History AscendedMeme / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' fans simply know Allan as "the guy who simply doesn't add details". Originally an oversight in ''VideoGame/HitmanBloodMoney'' (a lobster crate's flavor text reading [[LeftItIn "Allan please add details"]])[[/note]], but the joke kept returning as an easter egg in future games; ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution'' has it when you score 666 in the shooting range, and the ''VideoGame/WorldOfAssassination'' trilogy has it referenced on various post-it notes in many of tis levels. It's even referenced in the HD remaster, being changed to "Any details yet, Allan?".

* ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' fans know "Allan" as the guy who simply doesn't add details. Originally an oversight in ''VideoGame/HitmanBloodMoney''[[note]] One item description reads "Allan please add details"[[/note]], but the joke returned as an easter egg in ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution'' and ''VideoGame/Hitman2016'', and even was referenced in the HD remaster.[[note]] The item description was changed to "Still no details Allan?"[[/note]]
** "Jack Please" was originally an in-forum joke after the release of ''VideoGame/Hitman2016'' Sapienza trailer, which ends with 47 saying "Check Please". The waiter he was talking to was given the name "Jack Please"

* "It's On Like Franchise/DonkeyKong" is a phrase that's been popular since the 1980s, due to the original [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong arcade game]]. Creator/{{Nintendo}} has since used the term multiple times in advertisements and merchandise and [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope have even trademarked it]].

*** The dev team apparently have fond memories of classic ''Marvel vs Capcom'' games, because Iron Man also makes reference to his "superior tech".

* ''VideoGame/SuperStarWars'': One of the achievements in the 2016 UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita versions is, of course, "Han Shot First" which requires Han Solo to kill one of the many Greedo enemies in the Cantina level. Somehow. Bear in mind, you need to beat the Cantina to unlock Han in the first place so the only way this can be done is via cheating.

** Game Freak seems to be aware of Gardevoir's [[RuleThirtyFour reputation on the internet]], and have attempted to capitalize on it. First was its Mega Evolution in Gen VI, which turned its chest plate into an [[BuxomIsBetter actual chest]], then the Gen VII anime having a hallucinating Meowth romantically dream of Gardevoir (alongside Lopunny and Glaceon), and finally, Gen VIII giving the entire Ralts line Human-Like as their secondary Egg Group.

* Deviljho from ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' is often called or compared to a pickle in fandom, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mhw_deviljho_render_001.png due to how it looks]]. When the monster debuted in ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld'', it was accompanied by a number of pickle puns. For example, an event involving a particularly strong Deviljho, which was available for a limited amount of time, was called "Relish the Moment".
** The Melynx are a race of mischievous, sentient cats which will attempt to steal a player's items in the middle of a hunt. They also LOVE Felvine. Melynx will prioritize stealing the herb first if a player has any in their inventory, and they will be drawn towards Felvine smoke bombs. This lead to the fan theory that Felvine is used as a recreational drug by Melynx (and their Felyne cousins), akin to catnip or marijuana. In Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, the localization team [[https://i.redd.it/fe86pnpflcp11.png snuck a reference]] to this theory into one of the Courier Felyne's quotes.

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'': Kiryl's crippling Artificial Stupidity (Party members were A.I.-controlled in the original game, so he spammed useless insta-death spells rather than, say, heal the party) has become a ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' in-joke even among the makers. In more recent appearances, Kiryl's Limit Break will feature him repeatedly failing to cast Whack with textboxes relating his failure until he gets so frustrated that he crushes the textboxes under heel and finally casting a successful Thwack.

** In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite2'' the developers referenced the [[https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-prn1/276605_198438218141_3942683_n.jpg "Youngster who likes shorts" meme]] with a girl who [[http://www.vgfacts.com/attachments/full/1/1057.jpg likes her dress because it is comfy and easy to wear]]. [[note]]While Youngsters have similar lines in other games, tbe Japanese name of the Trainer Class is "Shorts Youngster", making it less of an AscendedMeme and more of an intentional part of their characterization. Another Youngster saying the exact same line is a MythologyGag. On the other hand, this girl is of the [[{{Ojou}} Lady]] Trainer Class, so giving her a snowclone of the same quote is absolutely a reference to the meme.[[/note]]

** In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite2'' the developers referenced the [[https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-prn1/276605_198438218141_3942683_n.jpg "Youngster who likes shorts" meme]] with a girl who [[http://www.vgfacts.com/attachments/full/1/1057.jpg likes her dress because it is comfy and easy to wear]]. [[note]]While Youngsters have similar lines in other games, tbe Japanese name of the Trainer Class is "Shorts Youngster", making it less of an AscendedMeme and more of an intentional part of their characterization. Another Youngster saying the exact same line is a MythologyGag. On the other hand, this girl is of the [[TheOjou Lady]] Trainer Class, so giving her a snowclone of the same quote is absolutely a reference to the meme.[[/note]]

** In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite2'' the developers referenced the [[https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-prn1/276605_198438218141_3942683_n.jpg "Youngster who likes shorts" meme]] with a girl who [[http://www.vgfacts.com/attachments/full/1/1057.jpg likes her dress because it is comfy and easy to wear]].
** Also referenced in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'': with a youngster [[http://nowgamer.net-genie.co.uk/siteimage/scale/0/0/364726.gif also into shorts]]

* ''{{VideoGame/Battletech}}'' acknowledges the "Steiner Scout Lance" meme from the tabletop game that spawned it. Basically, House Steiner loves big mechs, the bigger the better. However, in the minds of the fandom, this trait was Flanderized to the point that a lance of heavy mechs was jokingly referred to as a "Steiner Scout Lance". Cue a mission in the video game where you are called upon to take out a Steiner Scout Mech... which of course turns out to be an Atlas, the biggest and baddest mech in the game.

* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2'', Barbatos Goetia had a specific counter to every trick the player tried, most notably items. He'd immediately throw a spell at you whilst the usual arte tag at the top (which normally displayed an [[CallingYourAttacks arte's name]]) would simply display Barbatos shouting "Don't use items against me!" Since items would be commonly used against hard bosses, Barbatos would drain player's stock fast leading to the joke that he REALLY hated item users. Then when he appears as a BonusBoss in the remake of the first ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'' and from that point onward, he ends up getting that reaction as a special Mystic Arte with its own animation (at the expense of his spells and specific reacting to everything else.)

** When Doug Bowser was appointed president of Nintendo of America following Reggie Fils-Amie's retirement, many people cracked wise about [[NamesTheSame the]] [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros obvious]]. Come E3 2019's Nintendo Direct, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W26PYDxCN2M this happened]].
--->'''Yoshiaki Koizumi:''' Are you... related?\\

* ''Videogame/Injustice2'' references [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGQEAiZJMco an old Cartoon Network ad]] by having one of Solomon Grundy's combos named "Want Pants Too".

** The champion Sett has been compared to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Dio Brando]], in part because of him sharing a voice actor in Japanese with the vampire in question. His emote features him making the Kono Dio Da pose, and his Champion Spotlight saw him recreating the "you're approaching me?" scene with Pantheon.

** ''Webcomic/VGCats'' made [[https://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=247 a strip]] about a being used as a babysitter for a baby. [[https://imgur.com/Ou8gJ Promotional]] [[https://youtu.be/6i-nMWgBUp0 material]] for ''Portal 2'' shows that Aperture indeed marketed their turrets to families to protect their kids.

* Speaking of Creator/{{Valve|Corporation}}, it looks like [[https://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=247 this]] Webcomic/VGCats strip about ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' [[https://i.imgur.com/Ou8gJ.jpg just got real.]] And now in awesome [[https://youtu.be/6i-nMWgBUp0 trailer video.]]

* ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'' ends up ascending the meme of [[spoiler:mistaking Samus Aran for the titular Metroid species. Due to the injection of Metroid DNA she received in ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'', Samus ends up mutating into a true (albeit humanoid) Metroid, making her the last Metroid in existence.]]

** Due to the [[TotallyRadical thoroughly]] [[{{Narm}} Narmtastic]] North American TV commercial, "You're a kid! You're a squid!" ended up being something of a MemeticMutation catchphrase for the game's English-speaking fans. It wasn't long before [[VideoGame/Splatoon1 the first game]] saw an update add a reference to it in Callie and Marie's stage announcement banter:

** In the first game, all civilizations had the same odds of deciding to use nukes. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/civ1.png Gandhi making such threats]] became a meme ([[UrbanLegendOfZelda erroneously blamed on an overflow glitch]]). In ''Civ V'' his "use of nukes" rating was set to 12 out of 10, while ''Civ VI'' gave him a tendency to draw the "Nuke-Loving" leader agenda, in honor of the "Nuclear Gandhi" characterization.

*** Went even further in ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6'', with the shirtless, bearded Ryu being his new default look!