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| 3 | !Main Protagonists |
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| 5 | [[folder:General tropes as a duo]] |
| 6 | * AnimatedActors: In spite of the somewhat serious storylines that the main series follows, filler episodes, shorts and viewer mail segments cast Arbiter and Chief as two toy actors who are at least aware that they're taking a break from acting out the main plotline. They've acknowledged Jon as the cameraman (and thrown stuff at him), discussed their dwindling view counts and, of course, have taken mail from their fanbase. |
| 7 | * BashBrothers: In online multiplayer, the duo are never far from each other and fight by each other's side, even though Arbiter is the one doing most of the killing while Chief serves more as a nuisance with moments of brilliance. |
| 8 | * BookEnds: In the original 7 seasons of the series, before its season 8 revival, anyways. In the pilot, Arbiter and Chief hunt each other down, Chief with a kitchen knife and Arbiter with a frying pan, when Arbiter is freshly delivered to Jon's house. In the finale episodes of season 7, they wield the same weapons they held back when they first met when they start to fight each other in the moments preceding the series last moments. |
| 9 | * ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStory: Since their voices are so obviously electronic and synthetic, the two usually go with some sort of made up excuse for it when someone online questions them about it, so as not to out themselves as toys come to life. The most common of which is people assume they're a pair of trolls using outdated text-to-speech programs in failed attempt to be funny, or they're disabled people forced to use text-to-speech devices to communicate because they can't otherwise. Since they're pretty much untraceable outside of all of their activities being done on Jon's gaming/internet accounts, it usually keeps them safe. |
| 10 | * FaceHeelTurn: After several seasons of being on the side of good, or at least trying to stop pricks from ruining gaming, the two toys join Eugene's clan in a desperate bid for friendship, and take part in fragbanning innocent players for a while. They eventually snap out of it after seeing how big of crooks and lunatics their new friends really are. |
| 11 | * TwoGamersonaCouch: The initial premise of the series was something of a parody about this setup, with twist of it being it's two ''Halo'' toys playing ''Halo'' and whatever else their owner has sitting around the apartment. This comedic setup is slowly dropped in favor of a more serious setup, with the two having to find something else to do, getting bored of it and/or the same premise being played dead seriously as they try to save the ''Halo'' community or people in general from pseudo-super villainous threats. |
| 12 | * LivingToy: The main duo, and all of their companions over the years, are this, if you couldn't tell. It becomes a DeconstructedTrope when all of the problems of being a plastic action figure come to light. Namely, Arbiter and Chief gradually begin to degrade, fall apart, lose some cosmetic parts and are literally held together by tape and glue by season 7. Arbiter laments that they can't ever reveal themselves to the world or else they'd be taken by scientists and be imprisoned and 'have things shoved up their asses', among other things. |
| 13 | * RedOniBlueOni: Chief's the explosively irrational and frustrated Red while Arbiter is the overly rational and relatable Blue. The lines get a little blurred later as Chief mellows out from a total maniac to an idiot capable of kindness, and Arbiter from an average joe in the body of a toy to a depressed and irritable alcoholic. |
| 14 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Despite the problems brought up with being a LivingToy, the two apparently revealed themselves as toys on a few occasions with no issues. For example, Chief went outside and begged for money with a cup so he can buy the Cold Storage DLC for Halo 3 (it was free), and Arbiter apparently attended college for a while. The much maligned ''In LA'' spinoff also had the group of toys out in public without much consequence sometimes, though they still had to hide. |
| 15 | * WeddingSmashers: Twice. |
| 16 | ** First, the duo are invited to a sappy and ridiculous online wedding being hosted in ''Halo 3'', and Arbiter doesn't want to be the jerk who denies and begs Chief to join him. Unfortunately, Chief eventually gets bored and annoyed enough that he gets the brilliant idea to light up some poorly placed [[MadeOfExplodium decorative fusion coils]] to blow the whole ceremony up as all the players scream and cry at his prank. |
| 17 | ** Second, played more seriously but still ridiculous given it's a wedding hosted on ''Reach'', Trent and Claire are getting married in the biggest online gaming wedding ever seen. Finding out that Trent's cheating on Claire, and the toys wanting an excuse to break them up (Arbiter out of concern for Claire [[InterspeciesRomance and a little bit of jealousy]], and Chief because [[ForTheLulz he loved ruining the last wedding he was invited to]]), the two of them gear up to crash the wedding guns 'a blazing. |
| 18 | * VitriolicBestBuds: The main duo are arguing constantly, trading vicious insults and even escalating into outright beating each other up and they cross each other too hard, not to mention outright trying to kill each other with weapons in hand on especially bad days. It's clear by the later seasons, though, that the two definitely care for each other as friends on their good days, if just because they have nobody else in their lives. Even in their final moments together after a heated fight that left both of them suicidal, they let each other know that they're still sincere enough friends to wait for each other in the afterlife. |
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| 21 | [[folder:Master Chief]] |
| 22 | !! Master Chief |
| 23 | |
| 24 | Master Chief is an action figure voiced by Microsoft Sam and acts like an idiotic Jerkass and Halo fanboy. He believes Halo is the best video game out there and speaks mainly in LEET. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | * AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: For all intents and purposes, Chief legitimately DIDN'T intend to kill Cortana as much as he did mean to scare her, and he panics as he goes to shut off the microwave when he discovers that she is in actual danger. Unfortunately, he's too late to save her.]] |
| 27 | * AntiHero: Chief as an individual is loathsome in almost every capacity, but he hardly compares to some of the characters he and the Arbiter encounter throughout the series. By season seven, Chief demonstrates that there are lines not even ''he'' would cross, and that he indeed possesses a conscience. |
| 28 | * AntiNihilist: Unlike the Arbiter, Chief is hardly fazed by the implication that their lives hold no real value or purpose. Instead, he embraces it as an opportunity to be as self-indulgent as possible. |
| 29 | * AxCrazy: He threatened Greg with a knife, while joking that the knife demands blood. He did the same thing to Todd. |
| 30 | * BigDamnHeroes: He pulls one off in [[spoiler:the Season 6 finale "The Reunion" when he runs over Trent with a Scorpion just in the nick of time... without even knowing he did so until after performing the task.]] |
| 31 | %%** Does this in "Night of the Evading Dead" in Season 4. |
| 32 | * BoisterousWeakling: Tends to threaten to kick people's asses for bothering him, which falls flat when used against Arbiter, who tends to beat him up when he crosses him too hard. Nevermind how he'd likely stack up against any of the actual human beings he talks shit to online. Doesn't have much merit when he's playing Halo either, since opponents with any semblance of skill or game-sense can outgun or outwit Chief ingame. |
| 33 | * BrokenPedestal: Chief initially refers to [[TheSpock Colin]] as the "coolest friend [he's] ever made friends with". [[spoiler:Then he sees [[PedoHunt Colin seducing a nine year old]].]] |
| 34 | * BuffySpeak: |
| 35 | --> '''Chief''': its kinda cool cuz liek hes saying activaet but thers one were he dosnt get 2 ear it all teh way so its liek its deactivatid / but then he saes it agen aftur so its liek its activatid agen adn tahts wat teh whoel song is abot / u no wat i m33n / its prety deep adn metallic if u think abot it |
| 36 | * TheBrute: [[spoiler:He was ''super'' enthusiastic about participating in Eugene's clan's fragbanning spree.]] |
| 37 | * CatchPhrase: Plenty. |
| 38 | ** [[NoYou NO U]]. |
| 39 | ** [[PreAssKickingOneLiner i r guy who gon t33ch u les0n]] |
| 40 | ** "hello i am mastur cheef lolololololololololololol" from the original ''Master Chief Sucks at Halo'' trilogy |
| 41 | ** In Season 6: [[DirtyCop "FREEZE / TOSERS / GET DOWN ON THE FUCKING GROUND"]] |
| 42 | ** [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud "Sad face :("]] |
| 43 | ** "remember? lol remember arbiter?" |
| 44 | ** i ([[MadLibsCatchPhrase insert whatever potential]] DoubleEntendre [[MadLibsCatchphrase the previous character just said]]) [[IBangedYourMom ur m0m]] last nite |
| 45 | * CharacterDevelopment: |
| 46 | ** A little. Since the start of the series, he's started to care more about Arbiter, even admitting that he is sort of his friend. It is even hinted that he cares about Claire a little in "Remission", and in "Severance", after [[spoiler:fragging Kylie, he looks back at the corpse of her avatar before going after Arbiter, which implies that he's feeling a little bit of regret.]] |
| 47 | ** Season 7 seems to prioritize Chief's character development alongside the various plot elements. By the end of the season, Chief is significantly more competent morally and aware of his past transgressions. Even so, he still maintains an unflappable manner. |
| 48 | * ClusterFBomb: With mind of an 8-year-old who's been given access to the internet way too much, it's totally expected. |
| 49 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: of Arbiter's speeches. |
| 50 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: RARELY, Chief is capable of pulling random achievements with no warning. |
| 51 | * CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: At Season 8, it appears [[spoiler:Chief already knew Arbiter could have gotten the match out of his hands the moment he mentions having one especially when the gas stove is left on. In which he implies calling out on Arbiter for actually getting into a SeenItAllSuicide moment but decides to pull away since Chief got his legs back on his ''second'' reincarnation.]] |
| 52 | * DentedIron: Compared to Arbiter by the time of Season 7, he's accumulated a lot more damage to his body, being held together by tape around his limbs and torso and possibly has glue behind his plastic visor. Arbiter in comparison only needs tape around his broken wrist and lost his detachable helmet for a while. |
| 53 | * DirtyCop [[spoiler: When he was a TOSER moderator in Season 6.]] |
| 54 | --> Chief: FREEZE / TOSERS / GET DOWN ON THE FUKCING GROUND |
| 55 | * TheDitz: Ever since the beginning of the show, he'll always be the worst [[spoiler: but possible hope]] for any player who stood with him. |
| 56 | * DreadfulMusician: Creator of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CewOjHHwR4 ACTIVATE remix]]. His brief return as an online musician also led to him concluding that sounding off every note slot on a virtual piano at the same time was his masterpiece. |
| 57 | * DumbassHasAPoint: In recent seasons. Also, JerkassHasAPoint. |
| 58 | * EpicFail: This happens often. [[LampshadeHanging He even calls]] his attempt to drown himself in the toilet an EpicFail, [[MythologyGag despite it happening in the original Master Cheef sucks series.]] |
| 59 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Adam is considerably more vile than he is, and he even gives a "Surprised face (:O)" when [[spoiler:Adam frags Claire.]] |
| 60 | ** His discovery that [[spoiler:Colin is a pedophile]] absolutely disgusts him and promotes him to team up with Arbiter to [[spoiler:plan an attack against the trolls.]] |
| 61 | ** His PetTheDog moments are usually any time he realizes he pushed Arbiter too far and genuinely upset him. |
| 62 | ** He also shows some disgust towards Trent cheating on Claire. |
| 63 | ** He shows genuine concern and then surprise when he's told that his old Xbox Live friend XxXsM0k3w33d4LyPh3420XxX/Jeremy died in a house fire. |
| 64 | ** When Arbiter is telling him about what you can buy off from the dark web, he gets excited over the idea of buying drugs, guns and explosives online. He loses his enthusiasm when he finds out about human trafficking rings, real life executions and contractual assassinations. |
| 65 | ---> thats uh ({{Beat}}) not as bad ass. |
| 66 | ** [[spoiler:He's fairly serious in his reaction to Jon's death, clearly freaked out but attempting to cope by joking around.]] |
| 67 | * FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Chief ends up becoming a full-on villain in Season 7, joining Eugene's Clan and going on a fragbanning spree with them.]] |
| 68 | * FunWithSubtitles: While Arbiter's subtitles are punctual and proper, Chiefs subtitles are almost always written in LeetLingo and are horribly misspelled, or use the wrong words for what Chief's actually trying to get across. Generally speaking, you're actually better off just listening to Chief speak than trying to read his subtitles if you're trying to understand him. |
| 69 | * FriendToAllChildren: So long as they don't impede his ego, Chief is practically the friendliest person an online bratty 8-year old could have. |
| 70 | * GeniusDitz: Despite of being a complete sociopath to begin with, he managed to band up that is not supposed to be a team with a few boys about his level, [[spoiler: killed off (not literally) half of Chaos Theosis' indigenous' hackers, trifled with Arbiter's logic for a few times and even draws a lot better than him, and even knew how to lit up an apartment with only a cooking oven and some matches.]] |
| 71 | * HeelFaceDoorSlam: He was becoming more open-minded and willingly play other games that aren't ''Halo'' whilst also mending his friendship with Arbiter, but then [[spoiler:Arbiter finds Cortana's stand.]] |
| 72 | * HeroicBSOD: Parodied and taken to the extreme when Chief walks in on Arbiter watching a Youtube video with Minecraft gameplay. The lack of realism and violence causes him to freeze in place in front of the screen for 9 days straight. He's still shocked and frozen in the next episode until Arbiter provokes him into coming to his senses again. |
| 73 | * HeroicRROD: [[spoiler:While Chief is far from heroic, in the Season Finale, Arbiter dealt to him what appears to be a killing blow on the Chief, slammed him to pieces to the point where Chief's [[TheUnintelligible speeches are far beyond scrambled]] than it is before.]] |
| 74 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 75 | ** Despite how absolutely atrocious Chief is able to put up against Arbiter, his defining moments are where he was able to bend the Arbiter over without breaking him to an emotional end. |
| 76 | ** Turns out in the ''Aces and Spaces'' episode, Chief can draw [[spoiler:significantly better than what Arbiter could do in the same time space.]] |
| 77 | ---> "What can I say? I have a little space ''(sic)'' up my sleeve." |
| 78 | ** This trait gets the limelight [[spoiler:when audience is introduced with [[ArtificialIntelligence Pal 9001]], the Chief's original persona.]] |
| 79 | * HypocriticalHumor: One of Chief's most-used insults is to call people faggots and call various things gay (no matter how little they have to do with homosexuality), yet he is ''extremely'' good at drawing anthropomorphic cartoon dicks and ''very'' passionate about it. |
| 80 | * InsaneTrollLogic: Uses this frequently to justify his actions. |
| 81 | * InstantArmor: In Halo: Reach, Chief is always known to use his Armor-lock ability, putting him in an invulnerable state for a few seconds but keeps him in a solid place where people can simply [[MundaneSolution wait for his lock shield to go down and aim where his head would likely to be when he stands up.]] |
| 82 | * ItAmusedMe: Most of his trolling against the Arbiter is for this. |
| 83 | * {{Jerkass}}: He thinks he is the real Master Chief from the game, treats his friends like trash, gets negative kills in his game score, asks for any female player's Facebook account and normally teabags anyone he just recently knocked-down or killed, we mean everyone, even outside the game. It's toned down in Season 7 however. |
| 84 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He does have a few PetTheDog moments and does seem to genuinely like Arbiter despite his abrasiveness. Season 8 has a moment where Arbiter asks Chief if he even believes in the concept of good and evil. At the very least, Chief wants to be one of the good guys. |
| 85 | * KickTheDog: Occasionally has moments like this, such as [[spoiler:his attempted murder of Greg.]] |
| 86 | * TheLancer: Plays this role to the more serious and cynical Arbiter in more recent seasons. |
| 87 | * LeetLingo: All of his speech is rendered with inconsistent capitalization and punctuation, numbers in place of actual letters, and sideways emoticons made up of symbols. |
| 88 | * LosingYourHead: Or rather, his visor. Chief's gold plastic visor is apparently his eye, and whenever it falls off he's stumbling and disoriented to same effect of this trope. |
| 89 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:"Take A Seat" and a few other episodes reveal that he actually does have some common sense, and he is able to understand some more abstract concepts, if only in somewhat [[BuffySpeak simplistic terms]].]] |
| 90 | * {{Malaproper}}: Besides the LeetLingo and the vulgarity, Chief's speech is characterized by having a ton of words and terms that are not quite right but you can figure out what he means. The most common examples are "metallic" (ironic) and "pedestrian" (pedophile). |
| 91 | * ManipulativeBastard: Gives a depressed Arbiter the advice that if he feels like his life has no meaning, he should dedicate his time to creating something rather than mope around all day. He convinces him to help him create a movie while barely ever helping, bossing him around relentlessly and insults him near constantly, and then holds the threat of 'your life will have no purpose' whenever he threatens to leave to get him to stay. |
| 92 | * OlderIsBetter: Inverted. His belief is that newer always equals better, and the newest Halo game is always best game of all time. This has led to him throwing away his copy of Reach when he found out Halo 4 came out. And then throwing Halo 4 away when he learned Halo 5 came out. And then throwing away the Xbox 360 when he learned the Xbox One came out. [[OverlyLongGag And then ditched his plans to play Halo 5 when he heard The Master Chief Collection (Contains Halo Combat Evolved, 2, 3 and 4) came out.]] |
| 93 | * PetTheDog: For all his horrible acts (and his attitude in general), he can show signs of genuine kindness, with the most outstanding moment being in [[spoiler:"The Reunion", where he reassures the Arbiter that [[YouAreNotAlone he will not die alone]], and that the Master Chief, despite all of his comments towards the Arbiter, does appreciate his companionship]]. |
| 94 | * PsychopathicManChild: He often acts like an out of control eight-year old. |
| 95 | * RedOniBlueOni: The abrasive Red Oni to Arbiter's composed Blue Oni. |
| 96 | * RougeAnglesOfSatin: The subtitles that represent his lines have very poor spelling. Sometimes he at least says them correctly out loud -- other times he reads the spelling errors as written. |
| 97 | * SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: "MAI ROFLKNIEF GOEZ [[AudibleSharpness SLIEC SLIEC SLIEC SLIEC SLIEC]]" |
| 98 | %%** And his faces. |
| 99 | * SeriousBusiness: Halo 3, as shown in the original trilogy, episode 4 and episode 18. |
| 100 | * SmallNameBigEgo: He thinks he's MLG, when he's one of the worst players in the game. |
| 101 | * SmokingIsCool: Subverted. He picks it up [[spoiler:to cope with how he killed Cortana.]] |
| 102 | * StupidEnoughToWork: Chief distracted [[ColdSniper Kylie]] by using a Hologram to trick her, before he fragbanned her. Note that the Hologram ability in ''Reach'' is usually mocked by the playerbase for being an ability that only fools and new players fall for. Kylie and her associates are naturally completely humiliated from losing to it, and Kylie defends herself by saying that she thought Chief was stupid enough to actually walk out into the open while she had the map locked down with a rifle. |
| 103 | * SyntheticVoiceActor: Microsoft Sam. |
| 104 | * TookALevelInBadass: After training with Arbiter in Season 5, his Halo skills dramatically improve. They started out so bad that he still doesn't end up ''that'' good, but he can at least hit a target better than half the time and pitch in during the later Seasons' serious virtual gunfights. |
| 105 | * TookALevelInDumbass: It was confirmed in Season 8 that [[spoiler:the Chief was an artificial intelligence named Pal 9001 whose core systems underwent a [[ItMakesSenseInContext Boredom meltdown]], thus putting him in the state where he is now.]] |
| 106 | * TookALevelInKindness: In the later episodes of Season 7, he becomes considerably smarter and more morally grounded [[spoiler: Due to Cortana plaguing him in his mind because of his guilty conscience, and his desire to take down the trolls, since Colin's a pedophile]], Tyler's [[HairTriggerTemper hyper-aggressive to the point of smashing over a dozen controllers and battering one of his school-"mates" that he met on XBL]], whilst Eugene is sadistic and spiteful and loves to psychologically torment the boy/player that Tyler has been beating up. |
| 107 | * WhamLine: Delivers one in the final shot of the episode 'Take a Seat', though it would've been a much straighter example had Chief not butchered his wording again. |
| 108 | --> '''(Chief, while talking about Colin Hunt):''' [[spoiler: i think colins [[PaedoHunt a pedestrian.]]]] |
| 109 | * {{Whoring}}: His aim [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy couldn't even hit a side of a barn]], so he revolves his tactics around abusing abilities that a Halo game offers to him plus hoarding as many power weapons he can find, and he doesn't do it very creatively and becomes very predictable. |
| 110 | * WouldntHurtAChild: Not that he wouldn't freely do it in an online game, but it's clear that Chief absolutely draws the line at actually harming one in real life, [[spoiler:and his character shifts into a repeated WhatTheHellHero towards Arbiter when he decides they might have to actually kill Adam to stop his cyberterrorism, comparing him to [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] in disdain as Arbiter is thinking it over.]] |
| 111 | * YourMom: Chief is as creative with this trope as [[Series/That70sShow Red Foreman]] is with [[AssShove threatening to put his foot up your ass.]] Arbiter is the frequent target of this, and much to every male character he finds, but never female players. Surprisingly, not even Cortana receives this. |
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| 113 | |
| 114 | [[folder:The Arbiter]] |
| 115 | !! The Arbiter |
| 116 | |
| 117 | The Arbiter is another action figure voiced by Microsoft Mike. He is rather cynical and often responds to Chief's antics in sarcasm. |
| 118 | |
| 119 | * TheAntiNihilist: While he isn't enthusiastic about life in general, he does continue to have a strong moral compass. |
| 120 | * AuthorAvatar: As acknowledged by Jon in an interview. He's a representation of Jon's characterization (mainly his DeadpanSnarker personality). |
| 121 | * AuthorFilibuster: Delivers many that speak of Jon's opinions on the gaming world and specific games. While he makes good points, the fact that the plot will oftentimes slam to a halt for the Arbiter to deliver a filibuster in his Microsoft Mike voice can be grating to some viewers. |
| 122 | * BigDamnHeroes: He pulls one off at the end of the episode "Hard End" in Season 6. |
| 123 | * TheBigGuy: In ''Halo'' environments anyways, his avatar is always an Elite, who tend to be a far bit larger than human characters. |
| 124 | * CatchPhrase: "[[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Sigh]]". Though it does not catch that very frequently. |
| 125 | ** "[[OnlySaneMan This is ridiculous.]]" |
| 126 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: Arbiter in the first couple seasons is Chiefs true counterpart, being the intelligent, rational and negotiable half of the duo. Later seasons would start to have him develop his depressed, nihilistic and sour attitude that puts him at odds with anyone with a different outlook (albeit not to the extent of Chief). |
| 127 | * TheComicallySerious: He's one of the most serious characters in the series, but his deadpan attitude makes his remarks hilarious. |
| 128 | * DeadpanSnarker: Justified with the target of Chief in most cases, he does get snarky towards others who won't take kindly with his advices. |
| 129 | * DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Willingly declines Claire to keep and never gets to meet with Cortana again after Chief accidentally lit the microwave oven that resulted to her death. He does not get better because of the latter.]] |
| 130 | * DontExplainTheJoke: "I see what you did there. Instead of addressing my points, you took everything that I said and turned it into a sexual joke, implying that I suck on men's penises. [[SarcasmMode Fantastic.]]". |
| 131 | * DrunkenMaster: Despite his drinking he still kicks ass at Halo [[spoiler: as seen when he takes down two hackers]] |
| 132 | * FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:As of episode 12 of season 7]] |
| 133 | * FairCop: [[spoiler:After becoming a TOSER]], and more so being the safeguard of Jon's condo towards Chief. |
| 134 | ** [[spoiler:Perhaps [[SubvertedTrope thrown out]] [[InvertedTrope the window]] now that he joined with Eugene and his clan.]] |
| 135 | * HeroicBSOD: Has one at the start of Season 6. [[spoiler:Has another shot in the near end of the Season Finale, looking for a happy place.]] |
| 136 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: {{Deconstructed}} in season 7. His desire for company drags him down the moral slippery slope. [[HeelRealization He stops when he sees the true face of his companions, though.]] |
| 137 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he is relentless in telling anyone how pathetic they are, he does show great moments of kindness as time passes; and he is far from being a jerk to anyone else who treats him nicely. Demonstrated in "Recon" ([=S1E2=]) and "Evil" ([=S3E12=]). |
| 138 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:He "dies" in the gas explosion in ''"Ignition"''. He gets better in Season 8.]] |
| 139 | * KnightInSourArmor: Complete with full body armor, like Chief's, except he lost his helmet [[spoiler: twice, but returned]]. |
| 140 | * LetsGetDangerous: Arby goes up against Chief and his crew with a pistol and Sprint to prove a point. Guess who wins. |
| 141 | ** Also, when in casual situations online, he tends to wear Elite Minor armor, in more serious situations he switches to the more ornate and imposing Spec Ops armor. |
| 142 | * MetaGuy: [[DownplayedTrope Of sorts.]] |
| 143 | ** "[[LampshadeHanging Online gaming has no business being this theatrical.]]" |
| 144 | ** "[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall I don't see any cameras on me either, do you?]]" |
| 145 | ** In ''Master Chief Sucks At Fortnite'', he's livid that the current RunningGag across the season 8 episodes is still going in Chief's favor, with this current setup being Chief, the worst possible person to be a journalist, is about to be offered a job after his terrible ''Fortnite'' review. |
| 146 | --> '''(Chief):''' ''(Phone starts ringing)'' :O / Surprised face. |
| 147 | --> '''(Arbiter):''' Fucking hell, here we go. |
| 148 | --> '''(Chief):''' wundered who that could bean... hmmm. |
| 149 | --> '''(Arbiter):''' Like it's not a [[MinimalistCast Jon-lookalike]] with a journalist job offer. |
| 150 | * NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Promised Claire to meet up with him on the next day to play with her, [[spoiler:but Chief lit up a cooking oven with an opened gas tank before he ever had the chance to say anything to her about his situation in ''"Ignition"''.]] |
| 151 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Delivers a few to Chief when he crosses too many lines. [[spoiler: Arbiter cripples Chief and scrambles his voice box when he finds out he killed Cortana.]] |
| 152 | * NotSoAboveItAll: While he's well aware of how obnoxious a lot of Chief's behavior is and clashes with him regularly over it, Arbiter is perfectly willing to indulge and even participate in banter and shenanigans with Chief as long as ''he'' finds it fun rather than annoying. |
| 153 | * OnlySaneMan: Not until recently - there was Todd, Cortana and quite a few relatively sensible players on Xbox Live. [[ThisLoserIsYou Now it seems that most of the other gamers are portrayed with]] [[FanDumb more or less the same level of intelligence as Chief.]] |
| 154 | ** Though it looks like that was subverted with Greg. As well as the online community regaining SOME brain function. |
| 155 | * PartingWordsRegret: Part of his angst over [[spoiler:Cortana "going away" (she's actually dead) is that he's told that ''he'' caused it by alienating her, as their last interaction devolved into a petty argument over his use of the word "retarded" as an insult, which he would very much have preferred to concede on if it meant still having his friend]]. |
| 156 | * ThePhilosopher: Theorized about his life of being a toy of what purpose should it actually be while alive. [[spoiler: Had this theory and purpose fulfilled by Claire before being killed off in the Season Finale with Chief.]] |
| 157 | * PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Arbiter's generally presented as being in the right about most things and doesn't seem to hold any overtly prejudiced opinions, but he's definitely a product of mid-late 2000s Platform/XboxLive, and habitually uses language that was commonplace on the service at that time but beginning around TheNewTens was being more harshly scrutinized, something touched on in later seasons. |
| 158 | * PreMortemOneLiner: He's used two so far. One for Adam, and another for [[spoiler:Silent Strike]]. |
| 159 | * PrecisionFStrike: Compared to Chief, sure. Not that he swears so rarely, though. |
| 160 | * SophisticatedAsHell: Arbiter has most of the same vulgar and crass vocabulary that Chief does, but while the latter carpet-bombs it throughout all his lines, Arbiter prefers to use it more sparingly to add a little spice to his tracts and banter. |
| 161 | * SpellMyNameWithAThe: He usually introduces himself as "the Arbiter". |
| 162 | * {{Reincarnation}}: It comes to Arbiter's conclusion in Season 8, that [[spoiler:he and the Chief will keep coming back alive until they find real meaning why they ended up in their toy bodies even when time passes on.]] |
| 163 | * StraightMan: Rarely takes a laugh on anything, almost never to Chief's. [[spoiler: Until he gets the last laugh with two boys who takes the lower level of maturity than Chief would within the series.]] |
| 164 | * SyntheticVoiceActor: Microsoft Mike, surprisingly fits well for his logical thinking. |
| 165 | * UnstoppableRage:[[spoiler: When he finally hears the truth about what happened to Cortana, he does ''not'' take it well.]] |
| 166 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: He was able to ''attend university'', as mentioned in 'Pirates'. |
| 167 | * WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:He comes to the difficult conclusion that he might have to kill Adam for real to stop his cyberterrorism.]] |
| 168 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He's afraid of spiders, though he still hangs out with Greg. |
| 169 | [[/folder]] |
| 170 | |
| 171 | [[folder:Greg]] |
| 172 | !! Greg |
| 173 | |
| 174 | A spider introduced in the Season 4 finale that began to live with Arbiter and Chief. |
| 175 | |
| 176 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: He's easy to get along with, but has no problem [[AllWebbedUp webbing up]] Chief when he gets too far. |
| 177 | * BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Saved Arbiter quite a few times in his downfall with Chief, but never gets the chance to save him again in the last episode.]] |
| 178 | * CoolHelmet: The sole appearance of his ''Reach'' spartan avatar has him wearing the Operator helmet, which sports a binocular-like attachment with multiple optics to [[GiantSpider represent the player behind it.]] |
| 179 | * CuteMute: While not particularly cute (he's a spider) he's one of the most moral and friendly character of the series, and very endearing, and communicates entirely via sticky notes. |
| 180 | * DemotedToExtra: He never gets a scene in Season 7. |
| 181 | * FriendlySniper: [[spoiler:He's shown to be a masterful sniper. The one time he picks up a controller, he snipes five targets with three shots before they can react.]] |
| 182 | * GiantSpider: [[spoiler:For a toy, he's just about Chief's size.]] |
| 183 | * NiceGuy: Don't let his appearance fool you, he just wants to hang out and play scrabble. |
| 184 | * PutOnABus: In Season 7, [[spoiler:he never came back in the final episode.]] |
| 185 | * TheSpeechless: Communicates via sticky notes. |
| 186 | * StealthHiBye: Even Chief gets creeped out by this. |
| 187 | [[/folder]] |
| 188 | |
| 189 | [[folder:Claire]] |
| 190 | !! Claire |
| 191 | |
| 192 | A woman that Arbiter befriends in the movie who becomes his love interest. |
| 193 | |
| 194 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: Used to have a couple of lines that depicted her as short tempered and unreasonable in Endgame, her character has since then been refined. |
| 195 | * JustFriends: Doesn't return Arbiter's feelings. They still have a healthy relationship though. [[spoiler:Actually, after "Crush", when Arbiter chews her out for only coming back after a brief hiatus while he suffered on his own, she's shocked to hear him say 'go fuck yourself' and ending it there.]] |
| 196 | * NiceGirl: Rarely has anything scornful to say about someone, and when she does it's usually pretty accurate. |
| 197 | * OnlySaneWoman: She defiantly seems to be a reasonable person in a sea of insanity. |
| 198 | * ShoutOut: Her full name is [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Claire Redfield]] in Endgame. |
| 199 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Is utterly disgusted with Trent and leaves him after learning that [[spoiler: he cheated on her]] |
| 200 | * StrawFeminist: Used to have traits of this, see CharacterizationMarchesOn. |
| 201 | * YouAreNotAlone: [[spoiler:Claire is quick to forgive Arbiter after she repairs the damage he did to her account and console, fully understanding that he's going through a lot. She's reasonably angry at what he's done, but otherwise orders him to spend time with her so she can make sure he's okay.]] |
| 202 | [[/folder]] |
| 203 | |
| 204 | [[folder:Cortana]] |
| 205 | |
| 206 | A roommate of the duo.She gets along with Arbiter, but hates Chief with a passion due to his sexist attitude and immature mannerisms. She considers herself the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]], but is actually something of a [[JerkAss stuck up, holier-than-thou asshole.]] |
| 207 | * AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler: She repeatedly |
| 208 | * TheAntiNihilist: Somewhat {{downplayed}}. In her own words ("Terminal"): |
| 209 | --> '''Cortana''': I think, for the most part, that I fall into the camp of "things just happen" -- but my mind is open to other suggestions as to why we're here. |
| 210 | --> '''Arbiter''': So you think that our existence is merely the result of some random cosmic equation? |
| 211 | --> '''Cortana''': I suppose. |
| 212 | --> '''Arbiter''': Then, presumably, you've accepted the possibility that we exist without purpose. |
| 213 | --> '''Cortana''': I don't know if I'd go as far as to say that I've accepted it, but it strikes me as the possibility that is most likely. |
| 214 | * ArchEnemy: To Chief. That's pretty much all she's in the story for. She's always thinking about him and wanting him to be destroyed, even when she's not hear him. What else has she had going for her? |
| 215 | * TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Only to [[BusCrash get killed on arrival]].]] |
| 216 | * BusCrash: [[spoiler:She dies immediately on her return in Season 7, thanks to Chief.]] |
| 217 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: She's ''slowly burned alive'' as she begs for her life, pleading for anyone to help her as she melts away.]] |
| 218 | * DemotedToExtra: In Season 3. |
| 219 | * DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Turns out she survived getting fired into the alien sun.]] |
| 220 | ** [[spoiler:Only to end up getting killed in the stove when she returned later.]] |
| 221 | * DyingCurse: [[spoiler: She gives one to Chief in her last moments as he had accidentally subjected her to horrible fate.]] |
| 222 | --> '''Cortana''': [[spoiler: "Damn you Chief... Damn you to Hell..."]] |
| 223 | * FalseFriend: To Chief. [[spoiler:Or so she's thought to be.]] |
| 224 | * FlatCharacter: At least purpose-wise. The only viable description she has is "Chief's worst enemy. [[spoiler:She was only brought back in Season 7 to be killed by Chief's hand.]] |
| 225 | * GamerChick: [[InformedAttribute Supposedly]] |
| 226 | ** She's never been seen playing on the Xbox, [[AvertedTrope nor does she have any desire to]]. |
| 227 | * JerkAss: At least only to those who act way out of line, such as Chief. And Arbiter at one point, even though she still respects him. |
| 228 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Her anger with Chief is always justified. |
| 229 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: However, she's friendly when it comes to the likes of Todd and Greg, on the grounds of them both being [[NiceGuy Nice Guys]]. |
| 230 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:She is unceremoniously baked in a microwave oven for pushing Chief on edge.]] |
| 231 | * LoveInterest: For both Chief and Todd. |
| 232 | * NeverMyFault: She makes herself out to be the victim in literally every situation and always rides people for minor shit. Arbiter eventually becomes aware of this and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech bluntly tells her to fuck off]] when she tries to ride him down for [[PoliticalOvercorrectness using the word "retarded" casually.]] |
| 233 | * SyntheticVoiceActor: Microsoft Mary. |
| 234 | * TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:Despite being a vision in Chief's head, near the end of Season 7, she warms up to Chief and offers him her friendship, in response to he and Arbiter planning to take down Eugene and his clan, which she encourages him in doing so. After Chief takes full responsibility for the terrible chain of events that took place, she acknowledges that he has changed his ways, and wishes both he and Arbiter well after departing.]] |
| 235 | * {{Tsundere}}: Is she really just trying to help Chief out all this time? |
| 236 | * VeryFalseAdvertising: Jon (and the Arbiter) make her out to be this awesome, intelligent, and perfect character with no flaws. But all she's done is attack Chief (or is it his fault?). Didn't she hate Arbiter at one point too? |
| 237 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She disappears after "Wedding". [[spoiler:She reappears in "King" where it turns out she was kidnapped by an Alien along with Todd and Travis. She comes back for good in the Season 6 finale, only to die again in Season 7.]] |
| 238 | * YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: [[spoiler:Of all characters, it is (a vision of) her who tells this to Chief in "Take A Seat". Quite ironic, considering they hated each other while she was alive. However, this is (probably) Chief's hallucination of her, so it could be self-praise.]] |
| 239 | |
| 240 | [[/folder]] |
| 241 | |
| 242 | !Supporting Characters |
| 243 | |
| 244 | [[folder:Chief and Arbiter's friends]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | !!Todd |
| 247 | |
| 248 | * BusCrash: [[spoiler:He and Travis are [[BlackComedyRape raped]] to death by Zanthar.]] |
| 249 | * FlatCharacter: He's basically like Arbiter as a Master Chief action figure, that's it. |
| 250 | * NiceGuy: Very friendly and laid-back. |
| 251 | * PutOnABus: Along with Travis. |
| 252 | |
| 253 | !!Travis |
| 254 | |
| 255 | * BusCrash: [[spoiler:He and Todd are [[BlackComedyRape raped]] to death by Zanthar.]] |
| 256 | * FalseFriend: To Chief. |
| 257 | * FlatCharacter: Nothing more than just a Brute figurine that's similar to Chief. |
| 258 | * JerkAss: About the same level as Chief. |
| 259 | * PutOnABus: Along with Todd. |
| 260 | * ShoutOut: His name is a reference to the character of the same name from another machinima "Matchmaking", made by Darkspire Films. Travis is a fan of Darkspire Films as well. |
| 261 | |
| 262 | !!Jeremy "[=xXxSm0k3w33d4LyPh3420xXx=]" |
| 263 | |
| 264 | One of Chief's friends on Xbox Live. |
| 265 | |
| 266 | * TheCameo: In Seasons 5 and 8. |
| 267 | * ClusterFBomb: He believes it makes him sound more gangsta. |
| 268 | * SatisfiedStreetRat: He introduces himself with a ClusterFBomb about how he grew up on the streets without any parents. [[BlatantLies Less than a second later we hear his dad telling him it's time for bed.]] |
| 269 | |
| 270 | !!Cody |
| 271 | |
| 272 | A kid on Chief's friends list who was hosting custom games on infection during "Night of the Evading Dead". |
| 273 | |
| 274 | * BrattyHalfPint: At the end, he cries and begs as his father spanks him for playing until six in the morning. |
| 275 | |
| 276 | [[/folder]] |
| 277 | |
| 278 | [[folder:TOSERS]] |
| 279 | |
| 280 | !TOSERS |
| 281 | |
| 282 | The Terms of Service Enforcement/Response Squad, who's objective is to keep online gaming fair and enjoyable. Arbiter refers to them as Game Police. |
| 283 | |
| 284 | !!Kevin |
| 285 | |
| 286 | A thirteen year old player who joins TOSERS. |
| 287 | |
| 288 | * BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Saves Arbiter and Chief from Clyde, Adam and some other hackers]]. |
| 289 | * ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Returns to help Chief and Arbiter escape from the Hackers.]] |
| 290 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Gets killed by one of the hackers, shortly after his BigDamnHeroes moment.]] |
| 291 | |
| 292 | !!Leonard |
| 293 | |
| 294 | The moderator of basic division. |
| 295 | |
| 296 | * BigGood: He's the highest ranked TOSERS member we see. |
| 297 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Is fragbanned along with the rest of TOSERS.]] |
| 298 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Pretty reasonable and fair towards Chief and Arbiter. |
| 299 | * TheSmartGuy: He's a TOSERS admininistrator |
| 300 | |
| 301 | !!Stephen "Silent Strike" |
| 302 | |
| 303 | A member of TOSERS who was Arbiter and Chief's first supervisor. [[spoiler:He turns out to be a Chaos Theosis affiliate.]] |
| 304 | |
| 305 | * EvilGenius: [[spoiler:He enables Chaos Theosis to raid the TOSERS server]]. |
| 306 | * TheMole: [[spoiler:He's Chaos Theosis' spy in TOSERS]] |
| 307 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's pretty chill towards Arbiter and Chief. [[spoiler: Averted, as he's TheMole.]] |
| 308 | |
| 309 | [[/folder]] |
| 310 | |
| 311 | [[folder:Others]] |
| 312 | |
| 313 | !!Josh Butterballs |
| 314 | |
| 315 | The face of Stupid Obvious Information Magazine. |
| 316 | |
| 317 | * AccidentalMisnaming: He somehow gets the name of almost every game wrong despite being corrected, like consistently thinking the game he's playing is called ''VideoGame/Halo3: [[VideoGame/HaloReach Reach]]''. |
| 318 | * AscendedExtra: Went from being used as a joke character in two episodes in Season 3 to appearing multiple times throughout Season 5 and 8. |
| 319 | * BackForTheFinale: Returns for the final season after a two season absence. |
| 320 | * DumbassHasAPoint: The whole joke of his character is that he obviously knows hardly anything about games despite claiming to be a hardcore gamer, but occasionally he drops some actual gaming or industry knowledge (albeit still saying the wrong names and terms). It's also suggested that he's a halfway-decent journalist in any circumstance that doesn't involve trying to pass himself off as a gamer. |
| 321 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Stupid Obvious Information Magazine. |
| 322 | * KnowNothingKnowItAll: Most of the information he gives out is obvious knowledge as he doesn't really know much. |
| 323 | * PutOnABus: Didn't appear at all for two seasons, having only a brief mention in Season 7. |
| 324 | * RunningGag: He appears in the 8th episode of Season 3 and then in the Penultimate episode. And in Season 5 he appears in a few episodes. |
| 325 | * TakeThat: He's basically a walking, talking piss take about low-effort, poorly-researched games journalism peddled by people whose engagement with the hobby is negligible but who speak as if they're an authority. |
| 326 | |
| 327 | !!Agent Boris [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Smirnoff]] |
| 328 | |
| 329 | A Russian agent who is after Scott. |
| 330 | |
| 331 | * AxCrazy: He's very aggressive and isn't far from [[spoiler: shooting Shoot multiple times.]] |
| 332 | * BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler: Appears in the final episode to rescue Arbiter and Chief from Black Hand]]. |
| 333 | * GloriousMotherRussia: He doesn't take kindly to anyone who's against Mother Russia. |
| 334 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Doesn't seem to mind that he received a call from two action figures. Then again, he seems completely unstable. |
| 335 | |
| 336 | !!Timothy |
| 337 | |
| 338 | An Xbox Live player that Chief meets early in season 5 who calls him out for his poor skills. |
| 339 | |
| 340 | * AllThereInTheManual: His name is only in the credits. |
| 341 | * ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: In the penultimate episode, he turns out to be a former member of an underground hacker organization and helps Arbiter and the Chief find this organization where they get hacks to return to Trent's wedding to crash it.]] |
| 342 | |
| 343 | !!Mrs. [=McIntyre=] |
| 344 | |
| 345 | Adam's mother. |
| 346 | |
| 347 | * TheChewToy: She's stuck with her horrible son, she was divorced by her husband, and she ends up losing her mother. |
| 348 | * ExtremeDoormat: Adam pretty much controls her life. [[spoiler: Until she decides enough is enough.]] |
| 349 | * PushoverParents: Her attempts to stop Adam's behavior always fails as she can't seem to get the courage to end it all. [[spoiler: Subverted in "Cradle to Love".]] |
| 350 | * TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:In "Cradle to Love", she sends Adam to juvenile hall after years of abuse.]] |
| 351 | |
| 352 | !!Brody Mitchell |
| 353 | |
| 354 | A classmate of Eugene and Tyler, and a frequent victim of their bullying. |
| 355 | |
| 356 | * AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler:Tyler claims to have heard that Brody is gay, but it hasn't been confirmed.]] |
| 357 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Attempted to commit suicide by downing a bottle of pills after Eugene threatens to ruin his life and kill him]]. |
| 358 | * HeroAntagonist: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged]]. [[spoiler:While he and Kyle are opposed to [[BigBad Eugene]], Arbiter and Chief are allied with Eugene and his clan for a good portion of the season, technically making them antagonists. However, upon seeing Eugene bully and break Brody's spirit, Chief and Arbiter pull a HeelFaceTurn and go against Eugene.]] |
| 359 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed, but it's there. Whilst he's firmly on the side of good and feels immense guilt for accidentally banning two players, he can be quite sarcastic and pushy towards his best friend Kyle. |
| 360 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Kyle. |
| 361 | |
| 362 | !!Master Chief's "Dream Team" |
| 363 | |
| 364 | * InvisibilityCloak: Karmapolice's ability of choice, except he cloaks when Arbiter sees him. |
| 365 | * CurbStompBattle: It's suffice to say that Arbiter's battle with them is succinct and expected. |
| 366 | * JerkAss: Given for group of bratty kids and a demented toy who harasses the online community. |
| 367 | * JetPack: Todd's preferred armour ability. |
| 368 | * {{Whoring}}: Chief's entire team based their tactics on the cheesiest methods possible. Not much to [[SeenItAll the Arbiter's surprise]]. |
| 369 | |
| 370 | !!Kyle Mathison |
| 371 | |
| 372 | Brody's best friend and another enemy of Eugene and Tyler. |
| 373 | |
| 374 | * AllMenArePerverts |
| 375 | * TheLancer: Contrasts Brody with his cooler attitude. |
| 376 | * NiceGuy |
| 377 | * PeerPressureMakesYouEvil: Averted. Brody constantly peer pressures him to join him on his plans, yet the intentions of the plans aren't evil. [[spoiler: Peer pressure does get you banned however...]] |
| 378 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Brody. |
| 379 | |
| 380 | !!Michelle Harris |
| 381 | |
| 382 | Eugene's girlfriend, who later on also becomes a friend of Arbiter. |
| 383 | |
| 384 | * GamerChick: And a very ''skilled'' one at that. She was able to make it to the final round of a ''Halo'' tournament. And she isn't a one-game pony either, as she grew up on classic [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Nintendo]] [=RPGs=]. |
| 385 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: She has an inkling that Eugene and his clan get up to things that she's not privy to, but they're deliberately keeping her in the dark about how cruel Eugene can be and what depraved people he chooses for company. [[spoiler:Predictably, when Arbiter and Chief fill her in on what they've witnessed of both, she's disgusted and dumps him]]. |
| 386 | * NiceGirl: She's a genuinely nice girl. |
| 387 | * ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:She manages to make it to the final round of her ''Halo'' tournament, and actually starts to feel confident that she has a chance at winning its one million dollar prize. However, before she can go on to the final round, she gets shot (thankfully only in the game) and fragbanned by Eugene, making her unable to compete.]] |
| 388 | |
| 389 | [[/folder]] |
| 390 | |
| 391 | !Antagonists |
| 392 | [[folder:Trent Donnovich and Affiliates]] |
| 393 | |
| 394 | !!Trent Donnovich |
| 395 | |
| 396 | The CEO of a gaming studio who is going to have the biggest in game wedding in history. [[spoiler: It turns out he is marrying Claire, and it also turns out that he's cheating on her. In Season 6, he turns out to be the one behind Chaos Theosis.]] |
| 397 | |
| 398 | * BadBoss: Laid off his company's writing staff because he believes a story to be unimportant to a game's success |
| 399 | * BigBad: Of Season 5, though it isn't apparent until [[spoiler:Chief and Arbiter discover he's cheating on Claire.]] He also [[spoiler:becomes the main villain again in Season 6.]] |
| 400 | ** BigBadFriend: He and Arbiter were pretty friendly before becoming enemies. |
| 401 | * BlackComedyRape: [[spoiler: Was sentenced to fifteen years in prison after the events of Season 6, and was apparently raped on a daily basis]]. |
| 402 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: As game developers go, he's pretty despicable, getting rid of his team of writers, [[spoiler:cheating on his fiance and banning two of her friends when they discover his actions.]] |
| 403 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He's rather polite only when he's in the mood. When he sees an inconvenience in his plans, he has no qualms to lash it out in anger. |
| 404 | * FourthDateMarriage: He and [[spoiler:Claire]] had only been dating for weeks before deciding on the wedding. |
| 405 | * HateSink: DoubleSubverted. His interviews talking about his game company consist of him checking every box on the list of what the series creator feels is wrong with creatively-bankrupt triple-A game studios and their corporate leadership, and when he first meets Arbiter the two immediately start trading insults. Later on, though, he seeks out Arbiter to apologize and extend an olive branch, leading the two to mend things enough to get along decently. Thus showing that he may be a BadBoss who has bad opinions on game design and takes competitive ''Halo'' way too seriously, but that doesn't mean he's completely unlikable as a person. [[spoiler:As it turns out, he's been cheating on Claire, and any affable attitude that he showed to her or Arbiter was empty and fake]]. |
| 406 | * HijackedByGanon: [[spoiler:He was behind Chaos Theosis in Season 6.]] |
| 407 | * ImAManICantHelpIt: [[spoiler:His justification for cheating on Claire is that he's got too much libido to be satisfied with monogamy, and if life offers him an affair there's no reason not to take what he can get]]. |
| 408 | * JerkAss: [[spoiler:Cheats on Claire with one of the members of his Church construction crew and bans Chief and Arbiter when they find out. When Claire asks why Arbiter didn't come to the wedding, Trent suggests that he probably doesn't care about her.]] |
| 409 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr5RBvHQgJQ&feature=related here]]. |
| 410 | * NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:He nearly shut down the entirety of the gaming servers in Season 6 but only to get killed by Chief, by simply running him over with a tank, thus deleting his account and all of its hacking privileges completely.]] |
| 411 | %%* NietzscheWannabe |
| 412 | * NonActionBigBad: He prefers to leave everything to Cameron and Cody. [[spoiler:In Collapse though, he actually does try fighting Arbiter once. In Season 6, he doesn't even try to fight Arbiter and Chief and just runs away, leaving [[DragonInChief Clyde]] to hold them off.]] |
| 413 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: Though he does play games, he clearly only got involved with the games industry to get rich, and spells out to Arbiter that artistic integrity will always take a back seat to money. |
| 414 | * StopHavingFunGuys: InUniverse: He's part of a multiplayer ''Halo'' clan that treats fun and enjoyment as tertiary to grinding progression and looks down on people with poor statistics. As a CEO, he only places value on the competitive action aspect of games, to the point of firing all his writers because he feels they're not necessary. |
| 415 | |
| 416 | !!Cameron and Cody |
| 417 | |
| 418 | Two MLG players who are security guards for Trent's wedding. They reappear in Season 6 wanting to join TOSERS. |
| 419 | |
| 420 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:It's really hard to feel any sympathy for them when when they get fragged by Clyde and Duncan, considering how huge assholes they were throughout most of their screentime]]. |
| 421 | * CoDragons: Both of them serve as Trent's right hand men and security guards at his wedding. With the Donnovich sisters they form ''Co-''CoDragons. |
| 422 | * CombatPragmatist: They have no problem abusing cheesy tactics like camping. Unlike a lot of players who only do that because they suck, Cameron and Cody are actually good players who are just willing to do anything to secure a win even if it's not honorable. |
| 423 | * EnemyMine: [[spoiler:They work with Chief and Arbiter to combat Chaos Theosis]] |
| 424 | * GunshipRescue: [[spoiler: In "Remission", they end up saving Claire from Clyde using a falcon. They later show up at the roof while Arbiter confronts Adam. However, they get shot down by Duncan.]] |
| 425 | * HeelFaceTurn: Sort of. [[spoiler:They distance themselves from Trent after the wedding fiasco and later help Chief and Arbiter battle Chaos Theosis.]] |
| 426 | * {{Jerkass}}: They act incredibly rude to any who isn't MLG. |
| 427 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:They were both permabanned after being fragged by Chaos Theosis]]. |
| 428 | * PutOnABus: Disappear after Season 6, along with the rest of TOSERS. |
| 429 | * SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Cameron in Season 6, thought he isn't a "sympathetic" character exactly, but he is still fragged by Clyde as one of these.]] |
| 430 | * SeriousBusiness: They take ''Halo'' and MLG ''very'' seriously. |
| 431 | * ThoseTwoGuys: They're always seen together. |
| 432 | * TookALevelInKindness: Somewhat. [[spoiler:They do congratulate Arbiter and Chief after they stop Chaos Theosis. Doubles as a {{Pet The Dog}} moment]]. |
| 433 | |
| 434 | !!Britney Donnovich and Victoria Donnovich |
| 435 | |
| 436 | Trent's sisters. |
| 437 | |
| 438 | * CoDragons: They can always been seen by Trent's side. |
| 439 | * ThoseTwoGirls: Two sisters working for the BigBad together as supporting antagonists. |
| 440 | %%* WolfpackBoss |
| 441 | |
| 442 | !!Brian |
| 443 | |
| 444 | * AntiVillain: Played with. He's not evil, he's just doing his job as a network administrator assigned to protect [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Trent]] and his wedding. [[spoiler: He ends up becoming an antagonist anyway since the guy he's protecting is a douche who cheated on his fiancé.]] |
| 445 | * EvilGenius: Not really evil, but he is a network administrator, and he's affiliated with the BigBad. |
| 446 | |
| 447 | !!Justin "[=SniperDeathAngel00=]" |
| 448 | |
| 449 | * EvilGenius: [[spoiler:He developed the hacks used in Season 5, the Fragban hacks and the Permanent Denial of Service hack.]] |
| 450 | * GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:He created the hacks used by Trent, the Underground Hackers, and Chaos Theosis.]] |
| 451 | * InsistentTerminology: It's ''[=PDoS=]'', ''"pee-doss"'', like [=DDoS=], not pedo. |
| 452 | --> "I'm not a pedophile." |
| 453 | * ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Could only get a body-shot (not OneHitKO) against a guy standing perfectly still ignoring him? Check. Miss every single shot against him when he's running in a straight line? Check. Repeat first mistake before getting owned? Check. |
| 454 | * IronicName: He is actually terrible with the sniper rifle. See ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy above. Lampshaded by Arbiter. |
| 455 | --> '''Arbiter:''' Who taught you to shoot, the galactic empire?! |
| 456 | --> '''Justin:''' ''(offended)'' Shut up!! |
| 457 | --> '''Arbiter:''' Leave it to the WORST sniper ever to call himself "[=SniperDeathAngel00=]"! |
| 458 | * KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:He gets fragbanned with his own hacks.]] |
| 459 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He only appears in a couple of episodes, but he's the one who [[spoiler:developed the Fragban hack, around which the dramatic half of the series largely revolves. It's used by the protagonists in Season 5, abused by the villains in Season 6, recreated by the villains in Season 7, and iterated on in Season 8]]. |
| 460 | [[/folder]] |
| 461 | |
| 462 | [[folder:Chaos Theosis]] |
| 463 | |
| 464 | !! Chaos Theosis as a whole. |
| 465 | * AtrociousAlias: Their usernames. Kylie's username is alright. [[HeManWomanHater Both Clyde's and Duncan's usernames, however, are rather sexist towards women,]] [[HypocriticalHumor whilst Adam's own lengthy username contradicts his statement about another user's name in the first episode of Season 6.]] |
| 466 | * BadassCrew: A rare villainous example. |
| 467 | * DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:All of them got permabanned by their own specialty.]] |
| 468 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: All of them hate Adam for being a psychotic asshole. Except for Adam himself, but he's indifferent. |
| 469 | * HollywoodHacking: No, it's not possible to hack a video game to make your kills inflict a permaban on the victims, and no [[spoiler: it's not possible to take that a step further and have them overclock the victim's console to the point it actually explodes and kills them.]] But the series wouldn't be nearly as interesting if it were realistic hacking, would it? |
| 470 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYISrPfDcV4 And holy crap, is it awesome.]] |
| 471 | * OddlySmallOrganization: There's only four of them. [[spoiler:Though later on, Silent Strike joins to make a fifth member, and Trent is TheManBehindTheMan.]] |
| 472 | * PsychoForHire: [[spoiler:They all qualify for this trope except Duncan, and they were hired to take down the Halo network.]] |
| 473 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Except for Adam, who just wants to kill people. [[spoiler:They all, with the exception of Duncan, turn out to be [[PsychoForHire Psychos for Hire]] who were hired to take down the Halo network]] |
| 474 | * YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: [[spoiler:Whoops, never mind, turns out they're just [[PsychoForHire Psychos for Hire]], with the exception of [[WellIntentionedExtremist Duncan]].]] |
| 475 | |
| 476 | !!Clyde |
| 477 | |
| 478 | * BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: He's assumed to have died when Adam fragged him in Season 8, causing his Xbox to explode.]] |
| 479 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:He makes one final appearance trying to stop Arbiter and Chief from fragging Trent on Breakpoint. When Chief and Arbiter are confused as to why he was back since they had fragged him in the previous episode, he reveals that he has multiple alts and was using his old console. He still gets fragged by Arby in the end.]] |
| 480 | * BigBad: For Season 6, [[spoiler:though it turns out that Trent was behind the whole thing.]] |
| 481 | * BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Twice, first at by the hands of the eponymous duo, then the second time was pinned personally by just Arbiter.]] |
| 482 | * DragonInChief: To his employer, [[spoiler:Trent Donnovich]]. [[spoiler:Even so, Clyde is the one who actually fights Arbiter and Chief, while Trent runs away.]] |
| 483 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed he was really working for Trent.]] |
| 484 | * EvilCounterpart: He is considered this for Arbiter. |
| 485 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Acts professional and calm in his work while hiding his more sinister nature. |
| 486 | * TheHeavy: Despite working for a MysteriousEmployer, Clyde poses a more immediate threat. |
| 487 | * HeManWomanHater: Insults Kylie for her gender and general inadequacy after [[spoiler:she was fragged by Chief.]] [[LaserGuidedKarma Then]] he is ''immediately'' [[spoiler:fragged by Chief and Arbiter]]. |
| 488 | * LikesOlderWomen: If his gamertag of [[AtrociousAlias MILFHUNTER]][[{{LOL69}} 69]] is any indication. |
| 489 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Implied. When he finds out that Kylie and Adam were both fragged, he noticeably lowers his guard greatly and swears at Kylie a lot over Skype. Also at the beginning of the season he is calm and only swears during a PrecisionFStrike, but as time goes by and Arby and Chief interfere more and more and things start to stop going his way, he descends into several ClusterFBomb.]] He seems to have recovered from it by "The Reunion", though. |
| 490 | |
| 491 | !!Duncan |
| 492 | |
| 493 | * AffablyEvil: He always had a good attitude and stayed professional, even towards his enemies. |
| 494 | * CompensatingForSomething: Implied, but said word-for-word by The Arbiter. |
| 495 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: He is taken aback when he learns that his fellow hackers plan to [[spoiler: take down the OMN.]] |
| 496 | * HeManWomanHater: Duncan finds, out of personal experience, that most girls are not up to his MLG skill level. However, he does seem to actually like Kylie, seeing her as the exception to the rule, though he does speculate if Kylie is a man in disguise. Cradle to Grave also reveals that his gamer tag is "back2thekitchen88" |
| 497 | * {{Irony}}: He stated in one of his first appearances that a woman would never outsmart him. When he joins a clan meeting to confront Clyde about what their true goal was, Kylie proceeds to sneak up on him and kill him. |
| 498 | * NobleBigot: Aside from being a HeManWomanHater, he's a pretty chill dude. |
| 499 | * PunchClockVillain: [[spoiler:His intention is merely for the excitement of playing Halo and had no idea it goes exceedingly serious after getting hired for the job.]] |
| 500 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In "Femme Fatale", [[spoiler: Duncan decides that he has had enough of what Chaos Theosis is doing and that it isn't right. Shortly after, Kylie assassinates him.]] |
| 501 | * SeriousBusiness: He is described as a hyper competitive MLG player. |
| 502 | * TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler:He was the only member who was actually in it to take down TOSERS.]] |
| 503 | * VillainRespect: He compliments Arbiter during the TOSSERS tryout raid, claiming that he's gotta give credit where it's due. |
| 504 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Duncan decides to back out when Clyde reveals that he plans to take down Xbox LIVE. Clyde and Kylie lure him into a 'clan meeting' and stab him in the back.]] |
| 505 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: He just wanted TOSERS gone.]] |
| 506 | |
| 507 | !!Kylie |
| 508 | |
| 509 | * AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Her motive for joining Chaos Theosis was so that she would have enough money to live on her own because of her [[AbusiveParents abusive father]]. She also believes that fragging xbox players isn't a bad thing, as much as it is CruelToBeKind by equating it to having a drug addict swear it out]] |
| 510 | * DarkActionGirl: She's actually a pretty good ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' player. Even [[HeManWomanHater Duncan]] has taken note of this. |
| 511 | * TheDragon: Plays this role to Clyde. She is the one most committed to Chaos Theosis' goals aside from him. |
| 512 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: She is very uncomfortable with Adam's plot to cause X-Box consoles to explode, making it clear that in spite of her actions she draws the line at actual physical harm done to players. |
| 513 | * EvilCounterpart: Some have said that she is this to Claire. |
| 514 | * FauxAffablyEvil: She acts controlled to hide her plan to [[spoiler: taken down the Halo network.]] |
| 515 | * FemmeFatale: Promises Chief pictures of her boobs if he fragbans Arbiter. Her username "[=KillerK1tten19=]" alludes to this aspect of her character. |
| 516 | * GamerChick: She considers herself one. |
| 517 | * HiddenDepths: Seeing how much Adam had fallen off the deep end, she displays genuine concern for the boy and offers to be his earpiece if he needs someone to talk to. Considering her abusive upbringing, she probably sees that the kid's starting down a bad road. |
| 518 | * {{Jerkass}}: She looks down on anyone she sees as weaker than her and generally has a bad attitude. |
| 519 | * ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler:She manipulates Chief into trying to kill Arbiter.]] |
| 520 | * ShutUpKirk: Duncan tries to get her to back out after she confronts him, and she throws it right back in his face: |
| 521 | --> '''Duncan:''' You should really consider backing out too you know, before it's too late. You're banning countless innocent players with no just cause, and threatening the activity of a very popular and profitable service. People go to prison for shit like this. Whatever you're getting, it isn't worth the risk. |
| 522 | --> '''Kylie:''' I'll feel no regret watching this sexist, racist, homophobic cesspit of acne-ridden, basement-dwelling neckbeards burn and whither. [[CruelToBeKind I'll be helping them. I'll be shaking them out from their addiction, like you lock a heroin addict away for his own good]], and I'd gladly do it for free. |
| 523 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: In Chaos Theosis as the token female. |
| 524 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: She does have more valid reasons in doing what she does than Adam or Clyde. She wants to get money to move out of her house with an abusive father, and she believes what she's doing is ultimately a good thing. |
| 525 | * WolfInSheepsClothing: She puts on an innocent act to manipulate people and put them in a false sense of security, but she's ruthless in the game. |
| 526 | |
| 527 | !!Adam |
| 528 | |
| 529 | * ArchEnemy: Becomes this to Arbiter [[spoiler:after fragging Claire]]. |
| 530 | * AxCrazy: He's probably the most unhinged member of Chaos Theosis. He even remarks once his irritation at his ''dying grandmother'' for getting him ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' instead of ''Halo: Reach'' because "Everybody just talks all the fucking time! I just wanna kill shit!" |
| 531 | * BrattyHalfPint: The youngest and most violent of the group. |
| 532 | * TheBrute: ''Really'' enjoys fragbanning people. |
| 533 | * BadBoss: Anyone who he cows into doing what he says are no safer from his AxCrazy tendencies than his victims, killing a few of his own allies [[spoiler: in his final battle with Arbiter and Chief]] for simply being in the way. |
| 534 | * BigBad: [[spoiler:Of Season 8, where he returns with a plan to disrupt the OMN with the "Hate Machine" code]]. |
| 535 | * TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: Makes a return in the final season as the BigBad]]. |
| 536 | * ClusterFBomb: Drops a lot of "fucks" when [[spoiler:his mom sends him off to juvenile hall.]] |
| 537 | * ComedicSociopath: Though after a while it stops being funny. |
| 538 | * TheDogBitesBack: Two separate dogs, in fact--[[spoiler: his mother finally has him sent to juvy, and one of his buddies responds to a plea to act as a character witness by telling her to "lock (Adam's) ass away and swallow the key".]] |
| 539 | * DragonAscendant: [[spoiler:After serving as one of Clyde's goons in season 6, a more hardened and nihilistic Adam returns in season 8 as the main antagonist.]] |
| 540 | * EnfanteTerrible: When he was a member of Chaos Theosis, he was cruel, sadistic, sociopathic and foul-mouthed to an extreme. [[spoiler: When he returns in Season 8 he's ''13'', which given the five year TimeSkip means his horrifying actions were undertaken when he was ''eight years old''. As a 13 year old he's ''even worse'', upgrading his cruel behavior to include hard drug addictions and ''murder.'']] |
| 541 | * EvilCounterpart: As a kid, he was this to Chief, sharing the mentality and maturity of children, are loathed by their enemies and friends alike, and a love for violence. Arbiter even calls him "the human version of Chief". Although unlike Chief, Adam hasn't got a single decent bone in his body. |
| 542 | * ForTheEvulz: Why he kills all the other players. He truly enjoys what he does. |
| 543 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: As a teenager, if there's one thing that seems to truly piss him off, it's sexist remarks made towards Kylie. Best shown when he fragbans someone he was just calmly talking to (Likely killing/severely injuring him when his Xbox exploded) and then yells at the entire party that Kylie's authority is to be respected just as much as his. |
| 544 | * EvilSoundsDeep: As a teenager, he uses a voice changer to make himself sound much more electronically deeper and to hide his identity while 'working'. His actual voice is notably deep after hitting puberty, but not particularly menacing like other examples. |
| 545 | * FinalBoss: [[spoiler:He's the last opponent faced in Season 8.]] |
| 546 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: In Chaos Theosis, for good reasons. |
| 547 | * HairTriggerTemper: Gets angry whenever someone interrupts him playing ''Halo''. |
| 548 | * HateSink: Probably the most hated character in the series, [[TheFriendNobodyLikes both]] InUniverse and out for his extremely toxic attitude. |
| 549 | * TheHeavy: He gets a large sum of attention from the audience for his audacity as a child screaming at his own mother while casually permabanning players just for giggles. |
| 550 | * HumiliationConga: [[spoiler:For being a massive jerk across the board, he gets the longest line of karma-induced irony among the criminal clan. First, his "friends" completely abandon him after pushing them too far with his antics. Second, his clanmates are getting permabanned from left to right all awhile having himself hide in a corner of the map just to avoid the trouble. Third, his mother called Child Services to boot him out of his game for scarring his mother too far. Fourth, his two worst enemies showed up only to watch his Real-Life misery unfold. And fifth, Arbiter gets his final say and permabans Adam for good.]] |
| 551 | * {{Jerkass}}: The absolute biggest one in the series. |
| 552 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: When his mother begs one more time to change his life around, he appears to begin to change, only to yell at her more. |
| 553 | * KickTheDog: All the damn time. He constantly insults his mother and refuses to go see his grandmother when she's in the hospital. |
| 554 | * KickTheMoralityPet: [[spoiler:He develops something of an affection for Kylie in season 8, but doesn't hesitate to eliminate her when she tries to oppose him.]] |
| 555 | * KidsAreCruel: '''And how.''' See KickTheDog above. |
| 556 | * KnightOfCerebus: He is by far the most evil antagonist in the series and is played more seriously than the others. |
| 557 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:He never thought that his own mother would eventually grow a spine and proceeds to call the cops to send him to Juvenile Detention. His avatar in game is dealt a KarmicDeath by way of Fragban.]] |
| 558 | * LackOfEmpathy: Shows no concern over his dying grandmother. |
| 559 | * NoIndoorVoice: Screams all the time. |
| 560 | * PuttingOnTheReich: Not quite so much himself, but by season 8 he's hired a squad of EliteMooks to color their Spartans black and red, to go on racist rants when possible, and to [[NotHyperbole kill everything that moves]] in any ''Halo'' matches they enter. |
| 561 | * SirSwearsALot: Almost every word out of his mouth is a curse. |
| 562 | * SmugSnake: Has a very bad tendency to underestimate his opponents and abuse everyone around him, thinking that he's not going to be punished for it, although his cocky veneer disintegrates chunk by bloody chunk as [[spoiler: one of his abused friends sells him out, Arbiter and Chief mock him relentlessly for his all-round pathetic nature and he's dragged out by a correctional officer screaming in petulant, impotent fury as everything crashes down around him and he's given the CoupDeGrace by Arbiter.]] |
| 563 | * SpoiledBrat: He's [[{{Jerkass}} rude to everyone]], doesn't stop to get up to go to the bathroom, and screams at his mother when she doesn't do what he wants her to do. |
| 564 | * TheSociopath: Shows no empathy towards ''anything''. |
| 565 | * TheStoner: [[InvokedTrope Invoked.]] His gamertag "[=Oo_PuFf_Da_Chr0n1k_420_oO=]" was likely an attempt to make himself seem cooler by alluding to a non-existent weed smoking habit. [[spoiler: By the time he's actually on drugs in Season 8 he's on ''much'' harder stuff.]] |
| 566 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Well, it's a complicated example, and when Jon did the commentary for "Cradle to Grave" he addressed this. [[spoiler:After he abuses his mother one times too many, she calls the police to take him juvenile hall]]. [[spoiler:He didn't ''exactly'' commit any crimes, save for cyberterrorism, [[FridgeBrilliance but given that he's a horrible and depraved individual, would it really surprise you if he had?]]]]. |
| 567 | * TokenEvilTeammate: Duncan and Kylie profess to have noble intentions (Duncan felt the T.O.S.E.R.S. were too overbearing, while Kylie compared shutting down the Online Multiplayer Network to forcing a junkie to sweat it out in the basement), and even Clyde seems to be strictly professional in his conduct. Adam, on the other hand, is abusive to everyone he associates with--friend, foe, or victim--and is generally regarded as an unlikable shit. Think Eric Cartman without the charming personality, and that should about cover it. |
| 568 | * TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Say what you will about his behavior in Season 6, but Adam was as loud and bratty as you'd expect from an eight year old. Come Season 8, and at thirteen years old he's now an official ColdHam CreepyChild with a CreepyMonotone. Not to mention apparently becoming addicted to cocaine of all things after what he'd gone through in juvenile hall. [[spoiler:And that's not even getting into the fact that he got transfered to an actual prison after killing another inmate at juvie and then stabbing his mother to death when he escape.]] |
| 569 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: It probably doesn't bear thinking about how he got so messed up. |
| 570 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:In episode 10, Cradle to Grave when Adam is cornered by Arby and Chief in a private server, he tells one of his "friends" to take them out. This "friend" who had been threatened with a permanent ban by Adam that very episode refuses to, saying that he's had enough of Adam. At that moment, Adam's mother walks in with a police officer, saying that Adam is going to a correctional facility. He breaks down, desperately pleading with his Mother not to send him away. He begs Arbiter, Chief and his "friend" to vouch for him, upon which his friend remarks, "Lock his ass up and swallow the key". As Adam is dragged away, he begins swearing furiously, as the Arbiter coldly shoots him in game.]] |
| 571 | --> [[spoiler:Adam]]: [[spoiler:"YOU'LL FUCKING PAY FOR THIS ONE DAY MOM YOU HEAR ME?! I HOPE YOU DIE IN A FIRE YOU FUCKING CUNT! I HOPE YOU FUCKING DIE!]] |
| 572 | * VocalEvolution: [[spoiler:In Season 8, his usual loud-mouthed demeanor is now replaced by a CreepyMonotone. This is excused by Adam going through puberty.]] |
| 573 | * YourMom: He uses this a lot. Not as much as Chief though. |
| 574 | |
| 575 | [[/folder]] |
| 576 | |
| 577 | [[folder:Eugene's Clan]] |
| 578 | |
| 579 | ! Eugene's Clan as a whole |
| 580 | --> '''Arbiter:''' The only people we could ever call friends -- a [[TheSociopath psychopath]], a [[{{Sadist}} sadist]], and a [[PaedoHunt pedophile]]... |
| 581 | |
| 582 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Chaos Theosis in Season 6. Chaos Theosis' members were only working together [[OnlyInItForTheMoney because they were getting paid to]]. Eugene and his clan members are all [[VillainousFriendship genuine friends]] with each other. Chaos Theosis had a set goal in mind. Eugene and his clan only fragbanned people ForTheLulz |
| 583 | * ForTheEvulz: They don't have much motive for fragbanning people, other than they find it funny. |
| 584 | * NoNameGiven: Eugene chose to not name the clan as "names only draw attention". In addition, while we do learn the actual names of Eugene and his co-moderators, we never learn what their gamertags are. |
| 585 | * OddlySmallOrganization: Despite the impressive reach the clan is said to have, only Eugene, Tyler, Colin and a few other miscellaneous Xbox Live players are shown to be members. Though they do gain two more members when Arbiter and Chief join. |
| 586 | * TerribleTrio: Eugene, Tyler and Colin form one with Cortana even at one point referring to them as such. They become a FiveManBand when [[spoiler:Arbiter and Chief]] join them in their fragbanning spree. |
| 587 | * {{Troll}}: The clans' members are all self-admitted trolls, though their idea seems to include using hacks to perma-ban people on Xbox Live. |
| 588 | |
| 589 | !! Eugene Black |
| 590 | |
| 591 | * AffablyEvil: He's pretty friendly to Arbiter when he first meets him, and even manages to maintain a friendship with him for a decent while. |
| 592 | * AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:After his death, Arbiter compares Eugene to an abused animal.]] |
| 593 | * BigBad: He's effectively this for season 7, given his fragbanning spree across the OMN. |
| 594 | * TheBully: He and Tyler are both feared bullies at his school. |
| 595 | * DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler:Returns in visions as part of Arbiter's subconscious during the early part of Season 8.]] |
| 596 | * DelicateAndSickly: His sister has Leukemia and is staying at the hospital. He fears that she may never come out. [[spoiler:She doesn't.]] |
| 597 | * DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:His sister's death]] and the ominous silence, combined with [[spoiler:his girlfriend leaving him]] is bound to send him over the edge. [[spoiler:And to take out his rage, [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds he goes on a banning spree online]].]] |
| 598 | * DisproportionateRetribution: His response to someone trolling in his name to get personal fame is to pull personal information (Which is fairly Squicky) about him from his web history and post it all over his school's Facebook page. He also promises that he is capable of much worse. |
| 599 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:With all that was good in his life gone and his trolling clan defeated, he invites Arbiter and Chief to a separate match so they can overhear him shooting himself.]] |
| 600 | * EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: He invites Arbiter and Chief to a private match just so they can hear him kill himself.]] |
| 601 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cares deeply for his sister and refers to her as the one consistently good thing in his life. |
| 602 | * {{Expy}}: He's pretty similar to the previous BigBad, Trent Donnovich. Both are StrawNihilists who start off as friends with Arbiter before he and Chief discover his true colors. Both are also in a relationship with someone who is friends with Arbiter. |
| 603 | * EvilCounterpart: To Arbiter. Both share the same nihilistic beliefs on life and their places in the universe. But while Arbiter has a cooler, more patient head and has a good moral compass, Eugene is quick to anger and is a vicious bully to those around him. |
| 604 | * {{Foil}}: As stated above, Eugene is the EvilCounterpart to Arbiter, but Eugene is what Arbiter would be if he threw all his morals aside. Even the color schemes on their ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' avatars contrast each other. Arbiter's is silver with blue trim, while Eugene's is gold with red trim. |
| 605 | * TheKirk: Balances out [[TheMcCoy Tyler]]'s and [[TheSpock Colin]]'s personalities. |
| 606 | * HeroicBSOD: After [[spoiler: he receives the news that his sister has died.]] |
| 607 | * HesDeadJim: [[spoiler:He shot himself right next to Arby and Chief's doorstep. Breaking Arbiter even more.]] |
| 608 | * HollywoodAtheist: all the traits are there, even if he never actually spoke the [[TWordEuphemism A-word]]. |
| 609 | * {{Jerkass}}: Very much so. |
| 610 | * JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler: Chief says this in response to his death when Arbiter insists that Eugene was pushed to the edge. Judging from all that had happened before, it's hard to say he was wrong.]] |
| 611 | * KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Shoots Michelle when she breaks up with him, preventing her from going on to the final round of the ''Halo'' tournament she was excited about.]] |
| 612 | * OmnicidalManiac: Or at least the digital equivalent of one. |
| 613 | -->'''Eugene''': I suggest we get the utmost out of fragban while it's still functional. ''That'', or until not a single solitary player's left connected. |
| 614 | * PleaseDontLeaveMe: He begs Michelle not to leave him when she finds out he's been mentally, physically and emotionally harrassing other people [[and that Collin is a pedofile. Eugene gets desperate and explains that between his sister dying and her leaving, he feels like his world is collapsing. She rightfully points out while she does have sympathy, she can't afford to stay with someone so overwhelmingly toxic. He proceeds to fragban her.]] |
| 615 | * {{Sadist}}: He derives a lot of enjoyment out of [[spoiler: reducing Brody to tears before fragbanning him.]] |
| 616 | * SeriousBusiness: He takes his trolling very seriously, to the point of going to extreme lengths if someone tried to use his name for their own benefit. |
| 617 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Likes dealing these out. |
| 618 | ** One of the first ones we see him give is to the leader of a copycat trolling clan. |
| 619 | --->'''Eugene''': I've deducted two possible conclusions regarding the reasoning of those who pull this kind of shit with us: One, they are, in reality, brilliant trolls with astronomical testicular fortitude well aware of the fact that what they're doing is completely and utterly retarded and do so with the intent to annoy. And two, which I believe is the far more likely case, it is simply ''you'' who is completely and utterly retarded and mistakenly convinced that your actions are not. |
| 620 | --->'''Blake''': I'm sorry Eugene! Believe me when I tell you that myself and my clan did what we did out of a deep respect for you, and yours, and your extensive history of work. |
| 621 | --->'''Eugene''': Then educate me. If your shenanigans were rooted entirely in respect, why the fuck would you think so little of us, that you'd believe we're in any need of your vastly inferior services. You've brought us a lot of unwanted attention and sullied our reputation. Seems quite disrespectful if you ask me. |
| 622 | --->'''Blake''': That... that isn't how it is at all dude. I swear to yo- |
| 623 | --->'''Eugene''': Would you like to know what I think? I think you're just scrounging a little attention and notoriety because of your subatomic testicular fortitude, rendering you too much of a goddamn pussy to earn any for yourself. And guess what? That shit doesn't fly so well with me. And given how deeply woven our particular network is through society, to a degree that would likely come as a great surprise to you, I am about the last guy you'd want to fuck with in these here parts. |
| 624 | ** At the beginning of episode 6, one of them backfires when his victim (a schoolmate of his) redirects one of his own back at him, mocking his poor grades, lack of effort in school and a breakdown he had. Possibly about his sister. |
| 625 | * SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler: With all that's said and done, Arbiter, Chief and Michelle all feel sorry for him despite his many harmful actions.]] |
| 626 | * TookALevelInJerkass: It's heavily implied that before his sister got hospitalized Eugene was not nearly as bad tempered or foul mouthed as he is in the present, as Michelle says that he's much better mannered when not on Halo, and her leaving when he starts losing his temper implies this is a relatively new change in attitude. |
| 627 | * TragicVillain: It's not hard to feel sorry for him, even if he's caused thousands of dollars in property damage, given his sister's condition and his father's abuse. |
| 628 | * VillainousFriendship: He's friends with his two co-moderators, Tyler and Colin. |
| 629 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:It's hinted that his sister's death may have accelerated his fragbanning spree.]] |
| 630 | |
| 631 | !! Tyler King |
| 632 | |
| 633 | * AxCrazy: Abuses his dog and has a habit of breaking controllers when he gets mad. |
| 634 | * ChainsawGood: [[spoiler:Brings along a chainsaw when he goes to Arbiter and Chief's apartment to avenge Eugene.]] |
| 635 | * CoDragons: He and Colin are Co-Moderators in Eugene's Clan. |
| 636 | * DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Eugene's death was one for Tyler, and it drove him to go hunt down Chief and Arbiter for revenge.]] |
| 637 | * DragonTheirFeet: [[spoiler:Shows up to avenge Eugene after he's committed suicide.]] |
| 638 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: While he may be a psychopathic JerkAss [[spoiler: when he talks to Arbiter outside of Jon's department he seems genuinely shaken up about Eugene's suicide.]] |
| 639 | * EvilCounterpart: While Eugene is one to Arbiter, Tyler is the EvilCounterpart to Chief. Both share similar temperaments and are the least intelligent of their respective groups, though Tyler is ''much'' more AxCrazy than Chief is. |
| 640 | * HairTriggerTemper: Broken seventeen controllers, [[spoiler: beat up Brody, beats his dog, Charlie, and has broken his leg on one occasion]]. |
| 641 | * InformedAttribute: Despite supposedly being Eugene's best friend, the only times they seem to get along is when they're causing havoc or mischef of some kind together. In general, Collin is on better terms than Tyler is. |
| 642 | * JerkAss: [[spoiler: Laughs about Brody trying to commit suicide, and beat him up without question. Takes part in banning many players and beats his dog, too]]. |
| 643 | * KarmicDeath: Not "death" per se, but he [[spoiler:meets his end on XBL]] when his dog, Charlie finally [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge loses it with Tyler's sadistic abuse of him and attacks him]], allowing [[spoiler:Arbiter and Chief to defeat him]]. |
| 644 | * TheMcCoy: He's pretty hot-headed, but swaps out being moralistic for AxCrazy. |
| 645 | * NumberTwoForBrains: He's not the sharpest tool in the shed, to the point of apparently thinking you could cure a hemorrhage by sitting on a donut. |
| 646 | * NoSympathy: Strangely, he displays no sympathy towards Eugene's status with his sister, even mocking him after hearing an incident where he was crying. [[spoiler: Even after hearing Eugene's sister had died doesn't result in an attempt in a joke than helping him.]] |
| 647 | * PsychopathicManchild: See AxCrazy. |
| 648 | * PsychoSidekick: He's a ''lot'' more unhinged than Eugene. |
| 649 | * TheSociopath: Of the low-functioning variety. |
| 650 | * TheStoner: It's mentioned he smokes weed a lot. |
| 651 | * TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: Literally. He gets attacked by his dog, Charlie as revenge for his abuse.]] |
| 652 | * VillainousBreakdown: While not mentally stable in the first place, [[spoiler: Eugene's death]] does not help. |
| 653 | * VillainousFriendship: With Eugene and Colin. |
| 654 | |
| 655 | !! Colin Hunt |
| 656 | |
| 657 | * AffablyEvil: He's pretty friendly with Eugene, though is distrusting of newcomers. |
| 658 | * CoDragons: He's a co-moderator in Eugene's Clan with Tyler. |
| 659 | * ColdSniper: His preferred weapon is the sniper rifle. And he's a damn good shot with it. |
| 660 | * CovertPervert: [[spoiler:Master Chief catches him chatting up a 9 year old kid to join an IRC chat and realizes he's a pedophile.]] |
| 661 | * DeathByIrony: Hits him back, when [[spoiler: he's going to snipe MC and Arbiter, and the police comes to arrest him]]. |
| 662 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: In Season 8, Arbiter tells Chief that Colin committed suicide after being sent to prison]]. |
| 663 | * EvilGenius: He created Fragban 2.0 and appears to be the most pragmatic member of Eugene's Clan. |
| 664 | * FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Unlike Eugene and Tyler (who were both killed), Colin will be spending a VERY long time in jail for his pedophiliac nature.]] His impending fate is best described by Arbiter: |
| 665 | -->'''Arbiter''': [[spoiler:Not sure how long Colin will be imprisoned for, but due to the fact that he's a white, introverted software nerd and a kid fucker, he'll likely be targeted by his inmates for rape and sold as a cell bitch for a pack of smokes.]] |
| 666 | * GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Of Season 8. He met [[DragonAscendant Adam]] while in prison, planned out the whole scheme with the "Hate Machine" virus and left it to Adam to carry it out.]] |
| 667 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:The police catch and arrest him immediately after Chief rats out Colin's pedophilia to them.]] |
| 668 | * PedoHunt: [[spoiler:Colin is a pedophile, and actively seduces children online.]] |
| 669 | * PrisonRape: [[spoiler: Arbiter speculates that this will be his final fate once he reaches prison for his crimes.]] |
| 670 | * TheSpock: Cool and pragmatic, as well as pretty skilled software engineer. |
| 671 | [[/folder]] |
| 672 | |
| 673 | [[folder:Other Antagonists]] |
| 674 | !!Skyler Loveheart |
| 675 | |
| 676 | The head of Douchebag Studios, A machinima company. He mistakes Master Chief's awful machinima movie as a parody of bad machinimas and hires him to write movies in ''Arby 'n' the Chief: The Movie''. |
| 677 | |
| 678 | * ActionFigureSpeech: Since we don't see his face, he compensates with ten times as much body language. |
| 679 | * ATeamFiring: He gets so enraged at Chief that he pulls out a pistol and starts chasing him while firing his gun wildly. Thankfully for Chief, he's so manic and such a bad shot that he completely misses an entire volley of shots while Chief is cornered and stunned with terror right in front of him. |
| 680 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He's extremely hyperactive. |
| 681 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:PlayedForLaughs when he sees Chief escape his wrath via stealing a car.]] |
| 682 | * DrivesLikeCrazy: He takes a phone call while driving, then proceeds to talk to the caller about how they're both phoning while driving and how dangerous but awesome that is, while swerving the steering wheel like a maniac. |
| 683 | * TheFaceless: His head is never shown. |
| 684 | * LargeHam: His voice seems to grow in hamminess from a cool register to a fever pitch by the end of every scene. |
| 685 | |
| 686 | !!Craig |
| 687 | |
| 688 | A friend of Chief's who claims to be an MLG. He 'secretly' hates Chief because he isn't an MLG. He ends up having a match with Chief, which Chief wins. |
| 689 | |
| 690 | * BreakTheHaughty: After suffering a humiliating defeat from Chief, he breaks down in tears. Thinking that no one will think he's cool anymore. |
| 691 | * CaughtWithYourPantsDown: The reason he loses the match is because he is busy arguing with his parents after they caught him masturbating. |
| 692 | * HumiliationConga: By the end of his match with Chief, he's been beaten by one of the shittiest players on the network, suffered the embarassment of being walked in on by his parents, sparked off what could likely be the end of said parents' marriage, and his in-game girlfriend dumps him to be with the player who beat him. |
| 693 | * {{Jerkass}}: He pretends to be Chief's friend and later bullies him for not being pro. |
| 694 | * MilesGloriosus: He nervously sidesteps Arbiter's questions about any MLG events he's been a part of and what other pros he's played, implying he has none to speak of. In their match, he's only a threat thanks to exploiting cheap tactics, and is shown spamming grenades and panicking when confronted. |
| 695 | -->'''Arbiter''': Douche took the rocket launcher too. [[DirtyCoward What a fucking pussy.]] |
| 696 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Has a very inflated opinion of himself despite implications that he never played in any MLG matches and his use of tactics that are prohibited in them. |
| 697 | * SmugSnake: He's a competent player... until he stops to jerk off. |
| 698 | |
| 699 | !!Zanthar |
| 700 | |
| 701 | An Alien obsessed with 'raping butts' that kidnaps Todd, Travis and Cortana and kills them all. Absolutely ''not'' related in any way to Jon's chin. |
| 702 | |
| 703 | * BlackComedyRape: His rape is PlayedForLaughs. |
| 704 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: He drops bridges on the three toy side-characters that had been missing for two seasons, just to be done with that plot thread already. |
| 705 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Appears just to show what happened to Todd, Travis and Cortana. [[spoiler:Later reappears at the end of the 2001: A Space Odyssey Arc in Season 8.]] |
| 706 | * RetCon: A few seasons later Cortana ''actually'' comes back, overwriting her fate with Zanthar. [[spoiler:His appearance in Arbiter's ''2001'' dream suggests he might not be a real character at all.]] |
| 707 | * UnexpectedCharacter: [[spoiler: Shows up at the end of the 2001: A Space Odyssey arc in Season 8 with his 'space Allens']]. |
| 708 | * VoodooShark: He's an intergalactic alien overlord who came to Earth solely to abduct a handful of sentient action figures and rape their butts (except the female one, who he just throws into the sun). |
| 709 | |
| 710 | !!Scott |
| 711 | |
| 712 | Jon's room mate during Endgame who is a wanted criminal for smuggling cocaine from Russia and hacking in online video games. |
| 713 | |
| 714 | * BigBad: Of Endgame. |
| 715 | * BloodyHilarious: His death involves being shot ''many'' times by Agent Smirnoff with a profuse amount of blood spilling everywhere as he squirms around coughing up even more blood (while trying to inhale more cocaine). |
| 716 | * TheCracker: One of his hobbies is hacking games including Halo 3. |
| 717 | * DeathIsDramatic: Parodied - Scott is shot and is in the process of dying for such a long time that Arbiter and Chief become exasperated and shout at him to hurry up and die already. |
| 718 | * ImmuneToDrugs: If anyone had as much cocaine as Scott absorbs, they'd probably be dead now. |
| 719 | * JerkAss: He's a raging jackhole who games loudly and obnoxiously all day, leaves cigarettes and coke everywhere, steals his roommate's wallet to buy hundreds of hookers, and antagonizes people online. |
| 720 | %%* KilledOffForReal |
| 721 | %%* LaughablyEvil |
| 722 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Thanks to his intense cocaine abuse, he can get so high that Arbiter and Chief don't even have to hide their nature as living toys from him. |
| 723 | |
| 724 | !!Brent |
| 725 | |
| 726 | A player who harasses people online in Halo: Reach during "Night of the Evading Dead". |
| 727 | |
| 728 | !!PAL 9001 |
| 729 | |
| 730 | An AI Monitor who appears in the first arc of season 8. He is the main computer of the ship Truth and Reconciliation, where Arbiter and Cortana are apparently in suspension. Originally a dutiful and by-the-book AI helper with no quirks, he suddenly suffers a "boredom overload" that corrupts his systems and turns his personality into the spitting image of Chief's, after which he awakens Arbiter and Cortana to have some company. |
| 731 | |
| 732 | * AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:Ends up trying to kill both Cortana and Arbiter.]] |
| 733 | * ArcVillain: Of Act I of season 8. |
| 734 | * DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:After having his brain filled with lead by Arbiter, he loses all his memories and reverts to his original programming for the few minutes he has left before shutting down.]] |
| 735 | * ProperlyParanoid: He justifies the assortment of explosive and chemical weapons strewn about the cargo bay, using the bizarrely specific hypothetical of defending themselves from "allens" trying to rape their butts. [[spoiler:Naturally once he's dead, the ship is invaded by a bunch of aliens named Allen, who have come to do exactly that.]] |
| 736 | * WasOnceAMan: Inverted. [[spoiler:When Pal and the Arbiter "died" in the ship explosion, Arbiter gets back into a toy version of his body, but since there were no Forerunner toys introduced since when Halo 4 and 5 aren't there yet[[note]][[LeaningOnTheFourthWall When the "Arby 'n' the Chief" debuted]][[/note]], Pal gets into a body of a Master Chief toy that we all love and hate.]] |
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