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Salarian doctor. Former member of salarian Special Tasks Group. Recruited by Shepard to combat Collector technology.
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A Salarian doctor. Former doctor and former member of salarian Special Tasks Group. Recruited by Shepard to combat Collector technology.
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* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: Personal mission involves one. [[InWhichATropeIsDescribed In which]] Mordin considers actions. Reasons for becoming [[TheAtoner Atoner]] also stated. Done fairly well.
* AffectionateNickname: Referred to by Urdnot Wrex as "Pyjak". Don't know whether to be insulted or honoured...
* AmazingFreakingGrace: Recording of him singing this on his ''Citadel'' DLC datapad. "Still prefer patter songs."
* AngstWhatAngst: [[invoked]] Heavily affected by loyalty mission, fine by return to ''Normandy''. Salarians possess short lifespans, learn to deal with emotional burdens efficiently. Came to terms during shuttle ride. Concern appreciated, however. [[spoiler: Third game suggests [[SubvertedTrope not as "over it" as previously claimed]], when chance to finish genophage cure is presented.]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Upgraded genophage]]. Argues that it was correct choice; does not truly believe it. Perfect reason to atone for. Ultimately [[ZigzaggedTrope zigzagged]]. Considers act inexcusable, after deliberation. Also considers act inevitable and necessary. In ''Mass Effect 3'', [[spoiler:fights to save female krogan and cure the genophage. [[HeroicSacrifice Does what needs to be done.]] ''*Sharp inhale*'' [[RedemptionEqualsDeath Proud posthumously]].]]
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Quickly able to deduce Shepard arrived in clinic to find him. Obviously working for Cerberus. Disembodied voice on ''Normandy'' clearly belongs to an AI.
* BadassBookworm: Salarian doctor. Among smartest ever. Also highly skilled killer. Broken cranial horn and facial scars due to attack by Krogan. Stabbed Krogan with pitchfork through eye. [[{{Determinator}} Continued with mission despite injuries.]]
* BadassLabcoat: Wears labcoat over commando gear. *[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]* Awesome.
* BadassNormal: Weaker than normal humans, and on team composed of mostly of superhumans and psychics. Still managed to kill a [[SuperStrength krogan]] with farming equipment.
* BecauseYouCanCope: Paragon solution if loyalty lost in DummiedOut material.
* AffectionateNickname: Referred to by Urdnot Wrex as "Pyjak". Don't know whether to be insulted or honoured...
* AmazingFreakingGrace: Recording of him singing this on his ''Citadel'' DLC datapad. "Still prefer patter songs."
* AngstWhatAngst: [[invoked]] Heavily affected by loyalty mission, fine by return to ''Normandy''. Salarians possess short lifespans, learn to deal with emotional burdens efficiently. Came to terms during shuttle ride. Concern appreciated, however. [[spoiler: Third game suggests [[SubvertedTrope not as "over it" as previously claimed]], when chance to finish genophage cure is presented.]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Upgraded genophage]]. Argues that it was correct choice; does not truly believe it. Perfect reason to atone for. Ultimately [[ZigzaggedTrope zigzagged]]. Considers act inexcusable, after deliberation. Also considers act inevitable and necessary. In ''Mass Effect 3'', [[spoiler:fights to save female krogan and cure the genophage. [[HeroicSacrifice Does what needs to be done.]] ''*Sharp inhale*'' [[RedemptionEqualsDeath Proud posthumously]].]]
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Quickly able to deduce Shepard arrived in clinic to find him. Obviously working for Cerberus. Disembodied voice on ''Normandy'' clearly belongs to an AI.
* BadassBookworm: Salarian doctor. Among smartest ever. Also highly skilled killer. Broken cranial horn and facial scars due to attack by Krogan. Stabbed Krogan with pitchfork through eye. [[{{Determinator}} Continued with mission despite injuries.]]
* BadassLabcoat: Wears labcoat over commando gear. *[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]* Awesome.
* BadassNormal: Weaker than normal humans, and on team composed of mostly of superhumans and psychics. Still managed to kill a [[SuperStrength krogan]] with farming equipment.
* BecauseYouCanCope: Paragon solution if loyalty lost in DummiedOut material.
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* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: Personal mission involves one. a scene [[InWhichATropeIsDescribed In in which]] Mordin considers actions. Reasons for becoming [[TheAtoner Atoner]] TheAtoner Atoner are also stated. Done fairly well.
stated.
* AffectionateNickname: Referred to by Urdnot Wrex as "Pyjak".Don't He doesn't know whether to be insulted or honoured...
honoured.
* AmazingFreakingGrace:Recording There is a recording of him singing this on his ''Citadel'' DLC datapad. "Still prefer patter songs."
datapad.
* AngstWhatAngst:[[invoked]] [[Invoked]]. Heavily affected by the events of his loyalty mission, but is fine by return to ''Normandy''. Salarians possess short lifespans, thus they learn to deal with emotional burdens efficiently. Came He came to terms during shuttle ride. Concern appreciated, however. ride, though he appreciates the concern. [[spoiler: Third game ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' suggests [[SubvertedTrope he is not as "over it" as previously claimed]], when the chance to finish a genophage cure is presented.]]
* TheAtoner:[[spoiler:Upgraded [[spoiler:His role in upgrading the genophage]]. Argues Mordin argues that it was the correct choice; he does not truly believe it. Perfect reason to atone for. Ultimately [[ZigzaggedTrope zigzagged]]. Considers zigzagged]] - he considers the act inexcusable, after deliberation. Also considers act deliberation, though also inevitable and necessary. In ''Mass Effect 3'', [[spoiler:fights [[spoiler:he fights to save the female krogan and cure the genophage. genophage [[HeroicSacrifice Does what needs and ultimately gives his life in doing so.]]]]
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He is quickly able tobe done.]] ''*Sharp inhale*'' [[RedemptionEqualsDeath Proud posthumously]].deduce Shepard arrived in clinic to find him and is working for Cerberus. On being recruited, he notes that the disembodied voice on the ''Normandy'' clearly belongs to an AI.
* BadassBookworm: One of the smartest Salarian doctors in the setting, and also a highly skilled killer. He bears a broken cranial horn and facial scars due to an attack by a Krogan, though he stabbed the Krogan with pitchfork through the eye, [[{{Determinator}} and continued with his mission despite injuries.]]
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Quickly able to deduce Shepard arrived in clinic to find him. Obviously working for Cerberus. Disembodied voice on ''Normandy'' clearly belongs to an AI.
* BadassBookworm: Salarian doctor. Among smartest ever. Also highly skilled killer. Broken cranial horn and facial scars due to attack by Krogan. Stabbed Krogan with pitchfork through eye. [[{{Determinator}} Continued with mission despite injuries.]]
* BadassLabcoat: Wears a labcoat over commando gear. *[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]* Awesome.
gear.
* BadassNormal: Weaker than normal humans, and on a team composed of mostly of superhumans and psychics. Still managed to kill a [[SuperStrength krogan]] with farming equipment.
* %% BecauseYouCanCope: Paragon solution if loyalty lost in DummiedOut material.
* AffectionateNickname: Referred to by Urdnot Wrex as "Pyjak".
* AmazingFreakingGrace:
* AngstWhatAngst:
* TheAtoner:
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He is quickly able to
* BadassBookworm: One of the smartest Salarian doctors in the setting, and also a highly skilled killer. He bears a broken cranial horn and facial scars due to an attack by a Krogan, though he stabbed the Krogan with pitchfork through the eye, [[{{Determinator}} and continued with his mission despite injuries.]]
* BadassBookworm: Salarian doctor. Among smartest ever. Also highly skilled killer. Broken cranial horn and facial scars due to attack by Krogan. Stabbed Krogan with pitchfork through eye. [[{{Determinator}} Continued with mission despite injuries.]]
* BadassNormal: Weaker than normal humans, and on a team composed of mostly of superhumans and psychics. Still managed to kill a [[SuperStrength krogan]] with farming equipment.
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** [[spoiler:If Genophage is to be cured, this dialogue between him and Shepard before they part ways for good:]]
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** [[spoiler:If Genophage genophage is to be cured, this dialogue between him and with Shepard before they part ways for good:]]
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--->'''Mordin:''' [[spoiler:I made a ''mistake''!]] [[note]] Triply serious. Never admits mistakes. Or shouts. Or refers to self with first person pronouns[[/note]]
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--->'''Mordin:''' [[spoiler:I made a ''mistake''!]] MADE A ''MISTAKE''!]] [[note]] Triply serious. Never admits mistakes. Or shouts. Or refers to self with first person pronouns[[/note]]pronouns.[[/note]]
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''Twenty Five Twenty One'' (orig. ''스물다섯 스물하나'') is a 2022 KoreanSeries. It is listed as a Creator/{{Netflix}} original outside of Korea.
In 1998, during the midst of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, high school fencer Na Hee-do struggles through difficulties to become a member of the South Korean National Fencing Team. Meanwhile, Baek Yi-jin lands from RichesToRags when his father's business goes bankrupt, leading him to work several odd jobs and eventually become a respected reporter.
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''Twenty Five Twenty One'' (orig. ''스물다섯 스물하나'') is a 2022 KoreanSeries. It is listed as a Creator/{{Netflix}} original outside of Korea.
In 1998, during the midst of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, high school fencer Na Hee-do struggles through difficulties to become a member of the South Korean National Fencing Team. Meanwhile, Baek Yi-jin lands from RichesToRags when his father's business goes bankrupt, leading him to work several odd jobs and eventually become a respected reporter.
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''Twenty Five Twenty One'' (orig. ''스물다섯 스물하나'') is a 2022 KoreanSeries. It is listed as a Creator/{{Netflix}}
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In 1998, during the midst of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, high school fencer Na Hee-do struggles through difficulties to become a member of the South Korean National Fencing Team. Meanwhile, Baek Yi-jin lands from RichesToRags when his father's business goes bankrupt, leading him to work several odd jobs and eventually become a respected reporter.
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!! This series contains examples of:
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Hee-do and Yi-jin are not together in the present day, due to their breakup. Hee-do marries someone else, while nothing is said of Yi-jin's love life.]]
* ForeignCorrespondent: Yi-jin takes on a reporting position in the United States [[spoiler:right before 9/11 happens. The ensuing fallout means he stays for longer than anticipated, placing pressure on his mental state and his relationship with Hee-do.]]
* FramingDevice: The narrative taking place in the present day centers around Kim Min-chae, Hee-do's daughter, discovering her mother's diary. The bulk of the overall story takes place during Hee-do and Yi-jin's youth, with the occasional cut to Min-chae's reaction and struggles with her not feeling like she is fit for ballet.
* FriendlyRival: Hee-do and Ko Yu-rim go from being bitter enemies after the gold medal media fracas to being very close friends after Hee-do [[spoiler:defends Yu-rim from bullying and the reveal that they are [[UnseenPenPal Injeolmi and Ryder37]]]]. Since they are fellow fencers jockeying for fame and glory, they have to compete against each other and still refer to the other person as a rival.
* NaturalizedName: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becomes known as Julia Ko after changing her nationality to Russian.]]
* PairTheSpares: [[spoiler:Seung-wan, the only main character without a love interest, goes on a date with Yi-jin's brother, Yi-hyun, in the final episode.]]
* PersonaNonGrata: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becoming a Russian citizen is not taken well by the Korean public, with her public reception taking a 180 degree turn from beloved fencer to a traitorous snake. Exemplified when a restaurant server takes Hee-do's order but refuses to acknowledge Yu-rim. However, in the years that pass, the harsh opinions eventually wear down to the point where Yu-rim returning to Korea to start a fencing school is no problem.]]
* PlatonicLifePartners: Moon Ji-woong and Ji Seung-wan are very close friends and protective of each other, but there are no ShipTease moments between them, as Ji-woong only has eyes for Yu-rim and Seung-wan [[spoiler:gets paired with Yi-hyun in the ending.]]
* TheRival: Yu-rim and Hee-do are each other's greatest rival. Hee-do starts off as a fan of Yu-rim, but eventually has to compete with her and [[spoiler:surpasses her in a practice bout. For Yu-rim, it started much earlier when Hee-do bested her in a tournament when they were children (Hee-do had no memory of this).]]
* UnseenPenPal: Hee-do, under the internet handle [=Ryder37=], chats with her online friend Injeolmi about her trials and tribulations, usually complaining about her mom or Yu-rim without naming names. [[spoiler:Injeolmi is revealed to be Yu-rim, and TheReveal over their identities is what causes the two of them to reconcile.]]
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Hee-do resents her mother for what she perceives as prioritizing her job as a reporter over family time, which went as far as [[spoiler:Hee-do being all alone at her father's funeral while her mother reported on breaking news.]]
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Hee-do and Yi-jin are not together in the present day, due to their breakup. Hee-do marries someone else, while nothing is said of Yi-jin's love life.]]
* ForeignCorrespondent: Yi-jin takes on a reporting position in the United States [[spoiler:right before 9/11 happens. The ensuing fallout means he stays for longer than anticipated, placing pressure on his mental state and his relationship with Hee-do.]]
* FramingDevice: The narrative taking place in the present day centers around Kim Min-chae, Hee-do's daughter, discovering her mother's diary. The bulk of the overall story takes place during Hee-do and Yi-jin's youth, with the occasional cut to Min-chae's reaction and struggles with her not feeling like she is fit for ballet.
* FriendlyRival: Hee-do and Ko Yu-rim go from being bitter enemies after the gold medal media fracas to being very close friends after Hee-do [[spoiler:defends Yu-rim from bullying and the reveal that they are [[UnseenPenPal Injeolmi and Ryder37]]]]. Since they are fellow fencers jockeying for fame and glory, they have to compete against each other and still refer to the other person as a rival.
* NaturalizedName: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becomes known as Julia Ko after changing her nationality to Russian.]]
* PairTheSpares: [[spoiler:Seung-wan, the only main character without a love interest, goes on a date with Yi-jin's brother, Yi-hyun, in the final episode.]]
* PersonaNonGrata: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becoming a Russian citizen is not taken well by the Korean public, with her public reception taking a 180 degree turn from beloved fencer to a traitorous snake. Exemplified when a restaurant server takes Hee-do's order but refuses to acknowledge Yu-rim. However, in the years that pass, the harsh opinions eventually wear down to the point where Yu-rim returning to Korea to start a fencing school is no problem.]]
* PlatonicLifePartners: Moon Ji-woong and Ji Seung-wan are very close friends and protective of each other, but there are no ShipTease moments between them, as Ji-woong only has eyes for Yu-rim and Seung-wan [[spoiler:gets paired with Yi-hyun in the ending.]]
* TheRival: Yu-rim and Hee-do are each other's greatest rival. Hee-do starts off as a fan of Yu-rim, but eventually has to compete with her and [[spoiler:surpasses her in a practice bout. For Yu-rim, it started much earlier when Hee-do bested her in a tournament when they were children (Hee-do had no memory of this).]]
* UnseenPenPal: Hee-do, under the internet handle [=Ryder37=], chats with her online friend Injeolmi about her trials and tribulations, usually complaining about her mom or Yu-rim without naming names. [[spoiler:Injeolmi is revealed to be Yu-rim, and TheReveal over their identities is what causes the two of them to reconcile.]]
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Hee-do resents her mother for what she perceives as prioritizing her job as a reporter over family time, which went as far as [[spoiler:Hee-do being all alone at her father's funeral while her mother reported on breaking news.]]
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Hee-do and Yi-jin are not together in the present day, due
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* FramingDevice: The narrative taking place in the present day centers around Kim Min-chae, Hee-do's daughter, discovering her mother's diary. The bulk
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Salarian doctor. Former member of
* FriendlyRival: Hee-do and Ko Yu-rim go from being bitter enemies after the gold medal media fracas to being very close friends after Hee-do [[spoiler:defends Yu-rim from bullying and the reveal that they are [[UnseenPenPal Injeolmi and Ryder37]]]]. Since they are fellow fencers jockeying for fame and glory, they have to compete against each other and still refer to the other person as a rival.
* NaturalizedName: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becomes known as Julia Ko after changing her nationality to Russian.]]
* PairTheSpares: [[spoiler:Seung-wan, the only main character without a love interest, goes on a date with Yi-jin's brother, Yi-hyun, in the final episode.]]
* PersonaNonGrata: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becoming a Russian citizen is not taken well by the Korean public, with her public reception taking a 180 degree turn from beloved fencer to a traitorous snake. Exemplified when a restaurant server takes Hee-do's order but refuses to acknowledge Yu-rim. However, in the years that pass, the harsh opinions eventually wear down to the point where Yu-rim returning to Korea to start a fencing school is no problem.]]
* PlatonicLifePartners: Moon Ji-woong and Ji Seung-wan are very close friends and protective of each other, but there are no ShipTease moments between them, as Ji-woong only has eyes for Yu-rim and Seung-wan [[spoiler:gets paired with Yi-hyun in the ending.]]
* TheRival: Yu-rim and Hee-do are each other's greatest rival. Hee-do starts off as a fan of Yu-rim, but eventually has to compete with her and [[spoiler:surpasses her in a practice bout. For Yu-rim, it started much earlier when Hee-do bested her in a tournament when they were children (Hee-do had no memory of this).]]
* UnseenPenPal: Hee-do, under the internet handle [=Ryder37=], chats with her online friend Injeolmi about her trials and tribulations, usually complaining about her mom or Yu-rim without naming names. [[spoiler:Injeolmi is revealed to be Yu-rim, and TheReveal over their identities is what causes the two of them to reconcile.]]
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Hee-do resents her mother for what she perceives as prioritizing her job as a reporter over family time, which went as far as [[spoiler:Hee-do being all alone at her father's funeral while her mother reported on breaking news.]]
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* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: Personal mission involves one. [[InWhichATropeIsDescribed In which]] Mordin considers actions. Reasons for becoming [[TheAtoner Atoner]] also stated. Done fairly well.
* AffectionateNickname: Referred to by Urdnot Wrex as "Pyjak". Don't know whether to be insulted or honoured...
* AmazingFreakingGrace: Recording of him singing this on his ''Citadel'' DLC datapad. "Still prefer patter songs."
* AngstWhatAngst: [[invoked]] Heavily affected by loyalty mission, fine by return to ''Normandy''. Salarians possess short lifespans, learn to deal with emotional burdens efficiently. Came to terms during shuttle ride. Concern appreciated, however. [[spoiler: Third game suggests [[SubvertedTrope not as "over it" as previously claimed]], when chance to finish genophage cure is presented.]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Upgraded genophage]]. Argues that it was correct choice; does not truly believe it. Perfect reason to atone for. Ultimately [[ZigzaggedTrope zigzagged]]. Considers act inexcusable, after deliberation. Also considers act inevitable and necessary. In ''Mass Effect 3'', [[spoiler:fights to save female krogan and cure the genophage. [[HeroicSacrifice Does what needs to be done.]] ''*Sharp inhale*'' [[RedemptionEqualsDeath Proud posthumously]].]]
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Quickly able to deduce Shepard arrived in clinic to find him. Obviously working for Cerberus. Disembodied voice on ''Normandy'' clearly belongs to an AI.
* BadassBookworm: Salarian doctor. Among smartest ever. Also highly skilled killer. Broken cranial horn and facial scars due to attack by Krogan. Stabbed Krogan with pitchfork through eye. [[{{Determinator}} Continued with mission despite injuries.]]
* BadassLabcoat: Wears labcoat over commando gear. *[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]* Awesome.
* BadassNormal: Weaker than normal humans, and on team composed of mostly of superhumans and psychics. Still managed to kill a [[SuperStrength krogan]] with farming equipment.
* BecauseYouCanCope: Paragon solution if loyalty lost in DummiedOut material.
* BeigeProse: [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Naturally.]] Tried...to...slow...down...no no no can't do it. Too much to do.
* BerserkButton:
** PlayingWithSyringes. Hates reckless science. Especially pointless wastes of life.
** Also metaphors.
** Also can't stand the thought of CreativeSterility. Species cannot evolve without art in culture. No art, no life. Collectors have no art, can barely be considered truly alive.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ran clinic on Omega. Mercs tried to extort a protection racket. They all ended up dead. Was gone five minutes. Hung their bodies on display. *''Sharp inhale''*. Never bothered again.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Salarians need little sleep. Have almost perfect recall of any learned information. Egg-laying, have little understanding of romantic interaction.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: Averted. Salarian eyes black, but not evil. Merely ruthless.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Third game, if [[spoiler:murdered by Shepard. Cough up blood from gunshot wound during final crawl towards console.]]
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: When brought on Legion's loyalty mission, others [[https://youtu.be/X_QmG57VwZs see no moral difference between destruction and rewriting of heretics.]] Personally believe if geth are alive, rewriting kinder. Change, not death, like Genophage. Although [[DownplayedTrope willing to consider notion that rewriting into obedience immoral]].
* BondOneLiner: Non-lethal example, since victim was merely obstinate STG agent, not actually an enemy.
-->'''Mordin:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=yT_IcAqjYyM#t=30s Objection noted.]]
* BreakTheComedian: Easily most deliberately funny member of team. Loyalty mission and encounter with the consequences of attempted Genophage cure destroys sense of humour, leaves very sombre and depressive... but appears to have recovered by return to normal, claiming faster lifespan allows to process emotions quicker. [[spoiler: Third game suggests was lying.]]
%%* TheCastShowoff: Voice actor musical. Most fans approve, moment hilarious.
* CatchPhrase:
** "X is[=/=]likely to be...problematic."
** "Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong."
* CelibateHero: Inherent to salarian biology. Quite knowledgeable regardless.
* CombatMedic: Technically. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Performs medical research on ship, on ground Shepard provides in-game medic abilities.]]
* CoolOldGuy: 30 years old. Salarian life expectancy forty. Roughly same age as Shepard. Find this amusing.
* CrazyPrepared: Ready to give TheTalk for any kind of interspecies romance. Ran clinic on [[WretchedHive Omega]] -- advice likely necessary there. Many species, many tastes.
* CrisisOfFaith: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGBFTlRT3o0#t=0m55s Studied many religions]] as means to [[TheAtoner atone]]. Looked for answers. Found questions. Declares {{Reincarnation}} popular with salarians. Deeply spiritual still. Shepard expresses surprise.
--> '''Shepard:''' I didn't expect spirituality from you, Mordin.\\
'''Mordin:''' Genophage modification project altered millions of lives. Then saw results. Ego, humility, juxtaposition. Frailty of life. Size of universe. Explored religions after work was completed. Different races. No answers. Many questions.\\
'''Shepard:''' Sounds like you were trying to deal with a guilty conscience. The doctor who killed millions.
* CruelToBeKind: Helped [[spoiler:modify krogan genophage after species adapted to original]]. Did so for the good of entire galaxy - ''including'' [[spoiler:krogan]]. Models suggested [[spoiler:krogan resurgence]] would result in deaths of thousands, and [[spoiler:krogan extinction]]. Modifying [[spoiler:genophage]] only answer. Painfully aware of the contradictions in this argument. Resolving said contradictions a major part of character arc.
* CulturedBadass: Believes culture needs art. Otherwise not culture. Actively fears CreativeSterility. Uses as evidence for Collectors not being... alive. No art, no expression. No expression, no soul. *sharp inhale* Also did Creator/GilbertAndSullivan.
* DatingCatwoman: Hinted at. Has history with crime boss Aria T'loak. Circumstances unclear, but open fondness of Mordin on her part remains. Wrote SelfInsertFic about breaking Omega's only rule - [[SlapSlapKiss in more ways than one]].
* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler: If Wrex is krogan leader and Genophage cured, will suggest honoring Mordin's sacrifice by naming one of his children (maybe a girl) after him. Tone suggests lack of seriousness about endeavor]].
* DeadlyDoctor:
** Thought he was harmless, did you?
--->'''Mordin:''' Advantage of being salarian. Turians, krogan, vorcha - all obvious threats. ''[[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]]'' [[PsychoticSmirk Never see me coming]].
** [[SubvertedTrope Subversion]], actually. Has killed many times, but '''never''' with medicine (says so himself during loyalty mission). [[spoiler: Shepard can challenge whether upgraded genophage killing with medicine or not. Likely asked himself same question in past]]. Paralysing nerve gas followed by lethal projectile to cranium is acceptable, however.
* DeadpanSnarker: Found several surveillance bugs. Destroyed some. Returned expensive one to Miranda.
* DeathFakedForYou: If Wrex and Eve dead, can be convinced to [[spoiler:fake genophage cure and help with Crucible project. Wreav too dangerous as leader without Eve to stabilize him. Pretend to have died in explosion.]]
* DeadManWriting: From ''Citadel''. In event of death, STG colleagues to deliver datapad to Shepard. Contains greatest hits. Hope Shepard finds them informative, amusing, educational...
* DefiantToTheEnd: If [[spoiler:murdered by Shepard]] at end of third game, [[spoiler:spends last moments crawling towards console to cure genophage]].
* {{Determinator}}: If Shepard forced to [[spoiler: shoot him. Manages to crawl toward console despite lethal wound. Almost reaches console before collapsing. Makes it further than replacement if dead in second game]].
* DirtyBusiness: Guilt for actions major part of character.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome:
** If deploying genophage cure, quietly hums [[spoiler: [[MajorGeneralSong Scientist Salarian]] while going about work. Facility collapsing around. *[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]* ...Exhilarating.]]
** [[spoiler: Inverted if Shepard shoots in back. Crawl to workstation. Die before temperature change ruins cure. Senseless death. Even Shepard disgusted with self]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Recruited on Omega. Deduces Shepard's allegiance and intentions within seconds, if not told. Simple logic; process of elimination. Offers cure for plague - and new gun. Also dismisses entire mercenary squad as "minor" attack on clinic. [[RetiredBadass Solid reasons for this]].
* EtTuBrute: Third game, if [[spoiler:Shepard sabotages genophage cure. Disappointed. Betrayed. Possibly subverted if Shepard changes mind at last minute. Also subverted if Wrex and Eve dead; can be convinced Wreav too dangerous to allow access to cure. Downplayed if Shepard honest about reasons for sabotage; decision understandable, if not acceptable.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** [[spoiler: Hates unnecessary waste of life. Only kills problematic people. Always careful with medicine. Never carries out research on species capable of calculus unless subject volunteers. Protege... [[VerbalTic *sharp inhale*]] not so principled]].
** If taken on Jack loyalty mission, repeatedly disgusted by surroundings. Experimenting on children ''not'' acceptable.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: Downplayed. Involved in [[spoiler:modification of genophage]]. Generally well-intentioned, regardless - even towards [[spoiler:Krogan]]. Strong ethical guidelines. [[GoodIsNotSoft Ruthless when guidelines are breached]].
-->'''Mordin:''' No testing on species capable of calculus. Simple rule. Never broke it.
* ExpertConsultant: Found at Salarian Tasks Group facility on Sur'kesh despite having retired from STG. There as consultant on genophage, working for an actual cure since no one else has expertise, experience or motivation for it. Has to be him, someone else might get it wrong.
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Third game if [[spoiler:Shepard sabotages genophage cure. Try to figure out why Shepard is delaying transmission of cure. Realize sabotage likely. Only plausible culprit... Shepard.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Stands tall and proud while [[spoiler:Shroud exploding around him.]]
* FakingTheDead: Third game. If Eve dead and Urdnot Wreav sole krogan leader, can be convinced krogan not yet ready for cure. [[spoiler: Will disappear to work on Crucible. Shepard lets krogan believe everything went as planned]].
* FireIceLightning:
** [[KillItWithFire Incinerate]], check. [[KillItWithIce Cryo Blast]], check. [[AgonyBeam Neural Shock]]? Close enough!
** In the third game, proves capable of inflicting electric shocks with omni-tool. [[CutscenePowerToTheMax Only in cutscene, though.]]
* TheFettered: Believes strongly in scientific ethics, refuses to experiment on sapient life.
* FilmNoir: Authored novel in this style. Protagonist, lone STG operative on a mission. Broke number one rule on Omega... in [[ReallyGetsAround more ways than one]]. Semi-autobiographical? Leave up to audience to decide.
* FrontierDoctor: Reminiscent. Omega resembles frontier setting. Limited resources, hostile factions, difficult for physician of [[BadassBookworm lesser capability]] to practice. [[VerbalTic *sharp inhale*]] Missed working for operations with a budget.
* GibberingGenius: [[ThinkingOutLoud Dictates thought processes in real time]]. [[YouNoTakeCandle Avoids infinitives]]. [[SubvertedTrope Irrelevant]] if [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud heard saying inconvenient thought out loud.]]
* GlassCannon: Three skills, purely offensive. [[spoiler: Also low defence rating. Death during suicide mission likely. Preferable choice for escorting Chakwas and other crew members back to ''Normandy'']].
* GoodIsNotSoft: No hesitation in purging dangerous elements for greater good. Sees no contradiction in killing some to safeguard others. [[spoiler:Genophage tests this mentality to the extreme]].
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Restored future of krogan species]]. Good reason to smile in face of death.
* HeadbuttingHeroes: Previously part of squad under Captain Kirrahe to deliver genophage modifications. Numerous disagreements on mission parameters. Repeatedly called each other '[[SophisticatedAsHell cloacas]]'. Earned respect by end of mission.
* HeroicBSOD: Upon discovering [[spoiler:pupil performed tests. Dangerous and reckless, even if misguided.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Third game, [[spoiler: salarian sabotage to Shroud revealed. Stay behind to fix it. Die in the process. *[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]* Conscience clear. Still... would like to have run tests on the seashells.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Subverted. Insists this repeatedly during loyalty mission. Obviously trying to convince self, not companions.
** Still resolute it was right action. Even against Shepard's best arguments. Invokes GreyAndGrayMorality. Actions not unjustified.
** Worth remembering alternative was genocide. "Save galaxy from krogan. Save krogan from galaxy."
** Also made peace with self after mission. Mind clear. Hands washed. No guilt. Free to focus on task at hand.
** Until [[spoiler: sequel. True guilt revealed... and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath again overcome.]]]]
* IllKillYou: [[spoiler:If Maelon spared after loyalty mission, made plain former student ''not'' forgiven. Will kill if ever encountered again.]]
* InsistentTerminology: Genophage sterility plague. ''Not'' murder.
* InsufferableGenius: Some hints of this. For example, when joining Crucible in ''3'': "Exciting atmosphere, galaxy's most brilliant minds working together towards common goal. Read their solutions to engineering problems on the way over. Looking forward to correcting them in person."
* IronicEcho: If survived [=ME2=], [[spoiler: can die while curing genophage in [=ME3=]]]. Uses same lines about how others would have gotten it wrong.
* {{Irony}}: For all claims of "It had to be me, someone else might have gotten it wrong" regarding Genophage, Padok Wix was able synthesize cure in case of death.
* IfItsYouItsOkay: No interest in Shepard romantically. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Fwa-OQ1ao If ever explored, Shepard optimal.]] Either sex. Ahem.
* ItsPersonal: Deliberately invoked in order to anthropomorphize fight against Collectors and Reapers.
-->'''Mordin:''' Hard to imagine galaxy. Too many people. Faceless. Statistics. Easy to depersonalize. Good when doing unpleasant work. For this fight, want personal connection. Can't anthropomorphize galaxy. But can think of favorite nephew. Fighting for him.
* {{Keet}}: Described as being like hamster on caffeine. Salarian metabolism much faster than most other species', but fast even for salarians.
* KickTheDog: Questions Paragon Shepard's willingness to spare batarians who threatened assistant, [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Rana_Thanoptis sketchy asari neurospecialist]] as well. Second chances noble, not pragmatic, open possibilities for future betrayals. Correct about Rana Thanoptis. Should have killed her.
* KilledMidSentence: "[[spoiler:[[DyingMomentOfAwesome I am the very model of a--]]]]" '''BOOM'''
* KillItWithIce: Uses omnitool to freeze enemies solid. [[HarmlessFreezing Thaw quickly]], but [[LiterallyShatteredLives bodies fragile]]!
* KillItWithFire: Uses omnitool to incinerate enemies. Incredibly deadly. "Flammable! Or inflammable? Forget which. Doesn't matter!" ([[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Same thing. Really doesn't matter.]])
* LampshadeHanging:
** Meeting Shepard for first time. Attempt to work out why Spectre is here. Renegade interrupt offered. If not taken Paragon interrupt suggested. On board ''Normandy'' third interrupt option available. ''[[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]]''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Allows Shepard to interrupt when heard enough.]]
** Alternatively, can ignore interrupts. Made up for with hilarious scene:
---> '''Shepard:''' Do you ever pause for breath?\\
'''Mordin:''' Sorry. I'll... try... to... slow... down. No-no-no. Can't do it. No time.
* LightIsGood: Wears white in keeping with doctoral nature. Also good. Help people. [[spoiler: Cure genophage]].
* TheLoad: Second game. Primary contribution to SuicideMission intellectual. [[spoiler:At Collector Base, poor choice for vent shafts and fire team, even if loyal. Also poor defense value for rearguard. Best assigned to escort surviving Normandy crew to safety.]]
* MadScientist: Not mad. Usually irritable. Sometimes affable.
* MadScientistLaboratory: Granted personal lab on ''Normandy''. Cerberus spared no expense. Removed by Alliance during ''Normandy'' retrofit. Pity. Medical Bay will have to suffice. Proves convenient by that time, however. After all, [[spoiler: working on genophage cure]].
* MajorGeneralSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-HgVM6JSIY "I am the very model of a scientist salarian."]]
** [[TheCastShowoff Voice actor had previous role]]. TV movie production of ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance''. Makes it funnier.
** In third game sings another version. Asari-vorcha crosses have allergy to dairy.
* TheMatchmaker: Tries to hook Eve up with Garrus. Scars, intelligence, aggression. Would've made good match for Eve. Eve declined repeatedly.
* MeasuringTheMarigolds: Planned to walk on beach, collect seashells on retirement. Shepard asserted would go crazy within hour. Amended plans to run tests on seashells.
* MercyKill: View effort to defeat Collectors as this. Protheans gone, Collectors just final insult.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Trope discussed. Galaxy too broad, too many people, too many variables. Impersonal. Can't fight for whole galaxy. Can picture favorite nephew; can fight for him.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Good but conflicted. Did what had to do. Necessary, but still regrets.
* MotorMouth: Speaks too fast when met in Omega. Can be halted with renegade interrupt. Can attempt to slow down, but incapable.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Mission important. Talking takes too long. At least one way to help people.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Horrified by personal work on genophage. Still feel it had to be done.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: Treats [[spoiler: work on genophage]] as this, though [[GoneHorriblyRight not failure]], strictly speaking. Justifies it incessantly. Had to be done. No other option. Only correct and logical course of action...
-->'''Mordin''': [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness I made a MISTAKE!]] Focused on big picture. Big picture made of little pictures. Too many variables!
* MySensorsIndicateYouWantToTapThat: Cross-species body language awkward; makes for easy misunderstandings. Movements of Shepard's lower eyelids suggestive by salarian standards. Good to clear air. Also identifies incumbent romantic relations between Shepard and love interests,; offers pertinent medical advice. Scandalized if Shepard views advice as being in jest.
* NeverTrustATrailer: Some fans confused initially. Felt Fight For The Lost trailers implied Mordin Creator/ClintEastwood style lone ranger. In game, [[MotorMouth quickly]] proven [[CombatMedic wrong.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Narrowly averted. Had cure ready for Joker's Vrolik Syndrome. Luckily double checked in middle of night. Discovered that humans do ''not'' have two livers! *''Sharp inhale''* Would have caused liver failure. Problematic.
** Paragon Shepard repeatedly insists this is the case with genophage modification project. Vehemently disagree! [[IDidWhatIHadToDo Had to be done!]]
* NightmareFetishist:
** Foremost expert in medicine and bioengineering in the galaxy. Knowledgeable of diseases, [[{{Squick}} sexually transmitted or otherwise]], of all major sapient races. Often muses about such diseases out loud. Also does experiments.
** Intrigue at squad's potential survival on Horizon present even if part of squad.
* NoodleIncident: Lethal proficiency with [[ImprobableWeaponUser farming equipment]]. Never explained until discovery of [[DownloadableContent Shadow Broker]] database; [[spoiler:Skinny salarian doctor killed charging krogan by driving pitchfork through head. Disappoints fans, who imagined combine harvester]].
* OddFriendship:
** With genophage-immune krogan female. Call her Eve. Part of reason wish to cure genophage.
** Also eventually establishes one with Wrex. [[spoiler: Is mourned by Wrex after dying for genophage cure.]]
--->'''Wrex:''' ''(approvingly)'' You've got a quad on you, Doctor! Keep her safe.
* OldSoldier: Elderly by salarian standards. Chronologically same age as Shepard. Find this amusing. Based partly on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-YqK3s7ivM older Clint Eastwood, in fact]].
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Primary focus biomedical. Constantly forays into other sciences. Mechanical expertise surprising. He ''is'' the very model of a scientist salarian. One exception: limited experience with security systems. [[spoiler: Assignment as Tech Specialist unwise]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Pausing while speaking. Long, complete statements. Use of first-person pronouns. All likely indicators of serious topics.
** [[spoiler:If genophage is to be cured, dialogue with Shepard before they part ways for good:]]
--->'''Shepard:''' I'm sorry, Mordin.\\
'''Mordin:''' [[spoiler:I'm not. [[CatchPhrase Had to be me... Someone else might have gotten it wrong]].]]
** [[spoiler:If genophage cure was to be sabotaged instead:]]
--->'''Mordin:''' [[spoiler:I MADE A ''MISTAKE''!]] [[note]] Triply serious. Never admits mistakes. Or shouts. Or refers to self with first person pronouns.[[/note]]
* PetTheDog: Loyalty mission. Packed with these moments. Notably [[spoiler:absolutely horrified at dead female krogan test subject. States that species doesn't matter. Acknowledges work as a cause]].
--> '''Shepard:''' I didn't expect you to be disturbed by the sight of a dead krogan.\\
'''Mordin:''' ''[surprised]'' What? Why? Because of genophage work? Irrelevant. No, ''causative''.
* TheProfessor: Nature of mission irrelevant. Know ''something'' about strange thing.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Dying while [[spoiler: curing genophage]] only redemption for [[spoiler: modifying it previously.]]
* RetiredBadass: Formerly served in special forces. Now doctor. Return to combat not a problem.
* {{Retirony}}:
** "Would have liked to run tests on the seashells."
** [[spoiler: In Extended Cut, if alive, spends final years finding the time to cure the genophage]].
* SacrificialLion: In third game. End of first story act, [[spoiler: first major character to die. Clear sign no-one else safe. *inhale* No-one. If killed by Shepard, good sign of how far they have fallen]].
* ScienceHero: Uses vast scientific knowledge to help Shepard against both Collectors and Reapers.
* SeenItAll: Has encountered much in the galaxy. Little surprise. Reaction to [[spoiler: Javik: "Ah, a Prothean. Excellent."]]
* SelfDemonstratingArticle: Terse talker. Speaks in sentence fragments. Emulated in this character trope list.
* SelfInsertFic: Enjoys writing them.
-->'''Mordin:''' Broke Omega's one rule, in more ways than one.[[note]]That is, "Don't fuck with Aria."[[/note]]
* SherlockScan: Good at analysis. Displayed when first met Shepard. Deduces Cerberus affiliation even if not explicitly stated. Recognizes EDI as AI just as quickly.
* ShipperOnDeck: Ready to offer [[TheTalk medical advice]] for Shepard and their romantic partner. Available to offer gels and instruction manuals for possible cross-species intercourse.
** Admits worries about implications of [[RoboShip Joker/EDI]], however.
** Knew that krogan females find scars attractive. Tried to set "Eve" up with Garrus Vakarian. Apparently she wasn't interested. Will do this even if Shepard in relationship with Garrus. Awkward.
* ShootTheDog:
** Has no problem killing one person. To save ten others, of course. [[spoiler:Even created new strain of genophage. Krogan adapted to previous one.]] Does feel regretful about the latter. Started clinic to atone. All life precious.
--->'''Mordin:''' Lots of ways to help people. Sometimes heal patients; sometimes execute dangerous people. Either way helps.
** Also at end of loyalty mission. [[spoiler:Discover former STG agent curing genophage. Must be killed]]. Can be stopped with Paragon interrupt.
--->'''Mordin:''' No! Not a [[spoiler:murderer]]. Thank you, Shepard.
** [[spoiler: Possibly on receiving end in third game. If not convinced to go along with sabotage, Renegade Shepard forced to shoot him to stop genophage cure]].
* SilverFox: In final decade of life. Considered attractive by salarian standards. Especially by other species. Receive come-ons ''constantly''.
* TheSmartGuy: Runs tech lab. Cannot purchase upgrades without him aboard.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Noted in Shadow Broker Dossier. Example adequate:
--> "''Specialist Solus suggests Commander Kirrahe has a foreign object in his cloaca[[note]]he has a stick up his ass.[[/note]] [...] suggests that cloacal obstruction is in fact Kirrahe's cranium.[[note]] he has his head up his ass.[[/note]]''"
* TheSpock: Usually goes with more logical path. Belief in killing those who present themselves as threat. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] during Loyalty mission. [[spoiler: Genophage involvement becomes source of conflict]].
* SquishyWizard:
** Skills quite useful in combat, but shields and health quite weak. Survival requires support.
** Despite special forces training and career, implied to possess weakest combat capabilities of any of the ground team. [[spoiler: Lowest combat score and survival priority of any loyal teammate in holding the line against the Collectors. Lower than even Jack and Tali, who both are specialized at fighting enemies other than Collectors. Escorted duty recommended. Alternately, take to final confrontation. Tech abilities effective against armored targets. Collector forces feature many armored opponents. If loyal, will definitely survive if taken with Shepard.]]
* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Obviously]]. Speaks mainly in sentence fragments, never uses first-person pronouns. [[spoiler:Possible defence mechanism to avoid taking responsibility for genophage enhancements - only breaks established pattern when admitting own mistakes.]]
* StupidGood: Third game, if [[spoiler:Wrex and Eve dead. Blinded by need to atone for genophage enhancements. Unable to see threat Wreav would pose without genophage or Eve to keep in check unless Shepard provide wake-up call.]]
* SuddenlyShouting: Third game. Rare loss of emotional control in regards to genophage enhancements.
-->''"I MADE A MISTAKE!!!"''
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Urdnot Wreav. Mutual dislike obvious. Cooperation necessity for curing Genophage. Payback acquired during tissue sample collection.
-->'''Wreav:''' He failed to mention how he was gonna take his tissue sample. This ship doesn't have enough painkillers for where he cut me!
* TheTalk:
** Shown [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAP92rvm1hQ here]], on InterspeciesRomance. Try not to "ingest". Offers for all romances. Promises to "probe" Jacob/Miranda. Cerberus could have bugs ''anywhere''...
** Third game takes this step further. Offers [[spoiler: Joker]] advice on proposed [[spoiler: {{robosexual}} liaison with EDI.]] All part of profession.
* {{Technobabble}}: Constantly. Combines with TerseTalker, MotorMouth. Some complain of difficulty understanding. Get doctorate! Have real conversation!
* TerseTalker: Talks fast and short. [[MotorMouth First part natural to salarians]]. Second part peculiar to himself. Likes TechnoBabble dialogue. Always ThinkingOutLoud. Reading SelfDemonstratingArticle right now. *[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]* May help you understand.
* ThinkingOutLoud: Constantly. Annoying to krogan female in ''3''.
-->'''Mordin:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMA6F4-YAfw Who's that?]] Pilot? No. Synthesized voice. Simulated emotional inflections. Could it be... no. Maybe. Have to ask. Is that an AI?
* TooMuchInformation: Gives scientific advice on interspecies sex before even asked. Provides helpful booklet of diagrams, exercises, inventive activities. Also advises against oral contact with Drell skin (may cause mild hallucinations) or ingestion of Turian tissue (may cause anaphylactic shock).
* UnderestimatingBadassery: "Advantage of being salarian. Turians, krogan, vorcha, all obvious threats. Never see me coming."
* UnfinishedUntestedUsedAnyway: Make no mistake. Brilliant scientist. Not perfect, though. Seeker swarm countermeasure developed hastily. Tested only on Horizon.
--> '''Shepard:''' We're groundside. Mordin, you sure those armor upgrades will protect us from the seeker swarms?\\
'''Mordin:''' Certainty impossible. But in limited numbers, should confuse detection, make us invisible to swarms. In theory.\\
'''Squadmate:''' In theory?\\
'''Mordin:''' Experimental technology. Only test is contact with seeker swarms. Look forward to seeing if you/we survive!
* UnwantedHarem:
** Found attractive by many species. Bemused at this. Saved many lives. May be desire for GladToBeAliveSex with savior.
** "If wanted to try human, would try [[[DudeMagnet Shepard]]]." Shepard's sex irrelevant.
* UtilityPartyMember: No non-combat gameplay skills in series, but still fits role aboard ''Normandy''. Mediocre squadmate, barely useful in SuicideMission. However, technical expertise useful for combat and ship upgrades, and for seeker swarm countermeasure vital to surviving on Horizon.
* VerbalTic: [[TerseTalker Talks in sentence fragments]], [[ThinkingOutLoud thinks aloud]], TechnoBabble, answers own questions, OneLiner, [[MotorMouth No time to breathe]], [[WeAreAsMayflies Salarians Are As Mayflies]], [[PlanetOfHats entire race]] {{Workaholic}}s, *sharp inhale*... [[TheDeterminator work even harder]].
** Must note. No other salarians share tic. Unique to Mordin.
** Refers to self with first-person pronouns ''very'' rarely unless singing, mostly when statements would be nonsensical without an "I". Usually can, does avoid it. [[spoiler: Happens if Shepard questions decision to cure genophage after working on it for so long.]]
---> [[spoiler: '''Mordin''': I made a ''MISTAKE!'']]
* VitriolicBestBuds:
** Mutual respect, mutually derogatory banter with Kirrahe evident in STG mission report, spent whole time referring to the other as a cloaca. Mocks Kirrahe's constant [[RousingSpeech "Hold the line" speeches]], nevertheless has deep respect for former captain.
** Friendship with Shepard has aspects of this. Mutually respect each other. However, recognise Shepard often becomes exasperated with salarian thought process. Permit them to interrupt when they've heard enough.
* WeAreAsMayflies: Inverted. Salarian lifespans much shorter than human ones. He himself already 30. Human equivalent 116.[[note]]Humans in setting can live to be 150. Modern human equivalent: late 70s.[[/note]] Will die soon, even if survive suicide mission [[spoiler: and Tuchanka arc in ''3'']].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Believes past actions necessary. Feels guilty regardless.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Invoked. Would have liked to run tests on the seashells planned on collecting.
* WhatTheHellHero: In the third game, [[spoiler:realizes that genophage cure was sabotaged. Also that Shepard knew, said nothing]].
* TheWonka: [[ThinkingOutLoud Thinks out loud]]. [[CloudCuckooLander Mental processes seemingly random]]. {{Techno Babble}}s constantly. Described as "Hamster on coffee".
* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: Absolutely refuses to admit that Genophage was a slow genocide in second game. Eventually realizes being wrong in third game.
* XMarksTheHero: Apparently received scar from krogan killed with pitchfork. Ruined right cranial horn.
* YouNoTakeCandle: ''Obviously'' highly intelligent -- infinitives waste time!
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[[folder:Twenty Five Twenty One]]
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''Twenty Five Twenty One'' (orig. ''스물다섯 스물하나'') is a 2022 KoreanSeries. It is listed as a Creator/{{Netflix}} original outside of Korea.
In 1998, during the midst of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, high school fencer Na Hee-do struggles through difficulties to become a member of the South Korean National Fencing Team. Meanwhile, Baek Yi-jin lands from RichesToRags when his father's business goes bankrupt, leading him to work several odd jobs and eventually become a respected reporter.
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!! This series contains examples of:
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Hee-do and Yi-jin are not together in the present day, due to their breakup. Hee-do marries someone else, while nothing is said of Yi-jin's love life.]]
* ForeignCorrespondent: Yi-jin takes on a reporting position in the United States [[spoiler:right before 9/11 happens. The ensuing fallout means he stays for longer than anticipated, placing pressure on his mental state and his relationship with Hee-do.]]
* FramingDevice: The narrative taking place in the present day centers around Kim Min-chae, Hee-do's daughter, discovering her mother's diary. The bulk of the overall story takes place during Hee-do and Yi-jin's youth, with the occasional cut to Min-chae's reaction and struggles with her not feeling like she is fit for ballet.
* FriendlyRival: Hee-do and Ko Yu-rim go from being bitter enemies after the gold medal media fracas to being very close friends after Hee-do [[spoiler:defends Yu-rim from bullying and the reveal that they are [[UnseenPenPal Injeolmi and Ryder37]]]]. Since they are fellow fencers jockeying for fame and glory, they have to compete against each other and still refer to the other person as a rival.
* NaturalizedName: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becomes known as Julia Ko after changing her nationality to Russian.]]
* PairTheSpares: [[spoiler:Seung-wan, the only main character without a love interest, goes on a date with Yi-jin's brother, Yi-hyun, in the final episode.]]
* PersonaNonGrata: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becoming a Russian citizen is not taken well by the Korean public, with her public reception taking a 180 degree turn from beloved fencer to a traitorous snake. Exemplified when a restaurant server takes Hee-do's order but refuses to acknowledge Yu-rim. However, in the years that pass, the harsh opinions eventually wear down to the point where Yu-rim returning to Korea to start a fencing school is no problem.]]
* PlatonicLifePartners: Moon Ji-woong and Ji Seung-wan are very close friends and protective of each other, but there are no ShipTease moments between them, as Ji-woong only has eyes for Yu-rim and Seung-wan [[spoiler:gets paired with Yi-hyun in the ending.]]
* TheRival: Yu-rim and Hee-do are each other's greatest rival. Hee-do starts off as a fan of Yu-rim, but eventually has to compete with her and [[spoiler:surpasses her in a practice bout. For Yu-rim, it started much earlier when Hee-do bested her in a tournament when they were children (Hee-do had no memory of this).]]
* UnseenPenPal: Hee-do, under the internet handle [=Ryder37=], chats with her online friend Injeolmi about her trials and tribulations, usually complaining about her mom or Yu-rim without naming names. [[spoiler:Injeolmi is revealed to be Yu-rim, and TheReveal over their identities is what causes the two of them to reconcile.]]
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Hee-do resents her mother for what she perceives as prioritizing her job as a reporter over family time, which went as far as [[spoiler:Hee-do being all alone at her father's funeral while her mother reported on breaking news.]]
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* AffectionateNickname: Referred to by Urdnot Wrex as "Pyjak". Don't know whether to be insulted or honoured...
* AmazingFreakingGrace: Recording of him singing this on his ''Citadel'' DLC datapad. "Still prefer patter songs."
* AngstWhatAngst: [[invoked]] Heavily affected by loyalty mission, fine by return to ''Normandy''. Salarians possess short lifespans, learn to deal with emotional burdens efficiently. Came to terms during shuttle ride. Concern appreciated, however. [[spoiler: Third game suggests [[SubvertedTrope not as "over it" as previously claimed]], when chance to finish genophage cure is presented.]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Upgraded genophage]]. Argues that it was correct choice; does not truly believe it. Perfect reason to atone for. Ultimately [[ZigzaggedTrope zigzagged]]. Considers act inexcusable, after deliberation. Also considers act inevitable and necessary. In ''Mass Effect 3'', [[spoiler:fights to save female krogan and cure the genophage. [[HeroicSacrifice Does what needs to be done.]] ''*Sharp inhale*'' [[RedemptionEqualsDeath Proud posthumously]].]]
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Quickly able to deduce Shepard arrived in clinic to find him. Obviously working for Cerberus. Disembodied voice on ''Normandy'' clearly belongs to an AI.
* BadassBookworm: Salarian doctor. Among smartest ever. Also highly skilled killer. Broken cranial horn and facial scars due to attack by Krogan. Stabbed Krogan with pitchfork through eye. [[{{Determinator}} Continued with mission despite injuries.]]
* BadassLabcoat: Wears labcoat over commando gear. *[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]* Awesome.
* BadassNormal: Weaker than normal humans, and on team composed of mostly of superhumans and psychics. Still managed to kill a [[SuperStrength krogan]] with farming equipment.
* BecauseYouCanCope: Paragon solution if loyalty lost in DummiedOut material.
* BeigeProse: [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Naturally.]] Tried...to...slow...down...no no no can't do it. Too much to do.
* BerserkButton:
** PlayingWithSyringes. Hates reckless science. Especially pointless wastes of life.
** Also metaphors.
** Also can't stand the thought of CreativeSterility. Species cannot evolve without art in culture. No art, no life. Collectors have no art, can barely be considered truly alive.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ran clinic on Omega. Mercs tried to extort a protection racket. They all ended up dead. Was gone five minutes. Hung their bodies on display. *''Sharp inhale''*. Never bothered again.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Salarians need little sleep. Have almost perfect recall of any learned information. Egg-laying, have little understanding of romantic interaction.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: Averted. Salarian eyes black, but not evil. Merely ruthless.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Third game, if [[spoiler:murdered by Shepard. Cough up blood from gunshot wound during final crawl towards console.]]
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: When brought on Legion's loyalty mission, others [[https://youtu.be/X_QmG57VwZs see no moral difference between destruction and rewriting of heretics.]] Personally believe if geth are alive, rewriting kinder. Change, not death, like Genophage. Although [[DownplayedTrope willing to consider notion that rewriting into obedience immoral]].
* BondOneLiner: Non-lethal example, since victim was merely obstinate STG agent, not actually an enemy.
-->'''Mordin:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=yT_IcAqjYyM#t=30s Objection noted.]]
* BreakTheComedian: Easily most deliberately funny member of team. Loyalty mission and encounter with the consequences of attempted Genophage cure destroys sense of humour, leaves very sombre and depressive... but appears to have recovered by return to normal, claiming faster lifespan allows to process emotions quicker. [[spoiler: Third game suggests was lying.]]
%%* TheCastShowoff: Voice actor musical. Most fans approve, moment hilarious.
* CatchPhrase:
** "X is[=/=]likely to be...problematic."
** "Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong."
* CelibateHero: Inherent to salarian biology. Quite knowledgeable regardless.
* CombatMedic: Technically. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Performs medical research on ship, on ground Shepard provides in-game medic abilities.]]
* CoolOldGuy: 30 years old. Salarian life expectancy forty. Roughly same age as Shepard. Find this amusing.
* CrazyPrepared: Ready to give TheTalk for any kind of interspecies romance. Ran clinic on [[WretchedHive Omega]] -- advice likely necessary there. Many species, many tastes.
* CrisisOfFaith: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGBFTlRT3o0#t=0m55s Studied many religions]] as means to [[TheAtoner atone]]. Looked for answers. Found questions. Declares {{Reincarnation}} popular with salarians. Deeply spiritual still. Shepard expresses surprise.
--> '''Shepard:''' I didn't expect spirituality from you, Mordin.\\
'''Mordin:''' Genophage modification project altered millions of lives. Then saw results. Ego, humility, juxtaposition. Frailty of life. Size of universe. Explored religions after work was completed. Different races. No answers. Many questions.\\
'''Shepard:''' Sounds like you were trying to deal with a guilty conscience. The doctor who killed millions.
* CruelToBeKind: Helped [[spoiler:modify krogan genophage after species adapted to original]]. Did so for the good of entire galaxy - ''including'' [[spoiler:krogan]]. Models suggested [[spoiler:krogan resurgence]] would result in deaths of thousands, and [[spoiler:krogan extinction]]. Modifying [[spoiler:genophage]] only answer. Painfully aware of the contradictions in this argument. Resolving said contradictions a major part of character arc.
* CulturedBadass: Believes culture needs art. Otherwise not culture. Actively fears CreativeSterility. Uses as evidence for Collectors not being... alive. No art, no expression. No expression, no soul. *sharp inhale* Also did Creator/GilbertAndSullivan.
* DatingCatwoman: Hinted at. Has history with crime boss Aria T'loak. Circumstances unclear, but open fondness of Mordin on her part remains. Wrote SelfInsertFic about breaking Omega's only rule - [[SlapSlapKiss in more ways than one]].
* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler: If Wrex is krogan leader and Genophage cured, will suggest honoring Mordin's sacrifice by naming one of his children (maybe a girl) after him. Tone suggests lack of seriousness about endeavor]].
* DeadlyDoctor:
** Thought he was harmless, did you?
--->'''Mordin:''' Advantage of being salarian. Turians, krogan, vorcha - all obvious threats. ''[[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]]'' [[PsychoticSmirk Never see me coming]].
** [[SubvertedTrope Subversion]], actually. Has killed many times, but '''never''' with medicine (says so himself during loyalty mission). [[spoiler: Shepard can challenge whether upgraded genophage killing with medicine or not. Likely asked himself same question in past]]. Paralysing nerve gas followed by lethal projectile to cranium is acceptable, however.
* DeadpanSnarker: Found several surveillance bugs. Destroyed some. Returned expensive one to Miranda.
* DeathFakedForYou: If Wrex and Eve dead, can be convinced to [[spoiler:fake genophage cure and help with Crucible project. Wreav too dangerous as leader without Eve to stabilize him. Pretend to have died in explosion.]]
* DeadManWriting: From ''Citadel''. In event of death, STG colleagues to deliver datapad to Shepard. Contains greatest hits. Hope Shepard finds them informative, amusing, educational...
* DefiantToTheEnd: If [[spoiler:murdered by Shepard]] at end of third game, [[spoiler:spends last moments crawling towards console to cure genophage]].
* {{Determinator}}: If Shepard forced to [[spoiler: shoot him. Manages to crawl toward console despite lethal wound. Almost reaches console before collapsing. Makes it further than replacement if dead in second game]].
* DirtyBusiness: Guilt for actions major part of character.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome:
** If deploying genophage cure, quietly hums [[spoiler: [[MajorGeneralSong Scientist Salarian]] while going about work. Facility collapsing around. *[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]* ...Exhilarating.]]
** [[spoiler: Inverted if Shepard shoots in back. Crawl to workstation. Die before temperature change ruins cure. Senseless death. Even Shepard disgusted with self]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Recruited on Omega. Deduces Shepard's allegiance and intentions within seconds, if not told. Simple logic; process of elimination. Offers cure for plague - and new gun. Also dismisses entire mercenary squad as "minor" attack on clinic. [[RetiredBadass Solid reasons for this]].
* EtTuBrute: Third game, if [[spoiler:Shepard sabotages genophage cure. Disappointed. Betrayed. Possibly subverted if Shepard changes mind at last minute. Also subverted if Wrex and Eve dead; can be convinced Wreav too dangerous to allow access to cure. Downplayed if Shepard honest about reasons for sabotage; decision understandable, if not acceptable.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** [[spoiler: Hates unnecessary waste of life. Only kills problematic people. Always careful with medicine. Never carries out research on species capable of calculus unless subject volunteers. Protege... [[VerbalTic *sharp inhale*]] not so principled]].
** If taken on Jack loyalty mission, repeatedly disgusted by surroundings. Experimenting on children ''not'' acceptable.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: Downplayed. Involved in [[spoiler:modification of genophage]]. Generally well-intentioned, regardless - even towards [[spoiler:Krogan]]. Strong ethical guidelines. [[GoodIsNotSoft Ruthless when guidelines are breached]].
-->'''Mordin:''' No testing on species capable of calculus. Simple rule. Never broke it.
* ExpertConsultant: Found at Salarian Tasks Group facility on Sur'kesh despite having retired from STG. There as consultant on genophage, working for an actual cure since no one else has expertise, experience or motivation for it. Has to be him, someone else might get it wrong.
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Third game if [[spoiler:Shepard sabotages genophage cure. Try to figure out why Shepard is delaying transmission of cure. Realize sabotage likely. Only plausible culprit... Shepard.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Stands tall and proud while [[spoiler:Shroud exploding around him.]]
* FakingTheDead: Third game. If Eve dead and Urdnot Wreav sole krogan leader, can be convinced krogan not yet ready for cure. [[spoiler: Will disappear to work on Crucible. Shepard lets krogan believe everything went as planned]].
* FireIceLightning:
** [[KillItWithFire Incinerate]], check. [[KillItWithIce Cryo Blast]], check. [[AgonyBeam Neural Shock]]? Close enough!
** In the third game, proves capable of inflicting electric shocks with omni-tool. [[CutscenePowerToTheMax Only in cutscene, though.]]
* TheFettered: Believes strongly in scientific ethics, refuses to experiment on sapient life.
* FilmNoir: Authored novel in this style. Protagonist, lone STG operative on a mission. Broke number one rule on Omega... in [[ReallyGetsAround more ways than one]]. Semi-autobiographical? Leave up to audience to decide.
* FrontierDoctor: Reminiscent. Omega resembles frontier setting. Limited resources, hostile factions, difficult for physician of [[BadassBookworm lesser capability]] to practice. [[VerbalTic *sharp inhale*]] Missed working for operations with a budget.
* GibberingGenius: [[ThinkingOutLoud Dictates thought processes in real time]]. [[YouNoTakeCandle Avoids infinitives]]. [[SubvertedTrope Irrelevant]] if [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud heard saying inconvenient thought out loud.]]
* GlassCannon: Three skills, purely offensive. [[spoiler: Also low defence rating. Death during suicide mission likely. Preferable choice for escorting Chakwas and other crew members back to ''Normandy'']].
* GoodIsNotSoft: No hesitation in purging dangerous elements for greater good. Sees no contradiction in killing some to safeguard others. [[spoiler:Genophage tests this mentality to the extreme]].
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Restored future of krogan species]]. Good reason to smile in face of death.
* HeadbuttingHeroes: Previously part of squad under Captain Kirrahe to deliver genophage modifications. Numerous disagreements on mission parameters. Repeatedly called each other '[[SophisticatedAsHell cloacas]]'. Earned respect by end of mission.
* HeroicBSOD: Upon discovering [[spoiler:pupil performed tests. Dangerous and reckless, even if misguided.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Third game, [[spoiler: salarian sabotage to Shroud revealed. Stay behind to fix it. Die in the process. *[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]* Conscience clear. Still... would like to have run tests on the seashells.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Subverted. Insists this repeatedly during loyalty mission. Obviously trying to convince self, not companions.
** Still resolute it was right action. Even against Shepard's best arguments. Invokes GreyAndGrayMorality. Actions not unjustified.
** Worth remembering alternative was genocide. "Save galaxy from krogan. Save krogan from galaxy."
** Also made peace with self after mission. Mind clear. Hands washed. No guilt. Free to focus on task at hand.
** Until [[spoiler: sequel. True guilt revealed... and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath again overcome.]]]]
* IllKillYou: [[spoiler:If Maelon spared after loyalty mission, made plain former student ''not'' forgiven. Will kill if ever encountered again.]]
* InsistentTerminology: Genophage sterility plague. ''Not'' murder.
* InsufferableGenius: Some hints of this. For example, when joining Crucible in ''3'': "Exciting atmosphere, galaxy's most brilliant minds working together towards common goal. Read their solutions to engineering problems on the way over. Looking forward to correcting them in person."
* IronicEcho: If survived [=ME2=], [[spoiler: can die while curing genophage in [=ME3=]]]. Uses same lines about how others would have gotten it wrong.
* {{Irony}}: For all claims of "It had to be me, someone else might have gotten it wrong" regarding Genophage, Padok Wix was able synthesize cure in case of death.
* IfItsYouItsOkay: No interest in Shepard romantically. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Fwa-OQ1ao If ever explored, Shepard optimal.]] Either sex. Ahem.
* ItsPersonal: Deliberately invoked in order to anthropomorphize fight against Collectors and Reapers.
-->'''Mordin:''' Hard to imagine galaxy. Too many people. Faceless. Statistics. Easy to depersonalize. Good when doing unpleasant work. For this fight, want personal connection. Can't anthropomorphize galaxy. But can think of favorite nephew. Fighting for him.
* {{Keet}}: Described as being like hamster on caffeine. Salarian metabolism much faster than most other species', but fast even for salarians.
* KickTheDog: Questions Paragon Shepard's willingness to spare batarians who threatened assistant, [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Rana_Thanoptis sketchy asari neurospecialist]] as well. Second chances noble, not pragmatic, open possibilities for future betrayals. Correct about Rana Thanoptis. Should have killed her.
* KilledMidSentence: "[[spoiler:[[DyingMomentOfAwesome I am the very model of a--]]]]" '''BOOM'''
* KillItWithIce: Uses omnitool to freeze enemies solid. [[HarmlessFreezing Thaw quickly]], but [[LiterallyShatteredLives bodies fragile]]!
* KillItWithFire: Uses omnitool to incinerate enemies. Incredibly deadly. "Flammable! Or inflammable? Forget which. Doesn't matter!" ([[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Same thing. Really doesn't matter.]])
* LampshadeHanging:
** Meeting Shepard for first time. Attempt to work out why Spectre is here. Renegade interrupt offered. If not taken Paragon interrupt suggested. On board ''Normandy'' third interrupt option available. ''[[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]]''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Allows Shepard to interrupt when heard enough.]]
** Alternatively, can ignore interrupts. Made up for with hilarious scene:
---> '''Shepard:''' Do you ever pause for breath?\\
'''Mordin:''' Sorry. I'll... try... to... slow... down. No-no-no. Can't do it. No time.
* LightIsGood: Wears white in keeping with doctoral nature. Also good. Help people. [[spoiler: Cure genophage]].
* TheLoad: Second game. Primary contribution to SuicideMission intellectual. [[spoiler:At Collector Base, poor choice for vent shafts and fire team, even if loyal. Also poor defense value for rearguard. Best assigned to escort surviving Normandy crew to safety.]]
* MadScientist: Not mad. Usually irritable. Sometimes affable.
* MadScientistLaboratory: Granted personal lab on ''Normandy''. Cerberus spared no expense. Removed by Alliance during ''Normandy'' retrofit. Pity. Medical Bay will have to suffice. Proves convenient by that time, however. After all, [[spoiler: working on genophage cure]].
* MajorGeneralSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-HgVM6JSIY "I am the very model of a scientist salarian."]]
** [[TheCastShowoff Voice actor had previous role]]. TV movie production of ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance''. Makes it funnier.
** In third game sings another version. Asari-vorcha crosses have allergy to dairy.
* TheMatchmaker: Tries to hook Eve up with Garrus. Scars, intelligence, aggression. Would've made good match for Eve. Eve declined repeatedly.
* MeasuringTheMarigolds: Planned to walk on beach, collect seashells on retirement. Shepard asserted would go crazy within hour. Amended plans to run tests on seashells.
* MercyKill: View effort to defeat Collectors as this. Protheans gone, Collectors just final insult.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Trope discussed. Galaxy too broad, too many people, too many variables. Impersonal. Can't fight for whole galaxy. Can picture favorite nephew; can fight for him.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Good but conflicted. Did what had to do. Necessary, but still regrets.
* MotorMouth: Speaks too fast when met in Omega. Can be halted with renegade interrupt. Can attempt to slow down, but incapable.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Mission important. Talking takes too long. At least one way to help people.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Horrified by personal work on genophage. Still feel it had to be done.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: Treats [[spoiler: work on genophage]] as this, though [[GoneHorriblyRight not failure]], strictly speaking. Justifies it incessantly. Had to be done. No other option. Only correct and logical course of action...
-->'''Mordin''': [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness I made a MISTAKE!]] Focused on big picture. Big picture made of little pictures. Too many variables!
* MySensorsIndicateYouWantToTapThat: Cross-species body language awkward; makes for easy misunderstandings. Movements of Shepard's lower eyelids suggestive by salarian standards. Good to clear air. Also identifies incumbent romantic relations between Shepard and love interests,; offers pertinent medical advice. Scandalized if Shepard views advice as being in jest.
* NeverTrustATrailer: Some fans confused initially. Felt Fight For The Lost trailers implied Mordin Creator/ClintEastwood style lone ranger. In game, [[MotorMouth quickly]] proven [[CombatMedic wrong.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Narrowly averted. Had cure ready for Joker's Vrolik Syndrome. Luckily double checked in middle of night. Discovered that humans do ''not'' have two livers! *''Sharp inhale''* Would have caused liver failure. Problematic.
** Paragon Shepard repeatedly insists this is the case with genophage modification project. Vehemently disagree! [[IDidWhatIHadToDo Had to be done!]]
* NightmareFetishist:
** Foremost expert in medicine and bioengineering in the galaxy. Knowledgeable of diseases, [[{{Squick}} sexually transmitted or otherwise]], of all major sapient races. Often muses about such diseases out loud. Also does experiments.
** Intrigue at squad's potential survival on Horizon present even if part of squad.
* NoodleIncident: Lethal proficiency with [[ImprobableWeaponUser farming equipment]]. Never explained until discovery of [[DownloadableContent Shadow Broker]] database; [[spoiler:Skinny salarian doctor killed charging krogan by driving pitchfork through head. Disappoints fans, who imagined combine harvester]].
* OddFriendship:
** With genophage-immune krogan female. Call her Eve. Part of reason wish to cure genophage.
** Also eventually establishes one with Wrex. [[spoiler: Is mourned by Wrex after dying for genophage cure.]]
--->'''Wrex:''' ''(approvingly)'' You've got a quad on you, Doctor! Keep her safe.
* OldSoldier: Elderly by salarian standards. Chronologically same age as Shepard. Find this amusing. Based partly on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-YqK3s7ivM older Clint Eastwood, in fact]].
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Primary focus biomedical. Constantly forays into other sciences. Mechanical expertise surprising. He ''is'' the very model of a scientist salarian. One exception: limited experience with security systems. [[spoiler: Assignment as Tech Specialist unwise]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Pausing while speaking. Long, complete statements. Use of first-person pronouns. All likely indicators of serious topics.
** [[spoiler:If genophage is to be cured, dialogue with Shepard before they part ways for good:]]
--->'''Shepard:''' I'm sorry, Mordin.\\
'''Mordin:''' [[spoiler:I'm not. [[CatchPhrase Had to be me... Someone else might have gotten it wrong]].]]
** [[spoiler:If genophage cure was to be sabotaged instead:]]
--->'''Mordin:''' [[spoiler:I MADE A ''MISTAKE''!]] [[note]] Triply serious. Never admits mistakes. Or shouts. Or refers to self with first person pronouns.[[/note]]
* PetTheDog: Loyalty mission. Packed with these moments. Notably [[spoiler:absolutely horrified at dead female krogan test subject. States that species doesn't matter. Acknowledges work as a cause]].
--> '''Shepard:''' I didn't expect you to be disturbed by the sight of a dead krogan.\\
'''Mordin:''' ''[surprised]'' What? Why? Because of genophage work? Irrelevant. No, ''causative''.
* TheProfessor: Nature of mission irrelevant. Know ''something'' about strange thing.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Dying while [[spoiler: curing genophage]] only redemption for [[spoiler: modifying it previously.]]
* RetiredBadass: Formerly served in special forces. Now doctor. Return to combat not a problem.
* {{Retirony}}:
** "Would have liked to run tests on the seashells."
** [[spoiler: In Extended Cut, if alive, spends final years finding the time to cure the genophage]].
* SacrificialLion: In third game. End of first story act, [[spoiler: first major character to die. Clear sign no-one else safe. *inhale* No-one. If killed by Shepard, good sign of how far they have fallen]].
* ScienceHero: Uses vast scientific knowledge to help Shepard against both Collectors and Reapers.
* SeenItAll: Has encountered much in the galaxy. Little surprise. Reaction to [[spoiler: Javik: "Ah, a Prothean. Excellent."]]
* SelfDemonstratingArticle: Terse talker. Speaks in sentence fragments. Emulated in this character trope list.
* SelfInsertFic: Enjoys writing them.
-->'''Mordin:''' Broke Omega's one rule, in more ways than one.[[note]]That is, "Don't fuck with Aria."[[/note]]
* SherlockScan: Good at analysis. Displayed when first met Shepard. Deduces Cerberus affiliation even if not explicitly stated. Recognizes EDI as AI just as quickly.
* ShipperOnDeck: Ready to offer [[TheTalk medical advice]] for Shepard and their romantic partner. Available to offer gels and instruction manuals for possible cross-species intercourse.
** Admits worries about implications of [[RoboShip Joker/EDI]], however.
** Knew that krogan females find scars attractive. Tried to set "Eve" up with Garrus Vakarian. Apparently she wasn't interested. Will do this even if Shepard in relationship with Garrus. Awkward.
* ShootTheDog:
** Has no problem killing one person. To save ten others, of course. [[spoiler:Even created new strain of genophage. Krogan adapted to previous one.]] Does feel regretful about the latter. Started clinic to atone. All life precious.
--->'''Mordin:''' Lots of ways to help people. Sometimes heal patients; sometimes execute dangerous people. Either way helps.
** Also at end of loyalty mission. [[spoiler:Discover former STG agent curing genophage. Must be killed]]. Can be stopped with Paragon interrupt.
--->'''Mordin:''' No! Not a [[spoiler:murderer]]. Thank you, Shepard.
** [[spoiler: Possibly on receiving end in third game. If not convinced to go along with sabotage, Renegade Shepard forced to shoot him to stop genophage cure]].
* SilverFox: In final decade of life. Considered attractive by salarian standards. Especially by other species. Receive come-ons ''constantly''.
* TheSmartGuy: Runs tech lab. Cannot purchase upgrades without him aboard.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Noted in Shadow Broker Dossier. Example adequate:
--> "''Specialist Solus suggests Commander Kirrahe has a foreign object in his cloaca[[note]]he has a stick up his ass.[[/note]] [...] suggests that cloacal obstruction is in fact Kirrahe's cranium.[[note]] he has his head up his ass.[[/note]]''"
* TheSpock: Usually goes with more logical path. Belief in killing those who present themselves as threat. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] during Loyalty mission. [[spoiler: Genophage involvement becomes source of conflict]].
* SquishyWizard:
** Skills quite useful in combat, but shields and health quite weak. Survival requires support.
** Despite special forces training and career, implied to possess weakest combat capabilities of any of the ground team. [[spoiler: Lowest combat score and survival priority of any loyal teammate in holding the line against the Collectors. Lower than even Jack and Tali, who both are specialized at fighting enemies other than Collectors. Escorted duty recommended. Alternately, take to final confrontation. Tech abilities effective against armored targets. Collector forces feature many armored opponents. If loyal, will definitely survive if taken with Shepard.]]
* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Obviously]]. Speaks mainly in sentence fragments, never uses first-person pronouns. [[spoiler:Possible defence mechanism to avoid taking responsibility for genophage enhancements - only breaks established pattern when admitting own mistakes.]]
* StupidGood: Third game, if [[spoiler:Wrex and Eve dead. Blinded by need to atone for genophage enhancements. Unable to see threat Wreav would pose without genophage or Eve to keep in check unless Shepard provide wake-up call.]]
* SuddenlyShouting: Third game. Rare loss of emotional control in regards to genophage enhancements.
-->''"I MADE A MISTAKE!!!"''
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Urdnot Wreav. Mutual dislike obvious. Cooperation necessity for curing Genophage. Payback acquired during tissue sample collection.
-->'''Wreav:''' He failed to mention how he was gonna take his tissue sample. This ship doesn't have enough painkillers for where he cut me!
* TheTalk:
** Shown [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAP92rvm1hQ here]], on InterspeciesRomance. Try not to "ingest". Offers for all romances. Promises to "probe" Jacob/Miranda. Cerberus could have bugs ''anywhere''...
** Third game takes this step further. Offers [[spoiler: Joker]] advice on proposed [[spoiler: {{robosexual}} liaison with EDI.]] All part of profession.
* {{Technobabble}}: Constantly. Combines with TerseTalker, MotorMouth. Some complain of difficulty understanding. Get doctorate! Have real conversation!
* TerseTalker: Talks fast and short. [[MotorMouth First part natural to salarians]]. Second part peculiar to himself. Likes TechnoBabble dialogue. Always ThinkingOutLoud. Reading SelfDemonstratingArticle right now. *[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]* May help you understand.
* ThinkingOutLoud: Constantly. Annoying to krogan female in ''3''.
-->'''Mordin:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMA6F4-YAfw Who's that?]] Pilot? No. Synthesized voice. Simulated emotional inflections. Could it be... no. Maybe. Have to ask. Is that an AI?
* TooMuchInformation: Gives scientific advice on interspecies sex before even asked. Provides helpful booklet of diagrams, exercises, inventive activities. Also advises against oral contact with Drell skin (may cause mild hallucinations) or ingestion of Turian tissue (may cause anaphylactic shock).
* UnderestimatingBadassery: "Advantage of being salarian. Turians, krogan, vorcha, all obvious threats. Never see me coming."
* UnfinishedUntestedUsedAnyway: Make no mistake. Brilliant scientist. Not perfect, though. Seeker swarm countermeasure developed hastily. Tested only on Horizon.
--> '''Shepard:''' We're groundside. Mordin, you sure those armor upgrades will protect us from the seeker swarms?\\
'''Mordin:''' Certainty impossible. But in limited numbers, should confuse detection, make us invisible to swarms. In theory.\\
'''Squadmate:''' In theory?\\
'''Mordin:''' Experimental technology. Only test is contact with seeker swarms. Look forward to seeing if you/we survive!
* UnwantedHarem:
** Found attractive by many species. Bemused at this. Saved many lives. May be desire for GladToBeAliveSex with savior.
** "If wanted to try human, would try [[[DudeMagnet Shepard]]]." Shepard's sex irrelevant.
* UtilityPartyMember: No non-combat gameplay skills in series, but still fits role aboard ''Normandy''. Mediocre squadmate, barely useful in SuicideMission. However, technical expertise useful for combat and ship upgrades, and for seeker swarm countermeasure vital to surviving on Horizon.
* VerbalTic: [[TerseTalker Talks in sentence fragments]], [[ThinkingOutLoud thinks aloud]], TechnoBabble, answers own questions, OneLiner, [[MotorMouth No time to breathe]], [[WeAreAsMayflies Salarians Are As Mayflies]], [[PlanetOfHats entire race]] {{Workaholic}}s, *sharp inhale*... [[TheDeterminator work even harder]].
** Must note. No other salarians share tic. Unique to Mordin.
** Refers to self with first-person pronouns ''very'' rarely unless singing, mostly when statements would be nonsensical without an "I". Usually can, does avoid it. [[spoiler: Happens if Shepard questions decision to cure genophage after working on it for so long.]]
---> [[spoiler: '''Mordin''': I made a ''MISTAKE!'']]
* VitriolicBestBuds:
** Mutual respect, mutually derogatory banter with Kirrahe evident in STG mission report, spent whole time referring to the other as a cloaca. Mocks Kirrahe's constant [[RousingSpeech "Hold the line" speeches]], nevertheless has deep respect for former captain.
** Friendship with Shepard has aspects of this. Mutually respect each other. However, recognise Shepard often becomes exasperated with salarian thought process. Permit them to interrupt when they've heard enough.
* WeAreAsMayflies: Inverted. Salarian lifespans much shorter than human ones. He himself already 30. Human equivalent 116.[[note]]Humans in setting can live to be 150. Modern human equivalent: late 70s.[[/note]] Will die soon, even if survive suicide mission [[spoiler: and Tuchanka arc in ''3'']].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Believes past actions necessary. Feels guilty regardless.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Invoked. Would have liked to run tests on the seashells planned on collecting.
* WhatTheHellHero: In the third game, [[spoiler:realizes that genophage cure was sabotaged. Also that Shepard knew, said nothing]].
* TheWonka: [[ThinkingOutLoud Thinks out loud]]. [[CloudCuckooLander Mental processes seemingly random]]. {{Techno Babble}}s constantly. Described as "Hamster on coffee".
* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: Absolutely refuses to admit that Genophage was a slow genocide in second game. Eventually realizes being wrong in third game.
* XMarksTheHero: Apparently received scar from krogan killed with pitchfork. Ruined right cranial horn.
* YouNoTakeCandle: ''Obviously'' highly intelligent -- infinitives waste time!
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[[folder:Twenty Five Twenty One]]
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''Twenty Five Twenty One'' (orig. ''스물다섯 스물하나'') is a 2022 KoreanSeries. It is listed as a Creator/{{Netflix}} original outside of Korea.
In 1998, during the midst of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, high school fencer Na Hee-do struggles through difficulties to become a member of the South Korean National Fencing Team. Meanwhile, Baek Yi-jin lands from RichesToRags when his father's business goes bankrupt, leading him to work several odd jobs and eventually become a respected reporter.
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!! This series contains examples of:
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Hee-do and Yi-jin are not together in the present day, due to their breakup. Hee-do marries someone else, while nothing is said of Yi-jin's love life.]]
* ForeignCorrespondent: Yi-jin takes on a reporting position in the United States [[spoiler:right before 9/11 happens. The ensuing fallout means he stays for longer than anticipated, placing pressure on his mental state and his relationship with Hee-do.]]
* FramingDevice: The narrative taking place in the present day centers around Kim Min-chae, Hee-do's daughter, discovering her mother's diary. The bulk of the overall story takes place during Hee-do and Yi-jin's youth, with the occasional cut to Min-chae's reaction and struggles with her not feeling like she is fit for ballet.
* FriendlyRival: Hee-do and Ko Yu-rim go from being bitter enemies after the gold medal media fracas to being very close friends after Hee-do [[spoiler:defends Yu-rim from bullying and the reveal that they are [[UnseenPenPal Injeolmi and Ryder37]]]]. Since they are fellow fencers jockeying for fame and glory, they have to compete against each other and still refer to the other person as a rival.
* NaturalizedName: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becomes known as Julia Ko after changing her nationality to Russian.]]
* PairTheSpares: [[spoiler:Seung-wan, the only main character without a love interest, goes on a date with Yi-jin's brother, Yi-hyun, in the final episode.]]
* PersonaNonGrata: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becoming a Russian citizen is not taken well by the Korean public, with her public reception taking a 180 degree turn from beloved fencer to a traitorous snake. Exemplified when a restaurant server takes Hee-do's order but refuses to acknowledge Yu-rim. However, in the years that pass, the harsh opinions eventually wear down to the point where Yu-rim returning to Korea to start a fencing school is no problem.]]
* PlatonicLifePartners: Moon Ji-woong and Ji Seung-wan are very close friends and protective of each other, but there are no ShipTease moments between them, as Ji-woong only has eyes for Yu-rim and Seung-wan [[spoiler:gets paired with Yi-hyun in the ending.]]
* TheRival: Yu-rim and Hee-do are each other's greatest rival. Hee-do starts off as a fan of Yu-rim, but eventually has to compete with her and [[spoiler:surpasses her in a practice bout. For Yu-rim, it started much earlier when Hee-do bested her in a tournament when they were children (Hee-do had no memory of this).]]
* UnseenPenPal: Hee-do, under the internet handle [=Ryder37=], chats with her online friend Injeolmi about her trials and tribulations, usually complaining about her mom or Yu-rim without naming names. [[spoiler:Injeolmi is revealed to be Yu-rim, and TheReveal over their identities is what causes the two of them to reconcile.]]
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Hee-do resents her mother for what she perceives as prioritizing her job as a reporter over family time, which went as far as [[spoiler:Hee-do being all alone at her father's funeral while her mother reported on breaking news.]]
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Cleanup of Mordin Solus to rewrite all SelfDemonstrating-esque writing to regular prose. He does fit the three criteria for a SelfDemonstrating page, so perhaps the current character sheet as-is could be transplanted to that namespace and use the rewrite as replacement.
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Hee-do and Yi-jin are not together in the present day, due to their breakup. Hee-do marries someone else, while Yi-jin's love life (or lack thereof) is left unmentioned.]]
* ForeignCorrespondent: Yi-jin takes on a reporting position in the United States...[[spoiler:right before 9/11 happens. The ensuing fallout means he stays for longer than anticipated, placing pressure on his mental state and his relationship with Hee-do.]]
* FramingDevice: The narrative taking place in the present day centers around Hee-do's daughter, Kim Min-chae discovering her mother's diary. The bulk of the story takes place during Hee-do and Yi-jin's youth, with the occasional cut to Min-chae's reaction and struggles with her not feeling like she is fit for ballet.
* FriendlyRival: Hee-do and Ko Yu-rim go from being bitter enemies after the gold medal media fracas to being very close friends after Hee-do [[spoiler:defends Yu-rim from bullying and they reveal to each other that they are [[UnseenPenPal Injeolmi and Ryder37]].]] Of course, since they are fellow fencers jockeying for fame and glory, they have to compete against each other and still refer to the other person as a rival.
* ForeignCorrespondent: Yi-jin takes on a reporting position in the United States...[[spoiler:right before 9/11 happens. The ensuing fallout means he stays for longer than anticipated, placing pressure on his mental state and his relationship with Hee-do.]]
* FramingDevice: The narrative taking place in the present day centers around Hee-do's daughter, Kim Min-chae discovering her mother's diary. The bulk of the story takes place during Hee-do and Yi-jin's youth, with the occasional cut to Min-chae's reaction and struggles with her not feeling like she is fit for ballet.
* FriendlyRival: Hee-do and Ko Yu-rim go from being bitter enemies after the gold medal media fracas to being very close friends after Hee-do [[spoiler:defends Yu-rim from bullying and they reveal to each other that they are [[UnseenPenPal Injeolmi and Ryder37]].]] Of course, since they are fellow fencers jockeying for fame and glory, they have to compete against each other and still refer to the other person as a rival.
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Hee-do and Yi-jin are not together in the present day, due to their breakup. Hee-do marries someone else, while nothing is said of Yi-jin's love life (or lack thereof) is left unmentioned.life.]]
* ForeignCorrespondent: Yi-jin takes on a reporting position in the UnitedStates...States [[spoiler:right before 9/11 happens. The ensuing fallout means he stays for longer than anticipated, placing pressure on his mental state and his relationship with Hee-do.]]
* FramingDevice: The narrative taking place in the present day centers around Kim Min-chae, Hee-do's daughter,Kim Min-chae discovering her mother's diary. The bulk of the overall story takes place during Hee-do and Yi-jin's youth, with the occasional cut to Min-chae's reaction and struggles with her not feeling like she is fit for ballet.
* FriendlyRival: Hee-do and Ko Yu-rim go from being bitter enemies after the gold medal media fracas to being very close friends after Hee-do [[spoiler:defends Yu-rim from bullying andthey the reveal to each other that they are [[UnseenPenPal Injeolmi and Ryder37]].]] Of course, since Ryder37]]]]. Since they are fellow fencers jockeying for fame and glory, they have to compete against each other and still refer to the other person as a rival.
* ForeignCorrespondent: Yi-jin takes on a reporting position in the United
* FramingDevice: The narrative taking place in the present day centers around Kim Min-chae, Hee-do's daughter,
* FriendlyRival: Hee-do and Ko Yu-rim go from being bitter enemies after the gold medal media fracas to being very close friends after Hee-do [[spoiler:defends Yu-rim from bullying and
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* PersonaNonGrata: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becoming a Russian citizen is not taken well by the Korean public, with her public reception taking a 180 degree turn. Exemplified when a restaurant server takes Hee-do's order but refuses to acknowledge Yu-rim. However, in the years that pass, the harsh opinions eventually wear down.]]
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* PersonaNonGrata: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becoming a Russian citizen is not taken well by the Korean public, with her public reception taking a 180 degree turn.turn from beloved fencer to a traitorous snake. Exemplified when a restaurant server takes Hee-do's order but refuses to acknowledge Yu-rim. However, in the years that pass, the harsh opinions eventually wear down.down to the point where Yu-rim returning to Korea to start a fencing school is no problem.]]
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* TheRival: Yu-rim and Hee-do are each other's greatest rival. Hee-do starts off as a fan of Yu-rim, but eventually has to compete with her and [[spoiler: surpasses her in a practice bout. For Yu-rim, it started much earlier when Hee-do bested her in a tournament when they were children (Hee-do had no memory of this).]]
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* TheRival: Yu-rim and Hee-do are each other's greatest rival. Hee-do starts off as a fan of Yu-rim, but eventually has to compete with her and [[spoiler: surpasses [[spoiler:surpasses her in a practice bout. For Yu-rim, it started much earlier when Hee-do bested her in a tournament when they were children (Hee-do had no memory of this).]]
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''Twenty Five Twenty One'' (orig. ''스물다섯 스물하나'') is a 2022 KoreanSeries. It is listed as a Creator/{{Netflix}} original outside of Korea.
In 1998, during the midst of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, high school fencer Na Hee-do struggles through difficulties to become a member of the South Korean National Fencing Team. Meanwhile, Baek Yi-jin lands from RichesToRags when his father's business goes bankrupt, leading him to work several odd jobs and eventually become a respected reporter.
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''Twenty Five Twenty One'' (orig. ''스물다섯 스물하나'') is a 2022 KoreanSeries. It is listed as a Creator/{{Netflix}} original outside of Korea.
In 1998, during the midst of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, high school fencer Na Hee-do struggles through difficulties to become a member of the South Korean National Fencing Team. Meanwhile, Baek Yi-jin lands from RichesToRags when his father's business goes bankrupt, leading him to work several odd jobs and eventually become a respected reporter.
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''Twenty Five Twenty One'' (orig. ''스물다섯 스물하나'') is a 2022 KoreanSeries. It is listed as a Creator/{{Netflix}} original outside
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In 1998, during the midst of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, high school fencer Na Hee-do struggles through difficulties
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!! This series contains examples of:
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Hee-do and Yi-jin are not together in the present day, due to their breakup. Hee-do marries someone else, while Yi-jin's love life (or lack thereof) is left unmentioned.]]
* ForeignCorrespondent: Yi-jin takes on a reporting position in the United States...[[spoiler:right before 9/11 happens. The ensuing fallout means he stays for longer than anticipated, placing pressure on his mental state and his relationship with Hee-do.]]
* FramingDevice: The narrative taking place in the present day centers around Hee-do's daughter, Kim Min-chae discovering her mother's diary. The bulk of the story takes place during Hee-do and Yi-jin's youth, with the occasional cut to Min-chae's reaction and struggles with her not feeling like she is fit for ballet.
* FriendlyRival: Hee-do and Ko Yu-rim go from being bitter enemies after the gold medal media fracas to being very close friends after Hee-do [[spoiler:defends Yu-rim from bullying and they reveal to each other that they are [[UnseenPenPal Injeolmi and Ryder37]].]] Of course, since they are fellow fencers jockeying for fame and glory, they have to compete against each other and still refer to the other person as a rival.
* NaturalizedName: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becomes known as Julia Ko after changing her nationality to Russian.]]
* PairTheSpares: [[spoiler:Seung-wan, the only main character without a love interest, goes on a date with Yi-jin's brother, Yi-hyun, in the final episode.]]
* PersonaNonGrata: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becoming a Russian citizen is not taken well by the Korean public, with her public reception taking a 180 degree turn. Exemplified when a restaurant server takes Hee-do's order but refuses to acknowledge Yu-rim. However, in the years that pass, the harsh opinions eventually wear down.]]
* PlatonicLifePartners: Moon Ji-woong and Ji Seung-wan are very close friends and protective of each other, but there are no ShipTease moments between them, as Ji-woong only has eyes for Yu-rim and Seung-wan [[spoiler:gets paired with Yi-hyun in the ending.]]
* TheRival: Yu-rim and Hee-do are each other's greatest rival. Hee-do starts off as a fan of Yu-rim, but eventually has to compete with her and [[spoiler: surpasses her in a practice bout. For Yu-rim, it started much earlier when Hee-do bested her in a tournament when they were children (Hee-do had no memory of this).]]
* UnseenPenPal: Hee-do, under the internet handle [=Ryder37=], chats with her online friend Injeolmi about her trials and tribulations, usually complaining about her mom or Yu-rim without naming names. [[spoiler:Injeolmi is revealed to be Yu-rim, and TheReveal over their identities is what causes the two of them to reconcile.]]
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Hee-do resents her mother for what she perceives as prioritizing her job as a reporter over family time, which went as far as [[spoiler:Hee-do being all alone at her father's funeral while her mother reported on breaking news.]]
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Hee-do and Yi-jin are not together in the present day, due to their breakup. Hee-do marries someone else, while Yi-jin's love life (or lack thereof) is left unmentioned.]]
* ForeignCorrespondent: Yi-jin takes on a reporting position in the United States...[[spoiler:right before 9/11 happens. The ensuing fallout means he stays for longer than anticipated, placing pressure on his mental state and his relationship with Hee-do.]]
* FramingDevice: The narrative taking place in the present day centers around Hee-do's daughter, Kim Min-chae discovering her mother's diary. The bulk of the story takes place during Hee-do and Yi-jin's youth, with the occasional cut to Min-chae's reaction and struggles with her not feeling like she is fit for ballet.
* FriendlyRival: Hee-do and Ko Yu-rim go from being bitter enemies after the gold medal media fracas to being very close friends after Hee-do [[spoiler:defends Yu-rim from bullying and they reveal to each other that they are [[UnseenPenPal Injeolmi and Ryder37]].]] Of course, since they are fellow fencers jockeying for fame and glory, they have to compete against each other and still refer to the other person as a rival.
* NaturalizedName: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becomes known as Julia Ko after changing her nationality to Russian.]]
* PairTheSpares: [[spoiler:Seung-wan, the only main character without a love interest, goes on a date with Yi-jin's brother, Yi-hyun, in the final episode.]]
* PersonaNonGrata: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becoming a Russian citizen is not taken well by the Korean public, with her public reception taking a 180 degree turn. Exemplified when a restaurant server takes Hee-do's order but refuses to acknowledge Yu-rim. However, in the years that pass, the harsh opinions eventually wear down.]]
* PlatonicLifePartners: Moon Ji-woong and Ji Seung-wan are very close friends and protective of each other, but there are no ShipTease moments between them, as Ji-woong only has eyes for Yu-rim and Seung-wan [[spoiler:gets paired with Yi-hyun in the ending.]]
* TheRival: Yu-rim and Hee-do are each other's greatest rival. Hee-do starts off as a fan of Yu-rim, but eventually has to compete with her and [[spoiler: surpasses her in a practice bout. For Yu-rim, it started much earlier when Hee-do bested her in a tournament when they were children (Hee-do had no memory of this).]]
* UnseenPenPal: Hee-do, under the internet handle [=Ryder37=], chats with her online friend Injeolmi about her trials and tribulations, usually complaining about her mom or Yu-rim without naming names. [[spoiler:Injeolmi is revealed to be Yu-rim, and TheReveal over their identities is what causes the two of them to reconcile.]]
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Hee-do resents her mother for what she perceives as prioritizing her job as a reporter over family time, which went as far as [[spoiler:Hee-do being all alone at her father's funeral while her mother reported on breaking news.]]
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Hee-do and Yi-jin are not together in the present day, due
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* FramingDevice: The narrative taking place in the present day centers around Hee-do's daughter, Kim Min-chae discovering her mother's diary. The bulk
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* FriendlyRival: Hee-do and Ko Yu-rim go from being bitter enemies after the gold medal media fracas to being very close friends after Hee-do [[spoiler:defends Yu-rim from bullying and they reveal to each other that they are [[UnseenPenPal Injeolmi and Ryder37]].]] Of course, since they are fellow fencers jockeying for fame and glory, they have to compete against each other and still refer to the other person as a rival.
* NaturalizedName: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becomes known as Julia Ko after changing her nationality to Russian.]]
* PairTheSpares: [[spoiler:Seung-wan, the only main character without a love interest, goes on a date with Yi-jin's brother, Yi-hyun, in the final episode.]]
* PersonaNonGrata: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becoming a Russian citizen is not taken well by the Korean public, with her public reception taking a 180 degree turn. Exemplified when a restaurant server takes Hee-do's order but refuses to acknowledge Yu-rim. However, in the years that pass, the harsh opinions eventually wear down.]]
* PlatonicLifePartners: Moon Ji-woong and Ji Seung-wan are very close friends and protective of each other, but there are no ShipTease moments between them, as Ji-woong only has eyes for Yu-rim and Seung-wan [[spoiler:gets paired with Yi-hyun in the ending.]]
* TheRival: Yu-rim and Hee-do are each other's greatest rival. Hee-do starts off as a fan of Yu-rim, but eventually has to compete with her and [[spoiler: surpasses her in a practice bout. For Yu-rim, it started much earlier when Hee-do bested her in a tournament when they were children (Hee-do had no memory of this).]]
* UnseenPenPal: Hee-do, under the internet handle [=Ryder37=], chats with her online friend Injeolmi about her trials and tribulations, usually complaining about her mom or Yu-rim without naming names. [[spoiler:Injeolmi is revealed to be Yu-rim, and TheReveal over their identities is what causes the two of them to reconcile.]]
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Hee-do resents her mother for what she perceives as prioritizing her job as a reporter over family time, which went as far as [[spoiler:Hee-do being all alone at her father's funeral while her mother reported on breaking news.]]
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* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: Personal mission involves one. [[InWhichATropeIsDescribed In which]] Mordin considers actions. Reasons for becoming [[TheAtoner Atoner]] also stated. Done fairly well.
* AffectionateNickname: Referred to by Urdnot Wrex as "Pyjak". Don't know whether to be insulted or honoured...
* AmazingFreakingGrace: Recording of him singing this on his ''Citadel'' DLC datapad. "Still prefer patter songs."
* AngstWhatAngst: [[invoked]] Heavily affected by loyalty mission, fine by return to ''Normandy''. Salarians possess short lifespans, learn to deal with emotional burdens efficiently. Came to terms during shuttle ride. Concern appreciated, however. [[spoiler: Third game suggests [[SubvertedTrope not as "over it" as previously claimed]], when chance to finish genophage cure is presented.]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Upgraded genophage]]. Argues that it was correct choice; does not truly believe it. Perfect reason to atone for. Ultimately [[ZigzaggedTrope zigzagged]]. Considers act inexcusable, after deliberation. Also considers act inevitable and necessary. In ''Mass Effect 3'', [[spoiler:fights to save female krogan and cure the genophage. [[HeroicSacrifice Does what needs to be done.]] ''*Sharp inhale*'' [[RedemptionEqualsDeath Proud posthumously]].]]
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Quickly able to deduce Shepard arrived in clinic to find him. Obviously working for Cerberus. Disembodied voice on ''Normandy'' clearly belongs to an AI.
* BadassBookworm: Salarian doctor. Among smartest ever. Also highly skilled killer. Broken cranial horn and facial scars due to attack by Krogan. Stabbed Krogan with pitchfork through eye. [[{{Determinator}} Continued with mission despite injuries.]]
* BadassLabcoat: Wears labcoat over commando gear. *[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]* Awesome.
* BadassNormal: Weaker than normal humans, and on team composed of mostly of superhumans and psychics. Still managed to kill a [[SuperStrength krogan]] with farming equipment.
* BecauseYouCanCope: Paragon solution if loyalty lost in DummiedOut material.
* BeigeProse: [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Naturally.]] Tried...to...slow...down...no no no can't do it. Too much to do.
* BerserkButton:
** PlayingWithSyringes. Hates reckless science. Especially pointless wastes of life.
** Also metaphors.
** Also can't stand the thought of CreativeSterility. Species cannot evolve without art in culture. No art, no life. Collectors have no art, can barely be considered truly alive.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ran clinic on Omega. Mercs tried to extort a protection racket. They all ended up dead. Was gone five minutes. Hung their bodies on display. *''Sharp inhale''*. Never bothered again.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Salarians need little sleep. Have almost perfect recall of any learned information. Egg-laying, have little understanding of romantic interaction.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: Averted. Salarian eyes black, but not evil. Merely ruthless.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Third game, if [[spoiler:murdered by Shepard. Cough up blood from gunshot wound during final crawl towards console.]]
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: When brought on Legion's loyalty mission, others [[https://youtu.be/X_QmG57VwZs see no moral difference between destruction and rewriting of heretics.]] Personally believe if geth are alive, rewriting kinder. Change, not death, like Genophage. Although [[DownplayedTrope willing to consider notion that rewriting into obedience immoral]].
* BondOneLiner: Non-lethal example, since victim was merely obstinate STG agent, not actually an enemy.
-->'''Mordin:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=yT_IcAqjYyM#t=30s Objection noted.]]
* BreakTheComedian: Easily most deliberately funny member of team. Loyalty mission and encounter with the consequences of attempted Genophage cure destroys sense of humour, leaves very sombre and depressive... but appears to have recovered by return to normal, claiming faster lifespan allows to process emotions quicker. [[spoiler: Third game suggests was lying.]]
%%* TheCastShowoff: Voice actor musical. Most fans approve, moment hilarious.
* CatchPhrase:
** "X is[=/=]likely to be...problematic."
** "Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong."
* CelibateHero: Inherent to salarian biology. Quite knowledgeable regardless.
* CombatMedic: Technically. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Performs medical research on ship, on ground Shepard provides in-game medic abilities.]]
* CoolOldGuy: 30 years old. Salarian life expectancy forty. Roughly same age as Shepard. Find this amusing.
* CrazyPrepared: Ready to give TheTalk for any kind of interspecies romance. Ran clinic on [[WretchedHive Omega]] -- advice likely necessary there. Many species, many tastes.
* CrisisOfFaith: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGBFTlRT3o0#t=0m55s Studied many religions]] as means to [[TheAtoner atone]]. Looked for answers. Found questions. Declares {{Reincarnation}} popular with salarians. Deeply spiritual still. Shepard expresses surprise.
--> '''Shepard:''' I didn't expect spirituality from you, Mordin.\\
'''Mordin:''' Genophage modification project altered millions of lives. Then saw results. Ego, humility, juxtaposition. Frailty of life. Size of universe. Explored religions after work was completed. Different races. No answers. Many questions.\\
'''Shepard:''' Sounds like you were trying to deal with a guilty conscience. The doctor who killed millions.
* CruelToBeKind: Helped [[spoiler:modify krogan genophage after species adapted to original]]. Did so for the good of entire galaxy - ''including'' [[spoiler:krogan]]. Models suggested [[spoiler:krogan resurgence]] would result in deaths of thousands, and [[spoiler:krogan extinction]]. Modifying [[spoiler:genophage]] only answer. Painfully aware of the contradictions in this argument. Resolving said contradictions a major part of character arc.
* CulturedBadass: Believes culture needs art. Otherwise not culture. Actively fears CreativeSterility. Uses as evidence for Collectors not being... alive. No art, no expression. No expression, no soul. *sharp inhale* Also did Creator/GilbertAndSullivan.
* DatingCatwoman: Hinted at. Has history with crime boss Aria T'loak. Circumstances unclear, but open fondness of Mordin on her part remains. Wrote SelfInsertFic about breaking Omega's only rule - [[SlapSlapKiss in more ways than one]].
* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler: If Wrex is krogan leader and Genophage cured, will suggest honoring Mordin's sacrifice by naming one of his children (maybe a girl) after him. Tone suggests lack of seriousness about endeavor]].
* DeadlyDoctor:
** Thought he was harmless, did you?
--->'''Mordin:''' Advantage of being salarian. Turians, krogan, vorcha - all obvious threats. ''[[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]]'' [[PsychoticSmirk Never see me coming]].
** [[SubvertedTrope Subversion]], actually. Has killed many times, but '''never''' with medicine (says so himself during loyalty mission). [[spoiler: Shepard can challenge whether upgraded genophage killing with medicine or not. Likely asked himself same question in past]]. Paralysing nerve gas followed by lethal projectile to cranium is acceptable, however.
* DeadpanSnarker: Found several surveillance bugs. Destroyed some. Returned expensive one to Miranda.
* DeathFakedForYou: If Wrex and Eve dead, can be convinced to [[spoiler:fake genophage cure and help with Crucible project. Wreav too dangerous as leader without Eve to stabilize him. Pretend to have died in explosion.]]
* DeadManWriting: From ''Citadel''. In event of death, STG colleagues to deliver datapad to Shepard. Contains greatest hits. Hope Shepard finds them informative, amusing, educational...
* DefiantToTheEnd: If [[spoiler:murdered by Shepard]] at end of third game, [[spoiler:spends last moments crawling towards console to cure genophage]].
* {{Determinator}}: If Shepard forced to [[spoiler: shoot him. Manages to crawl toward console despite lethal wound. Almost reaches console before collapsing. Makes it further than replacement if dead in second game]].
* DirtyBusiness: Guilt for actions major part of character.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome:
** If deploying genophage cure, quietly hums [[spoiler: [[MajorGeneralSong Scientist Salarian]] while going about work. Facility collapsing around. *[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]* ...Exhilarating.]]
** [[spoiler: Inverted if Shepard shoots in back. Crawl to workstation. Die before temperature change ruins cure. Senseless death. Even Shepard disgusted with self]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Recruited on Omega. Deduces Shepard's allegiance and intentions within seconds, if not told. Simple logic; process of elimination. Offers cure for plague - and new gun. Also dismisses entire mercenary squad as "minor" attack on clinic. [[RetiredBadass Solid reasons for this]].
* EtTuBrute: Third game, if [[spoiler:Shepard sabotages genophage cure. Disappointed. Betrayed. Possibly subverted if Shepard changes mind at last minute. Also subverted if Wrex and Eve dead; can be convinced Wreav too dangerous to allow access to cure. Downplayed if Shepard honest about reasons for sabotage; decision understandable, if not acceptable.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** [[spoiler: Hates unnecessary waste of life. Only kills problematic people. Always careful with medicine. Never carries out research on species capable of calculus unless subject volunteers. Protege... [[VerbalTic *sharp inhale*]] not so principled]].
** If taken on Jack loyalty mission, repeatedly disgusted by surroundings. Experimenting on children ''not'' acceptable.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: Downplayed. Involved in [[spoiler:modification of genophage]]. Generally well-intentioned, regardless - even towards [[spoiler:Krogan]]. Strong ethical guidelines. [[GoodIsNotSoft Ruthless when guidelines are breached]].
-->'''Mordin:''' No testing on species capable of calculus. Simple rule. Never broke it.
* ExpertConsultant: Found at Salarian Tasks Group facility on Sur'kesh despite having retired from STG. There as consultant on genophage, working for an actual cure since no one else has expertise, experience or motivation for it. Has to be him, someone else might get it wrong.
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Third game if [[spoiler:Shepard sabotages genophage cure. Try to figure out why Shepard is delaying transmission of cure. Realize sabotage likely. Only plausible culprit... Shepard.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Stands tall and proud while [[spoiler:Shroud exploding around him.]]
* FakingTheDead: Third game. If Eve dead and Urdnot Wreav sole krogan leader, can be convinced krogan not yet ready for cure. [[spoiler: Will disappear to work on Crucible. Shepard lets krogan believe everything went as planned]].
* FireIceLightning:
** [[KillItWithFire Incinerate]], check. [[KillItWithIce Cryo Blast]], check. [[AgonyBeam Neural Shock]]? Close enough!
** In the third game, proves capable of inflicting electric shocks with omni-tool. [[CutscenePowerToTheMax Only in cutscene, though.]]
* TheFettered: Believes strongly in scientific ethics, refuses to experiment on sapient life.
* FilmNoir: Authored novel in this style. Protagonist, lone STG operative on a mission. Broke number one rule on Omega... in [[ReallyGetsAround more ways than one]]. Semi-autobiographical? Leave up to audience to decide.
* FrontierDoctor: Reminiscent. Omega resembles frontier setting. Limited resources, hostile factions, difficult for physician of [[BadassBookworm lesser capability]] to practice. [[VerbalTic *sharp inhale*]] Missed working for operations with a budget.
* GibberingGenius: [[ThinkingOutLoud Dictates thought processes in real time]]. [[YouNoTakeCandle Avoids infinitives]]. [[SubvertedTrope Irrelevant]] if [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud heard saying inconvenient thought out loud.]]
* GlassCannon: Three skills, purely offensive. [[spoiler: Also low defence rating. Death during suicide mission likely. Preferable choice for escorting Chakwas and other crew members back to ''Normandy'']].
* GoodIsNotSoft: No hesitation in purging dangerous elements for greater good. Sees no contradiction in killing some to safeguard others. [[spoiler:Genophage tests this mentality to the extreme]].
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Restored future of krogan species]]. Good reason to smile in face of death.
* HeadbuttingHeroes: Previously part of squad under Captain Kirrahe to deliver genophage modifications. Numerous disagreements on mission parameters. Repeatedly called each other '[[SophisticatedAsHell cloacas]]'. Earned respect by end of mission.
* HeroicBSOD: Upon discovering [[spoiler:pupil performed tests. Dangerous and reckless, even if misguided.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Third game, [[spoiler: salarian sabotage to Shroud revealed. Stay behind to fix it. Die in the process. *[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]* Conscience clear. Still... would like to have run tests on the seashells.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Subverted. Insists this repeatedly during loyalty mission. Obviously trying to convince self, not companions.
** Still resolute it was right action. Even against Shepard's best arguments. Invokes GreyAndGrayMorality. Actions not unjustified.
** Worth remembering alternative was genocide. "Save galaxy from krogan. Save krogan from galaxy."
** Also made peace with self after mission. Mind clear. Hands washed. No guilt. Free to focus on task at hand.
** Until [[spoiler: sequel. True guilt revealed... and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath again overcome.]]]]
* IllKillYou: [[spoiler:If Maelon spared after loyalty mission, made plain former student ''not'' forgiven. Will kill if ever encountered again.]]
* InsistentTerminology: Genophage sterility plague. ''Not'' murder.
* InsufferableGenius: Some hints of this. For example, when joining Crucible in ''3'': "Exciting atmosphere, galaxy's most brilliant minds working together towards common goal. Read their solutions to engineering problems on the way over. Looking forward to correcting them in person."
* IronicEcho: If survived [=ME2=], [[spoiler: can die while curing genophage in [=ME3=]]]. Uses same lines about how others would have gotten it wrong.
* {{Irony}}: For all claims of "It had to be me, someone else might have gotten it wrong" regarding Genophage, Padok Wix was able synthesize cure in case of death.
* IfItsYouItsOkay: No interest in Shepard romantically. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Fwa-OQ1ao If ever explored, Shepard optimal.]] Either sex. Ahem.
* ItsPersonal: Deliberately invoked in order to anthropomorphize fight against Collectors and Reapers.
-->'''Mordin:''' Hard to imagine galaxy. Too many people. Faceless. Statistics. Easy to depersonalize. Good when doing unpleasant work. For this fight, want personal connection. Can't anthropomorphize galaxy. But can think of favorite nephew. Fighting for him.
* {{Keet}}: Described as being like hamster on caffeine. Salarian metabolism much faster than most other species', but fast even for salarians.
* KickTheDog: Questions Paragon Shepard's willingness to spare batarians who threatened assistant, [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Rana_Thanoptis sketchy asari neurospecialist]] as well. Second chances noble, not pragmatic, open possibilities for future betrayals. Correct about Rana Thanoptis. Should have killed her.
* KilledMidSentence: "[[spoiler:[[DyingMomentOfAwesome I am the very model of a--]]]]" '''BOOM'''
* KillItWithIce: Uses omnitool to freeze enemies solid. [[HarmlessFreezing Thaw quickly]], but [[LiterallyShatteredLives bodies fragile]]!
* KillItWithFire: Uses omnitool to incinerate enemies. Incredibly deadly. "Flammable! Or inflammable? Forget which. Doesn't matter!" ([[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Same thing. Really doesn't matter.]])
* LampshadeHanging:
** Meeting Shepard for first time. Attempt to work out why Spectre is here. Renegade interrupt offered. If not taken Paragon interrupt suggested. On board ''Normandy'' third interrupt option available. ''[[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]]''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Allows Shepard to interrupt when heard enough.]]
** Alternatively, can ignore interrupts. Made up for with hilarious scene:
---> '''Shepard:''' Do you ever pause for breath?\\
'''Mordin:''' Sorry. I'll... try... to... slow... down. No-no-no. Can't do it. No time.
* LightIsGood: Wears white in keeping with doctoral nature. Also good. Help people. [[spoiler: Cure genophage]].
* TheLoad: Second game. Primary contribution to SuicideMission intellectual. [[spoiler:At Collector Base, poor choice for vent shafts and fire team, even if loyal. Also poor defense value for rearguard. Best assigned to escort surviving Normandy crew to safety.]]
* MadScientist: Not mad. Usually irritable. Sometimes affable.
* MadScientistLaboratory: Granted personal lab on ''Normandy''. Cerberus spared no expense. Removed by Alliance during ''Normandy'' retrofit. Pity. Medical Bay will have to suffice. Proves convenient by that time, however. After all, [[spoiler: working on genophage cure]].
* MajorGeneralSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-HgVM6JSIY "I am the very model of a scientist salarian."]]
** [[TheCastShowoff Voice actor had previous role]]. TV movie production of ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance''. Makes it funnier.
** In third game sings another version. Asari-vorcha crosses have allergy to dairy.
* TheMatchmaker: Tries to hook Eve up with Garrus. Scars, intelligence, aggression. Would've made good match for Eve. Eve declined repeatedly.
* MeasuringTheMarigolds: Planned to walk on beach, collect seashells on retirement. Shepard asserted would go crazy within hour. Amended plans to run tests on seashells.
* MercyKill: View effort to defeat Collectors as this. Protheans gone, Collectors just final insult.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Trope discussed. Galaxy too broad, too many people, too many variables. Impersonal. Can't fight for whole galaxy. Can picture favorite nephew; can fight for him.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Good but conflicted. Did what had to do. Necessary, but still regrets.
* MotorMouth: Speaks too fast when met in Omega. Can be halted with renegade interrupt. Can attempt to slow down, but incapable.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Mission important. Talking takes too long. At least one way to help people.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Horrified by personal work on genophage. Still feel it had to be done.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: Treats [[spoiler: work on genophage]] as this, though [[GoneHorriblyRight not failure]], strictly speaking. Justifies it incessantly. Had to be done. No other option. Only correct and logical course of action...
-->'''Mordin''': [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness I made a MISTAKE!]] Focused on big picture. Big picture made of little pictures. Too many variables!
* MySensorsIndicateYouWantToTapThat: Cross-species body language awkward; makes for easy misunderstandings. Movements of Shepard's lower eyelids suggestive by salarian standards. Good to clear air. Also identifies incumbent romantic relations between Shepard and love interests,; offers pertinent medical advice. Scandalized if Shepard views advice as being in jest.
* NeverTrustATrailer: Some fans confused initially. Felt Fight For The Lost trailers implied Mordin Creator/ClintEastwood style lone ranger. In game, [[MotorMouth quickly]] proven [[CombatMedic wrong.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Narrowly averted. Had cure ready for Joker's Vrolik Syndrome. Luckily double checked in middle of night. Discovered that humans do ''not'' have two livers! *''Sharp inhale''* Would have caused liver failure. Problematic.
** Paragon Shepard repeatedly insists this is the case with genophage modification project. Vehemently disagree! [[IDidWhatIHadToDo Had to be done!]]
* NightmareFetishist:
** Foremost expert in medicine and bioengineering in the galaxy. Knowledgeable of diseases, [[{{Squick}} sexually transmitted or otherwise]], of all major sapient races. Often muses about such diseases out loud. Also does experiments.
** Intrigue at squad's potential survival on Horizon present even if part of squad.
* NoodleIncident: Lethal proficiency with [[ImprobableWeaponUser farming equipment]]. Never explained until discovery of [[DownloadableContent Shadow Broker]] database; [[spoiler:Skinny salarian doctor killed charging krogan by driving pitchfork through head. Disappoints fans, who imagined combine harvester]].
* OddFriendship:
** With genophage-immune krogan female. Call her Eve. Part of reason wish to cure genophage.
** Also eventually establishes one with Wrex. [[spoiler: Is mourned by Wrex after dying for genophage cure.]]
--->'''Wrex:''' ''(approvingly)'' You've got a quad on you, Doctor! Keep her safe.
* OldSoldier: Elderly by salarian standards. Chronologically same age as Shepard. Find this amusing. Based partly on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-YqK3s7ivM older Clint Eastwood, in fact]].
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Primary focus biomedical. Constantly forays into other sciences. Mechanical expertise surprising. He ''is'' the very model of a scientist salarian. One exception: limited experience with security systems. [[spoiler: Assignment as Tech Specialist unwise]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Pausing while speaking. Long, complete statements. Use of first-person pronouns. All likely indicators of serious topics.
** [[spoiler:If Genophage is to be cured, this dialogue between him and Shepard before they part ways for good:]]
--->'''Shepard:''' I'm sorry, Mordin.\\
'''Mordin:''' [[spoiler:I'm not. [[CatchPhrase Had to be me... Someone else might have gotten it wrong]].]]
** [[spoiler:If genophage cure was to be sabotaged instead:]]
--->'''Mordin:''' [[spoiler:I made a ''mistake''!]] [[note]] Triply serious. Never admits mistakes. Or shouts. Or refers to self with first person pronouns[[/note]]
* PetTheDog: Loyalty mission. Packed with these moments. Notably [[spoiler:absolutely horrified at dead female krogan test subject. States that species doesn't matter. Acknowledges work as a cause]].
--> '''Shepard:''' I didn't expect you to be disturbed by the sight of a dead krogan.\\
'''Mordin:''' ''[surprised]'' What? Why? Because of genophage work? Irrelevant. No, ''causative''.
* TheProfessor: Nature of mission irrelevant. Know ''something'' about strange thing.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Dying while [[spoiler: curing genophage]] only redemption for [[spoiler: modifying it previously.]]
* RetiredBadass: Formerly served in special forces. Now doctor. Return to combat not a problem.
* {{Retirony}}:
** "Would have liked to run tests on the seashells."
** [[spoiler: In Extended Cut, if alive, spends final years finding the time to cure the genophage]].
* SacrificialLion: In third game. End of first story act, [[spoiler: first major character to die. Clear sign no-one else safe. *inhale* No-one. If killed by Shepard, good sign of how far they have fallen]].
* ScienceHero: Uses vast scientific knowledge to help Shepard against both Collectors and Reapers.
* SeenItAll: Has encountered much in the galaxy. Little surprise. Reaction to [[spoiler: Javik: "Ah, a Prothean. Excellent."]]
* SelfDemonstratingArticle: Terse talker. Speaks in sentence fragments. Emulated in this character trope list.
* SelfInsertFic: Enjoys writing them.
-->'''Mordin:''' Broke Omega's one rule, in more ways than one.[[note]]That is, "Don't fuck with Aria."[[/note]]
* SherlockScan: Good at analysis. Displayed when first met Shepard. Deduces Cerberus affiliation even if not explicitly stated. Recognizes EDI as AI just as quickly.
* ShipperOnDeck: Ready to offer [[TheTalk medical advice]] for Shepard and their romantic partner. Available to offer gels and instruction manuals for possible cross-species intercourse.
** Admits worries about implications of [[RoboShip Joker/EDI]], however.
** Knew that krogan females find scars attractive. Tried to set "Eve" up with Garrus Vakarian. Apparently she wasn't interested. Will do this even if Shepard in relationship with Garrus. Awkward.
* ShootTheDog:
** Has no problem killing one person. To save ten others, of course. [[spoiler:Even created new strain of genophage. Krogan adapted to previous one.]] Does feel regretful about the latter. Started clinic to atone. All life precious.
--->'''Mordin:''' Lots of ways to help people. Sometimes heal patients; sometimes execute dangerous people. Either way helps.
** Also at end of loyalty mission. [[spoiler:Discover former STG agent curing genophage. Must be killed]]. Can be stopped with Paragon interrupt.
--->'''Mordin:''' No! Not a [[spoiler:murderer]]. Thank you, Shepard.
** [[spoiler: Possibly on receiving end in third game. If not convinced to go along with sabotage, Renegade Shepard forced to shoot him to stop genophage cure]].
* SilverFox: In final decade of life. Considered attractive by salarian standards. Especially by other species. Receive come-ons ''constantly''.
* TheSmartGuy: Runs tech lab. Cannot purchase upgrades without him aboard.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Noted in Shadow Broker Dossier. Example adequate:
--> "''Specialist Solus suggests Commander Kirrahe has a foreign object in his cloaca[[note]]he has a stick up his ass.[[/note]] [...] suggests that cloacal obstruction is in fact Kirrahe's cranium.[[note]] he has his head up his ass.[[/note]]''"
* TheSpock: Usually goes with more logical path. Belief in killing those who present themselves as threat. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] during Loyalty mission. [[spoiler: Genophage involvement becomes source of conflict]].
* SquishyWizard:
** Skills quite useful in combat, but shields and health quite weak. Survival requires support.
** Despite special forces training and career, implied to possess weakest combat capabilities of any of the ground team. [[spoiler: Lowest combat score and survival priority of any loyal teammate in holding the line against the Collectors. Lower than even Jack and Tali, who both are specialized at fighting enemies other than Collectors. Escorted duty recommended. Alternately, take to final confrontation. Tech abilities effective against armored targets. Collector forces feature many armored opponents. If loyal, will definitely survive if taken with Shepard.]]
* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Obviously]]. Speaks mainly in sentence fragments, never uses first-person pronouns. [[spoiler:Possible defence mechanism to avoid taking responsibility for genophage enhancements - only breaks established pattern when admitting own mistakes.]]
* StupidGood: Third game, if [[spoiler:Wrex and Eve dead. Blinded by need to atone for genophage enhancements. Unable to see threat Wreav would pose without genophage or Eve to keep in check unless Shepard provide wake-up call.]]
* SuddenlyShouting: Third game. Rare loss of emotional control in regards to genophage enhancements.
-->''"I MADE A MISTAKE!!!"''
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Urdnot Wreav. Mutual dislike obvious. Cooperation necessity for curing Genophage. Payback acquired during tissue sample collection.
-->'''Wreav:''' He failed to mention how he was gonna take his tissue sample. This ship doesn't have enough painkillers for where he cut me!
* TheTalk:
** Shown [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAP92rvm1hQ here]], on InterspeciesRomance. Try not to "ingest". Offers for all romances. Promises to "probe" Jacob/Miranda. Cerberus could have bugs ''anywhere''...
** Third game takes this step further. Offers [[spoiler: Joker]] advice on proposed [[spoiler: {{robosexual}} liaison with EDI.]] All part of profession.
* {{Technobabble}}: Constantly. Combines with TerseTalker, MotorMouth. Some complain of difficulty understanding. Get doctorate! Have real conversation!
* TerseTalker: Talks fast and short. [[MotorMouth First part natural to salarians]]. Second part peculiar to himself. Likes TechnoBabble dialogue. Always ThinkingOutLoud. Reading SelfDemonstratingArticle right now. *[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]* May help you understand.
* ThinkingOutLoud: Constantly. Annoying to krogan female in ''3''.
-->'''Mordin:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMA6F4-YAfw Who's that?]] Pilot? No. Synthesized voice. Simulated emotional inflections. Could it be... no. Maybe. Have to ask. Is that an AI?
* TooMuchInformation: Gives scientific advice on interspecies sex before even asked. Provides helpful booklet of diagrams, exercises, inventive activities. Also advises against oral contact with Drell skin (may cause mild hallucinations) or ingestion of Turian tissue (may cause anaphylactic shock).
* UnderestimatingBadassery: "Advantage of being salarian. Turians, krogan, vorcha, all obvious threats. Never see me coming."
* UnfinishedUntestedUsedAnyway: Make no mistake. Brilliant scientist. Not perfect, though. Seeker swarm countermeasure developed hastily. Tested only on Horizon.
--> '''Shepard:''' We're groundside. Mordin, you sure those armor upgrades will protect us from the seeker swarms?\\
'''Mordin:''' Certainty impossible. But in limited numbers, should confuse detection, make us invisible to swarms. In theory.\\
'''Squadmate:''' In theory?\\
'''Mordin:''' Experimental technology. Only test is contact with seeker swarms. Look forward to seeing if you/we survive!
* UnwantedHarem:
** Found attractive by many species. Bemused at this. Saved many lives. May be desire for GladToBeAliveSex with savior.
** "If wanted to try human, would try [[[DudeMagnet Shepard]]]." Shepard's sex irrelevant.
* UtilityPartyMember: No non-combat gameplay skills in series, but still fits role aboard ''Normandy''. Mediocre squadmate, barely useful in SuicideMission. However, technical expertise useful for combat and ship upgrades, and for seeker swarm countermeasure vital to surviving on Horizon.
* VerbalTic: [[TerseTalker Talks in sentence fragments]], [[ThinkingOutLoud thinks aloud]], TechnoBabble, answers own questions, OneLiner, [[MotorMouth No time to breathe]], [[WeAreAsMayflies Salarians Are As Mayflies]], [[PlanetOfHats entire race]] {{Workaholic}}s, *sharp inhale*... [[TheDeterminator work even harder]].
** Must note. No other salarians share tic. Unique to Mordin.
** Refers to self with first-person pronouns ''very'' rarely unless singing, mostly when statements would be nonsensical without an "I". Usually can, does avoid it. [[spoiler: Happens if Shepard questions decision to cure genophage after working on it for so long.]]
---> [[spoiler: '''Mordin''': I made a ''MISTAKE!'']]
* VitriolicBestBuds:
** Mutual respect, mutually derogatory banter with Kirrahe evident in STG mission report, spent whole time referring to the other as a cloaca. Mocks Kirrahe's constant [[RousingSpeech "Hold the line" speeches]], nevertheless has deep respect for former captain.
** Friendship with Shepard has aspects of this. Mutually respect each other. However, recognise Shepard often becomes exasperated with salarian thought process. Permit them to interrupt when they've heard enough.
* WeAreAsMayflies: Inverted. Salarian lifespans much shorter than human ones. He himself already 30. Human equivalent 116.[[note]]Humans in setting can live to be 150. Modern human equivalent: late 70s.[[/note]] Will die soon, even if survive suicide mission [[spoiler: and Tuchanka arc in ''3'']].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Believes past actions necessary. Feels guilty regardless.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Invoked. Would have liked to run tests on the seashells planned on collecting.
* WhatTheHellHero: In the third game, [[spoiler:realizes that genophage cure was sabotaged. Also that Shepard knew, said nothing]].
* TheWonka: [[ThinkingOutLoud Thinks out loud]]. [[CloudCuckooLander Mental processes seemingly random]]. {{Techno Babble}}s constantly. Described as "Hamster on coffee".
* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: Absolutely refuses to admit that Genophage was a slow genocide in second game. Eventually realizes being wrong in third game.
* XMarksTheHero: Apparently received scar from krogan killed with pitchfork. Ruined right cranial horn.
* YouNoTakeCandle: ''Obviously'' highly intelligent -- infinitives waste time!
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[[folder:Twenty Five Twenty One]]
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''Twenty Five Twenty One'' (orig. ''스물다섯 스물하나'') is a 2022 KoreanSeries. It is listed as a Creator/{{Netflix}} original outside of Korea.
In 1998, during the midst of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, high school fencer Na Hee-do struggles through difficulties to become a member of the South Korean National Fencing Team. Meanwhile, Baek Yi-jin lands from RichesToRags when his father's business goes bankrupt, leading him to work several odd jobs and eventually become a respected reporter.
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!! This series contains examples of:
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Hee-do and Yi-jin are not together in the present day, due to their breakup. Hee-do marries someone else, while Yi-jin's love life (or lack thereof) is left unmentioned.]]
* ForeignCorrespondent: Yi-jin takes on a reporting position in the United States...[[spoiler:right before 9/11 happens. The ensuing fallout means he stays for longer than anticipated, placing pressure on his mental state and his relationship with Hee-do.]]
* FramingDevice: The narrative taking place in the present day centers around Hee-do's daughter, Kim Min-chae discovering her mother's diary. The bulk of the story takes place during Hee-do and Yi-jin's youth, with the occasional cut to Min-chae's reaction and struggles with her not feeling like she is fit for ballet.
* FriendlyRival: Hee-do and Ko Yu-rim go from being bitter enemies after the gold medal media fracas to being very close friends after Hee-do [[spoiler:defends Yu-rim from bullying and they reveal to each other that they are [[UnseenPenPal Injeolmi and Ryder37]].]] Of course, since they are fellow fencers jockeying for fame and glory, they have to compete against each other and still refer to the other person as a rival.
* NaturalizedName: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becomes known as Julia Ko after changing her nationality to Russian.]]
* PairTheSpares: [[spoiler:Seung-wan, the only main character without a love interest, goes on a date with Yi-jin's brother, Yi-hyun, in the final episode.]]
* PersonaNonGrata: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becoming a Russian citizen is not taken well by the Korean public, with her public reception taking a 180 degree turn. Exemplified when a restaurant server takes Hee-do's order but refuses to acknowledge Yu-rim. However, in the years that pass, the harsh opinions eventually wear down.]]
* PlatonicLifePartners: Moon Ji-woong and Ji Seung-wan are very close friends and protective of each other, but there are no ShipTease moments between them, as Ji-woong only has eyes for Yu-rim and Seung-wan [[spoiler:gets paired with Yi-hyun in the ending.]]
* TheRival: Yu-rim and Hee-do are each other's greatest rival. Hee-do starts off as a fan of Yu-rim, but eventually has to compete with her and [[spoiler: surpasses her in a practice bout. For Yu-rim, it started much earlier when Hee-do bested her in a tournament when they were children (Hee-do had no memory of this).]]
* UnseenPenPal: Hee-do, under the internet handle [=Ryder37=], chats with her online friend Injeolmi about her trials and tribulations, usually complaining about her mom or Yu-rim without naming names. [[spoiler:Injeolmi is revealed to be Yu-rim, and TheReveal over their identities is what causes the two of them to reconcile.]]
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Hee-do resents her mother for what she perceives as prioritizing her job as a reporter over family time, which went as far as [[spoiler:Hee-do being all alone at her father's funeral while her mother reported on breaking news.]]
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* AffectionateNickname: Referred to by Urdnot Wrex as "Pyjak". Don't know whether to be insulted or honoured...
* AmazingFreakingGrace: Recording of him singing this on his ''Citadel'' DLC datapad. "Still prefer patter songs."
* AngstWhatAngst: [[invoked]] Heavily affected by loyalty mission, fine by return to ''Normandy''. Salarians possess short lifespans, learn to deal with emotional burdens efficiently. Came to terms during shuttle ride. Concern appreciated, however. [[spoiler: Third game suggests [[SubvertedTrope not as "over it" as previously claimed]], when chance to finish genophage cure is presented.]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Upgraded genophage]]. Argues that it was correct choice; does not truly believe it. Perfect reason to atone for. Ultimately [[ZigzaggedTrope zigzagged]]. Considers act inexcusable, after deliberation. Also considers act inevitable and necessary. In ''Mass Effect 3'', [[spoiler:fights to save female krogan and cure the genophage. [[HeroicSacrifice Does what needs to be done.]] ''*Sharp inhale*'' [[RedemptionEqualsDeath Proud posthumously]].]]
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Quickly able to deduce Shepard arrived in clinic to find him. Obviously working for Cerberus. Disembodied voice on ''Normandy'' clearly belongs to an AI.
* BadassBookworm: Salarian doctor. Among smartest ever. Also highly skilled killer. Broken cranial horn and facial scars due to attack by Krogan. Stabbed Krogan with pitchfork through eye. [[{{Determinator}} Continued with mission despite injuries.]]
* BadassLabcoat: Wears labcoat over commando gear. *[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]* Awesome.
* BadassNormal: Weaker than normal humans, and on team composed of mostly of superhumans and psychics. Still managed to kill a [[SuperStrength krogan]] with farming equipment.
* BecauseYouCanCope: Paragon solution if loyalty lost in DummiedOut material.
* BeigeProse: [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Naturally.]] Tried...to...slow...down...no no no can't do it. Too much to do.
* BerserkButton:
** PlayingWithSyringes. Hates reckless science. Especially pointless wastes of life.
** Also metaphors.
** Also can't stand the thought of CreativeSterility. Species cannot evolve without art in culture. No art, no life. Collectors have no art, can barely be considered truly alive.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ran clinic on Omega. Mercs tried to extort a protection racket. They all ended up dead. Was gone five minutes. Hung their bodies on display. *''Sharp inhale''*. Never bothered again.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Salarians need little sleep. Have almost perfect recall of any learned information. Egg-laying, have little understanding of romantic interaction.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: Averted. Salarian eyes black, but not evil. Merely ruthless.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Third game, if [[spoiler:murdered by Shepard. Cough up blood from gunshot wound during final crawl towards console.]]
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: When brought on Legion's loyalty mission, others [[https://youtu.be/X_QmG57VwZs see no moral difference between destruction and rewriting of heretics.]] Personally believe if geth are alive, rewriting kinder. Change, not death, like Genophage. Although [[DownplayedTrope willing to consider notion that rewriting into obedience immoral]].
* BondOneLiner: Non-lethal example, since victim was merely obstinate STG agent, not actually an enemy.
-->'''Mordin:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=yT_IcAqjYyM#t=30s Objection noted.]]
* BreakTheComedian: Easily most deliberately funny member of team. Loyalty mission and encounter with the consequences of attempted Genophage cure destroys sense of humour, leaves very sombre and depressive... but appears to have recovered by return to normal, claiming faster lifespan allows to process emotions quicker. [[spoiler: Third game suggests was lying.]]
%%* TheCastShowoff: Voice actor musical. Most fans approve, moment hilarious.
* CatchPhrase:
** "X is[=/=]likely to be...problematic."
** "Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong."
* CelibateHero: Inherent to salarian biology. Quite knowledgeable regardless.
* CombatMedic: Technically. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Performs medical research on ship, on ground Shepard provides in-game medic abilities.]]
* CoolOldGuy: 30 years old. Salarian life expectancy forty. Roughly same age as Shepard. Find this amusing.
* CrazyPrepared: Ready to give TheTalk for any kind of interspecies romance. Ran clinic on [[WretchedHive Omega]] -- advice likely necessary there. Many species, many tastes.
* CrisisOfFaith: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGBFTlRT3o0#t=0m55s Studied many religions]] as means to [[TheAtoner atone]]. Looked for answers. Found questions. Declares {{Reincarnation}} popular with salarians. Deeply spiritual still. Shepard expresses surprise.
--> '''Shepard:''' I didn't expect spirituality from you, Mordin.\\
'''Mordin:''' Genophage modification project altered millions of lives. Then saw results. Ego, humility, juxtaposition. Frailty of life. Size of universe. Explored religions after work was completed. Different races. No answers. Many questions.\\
'''Shepard:''' Sounds like you were trying to deal with a guilty conscience. The doctor who killed millions.
* CruelToBeKind: Helped [[spoiler:modify krogan genophage after species adapted to original]]. Did so for the good of entire galaxy - ''including'' [[spoiler:krogan]]. Models suggested [[spoiler:krogan resurgence]] would result in deaths of thousands, and [[spoiler:krogan extinction]]. Modifying [[spoiler:genophage]] only answer. Painfully aware of the contradictions in this argument. Resolving said contradictions a major part of character arc.
* CulturedBadass: Believes culture needs art. Otherwise not culture. Actively fears CreativeSterility. Uses as evidence for Collectors not being... alive. No art, no expression. No expression, no soul. *sharp inhale* Also did Creator/GilbertAndSullivan.
* DatingCatwoman: Hinted at. Has history with crime boss Aria T'loak. Circumstances unclear, but open fondness of Mordin on her part remains. Wrote SelfInsertFic about breaking Omega's only rule - [[SlapSlapKiss in more ways than one]].
* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler: If Wrex is krogan leader and Genophage cured, will suggest honoring Mordin's sacrifice by naming one of his children (maybe a girl) after him. Tone suggests lack of seriousness about endeavor]].
* DeadlyDoctor:
** Thought he was harmless, did you?
--->'''Mordin:''' Advantage of being salarian. Turians, krogan, vorcha - all obvious threats. ''[[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]]'' [[PsychoticSmirk Never see me coming]].
** [[SubvertedTrope Subversion]], actually. Has killed many times, but '''never''' with medicine (says so himself during loyalty mission). [[spoiler: Shepard can challenge whether upgraded genophage killing with medicine or not. Likely asked himself same question in past]]. Paralysing nerve gas followed by lethal projectile to cranium is acceptable, however.
* DeadpanSnarker: Found several surveillance bugs. Destroyed some. Returned expensive one to Miranda.
* DeathFakedForYou: If Wrex and Eve dead, can be convinced to [[spoiler:fake genophage cure and help with Crucible project. Wreav too dangerous as leader without Eve to stabilize him. Pretend to have died in explosion.]]
* DeadManWriting: From ''Citadel''. In event of death, STG colleagues to deliver datapad to Shepard. Contains greatest hits. Hope Shepard finds them informative, amusing, educational...
* DefiantToTheEnd: If [[spoiler:murdered by Shepard]] at end of third game, [[spoiler:spends last moments crawling towards console to cure genophage]].
* {{Determinator}}: If Shepard forced to [[spoiler: shoot him. Manages to crawl toward console despite lethal wound. Almost reaches console before collapsing. Makes it further than replacement if dead in second game]].
* DirtyBusiness: Guilt for actions major part of character.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome:
** If deploying genophage cure, quietly hums [[spoiler: [[MajorGeneralSong Scientist Salarian]] while going about work. Facility collapsing around. *[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]* ...Exhilarating.]]
** [[spoiler: Inverted if Shepard shoots in back. Crawl to workstation. Die before temperature change ruins cure. Senseless death. Even Shepard disgusted with self]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Recruited on Omega. Deduces Shepard's allegiance and intentions within seconds, if not told. Simple logic; process of elimination. Offers cure for plague - and new gun. Also dismisses entire mercenary squad as "minor" attack on clinic. [[RetiredBadass Solid reasons for this]].
* EtTuBrute: Third game, if [[spoiler:Shepard sabotages genophage cure. Disappointed. Betrayed. Possibly subverted if Shepard changes mind at last minute. Also subverted if Wrex and Eve dead; can be convinced Wreav too dangerous to allow access to cure. Downplayed if Shepard honest about reasons for sabotage; decision understandable, if not acceptable.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** [[spoiler: Hates unnecessary waste of life. Only kills problematic people. Always careful with medicine. Never carries out research on species capable of calculus unless subject volunteers. Protege... [[VerbalTic *sharp inhale*]] not so principled]].
** If taken on Jack loyalty mission, repeatedly disgusted by surroundings. Experimenting on children ''not'' acceptable.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: Downplayed. Involved in [[spoiler:modification of genophage]]. Generally well-intentioned, regardless - even towards [[spoiler:Krogan]]. Strong ethical guidelines. [[GoodIsNotSoft Ruthless when guidelines are breached]].
-->'''Mordin:''' No testing on species capable of calculus. Simple rule. Never broke it.
* ExpertConsultant: Found at Salarian Tasks Group facility on Sur'kesh despite having retired from STG. There as consultant on genophage, working for an actual cure since no one else has expertise, experience or motivation for it. Has to be him, someone else might get it wrong.
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Third game if [[spoiler:Shepard sabotages genophage cure. Try to figure out why Shepard is delaying transmission of cure. Realize sabotage likely. Only plausible culprit... Shepard.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Stands tall and proud while [[spoiler:Shroud exploding around him.]]
* FakingTheDead: Third game. If Eve dead and Urdnot Wreav sole krogan leader, can be convinced krogan not yet ready for cure. [[spoiler: Will disappear to work on Crucible. Shepard lets krogan believe everything went as planned]].
* FireIceLightning:
** [[KillItWithFire Incinerate]], check. [[KillItWithIce Cryo Blast]], check. [[AgonyBeam Neural Shock]]? Close enough!
** In the third game, proves capable of inflicting electric shocks with omni-tool. [[CutscenePowerToTheMax Only in cutscene, though.]]
* TheFettered: Believes strongly in scientific ethics, refuses to experiment on sapient life.
* FilmNoir: Authored novel in this style. Protagonist, lone STG operative on a mission. Broke number one rule on Omega... in [[ReallyGetsAround more ways than one]]. Semi-autobiographical? Leave up to audience to decide.
* FrontierDoctor: Reminiscent. Omega resembles frontier setting. Limited resources, hostile factions, difficult for physician of [[BadassBookworm lesser capability]] to practice. [[VerbalTic *sharp inhale*]] Missed working for operations with a budget.
* GibberingGenius: [[ThinkingOutLoud Dictates thought processes in real time]]. [[YouNoTakeCandle Avoids infinitives]]. [[SubvertedTrope Irrelevant]] if [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud heard saying inconvenient thought out loud.]]
* GlassCannon: Three skills, purely offensive. [[spoiler: Also low defence rating. Death during suicide mission likely. Preferable choice for escorting Chakwas and other crew members back to ''Normandy'']].
* GoodIsNotSoft: No hesitation in purging dangerous elements for greater good. Sees no contradiction in killing some to safeguard others. [[spoiler:Genophage tests this mentality to the extreme]].
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Restored future of krogan species]]. Good reason to smile in face of death.
* HeadbuttingHeroes: Previously part of squad under Captain Kirrahe to deliver genophage modifications. Numerous disagreements on mission parameters. Repeatedly called each other '[[SophisticatedAsHell cloacas]]'. Earned respect by end of mission.
* HeroicBSOD: Upon discovering [[spoiler:pupil performed tests. Dangerous and reckless, even if misguided.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Third game, [[spoiler: salarian sabotage to Shroud revealed. Stay behind to fix it. Die in the process. *[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]* Conscience clear. Still... would like to have run tests on the seashells.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Subverted. Insists this repeatedly during loyalty mission. Obviously trying to convince self, not companions.
** Still resolute it was right action. Even against Shepard's best arguments. Invokes GreyAndGrayMorality. Actions not unjustified.
** Worth remembering alternative was genocide. "Save galaxy from krogan. Save krogan from galaxy."
** Also made peace with self after mission. Mind clear. Hands washed. No guilt. Free to focus on task at hand.
** Until [[spoiler: sequel. True guilt revealed... and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath again overcome.]]]]
* IllKillYou: [[spoiler:If Maelon spared after loyalty mission, made plain former student ''not'' forgiven. Will kill if ever encountered again.]]
* InsistentTerminology: Genophage sterility plague. ''Not'' murder.
* InsufferableGenius: Some hints of this. For example, when joining Crucible in ''3'': "Exciting atmosphere, galaxy's most brilliant minds working together towards common goal. Read their solutions to engineering problems on the way over. Looking forward to correcting them in person."
* IronicEcho: If survived [=ME2=], [[spoiler: can die while curing genophage in [=ME3=]]]. Uses same lines about how others would have gotten it wrong.
* {{Irony}}: For all claims of "It had to be me, someone else might have gotten it wrong" regarding Genophage, Padok Wix was able synthesize cure in case of death.
* IfItsYouItsOkay: No interest in Shepard romantically. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Fwa-OQ1ao If ever explored, Shepard optimal.]] Either sex. Ahem.
* ItsPersonal: Deliberately invoked in order to anthropomorphize fight against Collectors and Reapers.
-->'''Mordin:''' Hard to imagine galaxy. Too many people. Faceless. Statistics. Easy to depersonalize. Good when doing unpleasant work. For this fight, want personal connection. Can't anthropomorphize galaxy. But can think of favorite nephew. Fighting for him.
* {{Keet}}: Described as being like hamster on caffeine. Salarian metabolism much faster than most other species', but fast even for salarians.
* KickTheDog: Questions Paragon Shepard's willingness to spare batarians who threatened assistant, [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Rana_Thanoptis sketchy asari neurospecialist]] as well. Second chances noble, not pragmatic, open possibilities for future betrayals. Correct about Rana Thanoptis. Should have killed her.
* KilledMidSentence: "[[spoiler:[[DyingMomentOfAwesome I am the very model of a--]]]]" '''BOOM'''
* KillItWithIce: Uses omnitool to freeze enemies solid. [[HarmlessFreezing Thaw quickly]], but [[LiterallyShatteredLives bodies fragile]]!
* KillItWithFire: Uses omnitool to incinerate enemies. Incredibly deadly. "Flammable! Or inflammable? Forget which. Doesn't matter!" ([[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Same thing. Really doesn't matter.]])
* LampshadeHanging:
** Meeting Shepard for first time. Attempt to work out why Spectre is here. Renegade interrupt offered. If not taken Paragon interrupt suggested. On board ''Normandy'' third interrupt option available. ''[[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]]''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Allows Shepard to interrupt when heard enough.]]
** Alternatively, can ignore interrupts. Made up for with hilarious scene:
---> '''Shepard:''' Do you ever pause for breath?\\
'''Mordin:''' Sorry. I'll... try... to... slow... down. No-no-no. Can't do it. No time.
* LightIsGood: Wears white in keeping with doctoral nature. Also good. Help people. [[spoiler: Cure genophage]].
* TheLoad: Second game. Primary contribution to SuicideMission intellectual. [[spoiler:At Collector Base, poor choice for vent shafts and fire team, even if loyal. Also poor defense value for rearguard. Best assigned to escort surviving Normandy crew to safety.]]
* MadScientist: Not mad. Usually irritable. Sometimes affable.
* MadScientistLaboratory: Granted personal lab on ''Normandy''. Cerberus spared no expense. Removed by Alliance during ''Normandy'' retrofit. Pity. Medical Bay will have to suffice. Proves convenient by that time, however. After all, [[spoiler: working on genophage cure]].
* MajorGeneralSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-HgVM6JSIY "I am the very model of a scientist salarian."]]
** [[TheCastShowoff Voice actor had previous role]]. TV movie production of ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance''. Makes it funnier.
** In third game sings another version. Asari-vorcha crosses have allergy to dairy.
* TheMatchmaker: Tries to hook Eve up with Garrus. Scars, intelligence, aggression. Would've made good match for Eve. Eve declined repeatedly.
* MeasuringTheMarigolds: Planned to walk on beach, collect seashells on retirement. Shepard asserted would go crazy within hour. Amended plans to run tests on seashells.
* MercyKill: View effort to defeat Collectors as this. Protheans gone, Collectors just final insult.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Trope discussed. Galaxy too broad, too many people, too many variables. Impersonal. Can't fight for whole galaxy. Can picture favorite nephew; can fight for him.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Good but conflicted. Did what had to do. Necessary, but still regrets.
* MotorMouth: Speaks too fast when met in Omega. Can be halted with renegade interrupt. Can attempt to slow down, but incapable.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Mission important. Talking takes too long. At least one way to help people.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Horrified by personal work on genophage. Still feel it had to be done.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: Treats [[spoiler: work on genophage]] as this, though [[GoneHorriblyRight not failure]], strictly speaking. Justifies it incessantly. Had to be done. No other option. Only correct and logical course of action...
-->'''Mordin''': [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness I made a MISTAKE!]] Focused on big picture. Big picture made of little pictures. Too many variables!
* MySensorsIndicateYouWantToTapThat: Cross-species body language awkward; makes for easy misunderstandings. Movements of Shepard's lower eyelids suggestive by salarian standards. Good to clear air. Also identifies incumbent romantic relations between Shepard and love interests,; offers pertinent medical advice. Scandalized if Shepard views advice as being in jest.
* NeverTrustATrailer: Some fans confused initially. Felt Fight For The Lost trailers implied Mordin Creator/ClintEastwood style lone ranger. In game, [[MotorMouth quickly]] proven [[CombatMedic wrong.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Narrowly averted. Had cure ready for Joker's Vrolik Syndrome. Luckily double checked in middle of night. Discovered that humans do ''not'' have two livers! *''Sharp inhale''* Would have caused liver failure. Problematic.
** Paragon Shepard repeatedly insists this is the case with genophage modification project. Vehemently disagree! [[IDidWhatIHadToDo Had to be done!]]
* NightmareFetishist:
** Foremost expert in medicine and bioengineering in the galaxy. Knowledgeable of diseases, [[{{Squick}} sexually transmitted or otherwise]], of all major sapient races. Often muses about such diseases out loud. Also does experiments.
** Intrigue at squad's potential survival on Horizon present even if part of squad.
* NoodleIncident: Lethal proficiency with [[ImprobableWeaponUser farming equipment]]. Never explained until discovery of [[DownloadableContent Shadow Broker]] database; [[spoiler:Skinny salarian doctor killed charging krogan by driving pitchfork through head. Disappoints fans, who imagined combine harvester]].
* OddFriendship:
** With genophage-immune krogan female. Call her Eve. Part of reason wish to cure genophage.
** Also eventually establishes one with Wrex. [[spoiler: Is mourned by Wrex after dying for genophage cure.]]
--->'''Wrex:''' ''(approvingly)'' You've got a quad on you, Doctor! Keep her safe.
* OldSoldier: Elderly by salarian standards. Chronologically same age as Shepard. Find this amusing. Based partly on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-YqK3s7ivM older Clint Eastwood, in fact]].
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Primary focus biomedical. Constantly forays into other sciences. Mechanical expertise surprising. He ''is'' the very model of a scientist salarian. One exception: limited experience with security systems. [[spoiler: Assignment as Tech Specialist unwise]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Pausing while speaking. Long, complete statements. Use of first-person pronouns. All likely indicators of serious topics.
** [[spoiler:If Genophage is to be cured, this dialogue between him and Shepard before they part ways for good:]]
--->'''Shepard:''' I'm sorry, Mordin.\\
'''Mordin:''' [[spoiler:I'm not. [[CatchPhrase Had to be me... Someone else might have gotten it wrong]].]]
** [[spoiler:If genophage cure was to be sabotaged instead:]]
--->'''Mordin:''' [[spoiler:I made a ''mistake''!]] [[note]] Triply serious. Never admits mistakes. Or shouts. Or refers to self with first person pronouns[[/note]]
* PetTheDog: Loyalty mission. Packed with these moments. Notably [[spoiler:absolutely horrified at dead female krogan test subject. States that species doesn't matter. Acknowledges work as a cause]].
--> '''Shepard:''' I didn't expect you to be disturbed by the sight of a dead krogan.\\
'''Mordin:''' ''[surprised]'' What? Why? Because of genophage work? Irrelevant. No, ''causative''.
* TheProfessor: Nature of mission irrelevant. Know ''something'' about strange thing.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Dying while [[spoiler: curing genophage]] only redemption for [[spoiler: modifying it previously.]]
* RetiredBadass: Formerly served in special forces. Now doctor. Return to combat not a problem.
* {{Retirony}}:
** "Would have liked to run tests on the seashells."
** [[spoiler: In Extended Cut, if alive, spends final years finding the time to cure the genophage]].
* SacrificialLion: In third game. End of first story act, [[spoiler: first major character to die. Clear sign no-one else safe. *inhale* No-one. If killed by Shepard, good sign of how far they have fallen]].
* ScienceHero: Uses vast scientific knowledge to help Shepard against both Collectors and Reapers.
* SeenItAll: Has encountered much in the galaxy. Little surprise. Reaction to [[spoiler: Javik: "Ah, a Prothean. Excellent."]]
* SelfDemonstratingArticle: Terse talker. Speaks in sentence fragments. Emulated in this character trope list.
* SelfInsertFic: Enjoys writing them.
-->'''Mordin:''' Broke Omega's one rule, in more ways than one.[[note]]That is, "Don't fuck with Aria."[[/note]]
* SherlockScan: Good at analysis. Displayed when first met Shepard. Deduces Cerberus affiliation even if not explicitly stated. Recognizes EDI as AI just as quickly.
* ShipperOnDeck: Ready to offer [[TheTalk medical advice]] for Shepard and their romantic partner. Available to offer gels and instruction manuals for possible cross-species intercourse.
** Admits worries about implications of [[RoboShip Joker/EDI]], however.
** Knew that krogan females find scars attractive. Tried to set "Eve" up with Garrus Vakarian. Apparently she wasn't interested. Will do this even if Shepard in relationship with Garrus. Awkward.
* ShootTheDog:
** Has no problem killing one person. To save ten others, of course. [[spoiler:Even created new strain of genophage. Krogan adapted to previous one.]] Does feel regretful about the latter. Started clinic to atone. All life precious.
--->'''Mordin:''' Lots of ways to help people. Sometimes heal patients; sometimes execute dangerous people. Either way helps.
** Also at end of loyalty mission. [[spoiler:Discover former STG agent curing genophage. Must be killed]]. Can be stopped with Paragon interrupt.
--->'''Mordin:''' No! Not a [[spoiler:murderer]]. Thank you, Shepard.
** [[spoiler: Possibly on receiving end in third game. If not convinced to go along with sabotage, Renegade Shepard forced to shoot him to stop genophage cure]].
* SilverFox: In final decade of life. Considered attractive by salarian standards. Especially by other species. Receive come-ons ''constantly''.
* TheSmartGuy: Runs tech lab. Cannot purchase upgrades without him aboard.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Noted in Shadow Broker Dossier. Example adequate:
--> "''Specialist Solus suggests Commander Kirrahe has a foreign object in his cloaca[[note]]he has a stick up his ass.[[/note]] [...] suggests that cloacal obstruction is in fact Kirrahe's cranium.[[note]] he has his head up his ass.[[/note]]''"
* TheSpock: Usually goes with more logical path. Belief in killing those who present themselves as threat. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] during Loyalty mission. [[spoiler: Genophage involvement becomes source of conflict]].
* SquishyWizard:
** Skills quite useful in combat, but shields and health quite weak. Survival requires support.
** Despite special forces training and career, implied to possess weakest combat capabilities of any of the ground team. [[spoiler: Lowest combat score and survival priority of any loyal teammate in holding the line against the Collectors. Lower than even Jack and Tali, who both are specialized at fighting enemies other than Collectors. Escorted duty recommended. Alternately, take to final confrontation. Tech abilities effective against armored targets. Collector forces feature many armored opponents. If loyal, will definitely survive if taken with Shepard.]]
* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Obviously]]. Speaks mainly in sentence fragments, never uses first-person pronouns. [[spoiler:Possible defence mechanism to avoid taking responsibility for genophage enhancements - only breaks established pattern when admitting own mistakes.]]
* StupidGood: Third game, if [[spoiler:Wrex and Eve dead. Blinded by need to atone for genophage enhancements. Unable to see threat Wreav would pose without genophage or Eve to keep in check unless Shepard provide wake-up call.]]
* SuddenlyShouting: Third game. Rare loss of emotional control in regards to genophage enhancements.
-->''"I MADE A MISTAKE!!!"''
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Urdnot Wreav. Mutual dislike obvious. Cooperation necessity for curing Genophage. Payback acquired during tissue sample collection.
-->'''Wreav:''' He failed to mention how he was gonna take his tissue sample. This ship doesn't have enough painkillers for where he cut me!
* TheTalk:
** Shown [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAP92rvm1hQ here]], on InterspeciesRomance. Try not to "ingest". Offers for all romances. Promises to "probe" Jacob/Miranda. Cerberus could have bugs ''anywhere''...
** Third game takes this step further. Offers [[spoiler: Joker]] advice on proposed [[spoiler: {{robosexual}} liaison with EDI.]] All part of profession.
* {{Technobabble}}: Constantly. Combines with TerseTalker, MotorMouth. Some complain of difficulty understanding. Get doctorate! Have real conversation!
* TerseTalker: Talks fast and short. [[MotorMouth First part natural to salarians]]. Second part peculiar to himself. Likes TechnoBabble dialogue. Always ThinkingOutLoud. Reading SelfDemonstratingArticle right now. *[[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]* May help you understand.
* ThinkingOutLoud: Constantly. Annoying to krogan female in ''3''.
-->'''Mordin:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMA6F4-YAfw Who's that?]] Pilot? No. Synthesized voice. Simulated emotional inflections. Could it be... no. Maybe. Have to ask. Is that an AI?
* TooMuchInformation: Gives scientific advice on interspecies sex before even asked. Provides helpful booklet of diagrams, exercises, inventive activities. Also advises against oral contact with Drell skin (may cause mild hallucinations) or ingestion of Turian tissue (may cause anaphylactic shock).
* UnderestimatingBadassery: "Advantage of being salarian. Turians, krogan, vorcha, all obvious threats. Never see me coming."
* UnfinishedUntestedUsedAnyway: Make no mistake. Brilliant scientist. Not perfect, though. Seeker swarm countermeasure developed hastily. Tested only on Horizon.
--> '''Shepard:''' We're groundside. Mordin, you sure those armor upgrades will protect us from the seeker swarms?\\
'''Mordin:''' Certainty impossible. But in limited numbers, should confuse detection, make us invisible to swarms. In theory.\\
'''Squadmate:''' In theory?\\
'''Mordin:''' Experimental technology. Only test is contact with seeker swarms. Look forward to seeing if you/we survive!
* UnwantedHarem:
** Found attractive by many species. Bemused at this. Saved many lives. May be desire for GladToBeAliveSex with savior.
** "If wanted to try human, would try [[[DudeMagnet Shepard]]]." Shepard's sex irrelevant.
* UtilityPartyMember: No non-combat gameplay skills in series, but still fits role aboard ''Normandy''. Mediocre squadmate, barely useful in SuicideMission. However, technical expertise useful for combat and ship upgrades, and for seeker swarm countermeasure vital to surviving on Horizon.
* VerbalTic: [[TerseTalker Talks in sentence fragments]], [[ThinkingOutLoud thinks aloud]], TechnoBabble, answers own questions, OneLiner, [[MotorMouth No time to breathe]], [[WeAreAsMayflies Salarians Are As Mayflies]], [[PlanetOfHats entire race]] {{Workaholic}}s, *sharp inhale*... [[TheDeterminator work even harder]].
** Must note. No other salarians share tic. Unique to Mordin.
** Refers to self with first-person pronouns ''very'' rarely unless singing, mostly when statements would be nonsensical without an "I". Usually can, does avoid it. [[spoiler: Happens if Shepard questions decision to cure genophage after working on it for so long.]]
---> [[spoiler: '''Mordin''': I made a ''MISTAKE!'']]
* VitriolicBestBuds:
** Mutual respect, mutually derogatory banter with Kirrahe evident in STG mission report, spent whole time referring to the other as a cloaca. Mocks Kirrahe's constant [[RousingSpeech "Hold the line" speeches]], nevertheless has deep respect for former captain.
** Friendship with Shepard has aspects of this. Mutually respect each other. However, recognise Shepard often becomes exasperated with salarian thought process. Permit them to interrupt when they've heard enough.
* WeAreAsMayflies: Inverted. Salarian lifespans much shorter than human ones. He himself already 30. Human equivalent 116.[[note]]Humans in setting can live to be 150. Modern human equivalent: late 70s.[[/note]] Will die soon, even if survive suicide mission [[spoiler: and Tuchanka arc in ''3'']].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Believes past actions necessary. Feels guilty regardless.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Invoked. Would have liked to run tests on the seashells planned on collecting.
* WhatTheHellHero: In the third game, [[spoiler:realizes that genophage cure was sabotaged. Also that Shepard knew, said nothing]].
* TheWonka: [[ThinkingOutLoud Thinks out loud]]. [[CloudCuckooLander Mental processes seemingly random]]. {{Techno Babble}}s constantly. Described as "Hamster on coffee".
* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: Absolutely refuses to admit that Genophage was a slow genocide in second game. Eventually realizes being wrong in third game.
* XMarksTheHero: Apparently received scar from krogan killed with pitchfork. Ruined right cranial horn.
* YouNoTakeCandle: ''Obviously'' highly intelligent -- infinitives waste time!
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''Twenty Five Twenty One'' (orig. ''스물다섯 스물하나'') is a 2022 KoreanSeries. It is listed as a Creator/{{Netflix}} original outside of Korea.
In 1998, during the midst of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, high school fencer Na Hee-do struggles through difficulties to become a member of the South Korean National Fencing Team. Meanwhile, Baek Yi-jin lands from RichesToRags when his father's business goes bankrupt, leading him to work several odd jobs and eventually become a respected reporter.
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!! This series contains examples of:
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Hee-do and Yi-jin are not together in the present day, due to their breakup. Hee-do marries someone else, while Yi-jin's love life (or lack thereof) is left unmentioned.]]
* ForeignCorrespondent: Yi-jin takes on a reporting position in the United States...[[spoiler:right before 9/11 happens. The ensuing fallout means he stays for longer than anticipated, placing pressure on his mental state and his relationship with Hee-do.]]
* FramingDevice: The narrative taking place in the present day centers around Hee-do's daughter, Kim Min-chae discovering her mother's diary. The bulk of the story takes place during Hee-do and Yi-jin's youth, with the occasional cut to Min-chae's reaction and struggles with her not feeling like she is fit for ballet.
* FriendlyRival: Hee-do and Ko Yu-rim go from being bitter enemies after the gold medal media fracas to being very close friends after Hee-do [[spoiler:defends Yu-rim from bullying and they reveal to each other that they are [[UnseenPenPal Injeolmi and Ryder37]].]] Of course, since they are fellow fencers jockeying for fame and glory, they have to compete against each other and still refer to the other person as a rival.
* NaturalizedName: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becomes known as Julia Ko after changing her nationality to Russian.]]
* PairTheSpares: [[spoiler:Seung-wan, the only main character without a love interest, goes on a date with Yi-jin's brother, Yi-hyun, in the final episode.]]
* PersonaNonGrata: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becoming a Russian citizen is not taken well by the Korean public, with her public reception taking a 180 degree turn. Exemplified when a restaurant server takes Hee-do's order but refuses to acknowledge Yu-rim. However, in the years that pass, the harsh opinions eventually wear down.]]
* PlatonicLifePartners: Moon Ji-woong and Ji Seung-wan are very close friends and protective of each other, but there are no ShipTease moments between them, as Ji-woong only has eyes for Yu-rim and Seung-wan [[spoiler:gets paired with Yi-hyun in the ending.]]
* TheRival: Yu-rim and Hee-do are each other's greatest rival. Hee-do starts off as a fan of Yu-rim, but eventually has to compete with her and [[spoiler: surpasses her in a practice bout. For Yu-rim, it started much earlier when Hee-do bested her in a tournament when they were children (Hee-do had no memory of this).]]
* UnseenPenPal: Hee-do, under the internet handle [=Ryder37=], chats with her online friend Injeolmi about her trials and tribulations, usually complaining about her mom or Yu-rim without naming names. [[spoiler:Injeolmi is revealed to be Yu-rim, and TheReveal over their identities is what causes the two of them to reconcile.]]
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Hee-do resents her mother for what she perceives as prioritizing her job as a reporter over family time, which went as far as [[spoiler:Hee-do being all alone at her father's funeral while her mother reported on breaking news.]]
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[[folder:Xie Zhi Qi CM effortpost WIP]]
'''What is the work?'''
''Someday or One Day'' is a Taiwanese TimeTravelRomance mystery series. Set in 2019, it's about a woman, Huang Yu Xuan, mourning her boyfriend, Wang Quan Sheng. One day she mysteriously receives an old Walkman, which, when listening to Wu Bai's "Last Dance", allows her to travel back in time. Then, she wakes up in a hospital to the sight of Quan Sheng's face. However, she realizes that the boy in front of her is not Wang Quan Sheng. She has [[MentalTimeTravel traveled to 1998]] in the body of [[IdenticalStranger high school student Chen Yun Ru, and the boy she mistook for Quan Sheng is called Li Zi Wei]]. Yu Xuan must unravel the mysteries of why she has went back in time, whether there is any greater meaning in Quan Sheng and Zi Wei's identical appearances, and what really landed Yun Ru in the hospital.
'''Who is the candidate and what have they done?'''
Xie Zhi Qi is initially introduced as Yu Xuan's psychiatrist and presented as a one-off character. However, he is much more than that.
Zhi Qi's next appearance is actually [[FamilialBodySnatcher that of his older brother and class monitor Xie Zhong Ru]] (at this point, no one, including the audience, knows of the FamilialBodySnatcher). He is first seen purchasing class pictures of Yun Ru. When looking at them, he sports a PsychoticSmirk.
Later on, Cai Wen Rou, a classmate jealous of Yu Xuan/Yan Ru for always being around Zi Wei, takes pictures of Yan Ru changing for gym class and sneaks in the school at night with her friends to plaster them on the bulletin board to humiliate her. When she does so, she is [[DisproportionateRetribution nabbed by Zhong Ru, gagged, and tied to a chair, where he kills her by injection of ethyl bromoacetate.]]
The next time Zhi Qi is seen (that isn't him in Zhong Ru's body) is when he is told the full details of what is going on by Yu Xuan. He then enters her house for the pretense of checking in on her and discussing his older brother, but attacks and drugs her to unconsciousness and listens to the Walkman, going to Zhong Ru's body. There the events of 1998 are shown from his view - he bottles an ant in a jar, killing it, simply saying that it's a speciman, takes his younger self to a bound and tied up Wen Rou and has him watch while he murders her, [[StableTimeLoop assuring that his younger self will grow up to be twisted]], and [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbates to Yan Ru's photos]].
When he is interrupted by a worried Zi Wei, he flees with the Walkman but is pursued, eventually killing Zi Wei. He continues using the Walkman back at home to control Zhong Ru.
In the end, Yun Ru doesn't resist when he tries to kill her, but the police break-in interrupts Zhi Qi, leading Zhong Ru regaining control over his body and hastily fleeing in shock. When Zhi Qi is arrested, he smashes the Walkman so Yu Xuan can't travel back in time. His last spoken words (chronologically) are when he is taken to his cell by the police, saying that it's really Yu Xuan that caused Yun Ru's death, not himself, in order to shake her resolve.
'''Do they have any Mitigating Factors or FreudianExcuse?'''
No, he has no such excuses; he's presented as vile from his childhood (his mom mentions his [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals murder of a cat]] though this is not presented onscreen), though that isn't helped by his future self (inhabiting Zhong Ru's body) encouraging his tendencies. He doesn't seem to care about his family, as his future self dismisses mom's words, tells his younger self not to care, and he treats Zhong Ru as a convenient shell that can be discarded and take the blame. His "love" for Yun Ru is wholly perverse obsession and lust rather than the love exhibited by everyone else towards their love interests. While his last remark about Yun Ru isn't exactly wrong, it's played as a "kick Yu Xuan when she's mourning her boyfriend, who was presumed dead, for the second time" moment more than "oh, he actually does care about Yun Ru."
'''Do they meet the Heinousness Standard?'''
Yes. For the heinous actions committed by other people, we have:
* Homophobic bullying that leads to the suicide of a queer teenager, done by bullies who are more or less satellite plot devices and do not appear outside of the episode that depicts this act.
* Wen Rou puts up pictures of Yun Ru changing for gym class on the school bulletin board to humiliate her out of jealousy and anger from rejection. While she is an AlphaBitch ClingyJealousGirl, her death is played for all its horror and a disproportionate fate compared to what she actually did in the story..
* Yun Ru shutting Yu Xuan out of Yun Ru's body after witnessing how everyone (including her crush Zi Wei) likes her better when Yu Xuan was in control of her, to the point where she doesn't even try to stop Zhi Qi/Zhong Ru even knowing that in the future Zi Wei will die. However, Yun Ru has undergone an IdentityBreakdown, is suicidally depressed, and is still presented sympathetically through all this.
While these acts are all various degrees of bad, Zhi Qi's body count, explicit lack of remorse, framing as unsympathetic all the way through. Furthermore, the pleasure he takes from stalking and seeing his kills as "specimens" place him on a tier above the rest in vileness.
'''Final Verdict?'''
Yes, he does.
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'''What is the work?'''
''Someday or One Day'' is a Taiwanese TimeTravelRomance mystery series. Set in 2019, it's about a woman, Huang Yu Xuan, mourning her boyfriend, Wang Quan Sheng. One day she mysteriously receives an old Walkman, which, when listening to Wu Bai's "Last Dance", allows her to travel back in time. Then, she wakes up in a hospital to the sight of Quan Sheng's face. However, she realizes that the boy in front of her is not Wang Quan Sheng. She has [[MentalTimeTravel traveled to 1998]] in the body of [[IdenticalStranger high school student Chen Yun Ru, and the boy she mistook for Quan Sheng is called Li Zi Wei]]. Yu Xuan must unravel the mysteries of why she has went back in time, whether there is any greater meaning in Quan Sheng and Zi Wei's identical appearances, and what really landed Yun Ru in the hospital.
'''Who is the candidate and what have they done?'''
Xie Zhi Qi is initially introduced as Yu Xuan's psychiatrist and presented as a one-off character. However, he is much more than that.
Zhi Qi's next appearance is actually [[FamilialBodySnatcher that of his older brother and class monitor Xie Zhong Ru]] (at this point, no one, including the audience, knows of the FamilialBodySnatcher). He is first seen purchasing class pictures of Yun Ru. When looking at them, he sports a PsychoticSmirk.
Later on, Cai Wen Rou, a classmate jealous of Yu Xuan/Yan Ru for always being around Zi Wei, takes pictures of Yan Ru changing for gym class and sneaks in the school at night with her friends to plaster them on the bulletin board to humiliate her. When she does so, she is [[DisproportionateRetribution nabbed by Zhong Ru, gagged, and tied to a chair, where he kills her by injection of ethyl bromoacetate.]]
The next time Zhi Qi is seen (that isn't him in Zhong Ru's body) is when he is told the full details of what is going on by Yu Xuan. He then enters her house for the pretense of checking in on her and discussing his older brother, but attacks and drugs her to unconsciousness and listens to the Walkman, going to Zhong Ru's body. There the events of 1998 are shown from his view - he bottles an ant in a jar, killing it, simply saying that it's a speciman, takes his younger self to a bound and tied up Wen Rou and has him watch while he murders her, [[StableTimeLoop assuring that his younger self will grow up to be twisted]], and [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbates to Yan Ru's photos]].
When he is interrupted by a worried Zi Wei, he flees with the Walkman but is pursued, eventually killing Zi Wei. He continues using the Walkman back at home to control Zhong Ru.
In the end, Yun Ru doesn't resist when he tries to kill her, but the police break-in interrupts Zhi Qi, leading Zhong Ru regaining control over his body and hastily fleeing in shock. When Zhi Qi is arrested, he smashes the Walkman so Yu Xuan can't travel back in time. His last spoken words (chronologically) are when he is taken to his cell by the police, saying that it's really Yu Xuan that caused Yun Ru's death, not himself, in order to shake her resolve.
'''Do they have any Mitigating Factors or FreudianExcuse?'''
No, he has no such excuses; he's presented as vile from his childhood (his mom mentions his [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals murder of a cat]] though this is not presented onscreen), though that isn't helped by his future self (inhabiting Zhong Ru's body) encouraging his tendencies. He doesn't seem to care about his family, as his future self dismisses mom's words, tells his younger self not to care, and he treats Zhong Ru as a convenient shell that can be discarded and take the blame. His "love" for Yun Ru is wholly perverse obsession and lust rather than the love exhibited by everyone else towards their love interests. While his last remark about Yun Ru isn't exactly wrong, it's played as a "kick Yu Xuan when she's mourning her boyfriend, who was presumed dead, for the second time" moment more than "oh, he actually does care about Yun Ru."
'''Do they meet the Heinousness Standard?'''
Yes. For the heinous actions committed by other people, we have:
* Homophobic bullying that leads to the suicide of a queer teenager, done by bullies who are more or less satellite plot devices and do not appear outside of the episode that depicts this act.
* Wen Rou puts up pictures of Yun Ru changing for gym class on the school bulletin board to humiliate her out of jealousy and anger from rejection. While she is an AlphaBitch ClingyJealousGirl, her death is played for all its horror and a disproportionate fate compared to what she actually did in the story..
* Yun Ru shutting Yu Xuan out of Yun Ru's body after witnessing how everyone (including her crush Zi Wei) likes her better when Yu Xuan was in control of her, to the point where she doesn't even try to stop Zhi Qi/Zhong Ru even knowing that in the future Zi Wei will die. However, Yun Ru has undergone an IdentityBreakdown, is suicidally depressed, and is still presented sympathetically through all this.
While these acts are all various degrees of bad, Zhi Qi's body count, explicit lack of remorse, framing as unsympathetic all the way through. Furthermore, the pleasure he takes from stalking and seeing his kills as "specimens" place him on a tier above the rest in vileness.
'''Final Verdict?'''
Yes, he does.
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* FriendlyRival: Hee-do and Ko Yu-rim go from being bitter enemies after the gold medal media fracas to being very close friends after Hee-do defends Yu-rim from bullying and they reveal to each other that they are [[UnseenPenPal Injeolmi and Ryder37]]. Of course, since they are fellow fencers jockeying for fame and glory, they have to compete against each other and still refer to the other person as a rival.
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* UnseenPenPal: Hee-do, under the internet handle Ryder37, [=Ryder37=], chats with her online friend Injeolmi about her trials and tribulations, usually complaining about her mom or Yu-rim without naming names. [[spoiler:Injeolmi is revealed to be Yu-rim, and TheReveal over their identities is what causes the two of them to reconcile.]]
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In 1998, during the midst of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, high school fencer Na Hee-do struggles through difficulties to become a member of the South Korean National Fencing Team. Meanwhile, Baek Yi-jin lands from RichesToRags when his father's business goes bankrupt, leading him to work in the newspaper industry several odd jobs and eventually become a sports respected reporter.
* ForeignCorrespondent: Yi-jin takes on a reporting position in the United States...[[spoiler:right before 9/11 happens. The ensuing fallout means he stays for longer than anticipated, placing pressure on his mental state and his relationship with Hee-do.]]
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* NaturalizedName: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becomes known as Julia Ko after changing her nationality to Russian.]]
* PersonaNonGrata:[[spoiler:Ko Yu-rim [[spoiler:Yu-rim becoming a Russian citizen is not taken well by the Korean public, with her public reception taking a 180 degree turn. Exemplified when a restaurant server takes Hee-do's order but refuses to acknowledge Yu-rim. However, in the years that pass, the harsh opinions eventually wear down.]]
* TheRival:Ko Yu-rim and Hee-do are each other's greatest rival. Hee-do starts off as a fan of Yu-rim, whom but eventually has to compete with her and [[spoiler: surpasses her in a practice bout. For Yu-rim, it started much earlier when Hee-do bested her in a tournament when they were children (Hee-do had no memory of this).]]
* UnseenPenPal: Hee-do, under the internet handle Ryder37, chats with her online friend Injeolmi about her trials and tribulations, usually complaining about her mom or Yu-rim without naming names. [[spoiler:Injeolmi is revealed to be Yu-rim, and TheReveal over their identities is what causes the two of them to reconcile.]]
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Hee-do resents her mother for what she perceives as prioritizing her job as afan ofreporter over family time, which went as far as [[spoiler:Hee-do being all alone at her father's funeral while her mother reported on breaking news.]]
* NaturalizedName: [[spoiler:Yu-rim becomes known as Julia Ko after changing her nationality to Russian.]]
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* UnseenPenPal: Hee-do, under the internet handle Ryder37, chats with her online friend Injeolmi about her trials and tribulations, usually complaining about her mom or Yu-rim without naming names. [[spoiler:Injeolmi is revealed to be Yu-rim, and TheReveal over their identities is what causes the two of them to reconcile.]]
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Hee-do resents her mother for what she perceives as prioritizing her job as a
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* FramingDevice: The narrative taking place in the present day centers around Hee-do's daughter, Kim Min-chae discovering her mother's diary. The bulk of the story takes place during Hee-do and Yi-jin's youth, with the occasional cut to Min-chae's reaction and struggles with her not feeling like she is fit for ballet.
* PersonaNonGrata: [[spoiler:Ko Yu-rim becoming a Russian citizen is not taken well by the Korean public, with her public reception taking a 180 degree turn. Exemplified when a restaurant server takes Hee-do's order but refuses to acknowledge Yu-rim. However, in the years that pass, the harsh opinions eventually wear down.]]
* TheRival: Ko Yu-rim, whom Hee-do is a fan of
* FramingDevice: The narrative taking place in the present day centers around Hee-do's daughter, Kim Min-chae discovering her mother's diary. The bulk of the story takes place during Hee-do and Yi-jin's youth, with the occasional cut to Min-chae's reaction and struggles with her not feeling like she is fit for ballet.
* PersonaNonGrata: [[spoiler:Ko Yu-rim becoming a Russian citizen is not taken well by the Korean public, with her public reception taking a 180 degree turn. Exemplified when a restaurant server takes Hee-do's order but refuses to acknowledge Yu-rim. However, in the years that pass, the harsh opinions eventually wear down.]]
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''The Lion's Song'' is an {{Episodic|Game}} PointAndClickAdventure IndieGame by Austrian developer Mi'pu'mi Games, taking place in 20th century Austria.
The game contains four episodes released from 2016 to 2017, each with different protagonists: Wilma Doerfl, a composer, Franz Markert, a painter, Emma Recniczek, a mathematician, and Albert Vogl, an aspiring writer.
The first episode, "Silence", follows Wilma, who is a rising star in Vienna's world of music. The stress of success and writer's block is beginning to get to her, and her mentor, Arthur Caban, gifts her with a trip to his cabin in the Alps. However, when she arrives, she reads a letter from Caban about him booking a concert showing off her new composition. Wilma must do all she can to finish her work, but a storm in the Alps and her own personal demons come to haunt her in the process.
The second episode, "Anthology" focuses on Franz, an up-and-coming artist whose paintings are renowned for getting into the deepest depths of a person's soul. Franz can see the hidden layers of people, and uses those to determine who he paints. But a harsh critic challenges his perceptions over what is "real", his health problems begin to creep up on him, and he is in despair over the fact that he cannot see his own layers, and what that tells about his own character.
Episode 3, "Derivation" features Emma, who has been humiliated and laughed at from an exclusive, all-male math society, The Radius, for attempting to talk about mathematics with them. After this incident and her father's passing from tuberculosis, she gets the idea of disguising herself as a man, Emil, and infiltrating the Radius. As she gets closer to and impresses the members of the Radius and her upstairs neighbor, can she keep her secret?
"Closure," the final episode, features a man on a train and his three traveling companions. From talking to them, he finds out their connections to Wilma, Franz, and Emma/Emil, giving insight into what they were like from an outsider's perspective, and what they did before and/or after the events of the episodes they were playable in.
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''The Lion's Song'' is an {{Episodic|Game}} PointAndClickAdventure IndieGame by Austrian developer Mi'pu'mi Games, taking place in 20th century Austria.
The game contains four episodes released from 2016 to 2017, each with different protagonists: Wilma Doerfl, a composer, Franz Markert, a painter, Emma Recniczek, a mathematician, and Albert Vogl, an aspiring writer.
The first episode, "Silence", follows Wilma, who is a rising star in Vienna's world of music. The stress of success and writer's block is beginning to get to her, and her mentor, Arthur Caban, gifts her with a trip to his cabin in the Alps. However, when she arrives, she reads a letter from Caban about him booking a concert showing off her new composition. Wilma must do all she can to finish her work, but a storm in the Alps and her own personal demons come to haunt her in the process.
The second episode, "Anthology" focuses on Franz, an up-and-coming artist whose paintings are renowned for getting into the deepest depths of a person's soul. Franz can see the hidden layers of people, and uses those to determine who he paints. But a harsh critic challenges his perceptions over what is "real", his health problems begin to creep up on him, and he is in despair over the fact that he cannot see his own layers, and what that tells about his own character.
Episode 3, "Derivation" features Emma, who has been humiliated and laughed at from an exclusive, all-male math society, The Radius, for attempting to talk about mathematics with them. After this incident and her father's passing from tuberculosis, she gets the idea of disguising herself as a man, Emil, and infiltrating the Radius. As she gets closer to and impresses the members of the Radius and her upstairs neighbor, can she keep her secret?
"Closure," the final episode, features a man on a train and his three traveling companions. From talking to them, he finds out their connections to Wilma, Franz, and Emma/Emil, giving insight into what they were like from an outsider's perspective, and what they did before and/or after the events of the episodes they were playable in.
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''The Lion's Song''
''Twenty Five Twenty One'' (orig. ''스물다섯 스물하나'') is
The game contains four episodes released
In 1998, during the midst of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, high school fencer Na Hee-do struggles through difficulties to become a member of the South Korean National Fencing Team. Meanwhile, Baek Yi-jin lands from
The first episode, "Silence", follows Wilma, who is a rising star in Vienna's world of music. The stress of success and writer's block is beginning to get to her, and her mentor, Arthur Caban, gifts her with a trip to his cabin in the Alps. However,
The second episode, "Anthology" focuses on Franz, an up-and-coming artist whose paintings are renowned for getting into the deepest depths of a person's soul. Franz can see the hidden layers of people, and uses those to determine who he paints. But a harsh critic challenges
Episode 3, "Derivation" features Emma, who has been humiliated and laughed at from an exclusive, all-male math society, The Radius, for attempting to talk about mathematics with them. After this incident and her
"Closure," the final episode, features
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!! This game contains examples of:
* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Whether Emma disguising herself as Emil Schell is simply crossdressing to get around society's restrictions about gender roles or indicative of being a UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} man or non-binary is up to player interpretation.
* AttractiveBentGender: Downplayed. Emil's attractiveness is commented on by Nikol, who states 'he' is an extremely handsome man. If the player clicks on the quarreling couple in the cafe, Emil notes that the woman is winking at him. Other than that, it plays no role in the story.
* BittersweetEnding: Wilma, Franz and Emma can become successful and happy in their professions. [[spoiler: However, World War I breaks out, Wilma's brother Otto can potentially die, and the game always ends on a somber note mentioning the death toll of the war.]]
* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Episode 3 is all about Emma's trials and tribulations as a female mathematician. At the beginning of the episode she is laughed out of the Radius when she attempts to present her theory, forcing her to take a male identity. At the end, [[spoiler:she attains fame after debating Zahler about her thesis and starts teaching at a university under her assigned gender at birth.]]
* CompassionateCritic: Grete Lawnicak is Franz's harshest critic but cares about having him improve his work and is genuinely concerned for his welfare, telling him to go see a doctor when he tells her about his blackouts.
* CoolTeacher: Professor [[spoiler:Recniczek]] is liked by most of the class for making math approachable, telling great jokes, and encouraging individual students in their efforts.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: If the player opts to TurnTheOtherCheek and respect Zahler's efforts in the debate, he and Emma will reconcile and become colleagues,
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: It is made abundantly clear in episode 3 what the gender roles and expectations in 1900-10s Austria was like in contrast to the present by showing the [[BreakingTheGlassCeiling protagonist's goals]] and [[SweetPollyOliver method to achieve them]], while the vast majority of the male characters oppose her.
* DrivenByEnvy: Emil's achievements in the Radius's weekly challenges and growing respect among the rest of the members angers Zahler, the leader of the group, who focuses his attention on who he perceives as an interloper. In response Zahler dismisses Emil's thesis, swears to his (sick and unconscious) sister that he will "destroy him" and goes as far to find out where Emil lives [[spoiler:(finding out Emil/Emma's [[SweetPollyOliver secret]] in the process)]] before challenging him to a debate where he aims to completely disprove the theory and ruin his reputation.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Real figures prominent during the Austrian cultural scene, like Creator/GustavKlimt and UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud, show up and play various roles in the plot, such as Klimt being a mentor figure for Franz.
* MadArtist: Franz can see into the layers of people, and can make portraits that show off the personality traits of their selves, but he is tormented with blackouts, exhaustion, and despair that he cannot see his own layers. Eventually it gets so bad that he pays a visit to Freud for psychiatric help. [[spoiler: In the very end of episode 2, he discovers that in his blackouts, he has been painting his own layers. Despite the painting being in his studio, it is implied that he is disassociating so hard that he does not even notice its presence until the end.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: None of the characters ages are stated but [[TeacherStudentRomance Wilma and Caban]] are a possible pairing. When they first met, Wilma is not yet an adult, and in Episode 1 he looks noticeably older than her.
* MissingTime: After Franz paints his models, he always blacks out afterwards and reawakens in his studio, late in the night, with no memory of what happened.
* ModularEpilogue: The ending of the game is, effectively, a stitched-together slideshow of pictures and text relating [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue what happened to the protagonists of episodes 1-3 and the three men Bert talked to on the train]] based on the choices players made throughout the game.
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo:
** Both inverted and played straight. In episode 2, Franz can meet Emil and paint him. In episode 3, where Emil is the protagonist, the scene will play out from their point of view rather than Franz's.
** Episode 4 contains cameos from all three of the previous protagonists, as Bert talks to people who were close to them (or, in the case of Paul, close enough to observe/obsess over Franz) and they flashback to times when they were influenced by the previous PlayerCharacters.
* SignificantNameShift: If Franz wins Grete's affections, she will tell him to call him Grete instead of Fraulein Lawnicak.
* StraightGay: There are no clear hints or CampGay traits in Nenner's personality and/or physical appearance that indicates his sexuality, only subtle lines of dialogue relating to his feelings for Emil and having "unnatural" thoughts.
* SweetPollyOliver: Emma disguises herself as a man to get into The Radius, a mathematical society, to present her theory at a time when women in math were almost unheard of.
* TeacherStudentRomance: Wilma's crush on her music teacher, Caban, is present by default but player choice determines whether or not she pursues him and wins his affections.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No mention is made of Bert in the epilogue, despite the ending slideshows depicting the fates of his traveling companions and being a PlayerCharacter in Episode 4.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The end of episode 4 reveals what happens to [[PlayerCharacter Wilma, Franz, Emma]], Otto, Paul, and Thedor and the effects player choices have on them.
* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Whether Emma disguising herself as Emil Schell is simply crossdressing to get around society's restrictions about gender roles or indicative of being a UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} man or non-binary is up to player interpretation.
* AttractiveBentGender: Downplayed. Emil's attractiveness is commented on by Nikol, who states 'he' is an extremely handsome man. If the player clicks on the quarreling couple in the cafe, Emil notes that the woman is winking at him. Other than that, it plays no role in the story.
* BittersweetEnding: Wilma, Franz and Emma can become successful and happy in their professions. [[spoiler: However, World War I breaks out, Wilma's brother Otto can potentially die, and the game always ends on a somber note mentioning the death toll of the war.]]
* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Episode 3 is all about Emma's trials and tribulations as a female mathematician. At the beginning of the episode she is laughed out of the Radius when she attempts to present her theory, forcing her to take a male identity. At the end, [[spoiler:she attains fame after debating Zahler about her thesis and starts teaching at a university under her assigned gender at birth.]]
* CompassionateCritic: Grete Lawnicak is Franz's harshest critic but cares about having him improve his work and is genuinely concerned for his welfare, telling him to go see a doctor when he tells her about his blackouts.
* CoolTeacher: Professor [[spoiler:Recniczek]] is liked by most of the class for making math approachable, telling great jokes, and encouraging individual students in their efforts.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: If the player opts to TurnTheOtherCheek and respect Zahler's efforts in the debate, he and Emma will reconcile and become colleagues,
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: It is made abundantly clear in episode 3 what the gender roles and expectations in 1900-10s Austria was like in contrast to the present by showing the [[BreakingTheGlassCeiling protagonist's goals]] and [[SweetPollyOliver method to achieve them]], while the vast majority of the male characters oppose her.
* DrivenByEnvy: Emil's achievements in the Radius's weekly challenges and growing respect among the rest of the members angers Zahler, the leader of the group, who focuses his attention on who he perceives as an interloper. In response Zahler dismisses Emil's thesis, swears to his (sick and unconscious) sister that he will "destroy him" and goes as far to find out where Emil lives [[spoiler:(finding out Emil/Emma's [[SweetPollyOliver secret]] in the process)]] before challenging him to a debate where he aims to completely disprove the theory and ruin his reputation.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Real figures prominent during the Austrian cultural scene, like Creator/GustavKlimt and UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud, show up and play various roles in the plot, such as Klimt being a mentor figure for Franz.
* MadArtist: Franz can see into the layers of people, and can make portraits that show off the personality traits of their selves, but he is tormented with blackouts, exhaustion, and despair that he cannot see his own layers. Eventually it gets so bad that he pays a visit to Freud for psychiatric help. [[spoiler: In the very end of episode 2, he discovers that in his blackouts, he has been painting his own layers. Despite the painting being in his studio, it is implied that he is disassociating so hard that he does not even notice its presence until the end.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: None of the characters ages are stated but [[TeacherStudentRomance Wilma and Caban]] are a possible pairing. When they first met, Wilma is not yet an adult, and in Episode 1 he looks noticeably older than her.
* MissingTime: After Franz paints his models, he always blacks out afterwards and reawakens in his studio, late in the night, with no memory of what happened.
* ModularEpilogue: The ending of the game is, effectively, a stitched-together slideshow of pictures and text relating [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue what happened to the protagonists of episodes 1-3 and the three men Bert talked to on the train]] based on the choices players made throughout the game.
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo:
** Both inverted and played straight. In episode 2, Franz can meet Emil and paint him. In episode 3, where Emil is the protagonist, the scene will play out from their point of view rather than Franz's.
** Episode 4 contains cameos from all three of the previous protagonists, as Bert talks to people who were close to them (or, in the case of Paul, close enough to observe/obsess over Franz) and they flashback to times when they were influenced by the previous PlayerCharacters.
* SignificantNameShift: If Franz wins Grete's affections, she will tell him to call him Grete instead of Fraulein Lawnicak.
* StraightGay: There are no clear hints or CampGay traits in Nenner's personality and/or physical appearance that indicates his sexuality, only subtle lines of dialogue relating to his feelings for Emil and having "unnatural" thoughts.
* SweetPollyOliver: Emma disguises herself as a man to get into The Radius, a mathematical society, to present her theory at a time when women in math were almost unheard of.
* TeacherStudentRomance: Wilma's crush on her music teacher, Caban, is present by default but player choice determines whether or not she pursues him and wins his affections.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No mention is made of Bert in the epilogue, despite the ending slideshows depicting the fates of his traveling companions and being a PlayerCharacter in Episode 4.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The end of episode 4 reveals what happens to [[PlayerCharacter Wilma, Franz, Emma]], Otto, Paul, and Thedor and the effects player choices have on them.
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* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Whether Emma disguising herself as Emil Schell is simply crossdressing to get around society's restrictions about gender roles or indicative of being a UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} man or non-binary is up to player interpretation.
* AttractiveBentGender: Downplayed. Emil's attractiveness is commented on by Nikol, who states 'he' is an extremely handsome man. If the player clicks on the quarreling couple in the cafe, Emil notes that the woman is winking at him. Other than that, it plays no role in the story.
* BittersweetEnding: Wilma, Franz and Emma can become successful and happy in their professions. [[spoiler: However, World War I breaks out, Wilma's brother Otto can potentially die, and the game always ends on a somber note mentioning the death toll of the war.]]
* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Episode 3 is all about Emma's trials and tribulations as a female mathematician. At the beginning of the episode she is laughed out of the Radius when she attempts to present her theory, forcing her to take a male identity. At the end, [[spoiler:she attains fame after debating Zahler about her thesis and starts teaching at a university under her assigned gender at birth.]]
* CompassionateCritic: Grete Lawnicak is Franz's harshest critic but cares about having him improve his work and is genuinely concerned for his welfare, telling him to go see a doctor when he tells her about his blackouts.
* CoolTeacher: Professor [[spoiler:Recniczek]] is liked by most of the class for making math approachable, telling great jokes, and encouraging individual students in their efforts.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: If the player opts to TurnTheOtherCheek and respect Zahler's efforts in the debate, he and Emma will reconcile and become colleagues,
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: It is made abundantly clear in episode 3 what the gender roles and expectations in 1900-10s Austria was like in contrast to the present by showing the [[BreakingTheGlassCeiling protagonist's goals]] and [[SweetPollyOliver method to achieve them]], while the vast majority of the male characters oppose her.
* DrivenByEnvy: Emil's achievements in the Radius's weekly challenges and growing respect among the rest of the members angers Zahler, the leader of the group, who focuses his attention on who he perceives as an interloper. In response Zahler dismisses Emil's thesis, swears to his (sick and unconscious) sister that he will "destroy him" and goes as far to find out where Emil lives [[spoiler:(finding out Emil/Emma's [[SweetPollyOliver secret]] in the process)]] before challenging him to a debate where he aims to completely disprove the theory and ruin his reputation.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Real figures prominent during the Austrian cultural scene, like Creator/GustavKlimt and UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud, show up and play various roles in the plot, such as Klimt being a mentor figure for Franz.
* MadArtist: Franz can see into the layers of people, and can make portraits that show off the personality traits of their selves, but he is tormented with blackouts, exhaustion, and despair that he cannot see his own layers. Eventually it gets so bad that he pays a visit to Freud for psychiatric help. [[spoiler: In the very end of episode 2, he discovers that in his blackouts, he has been painting his own layers. Despite the painting being in his studio, it is implied that he is disassociating so hard that he does not even notice its presence until the end.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: None of the characters ages are stated but [[TeacherStudentRomance Wilma and Caban]] are a possible pairing. When they first met, Wilma is not yet an adult, and in Episode 1 he looks noticeably older than her.
* MissingTime: After Franz paints his models, he always blacks out afterwards and reawakens in his studio, late in the night, with no memory of what happened.
* ModularEpilogue: The ending of the game is, effectively, a stitched-together slideshow of pictures and text relating [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue what happened to the protagonists of episodes 1-3 and the three men Bert talked to on the train]] based on the choices players made throughout the game.
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo:
** Both inverted and played straight. In episode 2, Franz can meet Emil and paint him. In episode 3, where Emil is the protagonist, the scene will play out from their point of view rather than Franz's.
** Episode 4 contains cameos from all three of the previous protagonists, as Bert talks to people who were close to them (or, in the case of Paul, close enough to observe/obsess over Franz) and they flashback to times when they were influenced by the previous PlayerCharacters.
* SignificantNameShift: If Franz wins Grete's affections, she will tell him to call him Grete instead of Fraulein Lawnicak.
* StraightGay: There are no clear hints or CampGay traits in Nenner's personality and/or physical appearance that indicates his sexuality, only subtle lines of dialogue relating to his feelings for Emil and having "unnatural" thoughts.
* SweetPollyOliver: Emma disguises herself as a man to get into The Radius, a mathematical society, to present her theory at a time when women in math were almost unheard of.
* TeacherStudentRomance: Wilma's crush on her music teacher, Caban, is present by default but player choice determines whether or not she pursues him and wins his affections.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No mention is made of Bert in the epilogue, despite the ending slideshows depicting the fates of his traveling companions and being a PlayerCharacter in Episode 4.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The end of episode 4 reveals what happens to [[PlayerCharacter Wilma, Franz, Emma]], Otto, Paul, and Thedor and the effects player choices have on them.of:
* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Whether Emma disguising herself as Emil Schell is simply crossdressing to get around society's restrictions about gender roles or indicative of being a UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} man or non-binary is up to player interpretation.
* AttractiveBentGender: Downplayed. Emil's attractiveness is commented on by Nikol, who states 'he' is an extremely handsome man. If the player clicks on the quarreling couple in the cafe, Emil notes that the woman is winking at him. Other than that, it plays no role in the story.
* BittersweetEnding: Wilma, Franz and Emma can become successful and happy in their professions. [[spoiler: However, World War I breaks out, Wilma's brother Otto can potentially die, and the game always ends on a somber note mentioning the death toll of the war.]]
* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Episode 3 is all about Emma's trials and tribulations as a female mathematician. At the beginning of the episode she is laughed out of the Radius when she attempts to present her theory, forcing her to take a male identity. At the end, [[spoiler:she attains fame after debating Zahler about her thesis and starts teaching at a university under her assigned gender at birth.]]
* CompassionateCritic: Grete Lawnicak is Franz's harshest critic but cares about having him improve his work and is genuinely concerned for his welfare, telling him to go see a doctor when he tells her about his blackouts.
* CoolTeacher: Professor [[spoiler:Recniczek]] is liked by most of the class for making math approachable, telling great jokes, and encouraging individual students in their efforts.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: If the player opts to TurnTheOtherCheek and respect Zahler's efforts in the debate, he and Emma will reconcile and become colleagues,
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: It is made abundantly clear in episode 3 what the gender roles and expectations in 1900-10s Austria was like in contrast to the present by showing the [[BreakingTheGlassCeiling protagonist's goals]] and [[SweetPollyOliver method to achieve them]], while the vast majority of the male characters oppose her.
* DrivenByEnvy: Emil's achievements in the Radius's weekly challenges and growing respect among the rest of the members angers Zahler, the leader of the group, who focuses his attention on who he perceives as an interloper. In response Zahler dismisses Emil's thesis, swears to his (sick and unconscious) sister that he will "destroy him" and goes as far to find out where Emil lives [[spoiler:(finding out Emil/Emma's [[SweetPollyOliver secret]] in the process)]] before challenging him to a debate where he aims to completely disprove the theory and ruin his reputation.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Real figures prominent during the Austrian cultural scene, like Creator/GustavKlimt and UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud, show up and play various roles in the plot, such as Klimt being a mentor figure for Franz.
* MadArtist: Franz can see into the layers of people, and can make portraits that show off the personality traits of their selves, but he is tormented with blackouts, exhaustion, and despair that he cannot see his own layers. Eventually it gets so bad that he pays a visit to Freud for psychiatric help. [[spoiler: In the very end of episode 2, he discovers that in his blackouts, he has been painting his own layers. Despite the painting being in his studio, it is implied that he is disassociating so hard that he does not even notice its presence until the end.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: None of the characters ages are stated but [[TeacherStudentRomance Wilma and Caban]] are a possible pairing. When they first met, Wilma is not yet an adult, and in Episode 1 he looks noticeably older than her.
* MissingTime: After Franz paints his models, he always blacks out afterwards and reawakens in his studio, late in the night, with no memory of what happened.
* ModularEpilogue: The ending of the game is, effectively, a stitched-together slideshow of pictures and text relating [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue what happened to the protagonists of episodes 1-3 and the three men Bert talked to on the train]] based on the choices players made throughout the game.
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo:
** Both inverted and played straight. In episode 2, Franz can meet Emil and paint him. In episode 3, where Emil is the protagonist, the scene will play out from their point of view rather than Franz's.
** Episode 4 contains cameos from all three of the previous protagonists, as Bert talks to people who were close to them (or, in the case of Paul, close enough to observe/obsess over Franz) and they flashback to times when they were influenced by the previous PlayerCharacters.
* SignificantNameShift: If Franz wins Grete's affections, she will tell him to call him Grete instead of Fraulein Lawnicak.
* StraightGay: There are no clear hints or CampGay traits in Nenner's personality and/or physical appearance that indicates his sexuality, only subtle lines of dialogue relating to his feelings for Emil and having "unnatural" thoughts.
* SweetPollyOliver: Emma disguises herself as a man to get into The Radius, a mathematical society, to present her theory at a time when women in math were almost unheard of.
* TeacherStudentRomance: Wilma's crush on her music teacher, Caban, is present by default but player choice determines whether or not she pursues him and wins his affections.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No mention is made of Bert in the epilogue, despite the ending slideshows depicting the fates of his traveling companions and being a PlayerCharacter in Episode 4.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The end of episode 4 reveals what happens to [[PlayerCharacter Wilma, Franz, Emma]], Otto, Paul, and Thedor and the effects player choices have on them.
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''Twenty Five Twenty One'' (orig. ''스물다섯 스물하나'') is a 2022 KoreanSeries. It is listed as a Creator/{{Netflix}} original outside of Korea.
In 1998, during the midst of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, high school fencer Na Hee-do struggles through difficulties to become a member of the South Korean National Fencing Team. Meanwhile, Baek Yi-jin lands from RichesToRags when his father's business goes bankrupt, leading him to work in the newspaper industry and eventually become a sports reporter.
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''Twenty Five Twenty One'' (orig. ''스물다섯 스물하나'') is a 2022 KoreanSeries. It is listed as a Creator/{{Netflix}} original outside of Korea.
In 1998, during the midst of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, high school fencer Na Hee-do struggles through difficulties to become a member of the South Korean National Fencing Team. Meanwhile, Baek Yi-jin lands from RichesToRags when his father's business goes bankrupt, leading him to work in the newspaper industry and eventually become a sports reporter.
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The first episode, "Silence", follows Wilma, who is a rising star in Vienna's world of music. The stress of success and writer's block is beginning to get to her, and her mentor, Arthur Caban, gifts her with a trip to his cabin in the Alps. However, when she arrives, she reads a letter from Caban about him booking a concert showing off her new composition. Wilma must do all she can to finish her work, but a storm in the Alps and her own personal demons come to haunt her in the process.
The second episode, "Anthology" focuses on Franz, an up-and-coming artist whose paintings are renowned for getting into the deepest depths of a person's soul. Franz can see the hidden layers of people, and uses those to determine who he paints. But a harsh critic challenges his perceptions over what is "real", his health problems begin to creep up on him, and he is in despair over the fact that he cannot see his own layers, and what that tells about his own character.
Episode 3, "Derivation" features Emma, who has been humiliated and laughed at from an exclusive, all-male math society, The Radius, for attempting to talk about mathematics with them. After this incident and her father's passing from tuberculosis, she gets the idea of disguising herself as a man, Emil, and infiltrating the Radius. As she gets closer to and impresses the members of the Radius and her upstairs neighbor, can she keep her secret?
"Closure," the final episode, features a man on a train and his three traveling companions. From talking to them, he finds out their connections to Wilma, Franz, and Emma/Emil, giving insight into what they were like from an outsider's perspective, and what they did before and/or after the events of the episodes they were playable in.
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* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Episode 3 is all about Emma's trials and tribulations as a female mathematician. At the beginning of the episode she is laughed out of the Radius when she attempts to present her theory, forcing her to take a male identity. At the end, she attains fame after a debate and starts teaching at a university under her assigned gender at birth.
* CompassionateCritic: Grete Lawnicak is Franz's harshest critic but cares about having him improve his work and is genuinely concerned for his welfare, telling him to go to therapy when he tells her about his blackouts.
* CompassionateCritic: Grete Lawnicak is Franz's harshest critic but cares about having him improve his work and is genuinely concerned for his welfare, telling him to go to therapy when he tells her about his blackouts.
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* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Episode 3 is all about Emma's trials and tribulations as a female mathematician. At the beginning of the episode she is laughed out of the Radius when she attempts to present her theory, forcing her to take a male identity. At the end, she [[spoiler:she attains fame after a debate debating Zahler about her thesis and starts teaching at a university under her assigned gender at birth.
birth.]]
* CompassionateCritic: Grete Lawnicak is Franz's harshest critic but cares about having him improve his work and is genuinely concerned for his welfare, telling him to goto therapy see a doctor when he tells her about his blackouts.blackouts.
* CoolTeacher: Professor [[spoiler:Recniczek]] is liked by most of the class for
* CompassionateCritic: Grete Lawnicak is Franz's harshest critic but cares about having him improve his work and is genuinely concerned for his welfare, telling him to go
* CoolTeacher: Professor [[spoiler:Recniczek]] is liked by most of the class for
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* ModularEpilogue: The ending of the game is, effectively, a stitched-together slideshow of pictures and text relating [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue what happened to the protagonists of episodes 1-3 and the three men Bert talked to on the train]] based on the choices players made throughout the game.
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo:
** Both inverted and played straight. In episode 2, Franz can meet Emil and paint him. In episode 3, where Emil is the protagonist, the scene will play out from their point of view rather than Franz's.
** Episode 4 contains cameos from all three of the previous protagonists, as Bert talks to people who were close to them (or, in the case of Paul, close enough to observe/obsess over Franz) and they flashback to times when they were influenced by the previous PlayerCharacters.
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo:
** Both inverted and played straight. In episode 2, Franz can meet Emil and paint him. In episode 3, where Emil is the protagonist, the scene will play out from their point of view rather than Franz's.
** Episode 4 contains cameos from all three of the previous protagonists, as Bert talks to people who were close to them (or, in the case of Paul, close enough to observe/obsess over Franz) and they flashback to times when they were influenced by the previous PlayerCharacters.
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''The Lion's Song'' is an episodic (2016 - 2017) point and click adventure game by Austrian developer Mi'pu'mi Games, taking place in 20th century Austria.
The game contains four episodes, each with different protagonists: Wilma Doerfl, a composer, Franz Markert, a painter, Emma Recniczek, a mathematician, and Albert Vogl, an aspiring writer.
The game contains four episodes, each with different protagonists: Wilma Doerfl, a composer, Franz Markert, a painter, Emma Recniczek, a mathematician, and Albert Vogl, an aspiring writer.
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''The Lion's Song'' is an episodic (2016 - 2017) point and click adventure game {{Episodic|Game}} PointAndClickAdventure IndieGame by Austrian developer Mi'pu'mi Games, taking place in 20th century Austria.
The game contains fourepisodes, episodes released from 2016 to 2017, each with different protagonists: Wilma Doerfl, a composer, Franz Markert, a painter, Emma Recniczek, a mathematician, and Albert Vogl, an aspiring writer.
The game contains four
