History Awesome / MassEffect

*** Except for the Paragon option if you [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready chose to kill the Council]] in the first game, which is [[InvertedTrope inversely]] [[DethroningMomentOfSuck terrible]]. Renegade-turned-Paragon Shepard tries to "justify" his/her actions by saying and reiterating that an opportunity was created for humans, and even that just comes off as trying to gain human advancement at the expense of every other race.
*** But then you can just punch her and still win.

---> '''Shepard''': [[spoiler:The Alliance lost eight cruisers: Shen Yang, Emden, Jukarta, Cairo, Seoul, Cape Town, Warsaw, Madrid and yes, I remember them all. Everyone in the Fifth Fleet is a hero. The Alliance owes them all medals, the Council owes them a lot more than that. And so do you.]]

* One for Harbinger, at the beginning no less. But when we see how DangerouslyGenreSavvy Harbinger is with the obliteration of the Normandy and Shepard's death at the beginning, it's hard not to be impressed. Sure it didn't work out exactly the way Harbinger wanted it, but it shows why the Reapers have been the top dogs for millions of years.

** He also gets one of these off camera [[spoiler: as Liara reveals that he's the one who gave her Shepard's dogtags to return to the Commander, after the mission's over.]]
---> [[spoiler: '''Liara''': "Do you remember Admiral Hackett? He gave them to me, so I could return them to you. He sends his best, and hopes you're okay."]]

** He also gets one of these off camera, as Liara says something about him afterwards:

** Made all the more funny/awesome by the fact the idiot taunts for not being able to shoot straight right before he and his bodyguards [[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt realize that you were ''not'' shooting at them]].

** Made all the more funny/awesome by the fact the idiot taunts for not being able to shoot straight right before he and his bodyguards realize that you do know how to shoot straight, you were just not shooting at them.

--->'''Tali''': "I am Tali, of the clan Zorrah, crew of the Neema, and you, are an idiot."

* Observing Wrex's political savvy on Tuchanka. If you compare his actions to Urdont Wreav's there's no question who the greater warlord is.
** After Mordin's mission Shepard had decimated Clan Weyrloc, Wreav used that to just wipe out the rest of the clan. Wrex took in the women and children and made them part of HIS tribe.
** He turned down a possible cure for the genophage because the experiments on living krogan were too cruel. Keep in mind, a genophage cure would be the 'I win' button for any krogan clan. Wrex turned it down on ETHICAL standards.

** Hunting down [[spoiler: A Specter...who has the Biotic Charge ability!]]

** [[spoiler: Liara becoming the new Shadow Broker. Thus giving Shepard ANOTHER force in his corner.]]

* The entire Overlord DLC was a Crowning 5 missions of awesome. Easily the best DLC in franchise history.

** [[Liara becoming the new Shadow Broker. Thus giving Shepard ANOTHER force in his corner.]]

** [Liara becoming the new Shadow Broker. Thus giving Shepard ANOTHER force in his corner. Screw the Reapers.]]

--->'''Shepard''': "My enemies threaten galaxies. Everyone on my ship has earned their place."

* If Jack survives the [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready suicide mission]], as you walk by her as she helps with repairs to the ''Normandy'', she gives you a respectful nod, and you realize she's gone from being an emotionally scarred, near-psychotic sociopath to someone who actually ''gives a shit'' about the rest of humanity. You've come a long way, baby.

--> "I didn't think it could be done, Commander. You managed to secure the base and neutralize the biotics without a single civilian casualty."
--> "Just doing my job, Admiral. I couldn't let innocent lives be lost."
-->"I wish every soldier had your definition of 'just doing your job'. You're a credit to the uniform, Shepard."