List of references to Aliens in the Halo series: Difference between revisions

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[[Image:Marines - Comparison.png|thumb|Both Colonial and UNSC Marines are en route to battle via dropship, ready to rock.|100px|right]]

[[Image:AJ - Comparison.png|thumb|100px|left|Sergeant Apone from Aliens (left) and Sergeant Johnson, as he appears in ''[[Halo 3]]'' (right).]]

The [[UNSC]] [[Marines]] in Halo CE bear several resemblances to the Colonial Marines from Aliens in terms of armor design and behavior (characteristics and personality). It is evident that Bungie clearly loved them and fashioned their own closely after them.

Both Sergeant Apone and Sergeant Johnson have a strikingly similar appearance. Both are tough-as-nails, mustache-lipped, black, cigar-chomping, gung-ho Sergeants with a penchant for playfully mocking their Marines and spouting humorous one-liners, and Johnson occasionally repeats Apone's lines. Bungie admitted that Sergeant Johnson was inspired from Sergeant Apone.{{citation needed}}

The Colonial Marines' main weapon, the M41A Pulse Rifle, is equipped with a digital ammo counter and fires caseless ammunition. Similarly, the UNSC Marines' main rifles have digital ammo counters. Marines in both series have [[Helmet Recorder|helmet cameras]].

[[Image:Flood - Comparison.png|thumb|right|100px|The Facehuggers' and Infection Forms' similar attacks.]]

[[Image:Parasite - Comparison.png|thumb|left|100px|A comparison between the infected from the ''Aliens'' and ''Halo'' franchises.]]

Notice the similarities between the Facehugger and the Infection Form. Both are roughly the size of a football, their coloring is extremely similar, neither has visible eyes or mouths, both move around low to the ground on numerous long, thin appendages, and both have a ridged tail. Both are able to leap with appendages spread open in order to latch on to their soon-to-be-hosts.

When a Facehugger attaches to a host, it implants a Xenomorph embryo, which will eventually become a "Chestburster" and smash its way out of the victim. This tiny Xenomorph will grow very quickly into either a Warrior or a Queen. When the Flood attaches to a host, it will mutate and take over the host, transforming it into a Flood [[Combat Form|warrior]] (if adequate biomass is present). In the case of both aliens, the genetic make-up of the host will influence the genetic make-up of the resulting creature "born" from the parasitic process. For example, if a Xenomorph hatches from a human, it will retain human characteristics, and if a Flood attaches to a human, it will adopt human characteristics.

The robot Ash describes the alien in the franchise's first film as "the perfect organism," while the [[Gravemind]] (as well as the artificial construct [[Mendicant Bias]]) considers the Flood to be the perfect society -- the last, most advanced stage of evolution. The "societies" of both species are governed by queen-bee-like leaders of a central hive-mind. In both societies, there appear to be no internal divisions or opposing behaviors.

== Extraterrestrials ==

[[Image:Queen - Comparison.png|thumb|100px|right|A comparison between the Queen and the Councilor's headdress.]]

The headdresses worn by [[Sangheili]] [[Councilor]]s closely resemble the Alien Queen's head, albeit smaller and narrower. In addition, both ''Halo''<nowiki/>'s [[Covenant Empire]] and ''Aliens''<nowiki/>' titular species have caste systems. Whereas the Covenant's is based primarily on race and religion, the Aliens' is based on their different life stages and host species.

==Vehicles and Structures==

[[Image:Pelican - Comparison.png|thumb|A comparison between the Pelican and the Cheyenne Dropship.|left|100px]]

[[Image:Frigate - Comparison.png|thumb|100px|right|A comparison between the ''Sulaco'' and a [[UNSC]] Frigate.]]

[[Image:Ark - Comparison.png|thumb|left|100px|The atmosphere processor from Aliens (above) and the Portal from ''Halo 3'' (below).]]

[[Image:POA - Comparison.png|thumb|100px|right|A comparison between ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Autumn]]'''s and ''Sulaco''<nowiki/>'s frontal hull.]]

Several [[vehicles]] and structures within the ''Halo'' trilogy are inspired by the ''Alien'' franchise. One such example would be the [[Pelican]] dropship, which bears some resemblance in form and function to ''Aliens''<nowiki/>' UD4L Cheyenne dropship (shown in their descent to the surface of LV-426). The UD-4L has an armored personnel carrier loaded internally in its belly, and the Pelican is capable of holding various vehicles externally from under its tail-section. Both swoop in, drop the Marines off, and get out of Dodge.

In a [[cutscene]] from the ''Halo 3'' [[Campaign]] level [[The Ark (level)|The Ark]], a Pelican snaps off its frigate and plummets toward [[Installation 00|the eponymous construct]] below in almost the exact same fashion as the UD-4L, when it deployed from the ''Sulaco'' starship in ''Aliens''. Also,the Pelican cockpit seats are similar to the UD-4L as one is in the front right and the other is in the back left. In addition, the [[UNSC Frigates]], such as the ''[[Forward Unto Dawn]]'', the ''[[UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad]]'', and the ''[[Aegis Fate]]'', greatly resemble ''Sulaco'', both in appearance and usage. The most obvious shared trait is that both of their profiles look like massive guns, a characteristic that the ''Sulaco'' is famous for.

In ''Aliens''<nowiki/>' fiction, "atmosphere processors" (above left and right) are set up by colonists in order to alter the atmosphere on new worlds, making them survivable by humans. This structure is prominent in the story, as it is the place where the colonists are cocooned and the Colonial Marines have their first "close encounter" with the Xenomorphs. The [[Forerunner]] [[The Portal|Portal]] to the [[Installation 00|Ark]] is also a prominent set piece in ''Halo 3''. The name and concept of the Atmosphere Processor is also similar to "Atmospheric Processors" used to [[Terraforming|terraform]] worlds in the Halo universe.

===Halo: Combat Evolved===

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In ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', a female [[Sabre]] pilot will occasionally say "In space no one can hear you scream!" upon destroying an enemy fighter. The line is a reference to the tagline of the first ''Alien'' film.

== Jonesy ==

[[Image:Jonesy - Comparison.png|thumb|right|100px|Jonesy and the Billboard.]]

The light blue poster reads, "LOST: CALICO CAT ANSWERS TO: JONESY.", which alludes to a scene in ''Alien''(the movie before ''Aliens'') when Brett goes looking for the ship cat Jones by calling "[[Jonesy]]".

During the Flood-themed levels in both ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and ''Halo 2'' -- most notably [[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]] and [[High Charity (level)|High Charity]] -- visibility is limited, and close-quarters fighting is common, such that the player is forced to keep an eye on their [[Motion tracker]] -- a homage to ''Aliens''.<ref>'''[[The Art of Halo]]''', ''page 82''</ref> The same is true, albeit to a lesser extent, of some areas in ''[[Halo 3]]''<nowiki/>'s [[Floodgate (level)|Floodgate]].

''Aliens''<nowiki/>' Ripley begins and ends two of the franchise's movies in cryo-stasis, much like the Chief's beginning in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and ending in ''Halo 3''. Both Ripley and the Master Chief begin their respective franchises in a large ship with other people, and both end up alone in a smaller shuttle with a non-human (Ripley with Jonesy and the Chief with Cortana). Both characters also seem to be a rarity, in that they can survive encounters with the Xenomorphs and Flood, respectively.

[[File:Terrain comparisons.jpg|thumb|Comparison between ''Alien'' (top), ''Halo: Nightfall'' (middle) and ''Prometheus'' (bottom).|150px|right]]

In ''[[Halo: Nightfall]]'', the rocky, almost desolate terrain of [[Installation 04]] has multiple visual similarities to the surface of LV-426 in ''Alien'' and its sequel ''Aliens''. However, the terrain has a more significant resemblance to the surface of LV-223 in the film ''[[wikipedia:Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]'', which is set around 20 years before the events of ''Alien''. Coincidentally, ''Halo: Nightfall'' is produced by the director of ''Alien'' and ''Prometheus'', [[wikipedia:Ridley Scott|Ridley Scott]].

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