History Funny / MassEffect2

* Should you decide to modify your save game so [[YaoiGuys [=MaleShep=] ends up in Garrus' romance subplot]], Creator/BioWare tucked away [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtjuC-S_P8I&feature=player_detailpage#t=10s this little bit of dialogue]]:

'''Garrus:''' [[ShuttingUpNow M-Maybe we'll talk later]].

I'm quite good at genetics (as a subset of biology) because I am an expert (which I know is a tautology).\\

* The asari and salarian pair on Illium considering joining Eclipse. The asari seems to be treating it as something fun to do, while the salarian is quite a bit more serious about it, saying that since his family isn't too influential, this is pretty much the only way he can improve his standing enough to secure a breeding contract. The asari's response is hilarious when you keep in mind that [[{{Asexuality}} salarians]] do not share the other species' obsession with sex:

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aDv0pDOg4c Hipster Shepard]].

** Tali's hesitation on whether or not to get the... [[ADateWithRosiePalms nerve stimulation program]]. And after installing it and uninstalling it several times, she finally settles down. After installing the ''pro edition'' of the program.

** Additionally, Uranus has already been depleted of resources, unlike other worlds in the system, which means Shepard is far from the first person to think of it.[[note]]Flavor text states that Uranus's greater proximity to the Sun than Neptune, combined with its weak radiation field and gravity well compared to Jupiter and Saturn, makes it the ideal [=HE3=] mining station among the four giant planets.[[/note]]

-->It's fun watching you shout.

** The first part of Samara's loyalty mission is full of moments like this. The optimal goal is to be a massive ''Renegade''. If you've been playing a straight Paragon, it really gives you a chance to let loose. The aforementioned krogan stare-down, beating up a turian off-screen and flinging him across the room? Good times.

* One of the background announcements on Illium is a recall notice for home radiation therapy gear, saying customers could have adverse effects to it. It then mentions that customers will get company credit, which they can use to buy other products... such as the new [[NotTheIntendedUse radiation-based]] personal defense system!

* The cutscene before [[spoiler:Legion's]] personal mission. As the Normandy approaches a [[spoiler:geth]] space station, Joker tells [[spoiler:Legion]] that anyone on the station could "just look out a window and see us coming." [[spoiler:Legion]] explains that [[spoiler:geth]] don't use windows because they're structural weaknesses, and proceeds to set the coordinates for the landing zone. Joker mocks [[spoiler:Legion]] by making exaggerated robotic movements, and right on cue, Shepard walks up and catches him in the act, looking like a disappointed parent. Joker pauses, rolls his eyes, and gets back to work.
** [[StealthPun Doubly amusing]] for [[GeniusBonus players with a computer science background]], since later in that mission [[spoiler:Legion]] uses the "sudo" command to take over some turrets. Of course [[spoiler:the geth]] don't use [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows]]; they're clearly a {{UsefulNotes/Unix}} system.

*** And much like [[spoiler:Legion]], she also explains to the organic why it doesn't matter.

** The one about Joker and liver failure gets a call-back in the third game when [[spoiler:lamenting Mordin's passing]], where Joker notes that Mordin woke him up in the middle of the night once to ascertain how many livers humans had.

* Speaking of Garrus, his romance arc with female Shepard produces this gem after [[spoiler:Shepard and he discuss when they should attempt to have sex]].

* [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xcYQGcLR6E Legion]]]] dancing. That is all. The best part is that he's ''beatboxing.'' And it's actually quite good...

* You can take [[spoiler:Legion]] with you onto the Citadel and have the discussion with the C-Sec officer at the front desk about heightened security to protect from [[spoiler:geth]] infiltration ''while he's standing right there''. Even better is that he comments on it by saying that [[spoiler:geth]] do not infiltrate, and the officer doesn't even ''[[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy realize]]'' [[spoiler: that he's geth]].
-->'''C-Sec Customs Officer:''' You should leave your personal [[spoiler:synthetic]] assistant at home. They're not allowed on public shuttles anymore.\\
[[spoiler:'''Legion, Geth Infiltrator:''']] [[spoiler:Geth]] do not ''intentionally'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa-Ont6rOGQ infiltrate]].
** In a similar vein, bringing [[spoiler:Legion]] along on Tali's loyalty mission on the Flotilla triggers a short cutscene where the quarian guards hold you at gunpoint and angrily tell you to get him off the ship. The [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments CMoF]] comes because after this, the game shifts into the ''regular'' cutscene, where Tali indignantly denies ever sending active geth parts to her father.
---> '''Shepard''' ([[HypocriticalHumor While]] [[spoiler:[[HypocriticalHumor Legion]]]] [[HypocriticalHumor is just off-camera]]): You were sending '''geth''' parts to the Flotilla?!
** Even without that, it's funny because right as you lead Tali and Legion onto the ship Tali's in the middle of telling you that it ''might'' not be such a great idea to bring him along, and then she's cut off mid-sentence by all the guards freaking out and training guns on your party. The admirals also get angry when they see Legion, and nameless quarian {{NPC}}s talk about how Tali ''must'' be guilty of smuggling geth onto the Flotilla since there she is, ''[[spoiler: walking around with a geth]]!'' Trolling the quarians like that can be a barrel of fun.
** And upon returning to the trial, [[spoiler: Legion]] will [[FunnyBackgroundEvent curl up into a ball in the background]].
* One of the most hilarious moments in the series is when [[spoiler:the Collectors are attacking and have boarded the Normandy]].
-->'''EDI:''' We can [[spoiler:save the Normandy]], Mr. Moreau, but you must help me. Give me the ship.\\

* The crazy batarian prophet on Omega is constantly talking about how horrible humans are. What makes it hilarious is the fact that his ''entire audience'' is a gaggle of curious humans. [[spoiler:And, in hindsight, it's very clever {{Foreshadowing}}...]]

** The two asari who wound up on C-Sec's terrorist... ahem, "geth infiltrator" watch list. The C-Sec customs officer's responses to your increasingly frustrated attempts to clear them are straight out of the US Department of Homeland Security textbook. It's even funnier if [[spoiler:Legion]] is in your party at the time.
*** If you pick the Charm dialogue choice, Shepard will tell the officer how they know the asari aren't geth infiltrators:

*** You find out in the next game that they got married and she's now expecting his daughter. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, the only way you learn this is by delivering an audio log from Charr to his wife. [[HappyEndingOverride An audio log you got off his corpse.]]]]

*** In Lair of The Shadow Broker, [[spoiler:after you kill him and Liara takes over]], you can see some things recorded on all of your recruited members and read a list purchases and things bought by Tali and installed/uninstalled by her. She installs and uninstalls that nerve-stimulation package quite often and after installing the Immunoboost Professional Edition she installed the Nerve-Stim Pro Deluxe Edition.

** [[spoiler: Legion's]]:
--->[[spoiler: '''Legion''']]: Shepard-Commander orders us to statistically probable death an average of 2.73 instances per day. Rounding down.
** Shepherd's response? "Most of the time, I'm not being stupid about it." Note that he/she said ''most'' of the time.

** If you have [[spoiler: Legion]] with you, it'll remark in a [[HiddenDepths surprisingly contemplative manner]] that the first thing a god must master is itself.

** When Niftu introduces himself and you have [[spoiler: Legion]] in your party, Shepard looks to [[spoiler: Legion]]. [[spoiler: Legion]] ''shrugs his shoulders and shakes his head''. [[spoiler: 1,183 programs running in it and they all basically say "We're just as confused as you are"]].

* Grunt's recruitment, which overlaps with [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome CMoA]]. It's a tense scene, with Grunt pinning Shepard by the neck and threatening to kill them, while Shepard is calmly reasoning with the krogan. Eventually, Grunt decides that Shepard is more useful alive and Shepard says "I'm glad you saw reason." Then the camera pans out to reveal [[spoiler:the whole time Shepard had a gun pointed at Grunt's chest. ''Which Grunt has just figured out.'']] "Huh?"

* As the ''Normandy'' is escaping [[spoiler:the explosion/wave of radiation that destroys the Collector Base]]:

* During [[spoiler: Legion's]] loyalty quest when you've triggered the [[{{EMP}} EM flux]]:
-->'''[[spoiler: Legion]]:''' Alert: EM flux will be hazardous to un-shielded organic forms. Addendum: The interior of this station is not shielded.\\

* Recruiting Garrus (AKA [[spoiler: Archangel]]) is a bit of this and an [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome moment]].

** [[spoiler: Might be HarsherInHindsight when you find out from Mordin that the salarians actually did enhance the Genophage to counter krogan adaptation to it - to maintain the level of infertility rather than to make them even more infertile, but that's not likely much of a distinction from a krogan perspective.]]

* Through hacking, you can place party members recruited in the second half of the game (say, [[spoiler: Legion]]) into your squad in the first half of the game. Oddly, [[DummiedOut they still have lines]]. When brought along to Purgatory to free Jack, after Renegade Shepard tells her "I'm offering to be your friend. You don't want to be my enemy," [[spoiler: Legion]] has this absolute ''gem'' to say.
-->'''[[spoiler: Legion]]:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxKszB9_RnY There is a high statistical probability of death by gunshot. A punch to the face is also likely.]]

** [[spoiler: Legion]] is always a source of mission humor due to being TheComicallySerious. For example, If Grunt's brought along on [[spoiler: Legion's]] Loyalty Mission and Shepard mentions the ethics of treating aliens differently, Grunt asks if it would be an issue if he punched [[spoiler: Legion]]. [[spoiler: Legion]] replies that it wouldn't be damaged, but Grunt's hand may be.
** In Rodam Expeditions, using the Renegade option to get a discount prompts the salesman to request a geth's head to make into a desk lamp. [[spoiler: Legion]] notes that functionality is not in the geth's specifications.

* After [[spoiler: destroying the Collector's base]], Shepard indulges themself and flips off [[spoiler: the Illusive Man]].

* If [[spoiler: [[TokenEvilTeammate Morinth]]]] is with Grunt on Tuchanka, we get this:
-->'''[[spoiler: Morinth]]:''' I love krogan. Passionate, violent. They burn bright, and quickly burn out.\\

'''[[spoiler: Morinth]]:''' I love it when you're angry.

** And right [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGwX0UpHXCc before]] the car chase, as Shepard walks up to the car, "I'm fine, by the way, thanks for asking." This after falling a story or two while tussling with [[spoiler: Vasir]].

** [[spoiler: Legion's]] gaming statistics. Some [[Heartwarming/MassEffect CMoHs]] in those as well (bought the charity edition of the Eden Prime Geth Attack game... and never played it. Donation level: "ULTRA PLATINUM.")
*** [[spoiler: Legion's]] games include "[[ShoutOut N7]] [[VideoGame/MedalOfHonor Code of Honor]]: [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Medal of Duty]]", [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Galaxy of Fantasy]], [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto Grim Terminus Alliance]] and his info on this one is win: ''Fleet and Flotilla: Interactive Cross-Species Relationship Simulator'': "Based on the Bestselling Vid!". Playtime: 75 hours, 6 minutes. Player Score: 15 (Hopeless)". It also has 4 infractions in ''Galaxy Of Fantasy''. Three of them are insane feats that the game admins considered to be impossible without VI aid, though he somehow got them overturned, but the fourth was a suspension for unsportsmanlike conduct (taunting players). He did not file a dispute. Also, his gamer handle is "[=Infiltrait0rN7=]".

--->'''*On Garrus*:''' Yes, you came back, [[DoubleEntendre and now Garrus is doing a lot more than just calibrating the Normandy’s guns]]!\\

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6el8a5UoMIY Kal'Reegar's reaction]] upon meeting [[spoiler: Legion]] on Haestrom is hilarious.
-->"YOU'VE GOT A [[spoiler: GETH]]! ''RIGHT BEHIND YOU!''"

** Similarly, bringing [[spoiler: Legion]] with you to recruit Tali gives us this this gem:
--->'''Tali:''' Shepard, it's good to see you agai- *turns around and sees [[spoiler:Legion]], gasps and draws her gun* [[spoiler: Geth]]! Get down!\\
''A Paragon Interrupt prompt appears. If ignored, Tali will start firing, prompting [[spoiler: Legion]] to take cover.''\\
'''[[spoiler: Legion]]:''' Allied fire! Taking cover! Requesting assistance, Shepard-Commander!

--> "... and tell your assassin to aim for her head... <beat> ...cause she doesn't have a heart!"

** On Horizon, during your terse reunion with the [[spoiler: Virmire Survivor]]:

* In a sidequest, you can come across an audio log from a recently-fired miner, stating that he's leaving the planet to help "take out some dumbass vigilante on Omega." Ask him how well ''that'' went... It's even funnier if Garrus ([[spoiler:the "dumbass vigilante" in question]]) happens to be in your party at the time.

* From a meta-perspective, the enormous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2q1N3U9Nujg#t=60s neon "wanted" advert for Jack]] visible at 1:01--especially since you can waltz all around Illium with her....then again, you can get a [[spoiler: Geth]] past customs.

* Jack's thoughts on [[spoiler: Legion]].

'''[[spoiler: Legion]]:''' It would appear to be terminated. Permanently.

* If Ashley [[spoiler: died on Virmire]], the Galactic News announces that she's being posthumously awarded medals by the turians and the salarians. They... kind of sugarcoat things.

* According to the Shadow Broker Dossier on Garrus, his visor can play music. The five tracks listed are the turian Imperial anthem, a track from the turian/quarian romance movie ''Fleet and Flotilla'' [[spoiler:which is cute if you ''didn't'' romance him, as he gets together with Tali instead]], two dance-club mixes and [[DoubleEntendre "Blue Azure"]], a track from ''Vaenia''.

-->'''Turian:''' Please be quiet. You're going to ruin asari for me.

-->'''EDI:''' I am more than capable of standing in for any crewmember suspected of slacking, ''Shepard''. ''({{Beat}})'' That is a joke.

** An ad for Asari burial robes starts out: "Shepard, you've recently ''[[https://youtu.be/UniqFEMls8M?t=183 been dead...]]''"

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGldy-ABbsw Someone made a video of it!]]

* The FlavorText on one of the preorder bonus armors makes it clear that Shepard's a fan of the Edmonton Blood Dragons, a team in the Earth Urban Combat Championship league. Which means, depending on their background, Shepard is the universe's most badass ''Canadian''.

** An ad for Asari burial robes starts out: "Shepard, you've recently ''[[https://youtu.be/UniqFEMls8M?t=183 been dead...]]''"

** "Shepard, you've recently been dead."

** "Shepard, you've recently ''[[https://youtu.be/UniqFEMls8M?t=183 been dead...]]''"

* If you bring Mordin with you when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQvwnnwf7Q0 asking Aria about Archangel]], he replies to her intel with "Need guns. Oh, wait, have guns. Excellent!"

'''Elcor Bouncer:''' With barely constrained menace: Try it.

'''Elcor Bouncer:''' With barely constrained menace: Try it.
* Someone thinks [[https://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/nrmxgz/you_cant_tell_me_that_location_choice_was_a/ Miranda had sex with Shepard in the engine room just to taunt Tali]].