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* One [[Unfortunate Implications]] [[Actor Allusion]] is possible in the game ''All-Pro Football 2K8.'' It is possible to assign O.J. Simpson to a team called "The Assassins," where the game randomly has him do a throat-slash taunt and a large stadium robot make stabbing motions when he scores a touchdown. Oops.
* One of the many, many throwaway gag lines in ''[[The Dig]]'' occurs when you ask one character about another, who has managed to disappear on you. "Have you seen this boy?" In pitch-perfect T-1000 inflection. Robert Patrick voiced the main character, Boston Low.
* A bizarre example using sound effects occurred in overlooked Game Freak gem ''[[Drill Dozer]]''. The game used many sound effects from the [[Enhanced Remake|remakes]] of the original ''[[
* ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' has a ''[[Up to Eleven|lot]]'' of fun with this. When Gilliam Yeager in ''Original Generation'' runs into Masaki Andou, Masaki asks him if they've met before. Gilliam looks terrified for a moment before brushing it off with "Nope." Masaki had fought Gilliam in the [[Alternate Continuity]] that Gilliam came from, the game ''[[Hero Senki]]'', which Gilliam was the endboss for. Also, there's references in several of the games to the appearance and/or voices of the various characters... some of which are voiced by the same voice actors ("You know, you look and sound a lot like..."), have the same character designer, or are voiced by two seiyuu who have voiced other famous roles. For example, in the Alpha series, ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' hero Amuro Ray flirts openly with Misato from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': Two of their previous roles were Mamoru Chiba/Prince Endymion and ''[[Sailor Moon]]''.
** The mother of all ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' [[Actor Allusion|Actor Allusions]] and [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] happens in MX. Here goes: ''[[G Gundam]]'' scenario. Two of the Gundam Fighters fight and beat their [[Evil Twin|Evil Twins]] when Michelo Chariot shows up with reinforcements. Eventually Allenby shows up in the sailor-fuku-dressed Nobel Gundam and makes a perfect [[In the Name of
* In ''[[The King of Fighters]] 2002'', K9999 & Kusanagi have a special intro where K9999 yells "KUSANAGIIIIII!" and Kusanagi responds "That's ''Mr.'' Kusanagi to you!". K9999's VA voiced Tetsuo Shima in ''[[
** K9999 was practically an [[Expy]] of Tetsuo anyway. So much so, in fact, that he's not going to be used in the series again.
* In ''[[Myst]] III'', Brad Dourif plays Saavedro and toward the end, he gets to scream "[[Big No|No! NO! NO, NO, NO, NOOO, NOOO, NOOOOOO!]]" over and over, just like he did in his first major film role as [[One Flew Over the
* ''[[Lego Indiana Jones]]'' includes {{spoiler|[[Star Wars|Han Solo]]}} as an unlockable character. Both were played by Harrison Ford in their respective movies.
** {{spoiler|''Lego [[Star Wars]]: The Complete Saga''}} has this in reverse, with {{spoiler|Indy}} unlockable, for the same reason - as well as to [[Early-Bird Cameo|promote his game]], as you can only unlock him after watching the trailer for it in the [[Hub Level]].
** Also, the version of The Joker in [[Lego Batman]] seems to be based on the version voiced by Mark "Luke Skywalker" Hamill on [[Batman:
* In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'', [[Ho Yay|best friends]] Snake and Otacon cheer 'Falcon PUNCH!' and 'Falcon KICK!' while fanboying mutually over [[F
* The MSX2 version of ''[[Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake]]'' featured character portraits based on the likenesses of popular actors and celebrities.<ref>The later ports used new character portraits.</ref> Big Boss in particular was modeled after Sean Connery. This is what inspired [[Hideo Kojima]] to, when planning ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' (a game about Big Boss' younger days), make the story a shameless classic-[[James Bond]] homage.
** Also, in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'', Para-Medic's response to Snake saying he has no name is to tell him "You're a regular Captain Nemo". One of [[Akio Otsuka]]'s most popular roles was Captain Nemo in ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]''.
** In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'', doing certain things would cause a [[Nonstandard Game Over]] where Colonel Campbell (from the future!) would scold Snake for creating a "[[Temporal Paradox|Time Paradox!]]" The Japanese voice actor for Colonel Campbell, [[Takeshi Aono]], dubbed Doc Brown in the ''[[Back to The Future]]'' movies, hence the joke.
** Phil LaMarr got shot in the face in ''[[Pulp Fiction]]''. In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'', his character Vamp gets shot in the face. ''Twice''. And ''again'' in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''.
** In the Japanese version of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'', Ed and Jonathan were voiced by [[Shozo Iizuka]] and [[Hideyuki Tanaka]] (also the voice of Otacon) respectively. Both actors also played Ed Brown and Jonathan Ingram in ''[[Policenauts]]''.
* [[Yuri Lowenthal]] voices both Yousuke Hanamura in ''[[Persona 4]]'' and Sasuke Uchiha in ''[[Naruto]]''. Seeing as the latter is about ninjas, it's quite amusing to see Yousuke use kunais in battle. He also gets to call out the villain on his BS, which is much like what Suzaku Kururugi did in ''[[Code Geass]]''. ( {{spoiler|In fact, the villain is also voiced by [[Johnny Yong Bosch|the same guy who voiced Lelouch]].}})
** And then there's his Persona, who is a ninja.
** More distressingly, he voices Simon in the ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' dub. [[Camp Gay|Leeron]] (who interacts with Simon fairly often) is voiced by ''Orochimaru''.
** In both ''[[Code Geass]]'' and ''[[Ace Combat]] Zero'', Yuri Lowenthal's character (Suzaku and Pixy, respectively) {{spoiler|kills Johnny Yong Bosch's character (Lelouch and PJ, respectively) at the very end.}}
* From an outtake from ''[[Wing Commander (
* In ''[[God of War (
** In ''God of War III'', Hercules is voiced by Kevin Sorbo, who had previously portrayed Hercules in ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]''. {{spoiler|Kratos kills him too.}}
* In ''[[Brutal Legend]]'', [[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''Tales of Graces'', the main character Asbel Lhant not only looks like Suzaku from ''[[Code Geass]]'', but also retains his gravity defying spinning kicks. They are both voiced by Takahiro Sakurai.
** Further implemented by giving a Suzaku costume to Asbel as DLC. Another example is that Takahiro also voiced Haseo from ''[[.hack GU Games|.hack//GU]]''. Malik was voiced by Ovan's voice actor as well. Hence, they both not only get DLC (and I mean, each other! Haseo and Ovan get Asbel and Malik's costumes as well in ''.hack//LINK''), but there is a victory quote where they say lines similar to what Ovan and Haseo would have said.
** The Tales series in general seems to love this trope. In the [[
* ''[[King's Quest VI]]'', being [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|what it is]], has Prince Alexander meet the Beast (as in, from the Beauty and the Beast fairytale). Reaching his sanctuary placed Alexander under a curse, causing him to [[Nonstandard Game Over|transform into a Beast himself]] if he doesn't find the Beast a bride in time. Robby Benson, who voices Prince Alexander, also voiced ''[[Beauty and
* Many of the characters who Quinton Flynn plays are either [[Ax Crazy]], [[Badass]], like to Play With Fire, or all three.
** Axel and Reno both have the same color hair, eyes, and have facial markings near their eyes are voiced by the same Japanese and English voice actor, which would be Flynn.
* In the ''[[Disgaea]]'' series, Laharl is voiced by [[Barbara Goodson]], previously best known for voicing [[Power Rangers]]' Rita Repulsa. In ''[[
* A [[
* Mark Hamill was specifically chosen to play [[The Obi-Wan]] to the main characters of ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep]]'', just as Obi Wan was...uh, [[Trope Namer|The Obi Wan]] to his other character, [[Star Wars|Luke Skywalker]]. The student becomes the master...
* ''[[Fallout 3]]'' has this, with a metal pole in the exact centre of the Capital Wasteland (i.e. the game map), reading TES-04, a reference to ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]'', a popular game by [[Bethesda Softworks]], the company that made Fallout 3.
* The same thing also appears in ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', with the only change being that this is visible on the majority of the metal power poles in the game, instead of just one.
* In the first ''[[Simon the Sorcerer]]'' game, the title character was voiced by [[Red Dwarf
** The second installment went so far as to have Simon quote several of Rimmer's actual lines from the show, even though Barrie was no longer voicing Simon.
* ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' is based around this trope: out of the six main characters, three of them are former ''[[Firefly]]'' alumni, and Bungie refused to let gamers forget it. The most notable is Gunnery Sergeant Eddie Buck, played by [[Nathan Fillion]]. Not only is his personality a carbon copy of Mal's, Buck's face was also modelled after Fillion's. Tricia Helfer is also onboard as ONI Captain Veronica Dare--Buck's ex-girlfriend. Helfer is Fillion's ex-girlfriend in real life too. [[Tropes Are Not Bad|It's still an excellent game.]]
** In fact, the Firefly cast had previously been in Halo 3 as unnamed infantry (at the end of one Halo 3 mission, a marine voiced by Fillon will say: "Looks like we got here in the nick of time! [[Big Damn Heroes|What does that make us?]]). So it's kind of a loop-de-loop of references, but Bungie certainly took advantage and gave us all a reason to care about ODST in the fist place.
** There's also the [[Red vs. Blue]] actor cameos in the Crow's Nest level of Halo 3 (the "Password-Lacking Marine"). In all cases, they're more or less in character for Red vs. Blue.
* This is the whole point of a downloadable extra for ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops
* In ''[[Dead Rising 2]]'', Carl Schliff is a post man whose order and routine was completely demolished by the chaos of a zombie apocalypse, going rather insane because of it. The actor, Samuel Vincent, played [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy|Edd]], who has had a nervous breakdown at least once in the show due to order, rules, and basically everything decent to him being disrupted in some way.
* In ''[[
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' features the voice of Tricia Helfer as the Artificial Intelligence aboard the player's ship, in a universe where self-aware machines have been banned for [[Battlestar Galactica
** There's also Michael Beattie, who plays Mordin. At one point, Mordin reveals he was in a [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] production ("Always had me do the patter songs.") and proceeds to break out in song. Beattie was part of the chorus in a television adaptation of [[The Pirates of Penzance]].
** In ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'', Liara and Shepard are outside on a ship during a storm and lightning is useful element during that segment. The lightning may be a visual reference to Lightning Farron, the protagonist of [[Final Fantasy XIII]] who shares Liara's voice actress, [[Ali Hillis]]. They go to rescue Liara's friend, Feron, whose name is pronounced exactly like Lightning's last name.
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** It's also funny to hear [[Martin Sheen]] advising [[The American President|a powerful leader named Shepard]].
** Then, in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' you can come across an outpost of Cerberus scientists led by [[Dragon Age II|Dr. Brynn Cole, voiced by Jo Wyatt, aka Female Hawke]]. She calls herself and her fellow scientists "refugees," and when questioned by Shepard, she says "our stories are different, but the themes are the same." As an added gag, Nicholas Boutlon, the actor who plays Male Hawke, voices another scientist at the station.
* For a [[So Okay It's Average]] game, there's a hilarious moment of recognition to be found in ''[[Playstation Move Heroes]]''. One of the two antagonists, Lunk, is voiced by [[Richard Steven Horvitz]], more famous for his roles as [[Invader Zim|Zim]] and [[Destroy All Humans!|Orthopox]] among other [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor|small,]] [[Large Ham|hammy]] characters. The fact that Lunk is a little, omnicidal alien already fits for Zim, etc. but take a look at his character design. The [[Nice Hat|helmet]] (minus [[The Goggles Do Nothing|goggles]]) will look [[Psychonauts
* A possible case in ''[[Ghostbusters the Video Game]]''. In the very first mission of the game you fight a ghost called Pappy Sargassi, a grizzled old sailor who strongly resembles The Flying Dutchman from [[
* The [[Jerkass]] church guy in ''[[
* In ''[[Transformers]]'', [[Cyber Cyclops|Shockwave's]] (voiced by [[Corey Burton]]) voice was actually based on David Warner's performance as [[The Dragon|Sark]] in the movie ''[[Tron]]''. In ''[[
* Many of the voice actors from ''[[
* Inspector Carmelita Montoya Fox will be voiced by [[Grey
* In ''[[This Is the Police]]'' protagonist Jack Boyd mentions when explaining the "class" of a gentleman's club (Strip Club) that without rules he'd be jumping up on the table with the dancers yelling "Shake it baby". Jack Boyd is voiced by Jon St. John, the voice of ''[[Duke Nukem]]'', who in ''[[Duke Nukem 3D]]'' would utter the phrase if the interact button was used on a dancer at a strip club (which generally requires jumping up on the platform).
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