Editing Red vs. Blue

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{{Title|''Red vs. Blue''}}

|created =

*Burnie Burns

|director =

*Gavin Free (Relocated, Season 7)

*Joe Nicolosi (Season 15 - The Shisno Paradox)

|voices =

|release =

*April 1, 2003–June 28, 2007 (The Blood Gulch Chronicles)

*May 8, 2016-October 16, 2016 (Season 14)

*April 2, 2017-May 25, 2019 (The Shisno Trilogy)

|runtime =

|episode =

*Recollections: 66

*Project Freelancer: 51

*Season 14: 24

*The Shisno Trilogy: 48

}}

{{Article quote|In the distant future, ten soldiers battle for control of the least desirable piece of real estate in the known universe- a box canyon in the middle of nowhere.}}

The series is published by [[Rooster Teeth|Rooster Teeth Productions]], originally available for download per episode at their site and later released on DVD. Praised for its originality, the series has won a total of four awards from the Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences. Although mainly a satirical and absurdist comedy, the show often touches on deeper philosophy about the meaning of war when it comes down to individual soldiers; as well as other more serious themes such as human morals in the face of extinction and the humanity of artificial intelligence. The characters occasionally question the validity of their mission and whether or not it accomplishes anything, a common theme in commentary about the ethics of war.

*The Cosmic Powers

*Agents of Chrovos

==Plot summary==

{{Main|wiki=rvb|Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles (Season 1)}}

====Season 2====

{{Main|wiki=rvb|Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles (Season 2)}}

====Season 3====

Season 13 is a direct follow-up to Season 12 and the last season of the Chorus Trilogy, in which the Blood Gulch Crew, the New Republic and the Federal Army of Chorus join forces to go to war against Chairman Malcom Hargrove and his space pirates. While this season is the last of the Chorus Trilogy, it doesn't fully conclude the story of many characters, including most members of the Blood Gulch Crew, Locus and the inhabitants of Chorus.

===The Shisno Trilogy===

{{Quote|It took two seasons for the Reds and Blues to break the universe, but they’re about to discover that things can always get worse.|Singularity synopsis}}

{{Main|wiki=rvb|Red vs. Blue: Singularity}}

===Zero===

{{Main|wiki=rvb|Red vs. Blue: Zero}}

===Other===

{{Main|wiki=rvb|Red vs. Blue: MIA}}

The series follow the Reds and Blues as they search for Grif, who is missing, at the same time exploring the multiplayers maps included in the [[Anniversary Map Pack]].

{{Main|wiki=rvb|Red vs. Blue: Where There's a Will, There's a Wall}}

====The Best of Red vs. Blue Awards====

{{Main|wiki=rvb|The Best of Red vs. Blue Awards}}

==Development history==

Aside from a few scenes created using ''Marathon: Infinity'', ''Marathon 2'', and ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved (PC port)|''Halo: Combat Evolved'' for PC]]'', ''Red vs. Blue'' is mostly filmed with interconnected Xbox consoles. As the series title suggests, the original chronicles are largely set in the multiplayer map ''Blood Gulch'' and the later series are set in ''Blood Gulch'' successors in ''Halo 2'', ''Halo 3'', and ''Halo: Reach''. Within a multiplayer game session, the people controlling the avatars "puppet" their characters, moving them around, firing weapons, and performing other actions as dictated by the script, and in synchronization with the episode's dialogue, which is recorded ahead of time.

By ''Red vs. Blue: Reconstruction'', Rooster Teeth has retconned the events in the past five seasons, integrating the plot into the ''Halo'' canon, turning ''Red vs. Blue'' from a comedy to ''Halo'' fan fiction. The key comedy remains in the series, while actions scenes were added into the series. In 2009, Rooster Teeth remastered the first five seasons, removing the traditional HUD camera and combined all episodes into one single video.<ref>[http://roosterteeth.com/store/product.php?id=194 '''Rooster Teeth''': ''RvB: The First Five Seasons Box Set - Remastered Edition'']</ref> As of ''Red vs. Blue: Revelation'', Rooster Teeth had hired web-based animator [[Wikipedia:Monty Oum|Monty Oum]] to implement completely animated scenes into the series. The newly animated scenes uses in-game assets from the ''Halo'' series and allows much more storytelling possibilities.

==Reception==

Rooster Teeth's success is recognized by Bungie. The Rooster Teeth crew was featured in the [[Halo 2 Collector's Edition|''Halo 2'' Collector's Edition's Bonus DVD]], and the [[ViDoc]] ''[[Bungie ViDoc: O Brave New World|O Brave New World]]''. Along with several other exceptional ''Halo'' community members, ''Red vs. Blue'' was featured in the ''Halo: Reach'' [[Tribute Room]] easter egg. ''Red vs. Blue'' and Rooster Teeth were listed in the "Special Thanks" section of the [[Halo 3 credits]], the [[Halo 3: ODST credits]], and the [[Halo: Reach credits]].

== Trivia ==

*On [[Bungie.net]] and Halo Waypoint, the [[Flag Kill]] medal's description, which is triggered by scrolling over the flag symbol, is "It's right next to the headlight fluid". This is a reference to episodes 3 and 4 of ''Blood Gulch Chronicles'' where the new recruit, Donut, is sent on a fool's errand to fetch "headlight fluid" and "elbow grease". Instead, he mistakenly goes to Blue Base and takes their flag.

*In the ''Halo 2'' multiplayer map ''[[Beaver Creek]]'', a faint message reading "[[Why Am I Here]]" can be seen on the wall, referencing the first line in ''Red vs. Blue''.  

*In ''Halo 3'', ''Halo 3: ODST'', and ''Halo: Reach'', the [[M12 Force Application Vehicle|Warthog]]'s tires are printed with the word "PUMA". This is a reference to the second episode of ''Red vs. Blue'', in which Grif commented that the Red Team's Warthog resembles a Puma rather than a Warthog.

*In the [[Halo: Reach radio conversations#Holdout|Halo: Reach radio conversation]] on Holdout, two characters can be heard discussing their "zombie plans," referencing the Red vs. Blue PSA ''Planning to Fail''.

**The AI [[Black Box]] calls [[Evan Phillips]] "Phyllis", which was the original name of the Blue Team's [[M808B Main Battle Tank|tank's]] [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]], Sheila.

*When Red team tricks someone and steals something by surprise, they would say "Yoink!" This was made into the [[Yoink]] medal in ''Halo: Reach''. Whenever someone is performing an assassination and their target dies before the animation finished, that player gets the medal "Yoink!"

**When the player shoots to a hidden box in a lava stream in Episode 1 Chapter 5 and get the achievement Roses vs Violets, Michael J. Caboose of Blue Team will slip in the radio transmissions between [[Sarah Palmer]], [[Robert Dalton]] and [[Fireteam Castle]].

**If the player shoot to a hidden box in Episode 2 Chapter 5, four characters (Church, Caboose, Grif and Simmons) can be heard in Audio Logs inside the facility, replacing Science Team Gagarin.

**If the player shoots a hidden box in Episode 4 Chapter 2, Vic can be heard flirting with Palmer.

**If the player shoots a hidden box in Episode 5 Chapter 5, Sarge and Grif can be heard arguing over a Pelican which apparently carries cargo for [[Grifball]] (The subtitles mistakenly identify them as Caboose and Sarge).

**If the player shoots a hidden box in Episode 8 Chapter 2, after Miller tells Crimson that Dalton is sending more gear, Caboose will say "Six crates of elbow grease and headlight fluid inbound now!".

**If the player shoots a hidden box in Episode 9 Chapter 5, when Crimson activates one of [[Hawk Squad]]'s [[IFF]] tags, Church will be heard discuss with a Sangheili, telling him that he does not understand what he says. The Elite, enraged, kills Church with an Energy Sword. This easter egg is a reference to the first chapters of Red vs Blue Season 4, where the Blue Team meets an alien and they have trouble understanding what the alien is saying.

**If the player shoots a hidden box in Episode 10 Chapter 3, when Crimson must aboard a [[Lich]] with jetpacks, Freelancer Agent Georgia will say "Cool, jetpacks! That'll help us get on that ship or my name isn't Agent Georgia". This Easter is a reference to a running gag in Season 10, in which Agent Georgia was involved in a terrible incident, due to not following "course correction" while using a jetpack and his body was never found. At the same time, that reference is heavily reminiscent of [[James-005]]'s fate.

===References to the Halo series===

*Most of the character names can be found in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> Temporary Profile feature. Out of the randomly generated names, Caboose, Church, Donut, Simmons, and Doc are commonly found. It is possible Rooster Teeth named their characters using this feature. This feature is continued in ''Halo 3'', with names like Caboose and Donut showing up as temporary profiles.

*In episode 100 of ''The Blood Gulch Chronicles'', when Tex takes off in the Pelican, the word "Marathon" is partially obscured on the underside. This is an obvious reference to Bungie's previous game series, ''[[Marathon]]'', in appreciation from Rooster Teeth.

*In the ''Red vs. Blue: ODST'' episodes Church says that he heard a rumor that [[Avery Junior Johnson]] can't be killed. This is an obvious reference to how in the games he is a plot critical character and is invincible.

*In Revelation Chapter 2, Sarge remarked that the "[pistols] aren’t effective as they used to be." This is a reference to how the [[M6 series]] lost its effectiveness drastically between ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and ''Halo 3''.

*In several episodes of Season 9, several [[Huragok]] symbols are seen in an object called the Sarcophagus, which is revealed in the Season 10 Episode 16 that the Sarcophagus contains a Huragok, which was an important factor in the creation of the Freelancer AIs.

*In Season 11 Episode 4, two scenarios of the obstacle course that Tucker runs are campaigns levels of ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and ''Halo 4'', these being "''[[The Maw]]''" and "''[[Reclaimer (level)|Reclaimer]]''", respectively.

*During Season 12, Locus thinks that soldiers and humans are two different things, making a reference to John-117' statement in ''Halo 4''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s ''[[Epilogue (Halo 4 level)|Epilogue]]''.

*Season 15 synopsis is extremely similar to the premise narrated by the [[Hunt the Truth Season 1|first season]] of ''[[Hunt the Truth]]''.

===Miscellaneous===

*The popular Double EXP Weekend game type "[[Grifball]]" is based on Sarge's line from episode 59 of ''Red vs. Blue''.

==Gallery==

File:RvB Season 14 DVD.png|Red vs. Blue Season 14's Official DVD/Blu-ray cover.

File:RvB S15 Bluray.png||Red vs. Blue Season 15's Official DVD/Blu-ray cover.

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==Sources==

===Internal links===

*[[Rooster Teeth]]

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