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| '''Oly Oly Oxen Free''' is a six note, seven beat tone used as an all clear code by the [[Spartan-II]]s. They learned it from [[Deja]] on [[Reach]] when they were younger and have used it ever since.
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| ==Psychology==
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| ''Oly Oly Oxen Free'' was a secret amongst the [[Spartans]]; none but they and a select few outsiders knew it. Those outsiders were close to the [[Spartan]]'s family; such as [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]], [[Cortana]], [[Sergeant Johnson]] and Chief [[Petty Officer Mendez]]. Thus, the signal was extremely important to each Spartan. They would rather die than give up the significance of the tone, which could potentially be used to betray or endanger their teammates. Although the spartans would probably identifiy that the enemy using the signal was fake, seeing to know their teammates even with armor on.
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| ==Uses==
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| The term ''Oly Oly Oxen Free'' was used on numerous occasions throughout [[Halo: The Fall of Reach]] and [[Halo: First Strike]]. Some of the times it was used are as follows:
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| *After the Spartan Team had beaten [[Tango Company]], and [[Master Chief|John-117]] had checked to make sure their evacuation point was all clear.
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| *After the [[Battle of Reach]], [[Anton-044]] used it as an S.O.S. signal over the [[COM|E-Band]].
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| *For the [[Spartans]] to enter [[CASTLE Base]], [[Kelly-087]] used it to let [[Dr. Halsey]] know it was them.
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| *During [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]], [[Linda-058]] used it to let John know where she was so he could pick her up.
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| *At the end of Operation: FIRST STRIKE, Sergeant Johnson used it to let Blue team know where the [[Gettysburg]] was holding station behind a nearby moon.
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| *When the rest of Blue team, minus [[John-117]] arrives on [[Onyx]], Kelly whispers it over the COM, except she whispers "Olly Olly Oxen Free" with two L's
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| ==Non-Canon==
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| [[Marines]] use it on the level "[[The Ark (Level)|The Ark]]" when firing on the first [[Covenant]] encampment, but only if the [[Halo 3: IWHBYD (I Would Have Been Your Daddy) Skull|IWHBYD Skull]] is activated.
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| ==Trivia==
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| *[[Dana Awbrey]] alludes to this phrase by titling a blog post "Olly Olly [[Axon]] Free".
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| *Oly Oly Oxen Free was originally used to tell players in a game of hide and seek that the game was over and they could come out of hiding.
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| *Sometimes in ''Tom Clancys Splinter Cell'', if you shoot and enemy and then hide, they will say "Oly oly oxen free! Come out, come out wherever you are!".
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| ==Related Links==
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| *[[Spartan Language]]
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| {{SpartanPrograms}}
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| [[Category:Spartans]]
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| [[ja:Oly Oly Oxen Free]]
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