In the Bonus DVD, Seth Green said something like, “I’ve been trying the longest time to get screen time with Tricia Helfer, and when I finally do she’s a disembodied AI and I’ve got brittle bones.”
I can’t remember where the conversation was (I think the police office for Samara?), but I had Garrus and Tali with me and got (something along the lines of) this little gem:
Shepard: “He was being sent on a mission he had no chance to come back from, he was in his rights to disobey the orders.”
Garrus: “Wait, we can choose not to follow suicidal orders?”
Tali: “That’s like twice a week for us.”
Shepard: “Yeah, but when I give them they have good reasons behind them.”
EDI: “I love the sight of human on their knees”
Joker: “…”
EDI: “I’m joking.”
I will love Bioware forever if EDI pretends to join the Reapers in 3 before uttering “That is a joke.” and firing the main guns at one.
Actually, after the Collector’s attack and EDI has taken over the ship, go talk to her again in the AI core. Shepard will ask “Which part of the ship am I in?” and EDI’s response is akin to “I have taken over the entire ship. You are walking in my body”…and she ends with
“You are tickling me with your feet. That is a joke”
There’s a news announcement on Ilium concerning a movie about a Hanar Spectre that cracks me up every time. “This one doesn’t have time for your excremental matter.”
The drill instructor at the customs station of Citadel is also lots of fun, as is the Turian trying to get in. “You humans are all racists !”
However, I don’t think I’ve ever ROFL’d louder than when I bought a hamster for my room - and clicking on it makes it squeak just the way Boo did in Baldur’s Gate. Also, it’s very small, making it a, yup, miniature giant space hamster :). Tali screaming at her Tech bot to “go for the oculars, go for the oculars !” made me smile too, but not that much.
Finally, I’m pretty much in love with Illium’s bartender. “Anything I can get you ? No sex, I just cleaned the bar.”
As for “Holy Shit” moments, I gotta mention Jack’s actions in the Collector base if you use her for the biotic shield. Towards the end, she was getting more and more tired, so much so that I was worried she wouldn’t make it. Then we reach the end of that segment, cutscene triggers, she staggers towards the door, exhausted, a gaggle of Collectors swooping down on her… and she suddenly turns around, puts her field on overdrive and throws them all to hell and back. The awesome “I’m never gonna make it… Oh, fuck this. And FUCK ALL OF Y’ALL !” expression play on her face as she does it made my day.
I took a more pragmatic approach : don’t hand out or publish the data, but keep it tucked away in Normandy’s servers. Never know when a Krogan army can come in handy.
In fact, I reckon this is going to be a whole thing in ME3 - Shepard gets quite a few go/no go opportunities at genocide, either direct or indirect. Rachni, Krogans, Quarians/Geth by causing a war between them, Geth again (by blowing up half their population)… and Reapers. Play your cards right, and you could unite a big, populous galaxy behind your shapely butt. Be a douche, and humanity stands alone in the ruins, possibly all huskified by the Illusive Asshat.