Moon/YMMV
- Crowning Music of Awesome: For music where the main theme consists primarily of two notes, Clint Mansell's score is very effective.
- High Octane Nightmare Fuel: Lots and lots.
- Tear Jerker: See here.
- Uncanny Valley: Weirdly inverted with GERTY's emoticons. While they seem artificial in the beginning, somehow the simple emotes become more and more poignant as it becomes clear how helplessly limited GERTY's range of expression is.
- The Woobie: Sam. Poor, poor Sam.