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When a character from an existing media franchise makes a brief appearance in a video game, sometimes without even openly acknowledging their origins.
Cartoon characters are personas from cartoons, which are animated moving sequences that are usually drawn but can be computer animated and can come from television, movies, anime or even the web. They can be humans, animals, or even things usually not thought of as living.
Whether it's a hero's turn to the dark side or a villain becoming a hero, it's usually unexpected and will bring a whole new moral dimension to the story. Sometimes, they change they sides more than once.
One or more events from someone's past that negatively affected them. Plenty of video game characters have such pasts.
Whenever there's a new Pixar, superhero or Harry Potter movie they have to make one of these.
Games featuring guests introduce playable, established characters from outside of a franchise. Primarily but not exclusively seen in fighting games.
Games made for a younger audience, usually between 3-9.
These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
Strength beyond normal human bounds, i.e. lifting cars, bending metals, shattering a street with one's fist.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
Some video games feature characters that play video games themselves, with the player sometimes taking control of the character playing the game-within-a-game. This also includes game characters who explicitly mention that they play video games.
Just as heroes sometimes fall from grace, occasionally someone who works for the forces of evil will turn their life around and become a good guy.
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