History Characters / MassEffectUrdnotWrex

* 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!

* RefugeInAudacity: If he helps infiltrate the casino in ''[[{{DLC}} Citadel]]''. First he'll claim to [[BlatantLies be a food inspector]] (though as krogan leader, he could just [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem declare himself one anyway]]), then he'll just start distracting the guards ''by berating them for doing a bad job''.

** [[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.]] Of course, given the despicable actions Shepard has to do in order for this to happen, the morality of it isn't exactly black and white and could be described EvilVsEvil.

* 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.

* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:If you sabotage the Genophage cure in ''3'', he confronts you with the proof and is shot multiple times in the ensuing confrontation, and belts out his dying words just before either Shepard or C-Sec officers blast him out a window.]]
-->'''Wrex:''' [[spoiler:[[YouMonster I know... what you did... Shepard.]]]]

* ChickMagnet: Again, in ''3'' if the genophage is cured...before he discovers [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor how exhausting it is]].

* 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''.

* 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)]].

* 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!!!'''

* CharacterDevelopment: Wrex starts off the first game as the most cynical party member, and then some. He's completely fatalistic and hopeless about the krogan's chances and has spent centuries as nothing more than a mercenary and bounty hunter. If he survives the first game, he decides to make a second go at saving his race and ends up becoming a progressive leader for his people, eventually growing from a common mercenary to arguably the most powerful krogan in the galaxy. If Shepard supports him and his desire to cure the genophage unwaveringly, he ends up being arguably the single most idealistic and hopeful character in the third game's entire story.

** While he doesn't have any particular hatred for the Asari he's quite happy to assume the negative stereotypes about their reproductive habits are true.

** while he doesn't have any particular hatred for the Asari he's quite happy to assume the negative stereotypes about their reproductive habits are true. He doesn't have any strong opinions about the other races, though.

* 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.

** [[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.]]

** If he survived the first game, in ''Mass Effect 2'' he's in the process of reforming and uniting krogan society through sheer force of personality (and {{HeadButt}}ing, when necessary).

** If he survived the first game, in ''Mass Effect 2'' he's in the process of reforming and uniting krogan society through sheer force of personality (and ass kicking, when necessary).

* AllMenAreLustful: "Eve" dryly tells Shepard that if there's a fertile female to be rescued, Wrex will be on the case instantly. If one goes by the theory "Eve" is Wrex's estranged wife, it's doubly funny. It becomes BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor if the genophage is cured, however.

* 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.

* FantasticRacism: Openly admits to be racist against salarians, and his distrust of them causes him to act up and nearly screw up the deal. He's not exactly a fan of the Turians either, and while he doesn't have any particular hatred for the Asari he's quite happy to assume the negative stereotypes about their reproductive habits are true. He doesn't have any strong opinions about the other races, though.

* 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.

* SupportingLeader: If he survives the Virmire mission, he's this for all krogan as of the third game, who can provide the second highest amount of War Assets (only behind the Systems Alliance). [[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.

--> '''Wrex''': [[GroinAttack Let's just say scalpels were never meant to cut where he cut.]]

* AncestralWeapon: In this case 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?

** 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.
** 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:''' Speak when spoken to, [[{{Jerkass}} Uvenk]]. [[TeethClenchedTeamwork 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 Shepard shuts it down because s/he knows what comes next, and it would be hell to clean up the resulting destruction.
* 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]].
* BadassBaritone: His voice has deepness that is only matched by a few other krogan, the [[EvilSoundsDeep Reapers]] [[spoiler: and the Leviathan]].

--> '''Wrex''': I AM URDNOT WREX AND '''THIS IS MY PLANET!!!'''
* 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]].
-->'''Shepard''': I can think of worse positions to be in.\\
'''Wrex''': Trust me, I've been in '''''every''''' position in the past few days...
* 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]]. The Rachni are also a particularly sore topic for him, given the brutal war between them and the Krogan.

* 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.

* CainAndAbel: Abel to Wreav's Cain. [[spoiler:He's thus not at all sad to see Wreav get killed by Kalros in ''3'']].

* 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. The later is notable enough that it might actually be SuicideByCop after he's lost all hope for the Krogan.]]

** [[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]].

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Kind of PlayedForLaughs in the second game, when Grunt's extranet search on Wrex ended up to searching for dinosaurs instead. Then again, like all krogan, he has some reptilian attributes.
* {{Expy}}: He shares many traits with Canderous Ordo, of ''VideoGame/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]].

** [[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.]].

* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler: If you sabotage the Genophage cure in ''3'', he confronts you with the proof and is shot multiple times in the ensuing confrontation, and belts out his dying words just before either Shepard or C-Sec officers blast him out a window.]]
-->'''Wrex''': [[spoiler: [[YouMonster I know... what you did... Shepard.]]]]

* 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]].

* 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]].

* HonorBeforeReason: He's loyal to the krogan race, even if that means dying senselessly [[spoiler: in a fight with Shepard, if the latter can't talk him down in the first game or sabotages the genophage cure in the third]].

** For someone who protests to no end that the genophage is genocide, Wrex is all too willing to advocate genocide against the rachni queen. Twice!

** [[spoiler: If Shepard betrays him by sabotaging the Genophage cure, he withdraws Clan Urdnot’s support for the war effort, but not the other clans, despite his work to value all krogan clans.]]
* HypotheticalFightDebate: Wrex loves asking who would win in a fight between Shepard and the third squadmate. [[HilariousInHindsight Funnily enough,]] it comes to a head when you fight [[spoiler:Shepard's clone]].
** He can also be the subject of one versus Grunt in the ''Citadel'' DLC which, depending on the mood of the party you choose to throw, can potentially cease to be be quite so hypothetical.

** He is the only one besides Joker to comfort Shepard after they are forced to [[spoiler: leave either Ashley or Kaidan behind on Virmire.]]
** [[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]].]]

** Despite disliking salarians in general, he grows 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]].

* KilledOffForReal: Possible in the first game, which [[spoiler: allows his more traditional but distrustful brood brother Wreav to become krogan leader]]. Also possible in the third game; [[spoiler: if you sabotage the genophage cure, he'll find out and you'll have to blow him away on the Citadel]].

* 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, [[spoiler: at least until Grunt if he manages the same thing]].

* 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]].

---> '''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. [[spoiler:If Mordin sacrifices himself to cure the genophage in [=ME3=], Wrex declares that he's going to name one of his children after him. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Probably a girl.]]]] 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!

---> '''Tali''': I can look after myself, you know...\\
'''Wrex''': I know, but I'm old and I worry, even though my favorite Quarian is all grown up and killing Reapers.\\
'''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. [[spoiler:But doing so would eventually have certain repurcussions in latter games.]]

* 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 so much sex that he needs a bag of ice for his currently-aching quad.]]

* RedOniBlueOni: Is blue compared to his brother Wreav and the rest of the krogan [[spoiler: as their leader]], but is red compared to Eve.

* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: In [=ME3=], if you betray his friendship and sabotage the genophage cure, he will come after you on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. To elaborate, he comes to the Citadel armed with a giant shotgun (visitors are forbidden from carrying weapons on the station), assaulting a C-Sec officer and shooting at Shepard in broad daylight. Even if Shepard doesn't kill him himself, it doesn't take long until C-Sec reinforcements arrive and swiftly kill him. He really should've thought of a better plan. Then again, he was probably so angry and hurt that he wasn't thinking straight or didn't care enough for his own safety anymore]].
* RoyalBlood: To a degree; his father was an overlord of Clan Urdnot. [[spoiler:If he survived Virmire, Wrex will take over as clan leader and de facto ruler of the krogan homeworld of 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]].

* SelfMadeOrphan: In self-defense, as revealed in the first game and expanded on in the third [[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.]]

** 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]].

* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Wrex drops a hard one when [[spoiler: Allestia Iallis reveals herself to be a sleeper agent for Benezia]].

* TooDumbToLive: What he thinks of anyone that goes up against Shepard. [[spoiler: Not the case if he does it; he knows he's a dead krogan walking, but some things are more important than life.]]

** 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 for Shepard to win his friendship back.
** [[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!]]

-->'''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.

* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: His interaction with "Eve" in the third game.

* 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]].