History Trivia / RedVsBlue

* ActorAllusion: In Season 11, Grif's teleport cubes get compared to Pokeballs from Franchise/{{Pokemon}}. Grif's hostile response mirrors Geoff's attitude towards the series whenever it's brought up.

*** PlayingAgainstType: [[TeamDad North Dakota]] is a fairly serious guy. His VA is a professional comedian.

* PlayingAgainstType: Elijah Wood as the evil, creepy Sigma. Mind you, this isn't [[Film/SinCity the first time]] he's taken up the role of a villain.
** Miles Luna, who played [[NaiveNewcomer Jaune]] [[ButtMonkey Arc]] in RWBY, plays the very much badass Felix. [[spoiler: Moreso in Season 12, when he turns out to be [[EvilAllAlong one of the bad guys.]] ]]

** Miles Luna, who played [[NaiveNewcomer Jaune]] [[ButtMonkey Arc]] in RWBY, plays the very much badass Felix. [[spoiler: Moreso in Season 12, when he turns out to be [[EvilAllAlong one of the bad guys.]]

* CelebrityVoiceActor: A surprising amount including Ed Robertson, and Elijah Woods.

** Season 12 intros a few named characters voiced by RT members. Included are Barbara, Kerry, Ryan to name a few.

** The two GatlingGood mooks are voiced by [[Creator/AchievementHunter Michael Jones] (of ''Rage Quit'') and [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Lindsay Tuggey]] (his [[OfficialCouple then-girlfriend, now wife]]), Rooster Teeth employees.

* HeyItsThatVoice: While most of the cast is from the RoosterTeeth office, there are quite a few from outside of it:
** Captain Flowers is voiced by BarenakedLadies lead singer Ed Robertson.

** The two GatlingGood mooks are voiced by Michael Jones (of "Rage Quit") and [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Lindsay Tuggey]] (his [[OfficialCouple girlfriend]]), RoosterTeeth employees.

** Private Jones (from [=S6E3=]) is voiced by Gavin Free, a RoosterTeeth employee and one of the regular Achievement Hunters.
** Other people from around Roosterteeth are also littered around. Ray, Kerry, Ryan, etc. all appear as characters with only a line or two.

* PlayingAgainstType: Elijah Wood as the evil, creepy Sigma. Mind you, this isn't [[SinCity the first time]] he's taken up the role of a villain.
* PromotedFanboy: Gavin Free was originally just a fan of series from the beginning, but took over from Burnie Burns as director for Relocation (the miniseries between Seasons 6 & 7), as well as for all of Season 7 itself.

---> '''Gavin:''' Oh... ''Oh''. I get it. My- So I should just-
---> '''Burnie:''' Get the fuck out of the booth, okay?
** In another direction, the [=RvB=] franchise getting nods in the various Halo titles, the biggest being the [[http://youtu.be/waL8K2SGR1M 'Password Forgetting Marine']] EasterEgg in Halo 3 which features [=RvB=] voice actors, though they are not officially their characters, but are pretty clear who they are. The voices and dialog depend on the difficulty level:
*** Normal: Tucker and Doc
*** Heroic: Simmons and Grif

** The two GatlingGood mooks are voiced by Michael Jones (of "Rage Quit") and Lindsay Tuggey (his [[OfficialCouple girlfriend]]), RoosterTeeth employees.

---> '''Burnie:''' Get the fuck out of the booth, okay?

* PlayingAgainstType: Elijah Wood as the evil, creepy Sigma. Mind you, this isn't [[SinCity the first time]] he's taken up the role of a villain.

** [[spoiler: Another unnamed character from Season 11 was named "Sunkist Mcscouty" due to his Scout helmet and orange striped armour.]]

* FanNickname: "Blood Gulch Crew" for the Reds and Blues that originated from Blood Gulch's team.

** The grunts who argue for a bit and then die in Season 9 are often voiced by WebVideo/{{Smosh}}.

** The grunts who argue for a bit and then die in Season 9 are often voiced by Smosh.

** Is that Recovery Command in the Pelican's pilot chair?

** The two GatlingGood mooks are voiced by Michael and Lindsey, though you wouldn't know it at first.

* HeyItsThatVoice:

** Elijah Wood voices the AI Sigma in Season 10.

** Is that Tex in the Pelican's pilot chair?
*** It's not, actually. It's Recovery Command, who you can hear talking to Wash in the mini-series Recovery One and season six. Still a HeyItsThatVoice moment, just for a different character!

** Elijah Wood voices the AI Sigma in Season 10.

** Elijah Wood will be playing the AI Sigma in the upcoming Season 10.

** The grunts who argue for a bit and then die in Season 9 are often voiced by Smosh.

*** It's not, actually. It's Recovery Command, who you can hear talking to Wash in the mini-series Recovery One and season six. Still a HeyItsThatVoice moment, just for a different character!