The Mass Effect trilogy has one of the biggest fanbases in the gaming industry today. Bioware was able to draw in a variety of people to the RPG series with many beloved companions and fascinating alien species. While waiting for new games, fans have a number of ways of using the franchise to entertain themselves. One of those being jokes but more specifically – dad jokes.
Whether it is the corniness to the joke or just how bad they are, there is something about dad jokes that are just somehow funny to everyone. Fans from both Reddit and the Bioware Social Network (BSN), whose names are provided below, have come up with a number of jokes. Here are 10 that are way more hilarious than they have any right to be.
10 An Elcor Knock Knock Joke
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Incompetently, an Elcor.
This joke can actually be found in Mass Effect: Andromeda and is said by Drack to Jaal onboard the Tempest in some banter between the two.
The humor from this joke comes from the fact that an Elcor would very likely answer like this since they seem to be a really serious species when compared to others. Or at least, the limited interactions shown across games would suggest that.
9 What Is Garrus’s Favorite Video Game?
The answer to this joke is Halo: Reach.
This joke, from Reddit, references a quote by Garrus when talking to Shepard about how Turians prepare for suicide missions. He’ll then tell Shepard about a time he sparred with a female Turian where he had “reach” but she had “flexibility”.
He then also took her to his room when they both put their strengths to the test. The joke is a good callback to both this funny moment and to another great sci-fi series in the form of Halo.
8 What Did Tali Say To Legion?
“You are Gething on my nerves.”
Both the Geth and Quarians, as much as they may hate each other, play a significant role in each other’s cultures. The Quarians created the Geth while the Geth drove the Quarians off of their homeworld: Rannoch.
As a result, the two species have been at each other throats for centuries. It seems it may be more than just Legion “Gething” on Tali’s nerves. But Shepard can ameliorate that relationship at least.
7 Why Is There No Such Thing As A Mediocre Biotic?
According to BSN user michaeln7, it’s because they’re all adept.
Cue the “ba-dump-tiss”. Fans may remember that a pure biotic class in Mass Effect is called an adept. Moreover, biotics make up some of the most powerful characters in the series.
Adept is also a synonym for someone who is really good at something like saying Lebron James is an adept basketball player. With a word like that being the name of a class, it makes one wonder if there truly no mediocre biotics.
6 How Did The Normandy SR-1 Last So Long?
Because it was one hull of a ship.
BSN strikes again but this time from the user known as royberg. In Mass Effect 2’s opening, the Normandy is blown to smithereens by the Collectors in a surprise attack.
Despite the damage seen firsthand by the player when they briefly control Shepard, the ship manages to last a long time before finally being completely destroyed. Though the ship was destroyed, it would be reincarnated in a way with the Normandy SR-2.
5 I Think Shepard Is British…
Because they invaded the beaches of Normandy.
What an overall nice mix of the flagship ship of the series and to real-world history, as well. In this case, the D-Day landings on Normandy Beach, France on June 6, 1944, saw the Allies of World War II attempt to invade France to reclaim it from Nazi Germany.
The British were among those that participated in the battle on that day but so did the Americans and Canadians. Could Shepard be American and Canadian, as well? Is that even possible?
4 Why Can’t Shepard Eat Pie?
That’s because they’re dead.
The joke, courtesy of BSN user burningcherry, comes from the fact that Shepard, while on a mission, dies in the previously mentioned destruction of the first Normandy.
They are also very likely dead in the next Mass Effect game (whenever it may come out). While Shepard can no longer enjoy a pie of their namesake, perhaps Liara can.
3 What’s The Most Popular Restaurant On Kahje?
According to Reddit user Komania, that place is Taco Drell.
Nothing quite like some good old pun-based humor taking advantage of rhymes. The Drell, the species of Thane Krios, currently reside on Kahje which is the homeworld of the jellyfish-like Hanar.
The Hanar brought surviving members of the Drell to Kahje after the latter’s homeworld was left uninhabitable after industrial pollution and scarce natural resources. But laughter is the best medicine, right?
2 “I Have A Large Amount Of Prothean Artifacts”
“You could say I’m a Collector”.
A joke, from Komania once again, that makes both species the subject and also, in a way, foreshadows the twist with the Collectors.
It is revealed in Mass Effect 2 that the Collectors were once actually Protheans that had been turned into Collectors by the Reapers through harvesting and are now the Reapers’ mindless slaves. The joke all of a sudden gets kind of dark when thinking about it long enough.
1 What Would Be The Name Of Tali And Garrus’s Child?
According to burningcherry, that child would be called “Talibration”.
A name that combines Tali’s name with that of Garrus’s calibrations line that has become a meme within the Mass Effect community. This plays on how, if Shepard opts not to romance either of the two characters, they will actually end up together in Mass Effect 3.
This is highlighted by the flirting throughout the game and how they can be seen embracing each other right before the battle for Earth. It is nice to think that they truly di have a kid together.
