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** One of the ways EDI messes with Joker when Shepard talks with the latter is to move his chair around a few times. One of the gags in ''Film/AustinPowers'' was when Dr. Evil's chair went out of control and spun him around. Although Creator/SethGreen[='s=] character in the movies didn't have that happen to him then.
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** Gavin Archer and Admiral Han'Gerrel are voiced by Simon Templeman ([[LegacyOfKain Kain]], [[Franchise/DragonAge Loghain]]).

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** Gavin Archer and Admiral Han'Gerrel are voiced by Simon Templeman ([[LegacyOfKain ([[VideoGame/LegacyOfKain Kain]], [[Franchise/DragonAge Loghain]]).
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** EDI is Tricia Helfer best known as Number Six in ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'' (and known as the Black Cat in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'').

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** EDI is Tricia Helfer best known as Number Six in ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'' ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' (and known as the Black Cat in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'').



** EDI and Bailey are [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Number Six and Colonel Saul Tigh]].

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** EDI and Bailey are [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 Number Six and Colonel Saul Tigh]].
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* ThrowItIn: Michael Beattie, Mordin's voice actor, came up with the idea of [[VerbalTic sharply breathing between sentences.]] It's now considered one of Mordin's defining characteristics.

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* FanNickname: The game that gave birth to Garrus being called Space!Batman.

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The game that gave birth to Garrus being called Space!Batman.Space Batman.
** [=SuZe=] was Jack's nickname before people knew it was "Jack". Short for "''Su''bject ''Ze''ro". It's fallen out of use now, probably because hardly anyone in the game calls her "Subject Zero." [[BerserkButton For good reason.]]
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* TheOtherDarrin: The voice for the man trying to get a refund from the turian shopkeeper on the Citadel doesn't sound '''anything''' like it did in the first game. If he didn't specifically mention that he'd been trying to get a refund for two years, most players probably wouldn't have noticed it was him.


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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: Many characters, especially [[spoiler: Legion]], have dialog for missions that happen long before you are able to recruit them. It's speculated that the game was originally much more open when it came to recruiting people and the space limitations of the Xbox 360's DVD drive forced BioWare to break things up.
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* StarMakingRole: Legion is one of two roles that made a star out of Creator/DCDouglas, the other being [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 Albert Wesker]].
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** The krogan are very similar to [[Franchise/StarTrek Klingons.]] It's no surprise then that Wrex's adviser Gatatog Uvenk is voiced by an actor [[Creator/MichaelDorn famous for playing a Klingon.]]
** Kal'Reegar, the quarian you meet before facing the Geth Colossus, concerns himself less with politicking and more with shooting, just like [[Series/{{Firefly}} another character]] played by Creator/AdamBaldwin.
** Miranda, the Cerberus FemmeFatale, is voiced by (and modeled after) Adam Baldwin's co-star from ''{{Series/Chuck}}'', Yvonne Strahovski, who plays Sarah Walker, a CIA FemmeFatale.
** Creator/SteveBlum plays a strong, deadly, artificially created, technically newborn lizard warrior with a childlike ([[ValuesDissonance for his species]]) demeanor, a love for battle and an undying loyalty to his human master. [[Anime/DigimonTamers Curious]].
** Mordin's actor really did [[TheCastShowoff perform]] Creator/GilbertAndSullivan.
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** Gavin Archer and Admiral Han'Gerrel are voiced by Simon Templeman ([[LegacyOfKain Kain]]).

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** Gavin Archer and Admiral Han'Gerrel are voiced by Simon Templeman ([[LegacyOfKain Kain]]).Kain]], [[Franchise/DragonAge Loghain]]).
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** Miranda is Sarah Walker from ''Series/{{Chuck}}''.

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** Miranda is Creator/YvonneStrahovski, best known as Sarah Walker from ''Series/{{Chuck}}''.



** EDI is Tricia Helfer (known as the Black Cat in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'').

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** EDI is Tricia Helfer (known best known as Number Six in ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'' (and known as the Black Cat in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'').



** Liara is voiced by Creator/AliHillis, and known as Black Cat in ''VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan''.

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** Liara is voiced by Creator/AliHillis, [[RuleOfThree and also known as as]] Black Cat in ''VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan''.



** MichaelDorn is Gatatog Uvenk.

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** MichaelDorn Creator/MichaelDorn is Gatatog Uvenk.



** MartinSheen as the Illusive Man.
** Carrie-Anne Moss as Aria.

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** MartinSheen Creator/MartinSheen as the Illusive Man.
** Carrie-Anne Moss as Aria.[[TheDon Aria]].



** Kal'Reegar is a much more open-minded, upstanding character than some of Adam Baldwin's more notable roles, standing in sharp contrast to ''Chuck'' and his parts in the Whedon universe.

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** Kal'Reegar is a much more open-minded, upstanding character than some of Adam Baldwin's more notable roles, standing in sharp contrast to ''Chuck'' and his parts in the Whedon universe.



** [[Creator/AdamBaldwin Kal'Reegar]], Miranda, and Aria are [[Series/{{Chuck}} John Casey, Sarah Walker, and Gertrude Verbanski]].

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** [[Creator/AdamBaldwin Kal'Reegar]], Miranda, [[Creator/YvonneStrahovski Miranda]], and Aria are [[Series/{{Chuck}} John Casey, Sarah Walker, and Gertrude Verbanski]].

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* AscendedFanon: BioWare's response to Garrus' and Tali's popularity and the fans' desire to have them romance options.



** Jack is [[VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines Damsel]] and [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Juhani]].
** Miranda is [[Series/{{Chuck}} Sarah Walker]].

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** Jack is [[VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines Damsel]] Damsel from ''VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' and [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Juhani]].
Juhani from ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''.
** Miranda is [[Series/{{Chuck}} Sarah Walker]].Walker from ''Series/{{Chuck}}''.



** Creator/DCDouglas is Legion.

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** Creator/DCDouglas Legion is Legion.Creator/DCDouglas.



** Creator/AdamBaldwin is Kal'Reegar.
** Michael Hogan is Captain Bailey.
** Tricia Helfer ([[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan Black Cat]]) is EDI.
*** Strangely [[Creator/JenniferHale Female Shepard]] is also [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Black Cat]] and [[Creator/AliHillis Liara]] is as [[VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan well]].
** Creator/MartinSheen is the Illusive Man.
** Kelly Chambers is [[ThisIsWonderland Alice De Raey]].
** Aria is [[Film/TheMatrix Trinity]].

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** Creator/AdamBaldwin Kal'Reegar is Kal'Reegar.
Creator/AdamBaldwin.
** Captain Bailey is Michael Hogan Hogan.
** EDI
is Captain Bailey.
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Tricia Helfer ([[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan (known as the Black Cat]]) is EDI.
*** Strangely [[Creator/JenniferHale Female Shepard]]
Cat in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'').
** (Female) Shepard, voiced by Creator/JenniferHale
is also [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries known as the Black Cat]] Cat, from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''.
** Liara is voiced by Creator/AliHillis,
and [[Creator/AliHillis Liara]] is known as [[VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan well]].
Black Cat in ''VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan''.
** Creator/MartinSheen is the Illusive Man.
Man is voiced by Creator/MartinSheen.
** Kelly Chambers is [[ThisIsWonderland Alice De Raey]].
Raey from ''ThisIsWonderland''.
** Aria is [[Film/TheMatrix Trinity]].Trinity from ''Film/TheMatrix''.



* SureWhyNot: BioWare's response to Garrus' and Tali's popularity and the fans' desire to have them romance options. Garrus even addresses this trope when Shepard shows interest in him.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:WhatCouldHaveBeen: The ''Mass Effect'' Wiki has a [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Mass_Effect_2_Cut_Content comprehensive list.]] Some examples:



** At one point it was possible for Miranda to be romance by a FemShep.

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** At one point it was possible for Unimplemented content, pre-release posts on Weekes's dev blog, and other leaks indicate that Tali, Miranda and Thane could be romanced by Shepards of either gender in earlier development. In the final product, the most visible remainder of this is that most of Tali's lines are the same for both Shepards, which are clearly intended to be nudge the player to a romance with her. Female Shepard can even attempt to initiate a romance with Tali, but she will dodge the issue.
** Similarly, Kenneth and Gabriella were meant to be romanceable like Kelly.
** Character recruitment was originally intended to be much more open-ended, and modding your save file to add party members before you should be able to recruit them will let you hear their dialog for earlier circumstances, such as taking Legion to Purgatory. This likely changed because of the late decision to split the Xbox 360 version of the game into two discs; the forced recruitment progression funnels the player along a path that's not entirely linear, but predictable enough to split the game with.
** A few leftover voice recordings in the released game indicated that Liara was initially intended to have a much deeper and longer storyline — which was later made a reality with the DLC Lair of the Shadow Broker.
** Early video previews showed more involved gun mechanics; weapons would cool down on their own à la the first game, with ejectable thermal clips as a "need More Dakka right this second" option. Specialized ammunition was shown to be a consumable resource instead of a passive ability and as such could be turned on or off at will.
** Going through the dialogue and screen text files reveals that several of the loyalty missions originally had very different plots:
--->''"Bored with being the galaxy's top bounty hunter, Zaeed's also exhausted
by up-and-comers seeking a FemShep.rep written in his blood. Now he's learned that the second-best bounty hunter has gone corporate, and job one is to kill Zaeed. Zaeed's plan: wipe them out first... with extreme prejudice."''\\
''"You helped Zaeed fake his own death, and he's grateful."''\\
''"Kasumi revealed that Nava Corp has designed and is about to unleash tailored bio-viruses against the citizens of the Alliance. Only Nava Corp possesses the vaccines. Kasumi needs you to help stop Nava Corp permanently."''
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* FanNickname: The game that gave birth to Garrus being called Space!Batman.
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** CindyRobinson is Detective Anaya.

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** CindyRobinson Creator/CindyRobinson is Detective Anaya.
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** Kal'Reegar is a much more open-minded, upstanding character than some of Adam Baldwin's more notable roles, standing in sharp contrast to ''Chuck'' and his parts in the Whedon universe.
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** Cut content from the Firewalker DLC [[http://youtu.be/9TSBIdOktfE reveals]] that one of the scientists you're trying to find was a minor NPC from the first game on Eden Prime, the one who was "raving".

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** Cut content from the Firewalker DLC [[http://youtu.be/9TSBIdOktfE reveals]] that one of the scientists you're trying to find was a minor NPC from the first game on Eden Prime, the one who was "raving"."raving".
** At one point it was possible for Miranda to be romance by a FemShep.

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* HeyItsThatVoice:

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* HeyItsThatVoice:HeyItsThatVoice: Tons!



** MartinSheen as the Illusive Man.

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** MartinSheen as the Illusive Man.


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***Though... acting cool and sarcastic in a nightclub while she waits around for Our Hero? [[TheMatrix Not much of a stretch.]]
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** Aethyta and Admiral Xen are voiced by ClaudiaBlack.

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** Aethyta and Admiral Xen are voiced by ClaudiaBlack.Creator/ClaudiaBlack.
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** In the Admiralty Board: Shoreh Aghdashloo, Martin Jarvis, Simon Templeman, and ClaudiaBlack.

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** In the Admiralty Board: Shoreh Aghdashloo, Martin Jarvis, Simon Templeman, and ClaudiaBlack.Creator/ClaudiaBlack.

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* SureWhyNot: BioWare's response to Garrus' and Tali's popularity and the fan's desire to have them romance options. Garrus even addresses this trope when Shepard shows interest in him.

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** EDI and Bailey are [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Number Six and Colonel Saul Tigh]].
* SureWhyNot: BioWare's response to Garrus' and Tali's popularity and the fan's fans' desire to have them romance options. Garrus even addresses this trope when Shepard shows interest in him.
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** DCDouglas is Legion.

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** DCDouglas Creator/DCDouglas is Legion.



** MartinSheen is the Illusive Man.

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** MartinSheen Creator/MartinSheen is the Illusive Man.
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** Grunt, [[spoiler:the Shadow Broker]], and Wilson are voiced by SteveBlum, albeit the first two being [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUrnu245Kas slightly altered]].

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** Grunt, [[spoiler:the Shadow Broker]], and Wilson are voiced by SteveBlum, Creator/SteveBlum, albeit the first two being [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUrnu245Kas slightly altered]].



** KeithSzarabajka is Harbinger.

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** KeithSzarabajka Creator/KeithSzarabajka is Harbinger.
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* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** [[Creator/AdamBaldwin Kal'Reegar]], Miranda, and Aria are [[Series/{{Chuck}} John Casey, Sarah Walker, and Gertrude Verbanski]].
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*** Strangely [[Creator/JenniferHale Female Shepard]] is also [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Black Cat]] and [[AliHillis Liara]] is as [[VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan well]].

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*** Strangely [[Creator/JenniferHale Female Shepard]] is also [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Black Cat]] and [[AliHillis [[Creator/AliHillis Liara]] is as [[VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan well]].

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* Cut content from the Firewalker DLC [[http://youtu.be/9TSBIdOktfE reveals]] that one of the scientists you're trying to find was a minor NPC from the first game on Eden Prime, the one who was "raving".

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
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Cut content from the Firewalker DLC [[http://youtu.be/9TSBIdOktfE reveals]] that one of the scientists you're trying to find was a minor NPC from the first game on Eden Prime, the one who was "raving".
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** Zaeed is [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Ethan Rayne]], [[Film/GalaxyQuest Serris]], [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Saul Karath]], and [[DragonAge Lord Harrowmont]].

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** Zaeed is [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Ethan Rayne]], [[Film/GalaxyQuest Serris]], [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Saul Karath]], and [[DragonAge Lord Harrowmont]].voiced by Creator/RobinSachs.



*** Strangely [[Creator/JenniferHale [=FemShep=]]] is also [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Black Cat]] and [[Main/AliHillis Liara]] is as [[VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan well]].

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*** Strangely [[Creator/JenniferHale [=FemShep=]]] Female Shepard]] is also [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Black Cat]] and [[Main/AliHillis [[AliHillis Liara]] is as [[VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan well]].



** Aethyta is voiced by ClaudiaBlack.

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** Aethyta is and Admiral Xen are voiced by ClaudiaBlack.

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Baldwin has voiced Space Marines before. Reeger isn\'t much of a change of type.


** MartinSheen as the Illusive Man.
** Creator/AdamBaldwin as Kal'Reegar.

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** MartinSheen as the Illusive Man. \n** Creator/AdamBaldwin as Kal'Reegar.
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*** Strangely [[Creator/JenniferHale [=FemShep=]]] is also [[WesternAnimation/Spider-ManTheAnimatedSeries]] and [[Creator/AliHillis Liara]] is as [[VideoGame/TheAmazingSpider-Man well]].

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*** Strangely [[Creator/JenniferHale [=FemShep=]]] is also [[WesternAnimation/Spider-ManTheAnimatedSeries]] [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Black Cat]] and [[Creator/AliHillis [[Main/AliHillis Liara]] is as [[VideoGame/TheAmazingSpider-Man [[VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan well]].
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*** Strangely [[Creator/JenniferHale [=FemShep=]]] is also [[WesternAnimation/Spider-ManTheAnimatedSeries]] and [[Creator/AliHillis Liara]] is as [[VideoGame/TheAmazingSpider-Man well]].

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** Patriarch and Wreav are voiced by JimCummings.

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** Patriarch and Wreav are voiced by JimCummings.Creator/JimCummings.



* PlayingAgainstType: MartinSheen as the Illusive Man and Carrie-Anne Moss as Aria.

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MartinSheen as the Illusive Man and Man.
** Creator/AdamBaldwin as Kal'Reegar.
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Carrie-Anne Moss as Aria.

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