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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Oc-pstqpc Ah yes, 'Tropers'...] The internet subculture allegedly recording recurring story elements seen across a number of fictional genres. [[Gas Leak Coverup|We have dismissed this claim]].<ref>The turian Councilor who hated you in the first game continues to not believe you that Reapers are real despite his change of heart at the end of the last game (and the giant Reaper corpse in the middle of the Citadel)--and he uses turian air quotes (they only have two fingers and a thumb) to do it.</ref>
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Oc-pstqpc Ah yes, 'Tropers'...] The internet subculture allegedly recording recurring story elements seen across a number of fictional genres. [[Gas Leak Coverup|We have dismissed this claim]].<ref>The turian Councilor who hated you in the first game continues to not believe you that Reapers are real despite his change of heart at the end of the last game (and the giant Reaper corpse in the middle of the Citadel)--and he uses turian air quotes (they only have two fingers and a thumb) to do it.</ref>
*** [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/Milkman1/dismissed.png Councillor Valarn can dismiss any claim!] He dismisses things out of existence!
*** [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/Milkman1/dismissed.png Councillor Valarn can dismiss any claim!] He dismisses things out of existence!
** Shepard removes Tali's mask to reveal...<[http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/105/index/931488/1 Insert photoshopped face here]> <ref>The player has never seen a quarian without a helmet on--the first time Tali takes hers off, the camera cuts away, and fans decided to supplement for themselves.</ref>
** Shepard removes Tali's mask to reveal...<[https://web.archive.org/web/20120418102258/http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/105/index/931488/1 Insert photoshopped face here]> <ref>The player has never seen a quarian without a helmet on--the first time Tali takes hers off, the camera cuts away, and fans decided to supplement for themselves.</ref>
** "I should go".<ref>How Commander Shepard usually ends a conversation.</ref>
** "I should go".<ref>How Commander Shepard usually ends a conversation.</ref>
** Garrus is '''impressive'''.<ref>One of Garrus' combat shouts, usually after sniping a headshot. For himself and you.</ref>
** Garrus is '''impressive'''.<ref>One of Garrus' combat shouts, usually after sniping a headshot. For himself and you.</ref>
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* [[Uncanny Valley]]:
* [[Uncanny Valley]]:
** A lot of the faces just don't look ''quite'' right. Miranda's potato-shaped face (i.e., she does not look like she does on the game box) is probably the most noticeable one. The Unreal Engine 3's age is starting to show with its inability to handle flowing water without significant modification; PC Gamer's review wondered why the characters cried "oil slicks." Dr. Chakwas's face is particularly frightening in the brief moment when she swivels in her chair to face you before a conversation.
** A lot of the faces just don't look ''quite'' right. Miranda's potato-shaped face (i.e., she does not look like she does on the game box) is probably the most noticeable one. The Unreal Engine 3's age is starting to show with its inability to handle flowing water without significant modification; PC Gamer's review wondered why the characters cried "oil slicks." Dr. Chakwas's face is particularly frightening in the brief moment when she swivels in her chair to face you before a conversation.
** [http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/105/index/2247010/1 Shepard himself]. (It's not much better if Shepard is female.)
** [http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/105/index/2247010/1 Shepard himself]{{Dead link}}. (It's not much better if Shepard is female.)
** The Illusive Man may be this ''deliberately''. According to one dev diary, they deliberately made him perfectly symmetrical. Combine that with the normal mapping on his skin, and he's deep in the valley.
** The Illusive Man may be this ''deliberately''. According to one dev diary, they deliberately made him perfectly symmetrical. Combine that with the normal mapping on his skin, and he's deep in the valley.
** Jacob has big teeth. VERY big teeth. Not fangs, just big big teeth. And the way his mouth moves accentuates exactly how big they are. In certain lights they look as though made of silver or chrome too, which we can only hope [[Unfortunate Implications|wasn't intentional]].
** Jacob has big teeth. VERY big teeth. Not fangs, just big big teeth. And the way his mouth moves accentuates exactly how big they are. In certain lights they look as though made of silver or chrome too, which we can only hope [[Unfortunate Implications|wasn't intentional]].
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* [[Base Breaker]]: Yet another polarizing character, due to her "psychological assessments" being generic with no real insight, her apologist attitude, and her memetic status as a [[My Girl Is Not a Slut|complete slut]]. On the other end of the spectrum, some people like her sweetness and her status as Cerberus' [[Token Good Teammate]]
* [[Base Breaker]]: Yet another polarizing character, due to her "psychological assessments" being generic with no real insight, her apologist attitude, and her memetic status as a [[My Girl Is Not a Slut|complete slut]]. On the other end of the spectrum, some people like her sweetness and her status as Cerberus' [[Token Good Teammate]]
* [[Player Punch]]: {{spoiler|Remember when you told her you'd get everyone through the mission alive? If you didn't go through the Omega-4 relay quickly enough after the Collectors invaded the Normandy, you get to watch her disintegrated alive and screaming.}}
* [[Player Punch]]: {{spoiler|Remember when you told her you'd get everyone through the mission alive? If you didn't go through the Omega-4 relay quickly enough after the Collectors invaded the Normandy, you get to watch her disintegrated alive and screaming.}}
* [[Poison Oak Epileptic Trees]]: So, how did the [http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/105/index/1506800/1 Varren scale-itch] get on board? [[But You Screw One Goat!|Do you really want to know?]]
* [[Poison Oak Epileptic Trees]]: So, how did the [http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/105/index/1506800/1 Varren scale-itch]{{Dead link}} get on board? [[But You Screw One Goat!|Do you really want to know?]]
** [[Perverse Sexual Lust|Yes we do. In graphic detail]].
** [[Perverse Sexual Lust|Yes we do. In graphic detail]].