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For the pages listing tropes related to NPCs, Antagonists and Party Members who first appeared in other games in the trilogy, see the [[Mass Effect/Characters|Mass Effect Character Index]].

== Grunt ==

== {{spoiler|Urdnot}} Grunt ==

* [[The Big Guy]]: Personality of a Class IV with the intelligence of a Class V. Definitely one of the strongest combat specialists. [[Foe-Tossing Charge|Just a wee bit unpredictable.]]

* [[Born as an Adult]]: Or a teenager, anyway - he's designed to look younger than other krogan (e.g, his head-crest hasn't merged into a single plate yet).

{{quote|''"We should hide behind...stuff."''}}

* [[Does Not Like Spam]]: Doesn't like ramen, apparently, though he will eat almost damn near anything else - see below.

* [[Even Heroes Have Heroes]]: Thinks highly of both Shepard {{spoiler|and Wrex.}}

* [[Foe-Tossing Charge]]: in the 3rd game, while his squad is pinned down, you get to watch him charge a Ravager, ''pick it up'' and ''throw it off a cliff''.

** And now, in Lair of the Shadow Broker, you find out he's reading (audiobook) [[Ernest Hemingway|Hemingway!]] He's finished ''The Old Man and The Sea'' & ''For Whom The Bell Tolls'', and is working on The Sun Also Rises. Not a fan of ''A Farewell To Arms'' however...

** He also apparently loves dinosaurs; he was apparently doing an extranet search on Urdnot Wrex, [[Wiki Walk|when he encountered entries on Tyrannosaurus Rex - and that got him into looking into Earth dinosaurs]]. The Old Man And The Sea apparently also got him interested in sharks.

*** Note that his [[Rouge Angles of Satin|spelling isn't perfect]]. Logical, though - he was educated in tank, and the Earth books he read were ''audiobooks''.

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}: in the third game. {{spoiler|He stays behind to fight off the indoctrinated Rachni and [[Taking You with Me|falls down a cliff with one]].}}

** {{spoiler|[[Only Mostly Dead]]}}: in the third game, if you earned his loyalty. {{spoiler|After said cliff-dive, he shows up just as the shuttle's about to leave, limping and covered in gallons of blood, but alive (and wondering if anyone has something to eat)}}.

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: "Turians, I guess you have to work the blade. I don't see much point to it, though." [[Beat]] "Heh, much ''point''...oh, never mind."

* [[Last Stand]]: {{spoiler|Though he'll survive if loyal.}}

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: The most durable squadmate, and with the Claymore shotgun, he deals out a ton of damage. Even capable of doing the infamous krogan charge. And the charge? If he does it to another krogan, he will '''push them back'''. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|This includes the considerably larger warlord on his loyalty mission.]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcJAo52a-qE Also, Scions.]

* [[Sealed Badass in a Can]]: He's tank-bred, so he was actually created in the "can" rather than being initially sealed in it. When his tank is obtained, it's left up to the player when to open the can and let the [[Badass]] out. He even plays the "neutral" part of the trope straight; he doesn't care much about morality, only asskicking.

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Constantly. Apparently this is the default state for his species. The Rite of Passage was devised simply to help teenage krogan get a handle on it—kind of like a young human's father taking him to a strip bar, except with guns and monsters. The sex comes afterward if a female is suitably impressed by the display.

* [[We Have Reserves]]: He was engineered by Okeer to be an aversion to this trope; were Okeer to cure the genophage, the krogan would go back to spawning like mad and covering the galaxy with their hordes. Okeer believes the true future of the krogan is to have superior, elite warriors rather than cannon fodder, hence why he made the [[Super Prototype]], Grunt, and threw away the thousands that did not meet his standards.

* {{spoiler|[[You Shall Not Pass]]}}: During his mission in 3 - {{spoiler|whether you choose to save his team or the Rachni, he has to escort you out of the caves and hold off a wave of ravagers. He survives if you completed his loyalty mission.}}

== Jack ==

== Jack, AKA Subject Zero ==

* {{spoiler|[[And I Must Scream]]: If you don't rescue the students from Grissom Academy in ''Mass Effect 3'' in time, Jack will end up being turned into a Phantom.}}

** {{spoiler|As of ''3'', one might even go as far as to say she's moved up to a remarkably crass Type II. If nothing else, she is ''definitely'' approaching it - the closest she gets to dog-kicking is punching Shepard, who can take it, and exchanging rounds of insults that sound a lot more cheerful than in the previous game, more sardonic than darkly sarcastic. She also doesn't even try to deny it when Shep says she really cares about her students.}}

** [[Lampshaded]] by her students, who lovingly call her "The Psychotic Biotic."

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]] Arson: She's guilty of theft of military property, destroying a space station, piracy, and vandalism; she's been a baaaaaaaaaaad girl.

* [[Badass Boast]]: One of her lines when a new wave of enemies come onto the field is "Hello, dead people!"

* {{spoiler|[[Badass Teacher]]}}: In Mass Effect 3.

* [[Bald Women]]: No hair - check. Female - [[Stripperiffic|check.]] Though she's growing her hair out by the third game.

** In ''3'', don't threaten any of her students.

** {{spoiler|1=Will be programmed to fight for Cerberus if you don't do her ME3 quest; you fight her at the Cerberus base.}}

* [[Character Development]]: Depending on how you treat her, she can either stay a [[Dark Action Girl]] or show a softer side. This is shown in the two possible culminating scenes for a romance with her, one of which is just about sex, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6RHlWL2Oz0=related the other of which is far more tender.]

** It's worth noting that while {{spoiler|assaulting the Collector base}}, if you choose her to {{spoiler|man the biotic barrier through the Seeker Swarm room and she's loyal, she'll refer to you as "Commander" like she ''means'' it. For as violently psychotic and unruly a character as Jack is, that's speaking volumes about her development under Shepard's command.}}

*** More than that, she phrases {{spoiler|the word Commander around appropriate statements. That is, instead of being smarmy and snarky, she uses more short and to the point phrases that you'd expect from more disciplined crew members.}}

** There's also the Suicide Mission: {{spoiler|if you choose to have her lead a team during it, her final words will be " "Too many...tore me up. How'd you talk me into this? Heh...I wasn't supposed to care." Apparently, being around [[The Messiah]] long enough can make even Jack give a damn about everyone else.}}

** If she's still alive in 3 {{spoiler|she has become a teacher with a very strong bond with her pupils, due mostly to Shepard's influence.}}

*** {{spoiler|As well as sticking it to the Illusive man by protecting biotics from people like him. Especially after Gillian's death at the hands of Kai Leng which would probably serve to solidify her resolve.}}

* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Constantly. In fact, she drops all but two or three of the game's F-bombs—mainly because she's the only character who uses the word in regular conversation.

** If you start to romance her and then push her away at the end (either to pursue a different partner or just [[For the Evulz]]), or if you side with Miranda in their conflict, all she will ''ever'' say to you from then on is, "Fuck off!"

** {{spoiler|Toned down a bit in 3 when she becomes a teacher at Grissom. Gotta set a good example for the students, after all.}}

*** {{spoiler|Until Joker provokes her, that is. But see [[Curse Cut Short]] below}}

* {{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.''}}

* [[Hidden Depths]]: A Paragon Shep will peel away her layers, and even Taylor's voice acting will reflect this, as it goes from rough and masculine to soft and feminine by the time a romance is completed. At the end of the game, if she survives, no matter what her loyalty is, she will give Shepard a determined nod, which is tantamount to a salute - and this was a woman who had ''no'' interest in ''anything'' or ''anyone'' but herself.

** The Shadow Broker DLC also reveals that she writes poetry in her spare time under the pseudonym "Jacqueline Nought". Also detailed in her dossier is how Cerberus conned her mother into handing her over to them.

*** [[Genius Bonus]]: Part of her poem is a reference to the [http://www.damninteresting.com/this-place-is-not-a-place-of-honor/ Future Warning Nuclear Waste project]. "This place is not a place of honor / no esteemed dead is commemorated here." She's comparing it to herself.

** 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''.}}

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

* {{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.

* [[Sir Swearsalot|Ms. Swears-a-Lot]]

** In ME3, Joker asks if she has a swear jar, because emptying it would buy another cruiser.

** Mocked by Rodriguez in ME3

'''Jack''': Drink your juice, Rodriguez. You couldn't destroy wet tissue paper. }}

* [[Noodle Incident]]: While it doesn't get nearly as much attention as the "[[Colony Drop]] incident," all she says about stealing a military craft is, "Shouldn't have left the thing unlocked. Besides, parades are boring. I helped."

* [[Plot Armor]]: She cannot die [[Exact Words|during]] her ''ME3'' sidequest, even if she was disloyal. That's not true of almost every other character on this page. However, it's a different story if you skip that mission altogether...

* [[Power Perversion Potential]]: Biotic powers can be unstable during the act, but can also have "benefits." [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6RayAQfMqY Mordin, as always, is the man to see.]

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Apparently a recurring event for her. You add her to the crew right after she finishes one of these.

* [[Satisfied Street Rat]]: Although she's hardly 'satisfied' unless she's in a fight. However, she ''is'' somewhat pissed off at Cerberus for using her as a lab rat; while she does "enjoy the power they gave (her)," she's damn sore that "they didn't give (her) a choice".

* [[Sex Equals Love]]: Averted. Kelly mentions that Jack pushes people away, but approaches sex casually, and warns that having a one-night stand with her is a bad idea. Having sex with Jack is an option fairly early into the game. If the casual sex option is chosen, she's really into it, but says that she doesn't want to play if you try and talk to her again. If you refuse sex with her and show interest in her as a person, she will eventually come out of her shell and begin to actually love Shepard. The culmination of the romance shows kissing, but doesn't imply sex - which makes sense considering how some abuse victims view sex in relation to those they love.

** Then again, if you romanced her in 2 and meet up with her again in 3, it's implied she and Shepard fucked ''up and down'' the Normandy. Granted, could have been after the suicide mission and that scene.

* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: If romanced in 2, the first thing she does to Shepard in 3 is deck him. Then give him a passionate kiss.

* [[Sociopathic Hero]]: "Heroic" is very much a stretch for her. {{spoiler|At first.}}

* [[So Proud of You]]: Some sadly-cut content from 3's endgame includes her [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=k_AK6vz4_bM reassuring her squad].

* [[Stealth Pun]]: She once used "Jacqueline Nought" as an alias, with "nought" being the British term for the American "zero." The pun comes in when this makes her {{spoiler|Jackie 0, a play on the tabloid nickname for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.}}

** {{spoiler|If she died in ''2'', this is her listed name on the ''Normandy'' cenotaph.}}

** Her outfit in ''3'' is more conservative, but it still shows quite a lot of skin.

* [[Survivor Guilt]]: One of the reasons she pushes everyone away is that {{spoiler|the last person who cared about her ended up dying in order to save her instead of betraying her as she'd expected he would. This made her even more violent and reclusive.}}

* [[There Was a Door]]: Justified: After being released from cryo, she has to escape somehow, and the quickest way is to break through walls with her biotics.

** {{spoiler|In the third game, Liara reveals that her real birth name is Jennifer.}}

'''Shepard:''' I love you too. }}

* [[Tyke Bomb]]: The Shadow Broker's dossier indicates {{spoiler|she was actually taken by Cerberus shortly after birth. Her mother was convinced the child had died from horrible element zero-induced seizures.}}

* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: {{spoiler|She wasn't in the best position to figure out just what was going on in the Teltin facility.}}

* {{spoiler|[[What Would X Do?]]}}: {{spoiler|If she survives the second game and you make it to Grissom Academy in time in the third, you'll find her teaching a batch of young biotics and defending them from Cerberus. She even admits that some of Shepard's leadership rubbed off on her, what with "all those damn speeches."}}

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Because seriously—after multiple gang rapes, a life of physical torture, emotional, and sexual abuse, Jack really deserves a little bit of happiness. And a Shepard hug. [[Tsundere|Unfortunately, Shepard may not survive such an encounter]].

== Jacob Taylor ==

== Jacob Taylor ==

A biotic and former marine who joined Cerberus to protect humanity, although he dislikes their extreme methods. He's also the protagonist of the iPhone game ''Mass Effect Galaxy''. Also one of ME2's romance options for the female Shepard.

* [[Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder]]: {{spoiler|He and Dr Brynn Cole are together in ''3'' whether or not you romanced him.}}

* {{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.}}

* {{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.}}

* [[Determinator]]: {{spoiler|Early in his mission in 3, Jacob gets shot in the stomach protecting some Ex-Cerberus Scientists. While he gets briefly treated, Jacob continues to power through the mission while injured.}}

"I'm good. I mean, I will." }}

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: For 10 years and counting... {{spoiler|at least, until his loyalty mission.}}

* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Inverted - female Shepard has to work to get him to open up to the possibility of a romance.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: If Fem Shep rejects his romantic interests in favor of Garrus, he derisively refers to the turian as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5rbBD4qEOs 'that cuttlebone.']

* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: He's generally a nice guy, but displays a ''lot'' of cynicism regarding the Alliance and Citadel governments after the events of ''Mass Effect Galaxy'' which led him to join Cerberus in disgust. Not that he's altogether fond of ''them'', either.

* [[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.

* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Not only does Shepard pretty much have to explicitly state her interest in him for it to register, but, by all accounts, he also doesn't seem to realize that Kasumi wants to jump his bones. Of course, since she's a downloadable character, he has no dialog related to her so it's hard to tell.

* [[Plot Armor]]: Like Jack, he can't die during his ''3'' sidequest.

* [[Static Character]]: His character changes the least throughout the story. This is deliberate; he's ''supposed'' to be the most emotionally-stable crewmember. Everyone else's loyalty mission involves some form of baggage from their past, while Jacob has to actually be brought into his loyalty mission by an outside actor.

** [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]: Bring him along to the Derelict Reaper and you'll learn that he hasn't gotten over Eden Prime as much you initially thought.

* {{spoiler|[[That Man Is Dead]]: His opinion of Ronald Taylor; no matter how the mission plays out, you'll hear some variation of it. "I've already mourned the man he used to be."}}

* {{spoiler|[[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: In ''3'', if romanced previously he is shown to have cheated on a Shepard with Dr. Cole in the six months they were incarcerated. Even ''he'' admits he was a bastard for doing so if Shepard chooses to call him on it.}}

* {{spoiler|[["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: He does a good job of not showing it though.}}

* [[Working with the Ex]]: In his words, his previous work with Miranda "got a little close - then it got really far apart." They're still on good terms, and {{spoiler|she gives him the plot hook for his character mission to keep a promise. If he could only remember ''which'' promise...}}

** And in ''3'', {{spoiler|with Shepard, if you romanced him in the last game}}.

== Kasumi Goto ==

== Kasumi Goto ==

A [[Classy Cat Burglar]] who is available in the "Kasumi - Stolen Memory" DLC pack for Xbox 360 & PC, and included on disc for PlayStation 3. She is so skilled that few are aware that she even exists.

* [[Affectionate Nickname]]: She calls Shepard "Shep."

** [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Her haiku implies that she spies on Jacob. In ''Mass Effect 3'' she's only willing to rejoin Shepard's squad if Jacob is there as well.

** In [[Mass Effect 3]], {{spoiler|she helps the salarian SPECTRE agent assigned to hunt her down stop an indoctrinated hanar diplomat from dooming his entire species.}}

** Less of an actual [[Back Stab]], but more "bop people with the omni-tool".

* [[Boring but Practical]]: Her specialty, Shadow Strike, is a move where she cloaks, pops up behind an enemy, and...hits them on the back of the head. It's also nearly unavoidable once triggered, ignores cover, is a near-guaranteed stun, and does huge damage whether you're using it on a squishy merc or a walking tank.

** ''And'' quickly reloads her powers if it lands [[One-Hit Kill|a killing blow.]]

(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.

* {{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.}}

** {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: If you didn't go on her loyalty mission at all, it's not fake. Shepard simply looks on and then walks away. ...Of course, maybe she's faking her death towards ''Shepard'' too, but she certainly doesn't join your list of war assets.}}

* [[Friend to All Children]]: She's a nice person in general, but she seems pretty fond of children in particular - the quickest way to get on her bad side is to injure or traumatise a child. One of her anecdotes involves a rare wholly charitable act, which was to rescue a child from slavery, and seeing what Jack and other biotic children went through on Pragia is enough to reduce her to tears.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: From the second she sneaks up on Shepard in the third game she is dead set against being recruited to fight the Reapers. She was happy to take The Illusive Man's money before, but will not begin to allow Shepard to talk her into fighting. She still helps him\her though, she just won't come back to the Normandy. Unless Jacob is there.

* [[Gossipy Hens]]: If Shepard talks to her on the Normandy, she gossips about the other crewmembers and talks about rumors.

* [[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.}}

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

* [[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.

** The Japanese word 'goto', the same word as her surname and which is pronounced mostly the same, also means "robber" or "robbery."

* [[Meet Cute]]: When examining one of the paintings in her quarters, she'll tell you how she acquired it. She was hired to steal it, and when she went to take it, it had already been stolen. As she was leaving, she saw another thief with the painting, chased him down and tackled him. The other thief was Keiji, and he and Kasumi ended up as partners in crime as well as lovers. Neither of their clients ever did get the painting, because they kept it as a memento.

* [[The Nicknamer]]: She calls Shepard 'Shep' on a variety of occasions and designates the Illusive Man as 'Mr. Illusive.' The first may be something of an [[Ascended Meme]] as (Fem/Male)Shep is a common [[Fan Nickname]] for Shepard.

* [[Not in This For Your Revolution]]: In ''3'', she's not interested in putting her life on the line to fight the Reapers. Her mind can be changed by simply stating she doesn't need to be on the front lines - her computer skills are a big enough asset.

* [[Outlaw Couple]]: {{spoiler|With her former partner, Keiji.}}

* [[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.

*** Hardly. See above [[Just a Machine]]. Her comments seem to imply that she finds Joker and EDI's banter amusing, not that she sees them having actual couple potential.

*** [[Foreshadowing]]: Ken and Gabby together? Check. Tali and Garrus together? If you romanced neither, check. Joker and EDI? Unbelievably, ''check''!

* [[Ship Tease]]: She has a crush on Jacob, of all people, although [[Oblivious to Love|Jacob doesn't seem to notice.]]

** Her Dossier in the ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'' implies her to be a [[Stalker with a Crush]]. And the Jacob haiku specifically says at one point, "cloaked desire watches." [[Power Perversion Potential|This means exactly what you think it means.]]

** One of the artifacts is an Ogre statue... that looks like an Ogre from [[Dragon Age]] Origins.

** Her [[Palette Swap]] for [[And Your Reward Is Clothes|completing her loyalty mission]] makes her clothes red, reminiscent of [[Carmen Sandiego|another master thief.]]

** 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.}}

** The feeling's mutual - Jondum openly admires her.

== Miranda Lawson ==

== Miranda Lawson ==

* [[Anti-Hero]]: She's initially a [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type IV,]] {{spoiler|and depending on your actions, can move up to a Type III.}} In ''3,'' [[Character Development|she's something of a Type II]], especially if influenced by a Paragon!Shep. She has no [[Kick the Dog]] moments, her entire quest arc {{spoiler|is about her trying to protect her sister from her [[Complete Monster]] father, and along the way, she tries to save refugees of all races from a husk facility masquerading as a refuge.}}

* [[Archnemesis Dad]]: The reason she joined Cerberus in the first place was to gain protection from her father. Which turned out to be a really dumb idea, since her father loves Cerberus and is closely connected to it. {{spoiler|This comes back to bite her and Oriana in the ass in [[Mass Effect 3]].}}

* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: Well, the [[Informed Attractiveness|the beauty part]] is debatable, but {{spoiler|in [[Mass Effect 3]], after she gets the crap beaten out of her by Kai Leng, she doesn't appear to have any visible wounds on her body aside from a few scratches on her face. This is especially weird if she actually dies from her wounds.}}

{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Henry Lawson:''' (After releasing Oriana) Alright, take her. But I want out alive, deal?

'''Miranda:''' No deal. }}}}

'''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.}}

* [[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.}}

* [[Death by Irony]]: If {{spoiler|Kai Leng, the Illusive Man's new [[The Dragon|dragon]], kills her in the third game. This will happen if you didn't complete her loyalty quest, didn't warn her about Kai Leng, or didn't hand over Alliance resources to her for reasons that she refused to explain.}}

* [[Death of the Hypotenuse]]: If you romanced her in ME2 but break up with her in order to rekindle your ME1 romance in ME3, she will die regardless of the help you give her.

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Becomes notably less unpleasant as the story progresses—at least to Shepard. She's also generally nicer to Jacob, as well, due to their past relationship.

* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: One of her possible death scenes {{spoiler|in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' has her [[Tear Jerker|dying in Shepard's arms, reconciling with Oriana, and making Shepard promise to keep fighting, no matter what the cost]].}} This earns her a [[And This Is For|name drop]] when {{spoiler|Shepard kills Kai Leng.}}

* [[The Dragon]]: To The Illusive Man, at least until the end of the second game. She's been replaced by Kai Leng as of [[Mass Effect 3]].

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Much of her behavior makes more sense in light of her loyalty mission and the Shadow Broker dossier. {{spoiler|Before meeting Shepard, only three people have never betrayed her to her knowledge: a childhood friend, the Illusive Man, and Jacob. By the end of the game, it's entirely likely that only Jacob and the Illusive Man remain from that list. With the Shadow Broker dossier, it's clear that part of her affection for her sister comes from being unable to have children of her own, and despite being in a dating service, she ruthlessly cuts off one candidate who makes the mistake of trying to be interested in more than just sex. Since she cannot bear children, she's less interested in romance.}} Though these are played more subtly than most [[Freudian Excuse]] examples, once they're revealed, most of Miranda's personality is clearly defined by these.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: She's one of the Illusive Man's most loyal agents, yet [[Magnetic Hero|Paragon Shepard]] can end up causing her to resign from Cerberus and hang up on The Illusive Man.

* [[Hero of Another Story]]: While Shepard is building alliances in ''3'', he can meet with Miranda a few times, where she discusses a mission she's currently on involving her sister and father, {{spoiler|and later Cerberus.}} Their stories eventually coincide, however.

* [[Ice Queen]]: Explicitly called that by a {{spoiler|[[Red Shirt|soon-to-be-former]]}} Cerberus employee.

* [[Informed Attractiveness]]: Despite being specifically engineered to be extremely beautiful, a lot of the fanbase finds her appearance...weird.

*** Can be summed up fairly well by [http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=111411 this comic]

** Miranda's appearance becomes noticeably more attractive in softer or warmer lighting. But a great deal of the game takes place in the cold, bright white lights of the Normandy, which visibly isolates flaws very effectively.

* [[Jerkass Facade]]: This seems to be the case. It appears that she's a cold professional to everyone she meets until she spends time around them and decides that she can trust them. At the start of the game, she'll shut down any attempt at personal conversation, but in her office aboard the Normandy she's more open with Shepard. This is most obvious regarding Jack. If Shepard asks her about what Cerberus did, she'll say without hesitation that it was a mistake and was rightfully shut down as soon as The Illusive Man found out. But when Jack calls her out on it directly, she'll refuse to apologize.

** Right after the {{spoiler|Normandy gets attacked by the Collectors, and Joker, the sole survivor of the attack watches all his friends be dragged away by various cosmic horrors}}, the ''first thing she does'' upon getting back the ship is {{spoiler|scold Joker for losing the crew and unshackling EDI (which saved the ship).}} Keep in mind that {{spoiler|it was her brilliant idea that all the capable fighters aboard abandon the ship, leaving it wide open for attack.}}

** Even her final romance scene could be interpreted as this. Despite both her and Shepard having private quarters containing a double bed, she chooses to have sex on the floor of the engineering deck - very close to where both love rivals and enemies Jack and Tali hang around.

*** Actually, the reason she chose that area was because it was the only part of the ship not being monitored and she (understandably) wanted some privacy for her and Shepard's... quality time. The location is a coincidence. She also specifically says that she had it "cleared" so Jack and Tali aren't even around.

* {{spoiler|[[Last Kiss]]: If she dies in ''3'' and is romantically involved with Shepard.}}

* [[Law of Inverse Fertility]]: Judging from Liara's files on her, {{spoiler|she's been trying really hard to get pregnant. Sadly, she has a benign neoplasm that makes her unable to conceive.}}

* [[Like Father, Like Son]]: Subverted; they turn out to be very different people in the end. Both are highly talented scientists who use their intelligence to do the extraordinary. Miranda brings Shepard back to life, and Henry {{spoiler|manages to control husks independently of the ''Reapers.''}} However, while Miranda's only ethical quandary was whether to implant Shepard with a control chip (which she later regrets even considering), Henry {{spoiler|sacrifices thousands, if not millions of innocent people to indoctrination in order to make his breakthrough, and never regrets a thing.}}

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

** And again by Ashley in ''Mass Effect 3,'' if you romanced her in the first game and Miranda in the second:

** It is a sign of her character development that she does come to recognise this as one of her major flaws. In the third game she has a minor breakdown over the lingering guilt she feels about the control-chip, realising she very nearly became her father.

* [[Number Two]]: See [[The Lancer]].

* [[Older Than They Look]]: Thanks to her genetic enhancements, she'll easily live to half again the age most humans will reach. By now, this is well over 100 - she's 35 right now.

* [[Plot Armor]]: {{spoiler|She can only die during the suicide mission if she's disloyal and you bring her to the final boss fight, or if she's disloyal and you get very, ''very'' unlucky when she's holding the line. If she is chosen as second squad's commander and gets shot, she will shrug it off, even if she's not loyal. This is mostly because she is depicted speaking in cutscenes at several points in the mission, and having her dead likely would've messed with the game's script.}}

** Averted in 3, {{spoiler|where there are three points in the game where Miranda can get killed off.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Self-Made Orphan]]: If she survives to the end of 3, she finally kills Henry Lawson along the way. Whether she lives past *that* depends on whether you warned her about Kai Leng.}}

* [[Sexy Walk]]: [[Ms. Fanservice|Natch.]]

* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]: Literally. She's done her share of high profile internet dating. Hidden logs reveal her turning down many high profile suitors for some surprising and...not so surprising reasons.

* [[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]].

* [[Took a Level In Kindness]]: A bit by the end of ''2''. A lot by the end of ''3'', where she {{spoiler|tries to warn as many people on Horizon as she can about a Husk facility masquerading as a refugee camp, and goes to extraordinary lengths to save her sister.}} A pretty far cry from the human supremacist from the start of ''2''.

* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: There is an undertone of this between her and a male Shepard during their conversations in [[Mass Effect 3]].

* [[The Worf Effect]]: She's built up as a perfect human specimen throughout [[Mass Effect 2]] (though a monumentally arrogant one that often overestimates her own abilities) and a competent biotic. {{spoiler|In Mass Effect 3, Kai Leng shows up, beats her half to death, takes her Sanctuary Data, and unceremoniously dumps her broken body in Henry Lawson's office. She'll actually die from these wounds if you don't warn her that Kai Leng is active and/or give her Alliance resources.}}

== Mordin Solus ==

== Mordin Solus ==

* [[Angst? What Angst?]]: Heavily affected by loyalty mission, fine by return to ''Normandy''. Salarians possess short lifespans, learn to deal with emotional burdens efficiently. Came to terms during shuttle ride. Concern appreciated, however.

** [[If It's You It's Okay|If It's You, It's OK]]: ''Generally'' asexual. Found some asari melding offers interesting. Considers Shepard optimal if was interested in humans. [[Bi the Way|Shepard gender irrelevant.]]

** In Mass Effect 3, {{spoiler|Fight to save female Krogan. Cure the Genophage. [[Heroic Sacrifice|Do what needs to be done.]] [[Verbal Tic|sharp inhale]] [[Redemption Equals Death|Proud Posthumously]]. }}

*** {{spoiler|On other hand, personal guilt may be causing rash decisions. Wreav dangerous and without Eve to stabilize him, likely to repeat Krogan Rebellions. *sharp inhale* Trick Krogans, fake death, get Salarian support, help with Crucible. Cure genophage when Reapers dealt with.}}

* [[Beige Prose]]: [[Self-Demonstrating Article|Naturally.]]

{{quote|'''Mordin:''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature{{=}}player_detailpage&v{{=}}yT_IcAqjYyM#t{{=}}30s Objection noted.]}}

** "X is / likely to be...problematic."

* [[Combat Medic]]: Technically. [[Gameplay and Story Segregation|Performs medical research on ship, on ground Shepard provides in-game medic abilities.]]

* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: {{spoiler|Gilbert and Sullivan's Modern Major General song describes individual skilled universally ''except'' chosen profession.}}

* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Ready to give [[The Talk]] for any kind of interspecies romance. Ran clinic in [[Wretched Hive]] - advice likely necessary there. Many species, many tastes.

** [[Subverted Trope|Subversion]], actually. Has killed many times, but '''never''' with medicine (says so himself during loyalty mission). {{spoiler|Though Shepard can challenge him on whether upgraded genophage counts as killing with medicine or not. Likely a question he asked himself before.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Death Faked for You]]: If Wrex and Eve dead, can be convinced to fake genophage cure and help with Crucible project. Wreav too dangerous as leader without Eve to stabilize him. Pretend to have died in explosion.}}

* [[Determinator]]: If Shepard is forced to {{spoiler|shoot him. Manages to crawl toward console despite lethal wound. Almost reaches console before collapsing.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: If deploying genophage cure, silently hums [[Major-General Song|Scientist Salarian]] while going about work. Facility collapsing around. *[[Verbal Tic|sharp inhale]]* ...Exhilirating.}}

** {{spoiler|Inverted if Shepard shoots in the back. Crawl to workstation. Die before temperature change ruins cure. Senseless death. Even Shepard disgusted with self.}}

* [[Even Evil Has Standards|Even A Mad Scientist Has Standards]]: {{spoiler|Hates unnecessary wastes of life. Only kills bad people. Always careful with medicine. Protege... [[Verbal Tic|*sharp inhale*]] not so principled.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Faking the Dead]]: Third game. If Eve dead and Urdnot Wreav sole krogan leader, can be convinced krogan not yet ready for cure. Will disappear to work on Crucible. Shepard lets krogan believe everything went as planned.}}

* [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]]: [[Kill It with Fire|Incinerate]], check. [[Kill It with Ice|Cryo Blast]], check. [[Agony Beam|Neural Shock]]? Close enough!

* [[Gibbering Genius]]: [[Thinking Out Loud|Dictates thought processes in real time]]. [[You No Take Candle|Avoids infinitives]]. [[Subverted Trope|Irrelevant]] if [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?|heard saying inconvenient thought out loud.]]

* [[Glass Cannon]]: Three skills, purely offensive. {{spoiler|Also has low defence rating. Death during suicide mission likely.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Go Out with a Smile]]: Third game.}}

* [[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.}}

** {{spoiler|[[Face Death with Dignity]]: Stands tall and proud while Shroud exploding around him.}}

** {{spoiler|[[Go Out with a Smile]]: Restored future of krogan species.}} Good reason to smile in face of death.

** {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]: Dying while curing genophage only redemption for modifying it previously}}

* {{spoiler|1=[[Ironic Echo]]: If survived ME2, can die while curing genophage in ME3. Uses same lines about how others would have gotten it wrong.}}

* [[It's Okay If It's You]]: No interest in Shepard romantically. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Fwa-OQ1ao If ever explored, Shepard optimal.] Either sex. Ahem.

* [[Kill It with Fire]]: Uses omnitool to incinerate enemies. Incredibly deadly. "Flammable! Or inflammable? Forget which. Doesn't matter!" ([[I Thought It Meant|Same thing. Really doesn't matter.]])

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Meeting Shepard for first time. Attempt to work out why Spectre is here. Renegade interrupt offered. If not taken Paragon interrupt suggested. On board Normandy third interrupt option available. [[Verbal Tic|*sharp inhale*]]. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Allows Shepard to interrupt when heard enough.]]

** In third game sings some of another version. Asari-Vorcha crosses have allergy to dairy.

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: {{spoiler|Horrified by personal work on genophage. Still feel it had to be done.}}

* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Justifies {{spoiler|work on Genophage}} incessantly. Had to be done. No other option. Only correct and logical course of action...

{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Mordin''': I made a MISTAKE! Focused on big picture. Big picture made of little pictures. Too many variables!}}}}

* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: Some fans confused initially. Felt Fight For The Lost trailers implied Mordin [[Clint Eastwood]] style lone ranger. In game, [[Motor Mouth|quickly]] [[Combat Medic|proven wrong.]]

* [[Noodle Incident]]: Lethal proficiency with [[Improbable Weapon User|farming equipment]]. Never explained until discovery of [[Downloadable Content|Shadow Broker]] database; {{spoiler|Skinny salarian doctor killed charging krogan by driving pitchfork through head.}}

* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: In ''3''.

{{quote|'''Mordin:''' {{spoiler|I made a ''mistake''!}}}}

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Loyalty mission. Packed with these moments. Notably {{spoiler|absolutely horrified at dead female krogan test subject. States that species doesn't matter. Acknowledges work as a cause.}}

* {{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."}}

* [[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.

** {{spoiler|Possibly on receiving end in third game. If not convinced to go along with sabotage, Renegade Shepard forced to shoot him to stop genophage cure.}}

* [[The Spock]]: Usually goes with more logical path. Belief in killing those who presents themselves as threat. [[Deconstructed Trope|Deconstructed]] during Loyalty mission. {{spoiler|Genophage involvement becomes source of conflict.}}

** Third game takes this step further. Offers {{spoiler|Joker}} advice on proposed {{spoiler|[[Robosexual]] liaison with EDI.}} All part of the service.

** Annoying to Krogan female in ''3''.

** {{spoiler|Refers to self once. Happens if Shepard questions decision to cure genophage after working on it for so long.}}

{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Mordin''': I made a mistake!}}}}

* [[You No Take Candle]]: ''[[Captain Obvious|Obviously]]'' highly intelligent - Infinitives waste time!

== Samara ==

== Samara ==

* [[Action Mom]]: She has three daughters {{spoiler|and had to imprison two and hunt down the other because they're Ardat-Yakshi -- basically Asari sex vampires}}.

* [[Ancient Astronauts]]: In [[Dummied Out]] content from her Shadow Broker dossier, {{spoiler|she was a crewmember of an asari ship that crashed on Earth in the Elizabethan era, was possibly responsible for the destruction of the Spanish Armada, and inspired none other than [[William Shakespeare]] to write a romantic sonnet about her.}}

** {{spoiler|Paragon Shepard in ''3'' grabs her hands to avert her attempt to commit suicide.}}

{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Samara''': (''restrained anger'') Let. Me. Go.}}

{{spoiler|'''Shepard''': (''firmly'') No.}} }}

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Blue-skinned alien priestess. Calm as a Zen master. Huge breasts. Meditates cross-legged in a room with a view. Prays to the goddess. Unwise to rouse to violence. She even ''sounds'' a little like [[Farscape|Zhaan.]]

* [[Celibate Hero]]: After becoming a justicar, she put her mission before everything else. Her code does not forbid romance or sexual relations, but she remains celibate due to her personal choice. {{spoiler|The fact that all three of her daughters are Ardat-Yakshi, with two of them [[Locked Away in a Monastery]] and the other being a [[Complete Monster]] who operates much like a [[Serial Killer]] may have something to do with it.}}

* [[Death Seeker]]: A mild example but she outright states that she has no plans for retirement and expects to die in battle.

* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]}}: Potentially in 3, {{spoiler|rather than kill her one remaining daughter, Falere, and break her code, but you have a Paragon interrupt that can be used to stop her}}.

* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: We don't get a direct view when she {{spoiler|kills the Eclipse merc when you first meet her, nor when she crushes Morinth's head with one biotic punch (if you side with her over Morinth).}}

** In one later conversation it's implied that she often warns people the equivalent of "Do you ''really'' want to do/say that in my presence?" If they ignore her, well, probably [[Too Dumb to Live]].

** In ''3'', she manages to work around her Code again {{spoiler|if Shepard stops her from killing herself. When Falere, her daughter, tells Samara that she (Falere) will stay at the monastery and that she's never needed its walls to follow her ''own'' code anyway, Samara decides that it satisfies the demands of her Code. And Samara will have to check on her often... [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|as a Justicar should]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[Mama Bear]]}}: {{spoiler|The Code demands that she forsake all ties to her family. When the Ardat-Yakshi monastary is attacked by the Reapers, however, she ''immediately'' goes there in search of her daughters with the full intent of slaughtering anything and anyone who gets in her way. Once Falere is rescued, she is even willing to ''protect her from the Code'' by choosing to kill herself rather than Falere.}}

** {{spoiler|Subverted in ''3'' if she is stopped from committing suicide. While she still adheres to the Code, she says that she will have to check in on her remaining daughter often... which she justifies by saying that it's what a Justicar should do with Ardat-Yakshi, after all}}.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Samara is Hebrew/Arabic and means "guardian (protected by God)."

* [[Murder Is the Best Solution]]: A rare heroic example; thanks to her Code, anyone who opposes her is a criminal, and therefore should not be allowed to live.

** Mass Effect 3 shows one thing that she flat-out refuses to do: {{spoiler|killing her last living daughter, because said daughter is not a twisted sociopath.}} Though technically, she is fulfilling the code, as the code demands that a justicar who fails to fulfill the code pay for it with her life to atone.

* {{spoiler|[[Offing the Offspring]]: Her primary goal as a Justicar is to put down one of her daughters.}}

** {{spoiler|In Mass Effect 3, after saving Falere, her last surviving daughter from the Ardat-Yakshi temple's destruction, she'll state that her Code requires her to kill her daughter despite the fact that Falere has done nothing wrong, as there is no longer a monastery for Falere to be confined in. However, even after being required to forsake everything -- including family -- in order to become a Justicar, she loves her daughter and ''will not'' kill her. In order to avoid breaking the Code, she will choose suicide as her way out unless Shepard uses a Paragon interrupt.}}

** {{spoiler|Except in the case of her two law-abiding daughters, Falere and Rila. She considers suicide preferable to killing them.}}

* [[Sadistic Choice]]: The Code requires that she kill any Ardat-Yakshi not confined to a monastery. Her daughter is an Ardat-Yakshi, and the monastery had just been levelled. If a Justicar fails in her duties, the Code requires to kill herself to make amends. Guess what she does {{spoiler|if you don't stop her. Fortunately, Falere will stay in the ruins to help rebuild, and if Samara hears about this, then the Code will be satisfied, but to make sure that she doesn't get any ideas about escaping, Samara will visit her when she can to keep an eye on her. Just like a Justicar should. [[Blatant Lies|That is the only reason]].}}

** [[Double Entendre|This entry of this trope has nothing to do with her tits,]] [[I Thought It Meant|by the way.]]

* {{spoiler|[[Strong Family Resemblance]]: With [[Depraved Bisexual|Psychotic]] [[Death by Sex|sex-vampire]] daughter Morinth.}}

** In ME3, when forced to make a, for her, impossible choice between {{spoiler|her innocent daughter's life and the demands of her code, she chooses the third option - suicide}}.

* {{spoiler|[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: If the player chooses Morinth over her. Shepard even says "Morinth is more useful."}}

** Which can be interpreted as either ruthless practicality or simple self-preservation. {{spoiler|Morinth, after all, is a known quantity by this point and only an idiot would die at her... hands. Samara explicitly says she would kill a Renegade Shepard if she hadn't already sworn an oath.}}

== Thane Krios ==

== Thane Krios ==