Anniversary Angle: Quips & Quotes
As part of Halo's 25th anniversary celebration, we're inviting Halo fans from around the world to share favorite memories and vote on community polls in our official Halo Discord server. Follow @Halo on social media to join the fun!
Each month of #Halo25Together has revealed another thread in Halo’s tapestry: from unforgettable campaign moments to the dream teams that carried us through the toughest fights. May continues that journey by focusing on the iconic phrases that became part of our shared language.
Before reviewing the latest results, take this month's 25 question quiz designed to put your knowledge of Halo quips and quotes to the test!
To Arms
Unsurprisingly, Chief’s declaration of requiring arms comes in guns blazing. But hey, if you found yourself on Cairo Station facing the Covenant, you would probably say, “I need a weapon” too!
Ballistics Bricks
Only in Halo can a chunk of masonry achieve unexpected aerodynamics and become a community legend. All the heroics, feats of physics, and improbable odds stacked against Chief when he was returning the Covenant’s bomb and Johnson just drops the epic line:
“For a brick he flew pretty good!”
LL Cool J(ohnson)
Some girls like chocolate, some girls like diamonds, other girls like tanks. If you truly need to know what the ladies like, just dial up everyone’s favorite Sarge, he’ll set you right.
How do we know that? In Sgt Maj Johnson’s own words,
“I know what the ladies like”
Say Less (or More...)
And now, some words on clips and phrases from the official Halo Discord!
- Prime: Tank beats everything!!
- Senabunn: i use "were it so easy" regularly in my day-to-day life
- Autistimus Prime, Reptile God: "If you ever fall for a lady rookie, make sure she's got balls" Sgt. Edward Buck
- Volt: "I've got a bad feeling about this..."
- TrainedEye3461: Literally anything Escharum says, I love all of his lines so much.
- Demi-Demon: "A collection of lies, that is all I am. Stolen thoughts and memories."
- Blacklight: WORT WORT WORT!
- Shawn Frost: "To give the covenant back their bomb"
- zany: KEEP IT CLEAN!!!!
- Serpico: Wake me, when you need me.
- Shade Sensei: "Incoming. Looks like you really pissed them off." -Jun
- Aegisfate: "Boo!" - MC
- zany (again): Also "Troopers, we are dropping into hell! Time to grow a pair!" (yes ODST is my favorite game 🥹)
- Blacklight: "I Know What The Ladies Like."
- Kewl Kiwi: "Five years - five long years. That's how long it took us to get Harvest back" - Captain Cutter
- Epoch: “Men, we led those dumb bugs out to the middle of nowhere to keep 'em from gettin' their filthy claws on Earth. But, we stumbled onto somethin' they're so hot for, that they're scramblin' over each other to get it. Well, I don't care if it's God's own anti-son-of-a-bitch machine, or a giant hula hoop, we're not gonna let 'em have it! What we will let 'em have is a belly full of lead, and a pool of their own blood to drown in! Am I right, Marines?” That or “You know the music, time to dance”
- Se 'Graevum: "Hey demon! The jerk store called, they're all out of you."
- Jtflorencio6:
- “So sad… He’s broken… You’ll break too… And soon… you’ll meet your end… Say goodbye…” Jega 'Rdomnai 🖤❤️
- ImSquanchN: You better get it together, Marine, or the Chief'll reach down and pull you inside out by your corn hole. And that'll be a sweet, sweet mercy... compared to what I'm gonna do to you - SGT Johnson
- toraleigh, warm agony: i'm surprised nobody's mentioned sandwich marine from reach. she's my honourable mention
- stckr: "For a brick, he flew pretty good" – always gets me. I use this multiple times a month 😂 "I thought you'd be taller" – this makes me giggle to no end, people take it way too seriously Special shout out to my man Fernando Esparza, too. Particularly, "Yep. This is death!"
- Fracture: "You're undressing me with your eyes aren't you? You sick freak"
- Dilfix: "Take my advice, Rookie. You ever fall for a woman? Make sure she's got balls." GSgt Edward Buck
- Jixel: "I need a medic! Preferably a female one"
- Almond: This is the greatest survey. Cant wait to see the end results. Johnson's H2 "two sticks and a stone"
- Linken: "Relax. I'd rather not piss this thing off."
- bomb: "I'm ready! How 'bout you?!"
- parall4x: "... But you belong to Reach. Your body, your armor - all burned and turned to glass. Everything... except your courage. That, you gave to us..." Wets my eyes every time.
- Wade_Weinhmann: "The Great Journey waits for no one, brother. Not even you."
- 3D MONKE: ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE
- Chak 'Lok: "Welcome to my Tower, Master Chief. It is where you will be broken. It is where you will give up your secrets." Best Quote 🤌🤌
- Requiem: “We all fail. We all make mistakes. That’s what makes us Human.”
- Lexicon: "Kill me or release me, parasite, but do not waste my time with talk."
- Jethro the Were-Possum: “The Great Journey waits for no one brother, not even you.”
That's a wrap on May's #Halo25Together blog! Thank you all for participating and chiming in with your favorite words that echo across the galaxy.
We'll be back in June with a new topic which means more trivia to test your knowledge, a new poll, and more. Stay tuned!
All year long, we’ll be inviting Halo fans to share their favorite Halo memories, celebrate Halo's iconic legacy, and vote on community polls to help us tell the whole Halo story.
Whether you’re a battle-hardened Spartan or a Halo rookie, we hope you’ll join the fun by sharing your Halo story through our official submission form, on social media using hashtag #Halo25Together, in our official Discord server, or on r/Halo with the #Halo25Together tag.