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|release = June 2, [[2007 | |release = June 2, [[2007]] - | ||
|runtime = 15 Minutes <small>(Average)</small> | |runtime =15 Minutes <small>(Average)</small> | ||
|episode = | |episode =89 <small>(Main Episodes)</small><br>13 <small>(In L.A.)</small><br>2 <small>(Films)</small><br>13 <small>(Hypermail)</small><br>10 <small>(Shorts)</small><br>14 <small>(Bits)</small> | ||
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'''Arby 'n' the Chief''' is a Live-Action Machinima Hybrid series created by Jon Graham, credited as Jon CJG, about the lives of figurine versions of the [[John-117|Master Chief]] and [[Thel 'Vadam|the Arbiter]]. It is mainly based around the two playing ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' and ''[[Halo 3]]'', and doing things related to ''[[Halo universe|Halo]]'', but also will occasionally focus on the duo pulling off various shenanigans | '''Arby 'n' the Chief''' is a Live-Action Machinima Hybrid series created by Jon Graham, credited as Jon CJG, about the lives of figurine versions of the [[John-117|Master Chief]] and [[Thel 'Vadam|the Arbiter]]. It is mainly based around the two playing ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' and ''[[Halo 3]]'', and doing things related to ''[[Halo universe|Halo]]'', but also will occasionally focus on the duo playing other games such as ''Call of Duty 4'' and ''Devil May Cry 4'', whilst spending the remainder of their time pulling off various shenanigans. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
''Arby 'n' the Chief'' is a live action internet video series created by [[Jon Graham]], also known as Jon CJG (who was in turn known as DigitalPh33r when the series began production), about the lives of figurine versions of [[John-117|Master Chief]] and the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]]. Originally, it was about the two playing | ''Arby 'n' the Chief'' is a live action internet video series created by [[Jon Graham]], also known as Jon CJG (who was in turn known as DigitalPh33r when the series began production), about the lives of figurine versions of [[John-117|Master Chief]] and the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]]. Originally, it was about the two playing Halo 3 and getting into trouble, and each season (starting with 4) has its own plot. Currently the series has 6 complete seasons, with a seventh one in production. | ||
Usually, the duo plays ''Halo 3'', or ''Halo: Reach'' as of Season 4, on Xbox LIVE although Arbiter also enjoys playing other games such as ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', ''Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'', and ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' on Wii. Chief is typically seen expressing scorn and dissent whenever someone chooses to play any game that is not | Usually, the duo plays ''Halo 3'', or ''Halo: Reach'' as of Season 4, on Xbox LIVE although Arbiter also enjoys playing other games such as ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', ''Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'', and ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' on Wii. Chief is typically seen expressing scorn and dissent whenever someone chooses to play any game that is not Halo related, and as such, Chief stays away from such games. However, he does venture out of his normal way to try those games, though his performance is terrible, and what time he does devote to the playing of different games always results in an increase in Chief's hatred for that game. Later on in the series, however, Chief becomes more tolerant of non-''Halo'' games, such as ''Resident Evil 5'', despite later on joining a protest against the game itself because of its alleged racism. | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
===Toys=== | |||
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*Master Chief | *Master Chief | ||
*The Arbiter | *The Arbiter | ||
*Cortana | *Cortana | ||
*Greg | *Greg | ||
*Todd | |||
*Travis | |||
===Xbox Live=== | ===Xbox Live=== | ||
*Trent Donnovich | *Trent Donnovich | ||
*Claire Ferguson | *Claire Ferguson | ||
*Clyde | |||
*Kylie | |||
*Clyde | |||
*Kylie | |||
*Duncan | *Duncan | ||
*Adam McIntyre | *Adam McIntyre | ||
===Other=== | ===Other=== | ||
*Scott Loveheart | *Scott Loveheart | ||
*Agent | *Agent Smirnoff | ||
*Skyler Loveheart | *Skyler Loveheart | ||
== ''Master Chief Sucks at Halo'' == | == ''Master Chief Sucks at Halo'' == | ||
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|Martyrdom | |Martyrdom | ||
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|Unable to understand how his 714 GB pornography download would cause severe | |Unable to understand how his 714 GB pornography download would cause severe lag, Master Chief stops playing Halo 3. Accompanying the Arbiter in a game of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, he is explained by his friend about the "Martyrdom" perk.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcfgvsCScsA&feature=channel '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief: Episode 5 - "Martyrdom" (Halo 3 Machinima)'']</ref> | ||
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|6 | |6 | ||
|Brawl | |Brawl | ||
|8:32 | |8:32 | ||
|After failing to grenade and rocket-jump over a nearly-impossible gap in the level "[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]] | |After failing to grenade and rocket-jump over a nearly-impossible gap in the level "[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|"Halo"]], Master Chief and the Arbiter decide to play ''Super Smash Brothers Brawl''.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbbRpN2FNmw&feature=channel '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief: Episode 6 - "Brawl" (Halo 3 Machinima)'']</ref> | ||
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|Evil | |Evil | ||
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|After playing ''[[ | |After playing ''[[W:C:Resident Evil:Resident Evil 5|Resident Evil 5]]'', Master Chief returns to Halo 3 and joins a protest against the game - the protesters believe that Africans being featured in gaming is somehow racist. After seeing their point with the current events happening in the continent, the Arbiter leaves to think about it. Returning the next day, he has the group disband, citing that Capcom's want for the game to take place in Africa was not racist or insensitive, but because it was important to the story. Back in the apartment, Chief begins to annoy the Arbiter with his constant [[W:C:Resident Evil:Albert Wesker/Quotes|Wesker quotes]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhTz3ZMj-us&list=SL '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief S3E12: "Evil" (Halo Machinima)'']</ref> | ||
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|25 | |25 | ||
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|Part One | |Part One | ||
|6:07 | |6:07 | ||
|An international drug smuggler and | |An international drug smuggler and cocaine addict on the run from the Russian government responds to Jon's need of a roommate to pay his bills. | ||
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|Part Two | |Part Two | ||
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|Part Six | |Part Six | ||
|11:19 | |11:19 | ||
|With Scott's cocaine-covered corpse and blood | |With Scott's cocaine-covered corpse and blood coving Jon's apartment and the remainder of his money taken by Scott, the figures consider the possibility of them being sold to pay for Jon's living. Luckily, Claire; who had overheard the events of the previous episode on her headset, learns the truth about the two titular characters. To make it up for saving Xbox live, she offers Jon to share her apartment in California so that he doesn't end up homeless. | ||
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===Season 4=== | ===Season 4=== | ||
Jon revealed via his blog that he will be producing a fourth season of ''Arby 'n' the Chief''. This is not a continuation of ''Arby ‘n’ the Chief in LA,'' but of the original series, taking place after the events of “King” but before those of ''Endgame''; unlike ''Arby 'n' the Chief in LA'', Jon is creating these episodes entirely on his own, with no outside involvement from Machinima.com. Jon has described the new season as having, “No melodrama, no crazy plots, no new characters, just classic ''Arby 'n' the Chief'', back-and-forth banter and wacky around-the-house antics.” The first two episodes, which were premiered at CanWest 2010, center around the [[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta|''Halo: Reach'' Beta]], while the rest of the episodes will be based around other popular Xbox 360 games or other plots that do not relate to video games. A trailer is available on YouTube, and the first episode is scheduled to be released on Saturday, June 26, 2010.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mAqbxNe98I '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief: Season 4 - Trailer'']</ref> | Jon revealed via his blog that he will be producing a fourth season of ''Arby 'n' the Chief''. This is not a continuation of ''Arby ‘n’ the Chief in LA,'' but of the original series, taking place after the events of “King” but before those of ''Endgame''; unlike ''Arby 'n' the Chief in LA'', Jon is creating these episodes entirely on his own, with no outside involvement from Machinima.com. Jon has described the new season as having, “No melodrama, no crazy plots, no new characters, just classic ''Arby 'n' the Chief'', back-and-forth banter and wacky around-the-house antics.” The first two episodes, which were premiered at CanWest 2010, center around the [[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta|''Halo: Reach'' Beta]], while the rest of the episodes will be based around other popular Xbox 360 games or other plots that do not relate to video games. A trailer is available on YouTube, and the first episode is scheduled to be released on Saturday, June 26, 2010.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mAqbxNe98I '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief: Season 4 - Trailer'']</ref> | ||
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===Season 5=== | ===Season 5=== | ||
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This season is much darker in tone than the previous ones; death and despair are prominent themes, and relationships between the main characters are more strained than ever before. The soundtrack is minimal, incorporating elements of noise, ambient music and dubstep; scenes with little dialogue are frequent. Title cards are discreet, and credits usually roll silently. | This season is much darker in tone than the previous ones; death and despair are prominent themes, and relationships between the main characters are more strained than ever before. The soundtrack is minimal, incorporating elements of noise, ambient music and dubstep; scenes with little dialogue are frequent. Title cards are discreet, and credits usually roll silently. | ||
In late 2012, the season was put on a hiatus, as Jon stated to be overwhelmed from both school work and work on the show. The season has been suggested several times to be the last one of the series, for example in the director's commentary for "Terminal", Jon pondered the idea of ending the show on its seventh season as a nod to Bungie's favorite number, which is also seven. On March 2, 2013, a new trailer detailing season seven's second half was released, with the announcement confirming that it will be indeed be the last one in the main continuity of the series. Episodes resumed on March 30, 2013 and have since been uploaded weekly | In late 2012, the season was put on a hiatus, as Jon stated to be overwhelmed from both school work and work on the show. The season has been suggested several times to be the last one of the series, for example in the director's commentary for "Terminal", Jon pondered the idea of ending the show on its seventh season as a nod to Bungie's favorite number, which is also seven. On March 2, 2013, a new trailer detailing season seven's second half was released, with the announcement confirming that it will be indeed be the last one in the main continuity of the series. Episodes resumed on March 30, 2013 and have since been uploaded weekly. | ||
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|Episode 89: Game Over | |Episode 89: Game Over | ||
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|Episode 90: Ignition | |Episode 90: Ignition | ||
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===Hypermail=== | ===Hypermail=== | ||
A new segment to season six is a show known as "Hypermail," (formerly known as "Hypernews" from season five.) A fanmail show that will rotate weekly between season 6 and it until the season's end. The segment is non-canon and displays the characters in their usual attitude, as well as addresses more real-life and/or pop culture events from the perspective of The Arbiter | A new segment to season six is a show known as "Hypermail," (formerly known as "Hypernews" from season five.) A fanmail show that will rotate weekly between season 6 and it until the season's end. The segment is non-canon and displays the characters in their usual attitude, as well as addresses more real-life and/or pop culture events from the perspective of The Arbiter iand Master Chief, thereby breaking the 4th wall in the series. | ||
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|Dukes of Dongs | |Dukes of Dongs | ||
|5:51 | |5:51 | ||
|Reading hypermail from Jon's Kitchen, Master Chief continues to try and beg money from the audience with little success (To Arbiter's notification.) When Chief | |Reading hypermail from Jon's Kitchen, Master Chief continues to try and beg money from the audience with little success (To Arbiter's notification.) When Chief recieves a phony message from a Canadian Hospital stating he has Testicular Cancer, Chief cries, leaving Arbiter to "comfort" him. | ||
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|A Vereh Scareh H4110w33n | |A Vereh Scareh H4110w33n | ||
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|Suspense! | |Suspense! | ||
|4:47 | |4:47 | ||
|Brace yourself for another action-packed episode of the Arby 'n' the Chief - Bytes mini-series, now with an epic replay of past events and a glimpse of events to come, just like your | |Brace yourself for another action-packed episode of the Arby 'n' the Chief - Bytes mini-series, now with an epic replay of past events and a glimpse of events to come, just like your favorte televised drama series! | ||
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|A Pirate's Life | |A Pirate's Life | ||
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=== | ===Behind the Scenes=== | ||
In these two videos, Jon Graham tells and shows viewers the process of creating an episode of Arby 'n' The Chief. | In these two videos, Jon Graham tells and shows viewers the process of creating an episode of Arby 'n' The Chief. | ||
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Because of bad fan reception for the first two episodes, on November 24, 2009, much to his dismay, Jon Graham stated on his blog that he was asked by Machinima to fly to L.A. and help them with the third episode to "give the new crew a running start." However, he was detained by US Homeland Security as a Canadian citizen and was denied entrance to the United States; the new arrangement is for Jon to simply write the scripts and manage the voices, while a film crew in LA does all the actual production. Jon stated on his blog that he still doesn't consider the series his anymore.[http://joncjg.blogspot.com/2009/11/news-helping-produce-next-episode-of.html] | Because of bad fan reception for the first two episodes, on November 24, 2009, much to his dismay, Jon Graham stated on his blog that he was asked by Machinima to fly to L.A. and help them with the third episode to "give the new crew a running start." However, he was detained by US Homeland Security as a Canadian citizen and was denied entrance to the United States; the new arrangement is for Jon to simply write the scripts and manage the voices, while a film crew in LA does all the actual production. Jon stated on his blog that he still doesn't consider the series his anymore.[http://joncjg.blogspot.com/2009/11/news-helping-produce-next-episode-of.html] | ||
It is unknown whether the series will continue, due to it's unpopularity compared to the series made by Jon Graham. | |||
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|Episode 7: The Dark Side | |Episode 7: The Dark Side | ||
|4:15 | |4:15 | ||
|Mario reluctantly allows the Arbiter to stay because of his intelligence. However, he refuses to let the Master Chief stay and the Arbiter can only remain as long as he sells out the Chief, thus is torn between Toad's | |Mario reluctantly allows the Arbiter to stay because of his intelligence. However, he refuses to let the Master Chief stay and the Arbiter can only remain as long as he sells out the Chief, thus is torn between Toad's insistance on doing so and Luigi's persuasion against doing so. Meanwhile the Chief has found the Halo 3 disc inside a ''Tony Hawk’s Ride'' game case, to his delight.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6goM2bq9VIY&list=SL '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief in LA: Episode 7: The Dark Side'']</ref> | ||
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|Episode 8: Two Betrayals | |Episode 8: Two Betrayals | ||
|4:48 | |4:48 | ||
|Master Chief tricks Sonic into going to see Mario so that he can play Halo 3 by himself. The Arbiter and Toad arrive, with The Arbiter accepting Mario's offer to allow him to stay on the condition that the Chief be kicked out. At that moment, Chief is heard | |Master Chief tricks Sonic into going to see Mario so that he can play Halo 3 by himself. The Arbiter and Toad arrive, with The Arbiter accepting Mario's offer to allow him to stay on the condition that the Chief be kicked out. At that moment, Chief is heard complaini about the map [[Boundless]] (another version of [[Snowbound]]), Mario storms into the room and, after a brief argument, throws the Chief out while the Arbiter looks on. The episode ends with a shot of the sad Master Chief sitting outside the door of the shop.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqwFY6zDu_c&list=SL '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief in LA: Episode 8: Two Betrayals'']</ref> | ||
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|Episode 9: Exile | |Episode 9: Exile | ||
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*Though distributed by http://www.Machinima.com, the series is technically not a machinima, with the majority of each episode filmed live-action and video games simply being a plot device. | *Though distributed by http://www.Machinima.com, the series is technically not a machinima, with the majority of each episode filmed live-action and video games simply being a plot device. | ||
*In the second episode of the series, the Arbiter wrote Bungie a letter asking to give the Chief Recon armor, which was granted by the beginning of Episode 3. Bungie, of course, actually did give Jon Graham the Recon armor; many viewers of the video thought that Jon was given the armor because of the email that the Arbiter wrote, leading many of them to write their own emails to Bungie asking for the armor themselves. Jon, however, has revealed that he did not actually send the email that he wrote for Episode 2, and that Bungie gave him the Recon purely because they admired his videos. | *In the second episode of the series, the Arbiter wrote Bungie a letter asking to give the Chief Recon armor, which was granted by the beginning of Episode 3. Bungie, of course, actually did give Jon Graham the Recon armor; many viewers of the video thought that Jon was given the armor because of the email that the Arbiter wrote, leading many of them to write their own emails to Bungie asking for the armor themselves. Jon, however, has revealed that he did not actually send the email that he wrote for Episode 2, and that Bungie gave him the Recon purely because they admired his videos. | ||
* | *Despite the name of the title, Arbiter is rarely called "Arby." | ||
*Greg the Spider and Mario are the few non-Halo toys in the series. | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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==Links== | |||
===Internal=== | |||
*[[Jon Graham]] | |||
*[[Machinima]] | |||
===External=== | |||
*[[w:c:arbynthechiefbeta|AntC Wiki, Arby 'n' the Chief Wiki]] - An External Wiki | |||
*[http://www.youtube.com/show/arbynthechief YouTube's Show Page] | |||
*[http://www.youtube.com/machinima Machinima's YouTube Channel.] | |||
{{Fan Works}} | {{Fan Works}} | ||
[[Category:Machinima]] | [[Category:Machinima]] |