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* HiddenDepths: An exile from a barbaric race. Utterly ruthless. A one man army. The most vicious bounty hunter in the galaxy. Also the only squadmate to be affected by Ashley or Kaidan's death in the first game (other than the one you chose to save at the cost of the other's life, obviously) and quite possibly the most sensitive and caring character towards Shepard other than Liara and Kaidan. And he tried to end his people's infighting, pretty much making him the krogan equivalent of a hippie. Who says bloodthirsty, thousand-year-old reptilian warlords don't have hearts? Two of them, in point of fact.
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* HiddenDepths: An exile from a barbaric race. Utterly ruthless. A one man army. The most vicious bounty hunter in the galaxy. Also the only squadmate to be affected by Ashley or Kaidan's death in the first game (other than the one you chose to save at the cost of the other's life, obviously) and quite possibly the most sensitive and caring character towards Shepard other than Liara and Kaidan. And he tried to end his people's infighting, pretty much making him the krogan Krogan equivalent of a hippie. Who says bloodthirsty, thousand-year-old reptilian warlords don't have hearts? Two of them, in point of fact.
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* ReallyGetsAround: [[spoiler: If the Genophage is cured, every Krogan female under the sun wants a piece of him. Unfortunately for Wrex, he's been having soo much sex that he needs a bag of ice for his currently-aching quad.]]
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* EnemyMine: With the turians in the third game. Despite the fact that neither Wrex nor Primarch Victus are quick to trust the other, Victus is completely in favour of curing the genophage and Wrex makes good on his promise to send krogan troops to aid in the defense of Palaven.
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* EnemyMine: With the turians in the third game. Despite the fact that neither Wrex nor Primarch Victus are quick to trust the other, Victus is completely in favour of curing the genophage if that's the terms for krogan reinforcements, and Wrex makes good on his promise to send krogan troops those reinforcements to aid in the defense of Palaven.
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* GeniusBruiser: A true blue Krogan Battlemaster, with the krogan martial might and biotics therein. He's also a krogan with a vision for his race's survival, and the pragmatism required to see it come to fruitition.
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* GeniusBruiser: A true blue Krogan Battlemaster, with the krogan martial might and biotics therein. He's also a krogan with a vision for his race's survival, and the pragmatism required to see it come to fruitition.fruition.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: In self-defense, as revealed in the third game [[spoiler:if Eve is alive and the Genophage is cured. He reveals that his father tried to kill him when he was young, so he was forced to have him crushed under the rocks.]]
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* SelfMadeOrphan: In self-defense, as revealed in the first game and expanded on in the third game [[spoiler:if Eve is alive and the Genophage is cured. He reveals that his father tried to kill him when he was young, so he was forced to have him crushed under the rocks.]]
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* BadassGrandpa: Not overt, but Wrex hints that he was either born during or shortly after the Krogan Rebellions, making him ''very'' old, even for a krogan. Especially once you consider that, even though Mass Effect takes place in the future, Wrex would have been born when Earth still had ''Vikings''.
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* BadassGrandpa: Not overt, but Wrex hints that he was either born during or shortly after the Krogan Rebellions, making him ''very'' him ''at least'' 1,400 years old, which is old even for a krogan. Especially once you consider that, even though Mass Effect takes place in the future, Wrex would have been born when Earth still had ''Vikings''.
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* TheBigGuy: Type 1 (gruff and withdrawn). Also has shades of Types 3 and 5.
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* TheBigGuy: Type 1 (gruff and withdrawn). Also has shades of Types 3 and 5. How big? In the ''Citadel'' DLC, he states that he weighs 800 pounds. Add [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Alternate_Appearance_Packs 220 pounds]] of standard krogan medium armor, plus his [[{{BFG}} Claymore]], sidearm, grenades, ammo, and various other gear, and he probably walks around at half a metric ton.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He is encountered inside the C-Sec offices, where a C-Sec officer is reprimanding him for his attempt to kill Fist. Wrex responds with a series of [[BadassBoast Badass Boasts]], then proudly declares that he's still going to kill Fist to the officer's face before leaving and telling Shepard to mind his own business. If you talk to him immediately after you conclude your business in C-Sec, he asks to go with you to take down Fist and [[AssholeVictim kills Fist after the crime lord tries to surrender.]] If you don't, and instead wait until after you have dealt with Fist to speak with him, he is impressed by the wreck you made of Chora's Den, and gives you the bounty he was supposed to collect as a show of respect.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He is encountered inside the C-Sec offices, where a C-Sec officer is reprimanding him for his attempt to kill Fist. Wrex responds with a series of [[BadassBoast Badass Boasts]], {{Badass Boast}}s, then proudly declares that he's still going to kill Fist to the officer's face before leaving and telling Shepard to mind his own business. If you talk to him immediately after you conclude your business in C-Sec, he asks to go with you to take down Fist and [[AssholeVictim kills Fist after the crime lord tries to surrender.]] If you don't, and instead wait until after you have dealt with Fist to speak with him, he is impressed by the wreck you made of Chora's Den, and gives you the bounty he was supposed to collect as a show of respect.
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* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: Uses one in [=ME3=]. See quote on BadassBoast entry.
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* LivingLegend: He's renown throughout the galaxy for his exploits, and as the last Krogan to kill a Thresher Maw during his rite of passage,
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* {{Tsundere}}: Wrex comes off as this as he first appears as a mercenary who just gets the job done for extra cash but he is revealed to have a personality that is unique from other brogan. He is a type 1 male non romantic version of this trope. He actually cares about other people, including his own species as he shows great concern towards the well being of the krogan. He tries to get them to stop being violent towards each other and focus on maintaining his own species, which led to him being betrayed by his own father. He even openly voices this concern towards Shepard several times.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Wrex comes off as this as he first appears as a mercenary who just gets the job done for extra cash but he is revealed to have a personality that is unique from other brogan.krogan. He is a type 1 male non romantic version of this trope. He actually cares about other people, including his own species as he shows great concern towards the well being of the krogan. He tries to get them to stop being violent towards each other and focus on maintaining his own species, which led to him being betrayed by his own father. He even openly voices this concern towards Shepard several times.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Wrex comes off as this as he first appears as a mercenary who just gets the job done for extra cash but he is revealed to have a personality that is unique from other brogan. He is a type 1 male non romantic version of this trope. He actually cares about other people, including his own species as he shows great concern towards the well being of the krogan. He tries to get them to stop being violent towards each other and focus on maintaining his own species, which led to him being betrayed by his own father. He even openly voices this concern towards Shepard several times.
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* TooDumbToLive: What he thinks of anyone that goes up against Shepard. Which [[spoiler:makes you wonder what that says about ''him'' when he does this on Virmire. PlayedWith in that he likely knew he had no chance at actually "winning" but was doing it as a matter of principle or honor rather than tactics. Thankfully, the player has three ways of talking him out of it]].
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* TooDumbToLive: What he thinks of anyone that goes up against Shepard. Which [[spoiler:makes you wonder what that says about ''him'' when he does this on Virmire. PlayedWith in that he likely knew he had no chance at actually "winning" but was doing it as a matter of principle or honor rather than tactics. Thankfully, the player has three ways of talking him out of it]].it, one of them being to remind him of how stupid it is to serve Saren]].
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* RoyalBlood: To a degree; his father was an overlord of the Urdnot clan. [[spoiler:If he survived Virmire, Wrex will be the ruler the Urdnot Clan and de facto ruler of of the krogan homeworld Tuchanka in ''2'' and ''3'' (as his dealings have positioned Clan Urdnot to be the most powerful clan)]].
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* RoyalBlood: To a degree; his father was an overlord of the Urdnot clan. Clan Urdnot. [[spoiler:If he survived Virmire, Wrex will be the ruler the Urdnot Clan take over as clan leader and de facto ruler of of the krogan homeworld of Tuchanka in ''2'' and ''3'' (as his dealings have positioned Clan Urdnot to be the most powerful clan)]].
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* SupportingLeader: If he survives to ''Mass Effect 3'', he's this for the krogan, who can provide the second highest amount of War Assets (only behind humanity). [[spoiler:This all depends on how you handle curing the genophage, however]].
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* SupportingLeader: If he survives to ''Mass Effect 3'', the Virmire mission, he's this for all krogan as of the krogan, third game, who can provide the second highest amount of War Assets (only behind humanity).the Systems Alliance). [[spoiler:This all depends on how you handle curing the genophage, however]].
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* SelfMadeOrphan: In self-defense.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: In self-defense.self-defense, as revealed in the third game [[spoiler:if Eve is alive and the Genophage is cured. He reveals that his father tried to kill him when he was young, so he was forced to have him crushed under the rocks.]]
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* WorldsStrongestMan: [[WordOfGod Chris Priestley]] [[https://forum.bioware.com/topic/246325-strongest-squad-member/?p=7231820 confirmed]] that he is the physically toughest of Shepard's followers.
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** The "who would win" bit sets up a BrickJoke in "Citadel" - [[spoiler: en route to fighting the Clone, Wrex gloats to Ash[=/=]Kaidan that they're about to get their answer after all]]. It's also turned around when Zaeed and Javik ask who'd win: him or Grunt? Both immediately respond with a headbutting contest before GenreSavvy Shepard shuts it down because s/he knows what comes next, and it would be hell to clean up the resulting destruction.
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* GenreSavvy:
** When talking to Grunt in the second game.
---> '''Grunt''': Okeer is dead.\\
'''Wrex''': Of course. You're with ''Shepard''. How could he be alive?
** Being Genre Savvy saves his life in a BackStory in ''VideoGame/MassEffect1''. He and a few other mercenaries were hired for a job by Saren, but Wrex suspected Saren might [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness go back on his word once the job was done]], so he [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere left without waiting for his payment]]. [[ProperlyParanoid Turns out he was right]], as every other mercenary from that job ended up dead.
** Has elements of being DangerouslyGenreSavvy, by Krogan standards his reforms are insane but Wrex understands that the Krogan have to be dragged kicking and screaming to salvation, his understanding that Saren is a BadBoss, use of [[SummonBiggerFish Kalros to get the genophage cure dispersed]] and that he knows the the dalatrass will try and stop the cure all show that Wrex has survived for so long for a VERY good reason.
** When talking to Grunt in the second game.
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** Being Genre Savvy saves his life in a BackStory in ''VideoGame/MassEffect1''. He and a few other mercenaries were hired for a job by Saren, but Wrex suspected Saren might [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness go back on his word once the job was done]], so he [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere left without waiting for his payment]]. [[ProperlyParanoid Turns out he was right]], as every other mercenary from that job ended up dead.
** Has elements of being DangerouslyGenreSavvy, by Krogan standards his reforms are insane but Wrex understands that the Krogan have to be dragged kicking and screaming to salvation, his understanding that Saren is a BadBoss, use of [[SummonBiggerFish Kalros to get the genophage cure dispersed]] and that he knows the the dalatrass will try and stop the cure all show that Wrex has survived for so long for a VERY good reason.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: For someone who protests to no end that the genophage is genocide, Wrex is all too willing to advocate genocide by wanting to kill the rachni queen. Twice!
** Wrex also chews you out for deleting Maelon's data, when he had refused to work with Maelon due to the brutal nature of the experiments.
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* MoralPragmatist: His goal is to ensure the survival of his doomed species, and he has developed very pragmatic ideas to help the krogan recover from [[DepopulationBomb the Genophage]], but they're too [[ProudWarriorRace proud and violent]] to listen to him. In the first game, when [[BigBad Saren]] finds a way to breed new krogan, he seriously considers betraying you, and you can only change his mind by either threatening to kill him or making him realize how stupid it would be to join Saren. In the third game, if he survived, Wrex refuses to help in the war against [[AbusivePrecursors the Reapers]] unless you cure the Genophage first, and if you sabotage said cure, he immediately withdraws all krogan support just so that [[TakingYouWithMe humans will go extinct just like the krogan]].
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* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter]]: In the third game, [[spoiler:with Eve, and you can even see the baby in some of the endings! Also to his horror, as his pivotal role in curing the genophage has made him very desirable as breeding stock to ''all'' krogan females. And Eve/Bakara encourages them. His poor quad are literally sore from overuse]].
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* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter]]: BabiesEverAfter: In the third game, [[spoiler:with Eve, and you can even see the baby in some of the endings! Also to his horror, as his pivotal role in curing the genophage has made him very desirable as breeding stock to ''all'' krogan females. And Eve/Bakara encourages them. His poor quad are literally sore from overuse]].
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* [[BloodBrothers Blood Brother/Blood Sister]]: He declares Shepard to be his if [[spoiler: Shepard saves Eve and cures the genophage.]] To him, the krogan have no greater friend, no greater hero, than the commander.
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* [[BloodBrothers Blood Brother/Blood Sister]]: BloodBrothers: He declares Shepard to be his blood sibling if [[spoiler: Shepard saves Eve and cures the genophage.]] To him, the krogan have no greater friend, no greater hero, than the commander.
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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: KilledOffForReal: Possible in the first game, which has repercussions throughout the series. Also possible in the third game, if you sabotage the genophage cure: he'll find out and you'll have to blow him away on the Citadel]].Citadel.
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* [[KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect Krogan Scientists Get No Respect]]: Averted. The Urdnot scientists are actually complaining because Wrex has turned them to ''agricultural'' sciences and focused their efforts on increasing crop yield, irrigation and better farming methods. Only on Tuchanka could the ''scientists'' be upset that the ''Warlord'' doesn't want them to blow things up!
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* [[KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect Krogan Scientists Get No Respect]]: KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: Averted. The Urdnot scientists are actually complaining because Wrex has turned them to ''agricultural'' sciences and focused their efforts on increasing crop yield, irrigation and better farming methods. Only on Tuchanka could the ''scientists'' be upset that the ''Warlord'' doesn't want them to blow things up!
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* {{Badass}}: Almost up to memetic levels. The strongest and toughest of your combat oriented party members in game with tons of experience under his belt. Also, one of the few living beings in over a ''thousand'' years to kill a [[SandWorm Thresher Maw]] on foot. Wrex himself, implies that the only person he believes could actually beat him in a straight fight is Shepard.
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* FireForgedFriends:
** Provided that Shepard talks to him and returns his family armor, Wrex eventually sees Shepard as a friend. This becomes a heartwarming FriendshipMoment in the second game when you're reunited with him; Wrex immediately ends a meeting to greet Shepard outright calling him/her "My friend!" Another FriendshipMoment happens in the third game, if you stay trustworthy and warn the krogan about the shroud sabotage. Wrex tells Eve "I told you we could trust him/her".
** He also becomes this with virtually every other member of Shepard's crew, particularly Garrus. Despite being from two feuding species, fighting at each others' sides have made them comrades.
** Provided that Shepard talks to him and returns his family armor, Wrex eventually sees Shepard as a friend. This becomes a heartwarming FriendshipMoment in the second game when you're reunited with him; Wrex immediately ends a meeting to greet Shepard outright calling him/her "My friend!" Another FriendshipMoment happens in the third game, if you stay trustworthy and warn the krogan about the shroud sabotage. Wrex tells Eve "I told you we could trust him/her".
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* TheParagon: For his people, should he survive to the second game. Solidly cements this position should the [[spoiler:real cure for the genophage]] be administered under his reign. Fittingly, he had tried once before but lost faith in his people, and was inspired to try again by another paragon: Commander Shepard. As noted in the {{Irony}} section above, Eve's description of the halcyon days of the ancient Krogan, they sound a lot like Wrex.
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* TheParagon: For his people, should he survive to the second game. Solidly cements this position should the [[spoiler:real cure for the genophage]] be administered under his reign. Fittingly, he had tried once before but lost faith in his people, and was inspired to try again by another paragon: Commander Shepard. As noted in the {{Irony}} section above, Eve's description of the halcyon days of the ancient Krogan, they sound like they were a lot like Wrex.
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* TheParagon: For his people, should he survive to the second game. Solidly cements this position should the [[spoiler:real cure for the genophage]] be administered under his reign. Fittingly, he had tried once before but lost faith in his people, and was inspired to try again by another paragon: Commander Shepard.
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* TheParagon: For his people, should he survive to the second game. Solidly cements this position should the [[spoiler:real cure for the genophage]] be administered under his reign. Fittingly, he had tried once before but lost faith in his people, and was inspired to try again by another paragon: Commander Shepard. As noted in the {{Irony}} section above, Eve's description of the halcyon days of the ancient Krogan, they sound a lot like Wrex.
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** Being Genre Savvy saves his life in a BackStory in ''VideoGame/MassEffect1''. He and a few other mercenaries were hired for a job by Saren, but Wrex suspected Saren might [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness go back on his word once the job was done]], so he left without waiting for his payment. [[ProperlyParanoid Turns out he was right]], as every other mercenary from that job ended up dead.
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* MurderIsTheBestSolution: His usual suggestion for dealing with a problematic individual is to [[JustEatHim eat them]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[MemeticMutation Shepard]].[[note]]Wrex.[[/note]]]]
-->''"Anyone who fights us is either stupid or on Saren's payroll. Killing the latter is business. Killing the former is a favor to the universe."''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Steven Barr
A krogan battlemaster who combines close-combat skills and enormous physical strength and durability with biotic powers. Joins Shepard's team out of both an interest in fighting a good battle and because the money is nice. He becomes a progressive-minded overlord of the krogan people in ''Mass Effect 2'' if he survived the events of the first game, eventually uniting them under his banner.
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* AfraidOfNeedles: Mordin claims this about Wrex when he's eager to leave his lab and donate tissue samples later. It may or may not be true, but either way it's hilarious. But when he finally gets around to it...
--> '''Wrex''': [[GroinAttack Let's just say no scalpel should cut where he cut.]]
* AffectionateNickname: Affectionately refers to Mordin as "Pyjak".
* TheAllSolvingHammer: One of the first things Wrex usually suggests when confronted by a problem is to eat the individual responsible.
** Whenever a Krogan, be it another clan leader or his own brother, starts giving him shit he simply head butts them. While this is Krogan culture Wrex is not adverse to head butting people of other species to shut them up
** Ironically, a Thresher Maw ''Hammer'' is exactly the solution to defeat a Reaper on Tuchanka in ''3'', by [[SummonBiggerFish summoning Kalros]].
* [[AncestralWeapon Ancestral Armor]]: In the first game, he asks Shepard to retrieve his family's armor from a turian smuggler. In a subversion the constant arms race had rendered it useless, and is only valuable for personal reasons.
--> '''Wrex''': My ancestors actually ''wore'' this piece of junk?
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority:
** He is a krogan, and thus tends to equate ass-kicking with respect (as shown when he head butts another Krogan who is getting too mouthy for Wrex's liking). He may even [[DiscussedTrope discuss this]] with various other crewmembers, by asking them if they could beat Shepard in a fight. Kaidan dismisses the question with how he'd realistically never have to fight his superior officer; Wrex decides that that's why Shepard is his superior officer, and why s/he would win. Tali (or Liara) asks if krogan size up ''everyone'' for a fight, to which he replies yes, in a tone of voice which suggests that he's genuinely surprised that the other races don't.
** [[spoiler: In Mass Effect 2, assuming he survived the first game, he is in the process of reforming and uniting krogan society through sheer force of personality (and ass kicking, when necessary).]]
--->'''Wrex:''': [[spoiler:Speak when spoken to, [[{{Jerkass}} Uvenk]]. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome I'll drag your clan to glory whether you like it or not]].]]
** The "who would win" bit sets up a BrickJoke in "Citadel" - [[spoiler: en route to fighting the Clone, Wrex gloats to Ash[=/=]Kaidan that they're about to get their answer after all]]. It's also turned around when Zaeed and Javik ask who'd win: him or Grunt? Both immediately respond with a headbutting contest before GenreSavvy Shepard shuts it down because s/he knows what comes next, and it would be hell to clean up the resulting destruction.
* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter]]: In the third game, [[spoiler:with Eve, and you can even see the baby in some of the endings! Also to his horror, as his pivotal role in curing the genophage has made him very desirable as breeding stock to ''all'' krogan females. And Eve/Bakara encourages them. His poor quad are literally sore from overuse]].
* {{Badass}}: Almost up to memetic levels. The strongest and toughest of your combat oriented party members in game with tons of experience under his belt. Also, one of the few living beings in over a ''thousand'' years to kill a [[SandWorm Thresher Maw]] on foot. Wrex himself, implies that the only person he believes could actually beat him in a straight fight is Shepard.
* BadassBaritone: His voice has deepness that is only matched by a few other krogan, the [[EvilSoundsDeep Reapers]] [[spoiler: and the Leviathan]].
* BadassBoast: Gives one in the third game. Note that the quote is fully capitalized ''in the game's subtitles'':
--> '''Wrex''': I AM URDNOT WREX AND '''THIS IS MY PLANET!!!'''
* BadassGrandpa: Not overt, but Wrex hints that he was either born during or shortly after the Krogan Rebellions, making him ''very'' old, even for a krogan. Especially once you consider that, even though Mass Effect takes place in the future, Wrex would have been born when Earth still had ''Vikings''.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Eve says that Wrex has always been enthusiastic around fertile females. [[spoiler: With the genophage cured]], the Citadel DLC informs us that as the leader of the most powerful clan and symbol to the galaxy of the awesomeness of their people, they've been lining up around the corner for his seed. And what's funnier, Eve/[[spoiler:Bakara encourages it, probably to break Wrex of the habit through forced overindulgence]].
* BerserkButton: Any mention of destroying the krogan's chances of curing the genophage will provoke a violent reaction. [[spoiler:It can get Wrex killed in the first game unless you can talk him down, and you are forced to kill him in the third game if you sabotage the cure]].
* BigGood: Becomes this to the krogan on Tuchanka if he lives past Virmire. "Eve" in the third game privately admits to Shepard that Wrex the greatest thing to happen to Tuchanka in over a ''thousand'' years.
* TheBigGuy: Type 1 (gruff and withdrawn). Also has shades of Types 3 and 5.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Krogan have secondary ''everything'', from cardiovascular to nervous systems.
** And four testicles, referred to in the fandom and then in the second game as a "quad". Wrex will say that Shepard has a quad. He'll even say this about ''female'' Shepard.
* [[BloodBrothers Blood Brother/Blood Sister]]: He declares Shepard to be his if [[spoiler: Shepard saves Eve and cures the genophage.]] To him, the krogan have no greater friend, no greater hero, than the commander.
* BloodKnight: Though he's downright moderate compared to the rest of his species.
-->'''Wrex:''' They'll sing battle songs about this someday! Reaper blood has finally soaked our soil!
* BountyHunter: One of many jobs he's taken over the centuries. He first encounters Saren while on the job, unsettling him to the point of quitting -- which ends up saving his life.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Not so much in the first game, but played straight from the second game onward.
* CainAndAbel: Abel to Wreav's Cain. [[spoiler:He's thus not at all sad to see Wreav get killed by Kalros in 3]].
* CatchPhrase: He tries out a few during "Citadel". They generally involve calling himself "Uncle Urdnot". Tali tells him to keep trying.
* CaptainObvious: "I raised the hammers; you have to activate both of them. My advice is: avoid the [[WaveMotionGun giant laser!]]"
* TheCasanova: According to the krogan females. In the ''Citadel'' DLC, [[spoiler:if the genophage is cured, he'll complain about how he's been [[ReallyGetsAround so busy mating]] that he needs an icepack for his crotch. If Eve/Bakara is still alive, he says that she is encouraging it (probably to try and break him of the behavior through forced overindulgence)]].
* CoolOldGuy: In the second game, this is given as the reason the krogan are uniting under his leadership.
* CoolUncle: The ''Citadel DLC'' particularly highlights that the rest of the squad have come to see Wrex as this [[HonouraryUncle type of figure]].
-->'''Tali:''' You're like the crazy, head butting uncle I never had.
* CrazyAwesome: In-Universe, the Urdnot Mechanic acknowledges that Wrex is a "crazy old man", but at the same time, what he's saying makes sense and is actually ''working''. Because of this, in the third game, Eve calls him the first bright light the krogan have had in a millennium.
** His crazy awesomeness has combat applicability as well: in the Citadel DLC, he [[spoiler:saves Shepard and a squadmate from a false flag ambush by [=CAT6=] mercs in a C-Sec shuttle by diving out a window and body slamming the cockpit canopy, which causes it to crash. This is a shuttle model which is canonically described to be designed first and foremost for rugged durability and has been stated to be able to withstand 1000 earth atmospheres of pressure. And Wrex, true to his name, wrecks it]].
* CutsceneIncompetence: [[spoiler: Ashley downs him with one shot from a rifle in [=ME1=] before [[DoubleTap finishing him off with a few more shots]], (Shepard can pistol-whip him and shoot him repeatedly on the ground) and Shepard can kill him with a pistol in [=ME3=]. He also mysteriously forgets that he has barriers and biotic powers]].
* DareToBeBadass: To motivate the krogan to fight a common enemy rather than fighting themselves and the rest of the galaxy.
-->'''Wrex:''' Now hold your heads high like true krogan. There's a Reaper that needs killing!
* DeadpanSnarker: Provides half of the snark in the first game.
* DeathGlare: Displays a great one in ''3'' when the salarian dalatrass insults the krogan. The look on his face makes it clear that he wants nothing more than to pull out a shotgun and leave a large hole in the ''Normandy'''s bulkhead where she was standing.
** For bonus points, the scene is focused on him, so you get to see just how pissed off Wrex is, taking up the ''entire screen''.
* DespairEventHorizon:[[spoiler: Betray him by sabotaging the genophage cure and he'll completely lose it. He'll withdraw krogan support, leave the galaxy to burn, and try to gun you down with a shotgun to boot. As far as he's concerned, if his species is going to go extinct, humanity can join them]].
** Implied to have gone through a minor one before you meet him. After his father betrayed him he lost hope of reforming his race into anything resembling a proper civilisation, and began roaming the stars and killing people for credits. If he survives the first game he gets renewed hope and has a more successful job at kicking the krogan together.
* DirtyOldMan: In [=ME3=], according to Eve, he's a bit... enthusiastic about fertile krogan females. By the ''Citadel'' DLC, he's over this. Largely because he's been with so many that his genitals physically hurt. Which says something when you're a member of a species of armored reptilian walking tanks with regeneration capabilities, and you're considered one of the most badass specimens of that species.
** ChivalrousPervert: On the other hand, he respects women a lot more than the average krogan.
* DrivenToSuicide: A possibility, if you make a certain series of decisions. In [=ME3=], if you [[spoiler:sabotage the genophage cure, Wrex will come after you, conveniently forgetting his biotics and shields... [[SuicideByCop Suicide by Shepard.]]]]
* DynamicEntry: [[spoiler:In the ''Citadel'' DLC, when Shepard and a crewmate are pinned down by a shuttle full of mercs, Wrex [[SuperWindowJump crashes through a window]] a few stories above and body slams the shuttle]].
* EnemyMine: With the turians in the third game. Despite the fact that neither Wrex nor Primarch Victus are quick to trust the other, Victus is completely in favour of curing the genophage and Wrex makes good on his promise to send krogan troops to aid in the defense of Palaven.
** Victus and Wrex also seem to find common ground opposing the [[SmugSnake salarian dalatrass]]. She seems to clearly irritate them ''both''.
* EpicFail: [[spoiler: If you opt to sabotage the genophage cure in ''3'', he comes after you with a shotgun. In all outcomes, he'll miss Shepard with a shotgun ''at point-blank range'' and will be gunned down either by Shepard or C-Sec, despite the former being unarmored and unarmed when Wrex attacks]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He is encountered inside the C-Sec offices, where a C-Sec officer is reprimanding him for his attempt to kill Fist. Wrex responds with a series of [[BadassBoast Badass Boasts]], then proudly declares that he's still going to kill Fist to the officer's face before leaving and telling Shepard to mind his own business. If you talk to him immediately after you conclude your business in C-Sec, he asks to go with you to take down Fist and [[AssholeVictim kills Fist after the crime lord tries to surrender.]] If you don't, and instead wait until after you have dealt with Fist to speak with him, he is impressed by the wreck you made of Chora's Den, and gives you the bounty he was supposed to collect as a show of respect.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subsequent games make it clear that he's not ''evil'', but in the first he's decidedly darker than other party members. Take him on Virmire when you discover the captured salarians driven to mindlessness by indoctrination, and he's visibly unhappy about it, saying that you don't ''do'' that to prisoners -- kill them, sure, but not ''[[MindRape that]]''. That said, he also objects to Paragon Shep releasing them. He's also reluctant if Shepard decides to free the Rachni Queen, though this is justified by [[ItMakesSenseInContext backstory reasons]].
** He does, however, approve of Renegade Shepard releasing the salarians for the sole purpose of gunning them all down. To him, it's as cut-and-dried a MercyKill as he's ever seen. As far as he's concerned, even though they'd all die in the blast anyway, it'd take a cold person to let them live on like that for any longer than necessary.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: See MeaningfulName.
* {{Expy}}: He shares many traits with Canderous Ordo, of KnightsOfTheOldRepublic fame. Most notably, both are the team [[TheBigGuy Big Guy]], come from a culture of {{Blood Knight}}s, and are disillusioned with their cultures' slowly self-destructive behavior.[[spoiler: They also both regain their idealism and become the leader of their people in the second game]].
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Seriously considers one during Virmire. If you're unable to talk him out of it, Ashley kills him to protect you]].
** [[spoiler:If Shepard sabotaged the genophage cure in Mass Effect 3, he will return later on, having found out, and tries to kill Shepard no matter what. He also calls off all his support for the war.]].
* FamilyHonor: While he was never on good terms with his father and was eventually forced to kill him in self-defense, Wrex appears to have been close with his grandfather, swearing an oath before he left Tuchanka that he ''would'' regain their family's battle-armour, stolen by a turian after the war. He can finally achieve this several hundred years later with help from Shepard.
* FantasticRacism: Openly admits to be racist against salarians, and his distrust of them causes him to act up and nearly screw up the deal.
* FoeTossingCharge: As a guest party member in ''Citadel'', his most common tactic is to charge into the enemy mob and club them with his shotgun. Horrified players will soon realize that Wrex easily has twice as much HP as other party members, [[LeeroyJenkins and thus can survive running out in the open and being shot at by multiple assailants]].
* FriendlyEnemy: He mentions having one in an asari named Aleena [[spoiler: who is strongly hinted to be a past identity for Aria T'Loak in Mass Effect 2]].
* TheGadfly: Especially in the first game's infamous elevator sequences, where [[{{Troll}} he frequently says outrageous things to your squadmembers just to see how they react.]]
* GenreSavvy:
** When talking to Grunt in the second game.
---> '''Grunt''': Okeer is dead.\\
'''Wrex''': Of course. You're with ''Shepard''. How could he be alive?
** Being Genre Savvy saves his life in a BackStory in ''VideoGame/MassEffect1''. He and a few other mercenaries were hired for a job by Saren, but Wrex suspected Saren might [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness go back on his word once the job was done]], so he left without waiting for his payment. [[ProperlyParanoid Turns out he was right]], as every other mercenary from that job ended up dead.
** Has elements of being DangerouslyGenreSavvy, by Krogan standards his reforms are insane but Wrex understands that the Krogan have to be dragged kicking and screaming to salvation, his understanding that Saren is a BadBoss, use of [[SummonBiggerFish Kalros to get the genophage cure dispersed]] and that he knows the the dalatrass will try and stop the cure all show that Wrex has survived for so long for a VERY good reason.
* GoodIsNotSoft: [[spoiler: As krogan overlord, he institutes many reforms to save his race from the brink... and if he has to go against tradition or bust heads for it to work, so be it]].
* GoodScarsEvilScars: All over his shell. It conveniently helps players distinguish him from other krogan.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Another par for the krogan course. Initially believed Shepard survived being spaced due to having a redundant nervous system.
--> '''Shepard:''' Yeah, humans don't have that.\\
'''Wrex:''' Oh.... It must've been painful then.
* GuestStarPartyMember: In the ''Citadel'' DLC of ''3''.
* {{Handgun}}: In the first game, he had access to all weapons but could train with assault rifles and shotguns. In ''Citadel'', his weapons are shotgun and heavy pistol.
* HiddenDepths: An exile from a barbaric race. Utterly ruthless. A one man army. The most vicious bounty hunter in the galaxy. Also the only squadmate to be affected by Ashley or Kaidan's death in the first game (other than the one you chose to save at the cost of the other's life, obviously) and quite possibly the most sensitive and caring character towards Shepard other than Liara and Kaidan. And he tried to end his people's infighting, pretty much making him the krogan equivalent of a hippie. Who says bloodthirsty, thousand-year-old reptilian warlords don't have hearts? Two of them, in point of fact.
* HonoraryTrueCompanion: To the ''Normandy'' crew from the second game onwards.
* HopeBringer: Along with "Eve", he becomes this to the entire krogan species over the course of ''2'' and ''3''.
* ImStandingRightHere: On Noveria, if Garrus objects to killing the rachni queen.
-->'''Garrus''': We can't exterminate them. Not without the Council's approval. Genocide is one of the reasons we fought the krogan-- ah...\\
'''Wrex''': You want to learn about genocide, Vakarian? I'll take you to a krogan obstetrician's office.
* {{Irony}}: Wrex is annoyed with how most krogan live up to negative stereotypes and believes that some customs need to be ignored to truly save the species. As a result many krogan despise Wrex for not respecting tradition. Then come ''Mass Effect 3'' and Eve describes what the glorious krogan of ancient times were like and they sound a lot more similar to Wrex than 99% of the other krogan we meet in the series. So it can be argued that the guy closest to being a traditional krogan... is Wrex.
* IWorkAlone: Fortunately, he's a reasonable example of this trope; he prefers to work by himself, but he's perfectly willing to operate with small groups. Shepard also works in small groups, so he's got no problems with that. It's just being part of armies he has issues with.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
** [[spoiler:Gives Shepard a very warm greeting as the krogan overlord. From a grizzled old cynic like him, that really means something. He even invites Grunt to be part of the clan. As warlord, he does everything in his power to aid his people, [[GoodIsNotNice whether they like it or not]].]]
--->'''Wrex:''' Shepard! My friend!
** Despite disliking salarians in general, he honestly comes to respect Mordin in [=ME3=], affectionately nicknaming him "Pyjak." [[spoiler: After Mordin sacrifices himself to cure the genophage, Wrex says that he'll honour him by naming one of the newborn children after him. Maybe one of the girls]].
* JustEatHim: He's fond of using this to end arguments. It's generally effective at making people go away.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Possible in the first game, which has repercussions throughout the series. Also possible in the third game, if you sabotage the genophage cure: he'll find out and you'll have to blow him away on the Citadel]].
* KickTheSonOfABitch: He'll kill the local crime lord Fist after you get Fist at your mercy. Tali and potentially Shepard certainly don't disagree.
* [[KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect Krogan Scientists Get No Respect]]: Averted. The Urdnot scientists are actually complaining because Wrex has turned them to ''agricultural'' sciences and focused their efforts on increasing crop yield, irrigation and better farming methods. Only on Tuchanka could the ''scientists'' be upset that the ''Warlord'' doesn't want them to blow things up!
* KnightInSourArmor: Yes, he does help save the galaxy and eventually becomes chieftain of Clan Urdnot but he's also as cynical as they come. If Shepard continuously supports him, he shows a much more idealistic side as things go on.
* LeeroyJenkins: In ''Citadel'', while most other party member AI have the sense to keep in cover during a firefight, Wrex's primary attack strategy is to charge opponents and melee them. [[MadeOfIron He can survive this and win...]] unless you're playing on Insanity, in which case he predictably gets quickly gunned down.
** Ironically he can even be this on Insanity with the right build which rapidly turns any adventure on the ''Citadel'' into a bit of StrategySchmategy - You can do whatever you and your teammate want, Wrex is gonna be knocking heads around.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: His interaction with "Eve" in the third game.
* MadeOfIron: While krogan are notorious for this anyway (being the only species capable of going to the rachni home worlds) Wrex takes this up a notch by being nigh unkillable on most difficulties. Up until [[NintendoHard insanity mode]] Wrex can simply charge into a squad of enemies and murder them all with little effort.
* MagicKnight: In addition to his substantial toughness and general combat skills, he's also a biotic.
* TheMcCoy: To Dalatrass Linron's TheSpock and Primarch Adrien Victus and Paragon Shepard's TheKirk, in ''3''.
* MeaningfulName: He's called Wrex because he wrecks stuff. Get it? [[DontExplainTheJoke It's funny because it's a pun!]]
** Also, rex = Latin for king. Fits with him [[spoiler:becoming the krogan overlord in the second game]].
** According to the devs, they called him Wrex after a Tyrannosaurus Rex, which still comes from "king." This also leads to an amusing ContinuityNod in the second game, where data on Grunt's extranet searches reveal that he [[WikiWalk went from searching about Wrex to reading about dinosaurs]].
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: His usual suggestion for dealing with a problematic individual is to [[JustEatHim eat them]].
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Invoked in ''3'' if you bring Liara and Garrus along to Sur'kesh, he's deeply happy she's there... oh, and Garrus too.
* [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya MY NAME IS URDNOT WREX]], '''AND THIS IS MY PLANET!!!'''
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Wrex is somewhere in between playing this straight and averting it. He mostly embraces the overall krogan culture and attitudes, but he's far more willing than most of his race to acknowledge a lot of their actions are idiotically self-destructive (to the point of making some attempt to fix that in the second game).
* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: In the ''Citadel'' DownloadableContent for ''3'', the reason he's on the Citadel at all is because, following [[spoiler:the dealing with the genophage in Priority: Tuchanka]], every single female krogan wants a go with him so that their firstborn can be of his genes. He'd likely have less of a problem if they actually gave him a break.
-->'''Shepard:''' Considering [[WarIsHell everything we've been through]], I can think of worse positions to be in.\\
'''Wrex:''' Trust me, [[DoubleEntendre I've been in every position in the past few days]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Wrex in no way comes off as dumb, but he is much more sophisticated than he lets on.
** Also works in a subversion to his BloodKnight tendencies. One of the elevator convos has Garrus eagerly wanting to see how the ''Normandy'' handles in a fight, to which Wrex[[note]]and also Liara[[/note]] retorts about the folly of getting into slugging matches in a ship meant for stealth. The opening of the second game proves that Wrex was entirely correct about that.
** Rather than trying to appear dumb he simply lets his [[TheGadfly gadfly]] tendencies and krogan stereotypes let people think he's dumb, when in fact he had a mind like a razor and is simply fed up of trying to make a difference.
* OddFriendship:
** With Shepard. Dialogue in ''3'' indicates that he's deeply fond of Liara...[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Garrus]], in his own way.
---> '''Wrex''': I have to make friends with the one turian in the galaxy who ''thinks he's funny''.
** Despite Wrex's open dislike of salarians, particularly their ''doctors'', he honestly grows to respect Mordin after he stands his ground against him. As mentioned in the first game, this is Wrex's way of sizing people up.
---> '''Wrex''': Ha! You've got a quad, doctor! Keep her safe!
** He has a soft spot for Tali too, as shown in The Citadel DLC.
---> '''Tali''': I can look after myself, you know...\\
'''Wrex''': I know, but I'm old and I worry.\\
'''Tali''': You're like the crazy head butting uncle I never had...
* OptionalPartyMember: He doesn't have to be recruited to finish the first game.
* OutOfFocus: Of this six original squadmates, Wrex is the only one who never returns to the squad. He still has plot relevancy, but he's relegated to SupportingLeader. Thankfully, he's a GuestStarPartyMember in the third game's ''Citadel'' DLC.
** Whether relatedly or not, he's also the only one of the first six squadmates who isn't a potential LoveInterest.
* TheParagon: For his people, should he survive to the second game. Solidly cements this position should the [[spoiler:real cure for the genophage]] be administered under his reign. Fittingly, he had tried once before but lost faith in his people, and was inspired to try again by another paragon: Commander Shepard.
* ParentalSubstitute: While not overt, it appears that he's taken this role toward Grunt, being enthusiastic about letting him take the RiteOfPassage to become a member of Clan Urdnot in ''2'' as well as placing him in charge of [[BadassArmy Aralakh Company]] in ''3'', in recognition of Grunt's skill. One of his comments in the second game insinuates that he may be grooming Grunt to be his successor as Overlord of the krogan.
* PapaWolf: Becomes this for his entire species.
* ProperlyParanoid: He was hired by Saren once, but eventually decided to leave without waiting for pay since it didn't take him long to get suspicious of the guy. Turns out all the other mercs he was working with were found dead a week later.
** He also knows that the dalatrass won't let the genophage be cured without trying something.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Deconstructed]]; he knows full well that the krogan people are too attached to their short-sighted warrior traditions to save themselves from extinction. In the sequels, he reconstructs the trope by seizing power of Clan Urdnot and working to return the krogan to a proud warrior race instead of a race of thugs for hire.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: We don't know how old exactly Wrex is, but given that he defeated a Thresher Maw ''over'' a thousand years ago and hints that he may have been around during the Krogan Rebellions (which happened in ''700 AD'')... yeah, Wrex is ''very old'', even for a krogan.
** For those not willing to do the math this would make Wrex nearly 1500 years old at the start of Mass Effect. Even Samara would be half a millennium his junior.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: About as reasonable of an authority figure as you can be for an entire species of {{Blood Knight}}s.
** While it's unspoken, it's worth noting that Wrex is perfectly content to allow Shepard, an ''alien'', to serve as a member of Grunt's krantt during their RiteOfPassage, likely because he knows that they [[LoopholeAbuse don't actually have a rule]] that says that the members of your krantt have to be ''krogan''.
*** Who is in the prospective krantt says a lot. Depending on who you take with you, it's either just Shepard, who has iron-clad and gold-plated badass credentials in Wrex's eyes, or Shepard and someone that Wrex fought alongside in the last game, who has also proven themselves as a badass.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: And red skin, red armor, and red guns...
* RedOniBlueOni: Plays the red to Eve's blue[[spoiler: as leaders of the krogan]]. Also the Blue to Wreav's Red.
* RefugeInAudacity: If he helps infiltrate the casino in ''[[{{DLC}} Citadel]]''. First he'll claim to [[BlatantLies be a food inspector]] (though as pretty much the king of all krogan, he could be one, if only because [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem he can declare himself one]]), then he'll just start distracting the guards ''by berating them for doing a bad job at guarding''.
* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: In [=ME3=], if you betray his friendship and sabotage the genophage cure, he will come after you on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge]].
* RoyalBlood: To a degree; his father was an overlord of the Urdnot clan. [[spoiler:If he survived Virmire, Wrex will be the ruler the Urdnot Clan and de facto ruler of of the krogan homeworld Tuchanka in ''2'' and ''3'' (as his dealings have positioned Clan Urdnot to be the most powerful clan)]].
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Wrex used to have a tribe of his own, though he fled Tuchanka after a fight with his father. [[spoiler:Later, he will become the ruler of most of the krogan clans]].
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: His stance when traditional-minded krogan impede his vision. A necessary evil, for the traditional mindset is what led to the decline of the krogan people in the first place.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: In his backstory, he met Saren while working on a job. Something about Saren rubbed him the wrong way, so he left without waiting long enough to be paid. His instincts were right: he was the only merc from that job to survive.
* SelfMadeOrphan: In self-defense.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Believe it or not he embodies both sides of this trope. The latter is obvious but he shows a surprisingly caring side of himself after Virmire. He's the only character to talk about Ashley/Kaidan's death other than Joker and the Virmire Survivor, and the only character to comfort Shepard over it, telling you he respects your decision. The relationship between him and Paragon Shepard also fits this trope.
* SlaveToPR: He executes a gang leader against your orders because he was hired by the Broker to personally kill him. He even gives you the bounty if you don't bring him along and beat him to the punch -- he won't take credit or payment for something he didn't do.
* SociopathicHero: Mostly in the first game, less so in the sequels.
* SpecialSnowflakeSyndrome: The Codex notes that krogan biotics are exceptionally rare, even as biotics go. So, naturally, the krogan who joins the adventuring party just happens to be a biotic. This was for lack of anyone else to fill the Vanguard slot in the original team.
* TheStoic: It's a significant moment whenever he really does emote.
-->"Shepard."\\
"Wrex."
** When Wrex joyfully bounds out of his "throne" to greet Shepard with unabashed happiness in ''2'', it's fairly startling. Especially in contrast to the cold shoulder s/he gets from the Virmire survivor on Horizon.
** He also appears openly enthusiastic about having Grunt join Clan Urdnot, with almost fatherly pride when he completes the rite. [[spoiler: Especially if Grunt kills the Thresher Maw, something no one has done since Wrex himself 1000 years prior]].
* StopBeingStereotypical: Dislikes the self-destructive violence of the other krogan and is working to change it.
* SupportingLeader: If he survives to ''Mass Effect 3'', he's this for the krogan, who can provide the second highest amount of War Assets (only behind humanity). [[spoiler:This all depends on how you handle curing the genophage, however]].
** Even in the mission on Sur'Kesh, he keeps the enemy distracted to make Shepard's mission easier.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Wrex drops a hard one when [[spoiler: Allestia Iallis reveals herself to be a sleeper agent for Benezia]].
-->'''Wrex:''' We'll see about that, bitch.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Subverted. Wrex admits he pretends to be this, simply because it's ''expected'' of krogan.
** While Wrex isn't ''evil'', he is the most ruthless of Shepard's original six squadmates. When the player is faced with a major Paragon/Renegade choice, one squadmate will always endorse the paragon choice, and one will always endorse the renegade choice. Wrex is the only party member to always endorse the renegade choice regardless of party combination. Even Ashley, the next most renegade squadmate, will endorse the paragon option if she is in the party with Wrex.
* TooDumbToLive: What he thinks of anyone that goes up against Shepard. Which [[spoiler:makes you wonder what that says about ''him'' when he does this on Virmire. PlayedWith in that he likely knew he had no chance at actually "winning" but was doing it as a matter of principle or honor rather than tactics. Thankfully, the player has three ways of talking him out of it]].
** [[spoiler: The same logic also applies to his confrontation with Shepard in 3 if the cure is sabotaged, though there it might have been blind fury rather than any other reason]].
* TookALevelInIdealism: Starts out as cynical as they come. If continuously supported by Shepard, he becomes more and more idealistic with each game.
* TryNotToDie: The worst possible "goodbye" before you try and summon Kalros.
-->'''Wrex:''' I know you're doing this for your own reasons, Shepard, but try to make sure you don't get your ass killed. I wouldn't know what to say at your funeral.
* UncomfortableElevatorMoment: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOg-nLWe71w Wrex seems to really like the elevators.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: By the second game, even if he can't go with Shepard, it's clear that he has nothing but undying respect for him/her and will help him/her in anyway he can. This can take a few knocks depending on your actions in the third game.
* UseYourHead: [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority In true krogan fashion]], he uses this to assert his dominance.
** Unfortunately, he doesn't see it when Shepard has the opportunity to follow his lead, headbutting ''the same krogan that Wrex did earlier'' to get him to shut up. The Shaman does see, and finds it hilarious.
* UnwantedHarem: The Citadel DLC reveals there are downsides to being the clan leader who cured the genophage -- namely, everyone wants their firstborn to have his genes. There's a line of women outside his dwelling that stretches "as far as you can see", he has to sneak out his own bathroom window to get away, and he still gets jumped leaving Tuchanka.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Garrus.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** If he's taken to Noveria and Shepard spares the rachni queen. As he reminds you, millions of his ancestors died to defeat the rachni the first time.
** If you deleted Maelon's research, he has some choice words for you in the last game -- it takes rescuing Eve, following him to the Shroud and trying to patch things up between missions before he's willing to call you a friend again.
** [[spoiler: If you betray his trust by sabotaging the genophage cure, he tries to kill you. On the same occasion, he also calls you out for your actions during the Citadel coup if you killed the Virmire Survivor -- ''and'' for the turian bomb on Tuchanka if you let it go off]]. It's a bit of a low point for Shepard, all in all.
--->'''Wrex''': [[spoiler: What's the matter? Ashley not around to do your dirty work? Oh right, you killed her too! And it's time you found out how that feels!]]
* [[WhatWouldXDo What Would Shepard Do?]]: After the events of the first game, he takes Shepard's example and advice to heart and decides to return to Tuchanka and make another attempt to save his people from themselves.
* WhereItAllBegan: If you cure the genophage [[spoiler:and Eve is alive]], you will meet up with him at the place where his father ambushed and tried to kill him, and he will remark about how the genophage turned the krogan into "animals".
* WorldsBestWarrior: On Tuchanka, anyway, but he has some impressive feats throughout the rest of the galaxy, too. The only person probably superior to him is Shepard, and his only clear successor is Grunt.
* WorthyOpponent: Considered his FriendlyEnemy Aleena[[note]]who is heavily implied, but never explicitly stated, to be Aria[[/note]] to be this.
** Wrex views Shepard as one when they first meet, seeing Shepard as a warrior worthy of his respect. He drops hints in the first game that he believes in a fight Shepard could easily take him down, which considering Wrex once single-handedly defeated a ''Thresher Maw'', says a hell of a lot.
*** By the end of the second game, you'll probably have done a lot of the same things he did, and without the MadeOfIron characteristics that the krogan have going for them. It's no wonder Wrex respects you.
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-->''"Anyone who fights us is either stupid or on Saren's payroll. Killing the latter is business. Killing the former is a favor to the universe."''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Steven Barr
A krogan battlemaster who combines close-combat skills and enormous physical strength and durability with biotic powers. Joins Shepard's team out of both an interest in fighting a good battle and because the money is nice. He becomes a progressive-minded overlord of the krogan people in ''Mass Effect 2'' if he survived the events of the first game, eventually uniting them under his banner.
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* AfraidOfNeedles: Mordin claims this about Wrex when he's eager to leave his lab and donate tissue samples later. It may or may not be true, but either way it's hilarious. But when he finally gets around to it...
--> '''Wrex''': [[GroinAttack Let's just say no scalpel should cut where he cut.]]
* AffectionateNickname: Affectionately refers to Mordin as "Pyjak".
* TheAllSolvingHammer: One of the first things Wrex usually suggests when confronted by a problem is to eat the individual responsible.
** Whenever a Krogan, be it another clan leader or his own brother, starts giving him shit he simply head butts them. While this is Krogan culture Wrex is not adverse to head butting people of other species to shut them up
** Ironically, a Thresher Maw ''Hammer'' is exactly the solution to defeat a Reaper on Tuchanka in ''3'', by [[SummonBiggerFish summoning Kalros]].
* [[AncestralWeapon Ancestral Armor]]: In the first game, he asks Shepard to retrieve his family's armor from a turian smuggler. In a subversion the constant arms race had rendered it useless, and is only valuable for personal reasons.
--> '''Wrex''': My ancestors actually ''wore'' this piece of junk?
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority:
** He is a krogan, and thus tends to equate ass-kicking with respect (as shown when he head butts another Krogan who is getting too mouthy for Wrex's liking). He may even [[DiscussedTrope discuss this]] with various other crewmembers, by asking them if they could beat Shepard in a fight. Kaidan dismisses the question with how he'd realistically never have to fight his superior officer; Wrex decides that that's why Shepard is his superior officer, and why s/he would win. Tali (or Liara) asks if krogan size up ''everyone'' for a fight, to which he replies yes, in a tone of voice which suggests that he's genuinely surprised that the other races don't.
** [[spoiler: In Mass Effect 2, assuming he survived the first game, he is in the process of reforming and uniting krogan society through sheer force of personality (and ass kicking, when necessary).]]
--->'''Wrex:''': [[spoiler:Speak when spoken to, [[{{Jerkass}} Uvenk]]. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome I'll drag your clan to glory whether you like it or not]].]]
** The "who would win" bit sets up a BrickJoke in "Citadel" - [[spoiler: en route to fighting the Clone, Wrex gloats to Ash[=/=]Kaidan that they're about to get their answer after all]]. It's also turned around when Zaeed and Javik ask who'd win: him or Grunt? Both immediately respond with a headbutting contest before GenreSavvy Shepard shuts it down because s/he knows what comes next, and it would be hell to clean up the resulting destruction.
* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter]]: In the third game, [[spoiler:with Eve, and you can even see the baby in some of the endings! Also to his horror, as his pivotal role in curing the genophage has made him very desirable as breeding stock to ''all'' krogan females. And Eve/Bakara encourages them. His poor quad are literally sore from overuse]].
* {{Badass}}: Almost up to memetic levels. The strongest and toughest of your combat oriented party members in game with tons of experience under his belt. Also, one of the few living beings in over a ''thousand'' years to kill a [[SandWorm Thresher Maw]] on foot. Wrex himself, implies that the only person he believes could actually beat him in a straight fight is Shepard.
* BadassBaritone: His voice has deepness that is only matched by a few other krogan, the [[EvilSoundsDeep Reapers]] [[spoiler: and the Leviathan]].
* BadassBoast: Gives one in the third game. Note that the quote is fully capitalized ''in the game's subtitles'':
--> '''Wrex''': I AM URDNOT WREX AND '''THIS IS MY PLANET!!!'''
* BadassGrandpa: Not overt, but Wrex hints that he was either born during or shortly after the Krogan Rebellions, making him ''very'' old, even for a krogan. Especially once you consider that, even though Mass Effect takes place in the future, Wrex would have been born when Earth still had ''Vikings''.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Eve says that Wrex has always been enthusiastic around fertile females. [[spoiler: With the genophage cured]], the Citadel DLC informs us that as the leader of the most powerful clan and symbol to the galaxy of the awesomeness of their people, they've been lining up around the corner for his seed. And what's funnier, Eve/[[spoiler:Bakara encourages it, probably to break Wrex of the habit through forced overindulgence]].
* BerserkButton: Any mention of destroying the krogan's chances of curing the genophage will provoke a violent reaction. [[spoiler:It can get Wrex killed in the first game unless you can talk him down, and you are forced to kill him in the third game if you sabotage the cure]].
* BigGood: Becomes this to the krogan on Tuchanka if he lives past Virmire. "Eve" in the third game privately admits to Shepard that Wrex the greatest thing to happen to Tuchanka in over a ''thousand'' years.
* TheBigGuy: Type 1 (gruff and withdrawn). Also has shades of Types 3 and 5.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Krogan have secondary ''everything'', from cardiovascular to nervous systems.
** And four testicles, referred to in the fandom and then in the second game as a "quad". Wrex will say that Shepard has a quad. He'll even say this about ''female'' Shepard.
* [[BloodBrothers Blood Brother/Blood Sister]]: He declares Shepard to be his if [[spoiler: Shepard saves Eve and cures the genophage.]] To him, the krogan have no greater friend, no greater hero, than the commander.
* BloodKnight: Though he's downright moderate compared to the rest of his species.
-->'''Wrex:''' They'll sing battle songs about this someday! Reaper blood has finally soaked our soil!
* BountyHunter: One of many jobs he's taken over the centuries. He first encounters Saren while on the job, unsettling him to the point of quitting -- which ends up saving his life.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Not so much in the first game, but played straight from the second game onward.
* CainAndAbel: Abel to Wreav's Cain. [[spoiler:He's thus not at all sad to see Wreav get killed by Kalros in 3]].
* CatchPhrase: He tries out a few during "Citadel". They generally involve calling himself "Uncle Urdnot". Tali tells him to keep trying.
* CaptainObvious: "I raised the hammers; you have to activate both of them. My advice is: avoid the [[WaveMotionGun giant laser!]]"
* TheCasanova: According to the krogan females. In the ''Citadel'' DLC, [[spoiler:if the genophage is cured, he'll complain about how he's been [[ReallyGetsAround so busy mating]] that he needs an icepack for his crotch. If Eve/Bakara is still alive, he says that she is encouraging it (probably to try and break him of the behavior through forced overindulgence)]].
* CoolOldGuy: In the second game, this is given as the reason the krogan are uniting under his leadership.
* CoolUncle: The ''Citadel DLC'' particularly highlights that the rest of the squad have come to see Wrex as this [[HonouraryUncle type of figure]].
-->'''Tali:''' You're like the crazy, head butting uncle I never had.
* CrazyAwesome: In-Universe, the Urdnot Mechanic acknowledges that Wrex is a "crazy old man", but at the same time, what he's saying makes sense and is actually ''working''. Because of this, in the third game, Eve calls him the first bright light the krogan have had in a millennium.
** His crazy awesomeness has combat applicability as well: in the Citadel DLC, he [[spoiler:saves Shepard and a squadmate from a false flag ambush by [=CAT6=] mercs in a C-Sec shuttle by diving out a window and body slamming the cockpit canopy, which causes it to crash. This is a shuttle model which is canonically described to be designed first and foremost for rugged durability and has been stated to be able to withstand 1000 earth atmospheres of pressure. And Wrex, true to his name, wrecks it]].
* CutsceneIncompetence: [[spoiler: Ashley downs him with one shot from a rifle in [=ME1=] before [[DoubleTap finishing him off with a few more shots]], (Shepard can pistol-whip him and shoot him repeatedly on the ground) and Shepard can kill him with a pistol in [=ME3=]. He also mysteriously forgets that he has barriers and biotic powers]].
* DareToBeBadass: To motivate the krogan to fight a common enemy rather than fighting themselves and the rest of the galaxy.
-->'''Wrex:''' Now hold your heads high like true krogan. There's a Reaper that needs killing!
* DeadpanSnarker: Provides half of the snark in the first game.
* DeathGlare: Displays a great one in ''3'' when the salarian dalatrass insults the krogan. The look on his face makes it clear that he wants nothing more than to pull out a shotgun and leave a large hole in the ''Normandy'''s bulkhead where she was standing.
** For bonus points, the scene is focused on him, so you get to see just how pissed off Wrex is, taking up the ''entire screen''.
* DespairEventHorizon:[[spoiler: Betray him by sabotaging the genophage cure and he'll completely lose it. He'll withdraw krogan support, leave the galaxy to burn, and try to gun you down with a shotgun to boot. As far as he's concerned, if his species is going to go extinct, humanity can join them]].
** Implied to have gone through a minor one before you meet him. After his father betrayed him he lost hope of reforming his race into anything resembling a proper civilisation, and began roaming the stars and killing people for credits. If he survives the first game he gets renewed hope and has a more successful job at kicking the krogan together.
* DirtyOldMan: In [=ME3=], according to Eve, he's a bit... enthusiastic about fertile krogan females. By the ''Citadel'' DLC, he's over this. Largely because he's been with so many that his genitals physically hurt. Which says something when you're a member of a species of armored reptilian walking tanks with regeneration capabilities, and you're considered one of the most badass specimens of that species.
** ChivalrousPervert: On the other hand, he respects women a lot more than the average krogan.
* DrivenToSuicide: A possibility, if you make a certain series of decisions. In [=ME3=], if you [[spoiler:sabotage the genophage cure, Wrex will come after you, conveniently forgetting his biotics and shields... [[SuicideByCop Suicide by Shepard.]]]]
* DynamicEntry: [[spoiler:In the ''Citadel'' DLC, when Shepard and a crewmate are pinned down by a shuttle full of mercs, Wrex [[SuperWindowJump crashes through a window]] a few stories above and body slams the shuttle]].
* EnemyMine: With the turians in the third game. Despite the fact that neither Wrex nor Primarch Victus are quick to trust the other, Victus is completely in favour of curing the genophage and Wrex makes good on his promise to send krogan troops to aid in the defense of Palaven.
** Victus and Wrex also seem to find common ground opposing the [[SmugSnake salarian dalatrass]]. She seems to clearly irritate them ''both''.
* EpicFail: [[spoiler: If you opt to sabotage the genophage cure in ''3'', he comes after you with a shotgun. In all outcomes, he'll miss Shepard with a shotgun ''at point-blank range'' and will be gunned down either by Shepard or C-Sec, despite the former being unarmored and unarmed when Wrex attacks]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He is encountered inside the C-Sec offices, where a C-Sec officer is reprimanding him for his attempt to kill Fist. Wrex responds with a series of [[BadassBoast Badass Boasts]], then proudly declares that he's still going to kill Fist to the officer's face before leaving and telling Shepard to mind his own business. If you talk to him immediately after you conclude your business in C-Sec, he asks to go with you to take down Fist and [[AssholeVictim kills Fist after the crime lord tries to surrender.]] If you don't, and instead wait until after you have dealt with Fist to speak with him, he is impressed by the wreck you made of Chora's Den, and gives you the bounty he was supposed to collect as a show of respect.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subsequent games make it clear that he's not ''evil'', but in the first he's decidedly darker than other party members. Take him on Virmire when you discover the captured salarians driven to mindlessness by indoctrination, and he's visibly unhappy about it, saying that you don't ''do'' that to prisoners -- kill them, sure, but not ''[[MindRape that]]''. That said, he also objects to Paragon Shep releasing them. He's also reluctant if Shepard decides to free the Rachni Queen, though this is justified by [[ItMakesSenseInContext backstory reasons]].
** He does, however, approve of Renegade Shepard releasing the salarians for the sole purpose of gunning them all down. To him, it's as cut-and-dried a MercyKill as he's ever seen. As far as he's concerned, even though they'd all die in the blast anyway, it'd take a cold person to let them live on like that for any longer than necessary.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: See MeaningfulName.
* {{Expy}}: He shares many traits with Canderous Ordo, of KnightsOfTheOldRepublic fame. Most notably, both are the team [[TheBigGuy Big Guy]], come from a culture of {{Blood Knight}}s, and are disillusioned with their cultures' slowly self-destructive behavior.[[spoiler: They also both regain their idealism and become the leader of their people in the second game]].
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Seriously considers one during Virmire. If you're unable to talk him out of it, Ashley kills him to protect you]].
** [[spoiler:If Shepard sabotaged the genophage cure in Mass Effect 3, he will return later on, having found out, and tries to kill Shepard no matter what. He also calls off all his support for the war.]].
* FamilyHonor: While he was never on good terms with his father and was eventually forced to kill him in self-defense, Wrex appears to have been close with his grandfather, swearing an oath before he left Tuchanka that he ''would'' regain their family's battle-armour, stolen by a turian after the war. He can finally achieve this several hundred years later with help from Shepard.
* FantasticRacism: Openly admits to be racist against salarians, and his distrust of them causes him to act up and nearly screw up the deal.
* FoeTossingCharge: As a guest party member in ''Citadel'', his most common tactic is to charge into the enemy mob and club them with his shotgun. Horrified players will soon realize that Wrex easily has twice as much HP as other party members, [[LeeroyJenkins and thus can survive running out in the open and being shot at by multiple assailants]].
* FriendlyEnemy: He mentions having one in an asari named Aleena [[spoiler: who is strongly hinted to be a past identity for Aria T'Loak in Mass Effect 2]].
* TheGadfly: Especially in the first game's infamous elevator sequences, where [[{{Troll}} he frequently says outrageous things to your squadmembers just to see how they react.]]
* GenreSavvy:
** When talking to Grunt in the second game.
---> '''Grunt''': Okeer is dead.\\
'''Wrex''': Of course. You're with ''Shepard''. How could he be alive?
** Being Genre Savvy saves his life in a BackStory in ''VideoGame/MassEffect1''. He and a few other mercenaries were hired for a job by Saren, but Wrex suspected Saren might [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness go back on his word once the job was done]], so he left without waiting for his payment. [[ProperlyParanoid Turns out he was right]], as every other mercenary from that job ended up dead.
** Has elements of being DangerouslyGenreSavvy, by Krogan standards his reforms are insane but Wrex understands that the Krogan have to be dragged kicking and screaming to salvation, his understanding that Saren is a BadBoss, use of [[SummonBiggerFish Kalros to get the genophage cure dispersed]] and that he knows the the dalatrass will try and stop the cure all show that Wrex has survived for so long for a VERY good reason.
* GoodIsNotSoft: [[spoiler: As krogan overlord, he institutes many reforms to save his race from the brink... and if he has to go against tradition or bust heads for it to work, so be it]].
* GoodScarsEvilScars: All over his shell. It conveniently helps players distinguish him from other krogan.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Another par for the krogan course. Initially believed Shepard survived being spaced due to having a redundant nervous system.
--> '''Shepard:''' Yeah, humans don't have that.\\
'''Wrex:''' Oh.... It must've been painful then.
* GuestStarPartyMember: In the ''Citadel'' DLC of ''3''.
* {{Handgun}}: In the first game, he had access to all weapons but could train with assault rifles and shotguns. In ''Citadel'', his weapons are shotgun and heavy pistol.
* HiddenDepths: An exile from a barbaric race. Utterly ruthless. A one man army. The most vicious bounty hunter in the galaxy. Also the only squadmate to be affected by Ashley or Kaidan's death in the first game (other than the one you chose to save at the cost of the other's life, obviously) and quite possibly the most sensitive and caring character towards Shepard other than Liara and Kaidan. And he tried to end his people's infighting, pretty much making him the krogan equivalent of a hippie. Who says bloodthirsty, thousand-year-old reptilian warlords don't have hearts? Two of them, in point of fact.
* HonoraryTrueCompanion: To the ''Normandy'' crew from the second game onwards.
* HopeBringer: Along with "Eve", he becomes this to the entire krogan species over the course of ''2'' and ''3''.
* ImStandingRightHere: On Noveria, if Garrus objects to killing the rachni queen.
-->'''Garrus''': We can't exterminate them. Not without the Council's approval. Genocide is one of the reasons we fought the krogan-- ah...\\
'''Wrex''': You want to learn about genocide, Vakarian? I'll take you to a krogan obstetrician's office.
* {{Irony}}: Wrex is annoyed with how most krogan live up to negative stereotypes and believes that some customs need to be ignored to truly save the species. As a result many krogan despise Wrex for not respecting tradition. Then come ''Mass Effect 3'' and Eve describes what the glorious krogan of ancient times were like and they sound a lot more similar to Wrex than 99% of the other krogan we meet in the series. So it can be argued that the guy closest to being a traditional krogan... is Wrex.
* IWorkAlone: Fortunately, he's a reasonable example of this trope; he prefers to work by himself, but he's perfectly willing to operate with small groups. Shepard also works in small groups, so he's got no problems with that. It's just being part of armies he has issues with.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
** [[spoiler:Gives Shepard a very warm greeting as the krogan overlord. From a grizzled old cynic like him, that really means something. He even invites Grunt to be part of the clan. As warlord, he does everything in his power to aid his people, [[GoodIsNotNice whether they like it or not]].]]
--->'''Wrex:''' Shepard! My friend!
** Despite disliking salarians in general, he honestly comes to respect Mordin in [=ME3=], affectionately nicknaming him "Pyjak." [[spoiler: After Mordin sacrifices himself to cure the genophage, Wrex says that he'll honour him by naming one of the newborn children after him. Maybe one of the girls]].
* JustEatHim: He's fond of using this to end arguments. It's generally effective at making people go away.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Possible in the first game, which has repercussions throughout the series. Also possible in the third game, if you sabotage the genophage cure: he'll find out and you'll have to blow him away on the Citadel]].
* KickTheSonOfABitch: He'll kill the local crime lord Fist after you get Fist at your mercy. Tali and potentially Shepard certainly don't disagree.
* [[KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect Krogan Scientists Get No Respect]]: Averted. The Urdnot scientists are actually complaining because Wrex has turned them to ''agricultural'' sciences and focused their efforts on increasing crop yield, irrigation and better farming methods. Only on Tuchanka could the ''scientists'' be upset that the ''Warlord'' doesn't want them to blow things up!
* KnightInSourArmor: Yes, he does help save the galaxy and eventually becomes chieftain of Clan Urdnot but he's also as cynical as they come. If Shepard continuously supports him, he shows a much more idealistic side as things go on.
* LeeroyJenkins: In ''Citadel'', while most other party member AI have the sense to keep in cover during a firefight, Wrex's primary attack strategy is to charge opponents and melee them. [[MadeOfIron He can survive this and win...]] unless you're playing on Insanity, in which case he predictably gets quickly gunned down.
** Ironically he can even be this on Insanity with the right build which rapidly turns any adventure on the ''Citadel'' into a bit of StrategySchmategy - You can do whatever you and your teammate want, Wrex is gonna be knocking heads around.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: His interaction with "Eve" in the third game.
* MadeOfIron: While krogan are notorious for this anyway (being the only species capable of going to the rachni home worlds) Wrex takes this up a notch by being nigh unkillable on most difficulties. Up until [[NintendoHard insanity mode]] Wrex can simply charge into a squad of enemies and murder them all with little effort.
* MagicKnight: In addition to his substantial toughness and general combat skills, he's also a biotic.
* TheMcCoy: To Dalatrass Linron's TheSpock and Primarch Adrien Victus and Paragon Shepard's TheKirk, in ''3''.
* MeaningfulName: He's called Wrex because he wrecks stuff. Get it? [[DontExplainTheJoke It's funny because it's a pun!]]
** Also, rex = Latin for king. Fits with him [[spoiler:becoming the krogan overlord in the second game]].
** According to the devs, they called him Wrex after a Tyrannosaurus Rex, which still comes from "king." This also leads to an amusing ContinuityNod in the second game, where data on Grunt's extranet searches reveal that he [[WikiWalk went from searching about Wrex to reading about dinosaurs]].
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: His usual suggestion for dealing with a problematic individual is to [[JustEatHim eat them]].
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Invoked in ''3'' if you bring Liara and Garrus along to Sur'kesh, he's deeply happy she's there... oh, and Garrus too.
* [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya MY NAME IS URDNOT WREX]], '''AND THIS IS MY PLANET!!!'''
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Wrex is somewhere in between playing this straight and averting it. He mostly embraces the overall krogan culture and attitudes, but he's far more willing than most of his race to acknowledge a lot of their actions are idiotically self-destructive (to the point of making some attempt to fix that in the second game).
* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: In the ''Citadel'' DownloadableContent for ''3'', the reason he's on the Citadel at all is because, following [[spoiler:the dealing with the genophage in Priority: Tuchanka]], every single female krogan wants a go with him so that their firstborn can be of his genes. He'd likely have less of a problem if they actually gave him a break.
-->'''Shepard:''' Considering [[WarIsHell everything we've been through]], I can think of worse positions to be in.\\
'''Wrex:''' Trust me, [[DoubleEntendre I've been in every position in the past few days]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Wrex in no way comes off as dumb, but he is much more sophisticated than he lets on.
** Also works in a subversion to his BloodKnight tendencies. One of the elevator convos has Garrus eagerly wanting to see how the ''Normandy'' handles in a fight, to which Wrex[[note]]and also Liara[[/note]] retorts about the folly of getting into slugging matches in a ship meant for stealth. The opening of the second game proves that Wrex was entirely correct about that.
** Rather than trying to appear dumb he simply lets his [[TheGadfly gadfly]] tendencies and krogan stereotypes let people think he's dumb, when in fact he had a mind like a razor and is simply fed up of trying to make a difference.
* OddFriendship:
** With Shepard. Dialogue in ''3'' indicates that he's deeply fond of Liara...[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Garrus]], in his own way.
---> '''Wrex''': I have to make friends with the one turian in the galaxy who ''thinks he's funny''.
** Despite Wrex's open dislike of salarians, particularly their ''doctors'', he honestly grows to respect Mordin after he stands his ground against him. As mentioned in the first game, this is Wrex's way of sizing people up.
---> '''Wrex''': Ha! You've got a quad, doctor! Keep her safe!
** He has a soft spot for Tali too, as shown in The Citadel DLC.
---> '''Tali''': I can look after myself, you know...\\
'''Wrex''': I know, but I'm old and I worry.\\
'''Tali''': You're like the crazy head butting uncle I never had...
* OptionalPartyMember: He doesn't have to be recruited to finish the first game.
* OutOfFocus: Of this six original squadmates, Wrex is the only one who never returns to the squad. He still has plot relevancy, but he's relegated to SupportingLeader. Thankfully, he's a GuestStarPartyMember in the third game's ''Citadel'' DLC.
** Whether relatedly or not, he's also the only one of the first six squadmates who isn't a potential LoveInterest.
* TheParagon: For his people, should he survive to the second game. Solidly cements this position should the [[spoiler:real cure for the genophage]] be administered under his reign. Fittingly, he had tried once before but lost faith in his people, and was inspired to try again by another paragon: Commander Shepard.
* ParentalSubstitute: While not overt, it appears that he's taken this role toward Grunt, being enthusiastic about letting him take the RiteOfPassage to become a member of Clan Urdnot in ''2'' as well as placing him in charge of [[BadassArmy Aralakh Company]] in ''3'', in recognition of Grunt's skill. One of his comments in the second game insinuates that he may be grooming Grunt to be his successor as Overlord of the krogan.
* PapaWolf: Becomes this for his entire species.
* ProperlyParanoid: He was hired by Saren once, but eventually decided to leave without waiting for pay since it didn't take him long to get suspicious of the guy. Turns out all the other mercs he was working with were found dead a week later.
** He also knows that the dalatrass won't let the genophage be cured without trying something.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Deconstructed]]; he knows full well that the krogan people are too attached to their short-sighted warrior traditions to save themselves from extinction. In the sequels, he reconstructs the trope by seizing power of Clan Urdnot and working to return the krogan to a proud warrior race instead of a race of thugs for hire.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: We don't know how old exactly Wrex is, but given that he defeated a Thresher Maw ''over'' a thousand years ago and hints that he may have been around during the Krogan Rebellions (which happened in ''700 AD'')... yeah, Wrex is ''very old'', even for a krogan.
** For those not willing to do the math this would make Wrex nearly 1500 years old at the start of Mass Effect. Even Samara would be half a millennium his junior.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: About as reasonable of an authority figure as you can be for an entire species of {{Blood Knight}}s.
** While it's unspoken, it's worth noting that Wrex is perfectly content to allow Shepard, an ''alien'', to serve as a member of Grunt's krantt during their RiteOfPassage, likely because he knows that they [[LoopholeAbuse don't actually have a rule]] that says that the members of your krantt have to be ''krogan''.
*** Who is in the prospective krantt says a lot. Depending on who you take with you, it's either just Shepard, who has iron-clad and gold-plated badass credentials in Wrex's eyes, or Shepard and someone that Wrex fought alongside in the last game, who has also proven themselves as a badass.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: And red skin, red armor, and red guns...
* RedOniBlueOni: Plays the red to Eve's blue[[spoiler: as leaders of the krogan]]. Also the Blue to Wreav's Red.
* RefugeInAudacity: If he helps infiltrate the casino in ''[[{{DLC}} Citadel]]''. First he'll claim to [[BlatantLies be a food inspector]] (though as pretty much the king of all krogan, he could be one, if only because [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem he can declare himself one]]), then he'll just start distracting the guards ''by berating them for doing a bad job at guarding''.
* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: In [=ME3=], if you betray his friendship and sabotage the genophage cure, he will come after you on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge]].
* RoyalBlood: To a degree; his father was an overlord of the Urdnot clan. [[spoiler:If he survived Virmire, Wrex will be the ruler the Urdnot Clan and de facto ruler of of the krogan homeworld Tuchanka in ''2'' and ''3'' (as his dealings have positioned Clan Urdnot to be the most powerful clan)]].
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Wrex used to have a tribe of his own, though he fled Tuchanka after a fight with his father. [[spoiler:Later, he will become the ruler of most of the krogan clans]].
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: His stance when traditional-minded krogan impede his vision. A necessary evil, for the traditional mindset is what led to the decline of the krogan people in the first place.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: In his backstory, he met Saren while working on a job. Something about Saren rubbed him the wrong way, so he left without waiting long enough to be paid. His instincts were right: he was the only merc from that job to survive.
* SelfMadeOrphan: In self-defense.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Believe it or not he embodies both sides of this trope. The latter is obvious but he shows a surprisingly caring side of himself after Virmire. He's the only character to talk about Ashley/Kaidan's death other than Joker and the Virmire Survivor, and the only character to comfort Shepard over it, telling you he respects your decision. The relationship between him and Paragon Shepard also fits this trope.
* SlaveToPR: He executes a gang leader against your orders because he was hired by the Broker to personally kill him. He even gives you the bounty if you don't bring him along and beat him to the punch -- he won't take credit or payment for something he didn't do.
* SociopathicHero: Mostly in the first game, less so in the sequels.
* SpecialSnowflakeSyndrome: The Codex notes that krogan biotics are exceptionally rare, even as biotics go. So, naturally, the krogan who joins the adventuring party just happens to be a biotic. This was for lack of anyone else to fill the Vanguard slot in the original team.
* TheStoic: It's a significant moment whenever he really does emote.
-->"Shepard."\\
"Wrex."
** When Wrex joyfully bounds out of his "throne" to greet Shepard with unabashed happiness in ''2'', it's fairly startling. Especially in contrast to the cold shoulder s/he gets from the Virmire survivor on Horizon.
** He also appears openly enthusiastic about having Grunt join Clan Urdnot, with almost fatherly pride when he completes the rite. [[spoiler: Especially if Grunt kills the Thresher Maw, something no one has done since Wrex himself 1000 years prior]].
* StopBeingStereotypical: Dislikes the self-destructive violence of the other krogan and is working to change it.
* SupportingLeader: If he survives to ''Mass Effect 3'', he's this for the krogan, who can provide the second highest amount of War Assets (only behind humanity). [[spoiler:This all depends on how you handle curing the genophage, however]].
** Even in the mission on Sur'Kesh, he keeps the enemy distracted to make Shepard's mission easier.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Wrex drops a hard one when [[spoiler: Allestia Iallis reveals herself to be a sleeper agent for Benezia]].
-->'''Wrex:''' We'll see about that, bitch.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Subverted. Wrex admits he pretends to be this, simply because it's ''expected'' of krogan.
** While Wrex isn't ''evil'', he is the most ruthless of Shepard's original six squadmates. When the player is faced with a major Paragon/Renegade choice, one squadmate will always endorse the paragon choice, and one will always endorse the renegade choice. Wrex is the only party member to always endorse the renegade choice regardless of party combination. Even Ashley, the next most renegade squadmate, will endorse the paragon option if she is in the party with Wrex.
* TooDumbToLive: What he thinks of anyone that goes up against Shepard. Which [[spoiler:makes you wonder what that says about ''him'' when he does this on Virmire. PlayedWith in that he likely knew he had no chance at actually "winning" but was doing it as a matter of principle or honor rather than tactics. Thankfully, the player has three ways of talking him out of it]].
** [[spoiler: The same logic also applies to his confrontation with Shepard in 3 if the cure is sabotaged, though there it might have been blind fury rather than any other reason]].
* TookALevelInIdealism: Starts out as cynical as they come. If continuously supported by Shepard, he becomes more and more idealistic with each game.
* TryNotToDie: The worst possible "goodbye" before you try and summon Kalros.
-->'''Wrex:''' I know you're doing this for your own reasons, Shepard, but try to make sure you don't get your ass killed. I wouldn't know what to say at your funeral.
* UncomfortableElevatorMoment: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOg-nLWe71w Wrex seems to really like the elevators.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: By the second game, even if he can't go with Shepard, it's clear that he has nothing but undying respect for him/her and will help him/her in anyway he can. This can take a few knocks depending on your actions in the third game.
* UseYourHead: [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority In true krogan fashion]], he uses this to assert his dominance.
** Unfortunately, he doesn't see it when Shepard has the opportunity to follow his lead, headbutting ''the same krogan that Wrex did earlier'' to get him to shut up. The Shaman does see, and finds it hilarious.
* UnwantedHarem: The Citadel DLC reveals there are downsides to being the clan leader who cured the genophage -- namely, everyone wants their firstborn to have his genes. There's a line of women outside his dwelling that stretches "as far as you can see", he has to sneak out his own bathroom window to get away, and he still gets jumped leaving Tuchanka.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Garrus.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** If he's taken to Noveria and Shepard spares the rachni queen. As he reminds you, millions of his ancestors died to defeat the rachni the first time.
** If you deleted Maelon's research, he has some choice words for you in the last game -- it takes rescuing Eve, following him to the Shroud and trying to patch things up between missions before he's willing to call you a friend again.
** [[spoiler: If you betray his trust by sabotaging the genophage cure, he tries to kill you. On the same occasion, he also calls you out for your actions during the Citadel coup if you killed the Virmire Survivor -- ''and'' for the turian bomb on Tuchanka if you let it go off]]. It's a bit of a low point for Shepard, all in all.
--->'''Wrex''': [[spoiler: What's the matter? Ashley not around to do your dirty work? Oh right, you killed her too! And it's time you found out how that feels!]]
* [[WhatWouldXDo What Would Shepard Do?]]: After the events of the first game, he takes Shepard's example and advice to heart and decides to return to Tuchanka and make another attempt to save his people from themselves.
* WhereItAllBegan: If you cure the genophage [[spoiler:and Eve is alive]], you will meet up with him at the place where his father ambushed and tried to kill him, and he will remark about how the genophage turned the krogan into "animals".
* WorldsBestWarrior: On Tuchanka, anyway, but he has some impressive feats throughout the rest of the galaxy, too. The only person probably superior to him is Shepard, and his only clear successor is Grunt.
* WorthyOpponent: Considered his FriendlyEnemy Aleena[[note]]who is heavily implied, but never explicitly stated, to be Aria[[/note]] to be this.
** Wrex views Shepard as one when they first meet, seeing Shepard as a warrior worthy of his respect. He drops hints in the first game that he believes in a fight Shepard could easily take him down, which considering Wrex once single-handedly defeated a ''Thresher Maw'', says a hell of a lot.
*** By the end of the second game, you'll probably have done a lot of the same things he did, and without the MadeOfIron characteristics that the krogan have going for them. It's no wonder Wrex respects you.
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