History Trivia / Halo

*** Truth's voice changed from [[Film/TheCrow Top Dollar]] (Creator/MichaelWincott) to [[{{Film/Superman II}} Zod]] (Creator/TerenceStamp).

** There was originally going to be a film of the game directed by Creator/NeillBlomkamp, the director of ''Film/{{District 9}}''. Of course, ''District 9'' was only made because Blomkamp couldn't do the ''Halo'' movie; if there had been a ''Halo'' movie, we might very be lamenting the opposite situation.

** Among the most famous, [[TropeCodifier influential]] and [[CashCowFranchise profitable]] console first-person shooters ever... was originally going to be an {{RTS}}. For '''Mac'''.[[note]]Except not really, Halo was originally being developed for Microsoft Windows, a first for Bungie, when they were invited to MacWorld 1999 they had to scramble to put together a Mac port. Steve Jobs, just falsely claimed it was being developed for Mac first.[[/note]]

* TheWikiRule: Two; [[http://www.halopedia.org Halopedia]], an independent wiki, and [[http://halo.wikia.com Halo Nation]], which is hosted by Wikia. The two were previously one wiki, but split apart after a dispute about the new Oasis skin for all Wikia websites. The two share many of the same administrators but have a tense relationship otherwise. There was also a third, [[http://halowiki.net/ Halo Wiki.net]], which focused primarily on multiplayer, but is since mostly defunct.

* LongRunners: 20 years and counting. Since 2001 the franchise has seen six main games (''Combat Evolved'', ''2'', ''3'', ''Reach'', ''4'', and ''5''), one standalone expansion pack (''3: ODST''), two RTS games (''Wars'' and ''Wars 2''), and a canon series of DLC missions for ''4'' (''Spartan Ops''). Plus dozens of pieces of spin-off media including novels, mobile games, comic miniseries, animated movies, live action web series, tabletop games, and even in-universe encyclopedias and [[ShowWithinAShow books.]]

* AluminumChristmasTrees: There really is a "Master Chief" rank in the US military - [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Chief_Petty_Officer Master Chief Petty Officer]] is a naval rank, and yes, the correct way to address one ''is'' "Master Chief". Quite understandably, when a suspect of such a rank once showed up on ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', surprise and confusion ensued for some.

*** ''Haggar'' was the WorkingTitle for a game by n-Space based on the Mega Bloks line of ''Halo'' toys, which would've seemingly played like a cross between the [[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Adaption Games]] and ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooieNutsAndBolts''. It was cancelled around 2013.

* TheWikiRule: Two; [[http://www.halopedia.org Halopedia]], an independent wiki, and [[http://halo.wikia.com Halo Nation]], which is hosted by Wikia. The two were previously one wiki, but split apart after a dispute about the new Oasis skin for all Wikia websites. The two share many of the same administrators but have a tense relationship otherwise. There was also a third, [[http://halowiki.net/ Halo Wiki.net]], which focused primarily on multiplayer, but is since mostly defunct.

* FlagshipFranchise: Any Xbox montage will almost ''always'' include Master Chief.

* CashCowFranchise: Five main games, various books and comics, the requisite action figures, an ''anime series'', six GaidenGames (including two on mobile), several {{Alternate Reality Game}}s, and two live-action serials, not to mention various promotional tie-ins.

* {{Jossed}}: ''Halo 3'''s entire storyline, specifically [[spoiler:The Forerunners' relationship with the Flood, the Forerunner's relationship with humanity, and the possible (lack of, as it turned out) ulterior motives the Prophet of Truth had for activating Halo.]]

*** ''Halo Online'' was a free-to-play multiplayer game based on ''VideoGame/Halo3'' exclusive to Russia and developed by Saber Interactive (who handled the graphics of both ''Anniversary'' games), which was cancelled after its closed beta. It is most infamous for a FanRemake named ''[=ElDewrito=]'' that was created after its cancellation, which was shut down a few days after its first release by Creator/ThreeFourThreeIndustries. In a happy ending, 343 cited the existence of the ''[=ElDewrito=]'' project as a major factor in their decision to port ''The Master Chief Collection'' to the PC, and even consulted with the ''[=ElDewrito=]'' developers when doing so. In addition, several armor customisation options created for ''Halo Online'' would make their way into ''MCC'', where it is integrated into ''Halo 3''.

* LongRunners: 20 years and counting. Since 2001 the franchise has seen five main games (''Combat Evolved'', ''2'', ''3'', ''4'', and ''5''), six gaiden games (''Reach'', ''Wars'', ''Wars 2'', ''Spartan Strike'', ''Spartan Assault'', and ''ODST''), a canon series of DLC missions for ''4'' (''Spartan Ops''), and dozens of other pieces of media including novels, comic miniseries, animated movies, live action web movies, very detailed tabletop games, and even in-universe encyclopedias and [[ShowWithinAShow books.]]

*** ''Halo Online'' was a free-to-play multiplayer game based on ''VideoGame/Halo3'' exclusive to Russia and developed by Saber Interactive (who handled the graphics of both ''Anniversary'' games), which was cancelled after its closed beta. It is most infamous for a FanRemake named ''[=ElDewrito=]'' that was created after its cancellation, which was shut down a few days after its first release by Creator/ThreeFourThreeIndustries. In a happy ending, 343 cited the existence of the ''[=ElDewrito=]'' project as a major factor in their decision to port ''The Master Chief Collection'' to the PC, and even consulted with the ''[=ElDewrito=]'' developers when doing so.

* LongRunners: 17 years and counting. Since 2001 the franchise has seen five main games (''Combat Evolved'', ''2'', ''3'', ''4'', and ''5''), six gaiden games (''Reach'', ''Wars'', ''Wars 2'', ''Spartan Strike'', ''Spartan Assault'', and ''ODST''), a canon series of DLC missions for ''4'' (''Spartan Ops''), and dozens of other pieces of media including novels, comic miniseries, animated movies, live action web movies, very detailed tabletop games, and even in-universe encyclopedias and [[ShowWithinAShow books.]]

** In ''Anime/HaloLegends'', John-117 is voiced by Creator/DavidWald instead of Steve Downes, while Cortana is voiced by Creator/ShelleyCaleneBlack instead Jen Taylor. Additionally, neither of them apparently voiced the ''{{VideoGame/Halo 4}}'' teaser trailer, though they both came back for the game proper (which was the first time they actually worked side-by-side[[note]]they had never even met until '''2010'''[[/note]]).

** Avery Johnson was voiced by an uncredited actor in ''VideoGame/HaloWars2'', as David Scully was involved with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016–17_video_game_voice_actor_strike video-game voice-actor strike]].

* CreatorBacklash: Bungie began to regret what it created; note that this only applies to the ''franchise'' specifically. They're proud of their own games, but were neutral-to-hostile when it came to the spin-off games, novels, etc. that cropped up around them, despite originally giving their blessing. According to Eric Nylund, author of several of the EU ''Halo'' novels, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 Bungie tried to kill the whole EU project in the cradle halfway through the first novel]], thinking that the EU filled in too many details that would be [[RuleOfPerception best left to the players to decide for themselves]], most notably [[VanillaProtagonist Master Chief's personality, which they wanted to be a blank slate]] a la previous FPS protagonists. According to Ensemble Studios founder Tony Goodman, Bungie flat-out said that letting spin-offs be made (like the ''Halo Wars'' project he worked on) constituted [[https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-09-27-halo-wars-bungie-saw-it-as-whoring-out-franchise-says-ensemble-founder "whoring out the franchise."]] This may be the reason that ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' [[ArmedWithCanon crapped all over]] [[ContinuitySnarl the meticulously-laid timeline of the extended universe]].