Chips Dubbo

Background

Private First Class Chips Dubbo (voiced by Andrew McKaige) is an Australian Marine in Halo: Combat Evolved. His distinctive dialect, unmistakable smart remarks and laid-back attitude make him instantly recognizable. A similar Marine, voiced by the same actor, is present in Halo 2 and Halo 3. Chips Dubbo was a UNSC Marine stationed on the Pillar of Autumn. He escaped the destruction of the Pillar of Autumn along with most of the other Marines using escape pods. Dubbo met the Master Chief on Halo and later on he went with Keyes, who took two fire teams (Dubbo included), and went to find the "weapons cache" that 'Qualomee had told them about. The cache later turns out to be the Flood containment facility and he and his team, along with the remains of Lovik's Second Squad, escaped the facility and then met up with the Master Chief again. Chips and the few survivors of his team were picked up by Echo 419.

Mysteriously, he made it out alive along with Gunnery Sergeant Pete Stacker, as well as Sergeant Major Avery J. Johnson. After the events on Installation 04 and Cairo Station, he was deployed into Old Mombasa at Hotel Zanzibar. Here, he encountered John-117 again. Later he managed to get on In Amber Clad to survive the city's destruction. Afterwards he assisted John-117 in killing the Prophet of Regret.

He was also alongside John-117 during the events of the Second Battle of Earth and Installation 00.

Quotes

• "Sir! Thank God you're here! We've been lost out here for hours. After we lost contact with the rest of the mission, we headed for the RV point, and then these.... these things!... They ambushed us! We've gotta get out of here!" - To the Master Chief, near the end of level 343 Guilty Spark.
• "Alright, everyone aboard." - By the first Gondola in the level Regret.
• "Whats to drive?, It comes here, It goes there." - To Pete Stacker.
• "Full car, comin' up!" - In the area with underwater elevator.
• "Oh man, he's SO dead." - Commenting the Prophet of Regret hologram speech.
• "Oh great! We're gonna ride another one of these death-traps!" - By the Gondola flying to the main temple.
• "Man! Look at the size of that thing!" - After the Covenant jumped out of slipspace, level Regret.
• "Woooah! It's like a post card: 'Dear Sarge! Kicking ass in outer space, wish you were her!" - As the Warthog he was in crossed a ridge to reveal a panaramic vista of a lake on the level Delta Halo. Sergeant A.J. Johnson responded with a sharp "I heard that, jackass!"

Trivia

• Dubbo's technician character model was a RvB character, as Vic.
• There are funny voice outtakes for the voice actor of Dubbo.
• When the game was released, many Australian players said that Dubbo's accent sounded like a poor American attempt at an imitation. However, the voice actor, Andrew McKaige, is Australian.