Nipple academy
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- "All this weapon carryin' and battle dodgin' has got me missin' home. When all we worried about was keepin' good marks at the nipple academy. Things was easier when we were all shootin' humans."
- — Bingflip during a transmission to Pubflem.[1]
Nipple academy is a type of Unggoy educational institution.[1] It presumably draws its namesake from the Unggoy's food nipple feeding tubes.
Nipple academies appear to be the equivalent to human higher education institutions; they employ professors,[2][3] while offering fellowship to students.[4][5] Much like human institutions, there appears to be a distinction between public and (presumably) private nipple academies—saying someone attended a public nipple academy could be an insult or a taunt.[6][7]
Production notes
Nipple academies were first mentioned in Halo 3; with the IWHBYD skull enabled, after an Unggoy witnesses the death of an ally, it may trigger a dialogue in which the Unggoy identifies his dead companion as Flipyap, then states they "went to nipple academy together".[8][9] Since IWHBYD-enabled dialogue are intended as jokes, the canonicity of a "nipple academy" has been dubious. However, with the release of Halo Infinite campaign, the existence of nipple academies was confirmed via an audio log, which was later reinforced by the Armory Infinitum entry on the Unbound Plasma Pistol.[10]
List of appearances
- Halo 3 (First mentioned)
- Halo 3: ODST (Mentioned only)
- Halo Infinite (Mentioned only)
Sources
- ^ a b Halo Infinite, Banished Audio log: Outpost Intel #01 - Of Unrest and Unggoy "All this weapon carryin' and battle dodgin' has got me missin' home. When all we worried about was keepin' good marks at the nipple academy."
- ^ Halo Infinite, gameplay dialogue: "It's like Professor Jipjar used to say to me back at nipple academy, 'Get out of my office or I'll have you killed.'"
- ^ YouTube - A Villainous Toaster, Halo Infinite - Extracted IWHBYD Dialogue (Grunts) (Retrieved on May 10, 2024)
- ^ Halo Infinite, gameplay dialogue: "I should have taken that fellowship at the nipple academy."
- ^ YouTube - A Villainous Toaster, Halo Infinite - Extracted IWHBYD Dialogue (Grunts) (Retrieved on May 10, 2024)
- ^ Halo Infinite, gameplay dialogue: "I bet the Spartan went to public nipple academy!"
- ^ YouTube - A Villainous Toaster, Halo Infinite - Extracted IWHBYD Dialogue (Grunts) (Retrieved on May 10, 2024)
- ^ Halo 3, gameplay dialogue: "You killed Flipyap! Or Yapflip, was he? It was Yapflip. No, Flipyap is his brother. Don't tell me, I don't know Flipyap! Flipyap and I went to nipple academy together, even though he's dead..."
- ^ YouTube - A Villainous Toaster, Halo 3 - Extracted IWHBYD Dialogue (Brutes, Grunts, Elites, Arbiter, Gravemind, 343 Guilty Spark) (Retrieved on May 10, 2024)
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Didactic Discourse (Retrieved on Apr 17, 2024) [local archive] [external archive]
