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# About me

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Zer0 is a new Assassin playable character in Borderlands 2. Very little is known about him -- even his real name. Zer0 will callout often, but he can communicate after a fashion: the holo-emitter on his helmet displays various symbols and images, including hearts, smiley faces, and question marks. The number zero is displayed whenever he kills an enemy, leading to his namesake. When he speaks, almost everything he says is in haiku. Curiously, he only seems to have four fingers, and while he grunts when jumping and swinging his sword, he never begins to pant while running. This has led to some speculation that he may not even be human. There are theories to zero that indicate her may be an Eridian Alien from the first borderlands. Proof of this would be that he has only 4 fingers which is the same amount that the Eridians have and He has the same toe structure which is a foot split in half down the center. He also communicates not by speaking like most people believe but through echo recorders and since the Eridians spoke telepathically this is a good sign as well. Some say the holes in his suit show his skin and it matches the Eridians but this has yet to be confirmed. Zeros voice changes in a few of the borderlands Trailers and is even heard speaking in a womans voice in one of them which indicates he speaks through many different recorded voices on an echo recorder. If he is one of these creatures he is the last known one of its kind.

Background

Zer0 is an assassin for hire. According to his wanted poster and his personal ECHO recordings, he performs both political assassinations and common hits. Following a particularly unsatisfying assassination where the target fails to fight back, despite being encouraged by Zer0 to do so, the assassin starts to look for a more challenging environment. He travels to Pandora after hearing of the Vault from a bartender, deeming the hunt as worthy of his skills.[1]
As his face and body are completely covered by his suit, a certain amount of mystery surrounds Zer0's true appearance. In an ECHO recording, Angel remarks that she's not even sure if Zer0 is human; both in-game and promotional material show that he has only four fingers on each hand. His origins and real name are also unknown, leaving the character shrouded in mystery.

As revealed in the "Ask Dr. Tannis" Section of the Pandoran Gazette, included as a scrap of paper in the Diamond Plate Loot chest, Zer0 is not his true name. The remaining piece of scrap containing the name and gender of Zer0 were not included, but the part that does remain suggests that Patricia Tannis is aware of Zer0's origins.

Emoticons

:) - a smiley face emoticon, displayed randomly.
0 - a large number zero originally giving Zer0 his nickname. It is displayed after an enemy is killed with a melee attack.
:D - a smiley face emoticon, displayed when constructing and/or entering a vehicle at the Catch-A-Ride station.
WTF BRO - an acronym for "What The Fuck, Bro," displayed after crashing a vehicle into something.
<3 - a heart emoticon, displayed while reviving a friendly player.
FML - an acronym for "For My Loss" or "Fuck My Life," displayed after being crippled.
? - a question mark, displayed when pending actions (such as switching seats with a player in a vehicle) or when viewing the map.
! - an exclamation mark, displayed when seeing a downed friendly player.
$ - a dollar sign, displayed when completing a mission.
&& - twin ampersands, displayed when inspecting items in the menu.
勝 - a kanji character meaning "victory", displayed when receiving items by either picking them up or via trading.
... - an ellipsis, displayed when either inspecting menu items, after killing an enemy, or while reloading a weapon.
:| - a straight face emoticon, displayed when standing idle.
ZZZ - three Zs, a common emote for "sleeping," displayed when standing idle.
:( - a sad face emoticon, displayed when standing idle.
B0R3D - the word "BORED" written in leet speak, displayed when standing idle.
嘆く - a kanji character meaning "sigh," displayed when standing idle.
OWND - an abbreviation for "owned," displayed after killing an enemy with a critical hit.
During Decepti0n, with the B0re Skill active, various other Emotes can been seen on the Enemies weak points.
00110000 - the binary coded character for the number 0.
:(_8(1) - a sad face emoticon, followed by a dead person emoticon, meaning "Sad_Dead."
>_< - a frustrated person emoticon.
:-P - a person sticking their tongue out as an emoticon.
:-D - another smiley face emoticon.
>:-] - an evil face emoticon.
[O][O] - two wide eyes as an emoticon.
[.][.] - a female breasts emoticon.
^5 - an emoticon symbolizing a "high five."
D13 - the word "DIE" written in leet speak.
K1LL - the word "KILL" written in leet speak.
1337 - the word "LEET" written in leet speak, which can also mean "ELITE."
PA1N -the word "PAIN" written in leet speak.
W34K - the word "WEAK" written in leet speak.
3MTA3 - the words "EAT ME" written backward and in leet speak, which was a saying made famous by Beastie Boys, a hip-hop band.
4SS4SS1N - the word "ASSASSIN" written in leet speak.
<-SHOOT - an arrow and the word "SHOOT," telling one where to shoot.
WTF - an acronym for "What The Fuck."
OMG - an acronym for "Oh, My God."
LOL - an acronym for "Laugh Out Loud."
GTFO - an acronym for "Get The Fuck Out."
\M/ - The "sign of the horns."
\0/ - a person with their arms in the air as an emoticon.
!!! - three exclamation points.
42 - the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything."
666 - the "number of the Beast."
31415 - the first five numbers of Pi.
8675309 - a phone number, referencing the famous song "867-5309/Jenny", preformed by artist Tommy Tutone.
8=== D - the number 8, three equal signs and the letter D, a common text representation of male genitalia.

Triva
Gearbox employees have indicated that Zer0 is a robot of some kind. This extends to Zer0 being referred to as "an it."
Gearbox concept designer, Scott Kester, credits Zer0's inspiration to "loner characters" like Snake Eyes from G.I. Joe and Gray Fox from the Metal Gear video game series. [1]
Most of Zer0's dialogue is spoken in haiku, which is noted once by Handsome Jack in an ECHO recorder.
Zer0's version of the "Slayer of Terramorphous" class mod was once bugged, providing a bonus to one of another playable character's, Salvador, the Gunzerker class, skills. It has since been fixed in a patch.
When using the Handsome Jack Voice Modulator, Zer0 will become far less talkative. Many of his lines are replaced with lines that are cut short as though Zer0 was about to say something, heard his own voice, and decided against it.
Zer0 stands at 6'4"/1.93 metres, which stands him as the tallest playable character in Borderlands 2.
Zer0's wanted poster has the code 000 000 000 HSP, the joke being that the entire numerical code is just 0s, as part of a running gag Zer0 has with the respective number, along with other jokes in other areas.
The line, "This is the story / All about how my life got / Flipped, turned upside-down." from killing an enemy by running them over is a reference to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's intro song.
Zer0's line when entering Decepti0n, "How hilarious / You just set off my trap card / Your death approaches." is a reference to Yu-Gi-Oh, where a trap card would be used in response to another player's actions.

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