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* Happens in ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'' when Wei and Old Salty Crab vandalize Two-Chin Tsao's mansion.
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* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage'', when Yunaka spots the thief who stole Micaiah's Emblem Ring from her, Alear compliments her on being able to see something from as far away as she did. Yunaka chalks it up to having "a killer's eyes" before quickly correcting herself and telling Alear that she meant to say "''killer'' eyes." [[spoiler:(This is one of many things she does and says to try to cover up her shady past as an assassin.)]]
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* Rendain from ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'' gets one in the Prologue mission when he gets so mad he drops the sophisticated act: "Deande, [[DisappointedInYou I'm disappointed]], [[SophisticatedAsHell no, no,]] [[PrecisionFStrike I'm pissed]], [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness we're upgrading to pissed]]. Do you have any idea what you've done?!"
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* Rendain from ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'' gets one in the Prologue mission when he gets so mad he drops the sophisticated act: "Deande, [[DisappointedInYou I'm disappointed]], [[SophisticatedAsHell no, no,]] [[PrecisionFStrike no, I'm pissed]], [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness pissed, we're upgrading to pissed]].pissed. Do you have any idea what you've done?!"
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** Speaking of which, Morgana gets one in ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers''. Upon their first meeting, the following exchange occurs between Sophia and Morgana, with Sophia getting the wrong animal, and Morgana inadvertently pressing his own BerserkButton:
-->'''Sophia''': ...A raccoon?\\\
'''Morgana''': Try a cat! ...Wait, DON'T try a cat!
-->'''Sophia''': ...A raccoon?\\\
'''Morgana''': Try a cat! ...Wait, DON'T try a cat!
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* Rendain from ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'' gets one in the Prologue mission when he gets so mad he drops the sophisticated act: "Deande, [[DisappointedInYou I'm disappointed]], [[SophisticatedAsHell no, no,]] [[PrecisionFStrike I'm pissed]], [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness we're upgrading to pissed]]. Do you have any idea what you've done?!"
* Early in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSun'''s Brotherhood of Nod campaign, you get a hint that [[MissionControl CABAL]] might have some [[AIIsACrapshoot ulterior motives]] when he advises you to rescue another Nod commander who may possess "information vital to my... ''your'' movement."
* ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'': When a witness mentions having visited a strip club called Belle's, Dooley remarks that he has happy memories of the place, then clocks [=McQueen=]'s disapproving reaction and backtracks, claiming he has no idea what the witness is talking about. Something about bells?
* [[CreepyGood Cole]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' does this sometimes; his purpose in life is to ease people's pain, and since he's not really human, sometimes he says the wrong thing to a person and has to try again until he finds the right way to put someone at ease. The difference between him and most examples is that due to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia his ability to make people forget him]], he can 'erase' his failed attempts and start over from scratch each time.
* Two examples in ''VideoGame/TheFairlyOddparentsShadowShowdown''. The first happens in the pre-boss cutscene in "Get a Clue", after discussing how [[CanonForeigner Oberon and Titania]] had to sell all their treasure once they ceased to be royalty.
-->'''Cosmo:''' [[SarcasmMode Aww, how sad, not being filthy rich anymore.]] Please.\\
'''"Ghost":''' [[spoiler:(really just Oberon and Titania in a poorly-mode monster suit)]] ''Intruuuudeeeerrrrrs.... Bewaaaaaaaarrrrreeeee...''\\
'''Cosmo:''' Eek! I'm sorry! Rich people are great, and this treasure room is really impressive! Please don't haunt me!
** The second is in the opening cutscene in "The Great Esc-ape" Timmy, Cosmo, and Wanda learn that Timmy's mom has been kidnapped by an evil ape king.
--->'''Cosmo:''' Ohh, [[SkewedPriorities how will we get our banana bread now?]]\\
'''Wanda:''' ''(DeathGlare)''\\
'''Cosmo:''' I mean, we better rescue mom and get that flour back.
* A few nights into ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'', "Phone Guy" will give you a call to congratulate you on your progress.
-->'''Phone Guy:''' Hey, you're doing great! Most people don't last this long! I mean... y'know. [[ReleasedToElsewhere They usually move on to other things by now.]] [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I'm not implying that they died. That's not what I meant.]]
* ''VideoGame/TheGameDevTree'': The description of lectures says "you should be able to start hiring Teacher Assistants to take advantage of" with "take advantage of" crossed out, followed by "help you out."
* Done repeatedly in ''VideoGame/GolfStory'', such as when the protagonist [[InsistentTerminology initially calls disc golf "frisbee golf"]] or when Coach doesn't want the protagonist to call him Coach. The way this is conveyed is by having the text appear as usual only for it to be erased as if it was literally being backspaced in a word processor.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoChinatownWars'': During a random encounter, Huang meets a real estate agent who previously asked Huang to drive him around.
-->'''Huang:''' You still don't have a car?\\
'''Real Estate Agent:''' Why do I need a car when I've got a buddy like you to drive me around?\\
'''Huang:''' I'm not your buddy.\\
'''Real Estate Agent:''' Come on, I'll [[MoneyDearBoy pay you good]]!\\
'''Huang:''' So where are we going, [[OnlyInItForTheMoney buddy]]?
* In ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'', Aloy and Talanah encounter [[spoiler:Ahsis]] taking on a [[TheJuggernaut Thunderjaw]].
-->'''Aloy''': Looks like [[spoiler:Ahsis]] is holding his own.\\
''([[spoiler:Ahsis]] gets [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom launched]] by a brutal TailSlap)''\\
'''Aloy''': ''Was''. Was holding his own.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', Anju's grandmother [[ObfuscatingInsanity pretends]] to be a ScatterbrainedSenior in order to get out of eating [[LethalChef Anju's cooking]]. She nearly lets the facade slip at one point:
-->'''Granny''': Oh, Tortus. I've already had lunch.\\
'''Anju''': Grandmother... I am Anju! Tortus was my dad... And you haven't had lunch yet!\\
'''Granny''': I've already had lunch. Now be quick and take that away.\\
'''Anju''': Not eating is bad for you. Please eat...\\
'''Granny''': Didn't I say that I already ate lunch, Tortus?!? Impossible child!\\
'''Anju''': Then don't eat my food. I give up...\\
'''Granny''': Whew!\\
'''Anju''': "Whew?"\\
'''Granny''': [[OhCrap Er...]] W-W-Whewwwould you like me to read you a story?
* Bowser Jr. does this in the [[ForgedMessage email]] he sends to Beep-O and the party in ''VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle'':
-->''Good job! You found one of the relics. Hopefully, it was extremely unpleasant. Er, unpleasant for your enemies I mean!''\\
''Also, when I wrote [[EvilLaugh "muhahahaha"]] the second time I meant, er... "You guys are really cool and I like you a lot and definitely don't wish you any harm."''
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', you can bring Legion to the Citadel. When a none-too-bright C-SEC operative brings up geth infiltrators, Legion protests the geth do not infiltrate. When said operative calls him a personal synthetic assistant, he quickly amends his statement: geth do not ''intentionally'' infiltrate.
* Entrants in ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'' will occasionally state a duration of stay that doesn't match their papers. If you point out the discrepancy, they'll always respond with this trope. Amusingly, this satisfies the SinisterSurveillance and you won't receive a citation for it, no matter how absurd their initial statement was.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', Kanji Tatsumi resolves to start being a better person in the second level of his Social Link, only to then threaten to tear apart the restaurant that he and the protagonist are in, Aiya's, when Aiya claims not to have heard his order. He then realizes what he just said in light of his new resolution...
-->'''Kanji''': Oh, uh, well... I'm gonna tear it apart and rebuild it twice as good! I-I'm gonna RENOVATE your ass!\\
'''Aiya''': ...Sounds good to me.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'', Sadayo Kawakami, the protagonist's homeroom teacher, moonlights as a maid because she needs the money [[spoiler:to pay off the parents of one of her students, who died in an accident]]. If you call her over to do your laundry[[note]]By cleaning various "dirty" items, you can get pieces of armor. If you do it by yourself, you'll spend an evening watching your laundry, so paying her helps save time[[/note]], she'll say the following.
-->'''Kawakami''': Thanks for calling m- Wait, laundry!? Did you really have to call me for that? I mean... That'll be 5000 yen!
* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' uses this in "The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball" to Double Subvert TheThreeTrials:
-->'''Ted E. Bear''': Before I can make you members of the ursa nostra, I have these two tasks I need you to perform.\\
''Lovey Bear enters.''\\
'''Lovey Bear''': The original Meatball Sandwich has been stolen!\\
'''Ted E. Bear''': I have these ''three'' tasks I need you to perform.
* Happens in ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'' when Wei and Old Salty Crab vandalize Two-Chin Tsao's mansion.
-->'''Old Salty:''' [[StupidSexyFlanders You're pretty and talented.]]\\
'''Wei Shen:''' [[FlatWhat What?]]\\
'''Old Salty:''' ''(quickly)'' I said you're pretty talented.
* Features in the interrogation of a hapless guard in ''VideoGame/SplinterCell: Pandora Tomorrow'':
-->'''Guard:''' I... [[LanguageFluencyDenial I don't speak English]]!\\
'''Sam Fisher:''' [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique I'd be willing to bet your neck]] that you ''do''.\\
'''Guard:''' I speak a little English!
* The player can make it happen in the Macbeth level of ''VideoGame/StarFox64''. Shortly after the boss fight begins, the train conductor says "Step on the gas!" If the player shoots the switcher to change the rails, the train gets sent at full speed towards the fuel bunker, [[OhCrap prompting the conductor to scream "No! Hit the brakes!"]]
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland Chapter Four: The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood'', this exchange takes place between Guybrush and [[spoiler:a human and apparently reformed]] [=LeChuck=].
-->'''[=LeChuck=]''': My name is [=LeChuck=], and I can tell you exactly what Guybrush did.\\
'''Guybrush''': Don't listen to him!\\
'''[=LeChuck=]''': You see, Your Honour, the [[HatePlague Pox]] is all my fault!\\
'''Guybrush''': Listen to him!
* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'':
** [[BigBad Flowey]] [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduces himself]] by trying to share LOVE with you through "[[BlatantLies little white friendliness pellets]]". Dodge them twice, and he'l get upset, urging you to "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis RUN. INTO. THE. BULLETS!!!]]". As soon as he realizes what he said ([[BreakingTheFourthWall By looking at the speech bubble next to him, mind you]]), he replaces "BULLETS!!!" with "friendliness pellets".
** In one of the optional phone conversations with Undyne and [[CloudCuckooLander Papyrus]], this bit of dialogue shows up:
--->'''Undyne:''' I'll make everyone's wishes come true!!\\
'''[[NoIndoorVoice Papyrus]]:''' I WISH I HAD EIGHT LEGS SO I COULD WEAR FOUR PAIRS OF HOTPANTS.\\
'''Undyne:''' I'll make most people's wishes come true!!!
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* Rendain from ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'' gets one in the Prologue mission when he gets so mad he drops the sophisticated act: "Deande, [[DisappointedInYou I'm disappointed]], [[SophisticatedAsHell no, no,]] [[PrecisionFStrike I'm pissed]], [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness we're upgrading to pissed]]. Do you have any idea what you've done?!"
* Early in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSun'''s Brotherhood of Nod campaign, you get a hint that [[MissionControl CABAL]] might have some [[AIIsACrapshoot ulterior motives]] when he advises you to rescue another Nod commander who may possess "information vital to my... ''your'' movement."
* ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'': When a witness mentions having visited a strip club called Belle's, Dooley remarks that he has happy memories of the place, then clocks [=McQueen=]'s disapproving reaction and backtracks, claiming he has no idea what the witness is talking about. Something about bells?
* [[CreepyGood Cole]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' does this sometimes; his purpose in life is to ease people's pain, and since he's not really human, sometimes he says the wrong thing to a person and has to try again until he finds the right way to put someone at ease. The difference between him and most examples is that due to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia his ability to make people forget him]], he can 'erase' his failed attempts and start over from scratch each time.
* Two examples in ''VideoGame/TheFairlyOddparentsShadowShowdown''. The first happens in the pre-boss cutscene in "Get a Clue", after discussing how [[CanonForeigner Oberon and Titania]] had to sell all their treasure once they ceased to be royalty.
-->'''Cosmo:''' [[SarcasmMode Aww, how sad, not being filthy rich anymore.]] Please.\\
'''"Ghost":''' [[spoiler:(really just Oberon and Titania in a poorly-mode monster suit)]] ''Intruuuudeeeerrrrrs.... Bewaaaaaaaarrrrreeeee...''\\
'''Cosmo:''' Eek! I'm sorry! Rich people are great, and this treasure room is really impressive! Please don't haunt me!
** The second is in the opening cutscene in "The Great Esc-ape" Timmy, Cosmo, and Wanda learn that Timmy's mom has been kidnapped by an evil ape king.
--->'''Cosmo:''' Ohh, [[SkewedPriorities how will we get our banana bread now?]]\\
'''Wanda:''' ''(DeathGlare)''\\
'''Cosmo:''' I mean, we better rescue mom and get that flour back.
* A few nights into ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'', "Phone Guy" will give you a call to congratulate you on your progress.
-->'''Phone Guy:''' Hey, you're doing great! Most people don't last this long! I mean... y'know. [[ReleasedToElsewhere They usually move on to other things by now.]] [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I'm not implying that they died. That's not what I meant.]]
* ''VideoGame/TheGameDevTree'': The description of lectures says "you should be able to start hiring Teacher Assistants to take advantage of" with "take advantage of" crossed out, followed by "help you out."
* Done repeatedly in ''VideoGame/GolfStory'', such as when the protagonist [[InsistentTerminology initially calls disc golf "frisbee golf"]] or when Coach doesn't want the protagonist to call him Coach. The way this is conveyed is by having the text appear as usual only for it to be erased as if it was literally being backspaced in a word processor.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoChinatownWars'': During a random encounter, Huang meets a real estate agent who previously asked Huang to drive him around.
-->'''Huang:''' You still don't have a car?\\
'''Real Estate Agent:''' Why do I need a car when I've got a buddy like you to drive me around?\\
'''Huang:''' I'm not your buddy.\\
'''Real Estate Agent:''' Come on, I'll [[MoneyDearBoy pay you good]]!\\
'''Huang:''' So where are we going, [[OnlyInItForTheMoney buddy]]?
* In ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'', Aloy and Talanah encounter [[spoiler:Ahsis]] taking on a [[TheJuggernaut Thunderjaw]].
-->'''Aloy''': Looks like [[spoiler:Ahsis]] is holding his own.\\
''([[spoiler:Ahsis]] gets [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom launched]] by a brutal TailSlap)''\\
'''Aloy''': ''Was''. Was holding his own.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', Anju's grandmother [[ObfuscatingInsanity pretends]] to be a ScatterbrainedSenior in order to get out of eating [[LethalChef Anju's cooking]]. She nearly lets the facade slip at one point:
-->'''Granny''': Oh, Tortus. I've already had lunch.\\
'''Anju''': Grandmother... I am Anju! Tortus was my dad... And you haven't had lunch yet!\\
'''Granny''': I've already had lunch. Now be quick and take that away.\\
'''Anju''': Not eating is bad for you. Please eat...\\
'''Granny''': Didn't I say that I already ate lunch, Tortus?!? Impossible child!\\
'''Anju''': Then don't eat my food. I give up...\\
'''Granny''': Whew!\\
'''Anju''': "Whew?"\\
'''Granny''': [[OhCrap Er...]] W-W-Whewwwould you like me to read you a story?
* Bowser Jr. does this in the [[ForgedMessage email]] he sends to Beep-O and the party in ''VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle'':
-->''Good job! You found one of the relics. Hopefully, it was extremely unpleasant. Er, unpleasant for your enemies I mean!''\\
''Also, when I wrote [[EvilLaugh "muhahahaha"]] the second time I meant, er... "You guys are really cool and I like you a lot and definitely don't wish you any harm."''
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', you can bring Legion to the Citadel. When a none-too-bright C-SEC operative brings up geth infiltrators, Legion protests the geth do not infiltrate. When said operative calls him a personal synthetic assistant, he quickly amends his statement: geth do not ''intentionally'' infiltrate.
* Entrants in ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'' will occasionally state a duration of stay that doesn't match their papers. If you point out the discrepancy, they'll always respond with this trope. Amusingly, this satisfies the SinisterSurveillance and you won't receive a citation for it, no matter how absurd their initial statement was.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', Kanji Tatsumi resolves to start being a better person in the second level of his Social Link, only to then threaten to tear apart the restaurant that he and the protagonist are in, Aiya's, when Aiya claims not to have heard his order. He then realizes what he just said in light of his new resolution...
-->'''Kanji''': Oh, uh, well... I'm gonna tear it apart and rebuild it twice as good! I-I'm gonna RENOVATE your ass!\\
'''Aiya''': ...Sounds good to me.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'', Sadayo Kawakami, the protagonist's homeroom teacher, moonlights as a maid because she needs the money [[spoiler:to pay off the parents of one of her students, who died in an accident]]. If you call her over to do your laundry[[note]]By cleaning various "dirty" items, you can get pieces of armor. If you do it by yourself, you'll spend an evening watching your laundry, so paying her helps save time[[/note]], she'll say the following.
-->'''Kawakami''': Thanks for calling m- Wait, laundry!? Did you really have to call me for that? I mean... That'll be 5000 yen!
* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' uses this in "The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball" to Double Subvert TheThreeTrials:
-->'''Ted E. Bear''': Before I can make you members of the ursa nostra, I have these two tasks I need you to perform.\\
''Lovey Bear enters.''\\
'''Lovey Bear''': The original Meatball Sandwich has been stolen!\\
'''Ted E. Bear''': I have these ''three'' tasks I need you to perform.
* Happens in ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'' when Wei and Old Salty Crab vandalize Two-Chin Tsao's mansion.
-->'''Old Salty:''' [[StupidSexyFlanders You're pretty and talented.]]\\
'''Wei Shen:''' [[FlatWhat What?]]\\
'''Old Salty:''' ''(quickly)'' I said you're pretty talented.
* Features in the interrogation of a hapless guard in ''VideoGame/SplinterCell: Pandora Tomorrow'':
-->'''Guard:''' I... [[LanguageFluencyDenial I don't speak English]]!\\
'''Sam Fisher:''' [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique I'd be willing to bet your neck]] that you ''do''.\\
'''Guard:''' I speak a little English!
* The player can make it happen in the Macbeth level of ''VideoGame/StarFox64''. Shortly after the boss fight begins, the train conductor says "Step on the gas!" If the player shoots the switcher to change the rails, the train gets sent at full speed towards the fuel bunker, [[OhCrap prompting the conductor to scream "No! Hit the brakes!"]]
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland Chapter Four: The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood'', this exchange takes place between Guybrush and [[spoiler:a human and apparently reformed]] [=LeChuck=].
-->'''[=LeChuck=]''': My name is [=LeChuck=], and I can tell you exactly what Guybrush did.\\
'''Guybrush''': Don't listen to him!\\
'''[=LeChuck=]''': You see, Your Honour, the [[HatePlague Pox]] is all my fault!\\
'''Guybrush''': Listen to him!
* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'':
** [[BigBad Flowey]] [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduces himself]] by trying to share LOVE with you through "[[BlatantLies little white friendliness pellets]]". Dodge them twice, and he'l get upset, urging you to "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis RUN. INTO. THE. BULLETS!!!]]". As soon as he realizes what he said ([[BreakingTheFourthWall By looking at the speech bubble next to him, mind you]]), he replaces "BULLETS!!!" with "friendliness pellets".
** In one of the optional phone conversations with Undyne and [[CloudCuckooLander Papyrus]], this bit of dialogue shows up:
--->'''Undyne:''' I'll make everyone's wishes come true!!\\
'''[[NoIndoorVoice Papyrus]]:''' I WISH I HAD EIGHT LEGS SO I COULD WEAR FOUR PAIRS OF HOTPANTS.\\
'''Undyne:''' I'll make most people's wishes come true!!!
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