Mass Effect 2/Characters/Party Members: Difference between revisions

* [[Cutscene Power to the Max]]: When she first appears, she tears through three YMIR mechs like they were made of wet cardboard. In normal gameplay, you're usually popping in and out of cover and gradually whittling them down.

* [[Dark Action Girl]]

* [[Deface of the Moon]]: Via [[Colony Drop]].

* {{spoiler|[[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]}}: {{spoiler|As one of Grissom Academy's instructors in the final game. Remarkably, she gets high praise and respect from both her students and superiors for it. She's a little milder than some examples, though; she admits to Shepard that the students are like her family and they need her to believe in them, and puts up with it when they cheerfully mock her.}}

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: She is slightly troubled by Shepard urging Niftu Cal, the "Biotic God," to get himself killed, even though she admits it was kind of funny.

{{quote|''That was mean...but damn funny.''}}

* [[Gender Blender Name]]: Lampshaded when she is first seen, and then never mentioned again.

* [[Glass Cannon]]: She's very powerful offensively, but she's very frail in combat, second only to Kasumi.

** The achievement for gaining her loyalty is called [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|"Catharsis."]]

* {{spoiler|[[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: In ''3''.}}

{{quote|'''Jack''': Screw you, f--flight lieutenant.}}

* [[Love Redeems]]: The Paragon ending to her romance.

* {{spoiler|[[Mama Bear]]}}: {{spoiler|Towards the students of Grissom Academy.}}

* [[Megaton Punch]]: She's fond of using biotics to create these.

* {{spoiler|[[Mini Boss]]: If you don't do the Grissom Academy mission before a set time, or not at all, she gets indoctrinated and works for Cerberus, becoming a mini-boss in the Cerberus HQ.}}

* [[Morality Chain]]: Paragon Shepard becomes this to her. Acknowledged in ''3'' when she notes that some of Shepard's speeches rubbed off on her. Even she seems a little surprised by this.

* {{spoiler|[[Broken Pedestal]]: His father}}

* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: {{spoiler|Was pretty pissed to find out what his father had been doing for the past 10 years.}}

* [[Chick Magnet]]: He's had a past history with Miranda, Kasumi totally digs him, and he can possibly romance a Female Shepard.

* {{spoiler|[[Derailing Love Interests]]: In 3, if you previously romanced him, he's already moved on to another woman he plans to settle down with.}}

* [[The McCoy]]: Jacob and Miranda serve as the foils/voice-of-reason towards Shepard. Jacob general support actions that tend to be ''morally'' right, and is the paragon-voice point.

* [[Military Maverick]]: He left the Alliance because he couldn't handle all the [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]s. Having said that, he also gets the prize for the other half of the trope: of all the party members, he holds himself to the strongest level of military behavior, and is the ''only'' person on the ship aside from Kelly (and a loyal Miranda, ''once'') who actually salutes Shepard.

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Why hello there [[Buffy-Speak|Mr. Unneccessary In Camera Focus Shirt Removal Ripped Guy.]] His abs are rendered with more detail than some character's faces. Shadow Broker info shows that he's ''earned'' those abs with an insane workout schedule.

* [[Nice Guy]]

* [[Calling Card]]: In her early career, she left a rose in place of what she stole. Her partner eventually made her realize how unproductive this is for a thief.

* [[The Caper]]: Her activity of choice.

{{quote|(On Korlus) She seems nice... in a mad scientist ethics-for-sale kind of way.

(On the Citadel) They're really selling the [[Gas Leak Coverup|"geth did it"]] message. I bet you can't even say "Reapers" without inciting a panic. [[Lampshade Hanging|(airquote gesture)]][[Crowning Moment of Funny|''"Reapers!"'']] }}

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: While most of the ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' squadmates have smaller roles in ''3'', Zaeed and Kasumi suffer the most from it, likely due to being DLC characters.

* [[Face Framed in Shadow]]: Aside from the glint of her eyes, we never see the top half of her face.

* {{spoiler|[[Faking the Dead]]}}: In ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', {{spoiler|after helping you (and another Spectre who's trying to arrest her), she "activates an explosive failsafe" on a terminal and collapses in a bloody heap. The Spectre is fooled, but Shepard sees right through it. A good way to introduce the new Decoy ability.}}

* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]: In her loyalty mission, she strolls right up to Hock's estate in her [[Spy Catsuit]], not even bothering to take her hood down, and seems surprised when Hock turns her away in a brief stroke of [[Genre Savvy]]. She then uses her invisibility to get into the building anyway.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: During the Hock heist, she notes that his password, "Peruggia", refers to [[wikipedia:Vincenzo Peruggia|Vincenzo Peruggia]], the man who stole the Mona Lisa back in the 1880's. {{spoiler|The Shadow Broker DLC reveals that she has also stolen the Mona Lisa, ''[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow_Broker_Dossiers/Kasumi_Goto but is offering it for sale.]'' As well as ''the [[wikipedia:Koh-i-Noor|Koh-i-Noor Diamond]]'' and a number of other alien artifacts that are presumably as valuable.}}

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: She has a crush on [[Nice Guy|Jacob]], but will support Fem!Shep if she decides to romance him.

* [[Just a Machine]]: Subtle but present.

{{quote|"Sometimes [EDI] seems like a person, but when it comes down to it, I can't get past her being a computer."

"Killed or remade, what's the difference? They're only synthetics. Just fancy security mechs." }}

* [[Kleptomaniac Hero]]: One quality she ''definitely'' shares with Shepard.

* [[Knife Nut]]: You never see her using them in-game, but she gets very...''enthused'' over a selection of knives on Tuchanka, and contemplates "borrowing" them sometime later.

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: When commenting on female Shepard's romance with Garrus, she notes that many people want them to be together.

* [[Magikarp Power]]: She starts out very weak. With the right allocation of skill points, she becomes a devastating [[Glass Cannon]].

* [[Meaningful Name]]:

{{quote|'''Ad!Kasumi:''' OK, really? [[What the Hell, Player?|How many times does it take to walk past without getting interested?]]}}

*** She even starts helping the Spectre sent to arrest her with one of his investigations ''just cause''.

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: She ships Ken/Gabby and Shepard/Any of the ME2 love interests (if applicable). But she especially ships Tali and Garrus with Shepard for their respective genders.

** With a hint of implied Joker/EDI shipping on the side.

** From [[Dead or Alive]], apart from being a namesake of that series' protagonist, Kasumi's loyalty mission has her infiltrating the mansion of a crime boss named Donovan.

* [[The Smart Guy]]: {{spoiler|Along with Tali and Legion, she's an ideal choice for the Tech Expert during the suicide mission.}}

* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Her special ability involves this.

{{quote|'''Kasumi:''' Now you see me...}}

'''Donnelly:''' Are ya talking about the ''Normandy'' or Miranda?

'''Daniels:''' I'm talking about the one covered and protected, not ''bouncing in the breeze''. }}

* [[Character Development]]: Compare the first conversation you have with her after first meeting with the Illusive Man in ''2'' to the last one you have with her on the Citadel in ''3''. By the time you meet her in Sanctuary, she's not much of an [[Ice Queen]] any longer...

* [[Crazy Prepared]]: {{spoiler|She plants a tracer on Kai Leng, giving Shepard the exact location of the Illusive Man's base on Cronus Station, just because she had a feeling it'd be useful. Shepard is both relieved and grateful - before that, s/he was grasping at straws.}}

* [[Cultured Badass]]: Enjoys classical music, particularly the Danish composer Carl Nielsen.

* [[Deadly Change-of-Heart]]: Possibility in the third game. {{spoiler|She finally sees the error of her ways, condemns Cerberus, then tries to repent by warning people about them and helping to take down one of the facilities where they kidnap people to make husks...then she gets stabbed by Kai Leng.}}

* [[Fatal Flaw]]: Her inability to comprehend that people will react other than the way she believes they will. She also seems to have the mindset of handing out as little information as possible, with complete disregard for how others will react to her doing so.

* [[Foot Focus]]: She gets a couple of scenes which show off her stiletto heels.

* [[Form-Fitting Wardrobe]]: [[Justified]] since this seems to be the go with almost all types of wardrobe in the Verse, including many of the armors and [[Eating the Eye Candy|regardless of sex]]. Played straight that since her outfit is done to make it look leather-like, not to mention quite [[Everything Is an iPod In The Future|shining]], it gives the illusion of more skin-tight and, say [[Male Gaze|alluring]].

** Jacob also shares this role, being one of the few people that Miranda actually will listen to for advice.

* [[Morality Pet]]: {{spoiler|Her (much younger) twin sister, Oriana.}}

** To finish the previous quote:

{{quote|'''Donnelly:''' I don't know. Operative Lawson's uniform is very official: it always makes me [[Double Entendre|stand at attention]].}}

* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Her relationship with Shepard, if one is pursued.

* [[Smug Super]]: Played straight to a greater extent, then deconstructed.

* [[The Spock]]: Jacob and Miranda serve as the foils/voice-of-reason towards Shepard. Miranda tends to support more ''immoral'' actions that are beneficial to the mission as a whole; she's the mouthpiece of Cerberus and its mission statement.

* [[Spy Catsuit]]: Particularly her loyalty outfit. It is worth noting that the second appearance pack DLC takes pains to avert this; instead of form-fitting fabric and high heels, Miranda now wears armor very similar to the Medium armor from the first game, complete with combat boots and notably less emphasis on her curves. However, consider the fact that the Mass Effect 1 armors to which it emulates were [[Latex Space Suit|still quite form-fitting]].

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Upon discovering {{spoiler|pupil performed tests. Dangerous and reckless, even if misguided.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}: Third game, {{spoiler|Salarian sabotage to Shroud revealed. Stay behind to fix it. Die in the process. *[[Verbal Tic|sharp inhale]]* Conscience clear.}}

* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: Subverted. Insists this repeatedly during loyalty mission. Obviously trying to convince self, not companions.

** Still resolute that it was the right action. Even against Shepard's best arguments. Invokes [[Grey and Gray Morality]]. Actions not unjustified.

* {{spoiler|[[Retirony]]: "Would have liked to run tests on the seashells."}}

* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lion]]: In third game, arguably. End of first story act, first major character to die. Clear sign no-one else safe. *inhale* No-one. If killed by Shepard, good sign of how far s/he has fallen.}}

* [[Seen It All]]: Has encountered much in the galaxy. Little surprise. Reaction to {{spoiler|Javik: "Ah, a Prothean. Excellent."}}

* [[Sherlock Scan]]: Good at analysis. Displayed when first met Shepard.

* [[Shoot the Dog]]: Has no problem killing one person. To save ten others, of course. {{spoiler|Even created new strain of genophage. Krogan adapted to previous one.}} Does feel regretful about the latter. Started clinic to atone. All life precious.