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If this also takes place in the middle of a battle sequence (or as an entire battle), it's a [[Scripted Battle]]. Can be quite annoying when combined with [[Trial and Error Gameplay]] if the events can't be skipped after the first time.

* Many recent action-military shooter games (especially those based on previous wars) are filled with scripted sequences. ''[[Call of Duty]] 2'' featured many set-piece battles and events, from squadmates kicking down doors to carrying a wounded teammate (both impossible for the [[Player Character]]).

** ''Call of Duty 4'' includes achievements for interfering with the scripted events, saving the lives of the NPCs who would otherwise die.

*** For those of you not in the know, the upper floors of the asylum level are infested with rats that [[Made of Explodium|exp]][[Taking You With Me|lode]] into a cloud of [[Interface Screw|Confusion Gas]] while doing massive damage, and their ambushes are scripted. If you pay attention, the walls [[Bizarrchitecture|(or equivalent thereof)]] sometimes have rat graffiti on them. That signifies the checkpoint for a certain appearance of those giant, red-eyed, bloated vermin that will first flip your controls, screw up your psi powers, and make your screen all cloudy and green before killing you very quickly. It actually ''adds'' to the [[Nightmare Fuel]].

* The photographer in ''[[Earthbound]]'' shows up when the player walks across certain patches of ground for the first time. Say "fuzzy pickles"!

* Many [[Escort Mission|Escort Missions]] in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' have scripted events to make sure you don't just clean out the escort path beforehand and waltz the guy to safety (even where that ''would'' make sense).

* ''[[Battle for Wesnoth]]'''s single player mode is full of them.

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