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* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Andrew Ryan, a [[Control Freak]] out to {{spoiler|commit suicide on his own terms... or a father trying to save his son? By the time he realizes Jack is his son and under mind control, he's basically confronted with his own flesh and blood turned into something worse than a "parasite" and turned against him. He could easily have killed Jack using his control phrase, but what does he do? He orders Jack to kill him, maybe in an attempt at forcing a [[Heroic Resolve]] to break the [[Mind Control]]. Too bad for him it didn't, though Jack does seem to take an awful time deliberating his swings}}.

* [[Anvilicious]]: The series isn't subtle in its imagery, which unfortunately means that the messages that ''are'' subtle are easily overwhelmed. Extremism in any human endeavour is bad; this is more or less the [[Word of God|true message]] of the games, represented with all of the major villains and settings. Any time you encounter an individual who pursues something to an extreme, it all [[Gone Horribly Right|ends poorly]].

* [[Awesome Music]]: [[Bioshock (Video Game)/Awesome Music|Found here.]]

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: One of the endings of ''Bioshock 2'', {{spoiler|where Delta prevents Eleanor Lamb from being a [[Complete Monster]] but leaves her as an orphan.}}

** Referred to in this [[Three Panel Soul]] [http://threepanelsoul.com/2007/09/08/on-daddy-take-downs/ comic].

* [[Complete Monster]]: Rapture has quite the collection:

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Sander Cohen and Alex the Great both seem to be more popular among the fans than other characters, if fanart and the like is anything to go by. It may be because they both get some of the most memorable lines and because they are both completely insane, even by Rapture's standards.

** In spite of being a Complete Monster, much of 2K forums agree Sofia Lamb is damn sexy.

* [[Fanon]]: Subject Delta's suit-machinery includes a built-in can opener.

* [[Game Breaker]]:

* [[Internet Backdraft]]: After having waited for weeks, the announcement that the single player DLC, particularly ''Minerva's Den'', wouldn't come out for PC anyway was taken poorly by the fanbase. Fortunately, 2K listened and immediately resumed work on it. As of April 2011, the Protector's Trials have been released as free DLC, and ''Minerva's Den'' is reportedly on its way.

* [[In Name Only]]: The ''Minerva's Den'' DLC is more a sequel to the original game than ''Bioshock 2'' was.

* [[It Was His Sled]]: {{spoiler|Would You Kindly not spoil the ending?}}

* [[Memetic Mutation]]: Would you kindly note that any discussion of ''Bioshock'' must include copious use of this phrase?

{{quote| '''Atlas:''' There's nuttin' like a fistfolla loitnin', now is 'ere?}}

* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: If it wasn't already obvious, you know Suchong has crossed it when you find an audio diary in Rapture Central Control containing him testing {{spoiler|Jack's mind control by forcing him to break a puppy's neck against his will - when Jack was a little kid, no less}}! There's also {{spoiler|Suchong slapping a Little Sister whilst lashing out at her}}, but that audio diary has a [[Karmic Death|happier ending]].

** YMMV also on whether his Great Chain philosophy even had morals to begin with, given his stance against altruism and religion. Objectivists disagree, are delighted to see the propaganda and are saddened to see ''Galt's Gulch'' in such shambles.

** Sofia Lamb doesn't even have one in-game. She'd have you believe that she's going to initiate a new Utopian era for mankind, but thinks nothing of choice and subjects her closest comrades to half-truths and horrific fates. She leaves Gilbert Alexander to {{spoiler|live forever as an abomination, desperate for a taste of ADAM}}, {{spoiler|Mark Meltzer is reunited with his daughter and twisted into a Big Daddy}}, and Augustus Sinclair {{spoiler|becomes an Alpha Series Big Daddy, and she snidely remarks that the two of you should be the last, as you fight to the death}}. Her intended fate for her daughter, Eleanor, is {{spoiler|to become the base in a gestalt of Rapture's greatest minds, creating a 'Utopian' being with the perfect outlook on the world, yet crushing Eleanor's own personality and conscience in the process}}. She's potentially much worse than Ryan.

** Anything the Baby Jane Splicer model says.

* [[Multiple Endings]]: In the best endings you're treated to a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming moment]] as {{spoiler|Eleanor takes the rescued Little Sisters to the surface, declaring that utopia is an idea and that with you (your ADAM/essence, specifically) as her guide, she'll work towards it}}.

* [[Paranoia Fuel]]: {{spoiler|Barring the whole "Would you kindly..." buisness, what if Tenenbaum did some suggesting of her own while she removed Fontaine's?}}

** Bonus points if you shoot a few Electro-Bolts {{spoiler|into the walls of the vent the Little Sisters are guiding you to safety through. Guess what? The vent didn't break.}} Talk about a [[Gambit Pileup|thirty]] [[Mind Screw]] [[Gambit Pileup|pile-up]]...

** The area before you {{spoiler|fight Fontaine}}, The Proving Grounds, has you having to {{spoiler|protect the Little Sisters from waves of splicers. It's utterly painful to see one die, most especially when you've spent the entire game saving them all}}.

** Gil Alexander, believe it or not, at least before he {{spoiler|became Alex The Great}}. His audio diaries show his admiration for Sofia Lamb, her intelligence and her philosophy, but there are subtle hints that he's also in love with her, even though he knows she doesn't reciprocate. He's perfectly willing to volunteer to be made into a monster for her, and when {{spoiler|she abandons him as a failed experiment}}, he never shows any resentment, only a regret that he failed her. There's even some fan speculation that he might be {{spoiler|Eleanor's biological father}}.

** Jack is one for being {{spoiler|a [[Laser Guided Tykebomb]] with no control over his actions}}.

** C.M. Porter from ''Minerva's Den''. He couldn't handle the death of his wife, so he spent all of his time uplaoding as many memories of her as possible into Rapture's central computer in the hopes of recreating her. And when he finally finished {{spoiler|he was horrified by what he had done, because it wasn't really his wife, and had the computer shut the whole thing down. Then he was captured and turned into a Big Daddy.}}

** And then, there's many of the multiplayer characters, leading to much [[Fridge Horror]] when you realize what their ramblings actually mean:

** Diane [[Mc Clintock]] is a huge contender for the award of People Who Need a Hug.

* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot]]: The whole storyline dealing with Mark Meltzer; a lot of players found his story more intriging then that of Delta.

** '''You'd Expect:''' Him to see the warning for what it is and leave them alone.

** '''Instead:''' "I wonder what I can use to offer the job? Kids like candy, right?" His unrecognizable corpse is found with signs of Big Daddy damage on it, and he is reported to have attempted giving a Little Sister a lollipop when the Daddy noticed and [[Lightning Bruiser|flipped]] [[Bullfight Boss|out]].

 

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