Mass Effect 3/Trivia

"—screwoffreg, a.k.a. "the Prophet"."
 * Fan Nickname:
 * The nameless sniper from the first trailer was called "Big Ben" until he was revealed as Major Coats in the game.
 * People on Gamefaqs appear to like calling the boy seen at the beginning of the game, "Vent Boy".
 * As mentioned above, Phantoms have become "Ninja Bitches".
 * James Vega: Slab Bulkhead, Fridge Largemeat, Punt Speedchunk, Butch Deadlift, Bold Bigflank, Splint Chesthair, Flint Ironstag, Bolt Vanderhuge, Thick McRunfast, Blast Hardcheese, Buff Drinklots, Crunch Slamchest, Fist Rockbone, Stump Beefknob, Smash Lampjaw, Punch Rockgroin, Buck Plankchest, Stump Junkman, Dirk Hardpec, Rip Steakface, Slate Slabrock, Crud Bonemeal, Brick Hardmeat, Rip Slagcheek, Punch Sideiron, Gristle McThornbody, Slate Fistcrunch, Buff Hardback, Bob Johnson, Blast Thickneck, Crunch Buttsteak, Slab Squatthrust, Lump Beefbroth, Touch Rustrod, Beef Blastbody, Big McLargehuge, Smoke Manmuscle, Beat Punchmeat, Hack Blowfist, and Roll Fizzlebeef.
 * for the spoilerific DLC squadmate.
 * Diana Allers is called "Space Snooki."
 * The  has earned the nickname "Task Manager", because it gives you the option of   He's also commonly referred to as Starchild.
 * Similarly, 'Space Magic' for the.
 * "Marauder Shields" and "The Three Husketeers", the four enemies encountered on the way to the beam in London.
 * The krogan vanguard in multiplayer is the Murder Train.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Whatever one may think about the endings, the fact that Buzz Aldrin of all people is its own shade of awesome.
 * President Bartlet has been indoctrinated by the Reapers, This Is Gonna Suck.
 * Rainbow Dash is an Asari soldier!
 * Dragon Age II fans will recognize Vosque as Varric and Dr Brynn Cole as female Hawke.
 * Major Coats is Male Hawke. He also voices a scientist that talks to Brynn and,
 * Troy Baker is Kai Leng, and he's literally going to renovate your ass!
 * Nassana Dantius may be gone but Kahlee Sanders sounds very similar to her.
 * According to a Twitter post, Bubin's (the elcor partner of Blasto) sister is voiced by Jennifer Hale.
 * The replacement asari councilor sounds suspiciously like Wonder Woman.
 * Shepard's guard and new friend is Christopher Blair of Wing Commander fame, and later in the game you can run into Zero from Wing Commander Prophecy.
 * I Knew It!: Bio Ware forum user screwoffreg accurately described Mass Effect 3's ending word-by-word way back in 2010.


 * Lying Creator:
 * Pre-release press statements were that playing Multiplayer, and getting their War Asset multipliers, would not be a necessity for those who wished to get the Golden Ending. However, though most endings can be achieved without Multiplayer, there are not enough War Assets available in the game to unlock the highest-tier endings.
 * Mac Walters, the lead writer, made a statement before release saying that the presence of the Rachni played a major role in the third game or even just in the final battle. In the actual game, the rachni appear in one side mission, and don't appear at all during the final battle or any other time. It should be noted that this statement was made after the game went gold.
 * Name's the Same: Miranda's father Henry Lawson shares the name with an early Australian Poet, which is apt considering the likely origin of the Lawson family based on their accents.
 * Promoted Fangirl: Jessica Chobot of G4TV plays Diana Allers, a new love interest for Shepard.
 * Freddie Prinze Jr., who voices James Vega, has also stated that he is a fan of the first two games.
 * Relationship Voice Actor:
 * Seth Green (Joker) and Freddie Prinze Jr. (James Vega) previously worked together on Scooby Doo: Monsters Unleashed. On top of that, Green & Robin Sachs (Zaeed Massani) used to work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Prinze Jr's wife, Sarah Michelle Gellar.
 * As mentioned above, Dr Baynar and Dr Cole are voiced by Nicholas Boulton and Jo Wyatt, who played Male and Female Hawke in Dragon Age II.
 * Teasing Creator: Here's a pretty good rundown.
 * The Other Darrin: Michael Beattie was unceremoniously replaced as Mordin between games.
 * Trolling Creator:
 * What Could Have Been:
 * A was considered as the Final Boss, but rejected as uncharacteristic:.
 * There were deleted scenes and ideas that would have made the end much more bearable, such as, and.
 * From the script leak: a few post-Rannoch mentions of Admiral Xen, including a direct confrontation and Hackett reporting
 * Ditto: the Thessia mission might seem like a gut-punch as-is, but it could have included
 * Initially, the ending would have involved.
 * Unused dialogue shows that there was originally more to the final battle (or that at least Jack, Jacob, Zaeed, Grunt and Geth Primes were involved).