History FanFic / HaloCombatDeformed

* BreakingTheFourthWall: **To the surprise of Cortana, [[ScaryBlackMan Johnson]] is able to kill Master Chief with nothing but his belt. Luckily the Chief [[IGotBetter respawns a few seconds later.]]
** Master Chief scrambled into a Warthog, putting pedal to the metal, bowling over anything in the way. Ahead was a strange area packed with ramps and platforms. "You know," said the Chief, "if I wasn't in such a hurry, I'd say that this looks a lot like a video game level."

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: At one point the Master Chief is stupid enough to stick his helmet onto an Elite's head, which effectively breaks the Cole Protocol and gives the alien knowledge of Earth's location. Luckily, Chief kills him ASAP.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: To the surprise of Cortana, [[ScaryBlackMan Johnson]] is able to kill Master Chief with nothing but his belt. Luckily the Chief [[IGotBetter respawns a few seconds later.]]

* BreakingTheFourthWall: To the surprise of Cortana, [[ScaryBlackMan Johnson]] is able to kill Master Chief with nothing but his belt. Luckily the Chief[[IGotBetter respawns a few seconds later.]]

* BreakingTheFouthWall: To the surprise of Cortana, [[BigScaryBlackGuy Johnson]] is able to kill Master Chief with nothing but his belt. Luckily he [[IGotBetter respawns a few seconds later.]]

* BerserkButton: Bringing the Chief out of cryo-sleep, killing his allies, [[ItMakesSenseInContext not saying "Everybody Smiles At Kittens" instead of "United Nations Space Command"]]...there's too many to name. [[ItGotWorse And the worst part is]], whether or not these [[{{Trigger}} triggers]] are successfully pushed ''[[LoudGulp is essentially random]]''.

Picture the ''{{Halo}}'' universe. Now add an [[BunnyEarsLawyer absentminded]], [[CloudCuckooLander mentally unstable]] protagonist with [[AxCrazy violent impulses]] and a penchant for [[VerbalTic silly exclamations]], a beautiful-but-frustrated [[ArtificialIntelligence AI]], a black [[SpaceMarine Marine]] who [[ChewBubblegum listens to metal]] [[TheyLive and kicks ass]] and brags about his size, a [[ScaryDogmaticAliens religious coalition of alien races]] hell-bent on activating the Halos (and [[DeathBySex raping humanity into extinction]] along the way), and a legion of [[EldritchAbomination horrific]] [[ZombieApocalypse zombifying]] [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong sex parasites]]. The result?

* RapeAsComedy: [[spoiler:Captain Keyes]] on [[spoiler:Sergeant Johnson.]]
** ''Every'' occurrence of rape is treated this way, in [[DeadBabyComedy varying]] [[{{Squick}} degrees.]]

** Don't question the Prophet of Truth. It makes him [[{{Understatement}} mad]].

* BerserkButton: Bringing the Chief out of cryo-sleep, killing his allies, [[spoiler:not saying "Everybody Smiles At Kittens" instead of "United Nations Space Command"]]...there's too many to name. [[ItGotWorse And the worst part is]], whether or not these [[{{Trigger}} triggers]] are successfully pushed ''[[LoudGulp is essentially random]]''.
** Sergeant Johnson doesn't like people disrespecting his prowess.

* [[spoiler: CelebrityCameo: [[AmericanIdol Sanjaya Malakar]] in Chapter 9, BreakingBenjamin in Chapter 12.]]

[[folder: Examples Contained in Both Fics]]

* AttemptedRape: The Covenant [[spoiler:[[TentacleRape and the Orgy]]]] are guilty of this. Sometimes they [[AFateWorseThanDeath succeed]].

* DreamSequence / NightmareSequence: The Master Chief has one while in cryo-sleep.

--> '''Johnson''': Am I right, Marines?
--> '''Marines''': SIR, YES, SIR!

* TooDumbToLive: Captain Keyes. And [[spoiler:ForegoneConclusion he doesn't.]]

* TooDumbToLive: Captain Keyes. And [[spoiler:he doesn't.]]

--> -- The '''[[TheProtagonist Master Chief]]''', [[{{Beat}} right before]] [[FrickinLaserBeams something]] [[MoreDakka bad]] [[ZergRush happens]] [[StuffBlowingUp to]] [[ChewToy him]] [[OhNoNotAgain yet again]]

* DreamSequence / NightmareSequence: The Master Chief, while in cryo-sleep.
* FlatWhat: The Chief's reaction to Guilty Spark revealing himself to be aboard the ''Pillar of Autumn''.

* MercyKill: While looking for Keyes, the Chief does this to a hysterical, trigger-happy Marine he runs into.

--> -- '''[[TheProtagonist Master Chief]]''', [[{{Beat}} right before]] [[FrickinLaserBeams something]] [[MoreDakka bad]] [[ZergRush happens]] [[StuffBlowingUp to]] [[ChewToy him]] [[OhNoNotAgain yet again]]

* CompensatingForSomething: Averted with Tartarus and the [[MeaningfulName Dick of Fukt]]. He is stated to be quite well-endowed, even for a Brute. At one point, he even [[spoiler:knocks out the Arbiter with his penis.]]

Picture the ''{{Halo}}'' universe. Now add an [[BunnyEarsLawyer absentminded]], [[CloudCuckooLander mentally unstable]] protagonist with [[AxCrazy violent impulses]] and a penchant for [[VerbalTic silly exclamations]], a beautiful-but-frustrated [[ArtificialIntelligence AI]], a black [[SpaceMarine Marine]] who [[ChewBubblegum listens to metal]] [[TheyLive and kicks ass]] and brags about his [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean size]], a [[ScaryDogmaticAliens religious coalition of alien races]] hell-bent on activating the Halos (and [[DeathBySex raping humanity into extinction]] along the way), and a legion of [[EldritchAbomination horrific]] [[ZombieApocalypse zombifying]] [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong sex parasites]]. The result?

** Sergeant Johnson doesn't like people disrespecting his [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean prowess.]]

* MilitarySalute: In the first fic, Johnson returns a lower-ranked Marine's salute in an [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean unusual]] [[StrangeSalute way]]. In the second, he and the Chief salute Admiral Sir Hood. [[spoiler:[[ItMakesSenseInContext Johnson's unbelted pants fall down in the process]], much to Lord Hood's disgust.]]

** ''Every'' occurrence of rape is treated this way, in [[BlackComedy varying]] [[{{Squick}} degrees.]]

* AngryBlackMan / ScaryBlackMan: Sergeant Johnson, at times.