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- "Whoa...it's like a postcard! Dear Sarge: kicking ass in outer space, wish you were here."
- — Chips Dubbo
- "I heard that...jackass!"
- — Avery J. Johnson
Private First Class Chips Dubbo[1] (voiced by Andrew McKaige), is an Australian Marine in the Halo Trilogy. His distinctive accent, unmistakable smart remarks and laid-back attitude make him almost instantly recognizable.
Background
Chips Dubbo was a UNSC Marine stationed on the UNSC Pillar of Autumn. He has fought through several battles and returned alive from all discovered Halo Installations. He has fought alongside John-117 numerous times.
Battle of Installation 04
Dubbo, possibly separated from his squad, met the Master Chief on the Pillar of Autumn as Covenant forces poured into the ship. Noticing the Spartan was unarmed, he escorted the Chief to the bridge. He survived the destruction of the Autumn, along with most of the other Marines, using an escape pod. Dubbo met the Master Chief on Halo again when his squad was under attack by Covenant forces. The Chief defended his squad until Echo 419 came to evac the Marines. He later took part in a rescue mission on the Truth and Reconciliation. Although he was with the original strike team, who were all killed, he can be heard in the Covenant dropship, complimenting Captain Keyes' killing of two Covenant Hunters. Later he accompanied Captain Jacob Keyes when he took two squads to locate the "weapons cache" that 'Qualomee had told them about.[2] The cache was found to be the Flood containment facility and he and his team, along with the remnants of Corporal Lovik's Second Squad, escaped the facility. They then rendezvoused with the Master Chief and were extracted by Echo 419.
Battle of Earth
Under unknown circumstances, Chips Dubbo escaped from Installation 04, presumably with Gunnery Sergeant Pete Stacker. Their method of evacuation is unknown, as they did not escape with either Sergeant Major Avery J. Johnson's group or with John-117. After the events on Installation 04 and Cairo Station, Dubbo was deployed into Old Mombasa at the Hotel Zanzibar. Here, he encountered John-117 again. Later, he managed to board UNSC In Amber Clad in time to escape the Slipspace explosion caused by the Prophet of Regret's Assault Carrier. Due to a possible discrepancy in canon, he also appears in New Mombasa after the explosion, pinned down by Brute fire, where he met up with Edward Buck to clear the area. However, it is possible that this is simply a different marine with the same model and voice acting as Chips, similar to the Fire Team Zulu Sergeant and Sergeant Johnson.
Battle of Installation 05
Afterward, he was dropped onto Installation 05 as part of the 7th ODST Battalion. He accompanied the Master Chief and Gunnery Sergeant Stacker all the way to the final temple, although he did not continue on inside the temple. While John-117 was inside, killing the Prophet of Regret, it is assumed that Stacker and Dubbo were evacuated by a friendly dropship.
Battle of Voi
He escaped to Earth by some unknown means, along with Johnson, Stacker, Banks, Miranda Keyes, and the Arbiter, Thel 'Vadam, who was now allied with the humans. After helping to escort the Chief through the jungles of Mt. Kilimanjaro, he took part in the Battle of Voi, assisting the Chief to clear hostile forces from the Crow's Nest base's hangar, and was evacuated from the Hangar after the fight. He then assisted the Chief in taking down Covenant Loyalist Anti-Air defenses around what the humans thought to be the Ark. After the Flood crash landed, he helped with cleansing the area, before pulling back to the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn.
Battle of Installation 00
After the Battle of Voi, he traveled through the portal to The Ark and participated in the Battle of Installation 00. He assisted the Chief in pushing to the Ark's Cartographer by offering him a Gauss Warthog and helping take down a Scarab. He also assisted the Chief's push to the Shield Tower. After High Charity arrived and crashed on the Ark and John-117 planned to light Installation 04B, he evacuated the Ark with the rest of the surviving Marines and Covenant Separatists. He then took part in the 21-Gun-Salute for those fallen during the war.
Trivia
- There are amusing voice out-takes for the voice actor of Dubbo, including a spoof of Crocodile Hunter called "Flood Hunter". [3]
- When the game was released, many Australian players said that Dubbo's accent sounded like a poor American attempt at an imitation.Template:Fact However, the voice actor, Andrew McKaige, really is Australian.
- Because he mysteriously survived Alpha Halo, he may have some connections with Gunnery Sergeant Pete Stacker, another survivor, since neither were aboard Polaski's Pelican or the Master Chief's Longsword.
- His name is only mentioned in the Halo: Combat Evolved credits.
- He is one of the most well known and recognized Marines due to his accent and smart-alec remarks.
- The mention of "Bob" is a reference to the Marathon series, also made by Bungie.
- "Dubbo" is the name of a city in New South Wales, Australia.
- He was one of only a few marines to fight and live through the entire Halo Trilogy. Additionally, he is both one of the first and one of the last marines seen in the trilogy, present both at the start of Pillar of Autumn, and during the 21-Gun Salute at the end of Halo 3.
- Dubbo is always the marine who escorts the Master Chief to the bridge on Pillar of Autumn. However, while the scripted dialogue is always Dubbo, whenever this particular Marine is shot, sometimes he will grunt or curse with Mendoza or Bisenti's voice.
- Chips can apparently be found in two places at once. During the later half of Halo 2, Dubbo was fighting on Delta Halo, yet a marine with his voice and model can also be encountered in New Mombasa back on Earth in Halo 3: ODST, which takes place during the same time frame. It is likely that this apparent discrepancy in canon is similar to the Sergeant Johnson/Fire Team Zulu Sergeant one found in Halo: CE. This marine also appears in ODST as a medic, tending to a wounded marine.
- In the Halo: Combat Evolved data files, dialog for Chips is in a folder named "aussie", a slang term for "Australian".
- Dubbo's mother may have been killed by the Covenant, as when he throws a grenade he yells "This one's for my mother!".
- It is possible to have more than one of Dubbo in combat, but this happens more often in Halo 2 when reinforcements are dropped off.
- In Halo 2, a glitch can occur in some levels where a Marine ally's voice and accent will change to Chips Dubbo's partway through the level. This glitch is most likely to occur due to Dubbo having scripted dialogue, but Dubbo himself not being present or having been killed. This occurs most often on Delta Halo, where Dubbo has a substantial amount of pre-scripted dialogue. As a result of this, some marines in Halo 2 may have Dubbo's voice but not his character model.
- Chips Dubbo is a fast food company in New South Wales in Australia, whether this is a coincidence or it is intentional is unknown.
List of appearances
- Halo: Combat Evolved (First appearance)
- Halo 2
- Halo 3
- Halo 3: ODST