List of outside references to the Halo series: Difference between revisions

In the tenth season episode "I Ain't No Holodeck Boy", Stan and Steve Smith enter a virtual environment and Steve is subsequently equipped with body armor which is clearly inspired by both [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]] and the [[UNSC Marine Corps Battle Dress Uniform|UNSC Marine BDU]]. Steve is then armed with a rifle, the icon for which is identical to an [[MA5 series]] assault rifle.

*In the third season episode "Last Call", Castle ([[Nathan Fillion]] - [[Reynolds]] & [[Edward Buck]]) and Beckett interview a internet millionaire at his apartment. In the background several guests are playing ''Halo: Reach''. The screen is briefly viewed, and in-game sound effects can be heard throughout the scene. Careful listeners can discern the sounds of [[armor lock]], [[M9 fragmentation grenade|M9 frag grenades]], [[MA37 assault rifle]]s, [[M395 DMR]]s  and [[Type-52 focus rifle]]s.

*In the third season episode ''Go Your Own Way'', while camping out in Miguel's office, Dexter entertains himself playing ''Halo 3''. This is a joke where he narrates about setting up to kill people, something we imagine he's preparing for Miguel, but it turns out to be a game. Oddly, the game is played on the computer, which while not impossible, is unlikely to have been set up in such a way as the game itself has no computer port. In addition the sound effects are different. Oddly enough the stats were actually recorded on [[Bungie.net]]. The game was played [[Rat's Nest]], with Dexter playing as someone called Badpunisher33, against someone called nmagoose.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=748234214&player=BadPunisher33 '''Bungie.Net Halo 3 Game Stats''' ''- Dexter game'']</ref>

*In the fifth season episode ''First Blood'', Detective Debra Morgan and Office Cira Manzon stop their vehicle by a wall containing numerous posters, many featuring the cover art for ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''. Later, it's found that underneath some of these posters are signs relating to the Venezuelan gang.

In the second episode of season seven, Turk and Carla are attempting to complete a video game at the hospital. Carla refers to Warthogs and Jackals while playing, but when the screen is shown, it is clearly not Halo. In fact, it is ''Enemy Territory: Quake Wars''. You can clearly see for a few seconds when Carla pauses the game, the logo of one of the factions along side the avatar on the right.

*As revealed in the first season episode ''The Dumpling Paradox'' and frequently referenced in subsequent episodes, the nerds have a ''Halo 3'' match every Wednesday night. Aside from the MJOLNIR shield depletion and recharge sounds, all the sound effects are very generic and are not from the game.

*In the first season episode ''The Peanut Reaction'' Leonard is engaged in "the ''Halo'' match of his life" against a bubble-boy who does nothing but play ''Halo''. Wolowitz is only able to pull him away by faking a life-threatening allergic reaction.

*In the third season episode ''The Bozeman Reaction'' after their apartment is robbed, Sheldon notes that the thieves took their copies of "''Halo 1'', ''Halo 2'', [and] ''Halo 3''." Interestingly, he does not refer the first game by its proper title, ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', (calling it "Halo 1"), which does not seem to suit his character, though he subsequently identifies several games by their full titles.

[[Emile-A239]] and [[Kat-B320]] are available as skins in the Ultimate Edition for multiplayer mode.

Between May 9 to May 18, 2014 the ''Minecraft 2nd Birthday'' skin pack was released for free for ''Minecraft''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Xbox 360 Edition. It featured a "Party Red Spartan - Halo" skin, a "Party Blue Spartan - Halo" skin, and a "Party Grunt - Halo" skin. The Red Spartan got a Blue party hat, while the Blue Spartan got a red party hat. This skin is currently unavailable.

In the expansion ''Echoes of the Eye'' for the 2019 game ''[[Wikipedia:Outer Wilds|Outer Wilds]]'' developed by Mobius Digital, there is an achievement named "The Silenced Cartographer", referencing the [[The Silent Cartographer|similarly-named level]] in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.