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Expect most of these to be fighting game examples. [[Guest Fighter]] can be considered a subtrope.

== Comic Books ==

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** Also, in the original Smash Bros' 1P mode, you fight classic Nintendo characters, the [[Super Mario Bros (Video Game)|Mario Bros.]], [[Giant Mook]] [[Donkey Kong]], [[Metroid|Samus]], then "[[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere|Fighting Poly]][[Multi Mook Melee|gon Team!]]" Wait, what?

*** Similarly, when playing Melee's adventure Mode, if you've played it a few times you'll know about the Metal Mario fight. Then when you've unlocked Luigi, you find yourself fighting both [[Oh Crap|Metal Mario AND Metal Luigi]]

* Capcom's 2D fighting game based on the third part of ''[[Jo ~~Jos~~ Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'' has a couple. First up is Midler, the user of the stand High Priestess: since she is never seen clearly in the manga, the original author had to create her character design for the game from scratch! There's also the younger version of Joseph, based on his appearance in the second part of the manga.

* Capcom's 2D fighting game based on the third part of ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'' has a couple. First up is Midler, the user of the stand High Priestess: since she is never seen clearly in the manga, the original author had to create her character design for the game from scratch! There's also the younger version of Joseph, based on his appearance in the second part of the manga.

* [[Dead Rising (Video Game)|Frank West]] in ''[[Tatsunokovs Capcom (Video Game)|Tatsunoko vs. Capcom]]: [[Updated Rerelease|Ultimate All-Stars]]'' had this reaction (of course, for many American gamers, nearly the entire Tatsunoko side counts, too). In the other crossover games, we've got [[Doctor Strange|Shuma-Gorath]] and [[X-Men|Marrow]] in the ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom]]'' series, [[Art of Fighting|Ryuhaku Todoh]], [[Final Fight|Maki]], and [[Last Blade|Hibiki Takane]] (among others) in ''[[SN Kvs Capcom|Capcom vs. SNK 2]]'', and four ''[[Red Earth]]'' characters in ''[[Capcom Fighting Evolution (Video Game)|Capcom Fighting Evolution]]'', none of whom were Tessa.<ref>who appeared in ''Pocket Fighter''</ref>

** In the first ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom Clash of the Superheroes (Video Game)|Marvel vs. Capcom]]'' game, there's also Jin Saotome from ''[[Cyberbots (Video Game)|Cyberbots]]'', which had Americans asking, "Who the hell is Jin?"

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** Prior to ''[[Super Robot Wars Judgment]]'', the term "robot" implied that only series featuring [[Humongous Mecha]] can only be included. When ''[[Tekkaman Blade (Anime)|Tekkaman Blade]]'' and the subsequent ''[[Detonator Orgun]]'' and ''[[Iczer One]]'' made their debut into the franchise, this was totally out of the blue, as these series were centered around [[Powered Armor]] mechanics, not robots. In a sense, this was developer Banpresto's way of letting loose with formula, but also their willingness to redefine what exactly encompasses the terms "robot" and "[[Mecha]]".

** The ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]'' series mostly just features [[Original Generation|original cast members]] from other ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' games. When the bonus chapters of the compilation/VideoGameRemake ''Original Generations'' was unveiled, it caught everyone by surprise when it included Fighter Roar, a character from the ''Great Battle'' series, another [[Massively Multiplayer Crossover]] by Banpresto, piloting a redesigned Compatible Kaiser, which appeared in just one game.

*** Banpresto did it again for ''[[Endless Frontier|Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Endless Frontier EXCEED]]'' with Mark Hunter, from a more obscure Banpresto [[Action RPG]] called ''Gaia Saver''. At this point, anyone from any Banpresto-developed game has a possibility to appear in ''Original Generation'', be it the main series or its [[Spin Off|Spinoffs]].

*** Banpresto did it again for ''[[Endless Frontier|Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Endless Frontier EXCEED]]'' with Mark Hunter, from a more obscure Banpresto [[Action RPG]] called ''Gaia Saver''. At this point, anyone from any Banpresto-developed game has a possibility to appear in ''Original Generation'', be it the main series or its [[Spin-Off|Spinoffs]].

** Few people expected [[Super Robot Wars Z]] 2 would add [[Dai Guard]] to the roster.

* The ''[[Dragonball]]'' games do this a lot. The ''Budokai Tenkaichi'' games have, among others, ''Grandpa Gohan'', [[Doctor Slump|Arale Norimaki]], [[Straight Gay|General]] [[Putting On the Reich|Blue]], [[Mooks|Frieza Soldier]] (No, seriously, that ''is'' a character), [[Mooks|Appule]]<ref>his appearance was used for a quick joke in [[Dragon Ball Abridged]] in which he's playing the game as himself, beating up Bardock</ref>, Spopovich, [[Squishy Wizard|Babidi]], [[Fusion Dance|Gok]][[Imagine Spot|ule]], and possibly Nail. The [[Ensemble Darkhorse|more popular characters]] are usually expected or asked for, but some of these are just unexpected.

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* While both [[Star Wars|Yoda and Darth Vader]] were constantly advertised as playable characters in ''[[Soul Series|Soulcalibur IV]]'', having Vader's apprentice from ''[[The Force Unleashed]]'' was not expected by many, particularly since [[Early Bird Cameo|his game had yet to be released at the time]].

** And [[Keroro Gunso|Angol Moa]]- sorry, [[Expy|Angol Fear]] as a bonus character? Even more unexpected...

* In ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy (Video Game)|Dissidia: Final Fantasy]]'' people assumed early on Seymour would be in as the villain of ''[[Final Fantasy X (Video Game)|Final Fantasy X]]'', but instead Tidus' father Jecht, who was more an [[Anti Hero]]/[[Anti Villain]] than a real antagonist, got in over Seymour. [[Memetic Badass|Not]] [[Memetic Sex God|that]] [[Difficult but Awesome|people]] [[Rated M for Manly|mind]]... Square actually [[Word of God|decided to explain this one]]--Seymour had more of a rivalry/connection with Yuna, so having him in the game as the representative villain would have meant there was little going on between Tidus and Seymour story-wise, whereas Jecht provided a deeper father-son/rivalry dynamic.<ref>Though, in a strange case of an character playing the role of ''his own [[Expy]]'', [[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Emperor Palamecia]], to whom Seymour bears a very strong resemblance, was placed in the role of Yuna's main opponent in ''Duodecim''.</ref>

* In ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy (Video Game)|Dissidia: Final Fantasy]]'' people assumed early on Seymour would be in as the villain of ''[[Final Fantasy X (Video Game)|Final Fantasy X]]'', but instead Tidus' father Jecht, who was more an [[Anti-Hero]]/[[Anti-Villain]] than a real antagonist, got in over Seymour. [[Memetic Badass|Not]] [[Memetic Sex God|that]] [[Difficult but Awesome|people]] [[Rated M for Manly|mind]]... Square actually [[Word of God|decided to explain this one]]--Seymour had more of a rivalry/connection with Yuna, so having him in the game as the representative villain would have meant there was little going on between Tidus and Seymour story-wise, whereas Jecht provided a deeper father-son/rivalry dynamic.<ref>Though, in a strange case of an character playing the role of ''his own [[Expy]]'', [[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Emperor Palamecia]], to whom Seymour bears a very strong resemblance, was placed in the role of Yuna's main opponent in ''Duodecim''.</ref>

* [[Nippon Ichi]] games often have a number of characters from other games appear as [[The Cameo|cameos]], which may fall under this trope. For example, the character Aramis from ''[[Disgaea Hour of Darkness]]'' appears for all of one chapter and isn't even playable in any version of the game. [[Ascended Extra|He becomes]] a [[Downloadable Content]] [[Optional Party Member]] in [[Disgaea 3]]. Another example is in ''[[Zettai Hero Kaizou Keikaku|Zettai Hero Project]]'', whose strongest [[Bonus Boss]] is actually Valvoga from ''[[Makai Kingdom]]''. His only other appearance outside those two games were as part of a ''spell animation'' in [[Disgaea 2]].

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* [[The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim]]: A game of swords, sorcery, dragons, and... [[Portal 2 (Video Game)|the Space Core]], as of a recent official PC-only add-on.

* The much-delayed PC version of [[Renegade Ops]] features... [[Half Life|Gordon Freeman?]]

* [[Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XIII-2]]'s first North American DLC features a battle with Lightning, and everyone was expecting that. What they weren't expecting was for [[One Scene Wonder|Sergeant Amodar]] to appear... and be a Commando-role ''monster''. Also, [[The Unfought|Jhil Nabaat]] is following in March.

* [[Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XIII-2]]'s first North American DLC features a battle with Lightning, and everyone was expecting that. What they weren't expecting was for [[One-Scene Wonder|Sergeant Amodar]] to appear... and be a Commando-role ''monster''. Also, [[The Unfought|Jhil Nabaat]] is following in March.

* Probably one of the most insane examples is [[Street Fighter|Ryu]] appearing a DLC boss in ''[[Asura's Wrath]]''', a game that isn't even a [[Fighting Game]] to begin with. What makes it even crazier, is that fighting him Changes the gameplay completely into a 2D fighter, Meters and life gauges and all ala ''[[Street Fighter IV (Video Game)|Street Fighter IV]]'', though Asura's bottom Gauges are different and more like his own game, of course.

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]: Chaos Bleeds'' has Joss Whedon as an unlockable character.

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