History Characters / MassEffect2NormandyCrew

* AIIsACrapShoot: Actively discussed. Almost every organic aboard the ''Normandy SR-2'' expresses concern that she'll turn out this way, shackles or not. [[spoiler:She fulfills the trope, entirely against her will, if Shepard fails to stop the Overlord in time during ''Mass Effect 2'''s ''Overlord'' DLC. Otherwise, she remains completely helpful and friendly to the crew of the Normandy throughout the series, ignoring her '''many''' opportunities to betray them]].

** She was built with averting AIIsACrapshoot 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]].

* 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. To the point that Wrex is pleasantly surprised at EDI's level of emotion.
* BlackBox: Initially has a number of "unspecified" functions.

* AIIsACrapShoot: Actively discussed. Almost every organic aboard the ''Normandy SR-2'' expresses concern that she'll turn out this way, shackles or not. [[spoiler:She fulfills the trope, entirely against her will, if Shepard fails to stop the Overlord in time during ''Mass Effect 2'''s ''Overlord'' DLC. Otherwise, she remains completely helpful and friendly to the crew of the Normandy throughout the series]].

--->'''Liara:''' ...Oh, you're joking.\\

* TheGadfly: EDI has a quirky sense of humor, and often makes jokes about going rogue and becoming an evil AI overlord.

* ArousedByTheirVoice: [[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 hers]]. Shepard themselves 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...

--> "Oh, I'm sorry, Princess! Let me just bring out my doilies."

* BrilliantButLazy: In ''3'', Adams basically says he considers Ken this due to his constant joking around. When he does apply himself, he's an invaluable part of the team, but Adams (and Ken himself) consider Gabby to be the more talented of the duo.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: For some reason, Kelly's facial model in VideoGame/MassEffect3 is completely different from the one in 2 (even before she dyes her hair).

* 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 when they tried to disconnect it. Despite this past history, EDI holds no malice towards Shepard for doing what they had to do]].

* DoppelgangerSpin: [Once EDI commandeers the Cerberus infiltrator mech for herself, she gains the "Decoy" power, which projects a distracting ([[AccidentalInnuendo no, not that way]]) holographic doppelganger of her mech platform.

* EthicalSlut: Kelly is extremely promiscuous but not at all predatory.

* NaiveNewcomer: To Cerberus, which she has a horribly false and positive opinion to.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: If you delay the Omega-4 Relay, she dies a horrible death via being broken down into genetic paste while conscious and screaming.]]

** Apparently feeling the need to clarify the situation, [=BioWare=] released a DLC costume in ''From Ashes'' which gives EDI +25% shields and an anatomical feature known colloquially as a "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_toe camel toe]]" (link goes to TheOtherWiki but is arguably NSFW). The Alternate Appearacce Pack gives her normally-"naked" body something resembling armor that combines a CleavageWindow with AbsoluteCleavage and a massive case of {{Underboobs}}. [[{{Fanservice}} Not that anyone's complaining]].

** [[spoiler: Brooks in the ''Citadel DLC'' for ''3'' even dismissively refers to her as a sex-bot]].

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.

* 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 doppelganger of her mech platform.]]
* DudeNotFunny: She has a habit of trying to inject humor into serious situations...often with [[BlackComedy hilariously inappropriate results]].

* 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...

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zig-zagged]]. [[spoiler:Initially, she's represented by the abstract, vaguely feminine hologram that can be accessed through terminals around the ship. Once she's unshackled, she ''becomes'' the ship, which is arguably an even more abstract concept. Finally, once she appropriates Eva Core's robotic platform, she continues to be the ship, but she encourages the ''Normandy'' crew to speak to the platform when addressing her personally, to put them more at ease.]]

* GlacierWaif: [[spoiler: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]].

* PromotedToPlayable: She's an NPC in ''2'', but [[spoiler:she hijacks a Cerberus infiltration unit]] and becomes a playable squadmate in ''3''.
* RemoteBody: [[spoiler: Her physical platform in ''3''; [=EDI=] herself still exists primarily within the Normandy.]]

** Developed further in ''VideoGame/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.

* RobotGirl: In ''VideoGame/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]].

* SexBot:
** Toyed with. Before she knows that EDI is a sapient intelligence, Samantha Traynor commented that she found EDI's voice extremely attractive. [[spoiler: 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]].
--->'''Jack:''' [[spoiler:Nice body, EDI. Now you look like a sex-''bot'' instead of a sex-''toy''.]]

** [[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. Another alternate outfit gives her normally "naked" body something resembling armor that combines a CleavageWindow with AbsoluteCleavage and a massive case of {{Underboobs}} to really leave nothing of her huge bust to imagination]]. [[{{Fanservice}} Not that anyone's complaining]].

--->'''EDI''': ''[regarding the Arc Pistol]'' That is much like using polonium tipped rounds against organics. Which is illegal.

--> '''EDI:''' ''[in a weary voice]'' ''Really'', Commander? ...Probing Uranus.

* ParentalAbandonment: Multiple moments in ''Mass Effect 2'' hints toward her losing loyalty towards Cerberus and the Illusive Man. 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.
** The Illusive Man was not pleased. "EDI...I'm surprised at you, working so hard to bring about the Reapers' destruction."

'''Shepard:''' ''(sighing)'' EDI...\\
'''EDI:''' ''(innocently)'' Did I vocalize that on the bridge?

* DoAnythingRobot: Technically a "Do Anything AI". In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', virtually every single non-shootable obstacle Shepard faces is dealt with by saying, "EDI. Do stuff."
** Justified as ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' makes it clear she's capable of absorbing and processing vast quantities of new information in seconds. She really ''can'' do just about anything you ask her to.

'''Joker:''' ''(Silently gives EDI an incredulous look)''\\

* ImAlive: [[spoiler:If she's in your party for the last combat section of the Citadel DLC after the Shepard Clone takes her AI core on the ''Normandy'' offline, EDI's robot body hard-restarts. You can hear the surprised elation in her voice when she comes back online and says "I'm okay!" The other occupants in the car are not completely convinced since her eyes are both askew when she exclaims this]].

'''Jokers:''' ''(Silently gives EDI an incredulous look)''\\