History VideoGame / StarCraftIIHeartOfTheSwarm

* BrickJoke: [[spoiler:In Wings of Liberty, Donny Vermillion reports about lemon juice possibly being useful against zerglings. In Heart of the Swarm, Abathur makes an off-hand comment about solving the zerglings' allergy to lemon juice.]]

--->'''Kerrigan''': The killing won't stop until Mengsk is dead.

** The Zerg swarm has gone from nearly conquering known space to dozens of fragmented broods hiding throughout space now that Terrans have invaded their home planet of Char.

* ShoutOut: A game acievment called "Bio[[MassEffect mass Effect]]", for starters.

* BrickJoke: [[Spoiler: In Wings of Liberty, Donny Vermillion reports about lemon juice possibly being useful against zerglings. In Heart of the Swarm, Abathur makes an off-hand comment about solving the zerglings' allergy to lemon juice.]]

* [[ThatManIsDead That Woman is Dead]]: Kerrigan delivers a line of this kind to Raynor in the trailer:
--->"The girl you remember is dead."
* TransformingMecha: ''Heart of the Swarm'' introduces the Hellbat, which basically changes from a Hellion to a Firebat.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Kerrigan has to prove herself fit to rule to other Zerg leaders by proving she's stronger than them.

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->"[[IAmTheNoun I am the Swarm]]. [[BadassBoast Armies will shatter, worlds will burn. Now, at last, on this world, vengeance shall be mine. For I am the Queen of Blades.]]"

* AntiHero: Kerrigan; in any case, she still is definitely better than [[VillainProtagonist what she was as the Queen of Blades]].
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: At least one of the mission setups for ''Heart of the Swarm'' revolves around this idea, with Kerrigan having to prove that she is stronger than another zerg leader.
* CatapultNightmare: [[spoiler:The intro of the game has Kerrigan suffering one of her invading Korhal with the Swarm.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: Than both the first game and ''Wings of Liberty'', definitely. [[{{VideoGame/StarcraftI}} Pre-expansion is much lighter than its post-expansion counterpart]]. Plus, this is the first time where the player controls [[spoiler:Kerrigan as a Zerg leader instead of you controlling a part of the HiveMind, due to [[KillEmAll certain circumstances]].]]
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: This is the situation of both Kerrigan and the Zerg swarm at the beginning of the extension; while this isn't necessarly a bad thing for her, Kerrigan ''did'' go from being the most powerful ruler in all the Koprulu sector to a half-infested terran with nothing; the Dominion wants her skin, her zergs have split up, with several of them turning against her, Char has been invaded by Terrans and she lost all the powers she had as the Queen of Blades. The whole game is about her defying the trope and rebuilding the Swarm.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: This is essentially Kerrigan's attitude against Mengsk.
--->'''Kerrigan''': "The killing won't stop until Mengsk is dead"

* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: This is the situation of both Kerrigan and the Zerg swarm at the beginning of the extension; while this isn't necessarly a bad thing for her, Kerrigand ''did'' went from the most powerful ruler in all the Koprulu sector to a half-infested terran with nothing; the Dominion wants her skin, her zergs have split up, with several of them turning against her, Char has been invaded by Terrans and she lost all the powers she had as the Queen of Blade. The whole game is about her defying the trope and rebuilding the Swarm.

->"[[IAmTheNoun I am the Swarm]]. [[BadassBoast Armies will shatter, worlds will burn. Now, at last, on this world, Vengeance shall be mine. For I am the Queen of Blades.]]"

->"[[IAmTheNoun I am the Swarm]]. [[BadassBoast Vengeance shall be mine!]]"

* AntiHero: Kerrigan; It's too soon to say exactly [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes where she fits on the sliding scale]], but so far it seems like Type III-IV. In any case, she still is definitely better than [[VillainProtagonist what she was as the Queen of Blades]].

* AntiHero: Kerrigan; It's too soon to say exactly [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes where she fits on the sliding scale]], but so far it seems like Type III-IV. In any case, she still is definitely better than [[VillainProtagonist what she was as the Queen of Blade]].

--->"[[IAmTheNoun I am the Swarm]]. [[BadassBoast Vengeance shall be mine!]]"

-->'''Sarah Kerrigan'''

--->'''Kerrigan''': "The Killing won't stop until Mengsk is dead"

* AntiHero: Kerrigan; It's too soon to say exactly [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes where she fits on the sliding scale]], but so far it seems like Type III-IV. In any case, she still seems better than [[VillainProtagonist what she was as the Queen of Blade]].

The second chapter of ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'', focusing on the zerg and Kerrigan.

After the events of ''VideoGame/StarcraftIIWingsOfLiberty'', the Queen of Blades is human again, but the zerg swarm is now leaderless, and Kerrigan is hungry for revenge against Mengsk. Using what little remains of her zerg abilities, she must reclaim mastery of the swarm and crush Mengsk once and for all.