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* TheLancer: A position he shares with Garrus and Miranda.
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* [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap Rescued From]] [[TierInducedScrappy The Scrappy Tier]] [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap Heap]]: The latest weapons provided by Downloadable Content has made Jacob a more viable squadmate.
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* TheEngineer: In the first game, Chief Engineer Adams is impressed with her skill. In the second, she gets automatically promoted to chief engineer herself as soon as she's recruited, [[SoYeah so there you go]].

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* TheEngineer: In the first game, Chief Engineer Adams is impressed with her skill. In the second, she gets automatically promoted to chief engineer herself as soon as she's recruited, [[SoYeah so there you go]].recruited.



** And if you don't hug her during her loyalty mission she remarks on how her father never used his "sick days" to show her his face SoYeah...

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** And if you don't hug her during her loyalty mission she remarks on how her father never used his "sick days" to show her his face SoYeah...face...



* MyHeroZero: Well, AntiHero, but hey, considering [[SoYeah the trope in question]]...

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* MyHeroZero: Well, AntiHero, but hey, considering [[SoYeah the trope in question]]...question...



* CovertPervert: He is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObVxYYB0knA playing]] ''pornography'' whilst flying the Normandy. EDI is aware, too. SoYeah.

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* CovertPervert: He is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObVxYYB0knA playing]] ''pornography'' whilst flying the Normandy. EDI is aware, too. SoYeah.
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* HurtingHero: Definitely there with a Colonist background and a War Hero or Sole Survivor background. Also depends on dialogue choices.
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* CloningBlues: Somewhat. He stops angsting about it once he's accepted by other Krogan.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Doesn't like ramen apparently.

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* CloningBlues: Somewhat. He stops angsting about it once he's accepted by other Krogan.
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* DoesNotLikeSpam: Doesn't like ramen ramen, apparently.



* HeyItsThatVoice: SteveBlum

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* HeyItsThatVoice: [[HeyItsThatVoice Hey, It's That Voice]]: SteveBlum



* LaserGuidedTykebomb: Okeer created him to lead the krogan against his personal enemies. However, his "programming," failed and Grunt could not care less about Okeer's goals.

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* LaserGuidedTykebomb: Okeer created him to lead the krogan against his personal enemies. However, his "programming," "programming" failed and Grunt could not care less about Okeer's goals.



*** Considering that there is a general antipathy towards Turians, Okeer succeeded only in conditioning Grunt to hate something he would have eventually learned about from any normal Krogan.

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*** Considering that there is a general antipathy towards Turians, turians, Okeer succeeded only in conditioning Grunt to hate something he would have eventually learned about from any normal Krogan.krogan.



**And the charge? If he does it to another Krogan, he will '''push them back'''. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome This includes the considerably larger warlord on his loyalty mission]]

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**And the charge? If he does it to another Krogan, krogan, he will '''push them back'''. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome This includes the considerably larger warlord on his loyalty mission]]



* ReplacementScrappy: Wrex was a BloodKnight, a WarriorPoet and a DeadpanSnarker. When the [[TrailersAlwaysLie trailers]] depicted Grunt as a simple BloodKnight, people suspected he'd become Wrex's ReplacementScrappy. However, Grunt proves to be a bit more complex than that. Maybe it's his [[ContemplateOurNavels intensive soul-searching]] over being born ''knowing'' he is a TomatoInTheMirror -- right out of the tank he knows he'd be an [[SuperSoldier awesome fighter]] and he knows that he'd [[BloodKnight love it]], but he has weird thoughts about the "[[TheSpartanWay thousand brothers that would have been at his flank]]" -- they died because they were "weak", but he is "[[HardWorkHardlyWorks strong]]" because of their [[PlayingWithSyringes deaths]]. Not to mention his concern over his "[[TheBerserker fury]]" -- he wants it to be "his choice", not Okeer's.

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* ReplacementScrappy: Averted. Wrex was a BloodKnight, a WarriorPoet and a DeadpanSnarker. When the [[TrailersAlwaysLie trailers]] depicted Grunt as a simple BloodKnight, people suspected he'd become Wrex's ReplacementScrappy. However, Grunt proves to be a bit more complex than that. Maybe it's his [[ContemplateOurNavels intensive soul-searching]] over being born ''knowing'' he is a TomatoInTheMirror -- right out of the tank he knows he'd be an [[SuperSoldier awesome fighter]] and he knows that he'd [[BloodKnight love it]], but he has weird thoughts about the "[[TheSpartanWay thousand brothers that would have been at his flank]]" -- they died because they were "weak", but he is "[[HardWorkHardlyWorks strong]]" because of their [[PlayingWithSyringes deaths]]. Not to mention his concern over his "[[TheBerserker fury]]" -- he wants it to be "his choice", not Okeer's.



* SuperSoldier: Grown in a vat to be the "perfect" Krogan.

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* SuperSoldier: Grown in a vat to be the "perfect" Krogan.krogan.



** The Codex notes, however, that the rage only became so commonplace after the Genophage. Oops.

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** The Codex notes, however, that the rage only became so commonplace after the Genophage.genophage. Oops.
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** Well, he is less then a year old

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** Well, he is [[{{JustifiedTrope}} less then a year oldold.]]
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* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: If you take it to the Citadel or the Migrant Fleet.
** Hilariously, if you take it to Tali's trial on the Migrant Fleet, Admiral Zaal'Koris, the JerkAss geth apologist, will accuse Shepard of trying to intimidate them, to which Shala'Raan will respond by [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome saying that the Captain of the ship allowed it on board]].

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* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: If you take it to the Citadel or on the Migrant Fleet.
** Hilariously, if you take it to Tali's trial on the Migrant Fleet, Admiral Zaal'Koris, the JerkAss geth apologist, will accuse Shepard of trying to intimidate them, to which Shala'Raan will respond by [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome saying that the Captain captain of the ship allowed it on board]].



** Subverted, since after your complete its loyalty mission, it gets a "Geth shield powerup" skill.
** Further subverted in that there are two protype-category upgrades to increase its normal shield maximum. Combine with the Geth Shield Boost loyalty power, and Legion can tank almost as well as Grunt.
* HeyItsThatVoice: [[ResidentEvil Albert Wesker!]]
* IAmLegion: It's specifically named after the quote by Shepard after it's recommended by EDI since it refers to itself as the entire Geth.

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** Subverted, since after your complete its loyalty mission, it gets a "Geth "geth shield powerup" skill.
** Further subverted in that there are two protype-category prototype-category upgrades to increase its normal shield maximum. Combine with the Geth Shield Boost loyalty power, and Legion can tank almost as well as Grunt.
* HeyItsThatVoice: [[HeyItsThatVoice Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[ResidentEvil Albert Wesker!]]
* IAmLegion: It's specifically named after the quote by Shepard after it's recommended by EDI since it refers to itself as the entire Geth.geth.



** Supposedly Legion can be taken anywhere before the Collectors ransack the Normandy as long as its Loyalty mission isn't activated.
*** Just for '''TWO''' missions, or one if its loyalty mission is the only one left to do. Really, your best bet is to save Tali's mission for that moment and take Legion. It has more dialogue there than in any other mission, and the idea of bringing a live geth onto the Flotilla, when Tali ''is accused of bringing live geth onto the Flotilla'', is a CrowningMomentOfFunny. After you've completed the mission, talk to Legion for its loyalty mission, do it, and the Collectors will attack.



** It espesially loves the "-X or Y? -Yes." kind, athough it's likely doing that on purpose.
** FridgeBrilliance though since it really would be using Boolean logic. And in Boolean logic using an Or statement, as long as either statement is true, the output is true as well (or yes). There's really no way to handle that sort of extreme grammatical contraction.
* MindHive: Like all geth "platforms", Legion is a cluster of geth programs. It has cognitive abilities on-par with sentients because the platform they operate in was purpose-built for interaction with organic sentients, and can run around ten times more Geth programs than the typical platform you frequently gun down. Specifically, Legion is host to 1,183 geth programs.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Subverted. Turns out all those Geth who worked for the Reapers are a relatively small sect of the species (5%) who have been branded as Heretics by the non-genocidal members. The species at large just wants to be left alone.

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** It espesially loves the "-X "X or Y? -Yes.Y?" "Yes." kind, athough it's likely doing that on purpose.
** FridgeBrilliance though FridgeBrilliance, though, since it really would be using Boolean logic. And in Boolean logic using an Or statement, as long as either statement is true, the output is true as well (or yes). There's really no way to handle that sort of extreme grammatical contraction.
* MindHive: Like all geth "platforms", Legion is a cluster of geth programs. It has cognitive abilities on-par with sentients because the platform they operate in was purpose-built for interaction with organic sentients, and can run around ten times more Geth geth programs than the typical platform you frequently gun down. Specifically, Legion is host to 1,183 geth programs.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Subverted. Turns out all those Geth geth who worked for the Reapers are a relatively small sect of the species (5%) who have been branded as Heretics by the non-genocidal members. The species at large just wants to be left alone.



* PronounTrouble: It's iffy on whether Legion should be referred to as a "he", an "it", or a "they", considering that Legion is made up of over a thousand geth programs that form a gestalt consciousness. Legion refers to itself as "we," although it can be hard to seperate whether it is speaking of the runtimes in the platform named Legion, or the Geth species as a whole.

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* PronounTrouble: It's iffy on whether Legion should be referred to as a "he", an "it", or a "they", considering that Legion is made up of over a thousand geth programs that form a gestalt consciousness. Legion refers to itself as "we," although it can be hard to seperate whether it is speaking of the runtimes in the platform named Legion, or the Geth geth species as a whole.



** The game itself tries to hide it by naming it's recruitment achievement "obtain geth technology" rather than "recruit X". The cover is kind of blown, when you find a technology that increases shields of ''geth party members'' way before you meet it.
* ValuesDissonance: Alot of Legion's dialogue involves it explaining how the geth operate in terms both Shepard and the player can understand. During its loyalty quest, Legion will agree with Renegade Shepard's point that organic and synthetic moral values are fundamentally different when the other teammate questions the moral ramifications of rewriting the programming of the Heretics, explaining that organics are individuals and that consensus takes time and effort whereas there are no individuals among synthetics and that communication between them is instantaneous. Legion will even go as far as saying that it would be racist to think otherwise.

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** The game itself tries to hide it by naming it's describing its recruitment achievement as "obtain geth technology" rather than "recruit X". The cover is kind of blown, when you find a technology that increases shields of ''geth party members'' way before you meet it.
* ValuesDissonance: Alot of Legion's dialogue involves it explaining how the geth operate in terms both Shepard and the player can understand. During its loyalty quest, Legion will agree with Renegade Shepard's point that organic and synthetic moral values are fundamentally different when the other teammate questions the moral ramifications of rewriting the programming of the Heretics, heretics, explaining that organics are individuals and that consensus takes time and effort whereas there are no individuals among synthetics and that communication between them is instantaneous. Legion will even go as far as saying that it would be racist to think otherwise.



--->'''Legion:''' The Geth believe all intelligent life must [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-determination self-determinate]].
* WarriorPoet: About as close as a generally logical robot can get. The Legion platform was specifically designed to interface with organic species, and Legion spends a significant amount of its time attempting to explain differences between Geth and organic culture to Shepard. It also seems interested in learning about organics in turn, and also meditates on how the heretic and mainstream Geth became so far apart.

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--->'''Legion:''' The Geth geth believe all intelligent life must [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-determination self-determinate]].
* WarriorPoet: About as close as a generally logical robot can get. The Legion platform was specifically designed to interface with organic species, and Legion spends a significant amount of its time attempting to explain differences between Geth geth and organic culture to Shepard. It also seems interested in learning about organics in turn, and also meditates on how the heretic and mainstream Geth geth became so far apart.
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* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: The first Asari to legitimately fit the title at that!

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* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: The first Asari asari to legitimately fit the title at that!
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* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: The first Asari to legitimately fit the title at that!
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** Further subverted in that there are two protype-category upgrades to increase its normal shield maximum. Combine with the Geth Shield Boost loyalty power, and Legion can tank almost as well as Grunt.

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* SchrodingersPlayerCharacter: Not the character itself, but the stories behind them. No matter what origin and backstory you chose for Shepard, all of those events happened. S/he was just only present for one or two of them.



* SemperFi: Shepard starts out as a Marine. An extremely talented Marine who went through specialized training to become a Special Forces officer, but still a Marine.



* [[spoiler:SelfMadeOrphan: Not directly or intentionally, but she did send the parts of the geth back to the fleet, which then killed her father. This being Tali, she beats herself up about it.]]
* SexEqualsLove: Justified. Since the act can most definitely kill her, she's certainly not just interested in Shepard for casual reasons.



* SexEqualsLove: Justified. Since the act can most definitely kill her, she's certainly not just interested in Shepard for casual reasons.



* SemperFi



* SemperFi: A special operative, like all biotics, but still a Marine.



* ScottyTime: Joker apparently deliberately pads his estimates to make himself look good when he pulls off whatever his tasks are in under that. EDI calls him out on this.



** Rael'Zorah as well. The two of them saved a ship from batarian raiders when they were ''kids''. No wonder Tali takes after him.
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** Rael'Zorah as well. The two of them saved a ship from batarian raiders when they were ''kids''. No wonder Tali takes after him.
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* [[spoiler:PrecursorKiller: Unless there's another brainwashed collective hiding somewhere, Shepard has officially offed what's left of the Protheans. S/He's also killed two Reapers personally, and fought a third to a standstill.]]

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* [[spoiler:PrecursorKiller: [[spoiler:PrecursorKillers: Unless there's another brainwashed collective hiding somewhere, Shepard has officially offed what's left of the Protheans. S/He's also killed two Reapers [[EldritchAbomination Reapers]] personally, and fought a third to a standstill.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Shepard. [[strike:[[MemeticMutation Wrex.]]]] The commander has the ability to gather people to his cause and guide to become better people... if you want to.

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* MeaningfulName: Shepard. [[strike:[[MemeticMutation Wrex.]]]] The commander has the ability to gather people to his his/her cause and guide to become better people... if you want to.
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Renegade Shepard is fond of these. Paragon isn't shy about it either.

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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Renegade Shepard is fond of these. [[GoodIsNotNice Paragon isn't shy about it either.either]].
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That's not what Crazy Awesome means.


* CrazyAwesome: '''OMFG GETH SQUADMATE!'''
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** [[spoiler:There's still one game left, and an entire Reaper fleet for him/her to bring up that count.]]

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* LetsWaitAWhile:
--->'''Garrus:''' "You know me. I always like to savor the last shot before popping the heat sink ({{Beat}}) [[ThatCameOutWrong Wait, that metaphor went somewhere horrible."]]



* ThatCameOutWrong: "You know me. I always like to savor the last shot before popping the heat sink...wait, that metaphor went somewhere horrible."
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* MadeOfIron: The guy survives being shot by a gunship only a few meters away. And after the battle and a short rest in the sick bay he's able to get up and laugh when Shepard jokes about his new scars.
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** He is also named after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkegaard Søren Kierkegaard]], the father of existentialism.


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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Saren's original costume design had him dressed [[http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-05/me-misc03.html all in black.]]
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* [[spoiler:LivingShip: Currently the trope image.]]

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* [[spoiler:LivingShip: Currently the (possible) trope image.]]
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* [[spoiler:LivingShip]]

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* [[spoiler:LivingShip]][[spoiler:LivingShip: Currently the trope image.]]
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* BloodKnight: A Renegade Shepard shows these tendencies from time to time, especially in the sequel.
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* AchillesHeel: Shepard can kill, negotiate, bribe, or charm her/his way out any situation, and has long since been proven the ultimate problem-solving machine in the galaxy. Despite Shepard's long list of impressive skills and athletic ability, in no situation seen thus far can Shepard avoid ''looking like a complete [[ICantDance jackass]]'' when attempting to "dance."

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** A [[{{Animorphism}} animorphic]] [[BloodyRoar rabbit]]. I'm NotMakingThisUp, a [[CrazyAwesome cute girl who morphs into a giant bunny rabbit]].

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** A [[{{Animorphism}} animorphic]] [[BloodyRoar rabbit]]. I'm NotMakingThisUp, NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, a [[CrazyAwesome cute girl who morphs into a giant bunny rabbit]].rabbit]].
*** Kasumi's mission has a nice surprise...hearing one of the crime lords you might just go "that's '''''Bastila!'''''"


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* MusclesAreMeaningless: Female Shepard, in particular, is a stick figure. Instead of Krogan crushing her however she crushes them.
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*** More of an IronWoobie, as he generally sucks it up and [[Determinator keeps on going]].

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*** More of an IronWoobie, as he generally sucks it up and [[Determinator [[{{Determinator}} keeps on going]].
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*** More of an IronWoobie, as he generally sucks it up and keeps on going.

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*** More of an IronWoobie, as he generally sucks it up and [[Determinator keeps on going.going]].
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Never did like that meme, let's go with something else.


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[[caption-width:330:''Behold, the galaxy's ultimate badass.'']]

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