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3[[WMG:[[center:[-''Franchise/MassEffect'' '''[[Characters/MassEffect Main Character Index]]'''\
4'''VideoGame/MassEffect1:''' [[Characters/MassEffectCommanderShepard Commander Shepard]] | '''Party Members''' ([[Characters/MassEffectKaidanAlenko Kaidan Alenko]] | [[Characters/MassEffectAshleyWilliams Ashley Williams]] | [[Characters/MassEffectGarrusVakarian Garrus Vakarian]] | [[Characters/MassEffectLiaraTSoni Liara T'Soni]] | [[Characters/MassEffectTaliZorah Tali'Zorah]] | [[Characters/MassEffectUrdnotWrex Urdnot Wrex]]) | [[Characters/MassEffect1Antagonists Antagonists]] | [[Characters/MassEffect1Npcs NPCs]]\
5'''VideoGame/MassEffect2:''' [[Characters/MassEffect2EarlyPartyMembers Early Party Members]] ([[Characters/MassEffectMirandaLawson Miranda Lawson]] | [[Characters/MassEffectJack Jack]]) | [[Characters/MassEffect2LatePartyMembers Late Party Members]] | [[Characters/MassEffect2SecretPartyMembers Secret Party Members]] | [[Characters/MassEffect2MainAntagonists Main Antagonists]] | [[Characters/MassEffect2SecondaryAntagonists Secondary Antagonists]] | [[Characters/MassEffect2NormandyCrew Normandy Crew]] | [[Characters/MassEffect2CouncilSpaceNPCs Council Space NPCs]] | [[Characters/MassEffect2NonCouncilSpaceNPCs Non-Council Space NPCs]]\
6'''VideoGame/MassEffect3:''' [[Characters/MassEffect3PartyMembers Party Members]] | [[Characters/MassEffect3AntagonistsAndNpcs Antagonists and NPCs]] | [[Characters/MassEffect3MultiplayerCharacters Multiplayer Characters]]\
7'''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda:''' [[Characters/MassEffectAndromedaPathfinderRyder Pathfinder Ryder]] | [[Characters/MassEffectAndromedaPartyMembers Party Members]] | [[Characters/MassEffectAndromedaCrewOfTheTempest Crew of the Tempest]] | [[Characters/MassEffectAndromedaTheAndromedaInitiative The Andromeda Initiative]] | [[Characters/MassEffectAndromedaTheKett The Kett]] | [[Characters/MassEffectAndromedaTheAngara The Angara]] | [[Characters/MassEffectAndromedaOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/MassEffectAndromedaMultiplayerCharacters Multiplayer Characters]]-]]]]]
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9This page is for listing the tropes related to party members who first appeared in the original ''[[VideoGame/MassEffect1 Mass Effect]]'' game.
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13!Party Members
14!!CharacterSpecificPages
15[[index]]
16* '''[[Characters/MassEffectKaidanAlenko Kaidan Alenko]]'''
17* '''[[Characters/MassEffectAshleyWilliams Ashley Williams]]'''
18* '''[[Characters/MassEffectGarrusVakarian Garrus Vakarian]]'''
19* '''[[Characters/MassEffectLiaraTSoni Liara T'Soni]]'''
20* '''[[Characters/MassEffectTaliZorah Tali'Zorah]]'''
21* '''[[Characters/MassEffectUrdnotWrex Urdnot Wrex]]'''
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24!Guest Party Members
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26[[folder:Richard L. Jenkins]]
27!Corporal Richard L. Jenkins
28[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jenkins_1199.jpg]]
29[[caption-width-right:200:[[TemptingFate With a name like that, surely he'll be around forever. Right?]]]]
30-->''"We've got a Spectre on board! That's why I'm so wound up - I can't wait for the real mission to start."''
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32-->'''Voiced by''': Josh Dean
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34An over-enthusiastic Alliance soldier from Eden Prime, he is assigned as part of your squad when everything goes to hell there. Continuing in the long Bioware tradition of early sacrificial party members, he dies in the opening few minutes.
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36* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He says he's itching for some action just before the Eden Prime mission. Too bad "action" in his case meant watching his homeworld get scorched and being gunned down by a pair of geth recon drones.
37* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite his boundless enthusiasm and naïveté, various characters imply Jenkins was a very competent soldier.
38* DecoyProtagonist: He's a placeholder for Ash, who joins about a minute or two after his death.
39* DoomedHometown: Eden Prime is this for him. Pity he dies too soon for it to become a plot point. And it's not entirely doomed anyway; there's a DLC mission there in the third game.
40* ForgottenFallenFriend: Averted. The ''Normandy'' crew is very upset about his death, and often recall him later in the franchise.
41** In ''2'', Dr. Chakwas reminisces about him over drinks with Shepard.
42** One interpretation of when Shepard later encounters a young over-enthusiastic mercenary (who is also voiced by Josh Dean) on Omega, the reason they stopped dead in their tracks, turned slowly around and, if taking the Paragon interrupt, broke the kid's gun and ordered them home, was because he reminded them too much of Jenkins.
43** His name is on the memorial wall in the ''Normandy'' in ''Mass Effect 3'', and he will be mentioned if Kaidan, James, or EDI is brought to the Eden Prime mission.
44** In private moments, Shepard is shown to [[TheChainsOfCommanding give themself grief over Jenkins' death since it was their orders that caused him to run into the ambush]].
45* FunPersonified: According to Chakwas. One of her stories involves him pestering Kaidan for a biotic demonstration, only for Kaidan to accidentally throw him so hard across the room, she thought he was seriously injured. Jenkins then leapt up, gleefully exclaiming:
46--> '''Jenkins''': That was ''awesome''!
47* GameplayAndStorySegregation: If you're on a NewGamePlus, he'll be level 50+ and still die to a few bullets after having been ordered to take point.
48* GuestStarPartyMember: Despite being with you for at most a minute or two and dying right before the first fight, he is a fully functional squad member that can be issued orders and even has some skill points for you to assign despite never having an opportunity to use any abilities.
49* HeroWorshipper: To Shepard. This is rarely a good sign for a character's mortality rate this early in the story.
50* InformedAbility: He's apparently a badass soldier of the Alliance, but he is shot dead in the first half hour of the game and never gets to display it. Then again, it was a surprise attack, and even his replacement barely survived one while losing her entire squad to them.
51* InnocentlyInsensitive: If Shepard has a Survivor or Ruthless background, Jenkins can gush about what they've done is worth him being a Spectre candidate, to which Shepard can state that it's a past that brings them bad memories.
52* LeeroyJenkins: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], actually, [[MeaningfulName despite the name.]] He's very eager to go out there and see action, but still follows Shepard's orders to the letter and takes point. In the end it still doesn't do him much good; some geth drones ambush the squad and Jenkins gets gunned down before the rest know what's happening.
53* MeaningfulName: Downplayed. He's named after LeeroyJenkins, and while he doesn't take it to the level of insubordination, he is rather reckless and eager.
54* NaiveNewcomer: Definitely had an incredibly idealistic outlook on the Spectres, and the heroism of Shepard themself.
55* SacrificialLamb: He dies just before the player's first battle.
56* WeHardlyKnewYe: He got one conversation and a couple of lines. For a [=BioWare=] squad member, that's waving hello in passing.
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