Halo's Greatest Easter Eggs & Secrets

[@TheMartyODonnell]

Luc, you should know better. There is NO voice of Mendicant Bias in Halo 2. It’s not anything that anyone has guessed yet.

[@noahcook297]

My best guess? its possibly a Ancient forerunner AI that was trapped on the Keyship speaking, one that ISNT Mendicant, possibly a kind of support AI or something. Or if you want to go on a stretch, its possibly ether the ghost of the Arbiters or prophets, or even more insane idea, Ancient HUMAN. wasnt the Forerunners at this time planned to be Ancient Humans at this point in the development? IDK, my ass is probably way off atm, but hey, itd be cool if i was on the right track.

[@MatthewYoink]

Yo, Marty, my man, didn’t Installation 00 suggest it was the arbiters poem as the undertone voice in gravemind? Not mendicant Bias? Is that a confirmation that it’s not the past arbiters? If so, what else could it be? Unless the entire hunt is just you trolling us for fun lol

[@ncogneatoafterdark]

I love how rich and community driven the bungie era Easter eggs are. 343 gave us a couple sandwiches.

[@D00MMAST3R]

Saw a video where a guy guessed it was the ghosts of the Arbiters and explained it.

[@noahcook297]

@@D00MMAST3R Installation 00

[@oofieRR]

half a million dollars over an ass is wild

[@VLADDfps]

Esrb really took it up the A.

[@Islamic-v7y]

Fr

[@tivionte961]

I already know them onlyfans women are punching the air

[@extremosaur]

Over a million women on OnlyFans will never get to that level.

[@samwow24]

Fr I would easily spend over a mil for it

[@SpacenoidCentral]

About the voice at 18:25... This was recently debunked by many people in Installation 00's discord. This is actually the voice of either the past Arbiters, or the armor they wore. This is most likely the case as it explains the need for redemption, as being an Arbiter was a mark of shame, and they were told they could only find retribution through death. It fits more with the game's themes, and at the time, Mendicant Bias didn't exist. There's also a second voice in Mausoleum suite. It has yet to be deciphered and it's still being figured out. This is one of my favorite bits of Halo lore. I love Mendicant Bias and the story the terminals in Halo 3 tell, as well as Mendicant's appearance in Contact Harvest. But to hear that he wasn't saying this reversed speech even though it made so much sense and almost everything pointed at him being the source... it's crazy. Even after 20+ years, there is still so much mystery hidden in these games.

[@TheKiltedGerman]

Came to same this.

[@Wutertheodds]

7:30 The Grunts should’ve been dancing, Elites the bartenders, Brutes as the DJ and a couple Hunters standing by the exit as bouncers.

[@1jhar1]

I went to a Breaking Benjamin concert a few months back and I thought it was really awesome that they put the halo 2 hud on the screen when they were performing blow me away. Nice little Easter egg at their concert. They are also incredible live even after all these years.

[@aeronautisch]

Dude that rocks

[@BIZaGoten]

Holy hell that's awesome!

[@snapchipper]

"While 99.9% of modders would never get the error" Oh Luc, you overestimate the H2 dev tools. They break if you look at them wrong.

[@LoremIpsum1919]

@@4realm8rusirius Nope. He was right, it is overestimate. "Overestimate" as in, overestimate the ability of the Halo 2 Vista mapping tools to not do something stupid

[@4realm8rusirius]

Yeah, I misread it. I thought he was about the modders' abilities/zeal. Halo 2 is indeed very unstable.

[@aetherial87]

FlipFlop is not just a Grunt, it is a state of being that a Grunt can mantle.

[@balleater-xq5wm]

hes literally the alien chips dubbo lol

[@Horrorpleb]

19:09 Headsup for you Luc, it was recently debunked by Installation 00 that the voice we are hearing is not mendicant bias. AND Marty even commented on his video solidifying that it is not mendicant speaking these words. Installation 00 came up with a few theories as to who it maybe, one theory he landed on is that it could actually be the voices of dead Arbiters. There is also a second voice further into the Mausoleum Suite that sounds very different from the more deepened voice at the start. Some think it is one of the prophets speaking but none of us are sure.

[@jalenmcdermaid1186]

I was waiting for someone to say this

[@zachmeuse5927]

I came looking for this comment

[@CBoxStudios]

Why would Arbiters mention Earth and men? That theory doesn't make sense.

[@Lunnzies]

@@CBoxStudios Because it's a video game and it sounds cool

[@CBoxStudios]

@@Lunnzies It doesn't sound cool though. The theory ignores some very basic things. Cool theories actually take that all into account and are plausible.

[@thermalvision203]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the actual easter egg within an easter egg at Club Errera: after pressing the button switch at the hospital, if you go to the roof of Club Errera, you can find a second button switch that if you press it, you change the song the DJ Brute plays from Never Surrender to a remix of Siege of Madrigal. Siege of Madrigal is a reoccurring easter egg that can be found at least once in every Bungie Halo game.

[@cyanspartan1757]

9:00 I managed to climb my way up to that monument after I had spotted it from a distance the last time I played Infinite. I had no idea what it was, I thought it had something to do with some really obscure piece of lore. Kinda bittersweet, knowing what it is now...

[@DarkTroll999]

Man I need that Assembly lore video!

[@Hunter-rr5ue]

Same, never heard of them until now.

[@noahcook297]

The Mendicant Bias halo 2 "voice line" has been more or less proven false. its been more or less confirmed that its actually the ghosts of the Arbiters speaking from the dead.

[@eyupyavuz7751]

Marty commented on this. He said no one guessed it right yet. So the ghosts of the arbiters can't be the voice.

[@PackHunter117]

It’s either a San Shyumm or Covenant AI

[@dennismakarov93]

Such a cool idea

[@PossiblyAnIrishGuy]

Surprised you didn't include the easter egg on The Ark where if you break all the crystals in the opening few areas, it'll spawn a bunch of exploding fusion coils off the edge of the area where you fight the scarab that spell out 343!

[@miloistaken5876]

19:00 I know it’s not the case but man, any time I hear cryptic reference to “the light” or being “lost in time” I immediately think “IS THIS A DESTINY EASTER EGG?” With how much that game fucks with timelines and alternate realities it’s fun to speculate!

[@thecianinator]

6:29 That's got to be a reference to the "Master Chief Sucks at Halo" KZbin videos

[@Irobert1115HD]

theory: flipflop is actually a precursor having fun as a grunt.

[@nightlydata2181]

I've known like 99% of these for YRS but it's so nice to have this 1 big place where a bunch of em r to reminisce! Thx man

[@Phantom-T]

God I miss easter eggs, stuff like this in games and the limitations of the early internet made playgrounds and internet forums places to share stories that sounded like myth and legend, and it was up to you and maybe some friends or siblings to go home and discover the truth for yourself. And when you found that those legends were true, there's no better way to put it than it was the coolest shit ever...

[@diesal_one]

Halo Infinite Chief with the classic shotty feels SO right. It's a crime they got rid of it for Infinite (along with half of the other classic weapons..)

[@NoiriumIdk]

Flipflop was the Covenant's very own Chips Dubbo

[@LightningZetton]

Companies now relying on AI Companies in the past relying on 1:14

[@bllurrceratus8352]

I’m so happy to be edumacated about this. Lots of these I knew of, but most of the easter eggs I had never heard of. So beautiful.

[@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778]

I still find it funny when making halo mods and having to explain my friends and family what a .ass file is when I tell them about the new maps or mods I am making.

[@bbbnuy3945]

idk why u need to tell them the specific file type tho?

[@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778]

@@bbbnuy3945they asked me how I made the map, I explained in detail

[@matthewcordova4613]

Thanks for temporarily satisfying my insatiable hunger for halo lore. Reliving all the golden days through your content with every upload. We appreciate you !

[@Guranga93]

3:58 Now I want to hear AI voice Prophet of Truth say ''Lookin' like a double wide surprise. God...damn.''

[@ricardo1885-y7m]

NEXT TIME, ON MASTER CHEEKS: KEK OR CRINGE!

[@Softlywool]

There is a ton of these that i have never heard of! I love halo but its been a long time ive activly watched videos of it besides yours, so its really, really fun to get a new comprehensive list of eastereggs and secrets

[@draculinalilith396]

3:31 ok ur a g for that lol

[@koolerpure]

the crazy part to all of this is that if that ended up in game without issue, every single player who found it would have died laughing and no doubt it would have become a running easteregg across the titles. the halo 2 scarab gun trick in on itself is a easteregg. the proper way to get up there is bashing a electrical box under the building and it launches you to the top perfectly, the method people found to get up there is insane to me

[@doootuz]

I thought Marty said it was *not* M Bias at 19:09

[@marksman444]

Marty and John CJG (arby and the chief creator) just had a great conversation about the microsoft sam easter egg orgin on the side scrollers podcast!

[@icarusgaming6269]

Didn't realize you've never covered The Assembly. They're still one of the weirdest and hardest to explain things in this universe, largely because they were isolated exclusively to Reach, and I say that as one of those "Halo is real life" conspiracy theorists. Would definitely like to hear your thoughts

[@kyototheegamer7433]

FlipFlop, the Covenant's Chips Dubbo.

[@crusader7eth163]

Let me just say David candlers Easter egg gave me chills.. he definitely is the best UI designer.

[@samwow24]

13:58 for his bravery on Alpha Halo, Flip Flop was given the Mantle and chooses to observe rather than interfere.

[@fenryl736]

Great video thx for taking the time making it Long live the halo bungie days thx for everything u guys

[@jyapp4489]

Hey, Luc is a guitarist!

[@mongrel_97]

i still get caught off guard by seeing halo footage with obvious mouse aim (25:00). 343 for as many fuck ups they have, i will forever have a soft spot for them bringing my favourite game to PC.

[@Bromaster]

You missed out the greatest Easter egg of all: the ‘Hidden Experience’ achievement in Halo Infinite

[@mongrel_97]

DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS!!! that's that high quality chop CEO money can buy huh?

[@aeronautisch]

This video came out on my birthday, what a nice gift! :)

[@PolkaPeter]

Let us never forget today, for today 3 years ago Infinite hope was on the horizon, we had everything that we wanted back, Cheif, original art style and original music. But that hope burnt out fast when reality set in. Let’s hope once again for a new game to arise and for hope to be restored, without the dying flame of the past mistakes of infinite. Somewhere in the heavens they are waiting.

[@thelizardking3807]

Thank you for this, I needed halo content

[@eazzymoneyyy9271]

I have never heard about the assembly and honestly I need to know more. I need a 45 min+ video about it pls I beg of you

[@EmileA239_from_Halo_Reach]

PLEASE make a video about The Assembly. This video was my first time ever hearing about them and now I need to learn more.

[@draculinalilith396]

halo 2 is by far one of my favorite halo games ever. imo the best one ever made in terms of story contribution and theme. it literally set the theme for the remainder of bungies halo.

[@michaelguernsey1206]

23 years later I’m still learning awesome stuff about halo.

[@TheBogieMan55]

I'm too young to have experienced the early Internet and Halo so I'm glad I can watch these videos

[@TroyFontaine]

Marty says the Halo 2 invocation is not Mendicant Bias-but won't say what it really is-another KZbinr dug into it recently.

[@MerudonWoW]

30:28 holy cow! I haven’t heard of CMNier and MidgetDance in literally almost 20 years now! That’s wild!!!

[@AmericanaNinja]

I was there for all the skulls and mystery buttons during Halo 2's time. Nostalgia!

[@robbiegiesken9237]

Id love to learn more about the glyphs on halo 3 odst. I obsessed over them for months

[@117Inqui]

6:12 It is worth noting that Microsoft Sam's voice was used as Chief's voice in the web-series/machinima hybrid "Arby n' the Chief", which started as a small skit of a Master Chief figurine playing (badly) the Halo 3 Beta. The Easter Egg even uses the same expressions as in the machinima, wit the "OMG" and "lololololol" used in the AnC machinima.

[@djbbdoedubstep]

24:11 i always used to use as many bubble shields as i could to try and survive against the beams. It was scary lol

[@MCLegend13]

34:27 well what if the elites were born and raised on High Charity???

[@LulSpazzout916]

10:40 halo 2, halo 3, and odst had some of the best main menus in a game I've seen imo

[@squirrelm3195]

I went to a breaking Benjamin concert this year and when they played blow me away, the main screen had a halo radar and UI on it lol

[@OwenGee22]

8:35 I remember making a camera to screen slideshow about how to get the front guns to shoot for you by flying your nose near a marine which lets them hop into the gunner seat. Good times.

[@snappy_clipsv1943]

Such a satisfying video

[@Wil-vd2mc]

For the ancient text in H3 and Infinite, the recent novel Halo: Epitaph has confirmed that the text is an ancient language used by the Forerunners called Digon.

[@Anthonysan86]

36:53 that was my first halo Easter egg, that and on halo 2 the secret hidden sniper files, like the ones you gotta crouch jump up to where the jackals snipe from, including the sword of the invisible elite in the debris from the apartment, but these are definitely top fan egs lol

[@spartans2805]

I still don't understand why Never Surrender is part of the Halo 2 OST, does it ever show up in that game? Or a trailer?

[@greatkhan7278]

Agreed. When i furst discovered that on the ost my brain shit itself so i replayed Halo 2 make sure i hadnt nissed it - i already played it dozens of times.

[@PaulThatOneGuy3038LeMaitre]

Me and my brother found the elephant easter egg couple years ago by somehow using both elephants. Great times. Going to miss those days.

[@silentwillgames]

Another banger as always!

[@PackHunter117]

Fun fact 343 canonized BOB Elites as Ranger Commanders, various ship masters, and also an Ultra Elite wearing the standard combat harness.

[@Cian-A-Jones]

40 minute halo video for my 20th birthday :D

[@Determ1nat1on]

I recently got all the Data Pad achievements in Halo Reach & man, I'd love to see a video on that from you

[@Guile_The_Exile]

I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE GREEN DAY THINGS...this is amazing. Sad we didn't hear the Green Day song :(

[@Zekkoz]

Bungie gets bought by Microsoft, immediately causes what was widely considered one of the most controversial things in gaming at the time, refuses to elaborate

[@josephestrada8088]

God tier video

[@evdoggster]

Great picture with ubershill ❤

[@JosephNorris-lb6wt]

Playing the halo games on the hardest difficulty for the first time was both heaven and hell 😂❤

[@arbo-u2b]

My favorite Halo easter egg is probably the friendly grunt in Halo 3 mostly because it was the first one I ever found myself and I thought he was always funny also the Halo Reach dance party room was iconic back then

[@theXEN0KID]

18:10 That dialog actually shouldn't be ascribed to Mendicant and is, instead, the collective voice of the Arbiters. While yes most of the lines can be applied to Mendicant's position, the key part is that, in line 1, it mentions the timeframe of 3000 years. Pretty sure Mend's been seeking atonement for a bit longer than that, but you know what did happen 3000 years ago? Formation of the Covenant. I can't remember who's channel it was but there was a video doing a deep dive into the bungie lore at the time and all the evidence for/against who's voice is saying these words, I think it was mentioned that this track was written/recorded before Mendicant was on the scene.

[@Curiousfox37]

Best Easter egg ever

[@brandonmcgregor9912]

38:36 At the end of Halo Reach, I'm more convinced that its Linda, not John. IIRC Linda was put into cryo due to a life threatening injury, it wouldn't make sense for chief to immediately go into cryo when there is still a present danger before leaving and even if he did, why put himself into cryo immediately in the hangar bay instead of going to the cryo bay first? Putting Linda into cryo immediately in the hangar bay makes sense. And back in the day, Spartans were generally all depicted as wearing the same armour, so I think makes a lot more sense that it's Lina in that cryo pod.

[@Upstart051]

Um, actually…Basket Case was released in 1994 on Green Day’s Dookie album, SEVEN years before the release of Halo: Combat Evolved

[@ThisDevPlays]

GreenDay super fan here, WHAAAAAT?!?!!!!!!! HELL YEAH!!!!

[@ReconWarrior26]

I know it's not in a Halo game, but Bungie added a few fun Easter Eggs in Destiny 2 for their 30th anniversary event a couple years ago. (even Master Chiefs cryo-pod).

[@michaelsmogger8196]

Halfway through the video. Im just reminded of the halo 3 beta easter egg where you could clip the camera through the player's head to see a face

[@CBoxStudios]

18:20 Every body who says this has to do with Arbiters is doing very hard to ignore the "men" and "Earth" and "3000 years".

[@briansvedin1788]

37:15 That cutscene with Buck hidden off to the left isn't limited to Legendary difficulty

[@SilentKablamo]

Please check out the band “Shadow of Intent”. They’ve made two albums revolving around the Lore of the Halo Universe and their name speaks for itself. Might need to pull up the lyrics while listening but it’s incredible!

[@bmxdude1337]

Halo is love Halo is life.

[@jimmuthedeath1215]

09:09 That explains it! I discovered that and was curious.

[@sxsw_drake]

Up the Zanzibar sign!

[@CoffeeCrowgasm]

Flip flop is just the grunts Chipps Dubbo lol

[@lewisgrant7622]

Ah the famous developers meme. My question is how much red bull did they give balmer before he went to the stage

[@donaldlacy7887]

This episode should be called "humble brag"

[@bravetaco7005]

18:51 I bet originally that voice was supposed to be all of the dead arbiters

[@IceSki117]

I miss the RvB guys. The Elephant flip was also a fun one. My brother and I spent an entire weekend gathering explosives and scorpions to flip that thing.

[@mando-raider7381]

You missed a secondary sound at club Errea. Fly to the top of the tower the club is at and there is a button under some tubes. Changes the music and the grunts won't attack when you deactivate the jammer.

[@legendairytaco349]

Xperia is slowly becoming MrRoflWaffles

[@ShadowDreamer100]

I wonder with camera angles for Reach for the shot inside the Autumn, if you can somehow (even with mods) get a snapshot of the Chief AND Noble 6 at the same time.

[@reapermaster1453]

13:18 why did flop flip go to a minor even though he was a spec ops grunt in CE? idk maybe he got demoted for being a "corward" or something.

[@ShadowDreamer100]

The Microsoft Sam reminds me of Arby and the Chief.

[@austinfuller8323]

13:57 Flip Flop is definitely the Covenants version of Sgt Johnson just being in the most random places and miraculously just as mysteriously surviving a planet buster level explosion 💥 on the first Halo ring then the other apocalyptic Hako events that come along.... And literally like some how wind up dead center in the collateral cataclysms across the Halo universe and then just stroll up in the next game talkin some crazy shit 🤣 ... thennn being plummeted into some crazy ass situation all over again

[@UncleLayne]

Yo i'd be so down to learn more about The Assembly. That would be a really interesting video for you to make

[@subman721]

26:58 I love how they have United States Military awards. even though the United States as a Nation no longer exists by the time the events of Halo take place. Medal of Honor, Purple Heart, & The Armed Forces expeditionary Medal (of which I have).

[@TheGamingRaccoons]

While exploring the world of halo infinite you can find a destroyed machine that appears to have the same face as mendicant bias and I’ve never heard anybody talk about kt

[@Arbiter__TV]

Where

[@Videot78]

Hey Luc, the Sandtrap glyphs aren’t actually a significant Easter egg. I spoke a while ago to a former Bungie employee who had some major contributions to the Bungie game multiplayers. They told me that one of the devs wanted the glyphs to carry some sort of extended message or deeper secret, but ultimately they never expanded on the glyphs and it’s not an Easter egg as of right now. They’re legitimately just random glyphs for design. But I’m not sure what they would have done if they were to expand on the glyphs.