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Come on. Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about. It's in every game ever: something happens that makes a character say "[NAME]...". It can express a wide variety of emotions, from concern to contempt to clunky writing, because this usually appears in text-based games with no voice acting or inflection. So many games use it that it's hard to count them all. But that's exactly what I plan to do, and you can help! Just post an example of a game that uses it in the comments or whatever. Proof would be nice. (I won't use proof, because I'll just chronicle this through personal experience.)

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Final Fantasy VI

1. Final Fantasy VI

When Celes first sees Rachael's comatose body. "Locke..."

Tear Ring Saga

2. Tear Ring Saga

All over the goddamn place.

Chrono Trigger

3. Chrono Trigger

It's how the game begins.

Fire Emblem Gaiden

4. Fire Emblem Gaiden

This one almost passed me by, but late in the game, just once...: href="http://serenesforest.net/fe2/script_05.html

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES

5. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES

Moriyama-san...

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3

6. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3

What? They're pretty much the same game, and I doubt something like this is getting cut in script changes.

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable

7. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

8. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Like Tear Ring Saga, all over the fucking place. Pay attention, for instance, when Ike first enters Gallia.

Final Fantasy VIII

9. Final Fantasy VIII

Found a "Rinoa...".

Final Fantasy V

10. Final Fantasy V

Quite early, too.

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