NPC Tournament

Linked to game mechanics (even unimportant, completely ignorable ones)

Resetti (Animal Crossing: Wild Word)

Sommie (Fe: Engage)

Iconic for non unique lines of dialogue said by multiple NPCs

"Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter." (FNV)

"I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee." (Skyrim)

"STOP! You've violated the law!" (Oblivion)

“Chicken chaser, you chase chickens?” (Fable)

Technically a party member

Adoring Fan (Oblivion)

Nugget (Yakuza 0)

So far we have:

Companion Cube (Portal)

Shorts Youngster (Pokemon Red/Blue)

"A woman's secret" Swimmer (Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire)

Ex-Black Belt (Pokemon XY)

"I may be bad and stupid, but I'm serious about Pokemon! (Pokemon XY)

Blitzball kid (FFX)

Easy Pete (FNV)

Nazeem (Skyrim)

Skipping bread boy (Bioshock)

White Mask Varre (Elden Ring)

Iron Fist Alexander (Elden Ring)

Hub area jellyfish (Splatoon)

Johnny The Stray Grunty (.hack//Mutation)

3-13 Archer (Fe: Radiant Dawn)

Gatekeeper (Fe3H)

Stylish Student (P4)

Boldir Lamati (Hiveswap Act 2)

Overalls guy with a black eye (Hiveswap Act 2)

"Yay! Pee-pee time!" (Ni No kuni)

Gunnery Chief (ME2)

Richard the Dog (LoZ: Ocarina of Time)

Kaepora Gaebora (LoZ: Ocarina of Time)

Grillby (UT)

"rats on the top of a frost mountain, when you unlock bird ability" (E.V.O.)

Uboa (Yume Nikki)

Chucksters (Super Mario Sunshine)

Guy looking for Gavin (Red Dead 2)