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== Mass Effect 2 ==
* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: The fans were generally very pleased to hear that Lance Henriksen would be returning as Admiral Hackett for the last piece of [[Downloadable Content|DLC]].
* [[Demonic Spiders]]: Scions. Their shockwave attack can instantly deplete your shields, it can hit you even if you are behind cover, and it has very long range. On top of all that, Scions can take a ''lot'' of damage before going down. Scions are the reason that the Reaper IFF mission has become [[That One Level]] for many players.
** The various Pyros also qualify, as the flamethrower mechanics and the game's lack of [[Mercy Invincibility]] means that if they get close to Shepard and score a hit, Shepard will likely end up trapped in the hit animation as the Pyro roasts him/her to death. Not that it takes them long to do that in any event, as their flamethrowers can cause a ''lot'' of damage. The only saving grace is that Pyros only have a basic health bar, although even then they can take more punishment than most mooks.
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** The ship that Morinth left Illium on is the ''Demeter''. In Greek mythology, Demeter was an extremely powerful goddess who lost her daughter to the underworld and walked the earth endlessly searching for her. Sounds a bit like a certain justicar...which makes this a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|literal]] [[Mythology Gag]]. For bonus points, the Demeter was also the name of the ship the Count travelled on in Dracula.
** Does the name of Jacob's father's ship (the ''Hugo Gernsbeck'') sound familiar to you? If you're a sci-fi buff, it should. Hugo Gernsbeck is generally considered the father of modern science fiction and founder of the ''[[Amazing Stories (magazine)|Amazing Stories]]'' magazine. It's who the [[Hugo Award]] is named after. Although considering that the ship named after him is populated in the game by a bunch of self-centered jackasses who routinely perform [[Mind Rape]] on their crew, it's not the ''best'' tribute they could have given the father of modern science fiction...
* [[Goddamn Bats]]: Husks, on any difficulty. They don't use guns, they just run up to you and start whacking you. Mowing them down before they can get to you can be hard because they move ridiculously fast. They also tend to swarm you while you're focused on trying to shoot down something else. They have a few [[Weaksauce Weakness
* [[Good Bad Bug]]:
** Hitting melee halfway between the Claymore's reload animation causes it to auto-complete, and you can fire instantly with it. The Claymore is the single-shot uber-tier shotgun, and basically turns into a semi-automatic.
** There was also a button trick that allowed a character as early as level 6 to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZAq7wcweUQ max out every ability]. This was removed by a patch on May
** The save file transfer doesn't properly import your handling of Conrad Verner. It defaults to the Renegade response, which has you "shoving a gun" in his face and inadvertently making him go "hardcore". There are hex fixes that allow one to see [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATxE9JlSOlg the ME1 Paragon Flagged start.]
** If certain conditions are met while Charging as a Vanguard, Shepard's shield will shoot through the roof, going from between 150-325 to somewhere close to 4000. It only lasts for a single mission but you could essentially go through the rest of it meleeing things to death; and yes, charging would indeed refill it to max.
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** Also, Sir Isaac Newton. '''THE DEADLIEST SON OF A BITCH IN SPACE!!!'''
* [[Memetic Mutation]]:
** "ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL".
** [http://yfrog.com/0flolwhutsheperdj SHEPARD IS PLEASED].
** "I've had enough of your disingenuous assertions!" *PAWNCH* <ref>A reporter who made you look bad no matter what you said in the first game returns; if you didn't punch her the first time, you can punch her now, and say that line.</ref>
** I'm Commander Shepard, [[Celebrity Endorsement|and this is my favorite page on TVtropes.]] <ref>A Paragon Commander Shepard may get discounts from any Citadel Store by offering an endorsement, which is "I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite store on the Citadel". S/He can do this with ''every'' store, however, without worry. Eventually, every store will have the aforementioned recording. Mark Meer (the voice for male Shepard) has stated that he gets bugged by many of his friends to make a custom ringtone for them based on that line.</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]].
*** [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>
** "I should go".
** Garrus is '''impressive'''.
** Thane is '''excellent'''.
** "Can it wait? I'm in the middle of some calibrations." <ref>When Garrus has nothing else to say, he says that. He never finishes with the calibrations, ever, and has only two conversations in the game.</ref>
** "WE KNOW GAVORN'S TRICKS! WE LEAVE!" <ref>What one member of the brutal and primitive vorcha race will say to if you just walk up and start talking to him.</ref>
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** If you do something to enemies (such as [[Kill It with Fire|set them on fire]]), they will let out a scream that goes on for about thirty seconds before they shut up.
** '''Assuming control. Shepard, if I must tear you apart, I will. This hurts you.''' During combat, [[Boss in Mook Clothing]] [[Big Bad]] Harbinger is painfully able to spray comments about you and your teammates at about the same rate as his weapon.
** The screams of the VI during the Overlord DLC seems designed to make you jump out of your seat and tear off your headphones. During the trek through the inert geth ship, the designers go out of their way to blurt out the noise at just the right time to scare the crap out of the
** And this time, instead of the enemies using the same lines [[Overly Long Gag|over and over and over and over]], it's your teammates. But they are right, though--[[Gravity Sucks|gravity is one mean mother]].
* [[Most Wonderful Sound]]:
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** When you wake Grunt up and he pins Shepard against the wall, his shoulder armor visibly clips through his upper body, and Grunt's upper arms ''always'' clip through his armor.
** Mordin's eyes often clip through his eyelids, and Miranda's neck tends to clip through her collar.
** Because there's [[Loads and Loads of Characters|twelve party members]], and they're largely interchangeable during missions, cutscenes often use the same animations for each character. This works fine for the most part, but can get strange if you have Garrus and/or Grunt in your
** Bringing Zaeed to Garrus' recruitment mission triggers an extra conversation between him and Tarak. At the end, there's a closeup of Tarak's face--''[http://i39.tinypic.com/23hqdu1.png with his head clipping through the camera]''.
* [[Tainted by the Preview]]: The first teaser for the game was met by quite the reaction, as was [[Tattooed Crook|Jack's]] reveal.
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* [[Tier-Induced Scrappy]]: He is by far the weakest character in the game. His skills are Pull (an okay move, but useless against enemies with barriers), Incendiary Ammo (okay ammo power, but weak compared to others like Warp Ammo and Armor Piercing Ammo and redundant considering that Grunt and Shepard may also have it), and Barrier. His weapon selection could be worse, but he'd have to be able to use heavy weapons, which no one but Shepard can do, in order to make up for his shortcomings.
** What really screws him up is Barrier because the AI keeps auto-casting that for no reason. He is actually a pretty well-balanced character who is good at crowd-control thanks to Pull and Inferno Ammo and won't die as often as most of the other characters thanks to his high HP.
*** The Barrier problem is negated if you have the Lair of the Shadow Broker [[Downloadable Content|DLC]], as you can redistribute his talent points entirely and simply choose not to spend the leftover point on Barrier.
'''Miranda Lawson'''
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