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* [[Literal Genie]]: Before asking someone to "show the world what augmentation can do for humanity", double check what he actually thinks about it.
* [[Literal Genie]]: Before asking someone to "show the world what augmentation can do for humanity", double check what he actually thinks about it.
* [[Loads and Loads of Loading]]: The PC version was patched to speed up loading times, but if you keep screwing up, you'll probably still be reloading a lot of saves.
* [[Loads and Loads of Loading]]: The PC version was patched to speed up loading times, but if you keep screwing up, you'll probably still be reloading a lot of saves.
* [[Loophole Abuse]]: This is how {{spoiler|Eliza Cassan, who's actually an AI}} manages to help Jensen.
* [[Lucky Charms Title]]: [[Hum Δn]] Revolution. [[Bilingual Bonus|Not a triangle.]]
* [[Lucky Charms Title]]: [[Hum Δn]] Revolution. [[Bilingual Bonus|Not a triangle.]]
* [[Magikarp Power]]: Many weapons and augmentations only reach their full potential when fully upgraded or used in concert with each other:
* [[Magikarp Power]]: Many weapons and augmentations only reach their full potential when fully upgraded or used in concert with each other:
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* [[Right-Wing Militia Fanatic]]: The Purity First are this in spades, and the NSF are mentioned several times throughout the game.
* [[Right-Wing Militia Fanatic]]: The Purity First are this in spades, and the NSF are mentioned several times throughout the game.
* [[Rule of Cool]]: Invoked in-universe by some Picus workers who hold this opinion about Illuminati's [[Got the Whole World In My Hand]] statue.
* [[Rule of Cool]]: Invoked in-universe by some Picus workers who hold this opinion about Illuminati's [[Got the Whole World In My Hand]] statue.
* [[Running Both Sides]]: Foreshadowing the other ''[[Deus Ex]]'' games. Tai Yong Medical (under Zhao) and Humanity Front (under Taggart), both ostensibly representing opposite sides of the augmentation question {{spoiler|are both fronts for the Illuminati}}. This control isn't exactly perfect, given outliers like Sarif Industries {{spoiler|and Hugh Darrow's [[Spanner in the Works]]}}.
* [[Russian Guy Suffers Most]]: Dr. Vasili Sevchenko is one of Megan's team scientists, and you meet him the beginning of the tutorial. {{spoiler|After you find them in their captivity, you're told he is the one who made up crazy escape plans and confronted the guards all the time. Guess who doesn't make it out alive. Doubles as a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], as his virus is the only thing that allows you to free the scientists in the first place.}}
* [[Russian Guy Suffers Most]]: Dr. Vasili Sevchenko is one of Megan's team scientists, and you meet him the beginning of the tutorial. {{spoiler|After you find them in their captivity, you're told he is the one who made up crazy escape plans and confronted the guards all the time. Guess who doesn't make it out alive. Doubles as a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], as his virus is the only thing that allows you to free the scientists in the first place.}}
** {{spoiler|Vasili's fate is revealed slightly earlier than the trip to Omega Ranch, when the trip to find his GPL signal results in an encounter with Tong Si Hung, who, thanks to the Harvesters he oversees, is now ''wearing'' Vasili's cyberarm.}}
** {{spoiler|Vasili's fate is revealed slightly earlier than the trip to Omega Ranch, when the trip to find his GPL signal results in an encounter with Tong Si Hung, who, thanks to the Harvesters he oversees, is now ''wearing'' Vasili's cyberarm.}}