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A ship from Earth has crash-landed in the middle of the canyon, bringing a new soldier. Red team experiences a major crisis in their chain of command and Blue team welcomes a new addition to the family. Church tries to stop O'Malley once and for all. | A ship from Earth has crash-landed in the middle of the canyon, bringing a new soldier. Red team experiences a major crisis in their chain of command and Blue team welcomes a new addition to the family. Church tries to stop O'Malley once and for all. | ||
The series finale was distributed with three alternate endings; the ending which was shown to a viewer depended on which link in Burnie's post they followed to watch the episode. An additional three endings were included in the special features of the Season 5 DVD. | The series finale was distributed with three alternate endings; the ending which was shown to a viewer depended on which link in Burnie Burn's post they followed to watch the episode. An additional three endings were included in the special features of the Season 5 DVD. | ||
===Recollections=== | ===Recollections=== | ||
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Recreation is a direct sequel to Relocated and Reconstruction. As the Reds continue to try and figure out what Caboose is up to and wake up a comatose Donut, Caboose continues trying to make a new best friend. He finds the Reds holo-room, with help from Donut, and Epsilon tells him about Tucker and a mysterious energy reading in the desert. Grif and Sarge agree to come, and they meet a strange man at the desert. The stranger claims to be a | Recreation is a direct sequel to Relocated and Reconstruction. As the Reds continue to try and figure out what Caboose is up to and wake up a comatose Donut, Caboose continues trying to make a new best friend. He finds the Reds holo-room, with help from Donut, and Epsilon tells him about Tucker and a mysterious energy reading in the desert. Grif and Sarge agree to come, and they meet a strange man at the desert. The stranger claims to be a member of a team working with aliens to uncover a relic for the military. Tucker returns and informs Caboose, Grif, and Sarge that his team was killed and the rest of the group were impostors planning to sell the relic to the highest bidder. Tucker was sent along with Junior (apparently alive and well yet still unseen in the new series) where they acted as ambassadors along with the official military teams searching for the relic because "They were sorta in between..." It appears Wash lived through the events of Reconstructions as well. Now imprisoned by the military, Wash decides to bargain the location of Epsilon for his freedom. Knowing Wash, he probably has much deeper plans, and the Meta pays an unexpected visit to the remaining members of red team in Valhalla... | ||
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Revelation is a direct sequel to Red vs. Blue Recreation. The first episode made its debut April 1, 2010. Washington and the Meta have teamed up to find the missing Epsilon AI, Taking Simmons and Doc prisoner. Sarge and Grif lead a risky rescue mission to save Simmons, not knowing Epsilon is following them | Revelation is a direct sequel to Red vs. Blue Recreation. The first episode made its debut April 1, 2010. Washington and the Meta have teamed up to find the missing Epsilon AI, Taking Simmons and Doc prisoner. Sarge and Grif lead a risky rescue mission to save Simmons, not knowing Epsilon is following them closely. They manage to rescue Simmons, and then as Wash and the Meta are converging, Epsilon unleashes a powerful laser which blocks the way for Wash and the Meta to get to them, but as a consequence, it drains Epsilon's life-force. After re-awakening back in Sandbox, Epsilon, along with Caboose, then explore an old Freelancer base in search of someone, which turns out to be Tex. The Reds work to get the Blues back into the database, only to discover that they are the worst of all troops, and are just meant to have simulations for Freelancers. Sarge goes into depression. Meanwhile, Tex and Church, having found a new body, set out to lure Washington and the Meta into a trap by activating a distress beacon by shooting Church's foot. Washington and the Meta, with the Doc as their prisoner, set out to locate the beacon, only to find that Tex had laid out a trap. Before they can escape from their warthog however, it is blown into the sky. Soon After, Caboose finds the signal from the beacon and rushes to sarge for help. Having acknowledged they were fighting a proxy war, Sarge, having snapped out of his depression, agrees to help Caboose. Meanwhile, Wash wakes up from the Wreckage, but is soon pounced on by Tex, before the Meta attacks. Tex, Wash and the Meta become engaged in a full-on battle, before eventually, Meta overpowers Tex and rams her original storage device into her skull, storing her inside. However, Meta soon turns against Wash, installing Tex's Device into his armor, and goes on a rampage. Before he finishes off Wash however, Sarge, Caboose, Grif, Simmons and Tucker crash in a stolen Pelican, narrowly missing the two Freelancers, as well as almost crushing the Doc. The Meta, disappears, and the reds and blues, and Wash, team up to try and stop Meta. Meta attacks Church and Wash, rendering them incapacitated. Sarge, Grif, Simmons and Tucker try to fight the Meta, but to no effect. Then Sarge manages to trick Meta into attacking him, before being grabbed by the neck. After shouting "Shotgun" to Grif and Simmons multiple times, he places one the wrecked Warthog's tow-hooks onto Meta's armor. Grif and Simmons then push the Warthog over the cliff, dragging Meta with it and seemingly killing him. Church wakes up, and looks overs Tex's Storage device and enters himself to try and find her, despite Caboose's pleas not to. He never comes out of it. Afterwards, a team of soldiers arrive to investigate the situation. After their questioning, the red and blue teams, with Wash disguised (sort of) as Church, all return to Blood Gulch soon after. The Season ends with Church saying how he found Tex right away, how he learned that "A great love is like a good memory" and how in him, he is the Alpha. He then closes with how one should make living a memory a good one | ||
===Season 9=== | ===Season 9=== | ||
The trailer for season 9 premiered at PAX 2011 East and premiered online on YouTube on April 4, 2011. | {{WikiMain | ||
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The trailer for season 9 premiered at PAX 2011 East and premiered online on YouTube on April 4, 2011. The Season 9 Premiere was released by RoosterTeeth on 13th of June 2011. | |||
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Season 9 begins with Epsilon, in the storage unit, experiencing similar events in the first season. Epsilon's memory of Red Team modified their Warthog into a [[M12R Light Anti-Armor Vehicle|Missile Warthog]], while his memory of Blue Team received a tank, but they didn't have the keys to activate it. When Epsilon complains to his memory of Red Team, Donut, acting as a tough soldier, shot him. Similarly to the first season in which Church "dies", Blue Team called for reinforcements, which turns out to be Tex. | |||
Season 9 also explores the events happened in Project Freelancer. This includes past missions that were executed by the Freelancers agents and the pasts of Freelancers, such as how Agent Maine lost his ability to speak and how CT disliked the Director of Project Freelancer. | |||
===Misc.=== | ===Misc.=== | ||
====Public Service Announcements==== | ====Public Service Announcements==== | ||
Rooster Teeth made numerous PSAs, including for Xbox Live's partnership with Rock the Vote in late-summer 2008 and for the United States Presidential election. | |||
====Game Previews==== | ====Game Previews==== | ||
Rooster Teeth has done miniseries with the characters previewing ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' and ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' | Rooster Teeth has done miniseries with the characters previewing ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' and ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. | ||
==Development History== | ==Development History== | ||
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However, contradictory to this, Burnie claims that the major plot ideas were decided by episode 6, the episodes just didn't contain much information - they originally went for comedy rather than depth. Because ''Red vs. Blue'' is loosely based on the ''Halo'' universe, Rooster Teeth encountered some difficulties when trying to synchronize events in the series with the release of ''Halo 2''. | However, contradictory to this, Burnie claims that the major plot ideas were decided by episode 6, the episodes just didn't contain much information - they originally went for comedy rather than depth. Because ''Red vs. Blue'' is loosely based on the ''Halo'' universe, Rooster Teeth encountered some difficulties when trying to synchronize events in the series with the release of ''Halo 2''. | ||
Aside from a few scenes created using ''Marathon Infinity'', ''Marathon 2'', and the PC version of ''Halo'', ''Red vs. Blue'' is mostly filmed with interconnected Xbox consoles. As the series title suggests, the videos are largely set in the ''Halo'' map Blood Gulch and its '' | Aside from a few scenes created using ''Marathon Infinity'', ''Marathon 2'', and the [[Halo PC|PC version]] of ''Halo'', ''Red vs. Blue'' is mostly filmed with interconnected Xbox consoles. As the series title suggests, the videos are largely set in the ''Halo'' map Blood Gulch and its ''Halo 2'' counterpart, ''[[Coagulation]]''. However, some episodes have been filmed on other maps, including ''[[Sidewinder]]'' from ''Halo'' and ''[[Zanzibar]]'' from ''Halo 2''. Within a multiplayer game session, the people controlling the avatars "puppet" their characters, moving them around, firing weapons, and performing other actions as dictated by the script, and in synchronization with the episode's dialogue, which is recorded ahead of time. | ||
The "camera" is simply another player, whose first-person perspective is recorded raw to a computer. As the recording occurs within the game, a few different bugs and post-production techniques have been exploited in order to achieve desired visual effects. In particular, Adobe Premiere Pro is used to edit the audio and video together, impose letterboxing to hide the camera player's head-up display, add the titles and fade-to-black screens, and create some visual effects that cannot be accomplished in-game.<ref>Burns, ''et al.'', ''Red vs. Blue Season One'', Audio Commentary; Moltenbrey.</ref> | The "camera" is simply another player, whose first-person perspective is recorded raw to a computer. As the recording occurs within the game, a few different bugs and post-production techniques have been exploited in order to achieve desired visual effects. In particular, Adobe Premiere Pro is used to edit the audio and video together, impose letterboxing to hide the camera player's head-up display, add the titles and fade-to-black screens, and create some visual effects that cannot be accomplished in-game.<ref>Burns, ''et al.'', ''Red vs. Blue Season One'', Audio Commentary; Moltenbrey.</ref> | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
===Miscellaneous=== | ===Miscellaneous=== | ||
*''Red vs. Blue'', was originally intended to last only six installments, but its popularity led to the production of 100 episodes of ''The Blood Gulch Chronicles'', several stand-alone special videos, three miniseries, another three full-length series and another full length series like Blood Gulch, which will be situated in [[Forge World]]; mainly | *''Red vs. Blue'', was originally intended to last only six installments, but its popularity led to the production of 100 episodes of ''The Blood Gulch Chronicles'', several stand-alone special videos, three miniseries, another three full-length series and another full length series like Blood Gulch, which will be situated in ''[[Forge World]]''; mainly ''[[Forge World/Hemorrhage|Hemorrhage]]''. | ||
*Some of the voice actors from Red vs Blue were featured in the level [[Crow's Nest (Level)|Crow's Nest]] in ''[[Halo 3]]'', as two Marines arguing over a password. The voices vary depending on difficulty. This indicates the overwhelming popularity of the series, even among Bungie and Microsoft. For more information, see [[Password-Lacking Marine]]. | *Some of the voice actors from Red vs Blue were featured in the level [[Crow's Nest (Level)|Crow's Nest]] in ''[[Halo 3]]'', as two Marines arguing over a password. The voices vary depending on difficulty. This indicates the overwhelming popularity of the series, even among Bungie and Microsoft. For more information, see [[Password-Lacking Marine]]. | ||
*''Red vs. Blue'' was featured on Discovery Channel's documentary, Rise of the Video Game, which included an interview with Red vs. Blue's creator and original cast. | *''Red vs. Blue'' was featured on Discovery Channel's documentary, Rise of the Video Game, which included an interview with Red vs. Blue's creator and original cast. | ||
*The popular Double EXP Weekend game type "Grifball" is based off of Red vs Blue, specifically episode 59. | *The popular Double EXP Weekend game type "Grifball" is based off of Red vs Blue, specifically episode 59. | ||
* | *On ''Halo 2''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> multiplayer map ''[[Turf]]'', two easter eggs can be found. They are both found on vending machines - one in the warehouse, and another near the makeshift camp. One has the silhouette of a rooster, and the other of teeth. This is homage to Rooster Teeth. | ||
*Ironically, Grif in the Red vs Blue PSA "Deja View" is coloured a shade of yellow, despite him constantly claiming that his color is orange. | *Ironically, Grif in the Red vs Blue PSA "Deja View" is coloured a shade of yellow, despite him constantly claiming that his color is orange. | ||
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*On [[Bungie.net]], look at a service record with the [[Flag Kill Medal]], scroll over the flag symbol and it will say "It's right next to the headlight fluid". This is a reference to episodes 3 and 4 of ''Blood Gulch Chronicles'' where the new recruit, Donut is sent on a fool's errand to fetch "headlight fluid" and "elbow grease". Instead, he mistakenly goes to Blue Base and takes their flag. | *On [[Bungie.net]], look at a service record with the [[Flag Kill Medal]], scroll over the flag symbol and it will say "It's right next to the headlight fluid". This is a reference to episodes 3 and 4 of ''Blood Gulch Chronicles'' where the new recruit, Donut is sent on a fool's errand to fetch "headlight fluid" and "elbow grease". Instead, he mistakenly goes to Blue Base and takes their flag. | ||
*In episode 100 of ''The Blood Gulch Chronicles'', when Tex takes off in the Pelican, the word "Marathon" is partially obscured on the underside. This is an obvious reference to Bungie's previous game series, [[Marathon]], in appreciation from Rooster Teeth. | *In episode 100 of ''The Blood Gulch Chronicles'', when Tex takes off in the Pelican, the word "Marathon" is partially obscured on the underside. This is an obvious reference to Bungie's previous game series, [[Marathon]], in appreciation from Rooster Teeth. | ||
*There is a reference to Red vs Blue in [[Wikipedia:Gears of War|Gears of War]]. Within the game there is an achievement called “Is It a Spider?”. To obtain it, the player is required to kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with a grenade tag, referencing episodes 11 and 57. | *There is a reference to ''Red vs Blue'' in ''[[Wikipedia:Gears of War|Gears of War]]''. Within the game there is an achievement called “Is It a Spider?”. To obtain it, the player is required to kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with a grenade tag, referencing episodes 11 and 57. | ||
*Sister had 7 abortions making another reference to Bungie's love with seven. | *Sister had 7 abortions making another reference to Bungie's love with seven. | ||
*In the Red vs Blue: ODST episodes Church says that he heard a rumor that Sgt Maj Johnson can't be killed. This is an obvious reference to how in the games he is a plot critical character and is invincible. Church also heard Johnson could shoot lasers from his eyes, though did not believe the rumor. This ended badly for him. | *In the Red vs Blue: ODST episodes Church says that he heard a rumor that Sgt Maj Johnson can't be killed. This is an obvious reference to how in the games he is a plot critical character and is invincible. Church also heard Johnson could shoot lasers from his eyes, though did not believe the rumor. This ended badly for him. | ||
