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'''Mister Chief''' is a character created by [[Frank O'Connor]] that recurringly appeared in [[Bungie Weekly Update]]s. | '''Mister Chief''' is a character created by the then-[[Bungie]] employee [[Frank O'Connor]] that recurringly appeared in [[Bungie Weekly Update]]s. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
On 1/16/04, Frank O'Connor posted his first weekly update. At the time, ''[[Halo 2]]'' was still under a veil of secrecy. Frankie had just seen a promotional poster by [[Lorraine McLees]] and wanted to include it his weekly update, however it was not possible at the time. So instead Frankie created a horrible artist's impression of it. Instead of [[John-117|Master Chief]] holding a gun, Frankie drew him with a lightsaber, "because guns are hard to draw".<ref>[http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive12.pl?read=364018 | On 1/16/04, Frank O'Connor posted his first weekly update. At the time, ''[[Halo 2]]'' was still under a veil of secrecy. Frankie had just seen a promotional poster by [[Lorraine McLees]] and wanted to include it his weekly update, however it was not possible at the time. So instead Frankie created a horrible artist's impression of it. Instead of [[John-117|Master Chief]] holding a gun, Frankie drew him with a [[Wikipedia:Lightsabre|lightsaber]] from ''[[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]]'', "because guns are hard to draw".<ref>[http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive12.pl?read=364018 '''halo.bungie.org Forum''': ''WEEKLY BUNGIE UPDATE'']</ref> It did not look quite right so Frankie drew in some eyes and mouth and labeled it '''"Mister Chief"'''. | ||
O'Connor got such a response from fans that he decided to include another Mister Chief image in his weekly updates from then on. Mister Chief has been made in many different styles, including imitation [[Wikipedia:Caravaggio|Caravaggio]] and Japanese manga. Most ideas come from fan requests. | |||
Mister Chief has been replaced in a couple weekly updates by Mrs. Chief, Evil Chief, and HotTub Guy (something which he believed [[San 'Shyuum | Mister Chief has been replaced in a couple weekly updates by Mrs. Chief, Evil Chief, and HotTub Guy (something which he believed [[San 'Shyuum]] to resemble). And in one instance, a calendar.{{citation needed}} | ||
==Trivia== | |||
{{Images link|alt=Pictures of Mister Chief}} | |||
*[[Halopedia]] uses Mister Chief for the Real World [[Template:Era|Era icon]], which one can see at the top of page about real world topics. | |||
*As Bungie's [[Bungie's April Fools jokes|April Fools prank]] in [[2008]], the staff at Bungie drew Mister Chief's face on the population map in the matchmaking lobby of ''[[Halo 3]]''. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File:1213781541 633426008195644746-1-.jpg|Mister Chief's face on the Halo 3 population map on April 1st 2008. | File:1213781541 633426008195644746-1-.jpg|Mister Chief's face on the Halo 3 population map on April 1st 2008. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Non-canon content]] | [[Category:Non-canon content]] | ||
