Red vs. Blue (season 5)
| Red vs. Blue Season Five | |
|---|---|
| File:Web season5 image3.jpg Red vs. Blue season 5 promotional image. | |
| Engine(s) | Halo 2 Halo: Combat Evolved |
| Genre(s) | Comic science fiction |
| Running time | 134 min. (approx) |
| Created by | Burnie Burns Matt Hullum Geoff Ramsey Jason Saldaña Gus Sorola |
| Voices | Burnie Burns Jordan Burns Yomary Cruz Rebecca Frasier Dan Godwin Joel Heyman Matt Hullum Geoff Ramsey Ed Robertson Jason Saldaña Gus Sorola Nathan Zellner Kathleen Zuelch |
| Release(s) | September 30, 2006 – June 28, 2007 |
| Format(s) | QuickTime, WMV, Flash |
| No. of episodes | 23 |
This is a list of episodes for season 5 of the machinima comedy series Red vs. Blue. This will be the last season of the Blood Gulch Chronicles, and is the longest season of the series, with a run of 23 episodes.
Episode 78
Template:Machinima episode Church returns to the Blue Base where Junior, the baby to which a now-comatose Tucker has given birth, is wreaking havoc off-screen. Church and Doc argue about the child until a spaceship crashes into the gulch on top of Donut; Church leaves to investigate. The Reds bicker about rescue plans until Sarge leaves to fetch a rescue device. Church arrives and claims the ship with Sheila's support.
Episode 79
Template:Machinima episode As Church argues with Simmons and Grif, a tapping noise begins to sound from the ship. Sheila abruptly leaves, forcing Church to retreat to the base.[1]
Episode 80
Template:Machinima episode Church attempts to call Vic for reinforcements, but is stalled by an elaborate answering machine system. Meanwhile, the back door of the ship opens, and an unseen entity emerges.
Episode 81
Template:Machinima episode Church finally discovers that Vic's voice mailbox is full. The Red reinforcement who emerged from the ship is revealed to be the Sister of Grif, who by Simmons' theory arrived using the ship's light drive, which caused her and the ship to move forward in time as it was traveling to Blood Gulch. Meanwhile, it is revealed that Donut fell into an underground cave after the ship crashed on top of him.
Episode 82
Template:Machinima episode As Caboose attempts to see the new Red soldier using the sniper rifle, Church speculates as to what combat skills the reinforcement may have. Tucker wakes from his coma and joins them, immediately identifying the new soldier as a girl from hundreds of feet away. Sister explains to the Reds that, following the death of a Team Commander, Command has promoted a soldier to the position and sent her to fill the new low-level opening. Since Command seems to presume him dead, the Reds decide to hold an impromptu funeral for Sarge.
Episode 83
Template:Machinima episode The Red Team holds Sarge's funeral, each giving a separate eulogy. Grif makes jokes; Simmons announces his campaign for Red leader; and Sister goes on a tangent about death and age. Finally Sarge, disgruntled, is buried alive.
Episode 84
Template:Machinima episode Tucker is introduced to Junior. Meanwhile, Sister reveals that she was told the dead Commander died of an aspirin-overdose. It is explained she is colorblind, and the "Blue guys" were the ones that really sent her. Underground, Donut wakes up and finds two suits of Blue armor.
Episode 85
Template:Machinima episode The Reds argue whether to keep Sister, before Grif secretly decides to rid the team of her before the still-buried Sarge discovers her Blue allegiance. Doc examines Sheila for her random behavior since abandoning Church in episode 79. Grif confronts the Blues and convinces them to take Sister. Simmons appears after trying to dig up Sarge, and proclaims him missing.
Episode 86
Template:Machinima episode Church gives Sister an orientation, before Tex arrives. Meanwhile, Simmons explains that he discovered a large cavern under Sarge's grave.[2]
Episode 87
Template:Machinima episode Grif and Simmons decide to enter the cave. Meanwhile, Tex is firing at the Blues to try and deduce who is being possessed by O'Malley. Church starts to suspect that Sheila is possessed by O'Malley, causing her malfunction. Tex notices Sister, and reacts jealously.
Episode 88
Template:Machinima episode Soon after Sarge awakens underground, Donut discovers him. As Tex and Sister talk, Church and Tucker discuss having two girls at the base. Back in the cavern, Donut points out what he believes to be a subterranean Blue base, the two bodies he found earlier, and a vehicle resembling the "motorcycle" he stole from O'Malley. Simmons and Grif reestablish radio contact with Sarge, and decide to meet.
Episode 89
Template:Machinima episode Simmons and Grif are shot with projectiles which resemble tranquilizers in effect while waiting for Sarge and Donut. The Blues decide to reboot Sheila.
Episode 90
Template:Machinima episode Doc decides to give Sister a physical. Donut and Sarge find a briefly unconscious Simmons who explains that his attackers have apparently taken Grif with them. At first reluctant, Sarge decides to go help find Grif after realizing his prized shotgun was taken too. Using a tracking device in Grif's armor, they discover he is about a tenth of a mile away and head to find him. The Blues decide Caboose will distract Sheila while Tex shuts her down.
Episode 91
Template:Machinima episode Tucker and Junior overhear Doc's inspection of Sister. Meanwhile, the Reds find Grif, who claims that he was questioned by his captors. As the Blues reboot Sheila, the tank shuts down just before revealing O'Malley's new host to Caboose.
Episode 92
Template:Machinima episode The Blues decide to transfer Sheila's intelligence to the crashed ship's on-board computer. Grif recounts his interrogation, and how Andy was present and translating for his captors, who are looking for "the kid and the sword".
Episode 93
Template:Machinima episode Tex recounts the events of Red vs. Blue: Out of Mind. When York's presence in the future is questioned, Tex comments that, as part of her division's AI implantation process, his armor's special healing ability might have kept him alive.[3] When it is revealed Wyoming teleported away from her before she could question him, Church remembers Gary's ability to create teleporters, and decides he must be Wyoming's AI, Gamma. Church is then called by Vic and told to attack the Reds via the caves. Meanwhile, the Red team discover a surveillance system watching over Blood Gulch in the cavern.
Episode 94
Template:Machinima episode Church somewhat follows Vic's instructions by sending Doc, Sister and Junior through the caves while Church, Tex and Tucker attack the Red base head on. Tucker gives some unhelpful life advice to Junior before heading off.[4]. Caboose stays at the base to ensure Sheila's transfer is not disrupted.
Episode 95
Template:Machinima episode The Reds see the Blues advancing on their base on the surveillance system, prompting them to find their way out of the cavern to invade the deserted Blue base.[5] Caboose asks Sheila, now uploaded into the ship, where O'Malley is, relaying Tex the answer. Tex then confronts Church, calling him "O'Malley." Doc and Sister head through the caves, where they find Lopez's disembodied head.[6]
Episode 96
Template:Machinima episode Sarge calls Command for reinforcements, and Simmons hears an echo and leaves to investigate. He traces Vic Jr.'s voice back to the surveillance monitors, and as Simmons' voice is heard, he quickly hangs up on Sarge; the Reds assume the equipment is interfering with their radio signals. Meanwhile, Caboose explains that Sheila said O'Malley was inside the "Blue Leader." Church protests that he was never officially promoted to that position, and is not O'Malley's host. In the caves, Doc, Sister and Junior are approached by a new Alien and his partner, a revived Captain Butch Flowers, now host to O'Malley.
Episode 97
Template:Machinima episode The Blues at Red base are ambushed by Wyoming, and Church attempts to secretly call Caboose for help, but he fails to understand. The tank nevertheless leaves for the Red base, unmanned. The Reds find Andy in the caves, who explains that the New Alien revived Captain Flowers, and begins to explain why O'Malley and Wyoming want Junior before the Reds cut him off by leaving. Tex engages her camouflage to escape Wyoming, and the tank arrives, but is revealed to be controlled by Gary.[7]
Episode 98
Template:Machinima episode Caboose deduces that he must leave Sheila to help his teammates at Red base. Meanwhile, Tucker finds out that Wyoming has the ability to loop time, having gained it from the AI implantation process, just like Tex's camouflage and York's regeneration. By rewinding events until he is victorious in battle, Wyoming is able to detect the invisible Tex before she attacks and kill Caboose. Tucker uses his knowledge of the loop to impale Wyoming with the sword, and save his teammates. When told of the loop, Church wonders if copies of Wyoming were made, as they were when he time-traveled, when the two come across multiple Wyomings.
Episode 99
Template:Machinima episode (public) Flowers/O'Malley and the New Alien are revealed to be holding Doc, Sister and Junior hostage at the underground surveillance system; Flowers mentions to Vic Jr. the plan to give Junior the sword in order to grant him unstoppable power, and that the New Alien is oblivious to their plan. Meanwhile, Church and Tucker manage to escape most of the Wyomings as the time loops continue, which Tucker states that he is aware of because of his possession of the sword, according to Wyoming. Gary is disabled after Tucker connects him to Sheila, and she traps the enemy AI behind a firewall, halting the time loops and the production of new Wyomings. The Reds decide to enter the battle in the Warthog, and take out all of the Wyomings but one. The plan is then revealed: Junior is to become the ruler of the alien race, and O'Malley plans to infect him to exploit their entire civilization in order to "win the war at any cost." Wyoming says that Tex will aid them now that she knows of the plan, and to Church's disbelief, she announces herself on an open radio channel, taunting O'Malley to "come and get her."
Episode 100
Template:Machinima episode Church begins broadcasting on an open channel to prevent O'Malley from jumping into Tex, who kills the last remaining Wyoming. Simmons hears Church and Tex and uses his radio, only to get infected. Doc hails Church to tell him that Flowers has keeled over and that the New Alien has left with Junior. Tex runs away despite Tucker's attempts to stop her. Church approaches the Reds - who are joined by Donut - to warn them about O'Malley, but Simmons points the Warthog turret at Sarge. Tex knocks him out and O'Malley jumps back into Caboose. Tex follows suit, and Church warns Sarge that he may have to disable the ship so that O'Malley can't escape.
Inside Caboose's mind, Church is confounded by the mental images of the other characters, but tricks them into leading him to Tex and O'Malley. He then uses the sword from Tucker's image to force O'Malley out. Tex, who was actually reasoning with O'Malley, is incensed, but is then forced out as well. After killing himself inside Caboose's mindscape. This also pushes out a yellow Church who stands next to a dead Wyoming. Both are somehow sent back to sidewinder in Season 3 explaining the yellow Church and white ghost in the background from Episode 52. he emerges to find out that Tex knocked out Tucker and took the sword, Junior and the Alien have boarded the ship, and Donut has just become the latest infectee. Flowers meets up with Tucker to tell him how to defeat the Reds and gets sniped.
Eventually, after jumping to Sarge, Grif, Doc, and Church, O'Malley jumps back into Tex. O'Malley grabs a Wyoming helmet and boards the ship to escape. However, Sarge placed Andy onboard and gives the order to detonate. The ship then dissappears as Andy's countdown reaches one. Andy explodes a few moments later,apparently destroying the ship and taking Tex, O'Malley, Junior, The other alien, Lopez, and Sheila with him.[8]
Ending 1 = Red
Ending 2 = Green
Ending 3 = Blue
Three different endings are provided, linked separately from a forum post by Burnie Burns.
Ending 1
Sarge taunts a sad Church, provoking the latter and Tucker to shoot the former. After Grif pleads that the teams are even, Simmons points out that the Reds actually outscore the Blues, so Simmons is shot as well. 'Every man for himself' is declared which results in the characters being killed in quick succession, leaving just Caboose with a rocket launcher and Donut with the Ghost. Caboose manages to fire a rocket, killing Donut and sending the vehicle flying. Shocked that he is the only survivor, Caboose starts celebrating, when the Ghost lands on him, killing him as well.
Ending 2
The Blues head back to their base. Sarge calls Vic, who refuses to help due to their ruining O'Malley's plan. Sarge becomes infuriated, and the Reds follow him to the surveillance system for answers. Vic appears on screen as Sarge threatens to destroy the computer with his shotgun. Grif warns that the computer may control more than they think, and Vic ominously agrees, but Sarge shoots the computer anyway. The Blues experience a strange immediate rumble above the ground, a stalactite falls on and kills Grif, and a strange Engrish message appearing on the screen, stating that they have "won" "Red vs. Blue" and should play the next game. Fake credits roll, with Japanese music, cast names[9] and video of Japanese actors reading Red vs. Blue lines. A postgame lobby for a "Halo 2" match is seen, with the main characters and their kills accumulated over the series. The teams then discuss the 'match' before deciding to start a "next game, new map."
Ending 3
A dejected Church along with the rest of Blues retreat to their base, and Sarge allows them to leave, reasoning "they've had their ass kicked enough for one day." Some time later, Caboose and Church loosely echo Grif and Simmons' dialog from episode 1. Simmons and Grif, in turn, replicate Church and Tucker's watching of the other team and dialog from the same episode, before Sarge calls them down to help name the new ATV he just built. [10]
Notes
- ^ During this scene, Church mentions that it has been "like an hour" since Junior has been born.
- ^ When Grif states that the canyon is getting dark as an excuse to go inside, Simmons meta-references the lifespan of Red vs. Blue by arguing that it hasn't gotten dark in 3 years. The first episode debuted 3 years previously, in 2003.
- ^ A fourth member of Tex's division called Carolina is mentioned, who Tex confirms as dead.
- ^ In this conversation, it is revealed that 3 days have passed since episode 78, as Doc states that Junior is 3 days old
- ^ Donut shows the rest of Red team the blue bodies he found in episode 84, prompting Simmons to note "I thought the Blues had 3 dead guys," hinting at the return of Captain Butch Flowers in the next episode.
- ^ At one point in this episode, Church and Tucker have a dialog echoing the conversation atop Red Base between Grif and Simmons in episode 1.
- ^ As the episode fades to black, Church questions why something dramatic takes place "every five minutes", in meta-reference to how the most recent episodes of Red vs. Blue have commonly ended with a cliffhanger.
- ^ It is implied Gary was destroyed too, as he is isolated behind a firewall at the time.
- ^ Mirroring the cast from the film Battle Royale.
- ^ Which turns out to be the Mongoose from Halo 3