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{{quote|'''Arbiter''': He's convinced we're hallucinations brought on by his constant substance abuse
'''Scott''': What the hell? You guys aren't supposed to appear until after my '''fourth''' coke sandwich! }}
** Then again, what about Agent Smirnoff and Skylar Loveheart? Oh that's right, they're insane.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Jon's character, Scott, is listed in the credits with the last name, "Loveheart". Jon's character in [[The Movie]] was Skylar Loveheart.
** Season 5 runs on these. There were [[Call Back|Call Backs]] to [[Fail O'Suckyname|Josh Butterballs]] and his [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Stupid Obvious Information Magazine]], sm0k3w33d4lyph3420, Chief also makes a few variations on his lines from previous episodes.
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* [[How We Got Here]]: Season 5 starts with this premise.
* [[Ironic Nickname|Metallic Nickname]]: Chief's Noobs in "Digital Fruitcakes" is a subversion:
{{quote|'''Arbiter''': [[Sarcasm Mode|"Your noobs". Sounds about right.]]
'''Chief''': [[Completely Missing the Point|ITS METALLIC MORON / WERE ACTUALLY LIEK FUCKING PRO]] / SRSLY
'''Arbiter''': [[You Keep Using That Word|I think you mean ironic.]] }}
* [[Leitmotif]]: The theme from ''[[The Pursuit of Happyness]]'' and Three Little Girls from the Mikado.
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{{quote|'''Arbiter''': [[Take That|Fuck 3D.]]}}
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|TECHNODICKS]]. [[Ear Worm|TECHNO TECHNO TECHNO TECHNO TECHNODICKS.]]
* [[Running Gag]]
** [[Fail O'Suckyname|Josh Butterballs]] and his [[Did Not Do the Research|SOI Magazine]].
* [[Serious Business]] - Parodied hard in the two-part episode "Glitch"/"Panic"
* [[Shout-Out]]: The end of the machinima Chief produces in [[The Movie]] is an obvious shout out to the end of the [[So Bad It's Good]] [[Doom]] fanfic ''[[Doom: Repercussions of Evil|Repercussions of Evil]]''.
** Arbiter's (though then stolen by Jon), girlfriend is named [[Resident Evil|Claire Redfield]].
** Travis' name is a reference to the character of the same name from the machinima "Matchmaking" the is lampshaded in the episode they first appear.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX18WUL-SH0&list=SL "Digital Fruitcakes" (4x09)] is one long [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', complete with the same colorful opening titles and credits.
** In [[The Movie]], the petition to stop Chief from making machinima in and his subsequent video response are direct references to similar events revolving around [[Uwe Boll]]. Chief even uses the same phrases as Boll in his video.
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* [[Affably Evil]]: Trent Donnovich, despite his portrayal as a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] in the first episode and a harsh first meeting with Arbiter, later tries to make friends with him and invites him to the wedding "church".
** The hacker Duncan in season 6 seems to qualify so far.
* [[Arch Nemesis]]: The closest thing to an antagonist the series has is obnoxious video game players, but if anyone could be called the Arch Nemesis it would be Scott from 'Endgame' story.
** Trent Donnovich appears to be fulfilling the role in season 5.
*** {{spoiler|He's pretty much Arbiter's absolute arch nemesis now. Aside from what he did in season 5, he put Arbiter into a depression for 4 months, and turned out to be the [[Big Bad]] of Season 6 as well. He's also the only human character aside from love interest Claire, and the Scott and Boris Smirnoff characters from Endgame that know that Arbiter is a toy.}}
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** lol remember arbitur?
*** Chief even calls a drunken Arbiter out on [[Borrowed Catchphrase|using this one]].
{{quote|'''Arbiter''': [[Out-of-Character Moment|LOL, remember Chief?]]
'''Chief''': [[Hey, That's My Line!|HAY. thats mai thing arbitur. u cant use mai thing.]] remember. remember its mien. lol remember arbitur?
'''Arbiter''': LOL, I remember Chief.
'''Chief''': [[Hypocritical Humor|LOL. ur so silly.]]
'''Arbitur''': I know, LOL.
'''Chief''': LOL }}
** FREEZE / TOSERS / GET DOWN ON THE FUKCING GROUND
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* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: {{spoiler|Clyde in "Severance".}}
* [[The Dragon]]: Trent's [[Co-Dragons|sisters]] in season 5.
** And then {{spoiler|Clyde}} to {{spoiler|Trent again}}.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Arbiter's evil counterpart is the Leader of Chaos Theosis (both play as Elites in Halo multiplayer) and Chief's evil counterpart would probably be Adam who is also a member of Theosis.
* [[The Faceless]]: "Jon", the owner of all the action figures. Onscreen only twice, and even then, we never saw his face. Also Skylar Loveheart (also played by Graham).
** Until ''Endgame'' when he played Scott, but even then his face was covered by a large afro and sunglasses (though he takes them off at the end)
* [[Fan Dumb]]: in-universe - Master Chief is a parody of the [[Unpleasable Fanbase]] of ''Halo''.
* [[Funny Afro]]: Scott sports one.
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** And Travis, to a lesser extent than Chief.
** Trent Donnovich makes Chief look like a decent <s>human being</s> action figure.
*** Subverted in Trent's case during the second half of the fifth season. He's actually rather friendly, although it remains to be seen whether he's genuinely nice or if it's just a gambit to gain Arbiters trust.
**** {{spoiler|[[Double Subverted]].}}
** Craig.
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: Arbiter. It pops up every now and then, but is most noticable in season 5. His [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] {{spoiler|to Trent Donnovich}} pretty much sums up what this trope is all about.
* [[Leet Lingo]]: Chief's entire vocabulary.
* [[Living Toys]]: The premise.
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** Not to mention Chief's temporary crush on Cortana. Their personalities are the weird part.
* [[Oddly Small Organization]] The clan of hackers that will be the main antagonists of season six seem to only have four members, according to the trailer and Jon's blog at least.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Chief's usual reaction to Arbiter's rage.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Inverted, as the Chief is the only ''really'' odd character.
** Or actually [[Zig Zagged Trope|zig-zagged]] for Arbiter: characters of common sense comparable to him come and go, as do Chief-alikes.
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* [[The Speechless]]: Greg, who can't talk due to being {{spoiler|a spider}} writes on sticky notes to communicate.
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Greg LOVES doing this to scare Chief and Arbiter, it helps that {{spoiler|he's a [[Uncanny Valley]] spider toy.}}
* [[Straight Man]]: The Arbiter
* [[Synthetic Voice Actor]]: the eponymous characters and Cortana. This is constantly [[Lampshaded]] in season 5, even to the point of [[Deconstruction]].
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: In "Severance", [[The Dragon|Kylie]] gets two bodyguards because {{spoiler|Chaos Theosis is down to only two members.}}
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** {{spoiler|He's showing signs of coming out of it though}}
* [[He's Back]]: Not a character, but Chief's {{spoiler|foot, which he cut off and was given back to him as christmas present by Arbiter, who apparently repaired it.}} Chief tries to invoke this trope, but ends up just as fail as he always is. It's also symbolic of the series returning to it's post "Endgame" glory.
** {{spoiler|[[Back
*** {{spoiler|Not}}
** {{spoiler|And Arbiter's helmet at the end of season 5.}}
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*** {{spoiler|Adam passed his [[Moral Event Horizon]] a loooooong time before then.}}
** In Endgame, {{spoiler|Scott literally gets killed}}. Also, at the end of Season 3, {{spoiler|Cortana, Todd and Travis all got killed}}.
* [[Lemon Wacky Hello]]: Chief getting high from smoking cereal. Lampshaded by Arbiter stating that cereal doesn't have hallucinogenic properties.
* [[I Surrender, Suckers]]: Chief when he fights Travis.
{{quote|'''Chief''': k k stop sotp stpo. i surendir. {{spoiler|JK LOL}} }}
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== Meta/miscellaneous ==
* [[Aesop Amnesia]]: Chief has come to the realisation that he sucks at Halo at least ''three times''. It usually doesn't stick. However, as of "Double Trouble", {{spoiler|he's finally learned to play well enough to [[Took a Level
* [[Author Filibuster]]: See [[Author Avatar]] (characters folder)
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: While still very funny, season 5 has made a noticable shift from whacky comedy to focus more on character development and drama. Season 6 arguably takes it a few steps closer to a full out [[Genre Shift]] from comedy to action drama. Amazingly, if the youtube-ratings are to be trusted, [[Tropes Are Not Bad|the show is still as well liked - if not more so - than during its more comedic days.]]
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*** There's also the fact that Greg the Spider appears at both the end of Season 4, and Season 5. Also, Master Chief's leg is still missing in Endgame, as well as Arbiter's helmet. It may be better to count Season 4 as being set after Endgame.
* [[Shoo Out the New Guy]]: The massive backlash and subsequent removal of Todd and Travis.
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: The music at the end of "Severance", when {{spoiler|Chief and Arbiter attack Trent, and the final battle between them is about to start}}, the music is surprisingly calm.
* [[Talking to Himself]]: Todd and Travis, as well as the voices of all characters that are not figurines (except Agent Smirnoff in [[The Movie]], portrayed by Daniel Laszlo) are all voiced by Graham himself.
** This trope was lessened in season 5 when Jon actually got a whole voice cast to play some of the characters other than himself due to [[Loads and Loads of Characters|the sheer number of different characters in that season]]. Though there are still one or two characters where this still applies, such as with Timothy and Nathan in the episode "Cheaters".
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