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* DelayedReaction: After fixing the issues of Wash [[ParadoxPerson fluxuating between different timelines]], Donut struggles to explain what he did before Wash's butler walks up to simplfy it as having "collapsed a probability wave"... and only ''then'', after he says that, does Wash get startled at his appearance.

** [[spoiler:Invoked in "Limbo," Caboose chooses to "start fixing the timeline" while Washington and Donut explain everything to the others. And he does this by going back to the events of Season 1. This is later subverted and defied when he meets with Higgins and they start cooperating to save everyone some time.]]
** [[spoiler:Played Straight and Defied in "Finally." When Donut explains that everyone will need to relive their lives to stop Genkins, Lopez immediately leaves to do so. It's only after that when Higgins introduces a plan to save time by having her advance through time and report to Caboose on where Genkins is. As Grif puts it, Higgins "saves them ''so'' much bullshit."]]

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''The Shisno Paradox'' is the sixteenth season of the show, confirmed by writer-director Joe Nicolosi to start another multiseason arc.

* ShockingVoiceIdentityReveal: [[spoiler:The "Church" in the Blood Gulch recreation that closes the season is actually Genkins.]]

* TwistedEchoCut: Following the PartyScattering, there are three scenes that directly answer each other (Grif finds a shuffle button, Tucker questions it; Sister asks "How's this fuckin' thing work?", Sarge replies "Watch your language!"; and Sarge says "You tell that lazy idiot to wake up!", cue Caboose going "Wake up! Wake up Lopez!").

* TwistedEchoCut: Following the PartyScattering, there are three scenes that directly answer each other (Grif finds a shuffle button, Tucker questions it; Sister asks "how the fuck does this work?", Sarge replies "Language!"; and Sarge says "You tell that lazy idiot to wake up!", cue Caboose going "Wake up! Wake up Lopez!").

* PlotHole: [[spoiler:In "Theogeny," Donut tells Chrovos that Huggins will be able to tell the Cosmic Powers of Genkins' betrayal before it even happens (implicitly retconning away both the events of ''The Shisno Paradox'' and the damage the Reds and Blues caused to the timeline in that season). However, this doesn't really make any sense since if Genkins' plot were to be uncovered before it ever happened, then he would never be sent back into the past and become Chrovos, which means he would never create the Cosmic Powers (and, by extension, himself, who would never send Huggins back in time to the beginning of the universe when he tried to kill her), causing a TemporalParadox. [[TimeyWimeyBall But that's time travel for you]].]]

The fifteenth through seventeenth seasons of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', filmed inside ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians''. The initial showrunner was Creator/JoeNicolosi, writer/director of [[Machinima/RedVsBlueSeason14 season 14]]'s "[[Recap/RedVsBlueS14E5TheBrickGulchChronicles The Brick Gulch Chronicles]]".

* DenserAndWackier: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While comedy has always been part of the series, this trilogy [[RevisitingTheRoots returns to the style of comedy seen in]] ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles The Blood Gulch Chronicles]]'', with the serious moments still occuring, but much less often than the three prior storylines. Most notable during ''The Shisno Paradox'', going from (relatively) grounded sci-fi (SpaceMarines, SpacePirates, robots, AIs) to a downright surreal plot featuring ancient gods and time travel, though [[spoiler:said gods are later revealed to be advanced AIs perpetuating a GodGuise]].

* AutobotsRockOut: [[invoked]] Spoofed in "Blue vs. Red - Part 2", where the [[spoiler:Tex and Carolina]] fight is scored first with music fitting of the trope (an "action mix", a faster song resembling something from [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga Freelancer Saga]]), then a Music/BruceSpringsteen-esque song and ultimately a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' audiobook.

** Just like at the end of Season 2 of ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles The Blood Gulch Chronicles]]'', the Reds and Blues get into a huge argument on whether or not the situation they were in was ironic or not (previously, it was about forming an EnemyMine, and in the present day, it was regarding [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext the prospect of getting eaten by dinosaurs]]). This gets referenced again later in the season, as Sarge and Tucker get too wrapped up in their own banter to [[spoiler: start searching for the time machine]]. Dylan even asks [[LampshadeHanging if this happens a lot]], and Carolina responds by claiming the record is two hours.

** During his [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]], Sarge mentions how he used to be an ODST, which is a reference to the ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection Relocated]]'' miniseries.

* CerebusRollercoaster: The first and third episodes hint at a darker plot akin to [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy Seasons 12 and 13]], but follow-ups make it clear the season is a lighthearted attempt at going back to the show's early days... until [[WhamEpisode Episode 10]], which is mostly focused on the emotional Carolina and Wash subplot until the reveal of the horrifying villainous plot. Generally speaking, whenever the bad guys are involved, the funny banter will be reduced.

** And speaking of the flashback episodes, during their epic duel [[spoiler:Carolina mockingly calls Tex "[[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus]]". Back during ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga The Project Freelancer Saga]]'', when Epsilon-Church [[ItMakesSenseInContext was temporarily stored in a Mongoose]], he described his situation by sarcastically comparing himself to Optimus Prime. Evidently, [[SharedFamilyQuirks Like Sister, Like Brother]] is in full effect here]].

** Donut complains in Episode 14 that he feels like he's ignored and unnoticed by the other Reds and Blues. Donut's largely been DemotedToExtra since the end of [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles The Blood Gulch Chronicles]].

** When Simmons and Tucker are discussing their "time travel" adventures from [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles Season 3]] in Episode 19, Tucker complains that he never really knew what had happened back then and found it all really confusing. The questions around the "time-travel" plot have confounded countless fans since its inception.

* ReferenceOverdosed: This season in particular is absolutely filled with references. [[TagalongKid Jax Jonez]] especially, being a film geek, loves to reference other movies. Considering how the main writer for this season - Joe Nicolosi - had his previous [=RvB=] work ([[Machinima/RedVsBlueSeason14 "The Brick Gulch Chronicles"]]) ''also'' full of references, this seems to be part of his SignatureStyle. There's even an implication that an UnreliableNarrator might be at hand, given a post-credits scene shows Jax has written a script based on the season, and tells he "punched up the story" a bit.

** Aside from Chinese finger traps, Caboose says the greatest obstacles and challenges for him to overcome are ("My name is Michael J. Caboose and I hate...") [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles babies]], gravity (though it's Sarge who fought that, [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy Caboose wasn't even fazed by increased gravity in Santa's Jungle Temple]]), and [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga taxes ("Texas!" "That too!")]].

* HereWeGoAgain: Much like how it happened [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection eight seasons prior]], the season finale ends with the reveal that, due to outside circumstances, [[spoiler:the events of Season 1 are being revisited, albeit slightly inaccurately]]. As if to acknowledge the similarity, [[spoiler:the first sign that things are off is that ''Church'' doesn't sound the same]].

''Singularity'', written by Season 16's co-writer Jason Weight (with Creator/MilesLuna doing one episode and co-writing another, and Joe Nicolosi only having helped with the story due to other commitments), finishes the arc that in a way was started all the way back on Season 15. It's also the first season since ''Recreation'' not be directed by the current showrunner, with machinimators Josh Ornelas and Austin Clark [=co-directing=] the season.

* CallBack: Just like [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy on Chorus]], an [=A.I.=] traps Caboose into a simulation designed to face him against his fears. [[spoiler:And just like on Chorus, [[TooDumbToFool it has no effect.]]]]
* CanisLatinicus: [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection The computer where Sarge deleted the Blues]] shows the classic "Lorem Ipsum" placeholder text, only it instead reads "Lorem Epsilon" for obvious reasons.

** When he journeys into the past, Donut winds up possessing his past selves. This winds up causing him issues, though, when his first stop in the past [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection is when he got shot]]. Wash later joins him in the experience as well in "Breaching the Torus"... [[HereWeGoAgain including that scene]], given it's one of the few with both characters (plus, [[ComedicSociopathy Donut's pain is hilarious]]).