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The first five seasons of ''[[
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* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]:
{{quote| '''O'Malley:''' I need that computer to compile my evil formulas, and to rebuild the weather machine. Also to download music! [[Evil Laugh|Wuhuhahahaha!]]" }}
* [[Art Shift]]: Several scenes set in the distant past were done in the style of ''[[Marathon
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]:
** Luke McKay originally began drawing his own fanart of the series and posting it on the main site. Later, he was hired by Rooster Teeth to do the comic strip on the site, after merely suggesting the notion.
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** Grif arranges for Sarge's funeral and delivers more of a roast while Simmons tries to take over as Red leader. Sarge himself bemoans how he was cut down in the prime of his life, before being asked to get in the casket.
** Church arranges for both his and Tex's funeral. Caboose delivers the eulogy. Church is less than impressed.
* [[Baa Bomb]]: The Blue Team tries calming down a bomb named Andy with imagination therapy. One of the images presented was a flock of sheep. "[[Worms
* [[Back From the Dead]]: Almost anybody that dies. Taken to an extreme when the characters find themselves in an alternate battlefield with two large, deeply idiotic, [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|constantly respawning armies]]. Though besides Church and Tex {{spoiler|except not (see later series)}}, there are very few actual deaths. Just severe injuries.
* [[Badass]]: Tex, especially when she finally takes it [[Up to Eleven]].
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* [[Evil Tastes Good]]: A sort-of reverse example from O'Malley:
{{quote| "I will devour their hearts and crap out their souls! They will all taste oblivion!... Which tastes just like Red Bull... Which is disgusting!"}}
* [[Fan Fiction]]: Apparently, Donut has written some of ''[[Harry Potter (
* [[Five-Man Band]]:
** Blue Team:
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** Also happens when Grif saves Sarge's life from a [[Boom! Headshot!|headshot wound]]... using CPR.
** {{spoiler|When Wyoming is stabbed by Tucker, Gamma cries out "Reggie!"}}
* [[Fun
* [[Fun
* [[Fusion Dance]]: The Freelancers and their AIs. O'Malley's name is even a portmanteau of his designation (Omega) and Tex's real name (Allison) to form Om-Alli.
** {{spoiler|1=So is Gary's. Gamma + Reginald = Gary (Ga-Re).}}
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* [[Hopeless War]]: Played for laughs due to the fact that the teams are in a never ending game of Capture the Flag. The creators state that one side exists because the other side exists.
* [[Human Ladder]]: Sarge and Caboose form one to see into a high-level window.
* [[Humans
** The character translating it peters out when Church tells him that a skunk's feces doesn't crap. He probably had farther to go.
* [[I Am Not Shazam]]: A bit of an inversion: When Tex explains that every member of Project Freelancer was codenamed for a state, Tucker responds by asking the soldier nicknamed Tex what her codename was. She responds, "[[Sarcasm Mode|Nevada]]." Plenty of fans believed her, though in their defense the series seemed goofy enough for that to happen, and she delivers the line completely straight.
* [[I Can't Do This
* [[Informed Attractiveness]]: Tex and Sister. Being that all the characters use the same Master Chief player model (which is male of course) the only way the audience knows that they're attractive is through comments from the male characters (specifically Tucker). Though there was an episode where Sister took her armor off for a physical and the surveillance cameras in Blue Base caught it all much to the delight of Simmons and Sarge ([[The Un-Reveal|though we the audience don't get to see]]).
** Also, Tucker himself and his "striking metrosexual good looks," as noted by Captain Flowers.
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'''O'Malley:''' ...Now, suddenly it's too loud. I preferred it when it was quiet. }}
* [[Ironic Echo Cut]]: Played straight and played for laughs.
* [[Jerkass]]: Church. Would be [[The Neidermeyer]], except that he's not technically the commanding officer and is in charge only because Tucker isn't going to do it. Sometimes shows glimmers of being a [[Jerk
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|York, Crunchbite, Captain Flowers, and eventually Wyoming}}.
* [[Knife Outline]]: Tex's introduction, using bullets against a wall, and Caboose as the outline.
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*** And, as a matter of fact, they do. As of ''Recreation'', the Blues and Reds have been resettled at Valhalla.
** "[[Alien Invasion|Invasion]]": Starts the same way as "Fight! Fight!" but before Sarge can finish mocking the Blues, he is blasted by a Banshee. Everyone is killed by Aliens, who then proceed to take over the bases and act out the events of Episode 1.
** "[[All Just a Dream|Ruby]] [[The Wizard of Oz (
** "Tex Wins": When Church screams for Tex to come back, the ship turns around (with Andy presumably having been deactivated). The ship then fires a missile at the Blood Gulch soldiers, killing them all.
{{quote| '''Sarge:''' [[Facing the Bullets One-Liner|... Aw, snap.]]}}
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** And Lopez' terrible Babelfish Spanish. One prime example is when he's translating Vic's message and somehow French gets in there.
{{quote| "OK, hombre! Au revoir."}}
* [[Not in
* [[The Not-Secret]]: When Simmons is [[It Makes Sense in Context|pretending to be a Blue soldier]], Church immediately knows it's him, but pretends not to in order to torment him.
* [[The Neidermeyer]]: Sarge
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* [[Running Gag]]: Among others:
{{quote| '''Donut''': It's not pink, it's ''lightish red''!}}
** Tucker never gets the sniper rifle. The first time he did, he accidentally ''shoots Tex in the ass''. Then he [[Took a Level In Badass
*** After this, Tucker's obsession with using the sniper rifle died down significantly. The fact that he found his own badass weapon (the Sword) also had something to do with it.
** Church's horrible aim, especially with the sniper rifle. He usually only hits people by accident, or when the [[Rule of Funny]] makes it possible. In Reconstruction this gets Flanderized to the point that he fires an entire clip at an enemy two feet away and [[Crowning Moment of Funny|misses every time.]]
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* [[Snipe Hunt]]: Episode 3, and [[Hilarity Ensues]] afterwards.
** {{spoiler|Tucker's big quest with the alien is all just a ruse to get him knocked up. Yeah.}}
* [[Spanner in
* [[Sound Effect Bleep]]: Most swearing isn't censored, but in one instance, "Son of a..." is cut off by an [[Earthshattering Kaboom]].
** Due to e-mail requests and concerns about younger audiences, episodes of the second season had fewer expletives in general, and bleeps over those that made it in. This caused an even larger backlash from people demanding the swearing be put back in. Rooster Teeth, as explained in the second season DVD commentary, responded by introducing Caboose's mental image of Church, who swore more than any other character. Third season episodes were offered in censored and uncensored versions before the idea of censorship was abandoned.
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{{quote| '''Sarge:''' [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|I sure hope it's Grif.]]}}
** {{spoiler|It isn't.}}
* [[Two
** The second half of the ''Chronicles'' is far more plot-oriented (going so far as to [[Retcon]] some of the sillier gags from earlier in the series) and ends on a relative downer.
** The trend towards mythology is amplified further in ''Recollections'', which retcons ''Chronicles'' even further and plays some scenes solely for drama; therefore, ''Chronicles'' and ''Recollections'' follow the trope for the entire ''Red vs. Blue'' saga.
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* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Sarge always carries a shotgun, Church always has the sniper rifle (but can't hit anything with it), Tucker eventually gets The Sword, Doc uses the plasma pistol (described as a medical device), and O'Malley (in Doc's body) loves that rocket launcher. When the transfer from Halo 1 to Halo 2 was still fresh, Donut and Tex were usually always seen with Battle Rifles while the others had submachine guns, up until the creators decided to simply give everyone Battle Rifles.
** When the show was using the Halo 1 engine, all the characters wielded the pistol (with the other weapons making the occasion cameo). This was due to the fact that the characters looked the most natural when their arms were all the way down while using the pistol. When Halo 2 came out, Bungie added a relaxed stance for all the weapons so the characters got specific weapons. Also on the DVD commentary, Rooster Teeth noted that the Halo 2 pistol looked tiny in relation to the characters so they switched to the SMG or battle rifle as a standard weapon.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: According to [[Word of God]], there was originally a concept in which the characters, in preparation for battle, would call out [[In the Name of
** The story was originally going to be about the Reds, with Church and Tucker always observing from the cliff and making comments, a la [[Statler and Waldorf]].
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]]: From ''Looking For Group":
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* [[Worst Aid]]: Doc isn't a very good medic. He was, however, able to safely deliver Tucker's... baby.
** And for some reason got it to bite Caboose and drink his blood.
* [[Writers Cannot Do Math]]: According to Simmons, he has a real knack for [[Good
{{quote| '''Grif''': What's... 32 times 56?<br />
'''Simmons''': 31,452.<br />
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