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** The screen you access by going up from the start of the game, well-known for the first time that players will run into the killer [[strike:apples]] [[strike:giant cherries]] Delicious Fruit that will fall ''upwards'' in order to kill the player.
** The ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' intro cave spoof scene: "It's dangerous to go alone! Take this. [[spoiler:'''YOU JUMPED INTO A SWORD. YOU RETARD!''']]"
** The screen you access by going up from the start of the game, well-known for the first time that players will run into the killer [[strike:apples]] [[strike:giant cherries]] Delicious Fruit that will fall ''upwards'' in order to kill the player.
** The ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' intro cave spoof scene: "It's dangerous to go alone! Take this. [[spoiler:'''YOU JUMPED INTO A SWORD. YOU RETARD!''']]"
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** ''Darius Gaiden'': Zone M, which prominently features a boss battle against [[MarathonBoss Titanic]] [[ThatOneBoss Lance]].
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** ''Darius Gaiden'': Zone M, which prominently features a boss battle against [[MarathonBoss Titanic]] [[ThatOneBoss Lance]]. To add insult to injury, you're still ''three'' stages away from the end of the game at this point.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Darius}}'':
** ''Darius Gaiden'': Zone M, which prominently features a boss battle against [[MarathonBoss Titanic]] [[ThatOneBoss Lance]].
** ''Dariusburst Chronicle Saviours:'': The FinalBoss battle with Gigantic Bite on Suriaha.
** ''Darius Gaiden'': Zone M, which prominently features a boss battle against [[MarathonBoss Titanic]] [[ThatOneBoss Lance]].
** ''Dariusburst Chronicle Saviours:'': The FinalBoss battle with Gigantic Bite on Suriaha.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'': [[spoiler: The battle against Sans on a genocide run, for many reasons including, but not limited to: [[TearJerker The emotional torque,]] [[InterfaceScrew Sans cleverly circumventing the battle system,]] [[ThatOneBoss and the infamous difficulty.]] The sheer number of times you will get dunked on will pound this scene into your head. After all, [[GroundhogDayLoop Sans has seen it just as many times.]] ]]
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* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'': ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'':
** Your first encounter with Flowey at the start of the game only to be rescued by Toriel.
** [[spoiler: The battle against Sans on a genocide run, for many reasons including, but not limited to: [[TearJerker The emotional torque,]] [[InterfaceScrew Sans cleverly circumventing the battle system,]] [[ThatOneBoss and the infamous difficulty.]] The sheer number of times you will get dunked on will pound this scene into your head. After all, [[GroundhogDayLoop Sans has seen it just as many times.]] ]]
** Your first encounter with Flowey at the start of the game only to be rescued by Toriel.
** [[spoiler: The battle against Sans on a genocide run, for many reasons including, but not limited to: [[TearJerker The emotional torque,]] [[InterfaceScrew Sans cleverly circumventing the battle system,]] [[ThatOneBoss and the infamous difficulty.]] The sheer number of times you will get dunked on will pound this scene into your head. After all, [[GroundhogDayLoop Sans has seen it just as many times.]] ]]
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* [[{{TheWitchsHouse}} The Witch's House]]: The True Ending, mainly due to the [[spoiler:fact that it's one hell of a [[CruelTwistEnding twist]]]].
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* [[{{TheWitchsHouse}} The Witch's House]]: ''VideoGame/TheWitchsHouse'': The True Ending, mainly due to the [[spoiler:fact that it's one hell of a [[CruelTwistEnding twist]]]].
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** ''{{VideoGame/Persona4}}''
*** [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Two words:]] [[DrunkOnMilk King's Game!]]
*** [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Two words:]] [[DrunkOnMilk King's Game!]]
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** ''{{VideoGame/Persona4}}''
*** [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Two words:]]''{{VideoGame/Persona4}}'': [[DrunkOnMilk King's Game!]]
*** [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Two words:]]
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*** [[TearJerker The Hero's father silently enduring the savage beating by Bishop Ladja's henchmen for the sake of his son's life.]]
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* ''Franchise/DragonQuest''
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV''
*** [[TearJerker The Hero's father silently enduring the savage beating by Bishop Ladja's henchmen for the sake of his son's life.]]
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV''
*** [[TearJerker The Hero's father silently enduring the savage beating by Bishop Ladja's henchmen for the sake of his son's life.]]
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** The part of the opening scene with Luna walking on water beneath the blue star (this scene was used heavily in promotional material)
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** [[spoiler: Brain Andross. "Only I have the brains to rule Lylat!"]]
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* ''VideoGame/YouHaveToBurnTheRope'': [[spoiler: The Grinning Colossus]] boss fight. He also appears in ''Death vs Monstars'', ''Anti-Idle: The Game'', and ''VideoGame/{{Pickory}}''.
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** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'': Chapter 10, a BattleInTheRain with SadBattleMusic [[BGMOverride that overrides all other BGM]] set right after a WhamEpisode.
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** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'': ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'':
*** [[TheHeroDies The Avatar killing Chrom]] at the end of [[SpoilerOpening the prologue chapter.]]
*** Chapter 10, a BattleInTheRain with SadBattleMusic [[BGMOverride that overrides all other BGM]] set right after a WhamEpisode.
*** [[TheHeroDies The Avatar killing Chrom]] at the end of [[SpoilerOpening the prologue chapter.]]
*** Chapter 10, a BattleInTheRain with SadBattleMusic [[BGMOverride that overrides all other BGM]] set right after a WhamEpisode.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}: [[spoiler: The battle against Sans on a genocide run, for many reasons including, but not limited to: [[TearJerker The emotional torque,]] [[InterfaceScrew Sans cleverly circumventing the battle system,]] [[ThatOneBoss the infamous difficulty,]] and the sheer number of times you will get dunked on.]]
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* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}: ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'': [[spoiler: The battle against Sans on a genocide run, for many reasons including, but not limited to: [[TearJerker The emotional torque,]] [[InterfaceScrew Sans cleverly circumventing the battle system,]] [[ThatOneBoss and the infamous difficulty,]] and the difficulty.]] The sheer number of times you will get dunked on.on will pound this scene into your head. After all, [[GroundhogDayLoop Sans has seen it just as many times.]] ]]
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** Also from Sonic Adventure, the whale chase scene. Recreated in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' and the 3DS version of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''. From the same stage, arguably the [[https://youtu.be/UqO34rB0ybQ?t=8m physics-based running]] sequences in modern times, considering how a number of modern Sonic games have less physics based running (like how Sonic can attach to the celing of a loop in {{Sonic 06}}, for example).
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** Also from Sonic Adventure, the whale chase scene. Recreated in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' and the 3DS version of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''. From the same stage, arguably the [[https://youtu.be/UqO34rB0ybQ?t=8m physics-based running]] sequences in modern times, considering how a number of modern Sonic games have less physics based running (like how Sonic can attach to the celing of a loop in {{Sonic 06}}, ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgeHog2006'', for example).
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** Also from Sonic Adventure, the whale chase scene. Recreated in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' and the 3DS version of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''.
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** Also from Sonic Adventure, the whale chase scene. Recreated in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' and the 3DS version of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''. From the same stage, arguably the [[https://youtu.be/UqO34rB0ybQ?t=8m physics-based running]] sequences in modern times, considering how a number of modern Sonic games have less physics based running (like how Sonic can attach to the celing of a loop in {{Sonic 06}}, for example).
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* [[LunarTheSilverStar Lunar Silver Star Story]]:
** Alex and Luna performing at the spring.
** Luna singing on the boat
** Dark Althena's song.
* LunarEternalBlue:
** The introduction with Lucia walking on ice.
** Lucia leaving Hiro for the Blue Star.
** Alex and Luna performing at the spring.
** Luna singing on the boat
** Dark Althena's song.
* LunarEternalBlue:
** The introduction with Lucia walking on ice.
** Lucia leaving Hiro for the Blue Star.
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** The revelation of [[spoiler:the death of Hinawa]] and the reaction to it.
** The final battle against the Masked Man.
** The final battle against the Masked Man.
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** The truck chase in City Escape from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''. Recreated in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''. City Escape itself could also be considered a Signature Scene.
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* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity'': [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c916873eeace17aa79725ab056b9abe9.png the texture bug(s)]]
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* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity'': [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c916873eeace17aa79725ab056b9abe9.png the texture bug(s)]]bug(s)]], an infamous example of this trope in effect. So infamous, it became the image for the work's NightmareFuel page.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}: Abe's Oddysee:'' Abe seeing the Mudokon moon and putting his hand over the crater. His first transformation into the Shrykul is another one.
** ''Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath:'' The Stranger [[spoiler: releasing a proud roar after defeating Sekto]].
** ''Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath:'' The Stranger [[spoiler: releasing a proud roar after defeating Sekto]].
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** ''4'' and ''4 Ultimate'' have the first (full) battle with the Gore Magala and later [[spoiler:the Shagaru Magala.]]
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** ''4'' and ''4 Ultimate'' have has the first (full) battle with the Gore Magala and later [[spoiler:the Shagaru Magala.]]
** ''4 Ultimate'', especially for those who played ''4'' first, has the battle with the [[spoiler:[[SuperMode Apex]] Seregios.]]
** ''4 Ultimate'', especially for those who played ''4'' first, has the battle with the [[spoiler:[[SuperMode Apex]] Seregios.]]
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** ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' features the notoriously hard BonusBoss battle against the Demi-Fiend.
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** ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' features the notoriously hard BonusBoss battle against the Demi-Fiend.[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Demi-]][[PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo Fiend]].
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* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity''; [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c916873eeace17aa79725ab056b9abe9.png the texture bug(s)]]
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* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity''; ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'': Asura finishing off [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Gongen Wyzen]] by [[CrazyAwesome punching the hell out of]] [[FingerPokeOfDoom his finger.]]
* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity'': [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c916873eeace17aa79725ab056b9abe9.png the texture bug(s)]]
* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity'': [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c916873eeace17aa79725ab056b9abe9.png the texture bug(s)]]
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* ''VideoGame/StarFox64'':
** Peppy telling Fox to DoABarrelRoll.
** The Star Wolf's arrival on Fichina, heralded by Wolf's immortal line.
** Destroying the train on Macbeth.
** The fight with the Star Wolf on Venom.
** Peppy telling Fox to DoABarrelRoll.
** The Star Wolf's arrival on Fichina, heralded by Wolf's immortal line.
** Destroying the train on Macbeth.
** The fight with the Star Wolf on Venom.
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** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2''
*** The fake Yuna's opening song and dance number.
*** Yuna sporting GunsAkimbo.
*** The fake Yuna's opening song and dance number.
*** Yuna sporting GunsAkimbo.
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* ''VideoGame/HeavyRain''
** [[{{Fingore}} The Lizard Trial]], where the player must [[PlayerPunch force Ethan Mars]] to cut off part of his own hand.
** "JASON? JASON! JASOOOON!!"
* ''VideoGame/BioShock1'': The confrontation with Andrew Ryan.
* ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'': Elizabeth begging Booker to promise to kill her if it will save her from Songbird.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''
*** Tellah shouting "''[[MemeticMutation You spoony bard!]]''"
*** The Red Wings flying back to Baron in the opening scene, and the monster ambush.
*** Cecil [[spoiler: becoming a paladin]].
*** Possibly Rydia's BigDamnHeroes moment.
*** "[[TheCavalry Moon!]] [[ThemeMusicPowerUp Grant us our wish!]]"
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV''
*** The Big Bridge sequence, up to where the main party fights Gilgamesh.
*** Galuf refusing to relent against an uncomprehending Exdeath, despite having 0 HP, fueled by the power of love.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''
*** The Opera scene, especially [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Celes' part.]]
*** "[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt On that day, the world was changed... forever.]]"
*** Kefka's "[[ShutUpKirk You sound like chapters from a self-help booklet!]]" comeback to the heroes' personal epiphanies.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''
*** Aerith looking at the aquarium, as well as AVALANCHE's BigEntrance via train at the Mako reactor in the prologue.
*** Cloud [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdressing]] to save Aerith.
*** Possibly the scene where Cloud and the party sneak into Shinra HQ, [[spoiler: only to find the place littered with corpses, including [[BigBadWannabe President Shinra's]], and a trail of blood. It's at that point that the cast and players realize the story's real BigBad is someone ''far'' more sinister]].
*** The motorcycle chase.
*** Sephiroth in the middle of Cloud's burning hometown while in a PsychoticSmirk.
*** Aerith's death.
*** Omega, Ultima, Ruby and Emerald Weapons being released.
*** Cloud being {{Mind Rape}}d.
*** [[spoiler: Cloud killing Sephiroth with the Omnislash attack]].
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''
*** Squall and Seifer's duel in the opening.
*** The ballroom scene.
*** Squall, Zell and Selphie having a headache and "dreaming" themselves as Laguna, Kiros and Ward.
*** Lagun, Kiros and Ward fighting Esthar soldiers at the Centra excavation site.
*** Squall charging Edea and Seifer at the Deling City parade.
*** Squall being ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice via Edea's [[LimitBreak "Ice Strike"]].
*** Laguna, Raine and Ellone's conversations in Winhill.
*** Squall and party turning Balamb Garden into a mobile base to avoid the incoming missiles.
*** The basketball court scene.
*** Balamb vs. Galbadia Gardens.
*** The Lunar Cry.
*** Squall rescuing Rinoa in space and finding the Ragnarok.
*** Squall and Rinoa's conversation in Ragnarok's cockpit.
*** Squall and Rinoa embracing immediately after he rescues her from the Sorceress' Memorial.
*** Rinoa finding the unconscious Squall after Ultimecia's defeat.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''
*** The YouAreNotAlone scene
*** Kuja [[spoiler: attaining Trance and destroying Terra]] at the end of Disc 3.
*** Both the plays on the Tantalus, at [[BookEnds the very beginning and the very end]].
*** The assault of the Silver Dragons upon the approach to the Iifa Tree.
*** The balcony scene in Alexandria Castle where [[TheHero Zidane]] saves Princess Garnet by [[BigDamnHeroes swinging in on a rope]].
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''
*** The kiss in Macalania Forest as well as the [[spoiler:battle against Yunalesca, and the scene immediately preceding this]].
*** Also, the scene where the party storms [[spoiler:Bevelle with an airship to stop Yuna's wedding.]]
*** Yuna's sending dance on the water in Kilika is probably the most famous FMV in the series (after Sephiroth's fire walk).
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII''
*** The scene in which Vaan runs around Bhujerba pretending to be Captain Basch.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''
*** TheReveal of [[OneWingedAngel Barthandelus' true form]].
*** The party's return to Cocoon, crashing in on a race with their Eidolons.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''
** The [[ILied coffee scene]]
** Any time an angel shows their iconic wings for the first time - namely, Colette's first stage of the angel transformation, [[spoiler: Kratos's betrayal, and Zelos's death.]]
** The duel with [[spoiler: Kratos]] by Origin's seal.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''
** [[WhamEpisode Akzeriuth]], but even more so, the ImportantHaircut afterwards.
** Luke and Asch's duel at Eldrant, for [[MemeticMutation meme value]], awesome music, and TearJerker status.
** [[GainaxEnding The ending.]] "This place has a nice view of Hod. And also...I promised someone."
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces''
** Asbel's final conversation with [[spoiler: Lambda]]
** Richard [[spoiler: murdering the guard]] at Wallbridge, and his TOMODACHIIII scene in the desert.
** Sophie waking up in the field of flowers on Lhant Hill
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia''
** Estelle healing Halure's tree.
** The FightingYourFriend duels with [[spoiler: Estelle and Flynn]], and their aftermath scenes.
** Yuri [[spoiler: murdering Ragou on the bridge]].
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Geneology of the Holy War]]'': [[TheHeroDies Arvis killing Sigurd.]]
** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Blazing Sword]]'': Ninian's death.
** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Path of Radiance]]'': Pretty much any scene with The Black Knight.
** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Radiant Dawn]]'': Ike's Memory Scene... [[SoBadItsGood for all the wrong reasons.]]
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'': Chapter 10, a BattleInTheRain with SadBattleMusic [[BGMOverride that overrides all other BGM]] set right after a WhamEpisode.
* The opening to ''VideoGame/ZeroWing''. "AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs"
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''
** The first level of the [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 original game]].
** The battle against Bowser in the clown car from SuperMarioWorld. See also the cartoon, IWannaBeTheGuy and various other things that reference it.
** And the battle against Bowser on the bridge, with the axe used to send him plummeting into the lava.
** The opening fall into the first level of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2''. Also, Mario [[AllJustADream waking up at the end]].
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' has the first flight as Raccoon Mario (with Kuribo's Shoe at a close second).
** ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' has the FinalBoss fight against [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Giant Baby Bowser]].
*** Several ''Yoshi's Island'' bosses were quite iconic, including Rapheal the Raven and the level set inside a giant frog.
*** The 'Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy' stage.
** Also, Mario swinging Bowser by the tail in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''. Or the opening title (''*ba-ding*'' "It's-a me! Mario!").
*** Wing Cap flight, especially after getting 120 Stars.
** ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' has an almost identical redo of the Bowser-on-the-bridge scene from the first ''Super Mario Bros.'' that became a SignatureScene in its own right due to what got added: [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath Bowser melting into a skeleton]].
*** The Mega Mushroom rampage from the first level.
** The GainaxEnding of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
*** Also the very first spherical planet, with the cottage with the blue roof, which has represented the ''Galaxy'' game line in ''VideoGame/MarioKart7'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.
*** The 'Pill Planet' capsule from the second major level is also very iconic.
** Fawful's "mustard of your doom" speech from ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga''.
** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'' has the first Giant Bowser battle against Bowser Castle, as well as the FinalBoss. Both are famous for showing how Bowser TookALevelInBadass, while the latter is also famous for the accompanying music.
** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'': [[spoiler:Giant Luigi vs. Giant Bowser, both for showing how Luigi TookALevelInBadass and for the crazy climax where Giant Bowser grows even further to become ''Giant'' Giant Bowser. And after that, the fight against Dreamy Bowser.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}''
** The final battle against Giygas in ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound}}''.
** The dancing scene from ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}'', if only because of how famous the music became after it got used in that [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiARsQSlzDc Bear Animation]] video.
* From the first ''Franchise/TombRaider'', everyone remembers falling off the broken bridge into a pit with a bear in it. And the T-Rex. ''Tomb Raider'' ''II'' and ''III'' have locking the butler in the freezer in Lara's Home, [[SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer which many people played with even more than the main game.]]
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''
** [[FaceRevealingTurn The first zombie encounter]] in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1''.
** The hallway where you encounter the first [[OverlyLongTongue Licker]] in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''.
** The scene where the [[ImplacableMan Nemesis]] first arrives and [[CombatTentacles brutally]] [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice kills]] Brad Vickers in ''VideoGame/{{Resident Evil 3|Nemesis}}''.
** The scene where the Ashford Twins disembowel an ant in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica''.
** The zombie-dog-through-the-window moment.
** Hearing the man with the chainsaw inside the barn in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''.
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''
** ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved''
*** The Warthog Run at the end.
*** The discovery of [[OurZombiesAreDifferent The]] [[RecycledInSpace Flood]].
** ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}''
*** "I need a weapon."
*** Master Chief riding the Covenant bomb.
*** "Don't make a girl a promise... if you know you can't keep it."
** ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}''
*** The activating of the Forerunner artifact on Earth.
*** "I! Am! Truth! The voice of the Covenant!" "[[spoiler:And so, you must be silenced.]]"
** ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'': Prepare to Drop.
** ''VideoGame/HaloReach''
*** [[ShootTheShaggyDog The final level]].
*** "Glad to have your skill set, but we're a team. That lone wolf stuff stays behind."
** ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}'':
*** [[spoiler:The reveal of Chief's face for the first time]].
*** [[spoiler: Cortana's death]]
* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat''
** Sub-Zero's fatality... which was actually disturbing back then.
** The final shot of a match, with your character posing after a finisher. "Fatality!"
** The IdleAnimation Pit scene that has the game camera slowly panning down revealing the corpses of past fighters impaled on the blades below.
** Goro's introduction, including his lair.
** Almost ''EVERYTHING'' in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9''. However, the one scene that garners the most buzz ([[BrokenBase a lot of it negative]]) was that of [[spoiler:a BrainwashedAndCrazy Sindel ''[[HeroKiller killing]]'' no less than ''eight'' heroes in mere minutes]]. [[spoiler:Kung Lao getting his neck snapped by Shao Kahn]] was unexpected enough, and there was certainly more {{Wham|Episode}} to come, but this was the moment where ''[=MK9=]'' seems to tell you, "''This'' is the extent of how utterly screwed you all are."
* ''VideoGame/FreeSpace'': "DIVE! DIVE! DIVE! HIT YOUR BURNERS, PILOT!"
* ''{{Franchise/Metroid}}''
** ''{{VideoGame/Metroid 1}}'': TheReveal that SamusIsAGirl.
** ''VideoGame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus'': The sparing of the infant Metroid.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'''s battle with Mother Brain.
*** Samus's confrontation with Ridley in the opening scene.
** ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'': Samus's face-off against [[EvilTwin the SA-X]].
** ''VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission'': Samus is [[spoiler:forced to sneak through the Pirate Mothership without armor.]]
** ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'''s battle with the Parasite Queen.
** ''Metroid Prime 2: Echoes'': The reveal of [[EvilTwin Dark Samus]].
** ''Metroid Prime 3: Corruption'': [[PhlebotinumOverload Samus ge]][[DrunkOnTheDarkSide ts corrupted]].
** ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'': Samus' confrontation with Ridley and her HeroicBSOD.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
** "Are you a boy? Or are you a girl?"
** Really, ''any'' cutscene in ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue''. So much that ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'' is an entire movie ''made'' of the games' signature scenes.
** The Ferris Wheel ride with N in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''
** Hugh's "I'm about to unleash my rage" line in the sequels, uttered when they're on the Plasma Frigate.
** Groudon and Kyogre fighting in ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', and Rayquaza calming them in ''Emerald''.
** [[RealityIsOutToLunch The Distortion World]] from ''VideoGame/PokemonPlatinum''.
** The TrueFinalBoss against Red in ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver''.
*** Possibly also liberating Goldenrod City after [[spoiler: Team Rocket take the Radio Tower.]]
** AZ explaining his history in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', along with [[spoiler: his reunion with Floette in the ending. "It's been 3000 years..."]]
* ''Franchise/MassEffect''
** [[WhamEpisode Virmire]] (especially Sovereign and the confrontation with Saren) in ''VideoGame/MassEffect1''.
** The destruction of the Normandy, the final level and possibly the loyalty missions in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''.
** For ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', the Reapers arriving on Earth.
* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
** Any of the dragon fights in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', especially the last one.
** The final sequence of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', mostly [[spoiler:the destruction of the Kirkwall Chantry]] but the sheer implications of [[spoiler:the simmering Mage/Templar conflict finally exploding into open war]].
* ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'': Insult swordfighting. "You fight like a dairy farmer!" "How appropriate... you fight like a cow!"
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''
** GreenHillZone from [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 the first game.]]
** The Chaos Emeralds circling and spinning in the air in the aforementioned game's TrueEnding. It was next seen in ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' during their upgrade process to Super Emeralds, then in a ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' commercial, and from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' onwards, they usually do that during Super transformations.
** The ending from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'', which has been redone in a handful of his other games.
** [[ClimaxBoss Sonic racing against Metal Sonic]] in ''VideoGame/SonicCD''.
** Sonic running down the side of a building in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''. It was recreated in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' and ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''
** Also from Sonic Adventure, the whale chase scene. Recreated in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' and the 3DS version of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''.
** Metal Sonic transforming (twice!) in ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''.
** Princess Elise bringing Sonic back to life [[MagicKiss by kissing him]] in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''. [[spoiler:[[MineralMacGuffin With some help from the Chaos Emeralds]]...]]
* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''
** Dracula's boss battle in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight''.
** The final staircase to Dracula's room, to the point that, despite the [[EldritchLocation ever-changing nature of Dracula's castle]] it's almost guaranteed that the staircase will still be there somewhere at the top.
* From ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', his battle against Wyzen's giant, country-sized finger is likely to be this, as it's not only in 2 different trailers, but also used as a promotion in a Japanese TV ad for the game.
* ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'': "That was pretty interesting. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ2NQQ2nWrI But dropping a warship on me is cheating... Take it back!"]]
** From ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'', ''"Ma belle peche..."''
** And from ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'', the attack on Colony 9 at the game's start, featuring Metal Face's introduction and [[spoiler: his murder of Fiora.]]
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''
** ''Call of Duty 4: VideoGame/ModernWarfare'''s nuke detonation at the end of "Shock and Awe".
** And ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 2'' has the Americans and Russians fighting for control of Washington D.C., or the infamous "No Russian" airport scene.
** Defending the Ferris Wheel in ''4'', largely because it is ThatOneLevel.
** [[spoiler: Soap's death scene]] in ''3''.
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'': TheReveal. Still considered one of the best twists in any video game ever.
* Link pulling out the Master Sword in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.
** For that matter, any scene where Link obtains the Master Sword for the first time in that game is pretty memorable.
** The opening cutscene from ''Wind Waker'', depicting the story of ''Ocarina'' in a series of old-styled paintings.
** The possessed Skull Kid summoning the moon to crush Termina in ''Majora's Mask''.
** "It's dangerous to go alone! Take this!"
* The Hydra fight from the first ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'', the colossus fight and the Mount Olympus climb at the end of the second.
* Uboa from ''VideoGame/YumeNikki''.
* ''Franchise/SilentHill''
** Pyramid Head raping a mannequin in ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' and the series as a whole.
** Harry being attacked by Grey Children in ''VideoGame/SilentHill1''.
** Vincent's "[[TomatoSurprise They look like monsters to you]]" line from ''VideoGame/SilentHill3''.
* Pathetic creatures of flesh and bone, you cannot reference ''VideoGame/SystemShock'' without failing to fathom the perfection of [[AGodAmI SHODAN]], but particularly that speech of hers. Similarly, are you afraid? What is it that you fear? The end of your trivial existence?
* ''Franchise/MetalGear''
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''
*** Solid Snake and Meryl's first encounter.
*** Otacon pissing his pants, followed by Solid Snake vs. Gray Fox.
*** The Psycho Mantis boss fight, as well as its 4th-Wall breaking cutscene just prior.
*** The torture scene.
*** The Helicopter boss fight.
*** The second Sniper Wolf boss fight and the cutscene that follows.
*** Solid Snake vs. Liquid Snake on top of REX.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''
*** Solid Snake vs. Olga.
*** [[MindScrew The last parts of the Hangar chapter]].
*** Raiden removing his diving mask at the beginning of the Hangar chapter.
*** The Harrier boss fight.
*** Raiden vs. Vamp.
*** The EscortMission with Emma, particularly the "We managed to avoid drowning" line.
*** Most of the Arsenal Gear section, such as Campbell [[MissionControlIsOffItsMeds going completely nuts]] and the FissionMailed scene.
*** Raiden vs. [=RAYs=].
*** Raiden vs. Solidus.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''
*** The End boss fight.
*** The torture scene, particularly Naked Snake's EyeScream.
*** The Sorrow "boss fight".
*** The Shagohod chase and boss fight.
*** Naked Snake vs. The Boss.
*** Naked Snake tearfully saluting during the last scene.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots''
*** Raiden vs. Vamp II
*** The split screen of Old Snake vs. Geckos and Raiden vs. Vamp III [[NostalgiaLevel on top of REX]].
*** REX vs. RAY.
*** The microwave scene.
*** Old Snake vs. Ocelot.
*** Old Snake and Big Boss face-to-face for the first time in many years.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker''
*** Snake's [[WhamLine line]] at the end of the first stinger:
-->-- Snake: [[spoiler:From now on, call me... Big Boss.]]
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''
*** Raiden vs. RAY II, which occurs during the first five minutes of gameplay.
*** Raiden's Jack The Ripper moment before the boss fight with Monsoon.
*** Raiden vs. Senator Armstrong. Also, the latter's speeches,
* Even people who has never played ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' knows about the boss fight against The Great Mighty Poo.
* The white phosphorous incident from ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine''.
* The Ocean House Hotel from ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines''.
* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''
** "[[YouCantFightFate But... the future refused to change.]]"
** The trial scene greatly impacted players because, at the time, no one would suspect that their apparently random and meaningless actions in the beginning of the game would have moral consequences later.
* If it's a BulletHell game, the FinalBoss, the TrueFinalBoss, or the BonusBoss will most likely be this due to the mind-numbing bullet count. Such examples include:
** ''[[VideoGame/DonPachi DoDonPachi]]'' and its sequels: Hibachi
*** ''[=DoDonPachi=] [=DaiFukkatsu=] Black Label'': Zatsuza
** ''VideoGame/MushihimeSama'': Aki
*** ''Mushihime-sama Futari'': Queen Larsa
*** ''Mushihime-sama Futari Black Label'': Spiritual Larsa
** ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'': Flandre Scarlet
** ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Youyoumu: Perfect Cherry Blossom'': Yukari Yakumo
* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' in particular has a signature scene in most games, but most memorable fights are usually the ones when your fights are depending on your playable character choice. Some other scenes are;
** ''Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream'': Yumemi [[spoiler:threatening to destroy both Gensokyo and the Outside World with nukes]] after losing her boss fight, forcing her NumberTwo Chiyuri to smack her in the head with a folding chair.
** ''Lotus Land Story'': Yuuka strolls in her boss fight still in her pajamas and Gengetsu's [[MoreDakka time-out phase]].
** ''Mystic Square'': Shinki [[spoiler:burning down Makai]] in her OneWingedAngel spell. So famous, Byakuren later copies the spell.
** ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'': The Misty Lake along its certain ice fairy and first demonstration of Sakuya's [[TimeStandsStill power]].
** ''Immaterial and Missing Power'': [[BreakingTheFourthWall Suika destroying the game's interface and HUD through sheer brute force]].
** ''Imperishable Night'': Kaguya breaking the eternal night spell [[spoiler:casted by the protagonists]] with her power in the middle of her boss fight and Mokou [[DeathIsCheap goes on dying every time her spellcards expire]].
** ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'': Both time Hakurei Shrine got destroyed, caused by Tenshi directly and indirectly, especially Reimu's reaction in the second one.
** ''Subterranean Animism'': Utsuho's ☢ CAUTION ☢ BossWarningSiren.
** ''Double Dealing Character'': The beginning of Stage 5; the Shining Needle Castle in background suddenly turns upside down.
* ''VideoGame/RefleX'' has stage 7, where you fight ZODIAC Virgo [[spoiler:and get murdered by him in a cutscene, resulting in your ship's AI taking over and [[EleventhHourSuperpower reawakening the ship]].]]
* ''Franchise/DonkeyKong'':
** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'': The [[ThemeTuneRap DK Rap]].
** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'': The first silhouette level, as well as [[spoiler: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LleGVbLHx2w DK punching the moon]]]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}''
** The Doll Room, more precisely when Garry gets locked inside and starts ripping open the dolls' belly for the key [[spoiler:as the Giant Doll starts coming out of the painting to do... things to his sanity.]]
** Ib burning of [[spoiler:Mary's painting and Mary's subsequence death.]]
* [[{{TheWitchsHouse}} The Witch's House]]: The True Ending, mainly due to the [[spoiler:fact that it's one hell of a [[CruelTwistEnding twist]]]].
* VideoGame/ClockTower: In the first game, the scene inside the titular ClockTower, [[spoiler:when Jennifer kills Bobby]].
** [[ItWasHisSled The deaths of Laura in the shower, and Ann through the skylight]] are both well-remembered scenes.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManX''
** Zero's HeroicSacrifice in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX1 X1]]''.
** The battle with the fake Zero in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX2 X2]]''.
** X getting captured in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX3 X3]]'', where Zero has to rescue him.
** Zero vs. Iris, as well as the latter's death in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX4 X4]]''.
** [[FightingYourFriend X vs. Zero]] in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX5 X5]]''.
** Zero's [[HesJustHiding return]] and the battle with Gate in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX6 X6]]''.
** The fight against [[spoiler: Lumine]] in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX8 X8]]'', most known for [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic his battle theme]].
* The opera scene from ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Superman 64}}'' has the first PassThroughTheRings stage, which has become how the game has been remembered by most people. It's such an awful level that many people assume the whole game is like that. It's not--the other levels are, if anything, [[FromBadToWorse even worse]].
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'':
** First game: The fights against the first boss and Copy X.
** Second game: The first level, remembered for its music.
** Third game: The fight against Omega and [[spoiler: TheReveal that he is in Zero's original body.]]
** Fourth game: The fight against [[BigBad Dr. Weil]]'s final form, and the final scene, [[spoiler: a shot of Zero's broken helmet to confirm his HeroicSacrifice.]]
* ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' has the TrueFinalBoss fight against [[spoiler: Zero Two.]]
** Before that, the TrueFinalBoss of ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3'' [[spoiler: [[EyeScream ripping his own eye out]] [[{{Gorn}} with blood.]] Very jarring since this is taking place ''in a kid's game!'']]
* The Moon stage from ''VideoGame/DuckTales'', made famous by its music.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' has [[spoiler: Letz Shake's death by cutscene.]]
** The final boss fight of ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'' is very infamous.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''
** Debut of the Cybuster in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars2''
** Forming the Super Robot Type-X (SRX) in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha''
** Debut of the Dygenguard in ''Super Robot Wars Alpha 2''
** Debut of the [=DaiRaiOh=] in ''Super Robot Wars Alpha 3''
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI''
*** Your mother being eaten and impersonated by a demon within the first fifteen minutes pretty much sets the atmosphere for the rest of the franchise.
*** Thorman setting off a nuclear apocalypse which you cannot escape from, much less prevent.
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII''
*** The battle against YHVH.
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne''
*** The battle against [[WakeUpCallBoss Matador]].
*** The Conception.
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV''
*** Isabeau revealing herself as a complete and utter manga fangirl.
*** The White tossing you to alternate realities where each alignment won the previous cycle.
** ''{{VideoGame/Persona3}}'': The October 4th Full Moon incident, a.k.a [[spoiler: Shinjiro's death.]]
** ''{{VideoGame/Persona4}}''
*** [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Two words:]] [[DrunkOnMilk King's Game!]]
* Running from the Ferris Wheel in the first ''Franchise/ProfessorLayton'' game.
** Each game's GainaxEnding. Because every game had one, and they each made less sense than the last.
* ''Franchice/AceAttorney'' in general, [[BigWordShout OBJECTION!]] andd GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger. Specific game examples:
** From the first game, [[MakeTheDogTestify the Parrot Cross-Examination]].
** From the second: "[[WhamLine How do you do, Mr Lawyer, I'm]] [[spoiler: [[BitchInSheepsClothing Matt Engarde]]]]."
*** Phoenix's nightmare of the giant judge with the gavel.
** Third game: [[spoiler: Terry Fawles' suicide on the witness stand.]]
** Fourth game: [[spoiler: Kristoph Gavin]]'s VillainousBreakdown.
** Fifth game: Athena's [[spoiler: Black Psyche Locks.]]
** ''VideoGame/AceAttorneyInvestigations'': First game: The final confrontation, for [[EndingFatigue going on]] [[ThatOneBoss so long.]]
*** Investigations 2: Edgeworth's offer to become a defense attorney.
* It may be a testament to the story-writing in ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' that pretty much every character's Story Mode could be said to contain at least one Signature Scene:
** Filia: Painwheel meeting her new class.
** Cerebella: Vice Versas crushing Ms. Fortune between its hands.
** Peacock: The view of Peacock's eyes being put out - in first person.
*** Peacock and Marie's final conversation.
** Parasoul: The BittersweetEnding.
** Ms. Fortune: Ms. Fortune having her head cut off in the opening before gameplay even begins (don't worry, this happens a lot).
** Painwheel: The DownerEnding.
** Valentine: TheReveal that [[spoiler: Valentine is actually an undercover good guy.]]
*** "Skull Heart, I wish [[spoiler: to become the Skullgirl.]]"
** Double: The [[NightmareFuel consumption scene]] in the ending.
*** Aeon revealing that ''none'' of the game's storylines are technically canon.
** Squigly: Black Dahlia [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath holding a gun to a crying Squigly's head.]]
*** The team-up for the last fight.
** Big Band: Big Band and Peacock arguing.
** Fukua: The [[SNKBoss Filia fight.]]
** Eliza: Everything that happens after you defeat the Skullgirl.
*** The death of [[spoiler: Cerebella.]]
** Beowulf: The scene in the office where Double reveals itself.
** Robo-Fortune: The robot apocalypse ending with all the [=DLC=] characters that didn't make it into the game by the time of ''2nd Encore''.
** Possibly the game's most iconic moment was actually a meta one - the Indiegogo fundraiser. The developers set out to raise $150,000 to fund Squigly as a DLC character - they got '''$829,829''' and funded a total of five new characters instead.
* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'':
** ''Tri'' and ''3 Ultimate'' have the battle with the Ceadeus, [[spoiler:the source of Moga Island's life-threatening earthquakes.]]
** ''4'' and ''4 Ultimate'' have the first (full) battle with the Gore Magala and later [[spoiler:the Shagaru Magala.]]
* ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga'':
** The battle with [[ThatOneBoss Black Heart]] in Stage 5 and its upgraded form Black Heart mk.2 in Stage 7. The former because it's by far the toughest boss in the game up to that point, and the latter because of some ScoreMilking tricks. Both are [[EnsembleDarkhorse even more well-known than the]] FinalBoss, Glow Squid.
** Stage 6, otherwise known as the stage that propels into ThatOneLevel territory if you managed the DynamicDifficulty in the first five stages poorly.
* ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'':
** [[SuikodenII "DIE, PIG!!!!"]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Dark Souls}}'':
** The [[ThatOneBoss Smough and Ornstein]] boss fight.
** The Reveal of Anor Londo.
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** [[{{Fingore}} The Lizard Trial]], where the player must [[PlayerPunch force Ethan Mars]] to cut off part of his own hand.
** "JASON? JASON! JASOOOON!!"
* ''VideoGame/BioShock1'': The confrontation with Andrew Ryan.
* ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'': Elizabeth begging Booker to promise to kill her if it will save her from Songbird.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''
*** Tellah shouting "''[[MemeticMutation You spoony bard!]]''"
*** The Red Wings flying back to Baron in the opening scene, and the monster ambush.
*** Cecil [[spoiler: becoming a paladin]].
*** Possibly Rydia's BigDamnHeroes moment.
*** "[[TheCavalry Moon!]] [[ThemeMusicPowerUp Grant us our wish!]]"
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV''
*** The Big Bridge sequence, up to where the main party fights Gilgamesh.
*** Galuf refusing to relent against an uncomprehending Exdeath, despite having 0 HP, fueled by the power of love.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''
*** The Opera scene, especially [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Celes' part.]]
*** "[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt On that day, the world was changed... forever.]]"
*** Kefka's "[[ShutUpKirk You sound like chapters from a self-help booklet!]]" comeback to the heroes' personal epiphanies.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''
*** Aerith looking at the aquarium, as well as AVALANCHE's BigEntrance via train at the Mako reactor in the prologue.
*** Cloud [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdressing]] to save Aerith.
*** Possibly the scene where Cloud and the party sneak into Shinra HQ, [[spoiler: only to find the place littered with corpses, including [[BigBadWannabe President Shinra's]], and a trail of blood. It's at that point that the cast and players realize the story's real BigBad is someone ''far'' more sinister]].
*** The motorcycle chase.
*** Sephiroth in the middle of Cloud's burning hometown while in a PsychoticSmirk.
*** Aerith's death.
*** Omega, Ultima, Ruby and Emerald Weapons being released.
*** Cloud being {{Mind Rape}}d.
*** [[spoiler: Cloud killing Sephiroth with the Omnislash attack]].
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''
*** Squall and Seifer's duel in the opening.
*** The ballroom scene.
*** Squall, Zell and Selphie having a headache and "dreaming" themselves as Laguna, Kiros and Ward.
*** Lagun, Kiros and Ward fighting Esthar soldiers at the Centra excavation site.
*** Squall charging Edea and Seifer at the Deling City parade.
*** Squall being ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice via Edea's [[LimitBreak "Ice Strike"]].
*** Laguna, Raine and Ellone's conversations in Winhill.
*** Squall and party turning Balamb Garden into a mobile base to avoid the incoming missiles.
*** The basketball court scene.
*** Balamb vs. Galbadia Gardens.
*** The Lunar Cry.
*** Squall rescuing Rinoa in space and finding the Ragnarok.
*** Squall and Rinoa's conversation in Ragnarok's cockpit.
*** Squall and Rinoa embracing immediately after he rescues her from the Sorceress' Memorial.
*** Rinoa finding the unconscious Squall after Ultimecia's defeat.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''
*** The YouAreNotAlone scene
*** Kuja [[spoiler: attaining Trance and destroying Terra]] at the end of Disc 3.
*** Both the plays on the Tantalus, at [[BookEnds the very beginning and the very end]].
*** The assault of the Silver Dragons upon the approach to the Iifa Tree.
*** The balcony scene in Alexandria Castle where [[TheHero Zidane]] saves Princess Garnet by [[BigDamnHeroes swinging in on a rope]].
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''
*** The kiss in Macalania Forest as well as the [[spoiler:battle against Yunalesca, and the scene immediately preceding this]].
*** Also, the scene where the party storms [[spoiler:Bevelle with an airship to stop Yuna's wedding.]]
*** Yuna's sending dance on the water in Kilika is probably the most famous FMV in the series (after Sephiroth's fire walk).
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII''
*** The scene in which Vaan runs around Bhujerba pretending to be Captain Basch.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''
*** TheReveal of [[OneWingedAngel Barthandelus' true form]].
*** The party's return to Cocoon, crashing in on a race with their Eidolons.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''
** The [[ILied coffee scene]]
** Any time an angel shows their iconic wings for the first time - namely, Colette's first stage of the angel transformation, [[spoiler: Kratos's betrayal, and Zelos's death.]]
** The duel with [[spoiler: Kratos]] by Origin's seal.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''
** [[WhamEpisode Akzeriuth]], but even more so, the ImportantHaircut afterwards.
** Luke and Asch's duel at Eldrant, for [[MemeticMutation meme value]], awesome music, and TearJerker status.
** [[GainaxEnding The ending.]] "This place has a nice view of Hod. And also...I promised someone."
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces''
** Asbel's final conversation with [[spoiler: Lambda]]
** Richard [[spoiler: murdering the guard]] at Wallbridge, and his TOMODACHIIII scene in the desert.
** Sophie waking up in the field of flowers on Lhant Hill
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia''
** Estelle healing Halure's tree.
** The FightingYourFriend duels with [[spoiler: Estelle and Flynn]], and their aftermath scenes.
** Yuri [[spoiler: murdering Ragou on the bridge]].
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Geneology of the Holy War]]'': [[TheHeroDies Arvis killing Sigurd.]]
** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Blazing Sword]]'': Ninian's death.
** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Path of Radiance]]'': Pretty much any scene with The Black Knight.
** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Radiant Dawn]]'': Ike's Memory Scene... [[SoBadItsGood for all the wrong reasons.]]
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'': Chapter 10, a BattleInTheRain with SadBattleMusic [[BGMOverride that overrides all other BGM]] set right after a WhamEpisode.
* The opening to ''VideoGame/ZeroWing''. "AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs"
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''
** The first level of the [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 original game]].
** The battle against Bowser in the clown car from SuperMarioWorld. See also the cartoon, IWannaBeTheGuy and various other things that reference it.
** And the battle against Bowser on the bridge, with the axe used to send him plummeting into the lava.
** The opening fall into the first level of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2''. Also, Mario [[AllJustADream waking up at the end]].
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' has the first flight as Raccoon Mario (with Kuribo's Shoe at a close second).
** ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' has the FinalBoss fight against [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Giant Baby Bowser]].
*** Several ''Yoshi's Island'' bosses were quite iconic, including Rapheal the Raven and the level set inside a giant frog.
*** The 'Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy' stage.
** Also, Mario swinging Bowser by the tail in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''. Or the opening title (''*ba-ding*'' "It's-a me! Mario!").
*** Wing Cap flight, especially after getting 120 Stars.
** ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' has an almost identical redo of the Bowser-on-the-bridge scene from the first ''Super Mario Bros.'' that became a SignatureScene in its own right due to what got added: [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath Bowser melting into a skeleton]].
*** The Mega Mushroom rampage from the first level.
** The GainaxEnding of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
*** Also the very first spherical planet, with the cottage with the blue roof, which has represented the ''Galaxy'' game line in ''VideoGame/MarioKart7'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.
*** The 'Pill Planet' capsule from the second major level is also very iconic.
** Fawful's "mustard of your doom" speech from ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga''.
** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'' has the first Giant Bowser battle against Bowser Castle, as well as the FinalBoss. Both are famous for showing how Bowser TookALevelInBadass, while the latter is also famous for the accompanying music.
** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'': [[spoiler:Giant Luigi vs. Giant Bowser, both for showing how Luigi TookALevelInBadass and for the crazy climax where Giant Bowser grows even further to become ''Giant'' Giant Bowser. And after that, the fight against Dreamy Bowser.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}''
** The final battle against Giygas in ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound}}''.
** The dancing scene from ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}'', if only because of how famous the music became after it got used in that [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiARsQSlzDc Bear Animation]] video.
* From the first ''Franchise/TombRaider'', everyone remembers falling off the broken bridge into a pit with a bear in it. And the T-Rex. ''Tomb Raider'' ''II'' and ''III'' have locking the butler in the freezer in Lara's Home, [[SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer which many people played with even more than the main game.]]
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''
** [[FaceRevealingTurn The first zombie encounter]] in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1''.
** The hallway where you encounter the first [[OverlyLongTongue Licker]] in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''.
** The scene where the [[ImplacableMan Nemesis]] first arrives and [[CombatTentacles brutally]] [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice kills]] Brad Vickers in ''VideoGame/{{Resident Evil 3|Nemesis}}''.
** The scene where the Ashford Twins disembowel an ant in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica''.
** The zombie-dog-through-the-window moment.
** Hearing the man with the chainsaw inside the barn in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''.
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''
** ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved''
*** The Warthog Run at the end.
*** The discovery of [[OurZombiesAreDifferent The]] [[RecycledInSpace Flood]].
** ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}''
*** "I need a weapon."
*** Master Chief riding the Covenant bomb.
*** "Don't make a girl a promise... if you know you can't keep it."
** ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}''
*** The activating of the Forerunner artifact on Earth.
*** "I! Am! Truth! The voice of the Covenant!" "[[spoiler:And so, you must be silenced.]]"
** ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'': Prepare to Drop.
** ''VideoGame/HaloReach''
*** [[ShootTheShaggyDog The final level]].
*** "Glad to have your skill set, but we're a team. That lone wolf stuff stays behind."
** ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}'':
*** [[spoiler:The reveal of Chief's face for the first time]].
*** [[spoiler: Cortana's death]]
* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat''
** Sub-Zero's fatality... which was actually disturbing back then.
** The final shot of a match, with your character posing after a finisher. "Fatality!"
** The IdleAnimation Pit scene that has the game camera slowly panning down revealing the corpses of past fighters impaled on the blades below.
** Goro's introduction, including his lair.
** Almost ''EVERYTHING'' in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9''. However, the one scene that garners the most buzz ([[BrokenBase a lot of it negative]]) was that of [[spoiler:a BrainwashedAndCrazy Sindel ''[[HeroKiller killing]]'' no less than ''eight'' heroes in mere minutes]]. [[spoiler:Kung Lao getting his neck snapped by Shao Kahn]] was unexpected enough, and there was certainly more {{Wham|Episode}} to come, but this was the moment where ''[=MK9=]'' seems to tell you, "''This'' is the extent of how utterly screwed you all are."
* ''VideoGame/FreeSpace'': "DIVE! DIVE! DIVE! HIT YOUR BURNERS, PILOT!"
* ''{{Franchise/Metroid}}''
** ''{{VideoGame/Metroid 1}}'': TheReveal that SamusIsAGirl.
** ''VideoGame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus'': The sparing of the infant Metroid.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'''s battle with Mother Brain.
*** Samus's confrontation with Ridley in the opening scene.
** ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'': Samus's face-off against [[EvilTwin the SA-X]].
** ''VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission'': Samus is [[spoiler:forced to sneak through the Pirate Mothership without armor.]]
** ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'''s battle with the Parasite Queen.
** ''Metroid Prime 2: Echoes'': The reveal of [[EvilTwin Dark Samus]].
** ''Metroid Prime 3: Corruption'': [[PhlebotinumOverload Samus ge]][[DrunkOnTheDarkSide ts corrupted]].
** ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'': Samus' confrontation with Ridley and her HeroicBSOD.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
** "Are you a boy? Or are you a girl?"
** Really, ''any'' cutscene in ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue''. So much that ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'' is an entire movie ''made'' of the games' signature scenes.
** The Ferris Wheel ride with N in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''
** Hugh's "I'm about to unleash my rage" line in the sequels, uttered when they're on the Plasma Frigate.
** Groudon and Kyogre fighting in ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', and Rayquaza calming them in ''Emerald''.
** [[RealityIsOutToLunch The Distortion World]] from ''VideoGame/PokemonPlatinum''.
** The TrueFinalBoss against Red in ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver''.
*** Possibly also liberating Goldenrod City after [[spoiler: Team Rocket take the Radio Tower.]]
** AZ explaining his history in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', along with [[spoiler: his reunion with Floette in the ending. "It's been 3000 years..."]]
* ''Franchise/MassEffect''
** [[WhamEpisode Virmire]] (especially Sovereign and the confrontation with Saren) in ''VideoGame/MassEffect1''.
** The destruction of the Normandy, the final level and possibly the loyalty missions in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''.
** For ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', the Reapers arriving on Earth.
* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
** Any of the dragon fights in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', especially the last one.
** The final sequence of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', mostly [[spoiler:the destruction of the Kirkwall Chantry]] but the sheer implications of [[spoiler:the simmering Mage/Templar conflict finally exploding into open war]].
* ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'': Insult swordfighting. "You fight like a dairy farmer!" "How appropriate... you fight like a cow!"
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''
** GreenHillZone from [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 the first game.]]
** The Chaos Emeralds circling and spinning in the air in the aforementioned game's TrueEnding. It was next seen in ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' during their upgrade process to Super Emeralds, then in a ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' commercial, and from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' onwards, they usually do that during Super transformations.
** The ending from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'', which has been redone in a handful of his other games.
** [[ClimaxBoss Sonic racing against Metal Sonic]] in ''VideoGame/SonicCD''.
** Sonic running down the side of a building in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''. It was recreated in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' and ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''
** Also from Sonic Adventure, the whale chase scene. Recreated in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' and the 3DS version of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''.
** Metal Sonic transforming (twice!) in ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''.
** Princess Elise bringing Sonic back to life [[MagicKiss by kissing him]] in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''. [[spoiler:[[MineralMacGuffin With some help from the Chaos Emeralds]]...]]
* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''
** Dracula's boss battle in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight''.
** The final staircase to Dracula's room, to the point that, despite the [[EldritchLocation ever-changing nature of Dracula's castle]] it's almost guaranteed that the staircase will still be there somewhere at the top.
* From ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', his battle against Wyzen's giant, country-sized finger is likely to be this, as it's not only in 2 different trailers, but also used as a promotion in a Japanese TV ad for the game.
* ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'': "That was pretty interesting. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ2NQQ2nWrI But dropping a warship on me is cheating... Take it back!"]]
** From ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'', ''"Ma belle peche..."''
** And from ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'', the attack on Colony 9 at the game's start, featuring Metal Face's introduction and [[spoiler: his murder of Fiora.]]
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''
** ''Call of Duty 4: VideoGame/ModernWarfare'''s nuke detonation at the end of "Shock and Awe".
** And ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 2'' has the Americans and Russians fighting for control of Washington D.C., or the infamous "No Russian" airport scene.
** Defending the Ferris Wheel in ''4'', largely because it is ThatOneLevel.
** [[spoiler: Soap's death scene]] in ''3''.
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'': TheReveal. Still considered one of the best twists in any video game ever.
* Link pulling out the Master Sword in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.
** For that matter, any scene where Link obtains the Master Sword for the first time in that game is pretty memorable.
** The opening cutscene from ''Wind Waker'', depicting the story of ''Ocarina'' in a series of old-styled paintings.
** The possessed Skull Kid summoning the moon to crush Termina in ''Majora's Mask''.
** "It's dangerous to go alone! Take this!"
* The Hydra fight from the first ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'', the colossus fight and the Mount Olympus climb at the end of the second.
* Uboa from ''VideoGame/YumeNikki''.
* ''Franchise/SilentHill''
** Pyramid Head raping a mannequin in ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' and the series as a whole.
** Harry being attacked by Grey Children in ''VideoGame/SilentHill1''.
** Vincent's "[[TomatoSurprise They look like monsters to you]]" line from ''VideoGame/SilentHill3''.
* Pathetic creatures of flesh and bone, you cannot reference ''VideoGame/SystemShock'' without failing to fathom the perfection of [[AGodAmI SHODAN]], but particularly that speech of hers. Similarly, are you afraid? What is it that you fear? The end of your trivial existence?
* ''Franchise/MetalGear''
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''
*** Solid Snake and Meryl's first encounter.
*** Otacon pissing his pants, followed by Solid Snake vs. Gray Fox.
*** The Psycho Mantis boss fight, as well as its 4th-Wall breaking cutscene just prior.
*** The torture scene.
*** The Helicopter boss fight.
*** The second Sniper Wolf boss fight and the cutscene that follows.
*** Solid Snake vs. Liquid Snake on top of REX.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''
*** Solid Snake vs. Olga.
*** [[MindScrew The last parts of the Hangar chapter]].
*** Raiden removing his diving mask at the beginning of the Hangar chapter.
*** The Harrier boss fight.
*** Raiden vs. Vamp.
*** The EscortMission with Emma, particularly the "We managed to avoid drowning" line.
*** Most of the Arsenal Gear section, such as Campbell [[MissionControlIsOffItsMeds going completely nuts]] and the FissionMailed scene.
*** Raiden vs. [=RAYs=].
*** Raiden vs. Solidus.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''
*** The End boss fight.
*** The torture scene, particularly Naked Snake's EyeScream.
*** The Sorrow "boss fight".
*** The Shagohod chase and boss fight.
*** Naked Snake vs. The Boss.
*** Naked Snake tearfully saluting during the last scene.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots''
*** Raiden vs. Vamp II
*** The split screen of Old Snake vs. Geckos and Raiden vs. Vamp III [[NostalgiaLevel on top of REX]].
*** REX vs. RAY.
*** The microwave scene.
*** Old Snake vs. Ocelot.
*** Old Snake and Big Boss face-to-face for the first time in many years.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker''
*** Snake's [[WhamLine line]] at the end of the first stinger:
-->-- Snake: [[spoiler:From now on, call me... Big Boss.]]
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''
*** Raiden vs. RAY II, which occurs during the first five minutes of gameplay.
*** Raiden's Jack The Ripper moment before the boss fight with Monsoon.
*** Raiden vs. Senator Armstrong. Also, the latter's speeches,
* Even people who has never played ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' knows about the boss fight against The Great Mighty Poo.
* The white phosphorous incident from ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine''.
* The Ocean House Hotel from ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines''.
* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''
** "[[YouCantFightFate But... the future refused to change.]]"
** The trial scene greatly impacted players because, at the time, no one would suspect that their apparently random and meaningless actions in the beginning of the game would have moral consequences later.
* If it's a BulletHell game, the FinalBoss, the TrueFinalBoss, or the BonusBoss will most likely be this due to the mind-numbing bullet count. Such examples include:
** ''[[VideoGame/DonPachi DoDonPachi]]'' and its sequels: Hibachi
*** ''[=DoDonPachi=] [=DaiFukkatsu=] Black Label'': Zatsuza
** ''VideoGame/MushihimeSama'': Aki
*** ''Mushihime-sama Futari'': Queen Larsa
*** ''Mushihime-sama Futari Black Label'': Spiritual Larsa
** ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'': Flandre Scarlet
** ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Youyoumu: Perfect Cherry Blossom'': Yukari Yakumo
* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' in particular has a signature scene in most games, but most memorable fights are usually the ones when your fights are depending on your playable character choice. Some other scenes are;
** ''Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream'': Yumemi [[spoiler:threatening to destroy both Gensokyo and the Outside World with nukes]] after losing her boss fight, forcing her NumberTwo Chiyuri to smack her in the head with a folding chair.
** ''Lotus Land Story'': Yuuka strolls in her boss fight still in her pajamas and Gengetsu's [[MoreDakka time-out phase]].
** ''Mystic Square'': Shinki [[spoiler:burning down Makai]] in her OneWingedAngel spell. So famous, Byakuren later copies the spell.
** ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'': The Misty Lake along its certain ice fairy and first demonstration of Sakuya's [[TimeStandsStill power]].
** ''Immaterial and Missing Power'': [[BreakingTheFourthWall Suika destroying the game's interface and HUD through sheer brute force]].
** ''Imperishable Night'': Kaguya breaking the eternal night spell [[spoiler:casted by the protagonists]] with her power in the middle of her boss fight and Mokou [[DeathIsCheap goes on dying every time her spellcards expire]].
** ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'': Both time Hakurei Shrine got destroyed, caused by Tenshi directly and indirectly, especially Reimu's reaction in the second one.
** ''Subterranean Animism'': Utsuho's ☢ CAUTION ☢ BossWarningSiren.
** ''Double Dealing Character'': The beginning of Stage 5; the Shining Needle Castle in background suddenly turns upside down.
* ''VideoGame/RefleX'' has stage 7, where you fight ZODIAC Virgo [[spoiler:and get murdered by him in a cutscene, resulting in your ship's AI taking over and [[EleventhHourSuperpower reawakening the ship]].]]
* ''Franchise/DonkeyKong'':
** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'': The [[ThemeTuneRap DK Rap]].
** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'': The first silhouette level, as well as [[spoiler: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LleGVbLHx2w DK punching the moon]]]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}''
** The Doll Room, more precisely when Garry gets locked inside and starts ripping open the dolls' belly for the key [[spoiler:as the Giant Doll starts coming out of the painting to do... things to his sanity.]]
** Ib burning of [[spoiler:Mary's painting and Mary's subsequence death.]]
* [[{{TheWitchsHouse}} The Witch's House]]: The True Ending, mainly due to the [[spoiler:fact that it's one hell of a [[CruelTwistEnding twist]]]].
* VideoGame/ClockTower: In the first game, the scene inside the titular ClockTower, [[spoiler:when Jennifer kills Bobby]].
** [[ItWasHisSled The deaths of Laura in the shower, and Ann through the skylight]] are both well-remembered scenes.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManX''
** Zero's HeroicSacrifice in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX1 X1]]''.
** The battle with the fake Zero in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX2 X2]]''.
** X getting captured in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX3 X3]]'', where Zero has to rescue him.
** Zero vs. Iris, as well as the latter's death in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX4 X4]]''.
** [[FightingYourFriend X vs. Zero]] in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX5 X5]]''.
** Zero's [[HesJustHiding return]] and the battle with Gate in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX6 X6]]''.
** The fight against [[spoiler: Lumine]] in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX8 X8]]'', most known for [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic his battle theme]].
* The opera scene from ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Superman 64}}'' has the first PassThroughTheRings stage, which has become how the game has been remembered by most people. It's such an awful level that many people assume the whole game is like that. It's not--the other levels are, if anything, [[FromBadToWorse even worse]].
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'':
** First game: The fights against the first boss and Copy X.
** Second game: The first level, remembered for its music.
** Third game: The fight against Omega and [[spoiler: TheReveal that he is in Zero's original body.]]
** Fourth game: The fight against [[BigBad Dr. Weil]]'s final form, and the final scene, [[spoiler: a shot of Zero's broken helmet to confirm his HeroicSacrifice.]]
* ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' has the TrueFinalBoss fight against [[spoiler: Zero Two.]]
** Before that, the TrueFinalBoss of ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3'' [[spoiler: [[EyeScream ripping his own eye out]] [[{{Gorn}} with blood.]] Very jarring since this is taking place ''in a kid's game!'']]
* The Moon stage from ''VideoGame/DuckTales'', made famous by its music.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' has [[spoiler: Letz Shake's death by cutscene.]]
** The final boss fight of ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'' is very infamous.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''
** Debut of the Cybuster in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars2''
** Forming the Super Robot Type-X (SRX) in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha''
** Debut of the Dygenguard in ''Super Robot Wars Alpha 2''
** Debut of the [=DaiRaiOh=] in ''Super Robot Wars Alpha 3''
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI''
*** Your mother being eaten and impersonated by a demon within the first fifteen minutes pretty much sets the atmosphere for the rest of the franchise.
*** Thorman setting off a nuclear apocalypse which you cannot escape from, much less prevent.
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII''
*** The battle against YHVH.
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne''
*** The battle against [[WakeUpCallBoss Matador]].
*** The Conception.
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV''
*** Isabeau revealing herself as a complete and utter manga fangirl.
*** The White tossing you to alternate realities where each alignment won the previous cycle.
** ''{{VideoGame/Persona3}}'': The October 4th Full Moon incident, a.k.a [[spoiler: Shinjiro's death.]]
** ''{{VideoGame/Persona4}}''
*** [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Two words:]] [[DrunkOnMilk King's Game!]]
* Running from the Ferris Wheel in the first ''Franchise/ProfessorLayton'' game.
** Each game's GainaxEnding. Because every game had one, and they each made less sense than the last.
* ''Franchice/AceAttorney'' in general, [[BigWordShout OBJECTION!]] andd GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger. Specific game examples:
** From the first game, [[MakeTheDogTestify the Parrot Cross-Examination]].
** From the second: "[[WhamLine How do you do, Mr Lawyer, I'm]] [[spoiler: [[BitchInSheepsClothing Matt Engarde]]]]."
*** Phoenix's nightmare of the giant judge with the gavel.
** Third game: [[spoiler: Terry Fawles' suicide on the witness stand.]]
** Fourth game: [[spoiler: Kristoph Gavin]]'s VillainousBreakdown.
** Fifth game: Athena's [[spoiler: Black Psyche Locks.]]
** ''VideoGame/AceAttorneyInvestigations'': First game: The final confrontation, for [[EndingFatigue going on]] [[ThatOneBoss so long.]]
*** Investigations 2: Edgeworth's offer to become a defense attorney.
* It may be a testament to the story-writing in ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' that pretty much every character's Story Mode could be said to contain at least one Signature Scene:
** Filia: Painwheel meeting her new class.
** Cerebella: Vice Versas crushing Ms. Fortune between its hands.
** Peacock: The view of Peacock's eyes being put out - in first person.
*** Peacock and Marie's final conversation.
** Parasoul: The BittersweetEnding.
** Ms. Fortune: Ms. Fortune having her head cut off in the opening before gameplay even begins (don't worry, this happens a lot).
** Painwheel: The DownerEnding.
** Valentine: TheReveal that [[spoiler: Valentine is actually an undercover good guy.]]
*** "Skull Heart, I wish [[spoiler: to become the Skullgirl.]]"
** Double: The [[NightmareFuel consumption scene]] in the ending.
*** Aeon revealing that ''none'' of the game's storylines are technically canon.
** Squigly: Black Dahlia [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath holding a gun to a crying Squigly's head.]]
*** The team-up for the last fight.
** Big Band: Big Band and Peacock arguing.
** Fukua: The [[SNKBoss Filia fight.]]
** Eliza: Everything that happens after you defeat the Skullgirl.
*** The death of [[spoiler: Cerebella.]]
** Beowulf: The scene in the office where Double reveals itself.
** Robo-Fortune: The robot apocalypse ending with all the [=DLC=] characters that didn't make it into the game by the time of ''2nd Encore''.
** Possibly the game's most iconic moment was actually a meta one - the Indiegogo fundraiser. The developers set out to raise $150,000 to fund Squigly as a DLC character - they got '''$829,829''' and funded a total of five new characters instead.
* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'':
** ''Tri'' and ''3 Ultimate'' have the battle with the Ceadeus, [[spoiler:the source of Moga Island's life-threatening earthquakes.]]
** ''4'' and ''4 Ultimate'' have the first (full) battle with the Gore Magala and later [[spoiler:the Shagaru Magala.]]
* ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga'':
** The battle with [[ThatOneBoss Black Heart]] in Stage 5 and its upgraded form Black Heart mk.2 in Stage 7. The former because it's by far the toughest boss in the game up to that point, and the latter because of some ScoreMilking tricks. Both are [[EnsembleDarkhorse even more well-known than the]] FinalBoss, Glow Squid.
** Stage 6, otherwise known as the stage that propels into ThatOneLevel territory if you managed the DynamicDifficulty in the first five stages poorly.
* ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'':
** [[SuikodenII "DIE, PIG!!!!"]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Dark Souls}}'':
** The [[ThatOneBoss Smough and Ornstein]] boss fight.
** The Reveal of Anor Londo.
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