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|release = June 2, [[2007 (real world)|2007]] - August 17, [[2013]] <small>(Main Series)</small><br>November 5, [[2015]] - <small>(Season 8)</small> | |release = June 2, [[2007 (real world)|2007]] - August 17, [[2013]] <small>(Main Series)</small><br>November 5, [[2015]] - November 18, [[2022]] <small>(Season 8)</small> | ||
|runtime = 15 Minutes <small>(Average)</small> | |runtime = 15 Minutes <small>(Average)</small> | ||
|episode = | |episode = 107 <small>(Main Episodes)</small><br>13 <small>(In L.A.)</small><br>2 <small>(Films)</small><br>13 <small>(Hypermail)</small><br>10 <small>(Shorts)</small><br>33 <small>(Bytes)</small> | ||
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'''Arby 'n' the Chief''' is a Live-Action Machinima Hybrid series created by Jon Graham, credited as Jon CJG, about the lives of figurine versions of the [[John-117|Master Chief]] and [[Thel 'Vadam|the Arbiter]]. It is | '''Arby 'n' the Chief''' is a Live-Action Machinima Hybrid series created by Jon Graham, credited as Jon CJG, about the lives of figurine versions of the [[John-117|Master Chief]] and [[Thel 'Vadam|the Arbiter]]. It is primarily based around the two playing ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' and ''[[Halo 3]]'', and doing things related to ''[[Halo universe|Halo]]'', but also will occasionally focus on the duo pulling off various shenanigans. In the first four seasons, episodes usually revolve around the duo. By the fifth season, there is a central plot that develops throughout the season, while episodes that address current events are more rare than before. By the sixth and seventh seasons, each episode is mostly devoted to the overall plot. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
''Arby 'n' the Chief'' is a live action internet video series created by [[Jon Graham]], also known as Jon CJG (who was in turn known as DigitalPh33r when the series began production), about the lives of figurine versions of [[John-117|Master Chief]] and the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]]. Originally, it was about the two playing video games and encountering common | ''Arby 'n' the Chief'' is a live-action internet video series created by [[Jon Graham]], also known as Jon CJG (who was in turn known as DigitalPh33r when the series began production), about the lives of figurine versions of [[John-117|Master Chief]] and the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]]. Originally, it was about the two playing video games and encountering common phenomena such as hackers or DLC releases in the Xbox LIVE community, but by the fifth season, each season has its own plot. The series has eight complete seasons. | ||
Usually, the duo plays ''Halo 3'', or ''Halo: Reach'' as of Season 4, on Xbox LIVE although Arbiter also enjoys playing other games such as ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', ''Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'', and ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' on Wii. Chief is typically seen expressing scorn and dissent whenever someone chooses to play any game that is not ''Halo'' related, and as such, Chief stays away from such games. However, he does venture out of his | Usually, the duo plays ''Halo 3'', or ''Halo: Reach'' as of Season 4, on Xbox LIVE although Arbiter also enjoys playing other games such as ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', ''Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'', and ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' on Wii. Chief is typically seen expressing scorn and dissent whenever someone chooses to play any game that is not ''Halo'' related, and as such, Chief stays away from such games. However, he does venture out of his way to try those games, though his performance is terrible, and the time he devotes to playing different games always results in an increase in Chief's hatred for that game. Later on in the series, however, Chief becomes more tolerant of non-''Halo'' games, such as ''Resident Evil 5'', despite later on joining a protest against the game itself because of its alleged racism. | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
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*Master Chief | *Master Chief | ||
*The Arbiter | *The Arbiter | ||
*Cortana | *Cortana | ||
*Greg | *Greg | ||
===Xbox Live=== | ===Xbox Live=== | ||
*Trent Donnovich | *Trent Donnovich | ||
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*TOSERS | *TOSERS | ||
===Chaos Theosis=== | ===Chaos Theosis=== | ||
*Clyde | *Clyde <small>(Deceased)</small> | ||
*Kylie | *Kylie <small>(Deceased)</small> | ||
*Duncan | *Duncan | ||
*Adam McIntyre | *Adam McIntyre <small>(Deceased)</small> | ||
{{col-2}} | {{col-2}} | ||
===Season 7 antagonists=== | ===Season 7 antagonists=== | ||
*Eugene Black <small>(Deceased)</small> | *Eugene Black <small>(Deceased)</small> | ||
*Tyler King <small>(Deceased)</small> | *Tyler King <small>(Deceased)</small> | ||
*Colin Hunt | *Colin Hunt <small>(Deceased)</small> | ||
===Other=== | ===Other=== | ||
*Scott Loveheart <small>(Deceased)</small> | *Scott Loveheart <small>(Deceased)</small> | ||
*Agent Boris Smirnoff | *Agent Boris Smirnoff <small>(Deceased)</small> | ||
*Skyler Loveheart <small>(Deceased)</small> | *Skyler Loveheart <small>(Deceased)</small> | ||
*Todd <small>(Deceased)</small> | *Todd <small>(Deceased)</small> | ||
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|Pilot | |Pilot | ||
|9:56 | |9:56 | ||
|The episode opens with Master Chief dreaming about Halo 3, where he wins an award | |The episode opens with Master Chief dreaming about Halo 3, where he wins an award from a Bungie representative for being the best gamer in the history of the planet. A parcel delivery reveals "The Arbiter".<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb8rdc-0OpQ '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief: Episode 1 (Halo 3 Machinima)'']</ref> | ||
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|2 | |2 | ||
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|Melee | |Melee | ||
|8:09 | |8:09 | ||
|Master Chief yet again gets frustrated after the Arbiter scores a custom match kill that should have been his | |Master Chief yet again gets frustrated after the Arbiter scores a custom match kill that should have been his after a simultaneous melee gave the Arbiter the score because he had more health.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No3e1meC-KQ&feature=channel '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief: Episode 4 - "Melee" (Halo 3 Machinima)'']</ref> | ||
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|5 | |5 | ||
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|Legendary | |Legendary | ||
|7:17 | |7:17 | ||
|After discovering the "forge filters" in the newly | |After discovering the "forge filters" in the newly downloaded Legendary Map Pack, the Arbiter has Master Chief come up with a good forged map for it. Master Chief's distorted idea of the perfect forge map is to activate ''all'' forge filters; put all starter and respawn spots next to each other, and put spend the entire budget on scenery items and equipment that is irretrievable.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA_etl_IVL0&feature=channel '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief: Episode 8 - "Legendary" (Halo 3 Machinima)'']</ref> | ||
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|9 | |9 | ||
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|Conflict - Part 2 | |Conflict - Part 2 | ||
|8:04 | |8:04 | ||
|Master Chief fights Todd and Travis, quickly defeating Travis with a kick in the [[Wikipedia:Gonad|gonads]]. The chief and Todd are evenly | |Master Chief fights Todd and Travis, quickly defeating Travis with a kick in the [[Wikipedia:Gonad|gonads]]. The chief and Todd are evenly matched until he tricks Todd into turning his back. About to kill him with the knife, the Arbiter and Cortana stop him just in time. The next day, Cortana approaches Master Chief - Todd and Travis have disappeared.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6NfRLZFLNs&list=SL '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief: Episode 12 - "Conflict (Part 2 of 2)" (Halo 3 Machinima)'']</ref> | ||
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|Showdown (Part 3 of 3) | |Showdown (Part 3 of 3) | ||
|10:02 | |10:02 | ||
|Master Chief begins his match with Craig, drunk. Unbeknownst to him, the Arbiter has "Player 1" controller | |Master Chief begins his match with Craig, drunk. Unbeknownst to him, the Arbiter has the "Player 1" controller and is pretending to be Chief to win the bet. Beating the Arbiter with camping and power-weapon tactics, it is up to Master Chief to take down Craig when he suddenly leaves his console.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGa4Nat2R00&list=SL '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief S3E05: "Showdown" (Halo 3 Machinima)'']</ref> | ||
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|Cheater | |Cheater | ||
|10:11 | |10:11 | ||
|Master Chief begins using cheats to excel at Halo, after finally giving up | |Master Chief begins using cheats to excel at Halo, after finally giving up on trying to get better with experience. A Bungie employee with a gravity hammer (the "Banhammer"), not prepared to ban the Arbiter as well (the two are using the same game account), has Chief's Recon armor removed as punishment, instead.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAOyEF17y5k&list=SL '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief S3E08 - "Cheater" (Halo 3 Machinima)'']</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|21 | |21 | ||
|Company, Part 1 | |Company, Part 1 | ||
|7:18 | |7:18 | ||
|After watching a horrible amateur machinima, the Arbiter and Master Chief agree to found their own machinima company. After seven weeks of work, the Master Chief comes up with "The Shawshank Redemption 2: Taking Back Manhattan". Writing in over five | |After watching a horrible amateur machinima, the Arbiter and Master Chief agree to found their own machinima company. After seven weeks of work, the Master Chief comes up with "The Shawshank Redemption 2: Taking Back Manhattan". Writing in over five thousand characters, he is only able to hire three child gamers.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQqP1PQDzUM&list=SL '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief S3E09: "Company" - Part One (halo machinima)'']</ref> | ||
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|King | |King | ||
|18:09 | |18:09 | ||
|Stranded in a glitched game of King of the Hill, the players begin arguing over which of their | |Stranded in a glitched game of King of the Hill, the players begin arguing over which of their favorite machinima series are the best. The Arbiter finally ends it, by making them agree that all of the mentioned series are popular and liked by many people. The game finally returns to normal and Chief wins the game. Elsewhere, what happened to Todd; Travis and Cortana is revealed to the viewer.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cq5zHP1Ck0&list=SL '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief S3E13: "King" (Halo 3 Machinima)'']</ref> | ||
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===Season 4=== | ===Season 4=== | ||
Jon revealed via his blog that he will be producing a fourth season of ''Arby 'n' the Chief''. This is not a continuation of ''Arby ‘n’ the Chief in LA,'' but of the original series, taking place after the events of “King” but before those of ''Endgame''; unlike ''Arby 'n' the Chief in LA'', Jon is creating these episodes entirely on his own, with no outside involvement from Machinima.com. Jon has described the new season as having, “No melodrama, no crazy plots, no new characters, just classic ''Arby 'n' the Chief'', back-and-forth banter and wacky around-the-house antics.” The first two episodes, which were premiered at CanWest 2010, center around the [[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta|''Halo: Reach'' Beta]], while the rest of the episodes will be based around other popular Xbox 360 games or other plots that do not relate to video games. A trailer is available on YouTube, and the first episode is scheduled to be released on Saturday, June 26, 2010.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mAqbxNe98I '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief: Season 4 - Trailer'']</ref> | Jon revealed via his blog that he will be producing a fourth season of ''Arby 'n' the Chief''. This is not a continuation of ''Arby ‘n’ the Chief in LA,'' but of the original series, taking place after the events of “King” but before those of ''Endgame''; unlike ''Arby 'n' the Chief in LA'', Jon is creating these episodes entirely on his own, with no outside involvement from Machinima.com. Jon has described the new season as having, “No melodrama, no crazy plots, no new characters, just classic ''Arby 'n' the Chief'', back-and-forth banter and wacky around-the-house antics.” The first two episodes, which were premiered at CanWest 2010, center around the [[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta|''Halo: Reach'' Beta]], while the rest of the episodes will be based around other popular Xbox 360 games or other plots that do not relate to video games. A trailer is available on YouTube, and the first episode is scheduled to be released on Saturday, June 26, 2010.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mAqbxNe98I '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief: Season 4 - Trailer'']</ref> | ||
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|Episode 27: It's A Beta! | |Episode 27: It's A Beta! | ||
|4:05 | |4:05 | ||
|Master Chief and the Arbiter take turns | |Master Chief and the Arbiter take turns playing the Reach beta. Left with nothing else to do, Chief uses Arbiter's Bungie.net account to forum post his thoughts on the game.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6RdLaYZiZY '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief S4E02: "It's a Beta" (Halo 3 Machinima)'']</ref> | ||
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|Episode 28: Pirates | |Episode 28: Pirates | ||
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|Episode 29: Aces and Spaces | |Episode 29: Aces and Spaces | ||
|5:37 | |5:37 | ||
|After offending Arbiter's drawing | |After offending Arbiter's drawing abilities, Master Chief challenges him to an aptly-named "dick-drawing contest".<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_gAalCulzw '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief S4E04: "Aces and Spaces" (Halo 3 Machinima)'']</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Episode 30: Giveth and Taketh | |Episode 30: Giveth and Taketh | ||
|5:34 | |5:34 | ||
|Master Chief grows bored of Halo 3 and plans to play the Halo Reach beta to kill time until Reach comes out in September, but is choked when the Arbiter tells him that the beta is no longer unavailable. Then Chief tries to play Halo 2 multiplayer to relieve "the good ol' days." Arbiter tries to explain that Halo 2 online multiplayer has been | |Master Chief grows bored of Halo 3 and plans to play the Halo Reach beta to kill time until Reach comes out in September, but is choked when the Arbiter tells him that the beta is no longer unavailable. Then Chief tries to play Halo 2 multiplayer to relieve "the good ol' days." Arbiter tries to explain that Halo 2 online multiplayer has been canceled, but the episode ends before he can tell Chief.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CliyuxkAjsw '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief S4E05: "Giveth and Taketh" (Halo 3 Machinima)'']</ref> | ||
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|Episode 31: God's Work | |Episode 31: God's Work | ||
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===Season 5=== | ===Season 5=== | ||
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|Adam and Kylie form an uneasy alliance in leadership of both Kylie and Clyde's hacker armies, the latter leader now having been taken out of play. Feeling that TOSERS has ruined the Halo Reach online experience, Chief decides he's had enough with the confines of Jon's bedroom. | |Adam and Kylie form an uneasy alliance in leadership of both Kylie and Clyde's hacker armies, the latter leader now having been taken out of play. Feeling that TOSERS has ruined the Halo Reach online experience, Chief decides he's had enough with the confines of Jon's bedroom. | ||
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|Episode 105: Possession | |||
|1:15:07 | |||
|The Arbiter and Master Chief deal with a disturbing turn of events since Jon's return to the house. Adam moves forward with a secret and terrible plan. Claire recalls her last meeting with the Arbiter. | |||
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|Episode 106: Zero Hour | |||
|1:33:14 | |||
|Kylie wrestles with the loss of her clan and relationship with Adam in handling her partnership with him gone awry. The toys discover that Claire's hosting an online event on Halo Reach in memorial of them, believing them to be dead. Adam, now one of the world's most powerful crime lords, plots a number of attacks, one involving a devastating cyberweapon. | |||
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|Episode 107: Apocalypse (Season Finale) | |||
|2:02:17 | |||
|Adam's hired programmer Cody completes for him Hate Machine, a cyberweapon of mass destruction in the form of a program that steals data, lethally destroys power supply units and duplicates and re-executes itself using bots as hosts to spread exponentially, resulting in the deaths of up to hundreds of thousands of people. Arbiter and Chief make a last-ditch effort to stop him, paying a price they're not prepared to, and make discoveries there's no turning back from. | |||
|} | |} | ||
== | ==Non-canon episodes== | ||
===Hypermail=== | ===Hypermail=== | ||
A new segment to season six is a show known as "Hypermail," (formerly known as "Hypernews" from season five.) A fanmail show that will rotate weekly between season 6 and it until the season's end. The segment is non-canon and displays the characters in their usual attitude, as well as addresses more real-life and/or pop culture events from the perspective of The Arbiter | A new segment to season six is a show known as "Hypermail," (formerly known as "Hypernews" from season five.) A fanmail show that will rotate weekly between season 6 and it until the season's end. The segment is non-canon and displays the characters in their usual attitude, as well as addresses more real-life and/or pop culture events from the perspective of The Arbiter and Master Chief, thereby breaking the 4th wall in the series. | ||
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|Chief wants to go to a massive spring break beach party in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic. | |Chief wants to go to a massive spring break beach party in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic. | ||
|- | |||
|Doom Guys | |||
|19:20 | |||
|On the day [https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Doom_Eternal ''Doom Eternal''] and [https://animalcrossing.fandom.com/wiki/Animal_Crossing:_New_Horizons ''Animal Crossing: New Horizons''] are released simultaneously, Master Chief curiously reveals himself to be a fan of the former. | |||
|- | |||
|Soiboi | |||
|18:39 | |||
|Chief calls a doctor after suffering a serious disease from a Nintendo Switch. | |||
|- | |||
|Better Call Chief | |||
|26:31 | |||
|Chief finds Arbiter playing ''The Last of Us Part II'' and takes action. | |||
|- | |||
|The Xboxorcist | |||
|42:32 | |||
|It's Halloween, Chief finds Arbiter playing ''Fall Guys'' and decides to toy with an ouija board. | |||
|- | |||
|Noelf | |||
|30:37 | |||
|Master Chief decides to pass the time waiting for Santa to bring him the [[Xbox Series X/S|Xbox Series X{{!}}S]] by annoying Arbiter, who informs Chief that he's being surveilled and won't get the console if he's put on Santa's naughty list. | |||
|- | |||
|Second Onion | |||
|18:02 | |||
|Arbiter is sad and can't shake it. Chief tries to help. | |||
|- | |||
|E3 2021 Special | |||
|35:33 | |||
|The toys watch the E3 2021 developer and publisher streams together. | |||
|} | |} | ||
=== | ===Production notes=== | ||
In these two videos, Jon Graham tells and shows viewers the process of creating an episode of Arby 'n' The Chief. | In these two videos, Jon Graham tells and shows viewers the process of creating an episode of Arby 'n' The Chief. | ||
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Because of bad fan reception for the first two episodes, on November 24, 2009, much to his dismay, Jon Graham stated on his blog that he was asked by Machinima to fly to L.A. and help them with the third episode to "give the new crew a running start." However, he was detained by US Homeland Security as a Canadian citizen and was denied entrance to the United States; the new arrangement is for Jon to simply write the scripts and manage the voices, while a film crew in LA does all the actual production. Jon stated on his blog that he still doesn't consider the series his anymore.[http://joncjg.blogspot.com/2009/11/news-helping-produce-next-episode-of.html] | Because of bad fan reception for the first two episodes, on November 24, 2009, much to his dismay, Jon Graham stated on his blog that he was asked by Machinima to fly to L.A. and help them with the third episode to "give the new crew a running start." However, he was detained by US Homeland Security as a Canadian citizen and was denied entrance to the United States; the new arrangement is for Jon to simply write the scripts and manage the voices, while a film crew in LA does all the actual production. Jon stated on his blog that he still doesn't consider the series his anymore.[http://joncjg.blogspot.com/2009/11/news-helping-produce-next-episode-of.html] | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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{{Fan Works}} | {{Fan Works}} | ||
[[Category:Machinima]] | [[Category:Machinima]] | ||