History Fridge / RedVsBlue

* The paint guns put armor into lock down mode.

* More a case of Fridge Humor, but Sarge is ''[[InLoveWithYourCarnage instantly]]'' [[EvilIsSexy entranced]] by [[WarGod Kalirama the Undying]] when she attacks the Reds and Blues in ''The Shisno Paradox''. This means that when he was asking Epsilon-Church in the premiere of Season 10 if he had a "fetish for [[{{Tsundere}} women with quick tempers]] or something," Sarge wasn't being snarky; he was genuinely curious to see if TheLeader of Blue Team was an AmazonChaser like he is.

* Tex constantly hits Grif in the nuts. [=A.k.a.,=] ''right'' in the [[IncrediblyLamePun Grifballs]].

* The whole Allison-Beth discrepancy from the song "A Girl Named Tex" was actually brilliantly solved in Season 10. Connie's data reveals that Tex's AI name is "Beta". According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, the Greek letter "Beta" was derived from the Phoenician letter "Beth". So, in a way, Tex really is named Beth.

* After the big reveal in ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection Reconstruction]]'' where Church is revealed to actually be a super-advanced A.I. program, recall a conversation between Church and Caboose in the first season where Caboose's [[InsaneTrollLogic unique train of thought]] comes to the conclusion that Church is "a gay robot", which could either be taken as subtle {{Foreshadowing}} or dumb coincidence. Plus, as of Season 14, it's revealed that Church would have liked Tex regardless if she was male or female after he accidentally flipped everyone's genders in his focus episode, so Caboose was once again a ''lot'' closer to the mark than he realized.

* At first, Tex's sudden ultra competence seems out of nowhere. She takes out Maine, York and Wyoming with relative ease. But then again, despite how awesome and badass she is, in the end, she's a deconstruction of the MarySue. She's everything [[BigBad The Director]] wanted her to be, as she's the memory of someone he once loved. But her death is an integral part of that memory. As Epsilon explains, the memory of her death dooms her to the point of creating a cycle of failure at critical moments, turning the tide against herself at the last second. On top of that, her abilities don't endear her to [[TheRival Carolina]] or [[ProperlyParanoid Wash]], and the Blues and Reds like to think of her as the "scary chick." Only [[TheHero Church]] risks life and limb for her, and even Epsilon-Tucker points out that's just unhealthy. The whole point of Mary Sues are for them to be too overpowered and loved by literally everybody in-universe. But instead, Tex fosters fear, resentment or paranoia, and at the height of her power she inevitably fails. As cool as she can be, [[JerkassWoobie she's just as broken as Church is]].

* Doc’s “Medics just make people comfortable while they die” line is often read as a sign of him just being a terrible medic. However, it should be noted that Doc's been working on Freelancer simulation bases for quite some time before he goes to Blood Gulch, and we know that sim trooper deaths and even ''Freelancer'' deaths on those bases were pretty common. If Doc’s entire tour of duty has been with Freelancer, and the simulation training program is short-staffed for medics and under-supplied (which is all but certain considering how incompetent Freelancer Command was in managing the Red vs. Blue ForeverWar), Doc might just be accustomed to getting there too late.

* In ''The Blood Gulch Chronicles'', when Tex and Church go into Caboose's mind to look for O'Malley/Omega, Church says this to Caboose's mental image of Church: "First of all, you? You're not Caboose's best friend, okay? You don't ''have'' a best friend. You know why? You don't need one! You're Church! Knowing other people just waters down the experience!" Why is this FridgeHorror? Well, there's actually two possible reasons. The Alpha was put through countless stressful, horrible scenarios to break its mind that revolved around its loved ones dying. It is more than likely that the Alpha lost its ability to easily trust after Theta was fragmented, and Alpha believes that if it doesn't care about other people, than it'll be harder for other people to hurt it again. There's also the less awful idea that since the Director was arrogant and cold towards others, Church/the Alpha inherited that trait.

* Of course Church hates everyone so much. Because a part of him remembers how much it hurt to care about everyone instead and have them hurt and taken away due to his own mistakes. It's much safer to hate them all instead. What's even worse is that the scenarios specifically targeted his care for a certain agent so that whatever fragment that emerged would care about that agent and bond with him or her.
** So Alpha was tortured with the prospect of all his comrades dying. Remember in The Blood Gulch Chronicles the way Church ''screamed'' in anguish when he thought Wyoming killed Caboose? [[HarsherInHindsight ...Yeah.]]

* In ''Recovery One'', Wash finds North's body and learns that Theta has been stolen by Agent Maine and Sigma. Then, at the end of Reconstruction, Wash triggers the emp with the express purpose of wiping out the A.I. fragments collected by the Meta, knowing that this would kill them. Yes folks, you read that right: ''Wash killed Theta.''

* So we meet "CT" in ''Recreation'' and he seems like your typical foolish, comically evil, puppy-kicking villain who got the laserface-tastic death he deserved. But then we find out in Season 10 that he had deep feelings for the real CT/Connie, that they planned to run away together after exposing Project Freelancer, that the love of his life died and her dying words whispered to him was to get that chip into the right hands so they could accomplish their objective, and that he took on her identity as a way to remember her and carry on her dreams. And he died... without accomplishing any of that... killed by a bunch of incompetent idiots. More like a Fridge TearJerker, really.

** It also might help justify his animosity towards Grif. Sarge has likely seen his own men get killed horribly in various nasty ways right in front of him because they weren't properly prepared or battle-hardened. So he'll likely be a lot less sympathetic towards Grif for being TheMillstone of Red Team. From Sarge's outlook, if he's been able to live through [[WarIsHell the Human-Covenant War]], than this chubby smart-mouthed rookie should be able to perform a push-up without an Oreo in his mouth.

** No tears necessary! He's got [[ReplacementGoldfish Wash]] now.
--> '''Wash''': Both of you shut up! And get back to work!
* Not really serious, and more Fridge Squick than anything else, but the whole Church in Carolina's bike part, the jokes about it tend to be sexual, but it gets kind of gross when you learn in episode 22 of season 10 that Church is a copy of Carolina's father. Not wonder it felt awkward for the guy.

* There have been some complaints about Felix being able to handle the Blood Gulch Crew even though he's a merc. ''Then'' Episode 6 came along and reveals he along with Locus were soldier in the Human-Covenant War and were part of one of the more gruesome battles in the entire history of the war.

* Where is Lopez during the attack on the Communications Tower? Caboose is in the gunner's seat, ''Lopez'' is the one driving the Wraith tank, which also explains the lack of team-killing.

* Some people in the fandom have complained in how different Tex is in Seasons 8-10 as compared to 1-5, claiming that she's lost all her flaws such as greediness and that she's now a supposed Mary Sue and less of a real character. But that might be the point. The difference between BG Tex (S 1-5 and PF Tex (S 8-10) is that PF Tex was newly created and didn't have any time to develop. Even when she was actually in Freelancer she probably wasn't more than a month old, and her only interactions would have been with the Director and Counselor. The former saw her without any flaws, and the latter's job was to just make sure she would do her job correctly. When Epsilon brought her back, he was obsessed with her, but he worshiped her as much as the Alpha, so again no flaws. With BG Tex she was on the run alone for a year or more, time in which she had CharacterDevelopment, being on the run and lacking supplies could have lead to her being greedy. It's basically the way other authors create characters, they start off with a basic idea (Failure) and add traits and flaws until they are fully realized. Except we got to see the full character first (BG Tex and then the rough draft of said character (PF Tex).

* At first, Tex's sudden ultra competence seems out of nowhere. She takes out Maine, York and Wyoming with relative ease. But then again, despite how awesome and badass she is, in the end, she's a deconstruction of the MarySue. She's everything [[BigBad The Director]] wanted her to be, as she's the memory of someone he once loved. But her death is an integral part of that memory. As Epsilon explains, the memory of her death dooms her to the point of creating a cycle of failure at critical moments, turning the tide against herself at the last second. On top of that, her abilities don't endear her to [[TheRival Carolina]] or [[ProperlyParanoid Wash]], and the Blues and Reds like to think of her as the "scary chick." Only [[TheHero Church]] risks life and limb for her, and even Epsilon-Tucker points out that's just unhealthy. Mary Sues are supposed to be loved by everyone. Instead, Tex fosters fear, resentment or paranoia, and at the height of her power she inevitably fails. As cool as she can be, [[JerkassWoobie she's just as broken as Church is]].

* It's also very likely that real-world Caboose told Epsilon about said siblings, which may explain why Epsilon-Caboose possesses thoughtful knowledge about romance.

* At one point in Season 9, Tucker calls Church out about his stalkerish obsession with Tex. Except that isn't Tucker, but a projection into the virtual world by Epsilon. In effect, Epsilon-Church was calling himself out for his obsession with Tex. This may have been part of the self realization that lead to "I forget you."

* At first, it's rather odd that Caboose got over Church so quickly and basically replaced him with [[ReplacementGoldfish Wash]]. However, Wash's lean-mean-killing-machine qualities might be what attracted Caboose to Church in the first place. Church is mean and snarky. Wash is even ''more'' mean and snarky, so of course Caboose likes him better.

* The reason Sigma was originally given to Carolina was because he represented creativity and ambition. They wanted Carolina to become even ''more'' competitive!
* In Episode 6 of Season 10, the Freelancers and almost all of the [=AIs=] are listening as the lessons are being taught. The only exception is Theta, who doesn't seem to be paying attention and is instead [[FunnyBackgroundEvent balancing on a holographic skateboard]]. Makes sense when you think about it - Theta is a lot like a child, and it's a well-known fact that children have trouble paying attention in class.
* The Reds and the Blues seem to have had a positive effect on Wash, but why would that be? It makes sense when you think about his personal history. He was part of Project: Freelancer, and the team seemed to be a very tight-knit and friendly unit, with genuinely decent people like York. However, this team eventually turned on one another, leading to a sister to kill her brother and what were true companions to become the deadliest of enemies. But then he meets the Reds and Blues- two teams that were designed to be mortal enemies, who he had no problem betraying without a moments hesitation and who have no reason to trust them. But they are also a team that is willing to forgive Wash for his actions simply for the fact that he helped them, and that they are willing to fight for each other and put their lives on the line at a moments notice for no other reasons than the odd bonds that they have, he actually finds a team that Project: Freelancer was ''meant'' to be but failed to be due to infighting.

** This is actually a great allegory for how video games don't give a good representation of war. Project Freelancer has a lot of positive things going for it that are similar to a videogame (powerups/tools that give the Freelancers incredible advantages compared to their enemies, drop pods that can resupply the troops in the event they need it (like when Tex calls in for support from the Mother of Invention, and they send in a motorcycle, like how first person shooters give killstreaks to the best players, Tex did the most, so she is rewarded with additional upport)). But the thing is, it also highlights how a videogame-like system wouldn't work in the real world. The scoreboard, awarded rather arbitrarily, only serves to tear the entire team apart, as there is no real reason for the Freelancers to work together, and it encourages them to go rogue and complete missions on their own to hoard points instead of working towards a common goal. The codenames, while cool, desensitize the Freelancers to each other, making them barely recognize their comrades as fellow human beings (which leads to things like CT's assassination and Carolina pushing Maine off of a several hundred story building). The Freelancers not questioning where their powerups came from, and why they have them when everyone else they encounter doesn't, could be part of the reason why they don't realize sooner that a sentient being was being tortured to provide them with equipment. Oh, and in the story, the Freelancers respond to anything with the most destructive solution (like when York was trying to open a door, but because he wasn't fast enough, the ''Mother of Invention'' blew his area up, when the Freelancers wanted to get rid of the evidence of them stealing data they blew up an oil rig, or when the MOI wanted to deal with a building swarming with people and rare/valuable artifacts, it bombarded it from orbit). Individually, they're exceptional warriors, but they're not soldiers. Just like how players would make terrible soldiers without a mindset change.

* [[invoked]] There's a pretty brilliantly subtle bit of {{Foreshadowing}} in Chapter 4 of ''Reconstruction'' for Church's true nature as an [=A.I.=]. When Wash and Caboose arrive at Outpost [=48-A=], Church states that he was [[AngstWhatAngst utterly unaffected]] by being left alone at his base for roughly fourteen months, apparently not having [[GoMadFromTheIsolation Gone Mad From The Isolation]] during that time. On the surface, it seems like it can be chalked up to Church's [[HatesEveryoneEqually general misanthropy]], but it later makes more sense after Church is revealed to be an [=A.I.=] since a Smart AI like him would most likely be designed to survive on their own without the threat of potentially going mad for long periods of time without any outside stimulus.

* Washington once mentioned that Omega would always jump back to Tex when moved to other suits of armor. This might at first seem like it's because Tex can be AxCrazy at times, but after TheReveal the real reason is brilliant - Tex is the women Church loves, and Omega is a fragment of Church's mind. So of course he's always going to try and find the woman he loves; that's what the real Church was always trying to do too! This also means that Tex was constantly being pursued not by an AI copy of her lover, but by one of the ugliest aspects of his personality... not only is this even more FridgeHorror, it also makes sense why Tex would keep rejecting the other versions of Church now. She had her head full of his ugly side and couldn't escape it, and now she's traumatized to the point where she can only barely return the other versions of Church's affection.

* It's likely that Sister may have been in the very early stage of pregnancy, and not have known it herself, before she fell under the ice when she was ice skating with Grif. It's only after going to the hospital that they discovered she was pregnant. Then again, considering that she was apparently underwater for ''three hours'' and survived it's entirely possible that things just get really weird around her.
* What was so special about Donut and Tucker for them to get real jobs after getting shipped out of Blood Gulch? They're the only sim troopers there who were able to kill a Freelancer - Tucker with Wyoming and Donut with Tex.

** Church not being able to trust anyone and being a bitter cynic who views the universe as a CrapsackWorld is because of his "inner child"/innocence and trust (Theta) being gone.

* And related to the above, Church [[InformedFlaw still displays many of the emotions he's supposedly missing]] during ''The Blood Gulch Chronicles''. How is that possible? Because emotions can't be ''entirely'' removed from someone even with psychological torture, so it's likely that the Alpha's fragments are just split personalities of the Alpha that were associated with specific emotions/aspects of his personality. The emotions related to those fragments were then repressed by Alpha so he wouldn't potentially re-awaken his subconscious trauma.

* Fridge Awesome here: Doc's actions in the last episode of ''Revelation''. Think about it: despite everything that Wash and the Meta have put him through, Doc decides to save Washington. Wash responds to this by insulting him. A few minutes later, Doc sides with Church, and Washington doesn't even factor in that he'll have to go through the guy who saved his life to get at Epsilon. A few minutes after that, Wash is dying, and Doc is - again - the only one who can help. He's been a lousy medic for long enough that he knows he can get away with letting him die. He has no reason to help him and every reason to "accidentally" let his scalpel slip (Doc isn't really clued-in here, so he might even think that Wash will start fighting again if he gets back up). But does he? Does he even consider it? No, he pulls together all his experience, gives it everything he's got, and saves him so that he goddamn STAYS saved. And then he walks away without getting anything for it.
** In Season 5 at the end, Doc had O'Malley, a crazed villain, in his head that could make him go on a killing spree at any time. Church has just insulted his diagnosis of Tucker's pregnancy and told him to leave and O'Malley claims that Church only asked for a Diagnosis not treatment or a correct Diagnosis. Doc takes over and tells Church and O'Malley that his diagnosis is correct and that he '''will''' be taking care of Tucker, causing both O'Malley and Church to express surprise in unison. Then in the next season Church wants to kill Junior and Doc refuses to let Church into the base. Even more fridge is added when you consider that Omega may have been helping Doc keep the kid alive to further his "enslave the Elites and use them to take over the galaxy" plan

* At first, it seems that the ice map Avalanche had no real significance in being the location for the conclusion of ''Revelation''. That map's ''Halo 1'' equivalent, Sidewinder, was the place where Tex made her first appearance in a CurbStompBattle, and Avalanche has Tex getting brutally killed by the Meta - in other words, it's meant to show that Tex's story has come full circle.

** Tex has black armor - the absence of color, so [[WildCard she is on nobody's side but her own.]]

** York has yellow/orange/brown armor - good with technology, so he gets the same color as Lopez (possible reference to copper wiring, though that's a bit of a stretch).

* [[LaughablyEvil Omega's manifestation through Doc and the rest of the Blood Gulch Crew]] is a huge contrast to the [[AxCrazy threat and danger]] he was back in The Project Freelancer Saga. But that's probably because, unlike the Freelancers, the Blood Gulch Crew had yet to deal with any real threats or moral conundrums, and were generally just plain incompetent. Therefore, their closest understanding of evil are likely [[CardCarryingVillain stereotypical]] [[LaughablyEvil villains]] they see in fiction]] or [[TheCorrupter merely exaggerating their worst attributes]], rather than the manipulative sociopaths and bastards the crew encountered after The Blood Gulch Chronicles.

* A delightfully subtle case, but notice how Church and Tex often refer to their romance by saying things like “We used to be together” or “We were inseparable” or “We used to be close." However, what Alpha and Beta actually had together wasn’t necessarily a romantic partnership, but instead existing as non-metaphorical parts of one greater AI that the latter was naturally broken off from (akin to a binary personality matrix). Now consider that after they were separated, Alpha-Church translated that into human terms by saying that Tex was his girlfriend and the love of his life that he was going to marry. He translates what they used to be (a single entity) into being in love. So for an AI in [=RvB=], being in love is very much literally being part of someone else.

* [[LaughablyEvil Omega's manifestation through Doc and the rest of the Blood Gulch Crew]] is a huge contrast to the [[AxCrazy threat and danger]] he was back in The Project Freelancer Saga. But that's probably because, unlike the Freelancers, the Blood Gulch Crew had yet to deal with any real threats or moral conundrums, and were generally just plain incompetent. Therefore, their closest understanding of evil is likely [[CardCarryingVillain the fiction they see in media]] or [[TheCorrupter just exaggerating their worst attributes]], rather than the manipulative sociopaths and bastards the crew encountered after The Blood Gulch Chronicles.

* No wonder Carolina is NotSoDifferent from Tex! Turns out the original Allison is Carolina's mother! And now we see her animosity towards Tex in a different light too: She probably resents Tex being a "shadow" of her real mother and considers Tex offensive to Allison's memory, and hates that her father loves his "pet" so much.

** The only thing he's missing is Delta's logic. If he were thinking logically, he would've shot all the Freelancers he locked in place instead of leaving them to die of starvation. He also foolishly thought he could drill straight through the Earth and attack the UNSC from underneath.

** In a more meta sense, the Blue and Red grunts are similar to the earlier sim troopers in that they're both parodies of online nuisances. The Battle Creek sim troopers acted like ''{{Franchise/Halo}}'' players that communicate in LeetLingo, while the Blue and Red grunts act like [[{{Troll}} internet trolls]] that throw around politically incorrect statements [[{{GIFT}} for their own amusement]].

** [[spoiler: It also serves as a Foreshadow (or in the case we find out in Season 10, a callback) when we discover how Project Freelancer created the AI fragments. The Alpha was tortured to the point where it had to sacrifice parts of it's personality in order to deal with the trauma, much like how the Alpha had to do in order to be the OnlySaneMan in Blood Gulch).

** Alternatively, Project Freelancer wanted to keep Tex and Church away from each other. The first memory that Church has is of Tex killing Jimmy. This is also seen in Season 1, where it's played like a flashback. That means that Project Freelancer purposefully planted a false memory of Tex killing everyone at Church's last post (including Jimmy), so that if Tex ever showed up to see him again, he'd be afraid to be near her. The only reason why Church doesn't seem afraid of her like he should be is due to the fact that he's based off of Leonard Church, the director of Project Freelancer, and is shown to be obsessed with his late wife Allison, which Tex is based on. Essentially, much like the person he's based on, AI Church is obsessed with Texas because she's Allison.

* A minor one, but why does Caboose seem to think its Blue versus Red instead of Red versus blue? Blue starts with B and comes before Red which has an R in it. In his mind, that makes enough sense to sound right. Plus, teammates usually refer to themselves first and the other team second.

* While it might be surprising to see Simmons of all people pull out a knife and was pretty close to overpowering Gene by himself. It would make sense considering everything that Simmons' been through, and also taking into account that he's a cyborg as well. While we don't know much about Gene, it's safe to say that he doesn't have that advantage of experience and cybernetic enhancements.