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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The achievement's name is most likely a reference to the ''Red vs. Blue'' theme song, ''Blood Gulch Blues'' by Trocadero; specifically derived from the lyric "Roses are Red, Violets are Blue", which it self is a reference to the poem "[[Wikipedia:Roses are red|Roses are red]]".
*The achievement's name is most likely a reference to the ''Red vs. Blue'' theme song, ''Blood Gulch Blues'' by Trocadero; specifically derived from the lyric "Roses are Red, Violets are Blue", which itself is a reference to the poem "[[Wikipedia:Roses are red|Roses are red]]".
*After the player get this achievement, Michael J. Caboose, a character of the popular machinima series ''Red vs. Blue'', will slip in the radio transmissions between [[Sarah Palmer]], [[Robert Dalton]] and the [[Majestic Squad]].
*After the player get this achievement, Michael J. Caboose, a character of the popular machinima series ''Red vs. Blue'', will slip in the radio transmissions between [[Sarah Palmer]], [[Robert Dalton]] and the [[Majestic Squad]].



Revision as of 01:09, November 9, 2012

Roses vs Violets
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20 Gamerscore icon taken from Xbox.com. Originally a single block colour (with the two circles both being white and the 'G' a transparent cutout), but modified by myself to display nicely on dark *and* light themes, and to be reminiscent of the pre-Xbox One gamerscore icon.

Roses vs Violets is an achievement in Halo 4. It is awarded when a player, in Spartan Ops, finds one of the Red vs. Blue easter eggs. The achievement is worth 20 Gamerpoints. It is represented by a star inside an oval with one half of color blue and the other red.[1]

Trivia

  • The achievement's name is most likely a reference to the Red vs. Blue theme song, Blood Gulch Blues by Trocadero; specifically derived from the lyric "Roses are Red, Violets are Blue", which itself is a reference to the poem "Roses are red".
  • After the player get this achievement, Michael J. Caboose, a character of the popular machinima series Red vs. Blue, will slip in the radio transmissions between Sarah Palmer, Robert Dalton and the Majestic Squad.

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