Mass Effect/Trivia

"Kaidan: I just don't want you to think that I'm, you know... a whiner."
 * Actor Allusion: Kaidan's voice actor is the same as Carth Onasi's.


 * Fan Nickname: "Sheploo" for the default male Shepard (after Mark Vanderloo, whose face male Shepard is modeled off of).
 * Kasumi uses the common nickname Shep for him/her.
 * And, of course, FemShep for female Shepard.
 * There is also FailShep, which refers to the default Shepard of a non-imported game who has made decisions that many players consider questionable.
 * In-universe, Vega takes to calling male Shepard "Loco" and female Shepard "Lola".
 * Likewise Shepard is referred to as "Skipper" by Ashley.
 * In Mass Effect 3, both Jack and Aria refer to Paragon Shepard as a "Boyscout" or "Girlscout".
 * Hey, It's That Voice!:
 * The narrator for the data files is Colonel Volgin.
 * Company of Heroes players will be unsurprised by Vakarian's sniper skill, since he was an American one there.
 * Kaidan's voiced by Raphael Sbarge, who also played Carth in Knights of the Old Republic and Scorch in Republic Commando.
 * One of Us: Just check the shout out page. BioWare clearly watches the same shows and reads the same comics.
 * What Could Have Been: Saren's original costume design had him dressed all in black.
 * The Wiki Rule: The Mass Effect Wiki.