Zanzibar Easter eggs
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Signs
In the Halo 2 multiplayer level, Zanzibar, there is a sign that says, "Danger, No Swimming" and has a picture of a shark on it. On certain dates the sign will change.
- On 01/01 the sign reads, "Baby Shark Petting", and has a picture of a little kid petting a smiling shark.
- On 07/07, the "No Swimming" sign has a poster taped over it with a picture of a decapitated dog's head with what looks to be rabbit ears instead of dog ears, it reads "Are you finding Ling-Ling head?" This is a reference to an ongoing Bungie joke about needing the head to rule the world, which itself references the Missing Dog Head image. [1]
- On 10/31, it is a warning sign reads, "Danger, Carnage Zone" and shows a guy getting disemboweled (the disemboweled person is also the Halo 3 Splatter Medal symbol).
- On 12/25, it reads, "Danger, This Sofish, DO NOT EAT!" and shows a Sofish (toy) fish on a dinner plate.
After opening the gate, it gets a bluescreen error on the panel.
A total FU exception has occurred at your location. All system functionality will be terminated. *Press any key to power cycle the system. If system does not restart; scream at top of lungs and pound on keypad. *If you need to talk to a programmer press any other key
Press any key to continue_
This may be a parody of Microsoft's "Blue Screen of Death".
Find LingLing's head
If the base's gate hasn't been opened, you can see faint outlines of a dog's head and a grunt's head on the big metal base in the bottom middle of the gate. The inside-facing image looks like a dog's head, and the outer side is a grunt's head, with respirator. This is much easier to see if you throw a plasma grenade at it.
Trivia
- It is possible to see the signs when it is not the correct date. First put the date of one of the signs on the Xbox and then play Halo 2 and go to Zanzibar. You will see the sign of which ever one's date you put on the Xbox.
- It is Similar yo the HAlo 3 Vahalla wall paintings.
