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The collection of seasons 6 to 8 of ''[[Red vs. Blue (Machinima)|Red vs. Blue]]'', in which the series takes more of a serious turn and focuses more on the Freelancers and The Director. The collection contains 58 episodes, as well as one miniseries, "Relocated".
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* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Whereas the Blood Gulch seasons were light on drama and action but heavy on comedy, the Recollection Trilogy (especially "Reconstruction") is the opposite.
* [[Deconstruction]] of the parodic nature of "Blood Gulch Chronicles". All the wacky hijinks they had in the previous series, they get punished for and are now dealing with a more realistic military. There is an actual reason for all those robots and AI programs that kept popping up all over the place. Even the pointlessness of fighting a base in the middle of a box canyon is addressed. The parodic personalities of the Blood Gulch team meeting the more serious military personalities only made it even funnier.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: [[Arc Words|Memory]] [[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories|is key.]]
* [[Doing in Thethe Wizard]]
{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Washington''': Church, there's no such thing as ghosts. You're one of them. You're an A.I. You, are the Alpha.}}}}
* [[Epilogue Letter]]: The last episode of "Reconstruction".
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'''Grif''': I find that viruses which feature laughing skulls tend to work the best.<br />
'''Simmons''': Shut the fuck up and let me work! }}
* [[I Can't Do This Byby Myself]]: Agent Washington repeatedly uses this phrase, so much so that it's parodied in the first [[Rooster Teeth Shorts]], where a fake recording session of Washington's voice actor Shannon McCormick shows him saying this, along with several other satirical versions of Wash's frequent statements.
* [[I Resemble That Remark]]
{{quote| '''Washington''': You have got to be the most immature soldiers I've ever met.<br />
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* [[Only Sane Man]]: Wash whenever he has to interact with the characters from the previous seasons. His presence is the primary cause of [[Cerebus Syndrome]]. The Meta is the cause of the rest.
* [[Punny Name]]: Might be an accident, might not be that Agent Washington, aka ''Wash'', is the cleanup crew for the Freelancers. Cleanup. Wash. Think about it.
* [[Reconstruction]]: All the video game tropes picked apart in the Blood Gulch Chronicles are being put back together. And, ya know, [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|it's the name of the season.]]
* [[Replacement Goldfish]]: Judging by the Director's words, probably {{spoiler|Tex}}.
* [[Secret Keeper]]: Agent Washington, until [[Wham! Episode|Episode 16]].
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{{quote| '''Caboose:''' Um, can you change my job title to something more important like astronaut -- oh! I know! ''Space Marine!''}}
** Ignoring, of course, that technically speaking, his job title already ''is'' "space marine"...
* [[Surrounded Byby Idiots]]: The more time he spends around the Blood Gulch Crew, the more Washington develops this attitude.
* [[Title Drop]]:
{{quote| '''Washington''': "Now I know you guys are all wrapped up in your Red vs. Blue battles..."<br />
'''Caboose''': " [[Insistent Terminology|Blue versus Red.]] No one says Red versus Blue. It sounds stupid when you say it like that." }}
* [[Tomato in Thethe Mirror]]: When it's revealed that {{spoiler|Church is an AI}}. However, it's quickly subverted when {{spoiler|Church denies this, still believing himself to be a ghost}}.
{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Church''': You're a fucking idiot.}}<br />
{{spoiler|'''Washington''': That's not the reaction I expected.}} }}
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Lopez is becoming snarkier with every episode.
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: {{spoiler|Tucker attempts to do one to a pair of C.T.'s goons with a Chopper, but [[Subverted Trope|ends up missing]].}}
* [[Easy Amnesia]]/[[Who's Onon First?]] When Church accidentally turned off his short term memory.
* {{spoiler|[[Face Heel Turn]]: Washington}}.
* [[A Form You Are Comfortable With]]: Epsilon appears to Caboose as Delta because it knows Caboose trusted Delta. Although Caboose is a little unclear on the concept, so the benefit was largely wasted on him.
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{{quote| '''Gavin:''' Oh... ''Oh''. I get it. My- So I should just-<br />
'''Burnie:''' Get the fuck out of the booth, okay? }}
* [[Self-Serving Memory]]: Sarge does in the first episode when he recalls how they deleted the record of the Blues from Command's computer, with his modifications including killing Grif and Simmons turning into a motorcycle. When Grif calls him out on this, citing his not being dead, Sarge tells Simmons to [[Transformers (Franchise)|transform and run over him]].
* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: The Reds vs. The Meta.
* [[Shoo Out the Clowns]]: {{spoiler|Donut is killed at the end, paving the way for the much more serious and dramatic ''Revelation''}}.
* [[Surrounded Byby Idiots]]: Lopez has adopted this attitude.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: {{spoiler|Tucker}}, who single-handedly pwns his way through C.T.'s team of Aliens and Marines. We later learn that he's the only thing that's prevented C.T. from breaking into the temple.
* [[Trailer Spoof]]: The trailer's beginning is more or less identical to the trailer for ''Reconstruction''. It then changes when Caboose causes an explosion in Blue base.
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* [[Vertigo Effect]]: The second episode of ''Relocation'' has this when Caboose sneaks up on Simmons.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Simmons seems to have adopted the Rocket Launcher as his.
* [[What Happened to Thethe Mouse?]]: Partially averted. It's revealed that Junior somehow survived the ship crash and the events at Valhalla, and was made an ambassador with Tucker, but we never see him again.
* [[Your Mom]]: After they lose Caboose (again):
{{quote| '''Grif:''' So embarrasing for you...<br />
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The last in the Recollection Trilogy, centering around the memories and AIs. The first showing also revealed that [[Monty Oum]], the creator of [[Haloid]] and [[Dead Fantasy]], is now part of the [[Rooster Teeth]] staff.
 
* [[And the Adventure Continues...]]: After all the shenanigans, damage, lies, victories and defeats of the last 8 seasons, they decided {{spoiler|to return to their Training program because they liked it and to hell if its not real for command, ''its real for them''}}. The fact that technically they had shown to be the biggest badasses in the entire series {{spoiler|far beyond mere trainees}}, literally surviving and defeating one [[One-Man Army]] after another while thousands of others didn't, make it all the more [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|intense]].
* [[Affably Evil]]: {{spoiler|Washington}} shows qualities of this and [[Evilly Affable]] at various points, showcasing what happens when [[The Comically Serious]] loses patience and goes to [[The Dark Side]].
* [[A God Am I]]: Church takes a little too well to the aliens worshiping him.
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** In Chapter 12, we learned that Recovery Beacons won't activate inside the backup Freelancer facility. The immediate crisis is resolved and Tex and Epsilon-Church head off to a mysterious snowy facility alone. In the remote location, {{spoiler|Tex shoots Epsilon-Church in order to activate his Recovery Beacon and bring Wash and the Meta to her.}}
** When "Revelations" first started, the series' main cover was an image of Tex's helmet with the faceplate shattered. {{spoiler|In Episode 19, we see the events that cause this to happen.}}
** The Meta's Brute Shot is almost literally one, albeit in a bit of a strange fashion. {{spoiler|The Meta uses it to save himself from falling off the cliff after the fight with Tex. Later, when he tries to [[Taking You Withwith Me|drag Grif off the cliff with him to his doom,]] Grif uses it do the same thing. Only this time, The Meta is still screwed.}}
** And finally, the towing cable on the Warthog.
* [[Chekhov's Skill]] a [[Stealth Pun|Meta Example]] when the Meta gets his AI abilities back (invisibility, shield dome etc.) {{spoiler|and turns on Washington}} to fight the Reds and Blues. These abilities are very similar to the armor abilities in [[Halo: Reach]] (the next game after ''[[Halo 3]]'') also Washington uses a knife, which is also something new to ''[[Halo]]'' gameplay in Reach.
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: What's that? {{spoiler|Turns out the Meta was only looking out for itself? Wow, that's so... characteristic.}}
* [[Compilation Movie]]
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** When Tex is mentioning that Gamma was one of the [[A Is]] that tortured Alpha, the computer terminal that housed Gamma can be seen on a nearby wall.
** The Freelancer training facility's A.I. {{spoiler|(which sounds exactly like Sheila) is named F.I.L.S.S. This was also the name of the original Sheila before Church accidentally changed it during his time travel adventures}}.
** Sarge (along with Grif and Simmons) end up in a grainy, black-and-white version of reality (just like when Sarge was shot and near death back in Season 1), and once again believes it to be the afterlife. It's actually revealed to be a recovery buffer for Project Freelancer units awaiting retrieval by a Recovery Agent, further [[Doing in Thethe Wizard]] of the series more nonsensical elements.
** {{spoiler|Agent Washington: "That was the second worst throw ever. Of all time." Doc: "Hey, what did you expect? I ran track in high school."}}
** {{spoiler|"Does that thing kinda look like a big cat to you?"}}
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: The Meta, which is really impressive as he doesn't technically talk.
* [[Death Cry Echo]]: {{spoiler|The Meta lets out one final echoing roar as it plunges to its doom. Like all the Meta's sounds, it's [[Nightmare Fuel]]. }}
* [[Defiant to Thethe End]]: Tucker in episode 10 continues to fight and keep up his [[Deadpan Snarker]] routine even while getting his ass kicked, and by doing so manages to retain his [[Took a Level In Badass|Level In Badass]] even when it becomes clear he's out of his league.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Even the entire armed forces of the UNSC couldn't take out the Meta. Compared to the Reds and Blues, he might as well be a [[Physical God]]. {{spoiler|And they take him down (possibly for good this time) in the span of a few minutes.}} and it's ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Awesome.]]''
* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|Grif}}.
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* [[Goomba Stomp]]: The Meta does this to the Warthog.
* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: For the director, {{spoiler|the [[Red vs. Blue]] teams were created to put Freelancers in realistic, potentially deadly simulations to perfect and weed out the participants while using the dregs of the army}}. Blood Gulch proved to be [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|highly incompetent and efficient at the same time]] in this regard [[Serial Escalation|beyond his wildest expectations]].
* [[Grievous Harm Withwith a Body]]: Tucker, Grif, Simmons, and Sarge are ALL used as weapons against each other during the the epic fight scene in episode 10. {{spoiler|Then, in a truly weird inversion, Church is pummeled with his own former body in the next episode.}} [[Call Back|Which doesn't seem physically possible.]]
** In the Finale {{spoiler|the Meta throws Sarge at the other Reds, leaving Tucker to face him one-on-one.}}
* [[Groin Attack]]: This happens to Grif over and over and [[Crowning Moment of Funny|over]] and [[Running Gag|over]] and [[No One Could Survive That|over]] again...
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'''Wash:''' Do you really want to find out?<br />
'''Doc:''' No. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Maybe.]] If we use another person, sure. It sounds kinda interesting. }}
* [[Impaled Withwith Extreme Prejudice]]: {{spoiler|Tex, [[Boom! Headshot!|in the face]]}}.
* [[Interesting Situation Duel]]: {{spoiler|Tex's}} beatdown on the Red's and Tucker in the Freelancer base filled with teleporters and her fight with {{spoiler|Wash and Meta}} on Avalanche utilizing timed explosives and collapsing ice.
* [[Ironic Echo]]: Sarge gives one to one of the first one-liners of the series... before going into a fantastic [[Rousing Speech]] centered around that one line. {{spoiler|[[Arc Words|"You ever wonder why we're here?"]]}}
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* [[Last Stand]]: Episode 19. Although she fares very well against them, even going so far to give the impression she ''could'' have beaten them individually, {{spoiler|Tex's fight against Washington and the Meta turns into this as she starts to take hits}}.
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: {{spoiler|In spite of their revealed status as disposable cannon fodder for Project Freelancer, the Reds and Blues rally together to take down the seemingly unstoppable Meta, one of Project Freelancer's deadliest legacies.}}
* [[Licked Byby the Dog]]: Despite being kidnapped, coerced, held hostage and verbally abused by {{spoiler|Washington}}, Doc still tries to save him in Episode 19; with 'try' being the key phrase.
* [[Literal Cliff Hanger]]: In the finale {{spoiler|Grif manages to save himself from falling off the cliff using the Meta's Brute Shot after slipping from [[Take My Hand|Simmons' grasp]].}}
* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]: Inside the {{spoiler|Epsilon Capture Unit, Epsilon Church decides to relive his memories of Blood Gulch while he waits for Tex's return.}}
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*** That would make sense if there a humorous nature to what happens during the song, but considering [[The Hero Dies|what happened]], that's unlikely.
* [[Painfully-Slow Projectile]]: The Meta's time stopper backfires, leaving him slowed down relative to everyone else. It happens right as he's about to punch Doc. Unfortunately for Doc, Simmons calculates that his fist, though ''appearing'' slow relative to them, still has the same actual velocity and force. And he is right.
* [[Plot Tailored to Thethe Party]]: Sort of. {{spoiler|Each of the Reds and Blues participating in the final battle all play a part in defeating the Meta. Grif jumps on its back and manages to steal its Brute Shot, which leaves it open to being stabbed through the chest with the energy sword by Tucker, which in turn slows the Meta down enough for Sarge to attach the Warthog's towing cable to its chest plating, dragging Meta to its doom when Grif and Simmons push the Warthog over the edge of the abyss.}}
* [[The Power of Friendship]] - On the DVD commentary, Burnie Burns says the only reason the teams can {{spoiler|take down the Meta}} is because they know each other so well and can communicate in ways that can get them around their obvious disadvantages.
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: In Chapter 17, Tex delivers one to Epsilon-Church.
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** Washington's "..but I've never seen a line of horses crash into the battlefield from outer space" line as {{spoiler|[[Big Damn Heroes|the remaining Reds and Blues crash-land with the Pelican]] }} could be referencing the way the Flood invaded the Ark in ''[[Halo 3]]''.
** When Doc gets stuck in the wall he looks like [[Star Wars|Han Solo frozen in carbonite]].
** Episode 10 involves a fight in [[Portal (Video Gameseries)|a seemingly abandoned test facility overseen by a potentially evil female computer, featuring linked teleporters flinging people around the room]].
* [[Spanner in Thethe Works]]: The bad guys needed a medic. They got Doc. What could possibly go wrong?
** {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|Actually, if not for Doc, Wash would have fallen off a cliff in finale.]]}}
* [[Stealth Pun]]: The episode "This One Goes To Eleven" (aside from the [[Up to Eleven|obvious lampshade]]) is Chapter 10... which leads into Chapter 11.
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** Also, when Washington spots a trap, and notices that it must be a Freelancer since they had run that exact situation in several drills, Doc asks "But if they're a Freelancer, wouldn't they know you'd realize this?" Washington thinks he's overthinking this, then mines activate all around them.
* [[Super Speed]]: Grif, after Simmons tried to upgrade his armor with Freelancer attachments.
* [[Taking You Withwith Me]]: {{spoiler|As it's being dragged to its doom, the Meta grabs Grif and tries to take him down with it.}}
** Last Words:
{{quote| '''Epsilon:''' {{spoiler|And I mean, Hell. If you have to live the rest of your life in a memory, you might as well make it a good one}}}}
* [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]: Kind of. The final episode of "Revelation" came out the day before ''[[Halo: Reach|Reach]]'' did.
* [[This Is Gonna Suck]]: Said by Tucker in Episode 19 {{spoiler|right before the Pelican "lands"}}:
{{quote| '''Sarge:''' There they are! Land right next to them!<br />
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** When Caboose accidentally ruins Tucker's plan to distract an enemy whilst Simmons prepares an ambush, Tucker calls out to Caboose, stooging off Simmons' position.
{{quote| '''Simmons''': You ratted me out, you son of a bitch!}}
* [[War for Fun Andand Profit]]: The roots of the Red vs. Blue conflict are revealed to be: {{spoiler|Project Freelancer took the lowest-rated soldiers they could find, populated the Red and Blue armies with them, and set them against each other to provide their Freelancer Agents with combat simulations and to otherwise [[For Science!|collect valuable combat data]].}}
* [[Why Are You Looking At Me Like That?]]?: Grif gets this treatment at the end of episode 18, when he wonders who they're gonna get to drive the mysterious vehicle they'll be using to save Church, Tex and take on the Freelancers.
* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] during the team's fight in episode 10.
{{quote| '''Grif''': What do we do Sarge?!<br />
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