History Trivia / RedVsBlue

* CashCowFranchise: On a lesser level than ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', given half the assets from the show are technically Microsoft's. Still, Rooster Teeth's founders quit their jobs and managed to live with the cash from T-shirts, posters and [=DVDs=] (not to mention [=PayPal=] and the Sponsor program, now known as RT First), and still bring out merch such as [[EverythingsBetterWithPlushies a Caboose Plushie]].

*** The Master Chief Collection version of ''Halo 2'' includes an achievement called "Six pedals, four directions", which is unlocked by having the Arbiter drive a Scorpion. This is a reference to a line of Caboose's from the Blood Gulch Chronacles, where he asked why the tank had six pedals if there's only four directions (and referenced later in season 9, where we see a Warthog with six pedals)

** Burnie Burns' [=ex-wife=] Jordan Burns originally voiced the female Donut that appears in Caboose's mind (when the setting returns in "Head Cannon", she's replaced by Barbara Dunkelman).

** As noted under ScheduleSlip, ''Zero'' took a whole year to make due to both the transition between production crews and the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic at a certain point forcing everyone to work from home - and both [[https://twitter.com/AnimatedTorrii/status/1421514851348885514 showrunner Torrian Crawford]] and [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7ulNGzWYAAekgQ?format=png&name=900x900 animator Kristina Cristofferson]] noted how stressful and unfavorable things were. It also suffered another production delay just as it would be released with Ryan Haywood's RoleEndingMisdemeanor, which required his role to be recast and redubbed. Furthermore, Rooster Teeth itself was hit with multiple high-profile [=PR=] messes during the seasons' production cycle, most notably Joel Heyman being fired for making offensive comments on Twitter and both Burnie Burns and Rebecca Frasier resigning from Rooster Teeth (albeit with both seeming to be on good terms with the company itself, and the door being kept open for them potentially reprising their roles later on).

** As noted under ScheduleSlip, ''Zero'' took a whole year to make due to both the transition between production crews and the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic at a certain point forcing everyone to work from home. It also suffered another production delay just as it would be released with Ryan Haywood's RoleEndingMisdemeanor, which required his role to be recast and redubbed. Furthermore, Rooster Teeth itself was hit with multiple high-profile [=PR=] messes during the seasons' production cycle, most notably Joel Heyman being fired for making offensive comments on Twitter and both Burnie Burns and Rebecca Frasier resigning from Rooster Teeth (albeit with both seeming to be on good terms with the company itself, and the door being kept open for them potentially reprising their roles later on).

** As told in ExecutiveMeddling, Season 18 was supposed to still use the original cast alongside new characters, downright opening with Caboose and featuring a fight scene for Tucker.

* ApprovalOfGod: Bungie and 343 Industries have expressed their approval of the franchise, to the point of allowing them usage of their assets.

** 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.
*** Legendary: Church and Caboose.

** Torrian has shown frustration over working on ''ZERO'', mostly because of the backlash from ''RVB'' fans who threw a fit over everything over it and sent him ''death threats''.

* DearNegativeReader: Fiona Nova is very defensive of ''Zero''. [[https://twitter.com/FionaNova/status/1336146452205215750 Her best known response]] to complainers that "it's not for you" backfired a bit, as no matter if [[https://youtu.be/DoNJCmuyYFs?t=1588 Fiona said that she'd never seen the show before being cast in it]] and considered ''Zero'' an entry point for newbies, the rest of the crew certainly wanted to do something the existing fanbase liked. Torrian Crawford also [[https://twitter.com/AnimatedTorrii/status/1414719976649408512 lashed out on the fans once]], which was even less appreciated because simply insulting them while shouting "DontLikeDontRead" only made fans take it as a way to show he CantTakeCriticism.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Torrian Crawford [[https://twitter.com/AnimatedTorrii/status/1421514851348885514 revealed]] the original season 18 had much more of the original crew but "decision-making out of our control" turned it into the season focusing on new characters that wa ''Zero''.

** As noted under ScheduleSlip, ''Zero'' took a whole year to make due to both the transition between production crews and the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic at a certain point forcing everyone to work from home. It also suffered another production delay just as it would be released with Ryan Haywood's RoleEndingMisdemeanor, which required his role to be recast and redubbed. Furthermore, Rooster Teeth itself was hit with multiple high-profile [=PR=] messes during the seasons' production cycle, most notably Joel Heyman being fired for making offensive comments on Twitter and both Burnie Burns and Rebecca Frasier resigning from Rooster Teeth (albeit with both seeming to be on good terms with the company itself, and the door being kept open for them potentially reprising their roles later on). And the following year, Torrian Crawford added that even if his crew were the only ones wanting to work on the show, RT [[ExecutiveMeddling forcibly reworked their pitch]], and one of the animators [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7ulNGzWYAAekgQ?format=png&name=900x900 elaborated on the hard working conditions]].

** On Joshua Kazemi's [[https://roosterteeth.com/g/post/b099592a-624a-4f61-a581-e27a18c5809a post-release episode notes]], he notes the Carolina\One\East fight would have a ''The Matrix''-inspired scene where Tiny would break into a mess hall to announce it to the others, but they deemed the scene unnecessary.

** As noted under ScheduleSlip, ''Zero'' took a whole year to make due to both the transition between production crews and the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic at a certain point forcing everyone to work from home. It also suffered another production delay just as it would be released with Ryan Haywood's RoleEndingMisdemeanor, which required his role to be recast and redubbed. Furthermore, Rooster Teeth itself was hit with multiple high-profile [=PR=] messes during the seasons' production cycle, most notably Joel Heyman being fired for making offensive comments on Twitter and both Burnie Burns and Rebecca Frasier resigning from Rooster Teeth (albeit with both seeming to be on good terms with the company itself, and the door being kept open for them potentially reprising their roles later on).

*** Weight also stated that the season's final script was the third delivered. The second had a different concept, where Blood Gulch was sort of a containment unit stationed at the beginning of time while Chrovos worked his way into eroding time from the present backwards.

* EditedForSyndication: During the ''Blood Gulch Chronicles'', dialogue during the end of episodes would often continue into the credits. After the show was remastered, the first two seasons of the show had their ending dialogue cut off and currently the only way to hear them is to watch the older uploads on the original Rooster Teeth [=YouTube=] channel.

* EditedForSyndication: During the ''Blood Gulch Chronicles'', dialogue during the end of the episode would often continue into the credits. After the show was remastered, the first two seasons of the show had their ending dialogue cut off and currently the only way to hear them is to watch the older uploads.

** [[Characters/RedVsBlueAgentWashington Agent Washington]]
** [[Characters/RedVsBlueAgentCarolina Agent Carolina]]

** [[Characters/RedVsBlueTex Tex]]

* VoicesInOneRoom: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVIoV7hKaQQ The first episode had this]] aside from Matt Hullum's line at the end, and presumably the Austin-based crew remained as this through the season. The introduction of the Zealots in Season 3 also had everyone recording together (mind you that back then, the "booth" was a closet!). Seasons 15 and 16 had some cases with Carolina and Washington's scenes, though the actors had [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BstgozKFP8g/ to be with their backs to each other so their lines wouldn't be picked up by the other's microphone]], and one episode of season 16 [[https://twitter.com/bexmix/status/993699840776462336 also had Tucker and Sister recording together]].

* DearNegativeReader: Fiona Nova is very defensive of ''Zero''. [[https://twitter.com/FionaNova/status/1336146452205215750 Her best known response]] to complainers that "it's not for you" backfired a bit, as no matter if [[https://youtu.be/DoNJCmuyYFs?t=1588 Fiona said that she'd never seen the show before being cast in it]] and considered ''Zero'' an entry point for newbies, the rest of the crew certainly wanted to do something the existing fanbase liked.

*** The Meta's Brute Shot, christened the "Grif Shot" after Grif stole it, became unavailable after Season 10 due to not being available in VideoGame/Halo4. As such, Simmons explains that the UNSC confiscated it in between Seasons 10 and 11, with Hargrove putting it in his trophy room. The only time Grif gets to use it again would be in the finale of Season 13, in which he was entirely animated and as such able to be implemented.
*** The Meta's suit was introduced as a minor plot point in Season 13, but kept in the style of the armor from VideoGame/Halo3, requiring it be limited strictly to animation due to the season using VideoGame/Halo4. So while Tucker dons it in order to fight off Hargrove's forces in the finale, Season 15 offhandedly mentions the suit was rendered useless, hence why Tucker is back in his standard armor.
*** When introduced in ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga The Freelancer Saga]]'', made using VideoGame/Halo3 and animation, Carolina wore the Rogue helmet and Recon body armor. When the finale of Season 10 shifted to VideoGame/Halo4, Carolina had to have her armor configuration changed due to the Rogue helmet being heavily redesigned between games, instead being given the Recon helmet and Stalker body armor. Any usage of her old configuration was limited to either animation or using VideoGame/Halo3, with the InUniverse justification that she donned armor used by the Space Pirates to infiltrate their numbers. Likewise, when ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheShisnoTrilogy Singularity]]'' touched on where she was at the time of [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles The Blood Gulch Chronicles]], it was set in VideoGame/Halo2, which didn't allow armor customization outside of colors, so Carolina wore the standard armor in tan, the InUniverse justification being that she was in hiding and had stored her normal set of armor somewhere else.

*** In ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy The Chorus Trilogy]]'', made using ''VideoGame/Halo4'', the Federal Army of Chorus all wore Prefect helmets, and most wore Prefect body armor, in particular Dr. Grey. As the Prefect armor was not available in ''VideoGame/Halo5'', Dr. Grey's was changed to the Cypher helmet and Legionnare body armor.

* VoicesInOneRoom: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVIoV7hKaQQ The first episode had this]] aside from Matt Hullum's line at the end, and presumably the Austin-based crew remained as this through the season. Seasons 15 and 16 had some cases with Carolina and Washington's scenes, though the actors had [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BstgozKFP8g/ to be with their backs to each other so their lines wouldn't be picked up by the other's microphone]], and one episode of season 16 [[https://twitter.com/bexmix/status/993699840776462336 also had Tucker and Sister recording together]].

* DearNegativeReader: Fiona Nova is very defensive of ''Zero''. [[https://twitter.com/FionaNova/status/1336146452205215750 Her best known response]] to complainers that "it's not for you" backfired a bit, as the makers certainly wanted to do something the already existing fanbase liked.

* MissingTrailerScene: Torrian released a sneak preview for ''Red Vs. Blue: Zero'' depicting a heist style scene featuring a woman wearing a blue Recon helmet fighting and killing a group of men lead by a man wearing a grey Locus helmet. The two characters were also featured in one of the few promotional images for some time. When ''Zero'' concluded however, this scene was conspicuously absent, and neither character actually appears.

*** The Master Chief Collection version of Halo 2 includes an achievement called "Six pedals, four directions", which is unlocked by having the Arbiter drive a Scorpion. This is a reference to a line of Caboose's from the Blood Gulch Chronacles, where he asked why the tank had six pedals if there's only four directions (and referenced later in season 9, where we see a Warthog with six pedals)

*** While playable in the first three games, VideoGame/Halo4 and VideoGame/Halo5 lack the ability to play as aliens like the Sangheili/Elites. This prevented aliens from having major roles in the narrative without certain workarounds as seen in Season 13, such as Santa using a VideoGame/Halo3 model and Junior's [[TheCameo cameo]] being made in Halo 3.
*** In ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy The Chorus Trilogy]]'', made using VideoGame/Halo4, the Federal Army of Chorus all wore Prefect helmets, and most wore Prefect body armor, in particular Dr. Grey. As the Prefect armor was not available in VideoGame/Halo5, Dr. Grey's was changed to the Cypher helmet and Legionnare body armor.
*** Due to a large amount of the remaining multiplayer maps in VideoGame/Halo4 that Rooster Teeth hadn't used yet for Chorus all involving Forerunners and the Covenant in some fashion, the plot of Season 13 had to be changed to incorporate Aliens into it.
*** Part of Locus' characterization was his considering himself to be nothing more than a killing machine, even taking the name of his armor as a result, and having a DarthVaderClone aesthetic, punctated with the "X" on his helmet reflecting the scar on his face. VideoGame/Halo5 redesigned the Locus helmet, removing the iconic "X" and making it lighter in coloration. InUniverse this [[RuleOfSymbolism helps show]] Locus's HeelFaceTurn and CharacterDevelopment.

** Season 3, where the guys were incredibly overworked trying to get the first episode filmed in ''Halo 2'' [[ChristmasRushed the same day said game hit stores.]] Burnie Burns also had to rewrite several episodes over and over again, twice filling a CosmicDeadline (the characters going to the future - i.e. ''Halo 2'' - in Episode 43 and the season finale in Episode 57) and what he intended to be the series' MilestoneCelebration on Episode 50 ended up being so extensive that its events had to be spread over ''three'' installments. In Burns' own words, "I got 4 hours of sleep in three days. After Episode 43 came out, I actually fell asleep in mid-sentence while talking to someone. They thought I died."

** ''Zero'' brings it back, as Torrian Crawford was responsible for the story, co-writing the scripts, directing, animation, editing, and motion capture. He also had a small voice role in the first episode.

** In the 2020 ''Death Battle'' episode between the Red and Blue Teams, due to Joel Heyman being let go from Rooster Teeth earlier that year, Caboose is voiced by PromotedFanboy Michael Malconian.

*** [[Characters/RedVsBlueMichaelJCaboose Michael J. Caboose]]

* CharacterSpecificPages: [[Characters/RedVsBlueLeonardLChurch Leonard L. Church]]

* {{Jossed}}:
** For a while, fans had speculated that [[OldSoldier Sarge]] and ([[TookALevelInBadass after]] ''Recreation'') [[MasterSwordsman Tucker]] might be able to match [[OneWomanArmy Tex]] in terms of combat skill. Then [[HesBack she returns]] in Episode 10 of ''Revelation'' and utterly curbstomps the both of them without taking a hit or breaking a sweat. Episode 19 of ''Revelation'' further implies that Sarge's early takedown of Tex and Donut "killing" her with a grenade back in Season 1 were both the result of WorfHadTheFlu.
** When Felix gained his own LaserBlade late into Season 13, many fans were hoping for an epic duel between him and Tucker. In "The End is Near," Felix easily kicks Tucker aside when the latter tries to fight him one-on-one, and is defeated by the Reds and Blues all acting as a team.
** After TheReveal that the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Cosmic Powers]] are actually [[SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology hyper-advanced Monitors]] perpetuating a GodGuise, many fans theorized that their imprisoned creator - [[OurTitansAreDifferent Chrovos]] - was actually a [[Characters/HaloForerunners Forerunner]] or even [[Characters/HaloOther Precursor]]. The first episode of ''Singularity'' would show that Chrovos is actually [[spoiler:another ancient [=A.I.=] like the Cosmic Powers are]].

** In 2016, Kathleen Zuelch (the voice of Agent Texas) was fired for getting drunk on Twitter and insulting her castmates on ''Red vs. Blue'' sister-show ''[=RWBY=]''. Although this is a rather downplayed example since Zuelch's character hadn't had a significant role in the series for roughly four years prior to her being fired.

** In 2016, Kathleen Zuelch (the voice of Agent Texas) was fired for getting drunk on Twitter and insulting her castmates on ''Red vs. Blue'' sister-show ''[=RWBY=]''. This is admittedly a pretty downplayed example since Zuelch's character hadn't had a significant role in the series for roughly four years prior to her being fired.

** Conversely, Carlos Trabka from the same aforementioned season is written like someone who dislikes the show. He thinks the Reds and Blues are boring and lack depth. He would prefer it if Dylan reported on a group of [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} "monster-fighting sexy teenagers"]].[[note]]Not everyone who likes [=RWBY=] dislikes Red vs. Blue, of course, but [=RWBY=] has become the far more popular of the two.[[/note]] He also finds the events that happened in Blood Gulch too crazy to take seriously.

*** When introduced in ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga The Freelancer Saga]]'', made using VideoGame/Halo3 and animation, Carolina wore the Rogue helmet and recon body armor. When the finale of Season 10 shifted to VideoGame/Halo4, Carolina had to have her armor configuration changed due to the Rogue helmet being heavily redesigned between games, instead being given the Recon helmet and Stalker body armor. Any usage of her old configuration was limited to either animation or using VideoGame/Halo3, with the InUniverse justification that she donned armor used by the Space Pirates to infiltrate their numbers. Likewise, when ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheShisnoTrilogy Singularity]]'' touched on where she was at the time of [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles The Blood Gulch Chronicles]], it was set in VideoGame/Halo2, which didn't allow armor customization outside of colors, so Carolina wore the standard armor in tan, the InUniverse justification being that she was in hiding and had stored her normal set of armor somewhere else.