Death by Irony: Difference between revisions

* From the ''[[Mass Effect]]'' series:

** In ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', you take Morinth the serial sex-murderer back to her apartment as a trap; shortly before you ([[Karma Meter|can choose to]]) kill her, and she thinks she'll get what she wants, she remarks about [[Smart People Play Chess|chess]]:

*** Of course, this can apply to the player, too. If you go in thinking you can out-Paragon/Renegade her without 100% in the appropriate track, things go...poorly.

** The [[DLC]] mission pack "Lair of the Shadow Broker" reveals that this is a favored trope for Garrus (during his Archangel days, at least). Examples:

Zel'Aenik nar Helash (viral specialist, serial killer)|Cough}}

** This can happen to Kai Leng in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', depending on your choices in the series. During the attempted Cerberus coup on the Citadel, Kai Leng kills Thane<ref>provided he didn't die during the suicide mission in the previous game</ref> by stabbing him in the chest with his sword. Then, at the end of the assault on the Cerberus base, Shepard kills Kai Leng by stabbing him in the chest with his/her omniblade.

* In ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'', Myrkul, the former god of death, is noted as being a huge fan of ironic deaths. Fittingly, you can [[Deader Than Dead|utterly annihilate]] him using [[Cursed with Awesome|the powers his curse gave you]].

* Volgin, the [[Psycho Electro]] of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'', gets killed by lightning. Naked Snake lampshades the irony of the situation.

* This is how Deathwing meets his end in ''[[World of Warcraft]]''. The artifact he forged long ago to help him conquer the world, the Dragon Soul, is used by the heroes to kill him in the finale of ''Cataclysm''.

* In ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', you can kill Caesar in a variety of different ways, some of them ironic:

Shoot him with 12 Gauge coin shot (shotgun shells loaded with legion denari i.e. his own army's money). }}

** In the ''Dead Money'' expansion, you can seal Elijah permanently in the vault he desperately wanted to get into.