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"I would have been your daddy, but a dog beat me over the fence."

— Sergeant Johnson

The Seven Rings the player must jump through for the skull.

John-117 with IWHBYD skull.

The Halo 3 IWHBYD (I Would Have Been Your Daddy) skull is located on the campaign level The Covenant. This skull has no actual gameplay effects, but reverses the frequency of the dialogue spoken by non-playable characters, allowing several humorous lines to be heard where otherwise such humorous lines would be very rare.

Origins[edit]

The name of the skull is based on a statement, occasionally uttered by both Sergeant Johnson and Sergeant Stacker in Halo: Combat Evolved: "I would have been your daddy, but a dog beat me over the fence!" The quote was originally spoken by Pete Stacker.^[1]

It is also the name of the first chapter of the campaign level Assault on the Control Room in Halo: Combat Evolved. Not only is the skull's name a reference to this line, but the skull's description reads "But a dog beat me over the fence" The exception of this is in Halo 3: ODST and Halo 4, where the description reads, "Rare dialog is common and vice versa".

Walkthrough[edit]

The IWHBYD skull is located on the level The Covenant. To obtain the skull, the player must start the level from the very beginning, and not from a Rally Point, and on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.

When you reach the final scene, where the Prophet of Truth is planning on lighting the seven rings, proceed as you would normally: kill the Covenant, kill Truth, and kill the Flood, but do not jump down the elevator shaft once you have finished that.

Once the bridge is devoid of enemies, you will have to jump through the seven holograms of the Halos in a specific order.

You should jump through the rings after Truth dies. The skull will still appear if you are playing in co-op (2-4 players).

Note: you can restart jumping through the rings without restarting the level over as long as you start from the beginning.

The 7-ring sequence is as follows. Each number corresponds to the ring you must jump through; the ring at the elevator is 1, and the ring next to Truth is 7. The ring with red on it is 4.

Sequence order:

4 6 5 4 5 3 4

Once you have completed the sequence, the skull will appear at the beginning of the light bridge leading to Truth's podium. If you are not sure you got it, then look at the rings when you complete the sequence; they will be blinking in sequence. The Halo theme will play as you get the skull. You must then finish the level, or the skull will not be saved to your profile and you will have to do it all over again.

Effect[edit]

The IWHBYD skull causes rare dialogue in the game to become commonplace, and normally frequent dialogue to become rare. These lines are can be heard spoken by all talking non-player characters; both enemies and allies.

For example, if a Jiralhanae is killed, one of the surviving Brutes might say, "He was my lover!" or "Every pack-brother for himself!" These lines can be heard without the skull on, but it becomes much more likely to be spoken with it on.

Trivia[edit]

The skull was intended to be the hardest skull to find, and was in fact the last one to be discovered. However, it was discovered very quickly after the game's release when hackers looked in the game's scripts.^[2]
The further the skull is carried from the control panel, the brighter the rings will glow until the lights become blinding. It is assumed that the holograms would have also behaved in this manner if they were all activated.
Each of the holographic rings sound a different tone of the E Dorian mode when the player stand near it. The sequence, if one pays attention, plays the final 7 notes of the Halo theme song.
Once the player grabs the skull and the new music begins, the eerie Flood music fades, and when the player finishes the level, there will be no music while Master Chief is following Cortana, although the Halo theme will play as scripted as the ring rises out of the Ark.
The task to complete this skull was most likely intended to be a humorously literal allusion to the phrase "jumping through hoops". This phrase refers to the process of completing seemingly meaningless, but nonetheless required, tasks to achieve a desirable end result.

Sources[edit]

[1] YouTube: Halo Fest: Halo Universe

[2] halo.bungie.org: Phooey.

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-[[Image:Halo_Rings.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Seven Rings you must jump through for the Skull.]]
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-[[Image:Skull.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Spartan-117 with IWHBYD Skull.]]
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+{{Center|''Were you looking for the [[Halo 2 skulls#I_Would_Have_Been_Your_Daddy_.28IWHBYD.29|Halo 2 version of the IWHBYD skull]]?''}}
+{{Quote|I would have been your daddy, but a dog beat me over the fence.|[[Sergeant Johnson]]}}
+[[File:H3_ArkCitadel_HaloRings.jpg|thumb|200px|The Seven Rings the player must jump through for the skull.]]
+[[File:H3_John117_IWHYBD.jpg|thumb|200px|[[John-117]] with IWHBYD skull.]]
-In Halo 3, the IWHBYD (I Would Have Been Your Daddy) Skull is located on the level [[The_Covenant_(Level)|The Covenant (Level)]]. To get this skull, you must be on the difficulty level of [[Normal]], [[Heroic]], or [[Legendary]].
+The '''Halo 3 IWHBYD (I Would Have Been Your Daddy) skull''' is located on the campaign level ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''. This skull has no actual gameplay effects, but reverses the frequency of the dialogue spoken by [[non-playable character]]s, allowing several humorous lines to be heard where otherwise such humorous lines would be very rare.
-The name of the skull is based on a statement uttered by [[Sergeant Johnson]] in the first Halo: "I would have been your daddy, but a dog beat me over the fence!" It is also the name of the first chapter of the campaign level [[Assault on the Control Room]] in [[Halo: Combat Evolved]].
+==Origins==
-In order to get the IWHBYD skull, you must complete the entire mission until you reach the final battle scene, where the [[Prophet of Truth]] is planning on lighting all seven rings. Once you reach the bridge, battle your way across with the Arbiter and Flood, neutralize all Covenant, watch/skip the cinematic, and kill all the flood (this is optional, but makes the procedure much easier). Once the bridge is devoid of enemies, you will have to literally jump through the 7 rings in a complex order. Once you have completed this, the IWHBYD skull will appear at the beginning of the light bridge leading to Truth's podium.
+The name of the skull is based on a statement, occasionally uttered by both [[Sergeant Johnson]] and [[Stacker|Sergeant Stacker]] in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'': "I would have been your daddy, but a dog beat me over the fence!" The quote was originally spoken by [[Pete Stacker]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjKkKHShyp8 '''YouTube''': ''Halo Fest: Halo Universe'']</ref>
-Each number corresponds to the ring you must jump through. The ring at the elevator is 1. The ring next to Truth is 7. The ring with red on it is 4.
+It is also the name of the first chapter of the campaign level ''[[Assault on the Control Room]]'' in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. Not only is the skull's name a reference to this line, but the skull's description reads "But a dog beat me over the fence" The exception of this is in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' and ''[[Halo 4]]'', where the description reads, "Rare dialog is common and vice versa".
-Sequence order: '''4,6,5,4,5,3,4'''
+== Walkthrough ==
+The IWHBYD skull is located on the level The Covenant''. To obtain the skull, the player ''must'' start the level from the very beginning, and not from a Rally Point, and on [[Normal]], [[Heroic]], or [[Legendary]].
-Once you have completed the sequence, the skull will appear at the beginning of the light bridge leading to Truth's podium. If you are not sure you got it then look at the rings when you complete the sequence, they will be blinking. The Halo theme will play as you get the skull. You must then finish the level, or the skull will not be saved to your profile and you will have to get it again.
+When you reach the final scene, where the [[Prophet of Truth]] is planning on lighting the [[seven]] [[Halo Array|rings]], proceed as you would normally: kill the [[Covenant]], kill Truth, and kill the [[Flood]], but do ''not'' jump down the elevator shaft once you have finished that.
+Once the bridge is devoid of enemies, you will have to jump through the seven holograms of the Halos in a specific order.
-Each of the holographic rings sound a different tone of the E Dorian scale when you stand near it. The sequence, if you pay attention, plays part of the Halo theme song. Also, the rings in the citadel resemble the seven installations, with the fourth ring being Installation 04, indicated by its red glow.
+You should jump through the rings after Truth dies. The skull will still appear if you are playing in co-op (2-4 players).
-==Effect==
+''Note: you can restart jumping through the rings without restarting the level over as long as you start from the beginning.''
-The IWHBYD Skull unlocks the extra dialogue in the game, which usually comes from the UNSC Marines and Elites, but some ridiculous dialogue does come from enemy forces with this skull on. For example if in a group of two Brutes one is killed, the remaining [[Brute]] has a chance to say "You killed my lover!" Here is a list of a few quotes, from their respective races.
+The [[Seven|7]]-ring sequence is as follows. Each number corresponds to the ring you must jump through; the ring at the elevator is 1, and the ring next to Truth is 7. The ring with red on it is [[Installation 08|4]].
-===Brutes===
+Sequence order:
+* 4 6 5 4 5 3 4
+Once you have completed the sequence, the skull will appear at the beginning of the light bridge leading to Truth's podium. If you are not sure you got it, then look at the rings when you complete the sequence; they will be blinking in sequence. The Halo theme will play as you get the skull. You must then finish the level, or the skull will not be saved to your profile and you will have to do it all over again.
-#"Pie is good."
+== Effect ==
-#"Sorry, we don't take Master Card!"
+The IWHBYD skull causes rare dialogue in the game to become commonplace, and normally frequent dialogue to become rare. These lines are can be heard spoken by all talking non-player characters; both enemies and allies.
-#"Sorry, we don't take American Express!"
-#"I like chicken nuggets!"
-#"The power is YOURS!" - When a Brute sticks you with a grenade.
-#"Ding dong, the demon is dead!" - When a Brute kills you.
-#"Hey Grunt, the demon isn't that big, why don't you go out and get him?" - When a Brute is inside a Bubble shield with a Grunt or two.
-#"He was my lover!" - When you kill a nearby Brute.
-===Grunts===
+For example, if a [[Jiralhanae]] is killed, one of the surviving Brutes might say, "He was my lover!" or "Every pack-brother for himself!" These lines can be heard without the skull on, but it becomes much more likely to be spoken with it on.
-#"You killed Flipyap! Or Yapflip, was he... It was Flipyap... No, Flipyap was his brother. Don't tell me I don't know Yapflip! Flipyap and I went to Nipple Academy together, and, eh, now he's dead..." - If a nearby grunt is killed.
-#"You killed Poonflip!  Flippiest poon I ever knew!" - If a nearby grunt is killed.
-#They also say different things while asleep, such as "Merry Christmas".
-#"We are the champions, my friends." - If the player is killed by a Grunt.
-#"Well this sucks, I'm headin' north!" - If the player shoots at a fleeing Grunt.
-#"Fear my bright, blue balls!" - When a [[Suicidal Grunt]] charges the player.
-#"I was so wrong to shoot at you." If targeting or shooting a grunt who recently shot you
-#"You know, if he gets us, he will tear out our skulls, rip off our masks, and burn the methane.*sigh* We deserve it"
-#If a Grunt somehow obtains a spartan laser only on legendary when it shoots it,  it will say "Ouch, Me Arm Go Bye Bye" {{verify_source}}.
-#"I'll polish your boots. I'll polish your helmet!" panicking grunt.
-#"Don't kill me!! Look, I will join your side!" *Throws a grenade at an ally* "See my betrayal? I can join you now, right?" when targeting or shooting a grunt
-#"Adbrakasomething!"- When grunt throws grenade at player.
-===Marines===
+== Trivia ==
+{{Linkbox|quote=yes}}
+* The skull was intended to be the hardest skull to find, and was in fact the last one to be discovered. However, it was discovered very quickly after the game's release when hackers looked in the game's scripts.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=20282 '''halo.bungie.org:''' ''Phooey.'']</ref>
+* The further the skull is carried from the control panel, the brighter the rings will glow until the lights become blinding. It is assumed that the holograms would have also behaved in this manner if they were all activated.
+*Each of the holographic rings sound a different tone of the E Dorian mode when the player stand near it. The sequence, if one pays attention, plays the final 7 notes of the Halo theme song.
+*Once the player grabs the skull and the new music begins, the eerie Flood music fades, and when the player finishes the level, there will be no music while Master Chief is following Cortana, although the Halo theme will play as scripted as the [[Installation 08|ring]] rises out of the Ark.
+*The task to complete this skull was most likely intended to be a humorously literal allusion to the phrase "jumping through hoops". This phrase refers to the process of completing seemingly meaningless, but nonetheless required, tasks to achieve a desirable end result.
-#"This is SPARTA!"-A Marine upon having a victorious kill. (Reference to the movie ''300'').
+==Sources==
-#"Click it or ticket, my friend,  it is the law." - Entering a Warthog on the [[Tsavo Highway (Level)|Tsavo Highway]].
+{{Ref/Sources}}
-#"I loved him." - If the player kills a nearby marine.
-#"Hey chief, do you have a pair of socks I can borrow?"
-#"I've got some pictures on my MySpace if you want to see them."- Said by a Female Marine
-#"You killed the Chief you bastard"-said when Chief gets killed
-#"They remind me of Wookiees, you know, from Star Wars?"- When fighting a Brute
-#"You like?" - Said by a female marine who proceeds to bend over.
-#"Oh yeah I can really... !  Oh sorry thanks Chief."-  When the player gives a marine a explosive weapon.
-#"Don't stare at me, it makes me nervous." When you look at a marine for some time.
-#On [[The Ark (Level)|The Ark]] (possibly only on Legendary), when the players leave the landing site of the [[Forward Unto Dawn]] in tanks, a Marine can be heard over the radio, singing "Ride of the Valkyries".
-===Sergeant Johnson===
+[[Category:Halo 3 Easter eggs]]
-#"That one called you fat Chief!"
-#"Ain't I immune to this?" (If infected by [[Flood]] [[Infection Form]] through way of a glitch)
-===Elites===
-#"Chief, can we be friends?"
-#"Oh snap!" If you give him a Sword or Fuel Rod Cannon.
-===The Arbiter===
-#"You shot me, fool!" - When the Arbiter is shot by the player.
-#"Remember we are allies, you dumb piece of crap."- When Arbiter is shot by the player. This could be a reference to the Machinia; Arby 'n the Chief, as the two are often in that kind of situation.
-===343 Guilty Spark===
-#"You suck, Reclaimer." - If the player destroys a Sentinel.
-#"Maybe you should try playing on Easy." - If the player is killed.
-#"It's time for the Blue Light Special!" - Randomly. Taken from K Mart's Blue Light special.
-#"That hurts my feelings! ...Oh my God, I have feelings?! I'm a ''real'' boy!" - When shot at by the Chief.
-#"Are you always a pain in the ass?" - When shot at by the Chief.
-#"Oh, I see. You're a moron." - When shot at by the Chief.
-#"I'm being bitch slapped!" - When shot at by enemies.
-#"You are pissing me off!! oh my! I didn't know I had swearing in my vocal programming."
-#"Hmm... I figured that would happen."-  When the player is killed.
-#"Oh,  I see you are clumsy."-  When shot by the player
-===Flood===
-#In the background noise, murmurs can be heard from [[Combat Forms]] that sound like, ''"Braaiinnsss..."'' This is a reference to the fact that Flood are often considered "Zombies"
-[[Category:Halo 3]]
-[[Category:Easter Eggs]]