History Memes / MassEffect

* [[https://i.imgur.com/JwpyHd4.jpg Cerberus Taco Cart Theorem]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Cerberus has a reputation for incredibly poor safety precautions and their various experiments turning on them (''Overlord'' DLC being a good example) to the point where in the Citadel DLC, Joker lampshades it by talking about all the times Shepard had to clean up said experiments that got loose and started killing all their guys. Among their inner circle, Jack and Shepard (with EDI being taken along, or rather going along with Shepard and co. willingly) are prime examples of this. The meme was taken from ''Webcomic/ThreePanelSoul'', in which Shepard tells Miranda that The Illusive Man couldn't run a Taco Cart (technically a truck in the comic strip) without it going rogue and killing his own people.[[/labelnote]]

* Tali's Hips [[labelnote:Explanation]]Tali has some impressive HartmanHips, and it's mandatory to mention them whenever Tali is talked about. This [[AscendedMeme ascended]] in ME3: Citadel, where a drunk Tali rambles on "No, that gets broken down by mass effect fields... those are just my hips" in reference to a weird theory that ponders that Tali's wide hips may be temporary storage for her body waste.[[/labelnote]]

* Tali's Hips [[labelnote:Explanation]]Tali has some impressive HartmanHips, and it's mandatory to mention them whenever Tali is talked about.[[/labelnote]]

* Godmode Garrus/[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPbB4qfsA14 Garrus ascends to godhood]].[[labelnote:Explanation]]By arming him with the N7 Typhoon (with extended magazine and barrel mods), equipping his alternate or ''From Ashes'' appearances and assigning the correct power upgrades, Garrus can be engineered into the most overpowered squadmate in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''. Combining the Typhoon's already fearsome damage output with a cumulative damage buff of +220% allows Garrus to effortlessly dismantle the likes of Harvesters in ''seconds''.[[/labelnote]]

** [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 "I'm Garrus Vakarian,]] [[AscendedMeme and this is now my]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lgeGNaC6YY FAVORITE spot on the Citadel!"]] [[labelnote:explanation]]While clay-pigeon shooting bottles with Garrus, choosing to miss one on purpose will cause Garrus to happily shout this meme.[[/labelnote]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=467pmIX-oZo Marauder]] [[http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/269/252/a03.jpg Shields]]: the TrueFinalBoss of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' [[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers)]]With ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' lacking any sort of FinalBoss fight, the fandom has seized on the last foe Shepard faces, a random marauder {{Mook}} which pops out of nowhere near the portal leading to the Citadel. The "shields" part comes from the fact that marauders have Energy Shields, which appears directly under their name; combine them and you get Marauder Shields. an update lowered said Marauder's shields to make the segment easier...whilst making the "Shields" part more visible against a red health bar, thus emphasizing the meme even more.[[/labelnote]]

* '''[[ShootTheMessenger SO]] [[EvilSoundsDeep BE]] [[BadEnding IT]]'''. [[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers)]]When Bioware released the endings' Extended Cut, they added a 4th ending that allowed you to refuse choosing any of the Catalyst's actions. If you do that or shoot him, Starchild utters the aforementioned phrase before letting the Reapers finish the current cycle.[[/labelnote]]

* [[SpecialEffectsFailure The Magical Disappearing Rocks of Rannoch]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]On Rannoch, Shepard hands Tali a rock that disappears by the very next shot.[[/labelnote]]

* Red, Blue, Green [[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers)]]The original endings were were widely derided since in practice, basically all they had the player do was choose one of three different colors that would be filtered throughout the last few cutscenes.[[/labelnote]]
* '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLpgxry542M SIR ISAAC]] [[UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton NEWTON]] IS THE [[MemeticBadass DEADLIEST SON OF A BITCH IN SPACE]]!''' [[labelnote:Explanation]]An officer explaining a ship's weapons to some grunts became popular for this bizarre-yet-memorable sentence.[[/labelnote]]
* BRB, Virmire. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Virmire is where you have to sacrifice either Kaidan or Ashley. In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' her FanservicePack includes a boob job or six, leading many a fan who saved Kaiden to replay the series and save Ashley. Although it can be used in reverse by fans who don't like Ashley's "[[UnnecessaryMakeover development]]" in the third game.[[/labelnote]]

** In the third game, if Tali is romanced, she leaves behind a picture of herself, which is... a photoshopped Miss England face. Naturally this too got memed to hell and back. The ''[[UpdatedRerelease Legendary Edition]]'' remaster [[AuthorsSavingThrow changed the photo entirely to an unmasked Tali that showed far more effort.]]
* Tali's Hips [[labelnote:Explanation]]Tali has some impressive HartmanHips, and it's mandatory to mention them whenever she's talked about.[[/labelnote]]

** Kaidan's romance arc in the third game repeats this if he was romanced since [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 the first game]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]He turns around to walk on the Normandy after being accepted to come aboard after the Cerberus coup at the Citadel. A romanced female Shepard, and the camera, stare straight at his ass [[EatingTheEyeCandy the whole time]] with a huge smirk on her face.[[/labelnote]]

** An AscendedMeme three times over: in ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'', the player can loot Turian Calibration Coils to [[ShopFodder sell for money]].
** Now an AscendedMeme FOUR times over: in the ''[[UpdatedRerelease Legendary Edition]]'' version of the trilogy, the display settings category in the options menu is called "Calibrations."

* "What can you tell me about [x]?" [[labelnote:Explanation]]In the first game, Shepard has a very blunt way of asking about what s/he wants to know in the "Investigate" dialogue option, despite being heavily downplayed in latter games.[[/labelnote]]

*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq-p0ysCF6E "I should go."]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Shepard seems to have a tendency to start conversations and then abruptly excuse him/herself. People are beginning to suspect it's being done on purpose... Part of the problem is that the skip dialog button is the same as the select dialog button, and the dialog wheel doesn't always wait for the person to stop talking before showing up, often resulting in unanticipated dialog choices.[[/labelnote]]

* [[AGodAmI I AM A BIOTIC GOD!!!!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Niftu Cal, simultaneous MemeticBadass and SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}, is a FountainOfMemes. He's a dumpy accountant-type that's been pumped full of psychic-power enhancing drugs (and even then if you let him run wild, it turns out his powers are quite feeble).[[/labelnote]]

* [[AscendedMeme Blasto]], the [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Entertainment#Blasto_the_Jellyfish_Stings first]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwfH9oHOzRQ Hanar Spectre]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]On the now defunct Bioware boards one of the developers posted the joking idea of Blasto during Mass Effect 2's development. Then the actual game contained previews for an in-universe film staring Blasto that is one huge ''Film/DirtyHarry''/{{Blaxploitation}} parody. The third game went even further, with a good ten minutes of audio from a Blasto movie available for players to listen to. With the Citadel DLC there's even a scene where they're shooting the new one and ask Shepard to cameo.[[/labelnote]]

* Don't. ''[[PrecisionFStrike Fuck]]''. With Aria. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Aria T'Loak's well-known PrecisionFStrike. Despite being something of a ForcedMeme, it's caught on with the community and made Aria a fan favorite.[[/labelnote]]

** "I canceled my pre-order" in general was used to make fun of people who complain that the game was ruined even before release.
* Now we have to spend all day computing pi because Joker plugged in the overlord. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A reference to Joker's hilarious reply to EDI when a spoilery event happens.[[/labelnote]]

** In that same vein, "I fucking love steak" and Garrus's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crgEIhI3y_o&feature=context-shows&list=SL Damn whore]]

* "[[YouNoTakeCandle WE KNOW GAVORN'S TRICKS! WE LEAVE!]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]]What one member of the brutal and primitive vorcha race will say to if you just walk up and start talking to him.[[/labelnote]]

* They're fools. You should [[ImAHumanitarian eat them]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Wrex's suggestion in regards to dealing with unsavory people in the first game. For context: When turian Lorik Qui'in complains about having to try to convince the executive board to deal with the the Noveria administrator's unwanted self-serving brand of corruption, Wrex darkly recommends eating them if they don't actually do something about the admin, evidence be damned.[[/labelnote]]

* Why is it that whenever someone says "WithAllDueRespect", they really mean '"kiss my ass?" [[labelnote:Explanation]] As spoken by Ashley Williams in the first game. During the Virmire mission, the player has to choose who will look after Kirrahe's team. Ashley volunteers, but Kaidan scolds her, telling her complete "with all due respect" that she has no right to decide such a thing. Kaidan's use of "with all due respect" leads Ashley to mutter this line.[[/labelnote]]

* Weebloo[=/=]Weeabloo. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Cora is very enthusiastic about the time she spent with asari commandos. This is a twist on "weeaboo," meaning one who is obsessed with Japanese culture. Asari are blue, so you get this meme.[[/labelnote]]
** On that note, "Did you know I trained to be an Asari Huntress"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Cora isn't just enthusiastic about her time with the asari when asked about it, she brings it up ''constantly'' and nearly all of your conversations with her at least mention it. Not only do fans mock her overuse of lines like this, but many like to jokingly act like she actually ''is'' an asari.[[/labelnote]]
* "NOW WITH AN ALL ELCOR CAST"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A reference to a gag in the second game that's often used to mock instances of DullSurprise. The elcor race speaks in a constant dull monotone (their native language relies heavily on extremely subtle expressions and motions) and have to put descriptors in front of sentences to properly convey things to other species. Cue a commercial advertising a production of ''{{Theatre/Hamlet}}'' that made the questionable decision to have an ''all elcor cast''. [[FridgeBrilliance Presumably]], the target audience is Elcor who can't take other productions of Hamlet seriously because normal human acting seems cartoonishly overexaggerated. Although the Elcor actor in the ad can only manage an insincere endorsement.[[/labelnote]]

* "The Consort raped me!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]In the first game, Sha'ira the Asari consort gives you a "gift of words" in return for helping her with a client who has been spreading lies about her. Choosing the dialogue option, "That's it?" triggers a sex scene with her. This took many players by surprise, since there's no indication this will happen.[[/labelnote]]

* It's Kelly's fault! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Mordin comments that an STD normally found only in varren, also known as "fishdogs," somehow made its way onto the Normandy. General consensus in the community is that [[AnythingThatMoves Kelly]] [[BoldlyComing Chambers]] is the infection vector.[[/labelnote]]

* Yo Dawg, I heard you don't wanna get killed by synthetics. [[spoiler:So I made some synthetics to kill you every 50,000 years so you won't get killed by synthetics]].[[labelnote:Explanation]]After the original endings, this variation on the Xzibit image macro series was used to sum up the seeming InsaneTrollLogic of the Catalyst's motivation. In reality, the Catalyst views converting species into Reapers as a way of preserving them while giving them continued life in Reaper form. In the sense that a mummy is "preserved", anyway.[[/labelnote]]

* Shepard [[DrivesLikeCrazy can't drive]], either. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The ''interesting'' driving physics in the Mako led much of the fandom to believe Shepard is the galaxy's worst driver.[[/labelnote]]

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* "It's a bit fucked that you killed 305,942 Batarians, Shep, but we understand you had to delay the Reapers." "Reapers?"[[labelnote:Explanation]]The games aren't subtle about painting batarians as nothing more than an antagonist race, so fans also started playing up Shepard as having extreme FantasticRacism towards them and gleefully exterminating them whenever possible, such as in the ''Arrival'' DLC, where it's joked he didn't blow up the Bahak system to stop the Reapers, but for their own amusement.[[/labelnote]]

* Why is it that whenever someone says "WithAllDueRespect", they really mean '"kiss my ass?" [[labelnote:explanation]] As spoken by Ashley Williams in the first game. During the Virmire mission, the player has to choose who will look after Kirrahe's team. Ashley volunteers, but Kaidan scolds her, telling her complete "with all due respect" that she has no right to decide such a thing. Kaidan's use of "with all due respect" leads Ashley to mutter this line.[[/labelnote]]

** Apparently, so does the Ryder siblings.[[labelnote:Explation]]''Andromeda'''s main playable characters were given the same dancing steps as Shepard, as evidenced during the epilogue at the Hyperion party.[[/labelnote]]

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* [[http://yfrog.com/0flolwhutsheperdj SHEPARD IS PLEASED]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Shepard's UncannyValley face is used to make any situation more uncomfortable.[[/labelnote]]

*** "[[Machinima/GamerPoop I'm Garrus Vakarian,]] [[https://youtu.be/hDRel-7W-r8?t=140 And this is my Rectum.]]"[[labelnote:Note]]Much like Shepard's "We'll Bang, OK?" line popularized by the [=GamerPoop=] series, Garrus gets painted there as an occasional MemeticMolester, obsessed with showing his rectum, of all things.[[/labelnote]]

* [[https://i.imgur.com/JwpyHd4.jpg Cerberus Taco Cart Theorem]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Cerberus has a reputation for incredibly poor safety precautions and various experiments turning on them (''Overlord'' DLC being a good example) to the point where in the Citadel DLC, Joker lampshades it by talking about all the times Shepard had to clean up said experiments that got loose and started killing all their guys. Among their inner circle, Jack and Shepard (with EDI being taken along, or rather going along with Shepard and co. willingly) are prime examples of this. The meme was taken from ''Webcomic/ThreePanelSoul'', in which Shepard tells Miranda that The Illusive Man couldn't run a Taco Cart without it going rogue and killing his own people.[[/labelnote]]

* [[https://i.imgur.com/JwpyHd4.jpg Cerberus Taco Cart Theorem]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Cerberus has a reputation for incredibly poor safety precautions and various experiments turning on them to the point where in the Citadel DLC, Joker lampshades it by talking about all the times Shepard had to clean up said experiments that got loose and started killing all their guys. Among their inner circle, Jack, Shepard, and EDI are prime examples of this. The meme was taken from ''Webcomic/ThreePanelSoul'', in which Shepard tells Miranda that The Illusive Man couldn't run a Taco Cart without it going rogue and killing his own people.[[/labelnote]]

* [[https://i.imgur.com/JwpyHd4.jpg Cerberus Taco Cart Theorem]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Cerberus has a reputation for incredibly poor safety precautions and various experiments turning on them to the point where in the Citadel DLC, Joker lampshades it by talking about all the times Shepard had to clean up said experiments that got loose and started killing all their guys. For bonus points he can say this in the presence of EDI and Miranda, two other Cerberus experiments that got loose and started killing all their guys. The meme was taken from ''Webcomic/ThreePanelSoul'', in which Shepard tells Miranda that The Illusive Man couldn't run a Taco Cart without it going rogue and killing his own people.[[/labelnote]]

** [[AscendedMeme Referenced]] in ''Mass Effect 3'', when dealing with an indoctrinated hanar. A very exasperated Shepard calls the hanar this exact phrase.