Gaige

Gaige is a Mechromancer. She is the fifth playable class in Borderlands 2. First revealed at PAX East 2012, the class was added as post-release downloadable content released on October 9, 2012 for $9.99 USD / 800 Microsoft points. Those who pre-ordered Borderlands 2 received the character free of charge. Her skill grants her the ability to control the D374-TP, or Deathtrap. She is also used as a marketing tool outside of Borderlands 2 where the character chats on Twitter and releases ECHO logs.

Background
Gaige was a high school student from the planet Eden-5. She originally conceived Deathtrap, then called DT, as a science fair project to combat bullying. Her rival, Marcie Holloway, was a contestant in the science fair as well, and used her father's money to buy her way through the competition. Marcie apparently stole Gaige's DT designs and sold it to Eden-5's police force.

On the day of the science fair, Marcie's father bribed the judges, helping win her first place with a defective robot based on Deathtrap's blueprints. Gaige placed third. Marcie then shoved Gaige, causing Deathtrap to identify her as a hostile. Deathtrap attacked with its claws, causing her to explode due to a miscalibration by Gaige. Gaige was escorted to the principal's office, and faced expulsion and arrest for accidentally murdering her rival. She called her father to create a distraction to help her evade arrest, and bought a ticket to Pandora, where she hopes her talents will be more appreciated.

Skills
Gaige's skill tree features player challenge level variances. This would make her both the easiest and the most difficult character to play.

The default cooldown time to summon Deathtrap is 60 seconds.

Best Friends Forever

Little Big Trouble

Ordered Chaos

Quotes
Critical Kill Deathtrap Kill Getting an Anarchy Stack When Down When Recovering [Kill Revive] Hitting an enemy with a vehicle Jumping in a vehicle General combat Leveling Up Opening Skill Tree Comparing Items Finding Blue Weapons Finding Purple Weapons Completing a Challenge Challenging another player to a duel Idle Messages
 * Noob!
 * GG.
 * Fun!
 * Neat!
 * I am such a B.A.
 * Squish!
 * Boop!
 * Crit-i-cal kill!
 * Don't screw with a girl and her robot!
 * Nice one boy!
 * You're bringing a tear to my eye...
 * Robot: one! Uglies: zerooo!
 * Best robot ever.
 * Oh. Right in the wingnut.
 * Ha ha!
 * Love ya bot.
 * Respect the robot!
 * I need to build you an extra arm JUST for high-fives!
 * I can't believe you only got third place in the science fair.
 * I am the strongest girl alive!
 * I am the greatest engineer alive.
 * Anarchy baby!
 * Anarchy on Pandora!
 * More power!
 * POWER!
 * Unlimited power!
 * Smash the system!
 * You can't stop me!
 * Anarchy!
 * This is getting ridiculous!
 * Don't stop now.
 * I wonder how many stacks I can get...
 * Stack 'em up! Stack 'em up!
 * Start the stackin'!
 * (Mumbling) It's a start...
 * This could be the start of something awesome...
 * Eh. Accuracy's overrated anyways.
 * My hit-to-miss ratio is sadness!
 * So inaccurate, but so awesome!
 * If I hit ya, you're gonna feel it.
 * I WILL NEVER HIT ANYTHING!
 * Accuracy can suck it!
 * Don't accidentally reload! Don't accidentally reload!
 * I'm going mildly insane!
 * I have like negative accuracy right now!
 * I'm getting a god complex and I LIKE IT!
 * ANARCHY FOREVERRRR AND EVERRR!
 * I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA!
 * I AM THE INFINITE!
 * EVIL MANIACAL LAUGHTER!
 * Come on! I can take ya!
 * Don't mess with me!
 * NBD.
 * High-larious.
 * Ohooohoho maaaan.
 * M-m-m-monster Kill! (when killing enemies in rapid succession)
 * Level up!
 * So much hotness.
 * Deathtrap want an upgrade? Deathtrap gets an upgrade!
 * I want that. And that. And that.
 * What do I want to kick ass at next?
 * That Anarchy one looks tricky...
 * Oh, I love comparin' loot!
 * Numbers, numbers, math math math.
 * Shh. Don't worry baby. I'll take good care of you.
 * What's your name, sexy?
 * I want it!
 * Rock and roll.
 * Hooray!
 * Yeah. I'm pretty good.
 * MVP.
 * The completionist in me is like YEEAAAH!
 * Your face is stupid.
 * Me and robot are gonna bitch smack ya!
 * Let's dance!
 * Third place. Third place! I build a robot that can turn human beings into jelly at the push of a button and that judge gives me THIRD PLACE! At least on this planet people can appreciate my talents!
 * If I don't shoot, repair, or screw something in the next few minutes, we're gonna have a problem.

Trivia

 * According to her ECHO log, Gaige, after accidentally cutting her arm while working, was inspired to cut off the rest of her arm to create a cybernetic limb that also acted as a convenient means to digistruct Deathtrap. According to her it is "strong enough to break concrete."
 * Despite having an arm "strong enough to break concrete", Gaige uses a small work hammer as her melee weapon instead in the game.
 * It is rather likely that using a hammer as a melee weapon is due to the fact that breaking concrete with her bare cybernetic arm breaks the fingers, as implied in her ECHO log.
 * According to her last ECHO log, Gaige decided to try her hand at Vault hunting on Pandora when she found herself facing expulsion from school and jail time after Deathtrap recognized a classmate as a threat and "exploded" her.
 * Gaige is the only playable character who, so far, doesn't have an ECHO log in her inventory at the start of the game.
 * Gaige is the only playable character who, so far, doesn't have a personal trophy/ achievement for the use of her personal skill.
 * The intro of the game wasn't renewed after her release, so that she is the only playable character who, so far, isn't featured in the intro of the game.
 * Gaige is the first playable character to be released as a DLC for Borderlands 2.
 * The bounty on Gaige's head is $820,000,000,000 which is the highest among all playable Borderlands characters to date.

Media
Borderlands 2 - Sir Hammerlock introduces the Mechromancer|Sir Hammerlock introduces the Mechromancer