@@TheJAMLads Sgt. Johnson is also one of the original spartan-I members, meaning he is biologically altered like the chief. Fun fact: Johnson is canonically in his 70’s during halo 3
I totally agree. It would have been way easier to do all the signature Halo things in animation. The Witcher recently had an animated movie and I couldn't believe how good it was compared to the live action show. Maybe one day we'll get a long running halo anime movie or series
The world in Babysitter may have initially been Forerunner by Bungie’s design, but has since been recast as an Ancient Human world, hence the mixes of human architecture and symbolism. The most notable feature to those not keenly aware of the varieties of architecture, such as myself, are the Japanese style pagoda. It is presumably for this feature that the planet was named “Heian,” after the Heian Era of Japan.
Was always human? Even back then when legends first came out? Enough dope for you. And ancient humanity was an already existing idea while bungie was in.. The forerunner trilogy books?
@@callumkristofer7793 see how the spartan walks up them? Ancient humans were bigger and stronger than modern counterparts, you can see this on halopedia
Pretty sure Pluton is implied to be an Augmented Brute, and Big Brother and Big sister are implied to be Augmented Spartan Candidates. Also, The Prototype is actually canon to Halo and is a precursor to the Spartan Program.
Little bit of information on the prototype. The suit shown was one of two prototypes for the spartan armor, however due to the prototype being lost and the fact it was a massive glass cannon the mjolnir was chosen. Later though the prototype was later used as a base for the mantis and its line.
@@cjthenarhwalking1378 tldr the hurnting/yurgisil (definitely spelt that wrong) was a mid war prototype for marines/ODSTs but was more or less just a testbed to see what the engineers/scientists could get away with and some of the data probably helped with the mjolnir programs energy shields. It did go on to be the in universe inspiration for the mantis but I hate 343i more than any living person so that last part isn't canon to me
Fun Fact : Halo Reach, Halo CE, Halo 2, and Halo 3 all take place in the last year of the war. For most of the war spartans didnt have energy shields and MK4 only doubles their strength. MK5 is when they got energy shields and was only in service for a few months until it was replace by MK6. Which improved their shields and increased the Spartans strength by 5 times
So, the Odd One Out is the only one of the batch that *_isn't_* canon, literally making it the "odd one out" of the 7 episodes. That being said, they didn't throw any & all respect of the lore to the wind. As you guys suspected, those two kids fighting alongside 1337 were in fact Spartans. The "bird headed pirates" that Mama fought off were Jackals. Essentially, that frigate (which I don't believe has an official designation), was attacked & boarded by the Covenant. They took a random Slipspace jump as per procedure, & crash landed on the planet "Cronky" as the Covenant call it. (Probably isn't spelt like that, but whatever) "Mama" was in fact the onboard "Dumb" A.I. for the vessel, & they had *_recently_* augmented Spartan II test subjects on board. Mama used the system defences to fend off the remaining Covenant forces & then decided to take care of these children, as the frigate was damaged beyond any hope of repair. Also, TOEI animations had been contacted to make this episode, which is why it's literally Dragon Ball Z with Halo characters lol
I really like how the studio was able to still use parts of Halo canon but just adapt it a little so it fit the story they were telling. By not being stuck to the lore they had such a fun time making this episode
@@TheJAMLads exactly. It wasn't like "the lore doesn't matter" it was just like "the lore isn't all THAT important this time around." Oh also, Pluton wasn't a Brute or whatever, they were a genetically engineered creation of the Covenant to potentially overpower the Master Chief. So he's not any specific species, he's just Pluton lol.
I'd like to see the idea of Pluton eventually make it into the lore with the Covenant using genetic engineering to try and fight chief. Maybe it already has. Anthony knows a lot more about the Halo lore than I do
@@TheJAMLads I'm a pretty confident Lore nut myself, & I can say that Pluton was definitely not something they did again, unless any of the modern Halo lore says otherwise. I have almost encyclopedic knowledge of Golden Age Halo lore (before Bungie split), but I lost a LOT of interest in Modern Halo & it's lore, so I'm not very well versed in that stuff.
That's pretty cool. I only recently got into Halo because of Anthony so I'm still pretty new to it. Other than the games, this anime and The Mona Lisa I haven't dipped my toes too much into expanded lore yet but I want to
Fun ODST fact, ODSTs hate spartans because four odst challenged John 117 to a fight (or they jumped him) and he killed 3 and severly wounded the 4th before john realized what he did. Also i think oni ordered the odst to attack john.
Interesting thing no one ever mentions the ruins arent just japanese/chinese, theres greek, assyrian, hindu, malaysian and aztec even in there. The pagodas are japanese, the large covered structures are malaysian, the columned structures greek, the interior of the mountain is hindu, there are giant chinese snake statues, the elephant doorway is assyrian and the H stones you see in south america are at the shooting location. So my personal headcanon is that theyre ancient human. Like a cultural site. Especially since the ruins have steampunk sci fi tech embedded in it.
Oh that's a nice catch. I never would have noticed something like that since I don't know much about a lot of those cultures. Those details really help make the Halo universe feel much richer in history
@@TheJAMLads absolutely, now if only we ever saw anything more come from it lol. Most people just write the entire thing off as "smh japanese people heard forerunner ancient ruins so they just made pagodas"
It'd be a shame of they don't. Seeing the ancient lore and how old humans interacted with the greater Halo universe would be super unique and would really help the show stand out
The reason ancient human and forerunner structures overlap is because ancient humans and forerunners had a war and the forerunners won and turned humans back into monke. They then turned the human planet erde tyranis into a nature preserve for humans. So yeah. It's the same reason why American architecture is in the middle east.
That's cool. Halo 4 gets a bit more into the forerunner and human lore from what I remember. The forerunners were a really interesting concept but I'm not sure how well I liked how they're were executed in 4
@The JAM Lads most people don't like the 4runners and it sours their view of them in the books. I get that. Fortunately, I read the books before playing 4 and the Ur' didact is a shadow of what he used to be. They're pretty cool. A little OP, but cool. It's basically the prometheans' fault. People weren't prepared for how boring they were to fight and the Ur 'Didact went out like a bitch (he didn't even die).
@@gahlainrigh5927 I need to start reading the Halo books because from what I've heard there is so much great stuff in them. When Anthony and I were doing our playthrough's of Halo, he was telling me about how the 4runners were meant to be something else that was being built up in 1-3, but was retconned for 4. It sounds like the books had a better time at adapting the 4runners then the game.
@@TheJAMLads yeah it's probably because it's in book form. I feel like it wouldn't translate well otherways. Basically the forerunner trilogy is about two dumbasses named born-stellar and chakas and their shenanigans but dips into a darker tone and how they became the people they are today. It's incredibly detailed. I just wish they could have had better lives. It's some serious wishful-meloncholy-fondness. Pardon my lack wordage.
It sounds like a great premise for a classic tragedy. I'm really going to have to start reading the Halo books. There's so much more amazing stories in the world of Halo that I have to know
