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''[http://www.youtube.com/show?p=H4Z8Vj7XZOc&s=1 Arby 'n' The Chief]'' is a comedic Live Action Puppeteering/[[Machinima]] series created by [http://joncjg.blogspot.com/ Jon Graham] (formerly known as "DigitalPh33r"), who also produced ''[[Deus Ex Machina (Machinimamachinima)|Deus Ex Machina]]''. The focus of the series is based around [[Living Toys|figurines]] based on Bungie and Microsoft's ''[[Halo]]'' series coming to life when their owner is out. As the title suggests, the main characters are based on Master Chief (a [[Leet Lingo]]-speaking [[Jerkass]] whose only concern is how much he "pwns" in any given game, something that he is completely incapable of actually doing) and the Arbiter (a [[Deadpan Snarker]] who often acts as the voice of reason to the Chief's mindless ranting). One of the unique features of the series is that many of the characters actually speak through a [[Synthetic Voice Actor|PC voice synthesizer]], instead of acted voice-overs. The series is based on Graham's previous shorts, ''Master Chief Sucks At Halo'', where the series' trademarks (including synthesized voice-overs and the Chief's personality) were developed. This is the show that has made Graham a internet wide phenomenon, rivaling [[Rooster Teeth]] in popularity.
 
The original series initially ended after the third season with a six-part finale, "Endgame". The finale led to a spin-off, ''Arby 'n' the Chief in LA'', produced entirely by Machinima.com with minimal input from Graham. After a break from the series, Graham announced a fourth season of ''Arby 'n' the Chief'' in 2010, which takes place before "Endgame" and the LA spinoff. This was followed by a fifth season in early 2011, and a sixth season in mid 2011. A seventh season has been announced and premiered in early 2012.
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* [[Deconstruction]]: Season 5 is this of the entire [[Living Toys]] trope.
** And it looks like season 6 will take it [[Deconstructor Fleet|further]]. [[Darker and Edgier|And further]].
* [[Foreshadowing]] - In Season 3 Episode 4, two of [[Jerkass|Craig]]'s Major League Gamer] pals [[Fetish|get (presumably Halo-induced) erections]] and [[A Date Withwith Rosie Palms|decide to go rub one out.]] This later becomes the catalyst for Master Chief's win against Craig later in the episode.
* [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot]]: Introduced in season 4... [[What Happened to Thethe Mouse?|never to be mentioned again.]]
** [[Double Subversion|...until "Hypernews I" (43/S5E5)]], where it turns into somewhat of a [[Leaning Onon the Fourth Wall]] variety.
{{quote| '''Chief''': [[Lampshade Hanging|didnt we set up taht acount liek months ago?]]}}
** After Season 5 finished, the mail slot has spun off into its own show - ''Arby 'n' the Chief: Hypermail''
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** 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 Onon the Tin|Stupid Obvious Information Magazine]], sm0k3w33d4lyph3420, Chief also makes a few variations on his lines from previous episodes.
* [[Homage]]: "Hypernews I" to ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|Ocarina of Time]]'', which is [[Author Appeal|Jon's favourite game]]. And that's despite Chief giving the game an extremely negative review, akin to [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]], making it somewhat an [[Affectionate Parody]] of the former (and possibly the latter).
* [[How We Got Here]]: Season 5 starts with this premise.
* [[Ironic Nickname|Metallic Nickname]]: Chief's Noobs in "Digital Fruitcakes" is a subversion:
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* [[Machinima]] ''and'' Live Action Puppeteering.
* [[Travel Montage]]: Parodied in [[The Movie]]. When Chief escapes from LA, it zooms out to the classic "line on the map" scene - except the lines are a tangled mess because Chief has no idea where he's going.
* [[Real Trailer, Fake Movie]]: a parodic variant in the [[Cold Opening]] to "The Mail Room II" (37/S4E12), complete with [[Parrot Exposition]]. [[Recycled in Space|IN 3D!]]
{{quote| '''Arbiter''': [[Take That|Fuck 3D.]]}}
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: [[Exactly What It Says Onon 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 (Fanfic)|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 (Filmfilm)|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.
* [[Take That]]: As shown by the Chief being a [[Take That]] at Halo's [[Fan Dumb]] and indicated by some episodes' director commentaries, the plots of some episodes are aimed at common complaints that the Halo fanbase made about the games, or make fun of Xbox Live users in general. This intensified when Graham discontinued ''It's A Wonderful Live'', a separate machinima series designed to vent out those same frustrations.
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== Characters ==
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See also [[Arby 'n' the Chief (Machinima)/Characters|the character sheet]].
 
* [[Abusive Parents]]: {{spoiler|Kylie's motive for working with Chaos Theosis was so that she'd have enough money to leave home because of her abusive father.}}
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*** Chief even calls a drunken Arbiter out on [[Borrowed Catchphrase|using this one]].
{{quote| '''Arbiter''': [[Out-of-Character Moment|LOL, remember Chief?]]<br />
'''Chief''': [[Hey, That's My Line!|HAY. thats mai thing arbitur. u cant use mai thing.]] remember. remember its mien. lol remember arbitur?<br />
'''Arbiter''': LOL, I remember Chief.<br />
'''Chief''': [[Hypocritical Humor|LOL. ur so silly.]]<br />
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** FREEZE / TOSERS / GET DOWN ON THE FUKCING GROUND
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: most noticeable with Chief - he used to be simply a [[Small Name, Big Ego]] [[Fan Dumb]] [[The Ditz|Ditz]], but then he started realizing that he is not as good at Halo as he previously thought. And he has recently got a tiny grasp of sarcasm (not that he makes use of it very frequently). His relationship with Arbiter has been changing over time, too. See also [[Author Avatar]] above.
** It's also a little weird watching Chief write off many games as stupid and that Halo is way better than them (like [[Super Smash Bros Brawl]], [[Devil May Cry (Video Game)|Devil May Cry]] 4 and [[Call of Duty 4]]) and took some serious convincing to get him to even play them when you later see the chief willingly play many different games without a mention of Halo or even that the game sucks (like [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] and [[Resident Evil 5]])
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: {{spoiler|The thirteen year old TOSER applicant}}
** An example in Season 5 is {{spoiler|the player Chief met in "Time Wasters" and other earlier episodes who called him out for being bad at Halo. In the penultimate episode he turns out to be a member of an organization of underground hackers and takes Arbiter and Chief to the organization after they got kicked from the server that Trent and Claire's wedding is taking place in. }}
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* [[Gamer Chick]]; [[The Chick]]: Cortana
* [[Giant Spider]]: The finale of season four introduces one, which even [[Bring My Brown Pants|terrifies arachnophobe viewers]].
* {{spoiler|[[Hijacked Byby Ganon]]}}: {{spoiler|In Severance, the twelfth episode of Season 6, Kylie and Clyde were fragged, disbanding Chaos Theosis. However, by signing into Clyde's account using his password, Arbiter and Chief find out that Trent Donnovich, Season 5's [[Big Bad]] was behind the entire thing.}}
* [[Immune to Drugs]]: Scott eats cocaine sandwiches.
* [[Jerkass]]: Master Chief
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* {{spoiler|[[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]], S6 E8 ends with Chaos Theosis marching on TOSER's HQ}}
* [[And Then John Was a Zombie]]: The "shocking" twist ending of Chief's first machinima "TEH AELINS FRUM TEH OTUAR SPAESS" in [[The Movie]], which as mentioned above is a shoutout to the notoriously bad Doom fanfic [[Doom: Repercussions of Evil|Repercussions of Evil.]]
* [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]: Subverted, Chief finally regains his Recon but learns you could get it from doing the Vidmaster challenges.
* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: Chief and Arbiter in the Season 5 pilot.
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*** And, to make it a [[Up to Eleven|true]] [[Brick Joke]], another hug occurs in the fourth episode of Hypermail. And both characters end up getting signs on their backs.
* [[Bus Crash]]: Happens with Travis, Scott and Cortana.
* [[Caught Withwith Your Pants Down]]: During a ''[[Halo]] 3'' match between Chief and professional gamer Craig, Craig notices he has a hard-on and goes at it while Chief is temporarily distracted from the match. Craig, however, gets caught in the act by his parents, and the ensuing confusion on his side allows the normally incompetent Chief to win the match.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: {{spoiler|The typo Trent makes}} in Season 5.
** In the 10th episode of Season 4 "Night of the evading dead", Chief wakes up Arbiter by telling him there's a big spider next him, implying that he has arachnophobia. {{spoiler|In the finale, a giant spider appears in Jon's house, and this becomes an important plot point.}}
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{{quote| '''Chief''': k k stop sotp stpo. i surendir. {{spoiler|JK LOL}} }}
* [[Overly Long Gag]]: The death of Scott.
* [[Put Onon a Bus Toto Hell|Put On A Spaceship To Hell]]: The fates of Cortana, Todd and Travis at the end of "King".
{{quote| {{spoiler|Todd and Travis then [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|had their butts made love to by a big gay outer space alien that looked suspiciously like Jon's chin and were later eaten alive.]] }}<br />
{{spoiler|As the alien had no desire for females, Cortana was later thrown into an escape pod and fired directly into the center of an alien sun.}}<br />
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{{quote| '''Arbiter''': We're going to need a miracle.}}
** {{spoiler|A tank spawns behind him}}
* [[Who Would Be Stupid Enough...?]]: When Chief learns about the visual effects.
{{quote| '''Chief''': put them all on<br />
'''Arbiter''': Settle down, Chief. I mean most of the visual effects ARE cool and all, but some are made entirely for Machinima and it's impossible to see with them turned on. Playing with them all on would be fucking stupid. What kind of ignoramus would do that? Who, Chief? Who, I ask you? ''Who?'' <br />
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