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* LetsSplitUpGang: Grif smells pizza in Temple's underwater lair, noting that it can only mean there's another time-traveler in the base with them and that it's probably the same one who's been messing with them the whole season. Because they're on a schedule to save Wash from getting shot, Grif says he will follow them smell and find whoever it is alone while everyone else sticks to the plan and saves Wash.
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* LetsSplitUpGang: Grif smells pizza in Temple's underwater lair, noting that it can only mean there's another time-traveler in the base with them and that it's probably the same one who's been messing with them the whole season. Because they're on a schedule to save Wash from getting shot, Grif says he will follow them the smell and find whoever it is alone while everyone else sticks to the plan and saves Wash.
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* LetsSplitUpGang: Grif smells pizza in Temple's underwater lair, noting that it can only mean there's another time-traveler in the base with them and that it's probably the same one who's been messing with them the whole season. Because they're on a schedule to save Wash from getting shot, Grif says he will follow them smell and find whoever it is alone while everyone else sticks to the plan and saves Wash.
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* SpotTheThread: Grif smells pizza while in Temple's underwater base. This is ''after'' pizza was erased from history, meaning that there's another time traveler there with the Reds and Blues.
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* SpotTheThread: Grif smells pizza while in Temple's underwater base. This He notes that not only did Temple and his team only eat fish, but this is ''after'' pizza was erased from history, meaning that there's another time traveler there with the Reds and Blues.
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* HereWeGoAgain: PlayedForDrama; Much like how it happened [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection eight seasons prior]], the season finale ends with the reveal that, due to outside circumstances, the events of Season 1 are being revisited, albeit slightly inaccurately. As if to acknowledge the similarity, the first sign that things are off is that ''Church'' doesn't sound the same.
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* HereWeGoAgain: PlayedForDrama; Much like how it happened [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheRecollection eight seasons prior]], the season finale ends with the reveal that, due to outside circumstances, the events of Season 1 are being revisited, albeit slightly inaccurately. As if to acknowledge the similarity, the first sign that things are off is that ''Church'' doesn't sound the same.
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The last canonical episode of the series (as of June 2022) is "For Power, Part 2". "Paradox" is the single ''longest" canonical episode of the series so far.
* Note: As of June 2022, this is the longest canonical episode of the entire series.
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* AGlitchInTheMatrix: In the return to Blood Gulch at the end of the episode, everything proceeds more or less the same as it originally did... but in a manner where everything is also noticeably ''off''. Tucker doesn't want to use the sniper rifle, Grif and Simmons are suffering from deja vu, Church is definitely ''not'' being voiced by Burnie Burns, events seem to be proceeding in reverse order (the Reds getting a Warthog --> "Church" and Tucker spying on the Reds --> the "You ever wonder why we're here?" discussion), and the lines typically voiced by the other character are given to the other (i.e., ''Grif'' is the one to start the "You ever wonder why we're here?" discussion instead of Simmons like it originally happened).
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* AGlitchInTheMatrix: In the return to Blood Gulch at the end of the episode, everything proceeds more or less the same as it originally did... but in a manner where everything is also noticeably ''off''. Tucker doesn't want to use the sniper rifle, Grif and Simmons are suffering from deja vu, Church is definitely ''not'' being voiced by Burnie Burns, events seem to be proceeding in reverse order (the Reds getting a Warthog --> "Church" and Tucker spying on the Reds --> the "You ever wonder why we're here?" discussion), and the lines typically voiced by the other one character are given to the other another (i.e., ''Grif'' is the one to start the "You ever wonder why we're here?" discussion instead of Simmons like it originally happened).
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** After O'Malley claims that [[SeeYouInHell he's going to send Donut to Hell]], the lightish-red former simulation trooper snarls back "Well, at least I'll be in good company!" This is an allusion to the blues song "In Hell, I'll Be In Good Company" by The Dead South.
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** After O'Malley claims that [[SeeYouInHell he's going to send Donut to Hell]], the lightish-red former simulation trooper snarls snaps back "Well, at least I'll be in good company!" This is an allusion to the blues song "In Hell, I'll Be In Good Company" by The Dead South.
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** Immediately following the FadeToWhite, there's a slow pan across what appears to be the ground followed by a slow pan upwards to reveal ''Blood Gulch'' as filmed in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''. Apparently, the paradox has caused a CosmicRetcon.
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** Immediately following the FadeToWhite, there's a slow pan across what appears to be the ground followed by a another slow pan upwards to reveal ''Blood Gulch'' as filmed in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''. Apparently, the paradox has caused a CosmicRetcon.
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Incorrect. The Last episode of Singularity is the last canon episode.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Grif, a LazyBum ''par excellence'', actually '''runs''' with no hesitation while desperately trying to get back in time to warn the other Reds and Blues. Furthermore, Donut (who almost ''never'' swears) actually shouts "Like ''Hell!''" as swings The Hammer down at Chrovos to re-seal them at the episode' climax.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Grif, a LazyBum ''par excellence'', actually '''runs''' with no hesitation while desperately trying to get back in time to warn the other Reds and Blues. Furthermore, Donut (who almost ''never'' swears) actually shouts "Like ''Hell!''" as he swings The Hammer down at Chrovos to re-seal them at the episode' climax.
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* Note: As of April 2022, this is the longest canonical episode of the entire series.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove:AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Tucker is clearly about to tell Kaikaina something along these lines before the paradox seemingly wipes them all from history.
* BigApplesauce: The final location visited in Donut and O'Malley duel across space-time appears to be New York City based on the glimpses given to the street layout below.
** On a similar note to the above, Tucker kills two of the Zealots by dropping a horse on them via a time portal, just like how he apparently killed Catherine the Great in "A Pizza The Action".
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* CallBack:
** Tucker kills two of the Zealots by dropping a horse on them via a time portal, just like how he apparently killed Catherine the Great in a previous episode.
** The episode's ending inverts both the season's opening scene -- two people ([[AGlitchInTheMatrix almost]]) having the "[[ArcWords You ever wonder why we're here?]]" conversation, then a pan up -- and the very first episodes of the entire series -- the Red Team meeting, the Blues spying on them, and "You ever wonder why we're here?"
* CerebusCallback:
** Tucker kills two of the Zealots by dropping a horse on them via a time portal, just like how he apparently killed Catherine the Great in a previous episode.
** The episode's ending inverts both the season's opening scene -- two people ([[AGlitchInTheMatrix almost]]) having the "[[ArcWords You ever wonder why we're here?]]" conversation, then a pan up -- and the very first episodes of the entire series -- the Red Team meeting, the Blues spying on them, and "You ever wonder why we're here?"
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* CallBack:
** Tucker kills two of the Zealots by dropping a horse on them via a time portal, just like how he apparently killed Catherine the Great in a previous episode.
**CallBack: The episode's ending inverts both the season's opening scene -- two people ([[AGlitchInTheMatrix almost]]) having the "[[ArcWords You ever wonder why we're here?]]" conversation, then a pan up -- and the very first episodes of the entire series -- the Red Team meeting, the Blues spying on them, and "You ever wonder why we're here?"
*CerebusCallback:CerebusCallback: Grif's unathletic nature has been a pretty consistent RunningGag throughout the entire series. Here, him being so out-of-shape means that he's unable to stop Carolina and the rest of his friends from saving Wash, causing a RealityBreakingParadox.
** Tucker kills two of the Zealots by dropping a horse on them via a time portal, just like how he apparently killed Catherine the Great in a previous episode.
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* DownerEnding: Mixed with GainaxEnding -- Thanks to Genkins's manipulations and betrayal of the Cosmic Powers, as well as Donut's time travel corruption causing him to steal The Hammer, the Reds and Blues make a last ditch attempt at time travel by [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong saving Washington from being shot]]... which goes ''[[GoneHorriblyRight horribly right]]'' causing a RealityBreakingParadox that resets the universe back to the first season of ''The Blood Gulch Chronicles'', with Genkins possessing Church, and everyone else incapable of remembering. Additionally, Wash is confirmed to have suffered permanent brain damage due to the events of Season 15, and he angrily leaves the rest of the Blood Gulch Crew after he learns of Carolina hiding it from him and the rest of the group. Also, Huggins was tragically killed by Genkins for trying to stop the Reds and Blues from anymore time travel, the Cosmic Powers are seemingly helpless before Chrovos' might, and Donut's whereabouts are unknown. Thankfully, it becomes a BittersweetEnding come next season when it turns out that [[spoiler:Donut's HeelFaceTurn wasn't entirely in vain, as Chrovos was still partially sealed away and the universe can be fixed.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood:
* ExplainExplainOhCrap:
* DownerEnding: Mixed with GainaxEnding -- Thanks to Genkins's manipulations and betrayal of the Cosmic Powers, as well as Donut's time travel corruption causing him to steal The Hammer, the Reds and Blues make a last ditch attempt at time travel by [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong saving Washington from being shot]]... which goes ''[[GoneHorriblyRight horribly right]]'' causing a RealityBreakingParadox that resets the universe back to the first season of ''The Blood Gulch Chronicles'', with Genkins possessing Church, and everyone else incapable of remembering. Additionally, Wash is confirmed to have suffered permanent brain damage due to the events of Season 15, and he angrily leaves the rest of the Blood Gulch Crew after he learns of Carolina hiding it from him and the rest of the group. Also, Huggins was tragically killed by Genkins for trying to stop the Reds and Blues from anymore time travel, the Cosmic Powers are seemingly helpless before Chrovos' might, and Donut's whereabouts are unknown. Thankfully, it becomes a BittersweetEnding come next season when it turns out that [[spoiler:Donut's HeelFaceTurn wasn't entirely in vain, as Chrovos was still partially sealed away and the universe can be fixed.]]
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** When their duel through time and space "formally" starts, O'Malley angrily tells Donut that he's going to send him to "[[GoshDarnItToHeck H-E double-hockey-sticks]]!" When Doc was possessed for the first time by O'Malley in Season 2's "Aftermath, Before Biology", he also used the "H-E double-hockey-sticks" swear when complaining to himself over how rude Vic had just been to him.
** O'Malley is defeated by Donut in a similar manner to how the Reds and Blues killed Felix in Season 13's "The End is Near" -- Namely, distracting him before [[DisneyVillainDeath blasting him off a high place to his doom]] by throwing a grenade at his feet.
*CosmicRetcon:
CosmicRetcon: Heavily implied in the ending, where time seems to have been reset by Chrovos after his escape back to the very first episode of the series ([[AGlitchInTheMatrix albeit with many key "errors" in place]], most prominently Church being voiced by Creator/RiccoFajardo as Genkins rather than Burnie Burns).
* DownerEnding: Mixed with GainaxEnding --Thanks to Genkins's manipulations and betrayal of the Cosmic Powers, as well as Donut's time travel corruption causing him to steal The Hammer, the Reds and Blues make a last ditch attempt at time travel by [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong saving Washington from being shot]]... which goes ''[[GoneHorriblyRight horribly right]]'' causing a RealityBreakingParadox that resets seems to reset the universe back to the first season of ''The Blood Gulch Chronicles'', with Genkins possessing replacing Church, and everyone else incapable of remembering. Additionally, Wash is confirmed to have suffered permanent brain damage due to the events of Season 15, and he angrily leaves the rest of the Blood Gulch Crew after he learns of Carolina hiding it from him and the rest of the group. Also, Huggins was tragically killed by Genkins for trying to stop the Reds and Blues from anymore time travel, the Cosmic Powers are seemingly helpless before Chrovos' might, and Donut's whereabouts are unknown.unknown, as is the status of the rest of the universe itself. Thankfully, it becomes a BittersweetEnding come next season when it turns out that [[spoiler:Donut's HeelFaceTurn wasn't entirely in vain, as Chrovos was still partially sealed away and the universe can be fixed.]]
*EvilCannotComprehendGood:
EvilCannotComprehendGood: Chrovos is audibly irritated by Donut's enraged shouting at him after the former simulation trooper realizes that Chrovos was responsible for killing him with Loco's time machine. O'Malley also doesn't understand why Donut would sacrifice being "a prince in Heaven" to re-seal Chrovos.
*ExplainExplainOhCrap:ExplainExplainOhCrap: Grif's smug demeanor over Genkins' monologuing evaporates as he continues to hold Genkins at gunpoint and he realizes that the Cosmic Power is just stalling for time.
-->'''Grif:''' ''(smugly)'' Are you finished?\\
'''Genkins:''' Quite!\\
'''Grif:''' Huh... would you look at the time?\\
'''Genkins:''' Ooh, getting late!\\
'''Grif:''' ''Too'' late. You see buddy, while ''you've'' been jerking yourself off with monologues, my friends were off saving Wash!\\
'''Genkins:''' Fan-''tastic!''\\
'''Grif:''' ''([[DidNotSeeThatComing genuinely surprised]])'' We... ''won?''\\
'''Genkins:''' Huzzah!\\
'''Grif:''' ''([[OhCrap his rifle wavers]]) You're not here to stop us...''
** O'Malley is defeated by Donut in a similar manner to how the Reds and Blues killed Felix in Season 13's "The End is Near" -- Namely, distracting him before [[DisneyVillainDeath blasting him off a high place to his doom]] by throwing a grenade at his feet.
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* DownerEnding: Mixed with GainaxEnding --
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-->'''Grif:''' ''(smugly)'' Are you finished?\\
'''Genkins:''' Quite!\\
'''Grif:''' Huh... would you look at the time?\\
'''Genkins:''' Ooh, getting late!\\
'''Grif:''' ''Too'' late. You see buddy, while ''you've'' been jerking yourself off with monologues, my friends were off saving Wash!\\
'''Genkins:''' Fan-''tastic!''\\
'''Grif:''' ''([[DidNotSeeThatComing genuinely surprised]])'' We... ''won?''\\
'''Genkins:''' Huzzah!\\
'''Grif:''' ''([[OhCrap his rifle wavers]]) You're not here to stop us...''
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* GainaxEnding: After the paradox happens, a TimeCrash causes a FadeToWhite. When things return, it's sort of a recreation of the first two episodes of the series filmed in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}: Anniversary''... [[AGlitchInTheMatrix only Church is definitely not voiced by Burnie Burns, the original lines are given to the other character in the scene, and Grif and Simmons are feeling sort of a deja vu.]]
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* FightingAcrossTimeAndSpace: Donut and O'Malley have an epic duel using the Time Gun that consists of this. It starts with a dogfight between Nazi and British pilots in German airspace [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII in mid-to-late 1944]], then proceeds to Blood Gulch in the series' present day of 2559, the surface of the Moon [[TheSixties in 1969]] (shortly after the crew of ''Apollo 11'' had left to return to Earth), a wrestling ring [[TheNineties in 1996]], the roof of the Florence Cathedral from during UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance, and finally the rooftop of a skyscraper in New York City [[TheNewTens around 2018]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's revealed in this episode that the majority of Zealots that the Reds and Blues would've faced when escaping from Temple's underwater base back in Season 15 were actually killed off by their time-traveling present day selves. This subtly sets up that their presence in the past is a StableTimeLoop, and if Wash would be saved, than the time loop would be broken, causing a TemporalParadox.
* GainaxEnding: After the paradox happens, a TimeCrash causes a FadeToWhite. When things return, it's sort of a recreation of the first two episodes of the series as filmed in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}: Anniversary''... [[AGlitchInTheMatrix only Church is definitely not voiced by Burnie Burns, the original lines are given to the other character in the scene, and Grif and Simmons are feeling sort of a deja vu.]]
*AGlitchInTheMatrix:
AGlitchInTheMatrix: In the return to Blood Gulch at the end of the episode, everything proceeds more or less the same as it originally did... but in a manner where everything is also noticeably ''off''. Tucker doesn't want to use the sniper rifle, Grif and Simmons are suffering from deja vu, Church is definitely ''not'' being voiced by Burnie Burns, events seem to be proceeding in reverse order (the Reds getting a Warthog --> "Church" and Tucker spying on the Reds --> the "You ever wonder why we're here?" discussion), and the lines typically voiced by the other character are given to the other (i.e., ''Grif'' is the one to start the "You ever wonder why we're here?" discussion instead of Simmons like it originally happened).
*GodhoodSeeker:
GodhoodSeeker: Genkins admits to Grif that he joined Chrovos because he's tired of "only" having to act through a GodGuise, and wants to be a ''real'' PhysicalGod with all of the power that it implies.
*HeelFaceTurn:HeelFaceTurn: Donut switches back to the Reds and Blues, and tries to use The Hammer to re-seal Chrovos in his prison.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's revealed in this episode that the majority of Zealots that the Reds and Blues would've faced when escaping from Temple's underwater base back in Season 15 were actually killed off by their time-traveling present day selves. This subtly sets up that their presence in the past is a StableTimeLoop, and if Wash would be saved, than the time loop would be broken, causing a TemporalParadox.
* GainaxEnding: After the paradox happens, a TimeCrash causes a FadeToWhite. When things return, it's sort of a recreation of the first two episodes of the series as filmed in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}: Anniversary''... [[AGlitchInTheMatrix only Church is definitely not voiced by Burnie Burns, the original lines are given to the other character in the scene, and Grif and Simmons are feeling sort of a deja vu.]]
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* HopeSpot:HopeSpot: As Grif shouts in alarm and rushes back coupled with Donut furiously swinging The Hammer right down on Chrovos, it briefly looks like the timeline will be saved and the paradox won't happen! ...And then cue [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Carolina shooting the Zealot]] and [[TemporalParadox time slamming to a halt]].
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* ItsAllAboutMe:ItsAllAboutMe: Genkins rather cheerfully admits to Grif that he's helping Chrovos out of sheer ''boredom'' and a desire to get an even higher position on the cosmic totem pole.
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* OhCrap: Grif's reaction when he realizes that Genkins isn't trying to stop the Reds and Blues from [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong saving Wash via time travel]]; he intends to make sure that they go through with it, which will result in a RealityBreakingParadox.
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* OhCrap: This is Grif's reaction when he realizes that Genkins isn't trying to stop the Reds and Blues from [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong saving Wash via time travel]]; he intends to make sure that they go through with it, which will result in a RealityBreakingParadox.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Grif, a LazyBum ''par excellence'', actually '''runs''' with no hesitation while desperately trying to get back in time to warn the other Reds and Blues. Furthermore, Donut (who almost ''never'' swears) actually shouts "Like ''Hell!''" as swings The Hammer down at Chrovos to re-seal them at the episode' climax.
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RedHerring: As Grif is running back to the Reds and Blues to tell them that they have to let Wash get shot or else it'll cause a RealityBreakingParadox, it briefly looks like ''he'' will be the one to actually shoot Wash and that this whole episode was a StableTimeLoop. However, he doesn't get back in time and Carolina shoots one of the Zealots, causing the paradox to begin.
*SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong:
SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Reds and Blues travel back in time to stop Wash from getting shot, fully believing themselves to be engaging in this trope. Unfortunately, as it turns out they're actually just playing into Genkins' plans, and they're ''actually'' about to MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight.
*ShaggyDogStory:ShaggyDogStory: Both Donut and O'Malley awesome duel through time and space ''and'' Grif's desperate run back to the Reds and Blues to warn them about Genkins' EvilPlan tragically turn out to be all for naught, as they're both too late to stop the paradox from happening.
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** During Donut and O'Malley's fight across time and space, the Time Gun is weaponized to be reminiscent of the [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device]].
** After O'Malley claims that [[SeeYouInHell he's going to send Donut to Hell]], the lightish-red former simulation trooper snarls back "Well, at least I'll be in good company!" This is an allusion to the blues song "In Hell, I'll Be In Good Company" by The Dead South.
*SpotTheThread:
SpotTheThread: Grif smells pizza while in Temple's underwater base. This is ''after'' pizza was erased from history, meaning that there's another time traveler there with the Reds and Blues.
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** Simmons uses one of the Time Guns to tell the Blood Gulch Crew from a few minutes ago (from his perspective) how to get rid of the Zealots occupying the escape area and prepare for Wash getting shot.
** Donut is also able to know he's going to win his duel with O'Malley the entire time following the segment in Blood Gulch since he threw his grenade into the time portal opened up by his future self.
** After O'Malley claims that [[SeeYouInHell he's going to send Donut to Hell]], the lightish-red former simulation trooper snarls back "Well, at least I'll be in good company!" This is an allusion to the blues song "In Hell, I'll Be In Good Company" by The Dead South.
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** Simmons uses one of the Time Guns to tell the Blood Gulch Crew from a few minutes ago (from his perspective) how to get rid of the Zealots occupying the escape area and prepare for Wash getting shot.
** Donut is also able to know he's going to win his duel with O'Malley the entire time following the segment in Blood Gulch since he threw his grenade into the time portal opened up by his future self.
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ThickerThanWater: Donut eventually decides while holding The Hammer in front of Chrovos that even if his friends don't treat him very well, they're still his friends at the end of the day and he's not going to help Chrovos destroy them or the rest of the universe.
*TimeCrash:
TimeCrash: This appears to happen due to the paradox at the episode's end as the events of the series' first few episodes play out using the engine of a different game (here, ''Halo 2: Anniversary'') rather than ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.
*TrueCompanions:TrueCompanions: Donut ultimately decides that the admittedly vitriolic bond he shares with his friends is superior to whatever offers of power Chrovos could ever grant him.
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** Carolina shooting the Zealot that originally shot Wash. Cue ''all'' sound and music suddenly stopping except for an ominous drone as time suddenly halts, shortly followed by a gradual FadeToWhite.
** Immediately following the FadeToWhite, there's a slow pan across what appears to be the ground followed by a slow pan upwards to reveal ''Blood Gulch'' as filmed in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''. Apparently, the paradox has caused a CosmicRetcon.
** Finally, there's pink light suddenly flashing across the sky after Grif and Simmons have a garbled version of the "You ever wonder why we're here?" speech from the first episode, symbolizing that this new universe is not at ''all'' like the previous one.
*YouAlreadyChangedThePast:YouAreTooLate: Chrovos shouts this at Donut right after he finally returns to re-seal Chrovos. Given that this is immediately followed by the paradox, it unfortunately seems like Chrovos was right and the universe is doomed.
* YouAlreadyChangedThePast: As it turns out, the Reds and Blues who traveled back in time were the ones responsible for clearing out the majority of the guards in Temple's underwater base.
** Immediately following the FadeToWhite, there's a slow pan across what appears to be the ground followed by a slow pan upwards to reveal ''Blood Gulch'' as filmed in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''. Apparently, the paradox has caused a CosmicRetcon.
** Finally, there's pink light suddenly flashing across the sky after Grif and Simmons have a garbled version of the "You ever wonder why we're here?" speech from the first episode, symbolizing that this new universe is not at ''all'' like the previous one.
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* YouAlreadyChangedThePast: As it turns out, the Reds and Blues who traveled back in time were the ones responsible for clearing out the majority of the guards in Temple's underwater base.
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-> Directed By: Joe Nicolosi\\
Written By: Joe Nicolosi
-> Directed By: Joe Nicolosi\\
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The Reds and Blues travel back in time to Temple's underwater base to stop Wash's injury from happening. Donut, meanwhile, goes to confront Chrovos with The Hammer.
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!!This episode has examples of:
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove:
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Genkins is confirmed to be the one who wiped pizza from history.
* BrickJoke:
** The Mrs. Cyclops from "It Just Winked At Me" briefly reappears to stomp on some Zealots that Sarge had been able to lure to Iris.
* ButterflyOfDoom: Discussed and spoofed when [[VisualPun Caboose shows a crushed moth]] and asks if that counts.
* CallBack:
** Tucker kills two of the Zealots by dropping a horse on them via a time portal, just like how he apparently killed Catherine the Great in a previous episode.
** The episode's ending inverts both the season's opening scene -- two people ([[AGlitchInTheMatrix almost]]) having the "[[ArcWords You ever wonder why we're here?]]" conversation, then a pan up -- and the very first episodes of the entire series -- the Red Team meeting, the Blues spying on them, and "You ever wonder why we're here?"
* CerebusCallback:
* ChekhovsSkill: Grif's ability to identify different kinds of food leads him to find out that the Reds and Blues aren't the only time travelers in Temple's underwater base.
* ContinuityNod:
* CosmicRetcon:
* DownerEnding: Mixed with GainaxEnding -- Thanks to Genkins's manipulations and betrayal of the Cosmic Powers, as well as Donut's time travel corruption causing him to steal The Hammer, the Reds and Blues make a last ditch attempt at time travel by [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong saving Washington from being shot]]... which goes ''[[GoneHorriblyRight horribly right]]'' causing a RealityBreakingParadox that resets the universe back to the first season of ''The Blood Gulch Chronicles'', with Genkins possessing Church, and everyone else incapable of remembering. Additionally, Wash is confirmed to have suffered permanent brain damage due to the events of Season 15, and he angrily leaves the rest of the Blood Gulch Crew after he learns of Carolina hiding it from him and the rest of the group. Also, Huggins was tragically killed by Genkins for trying to stop the Reds and Blues from anymore time travel, the Cosmic Powers are seemingly helpless before Chrovos' might, and Donut's whereabouts are unknown. Thankfully, it becomes a BittersweetEnding come next season when it turns out that [[spoiler:Donut's HeelFaceTurn wasn't entirely in vain, as Chrovos was still partially sealed away and the universe can be fixed.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood:
* ExplainExplainOhCrap:
* FadeToWhite: How the paradox is depicted.
* FauxAffablyEvil: After Donut refuses again to hand over [[{{MacGuffin}} The Hammer]] to O'Malley and Chrovos, the latter's [[AffablyEvil grandfatherly demeanor]] immediately drops and the Titan angrily snarls for O'Malley to '''kill''' Donut.
* GainaxEnding: After the paradox happens, a TimeCrash causes a FadeToWhite. When things return, it's sort of a recreation of the first two episodes of the series filmed in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}: Anniversary''... [[AGlitchInTheMatrix only Church is definitely not voiced by Burnie Burns, the original lines are given to the other character in the scene, and Grif and Simmons are feeling sort of a deja vu.]]
* AGlitchInTheMatrix:
* GodhoodSeeker:
* HeelFaceTurn:
* HereWeGoAgain: PlayedForDrama; Much like how it happened [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection eight seasons prior]], the season finale ends with the reveal that, due to outside circumstances, the events of Season 1 are being revisited, albeit slightly inaccurately. As if to acknowledge the similarity, the first sign that things are off is that ''Church'' doesn't sound the same.
* HopeSpot:
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: These are Sarge's last words as the paradox engulfs the Reds and Blues.[[note]]Although during RTX 2018, Joe Nicolosi and Matt Hullum concluded that [[MoodKiller Sarge would've probably said something egocentric or stupid]] if not for the FadeToWhite.[[/note]]
* ItsAllAboutMe:
* ItsPersonal: An outraged Donut finally realizes that Chrovos is responsible for his most recent death, further justifying his HeelFaceTurn against the EldritchAbomination.
* LeaveTheCameraRunning: PlayedForDrama; The uncomfortably long pauses following Grif confronting Genkins serve as some FiveSecondForeshadowing that the Reds and Blues traveling back in time to save Wash is actually part of his and Chrovos' EvilPlan to cause a RealityBreakingParadox.
* OhCrap: Grif's reaction when he realizes that Genkins isn't trying to stop the Reds and Blues from [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong saving Wash via time travel]]; he intends to make sure that they go through with it, which will result in a RealityBreakingParadox.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Reds and Blues stopping Wash from getting shot causes a RealityBreakingParadox that frees a hostile EldritchAbomination and his evil [=A.I.=] companion to ravage the cosmos at their leisure. More specifically, Carolina is the one who shoots the Zealot that originally shot Wash.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
* PanUpToTheSkyEnding: The final shot of the episode consists of this, all while set in another Blood Gulch recreation. [[WhamShot And then a pink wave of sorts flashes across the sky]].
* RealityBreakingParadox: Lampshaded by Genkins, who points out that the best way to break the universe is with a paradox. To explain fully, stopping Wash from getting shot will mean the Reds and Blues alongside Wash and Locus (since he won't leave to take the critically injured Wash to a hospital) will definitely [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomp]] Temple before Loco's TimeMachine is even turned on, preventing Donut from meeting Chrovos, giving the Reds and Blues their Time Guns, and stopping their BeenThereShapedHistory hijinks that will eventually culminate in them trying to prevent Wash from getting shot. The paradox sends the Teams back to Blood Gulch, only things are noticeably different.
* RedHerring:
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong:
* ShaggyDogStory:
* ShockingVoiceIdentityReveal: The "Church" in the Blood Gulch recreation that closes the season is actually Genkins.
* ShoutOut:
* SpotTheThread:
* StableTimeLoop:
* TeleportGun: The Time Guns are downright '''weaponized''' like the ones from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' in this episode, as demonstrated in the fight where Donut and O'Malley start jumping around time periods.
* TemporalParadox: Finally happens when the Reds and Blues time travel back to Season 15 and prevent Wash from getting shot - as with Wash and Locus by their side, Temple would've been defeated much earlier, the whole chain of events that led to Donut getting them time travel guns in the first place doesn't occur in the first place. The result is a TimeCrash.
* ThickerThanWater:
* TimeCrash:
* TrueCompanions:
* WhamEpisode: This episode has Genkins revealing that defying YouAlreadyChangedThePast was what he intended the Reds and Blues to do, which would cause a paradox that breaks time itself. Carolina saves Wash from getting shot, allowing the past Reds and Blues to stop Temple before the time machine is activated, meaning Donut is never zapped by it, and the time travel plot couldn't have happened. The resulting TimeCrash sends everyone back to Blood Gulch, except the light blue soldier doesn't seem to be Church...
* WhamLine: There's a ''doozy'' of a line from Genkins when he's talking to Grif while the rest of the Blood Gulch Crew goes off to stop Wash from getting his injury.
-->'''Genkins:''' Oh, Grif... No, I'm not here to ''stop'' you... '''[[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight ...I'm here to make sure you go through with it]].'''
* WhamShot:
* YouAlreadyChangedThePast:
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!!This episode has examples of:
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove:
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Genkins is confirmed to be the one who wiped pizza from history.
* BrickJoke:
** The Mrs. Cyclops from "It Just Winked At Me" briefly reappears to stomp on some Zealots that Sarge had been able to lure to Iris.
* ButterflyOfDoom: Discussed and spoofed when [[VisualPun Caboose shows a crushed moth]] and asks if that counts.
* CallBack:
** Tucker kills two of the Zealots by dropping a horse on them via a time portal, just like how he apparently killed Catherine the Great in a previous episode.
** The episode's ending inverts both the season's opening scene -- two people ([[AGlitchInTheMatrix almost]]) having the "[[ArcWords You ever wonder why we're here?]]" conversation, then a pan up -- and the very first episodes of the entire series -- the Red Team meeting, the Blues spying on them, and "You ever wonder why we're here?"
* CerebusCallback:
* ChekhovsSkill: Grif's ability to identify different kinds of food leads him to find out that the Reds and Blues aren't the only time travelers in Temple's underwater base.
* ContinuityNod:
* CosmicRetcon:
* DownerEnding: Mixed with GainaxEnding -- Thanks to Genkins's manipulations and betrayal of the Cosmic Powers, as well as Donut's time travel corruption causing him to steal The Hammer, the Reds and Blues make a last ditch attempt at time travel by [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong saving Washington from being shot]]... which goes ''[[GoneHorriblyRight horribly right]]'' causing a RealityBreakingParadox that resets the universe back to the first season of ''The Blood Gulch Chronicles'', with Genkins possessing Church, and everyone else incapable of remembering. Additionally, Wash is confirmed to have suffered permanent brain damage due to the events of Season 15, and he angrily leaves the rest of the Blood Gulch Crew after he learns of Carolina hiding it from him and the rest of the group. Also, Huggins was tragically killed by Genkins for trying to stop the Reds and Blues from anymore time travel, the Cosmic Powers are seemingly helpless before Chrovos' might, and Donut's whereabouts are unknown. Thankfully, it becomes a BittersweetEnding come next season when it turns out that [[spoiler:Donut's HeelFaceTurn wasn't entirely in vain, as Chrovos was still partially sealed away and the universe can be fixed.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood:
* ExplainExplainOhCrap:
* FadeToWhite: How the paradox is depicted.
* FauxAffablyEvil: After Donut refuses again to hand over [[{{MacGuffin}} The Hammer]] to O'Malley and Chrovos, the latter's [[AffablyEvil grandfatherly demeanor]] immediately drops and the Titan angrily snarls for O'Malley to '''kill''' Donut.
* GainaxEnding: After the paradox happens, a TimeCrash causes a FadeToWhite. When things return, it's sort of a recreation of the first two episodes of the series filmed in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}: Anniversary''... [[AGlitchInTheMatrix only Church is definitely not voiced by Burnie Burns, the original lines are given to the other character in the scene, and Grif and Simmons are feeling sort of a deja vu.]]
* AGlitchInTheMatrix:
* GodhoodSeeker:
* HeelFaceTurn:
* HereWeGoAgain: PlayedForDrama; Much like how it happened [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection eight seasons prior]], the season finale ends with the reveal that, due to outside circumstances, the events of Season 1 are being revisited, albeit slightly inaccurately. As if to acknowledge the similarity, the first sign that things are off is that ''Church'' doesn't sound the same.
* HopeSpot:
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: These are Sarge's last words as the paradox engulfs the Reds and Blues.[[note]]Although during RTX 2018, Joe Nicolosi and Matt Hullum concluded that [[MoodKiller Sarge would've probably said something egocentric or stupid]] if not for the FadeToWhite.[[/note]]
* ItsAllAboutMe:
* ItsPersonal: An outraged Donut finally realizes that Chrovos is responsible for his most recent death, further justifying his HeelFaceTurn against the EldritchAbomination.
* LeaveTheCameraRunning: PlayedForDrama; The uncomfortably long pauses following Grif confronting Genkins serve as some FiveSecondForeshadowing that the Reds and Blues traveling back in time to save Wash is actually part of his and Chrovos' EvilPlan to cause a RealityBreakingParadox.
* OhCrap: Grif's reaction when he realizes that Genkins isn't trying to stop the Reds and Blues from [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong saving Wash via time travel]]; he intends to make sure that they go through with it, which will result in a RealityBreakingParadox.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Reds and Blues stopping Wash from getting shot causes a RealityBreakingParadox that frees a hostile EldritchAbomination and his evil [=A.I.=] companion to ravage the cosmos at their leisure. More specifically, Carolina is the one who shoots the Zealot that originally shot Wash.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
* PanUpToTheSkyEnding: The final shot of the episode consists of this, all while set in another Blood Gulch recreation. [[WhamShot And then a pink wave of sorts flashes across the sky]].
* RealityBreakingParadox: Lampshaded by Genkins, who points out that the best way to break the universe is with a paradox. To explain fully, stopping Wash from getting shot will mean the Reds and Blues alongside Wash and Locus (since he won't leave to take the critically injured Wash to a hospital) will definitely [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomp]] Temple before Loco's TimeMachine is even turned on, preventing Donut from meeting Chrovos, giving the Reds and Blues their Time Guns, and stopping their BeenThereShapedHistory hijinks that will eventually culminate in them trying to prevent Wash from getting shot. The paradox sends the Teams back to Blood Gulch, only things are noticeably different.
* RedHerring:
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong:
* ShaggyDogStory:
* ShockingVoiceIdentityReveal: The "Church" in the Blood Gulch recreation that closes the season is actually Genkins.
* ShoutOut:
* SpotTheThread:
* StableTimeLoop:
* TeleportGun: The Time Guns are downright '''weaponized''' like the ones from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' in this episode, as demonstrated in the fight where Donut and O'Malley start jumping around time periods.
* TemporalParadox: Finally happens when the Reds and Blues time travel back to Season 15 and prevent Wash from getting shot - as with Wash and Locus by their side, Temple would've been defeated much earlier, the whole chain of events that led to Donut getting them time travel guns in the first place doesn't occur in the first place. The result is a TimeCrash.
* ThickerThanWater:
* TimeCrash:
* TrueCompanions:
* WhamEpisode: This episode has Genkins revealing that defying YouAlreadyChangedThePast was what he intended the Reds and Blues to do, which would cause a paradox that breaks time itself. Carolina saves Wash from getting shot, allowing the past Reds and Blues to stop Temple before the time machine is activated, meaning Donut is never zapped by it, and the time travel plot couldn't have happened. The resulting TimeCrash sends everyone back to Blood Gulch, except the light blue soldier doesn't seem to be Church...
* WhamLine: There's a ''doozy'' of a line from Genkins when he's talking to Grif while the rest of the Blood Gulch Crew goes off to stop Wash from getting his injury.
-->'''Genkins:''' Oh, Grif... No, I'm not here to ''stop'' you... '''[[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight ...I'm here to make sure you go through with it]].'''
* WhamShot:
* YouAlreadyChangedThePast:
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