IWHBYD skull (Halo 3)

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"I would have been your daddy, but a dog beat me over the fence."

- Sergeant Johnson



In Halo 3, the IWHBYD (I Would Have Been Your Daddy) Skull is located on the level The Covenant. To get this skull, you must start at the beginning of the mission, and be playing on the difficulty level of either Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.

The name of the skull is based on a statement, uttered by Sergeant Johnson in Halo: Combat Evolved (in the last level on Legendary difficulty): "I would have been your daddy, but a dog beat me over the fence!" It is also the name of the first chapter of the campaign level Assault on the Control Room in Halo: Combat Evolved. Not only is the skull's name a reference to this line, but the skull's description reads "But a dog beat me over the Fence".

Walkthrough
The IWHBYD Skull is located in The Covenant. To obtain the skull, start the level from the very beginning, and not from a Rally Point. When you reach the final scene, where the Prophet of Truth is planning on lighting the seven rings, proceed as you would normally: kill the Covenant, kill Truth, kill the Flood, but do not jump down the elevator shaft once you have finished that.

Once the bridge is devoid of enemies, you will have to jump through the seven holograms of the Halos in a specific order. When you have completed this, the IWHBYD Skull will appear at the beginning of the light bridge leading to Truth's podium. Note that you should not jump through the rings before Truth dies. Note also that a Co-op partner jumping through a ring will disrupt the sequence, even if they are jumping through the next ring in the sequence -- only one player should perform the sequence, and the others should try not to interfere until it is complete.

The 7-ring sequence is as follows. Each number corresponds to the ring you must jump through; the ring at the elevator is 1, and the ring next to Truth is 7. The ring with red on it is 4. (Be aware that the order in which the rings are numbered for this sequence does not represent their actual installation number. In fact, the ring closest to the elevator is Installation 07.)

Sequence order: 4, 6, 5, 4, 5, 3, 4.

Once you have completed the sequence, the skull will appear at the beginning of the light bridge leading to Truth's podium. If you are not sure you got it, then look at the rings when you complete the sequence; they will be blinking in sequence. The Halo theme will play as you get the skull. You must then finish the level, or the skull will not be saved to your profile and you will have to get it again. You do not have to hold the skull until the end of the mission.

Each of the holographic rings sound a different tone of the E Dorian scale when you stand near it. The sequence, if you pay attention, plays part of the Halo theme song. Also, the rings in the citadel are holographic projections of the 7 Halo installations, the fourth being the newly reconstructed (and unfinished) Installation 04, the incomplete areas indicated by the red-glowing sections.

Effect
The IWHBYD Skull unlocks the extra dialogs in the game, which usually comes from the UNSC Marines and Elites, but some ridiculous dialogs does come from enemy forces with this skull on. For example if in a group of two Brutes one is killed, the remaining Brute has a chance to say "You killed my lover!" Here is a list of quotes from their respective races. However, there are many more quotes than what are being listed.

Grunts
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 * content = #"HUZZAAHHH!"- rare.
 * 1) "Here comes the grunty punishment!" - When throwing plasma grenade.
 * 2) "Hug me!" - When Suicide Grunts chase you.
 * 3) "He's a zombie!" - When Arbiter gets up.
 * 4) "You know, at this point, if the Demon gets us, and rips out our little skulls, and takes off our backpacks, then humps us with his big, demony, buttox...we deserve it! Haha."
 * 5) "If I chase him, then I catch him, and then I don't know what to do!"
 * 6) "Man down!" When you kill all nearby Covenant and the surviving Grunt flees.
 * 7) "You killed Flipyap! Or Yapflip, was he... It was Yapflip... No, Flipyap was his brother. Don't tell me I don't know Flipyap! Flipyap and I went to Nipple Academy together, and, now, now he's dead..." - If a nearby Grunt is killed.
 * 8) "Cover me, I'm going in." "I'm not going to cover you, it's your fault Flipyap got killed." - Reference to above quote.
 * 9) "You like that, Demon? You like that!" - If a Grunt kills Master Chief.
 * 10) "You killed Poonflip! Flippiest poon I ever knew!" - If a nearby Grunt is killed.
 * 11) "Why did they color us orange?" - Said when player is not yet detected.
 * 12) "Merry Christmas.", "Fist of Rukt.", and "Mmmmm, Jackal Stew." - All said while sleeping.
 * 13) "Game over!" - If the player is killed.
 * 14) "We are the champions, my friends." - If the player is killed. - Reference to a song by Queen.
 * 15) "Well this sucks, I'm headin' north!" - If the player shoots at a fleeing Grunt. Reference to the Narnia novels.
 * 16) "(Fear, Feel, Taste, Please Enjoy) my bright, blue balls!" - When a Suicidal Grunt charges the player.
 * 17) "I was so wrong to shoot at you." - If targeting or shooting a Grunt who recently shot you.
 * 18) "I'll polish your boots. I'll polish your helmet!" - Panicking grunt, this a reference to the Final Grunt.
 * 19) "You know, if he gets us, he will tear out our skulls, rip off our masks, and burn the methane *sigh*, we deserve it".
 * 20) "Don't kill me! Look, I will join your side!" *Throws a grenade at an ally* See my betrayal? I can join you now, right?" - When targeting or shooting a Grunt. Note that the grunt will still be an enemy and still shoot at you.
 * 21) "Abrakasomething!" - When a Grunt throws grenade at player.
 * 22) "Green armor, good camouflage, shiny green armor, not so much".
 * 23) "He really just beat the shit outta me!" - If you melee a grunt but he survives and flees.
 * 24) "Pray before you eat me!" - When you stick or are about to kill a Grunt.
 * 25) "If a nearby grunt is killed, occasionally, one might start stating the Final Grunt line.
 * 26) "Faith and devotion!" - When a suicidal grunt gets close to the player.
 * 27) "I will rip out your intestines, and wear them as a necklace!"
 * 28) "Open up and say ahh!" - When throwing a grenade at the player.
 * 29) "I have methane. You want?"
 * 30) "Here's one for your Mama!"
 * 31) "I'm gonna open up a big can of whoop-ass!" possible reference to Eli Barracuda from Evil Genius, who says this when instructed to kill an enemy, also possible reference to one of the early Halo: Combat Evolved trailers. Also possible reference to a quote always said by World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler, Stone Cold Steve Austin.
 * 32) "I really should have taken those leadership classes!" - Said when you kill the grunts' leader.
 * 33) "Thank you for choosing Air Blue-Ball!" - When a Grunt is going Kamikaze.
 * 34) "If you follow the path brother, I MIGHT follow." - If a lot of grunts are together and some are killed.
 * 35) "Watch out, Chris!" - Said when a Grunt is climbing on top of an object, commonly heard in the level The Covenant.
 * 36) "It's all clear you can come out now. This is sergeant errr Smitherson..ton" - Said when player is behind cover.
 * 37) "I'm sorry about your planet!"
 * 38) "You respect my authoritah!" - A reference to Eric Cartman from South Park.
 * 39) "I bet I can stick it!" - Reference to Cortana's "Betcha can't stick it" line in the end of the Halo 2 Trailer.
 * 40) A Kamikaze Grunt will occasionally hum the Halo theme.
 * 41) "Here's some candy!"- Said when throwing a grenade.
 * 42) "Hey! Demon! The jerk store called, they're all out of you!" - One of the lines spoken by the Final Grunt - A reference to Seinfeld.
 * 43) "Maybe me be...you know...sidekick. Like Robin!" -after watching you kill an enemy. A reference to Batman's sidekick. (Co-op while playing as an Elite)
 * 44) "If you let me live, I'll give you Jackal" - If there is a Jackal nearby the Grunt.
 * 45) "Ohh my stars and gardens, there he is!" - A reference to Alice in Wonderland.
 * 46) "Together, as we share our gas!"
 * 47) "I'm being stalked!"
 * 48) "Gabba Gabba Hey!" Reference to a Ramones song.
 * 49) "Suck it Demon!" - When a Grunt throws a grenade.
 * 50) Very rarely, a Grunt will celebrate killing the player by tea bagging.
 * 51) "Ayayayayayayayah!" -when going suicidal.
 * 52) "Warriors come out to plaaaay" - When player is hiding - A reference to the film, The Warriors.
 * 53) "When has us looking for it ever been a good idea?"
 * 54) "I will love you, and pet you, and call you George." - A reference to a line from the 'Looney Tunes''.
 * 55) "Ahhhhh! Panic!"
 * 56) "I'll eat your liver on a cracker!
 * 57) "I'll go and investigate! Someone get me one of those Sherlock Holmes hats..." - When the player runs to cover.
 * 58) "The Demon is alive, that's...a big, uh problem..."
 * 59) "stop molesting me" said when running away from Arbiter.

Trivia

 * The skull was intended to be the hardest skull to find. However, it was discovered very quickly after hackers looked in the games scripts.