History VideoGame / IExpectYouToDie

* DeadlyEuphemism: In "Seat of Power", the Zoraxis Defense meeting agenda mentions [[YouHaveFailedMe Professor X-Ray's "performance evaluation" as a team-motivating exercise]]. The professor's nameplate can be found in the trash along with that of [[spoiler: Zoraxis defector Anna Ulanova]], and the missing chair at the other end of the table can be lifted from the fiery pit below the board room.

** In "Operation: Eaves Drop", [[spoiler:the electrical override system that serves as anti-tampering device is mentioned by the Fabricator to also be in case Juniper "gets any ideas". She uses this to zap him on Zor's orders in "Operation: Rising Phoenix", causing Juniper to let go of the edge of the ramp he was hanging on and fall to his death.]]

* PretentiousLatinMotto: The Zoraxis Defense motto is "Zoraxis Pax Omnis", which roughly translates to "Zoraxis peace to all".

** [[spoiler: Operation: Safe and Sound in]] ''The Spy and the Liar'' plays with this. [[spoiler: Juniper masquerades as your handler with the Mimic Mask, and has acquired an Agency logo to sell the scene.]]

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Dr. Zor is apparently a corporate billionaire by day.

* PretentiousLatinMotto: The Zoraxis Defense motto is "Zoraxis Pax Omnis", which roughly translates to "Zoraxis peace to all.

** In "Operation: Eaves Drop", [[spoiler:the electrical override system that serves as anti-tampering device is mentioned by the Fabricator to also be in case Juniper "gets any ideas". She uses this to zap him on Zor's orders, causing Juniper to let go of the edge of the ramp he was hanging on and fall to his death.]]

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:One of the Fabricator's tapes from "Operation: Eaves Drop" implies that she's talking to Commander Solaris and her projects, implying that she survived the Death Engine's destruction as well.]]

* AintTooProudToBeg: In ''The Spy and the Liar'', [[spoiler: after retrieving the launch briefcase from John Juniper and leaving him dangling on a catwalk, he pleads with Agent Pheonix. Even offering to tell them who Dr. Zor is. [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Zor is not having it.]]]]

** The Mediterranean Commonwealth, who have Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Greenland, and Africa north of the Rainforests. They're ruled by a Prime Minister whose wariness of Zoraxis is painting a target on his back.
** The Hudson Federation controls North America, including the Gulf Islands (and a big X marking your location, somewhere in New England).
** The South Atlantic Union controls South America and Africa south of the Rainforests.
** The Pacific Legion, with Southeast Asia, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, and Madagascar.

--> '''John Juniper:''' “Well, in order to do my best work, I need to become the character. I need to submerge myself completely. So, whenever I get a new part, I commission a new mask. I’m very particular about them. Each mask needs to really capture the essence of the character. Then, I’ll take a few weeks to prepare for the role. During that time, I don’t take off the mask. Then, on day one of the shoot, I remove my mask, and I emerge as the character.”

* EvilGenius: Dr. Daniel Sans, the mind behind the supervirus from "Squeaky Clean" and the Director of Biosciences Division. Commander Solaris from "Death Engine" similarly joined Zoraxis to further her research into spacecraft, and quickly became chief engineer and inventor for the organization.

* Foreshadowing: John Juniper appearing on a Zoraxis radio show.

** In The Spy And The Liar, famed actor [[spoiler: and Zoraxis operative]] John Juniper averts this, appearing in multiple missions in the game.

** [[spoiler: Destroying the Death Engine... while you’re still on it.]]
** [[spoiler: Using your elevator backup battery to energize the abort button on the nuclear briefcase.]]

** The Spy and the Liar has "Operation: Stage Fright".

* RedHerring: In Operation: Eaves Drop of ''The Spy and the Liar''. You get the strange thought in your head once you hear [[spoiler: the default setting of the Mimic Mask]] that Juniper is the Fabricator. Come Rising Phoenix, this is not the case, as The Fabricator zaps Juniper off the catwalk.

* TriumphantReprise: Near the end of the final mission, an instrumental version of the opening song starts playing [[spoiler: as you're about to destroy the Death Engine [[HeroicSacrifice while you are still aboard it]]]].

* VillainSong: The opening song, "[[TitleDrop I Expect You To Die]]", is a song sung presumably from Dr. Zor's point of view, taunting the agent.
** John Juniper with “The Spy and The Liar.” The visuals and the lyrics intermingle, creating an aesthetic that already tells you this master of the stage and the Agent will be at odds.

* TheVoice: In the few times they appear in the game, Dr. Zor has this [[spoiler: to varying degrees. In the first game, they are heard over the phone in a call with a deep but indistinct mumble. In ''The Spy and the Liar'', they speak more directly to Agent Pheonix with a VoiceOfTheLegion.]]

* TheGhost: Most of the characters in the game, including [[FirstPersonGhost the player]]. The only characters who have any screen presence are an unnamed Zoraxis henchman and Charlie Caliente.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Dr. Zoraxis does this to John Juniper ''hard''.]]

* RedHerring: In Operation: Eaves Drop of ''The Spy and the Liar''. You get the strange thought in your head once you hear the default setting of the Mimic Mask that Juniper is the Fabricator. Come Rising Phoenix, this is not the case, as The Fabricator zaps Juniper off the catwalk.

* WhiteMaskOfDoom: The Mimic Mask. It’s the reason the state leaders are [[FaceHeelTurn professing support for Zoraxis.]]

--> “Well, in order to do my best work, I need to become the character. I need to submerge myself completely. So, whenever I get a new part, I commission a new mask. I’m very particular about them. Each mask needs to really capture the essence of the character. Then, I’ll take a few weeks to prepare for the role. During that time, I don’t take off the mask. Then, on day one of the shoot, I remove my mask, and I emerge as the character.”

* RedHerring: In Operation: Eaves Drop of ''The Spy and the Liar''. You get the strange thought in your head once you hear the default setting of the Mimic Mask that Juniper is the Fabricator. Come the last mission, this is not the case.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Dr. Zor is apparently a corporate billionaire by day.

* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: In ''The Spy and the Liar'', Prime Minister Anthony Markopoulos of the Mediterranean Commonwealth has made himself a target of Dr. Zor through his wariness of the Zoraxis Corporation.
* ProperlyParanoid: As the Zoraxis Corporation is a front for criminal activities, Prime Minister Markopoulos is very right to be cautious about them.

** The Meditarainian Commonwealth, who have Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Greenland, and Africa north of the Rainforests. They're ruled by a Prime Minister whose wariness of Zoraxis is painting a target on his back.

* OperationBlank: The first mission of the game is code-named "Operation: Friendly Skies". Later on is also "Operation: Deep Dive".

* BeeBeeGun: In "Seat of Power", one of Zoraxis' henchmen, the Hivemind, will sic swarms of bees on the spy late in the mission. Unless the bees are killed by neurotoxins [[spoiler:or prevented from entering the room by clogging the hole drilled by the Hivemind]], they will sting the spy to death.
* CoolCar: "Friendly Skies" is about stealing one of these from Zor's airplane while it's being tranported to Zanzibar. In addition to being a high-class automobile, it is equipped with a good amount of of high-tech weaponry that the agency wants to poke at.
* DeadlyEuphemism: In "Seat of Power", the Zoraxis Defense meeting agenda mentions [[YouHaveFailedMe Professor X-Ray's "performance evaluation" as a team-motivating exercise]]. The professor's nameplate can be found in the trash along with that of [[spoiler:Zoraxis defector Anna Ulanova]], and the missing chair at the other end of the table can be lifted from the fiery pit below the board room.
* DeathFakedForYou: [[spoiler:After the "Death Engine" mission, your handler reports that you were declared legally dead after being caught in the space station's destruction]].

* HeelFaceTurn: Two Zoraxis members turn on the organization. [[spoiler:Anna Ulanova defects after trading information for clemency, while Dr. Ashley Lincoln developed a recipe for an antivirus that would diffuse the Zoraxis supervirus that is used by the agent to destroy the virus.]]

* {{Retraux}}: The game is specifically modelled with the aesthetics of Film/JamesBond-esque films of TheSixties in mind, complete with the stylized simplistic opening and the old-fashioned setting.

* TacticalSuicideBoss: [[spoiler:Commander Solaris, despite knowing that the spy has exposed the Death Engine's laser core and that radioactive waste and the core don't mix, continues to throw radioactive waste containers at your shuttle]].
* TriumphantReprise: Near the end of the final mission, an instrumental version of the opening song starts playing [[spoiler:as you're about to destroy the Death Engine [[HeroicSacrifice while you are still aboard it]]]].

* VillainSong: The opening song, "[[TitleDrop I Expect You To Die]]", is a song sung presumably from Dr. Zor's point of view, taunting the agent.

* DeveloperForesight: Many puzzles have actually multiple solutions, all consistently logical. Some of them are harder to find, but much faster to execute - which is useful for [[TimedMission getting the speedrun trophies]].

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:''You're'' on the receiving end after the Death Engine mission, where Q reports you were declared legally dead]].

* KillItWithFire: One of the ways you can die in the Seat of Power operation is at the hands of a flamethrower-toting henchman, implied to be the "Charlie Caliente" named on one of the plaques.

* MissionControl: Your boss Q briefs you on the operation you choose and tries to provide advice during a mission.
* RunningGag: Vacations. In the forst two missions, Q will use a vacation to bribe you into accepting the mission, only to go back on his word both times citing budgetary reasons. In the briefing for the third one, he explains that it's in the Caribbeans... and immediately adds that it's ''not'' a vacation.

* TacticalSuicideBoss: [[spoiler:Dr. Solaris, despite knowing that the spy's exposed the Death Engine's laser core and that radioactive waste and the core don't mix, continues to throw radioactive waste containers at your shuttle]].

* VillainSong: The opening song, ""[[TitleDrop I Expect You To Die]], is a song sung presumably from Dr. Zor's point of view, taunting the agent.

* RunningGag: Vacations.
** In the briefing for the first mission, Q will mention that completing it might allow you to afford the vacation that you've been asking for quite some time.
** He offers you a vacation to bribe you into accepting the second mission. At the end, he reveals that [[ILied he lied]] - they don't have the budget to give you one.
** In the briefing for the third mission, he explains that it's in the Caribbeans... and immediately adds that it's ''not'' a vacation.
** He finally gives you a vacation in the DLC. Turns out that [[ILied he lied again]] - it's actually a mission.

* AVillainNamedZrg: Dr. ''Zor'' comes pretty close to this.