Halo (series): Difference between revisions

* [[Badass Baritone]]: The Arbiter

* [[Badass Creed]]: The unit motto of the 105th Orbital Drop Shock Troopers is "Feet first into hell," hence their moniker "Helljumpers". ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' gives us an additional tidbit:

* [[Badass Crew]]: The Spartans.

** The ODST Squad in ''ODST'' also count.

** The [[Zombie Apocalypse|Flood]] had killed and infected trillions of people, but their leading hive mind, [[Eldritch Abomination|Gravemind]], sincerely believes that he simply [[Utopia Justifies the Means|bring peace and prosperity]] to a galaxy which simply doesn't understand the Flood due to ignorance and fear.

*** While that is never explicitly said, there are many allusions to it, particularly after it becomes clear to it that it has lost:

'''Gravemind:''' Resignation is my virtue; like water I ebb, and flow. Defeat is simply the addition of time to a sentence I never deserved... but you imposed. }}

*** Hell, its personality is so alien in every sense of the word that [[Blue and Orange Morality|anything could go]].

** {{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.}}

** [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.

** {{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]].}}

* [[Hit and Run Tactics]]: You'll need these for dealing with ''Halo 2'''s final boss, even on easy. Just take a look at what happens to your allies and decide if you want to repeat their performance.

** {{spoiler|Disturbingly confirmed in the story ''Human Weakness'' in ''Halo Evolutions''. This, along with making her live the experiences of individuals prior to being consumed by the Flood, and the Gravemind giving her [[Hannibal Lecture|Hannibal Lectures]] that question not only her actions, but her very existence, drive Cortana to a tragically broken state by the time the Master Chief saves her.}}

** On the level "Cortana", a message plays on the crashed pelican which draws about as close a parallel as possible, given that the victim isn't even corporeal

* [[Retcon]] ''Lots'' of them. The books, video games and other media frequently contradict each other on the dates of the timeline, the history of the Covenant and the level of technology that humanity has. Official policy is that games trump books, and new material trumps old material.

** Some stories which takes place before the original ''Halo'' has neglected the fact that ''The Fall of Reach'' states that Spartan-II's did not have energy shields until just before the Battle of Reach, though in the case of ''Halo Wars'', Ensemble has admitted that this was merely a gameplay decision and that, canonically, Red Team never actually had energy shields.

* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: The title of the first book is ''Halo: The Fall of Reach''. Guess what happens.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: Most famously, by Dr. Catherine Halsey in ''The Fall of Reach'', when describing John-117:

* [[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]].

** Somewhat justified that Silva would hold a grudge against the Spartans, as {{spoiler|1=Silva was the CO of the ODSTs that were killed. Who wouldn't be pissed at someone for killing their squadmates?}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Last Dance]]}}: {{spoiler|Admiral Preston Cole. After being depended upon for so long in the Human-Covenant War by the UNSC (compared in ''The Impossible Life and Possible Death of Preston Cole'' as being in command of the battles of the Alamo, Termopylae, Stalingrad, and Cold Harbor, and repeating them over, and over), it was believed that he began to fall under the psychological strain, to the point it was speculated that he fell into another [[Heroic BSOD]]... but one that led him to face three hundred Covenant ships around a gas giant, killing plenty of them with slingshot maneuvers, using gravity as both a lure and a shield against the Covenant Plasma shots, mocking them with a [[Badass Boast]] that angers them and drives them towards him, and ending with [[Remember When You Blew Up a Sun?|an implosion using said goddamn gas giant into a sun]], killing all three hundred Covenant ships.}}

** {{spoiler|Oh, right, and the best part? If the ONI officer reviewing Cole's life is correct, Cole [[Beyond the Impossible|SURVIVED by executing an in-atmosphere slip-space jump]], and is most likely finally living a life of peace far outside UNSC or Covenant space. [[Earn Your Happy Ending|He deserves it.]]}}

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Kelly in the novels was always the fastest Spartan, even when they were children. Once she goes through augmentations, she's described as being so fast that nothing could touch her if she didn't allow them too. She can reach speeds up to 62 KPH (roughly 38 miles an hour).

* [[Super Toughness]]: The Spartan II's. Notably ''not'' the Spartan III's, who were elite cannon fodder.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: Guess who kicks the crap out of Master Chief & Co. after the following statement:

* [["Three Laws"-Compliant]]: Mentioned by name. The default setting of the AI constructs. Disabled for normal military use, since the laws would force the AI's to prevent soldiers from sacrificing or even risking their lives in war.

* [[Time-Delayed Death]]: In ''Ghosts of Onyx'', Dante, after a particularly hectic firefight, offhandedly mentions "I think they got me." {{spoiler|''He then drops dead.''}} Upon closer inspection, it turns out that nearly ''half of his torso'' had been blown off, and he didn't even notice.

* [[A Space Marine Is You]] (Seriously. Look at the checklist.)

* [[Attack! Attack! Retreat! Retreat!]]: Occationally, caused by the Marines' combat dialogue acting up.

'''Male Marine''', less than a second later: [[Oh Crap|I see tangos...]] [[Zerg Rush|lots of tangos!]] }}

* [[Attempted Rape]]: {{spoiler|Commissioner Kinsler}} attempts to rape {{spoiler|Sadie}} in the Audio Files' story. {{spoiler|He tries and fails three times, and the third failure gets him brutally killed by an angry mob.}}

* [[Badass]]: The Master Chief. Also, the entire race of Elites, basically bipedal, evolved Land Sharks with energy shields.

** An oft-overlooked example is the <s>Australian Marine</s> Private Chips Dubbo featured in all the Bungie Halo games, who gets some of the most badass lines in the entire series.

** And, of course, scar-faced, shotgun-wielding Sergeant Pete Stacker, who along with Dubbo is one of the only human characters to have survived all three games.

* [[Badass Back]]: Aka Cheating Bastard Back, the Jackal snipers. In games 2 and 3 the Hunters can melee you behind their back too, which is instant death on Legendary.

* [[Badass Boast]]: After being told that a message from the covenant keeps repeating, over and over, the word "Regret":

'''Pilots''': Oorah! }}

** The Heretic Leader in the same game speaks to the Arbiter and accompanying strike team through a hologram. It's short, but it implies a lot.

'''Heretic:''' Heheheh... Get in line. }}

* [[Bash Brothers]]: Hunters always come in pairs of two. In most games, they're identical and equipped identically.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: The Grunts. They get a lot of abuse, and are so funny at receiving it, too.

* [[Captain Obvious]]: Sometimes, randomized combat dialogue can lead to this.

* [[Charged Attack]]: The Plasma Pistol

** Arguable, but the Needler also counts. It would be virtually useless, despite the homing feature of the needles, except for the fact that once a target has enough needles in them, they simultaneously explode. So the needler can be useful, assuming a player can get enough needles in an opponent to cause the explosion.

* [[Dying Like Animals]] - A random wounded marine in the Uplift Reserve level of ODST goes on a long-winded rant about how Earth is a cage, humans are zebras, and the Covenant are the lions.

* [[Easter Egg]]: Lots of them. One favorite is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqHttdEwn4o the Insulting Grunt].

** Then there's the [[Red vs. Blue]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waL8K2SGR1M "What's the Password" scene] in ''Halo 3''.

* [[Elevator Action Sequence]] - Seen on The Oracle, Regret, Quarantine Zone, etc.

* [[Elite Mooks]] - Zealot(gold) Elites, Spec-ops(black/purple) Elites, Ultra(silver) Elites, Honor Guard Elites, Spec-ops Grunts, Ultra Grunts, Brute Captains, Brute Chieftains, etc.

* [[King Mook]] - Sesa Refumee(the heretic leader), and Tartarus to some degree.

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: When rescuing Cortana from High Charity near the end of Halo 3:

'''Master Chief''' ''"Thought I'd try shooting my way out—mix things up a little."'' }}

* [[Late to the Party]] - The ODST squad arrives at New Mombasa just as it's devastated by a jumping cruiser. While most of the squad jumps straight into the action that follows, the Rookie (who we play as the most) wakes up six hours later and spends most of his time trying to find the rest of the squad.

** "[[Arc Words|This is the way the world ends]]."

* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]

'''Arbiter:''' And so... you must be silenced. }}

* [[Prepare to Die]]: The ODST's line "Prepare to Drop" was changed to this when the Slipspace explosion happened.

* [[The Promise]]:

''"...You... keep it. I do know how to pick 'em."'' }}

* [[Psycho Strings]]: Musics associated with the Flood.

* [[We Cannot Go on Without You]]: If Cpt. Keyes dies on "Truth and Reconciliation", it's [[Nonstandard Game Over|Game Over]]}

* [[What the Hell, Player?]]:

** This one actually falls under [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]], and it's a small easter egg. The Elephant tank is so large that, using conventional means, it's impossible to flip, and it's so heavy, and drives so slowly, that you can't really cause it to flip by manoeuvring. It's almost always either due to a glitch, or intentional action by the player.

** Shoot your commanding officer in the face, and your crewmates' reactions are, well, interesting to say the least.

* [[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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