Funny / Halo Wars 2

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• The "War of Wits" commercials showing Capt. Cutter and Atriox facing off in obscenely banal situations, like buying a used car or bickering over the armrest on a plane.
  • Some of the background pieces in the ads are great too. Twenty seconds into the car dealing one you can see that Atriox's dartboard has the Prophet of Regret in the middle.
  • In another example of a background piece, "special agent Sammy" from the armrest commercial is holding an action figure of the Master Chief.
  • Atriox using "opposable-thumbed" as an insult in the car sale video when Capt. Cutter incites him with a pun.
• One of the gameplay commercials, "Suicide Grunts", is pretty fun as well. Not only are some of the lines the Suicide Grunts shout out hilarious ("Pointless death, I embrace thee!"), but there's the overall image of a massive horde of Suicide Grunts bulldozing through an enemy base, set to "Ride of the Valkyries".
• Some of the random lines said by units are good, too, both Human:
  Scorpion: I got shells older than some of these kids...
  • And Banished:
  Grunt 1: What is a soldier without a war? How can a race advance without adversity? Can civilization thrive with no conflict?
  Grunt 2: ...Man, you've been such a downer this whole trip.
• Any time Grunts open their mouths, just as it is in the main series.
• According to the Phoenix Log entry for Hellbringers, the liquid-projector flamethrower proved its worth to the Spirit of Fire’s combat teams by burning out dug-in Covenant infantry, sterilizing Flood infestations, and heating up decades-old MREs".
• The Phoenix Logs' entry for Sergeant Johnson for his debut as a DLC Leader sounds like it was written by him, Awesome Ego and all. First line says everything.
  That's Sergeant MAJOR Johnson to you, chucklehead!
  • Similarly, entry for the Bunker Drop structure exclusive to him.
    The Bunker Drop is an air-droppable garrison building used by the UNSC. [...] It has enough fire points for squads, and has a built-in table for card games while the troops wait for enemies to wander by.
  • And the (non-canon, of course) 'explanation' for how Johnson wound up on the Spirit of Fire:
    From the halls of Installation 04 to the shores of Harvest, Sergeant Johnson represented the UNSC with distinction and honor his entire life, and is remembered as a hero in death. However, in a twist of fate (and poor records-keeping), the UNSC Marine Corps accidentally assigned the life-challenged veteran to a position on board the long-lost Spirit of Fire. Even with the small handicap of being dead, Johnson isn’t one to disobey a direct order from his beloved Corps and he's sprung back to "life" ready to kick all butts that need kicking. The subsequent story of how he arrived at his new duty station is still classified, but trust us, it’s a good one.
  • From the description of Johnson's Powered Armor, a couple of references to his speech about the Scorpion in Halo 2 and a hilarious Lampshade Hanging of Helmets Are Hardly Heroic:
    When Sergeant Johnson joined the Corps they didn't have any fancy-schmancy power armor, but he's a quick learner. He drops onto the Ark in the "Green Machine," a bipedal weapon system custom-fitted with an array of miniguns, phased-plasma fusils, sonic blindwolf repellers, repair beacon pods, and fast-regen energy shields. He keeps a sharp stick handy as a backup weapon.
    Why doesn't he wear a helmet? Well, would YOU hide behind an armored faceplate if you had Sergeant Johnson's rugged good looks?
• Mid-August 2017 introduced the game's Grunt leader, Yapyap THE DESTROYER. Everything about him is one big hilarious joke on 343's part.
  • For starers, he's pretty much the Lethal Joke Character of RTS's. His schtick is that he has access to "Cannon Fodder" Grunt squads, whose only advantage is that they only cost Population. He also has the most invincibility options, such as his Grunt Goblin being able to make nearby Grunt units briefly invincible, as well as his "Please Don't Shoot Me" Leader Power which stops all combat for a short time.
  • Every time you spend a Leader Point, the sound is accompanied by Yapyap doing an Evil Laugh
  • Along with everyone else's terse announcements, many of his announcement lines have him go on random self-glamorizing tangents
    Yapyap: (Harvester constructed) Why do we call it a "Harvester"? How 'bout we call it something nice like "Tickler"!
    Yapyap: (Power Extractor constructed) We followed the instructions to assemble a Power Extractor, but why do we have parts leftover?
    Yapyap: (Upgrade complete) Mwahahahaha! We're invincible! Huh? We just upgraded?!
    Yapyap: (Minibase constructed) What is this, a base for ants?!
  • Yapyap's unique base units, the Cannon Fodder, have some of the best lines, without question:
    Cannon Fodder: (When selected) We'll fight 'em on the beaches! We'll– wait, there's a beach?!
    While under fire: Shoot back! Oh wait, we can't!
    While under fire: Or, we could just hug it out...
    While under fire: WHY IS EVERYONE SHOUTING?!
    When built: Wait... this isn't Balaho! What happened?
    When built: Grunt revolt is here! Loud, and VEEERY annoying!
    When ordered to move: Taller people take less steps? How is that fair?!
    When ordered to move: Gimme a piggyback, so we go twice as fast!
    When ordered to gather supplies: Food? Is it food?! Aw, nuts.
    When ordered to gather supplies: One of these boxes is bound to have snacks!
  • According to the lore, Yapyap has managed to lose more Grunts in battle than were carried to the Ark. Somehow.