Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles (2003– )

In between Halo and Halo 2 there followed a brief period of civil war of Red Vs. Blue.

Stars:

Burnie Burns, Jason Saldaña, Gustavo Sorola

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Burnie Burns	...	Pvt. Leonard L. Church (75 episodes, 2003-2008)
Jason Saldaña	...	Pvt. Lavernius Tucker (74 episodes, 2003-2008)
Gustavo Sorola	...	Pvt. Dick Simmons (73 episodes, 2003-2008)
Geoff Lazer Ramsey	...	Pvt. Dexter Grif (70 episodes, 2003-2008)
Joel Heyman	...	Pvt. Michael J. Caboose (68 episodes, 2003-2008)
Matt Hullum	...	Sarge (68 episodes, 2003-2008)
Dan Godwin	...	Pvt. Franklin Delano Donut (61 episodes, 2003-2008)
Kathleen Zuelch	...	Freelancer Tex (Alison) (39 episodes, 2003-2008)
Yomary Cruz	...	Sheila the Tank (23 episodes, 2003-2008)
Nathan Zellner	...	Andy The Bomb (22 episodes, 2005-2006)

Storyline

In the near future, ten soldiers battle for control of the most worthless spot in the galaxy - a box canyon in the middle of nowhere. Red Vs Blue documents the story of these two armies as they wage a war they really don't understand - or want to fight in the first place.

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Plot Keywords:

halo | battle | halo 2 | ghost | machinima | 

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Taglines:

War is hell

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Rooster Teeth Productions [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

1 April 2003 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rooster Teeth Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

6 min 6 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

3.15 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One episode was almost released to the public, without the black bars on the top and bottom of the video. Without these videos, all the game-centric information would be exposed.

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Goofs

In episode 39, the scene at Battle Creek where the Red Zealot was holding the blue flag before he was mobbed by the Blues. Just as the Red Zealot was being mobbed, you can see his name appear on the top-center for a split second: "Hambone".

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Quotes

Sarge: [Tex has finished repairing Shelia, and is now attacking the Red Base. Sarge is in the Warthog and radios Simmons] Simmons, I'm comin' around in the Warthog. Take the gunner position when I come by.
Simmons: Right, Sir.
Grif: I'll, uh, I'll just stay here.
Simmons: Yeah. Stay and guard this cement wreck. It's vital to our success.
[Simmons jumps into the gunner position of the Warthog]
Simmons: I'm in, sir.
Sarge: [they drive off towards Sheila] Good. Here's the plan, Simmons
[Tex blasts the Warthog, and Simmons flies off]
Sarge: Yowza!
Grif: [...]

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Connections

References Red Dwarf (1988)

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Soundtracks

"A girl named Tex"
Written by Nicolas Audy-Rowland and Wendy Mittelstadt
Performed by Trocadero

User Reviews

A hilarious and creative piece of art

I'm not fond of the XBox/PC game Halo by any means. I consider it a very average and unremarkable shooter, save for its use of vehicles. But even with that said, the satirical machinima series Red vs. Blue will always occupy a place in my heart.

The show is shot entirely using the XBox version of Halo, albeit with the game's HUD cropped out. (The aiming reticule is still there, and although it can be a bit distracting at first, you get used to it, and it's part of RVB's "independent film" appeal.) Other than some visual touch-ups, everything there is real and can be duplicated. Also, all of the characters look alike, so they are differentiated via the colors of their armor.

So what's it about? The series lampoons numerous things, including shooters, military life, sci-fi culture, and Halo itself (Church: "These arms aren't that flexible!"). It's set in the rather plain box canyon known as Blood Gulch (a multiplayer map in Halo) during the period between Halo and Halo 2. At one end is the base of the Blue Team; at the other, the Red Team base. Both sides are caught in a fierce deadlock during a capture-the-flag game. In reality, both teams are incredibly inept and would rather spend their time bickering, finding ways to kill time (such as tossing rocks through a teleporter), or just sort of spying on the other team.

On the Blue Team is Church, the sarcastic, impatient leader; Tucker, his somewhat serious-minded partner; and Caboose, the scatterbrained rookie who is often the origin of RVB's many famous quotes.

The Red Team is not much better, though. There's Sarge, a sergeant (duh) with an outlandish Southern American accent; Grif, the soldier who is the butt of most of Sarge's criticism; Simmons, a soldier who gets respect from Sarge and is accused by Grif of being a kiss-ass; Donut, a weird newbie in pink/lightish red armor (even though he's a guy); and Lopez, a robot whose speech unit shorts out later in the series, allowing him to only speak Spanish.

The teams don't stay put, though, and before long, all sorts of weird things happen. The Reds receive a Warthog-class jeep, leaving the Blues to compare it with their own tank in terms of attracting girls. Caboose inadvertently kills Church by blasting him with the tank. Church, now a ghost, possesses Sarge's body and makes him spit inside his own helmet. And that's just the first 19-episode season. But what really makes RVB shine is its great writing, scripting, and voice work.