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The '''Hippo in''' '''''Halo''''' is an Easter egg included in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', ''[[Halo 2]]'', and ''[[Halo 3]]''. The original ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' egg by [[Matt Soell]] is a hippo design printed on the ejected shotgun shell. | The '''Hippo in''' '''''Halo''''' is an Easter egg included in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', ''[[Halo 2]]'', and ''[[Halo 3]]''. The original ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' egg by [[Matt Soell]] is a hippo design printed on the ejected shotgun shell. This is most observable when reloading the shotgun or when the shell is on the ground. The same hippo is also on the walls of a building in the [[multiplayer]] level ''[[Headlong]]'' on ''[[Halo 2]]'' in the tower on the wall. Also, a [[Bungie]] employee wrote in the "Personal Messages" section of the ''Halo'' credits, "For hippos all over the world", a joke most likely pertaining to this. | ||
In the [[Halo 3 | In the ''[[Halo 3]]'' multiplayer map [[Foundry (level)|Foundry]], in the back right corner there is a pile of garbage. In the pile of garbage, there is a small picture of a hippo, which may be easily seen with a [[sniper rifle]]. | ||
In Halo: Custom Edition CMT Maps, it's easy to spot the Hippo logo on the shell when reloading. | In ''[[Halo: Custom Edition]]'' CMT Maps, it's easy to spot the Hippo logo on the shell when reloading. | ||
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:''"...they may not hug walls anymore, but they're still in the game (thanks again to Robt.), and they're still extremely lethal. But you'll need excellent vision and a really nice TV to spot them."''<ref>Matt Soell, [http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive4.pl?read=82463 The Tru7h About Wall-Hugging Hippos]</ref> | :''"...they may not hug walls anymore, but they're still in the game (thanks again to Robt.), and they're still extremely lethal. But you'll need excellent vision and a really nice TV to spot them."''<ref>Matt Soell, [http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive4.pl?read=82463 The Tru7h About Wall-Hugging Hippos]</ref> | ||
Everything from the bottom of [[M12 | Everything from the bottom of [[M12 Warthog|Warthogs]] to Sniper Rifles and everything in between were postulated, but they were finally spotted on the spent shells of the [[Shotgun]] that fall to the ground after the player has fired a blast.<ref>FrogBlast, [http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive4.pl?read=95679 Hippo on Shotgun shells...???]; [http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive4.pl?read=95694 confirmed] by Matt Soell</ref> | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == |