History Trivia / Halo

* CashCowFranchise: Four main games (fifth one in the works), various books and comics, the requisite action figures, an ''anime series'', five GaidenGames (including two on mobile), and three live-action serials, not to mention various promotional tie-ins.

** Creator/KateeSackhoff, the actress who portrays Kara Thrace in the 2003 revival of ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'', voiced a marine in Halo 3. You can hear her yelling "Frak!" if she gets hits.

* Truth's voice changed from [[Film/TheCrow Top Dollar]] in ''Halo 2'' to [[{{Superman}} Zod]] in ''Halo 3''.

* {{Defictionalization}}: The Windows Phone digital assistant? [[http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/2/5570866/cortana-windows-phone-8-1-digital-assistant Cortana.]] Jen Taylor still voices her. [[StealthPun The avatar is a halo.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFweSyEQiv0 And ask the right questions...]]

* ActorAllusion: Creator/NathanFillion appears in [=H3=], voicing [=GySgt=] [[{{Firefly}} Reynolds]].

** In [=H3=] Creator/AdamBaldwin voices an ODST who yells: [[{{Firefly}} Gee it sure would be nice if we had grenades, don'tcha think?]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: Early-rising fans of classic rock in Chicago will recognize Master Chief's voice as that of Steve Downes, the 5AM-10AM DJ on 97.1FM. Bungie was based in Chicago before being bought by Microsoft.

* CashCowFranchise: Four main games (fifth one in the works), various books and comics, the requisite action figures, an ''anime series'', four GaidenGames (including one on mobile), and three live-action serials, not to mention various promotional tie-ins.

* CashCowFranchise: Four main games (fifth one in the works), various books and comics, the requisite action figures, an ''anime series'', ''Halo Wars'', ''ODST'', and ''Reach''. Now also sporting a mobile game Halo Spartan Assault (ported recently to Xbox One). This is actually ''less'' than some other franchises.

** {{Seattle}} area insomniacs would be just as familiar with Sgt. Johnson's voice actor, David Scully, from ''AlmostLive'', which also launched [[{{Series/Community}} Joel [=McHale=]]] and BillNye.

** {{Seattle}} area insomniacs would be jusat as familiar with Sgt. Johnson's voice actor, David Scully, from ''AlmostLive'', which also launched [[{{Series/Community}} Joel [=McHale=]]] and BillNye.

** {{Seattle}} area insomniacs would be jusat as familiar with Sgt. Johnson's voice actor, David Scully, from ''AlmostLive'', which also launched [[Series/Community Joel McHale]] and BillNye.

* TheWikiRule: Two, [[http://www.halopedian.com/Main_Page Halopedia]], an independent wiki and [[http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page 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.

* HireTheCritic: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Smith_(writer) Luke Smith]] of 1UP got hired to {{Bungie}} after he wrote the article "[[http://www.1up.com/features/broken-halo Broken Halo]]", where he criticized ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'s'' multiplayer for being highly unbalanced. Following that, he put some real work into designing the multiplayer for ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/HaloReach''.

* TheWikiRule: Two, [[http://www.halopedian.com/Main_Page Halopedia]], an independent wiki and [[http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page 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.

* TheWikiRule: Two, [[http://www.halopedian.com/Main_Page Halopedia]], an independent wiki and [[http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page 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.

* TheWikiRule: Two, [[http://www.halopedian.com/Main_Page Halopedia]], an independent wiki and [[http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page 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. Just a quick look should tell you where most of the community went.

* GodNeverSaidThat: Before ''HaloWars'', ''Halo'' fanon had claimed that the armor worn by Arbiters was the same exact suit that it had been through history, the successor receiving it after his predecessor had died (which is implied, but not said, in ''Halo 2'', with the Prophets saying that the bodies were all in the mausoleum, and the armor's systems being outdated). However, the Arbiter of ''Halo Wars'' [[BloodKnight Ripa 'Moramee]] was killed and pushed down a chasm before his body was destroyed in a EarthShatteringKaboom. Henceforth, that meant the armor had been destroyed with it. Fans were annoyed, but it was later pointed out that since the Arbiter is intended to be sent on suicide missions, there would have been many cases where the armor was destroyed and/or impossible to recover. Such as falling to the core of a gas giant, like Thel 'Vadamee was about to.
* HireTheCritic: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Smith_(writer) Luke Smith]] of 1UP got hired to {{Bungie}} after he wrote the article "[[http://www.1up.com/features/broken-halo Broken Halo]]", where he criticized ''[[{{Halo2}} Halo 2]]'''s multiplayer for being highly unbalanced. Following that, he put some real work into designing the multiplayer for ''[[{{Halo3}} Halo 3]]'' and ''HaloReach''.

* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: The first game was originally conceived as a RealTimeStrategy game, but it made it to shelves as a FirstPersonShooter, probably because its plot and factions coupled with its genre would have made it too similar to RTS heavyweight ''{{Starcraft}}''. [[HaloWars They eventually revisited the RTS idea, though]].

* * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Smith_(writer) Luke Smith]] of 1UP got hired to {{Bungie}} after he wrote the article "[[http://www.1up.com/features/broken-halo Broken Halo]]", where he criticized ''[[{{Halo2}} Halo 2]]'''s multiplayer for being highly unbalanced. Following that, he put some real work into designing the multiplayer for ''[[{{Halo3}} Halo 3]]'' and ''HaloReach''.

* 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 ''{{NCIS}}'', surprise and confusion ensued for some.

* GodNeverSaidThat: Before ''HaloWars'', ''Halo'' fanon had claimed that the armor worn by Arbiters was the same exact suit that it had been through history, the successor receiving it after his predecessor had died. However, the Arbiter of ''Halo Wars'' [[BloodKnight Ripa 'Moramee]] was killed and pushed down a chasm before his body was destroyed in a EarthShatteringKaboom. Henceforth, that meant the armor had been destroyed with it. Fans were annoyed, but it was later pointed out that since the Arbiter is intended to be sent on suicide missions, there would have been many cases where the armor was destroyed and/or impossible to recover.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Early-rising fans of classic rock in Chicago will recognize Master Chief's voice as that of Steve Downes, the 5AM-10AM DJ on 97.1FM. Bungie was based in Chicago before being bought by Microsoft.