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* CanadaEh: Believe it or not, both Shepards Voice Actors are Canadian. While Jennifer Hale is fairly good at hiding the accent, Mark Meer tends to fall into saying "Aboot" every once and awhile.
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Creators Favorite is for a character who is the creator of that character enjoys the most, not whichever franchise a celebrity says they enjoy.


* CreatorsFavorite: Creator/JamesGunn said that ''Mass Effect'' is one of his favorite video game series.
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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/MarkMeer originally auditioned simply to play various background characters throughout the franchise (which he still does, voicing all the vorcha and hanar, along with various other [=NPCs=]) and was surprised when the developers asked him to voice Male Shepard.
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Mass_Effect_Wiki The Mass Effect Wiki]].
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* PlaysGreatEthnics: In an inverse of the usual "White guy playing an ethnic dude", African-American voice actress Kimberly Brooks plays Ashley Williams, who is Hispanic (according to her main writer Patrick Weekes).

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* PlaysGreatEthnics: In an inverse of the usual "White guy playing an ethnic dude", dude," African-American voice actress Kimberly Brooks plays Ashley Williams, who is Hispanic (according to her main writer Patrick Weekes).
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* DoingItForTheArt: [=BioWare=] had an entire animation team ''just for eyes''.
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* CelebrityVoiceActor: ''All'' over the place. Creator/SethGreen, Creator/AdamBaldwin, Creator/YvonneStrahovski, Creator/TriciaHelfer, Creator/MartinSheen, Creator/ClaudiaBlack, Creator/CarrieAnneMoss... the list goes on. In fact, it could be said that the in-development movie could very well be made with many of the characters literally being played by their voices.

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* CelebrityVoiceActor: ''All'' over the place. Creator/SethGreen, Creator/AdamBaldwin, Creator/YvonneStrahovski, Creator/TriciaHelfer, Creator/MartinSheen, Creator/ClaudiaBlack, Creator/CarrieAnneMoss... the list goes on. In fact, it could be said that the in-development movie could very well be made with many of the characters literally being played by their voices.
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* RelationshipVoiceActor:
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* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** Almost example, as Mark Meer ([=MaleShep=]) is married to Belinda Cornish, who voices Rana Thanoptis, the asari scientist who shows up on Virmire and has a minor role in the next two games. Don't forget that, in the first game, [[HarsherInHindsight Shep has the option to ''shoot'' Rana]]. [[spoiler: Turns out she was indoctrinated anyway.]]
** The series also has several ''Franchise/StarTrek'' alumni voicing many characters: Matriarch Benezia is voiced by Creator/MarinaSirtis (Counselor Deanna Troi), the salarian councilor is voiced by Creator/ArminShimerman (Quark), Gatatog Uvenk is voiced by Creator/MichaelDorn (Worf), Navigator Pressly is voiced by Creator/DwightSchultz (Lieutenant Reginald Barclay), and Legion is voiced by Creator/DCDouglas (guest starring as Zepht in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'').
** [[Creator/JenniferHale Female Shepard]] and [[Creator/KimberlyBrooks Ashley]] are [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Thorn and Luna]].
* TalkingToHimself: All of the male elcor, vorcha, and hanar are voiced by [=MaleShep's=] voice actor, Mark Meer. This can result in multiple humorous exchanges where Mark is yelling back and forth at himself for an extended period of time.

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* CreatorBacklash: To say that Kai Leng is a...''divisive'' character would be putting it mildly, but even his voice actor Creator/TroyBaker dislikes him.
-->And they called me, they're like ''Hey, we've got a role for you'', it was like ''I'm gonna be in Mass Effect!''. And they're like ''This is the guy'' and I'm like ''...I don't have to do this. I really don't''. As an actor, it was great. But as a fan of the franchise, I, like, killed Thane, it was like, not...not good, dude. It was not good
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* PlaysGreatEthnics: An inverse of the usual "White guy playing an ethnic dude," the caucasian Ashley is voiced by the black Kimberly Brooks.

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* PlaysGreatEthnics: An In an inverse of the usual "White guy playing an ethnic dude," the caucasian Ashley is voiced by the black dude", African-American voice actress Kimberly Brooks.Brooks plays Ashley Williams, who is Hispanic (according to her main writer Patrick Weekes).
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** Taken UpToEleven in the ''Blasto'' movie blip in the third game where every character is voiced by either Mark or Jennifer Hale, [=FemShep's=] voice actor.

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** Taken UpToEleven up to eleven in the ''Blasto'' movie blip in the third game where every character is voiced by either Mark or Jennifer Hale, [=FemShep's=] voice actor.
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* NoPortForYou: Due to an exclusivity agreement with Microsoft (who published the first game on Xbox 360), the original ''Mass Effect'' couldn't release on UsefulNotes/PlayStation3'' until 2012, five years after it first launched.

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* NoPortForYou: Due to an exclusivity agreement with Microsoft (who published the first game on Xbox 360), the original ''Mass Effect'' couldn't release on UsefulNotes/PlayStation3'' UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 until 2012, five years after it first launched.
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* NoPortForYou: Due to an exclusivity agreement with Microsoft (who published the first game on Xbox 360), the original ''Mass Effect'' couldn't release on UsefulNotes/PlayStation3'' until 2012, five years after it first launched.
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* BannedInChina: For about two days in Singapore.

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