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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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*John | *John is the protagonist and main playable character in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', ''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[Halo 3]]'', and ''[[Halo 4]]''. He is voiced by [[Steve Downes]] in the ''Halo'' trilogy, in the ''[[Reclaimer Saga]]'', in ''Halo: Reach'''s [[Firefight]] mode, and in the audio version of ''[[Palace Hotel (short story)|Palace Hotel]]''. In the ''Halo Legends'' shorts ''The Package'' and ''Odd One Out'', John is voiced by [[Wikipedia:David Wald|David Wald]]. In ''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]'', he is physically portrayed by [[Wikipedia:Daniel Cudmore|Daniel Cudmore]], who is known for portraying the mutant [[Wikipedia:Colossus (comics)|Colossus]] in the [[Wikipedia:X-Men (film series)|''X-Men'' film series]],<ref name="IGN">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_4skHcCpT4'''YouTube''': ''First Look: Halo 4 Forward Unto Dawn (Live Action Series)'']</ref> while {{Plain|[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3773430/ Alex Puccinelli]}} provides his voice. [[Bruce Thomas]] provided John's motion capture performance in ''Halo 4'' and apparently served as the model for his face in the game's Legendary ending. | ||
*John-117 is likely named for Sylvester Stallone's character John Spartan, Prisoner #117, from the 1993 action film ''[[Wikipedia:Demolition Man|Demolition Man]]''. Spartan is placed in cryostasis before awakening decades later, much as John-117 is introduced emerging from cryosleep in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. | |||
*John-117's quote "No soldier should be honored for doing what is expected" in the ''[[Believe]]'' short ''[[Gravesite]]'' is likely an allusion to Douglas MacArthur's similar quote "You are remembered for the rules you break, not follow." Another quote of his that is similar to MacArthur's is, "The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself." which is similar to his quote in ''[[Halo: Legends]]'', "We make our own luck..." | *John-117's quote "No soldier should be honored for doing what is expected" in the ''[[Believe]]'' short ''[[Gravesite]]'' is likely an allusion to Douglas MacArthur's similar quote "You are remembered for the rules you break, not follow." Another quote of his that is similar to MacArthur's is, "The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself." which is similar to his quote in ''[[Halo: Legends]]'', "We make our own luck..." | ||
*A wax sculpture of the Master Chief can be visited at Madame Tussaud's, Los Angeles and in Amsterdam. He was the first video game character to become a Madame Tussaud's wax sculpture.<ref>[http://www.madametussauds.com/Hollywood/OurFigures/MovieCharacters/MasterChief.aspx '''Madame Tussauds''': ''Master Chief'']</ref> | *A wax sculpture of the Master Chief can be visited at Madame Tussaud's, Los Angeles and in Amsterdam. He was the first video game character to become a Madame Tussaud's wax sculpture.<ref>[http://www.madametussauds.com/Hollywood/OurFigures/MovieCharacters/MasterChief.aspx '''Madame Tussauds''': ''Master Chief'']</ref> | ||
*''[[w:c:Fable:Fable II|Fable II]]'' makes a reference to the Master Chief with a character of legend named "[[w:c:Fable:Hal|Hal]]", also called the Minstrel Chief. The armor featured (clearly inspired by ''Halo'''s [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]) is known as "[[w:c:Fable:Hal's Armor|Hal's Armor]]".<ref name="Fable2">[http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/07/master-chief-crash-lands-into-fable-2/ '''Joystiq:''' ''Master Chief crash lands into Fable II'']</ref> It is known as [[w:c:Fable:Hal's Sword|"Hal's Sword"]]. In addition, with the Special Edition, the player can obtain the title [[w:c:Fable:Titles|"Master Chief"]] for their hero for free from any title vendor. | *''[[w:c:Fable:Fable II|Fable II]]'' makes a reference to the Master Chief with a character of legend named "[[w:c:Fable:Hal|Hal]]", also called the Minstrel Chief. The armor featured (clearly inspired by ''Halo'''s [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]) is known as "[[w:c:Fable:Hal's Armor|Hal's Armor]]".<ref name="Fable2">[http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/07/master-chief-crash-lands-into-fable-2/ '''Joystiq:''' ''Master Chief crash lands into Fable II'']</ref> It is known as [[w:c:Fable:Hal's Sword|"Hal's Sword"]]. In addition, with the Special Edition, the player can obtain the title [[w:c:Fable:Titles|"Master Chief"]] for their hero for free from any title vendor. | ||
*John appears as an [[John-117 in cryo|Easter egg]] in ''Halo: Reach'', asleep inside a cryo pod in the ''Pillar of Autumn's'' hangar.<ref>'''[http://gameinformer.com/ Game Informer]''', ''November 2010'' ('''[[Marcus Lehto]]''': ''"That is in fact the Master Chief. We felt that if he were to show up anywhere, this was the place to do it. Placing him in the "hushed casket" was the one way we felt his presence in Reach would be appropriate. Anything greater than that would have diminished the importance of Noble Team, including yourself as the last remaining Spartan willing to stay behind and fight on Reach to the very bitter end."''</ref> | *John appears as an [[John-117 in cryo|Easter egg]] in ''Halo: Reach'', asleep inside a cryo pod in the ''Pillar of Autumn's'' hangar.<ref>'''[http://gameinformer.com/ Game Informer]''', ''November 2010'' ('''[[Marcus Lehto]]''': ''"That is in fact the Master Chief. We felt that if he were to show up anywhere, this was the place to do it. Placing him in the "hushed casket" was the one way we felt his presence in Reach would be appropriate. Anything greater than that would have diminished the importance of Noble Team, including yourself as the last remaining Spartan willing to stay behind and fight on Reach to the very bitter end."''</ref> | ||
*"John" is one of the name options for customized [[Loadout]]s in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', along with the names of the members of [[Noble Team]] and several of the SPARTAN-IIs.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', [[Firefight]]</ref> | *"John" is one of the name options for customized [[Loadout]]s in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', along with the names of the members of [[Noble Team]] and several of the SPARTAN-IIs.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', [[Firefight]]</ref> | ||
*Late in the development of ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', (when the game was known simply as ''Halo''), Microsoft urged Bungie to change the main character's title from "the Master Chief" to "the Commando", as they felt that it better suited the tone of the game.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/Content/assets/en-us/Podcast/343Sparkast_006.mp3 '''343 Sparkast #6''']</ref> | *Late in the development of ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', (when the game was known simply as ''Halo''), Microsoft urged Bungie to change the main character's title from "the Master Chief" to "the Commando", as they felt that it better suited the tone of the game.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/Content/assets/en-us/Podcast/343Sparkast_006.mp3 '''343 Sparkast #6''']</ref> | ||
*In ''Halo 4'' | *In ''Halo 4'' John has the Braille characters for 117 on the left side of his breast plate.<ref>'''[[Making Halo 4: A Hero Awakens]]'''</ref> | ||
*There is an implicit connection between John-117 and the [[IsoDidact]], the Forerunner who fired the Halos. In ''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' | *There is an implicit connection between John-117 and the [[IsoDidact]], the Forerunner who fired the Halos. In ''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' the IsoDidact asks 343 Guilty Spark if he would fire the Halo Array were it his choice, receiving no response. 343 Guilty Spark echoes this conversation to the Master Chief during the events of ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', addressing the Spartan as if he were the IsoDidact. In ''Halo 3'' the Gravemind states that ''"Defeat is simply the addition of time to a sentence I never deserved... but you imposed."'' The IsoDidact's imprisonment and subsequent condemnation of the [[Primordial]] into a billion years of sensory isolation in ''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' could be interpreted as giving retroactive meaning to the Gravemind's statement, given that it shares the Primordial's memories. Alternatively, it may refer to the "sentence" the Forerunners on the whole forced on the Flood by firing the Halos, or, in the new context introduced in ''The Forerunner Saga'', the prehistoric Forerunners' imprisonment of the Primordial for nine million years. | ||
*At some point during the Human-Covenant War, a John-117 action figure was made. [[Gabriel Thorne]]'s grandmother bought one after he was recruited into the [[Spartan-IV]] program.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue #7''</ref> | *At some point during the Human-Covenant War, a John-117 action figure was made. [[Gabriel Thorne]]'s grandmother bought one after he was recruited into the [[Spartan-IV]] program.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue #7''</ref> | ||
*A tower in the shape of John's helmet can be found on [[Destinypedia:Mars|Mars]] in Bungie's ''[[Destinypedia:Destiny|Destiny]]''. | |||
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