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Line 1: {{work\|wppage=Halo (franchise)}} [[File:halo_master-chief_7534.jpg\|frame\|Rank: Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy. Designation: SPARTAN-117. Occupation: Kicking Alien Ass.]] {{quote\|''"[[When All You Have Is a Hammer\|Thought I'd try shooting my way out.]] [[Lampshade Hanging\|Mix things up a little.]]"''\|'''Master Chief''', [[Lampshade Hanging\|summarizing the series]] in ''[[Halo 3]]''}} {{Outdated}} Not to be confused with a [[Holy Halo]], although [[Rule of Symbolism\|the parallels are intentional]]. '''''Halo''''' is a massive video game series and one of the premiere franchises exclusive to the [[Xbox]]. In the 26th century, Earth is at war with a powerful collective of alien races known as The Covenant, who share a fanatical religion and have declared humans a profane race to be wiped out. [[Bungie\|Bungie Studios]] created the game series and it has taken on a life of its own, with many [[Expanded Universe]] stories and other game genres. The first three FPS games form the main story with the main character, Master Chief, and his vital role in the war. There have also been several [[Novelization\|Novelizations]], which forms the majority of the [[Backstory]], introducing and naming characters, events, and [[All There in the Manual\|other information that fill in gaps in and between the games.]] The core of ''Halo'' gameplay revolves around the wrinkles it presents in the [[First-Person Shooter]] formula. Line 28 ⟶ 30: * ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', a prequel to the original, but never planned. * ''[[Halo 4]]'', the first part of "The Reclaimer Trilogy". * ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' * ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' ''Reach'' is Bungie's last ''Halo'' project, with Microsoft opening "[[Arc Number\|343]] Industries", tasked with managing the Halo franchise. There are also several novels and a comic book series to make up the [[Expanded Universe]]. The exact future of the Halo universe both in video games and other forms of media is the subject of much speculation. Line 34 ⟶ 38: {{examples\|Other games in the ''Halo'' franchise:}} * ''[[Halo Wars]]'' series ''[[Halo Wars]]'' ''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' * ''Spartan'' series ''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]'' ''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]'' {{examples\|''Halo'' Books:}} Line 74 ⟶ 82: * [[Aggressive Negotiations]]: A Grunt nervously pulls this and starts the entire war. * [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]] * [[All There in the Manual]]: Think Halo is just some generic thoughtless [[A Space Marine Is You]] ''[[Doom]]''-clone? [https://web.archive.org/web/20120702163337/http://www.halopedian.com/Main_Page Think again.] There's ''tons'' of supplemental material for the multimedia universe, often including ''the actual manuals''. * [[AKA-47]]: Sniper Rifle System 99D-S2 Anti-Matériel bears a heavy resemblance to the South African made NTW-20, manufactured by the Mechem division of the DENEL group, sharing many of the same features; chambering for the 14.5 x 114mm round, the stock, carrying handle/scope guard and the muzzle brake. ** According to Robert McLees, the MA5B/C Assault rifle is [[Averted Trope\|NOT]] based off of the Belgian FN 2000, though he grudgingly admits that people would think that after comparing the two Line 141 ⟶ 149: * [[The Chosen One]]: Master Chief has been set up within the games and in the expanded universe as being a particularly special spartan. * [[Cold Sniper]]: Romeo and Linda. ** Seemingly subverted with Jun-266, who in the Reach teaser actually comes off as fairly friendly and chatty...then you read his profile which describes him as having [https://web.archive.org/web/20120515124950/http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=personnel&cid=24522 "an unhealthy emotional detachment in regards to the consequences of his actions?]. So it seems to be played straight. * [[Colon Cancer]]: ''Halo: Combat Evolved: Anniversary Edition.'' * [[Command Roster]]: A Bungie [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs2TPo7z0sM ViDoc] for ''Reach'' spells it out fairly well. Line 178 ⟶ 186: * [[Drop Pod]] - Human Entry Vehicles, the entire purpose of the ODST "Helljumpers." Elites are often dropped in similar Covenant pods. * [[Earthshattering Kaboom]] - What happened to Alpha Halo. And the Ark. And Alpha Halo's replacement. And the titular planet in ''Ghosts of Onyx'': after nuclear warheads were set off in its core, it was revealed to be made of trillions of Sentinels. Forerunner worlds have a thing for getting blown up directly, or indirectly, by Spartans. Also from ''Ghost Of Onyx'', the so-called "Nova Bomb." (also a [[Chekhov's Gun]] since it was mentioned in an earlier novel, but didn't become a factor until a later book.) The bomb was accidentally set off aboard a Covenant ship in orbit of a planet and it proceeded to instantly vaporize an entire separatist fleet of hundreds of ships (which had been preparing to totally crush the brutes), shatter a nearby moon to pieces, and burn off the entire atmosphere of the planet below it as well as scorching the entire near side into a hellscape. The weapon in question was perhaps the size of a mini van... and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120101052101/http://www.halopedian.com/~~Nova_bomb~~NOVA_Bomb Halopedia's calculations] put the thing's likely megaton yield at 1.2 ''billion''. In ''Halo Wars'', the crew of the UNSC ''Spirit of Fire'' destroys a Forerunner Shield World by overloading the ship's fusion core and sending it into its sun. The result is a Death Star-like explosion. ** In ''Halo Evolutions'', {{spoiler\|Admiral Cole fires a hundred nuclear warheads into the gas giant Viperidae's core, turning it into a momentary star and decimating the Covenant fleet.}} Also a case of [[No Kill Like Overkill]] and a possible [[Heroic Sacrifice]]. Line 190 ⟶ 198: * [[Evil Overlord]]: Truth has shades of this, given that his underlings are religious zealots that believe they'll [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]] if they ''murder the entire universe''. * [[Expanded Universe]]: Anime, Literature, Live-Action shorts and a Film in development, among other things. * [[Experienced Protagonist]]: The various player characters of the ''Halo'' series have been fighting the Covenant invasion - or, in the case of the Arbiter, fighting ''for'' them - for years to decades by the time of the first game they're playable in. * [[Exposition Fairy]]: Cortana. Serina, in ''Halo Wars''. And to a much lesser extent, just about all the male AI units out there. * [[Extremely Short Timespan]]: ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' begins on July 24th, 2552. In ''Halo3'', the war officially ends on March 3rd, 2553. All five ([[Halo 4\|extant]]) ([[Halo Wars\|first-person-shooter]]) [[Overly Narrow Superlative\|games in the series]] take place during those nine months. Line 195 ⟶ 204: * [[The Faceless]]: Master Chief again. Same goes for the Rookie, and possibly the Lieutenant. In ''The Fall of Reach'' he's described {{spoiler\|as having graying hair, and ghostly skin from wearing the armor all the time.}} Somehow, knowing that only makes him look more badass in-game. For those interested, we actually do now have an image of John 117 without his armor several decades before the ''Halo'' trilogy begins thanks to the graphic novels: https://web.archive.org/web/20120702170414/http://www.halopedian.com/John-117. * Additionally, the Halo 3 trailer [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnYKHJz_6XY Starry Night] shows Master Chief as a kid, although his face is darkened by the night. His face is visible under '''just''' the right conditions [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3bQPHT6lrE in Halo 3]. Line 214 ⟶ 223: {{spoiler\|Cmdr Keyes almost sacrifices herself and Johnson to prevent activation of the rings, but Truth guns her down himself.}} {{spoiler\|In ''First Strike'', Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb and Lt. Harveson lured the entire Covenant fleet to the doomed Covenant Station''Unyielding Hierophant''. When it exploded, it destroyed over four hundred vessels, achieving one of the greatest UNSC military victories in the war, and delaying the invasion of Earth.}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20120106032235/http://www.halopedian.com/Thom-293 Thom-293], best known for the ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKRlWLDWhGI Deliver Hope]'' trailer, who saved Kat's life by delivering the tac-nuke to the Covenant ship. Noble Six, the protagonist of ''Halo Reach'', replaces him. {{quote\|'''Carter:''' I'm not gonna lie to you, Lieutenant. You're stepping into some shoes the rest of the squad would rather leave unfilled.}} {{spoiler\|In ''Halo: Reach'', Jorge has a sacrifice when he manually detonates a "Slipspace bomb" to destroy a Covenant supercarrier. Carter has a sacrifice when he flies a Pelican into a Scarab to save Emile and Six. The ''[[Player Character\|player]]'' has a sacrifice when he stays behind on Reach to cover the Pillar of Autumn's escape, which he only has to do in the first place because Emile is killed just before attempting to do the same thing. Reach is basically ''made of'' [[Heroic Sacrifice]].}} Line 222 ⟶ 231: ''Primordium'' shows that {{spoiler\|Halo 007 is crawling with dormant ones.}} [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero\|Thanks a lot, Didact!]] {{spoiler\|The Timeless One is also Gravemind}} * [[Holding Back the Phlebotinum]]: Why the UNSC does not field their emerging [[Deflector Shields\|shield technology]] more widely. [[All There in the Manual\|According to Dr. Halsey's diary]] that accompanies the [[Special Edition]] of ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', humans have a very good understanding of shield technology now, but it is limited by two major related factors: size and power. As the volume of area to be shielded grows, the power requirements to maintain the shield increase exponentially. Shielding an entire starship would require several times more power than that ship can generate. However, shielding an infantryman or small vehicle has more modest power requirements, albeit still much more than an infantryman or small vehicle would typically have a power plant capable of producing. Humanity can make small enough power generators in the form of micro-fusion cells, but [[Awesome but Impractical\|they are rarely cost-effective to produce]], making each one almost the cost of a small starship. However, the [[Super Soldier\|SPARTAN-IIs]] already incorporate such a device into their [[Powered Armor]] by necessity, making adding shields to their existing systems relatively trivial. As for The Covenant technology they reverse-engineered their shields from? Humanity still has no idea how '''those''' things are powered, and from all appearances [[~~Clarks~~Clarke's Third Law\|lack an obvious power source altogether]]. * [[Hot Scientist]] --: Given that Cortana is based on her, Dr. Halsey probably qualifies. If the anime is to be believed, she does. ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' shows her as the [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!]] variation on this. ** Let we forget [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090123013847/halo/images/4/43/Andersnew%27.jpg Professor Ellen Anders] from [[Halo Wars]]... * [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]] --: Chief and Cortana. Or Keyes. Or pretty much any other human character. * [[Human Popsicle]]: The Cryo sleep tubes used by the UNSC during space travel * [[Humans Are Special]] -: Hinted at strongly throughout the games, but ultimately confirmed in ''Cryptum''. {{spoiler\|Humans were not actually related to the Forerunner, but were a separate species that was active at the time of the Forerunner's war with the Flood. Humanity fought a war with the Forerunner [[Grey and Gray Morality\|because they were forced to expand and the Forerunner perceived this as a threat]] and the Forerunner won. Humanity had also managed to discover a means to destroy the Flood, but because they were fighting the Forerunner at the time, they refused to give them that information and destroyed it when it became apparent they were going to lose. The Forerunner took the few surviving humans and "degraded" them to Stone Age levels of technology to preserve the species while trying to figure out how they were able to defeat the Flood, but were ultimately forced to fire the Halo rings. Afterwards, the few surviving Forerunner concluded from their errors in judgment that humans may have been the better choice to serve as the caretakers of the galaxy, and set up their systems to recognize humans as Reclaimers for when they eventually returned to space.}} ** Although, judging from Bornstellar and, to a lesser extent, {{spoiler\|the Didact}}, {{spoiler\|most Forerunners wouldn't give a crap if Humans were all vaporized by the military. It would seem that pre-Flood War era, the only Forerunner who did give a crap was the Librarian.}} * [[Humans Are Their Own Precursors]]: The ''Forerunner Saga'' and later games reveal that there was an earlier human civilization that encountered and fought both the Flood and Forerunners in the past. They were eventually defeated by the Forerunners and regressed forcibly back to hunter-gatherers. It would be 100,000 years before the games' main timeframe would come to be, and even then humanity not only has forgotten all of what came before, it is still but a pale shadow of its former glory. * [[Humans Are Warriors]] -: Many species of the Covenant believe it, especially the Sangheili, and the Gravemind believe that Humans are a greater threat to the Flood than the Covenant, who he only see as arrogant good-for-nothing fodder. ** This Trope is explored in the Halo Legends episode ''Origins'', remarking both the achievements that led humanity to be a growing civilization, and the unfathomable slaughter that war had caused upon them. After reviewing the story of both the Forerunners and Humanity, Cortana wonders whenever if warriors will ever be gone from the world... and, bitterly, she comes to the conclusion that they will never disappear, and that there would always be war. * [[Humongous Mecha]] -: The Scarab. * [[Insectoid Aliens]]: The Drones. * [[It's Raining Men]]: The ODSTs , aka the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, aka the Helljumpers. Line 324 ⟶ 334: ** This is confirmed in ''The Cole Protocol'', when Regret realizes he'll be offed by the Prophet of Truth as soon as he finds no use for him, so he tries to get his own agenda fulfilled before Truth does. {{spoiler\|Then the Chief punched him to death, and Truth didn't bother helping his fellow Prophet.}} * [[Standard Sci-Fi Army]]: Naturally. Infantry dominate (from Light to Elite, and of course the Super Soldiers), although both sides use field aircraft and at least one Armored vehicle. Halo Wars expands on this, giving the UNSC Heavy and Elite infantry (the Hellbringers and Helljumpers respectively), APC's, and Anti-aircraft units. Several of the Covenant vehicles are effectively Technicals, being re-purposed mining equipment. * [[Standard Sci -Fi Setting]] * [[Suicide Mission]]: Occurs throughout the series, such as the Arbiter's first mission in ''Halo 2.'' * [[Super Prototype]] (Inverted with the Arbiter armor, which has a cloaking system inferior to the modern Elite armor, ditto with the novel ''Ghosts of Onyx''- the SPARTAN III's had the inferior Semi-Powered Infiltration armor, which lacked the shielding and strength-enhancements of the MJOLNIR suits in favor of some camouflage ability. Played straight with the Master Chief's armor in the first and second games, however - it is markedly superior to the 'standard' MJOLNIR suit due to improvements in shielding and the AI support system that Cortana represents.) Line 347 ⟶ 357: * [[Zombie Apocalypse]] (The Flood) ** Especially when you find out {{spoiler\|The Flood have already completely infected/destroyed ''at least'' one other galaxy already, before the Forerunner even encountered them at the edge of the Milky Way.}} == ''Halo'' Books == Line 378 ⟶ 387: * [[Generation Xerox]] - Well, if you consider having your brain cloned and then used to create an AI as having an offspring, Dr. Halsey and Cortana definitely qualify. {{spoiler\|Particularly when we finally see Dr. Halsey in person in ''The Package''---she looks exactly like Cortana's hologram and says several of her lines word-for-word.}} * [[Genius Bruiser]] - Spartans, Elites, and to a lesser extent Brutes. [[All There in the Manual\|Hunters, too]]. * [[Good Job Breaking It Hero]]: During the fall of Reach, Admiral Whitcomb re-purposes one of the UNSC's new experimental [[Earthshattering Kaboom\|NOVA Bombs]] and leaves it booby trapped so that if the Covenant took it back to one of their planets, it'd induce massive casualties. By the time the bomb detonates however, the Covenant is fractured under civil war and ending up annihilating a major reorganizing fleet of the faction that ended up siding with Humanity.▼ ** Though it is possible that if the fleet remained, they wouldn't have been desperate enough to side with the humans at all.▼ * [[Hand Wave]]: Though there is a decent-enough explanation for why Sgt. Johnson was able to resist getting nommed by the Flood, it's never really explained how he, Lt. Haverson, Cpl. Locklear, and PO2 Polaski were able to commandeer a Pelican despite being separated from other UNSC forces on Halo. * [[Heroic BSOD]]: Admiral Cole sure gets one when he fins out that {{spoiler\|his wife and the mother of his child, Lyra, is a high-level Insurrection operative.}} Line 409 ⟶ 416: * [[The Metric System Is Here to Stay]] * [[Necessary Drawback]]: The Spartan I training program was a mixture of [[Training from Hell]] and chemical enhancements but didn't result in a significant battlefield improvement. The Spartan II's had [[Training from Hell]], chemical enhancements, cybernetic augmentation, and a custom-built [[Powered Armor]] but because of the high risk of deformities and death from the implants (low "graduation" numbers) it was deemed to not be cost efficient. Spartan III's (the subjects of Halo: Reach) were a balance between the previous programs to get higher numbers of [[Super Soldier\|Super Soldiers]] that could affect the tide of battle. ▲* [[~~Good~~Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: During the fall of Reach, Admiral Whitcomb re-purposes one of the UNSC's new experimental [[Earthshattering Kaboom\|NOVA Bombs]] and leaves it booby trapped so that if the Covenant took it back to one of their planets, it'd induce massive casualties. By the time the bomb detonates however, the Covenant is fractured under civil war and ending up annihilating a major reorganizing fleet of the faction that ended up siding with Humanity. ▲** Though it is possible that if the fleet remained, they wouldn't have been desperate enough to side with the humans at all. * [[Novelization]]: The first game has one, titled ''Halo: The Flood''. * [[Psychic Static]]: A way of fighting back the Flood if you ever get infested and [[Mind Rape\|Mind Raped.]] Line 415 ⟶ 424: ** As a real-life Out-of-Universe inversion of the trope, there is a painting inside an ONI base in Australia called ''Admiral Cole's Last Stand'', described in ''Halo: First Strike''. The book was published nearly five years prior to ''Halo Evolutions'', but in-universe, it was ten years before the end of the war. * [[Right Hand Versus Left Hand]]: The political machinations within the Covenant in ''Halo 2''. The [[Expanded Universe]] shows that the UNSC is not wholly united either. ** Taken to a whole new extreme with the infighting at the Office of Naval Intelligence. There the right hand doesn't even know the left even exists. Even more blatant when you consider the context behind [https://web.archive.org/web/20121107210117/http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=personnel&cid=24040 this] communication. To put it short, Ackerson kidnaps one of Halsey's Spartans(Kurt) to help start his own [[Cannon Fodder\|Mass Produced]] Spartan unit to compete with Halsey's. Kurt then covertly spirits a number of those Spartans from the S-III companies in order to form his own secret team of Elite Spartan III's outfitted with [[Powered Armor\|Mjolnir armor]] like the original Spartan II's. And everybody is in the dark about getting conned by somebody else. * [[The Rival]]: Spartans and ODST generally don't get along. * [[Rock Beats Laser]] (Used and/or subverted depending on certain circumstances. Human firearms can outperform Covenant energy weapons in some cases, such as against the Flood. That said, in space combat the Covenant tend to have a massive advantage over the UNSC.) Line 599 ⟶ 608: *** The Vidmaster Challenge achievement "Annual" from Halo 3 also counts, as it has simiar conditions as ODST, but on the level Halo. The main difference is instead of using the warthog, or mongoose, you have to use ghosts. * [[Heroic Mime]] - The Rookie, which is repeatedly lampshaded. Subverted in ''Halo 1'' through ''3'' as neither the Arbiter or Master Chief speak when playing as them in First Person, but do say a few words in third person cutscenes. The other troopers in the ODST squad completely avert this trope, often speaking out both in and out of cutscenes while you're inside their head. * [[Hobbits]]: The Grunts can be thought of this way. They're shorter than all the others, standing at a mere five feet, and are mostly for comic relief and they suck at fighting. * [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: Famously averted -- Master Chief can only carry two guns at a time. [[Fridge Logic]] says he should be able to carry a maximum of five or so, but [[Rule of Fun\|pay no attention to that.]] He can ''carry'' five guns, but not use them ''effectively''. But he should still be able to carry two one-handed guns and one two-handed gun. Line 703 ⟶ 713: There are also several multiplayer ones. For example, Guardian is a spiritual successor to the Halo 2-era Lockout, Sword Base is a spiritual successor to both Prisoner and Boarding Action, etc. * [[The Stinger]] * [[Stealth Mook]]: Some mook types have variants that use optical camouflage to turn invisible and surprise you. * [[Stealth Pun]] - In ODST, you get the achievement "Audiophile" by listening to audio files. * [[Sticky Bomb]]: Plasma Grenades Line 745 ⟶ 756: ** Shoot your commanding officer in the face, and your crewmates' reactions are, well, interesting to say the least. * [[Weapon Tombstone]]: The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzkL-vg8MHE&feature=related live-action trailer] for ''ODST'' features the 'Helmet, boots, rifle' field burial with the equipment updated appropriately. ** A few of these can be seen by the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160817115305/http://www.halopedian.com/File:Memorial_pictures.PNG Hillside Memorial] in the Halo 3 ending. * [[You Just Had to Say It]]: In ''Halo 1'''s third level. * [[Your Mom]] (Avery Johnson makes reference to this, saying "I would have been your daddy but the dog beat me over the fence!" in the first game, which has been referenced throughout the series numberous times.) 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