Trope Namers/Video Games: Difference between revisions

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Naturally, tropes aren't just limited to television and literature. You'll encounter some ideas that started from video games. That's right...trope naming has gone digital (or analog, if you prefer).

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* ''[[Altered Beast]]''

 

* ''[[Angband]]''

** [[Random Number God]] (on the Usenet group rec.games.roguelike.angband)

 

** [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]

 

** [[Every Ten Thousand Points]]

 

 

* ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''

** [[Hailfire Peaks]]

 

** [[Middle-Eastern Coalition]]

 

** [[Metroidvania]] (partial; other half comes from ''[[Metroid]]'')

 

** [[Time Crash]]

 

** [[Barrier Change Boss]]

** [[Good Morning, Crono]]

** [[Please Select New City Name]]

 

** [[Command and Conquer Economy]]

 

** [[Weaponized Landmark]]

 

** [[Tele Frag]]

 

** [[But Thou Must!]]

** [[Metal Slime]]

 

** [[Prince Charmless]]

 

** [[Eagle-Eye Detection]]

 

** [[Eagle Land]]

*** [[Eagleland Osmosis]]

** [[You Cannot Grasp the True Form]]

 

** [[Level Ate]] (second game)

** [[Planet Heck]] (first game)

 

** [[You Will Not Evade Me]]

 

** [[Peninsula of Power Leveling]]

** [[The Red Mage]]

 

** [[Sheathe Your Sword]]

** [[Spoony Bard]]

 

* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''

** [[The Lifestream]]

** [[Limit Break]]

** [[Wutai]]

 

** [[Fairy Battle]]

** [[You Are Not Alone]]

 

** [[This Is My Story]]

 

** [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]

 

* ''[[Fire Emblem Akaneia]]''

 

* ''[[Freedom Force]]''

** [[Right Makes Might]] (one of Minuteman's [[Catch Phrase|catch phrases]])

 

** [[Wizard Needs Food Badly]]

*** [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]]

** [[Real Time Weapon Change]] (all from the same E3 conference presentation-turned-[[Memetic Mutation/Video Games|Internet meme]])

 

** [[Hot Coffee Minigame]] (after the infamous [[Dummied Out]] section)

 

** [[Lighthouse Point]]

** [[No OSHA Compliance]] (an achievement in ''Half-Life 2'')

** Stand Back Hello (former name of [[Simultaneous Warning and Action]])

 

** [[King of All Cosmos]]

 

** [[Combo Breaker]]

 

* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''

** [[The Heartless]]

** [[Resignations Not Accepted]] (Days)

** [[Dream Land]]

 

** [[Death Mountain]]

** [[Gannon Banned]] ([[Fan-Speak|fandom term]])

** [[Wall Master]]

 

** [[Urban Legend of Zelda]]

 

** [[Americans Hate Tingle]]

 

** [[8.8]] (stemmed from an infamous GameSpot review on the game)

 

* ''[[The Longest Journey]]''

 

** [[I Know Madden Kombat]] (partial; other half comes from ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'')

** [[Madden Curse]]

 

 

* ''[[Mass Effect]]''

** [[We Were Your Team]]

 

** [[Bullet Time]]

 

** [[Emergency Energy Tank]]

** [[Magma Man]]

** [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]] (''[[The Last Days of Foxhound]]'' webcomics)

 

** [[Fission Mailed]]

 

 

* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''

** [[Finish Him!]]

** [[Flawless Victory]]

** [[I Know Mortal Kombat]]

*** [[I Don't Know Mortal Kombat]]

** [[Mirror Match]]

 

** [[Yet Another Stupid Death]] (on the Usenet group rec.games.roguelike.nethack)

 

** [[Pac-Man Fever]]

 

** [[Pinball Scoring]]

 

** [[Summon Backup Dancers]]

 

** [[Ditto Fighter]]

** [[Gotta Catch Em All]]

** [[Horn Attack]]

** [[Single Palette Town]] (a pun on the home city from the first-generation games)

 

 

** [[Brick Break]]

** [[Bullet Seed]]

 

** [[Bug Buzz]]

 

** [[The Cake Is a Lie]]

** [[Companion Cube]]

** [[A Winner Is You]]

 

** [[Milkman Conspiracy]]

 

** [[Hero Stole My Bike]] (while named for a meme, said meme came from this game's [[Training Montage]])

** [[Vodka Drunkenski]]

 

* ''[[Sam and Max]]''

** [[Oblivious Guilt Slinging]]

 

 

* ''[[Shivers]]''

 

* ''[[The Sims]]''

** [[Speaking Simlish]]

 

** [[Eternal Engine]]

** [[Ultimate Lifeform]]

 

** [[Casino Park]]

 

** [[Chaos Emeralds]]

** [[Green Hill Zone]]

 

** [[Bad Future]]

** [[Palmtree Panic]]

** [[Personal Space Invader]]

 

** [[Construct Additional Pylons]]

** [[Spawn Broodling]]

** [[Zerg Rush]]

 

** [[Do a Barrel Roll]]

 

** [[Hurricane Kick]]

** [[Kamehame Hadoken]] (cross-reference to ''[[Dragonball Z]]'')

** [[Ryu and Ken]]

** [[Shoryuken]]

** [[Shotoclone]]

 

** [[Big Boo's Haunt]]

** [[Lethal Lava Land]]

** [[Shifting Sand Land]]

 

** [[The Goomba]]

*** [[Goomba Springboard]]

** [[Minus World]]

** [[One Mario Limit]]

** [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle|(Y)Our Princess Is In Another Castle]]

 

** [[Warp Whistle]]

 

** [[Poison Mushroom]]

 

** [[Toy Time]]

 

** [[Face Ship]]

 

** [[Macro Zone]]

** [[Space Zone]]

 

** [[He Knows About Timed Hits]]

 

** [[Item Get]]

 

** [[Real Robot]]

 

** [[Edible Ammunition]]

** [[Guest Fighter]]

*** [[Multi Mook Brawl]] (alternate name to above)

 

** [[Double Reverse Quadruple Agent]]

** [[Shoot the Medic First]] (From ''[[Penny Arcade]]'')

 

** [[The Tetris Effect]]

 

* ''[[Tony Hawks Pro Skater]]''

 

* ''[[Ultima]]''

** [[Lord British Postulate]]

 

** [[Civil Warcraft]]

** [[Stop Poking Me]]

 

** [[Pinball Zone]]

 

** [[Unholy Holy Sword]]

 

** [[Ground Pound]]