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** Possessed Engineers can be turned into this, given they are ambulatory, have a fuel tank embedded in their chest, and they can be shot while moving and thus explode.
* [[Affably Evil]]: [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] Samuel Hayden, who is very polite to the Doomguy and assists him throughout despite their conflicting agendas. {{spoiler|Even after turning on Doomguy, he admits Doomguy might be right to completely obliterate Hell, and merely [[Released to Elsewhere|sends Doomguy to parts unknown to keep him from interfering.]]}}
* [[An Aesop]]: A slightly fantastical one that boils down to "Nothing good comes from trying to harness Hell's power to serve humanity". A more mundane interpretation is "Trying to use a corrupting influence for good will only result in letting it corrupt you into evil".
* [[Apocalyptic Log]]: Codex Entries tell the story about how the UAC ended up as a demon-worshipping cult. The demons have their own in the form of the Slayer's Testaments, which tell the story of the Doom Marine's rampage through their realm.▼
* [[Ascended Meme]]:
** Not only does the infamous "[[Memetic Mutation|RIP AND TEAR]]" from the [[Doom (Comic Book)|''Doom'' comic]] get incorporated into the opening intro, but it's delivered in a manner that replaces the [[Narm]] with ominous dread.
** The achievement for killing the Cyberdemon is called [[Captain Obvious|"Shoot it until it dies."]], referencing a GamePro Magazine issue that gave that as a joke protip.
▲* [[Apocalyptic Log]]: Codex Entries tell the story about how the UAC ended up as a demon-worshipping cult. The demons have their own in the form of the Slayer's Testaments, which tell the story of the Doom Marine's rampage through their realm.
* [[Ascended Fanfic]]: The game borrows the Glory Kill mechanic and Ultra-Nightmare difficulty (where dying restarts the entire game) from the popular fanmod [[Brutal Doom]].
* [[Attack! Attack! Attack!]]: The Doomguy's usual modus operandi. See a drone carrying mods? Punch it. Argent filters that could stop a demonic invasion? Punch it. Ugly demons from hell? [[When All You Have Is a Hammer|Punch them!]]
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* [[The Comically Serious]]: Samuel Hayden. His frequent exasperation and the seriousness he displays to Doomguy's more [[The Berserker|'simple-minded']] decisions is a source for some hilarity in the game.
{{quote|'''Samuel Hayden''': ''[[Gun Nut|Your affinity for guns]] [[Deadpan Snarker|is apparent]]. I'm confident you'll find [[BFG|something useful]] there as well.}}''
* [[Cult]]: The UAC before the game started was being corrupted into one for the demons. They even make mention in messages recorded prior of having religious staff called Maguses on hand to counsel people in their faith.
* [[Demonic Invaders]]: The basic premise involves Hell itself invading Mars.
* [[The Dreaded]]: Doomguy is this for the demons. After the destruction of Argent D'Nur, Doomguy trashed Hell so badly and ripped so many demons into pieces that he was only stopped by ''dropping an entire temple on him.'' [[Horrifying the Horror|The demons view him as their own personal boogeyman]] and feared him so much they covered the site where he [[Sealed Good in a Can|was entombed]] in runes and fought with unprecedented levels of desperate ferocity to prevent Samuel Hayden and the UAC from retrieving him. Obviously, it didn't work...
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* [[Magitek]]: Given how Argent energy is strongly tied to Hell and how much said energy source has become widely used by human civilization, technology has effectively become this.
* [[Mega Corp]]: The Union Aerospace Corporation/UAC is definitely this, having struck metaphorical gold with the "discovery" of Argent energy on Mars.
* [[Motifs]]: The UAC had a very strong psuedo-religious theme to its employee messages, to the point of coming off as a [[Path of Inspiration]] as its most benign.
* [[No OSHA Compliance]]: It's pretty obvious even before the Mars UAC facilities were compromised that their safety record was abysmal.
* [[One Bullet Clips]]: Averted, as every gun in the game can hold as much ammo as you're capable of holding. And like the original ''Doom'' games, there's no reload whatsoever.
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* [[Scenery Gorn]]: By the time you show up, Mars is already in the process of being screwed up by Hell.
* [[Sealed Good in a Can]]: "Doomguy" is definitely this, though makes it very clear that [[Good Is Not Nice]].
* [[Serial Escalation]]: The UAC in this game are taking the stupidty of their predecessors [[Up To Eleven]]. Opening a portal to Hell was a unintended consequence of trying to develop teleporters in the original games, that's it. In [[Doom 3]], they did discover Hell, figured out it was dangerous and had a corrupting influence, and had it not been for a traitor burying the truth as much as possible, they would have stopped it way before it got out of hand. In this game, they developed teleporters, discovered Hell, knew it was dangerous and had a corrupting influence, didn't care despite the fact every expedition there had a high body count, and were using it as an energy source the whole time despite the insanely high risks. Compared to the previous incarnations of the UAC, this one was outright begging for a [[Gone Horribly Wrong]] scenario.
* [[Sincerest Form of Flattery]]: The game incorporates and builds upon elements from ''[[Brutal Doom]].''
* [[Stealth Sequel]]: It's strongly implied that "Doomguy" is the same character from the original games, albeit following a [[Broad Strokes]] rendition of them.
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