History Funny / XComEnemyUnknown

** "Operation [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Dying Grave]]. 2 gravely wounded soldiers

** "Operation Broken Prophet." Jesus (Agentine this time) the psi trooper was knocked out by an Ethereal. For bonus points, when he was revived his model glitched and was "standing" at a 60-degree angle to the ground. [[HumiliationConga And then he was killed by the same ethereal the very next round]]. [[SaveScumming Twice.]] ** "Operation [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Dying Grave]]. 2 gravely wounded soldiers

** "Operation Broken Prophet." Jesus (Agentine this time) the psi trooper was knocked out by an Ethereal. For bonus points, when he was revived his model glitched and was "standing" at a 60-degree angle to the ground.
[[HumiliationConga And then he was killed by the same ethereal the very next round]]. [[SaveScumming Twice.]]
** "Operation [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Dying Grave]].

** "Operation Broken Prophet." Jesus (Agentine this time) the psi trooper was knocked out by an Ethereal. For bonus points, when he was revived his model glitched and was "standing" at a 60-degree angle to the ground. [[HumiliationConga And then he was killed by the same ethereal the very next round]]. [[SaveScumming Twice.]]

** "Operation Broken Prophet." Jesus (Agentine this time) the psi trooper was knocked out by an Ethereal. For bonus points, when he was revived his model glitched and was "standing" at a 60-degree angle to the ground. [[SerialEscalation And then he was killed by the same ethereal the very next round]]. [[SaveScumming Twice.]]

** "Operation Broken Prophet." Jesus (Agentine this time) the psi trooper was knocked out by an Ethereal. For bonus points, when he was revived his model glitched and was "standing" at a 60-degree angle to the ground.

-->'''Soldier rescuing a civilian during a terror mission:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis They want you. dead.]] Can you get that through your coconut brain!?\\

** With the [[VideoGame/XcomLongWar Long War]] mod installed, the Alien Base Assault mission becomes repeatable, as completing it actually lets you reclaim a withdrawn Council Nation. The fourth successful such mission in a single month? "[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Operation Unceasing Justice]]."

** "Operation Black Hero". [[BlackGuyDiesFirst The first person who died in the mission was black]]. The SoleSurvivor? Also black. Everyone else was white/Asian.

** With the [[VideoGame/XcomLongWar Long War]] mod installed, the Alien Base Assault mission becomes repeatable, as completing it actually lets you reclaim a withdrawn Council Nation. The fourth successful such mission in a single month? "Operation Unceasing Justice."

* Alloy [=SHIVs=] can provide cover - for your soldiers but ALSO for the aliens. They often run up to hide behind the war machine they're ''supposed'' to be shooting at instead. Doubly hilarious if you react by just driving the SHIV away, leaving the alien out in the open and probably feeling like a massive idiot.

* An ''[[BlackComedy extremely grim]]'' example: "deader than disco" is a possible BondOneLiner for a soldier to spout upon killing a hostile. Disco is available as a random nickname for a Heavy. Should poor Disco have previously met an untimely end when someone delivers that line... mostly amusing when one imagines the [[CrossesTheLineTwice range of]] [[DudeNotFunny possible]] [[TooSoon reactions]] from any squadmates within earshot. For extra black comedy, it is entirely possible for an operative to say that line during the ''exact same mission'' Disco just got KIA on.

** And then they released a few mixes of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA0nIRE4u2o the song]].

** "Operation Fallen Saviour". And....... There goes my support, well good luck surviving the night everyone

** "Operation [[TemptingFate First Grave"]] Guess what happened to one of my soldiers? The first in the project

* Some of the mission names can be side-splitting.

*** On that note: "Operation Dying Hero"

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** Occasionally, missed shots actually hit the target visually, but have no effect, prompting loud, angry claims of bullshit from players and sometimes the soldier who fired the shot as well.
** On the flipside, plasma shots will at times go straight passed their intended target, only for the target's head to briefly glow green anyway when the game decides to count it as a hit.
* Unfortunately for Sectopods, they're not immune to the splash damage from their own weapons. A Sectopod taking on, for example, a mind-controlled Berserker at near point-blank range might wind up causing more damage to itself than the Berserker would have, possibly even ''killing itself'' if it took enough damage beforehand.
* [[{{Bathos}} Giving a [=MEC=] soldier a]] [[CoolHat fedora]]. Because even hulking death machines carrying miniguns and mortars still need to look stylish.

-->"Are you really using the tracking terminal to play ''Civilization''?! (''muttering'') At least I hope you're going for a military victory...

* An ''[[BlackComedy extremely grim]]'' example: 'DeaderThanDisco' is a possible BondOneLiner for a soldier to spout upon killing a hostile. Disco is available as a random nickname for a Heavy. Should poor Disco have previously met an untimely end when someone delivers that line... mostly amusing when one imagines the [[CrossesTheLineTwice range of]] [[DudeNotFunny possible]] [[TooSoon reactions]] from any squadmates within earshot. For extra black comedy, it is entirely possible for an operative to say that line during the ''exact same mission'' Disco just got KIA on.

* To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the game's release, Firaxis made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzm9P4LK62E&feature=youtu.be a video tribute]] to Vahlen's MemeticMutation request that soldiers avoid using explosives against the aliens. It ends with a StupidStatementDanceMix and [[spoiler: Vahlen's Secret Volcano Lair being destroyed in ''[[VideoGame/{{Civilization}} Civilization VI]]''.]] And then they streamed the video on their official Website/{{Twitch}} channel for an entire day.

* An Ethereal surrounded by [=SHIVs=] might just decide to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k2PVBl6kKA&feature=youtu.be&t=9m31s take the honorable way out]] rather than be captured by XCOM.