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{{quote|''"The house and everyone within a 5 mile radius have been destroyed in a massive nuclear meltdown. THE GAME IS OVER."''|''[[Maniac Mansion]]''}}
In most games, players see the dreaded [[Game Over]] screen when their [[Player Character|in-game avatars]] are defeated in some way. Maybe they [[Life Meter|took too many wounds]] and lost all their [[Hit Points]], or maybe they fell down too many [[Bottomless Pits]] and lost all their [[Video Game Lives|lives]]. They could have failed an [[Sliding Scale of Video Game Objectives|objective]] or lost a critical [[Non
But, there are a few games that give special punishments to particularly noteworthy player screw-ups. [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|These are]] [[Nonstandard Game Over|Nonstandard Game Overs]].
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'''There are a few variations on this theme:'''
* Otherwise standard game overs (loss of hit points, lives, etc.) that receive special treatment because they occur in a particular place or time (e.g., a unique death cutscene for losing a [[Boss Fight]]);
* Punishment game overs that the game levies against usually unsuspecting players who attempt to [[No Fair Cheating|break the rules]] or derail the plot (e.g., when the game actually lets you [[Refusal of the Call|say "no" to the main quest]] -- the opposite of [[But Thou Must!]]); and
* Odd or bizarre noncanon endings [[Press X to Die|that the player can choose to acquire]], which usually involve failing a mission objective in such a way that causes the death of the main characters.
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* In ''[[Timeshift]]'', if you block or otherwise interfere with certain movable objects while using your Time Reversal power, you get a non-standard Game Over due to [[Time Paradox]].
* The normal [[Game Over]] sequence in ''[[King's Quest (Video Game)|King's Quest]] VI'' is a very short cutscene in Hades. There are three [[Nonstandard Game Over|Nonstandard Game Overs]]: a [[Deader Than Dead]] [[Game Over]] (Alexander's skeleton in tattered clothing collapses on a black background), a [[Baleful Polymorph]] [[Game Over]] ("Was that the [[Incredibly Lame Pun|beast]] you could do?"), and another non-deadly [[Game Over]] where Alexander gets captured and locked in the castle dungeon right before the wedding ("'Tis a noble thing to have a means of escape, and 'tis a far, far better thing to never get caught at all!")
** The [[Baleful Polymorph]] [[Game Over]] is definitely worth a chuckle if you're playing [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]; Alexander is voiced by Robbie Benson, who was the voice of [[Beauty and The Beast (Disney)|the Disney's Beast]]!
* In ''[[A Dance With Rogues]]'', your character is subject to two loyalty tests in the middle of the first chapter. Failing either of them (selling the thieves' guild to the man in the Mysterious Note quest or going off north instead of returning to Betancuria in Lesson 7) causes the game to end and the standard credits to roll.
** Also, if you refuse to summon Hyath but keep the ring, you get a dreamscape cutscene and you die as soon as you leave the Summer Isles.
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** In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4]]'', die during the final battle & you will be given the choice to "Continue" or "Exist". Choose the latter, and you will hear Ocelot tell you "Not yet, Snake!" and you will have to choose again, only "Exist" will have returned to the traditional "Exit".
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ker0WQAIf88 Gurlugon]. Possibly the most bizarre game over sequence in the entire series.
* The ''[[Disgaea (Video Game)|Disgaea]]'' series tends to give you often humorous [[Nonstandard Game Over|Non Standard Game Overs]] for being beaten by the games' [[Goldfish Poop Gang]], or one of the main team members before they've joined the group. Most of them are treated like endings (Particularly in 3 and 4, which add lengthy narratives to them), causing the credits to roll, and in some cases, allowing you to start a [[New Game
** In ''[[Disgaea 2]]'', a multitude of characters propose bills to be the main character in the Dark Assembly. Should they be passed (and there's a very high chance they will without any intervention on your part), you immediately get a game over. Also, {{spoiler|''winning'' the [[Hopeless Boss Fight]] against Laharl, or the one against Etna, nets a [[Nonstandard Game Over]] as well.}}
** Revisiting the final level of the first chapter in ''[[Disgaea 3]]'' and winning the battle there before a certain point in the story also results in a humorous [[Nonstandard Game Over]] where {{spoiler|Mao and Almaz openly acknowledge that they've screwed up the plot and the only option is to reset the game.}}
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