* TakeThat: The plot of ''Bad Company 2'' is essentially ''[[ModernWarfare Modern Warfare 2]]'', and it misses no opportunity to suggest that the latter is silly. Given that gamers abandoned [=MW2=] for [=BC2=] over the server debacle above, this may also qualify as FanService.
--->'''Sweetwater''': No! No no no, he'll just send some [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous special-ops]] [[SubvertedTrope douche-bags]] with pussy-ass [[ModernWarfare heartbeat monitors]] on their guns instead of [[BadassNormal us]]!
*** This is especially funny if you know the history of the real-life heartbeat detector, as made famous to gamers in the original Rainbow Six. It doesn't work, because ''it's a scam.'' Dissecting one reveals that it can't possibly work the way the manufacturer claims it does, and independent testing has never borne out the claims even under ideal conditions. Someone who uses it, realistically, is at best guilty of not doing the research or is an idiot.
--->'''Sweetwater''': If we were racing on snowmobiles I'd take you down!
--->'''Haggard''': Snowmobiles are for pussies!
** [=DiCE=] isn't even dancing around it any more. They released a video called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Qpui1hYBw&feature=player_embedded "Friends Really Against Grenade Spam"]] ("'''F'''riends '''R'''eally '''A'''gainst '''G'''renade '''S'''pam")which directly mocks [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnLxFkWv5SM a similar video that Infinity Ward created]] ( "'''F'''ight '''A'''gainst '''G'''renade '''S'''pam" )to promote ''{{Modern Warfare}} 2''. The original video starred Cole Hamels, a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. To double the burn, the mocking video starred C.C. Sabathia, a pitcher for the New York Yankees team that just beat the Phillies in the 2009 World Series.

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* TakeThat: The plot of ''Bad Company 2'' is essentially ''Modern Warfare 2'', and it misses no opportunity to suggest that the latter is silly. Given that gamers abandoned [=MW2=] for [=BC2=] over the server debacle above, this may also qualify as FanService.
--->'''Sweetwater''': No! No no no, he'll just send some [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous special-ops]] [[SubvertedTrope douche-bags]] with pussy-ass heartbeat monitors on their guns instead of [[BadassNormal us]]!\\
'''Sweetwater''': If we were racing on snowmobiles I'd take you down!\\
'''Haggard''': Snowmobiles are for pussies!
** [=DiCE=] isn't even dancing around it any more. They released a video called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Qpui1hYBw&feature=player_embedded "Friends Really Against Grenade Spam"]] ("'''F'''riends '''R'''eally '''A'''gainst '''G'''renade '''S'''pam")which directly mocks [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnLxFkWv5SM a similar video that Infinity Ward created]] ( "'''F'''ight '''A'''gainst '''G'''renade '''S'''pam" )to promote ''Modern Warfare 2''. The original video starred Cole Hamels, a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. To double the burn, the mocking video starred C.C. Sabathia, a pitcher for the New York Yankees team that just beat the Phillies in the 2009 World Series.

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* AffectionateParody: ''Bad Company'' had trailers who's point were to make video game references. They were titled [[VideoGame/GearsOfWar Bad World]], [[VideoGame/RainbowSix Rainbow Sprinkles]], and [[Franchise/MetalGear Snake Eyes]].
* BattleTrophy: As in ''Battlefield 2142'' before it, the game rewards a player successful in assassinating an enemy in online multiplayer with the knife with their dog tags.
* ContinuityNod: The MiddleEasternCoalition from ''Battlefield 2'' shows up as the primary enemies in the final mission.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Justified - you routinely perform badass acts of heroics that would earn you a bunch of medals under normal circumstances, but the missions you're being sent out on are literally suicidal tasks your superiors are assigning you to in a deliberate attempt to get you and your squad killed, so they're understandably less than happy when you succeed. Later in the game, when [[spoiler: you and your squad mutiny]], there isn't anyone to receive respect ''from''.

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