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, Marcy Holloway, was a contestant in the science fair as well, and used her father's money to buy her way through the competition. Marcy apparently stole Gaige's DT designs and sold it to Eden-5's police force.

On the day of the science fair, Marcy's father bribed the judges, helping win her first place with a defective robot based on Deathtrap's blueprints. Gaige placed third. Marcy 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
This tree focuses on the Action Skill Deathtrap and on supporting skills for yourself.

Little Big Trouble
This tree focuses on elemental effects and damage (mainly electrude).

Ordered Chaos
This tree focuses on its passive skill Anarchy, which increases damage but decreases accuracy.

Quotes
When joining a game When reviving an ally Critical Kill Deathtrap Kill Getting an Anarchy Stack Losing all Anarchy Stacks When Down When Recovering [Kill Revive] Hitting an enemy with a vehicle Destroying an enemy 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 When slagged With Handsome Jack's voice When discovering Insta-Health Vials ​Fast travelling while someone is still in the menu ​When out of ammo Activating Discord
 * I say MECHRO you say MANCER. MECHRO! (no reply) ...You guys suck!
 * It's cool everybody. I'm here...
 * Anybody have some mechros they need manced?
 * Am I a hero... or something?
 * Live! LIVE!
 * Argh... How much do you weigh?
 * Cover me brah!
 * Worry not citizen I'll save you.
 * Come on you noob, nah I'm just playing you're good.
 * Noob!
 * GG.
 * Fun!
 * Neat!
 * I am such a B.A.
 * Squish!
 * Boop!
 * Crit-i-cal kill!
 * LAWL
 * Doink!
 * Kablam!
 * Hehe, Just how I do?
 * SATISFACTION!
 * Ugh, I've got some brain on my shoes. *Sniff* I like it.
 * 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!
 * Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
 * Love ya bot.
 * Respect the robot!
 * I need to build you an extra arm JUST for high-fives!
 * Hell yes! I can't believe you only got third place in the science fair.
 * I am the strongest girl alive! (Also said for Anarchy stack gains)
 * I am the greatest engineer alive!
 * You are a mean machine.
 * Terminated!
 * Good one babe!
 * Eh, accuracy's overrated anyway.
 * I'm feeling awesomer.
 * This could be the beginning of something awesome.
 * Not a bad start.
 * Start the Anarchy!
 * Start the stacking!
 * This is getting good.
 * Wonder how many stacks I can get.
 * Alright, lets keep this going.
 * (mumbling) It's a start...
 * Alright, more Anarchy!
 * Anarchy forever!
 * Lets keep it up.
 * If I hit ya, you're going to feel it.
 * (giggles) (Does it three different ways depending on the stack count.)
 * I'm feeling it!
 * Not bad, not bad.
 * I'll have some more Anarchy, thank you!
 * Anarchy up!
 * More stacks!
 * Anarchy, baby!
 * This is getting awesome!
 * Come at me jokers!
 * Anarchy on Pandora!
 * (laughs) Everything's going to die!
 * So inaccurate but so awesome!
 * More Anarchy, more!
 * Don't accidentally reload, don't accidentally reload!
 * I'm getting phat stacks.
 * Stack 'em up, stack 'em up!
 * This is getting ridiculous!
 * My hit to miss ratio is sadness!
 * Smash the system!
 * Anarchy! (Says it two different ways depending on the stack count)
 * I am the strongest girl alive!
 * You can't stop me!
 * More power!
 * Don't stop now!
 * Gimme more Anarchy!
 * Stack 'em and bag 'em!
 * I'm getting a god complex and I LIKE IT!
 * Punk never dies!
 * Meedly-meedly-mowwww...I know, I'm so bad at this.
 * Accuracy can suck it!
 * Never ending stacks!
 * (evil laugh)
 * When I hit you, IT WILL HURT!
 * So many stacks!
 * The power!
 * I think my reload button's broken!
 * UNLIMITED POWER!
 * I am the bringer of death!
 * BLOOD!
 * I'm going mildly insane!
 * God damn I am so hardcore!
 * YEAAAAAH!
 * I feel the cosmos!
 * POWER!
 * I WILL NEVER HIT ANYTHING!
 * RIDONCULOUS
 * I am everything!
 * I probably won't hit anything but whatever!
 * Start running clowns!
 * Mechromancer angry!
 * I will destroy everything!
 * I deal DEATH!
 * ROCK ON!
 * Why am I still doing this?!
 * It's getting really hard to hit stuff!
 * If I go down, I'm screwed!
 * I am stupid powerful!
 * I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA!
 * Meedly-meedly-mowwww...Nope, still bad! That was worse, I think.
 * Teehee.
 * Yes! YESSS!
 * SO MUCH STACKS!
 * The stacks... THE STACKS!
 * Sure! Why not!
 * EVIL MANIACAL LAUGHTER!
 * Lets get it on!
 * I AM THE INFINITE!
 * BOOYAH!
 * I GOT THE TEAM ON MY BACK!
 * This is actually stupid now!
 * I will miss almost every shot, and I don't care!
 * I regret nothing!
 * YEAH BOY!
 * ALLEN WRITE SOME DIALOGUE HERE!
 * PLAYER? WHAT! ARE! YOU! DOING?!
 * How is this possible?!
 * Too many stacks!
 * I have like negative accuracy right now!
 * You're breaking the game, dude!
 * God help you all if I actually HIT something!
 * I AM THE GOD OF DAMAGE!
 * I don't even remember what accuracy MEANS!
 * ANARCHY FOREVERRRR!!! AND EVERRRR!!!
 * NooooooooooOOOOOOOoooooooooooOOOOoooooo. (Drags on until all anarchy stacks are depleted.)
 * Ugh... What was I thinking?!
 * Wait -- Did I just?! -- Ugh...
 * Son of a whore!
 * Come on! I can take ya!
 * This is nothing! I've done worse to myself!
 * I am gonna smack the bitch outta you!
 * Hax!
 * I can fix this!
 * Okay now I'm mad!
 * Come closer jerkwads! I've got something to show ya'!
 * Okay playtime's over.
 * You're not gonna like what happens now.
 * Open wide jackholes!
 * Don't mess with me!
 * NBD.
 * I LIVE!
 * What'd I tell you suckers?
 * Up and running!
 * Now you're gonna get it!
 * Nuts and Bolts!
 * You ain't gankin' me that easy.
 * High-larious.
 * Heyoo.
 * Kaboosh!
 * ​Your car sucked!
 * Haha! Yes!
 * Boosh!
 * Oh I love you car.
 * Ohooohoho maaaan.
 * Yahoo!
 * M-M-M-Monster Kill kill kill! (when killing enemies in rapid succession)
 * Multi-Kill kill kill!
 * Dominating. (low voice)
 * I AM A BADASS! (Killing a badass)
 * YEAH! (Killing a badass)
 * haHA! (Killing a badass)
 * I AM AMAZING! (Killing a badass)
 * What? That was it? (Killing a badass quickly)
 * Aaaaaaaand, dead.(Killing a badass)
 * Oh, That was close. No it wasn't! (Killing a badass)
 * 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...
 * Ohh I just want you all!
 * Ohh, I'm likin' my options.
 * Oh, I love comparin' loot!
 * Numbers, numbers, math math math.
 * Oh, I wanna use 'em both!
 * Show me some green arrows.
 * 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!
 * Come on! It'll be fun!
 * Third place. Third place! I built a robot that can turn human beings into jelly with the push of a button and that what's-his-face gives me THIRD PLACE! in the planet-wide science fair. At least around here people appreciate my talents.
 * So I'm working on the third revision of my mobile death machine, and I slice my arm on some sheet metal. Not a big cut, barely goes like halfway into the bone. And it occurs to me, I COULD just 'ject the wound with an omni-hypo and get back to soldering a bicycle horn to the top of the tactical nuke launcher. But what's the point? So, I figured what the hell, and sliced the rest of my arm off with my particle-saw, and my dad's like UAAGHH, and the blood's going everywhere. But a few hours and a few pints of blood later, I built a metal arm strong enough to smash concrete. Good times.
 * If I don't shoot, repair, or screw something in the next few minutes, we're gonna have a problem.
 * FML
 * Urgh this is dull!
 * I wanna go do stuff!
 * Beatboxing Sounds* Bored Bored Bored.
 * Oh God! It smells like piss and nachos!
 * It's in my mouth, umm you guys, it's in my mouth!
 * Testing? Testing one two? One two. And now I have the voice of a douchebag. Great. (in her normal voice)
 * I am the greatest engineer alive! (Deathtrap kill)
 * I need to build you an extra arm just for high-fives! (Deathtrap kill)
 * Now you're gonna get it! (Second Wind)
 * Man, this whole "Speaking with the voice of an older man" thing is nowhere near as hot as I thought it would be. (Idle)
 * Beatbox time! *Beatboxing sounds* I'm the Mechromancer and I'm cute-Aw, screw it, it's just not the same! Freakin' Jack voice! (Idle)
 * You know, maybe this voice ain't so bad. Hello, ladies- Oh god, creepycreepycreepy! Ugh, never doing that again! (Idle)
 * Anybody needs some healin'?
 * Med-Hypos.
 * Is that healin' stuff?
 * (Singing Lullaby) Waitin' on you.
 * Just waitin'.
 * Still working on something huh?
 * Brickshaft! I'm empty!
 * Nuts! No more bullets!
 * Screw it! I don't need ammo!
 * Son of a whore! Where'd all the bullets go?
 * Hey! Could you give me some of those bullets back?
 * I'm out!
 * This will bring the hurt!
 * Discord, Ehh! Not yet!
 * When to discord? When to discord?
 * More hurt for the discord!
 * My discord will cause serious pain!
 * Just wait until I reload.
 * Can't wait to discooord.
 * Gotta keep buffin that discord!
 * Chargin up for that discord.
 * Gotta pick the right time to discord.

Trivia

 * Perhaps unsurprisingly, many of Gaige's Mechromancer skills reference so called 'feminine' media, from various movies and especially the TV show "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic."
 * 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 it to swing a small work hammer as her melee weapon instead in the game.
 * 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 whose abilities can have a negative effect on her, as she loses accuracy as she gains stacks of Anarchy.
 * Gaige is the only playable character who, so far, doesn't have an ECHO log in her inventory at the start of the game. Nor does she 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 and Deathtrap are, however, featured in the Captain Scarlett DLC intro together with the other 4 Vault Hunters.
 * She is also seen more prominently in the Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt intro movie with the other Vault Hunters.
 * Gaige is the youngest Vault Hunter to date being only 18 years old.
 * Gaige likes cupcakes and hot chocolate.
 * Gaige dislikes country music.
 * Her favourite color is purple.
 * One of her random lines while opening treasure chests - "It's like Hanukkah!" - suggests that Gaige may be Jewish, however this may be a parody of Roland's 'It's like Christmas!'.
 * A few of her general combat quotes (the 'dominating', 'multi-kill', and 'monster kill' lines) are references to the announcer voice in the Unreal Tournament series of games.
 * Gaige is the first playable character to be released as a DLC for the Borderlands franchise.
 * The bounty on Gaige's head is $820,000,000,000 which is the highest among all playable Borderlands characters to date. She is wanted for the creation of unauthorized technology and excessive adorability.
 * No wanted posters of Gaige exist in game however (the $820 billion figure is from her intro movie).


 * When using the Handsome Jack voice modulator, Gaige's voice remains the same the first time it is picked up.
 * The line Gaige says after picking up the voice modulator is exactly the same as Axtons.
 * Only the english voice of Gaige using the voice modulator currently exists, being played in all versions of the game.
 * She also doesn't use any of her Anarchy stack gain quotes while using Jack's voice.
 * When building stacks of Anarchy, Gaige's personality undergoes a gradual shift from normal, to highly excited, to full-blown god-complex and fourth-wall breaking.
 * Original concept art of Gaige featured her robot hand as being more crude and with only four digits. The arm in her final design has a full set of digits and has a more completed appearance. Aside from the arm little else seemed to have been changed from the original design.

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