History Characters / MassEffect3PartyMembers

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: He seems to piss off almost everybody in the crew, especially Liara, but they keep him around because he is a useful source of knowledge about the Protheans and an excellent combatant. Eventually they do start getting along a little better when Liara realizes she needs to stop judging him by what she assumed Protheans were like. By ''Citadel'', he's more or less integrated into the group, finding a niche alongside the more bloodthirsty members like Wrex.

* {{Omniglot}}: His empathic abilities let him learn English in moments by scanning Shepard's memories when they touched his shoulder. Of course, that Shepard already had the Prothean Cypher in their head from the first game probably helped in that regard.
* OptionalPartyMember: The From Ashes DownloadableContent allows you to recruit him.

-->'''Javik''': [[MySensorsindicateYouWantToTapThat You and the human soldier/asari/turian/quarian are... joined?]]\\

** Seems to have been intended to replace Jacob as this, given his status as a protein elemental and fondness for working out in ridiculously tight shirts. Unfortunately, unlike Jacob, he's oddly not a romance option for either sex. [[spoiler:Though, he can still be in a one night stand with FemShep in ''Citadel''.]]

* TheNicknamer: It's his way of remembering people; he admits to giving people names when he feels their given name "doesn't fit". Calls Male Shepard "Loco"[[note]]On account of Shepard's sheer awesome tendencies.[[/note]] or Female Shepard "Lola"[[note]]When he was a kid, his best friend had a sister named Lola. In James' words: "Older sister. Hot. Tough."[[/note]] in their first talk aboard the ''Normandy''; you have the option of whether to allow him to continue using it. Also calls Garrus "Scars", Liara "Doc", Tali "Sparks", and Javik "Buggy".

* SadisticChoice: Near the end of ''Anime/MassEffectParagonLost'', Vega is torn between saving the colonists who are on board on the crashing Collector ship and saving the asari Treeya who coincidentally has the intel on the Collectors from being spaced out. [[spoiler: He chose the latter.]] Shepard notes that is probably ''why'' James was offered N7 training, because Shepard himself -- regardless of background -- was forced to make a SadisticChoice while in command.

* CrackPairing: An in-universe and canonical one at that! [[spoiler:Female Shepard and Javik potentially have a one-night-stand in ''Citadel'']].

* HypocriticalHumor: In ''Citadel'', he potentially [[spoiler: sleeps with female Shepard who hasn't romanced anyone]], despite protesting InterspeciesRomance as a "pointless exercise" during the Geth Dreadnought mission if he's brought along and male Shepard is romancing Tali. This is also after he stated that Protheans considered primitive quarians attractive and laments that no-one can appreciate that now (except male Shepard if Tali is romanced) [[note]] Of course, in that continuity he had never met ''Mrs.'' [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Shepard]] [[/note]].
* IllKillYou: Javik snarls that if he only gets to kill Kai Leng, then he'll die happy. Let us repeat: Javik has a blood oath to destroy the Reapers, but Kai Leng is the only person he wants to ''personally'' murder. That guy gets a rise out of a 50,000 year old Prothean whose species was not only rendered extinct, but turned into BodyHorror SlaveMooks.

** He also gets along with Garrus, respecting the later's knowledge of war and history of warfare and in general looks well on the turian militaristic culture as it closely resembles his own. The two trade stories of pointless wars that occurred in their cycle and likely only served to make things easier for the Reapers. He and Garrus basically tutor a young human soldier out of his naivete -- Garrus teaching to respect the enemy, Javik teaching he should be hardening himself for what's coming.
** If he never views the Shard, he admits he actually likes the idea of exploring the galaxy with Liara, and helping her with her book.

* ThatWasNotADream: In ''Citadel'', a ''very'' hungover Javik complains of the horrible dream he had about waking up, 50,000 years in the future when primitives ruled the galaxy... only to realise that he wasn't dreaming.

* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: Javik calls Liara by her given name instead of as a generic "asari" when she nears her DespairEventHorizon. Shepard later asks if he meant what he said; Javik tells you either it matters only that Liara believes, or [[ExactWords "I will tell you what you want to hear: I meant what I said."]]

* NonMammalMammaries: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] At first it looks like she has these but once she ditches her InTheHood look it's revealed that it was actually the chestplate of her Talon merc armor pressing against the fabric of her disguise.

* DeathByIrony: She stabs the real Shepard in the back for the cloned one. And if you decide to take the Renegade interrupt, you can pay her back by shooting her in the back as she's walking away. Just as Shepard didn't see the betrayal coming, Brooks won't see her death coming.

** To Miranda, which Clone Shepard [[LampshadeHanging highlights]]. When she's in her blue Alliance combat armor, she also bears more than a striking resemblance to Ashley. While Miranda and Ashley are more pro-human than anti-alien, Brooks is completely the latter. There's another parallel to Miranda in that she initially plotted to use a MindControl chip to keep Shepard in line before the Illusive Man overruled her, while Brooks absconded with Clone Shepard to escape his oversight, and is strongly implied to have manipulated them into following her own ideology.