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Very common in [[Interactive Fiction]], where attempting to [[Guess the Verb|Get Ye Flask]] will frequently elicit such a remark.

* In the point and click adventure game ''[[Deja Vu]]'':

** if you have Ace consume a key, you'll get a message that reads, "OK man, but it's pretty stupid if you ask me," seeing that eating the key results in making that game [[Unwinnable|impossible to win]]. Similarly, you'll get many snarky remarks if you try to do other unusual actions.

*** About Ogla, after knocking her out, if you shoot her, Otacon will interrupt you and say "Snake!! She's defenseless! Are you some kind of monster?!" Shooting her more will cause Otacon to berate Snake more.

*** What, need to save? (I WON'T MAKE YOU SAVE/DO NOT SAVE) This is from Rose, who will ''break up with you'' if you blast helpless pigeons in the face and abuse hostages.

{{quote| '''The Boss''': Of all the- Are you out of your mind?!<br />

'''Naked Snake''': I'd thought you'd like it! }}

** They include killing national guardsmen who are hostile to you, causing Sam claim it was an accident.

** You can also get a shocked reaction from killing on no kill missions.

** In the second game, at the Paris level, failing to save the security guard who alerted the authorities to the terrorists attacking the cryo plant will get quite the chewing out from Lambert. Sam's response is [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]], but in-universe will make Lambert think Sam has lost his mind.

* In the N64 version of ''[[Golden Eye 1997 (Video Game)|GoldenEye]]'', killing Boris Grishenko will earn you a scolding from Natalya Simonova and she'll refuse to open the computer-controlled doors you need to get through to complete the level.

** In a similar game, you'd end up in the sickbay to treat your supposed insanity (a [[Nonstandard Game Over]]) if you tried to order the crew to shift to an unreasonable Warp Speed (Warp One Million, anyone?).

* ''[[Star Trek Voyager|Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force]]'' had fellow Starfleet officers complain if you shot them. With the exception that picking up weapons in the armory and then using them to attack people when there was no mission going on was a [[Nonstandard Game Over]] instead.

*** That's nothing. If you work for it, you can break into the ship's computer core, hack your way to a higher security clearance than the ''Captain's'', then watch the bridge crew freak out when you arm the Self-Destruct Sequence.

* In ''Cybermorph'', the pack-in game for the [[Atari Jaguar]], [[Mission Control]] would ask "What are you ''doing''?" if you crashed into the ground too much.

** In ''[[Desert Strike|Jungle Strike]]'', the first mission takes place in Washington DC. You can fly around and blow huge holes in all the major landmarks, including the White House. Doing so gets you recalled to base where you get chewed out.

** Similarly, in ''Soviet Strike'', you can blow the Hell out of your own base. Earle will call the MPs when it's the Crimean frigate, ending the mission, and in the last mission his boss orders you to be executed for blowing up the fast food home base. Other stunts...allowing Boris Yeltsin to be killed, a nuclear missile to be launched, or otherwise failing an objective, may yield a news video or one of your black ops allies killing herself, or a simple voiceover, which when it's something like an overthrown Russia holding the world to ransom, becomes [[Nightmare Fuel]].

* ''[[Psychonauts (Video Game)|Psychonauts]]'' has so much on this, it borders on ''enticing'' [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]. Not only will friendly NPCs call you out if you attempt to attack them (or certain pieces of the environment), but they'll react differently for every different psychic power. So while simply punching Vernon as normal will elicit one reaction, picking him up with Telekinesis will get another, and trying to set him on fire will get you yet another...

* In ''[[Beyond Good and Evil (Video Game)|Beyond Good and Evil]],'' Jade's sidekicks, Pey'j and Double H, will get annoyed at her if she hits or attacks them. While in your hovercraft, you can also shoot at ships sailing or flying across the bay, making them call you out on it. (Keep it up, and they [[Video Game Cruelty Punishment|call the police on you.]])

** Also in ''Spirit Tracks'', at one point the Lokomo of the Snow Sanctuary, Steem, asks you to bring him a vessel. After obtaining it from {{spoiler|the fortune-teller in Papuchia Village}}, you deliver it to him. He's ''really'' happy, giving you a Force Gem out of gratitude. But if you succumb to temptation and break the vessel, he'll yell at you and demand that you replace it. (The replacement vessel costs twice as much as the first one. By this point in the game, either amount is small potatoes, but you still deserve it!)

** [[Die Chair Die|Destroying pumpkins]] in Ordon village prompts one townsperson to scold you "Hey! Don't waste food!"

*** Opening random cupboards gives the message "You really shouldn't open other people's cupboards without permission," though the game doesn't mind if you open your own cupboard, which contains a mysteriously self-replenishing 5 Rupees. {{spoiler|But this also gets subverted; opening Zelda's cupboard without permission earns you a piece of heart, and no reprimanding message.}}

*** The old lady in the kitchen will yell at you if you [[Rewarding Vandalism|break a nearby vase or barrel]].

** If you agree to carry Mr. Little back to his house, then complete the game without taking him home, he will interrupt the ending cutscene to ask "...aren't you forgetting something?"

** Curly Brace will surprisingly ''not'' chew you out if you talk to her with [[Kleptomaniac Hero Found Underwear|Curly's Underwear]] in your inventory.

* Smiling Jack in ''[[Vampire Bloodlines]]'' will call the player out for cheating extra stats in the chargen/tutorial section of the game. If that hasn't shattered the fourth wall yet, the player can explain that they're playing with a mod installed.

** [[Talkative Loon|Malkavians]] can state that [[A Wizard Did It|Malkav Did It]].

* Weirdly played, kind of [[Painting the Fourth Wall]], in the opening seconds of ''[[In Famous (Video Game)|In Famous]]'', before you even have a chance to ''do'' anything about it. The game opens on a simple "Press Start" screen that has a city street in the background. Once you do press Start, ''there's a giant fucking explosion that wipes out half the city and kills thousands of people''. You soon find out that that was your player character, Cole, accidentally activating the [[MacGuffin|Ray Sphere]], something the government and the people of the city don't take kindly to. Nice going.

** Zeke will tell you off if you destroy a certain gas station in the Neon District. Cole shoots back with "I'm sure you would do it if you had powers", which doesn't really make sense.

* In ''[[Grand Theft Auto San Andreas]]'', you can have fellow gang members ride around in your car. Driving recklessly (excessive speed, driving off a cliff, etc) will result in them calling you out on it. The best is "''Cars can't fly,'' you '''bitch!'''"

** The "dates" respond, as well. Police office Barbara is prone to scream "''This is not responsible driving!''"

* A [[Sprite Comic]] example: In [http://www.captainsnes.com/2003/10/11/399-dance-crazed/ this] ''[[Captain SNES]]'' comic, we discover one of the many signs of Alex's gameplay prior to ending up in Videoland affecting Videoland: he (and by proxy, [[Final Fantasy IV|Cecil]]), had the Mithril Town dancers dance ''347 times'', much to their irritation, to say the least.

* There's an [[Elevator Action Sequence]] halfway through ''[[First Encounter Assault Recon]]'' where the Replica repeatedly force an elevator you're riding in to stop and open into a room full of enemies. You're meant to stay in the elevator and wait for it to close and ascend again, but you can also run out and kill all the Replica that attack you. Doing the latter causes the person you're escorting to shout, "You don't have to kill ''everybody!''"

** Further killing of officers or civilians will result in the police turning on you for a short time, along with some very angry words from your disembodied leader.

* Crashing enough times in the old [[Electronic Arts]] game ''F/A 18-Interceptor'' shows this message on the screen: "HEY ROOKIE, F/A-18S DON'T GROW ON TREES, YA KNOW."

* ''[[Soldier of Fortune]] II'': "Mullins, get back here! Mullins, you are jeopardizing the mission! Execute him!" :[[Died Standing Up|dies standing up]]:

* In ''[[Escape Velocity]]: Nova'', refusing one of the early plot hooks (giving a lift to a rover down on his luck) will cause him to look at you "as if he is going to cry, or hit you, or both." After the character wordlessly walks away, the player is informed that "you feel heartily ashamed."

* ''[[Colony Wars]]'' will berate you for friendly fire a few times, but if you persist (or destroy an ally), the game labels you a traitor and destroys your craft. Of course, you can still play after failing, most of the time, and [[Gameplay and Story Segregation|nobody seems bothered by having the "traitor" along]], probably because you are the [[Artificial Stupidity|most competent pilot around.]]

* In ''[[Sonic 3 and Knuckles (Video Game)|Sonic 3 and Knuckles]]'', if the player stops inputting controls for a few seconds, Sonic will look at the player and tap his foot impatiently.

** Or maybe the ghost just throws a cocktail party or goes fishing. Ghosts are weird like that.

* In ''[[Guilty Party]],'' you can either taunt your opponents or cheer on your teammates by shaking the Wiimote or by pressing the D-pad when it's not your turn. Do this ''repeatedly,'' however, and [[Team Dad]] Dorian will suddenly scold you through your Wiimote speaker: "That's quite enough of ''that!''" "I wouldn't do that again, if I were you!" "Cut that out!" He then temporarily disables your taunting/cheering abilities to punish you for being a nuisance.

* In the point and click adventure game ''Torin's Passage,'' when you reach the final area of the game you are left with two items in your inventory, the Book of Magic and the Bagpipes. The setup of the scene makes it very obvious that the book of magic is the item for the occasion. However, if you use the Bagpipes anyway, not only does Torin get vaporized, the death message pops up with an audio from the designer of the game mocking you for guiding Torin all this way through the game only to use the bagpipes instead of the book of magic. A [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]

* In ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', Aveline's starting equipment includes her husband's shield. Like all starting equipment, it is quickly replaced by a better one. In Act 2, years later, you can find a shield to give to Aveline as a gift. If you did what most players would do and sold her starting shield, she will reply with "I had a perfectly good shield. Wesley's. We sold it, didn't we? Practicality over sentiment, right?" On the other hand, if you kept the darn thing, she will say "What are you trying to say? Should I just throw away Wesley's shield?"

* Not exactly a game, but the text-to-speech program ''ReadPlease'' had the characters ask you to stop clicking on their faces, and asked how much the user would like it if ''their'' face was clicked upon.

* In the ''[[Pikmin]]'' series, you can actually drive the titular species to extinction.

* In the first level of ''[[Prey]]'', jumping on the slot machines will cause Jen to yell at you "Tommy, knock it off!"

* In the penultimate quest of ''[[Half Minute Hero]]'''s Hero 30 mode, you save a cute orphaned girl named Sasha, who decides to give you a tour of the surrounding land as thanks for saving her. After a short quest chain, she eventually reveals that {{spoiler|the Evil Lord you just fought was a fake, and that she's actually a monster crafted by the [[Grim Reaper]] to act as a decoy while he prepares the Spell of Destruction}}. Despite this, you can still choose to befriend her when she's about to say goodbye. If you say yes, you'll run into her again at {{spoiler|the ruins of}} the first village {{spoiler|along with the townspeople, who shed their human guises after you broke the Reaper's curse}}. The Time Goddess tells you that the only way to get to the Reaper's castle is through Sasha and the monsters. If you kill her, she cries out "Liar..." before dying, and you get branded with the "Liar" title when the quest is complete.

** If you [[Sheathe Your Sword|spare Sasha's life]], however, {{spoiler|[[Mercy Rewarded|your Rusted Sword transforms into the powerful Hero Blade]], allowing you to more easily defeat the boss and gain the "True Hero" title for the level}}.

* In ''[[Task Maker]]'', attacking an NPC whose orientation is Good or Neutral will anger all other NPCs around you (even monsters) and cause them to attack you, often making "What the hell, player?"-esque comments. If you do this in Castle Hall, it will also anger the Guards, no matter how far from them you are. This goes a step further with the "Mom" character in Enitsirhc — if you attack her to the point of frightening her (which happens when an NPC's HP is low), she will tell you "You're making a big mistake!" And if you kill her, your player will permanently be rendered blind, deaf and drunk (i.e., completely unable to finish the game).

* If during a quest in ''[[Runescape]]'' you use a spade on a dog's grave you'll get the message "You wouldn't seriously consider digging up poor Snowy, would you?"

** On the other hand, the Blades will refuse to assist you towards the end of the game if you decide not to do the deed.

** The [[City Guards]] will whine at you for randomly Shouting in town.