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*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> | ||
*'' | *''Fable II'' makes a reference to the Master Chief with a character of legend named "Hal", also called the Minstrel Chief. The armor featured (clearly inspired by ''Halo'''s [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]) is known as "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 "Hal's Sword". In addition, with the Special Edition, the player can obtain the title "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> | ||