Edward Buck/Quotes

Halo 3: ODST

Campaign

Prepare to Drop

• "You know the music, time to dance." - When telling his squad to suit up, on board the UNSC Say My Name.
• "Pods, now." - After Romeo comments on Dare.
• "This many years into the war? Who isn't?" - To Dare, who asked about his squads "replacements".
• "To me. And they're not gonna like what they hear." - Annoyed, after Dare's comment that his men follow orders.
• "Come on, Veronica! What could be more important than that carrier?" - To Dare.
• "Second to last, right next to mine." -When showing Dare to her pod.
• "Ms. Naval intelligence, our new boss. So check your mouths, find your chairs... (shoves a Sniper rifle to Romeo) and get set for a combat drop!" - Buck to Romeo when Romeo asked for Dare's name.
• Speech to ODSTs before drop depending on Difficulty:
  • "Troopers! We are green, and very, very mean!" - On Easy and Normal.
  • "Pucker up, Marines! I sure as hell ain't hosing out your pods!" - On Heroic.
  • "We are droppin' into Hell, troopers! Time to grow a pair!" - On Legendary.
• "Hey Romeo, remember when I told you to shut your mouth? Consider that a standing order." - To Romeo during the HEV drop.
• "Stabilize then pop your chutes! We're going in hard!" - To the squad, after being hit by the EMP blast created by the assault carrier's slipspace rupture.

Tayari Plaza

• "Ah! Works great." - Sarcastically to Dare, after falling off his upside-down pod.
• "Did I...do something wrong? Because the only thing I regret about you and me? Not knowing you were a spook when we first met. I would have been a lot less charming." - To Dare.
• "That was years ago, Veronica! I'm (grunt) a little (grunt) fuzzy (grunt) on the... (takes out his stuck Assault Rifle from his pod)... details." - To Dare, who stated that they both agreed to end the argument about her job.
• "Must have met a lot of other saps since then. Why pick me for this safari?" - To Dare, complaining his involvement in her mission.
• "I remember not getting an answer..." - To Dare, who mentioned his question to her years ago.
• "I said stay put! I'm on my way!" - To Dare, after sighting a Phantom flying overhead.
• "I appreciate the concern." - To Dare, who tells him about the Covenant-infested area.
• "See any more come down?" - To a Marine, who commented his luckiness of not getting killed by the drop.
• "What the hell happened here?" - After seeing multiple dead Elites and Brutes inside a building.
• "Veronica, what's with all the dead Elites?" - To Dare, after sighting more dead Elites and Brutes in the streets of New Mombasa.
• "It's like a family feud, like they were killed by Brutes. Is there something I should know?" - To Dare, who wants him to explain his question thoroughly.
• "Huh, some things never change." - After Dare said the answer to his question mentioned above is classified.
• "Got a little Jackal problem!" - To Dare, after meeting a few Jackals on his way to help Dare.
• "Gotta get through this door. Should be a switch around here somewhere." - If the player lingers around the locked door.
• "Almost there! What's wrong?" - To Dare, who urgently asks for his location.
• "Whoa! Hang on, I'll be right there!" - To Dare, who begins her "will".
• "Damn it, no! Veronica? Talk to me! Don't move! I'm coming, you hear?" - To Dare, who loses contact with him.
• "Hunters?! No, I do not have time for this! Turn around you bastards, let me shoot you in the back." - After sighting a pair of Hunters heading his way.
• "There's her pod, now I just need to find a way down..." - Upon reaching Tayari Plaza, which is Dare's crash site.
• "Arrgh! I'm here...I got ya..." - When attempting to open Dare's stuck pod, which is later found empty.
• "Aw, nuts." - After seeing an Engineer approaching him.
• "What the heck was that? You ever seen one before?" - To Romeo, who killed the Engineer.
• "Hey, Romeo! You got your ears on?" - To Romeo after he does not respond to him.
• "Oh, I get it. Permission to speak, smart ass." - To Romeo after he does not respond to his previous question.
• "Yeah, maybe. You hear from Mickey, Dutch?" - In response to Romeo's comment that the Engineer must have killed Dare.
• "We need to get above this crap, link up with the bee-net, one of our drones must have seen where they hit." - After being acknowledge that Romeo heard nothing from rest of the squad.
• "No... never. Doesn't matter. All I care about now is gettin' my men out of this city. Even you." - Answer to Romeo's question that are they abandoning Dare's mission.

ONI Alpha Site

• "Glad you boys are safe and sound." - To Mickey and Dutch, who finally receive contact with him on board a Police-variant Pelican.
• "Long as you're offerin'. We're in the Police HQ." - To Dutch, who inquires their need of transport.
• "Alright, meet you up top!" - After an NMPD Officer's confirmation on their ride to the Police HQ.

NMPD HQ

• "Hey Rookie. You out there? Respond. That's an order!" - When activating his comm as he and Romeo descending the stairs leading to a launch pad, attempting to reach the then-fainted Rookie.
• "Oh, give up, huh? What if it were you down there?" - To Romeo, who suggests him to give up on reaching The Rookie.
• "Oh, you're a piece of work, Romeo." - After Romeo's cold response to his question above.
• "Banshees on your six!" - To Mickey and Dutch's Pelican, which is landing on the launch pad.
• "Hit the deck!" - To Romeo, as the Banshees fires their Fuel Rod Cannon.
• "Alive or dead, we're pulling them out! You hear me?" - To Romeo, after losing contact with Mickey and Dutch.
• "Make some noise. I got your back." - As he and Romeo enter the Covenant-guarded Police Headquarters.
• "Back inside! Let's find that Pelican!" - Once inside the interior of the HQ.
• "Now we get to kill them." - Response to Romeo's questions about the Covenant they evaded on their way to the launch pad.
• "Do you ever get tired of bitching, Romeo?" -In response to Romeo complaining about having to use the stairs.
• "Point taken." -Replying to Romeo's comment.
• "They haven't seen us. Pick a target, take it out." - To Romeo, once they reach the first courtyard.
• "That did it! Shoot and scoot!" - Once Romeo takes out his first target.
• "Romeo! Phantom landing on the pad!" - To Romeo, pointing out the drop ship.
• "C'mon, Romeo! Push through these doors!" - To Romeo, after the firefight in the courtyard.
• "Jackals with Carbines up top. Watch yourself!" - To Romeo, upon entering the second courtyard.
• "C'mon, Romeo. We gotta kill those Jackals." - If the player stalls with fighting the Jackals.
• "Stay put Dutch. We'll come to you." - After establishing contact with Dutch.
• "Grab some ammo, Romeo. These boys won't need it." - Entering a room littered with ammo and dead Police Officers.
• "Sniper. Up high. Make your first shot count." - To Romeo, upon entering the third courtyard.
• "More of 'em! Romeo, get to work!" - Once Romeo takes out the first target.
• "Jet Pack Brutes! Don't let 'em get behind us!" - As he and Romeo make their way deeper into the courtyard.
• "Keep pressing, we gotta get to that crash site!" - To Romeo, as they nearer the crash site.
• "Affirmative. We're almost there." - To Mickey, who stated their makeshift bridge made up with cranes and metal bars.
• "What? You afraid of heights? Get going." - To Romeo, who becomes scared when the "bridge" is merely a metal bar.
• "C'mon Romeo, follow me." - If the player stalls in front of the metal bar.
• "Let's get the hell off this thing!" - As two Banshees fly over and shakes the metal bar.
• "What's our situation?" - To Mickey, upon reaching the crash site.
• "Pick a turret, Romeo! Conserve your ammo. This is gonna get hot!" - To Romeo, as a Phantoms draw nearer to the crash site.
• "Phantom coming in left!" - To the group, defending the area.
• "Hostiles on the lower levels! Clear 'em out!" - When Covenant troops occupy the lower floor of the constructing building.
• "Phantom! Dead ahead!" - Alerting the group after more fighting.
• "Step back! Take 'em down!" - Leading the group in the intense fight.
• "Pour it on boys, we're almost through this!" - As the end of the firefight draws closer.
• "Look out! Chieftain!" - When the final Phantom approaches the crash site.
• "Scatter!" - When Brute Chieftain drops and kills an NMPD Officer.
• "Get. This. Thing. Off. Of. Me." - While underneath the dead Brute Chieftain.
• "How bad?" - To the injured Romeo.
• "It's alright. I know another way." - To the squad, after Dutch's gesture that their only transport out of the city, the Pelican, is no longer working.

Kikowani Station

• "We're almost there." - As the ODSTs draw close to the Kikowanit train Station.
• "He's got a punctured lung, can't breathe." - Answering Dutch's question on Romeo's injury.
• "Trains ran underground up to the old city, we're gonna find one of the tunnels, walk on outta here." - Explaining his plan out of the city.
• "Was planning on it, but, now that you're feeling better..." - Humorously, answering Romeo's question about carrying him the whole way.
• "Get the door!" - To Dutch, as a Phantom suddenly flies overhead.
• "Wait here. We're gonna steal that ride. It's landing, now's our chance! Mickey! You're with me!" - To the squad, after realizing the train tunnels are flooded.
• "Well, let's see what you remember trooper, move!" - To Mickey, who states that it's been years that he had run a simulation on piloting.
• "They're between us and that Phantom, what do you think?" - Answer to Mickey's question regarding to kill the Engineers or not.
• "Go, Mickey. Up the lift, kill the pilots." - To Mickey, underneath the Phantom.
• "OK, I'll grab a Banshee, you go get Dutch and Romeo." - After Mickey's confirmation on the Phantom's status.
• "A whole lot of Covenant, scattering around the Slipspace crater. I wonder what they're looking for." - Buck's answer to Mickey's question. Only available if the player flies upward to the top of the train station.
• "That's the way we're headed, take 'em out!" - After Romeo alerting Banshees exiting the doors leading their way out.
• "I'll head through on foot, see if I can find a work around inside the tunnel." - To the squad, when the door in front of them is jammed.
• "Troopers, I got bad news." - To his squad, after sighting a Scarab.
• "We got a Scarab, right by our exit." - To the squad, explaining the situation.
• "Keep her steady Mickey. (to Romeo) You doin' okay?" - Upon entering the Phantom, after escaping the city.
• "Mickey, turn around! Find a safe place to set us down!" - After realizing Dare's mission to the undergrounds of the city.
• "I lost something! (whispering to himself) Now I know where to find her." - Answer to Mickey's question regarding why the need to turn back into the city.

Data Hive

• "Veronica? Where the hell are you?" - After hearing Dare's surprise shout of his name in the Superintendent's Data Center.
• "Whatever you say, just come on!" - To Dare, who tells him not to shoot anything pink.
• "Rookie? I could use a hand over here. Come on!" - When the three meet up outside the Data Center.
• "About this uh, asset. Feel free to fill me in whenever." - After meeting Vergil.
• "Whoops.. Easy does as it, Rookie" - When spotting Yanme'e sleeps at ceiling.
• "Door's locked. Damn!" - During the escape out of the Data Center.
• "I've seen hundreds of these things today! Why is this one so important?" - During Vergil's attempt to open the locked door mentioned above.
• "No! Well... maybe one or... two!" -During conversation with Dare, who asked him if he had killed any Engineers.
• "Well, how was I supposed to know?" -After being scolded after the above statement.
• "Elevator. Come on." - To the other three, moments away from leaving the underground.

Coastal Highway

• "Whew! Lord, that thing stinks. Kinda reminds me of my—" - Upon entering the elevator, cut off when being punched by Dare.
• "What was that for?" -After being punched by Dare.
• "What mission? You dropped off the grid! My squad was scattered—" - After Dare's explanation to his question, that he "abandoned the mission." Cut off when Dare kisses him.
• "You did good Rookie, no doubt. But we're not out of this yet." - To the Rookie, when the elevator stops.
• "Captain, how about you hang back? Let us clear a path." - Upon exiting the building that holds the elevator.
• "Flank the watchtower, Trooper! Take it out!" - to The Rookie, in the streets of New Mombasa.
• "Waterfront Highway! Fastest way out of the city." - Answering Dare's question regarding where they are heading to.
• "Can't that thing move any faster?" - As the four move down the streets.
• "Want me to give it a little push?" - Jokingly, after Dare's response to his previous quote.
• "Follow me, trooper. Double time!" - If the player stalls in the streets.
• "This way, should be an elevator right through here." - Outside a building in New Mombasa.
• "Sit tight. We'll need the alien to power on the switch." - Upon the team's arrival at an elevator.
• "Okay, we're all set. Hit it, Rookie." - To the Rookie, after Vergil re-activated the elevator.
• "They started showing up right before I went underground." - Answer to Dare's question regarding the arrival of the Covenant Cruisers to the city.
• "Oh, I'm sorry, I was a little busy. Making sure perfume (points to Vergil) over here didn't take a round and blow us all up!" - Response to Dare's complaint about not telling her about the cruisers.
• "Yeah? Well...here I am!" - Angrily, when Dare claimed that she thought she would never see Buck again.
• "I stole a Phantom. Yes. Thank you. I hid it in the shipyards down the highway. (Looks toward nearby Warthog) But I only have room for two, so...that thing's gonna have to sit on your lap." - Answer to Dare's question regarding their exit.
• "Take my advice, Rookie. You ever fall for a woman? Make sure she's got balls." -Buck to Rookie, after Dare boards a NMWD truck, and out of earshot.
• "Take the wheel, Rookie. I'll ride shotgun." - To the Rookie, beside a Warthog.
• "Get in the driver seat, trooper. We gotta roll!" - If the player waits around the Warthog.
• "Listen Marine, we ain't going anywhere until you drive us there!" - If the player continues to wait around the Warthog.
• "It's too far to walk, Rookie. Get in the Warthog!" - If the player walks instead of driving the Warthog.
• "What are you, crazy? Stop moving around, and drive this 'hog!" - If the player continues to walk away.
• "Hey, uh, Captain? Pick a lane." - To Dare,
• "You got to be kidding me!" - When the truck smashes through the cars in the highway.
• "Hey, hold up! It's a Gauss Hog. Let's change vehicles. Same deal, trooper: You drive, I shoot." - When the four come across a Gauss Canon-mounted Warthog.
• "Concentrate on driving. I got this."- To the Rookie, as he gets on to the M68 Gauss Cannon.
• "I see it. Must've dropped out one of the cruisers. Just keep driving, it hasn't spotted us." - When Dare alerts about a Scarab on the highway.
• "There weren't that many Covenant last night!" - When Dare asks how did he make down the highway the night before with all the Covenant troops in it.
• "Captain's right, trooper. We're gonna need that tank." - If the player stalls near the Scorpion tank after Dare's request on taking the armored vehicle instead of the Warthog.
• "Assault Carrier! Ten o'clock high! Look at the size of that thing!" - As an assault carrier comes into view.
• "But the dig site's on the other side of the city!" - When the carrier mentioned above begins charging its Energy Projector.
• "Damn it, no! They're gonna burn this city and then glass the whole planet! Covenant bastards! It's just like Reach all over again!" - When the carrier begins glassing the city.
• "Mickey, you read me? Change of plans. You're coming to us." - To Mickey, as they continue down the highway.
• "There's no other way. Covenant just wasted the highway. We're gonna keep rolling as far as we can. Get airborne, fly the Phantom to my beacon." - To Mickey, who debates that the "sky is kind of crowded".
• "And whatever you do... Stay clear of that carrier." - To Mickey, who confirms Buck's request.
• "Veronica! Talk to me!" -After a Scarab fires its main canon at the truck.
• "Screw the alien, what about you?" - After Dare reports that Vergil is okay.
• "Take the next off-ramp, trooper. I see a building, north side of the highway. We'll hole up there, wait for evac." - After sighting the Public Entrance to Uplift Nature Reserve.
• "Out of the vehicle, trooper! Let's move!" - Once the vehicle reaches the ramp.
• "Our vehicle won't fit through that. We're on foot from here!" - If the player stalls inside the vehicle.
• "Veronica, wait here. Rookie, let's secure that building!" - As they draw closer to the entrance.
• "Mickey, what's your ETA?" - Once the area is clear of Covenant patrol.
• "Hostile Phantoms, coming in!" - As Phantoms begins their assault at the building.
• "That's not good!" - After Dare alerts about the Wraiths on the highway firing at the building.
• "Just nice to know they really do listen. C'mon, let's get out of this city." - After Dare complimented that "for replacements [the squad] make one hell of a team."
• "Come on Rookie, get in the Phantom." - If the player stalls and not approaches the ally Phantom.
• "What are you waiting for, trooper? Phantom! Now!" - If the player continues to stall.
• "Long as it don't get hit!" - Answer to Dutch's question about the safety of the Engineer's presence.
• "What can I say...? It was a hell of a night." - to Rookie and Dutch, putting a conclusion on the ground battle.
• "Easy does it." - As he and Rookie pulls Romeo from the Phantom's Plasma Turret.
• "Give him some meds, would ya?" - To the Rookie, after Romeo expressing his frustration on returning the city.
• "It's important. It knows things." - To Romeo, thinking Romeo was frustrated at Vergil.
• "Mickey? I'm sending you a very special co-pilot." - To Mickey, after Romeo explanation he "wasn't talking about the alien".
• "It won't bite. And unlike you, it knows what to tell those cruisers to keep 'em off our tail." - To Mickey, who didn't want Vergil with him in the cockpit.
• "What about you? What about us?" - After Dare said that "[the Covenant] have found what they're looking for".
• "Whoa! Stand down, stand down!" - To the alerted squad, after Avery Johnson tosses his lighter at Vergil.

Gameplay Quotes

• "Don't look at me Rookie, cover the Captain!" - To the Rookie if he stares at him for a few moments.
• "That look may work with the chicks, but not with me." - To the Rookie if he stares at him for a few moments.
• "The last person who looked at me like that was the Captain and I asked her to marry me, so... you know." - To Rookie if he stares at him for a few moments.
• "I understand that in the military we aren't supposed to ask, but I think I don't have to with you." - To Rookie if he continues to stare at him (reference to the US military's former "Don't ask, don't tell" policy).
• "Look, I'm not saying anything has to happen, but maybe later we just hold each other in our underwear or something, but now we have a job to do!" - To either the Rookie or Romeo if he stares at him.
• "Don't let that damn turret fire one more round!"
• "This is Sparta!" -IWHBYD Skull at various points in campaign and Firefight, a reference to both 300, the SPARTAN and III programs.
• "Don't make me do something manly and impulsive now." -IWHBYD Skull. This is a reference to Nathan Fillion's character Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly who insists that "Barging onto a companion's shuttle is both manly and impulsive".
• "This is your 8 A.M. wake up call!"
• "You know, with that helmet on... I can't tell... if you're staring at me... or not." -When stared at. IWHBYD possibly required.
• "Go through 'em like a one stoplight town." -After all enemies in the area are dead.
• "Thank you for the shiny, pretty gun." -If the player gives Buck a more powerful and bigger weapon, "shiny" possibly being a Firefly reference
• "You do know this is a better gun?" -If the player gives Buck a more powerful weapon. IWHBYD required.
• "You do realize that this is a better gun?" -If the player gives Buck a more powerful weapon.
• "Whoop-dee-doo!" -When the vehicle Buck is in is launched by an explosive. IWHBYD possibly required
• "That was 800 yards with a bent scope!" -IWHBYD Skull required. When you no scope a headshot in NMPD HQ. Firefly reference.
• "Hey, watch it. New vehicles don't just fall out of the sky." -IWHBYD skull possibly required. When you repeatedly roll your Warthog on Coastal Highway.
• "You take the turret. I haven't been able to hit anything all day." -If the player replaces Buck in the Warthog turret on Coastal Highway.
• "You take the turret. You're better at it anyway." -If the player mans the Warthog turret on Coastal Highway.
• "You know, they are more fun to fight than Elites." -referring to Brutes on NMPD HQ.
• "Yep" - When Rookie trade weapons with Buck.
• "I'll take gunner, dude." - When Buck want to ride as gunner.
• "Put me in range." - When Buck mounts the gunner seat. Sometimes he continues straight from the previous line, which often happens on Coastal Highways.
• "I call shotgun. You have to do it in sight of the vehicle." - When Buck approaches to ride in the passenger seat.

Firefight quotes

• "Heat in the pipe! That's what she said!" - Rocket Launcher
• "Let me turret, you suck at it."
• "Bam, said the lady." - This is a phrase voice actor Nathan Fillion is trying to promote, with the meaning of a general exclamation. It also makes an appearance in his TV show Castle.
• "Boom, headshot." - Refrence to Doug from Pure Pwnage
• "Ooh, the back of your head." - Assassination/Melee kill, Red vs. Blue reference.
• "Aaand, a headshot!"
• "Gimmie a sec, aaaaannnnd OK." -When reloading.
• "Let me turret, you suck at it. Don't get mad, we all know it."
• "Felt good, sounded better."-Rare to be said
• "Smile, you son of a bitch!" - This is a reference to Jaws.
• "Whoops, dropped your brain!"
• "Nice catch! With your face."
• "You must be the stupidest apes in the whole damn 'verse!" - Firefly reference. Firefly characters refer to the universe as the 'verse.
• "Special delivery from kick your ass express!"
• "Putting the pineapple in there!"
• "Low on Amm-o!" Upon reloading last magazine
• "I thought you guys were supposed to be shiny?" - Firefly reference.
• "I was expecting some actual resistance!"
• "That all you've got?"
• Here's that violent and unnatural death you ordered!"
• Pow! Another one!" - After scoring a headshot.

Halo: Reach

Campaign

New Alexandria

• "Command: this is Gunnery Sergeant Buck, 11th ODST, over." - Requesting emergency support.
• "My guys got caught in a firefight in the Nomolos Tower, roof collapsed. I gotta get over there and get them out." - Explanation to Lieutenant Commander Catherine-B320 on his request on air support.
  • Alternatively: "Need escort on a classified op. Send someone who can fly a tight formation." - Mission variant
  • Alternatively: "Phantom's got one of my squads pinned. I need to take it out and evac my troopers." - Mission variant
• "Thanks for the assist, Spartan... I'll see you in hell." - To SPARTAN-B312, after completing the emergency mission.

Firefight Voice

• "You in there? Respond. That's an order." - When previewing his voice in the Armory
• "Yeah, well... Here I am." - When previewing his voice in the Armory (quote from Halo 3: ODST's Coastal Highway)
• "Covies won't know what hit them." - When previewing his voice in the Armory
• "In one ear, out the other." - Headshot
• "Right betwixt the eye sockets." - Headshot
• "Here's one for your face!" - Headshot
• "Nice catch, with your face." - Headshot
• "Oh! Did you see that? Right in his face!" - Headshot
• "Kaboom! Whoa, I almost feel bad about that. - Headshot
• "Di-rect hit!" - Headshot
• "Bingo! ...Was his name-o." -Headshot
• "Frag out." - Said when throwing a grenade (Can be a Fragmentation Grenade or Plasma Grenade)
• "See you in hell, Covie!" - When throwing a grenade
• "See you in hell, Covie! Keep the place warm for me!" - Same as above
• "Say my name!" - When throwing a grenade; reference to a ship Veronica Dare served on.
• "That's for being ugly!" - When throwing a grenade
• "I'm right on target!" - When throwing a grenade
• “Watch this!” - When throwing a grenade
• "Here's one for you!"- When throwing a grenade
• "Here's one for you stupid!"- When throwing a grenade
• "I aim to misbehave." - When meleeing (Serenity reference)
• "Oh, you still up? Sit down!" - When meleeing
• "Awww, kitty got wet!" - When meleeing
• "Boop!" - When meleeing
• "Don't you turn your back on me!" - When meleeing
• "Almost mussed my hair." - When meleeing
• "Say hi to your mother for me." - When meleeing
• "It looks like I'm taking a break, really I'm just reloading." - When reloading.
• "Cover me please, I am reloading". - When reloading.
• "Changing mags! If anyone's got a spare, I wouldn't say no." - When reloading.
• "Last mag!" - Upon reloading to last magazine
• "Runnin' low!" - Same as above
• "Low on ammo! If you got any, I wouldn't say no." - Same as above
• "Ooo running low! Bad news!" - Same as above
• "Bad news: my last mag!" - Same as above
• "Cover me, I'm out!" - Same as above
• "Last mag's in the bag. - Same as above
• "Oh good! No more bullets." - Upon reloading to last magazine, regardless of ammunition
• "(solemnly)Reloading." - Upon reloading to last magazine
• "Violence is definitely ensuing." (Serenity reference)
• "Woo-hoo!"
• "Tango down!"
• "Yeah, eat it!"
• "Ha ha ha ha ha! Man, I'm gettin' good."
• "(softly)Nice to meet ya." - Assassinating an enemy
• "(softly)I love killing you guys up close." - Assassinating an enemy
• "Yeah, that's the way!"
• "Got one!"
• "That's how we do it!"
• "That one's for you!"
• "Like that, ya bastard?!"
• "Ha ha ha ha, got plenty more!"
• "Popped one!"
• "Oh, you want a piece of me?"
• "Take it, jackhole!" - Randomly during combat, regardless of enemy type
• "Bam, said the lady!" - Also used in Halo 3: ODST; a catchphrase of Nathan Fillion, popularized by his TV show Castle.
• "Do yourself a favor and just die." - Randomly during combat.
• You dead yet? Circle your calendar 'cause today's the day!" - Randomly during combat
• "I'm not gonna lie, I'm gonna make it hurt." - When wounding an enemy
• "Bet you felt that!" - When wounding an enemy
• "Hey fellas, watch this. This is gonna be good." - When getting in the driver's seat of a vehicle.
• "When I'm driving, I work the radio!" - Same as above
• "Hey hey! My dad had one of these! It's how he died." - When hijacking an enemy vehicle.
• "Shiny!" - When equipping a Spartan Laser. A reference from Firefly.
• "Laser up!" - When equipping a Spartan Laser
• "Let's go cook some bugs!" - Same as above
• "I'm on death ray duty!" - Same as above
• "If you see red, duck!"- Same as above
• "Heat in the Pipe!" - When equipping a Rocket Launcher
• "Hot and Heavy!" - When equipping a Rocket Launcher
• "Heavy Guns up!" - When equipping a Heavy ordnance weapon
• "Plasma!" - When equipping a Plasma Launcher
• "Time to break something!" - Same as above
• "Plasma Launcher up and running!" - Same as above
• "Oh I'm getting all charged up!" - Same as above
• "I am green and very, very mean!" - When equipping a Fuel Rod Gun (Reference to a similar quote from the opening cutscene of Halo 3: ODST)
• "I'm putting the 'B' back in subtle." - When equipping a Fuel Rod Gun
• "I'm tend to more subtle, but..." - When equipping a Fuel Rod Gun
• "Big... yellow... thing- Ready!" - When equipping a Fuel Rod Gun
• "Big green radiation gun up and runnin' right next to my face!" - When equipping a Fuel Rod Gun
• "Hey, less of this, more shooty" - When stared at
• "Stow that stare and return fire!" - When stared at.
• "That's great! That's great, sweet-cheeks! Enemies over there!" - When stared at.
• "So here's us, on the raggedy edge." - Firefly/Serenity reference, said when stared at.
• "Hey, you want a match? Your breath and my socks." - When stared at.
• "One day I see myself with a military woman." - When stared at.
• "That's why you don't mess with an ODST! Hooyah!"
• "I got you, keep her steady." - When mounting a vehicle turret
• "I'm Stuck!" - When stuck with a plasma grenade
• “Get it off! Grab it! Grab it! Grab it!” - When stuck with a plasma grenade
• “Ahhh! Ahhhh! AHHHH! - When stuck with a plasma grenade
• "Get Away!" - When stuck with a plasma grenade
• “NOOOO!”- When stuck with a plasma grenade
• “Grenade!” - When stuck with a plasma grenade
• "Get Clear! Get Clear!” - When stuck with a plasma grenade
• “Ahhh! AhhhHHH!” - When stuck with a plasma grenade
• "Ah! It burns! It burns! It burns!" - When stuck with a plasma grenade
• “Get it off! Get it off! Get it off me! - When stuck with a plasma grenade
• “Is there something on me?!” (2 variants) - When stuck with a plasma grenade
• “What’s that noise-OH MY GOD!” - When stuck with a plasma grenade
• “Hey what smells like barbeque-OH MY GOD!!" - When stuck with a plasma grenade
• “What’s that hissing sound?” - When stuck with a plasma grenade

Halo: New Blood

• "But there's a reason I'm in charge of Alpha-Nine. 'Cause I never give up, goddammit. Call me the man with the plan." - Buck, referring to his persistence

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Halo 5: Guardians

Halo 5: Guardians E3 2015 Campaign Demo

Cutscene

• "Not just another target, you know?" - To Jameson Locke about their mission to hunt down Blue Team
• "Every other Spartan, every soldier; when they hear about this, they're gonna hate us. You know that, right?" - Again, to Locke about their mission

Gameplay

• "Locke, you sure the Chief came this way?"
• "You think the Chief's already on board?" - When the Guardian on Sunaion rises into view.
• "Yeah, safe in sound…inside a crumbling building." - To Locke, after escaping the Guardian.
• "Do you think it's Promethean?" - Moments before Osiris is engaged by Prometheans.
• "You got it! …Phaeton down!" - To Locke, when Locke commands him to destroy the Phaeton.
• "Soldiers!" - When being engaged by Promethean Soldiers.
• "Soldier Captain's on deck!"

Gameplay (final release)

Attacking and spotting enemies

• "Engaging!"
• "Opening fire!"
• "Hostile spotted, on the ledge."
• "Confirmed hit."
• "Coming through." - when doing a Spartan Charge.
• "Pardon me!" - when doing a Spartan Charge.
• "Targeting a Grunt!" - when damaging a Grunt.
• "Drawing down on the Jackal!" - when damaging a Jackal.
• "Targeting the Elite." - when damaging an Elite.
• "On the Elite!" - when damaging an Elite.
• "Soldier's hurt." - when damaging a Soldier.
• "Knock that thing off its Ghost!" - when engaging a Ghost.
• "Gonna stop that Ghost dead!" - when engaging a Ghost.
• "I'll crack that Wraith in half!" - when engaging a Wraith.
• "Fly on down, Banshee! I ain't movin'." - if he engages a Banshee.
• "We don't deserve that ship!" - if he engages a Banshee or Phaeton.
• "Let's take that thing down!" - if he engages a Phaeton.
• "Phaeton's a nice ship! Hate to wreck it." - if he engages a Phaeton.

Killing enemies

• "Got one."
• "That was rather enjoyable!" - when assassinating an enemy.
• "Don't take this personal." - when assassinating an enemy.

Picking up new weapons

• "I've been looking for one of these."
• "Plasma pistol. Just like Vale." - when picking up a plasma pistol.

Reloading/overheated weapons

• "Gun's overheated."

Receiving enemy fire

• "I'm targeted!"
• "Taking damage."
• "I'm getting hit!"
• "Taking fire."
• "Hostile fire from the stairs!"
• "From that barricade. Return fire!"
• "Jackal targeting me!" - if a Jackal hits him.
• "This Hunter does not like me." - if a Hunter hits him.
• "Taking turret fire!" - if a turret hits him.
• "Somebody stop that turret!" - if a turret hits him.
• "Taking damage from our own vehicle!" - if an enemy Warthog hits him.
• "Ghost has me targeted!" - if a Ghost hits him.
• "Got a Ghost on me!" - if a Ghost hits him.
• "Wraith's got my number!" - if a Wraith hits him.
• "Phaeton on me!" - if a Phaeton hits him.
• "Taking Phaeton fire!" - if a Phaeton hits him.
• "I know what I'm doing!" - if he takes a lot of damage.
• "Takes more than that to drop an ODST!" - if he takes a lot of damage.
• "I'm stuck! Move away from me!" - if stuck with a plasma grenade.

Receiving friendly fire

• "Calm it down, Spartan!"
• "Easy, Spartan!"
• "Quit screwing around!"
• "Hey! What'd I do?"
• "Woah! Check your targets!"
• "Come on, Locke! Watch it!" - if Jameson Locke hits him.
• "Friendly here, Locke!" - if Locke hits him.
• "Vale! We talked about this!" - if Olympia Vale hits him.
• "I'm one of the good guys, Vale!" - if Vale hits him.
• "Easy, Tanaka! Starting to take this personal!" - if Holly Tanaka hits him.
• "Friendly Mongoose here!" - if he takes friendly fire while on a Mongoose.

When downed

• "Hit! Hit! I'm down!"
• "Hit hard! I'm down!"
• "I'm fine! I'm fine! I- I- I'm down."
• "I'm down!"
• "I'm down! Help!"
• "System failure!"

If still downed

• "Armor stalled out."
• "I'm in rough shape over here!"
• "Systems dark."
• "I need some support!"

Requesting assistance

• "Armor's jammed, I'm down!"
• "Need some help here!"
• "I'm down!"
• "Somebody help that Spartan!" - if another Spartan is down and requests assistance.
• "Hey! Get that Spartan some help!" - if another Spartan is down and requests assistance.

Reviving teammates

• "No worries, Locke. I got you." - when reviving Locke.
• "On your feet, Vale." - when reviving Vale.
• "Let's go, Vale! Still plenty of guys we ain't shot yet!" - when reviving Vale.
• "Quit messing around, Tanaka!" - when reviving Tanaka.

After being revived

• "Okay, I'm back. Thanks!"
• "Steady and ready. Thanks!"

If a teammate dies

• "We lost Locke! Get safe!" - if Locke dies.
• "Locke's out! Hold your positions!" - if Locke dies.
• "We lost Vale! Hold positions!" - if Vale dies.
• "We lost Tanaka! Hold together!" - if Tanaka dies.
• "Tanaka's out! Regroup and hold." - if Tanaka dies.