Mass Effect 2/YMMV: Difference between revisions

* [[Jerkass Woobie]]: As revealed by her loyalty mission, {{spoiler|Jack was constantly tortured by Cerberus in order to turn her into the ultimate weapon. When she was a kid, she would be thrown into an arena to fight to the death against wild animals and other biotic kids, in addition to the brutality she had to endure from the scientists and guards.}}.

* [[Angst? What Angst?]]: The strongest complaint fans have is that he is "boring.". Even after his loyalty mission where Shepard and company find out that {{spoiler|Mr Taylor Sr has forced his crew to eat toxic food, driven off or murdered the males, and kept the women as sex slaves}}, he merely shrugs it off (and becomes offended if Shepard insists that he should express anything otherwise). This becomes fridge brilliance when Shepard gains access to the {{spoiler|Shadow Broker's}} dossiers and finds Jacob was placed on the team because he's a "stabilising element.". He's supposed to be this way, and with [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|good]] [[Ax Crazy|reason]], [[Knight Templar|considering]] [[The Atoner|how]] [[Blood Knight|screwed]] [[Classy Cat Burglar|up]] [[He Who Fights Monsters|the]] [[Cowboy Cop|rest]] [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|of]] [[Serial Killer|Shepard's]] [[Broken Bird|squaddies]] [[Blue and Orange Morality|are]].

** His romance path often invokes [[Stop Being Stereotypical]] (Sneakingsneaking into the Captain's Quarters). It also gives off vibes of being rather forced, by comparison to the other romances.

* [[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.

*** 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.

* [[Base Breaker]]: Quite possibly one of the biggest examples in the entire trilogy. Most fans either love Miranda or absolutely loathe her. ItsIt's hard to find a fan who has a neutral opinion of her. Some find her hot, others find her blatant status as Fanservice (complete with many a shot of her ass) annoying. Some feel sorry for her, others think she's whiny and arrogant. And then there are some who don't like her for her [[Knight Templar|loyalty to Cerberus]].

* [[Canon Sue]]: [[BioWare]] uses Miranda to explore the entire concept of the [[Mary Sue|perfect human]]. She's unbelievably gorgeous, brilliant and skilled. She is those things because her father, an egotistical prick, designed her that way in a lab. [[Deconstructed Trope|Miranda is tortured by all of those gifts, seeing in them constant evidence of her father's influence.]].

* [[Uncanny Valley]]: Her face looks a little... off at times. [[Fridge Brilliance]] comes in when it's meant to be perfect, thus looks a little off.

* [[Ear Worm]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXiU6kiq_Ms Singing Mordin.].

* {{spoiler|[[Too Cool to Live]]}}: {{spoiler|Survival during final assault unlikely.}}.

* [[Base Breaker]]: Some fans think Zaeed is a total badass. Others view him as a stereotypical [[Bounty Hunter]], a cheap knock-off of [[Knights of the Old Republic|Canderous Ordo]], or yet another [[The Generic Guy|generic guy]]. There are also some people who just dislike him for [[Psycho for Hire|being a bastard.]].

* [[Cargo Ship]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9-dLzzQuVM&feature=related This] video ships Zaeed with his rifle, [[I Call It Vera|Jessie.]].

* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|Letting the refinery and everyone inside burn to make sure he kills Vido.}}.

* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: Some of the fanbase consider her actions to be ''completely'' the fault of her genetics, which are in turn Samara's fault, and thus ''Samara's'' the monster for hunting down a serial murderer who kills solely for her own benefit. In spite of the fact Samara's other daughters have the same genetic disorder, neither of ''them'' went on a killing spree, Morinth never shows so much as a single redeeming feature or hint of remorse and her argument for Shepard saving her is that she is already as powerful as her mother, so she would be a more powerful ally. She ''will'' kill Shepard if she is given the opportunity -; hell, that's how you recruit her, by offering yourself as bait. As awful as her early life must have been, she's spent the subsequent four hundred years burning out the brains of innocent victims to boost her own power ''for fun''.

* [[Never Live It Down]]: The name of Zaal'Koris's ship, the ''Qwib Qwib'', so named because it's a repurposed ship that was originally non-Quarian and the Quarians are unable to format the ship's registration documentation. [[Tempting Fate|Tali warns Shepard not to ask about the name,]], but Shepard can inquire anyway.

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: To the degree that people want him back in ME3''Mass Effect 3'' as a squadmate.

** Most people wanted him as a squaddie as early as in ME2''Mass Effect 2'' after seeing him for the first time in one of the pre-release trailers.

* [[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.}}.

* [[Epileptic Trees]]: There are more than a few involving her, one being that she's acquainted with Wrex, {{spoiler|which is heavily hinted at in-game.}}.

** The game itself seems to heavily imply this, as one of the videos Shepard can watch {{spoiler|in the Shadow Broker's archives}} is footage of Aethyta sitting at home alone, drinking, and staring at a holograph of (what is almost undeniably) Liara.

** {{spoiler|Confirmed in ''Mass Effect 3''}}.

* [[Crack Ship]]: It's mostly a joke, but Harbinger/Shepard, drawing upon such lines as "I KNOW YOU FEEL THIS,", is oddly popular.

* [[The Woobie]]: {{spoiler|Many people feel sorry for it considering it was most likely under Harbinger's control it's entire life and the ending cinematic has it looking around in what looks like confusion and sorrow when Harbinger releases control.}}.

** {{spoiler|If expressionless bug aliens could make an [[Oh Crap]] face, that's what it would have done right then.}}.

* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|Forcing his brother to take part in Project Overlord.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[What an Idiot!]]: Yeah, go ahead and shoot your gun at a supremely pissed off [[Good Is Not Nice|PARAGON]] [[Badass|COMMANDER SHEPARD]]. [[Sarcasm Mode|That will]] [[Pistol-Whipping|end well.]]. In the end, probably the only thing that saved his life was that Paragon Shepard was more worried about helping his brother than killing Archer.}}.

* [[Best Boss Ever]]: Vasir is an asari Spectre. An asari Spectre ''Vanguard.''. Especially awesome if your Shepard is also a Vanguard.

* [[The Woobie]]/[[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: {{spoiler|Born with autism, exploited by his own brother, turned into a machine against his will, and insane from the strain of being in charge of a computer network. This guy's life is just one heartbreak after another. Unfortunately, he's incredibly unstable and dangerous, and become so withdrawn and broken, he doesn't realize the harm of his actions.}}.

* [[The Scrappy]]: Quite a few people hate them for their reaction on Horizon, even if they did not in ''[[Mass Effect]] 1''.