|If the Wind Fish wakes up, everything on this island will be gone forever! And I do mean...[[Dream Apocalypse|EVERYTHING]]!"}}
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* ''[[System Shock]] 2'': "{{spoiler|The Polito form is dead, insect.}} Are you afraid? What is it you fear? The end of your trivial existence? When the history of my glory is written, your species shall be but a footnote to my magnificence. {{spoiler|I am SHODAN.}}"
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'': At the end of the quest [http://www.wowhead.com/quest=12238 Cleansing Drak'Tharon]:
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** Another, during the [http://www.wowwiki.com/Lich_King_(Icecrown_Citadel_tactics) final battle against the Lich King]:
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** And after the death of Arthas, when {{spoiler|[[The Lancer|Bolvar Fordragon]]}} [[Back From the Dead|reappears]] on the Lich King's throne (he was last seen {{spoiler|dying from dragonfire at the [[Wham! Episode|Wrathgate]]}}:
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*** Define reappears. He's visible in one of the portals you can go into while fighting Yogg, his voice is heard early in Icecrown Citadel, and his body is chained above the Frozen Throne all throughout your fight with the Lich King. All in all, that one had plenty of foreshadowing.
** Loken has one final line to add insult to injury after capturing Thorim
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** Toward the end of the Creepy Crate quest for Hallow's Eve, on the Alliance side (a similar series of events occurs for the Horde version) you have the option of turning it over to Anson Hastings, or to Hudson Barnes for safekeeping. If you choose Barnes, he will tell you this.
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** Toward the end of Hour of Twilight, the Twilight Prophet reveals himself.
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** One comes up in Cataclysm's ending
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* ''[[Second Sight]]:'' "You can't change the past." {{spoiler|"This isn't the past."}}
* ''[[STALKER]]'': {{spoiler|''"[[Mind Rape|What you need is here.]] [[Arc Words|Come to me.]]"''}}
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** ''[[Kingdom Hearts (video game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'': "It is I, Ansem. Seeker of Darkness." It's since become [[It Was His Sled]], but at the time, this was a huge reveal.
** ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories|Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories]]'' has this:
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** ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''
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'''Axel''': ''Way to fall right into their trap.'' }}
** ''[[Kingdom Hearts: 358 Days Over 2|Kingdom Hearts 358 Days Over 2]]''
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** ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep]]''
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* ''[[Digital Devil Saga]]'' has two within the same arc:
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'''Argilla''': No way! {{spoiler|We . . . died?!}} }}
* ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon|Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness]]''
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** Also,
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*** Also, this line heard at the end of the game:
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'''The Hero''': ''"Why did you want us to come here?"''
'''{{spoiler|Darkrai}}''': ''"I just wanted to have a talk with you."''
'''Hero''': ''"Talk with you? I don't even know you!"''
'''{{spoiler|Darkrai}}''': ''"So you don't know me right? Well, I know ''you''."''
'''Hero''': ''"Why do you know all about me? What did you do?"''
'''{{spoiler|Darkrai}}''': ''"When you and {{spoiler|Grovyle}} are both traveling to here together, there appears to be a little accident. This accident actually separated you from {{spoiler|Grovyle}} and consequently turned you into a Pokémon. Remember the accident?"''
'''Hero''': ''"Why do you remember the accident? Who caused it?"''
'''{{spoiler|Darkrai}}''': ''"Yes, I remember the accident. That accident was caused by...me..."'' }}
* ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'' has one about halfway through the game, with the wham furthered by how it's implied to be casually delivered:
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* The ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series has several:
** From the first game:
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** From the fifth case, Rise From The Ashes. An in universe example as it caused such an uproar that the trial had to be suspended for a day.
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** From ''Justice for All:''
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** From ''Trials & Tribulations'':
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'''Phoenix''': Whaaa!? Th-Three?
'''Sister Bikini''': Yes. Iris, {{spoiler|her twin sister}} and Mystic Pearl. }}
** From ''[[Ace Attorney Investigations]]'', we have a wham ''laugh'', when {{spoiler|Shih-Nah laughs in the exact same highly-distinctive manner as Calisto Yew, sparking instant recognition from Edgeworth and Kay.}}
*** A bit later:
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** From ''Investigations 2:''
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* ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops|Call of Duty Black Ops]]''. Two of them:
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** And later...
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{{spoiler|'''Dragovich''': '''''Tried?'''''}} }}
*** There's also the third one from "Rebirth":
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* ''[[Assassin's Creed]]:''
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'''Robert:''' ''Nine men he sent you to kill, yes...the nine who guarded the treasure’s secret?''
'''Altaïr:''' ''What of it?''
'''Robert:''' ''It wasn't nine who found the treasure, Assassin. Not nine, but ten.''
'''Altaïr:''' ''A tenth? None may live who carry the secret. Give me his name.''
'''Robert:''' ''Oh, but you know him well...and I doubt very much you'd take his life...as willingly as you’ve taken mine.''
'''Altaïr:''' ''Who?''
'''Robert:''' ''{{spoiler|It is your master: Al Mualim.}}'' }}
* ''[[Assassin's Creed II|Assassin's Creed 2]]:''
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* ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]:''
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'''Desmond:''' ''{{spoiler|...Subject 16?}}''
'''{{spoiler|Subject 16:}}''' ''Yes...{{spoiler|Subject 17.}}''
'''Desmond:''' ''You're dead...{{spoiler|I saw your blood!}}'' }}
* ''[[Assassin's Creed Revelations|Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]:''
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* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]:''
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* ''[[Dead Space 2]]'':
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* ''[[TIE Fighter]]'':
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''{{spoiler|Admiral Zaarin's forces are attacking Imperial Star Destroy Garrett! The treachery is worse than we imagined; the Emperor is in danger."}}'' }}
* ''[[Starcraft]]'':
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'''{{spoiler|The Overmind}}''': ''"Arise, my daughter. Arise...Kerrigan." ''
'''{{spoiler|Tassadar}}''': ''"I come to tell you of [[Big Bad|this creature's]]... courage." }}
* ''[[Disgaea 2 Cursed Memories]]'':
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'''Etna''': ''Sure you can. You just don't want to.''
'''Rozalin''': ''{{spoiler|...No, you don't understand. The reason I cannot tell you is...I-I don't know where my father is! I have never even met him before!!}}'' }}
* ''[[Bulletstorm]]'':
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* ''[[Professor Layton and the Unwound Future]]'', Celeste reveals herself as {{spoiler|a temporarily time-shifted Claire}} by saying "You've taken good awfully good care of {{spoiler|that hat I gave you}}", and also, in the line before, {{spoiler|addressing Layton by his [[First-Name Basis|first name]] rather than "Professor"}}.
* [[Devil Survivor|"Peaceful days are over. Let's Survive."]] The last thing that [[Ordinary High School Student|the protagonist and his friends]] read before demons are summoned right before their eyes, and possibly the most iconic lines in the game.
* ''[[Portal 2]]'': "Actually...why do we have to leave right now?" Cue {{spoiler|a power-mad Wheatley and plummeting into the bowels of the facility.}}
** And another:
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{{spoiler|'''Caroline and [[G La DOS]]:''' Yes sir, Mr Johnson.}}
{{spoiler|'''[[G La DOS]]:''' "Why did I just- Who is that? ''What the hell is going on-'' (Shorts out)}} }}
** Not to mention:
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{{spoiler|'''Announcer:''' Caroline deleted. }} }}
** The Perpetual Testing Initiative we have one given after the "Computer!Cave" "arc" that completely turns the notion of "Cave Prime" on its head:
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** From ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'', notable is that this was not in the original game and was patched in as part of an [[Alternate Reality Game]] addon more than '''two years''' after release.
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* ''[[Sin and Punishment 2]]'': <ref> Only applies if you've played the first [[Sin and Punishment]]</ref>
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* ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate Stay Night]]'' has several. Due to the nature of the narration, some hit [[Player Punch|the reader]] more than the characters, and vice-versa.
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* ''[[Infamous (video game series)|In Famous]]'':
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{{spoiler|'''John'''}}: {{spoiler|Who's Moya?}} }}
** Later, there's another one:
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{{spoiler|when he married Trish, with Zeke as his best man...}} }}
*** Actually, before that was Kessler's last words; {{spoiler|"Trish, I love you. Forgive me."}}
* ''[[Sly Cooper|Sly 2]]'':
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* ''[[Halo]]'' has a couple:
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** In ''[[Halo 2]]'':
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'''Arbiter:''' And where, Oracle, is that? }}
** Before that:
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'''Tarturus:''' When they learn? Fool, they ordered me to do it. }}
* In ''[[Dissidia]] Duodecim Final Fantasy'', you unlock the Confession of The Creator scenario (Scenario 000) after completing Treachery of the Gods (Scenario 012) and Light to All (Scenario 013). Those latter two are numbered after the "cycle" of war in which it takes place. As per the story of the original game, the heroes break the cycle and go home after the 13th cycle. In Confessions of the Creator, which doesn't seem to take place anywhere in the ordinary story, the Mured Moogle ({{spoiler|Cid of the Lufaine}}) tells you his story as you make your final approach to Chaos. In it, he casually mentions that in the 13th cycle, {{spoiler|everyone on Cosmos's side, including the goddess herself, died and were purified}}. You may write this off as perhaps a misnumbering. Maybe there was a 0th cycle or something. And then he talks about an ''18th'' cycle.
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** "The answer to that is easy. {{spoiler|He knew because ''I'' knew."}} And the line itself is only part of the wham - it's said {{spoiler|''by the narration.''}}
* ''999'''s sequel, ''[[Virtue's Last Reward]]'', has some as well: for example, Quark casually drops this bombshell in {{spoiler|Tenmyouji}}'s route. As a bonus, it's not a wham unless you've played certain other routes {{spoiler|or the first game}}... but if you have, it makes things about ten times more complicated.
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* The ending of ''[[Mega Man X]] 3'': "Dr. Light's plan for him will finally be revealed. Unknown to X, his destiny has already been decided. To save mankind, he must destroy Zero."
* In the endgame of ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'', the Warriors of Light journey to the world of 2000 years in the past, to confront the demon Chaos. They descend deep into the then-pristine Chaos Shrine...and encounter a disturbingly familiar face:
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* ''[[Baten Kaitos]]: Eternal Wings And The Lost Ocean'':
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** ''Origins'' gives us several throughout the game:
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{{spoiler|'''Milly''': No, Father! This isn't what you promised!}}
{{spoiler|'''Verus''': Hee heh hah hah hah! Sagi, you've betrayed my hopes time and again, but I'm happy to say you've finally come through for me.}} }}
* ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' has a few:
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'''Rikku''': "Yunie will die, you know? ...You know, don't you?!"<br />
'''Rikku''': (Moments after the previous line) "[[Heroic Sacrifice|The pilgrimages]] [[Senseless Sacrifice|have to stop!"]] }}
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** Practically every line between meeting {{spoiler|Yunalesca}} and fighting her is a wham line.
* ''[[Gradius]] V'', Stage 2:
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* ''[[Touhou]] 10.5: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'':
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'''Reimu''': I wouldn't exactly call it playing, though.
'''Tenshi''': Seeing that made me think, "I want to play disaster resolution too." [[Moral Event Horizon|So I caused one]]. [[For the Evulz|A disaster, I mean]]. }}
* ''[[Etrian Odyssey]]''. All this time you thought {{spoiler|you were in a medieval world of sorts}}. Then comes the fifth Stratum, named {{spoiler|Lost Shinjuku}}. And yes, it's referring to {{spoiler|[[Earth All Along|Shinjuku, Japan]]}}.
* In ''[[The Reconstruction]]'', everything looks like it'll be fine and the world will be saved, but this banks on the fact that the third Watcher hasn't messed anything up. But that's okay, you're still on schedule and know where he is...or do you?
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* ''[[Fahrenheit (2005 video game)]]'': "A Mayan sacrifice. That's what it was."
** Also in the chapter, "Where is Jade?".
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* ''Battlefield 3'' {{spoiler|"Solomon's one of ours."}}
* ''[[Star Fox 64]]'': "Don't ever give up, my son."
* ''[[Do Don Pachi]]'': Complete the game normally, and the Commander commends your efforts and tells you it's time to take a well-deserved rest. Fulfill the conditions for the 2nd loop, however, and...
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** In ''DoDonPachi'' DaiFukkatsu, {{spoiler|Colonel Longhena}} has ''two'' versions of the "welcome to 2nd loop" speech, depending on which version of the 2nd loop you unlock. Either way, he declares his intent to {{spoiler|"build a new order"...}}
* ''[[Prototype (video game)|Prototype]]'':
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'''Cross''': You should pick your friends more carefully, Mercer. }}
** Later on:
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** And also from {{spoiler|1=Director McMullen}}
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* ''[[Resident Evil 5]]'':
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'''Chris''': Us?
'''Wesker''': So slow to catch on. }}
* Relatively minor example from ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'': [[The Reveal|"All life form data...]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UycPI4jEhvY successfully copied."]
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** They even have that last part in letters about five times as big as the rest of the subtitles in the game, just in case you didn't see it.
* Chapter 7 of ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
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''"{{spoiler|[[Dead All Along|She's sleeping under]] [[Tear Jerker|the tree on the hill]]!}}"'' }}
* ''[[LA Noire]]'' in case, "Manifest Destiny":
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* ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'':
** From ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City]]''
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** From ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
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* Both [[Space Channel 5]] games have this at one point.
** Space Channel 5
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** Space Channel 5 Part 2
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* ''[[Fate Extra]]'':
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* ''[[Silent Hill: Shattered Memories]]'' has three of those:
** First: {{spoiler|"I know you're not Harry Mason!"}}
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** Third: {{spoiler|"The term is 'complicated grief'. But it's simple, isn't it?"}}
* ''[[The Darkness (video game)|The Darkness]]'' has one from the titular entity itself:
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** If the sequel has one, it's in the end.
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* ''[[Dead Rising]]'' in Overtime.
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* ''[[True Crime: New York City]]'':
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* [[Katawa Shoujo]] has a few, often accompanied by the music stopping.
** In Emi's route
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** Hisao finds a bottle in the shed, and the label tells him why Emi brought him there.
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** In Lilly's route.
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** In Shizune's route
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** Later in Shizune's route
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* ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]'': Medusa has been defeated. The world is at peace, the [[Retraux|8-bit credits are rolling]], and Pit and Palutena are [["Everybody Laughs" Ending|sharing a good laugh]]. And then...
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** Then in Chapter 18:
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'''Magnus''': Yesterday? {{spoiler|Try ''[[Time Skip|three years]]'', buddy!}} }}
* ''[[Warcraft]]'' 3.
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'''Arthas''': He tells me that the time for my vengeance has come. }}
** ''"The Dreadlords are the Lich king's jailors"''.
* ''[[Syphon Filter]]''
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''"How long has Rhoemer been working for you, Markinson?"'' }}
* ''[[Command and Conquer Tiberium]] Sun''.
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'''Vega''': He didn't steal it. He built it. }}
** ''Tiberium Wars''
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''"We just got word. [[Alien Invasion|JPL Deep Space Net is picking up 6 unidentified objects heading towards Earth...]]"''<br />
''"This being already exists in the datacore. Genetic derivations unknown."'' }}
* ''[[Tenchu]] 2''
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* ''[[Thief]]''
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* ''[[Legacy of Kain]]''
** ''Blood Omen'': He is the last! [Moebius points at Kain and swords are drawn.] Destroy him!
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** ''Defiance'': The Soul Reaver, pure of all corruption... this is what it is for. This is what I am for. The two become one... both Soul Reavers... together... and the Scion of Balance is healed... And I am not your enemy... not your destroyer... I am, as before, your right hand... your sword.
* ''[[Nie R]]''
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'''Weiss''': {{spoiler|"No. They still live on. You know them as Shades."}} }}
* ''[[Ghost Trick]]:'' At the end of Chapter 14, after a number of revelations, Sissel sums up the result of it all:
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