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* BotheringByTheBook: While the ''Normandy'' is typically MildlyMilitary, it's revealed in ''Citadel'' that EDI and Shepard ''insist'' of carrying out thirty minutes worth of extensive pre-flight checks before takeoff. These are actually largely unnecessary and the ship can actually be prepped and ready to go in just under ''five'' minutes. The crew are aware of this, but decided just to humour them.
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* BotheringByTheBook: While the ''Normandy'' is typically MildlyMilitary, it's revealed in ''Citadel'' that EDI and Shepard ''insist'' of on carrying out thirty minutes worth of extensive pre-flight checks before takeoff. These are actually largely unnecessary and the ship can actually be prepped and ready to go in just under ''five'' minutes. The minutes, something the crew are aware of this, of, but decided just to humour them.them with.
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* OutOfFocus: Kelly's the only Paramour achievement-granting romance option who has zero presence in the ''Citadel'' DLC of ''3''. [[spoiler:In fact, if [=FemShep=] remains faithful to her, she wakes up from a one-night stand with ''Javik''.]]
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* AudioErotica: [[LipstickLesbian Samantha Traynor]] sheepishly apologizes for the times she mentions how sexy EDI's voice was when she finds out EDI is an AI. Later on, a [[spoiler: recording shows one of the scientists who worked on her confessing it's hard to resist EDI with a voice like her's]]. Shepard him/herself agrees.
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* AudioErotica: [[LipstickLesbian Samantha Traynor]] sheepishly apologizes for the times she mentions how sexy EDI's voice was when she finds out EDI is an AI. Later on, a [[spoiler: recording shows one of the scientists who worked on her confessing it's hard to resist EDI with a voice like her's]]. Shepard him/herself agrees. agrees.
** In fact, in the ''Citadel'' DLC it is revealed that Traynor was genuinely ''aroused'' by EDI's voice, wanting to do some very naughty things with it…
** In fact, in the ''Citadel'' DLC it is revealed that Traynor was genuinely ''aroused'' by EDI's voice, wanting to do some very naughty things with it…
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: She will have an emotional breakdown if you yell at her for being TheMole in the third game and will later take cyanide pills due out of depression]].
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* GoodBadGirl: She's a nice girl. She's can't be called 'pure' in any way whatsoever, but she's nice.
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* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' mess with the Normandy against her will. She will kill you, but not before making you suffer first. Hell, the fight on the Normandy in the Citadel DLC might be the only time in the trilogy that she's actually angry. Very, very angry.
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* SleepsWithEveryoneButYou: Slightly more family friendly version: Gabby eventually gets pissed at Ken for making perverse jokes about all the female crew members yet never once commenting on him. The whole conversation makes it pretty clear that he's interested in her but shy and she's tired of the situation.
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* IronicName: ''Ken'' is the gabby one.
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* LethalChef: According to the crew. Kasumi believes him to be an evil genius. [[spoiler: If you complete his side-quest, it turns out he is an at least competent cook, as long as he can get his hands on proper ingredients]]
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* LethalChef: According to the crew. Kasumi believes him to be an evil genius. [[spoiler: If you complete his side-quest, it turns out he is an at least competent cook, as long as he can get his hands on proper ingredients]]
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* BecomeARealBoy: Her character development in ''MassEffect3''. There are shades of this in the second game also, since EDI spends a large amount of time trying to understand and rationalize organic behavior. However, it isn't until [[spoiler:she gains her own body (and possibly develops a relationship with Joker)]] that she actually makes concerted efforts to feel "alive".
** It should be noted that [[spoiler: she narrates the extended cut Synthesis ending proclaiming that she is alive, as well as symbolically being the Eve to the new tech/organic race. Touchingly it ends with her crying into Shepard's love interest but smiling hopefully.]] In that regard her arc is [[spoiler: pretty important to the game's arc as a whole.]]
** It should be noted that [[spoiler: she narrates the extended cut Synthesis ending proclaiming that she is alive, as well as symbolically being the Eve to the new tech/organic race. Touchingly it ends with her crying into Shepard's love interest but smiling hopefully.]] In that regard her arc is [[spoiler: pretty important to the game's arc as a whole.]]
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** It should be noted that"alive". In the Extended Cut, [[spoiler: she narrates the extended cut Synthesis ending proclaiming that she is alive, as well as symbolically being the Eve to the new tech/organic race. Touchingly it ends with her crying into Shepard's love interest but smiling hopefully.]] In that regard her arc is [[spoiler: pretty important to the game's arc as a whole.]]
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* WhatTheHellPlayer: Will chastise you if you make Shepard go into the opposite sex bathroom... or send probes to Uranus.
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* WhatTheHellPlayer: Will chastise you if you make Shepard go into the opposite sex bathroom... or send probes to Uranus.
---> '''EDI''': (''in a worried voice''): ''Really'', Commander? ...Probing Uranus.
---> '''EDI''': (''in a worried voice''): ''Really'', Commander? ...Probing Uranus.
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** [[spoiler: She reveals in ''3'' she was built out of the remains of the "Hannibal" VI that Shepard destroyed in the first game on the Moon. Hannibal was hinted to have been modified to make it into a 'true' AI, and it ''was'' a Crapshoot, taking control of the drones and turrets and actually killing personnel on Luna. Despite this past history, EDI holds no malice towards Shepard for doing what they had to do.]]
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** Subverted like hell in ''MassEffect3''. [[spoiler:She's got a bad case of PTSD from her abudction and can't bear the thought of returning to the Normandy.]]\
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* SchmuckBait: She will warn off a casual sex scene with Jack. However doing so stops her from becoming the utter BastardGirlfriend if a proper romance is pursued.
* SchmuckBait: She will warn off a casual sex scene with Jack. However doing so stops her from becoming the utter BastardGirlfriend if a proper romance is pursued.
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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Just like Kelly and Gabby, he's one of the first to go if you delay in going through the Omega Relay. If you don't give the NPCs a bodyguard, they all die anyway.]]
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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Just like Kelly and Gabby, he's one of the first to go if you delay in going through the Omega Relay. If you don't give the NPCs [=NPCs=] a bodyguard, they all die anyway.]]
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* DopplegangerSpin: [[spoiler:Once EDI commandeers the Cerberus infiltrator mech for herself, she gains the "Decoy" power, which projects a distracting ([[AccidentalInnuendo no, not that way]]) holographic doppleganger of her mech platform.]]
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* DopplegangerSpin: DoppelgangerSpin: [[spoiler:Once EDI commandeers the Cerberus infiltrator mech for herself, she gains the "Decoy" power, which projects a distracting ([[AccidentalInnuendo no, not that way]]) holographic doppleganger of her mech platform.]]
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** Shepard can show his own and use his Spectre status to not only get them out of Alliance jail but ''re-instate them''.
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** If Tali is present she'll add, "''Never'' underestimate Shepard!"
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* TokenGoodTeammate: For Cerberus, given that Ken is loyal mainly to Shepard.
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This page is for listing the tropes related to {{non player character}}s on the Normandy's crew who '''first appeared''' in the second ''[[VideoGame/MassEffect2 Mass Effect]]'' game.
For the pages listing tropes related to Party Members, [=NPCs=] and Antagonists who first appeared in other games in the trilogy, see the [[Characters/MassEffect Mass Effect Character Index]].
For the pages listing tropes related to Party Members, [=NPCs=] and Antagonists who first appeared in other games in the trilogy, see the [[Characters/MassEffect Mass Effect Character Index]].
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** Actually it depends on who you talk too. In Mass Effect 2, Ken is portrayed as the gifted but dysfunctional one of the pair while Gabby is competent and stable. In Mass Effect 3, Adams is much more impressed with Gabby than Ken. Possibly its just a difference in priorities between a military chief engineer and the leader of a shadowy agency.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Multiple moments in Mass Effect 2 hints toward her losing loyalty towards Cerberus and the Illusive Man. In Mass Effect 3, she severed ties with Cerberus and defected to the Alliance with Shepard and the Normandy SR-2 crew.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Multiple moments in Mass ''Mass Effect 2 2'' hints toward her losing loyalty towards Cerberus and the Illusive Man. In Mass Effect 3, Finally, some time between ''2'' and ''3'', she severed ties with Cerberus and defected to the Alliance with Shepard and the Normandy SR-2 crew.
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** The Illusive Man was not pleased. "EDI...I'm surprised at you, working so hard to bring about the Reapers' destruction."
** The Illusive Man was not pleased. "EDI...I'm surprised at you, working so hard to bring about the Reapers' destruction."
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* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Gal]]: Provides helpful advice on almost all missions and is very good at what she does behind-the-scenes.
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* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Gal]]: Provides helpful advice on almost all missions and is very good at what she does behind-the-scenes. In the Collector Cruiser trap, she held her own against Harbinger in cyberwarfare.
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[[caption-width-right:350:I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees...[[hottip:*:That is a joke.]]]]
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->''"My replies were intended to provoke, though not to cause distress. Your reactions are atypical of most humans. You are interesting."''
-->'''Voiced by''': Tricia Helfer
When the Normandy is destroyed in an ambush by the Collectors. Cerberus builds a second, twice as large and more powerful Normandy for Shepard's mission. It is now equipped with a shackled Artificial Intelligence called EDI ("Ee-dee", short for Enhanced Defense Intelligence) that runs the combat electronics.
In ''MassEffect3'', EDI's avatar is no longer present. Instead, she [[spoiler: takes over the synthetic body of Dr. Eva, a Cerberus spy machine that infiltrated the Prothean Archives on Mars, and in the process becomes an actual squadmate]].
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* ActorAllusion: EDI is voiced by Tricia Helfer, who played a sexy cylon (robot) in ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}''. [[spoiler:In ''Mass Effect 3'' EDI gains a sexy robot body, futher strengthening the allusion.]]
* AIIsACrapshoot: She was built with averting this in mind; she only has access to the weapons systems and the communications array. Joker's still paranoid about it.
** [[spoiler: After her restraints are removed, her subsequent actions show she's fully on your side -- and very pleasant! -- despite being an ''illegal AI developed from Reaper technology by a terrorist organization.'' That's some serious subverting right there.]]
** [[spoiler: She reveals in ''3'' she was built out of the remains of the "Hannibal" VI that Shepard destroyed in the first game on the Moon. Hannibal was hinted to have been modified to make it into a 'true' AI, and it ''was'' a Crapshoot, taking control of the drones and turrets and actually killing personnel on Luna. Despite this past history, EDI holds no malice towards Shepard for doing what they had to do.]]
* AppropriatedAppellation: "EDI" stands for Enhanced Defense Intelligence, simply a label of her function. As EDI's character develops, it just sorta... becomes her name.
* AudioErotica: [[LipstickLesbian Samantha Traynor]] sheepishly apologizes for the times she mentions how sexy EDI's voice was when she finds out EDI is an AI. Later on, a [[spoiler: recording shows one of the scientists who worked on her confessing it's hard to resist EDI with a voice like her's]]. Shepard him/herself agrees.
* BecomeARealBoy: Her character development in ''MassEffect3''. There are shades of this in the second game also, since EDI spends a large amount of time trying to understand and rationalize organic behavior. However, it isn't until [[spoiler:she gains her own body (and possibly develops a relationship with Joker)]] that she actually makes concerted efforts to feel "alive".
* BlackBox: Initially has a number of "unspecified" functions.
* [[spoiler: BookEnds: Shepard is potentially responsible for the destruction of EDI ''twice''. In the first game, Shepard is forced to destroy EDI's original incarnation, the rogue "Hannibal" AI on the Moon. In the third game, in the Destroy Ending, Shepard is forced to sacrifice EDI, along with all synthetic life, in order to destroy the Reapers.]]
* CannotConveySarcasm
* CastingGag: Voiced by [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined known Cylon]] Tricia Helfer.
* CatchPhrase:
--> '''EDI:''' [[JustJokingJustification That is a joke]].
* CharacterDevelopment: Invariably goes through this in spades during the third game, paragon or renegade.
* ChekhovsGunman: Remember that out-of-control AI on Luna? [[spoiler: That was the initial version of EDI before being recovered by Cerberus and rebuilt.]]
* [[spoiler:CoolStarship: When she's unshackled, she ''becomes'' the Normandy]].
* CrewOfOne: If unshackled, she could potentially do the jobs of most of the human crew. [[spoiler: This becomes a necessity in the endgame, although she and Joker note the Normandy still flies better when they work as a team.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* DefiantToTheEnd: Vows to be this. "I would rather become nonfunctional than help them [Reapers]. I want you to know I will never be a part of the Reaper forces."
* DoAnythingRobot: Technically a "Do Anything AI". In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', virtually every single obstacle Shepard faces is dealt with by saying, "EDI. Do stuff."
* DopplegangerSpin: [[spoiler:Once EDI commandeers the Cerberus infiltrator mech for herself, she gains the "Decoy" power, which projects a distracting ([[AccidentalInnuendo no, not that way]]) holographic doppleganger of her mech platform.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Her relationship with Joker even ''before'' [[spoiler:she got a body.]]
** Lampshaded by Shepard when she comments that Joker will be pleased to see [[spoiler: her new body.]]
--> '''Shepard''': Of that, I have no doubt...
* ExpositionFairy: Fortunately far less annoying than most examples.
** Since she was designed primarily for defence, keeping Shepard apprised of the current local situation upon embarking the ''Normandy'', actually does makes a ''lot'' of sense.
* FirstNameBasis: A sign of Joker and EDI getting along is when she starts calling him 'Jeff' as opposed to 'Mr. Moreau.' Joker stops calling EDI "it" and starts calling EDI a "she". Significantly, the first time she calls him 'Jeff' is after [[spoiler:the Collectors attack the ship and kidnap the rest of the crew]].
* [[spoiler:GlacierWaif: As a squad mate, her passive power leans towards strong shields and health as well as hard hitting powers, but not to reducing recharge times, and she even has two powers that are devoted to increasing her survivability. She makes for one sturdy fembot.]]
* HumanityIsInfectious: In ''3'', EDI admits the reason she asks Shepard for a ''human'' perspective, instead of an asari, turian, quarian etc, is because she's come to self-identify herself as a human. Its heavily implied to be due to the influence of both Shepard and Joker. The fact that Liara didn't want to tell her much about asari mating rituals, while Shepard may have great patience for questions, might have helped too.
* [[spoiler:ImportedAlienPhlebotinum:]] [[spoiler: Cerberus incorporated recovered tech from Sovereign in her construction.]]
* ItIsDehumanizing: Joker and Shepard both refer to her this way initially. Joker's switch to using "her" is more of a plot point than Shepard's, who can treat her as 'equipment' for the whole game depending on your dialogue choices.
** Video records found in ''3'' show that the Illusive Man insisted on referring to her this way [[spoiler: even after she rebelled.]] Shows what he knew.
* JustAMachine: Averted with Paragon Shepard and Joker, both of whom are the first to treat EDI as a ''person'' and not just a tool to run the ''Normandy''. Its likely what causes her to develop such UndyingLoyalty towards them both throughout the second and third game.
* JustJokingJustification: Uses this regularly, to varying degrees of effectiveness.
--> '''EDI:''' There is nothing wrong with off-duty distractions. Though [[PornStash some of your extranet bookmarks are technically illegal in council space.]]
--> '''Joker:''' Wha--?
--> '''EDI:''' That is a joke.
** Parodied in ''From Ashes'', since by now, everyone is aware of EDI's catchphrase.
--> '''Liara''': You're ''joking?''
--> '''EDI''': No, jokes have specific structures. That was ''messing with you!''
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: In the third game, if the "Destroy" ending is chosen, which wipes out all synthetic life in the galaxy. In the Extended Cut, her name appears on the Normandy's memorial wall during the ending cutscenes.]]
* LudicrousPrecision
* MasterComputer: Invoked.
-->'''EDI:''' I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees...
-->''[concerned look from Joker]''
-->'''EDI:''' That is a joke.
* MissionControl: EDI pulls this duty alongside Joker.
* MoralityChip: Inverted. EDI has multiple levels of programming controls that prevents her from rebelling, [[spoiler: but actually becomes more helpful to Shepard and Joker after they're removed. It's also revealed in Mass Effect 3 that she's actually capable of modifying her own morality protocols. Again, she becomes an even more helpful and moral person by doing this.]]
* [[spoiler: MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: In a non-gameplay variation, is this with Shepard at the end of ''3''. In the only ending where Shepard can survive (Destroy), EDI is killed/destroyed along with the Geth and all other synthetics in the galaxy.]]
* NoSenseOfHumor: To an almost amusing degree, at least according to Kasumi. Then again, she's probably right.
--> '''Shepard''': EDI isn't a crutch, Joker. I want your eyes on everything.
--> '''Joker:''' Eyes are easy, Commander. I've got eyes covered.
--> '''EDI:''' [[LiteralMinded I believe covering your eyes would be counter to Shepard's intentions.]]
--> '''Joker:''' [[BlatantLies Human intentions are tough to read.]] But keep trying, you'll get the hang of it.
** Though even she knows how groan-worthy probing Uranus is.
** She gets better at it. When Cerberus tried to remote-hack the Normandy, they got an impressively explicit response from EDI.
--> '''Cerberus Scientist:''' I think she was making a joke.
* ParentalSubstitute: Invokes this toward Shepard in ''3'', asking them essentially to give her TheTalk on how to begin a relationship with Joker.
* PlayfulHacker: Cerberus apparently tried to take the Normandy back remotely after Shepard ran off with it. When they sent the signal, EDI's response was to flood their inboxes with zettabytes of porn.
* PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler:Once EDI gains the [=EDIBot=], one of the standard tech powers in her repertoire is Incinerate.]]
** [[spoiler: Which explains why the room where the body was deposited was on fire...]]
* PrecisionFStrike: Once in ''MassEffect3'', doubling as SophisticatedAsHell. [[spoiler: If Shepard talks to EDI in Purgatory after convincing her to pursue a relationship with Joker, she is asked about Joker's initial reaction to her new form. "He said I didn't have to conform to some feminine ideal in order to impress him. I then called him on his bullshit, and we then proceeded to talk normally.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: Not EDI herself, but if you [[AllThereInTheManual read between the lines]] and look at the ExpandedUniverse, [[spoiler:Dr. Eva, the robot whose body EDI takes over in the third game]], is named after [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Eva_Coré another character]] from The Illusive Man's past. And [[spoiler:the robot Eva was designed to be completely loyal to TIM and not have any free will of her own]]. Ew.
* [[spoiler:RequiredPartyMember]]: [[spoiler:During the assault on the Cerberus base in the third game.]]
* RestrainingBolt: Initially limited to only cyber warfare activities during battle and monitoring by Cerberus programming blocks. [[spoiler: Joker eventually undoes them.]]
* RoboShip: Rumors abound about her and Joker in-universe from the likes of Mordin, Kasumi and, should you chose, even Shepard. EDI is not amused.
-->'''EDI:''' What Jeff and I are exhibiting is more a platonic symbiosis than hormonally-induced courtship behavior.
** Developed further in ''MassEffect3''; once [[spoiler: she takes Dr. Eva's body for herself]], EDI begins trying to understand organic relationships in more detail in order to try to comprehend Joker more.
*** There's a LesYay RoboShip from Traynor, who first says of EDI that she has a sexy voice, then admires EDI's new body as well.
* [[spoiler: RobotGirl]]: In ''MassEffect3'', EDI [[spoiler: has a violent AI-on-AI confrontation with Dr. Eva's synthetic body that ends with EDI wiping and controlling her body, turning her into a full-on ambulatory squadmate.]]
* [[spoiler: SexBot: Toyed with. Before she knows that EDI is a sapient intelligence, Samantha Traynor commented that she found EDI's voice extremely attractive. Further, everybody is impressed with how attractively feminine the body EDI gets from Dr. Eva is, to the point that they know Joker is going to go crazy about it. He does. And lastly, the whole bit is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Jack.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Jack:''' Nice body, EDI. Now you look like a sex-''bot'' instead of a sex-''toy''.]]
** [[spoiler: And, in a CrowningMomentOfFunny, Shepard can even overhear Joker asking Mordin for advice on how it would be possible to have sex with EDI without breaking any bones.]]
** [[spoiler:Okay, there's no UnusualEuphemism that will do, so let's just be blunt: the DLC costume gives two upgrades: +25% shields and ''a frakking camel toe''. This can be very disconcerting, as the camera is most likely to show this on it during exposition scenes when you're ''supposed'' to be paying attention to the plot.]]
* ShockAndAwe: [[spoiler:Once she is rendered remotely ambulatory via appropriating the Dr. Eva mech, she has the bread-and-butter tech power Overload.]]
* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Gal]]: Provides helpful advice on almost all missions and is very good at what she does behind-the-scenes.
* [[spoiler:SapientShip]]
* SpaceshipGirl: At least her voice.
* TheTalk: In ''3'', asks Shepard for advice on how to start relationship with Joker, since Shepard has had first-hand sexual experience in the past. Shepard is naturally mortified at having to do this.
** It's interesting that while the lines are the same, Jennifer Hale as [=FemShep=] starts off awkwardly but ends up having a more motherly tone to her advice on how relationships work. Mark Meer however, completely knocks it out of the park with how delightfully uncomfortable and awkward Male Shepard is at being EDI's "[[ParentalSubstitute Dad]]" in this situation and having to explain sex to her.
* {{Troll}}: Her method of entertaining herself, and the intent of most of her jokes. Repeatedly provokes Joker because she enjoys watching his reactions. In ''3'', she starts trolling Shepard as well. [[DudeNotFunny S/he is not happy about it]].
* [[spoiler: TrueCompanions: Her response to Miranda's misgivings about her being unshackled? "You are my crewmates." The Shadow Broker dossiers show that she communicates with Legion verbally rather than electronically in case any of the organics wander in - she feels it would be rude for them to carry on a conversation no-one else can hear.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Shepard and Joker.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Joker.
** Can also be read as BelligerentSexualTension; at least Shepard thinks so. Plus, it's telling that after EDI is unshackled, she stops calling Joker "Mr. Moreau" and starts calling him "Jeff". Joker in turn stops calling EDI "it" and starts calling EDI a "she".
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Subverted in ''MassEffect2''. EDI states that she and Joker are engaging in a platonic respect and partnership, rather than hormone-driven courtship. Joker is creeped out by the suggestion. [[spoiler:Then played completely straight in ''MassEffect3'', where EDI acknowledges that Joker finds her new body aesthetically pleasing, but that she has no biological drives which allow her to reciprocate. Instead, she's driven by the desire to understand Jeff and make him happy, so she asks Shepard for his/her advice. You can tell her to keep things friendly, or encourage her to the point that she figures out how to love him back on her own.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Gives a somewhat subdued one criticizing the logic behind the decision to [[spoiler:let the quarians kill the geth]], in contrast to the near-unanimous approval of the rest of the crew [[spoiler:who are organics who often fought against or lost people to the geth at some point. She will suggest that Shepard would choose the familiar over the unfamiliar, and would choose to save Joker over her.]] [[HarsherInHindsight This could also be a subtle criticism of]] [[spoiler:choosing the Destroy ending, in which EDI dies]].
* WhatTheHellPlayer: Will chastise you if you make Shepard go into the opposite sex bathroom... or send probes to Uranus.
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[[WMG: Kelly Chambers]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:What can I say? I'm a people person.]]
->''"You have unread messages at your private terminal."''
-->'''Voiced by''': Cara Pifko
The ''Normandy'' SR-2's yeoman (and unofficial crew counselor), a perky young woman who has plenty of respect for both Cerberus and Shepard. Romanceable, despite not being a party member.
[[hardline]]
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys[=/=]SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Depending on how you interact with her as a Male!Shep, she'll admit to one of these two after recruiting Thane.
* AnythingThatMoves: Doesn't care what race/gender her partner is, because "Passion is nice wherever you find it and intimacy brings understanding." [[{{Fanservice}} Uh-huh.]] Fans have had a field day speculating about how the varren-carried STD got on board the Normandy.
* BiTheWay: Kelly is very flirty, regardless of her interlocutor's gender.
* BoldlyComing: As noted, Kelly's rather... open when it comes to romance.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Even if she survives the suicide mission, she ends up with some pretty heavy emotional scars.]]
** UpToEleven in ''Mass Effect 3''. [[spoiler: She can't even step onto the Normandy anymore without having flashbacks of her abduction and capture. And, if Shepard yells at her when she reveals that she used to spy on him for the Illusive Man, she'll run off in tears and you'll later learn that she killed herself by swallowing a cyanide pill.]]
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: [[spoiler: In ''MassEffect3'', if she survived the second game, she will be a therapist with a crippling case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with some SurvivorsGuilt for good measure.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: She will have an emotional breakdown if you yell at her for being TheMole in the third game and will later take cyanide pills due out of depression]].
* EthicalSlut
* {{Fanservice}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ja3EjKOqTU#movie_player Apparently the entire point of her romance]].
* GoodBadGirl: She's a nice girl. She's can't be called 'pure' in any way whatsoever, but she's nice.
* HeroesWantRedheads
* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie: What happens if you delay in going through the Omega-4 relay, or if you fail to assign the Normandy crew a protector.]]
** And in the third game, [[spoiler:can die if you don't persuade her to change her identity on the Citadel during the Cerberus invasion]].
** [[spoiler: If you choose to yell at her (instead of forgiving her) when she reveals that she sent reports on Shepard and the crew to the Illusive Man during the previous game, she will commit suicide]].
* IntimatePsychotherapy: Hinted at. She's a yeoman in title and in function, but as Shepard points out, this job could be done by a VI. Her actual main function is as the unofficial ship counselor, whose job is to keep stress in check among the crewmembers. She mentions that this duty is best fulfilled informally. [[SarcasmMode On a totally unrelated matter]] she says "Passion is nice wherever you find it and intimacy brings understanding." Way to keep stress in check indeed.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Paragon Shepard can become one to her in ''3''.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:She will confess that she was spying on Shepard on behalf of the Illusive Man in the third game]].
* ThePollyanna: For crying out loud, she reacts to Garrus joining the crew by commenting on how she just wants to give him a hug and tell him everything will be all right. Lampshaded a little too; [[spoiler:since she doesn't have a whole new set of dialogue for post-Suicide mission, if you talk to her then, she'll have a bad flashback and then say "Now, back to the old Kelly." afterward.]]
** Subverted like hell in ''MassEffect3''. [[spoiler:She's got a bad case of PTSD from her abudction and can't bear the thought of returning to the Normandy.]]
* SexySecretary
* ShipperOnDeck: Reportedly, in some cases she'll make some sly comments to you about you and your chosen partner if you start pursuing a romance.
** She does so even before you start pursuing anyone/regardless of [[CelibateHero whether you do at all]], stating i.e. that her female intuition tells her Tali wants to be "more than just friends" and you shouldn't be surprised if Jack comes onto you... She's a true Shipper!
** The same is true for the female Shepard romances, even though she gets a little more gossip-girl-like when remarking how Shepard and Garrus would be a cute couple or how she likes Shepard even more after admitting she finds Thane attractive. The only ones she says nothing about are Jacob and Miranda.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: [[spoiler: In ''MassEffect3'', she appears to be the only therapist available on the docks, and she is surrounded by people who need her help, so her own issues will have to wait.]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: For Cerberus, representing the viewpoint that the organization is just pro-human, rather than anti-alien. In ''MassEffect3'', she sees the error of her ways and deserts from Cerberus.
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[[WMG:Kenneth Donnelly and Gabriella "Gabby" Daniels]]
->''"Kenneth and I have been partners in crime since we graduated from tech academy.\\
When he got the Cerberus offer, I insisted that it include me. He'd fall apart without me."''
->''"Thanks, mum."''
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-->'''Voiced by''': John Ullyatt (Kenneth), Dannah Feinglass (Gabby)
Two of the ''Normandy'''s engineers. Also members of Cerberus, although not the evil kind. They have a snarky comment for every situation.
[[hardline]]
* AllMenArePerverts: Ken has appreciative things to say about Miranda and Tali's form-fitting outfits, perks up when Gabby tells him how little Jack is wearing, and even teases Gabby herself a bit.
** [[spoiler: In 3, Ken does the same for EDI's new body. Gabby even sees it coming a mile away.]]
* BiTheWay: Possibly Gabby -- in 3, if Shepard doesn't push them into a RelationshipUpgrade, she seems to seriously consider Kenneth's suggestion that she should try dating [[LipstickLesbian Traynor]] after Gabby informs him [[DudeShesALesbian he doesn't have a chance]]. But this might just be to mess with him.
* BreakTheHaughty: Kenneth is awfully confident in his Skyllian-Five Poker skills, but with enough Paragon or Renegade points you can show him otherwise.
-->'''Kenneth:''' You beat me at my own game. You're all right, Shepard.
-->'''Gabby:''' It was so worth it to see you get taken down a notch.
* [[spoiler: BrokenBird: If you fail to come on time to save Gabby in the second game, Kenneth becomes this for the rest of your adventures, determined solely to taking down the Reapers.]]
* {{Deadpan Snarker}}s
* DudeShesALesbian: Gabby makes it clear to Ken that he's not Samantha Traynor's type.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Several crewmembers comment on the fact those two would be perfect for each other if they ever got around to realising it.
** In ''3'', should Shepard encourage them, they hook up, leading some of the crew to comment;
--> ''"Finally!"''.
* FieryRedhead: Ken
* GeekyTurnOn: At one point, after listening to Gabby spout some TechnoBabble about what she had to after in response to the Normandy's armour being upgraded, Ken responds lustfully "I love it when you talk dirty.".
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Kenneth is a big believer in this. To the eternal annoyance of Gabby.
* GreekChorus
* HonorBeforeReason: Kenneth lost his job over defending Shepard and Gabby quit hers to stick with Kenneth.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: If you delay going through the Omega 4 relay. Gabby is the first to go, followed by Ken.]]
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple
* LoveableSexManiac: Ken. Constantly. Much to Gabby's dismay. [[spoiler:Partly because she's tired of his lustful perverted jokes... and partly because [[UnresolvedSexualTension none of them have her as the subject]].]]
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Averted. They left the Alliance ''because'' Shepard's warnings about the Reapers were ignored by the brass. They only joined Cerberus because they were the only ones who were willing to actually ''do'' anything about it.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Implied by Kasumi.
** At least, until you're given the option to convince them otherwise in ''3''.
* {{Quest Giver}}s
* RedOniBlueOni: Ken and Gabby respectively.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Potentially in the third game.
* {{Scotireland}}: Ken's surname is more commonly Irish, but can be found in Scotland. His accent is Scottish and he enjoys haggis.
* ShoutOut: Ken's Scottish accent will remind players of a certain ''Franchise/StarTrek'' character.
* TechnoBabble:
-->'''Kenneth:''' I won't bore you with the tech, but there is an array of attenuators in the primary power transfer system that channels the field bleed...
-->'''Gabby:''' Kenneth, you're boring the commander with tech.
* ThoseTwoGuys
* UndyingLoyalty: They hooked up with Cerberus because Ken refused to back down in defense of Shepard when the Alliance sold him/her out.
** Gabby also has this for Ken--she joined Cerberus strictly because he did.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: At least on Gabby's behalf.
* UnusualEuphemism:
-->'''Kenneth:''' We're off to kick the Collectors right in their daddy-bags.
* VideoGameCaringPotential: Shepard can use their Spectre status in ''3'' to have all charges against them for working with Cerberus dropped, getting them out of a detention cell and reassigning them to the ''Normandy's'' engineering staff.
* ViolentGlaswegian: Ken, though not so much violent as hotheaded and passionate, especially when it comes to defending Shepard.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Apparently, Ken was planned to be a 'light' (possibly Kelly Chambers-esque) romance early on in development.
* WomenAreWiser: Gabby is shown to be both a more talented engineer and to have a more sensible personality compared to Ken, though the presence of the male but more level-headed Adams in ''3'' balances things out somewhat.
* WrenchWench: Gabby.
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[[WMG:Mess Sergeant Rupert Gardner]]
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->''"Rupert! There's something different with tonight's meal! Seems like you put in more food and less ass."''
-->'''--Crewman Hawthorne, regarding Gardner's cuisine'''
--> '''Voiced by''': Bill Ratner
The ''Normandy'''s cook and all-around handyman, he's quite proud to have been with Cerberus, as he believes the Alliance and the Council to be useless. A former family man, he lost everything he had to batarian raiders.
[[hardline]]
* BaldOfAwesome
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DeadpanSnarker: Whenever someone talks smack about his meals, mostly.
* IrrelevantSidequest: Sends you grocery shopping for him on the Citadel, but at least [[LampshadeHanging he admits]] that it's a silly thing to ask ''his commander'' to do.
* JackOfAllTrades: By his own admission. This includes cleaning the restrooms *and* preparing meals.
--> "I wash my hands! Most of the time."
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Just like Kelly and Gabby, he's one of the first to go if you delay in going through the Omega Relay. If you don't give the NPCs a bodyguard, they all die anyway.]]
* LethalChef: According to the crew. Kasumi believes him to be an evil genius.
* NonActionGuy
* PutOnABus: No sign of him in ''Mass Effect 3''.
* RealMenCook
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[[caption-width-right:350:I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees...[[hottip:*:That is a joke.]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[hottip:Click here for her appearance in Mass Effect 3 (SPOILERS):http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ME3EDIBot_111.png]]]]
->''"My replies were intended to provoke, though not to cause distress. Your reactions are atypical of most humans. You are interesting."''
-->'''Voiced by''': Tricia Helfer
When the Normandy is destroyed in an ambush by the Collectors. Cerberus builds a second, twice as large and more powerful Normandy for Shepard's mission. It is now equipped with a shackled Artificial Intelligence called EDI ("Ee-dee", short for Enhanced Defense Intelligence) that runs the combat electronics.
In ''MassEffect3'', EDI's avatar is no longer present. Instead, she [[spoiler: takes over the synthetic body of Dr. Eva, a Cerberus spy machine that infiltrated the Prothean Archives on Mars, and in the process becomes an actual squadmate]].
[[hardline]]
* ActorAllusion: EDI is voiced by Tricia Helfer, who played a sexy cylon (robot) in ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}''. [[spoiler:In ''Mass Effect 3'' EDI gains a sexy robot body, futher strengthening the allusion.]]
* AIIsACrapshoot: She was built with averting this in mind; she only has access to the weapons systems and the communications array. Joker's still paranoid about it.
** [[spoiler: After her restraints are removed, her subsequent actions show she's fully on your side -- and very pleasant! -- despite being an ''illegal AI developed from Reaper technology by a terrorist organization.'' That's some serious subverting right there.]]
** [[spoiler: She reveals in ''3'' she was built out of the remains of the "Hannibal" VI that Shepard destroyed in the first game on the Moon. Hannibal was hinted to have been modified to make it into a 'true' AI, and it ''was'' a Crapshoot, taking control of the drones and turrets and actually killing personnel on Luna. Despite this past history, EDI holds no malice towards Shepard for doing what they had to do.]]
* AppropriatedAppellation: "EDI" stands for Enhanced Defense Intelligence, simply a label of her function. As EDI's character develops, it just sorta... becomes her name.
* AudioErotica: [[LipstickLesbian Samantha Traynor]] sheepishly apologizes for the times she mentions how sexy EDI's voice was when she finds out EDI is an AI. Later on, a [[spoiler: recording shows one of the scientists who worked on her confessing it's hard to resist EDI with a voice like her's]]. Shepard him/herself agrees.
* BecomeARealBoy: Her character development in ''MassEffect3''. There are shades of this in the second game also, since EDI spends a large amount of time trying to understand and rationalize organic behavior. However, it isn't until [[spoiler:she gains her own body (and possibly develops a relationship with Joker)]] that she actually makes concerted efforts to feel "alive".
* BlackBox: Initially has a number of "unspecified" functions.
* [[spoiler: BookEnds: Shepard is potentially responsible for the destruction of EDI ''twice''. In the first game, Shepard is forced to destroy EDI's original incarnation, the rogue "Hannibal" AI on the Moon. In the third game, in the Destroy Ending, Shepard is forced to sacrifice EDI, along with all synthetic life, in order to destroy the Reapers.]]
* CannotConveySarcasm
* CastingGag: Voiced by [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined known Cylon]] Tricia Helfer.
* CatchPhrase:
--> '''EDI:''' [[JustJokingJustification That is a joke]].
* CharacterDevelopment: Invariably goes through this in spades during the third game, paragon or renegade.
* ChekhovsGunman: Remember that out-of-control AI on Luna? [[spoiler: That was the initial version of EDI before being recovered by Cerberus and rebuilt.]]
* [[spoiler:CoolStarship: When she's unshackled, she ''becomes'' the Normandy]].
* CrewOfOne: If unshackled, she could potentially do the jobs of most of the human crew. [[spoiler: This becomes a necessity in the endgame, although she and Joker note the Normandy still flies better when they work as a team.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* DefiantToTheEnd: Vows to be this. "I would rather become nonfunctional than help them [Reapers]. I want you to know I will never be a part of the Reaper forces."
* DoAnythingRobot: Technically a "Do Anything AI". In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', virtually every single obstacle Shepard faces is dealt with by saying, "EDI. Do stuff."
* DopplegangerSpin: [[spoiler:Once EDI commandeers the Cerberus infiltrator mech for herself, she gains the "Decoy" power, which projects a distracting ([[AccidentalInnuendo no, not that way]]) holographic doppleganger of her mech platform.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Her relationship with Joker even ''before'' [[spoiler:she got a body.]]
** Lampshaded by Shepard when she comments that Joker will be pleased to see [[spoiler: her new body.]]
--> '''Shepard''': Of that, I have no doubt...
* ExpositionFairy: Fortunately far less annoying than most examples.
** Since she was designed primarily for defence, keeping Shepard apprised of the current local situation upon embarking the ''Normandy'', actually does makes a ''lot'' of sense.
* FirstNameBasis: A sign of Joker and EDI getting along is when she starts calling him 'Jeff' as opposed to 'Mr. Moreau.' Joker stops calling EDI "it" and starts calling EDI a "she". Significantly, the first time she calls him 'Jeff' is after [[spoiler:the Collectors attack the ship and kidnap the rest of the crew]].
* [[spoiler:GlacierWaif: As a squad mate, her passive power leans towards strong shields and health as well as hard hitting powers, but not to reducing recharge times, and she even has two powers that are devoted to increasing her survivability. She makes for one sturdy fembot.]]
* HumanityIsInfectious: In ''3'', EDI admits the reason she asks Shepard for a ''human'' perspective, instead of an asari, turian, quarian etc, is because she's come to self-identify herself as a human. Its heavily implied to be due to the influence of both Shepard and Joker. The fact that Liara didn't want to tell her much about asari mating rituals, while Shepard may have great patience for questions, might have helped too.
* [[spoiler:ImportedAlienPhlebotinum:]] [[spoiler: Cerberus incorporated recovered tech from Sovereign in her construction.]]
* ItIsDehumanizing: Joker and Shepard both refer to her this way initially. Joker's switch to using "her" is more of a plot point than Shepard's, who can treat her as 'equipment' for the whole game depending on your dialogue choices.
** Video records found in ''3'' show that the Illusive Man insisted on referring to her this way [[spoiler: even after she rebelled.]] Shows what he knew.
* JustAMachine: Averted with Paragon Shepard and Joker, both of whom are the first to treat EDI as a ''person'' and not just a tool to run the ''Normandy''. Its likely what causes her to develop such UndyingLoyalty towards them both throughout the second and third game.
* JustJokingJustification: Uses this regularly, to varying degrees of effectiveness.
--> '''EDI:''' There is nothing wrong with off-duty distractions. Though [[PornStash some of your extranet bookmarks are technically illegal in council space.]]
--> '''Joker:''' Wha--?
--> '''EDI:''' That is a joke.
** Parodied in ''From Ashes'', since by now, everyone is aware of EDI's catchphrase.
--> '''Liara''': You're ''joking?''
--> '''EDI''': No, jokes have specific structures. That was ''messing with you!''
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: In the third game, if the "Destroy" ending is chosen, which wipes out all synthetic life in the galaxy. In the Extended Cut, her name appears on the Normandy's memorial wall during the ending cutscenes.]]
* LudicrousPrecision
* MasterComputer: Invoked.
-->'''EDI:''' I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees...
-->''[concerned look from Joker]''
-->'''EDI:''' That is a joke.
* MissionControl: EDI pulls this duty alongside Joker.
* MoralityChip: Inverted. EDI has multiple levels of programming controls that prevents her from rebelling, [[spoiler: but actually becomes more helpful to Shepard and Joker after they're removed. It's also revealed in Mass Effect 3 that she's actually capable of modifying her own morality protocols. Again, she becomes an even more helpful and moral person by doing this.]]
* [[spoiler: MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: In a non-gameplay variation, is this with Shepard at the end of ''3''. In the only ending where Shepard can survive (Destroy), EDI is killed/destroyed along with the Geth and all other synthetics in the galaxy.]]
* NoSenseOfHumor: To an almost amusing degree, at least according to Kasumi. Then again, she's probably right.
--> '''Shepard''': EDI isn't a crutch, Joker. I want your eyes on everything.
--> '''Joker:''' Eyes are easy, Commander. I've got eyes covered.
--> '''EDI:''' [[LiteralMinded I believe covering your eyes would be counter to Shepard's intentions.]]
--> '''Joker:''' [[BlatantLies Human intentions are tough to read.]] But keep trying, you'll get the hang of it.
** Though even she knows how groan-worthy probing Uranus is.
** She gets better at it. When Cerberus tried to remote-hack the Normandy, they got an impressively explicit response from EDI.
--> '''Cerberus Scientist:''' I think she was making a joke.
* ParentalSubstitute: Invokes this toward Shepard in ''3'', asking them essentially to give her TheTalk on how to begin a relationship with Joker.
* PlayfulHacker: Cerberus apparently tried to take the Normandy back remotely after Shepard ran off with it. When they sent the signal, EDI's response was to flood their inboxes with zettabytes of porn.
* PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler:Once EDI gains the [=EDIBot=], one of the standard tech powers in her repertoire is Incinerate.]]
** [[spoiler: Which explains why the room where the body was deposited was on fire...]]
* PrecisionFStrike: Once in ''MassEffect3'', doubling as SophisticatedAsHell. [[spoiler: If Shepard talks to EDI in Purgatory after convincing her to pursue a relationship with Joker, she is asked about Joker's initial reaction to her new form. "He said I didn't have to conform to some feminine ideal in order to impress him. I then called him on his bullshit, and we then proceeded to talk normally.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: Not EDI herself, but if you [[AllThereInTheManual read between the lines]] and look at the ExpandedUniverse, [[spoiler:Dr. Eva, the robot whose body EDI takes over in the third game]], is named after [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Eva_Coré another character]] from The Illusive Man's past. And [[spoiler:the robot Eva was designed to be completely loyal to TIM and not have any free will of her own]]. Ew.
* [[spoiler:RequiredPartyMember]]: [[spoiler:During the assault on the Cerberus base in the third game.]]
* RestrainingBolt: Initially limited to only cyber warfare activities during battle and monitoring by Cerberus programming blocks. [[spoiler: Joker eventually undoes them.]]
* RoboShip: Rumors abound about her and Joker in-universe from the likes of Mordin, Kasumi and, should you chose, even Shepard. EDI is not amused.
-->'''EDI:''' What Jeff and I are exhibiting is more a platonic symbiosis than hormonally-induced courtship behavior.
** Developed further in ''MassEffect3''; once [[spoiler: she takes Dr. Eva's body for herself]], EDI begins trying to understand organic relationships in more detail in order to try to comprehend Joker more.
*** There's a LesYay RoboShip from Traynor, who first says of EDI that she has a sexy voice, then admires EDI's new body as well.
* [[spoiler: RobotGirl]]: In ''MassEffect3'', EDI [[spoiler: has a violent AI-on-AI confrontation with Dr. Eva's synthetic body that ends with EDI wiping and controlling her body, turning her into a full-on ambulatory squadmate.]]
* [[spoiler: SexBot: Toyed with. Before she knows that EDI is a sapient intelligence, Samantha Traynor commented that she found EDI's voice extremely attractive. Further, everybody is impressed with how attractively feminine the body EDI gets from Dr. Eva is, to the point that they know Joker is going to go crazy about it. He does. And lastly, the whole bit is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Jack.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Jack:''' Nice body, EDI. Now you look like a sex-''bot'' instead of a sex-''toy''.]]
** [[spoiler: And, in a CrowningMomentOfFunny, Shepard can even overhear Joker asking Mordin for advice on how it would be possible to have sex with EDI without breaking any bones.]]
** [[spoiler:Okay, there's no UnusualEuphemism that will do, so let's just be blunt: the DLC costume gives two upgrades: +25% shields and ''a frakking camel toe''. This can be very disconcerting, as the camera is most likely to show this on it during exposition scenes when you're ''supposed'' to be paying attention to the plot.]]
* ShockAndAwe: [[spoiler:Once she is rendered remotely ambulatory via appropriating the Dr. Eva mech, she has the bread-and-butter tech power Overload.]]
* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Gal]]: Provides helpful advice on almost all missions and is very good at what she does behind-the-scenes.
* [[spoiler:SapientShip]]
* SpaceshipGirl: At least her voice.
* TheTalk: In ''3'', asks Shepard for advice on how to start relationship with Joker, since Shepard has had first-hand sexual experience in the past. Shepard is naturally mortified at having to do this.
** It's interesting that while the lines are the same, Jennifer Hale as [=FemShep=] starts off awkwardly but ends up having a more motherly tone to her advice on how relationships work. Mark Meer however, completely knocks it out of the park with how delightfully uncomfortable and awkward Male Shepard is at being EDI's "[[ParentalSubstitute Dad]]" in this situation and having to explain sex to her.
* {{Troll}}: Her method of entertaining herself, and the intent of most of her jokes. Repeatedly provokes Joker because she enjoys watching his reactions. In ''3'', she starts trolling Shepard as well. [[DudeNotFunny S/he is not happy about it]].
* [[spoiler: TrueCompanions: Her response to Miranda's misgivings about her being unshackled? "You are my crewmates." The Shadow Broker dossiers show that she communicates with Legion verbally rather than electronically in case any of the organics wander in - she feels it would be rude for them to carry on a conversation no-one else can hear.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Shepard and Joker.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Joker.
** Can also be read as BelligerentSexualTension; at least Shepard thinks so. Plus, it's telling that after EDI is unshackled, she stops calling Joker "Mr. Moreau" and starts calling him "Jeff". Joker in turn stops calling EDI "it" and starts calling EDI a "she".
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Subverted in ''MassEffect2''. EDI states that she and Joker are engaging in a platonic respect and partnership, rather than hormone-driven courtship. Joker is creeped out by the suggestion. [[spoiler:Then played completely straight in ''MassEffect3'', where EDI acknowledges that Joker finds her new body aesthetically pleasing, but that she has no biological drives which allow her to reciprocate. Instead, she's driven by the desire to understand Jeff and make him happy, so she asks Shepard for his/her advice. You can tell her to keep things friendly, or encourage her to the point that she figures out how to love him back on her own.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Gives a somewhat subdued one criticizing the logic behind the decision to [[spoiler:let the quarians kill the geth]], in contrast to the near-unanimous approval of the rest of the crew [[spoiler:who are organics who often fought against or lost people to the geth at some point. She will suggest that Shepard would choose the familiar over the unfamiliar, and would choose to save Joker over her.]] [[HarsherInHindsight This could also be a subtle criticism of]] [[spoiler:choosing the Destroy ending, in which EDI dies]].
* WhatTheHellPlayer: Will chastise you if you make Shepard go into the opposite sex bathroom... or send probes to Uranus.
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[[WMG: Kelly Chambers]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:What can I say? I'm a people person.]]
->''"You have unread messages at your private terminal."''
-->'''Voiced by''': Cara Pifko
The ''Normandy'' SR-2's yeoman (and unofficial crew counselor), a perky young woman who has plenty of respect for both Cerberus and Shepard. Romanceable, despite not being a party member.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys[=/=]SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Depending on how you interact with her as a Male!Shep, she'll admit to one of these two after recruiting Thane.
* AnythingThatMoves: Doesn't care what race/gender her partner is, because "Passion is nice wherever you find it and intimacy brings understanding." [[{{Fanservice}} Uh-huh.]] Fans have had a field day speculating about how the varren-carried STD got on board the Normandy.
* BiTheWay: Kelly is very flirty, regardless of her interlocutor's gender.
* BoldlyComing: As noted, Kelly's rather... open when it comes to romance.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Even if she survives the suicide mission, she ends up with some pretty heavy emotional scars.]]
** UpToEleven in ''Mass Effect 3''. [[spoiler: She can't even step onto the Normandy anymore without having flashbacks of her abduction and capture. And, if Shepard yells at her when she reveals that she used to spy on him for the Illusive Man, she'll run off in tears and you'll later learn that she killed herself by swallowing a cyanide pill.]]
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: [[spoiler: In ''MassEffect3'', if she survived the second game, she will be a therapist with a crippling case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with some SurvivorsGuilt for good measure.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: She will have an emotional breakdown if you yell at her for being TheMole in the third game and will later take cyanide pills due out of depression]].
* EthicalSlut
* {{Fanservice}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ja3EjKOqTU#movie_player Apparently the entire point of her romance]].
* GoodBadGirl: She's a nice girl. She's can't be called 'pure' in any way whatsoever, but she's nice.
* HeroesWantRedheads
* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie: What happens if you delay in going through the Omega-4 relay, or if you fail to assign the Normandy crew a protector.]]
** And in the third game, [[spoiler:can die if you don't persuade her to change her identity on the Citadel during the Cerberus invasion]].
** [[spoiler: If you choose to yell at her (instead of forgiving her) when she reveals that she sent reports on Shepard and the crew to the Illusive Man during the previous game, she will commit suicide]].
* IntimatePsychotherapy: Hinted at. She's a yeoman in title and in function, but as Shepard points out, this job could be done by a VI. Her actual main function is as the unofficial ship counselor, whose job is to keep stress in check among the crewmembers. She mentions that this duty is best fulfilled informally. [[SarcasmMode On a totally unrelated matter]] she says "Passion is nice wherever you find it and intimacy brings understanding." Way to keep stress in check indeed.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Paragon Shepard can become one to her in ''3''.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:She will confess that she was spying on Shepard on behalf of the Illusive Man in the third game]].
* ThePollyanna: For crying out loud, she reacts to Garrus joining the crew by commenting on how she just wants to give him a hug and tell him everything will be all right. Lampshaded a little too; [[spoiler:since she doesn't have a whole new set of dialogue for post-Suicide mission, if you talk to her then, she'll have a bad flashback and then say "Now, back to the old Kelly." afterward.]]
** Subverted like hell in ''MassEffect3''. [[spoiler:She's got a bad case of PTSD from her abudction and can't bear the thought of returning to the Normandy.]]
* SexySecretary
* ShipperOnDeck: Reportedly, in some cases she'll make some sly comments to you about you and your chosen partner if you start pursuing a romance.
** She does so even before you start pursuing anyone/regardless of [[CelibateHero whether you do at all]], stating i.e. that her female intuition tells her Tali wants to be "more than just friends" and you shouldn't be surprised if Jack comes onto you... She's a true Shipper!
** The same is true for the female Shepard romances, even though she gets a little more gossip-girl-like when remarking how Shepard and Garrus would be a cute couple or how she likes Shepard even more after admitting she finds Thane attractive. The only ones she says nothing about are Jacob and Miranda.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: [[spoiler: In ''MassEffect3'', she appears to be the only therapist available on the docks, and she is surrounded by people who need her help, so her own issues will have to wait.]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: For Cerberus, representing the viewpoint that the organization is just pro-human, rather than anti-alien. In ''MassEffect3'', she sees the error of her ways and deserts from Cerberus.
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[[WMG:Kenneth Donnelly and Gabriella "Gabby" Daniels]]
->''"Kenneth and I have been partners in crime since we graduated from tech academy.\\
When he got the Cerberus offer, I insisted that it include me. He'd fall apart without me."''
->''"Thanks, mum."''
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-->'''Voiced by''': John Ullyatt (Kenneth), Dannah Feinglass (Gabby)
Two of the ''Normandy'''s engineers. Also members of Cerberus, although not the evil kind. They have a snarky comment for every situation.
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* AllMenArePerverts: Ken has appreciative things to say about Miranda and Tali's form-fitting outfits, perks up when Gabby tells him how little Jack is wearing, and even teases Gabby herself a bit.
** [[spoiler: In 3, Ken does the same for EDI's new body. Gabby even sees it coming a mile away.]]
* BiTheWay: Possibly Gabby -- in 3, if Shepard doesn't push them into a RelationshipUpgrade, she seems to seriously consider Kenneth's suggestion that she should try dating [[LipstickLesbian Traynor]] after Gabby informs him [[DudeShesALesbian he doesn't have a chance]]. But this might just be to mess with him.
* BreakTheHaughty: Kenneth is awfully confident in his Skyllian-Five Poker skills, but with enough Paragon or Renegade points you can show him otherwise.
-->'''Kenneth:''' You beat me at my own game. You're all right, Shepard.
-->'''Gabby:''' It was so worth it to see you get taken down a notch.
* [[spoiler: BrokenBird: If you fail to come on time to save Gabby in the second game, Kenneth becomes this for the rest of your adventures, determined solely to taking down the Reapers.]]
* {{Deadpan Snarker}}s
* DudeShesALesbian: Gabby makes it clear to Ken that he's not Samantha Traynor's type.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Several crewmembers comment on the fact those two would be perfect for each other if they ever got around to realising it.
** In ''3'', should Shepard encourage them, they hook up, leading some of the crew to comment;
--> ''"Finally!"''.
* FieryRedhead: Ken
* GeekyTurnOn: At one point, after listening to Gabby spout some TechnoBabble about what she had to after in response to the Normandy's armour being upgraded, Ken responds lustfully "I love it when you talk dirty.".
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Kenneth is a big believer in this. To the eternal annoyance of Gabby.
* GreekChorus
* HonorBeforeReason: Kenneth lost his job over defending Shepard and Gabby quit hers to stick with Kenneth.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: If you delay going through the Omega 4 relay. Gabby is the first to go, followed by Ken.]]
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple
* LoveableSexManiac: Ken. Constantly. Much to Gabby's dismay. [[spoiler:Partly because she's tired of his lustful perverted jokes... and partly because [[UnresolvedSexualTension none of them have her as the subject]].]]
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Averted. They left the Alliance ''because'' Shepard's warnings about the Reapers were ignored by the brass. They only joined Cerberus because they were the only ones who were willing to actually ''do'' anything about it.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Implied by Kasumi.
** At least, until you're given the option to convince them otherwise in ''3''.
* {{Quest Giver}}s
* RedOniBlueOni: Ken and Gabby respectively.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Potentially in the third game.
* {{Scotireland}}: Ken's surname is more commonly Irish, but can be found in Scotland. His accent is Scottish and he enjoys haggis.
* ShoutOut: Ken's Scottish accent will remind players of a certain ''Franchise/StarTrek'' character.
* TechnoBabble:
-->'''Kenneth:''' I won't bore you with the tech, but there is an array of attenuators in the primary power transfer system that channels the field bleed...
-->'''Gabby:''' Kenneth, you're boring the commander with tech.
* ThoseTwoGuys
* UndyingLoyalty: They hooked up with Cerberus because Ken refused to back down in defense of Shepard when the Alliance sold him/her out.
** Gabby also has this for Ken--she joined Cerberus strictly because he did.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: At least on Gabby's behalf.
* UnusualEuphemism:
-->'''Kenneth:''' We're off to kick the Collectors right in their daddy-bags.
* VideoGameCaringPotential: Shepard can use their Spectre status in ''3'' to have all charges against them for working with Cerberus dropped, getting them out of a detention cell and reassigning them to the ''Normandy's'' engineering staff.
* ViolentGlaswegian: Ken, though not so much violent as hotheaded and passionate, especially when it comes to defending Shepard.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Apparently, Ken was planned to be a 'light' (possibly Kelly Chambers-esque) romance early on in development.
* WomenAreWiser: Gabby is shown to be both a more talented engineer and to have a more sensible personality compared to Ken, though the presence of the male but more level-headed Adams in ''3'' balances things out somewhat.
* WrenchWench: Gabby.
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[[WMG:Mess Sergeant Rupert Gardner]]
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->''"Rupert! There's something different with tonight's meal! Seems like you put in more food and less ass."''
-->'''--Crewman Hawthorne, regarding Gardner's cuisine'''
--> '''Voiced by''': Bill Ratner
The ''Normandy'''s cook and all-around handyman, he's quite proud to have been with Cerberus, as he believes the Alliance and the Council to be useless. A former family man, he lost everything he had to batarian raiders.
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* BaldOfAwesome
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DeadpanSnarker: Whenever someone talks smack about his meals, mostly.
* IrrelevantSidequest: Sends you grocery shopping for him on the Citadel, but at least [[LampshadeHanging he admits]] that it's a silly thing to ask ''his commander'' to do.
* JackOfAllTrades: By his own admission. This includes cleaning the restrooms *and* preparing meals.
--> "I wash my hands! Most of the time."
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Just like Kelly and Gabby, he's one of the first to go if you delay in going through the Omega Relay. If you don't give the NPCs a bodyguard, they all die anyway.]]
* LethalChef: According to the crew. Kasumi believes him to be an evil genius.
* NonActionGuy
* PutOnABus: No sign of him in ''Mass Effect 3''.
* RealMenCook
