I PROMISED SOME LORE, AND HERE IT IS! A chunky, meaty, JUICY lore video about a Spec-ops Elite-unfortunate Grunt tag team, who, in secrecy, were hunting you during Halo: Combat Evolved... Enjoy fellas!
...Wait, then who is the Elite in the Shade that you encounter during the Warthog run? Cortana even says "Looks like someone's been tracking you." I always thought that was Zuka. Maybe he was originally supposed to be on the elevator in earlier builds of the game, but got moved for Reasons?
Reminds me in Gundam IBO ein trying to avenge lt crank and his killer Mika can’t even remember killing him because dude was just another dead combatant to him
Frinata yep. You got that right. I remember reading the novel back in jr high. And I still remember the last moments of Yayap. From what I remember in the book he was staring at a patch of flowers feeling a sense of peace just before the Pillar of Autumn exploded.
I don't know about during the Human-Covenant war, but this isn't true for the postwar period, at least; Rtas Vadum (the Shipmaster with the cut off mandibles from Halo 2/3) had a grunt ranked above some Elites even on his ship, the Shadow of Intent, after the events of Halo 3.
Technically not if Zuka had a main assistant what was stopping any other elites from having their own assistants. But Yayap is the only grunt assistant named so far. We also need to take into account of Spec Ops grunts and other high ranking grunts.
zuka:you exploded me on the elevator! chief:with or without hack? zuka:without chief:oh so you are that guy, but when i meet you? zuka:pillar of antum chief:you have nothing better to do?
It's kinda funny in a dark way. Zuka obsessed over killing chief, stalked him relentlessly and everything. Yet the moment he finnaly met chief he got skilled within seconds
Zuka: You shot me in the head, slaughtered my troops, and murdered my assistant! Chief: Silence Yapyap: You don't remember?! Chief: For you, the day my bullet graced your skull, and defiled the lives of your squad was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday.
I Killed zuka with a rocket with the boom skull on. The resulting chain reaction from the exploding plasma grenades launched him up the elevator shaft.
It's kind of sad knowing a large percent of players will never know the journey of Zuka and people will just see him as another Elite Master Chief brutally murdered.
More people who can't figure out how to deal with Jackal snipers. Use corners and always keep a proper ranged weapon (Carbine, Battle rifle, beam rifle, etc) on your person. Either counter snipe them or rapidly dump a magazine of carbine/battle rifle into them so that they don't have an opportunity to respond. I never had trouble with them, and I've played Bungee's games at their highest difficulty level since Pathways Into Darkness. (Stopping after they left Halo, because destiny doesn't look like my cup of tea.)
Elite as the elevator opens "YOU TOOK EVERYTHING FROM ME, MY HONOR! MY JOB! MY SELF RESPECT! I'LL END YOU FOR THIS!" *Elevator drops and John rolls a pair of grenades down the shaft* "Who the fuck was that guy, Cortana?" "No idea Chief."
@@dellbelphine304 It is in reference to Black Panther line in Captain America Civil War when he and Hawk Eye were fighting and Hawk Eye tried small talk and introduced himself "My name is Clint" and Black Panther responded "I don't care"
Human Disease, guessing you done the same thing as me and googled instantly to fact check since your definition is an almost an exact quote from the search results. Maybe next time be thankful that you learned something doing so and just correct him rather than pretty childishly insulting someone that was just trying to share info. Also his definition works in context of the the scene in the game so the historical definition still fits. True the word isn't misused nowadays but only because we have changed it from its original meaning and you're behaving like a smartass accusing someone of being a smartass... kinda hypocritical(I know i'm being a smartass in turn but at least i'm not as rude about it). Helium Air, I would probably put it down to him quoting from the books, He points out a few times in the video that the the book goes into more detail and adds details like the ending with the elevator where he had the chief pinned and cortana disabled the elevators sending him into a free fall where in the game you can stroll through after firing a rocket and popping any grunts remaining.
Chief: Oh wait yeah I killed your cousin Zuka: My cousin? Chief: Yeah the blue guy Zuka: That's not my cousin! Chief: Oh...is it the red guy? Zuka: No! Chief: Oh...the... silver guy? Zuka: Are you just randomly pointing to my fellow brothers that you killed?! Chief: Well I cant tell the difference through the inbreeding you all look the same Zuka: *Gives annoyed glared* Im going to kil- *Shotgun blast through Zuka's chest* Chief: No your not
I’m surprised that you skipped the part at the beginning of CE where chief walks through the control room on the Pillar of Autumn above his stasis chamber and you see 4 elites tearing a part the room cursing that the demon has gotten away. This might have been locked away in legendary, but I think it's a fair edition to this lore.
Zuka: Demon! At last I have found you! Far has our hunt of one another taken us both, from the deepest shadows of this holy ring to the pits of this human mockery of a vessel! But now! Now our destined confrontation is at hand! Face me Demon and know that I, Zuka 'Zamamee, am your en-! *Rocket to the face* WAAAAAAARRGHHT! Cortana: What was his deal?
Haha, the Tag and Bink comics. Love that series. Star Wars Legends sure is full of these spotlight storylines. Hell, there's even a buttload of spotlight moments of the events of Ep. IV and before that are shown in the video games X-Wing, Dark Forces, and Empire at War, the Death Star novel alongside the Han Solo trilogy novel Rebel Strike, and the Empire comics.
BlairGB1 i mean for a book exploring a game, it did its job and it added a ton of new lore so I would think its still a good addition to the series. Besides, at least its not Cole Protocol.
The one and only grund one can respect? Grunts are, despite their child like intelligence and ugliness, the race that deserves the most respect and sympathy out of the covenant. They are the most exploited and abused members and theyre the only ones Im not proud to kill.
Zuka and Yayaps's final conversation before Zuka engages Chief on the elevator and Yayap loads supplies into a ghost is sincerely one of the most emotional moments in the Halo novels if you ask me.
I remember reading the Halo books and realizing that Zuka was one of the elites i killed in halo 1. I even used Zamamee as my Halo gamer tag. Still do F. F.
This is why you read the books. They expand the story tenfold. There's an entire plot point about the ODSTs and the human side of the halo experience. Also Cheif was one of only 5 people to leave the halo ring in CE
Word The flood had so many things happening on the pillar that is never seen, whenever a pelican comes picks you up it's bringing you back to the FOB which has crazy shit happening all the time god i love halo lore rip jenkins
I felt genuinely sad for that ending that I even teared up a bit. The two have been through so much, that in the end the two end up dying. The reality where you leave your only “friend” behind to die is saddening. R.I.P. Yap and Zuka
@@locoarticwolf2181 hmm. I think the front would probably do better with one of the forearm armor pieces that have daggar sized plasma swords coming out (like in assassins creed) for most cases, considering that a grunts arm is much too short with a much too bulky body to allow for any safe or viable movement to wield a plasma sword. Or two for that matter, lol.
I didnt really like how they develop the whole Silva and McKay sidestory just to be killed off in the end quickly (in an heroic act, yes, but it still felt like the whole sidestory was a bit of a waste of time). Just my opinion though.
@@LaggyKikee I would argue that the Silva McKay story tells you the human side of the story. With Zuka, we got the Covenant side of things, with Chief, we got the hero's story, but we never really knew how the everyday Marine might fair on the Ring outside of cannon fodder, and the Marines left the story once you go into the Library, gameplay wise. To see how they reacted and intended when the Flood were released was something we would of loved to see, and with the book, we got it. McKay was a survivalist, who just wanted to be clear of the Flood, where as Silva almost took on the role of an ONI Investigator, given that he wanted to bring the Flood back for study, which is exactly what ONI does once they learn of The Flood
I mean in the books the Elites' attitude towards Grunts is pretty much seeing them as "lesser species". So by all means he may have thought of him as a "pet" more than an assistant.
Snazzy Jovial Wyrm Yea, 343 gave some lore saying that these were different races of the same species or something like that in halo 4. But then they reintroduced Arbiter and the other OG elites having the same design as all the other ugly bastards
“In the long history of the world there are only a few generations granted the role of detaining freedom in its hour of maximum danger” -JFK Five. just like Yap Yap
today we must press F to pay our respects for this iconic duo, but in the end, we must press W... and move forward beyond this saddening event. GG Zuka and Yayap, you did well.
"Other soldiers might engage their enemies with contempt or hatred. Other soldiers might want to kill as many enemies as they can because they feel like their fight is personal, as if killing the enemy will make them feel better. That's where I'm different. I don't hate any enemy I fight. Covenant, Flood, Forerunners. I don't hate a single one of them. I don't hate them because just like me, they have a job to do. It's just theirs comes into direct opposition with mine. That's why I have to fight them. This Elite? He may have been trying to eliminate me, but that's only because it was his mission, his purpose. I'm sorry I had to kill him. Really, I am." John-117
Headcannon. Besides, Sergeant Johnson died in the Halo CE legendary ending. He showed up just fine in Halo 2. I'm still pissed they killed him in Halo 3. He was supposed to be an immortal meme character and Joe Staten (his creator) was pissed they killed him. Zuka Zamamee in the place of N'tho Sroam would be epic
@@217adaptiveperspective Unfortunately that would screw over the Elites because Zuka is a coward (I really doubt he'd have the balls to lead a rebellion, he'd flee and let his brethren get slaughtered) compared to Thel.
On "Assault on the control room" the sword-wielding elite at the end of the first bridge will follow you all the way to the end of the level if you use respawns and checkpoints properly. Might just be on co-op but it's awesome, especially in the elevator ☺️
I don’t believe I’ve heard anyone else enact Rick Hale so I consider your transmission re-enactment to be cannon and you to be the actor/model of the character. Too bad he died only moments later.
Nooo... More like "I am about to detonate this ship's core. Have fun staying behind! Hahahaha!" While your laughter quickly fades away as you sprint towards your salvation.
It is referenced at one point in the game. During your escape on the Warthog, there is an Elite with a Shade Turret right before you reach the supposed extraction point with Foehammer.
Chief is meant to be a blank character for the player to project themselves onto. Zuka Zamamee and Yayap actually have personality beyond unflappable will, hyperlethality, and wry & understated one liners.
If this story wasn’t canon, I’d definitely believed that this was written by a creative Halo fan just for some random elite in the elevator out of boredom.
@@issackaiser Problem with that is, the book came out around the same time as the game and although fan fiction has existed for awhile, back in 2001 when Combat evolved came out social media wasn't a thing and everyone was not knowledgeable about what fan fiction was, so you wouldn't even had thought this in 2001, you only think it now because in 2021 meme's are a thing, social media is a thing and in the area of stories fan fiction by definition is popular to do and make fun of. Also, seeing things through the modern lens such as this makes you come to different conclusions. " Random elite" every elite besides the main ones would be random, and if yo think about real life, how many people may encounter you through your life and you think nothing about them but they went home and to them you were a big deal, maybe they didn't like the way you looked, how your voice sounds, something you did in public and you have zero idea; this would be the same case with this scenario. Master Chief is a famous war hero, like THE war hero for the humans, everyone knows about him but he only knows the main enemies and relevant info. Any enemy that encounters him has their own story and hate and resentment about Master Chief, bungie just decided to tell the story about a seemingly unimportant elite. I say seemingly because being that the things he did actually impacted the story, it's not random, we were just paying attention to the bigger picture of the game while this is small lore stuff you find out after. Most games have this.
I PROMISED SOME LORE, AND HERE IT IS! A chunky, meaty, JUICY lore video about a Spec-ops Elite-unfortunate Grunt tag team, who, in secrecy, were hunting you during Halo: Combat Evolved... Enjoy fellas!
HiddenXperia F to my grunty boi 😥
...Wait, then who is the Elite in the Shade that you encounter during the Warthog run? Cortana even says "Looks like someone's been tracking you." I always thought that was Zuka. Maybe he was originally supposed to be on the elevator in earlier builds of the game, but got moved for Reasons?
This was based on the book, what was it called, I can't remember but it is really really good
I love your videos but this one truly made me crie for the two
I bet they pulled a noble 6 and hid in a cave and didnt die
Zuka: “You took everything from me.”
Master Chief: “I don’t even know who you are.”
pretty much kek
this should be top comment with 10000000000 likes it fits so perfectly
Classic anime rival story
Denbu ? lol
Reminds me in Gundam IBO ein trying to avenge lt crank and his killer Mika can’t even remember killing him because dude was just another dead combatant to him
Random elite in elevator:
Bored bungie writer gives him lore.
Pretty sure 343 did this lore not bungie.
@@cursedhawkins1305 Nah, this was from the Novel: The Flood, which was written along side Combat Evolved's release, be it before or shortly after
117 LIKES?! IS THAT YOU CHIEF
Frinata yep. You got that right. I remember reading the novel back in jr high. And I still remember the last moments of Yayap. From what I remember in the book he was staring at a patch of flowers feeling a sense of peace just before the Pillar of Autumn exploded.
@@cursedhawkins1305 it was bungie which did the novel
Interesting fact: by being Zuka’s assistant, Yayap was promoted to a rank above Jackal, making him one of the highest ranking grunts ever.
Cool😊😊😊
Wait, is he canon?
I don't know about during the Human-Covenant war, but this isn't true for the postwar period, at least; Rtas Vadum (the Shipmaster with the cut off mandibles from Halo 2/3) had a grunt ranked above some Elites even on his ship, the Shadow of Intent, after the events of Halo 3.
Technically not if Zuka had a main assistant what was stopping any other elites from having their own assistants. But Yayap is the only grunt assistant named so far. We also need to take into account of Spec Ops grunts and other high ranking grunts.
Then you just come in and one shot
Zuka, arriving to face Chief for the final showdown: Hey.
Chief: Hey
*Pulls out rocket launcher*
Zuka: What?!
Mobius 1! What are you doing here? Are you taking a day off after the Continental War?
Say hello to my little friend
Also chief: *I am 4 alternate universes ahead of you.*
NANI?
You could almost say... A Bazooka for Zuka
Zuka: You shot me in the head, killed my squad, and destroyed my assistant
Master Chief: Do you have any idea how low that narrows it
117th like :D
*How little that narrow it down
ChaosCorbin I can’t be the only one that read that like “one one seventh” lol
zuka:you exploded me on the elevator!
chief:with or without hack?
zuka:without
chief:oh so you are that guy, but when i meet you?
zuka:pillar of antum
chief:you have nothing better to do?
Master Chief: You are going to need to be more specific, this still isn’t ringing a bell.
“What if I say that he had a pet Grunt”
Can I pet it?
Sebastián Zárate cl Can I join in on the petting?
I will hug him squeeze him and call him jorge.
Sebastián Zárate sign me the fuck up
Hell yeah I'll pet him.
I want to pet a drone instead
Zuka: "The Demon ruined me."
Arbiter: "Hold my grunt."
Arbiter: hey, first time?
Arbiter: hold my Wart Wart
HAHA 😂
@@chuckymaynard96 Actually zuka was first
@@AbdullahKhan-el6xw no Arbiter was first because Reach
Zuka: "I must capture the demon."
Yai-yap: "Zuka, sit down and have some calming tea."
underrated comment
He doesn’t want any calming tea, he wants to capture the master chief
He must capture the Master Chief to regain his *honor* and return to the Covenant
@@noahversusacat9855 lets forget about the demon, and have massages
Chief: oh you got me, wait, what's that! I think it's your honor!
Zuka: where?!
Chief: *pulls out rocket launcher while he isn't looking*
It's kinda funny in a dark way. Zuka obsessed over killing chief, stalked him relentlessly and everything. Yet the moment he finnaly met chief he got skilled within seconds
Its funnier too that he gave up ran and found him after he gave up on looking for him
zuka is yandere for chief
Sort of like Darth Maul to Obi Wan Kenobi
First I felt horrible for killing grunts for basically being children, now I feel *REALLY REALLY REAAALLLYYY BAD.*
@@jpitt300 ..........come again bruh. The grunts are basically children????
Zuka: You shot me in the head, slaughtered my troops, and murdered my assistant!
Chief: Silence
Yapyap: You don't remember?!
Chief: For you, the day my bullet graced your skull, and defiled the lives of your squad was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday.
I love that movie.
Foxtrot Gaming street fighter
When I face Zamame in combat I would break his spine. The road less taken.
I don't know if the Tuesday part is intentional but Pillar of Autumn actually takes place on a Tuesday and The Maw is on Thursday or Friday
Taco Tuesday that is
WAIT the elite I blew up in halo 1 in the elevator when I was 9 had been hunting me since the SHIP?!?!?!
Yes
war hound yes
y e s
FUCK ME?!?!?!?!?! a 185 likes I commented on a childhood memory and you guys like it?? wow halo people are so much nicer than others
Yus
Zuka: "This demon may destroy us all grunt"
Cut to master chief bunny hopping across the ring.
Hahaha lols
🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣
The covenants fault for not giving Chief more attention
so true
Cheif and cortana: name a more iconic duo
The covenant:
L
XxJohnnyXx 239 w
@@gabenewell3955 clown
XxJohnnyXx 239
Relax bro
I'm your 117th like
Should've been titled "The Grunt who suffered a moronic Elite going on a crazed hunt for Chief"
Very true
I really hope Yayap found some measure of peace before The End.
Nathaniel Winchester Okay... Boomer. 🙄
ILL CONCEIVED REVENGE
@midgetydeath Plot twist : Yayap is Dimkee Hotay
"Help, I'm trying to assassinate a demon but my armor is dummy thicc and the clanking keeps alarming the parasite"
-Vengeful Sangheili
I just love it when the Grunts call Master Chief “It’s the DEMON!!!”
I love killing grunts.
Someone should mod the game so that everytime someone says 'deamon' they say 'daddy' instead
Hmmm demon reminds me of game similar to halo
Hi
I love shooting grunts in the head
Elite: Swiggity swoogity I'm coming for that UNSC booty
Lol reach booty
dr. phil episode
Green virgin booty
He would have busted cortanas cheeks too
Haha cringe
Yai Yap: exists
Zuka: I’m about to start this whole man’s career
Yai Yap: *Chuckles* I'm in danger.
But that's wrong. Yaiyap didn't just "Exist". He SAVED Zuka. THAT was what "started his career". Sorry, but the joke just doesn't work.
BoneBeastKimimaro it does work shut up.
@@nightvisiontv1847 well it doesn't lol braindead
Dev Team: _inserts generic elite boi into portion of the openning game_
Lore Writer: *_What if-_*
Pretty sure the Pillar of Autumn going ka-boom happens at the end of the game.
@@Rogsnutle yes but zuka appears at the start
Not really a "what if" thing when it's in the Halo books
Dietz sure is... an interesting writer at most.
Zuka...Zuko. “I must kill the demon and restore my honor”
Underrated comment
Good one.
Yaiyap...Iroh. "please Zuka...Come sit, and have a cup of nice hot tea to relieve your anger"
@@greattitan76 HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?!!?!
@@daftmalade8809 let's be real... the joke had to be made
*W H A T I F I T O L D Y O U*
*WHAT IF I TOLD YOU*
I will not promote audible in this video.
What if I told you.. Cheif has a dirty secret
ckyle108 games I know the secret... He’s Gay oh wait i thought you were talking about James Charles
@@Reaxperrrr jk rowling strikes again
777th
after watching this, im gonna replay “The Maw” and let Zamamee kill me at the elevator just once.
Hero right here
Because that's what heroes do.
SOMEBODY GET THIS MAN A CAPE
When ya respawned, did you give him both tubes from a Bazooka?
I liked your comment so my conscience is clear😂😂😂
I Killed zuka with a rocket with the boom skull on. The resulting chain reaction from the exploding plasma grenades launched him up the elevator shaft.
Just a broken back
I recently replayed CE and I just killed him with a magnum.
I melee killed him,humilation at it’s finest
@@MemeSlayer982 👍
What mission, I wanna fuck him up too
It's kind of sad knowing a large percent of players will never know the journey of Zuka and people will just see him as another Elite Master Chief brutally murdered.
Well.... That's really who he is.
He's the final elite you kill before the run so it makes sense
Well you have to read The Flood to know anyways.
NO MY BROTHERS HE DEID FIGHTING A HERATIC HE DEID WITH HONOR
I'd say if he put in a few dozen more jackal snipers we wouldnt be having this discussion
The joker lol
The Joker make it like fuckin 1
hate those guys
Open the elevator door slightly and throw a shit ton of grenades out.
More people who can't figure out how to deal with Jackal snipers. Use corners and always keep a proper ranged weapon (Carbine, Battle rifle, beam rifle, etc) on your person. Either counter snipe them or rapidly dump a magazine of carbine/battle rifle into them so that they don't have an opportunity to respond. I never had trouble with them, and I've played Bungee's games at their highest difficulty level since Pathways Into Darkness. (Stopping after they left Halo, because destiny doesn't look like my cup of tea.)
HiddenXperia: “What if I told you”
Morpheus: “What if I told you”
Me: What if- (Gets shot by a Magnum)
12.7mm of DIIIIIIVINE INTERVENTION
Oof
L
*master chief after shooting you* "Enough of this bullshit."
Just Some Guy without a Mustache I hate ur comments
Me: Can we have a cool fight between Chief and Zamamee?
Mom: We have that at home.
The fight at home: 16:04
Elite as the elevator opens "YOU TOOK EVERYTHING FROM ME, MY HONOR! MY JOB! MY SELF RESPECT! I'LL END YOU FOR THIS!"
*Elevator drops and John rolls a pair of grenades down the shaft*
"Who the fuck was that guy, Cortana?"
"No idea Chief."
Council: you shall not hunt the demon
Chief shoots up the place
Council: wait that’s illegal shoot him or something...
Attack of the Clones Geonosis arena reference? :D
Is it?
combining star wars memes with rvb memes i see
Zuka: "I am Zuka"
Master Chief: "I don't care"
“Who asked? Who cared?”
@@dellbelphine304 It is in reference to Black Panther line in Captain America Civil War when he and Hawk Eye were fighting and Hawk Eye tried small talk and introduced himself "My name is Clint" and Black Panther responded "I don't care"
crxdelsolsir ah, my bad
Chief: haha rocket launcher goes brrr
"I don't know you and I don't care to know you"
“Decimated the entire squad.”
*kills one marine*
The grenade killed both the marine who was stuck by it and the marines who were standing beside him
@@BiomechanicalBrick "Decimate" means to remove 1/10th. It's a very misused word.
@@JLock_17 "the more you know", thanks
Human Disease, guessing you done the same thing as me and googled instantly to fact check since your definition is an almost an exact quote from the search results. Maybe next time be thankful that you learned something doing so and just correct him rather than pretty childishly insulting someone that was just trying to share info.
Also his definition works in context of the the scene in the game so the historical definition still fits. True the word isn't misused nowadays but only because we have changed it from its original meaning and you're behaving like a smartass accusing someone of being a smartass... kinda hypocritical(I know i'm being a smartass in turn but at least i'm not as rude about it).
Helium Air, I would probably put it down to him quoting from the books, He points out a few times in the video that the the book goes into more detail and adds details like the ending with the elevator where he had the chief pinned and cortana disabled the elevators sending him into a free fall where in the game you can stroll through after firing a rocket and popping any grunts remaining.
He must’ve had boom on
Zuka: "finally I got you."
Chief: "I don't even know who you are."
“We meet again Demon!”
“Do I know you?”
"You ruined my life"
"I dont even Know You!"
Chief: Oh wait yeah I killed your cousin
Zuka: My cousin?
Chief: Yeah the blue guy
Zuka: That's not my cousin!
Chief: Oh...is it the red guy?
Zuka: No!
Chief: Oh...the... silver guy?
Zuka: Are you just randomly pointing to my fellow brothers that you killed?!
Chief: Well I cant tell the difference through the inbreeding you all look the same
Zuka: *Gives annoyed glared* Im going to kil-
*Shotgun blast through Zuka's chest*
Chief: No your not
OHHH YESS YOU DO! And thiss time, i have the element of SURPRISE *immediately gets fucking destroyed*
@@barrythegoon could be the same elite from Halo legends
@@stevenjones7823 im making a hazbin reference not whayever that is
Yai yap: imma just help the elite and not die
*becomes highest ranking grunt ever*
That was not at all funny
Noice
@@chiefie7353 your comment has been noted
@@thestranger8474 Your notes have been archived
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4:17
Oh so thats why the elites didn't hear me killing those sleeping grunts.
Your pfp makes this even funnier.
JoJo52626 Wilson TBH I picked this for no reason at all
Still lul
Honestly and underrated comment
Underrated comment for sure
I’m surprised that you skipped the part at the beginning of CE where chief walks through the control room on the Pillar of Autumn above his stasis chamber and you see 4 elites tearing a part the room cursing that the demon has gotten away. This might have been locked away in legendary, but I think it's a fair edition to this lore.
which reminds me of a line Cortana says in CE. "I guess the Covenant wanted to catch you napping."
Definitely not locked to legendary
Zuka: Demon! At last I have found you! Far has our hunt of one another taken us both, from the deepest shadows of this holy ring to the pits of this human mockery of a vessel! But now! Now our destined confrontation is at hand! Face me Demon and know that I, Zuka 'Zamamee, am your en-! *Rocket to the face* WAAAAAAARRGHHT!
Cortana: What was his deal?
Zuka: Demon! At last i have f..💥💥💥💥💥
Dishonoured by rockets
Finally! A worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!
Master Chief: don't know
XD
Back when Elites actually looked like sleek and nimble fighting warriors, as opposed to the lumbering ogres they are in halo 4 and 5.
For me they only look cool in halo reach
Acting like they weren’t ugly in Halo 3 and Wars
They look cool as hell in halo 5 tho
@@dskillyou1 absolutely nothing is cool as hell about halo 5
@@rambo-cambo3581 their not that bad
Zuka exists
Master Chief: "ima ruin this Sanghelis whole career"
Super Sayian Blue Vegeta k
This has really similar vibes to that noncanon Star Wars series about the two storm troopers who inadvertently caused all events in Star Wars.
Wait what?
@@NihilistCoomerLord look it up
Tag and Bink it was Non canon to both disney and Legends. It was just a fun what if.
@@magnenoalex2 OH YEAH! They were force sensitve.. *barely* and Vader/Anakin lets them go..
lol
Haha, the Tag and Bink comics. Love that series.
Star Wars Legends sure is full of these spotlight storylines. Hell, there's even a buttload of spotlight moments of the events of Ep. IV and before that are shown in the video games X-Wing, Dark Forces, and Empire at War, the Death Star novel alongside the Han Solo trilogy novel Rebel Strike, and the Empire comics.
Zuka: "Luckily, the bullet merely grazed my forehead!"
ZUKA, YEEEES I AM!
Wait, IS THIS A JOJO REFERE-
yea im not doing it
"The gun is mightier than the sword"
YESSSSSSS I AM!
@@barofsoap5092 motherfucking JoJo reference XD
if you read the book: HALO: The Flood, by William C. Dietz, you get the entire story of halo CE, but in a book, and it has Zuka Zamamee.
It's a shit story to read honestly not as good as Eric Nylunds books at all!
@@jessejames9282
I wouldn't say it was shit.
It's just okay, but it has to stand next to Nylund's work, which is a major problem for Dietz.
@BlairGB1
Agreed. Retreading that sort of ground takes away from the book.
BlairGB1 i mean for a book exploring a game, it did its job and it added a ton of new lore so I would think its still a good addition to the series. Besides, at least its not Cole Protocol.
I read it
"F" for Yapyap. The one, and only Grunt one can respect
its yiyap, yapyap was a grunt deacon who rebelled against atriox and the banished
@@cold_chimp he literally shot atriox with a overcharged plasma round right?
@@BigDave18 yes
The one and only grund one can respect?
Grunts are, despite their child like intelligence and ugliness, the race that deserves the most respect and sympathy out of the covenant. They are the most exploited and abused members and theyre the only ones Im not proud to kill.
@@Dickstick they arent as ugly as kig yar
Zuka and Yayaps's final conversation before Zuka engages Chief on the elevator and Yayap loads supplies into a ghost is sincerely one of the most emotional moments in the Halo novels if you ask me.
WORT WORT WORT
Were it so easy
Brashhhhhhhhhhhh
Waaaaaaaaaaaa
GO GO GO
WORT WORT WORT
* b r e a t h e s *
bungies writers: *i like this guy.*
This is just a modded New Vegas playthrough
I’ve found the most underrated comment ever
I mean your not wrong this was kinda fallout new vegas.
Zuka was he courier Masterchef was Benny
Bro modding new vegas be like
reality can be whatever i want it to be
Chief: "What in the goddamn...?"
I love it when there's only a few grunts left in a fight, and their just like.
"The Demon! The Demon! Run for your lives!"
Some say he stalked the chief, others say chief fought him personally. All we know is, he's called the stig
He's NOT the Stig, but he is the Stig's alien, Covenant aligned, cousin!
@@Tahkaullus01 lol if halo was made by the same people who made forza motorsports
As in Stig Top Gear?
@@IEatGlue77 yes
@@bobthebuilder1360 yes
I remember reading the Halo books and realizing that Zuka was one of the elites i killed in halo 1.
I even used Zamamee as my Halo gamer tag. Still do
F.
F.
Ra Marty press f to slap Zamamee cheeks
This story feels like some fanfic I'd read on a rainy day
😂
It basically was the official Halo 1 fanfiction. And it was amazing.
Zuko: “I won’t stop until I capture the Avatar.”
Zuka: “I won’t stop until I kill the Master Chief.”
This is why you read the books. They expand the story tenfold. There's an entire plot point about the ODSTs and the human side of the halo experience. Also Cheif was one of only 5 people to leave the halo ring in CE
Word The flood had so many things happening on the pillar that is never seen, whenever a pelican comes picks you up it's bringing you back to the FOB which has crazy shit happening all the time god i love halo lore
rip jenkins
@@hades9189 poor poor Jenkins.
Which books? I want to buy them
@@Eric-eq6gy The Flood, First Strike, Ghost of Onyx
@@MustacheMenace117 don't forget reach
I felt genuinely sad for that ending that I even teared up a bit. The two have been through so much, that in the end the two end up dying. The reality where you leave your only “friend” behind to die is saddening. R.I.P. Yap and Zuka
Doesn't it kind of look like a grunt with an energy sword in the thumbnail
Random Penguins That would be one of the most hardcore and badass grunts ever, hell have them dual-wielding energy swords.
No
@@locoarticwolf2181 hmm. I think the front would probably do better with one of the forearm armor pieces that have daggar sized plasma swords coming out (like in assassins creed) for most cases, considering that a grunts arm is much too short with a much too bulky body to allow for any safe or viable movement to wield a plasma sword. Or two for that matter, lol.
Random Penguins lol that’s what I thought it was until you pointed it out
For you, the day Master Chief graced you was the most important day of your life. But for Chief, it was Tuesday.
Canonically, the Arbiter was wearing Raycon's E25s that whole time.
Were it so easy
This is why I love “the flood” that whole side story was amazing.
I didnt really like how they develop the whole Silva and McKay sidestory just to be killed off in the end quickly (in an heroic act, yes, but it still felt like the whole sidestory was a bit of a waste of time). Just my opinion though.
@@LaggyKikee I would argue that the Silva McKay story tells you the human side of the story. With Zuka, we got the Covenant side of things, with Chief, we got the hero's story, but we never really knew how the everyday Marine might fair on the Ring outside of cannon fodder, and the Marines left the story once you go into the Library, gameplay wise. To see how they reacted and intended when the Flood were released was something we would of loved to see, and with the book, we got it. McKay was a survivalist, who just wanted to be clear of the Flood, where as Silva almost took on the role of an ONI Investigator, given that he wanted to bring the Flood back for study, which is exactly what ONI does once they learn of The Flood
"the flood" is great but "Mona Lisa" is still my favorite, it's fucking horrifying.
“pet grunt”, “hired a grunt as an assistant”
grunt: am I a joke to you?
Yes.
I mean in the books the Elites' attitude towards Grunts is pretty much seeing them as "lesser species". So by all means he may have thought of him as a "pet" more than an assistant.
MJGHuggies hahah oh yea how could they think of them as much more when I think every halo player finds them some what adorable
@@kaos-vi7mf The ones in Halo 4 and up are fucking ugly.
Then again, everything in Halo 4 and up is ugly compared to the games before them.
Snazzy Jovial Wyrm Yea, 343 gave some lore saying that these were different races of the same species or something like that in halo 4. But then they reintroduced Arbiter and the other OG elites having the same design as all the other ugly bastards
Are we gonna ignore the fact he stuck a plasma to one of his fellow marines to get that clip at 10:43 . Rip Lol
I always feel bad for killing him on the elevator before the Warthog run.
Ryatt get it over quick, stock up on rockets and grenades
Best thing you can do is end him cause lore is lore
Next time you play give him a faire fight Malley only or give him a big hug
Like Marauder Shields.
Even now when I go back and play Halo: CE, I still lob rockets and huck grenades into his squad cause I'm playing on legendary.
2:24
"so, yayap, along with the 4 other grunts in his squad, each grabbed a limb, and dragged him to safety"
That's so cute to imagine omg 😂
So if the 4 other grunts are grabbing limbs, what is yayap grabbing?
Chris Cary Head.
@@IdiotN4 Which head?
Snazzy Jovial Wyrm What do you think?
@@IdiotN4 the one WITHOUT a brain XD
"As I always say, forgive your enemies, but.. remember their names." - JFK from Five
BaysideThe1st • “gentlemen our capacity to retaliate must be and has to be massive deter all forms of aggression.”
“In the long history of the world there are only a few generations granted the role of detaining freedom in its hour of maximum danger” -JFK Five. just like Yap Yap
"JFK from five."
Oh yeah, i remember that guy.
today we must press F to pay our respects for this iconic duo, but in the end, we must press W... and move forward beyond this saddening event. GG Zuka and Yayap, you did well.
What I find disappointing was that the master chief never encountered camouflaged combat flood forms during the events of alpha halo in the book
That's because the dude in Charge of writing the book took inspiration from the easy difficulty of the game (wich has no active cammo combat forms)
Aaron Alvarez oooh, Well that answers that then.
In game goes over book lore so it's still possible for them to be there
Jerry Howard I think everyone has done that lol
@@NoSoyMarciano ahhhhh.
Yayap: * sees the PoA explode *
*My time has come*
* disappears in a cloud of flood spores *
I've been following for quite some time and the quality of your content keeps going up. Keep up the amazing work!
Ayyyy thanks man, appreciate that! I put days into these videos so comments like this always make me happy :)
"Other soldiers might engage their enemies with contempt or hatred. Other soldiers might want to kill as many enemies as they can because they feel like their fight is personal, as if killing the enemy will make them feel better. That's where I'm different. I don't hate any enemy I fight. Covenant, Flood, Forerunners. I don't hate a single one of them. I don't hate them because just like me, they have a job to do. It's just theirs comes into direct opposition with mine. That's why I have to fight them. This Elite? He may have been trying to eliminate me, but that's only because it was his mission, his purpose. I'm sorry I had to kill him. Really, I am." John-117
Doesn't sounds like chief
A lovely little speech for someone that isn’t a kidnapped 6-year old turned nearly emotionless killing machine
I dont care who they are I killed all sides human,flood and covenant they all get into the blast raidius not my fault!
Ah... flood!?!?
I almost wish these two lived to see the end of the war. It would have been hilarious if one of the elite co op characters in halo 3 was Zuka.
Headcannon.
Besides, Sergeant Johnson died in the Halo CE legendary ending. He showed up just fine in Halo 2. I'm still pissed they killed him in Halo 3. He was supposed to be an immortal meme character and Joe Staten (his creator) was pissed they killed him.
Zuka Zamamee in the place of N'tho Sroam would be epic
That'd be ironic, bet Chief still wouldn't have any idea who Zuka was though.
@@217adaptiveperspective Zuka: "Demon where we once were bitter enemies we now fight side by side" Chief: "Have I met you.... ?"
In an alternate timeline, Zuka might have somehow ended up as Arbiter instead of Thel.
@@217adaptiveperspective Unfortunately that would screw over the Elites because Zuka is a coward (I really doubt he'd have the balls to lead a rebellion, he'd flee and let his brethren get slaughtered) compared to Thel.
zuka: does all that
chief: lol ok
On "Assault on the control room" the sword-wielding elite at the end of the first bridge will follow you all the way to the end of the level if you use respawns and checkpoints properly.
Might just be on co-op but it's awesome, especially in the elevator ☺️
I don’t believe I’ve heard anyone else enact Rick Hale so I consider your transmission re-enactment to be cannon and you to be the actor/model of the character. Too bad he died only moments later.
Zuka hunting Master Chief: "The Last Spartan" to restore his Honor.
How is that not Prince Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender
I was waiting to see who would notice this XD
Sure except if aang was a merciless killing machine and straight up tears Zuko apart in their third encounter.
Master Chief isn't even the last Spartan but okay
@@mrbanks7135 """""'""""The Last Spartan"""""'"""" how about now
@@mrbanks7135 The last spartan 2*
Zuka: "you took everything from me"
MC: "I dont even know you"
lmaoo I was looking away and turned around to Thel grabbing some earbuds
Jesus I stuck Zuka with a plasma grenade at the start... damn talk About resilience 😳
You already made me feel sorry for killing Grunts, and now you've made me feel sorry for rocketing that elevator mercilessly.
Hello there
So uncivilized...
At least you had the high ground.
Don't be
They started it
Zuka: *is on ship*
Master chief: YOU MESS WITH THE WRONG SHIP FOOL
Nooo... More like "I am about to detonate this ship's core. Have fun staying behind! Hahahaha!" While your laughter quickly fades away as you sprint towards your salvation.
They should really update the MCC to have a shade turret at that last elevator. That would be ICONIC.
EDIT: F for respect!
It is referenced at one point in the game. During your escape on the Warthog, there is an Elite with a Shade Turret right before you reach the supposed extraction point with Foehammer.
@@SoldierOfFate nothing either a rocket launcher or a pair of grenades can't solve.
Hot Take: Zuka and Yayap deserve their own spinoff Game.
Halo: Opposing Force
Akatsuki-Nate 9 it’s just heavily modified new Vegas
I'd play it
Z3U5 I’m making a shitpost with that
Cheers man, I’ll drink to that bro
"Yah yap realized his time had come" "LETS PLAY RAID SHADOW LEGENDS!"
I'm actually upset now....
This was wholesome and depressing at the same time....
@Andy Gygi Look at it from their perspective , like 90% of the comments section has.
“Avoid their inevitable death” bruh do you know what inevitable means
a situation that is unavoidable.
lol the 30 second intro was so dramatic i loved it
I already knew about this but Xperia content MUST be consumed.
9:05 this isn’t very relevant but in any Halo game, when this music comes on, you know sh*ts boutta go down.
Triple- M halo reach mission was so much cooler when they played the rock music
Halo 2 and Breaking Benjamin > ALL
Zuka- You took everything from me!
Chief- I don't even know who you are
You have perfect timing by uploading this when I got home
Bruh when I saw the thumbnail I thought the grunt was holding the energy sword
oh wait HE DOESN T?!?!
I did too
I thought the elite was taking the grunt’s arm off with the energy sword.
YES BROTHER THIS VIDEO WILL SERVE GREATLY TO THE IMPERIUM OF MAN
Isn’t the Imperiom of Man War-Hammer 4000
PILL0BUG PLAYER 40000* yes
What the hell is that 😂😂
Obi-Wan Kenobi THE GREATEST EMPIRE TO EVER RULE THE MILKY WAY just look up warhammer 40k
@@SerAstraeusXIV Nahh, Forerunners stomp
This dude is basically the arbiter in the Halo TV series
Is it weird that when I was reading the book, I enjoyed reading about Zuka Zamamee and Yayap more than the chief?
Chief is meant to be a blank character for the player to project themselves onto.
Zuka Zamamee and Yayap actually have personality beyond unflappable will, hyperlethality, and wry & understated one liners.
A.W. Sawtooth which halo book are you referring too?
@@NorvatZ Halo: The Flood which is the novelization of Halo: CE
I am only just reading the book😅😅
I kind of wish Zuka and Yayap lived to see The Great Schism, and maybe even have lived past it.
Zuka: *I WILL-*
Master chief: *_who are you_*
This lore sounds like he is reading fanfiction🤣
Its in a book....
@@ricegod5379 yea, it sounds like fan fiction.
If this story wasn’t canon, I’d definitely believed that this was written by a creative Halo fan just for some random elite in the elevator out of boredom.
@@issackaiser Problem with that is, the book came out around the same time as the game and although fan fiction has existed for awhile, back in 2001 when Combat evolved came out social media wasn't a thing and everyone was not knowledgeable about what fan fiction was, so you wouldn't even had thought this in 2001, you only think it now because in 2021 meme's are a thing, social media is a thing and in the area of stories fan fiction by definition is popular to do and make fun of. Also, seeing things through the modern lens such as this makes you come to different conclusions. "
Random elite" every elite besides the main ones would be random, and if yo think about real life, how many people may encounter you through your life and you think nothing about them but they went home and to them you were a big deal, maybe they didn't like the way you looked, how your voice sounds, something you did in public and you have zero idea; this would be the same case with this scenario. Master Chief is a famous war hero, like THE war hero for the humans, everyone knows about him but he only knows the main enemies and relevant info.
Any enemy that encounters him has their own story and hate and resentment about Master Chief, bungie just decided to tell the story about a seemingly unimportant elite. I say seemingly because being that the things he did actually impacted the story, it's not random, we were just paying attention to the bigger picture of the game while this is small lore stuff you find out after. Most games have this.
Zuka: "On my honor I will defeat you demon!"
*explosion followed by distracted teabagging*
Oh man I love this storyline, this is easily the best storyline from the Halo: The Flood novel.
Would have never, ever heard of any of this from anyone else but you. Your in depth content constantly enthralls. Nice vid!
Read Halo the Flood this is where this story is from
Also this book is like from 2001 or so
GCustoms Creations ayyyy thanks dude!
As soon as I saw the title, I knew it was gonna be Zamamee
Same here man
Same
It says something about The Flood that all these years later, iconic elements of it are still so memorable for fans.
Zuka: You killed my family...
Chief: which one?