Editing List of Marathon References in Halo

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[[Image:Marathon_logo.jpg|thumb|The ''Marathon'' logo.]]

This is a '''list of most, if not all the references to ''[[Marathon (video game series)|Marathon]]''''' that [[Bungie]] put in the ''[[Halo]]'' games, most of which are sightings of the ''Marathon'' logo, as seen to the right.

== ''Halo: Combat Evolved''==
*The front cover of the game has the ''Marathon'' logo between the "a" and the "l" of the word ''Halo''.
*When selecting a difficulty in campaign mode the ''Marathon'' logo is visible on the shield (that has sword(s) and an [[Elite]] skull over it depending on the difficulty).
*[[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]] has the ''Marathon symbol'' around his eye and on his eye in the first and third games.
*[[Captain Keyes]] has the ship's Emblem of the ''Pillar of Autumn'' on his uniform, that has the ''Marathon'' logo on it.
*[[Captain Keyes|Captain Keyes']] [[:Image:Pipe.jpg|pipe]] has the ''Marathon'' logo on the very tip end of it.
*[[Captain Keyes]] has the ''Marathon'' logo on his coffee cup.
*The Control Room's (from the level ''Assault on the Control Room'') main chamber, when viewed from the top, is shaped like the ''Marathon'' logo.
*[[Cortana]]- The ''Marathon'' AI Durandal, is named after a mythical [[wikipedia:Durindana|sword]]. [[wikipedia:Curtana|Cortana]] is a sword which bears the inscription: ''My name is Cortana, of the same steel and temper as [[wikipedia:Joyeuse|Joyeuse]] and Durendal''.
*Dialogue- Sometimes Grunts or Marines will shout "''They're everywhere!''", similar to the [[Marathon_(video_game_series)#BOBs|BOBs]] of ''Marathon''.
*[[Foehammer]]/Echo 419- A level in ''Marathon: Infinity'' is called "''Foe Hammer''".
*Level title- ''Marathon'' has a level named "''If I Had a Rocket Launcher, I'd Make Somebody Pay,''" ''Halo'' has a chapter called "''If I Had a Super Weapon...''"
*Light markers- The [[Covenant]] light markers in ''[[Two Betrayals]]'' bear a resemblance to Pfhor staves.
*[[MJOLNIR]]- There are [[Mjolnir]] Mark IV cyborgs in ''Marathon'', there is [[Mjolnir Mark V]] battle armor in ''Halo''. 
*On the back part of the ''Halo'' rocket launcher it says "SPNKR" which is a reference to the Rocket launcher of ''Marathon'', the "SPNKR X-18 SSM Launcher".
*''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' - The ''Marathon'' 
*logo can be seen on both. [[Image:PoA_marathon_logo.png |  thumb | The Pillar of Autumn with the Marathon logo seen in the grey circle. (you may need to see a higher resolution to properly see it, click the picture)]]
*[[Warthog]]- The ''Marathon'' logo can be seen on the dashboard panel.
*[[Silent Cartographer (Level)|''Silent Cartographer'']]- The center of the island is shaped like the ''Marathon'' logo.
*''[[Halo PC]]'' Loading Screen- If you brighten the gamma on ''Halo PC'' a lot, you can see what looks like the ''Marathon'' symbol etched in the background of the first loading screen.
*[[DX-class Spirit Dropship|Spirits]] - The ''Marathon'' logo is on the front of the cockpit.
*The [[Flamethrower]] in ''Halo PC'' has a similar name to the flamethrower found in ''Marathon'': 7057 = TOZT
*The [[Plasma Pistol]] is much like the Fusion Pistol from the ''Marathon'' series, which also shares a vibrating overcharge shot.
*On the [[Plasma Grenade]] the ''Marathon'' logo is visible on the orange part.
*[[Grunt]]s are similar in design to the generic Pfhor fighters, both being gray-skinned with gangly limbs, with unprotected heads but wearing masks over their mouths (though this is a loose comparison).
*[[Private First Class Chips Dubbo]] on the level ''[[343 Guilty Spark (Level)|343 Guilty Spark]]'' may say "''Oh God, I recognized that one. That was Bob!''"
*The [[Master Chief]]'s Spartan Number is 117. In ''Marathon Infinity'' there was a hidden multiplayer map called ''Hats Off to 819'' (named after fan Hamish Sinclair, H=8, S=19) 819 divided by [[7]] is 117.
*The [[Bumblebee]] pilot in the [[Halo]] cutscene wore a helmet similar to that of the Marathon Protagonist.
*The marine boots and chest plates were inspired by the ones worn by the Marathon Protagonist .
*The campaign begins with John awakening from cryo sleep after a massive battle much like it did in the beginning Marathon 2: Durandal where the Protagonist woke up after cryo sleep from a massive battle.

== Halo 2 ==
*The difficulty shields have the Marathon symbol.
*UNSC- [[Lord Hood]] says, "United Earth Space Corps," ''Marathon'' features the Unified Earth Space Council, both share the UESC acronym.
*Marathon cruiser- On the first cutscene of the game we can see a Marathon-Class Cruiser near ''[[Cairo Station]]''.
*The ''Marathon'' Logo can be applied as a 'decal' to the multiplayer avatar/flag. 
*The ''Marathon'' symbol is also used in the ''Halo 2'' Multiplayer online as a gamer tag symbol.
*The ''Marathon'' logo can be seen on the [[Doors]] on the level ''[[Regret (Level)|Regret]]''.
*If you get outside the level ''Burial Mounds'', look at the rubble by the "ribs" a large piece of debris is engraved with the logo.
*On the map ''[[Midship]]'', you can see the ''[[Marathon]]'' symbol on [[Africa]] (best viewed with scope).
*The [[Enforcers]]' shields make up a ''Marathon'' symbol.
*If you melee with a [[shotgun]], you can see a ''Marathon'' symbol on the silver casing.
*The multiplayer map "''[[Foundation]]''" is based off of the ''Marathon'' "Thunderdome" level.
*The multiplayer map "''[[Gemini]]''" is based off of the ''Marathon'' level "''Duality''". This is supported by the map's description, mentioning the "''ancient duality of the [[Covenant]]...''"
*On ''[[Headlong]]'', in the building which houses mostly [[human]] weapons, if you look at the second floor from above it makes out the ''Marathon'' Logo
*If you look at the multiplayer map "''[[Ivory Tower]]''" from above, you will see that the circular courtyard and the small ditch which the water runs along makes up a ''Marathon'' logo.
*The [[Elite]] rebellion against the [[Covenant]] parallels similar events in the ''Marathon'' series. In ''Marathon 1'', Durandal convinced a group of S'pht to rise up against the Pfhor who enslaved them; and after Durandal's disappearance in ''Marathon 2'', the rebel S'pht found themselves stranded together with a group of [[human]]s on a hostile world (similar to the [[Elites]]' predicament on [[Delta Halo]]).
*The player's main goal in ''[[Halo 2]]'' is to stop the Covenant from inadvertently destroying all life in the galaxy with the Halo installations; in ''Marathon Infinity'', it was to prevent the Pfhor from inadvertently releasing a galaxy-destroying chaos being.
*Some [[Marine]]s can be heard saying "''Eat it, boy!''", possibly referring to the ''Marathon 2'' level named "''Eat it, Vid Boy!''"
*The [[Oddball]] [[skull]] has the ''Marathon'' logo in its eye.
*There is a sub-chapter in ''The Great Journey'' named "''Delusions and Grandeur''". ''Marathon Infinity'' has a network level named "''Delusions of Grandeur''".
*In the level ''[[Uprising]]'', when you get to the final cutscene at the end and the level ''[[Great Journey]]'' begins, go back to the door and you can see two ''Marathon'' logos on the door. ''Marathon'' logos can also be found on several other doors in this level.
*In the level ''[[Great Journey]]'', there are two ''Marathon'' logos on the large door by the part with the two wraiths.
*Sometimes Marines say "Thank God it's you!", which is what the Simulacrum BOBs say in ''Marathon 1''.
*The [[Mausoleum Suite]] was based off of the Marathon 2: Durandal theme song.
*The multiplayer level [[Containment]] has 2 Marathon symbols on each door at the back of both bases.

== ''Halo 3'' ==

*The campaign begins with John awakening from a massive battle in an enemy space station in the presence of his allies near a water treatment much like in the beginning Marathon 2: Durandal where the Protagonist awakens from a massive battle on an enemy planet to continue fighting with his allies in the Waterloo Treatment Plant.
*The weapons are often decaled with ''Marathon'' symbols.
*On the last cutscene of the level ''[[Floodgate]]'', when the [[Arbiter (Character)|Arbiter]] is bringing human weapons, a [[M7057/Defoliant Projector|Flamethrower]] and a [[Rocket Launcher]], are held in the same position as the Cyborg's picture from ''Marathon Infinity''. 
*The ''Marathon'' symbol can be seen in the planet in the sky on the level ''[[Snowbound]]''
*When you look at a High-Resolution screenshot of [[John-117|John]]'s gun from the [[Halo 3 Announcement Trailer]] you can see a ''Marathon'' logo. Confirmed by [[Kevin Paul|KP]] [http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=749352].
*The [[BR55HB SR Battle Rifle]] has the ''Marathon'' logo on its optical sight.
*There is an achievement for accessing all the [[terminals]] in the campaign, called [[Marathon Man]].
*In the second E3 Trailer, boxes marked TRAXUS can be seen. Traxus IV was the name of a famous [[rampancy|rampant]] AI in ''Marathon'''s universe.
*Additionally, in the level ''[[The Storm]]'', Traxus IV can be seen etched on the glass panels in the warehouses.
*The [[Brute]] [[Mauler]] was probably based on the shotgun from ''Marathon'', which was also dual-wieldable.
*There is a ''Marathon: Infinity'' level editor called Forge. ''Halo 3'' shares that name of its [[Forge|map editor]].
*At the end of the game, the rear section of the ship Master Chief is on, the UNSC ''Forward Unto Dawn'', drifts toward a planet as the ''Marathon'' logo flashes on the surface. [[Alex Seropian]] once stated that Master Chief and the main character of ''Marathon'' were the same character. Bungie has since denied this, with Seropian explaining that they weren't the same person, but different reincarnations of the same character.
*The Brute Mauler has the Marathon Symbol on it's hilt over where you hold the weapon. You may need to look down in light to see it properly.
*The [[M6G]] has the ''Marathon'' logo on the grip near the back.
*[[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|Guilty Spark's]] Eye, which makes the shape of the circle in the ''Marathon'' Logo, also has the full logo inside the eye.
*On the [[Spartan]] Insignia, there is a gold ''Marathon'' logo.
*The way the [[Brute]] holds the marine captive on ''Sierra 117'' is possibly a reference to the L'howon chapter screen.
*The control panels on the elevators on the level ''[[The Covenant (Level)|The Covenant]]'' have the ''Marathon'' symbol on them.
*Some Marines sometimes say "''Thank God you're here!''", which may refer to when BOBs say "''Thank God it's you!''"
*On the level ''[[Tsavo Highway (Level)|Tsavo Highway]]'', the ''Marathon'' logo appears on the sides of the CCS-Battlecruiser flying overhead.
*On July the Fourth, the phrase "''B-B-Q at BOB's Place!''" which can be seen on the Forerunner wall of ''[[Valhalla]]'' which is a reference to BOB-B-Qing, when you kill many of the BOBs in ''Marathon''.
*The MA5C has a ''Marathon'' logo on its butt plate.
*Some [[ODST]]s have the ''Marathon'' symbol on their chest armor.
*The ''Marathon'' Logo can be seen on the launch bays of [[Capital Ship|Covenant Capital Ships]]. This is most easily seen by traveling toward the one outside the hanger in saved films on ''Crow's Nest''.
*In the settings menu, the picture of the spartan when appearance is high-lighted, has the Marathon logo on it's shoulder.
*In ''Marathon'', the first level (''Arrival'') shares its name with ''Halo 3'''s opening cutscene.
*The Security Helmet in ''Halo 3'' resembles the helmet that the main character of ''Marathon'' (who works in security) wears. It also has a ''Marathon'' symbol on its forehead.
*[[Elite]] Combat Forms Occasionally Say "''Melancholia, Anger...''" a reference to the 3 stages of [[Rampancy]], a reference to the error with AI in ''Marathon''.
*There is a distorted ''Marathon'' symbol on the table of the ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'''s Conference Room.
*Just like in ''Halo: CE'', the Control Room of Installation 04 (II) forms the ''Marathon'' symbol.
*The elevators on ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]'' (and possibly ''[[The Ark]]'' as well) have the ''Marathon'' symbol on their control panels.
*The blue objects on Drones have a ''Marathon'' logo on them.
*The yellow hologram on the multiplayer map ''Epitaph'' has a ''Marathon'' logo on the circular part.
*The Marathon Logo can be used as an Xbox Live Gamer Picture.
*In Halo 3 you can use the Marathon Logo as your Service Tag emblem.
*As with [[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]] if you go on the [[Forge]] level creator and turn into the monitor, have a friend look at your eye closely or go back in theater mode and there is a ''Marathon'' symbol in the eye and the eye is shaped similar to a ''Marathon'' symbol
*The campaign shield has a Marathon symbol on it.
*Grunts scream "He's/they're everywhere!" referencing the BOB's line in Marathon.
*The center of the ''Halo 3'' multiplayer map ''[[Guardian]]'' is similar to the ''Marathon'' logo.
*The personnel in [[Crow's Nest]] wear uniforms like those of the BOBs from Marathon.
*The design of the golden hologram on [[Epitaph]] was inspired by the S'pht Compilers from Marathon 2: Durandal.
*In the multiplayer map, ''[[Cold Storage]],'' the ''Marathon'' symbol can be found on the ceiling-mounted monitor's eye (being a copy of the Monitor model).
*In the level [[The Ark (Level)|The Ark]], there's a Marathon Logo at the Cartographer which can be seen if you look from above in [[Theater]]. The Cartographer and the glass down below makes the logo.
*The difficulty sheilds have the Marathon symbol.
*The security helmet has the Marathon Symbol on it's forehead. 
*Marathon symbols reflect off of the surfaces of the interior walls of the ship in Heretic.

== Halo 3: ODST ==
*At the very start of [[Uplift Reserve (Level)|Uplift Reserve]] it is visible.
*It is visible on [[The Rookie]]'s backpack.
*It is also visible on [[Sergeant Johnson]]'s backpack, even though his armor is like [[The Rookie]]'s due to the fact that the skin is downloadable from Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
*If you look closely at [[Dare]]'s backpack, a Marathon symbol is visible on the bottom of her backpack.


== Misc. ==
*Novels - In the novels ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'',''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' and''[[Halo:The Cole Protocol]]'' , the ''Marathon'' logo is easily visible between the "A" and the "L" in the word HALO in the title.
*[[Cortana Letters]]- These messages are riddled with references.
*[[Drinol]]- Similarity with Drinniol, a ''Marathon'' foe.
*[[Melissa (AI)|Melissa]]- A UNSC AI with the ''Marathon'' symbol on her left shoulder.
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''- The description of the Forerunner glyph for "Reclaimer" sounds identical to the ''Marathon'' logo.
*[[Marathon-class]]- A class of Cruisers mentioned in ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''.
*[[Multiplayer]]- The multiplayer game "[[Oddball]]" is derived from ''Marathon'''s "Kill The Man With The Ball", which had the same objective.
*In both ''Halo'' and ''Marathon'', there is a company called [[Misriah]] on Mars.
*Though almost certainly a coincidence as they can't have actually intended for this, the source code for ''Marathon 2'' was released on January 17 (1/17) of 2000.
*An early promotional brochure{{Verify_source}} for ''Halo'' used the tagline "''Somewhere in the heavens, Halo is waiting''", a variation on ''Marathon'''s original tagline "''somewhere in the heavens...they are waiting.''"<ref>[http://marathon.bungie.org/story/halo_jan-mar00.html ''Halo'' submissions for Jan 21, 2000] at ''Marathon'''s Story</ref>
*''Marathon 1'' takes place in a ship that is orbiting Tau Ceti IV, and there is a system in ''Halo'' called the Tau Ceti system (although that star does really exist).
*In the ''Halo 3'' Trailer shown at E3 2007, there is a hidden message stating "''The fight lives on The Chosen One, Marathon Continues''" as the Bungie logo flickers away at the ending.
*In the Diorama on Halo3.com, the video ''Testimonial: Enemy Weapon'', when the camera centers on a sniper rifle, a closer look brings up a ''[[Marathon]]'' symbol. 
*There is a very faint ''Marathon'' logo on [[Master Chief]]'s visor in www.halo3ost.com
*During an interview with one of Halo's lead directors, it was mentioned that many of the marathon refrences are much much more than just easter eggs.
*In ''Halo: The Flood'', on page 208, Lt. McKay once interrupted Wellsley from his virtual reality battle of Marathon. This is a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marathon The Battle of Marathon] after which the ''Marathon'' game takes its name.
*On the front side of a banshee near where the plasma blasters are there is a ''Marathon'' symbol, although it has an extra notch. The Symbol is also on its side, so you may have to tilt the banshee downward to see it.
*On the back cover of Halo: The Ghosts of Onyx, there is the Marathon logo next to the website.
*On [http://www.bungie.net Bungie.net], the search button is a slightly tilted marathon symbol.
*In [[Halo: The Cole Protocol]], the [[Habitat Exodus]] matches almost the same description as the UESC Marathon both being hollowed asteroids used for travel.
*On the fan-made drawing of the AI Durga, there is the marathon symbol on her left shoulder.

== References ==
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==Related Links==
*[[List of "Seven" References in Halo]]
*[[List  of Biblical References in Halo|List of Biblical References in Halo]]

== Gallery of ''Marathon'' References ==

<gallery>
Image:Maramenu.jpg|The start menu of ''[[Marathon|Marathon 2]]''.
Image:Pipe.jpg|The logo at the end of Keyes's pipe
Image:Halo1 logo.jpg|In between the A and the L in the ''Halo'' logo is the ''Marathon'' logo
Image:Pillar of Autumn Emblem.JPG|The emblem of the ''Pillar of Autumn'' bears the logo.
Image:Tangent.jpg|The eye of the [[Monitor]] is the shape of the logo.
Image:Control Room2.jpg|Installation 04's [[Control Room]] is the shape of the logo.
Image:Armarathonlogo.jpg|High-Res screenshot of Master Chief's gun from the ''H3'' Trailer
Image:Marathon_on_AR.JPG|Easier seen here
Image:Symbols_on_BR.JPG|1. The ''Marathon'' logo
Image:Marathon symbol on 99D-S2 AM.jpg|''Marathon'' logo on a [[Sniper Rifle System 99D-S2 AM|sniper rifle]], from ''[[Enemy Weapon]]'' video.
Image:Marathon Logo (Covenant ship).jpg|''Marathon'' Logo on the side of the CCS-Class Battlecruiser on ''Tsavo Highway'' and ''Crow's Nest''.
Image:1218135335 343.jpg|343 Guilty Spark's "eye".
</gallery>
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