History Characters / MassEffect3PartyMembers

* TakingTheBullet: Saves Shepard from a sniper, getting wounded in the process.

* NeatFreak: He spends his time aboard the Normandy constantly scrubbing his hands in the fluid-filled basins in his quarters. [[FridgeLogic It makes sense though;]] considering his {{psychometry}}, residue on the skin is probably a ''lot'' more irritating to Javik than it would be to just about anyone else.

* HeroWorshipper: Played with: he was one when he only knew Shepard by reputation. ''Anime/MassEffectParagonLost'' shows that he used to think Shepard would have handled Fehl Prime better than him, and he reacts violently to hearing Shepard insulted in ''Conviction''. After they actually meet, he makes a point of saluting even while they're in the brig, but otherwise isn't too awestruck or deferential.

* ValuesDissonance:
** Discussed in-universe with Liara. She's shocked by how warlike Javik is and by how imperialistic Prothean civilization was. It becomes clear that she had been viewing them through the lens of her own cultural norms when the reality was much different. Javik admits, eventually, that his views are a product of his time and had he lived in Liara's time, he might have seen the universe in a similar manner. Depending on how you interpret his words and tone, there might even seem to be some regret that he's not the "noble scholar" Liara believed/wanted the Protheans to be.
** He also thinks things may have been different before the Reapers came; by the time he was born, the war had been going for generations and was long past being obviously lost, and before the Reapers there was also the Metacon Wars. Basically, Prothean history at that point had been bloody struggle for survival against overwhelming foes, so the harsh attitude isn't all that unreasonable.

* LivingLieDetector: One of the benefits of his psychometric abilities. Though his wording suggests it's not infallible, but he can't sense any deception in Shepard's words. If [[spoiler:Shepard doesn't cure the genophage, and keeps it hidden from Wrex / Wreav, Jaavik will sense they're hiding ''something'', and quickly figures everything else out from there.]]

** 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.

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Thanks to a [[GoodBadBugs funny glitch]], you can blow her head off during the fight in the cargo bay of the Normandy if you score a headshot with a powerful enough weapon and she'll resurrect when Clone Shepard uses a medigel. Sans head.

* HopelessWithTech: If you ask him to disable the AA guns while on Rannoch, [[PercussiveMaintenance he will begin kicking the control panel]] much to Shepard's chagrin.

* InVinoVeritas
** Played with, since on the one hand Steve implies it was just the alcohol talking, on the other James really does care about the guy. Obviously, you [[NoodleIncident never get to know what James actually said]].
--->'''Cortez''': So you do care, Mr. Vega, or is that the cerveza talking again?

* {{Catchphrase}}: "[[WhileYouWereInDiapers In my cycle...]]"

* DeliberateValuesDissonance : Due to being born in an imperialistic society that existed when all other living races were still primitive, Javik will often voice opinions which are normal by his standards but exceedingly weird/brutal/both by ours.

** SealedBadassInACan: Spent fifty thousand years in a stasis pod before Cerberus found him.

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** 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.
** She's almost a clone to Samantha Traynor -- until she drops the dorky act.
* {{Expy}}: Cute and dorky AmbiguouslyBrown Alliance analyst with an English accent. Pretty much another Specialist Traynor. An ''evil'' Traynor. She also has some similarities to Tela Vasir from the previous game's Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC, in that she is initially presented as an ally, but subsequently turns out to be in league with the mission's BigBad.

* LastSecondChance: Paragon Shepard coldly tells her why she shouldn't attempt escaping custody. She takes the hint.

* SmugSnake: Her plan is actually pretty good and her act as a dorky HeroWorshipper is quite convincing, but once she reveals her true nature, her every word is filled with such raw, unbridled arrogance. She also succumbs to pointless sadism and BondVillainStupidity, leaving Shepard and their friends alive in an easily escapable SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere instead of just trying to kill all of them when they're at her mercy. [[LampshadeHanging Shepard even notes that a bullet would be easier and more reliable before this plan is even carried out.]]

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Kelly Chambers and Samantha Traynor, even with the latter on the ship.

** With a Paragon Shepard, due to having ''radically'' different approaches to how they should defeat the Reapers. Most of their dialogue shows that Javik is completely perplexed at their way of thinking. One reason for their friendship could be that, while everyone else judges Javik as The Last Prothean, the Enkindler, the Creator, Shepard is the ''only one'' who simply accepts Javik for who he is as a person, warts and all. In addition, while a Paragon Shepard may greatly disagree with Javik's proposed methods and lets it be known, Shepard also displays a great deal of empathy for [[FreudianExcuse why Javik thinks the way he does]].

** With a Paragon Shepard, due to having ''radically'' different approaches to how they should defeat the Reapers. Most of their dialogue shows that Javik is completely perplexed at their way of thinking. One reason for their friendship could be that, while everyone else judges Javik as The Last Prothean, the Enkindler, the Creator, Shepard is the ''only one'' who simply accepts Javik for who he is as a person, warts and all.

* BadassBaritone: Has a very deep voice to accent his badassery.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Implied in the ''Citadel DLC'', though he easily could've been joking.
-->'''Jack:''' Hey, Collector looking asshole, maybe go touch yourself?\\
'''Javik:''' [[DeadpanSnarker That does not happen until the end of the party]].

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** It [[FridgeBrilliance makes sense when you realise the last time he made tactical decisions]] he was forced to make the necessary decision to sacrifice a colony for intelligence. Intelligence that proved [[ShaggyDogStory worthless in the end.]] Such a trauma would leave Vega seem more then happy to leave it to [[TheChainsOfCommand someone else to make the hard choices.]]

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: If you take him with you to Eden Prime, he'll ask Liara if she's ever uncovered any dinosaur bones on her digs. Liara then hopelessly tries to explain the difference between an archaeologist and a paleontologist to him before giving up, thinking he's just messing with her. Vega, it turns out, just ''really'' likes dinosaurs.

* {{Precursor|s}}: The last living member of the current cycle's precursors.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: The quote above when he questions Paragon!Shepard's insistence on diplomacy and decency against the onslaught of the Reapers. This is one of the few instances when Paragon!Shepard has absolutely no rebuttal.[[note]]If Paragon!Shepard tries to make the Renegade response, Javik will say his words are hollow.[[/note]]

* CommanderContrarian: For every benevolent Paragon decision Shepard makes, Javik has a very well thought out counterpoint to illuminate the flaws in Shepard's idealism. Very often Paragon!Shepard can't properly rebut without using vague ideals and platitudes against his logic. This works both ways, especially when the results of that idealism do show themselves. This is primarily the reason Javik eventually ends up having so much respect for a Paragon Shepard.

* TheDragon: To Clone!Shepard.

* EvilAllAlong: Revealed to have been in league with Clone!Shepard the whole time.

* HeroWorshipper: "You're the crew of the Normandy! You're legends to the rest of the Alliance." Subverted -- she prefers Clone!Shepard to the real one.

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Thanks to a [[GoodBadBugs funny glitch]], you can blow her head off during the fight in the cargo bay of the Normandy if you score a headshot with a powerful enough weapon and she'll resurrect when Clone!Shepard uses a medigel. Sans head.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To Clone!Shepard, whether they realize it or not.

* OneManArmy: In the Citadel DLC, he boasts that he has more kills than every other member of the squad combined. Considering his background, the length of the Prothean-Reaper War, and his skills, this is most likely true.

* TokenEvilTeammate: His extremism makes Renegade Shepard look like a Paragon. Eventually he gets better and will come to respect our cycle's way of life and even expresses his enjoyment during his tour of the Citadel. [[spoiler:And if you convinced him to not relive the memories of his people through his shard, he'll decide to explore the galaxy after the war and experience the different cultures for himself]]. He explains that much of his extremism comes from his upbringing; he was born after the Reapers arrived, and was raised in the final struggles of the Prothean Empire. All throughout his life, he has never known anything but war. He even speculates a little wistfully that if he had not, he might well have been what Liara expected.

* GradualGrinder: Javik's trademark ability, Dark Channel, is a biotic attack somewhat akin to Warp that hexes a target with a gradual health drain that will leap to a nearby adjacent enemy upon the target's expiration, and will repeat until its timer runs out or there are no enemies in proximity to its current victim. It also acts a a [[CombinationAttack biotic combo primer]], and will continue to be so on each subsequent target it hexes. Play biotic combo whack-a-mole to really deal out the hurt.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Due to being born in an imperialistic society that existed when all other living races were still primitive, Javik will often voice opinions which are normal by his standards but exceedingly weird/brutal/both by ours.

* AscendedMeme: Fans once proposed calling him "[[FanNickname Prothy The Prothean]]" during the development stages of the third game, when they speculated that a Prothean would be a future squadmate. Come the ''From Ashes'' DLC, he lampshades it, and is actually not pleased.

* {{Troll}}: His new hobby -- there's a reason his FanNickname ''after'' the game was released was "Trollvik".