History PlayingWith / MissionControlIsOffItsMeds

* '''Reconstructed:''' ???

--> "Okay, here's the three available MissionControl AIs we have for you. [=GeneSYS=] was designed as an experiment to see its charge as an object of affection, but always goes too far. Everyone who uses it has reported being "creeped out." [=CoRE=] is better for direction, but has an obsession for asphyxiating kittens we've been unable to get rid of. This last one, [=WALtEr=] has a vocal glitch that causes it to take on a cockney accent, but is otherwise well-balanced. So that's the one you'll be getting."

* '''Reconstructed:''' Bob immediately figures out [=GeneSYS=] is crazy, and regards it with affection, as if it were a sick child. Ignoring its advice, he's able to fix it, getting the piece of useful advice that saves the mission.

--> "Bob, to progress further, you need to flood the kitten containment area with this deadly neurotoxin."
--> "...I found a key in that safe you told me to ignore. Are you sure you're all right?"

--> [[AxCrazy "It does, doesn't it. Pull it anyway."]]

** [=GeneSYS=] is relatively helpfull, but sometimes vague.

--> "Fuck you, [=GeneSYS=], I found a key in that safe you told me to ignore."

--> [[AxCrazy "It is, isn't it. Pull it anyway."]]

--> "Fuck you, [=GeneSYS=], I've got a key already."

--> "It's labeled "Jettison orphanage level into space."

--> [[AxCrazy "Bob, pull that lever. It'll unlock the door you saw earlier."]]

--> "It is, isn't it. Pull it anyway."

* '''Exaggerated:''' [=GeneSYS=] claims to have Bob's best interests at heart, but in actuality very poorly covers up the fact that it wants to kill all of the pathetic fleshlings.
--> "Bob, pull that lever. It'll unlock the door you saw earlier."

'''Basic Trope:''' Mission control that is insane or evil.

* '''Lampshaded:''' "[[StopHelpingMe Why on Earth am I listening to this... this spoony AI!]]"

** MissionControl can be switched on and off.
* '''Discussed:''' "Again? I don't know how these systems keep going sentient and developing stalkerish obsessions for intruders."
* '''Conversed:''' Player: "Why the hell is the voice flirting with me! I'm trying to blow the place up and all it can talk about is how much it wants to 'be with me for always'!"

Please help us all by going back to MissionControlIsOffItsMeds. I hope you die.

** GeneSYS is actually a good MissionControl, but Bob accidentally deleted the novel it was working on, so it deeply resents him and enjoys creeping him out.

** It's not formal MissionControl, and whoever's providing it really [[HoYay is]] [[IncestSubtext love with]] [[NoYay Bob]] in one of the ways [[BreakingTheFourthWall the previous three links provide]].

** It's not formal MissionControl, and whoever's providing it really [[HoYay is]] [[IncestYay love with]] [[NoYay Bob]] in one of the ways [[BreakingTheFourthWall the previous three links provide]].

* '''Downplayed:''' ???

* '''Invoked:''' The bad guys are unpredictable by normal means, so a SchroedingerFu AI with the abilities of a MadOracle is required. Therefore, [=GeneSYS=] is programmed to have a highly unbalanced personality so she can fully predict what the villains are doing. Bob endures [=GeneSYS=]'s come-ons and passive-aggression for the sake of her occasional bouts of insight.

* '''Exaggerated:''' [=GeneSYS=] claims to have Bob's best interests at heart, but in actuality very poorly covers up the fact that it wants every human ever dead.

* '''Deconstructed:''' Bob is going in blind. With faulty information from a source he has no reason to distrust, he gets ripped apart.

** The game has a female protagonist, and the stalkerish AI has a male personality, to highlight a double standard.

* '''Plotted a Perfectly Good Waste'''

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