History Funny / HelldiversII

* The announcement of the Major Order in which Super Earth officially declares war on galactic Tyranny has a handful of gags in it. First it claims that the previous three months of war up to that point have just been "special military operations", [[InsistentTerminology a clear satirical dig at expansionist wars which have been insistently called "military operations" by the imperialistic nations waging them]]. Second, it offhandedly mentions that [[WeHaveReserves billions of citizens across Super Earth's territories]] have "[[GotVolunteered volunteered for conscription]]". You know, ''an oxymoron''.

* Automatons have a rare voice line that clearly says "'''''[[PrecisionFStrike FUCK YOU!]]'''''", which is especially hilarious considering [[TheUnintelligible how hard it usually is to understand them]]. Some players claim they've also heard Automatons saying something along the lines of "''Sweet Jesus, the Helldivers!''".

-->"I want to be very clear: I have always believed there to be a possibility of flying bugs. Everyone knows that "Most bugs fly" and it was only a matter of time before this strain would evolve naturally."

--> ''[[CaptainObvious Did you know tips are shown during these transition sequences?]]''
--> ''Don't drink and drive.''

* One of the loading screen tooltips: "If the natives on this planet try installing democracy, [[StrawHypocrite shoot them. It's up to us to do that.]]"

* Automatons have a rare voice line that clearly says "'''''FUCK YOU!'''''", which is especially hilarious considering how hard it usually is to understand them. Some players claim they've also heard Automatons saying something along the lines of "''Sweet Jesus, the Helldivers!''".

* Somewhat amusingly, the general RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver aesthetics of the Automatons mean that the faction-specific common samples found in their bases look a bit like [[https://www.google.com/search?q=gamer+router so-called "gamer routers"]].

--> '''WebVideo/{{Max0r}}:''' ''[cracking up]'' Is this game fucking ''[[Memes/SpongebobSquarepants Spongebob]]?''[[note]]"My leg!" is essentially the catchphrase of recurring character Fred[[/note]]

** Even the ''order'' of the upgrades [[SkewedPriorities is utterly absurd]]. The first upgrade for your various sentry turrets incorporates Super Earth's SinisterSurveillance tech so the sentries [[ParanoiaFuel constantly track your location, ready to fire at any moment]] to speed up deployment. The ''second'' involves using shock absorption gel instead of the ''springs'' they were using to protect the turrets from impact damage. And ''only then'' do they decide they should use actual quality lubricant for the turrets' swivel mechanisms.

** Other, more dangerous Automaton units are not exempt from this. It can be quite amusing to watch a Devastator or Hulk try to close to stomping range after being literally disarmed (from a safe distance -- unlike the poor Trooper, these units can ''and will'' still kill you if you let them get close). There's even an achievement for extracting from a mission after shooting both arms off a Hulk but leaving it alive.