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*Elizabeth Carr-Ernst | *Elizabeth Carr-Ernst | ||
*Various Machinima employees | *Various Machinima employees | ||
|release = June 2, [[2007 (real world)|2007]] - August 17, [[2013]] <small>(Main Series)</small><br>November 5, [[2015]] - <small>(Season 8)</small> | |release = June 2, [[2007 (real world)|2007]] - August 17, [[2013]] <small>(Main Series)</small><br>November 5, [[2015]] - November 18, [[2022]] <small>(Season 8)</small> | ||
|runtime = 15 Minutes <small>(Average)</small> | |runtime = 15 Minutes <small>(Average)</small> | ||
|episode = | |episode = 107 <small>(Main Episodes)</small><br>13 <small>(In L.A.)</small><br>2 <small>(Films)</small><br>13 <small>(Hypermail)</small><br>10 <small>(Shorts)</small><br>33 <small>(Bytes)</small> | ||
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'''Arby 'n' the Chief''' is a Live-Action Machinima Hybrid series created by Jon Graham, credited as Jon CJG, about the lives of figurine versions of the [[John-117|Master Chief]] and [[Thel 'Vadam|the Arbiter]]. It is mainly based around the two playing ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' and ''[[Halo 3]]'', and doing things related to ''[[Halo universe|Halo]]'', but also will occasionally focus on the duo pulling off various shenanigans. In the first four seasons, episodes usually revolve around the duo . By the fifth season, there is a central plot that develops throughout the season, while episodes that address current events are more rare. By the sixth and seventh seasons, each episode is devoted to detailing the plot. | '''Arby 'n' the Chief''' is a Live-Action Machinima Hybrid series created by Jon Graham, credited as Jon CJG, about the lives of figurine versions of the [[John-117|Master Chief]] and [[Thel 'Vadam|the Arbiter]]. It is mainly based around the two playing ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' and ''[[Halo 3]]'', and doing things related to ''[[Halo universe|Halo]]'', but also will occasionally focus on the duo pulling off various shenanigans. In the first four seasons, episodes usually revolve around the duo . By the fifth season, there is a central plot that develops throughout the season, while episodes that address current events are more rare. By the sixth and seventh seasons, each episode is devoted to detailing the plot. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
''Arby 'n' the Chief'' is a live action internet video series created by [[Jon Graham]], also known as Jon CJG (who was in turn known as DigitalPh33r when the series began production), about the lives of figurine versions of [[John-117|Master Chief]] and the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]]. Originally, it was about the two playing video games and encountering common phenomenons such as hackers or DLC releases in the Xbox LIVE community, but by the fifth season, each season has its own plot. The series has | ''Arby 'n' the Chief'' is a live action internet video series created by [[Jon Graham]], also known as Jon CJG (who was in turn known as DigitalPh33r when the series began production), about the lives of figurine versions of [[John-117|Master Chief]] and the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]]. Originally, it was about the two playing video games and encountering common phenomenons such as hackers or DLC releases in the Xbox LIVE community, but by the fifth season, each season has its own plot. The series has eight complete seasons. | ||
Usually, the duo plays ''Halo 3'', or ''Halo: Reach'' as of Season 4, on Xbox LIVE although Arbiter also enjoys playing other games such as ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', ''Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'', and ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' on Wii. Chief is typically seen expressing scorn and dissent whenever someone chooses to play any game that is not ''Halo'' related, and as such, Chief stays away from such games. However, he does venture out of his normal way to try those games, though his performance is terrible, and what time he does devote to the playing of different games always results in an increase in Chief's hatred for that game. Later on in the series, however, Chief becomes more tolerant of non-''Halo'' games, such as ''Resident Evil 5'', despite later on joining a protest against the game itself because of its alleged racism. | Usually, the duo plays ''Halo 3'', or ''Halo: Reach'' as of Season 4, on Xbox LIVE although Arbiter also enjoys playing other games such as ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', ''Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'', and ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' on Wii. Chief is typically seen expressing scorn and dissent whenever someone chooses to play any game that is not ''Halo'' related, and as such, Chief stays away from such games. However, he does venture out of his normal way to try those games, though his performance is terrible, and what time he does devote to the playing of different games always results in an increase in Chief's hatred for that game. Later on in the series, however, Chief becomes more tolerant of non-''Halo'' games, such as ''Resident Evil 5'', despite later on joining a protest against the game itself because of its alleged racism. | ||
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*Master Chief | *Master Chief | ||
*The Arbiter | *The Arbiter | ||
*Cortana | *Cortana | ||
*Greg | *Greg | ||
===Xbox Live=== | ===Xbox Live=== | ||
*Trent Donnovich | *Trent Donnovich | ||
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*TOSERS | *TOSERS | ||
===Chaos Theosis=== | ===Chaos Theosis=== | ||
*Clyde | *Clyde <small>(Deceased)</small> | ||
*Kylie | *Kylie <small>(Deceased)</small> | ||
*Duncan | *Duncan | ||
*Adam McIntyre | *Adam McIntyre <small>(Deceased)</small> | ||
{{col-2}} | {{col-2}} | ||
===Season 7 antagonists=== | ===Season 7 antagonists=== | ||
*Eugene Black <small>(Deceased)</small> | *Eugene Black <small>(Deceased)</small> | ||
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===Other=== | ===Other=== | ||
*Scott Loveheart <small>(Deceased)</small> | *Scott Loveheart <small>(Deceased)</small> | ||
*Agent Boris Smirnoff | *Agent Boris Smirnoff <small>(Deceased)</small> | ||
*Skyler Loveheart <small>(Deceased)</small> | *Skyler Loveheart <small>(Deceased)</small> | ||
*Todd <small>(Deceased)</small> | *Todd <small>(Deceased)</small> | ||
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===Season 4=== | ===Season 4=== | ||
Jon revealed via his blog that he will be producing a fourth season of ''Arby 'n' the Chief''. This is not a continuation of ''Arby ‘n’ the Chief in LA,'' but of the original series, taking place after the events of “King” but before those of ''Endgame''; unlike ''Arby 'n' the Chief in LA'', Jon is creating these episodes entirely on his own, with no outside involvement from Machinima.com. Jon has described the new season as having, “No melodrama, no crazy plots, no new characters, just classic ''Arby 'n' the Chief'', back-and-forth banter and wacky around-the-house antics.” The first two episodes, which were premiered at CanWest 2010, center around the [[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta|''Halo: Reach'' Beta]], while the rest of the episodes will be based around other popular Xbox 360 games or other plots that do not relate to video games. A trailer is available on YouTube, and the first episode is scheduled to be released on Saturday, June 26, 2010.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mAqbxNe98I '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief: Season 4 - Trailer'']</ref> | Jon revealed via his blog that he will be producing a fourth season of ''Arby 'n' the Chief''. This is not a continuation of ''Arby ‘n’ the Chief in LA,'' but of the original series, taking place after the events of “King” but before those of ''Endgame''; unlike ''Arby 'n' the Chief in LA'', Jon is creating these episodes entirely on his own, with no outside involvement from Machinima.com. Jon has described the new season as having, “No melodrama, no crazy plots, no new characters, just classic ''Arby 'n' the Chief'', back-and-forth banter and wacky around-the-house antics.” The first two episodes, which were premiered at CanWest 2010, center around the [[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta|''Halo: Reach'' Beta]], while the rest of the episodes will be based around other popular Xbox 360 games or other plots that do not relate to video games. A trailer is available on YouTube, and the first episode is scheduled to be released on Saturday, June 26, 2010.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mAqbxNe98I '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief: Season 4 - Trailer'']</ref> | ||
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===Season 5=== | ===Season 5=== | ||
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|The Arbiter and Master Chief deal with a disturbing turn of events since Jon's return to the house. Adam moves forward with a secret and terrible plan. Claire recalls her last meeting with the Arbiter. | |The Arbiter and Master Chief deal with a disturbing turn of events since Jon's return to the house. Adam moves forward with a secret and terrible plan. Claire recalls her last meeting with the Arbiter. | ||
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|Episode 106: Zero Hour | |||
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|Kylie wrestles with the loss of her clan and relationship with Adam in handling her partnership with him gone awry. The toys discover that Claire's hosting an online event on Halo Reach in memorial of them, believing them to be dead. Adam, now one of the world's most powerful crime lords, plots a number of attacks, one involving a devastating cyberweapon. | |||
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|Episode 107: Apocalypse (Season Finale) | |||
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|Adam's hired programmer Cody completes for him Hate Machine, a cyberweapon of mass destruction in the form of a program that steals data, lethally destroys power supply units and duplicates and re-executes itself using bots as hosts to spread exponentially, resulting in the deaths of up to hundreds of thousands of people. Arbiter and Chief make a last-ditch effort to stop him, paying a price they're not prepared to, and make discoveries there's no turning back from. | |||
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===Hypermail=== | ===Hypermail=== | ||
A new segment to season six is a show known as "Hypermail," (formerly known as "Hypernews" from season five.) A fanmail show that will rotate weekly between season 6 and it until the season's end. The segment is non-canon and displays the characters in their usual attitude, as well as addresses more real-life and/or pop culture events from the perspective of The Arbiter | A new segment to season six is a show known as "Hypermail," (formerly known as "Hypernews" from season five.) A fanmail show that will rotate weekly between season 6 and it until the season's end. The segment is non-canon and displays the characters in their usual attitude, as well as addresses more real-life and/or pop culture events from the perspective of The Arbiter and Master Chief, thereby breaking the 4th wall in the series. | ||
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|On the day [https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Doom_Eternal Doom Eternal] and [https://animalcrossing.fandom.com/wiki/Animal_Crossing:_New_Horizons Animal Crossing: New Horizons] are released simultaneously, Master Chief curiously reveals himself to be a fan of the former. | |On the day [https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Doom_Eternal ''Doom Eternal''] and [https://animalcrossing.fandom.com/wiki/Animal_Crossing:_New_Horizons ''Animal Crossing: New Horizons''] are released simultaneously, Master Chief curiously reveals himself to be a fan of the former. | ||
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|Soiboi | |Soiboi | ||
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|Chief calls a doctor after suffering a serious disease from a Nintendo Switch. | |Chief calls a doctor after suffering a serious disease from a Nintendo Switch. | ||
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|Better Call Chief | |||
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|Chief finds Arbiter playing ''The Last of Us Part II'' and takes action. | |||
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|The Xboxorcist | |||
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|It's Halloween, Chief finds Arbiter playing ''Fall Guys'' and decides to toy with an ouija board. | |||
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|Noelf | |||
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|Master Chief decides to pass the time waiting for Santa to bring him the [[Xbox Series X/S|Xbox Series X{{!}}S]] by annoying Arbiter, who informs Chief that he's being surveilled and won't get the console if he's put on Santa's naughty list. | |||
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|Second Onion | |||
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|Arbiter is sad and can't shake it. Chief tries to help. | |||
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|E3 2021 Special | |||
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|The toys watch the E3 2021 developer and publisher streams together. | |||
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In these two videos, Jon Graham tells and shows viewers the process of creating an episode of Arby 'n' The Chief. | In these two videos, Jon Graham tells and shows viewers the process of creating an episode of Arby 'n' The Chief. | ||
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Because of bad fan reception for the first two episodes, on November 24, 2009, much to his dismay, Jon Graham stated on his blog that he was asked by Machinima to fly to L.A. and help them with the third episode to "give the new crew a running start." However, he was detained by US Homeland Security as a Canadian citizen and was denied entrance to the United States; the new arrangement is for Jon to simply write the scripts and manage the voices, while a film crew in LA does all the actual production. Jon stated on his blog that he still doesn't consider the series his anymore.[http://joncjg.blogspot.com/2009/11/news-helping-produce-next-episode-of.html] | Because of bad fan reception for the first two episodes, on November 24, 2009, much to his dismay, Jon Graham stated on his blog that he was asked by Machinima to fly to L.A. and help them with the third episode to "give the new crew a running start." However, he was detained by US Homeland Security as a Canadian citizen and was denied entrance to the United States; the new arrangement is for Jon to simply write the scripts and manage the voices, while a film crew in LA does all the actual production. Jon stated on his blog that he still doesn't consider the series his anymore.[http://joncjg.blogspot.com/2009/11/news-helping-produce-next-episode-of.html] | ||
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