The sad history of the Grunts and their rebellions (Halo Lore)

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  • The Grunts have always been some light coming relief in Halo, but what if I told you their history was a chain of sad event after sad event? Well, today, after much demand, we're going to be looking at the depressing history of the Grunts in this Halo lore in the utmost detail possible - covering their origin as a species, their ascent, descent and the infamous Unggoy Rebellion!
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  • @HiddenXperia
    @HiddenXperia  Před 5 lety +1605

    MANY HAVE ASKED FOR IT, SO THE ICONIC ONE HAS ANSWERED! HERE IS THE SAD, DEPRESSING HISTORY OF THE POOR LITTLE GRUNTIES!

    • @rosegraham5283
      @rosegraham5283 Před 5 lety +9

      G R U N T O N I C

    • @Jedi_Spartan_38
      @Jedi_Spartan_38 Před 5 lety +6

      And where can I find that photoshop image of you as a Grunt?

    • @rosegraham5283
      @rosegraham5283 Před 5 lety +2

      ​@@Jedi_Spartan_38 I'm the man who made it! ;) twitter.com/RossGraham555/status/1110999373218041856

    • @crabman54
      @crabman54 Před 5 lety +5

      The sad thing is is that the grunts are one of if not the funniest characters in the halo games

    • @kylecrawford1310
      @kylecrawford1310 Před 5 lety

      Aww shit here we go again. Swear you've done this before.

  • @melvinolsson9958
    @melvinolsson9958 Před 3 lety +3735

    Sooo many times when i killes a grunt another grunt would say ”he was my best friend” and i would cry on the inside

    • @aekambeerbains3966
      @aekambeerbains3966 Před 3 lety +307

      Gonna be honest. I immediately went for those grunts next even if they were across the field

    • @kylejansen8456
      @kylejansen8456 Před 3 lety +401

      @@aekambeerbains3966 gotta reunite them.

    • @miguelsanchez3438
      @miguelsanchez3438 Před 3 lety +108

      Didn’t you force an army of child soldiers to turn on and hunt down their companions against their will, Chancellor?

    • @melvinolsson9958
      @melvinolsson9958 Před 3 lety +98

      @@miguelsanchez3438 uuuuuuuuhhh What!? Nooooo.....’whispering’ execute order 66

    • @dragoonhub1252
      @dragoonhub1252 Před 3 lety +14

      @@miguelsanchez3438 Jedi just suck

  • @unknownunknown-zx9st
    @unknownunknown-zx9st Před 5 lety +4705

    Elites: were the strongest and mightiest soldiers of the covenant.
    Grunts: hand me my fuel rod gun

  • @garbagepanda8
    @garbagepanda8 Před 4 lety +3208

    Once I was playing Halo 3, but I stopped after killing a grunt and hearing another one yell “Fred, no,”.

    • @whynottry5692
      @whynottry5692 Před 4 lety +410

      R.I.P fred

    • @rafalszczesiak1335
      @rafalszczesiak1335 Před 4 lety +219

      Fred must be given a proper funeral

    • @jacobmoorcroft3893
      @jacobmoorcroft3893 Před 4 lety +274

      Yeah apparently they shout "friend, no!" and something along the lines of "brother" sometimes when you kill another grunt nearby

    • @truereaper4572
      @truereaper4572 Před 3 lety +81

      is there a no grunt death playthrough?

    • @StephenxTehxLefty
      @StephenxTehxLefty Před 3 lety +159

      I had one scream "He was my best friend!"

  • @nachtderuntoten3682
    @nachtderuntoten3682 Před 2 lety +463

    I remember playing Halo: Infinite and a Grunt said to me, “Spartan are you still mad? I’m sorry.” I felt so bad when I killed him.

    • @A1Stranger1Unknown
      @A1Stranger1Unknown Před rokem +13

      God dang bro that's something

    • @Joeydoestuff
      @Joeydoestuff Před 2 měsíci +3

      Bro was a homie you didn’t have to kill him man.

    • @iambuhlockay8007
      @iambuhlockay8007 Před měsícem +2

      One once told me “I hope the human afterlife SUCKS” 😂

  • @asianexpectations5579
    @asianexpectations5579 Před 5 lety +3581

    *commits a grunt massacre*
    *cries into magnum surrounded by confetti*

    • @ijoel6747
      @ijoel6747 Před 5 lety +125

      A faint yaaaaay in the background

    • @james739123
      @james739123 Před 5 lety +17

      me and my friends on reach with a jetpacks and fuel rog guns, 1ikill like 10 grunts :D
      lands and sees the carnage we caused D:
      "now, we are all sons of bitches." ),:>
      czcams.com/video/NKcNaUnj3os/video.html

    • @HAVOCSLEGACY
      @HAVOCSLEGACY Před 5 lety +3

      Lmao

    • @TheChadPad
      @TheChadPad Před 5 lety +8

      The saddest party of all time

    • @avrex100
      @avrex100 Před 5 lety +13

      I almost vomit laugh at this

  • @iliadnetfear2586
    @iliadnetfear2586 Před 4 lety +1442

    Elite logic: "You guys were pretty dangerous when you stole some guns....have a few on us."

    • @jakebw524
      @jakebw524 Před 3 lety +230

      To be fair, their culture was based around respecting the fighters

    • @commondirtbagz7130
      @commondirtbagz7130 Před 3 lety +5

      @@HopeisAnger ya no.

    • @commondirtbagz7130
      @commondirtbagz7130 Před 3 lety +5

      @@HopeisAnger I mean, if you’re going by stereotypes? Then yeah fair enough lol :)

    • @Mittencarpentry
      @Mittencarpentry Před 3 lety +5

      @@HopeisAnger Accurate.

    • @sparta2705
      @sparta2705 Před 3 lety +3

      @@HopeisAnger ask a southerner

  • @elgamermexican2359
    @elgamermexican2359 Před 4 lety +744

    16 times the grunts rebelled?! Hell dude, I'm surprised they didn't end the covenant when they saw their planet get galssed.

    • @taylertherapperowens1094
      @taylertherapperowens1094 Před 3 lety +110

      If the covenant hadn’t glassed the planet there was a good chance that the covenant would’ve been broken then

    • @moguldamongrel3054
      @moguldamongrel3054 Před 2 lety +32

      Good grunts. They should've been promoted after the third rebellion, just for their massive balls.

    • @moguldamongrel3054
      @moguldamongrel3054 Před 2 lety +2

      Heh maybe that's why their short, cause their balls weigh down their upwards growth lol

    • @grunt7501
      @grunt7501 Před rokem +11

      @@taylertherapperowens1094 you see you see we powerful and if it weren’t for big laser thing we would rule the universe

    • @kamencj
      @kamencj Před rokem +5

      apparantly the grunts could have cared LESS about what happened to the planet but still needed it for the female population

  • @NicBics
    @NicBics Před 4 lety +388

    during the grunt rebellion i imagined a rumble slowly getting louder then a wave of tumbling grunts swallowed elites whole

    • @lezionscorner4376
      @lezionscorner4376 Před 3 lety +49

      I know this comment is old but if you've read Contact Harvest, it's obvious how bad a grunt in a bloodthirsty frenzy can be (They can rip apart a human like tissue paper), so imagine the poor fools getting bum rushed by hundreds of thousands of likely millions of Grunts in a vengeful frenzy

    • @kevincisco1312
      @kevincisco1312 Před 3 měsíci

      That would be cool. A rumbling of grunts with the aot opening song would be sick.😅

  • @Viviana088
    @Viviana088 Před 5 lety +2615

    *"You should feel bad for slaughtering hordes of weak little creatures"*
    Me: *Flashbacks of Halo CE grunts sneaking up from behind me and mowing me down while I was low health while also taunting and shooting my corpse*
    Me: Heh.... sure.

    • @Viviana088
      @Viviana088 Před 4 lety +82

      @Bruce Bee In Halo CE legendary pretty much any enemies are a viable threat. Especially since grunts and jackals can rapid fire their plasma pistols. On their own they are easy to deal with but when you are taking on Elites (one or multiple) on Legendary or LASO your attention is focused on the biggest threat so grunts or jackals can flank/sneak around sometimes and just finish you off at the worst times. Especially on LASO where elites are mobile tanky grenade throwing champions.

    • @swordarmstudios6052
      @swordarmstudios6052 Před 3 lety +6

      @@Viviana088 On legendary I normally focus on killing adds first unless I get a lucky stick or something like that.

    • @lbfourtwenty4163
      @lbfourtwenty4163 Před 3 lety +3

      Btw all corpses are dead just saying

    • @trickykillz8865
      @trickykillz8865 Před 3 lety +10

      Dude the covenant brainwashed everyone to fear master cheif
      Like hitler I mean how would you react if you killed hitler

    • @Viviana088
      @Viviana088 Před 3 lety

      @@lbfourtwenty4163 fixed

  • @EthanThomson
    @EthanThomson Před 5 lety +1402

    you said it wrong
    its YapYap THE DESTROYER

    • @Tacticaviator7
      @Tacticaviator7 Před 5 lety +47

      It's Yappening!

    • @c.mcadam.6911
      @c.mcadam.6911 Před 5 lety +15

      Ethan Thomson グミ no you said it wrong it is Yapp Yapp THE DESTROYER!!!!!!!!

    • @halopro8958
      @halopro8958 Před 4 lety +1

      Ethan Thomson グミ
      He likes to shout the last part.

    • @bnuuycomrade5089
      @bnuuycomrade5089 Před 4 lety

      @OHGAS u want a heavy flamer?

    • @Freaky1347
      @Freaky1347 Před 4 lety +7

      The Virgin Atriox vs The Chad Yapyap

  • @Red-Brick-Dream
    @Red-Brick-Dream Před 3 lety +742

    "In their lifelong search for the ultimate food-nipple..."
    Thank you for this

    • @starofaetherius
      @starofaetherius Před 3 lety +2

      I had to rewind the video to hear him say it again to make sure i heard it right.

    • @theminersstone566
      @theminersstone566 Před 3 lety +2

      Timestamp is 0:47

    • @MoltenUprisingMK
      @MoltenUprisingMK Před 3 lety +1

      What does that even mean?

    • @Dr.Pootis
      @Dr.Pootis Před 3 lety +5

      Honestly, I'm just imagining a cross between a baby bottle and those things in hamster enclosures that they suck water from like straws.

    • @Darkest_matter
      @Darkest_matter Před 2 lety

      @@Dr.Pootis ohhhh..

  • @ness6714
    @ness6714 Před 4 lety +415

    Grunts: *Rebel*
    Covenant: How many times do we have to teach you this leason?!

  • @juzeku
    @juzeku Před 5 lety +876

    The iconic history of Halo’s most recongnizable and most satisfying to kill Cannon Fodder....The Grunt.

  • @scabash
    @scabash Před 5 lety +755

    You forgot to mention that most grunts that you fight in the covenant are actually children since the prophets used mass production of the grunts to their advantage. It also explains why the grunts you fight are very idiotic and ‘child like’. This knowledge made me feel so bad when mowing down grunts.

    • @trinalgalaxy5943
      @trinalgalaxy5943 Před 5 lety +136

      Grunts have a much faster life cycle, so the combatants are not children, but they are generally young

    • @gravytube4099
      @gravytube4099 Před 3 lety +133

      @@trinalgalaxy5943 its kind of like the clones in star wars, they may be adults but havent been around long enough to become as smart and wise as the other species because they age so fast

    • @Jeff_189
      @Jeff_189 Před 2 lety +4

      @@gravytube4099 Do they really age that fast tho?

    • @felswinter7938
      @felswinter7938 Před 2 lety +42

      @@Jeff_189 I think they're more of the kind of species that grows up really quickly after birth and then has a somewhat long lifespan. Kinda like crabs, maybe

    • @Jeff_189
      @Jeff_189 Před 2 lety +3

      @@felswinter7938 maybe

  • @yeetusskeetus6527
    @yeetusskeetus6527 Před 3 lety +174

    Jackals: *renders lots of grunts sterile*
    Grunts: so then i started blasting...

  • @gorillanipples1053
    @gorillanipples1053 Před 4 lety +182

    9:18 "Its okay buddy. You can play with us."

  • @VulKus117
    @VulKus117 Před 5 lety +1398

    Aww, maybe Grunts aren’t so bad!
    Suicide Grunts: *exists*
    ... never mind.

    • @myraleeshields2700
      @myraleeshields2700 Před 4 lety +71

      Well...sucide grunts are just tired of there lives and they think its the most reasonable thing to do...but they are really annoying

    • @unxnxwn1798
      @unxnxwn1798 Před 4 lety +4

      Kinda harsh

    • @TheWererapter92
      @TheWererapter92 Před 3 lety +5

      Love it xD

    • @VulKus117
      @VulKus117 Před 3 lety +4

      MyraLee Shields I think it’s just because they’re ordered to

    • @erichelfrich3023
      @erichelfrich3023 Před 3 lety +7

      @@VulKus117 they are if I remember correctly elites and later brutes force grunts to do that other wise they shoot them

  • @thunderbird7020
    @thunderbird7020 Před 5 lety +719

    I’m glad that some grunts were able to join the Swords of Sanghelios.
    It’s nice to know that grunts won’t go extinct because the good elites saved them :)

    • @halopro8958
      @halopro8958 Před 5 lety +96

      At least there the Unggoy have equal rights to the Elites.

    • @ashron4472
      @ashron4472 Před 5 lety +100

      Yeah, remember that grunt who talks a lot of things to poor elite? Lol

    • @slothstudio5688
      @slothstudio5688 Před 5 lety +6

      @@ashron4472 loved that

    • @garylococo2401
      @garylococo2401 Před 5 lety +10

      Don't be so sure about that the grunts have already joined Cortanas created

    • @ashron4472
      @ashron4472 Před 5 lety +8

      @@garylococo2401 well, most of them.. yes.. but a few of them saved

  • @midgetydeath
    @midgetydeath Před 2 lety +214

    Imagine if the Grunts decided to side with humanity, seeing a kindred spirit in the genocide being performed. And, y'know, not wanting to fight against us if they can help it.

    • @aldredyap
      @aldredyap Před 2 lety +26

      Only if that one grunt didn’t accidentally shoot a human. Would’ve quelled the human covenant war lmaoo

    • @yboikiko4649
      @yboikiko4649 Před 2 lety +11

      There's a grunt in halo 3 odst that said wait ill help you when there was a horde of brutes

    • @foxymetroid
      @foxymetroid Před 9 měsíci +9

      ​@@aldredyapThe whole war was
      sparked when a grunt disemboweled a human. The Covenant was negotiating with the humans when one grunt randomly decided to kill a human in front of everyone.

    • @animo9050
      @animo9050 Před 7 měsíci

      @@foxymetroid a minor mistake that can be overlooked when considering their species as a whole

    • @foxymetroid
      @foxymetroid Před 7 měsíci

      @@animo9050 Not really all that minor.

  • @bullymaguire3171
    @bullymaguire3171 Před 4 lety +301

    Literally any leader in halo: they think and strategies and find weak points for their enemy
    YapYap: 10:10
    SHINZOOUU!!! SASAGEYO!!!

  • @HowlingFang6258
    @HowlingFang6258 Před 5 lety +89

    You forgot to mention that because of the high reproduction rates, most of the grunts sent into battle would have been children, which makes the Grunt Birthday Party skull a hell of a lot more macabre

  • @robbieb313
    @robbieb313 Před 5 lety +563

    Wasn't there a halo follower video on the heartbreaking history of the grunts? Well, this is more ICONIC so imma watch anyway

    • @HiddenXperia
      @HiddenXperia  Před 5 lety +101

      There was, that's why I held off making this video for so long but I figured I may as well finally make it after getting so much demand for it :D

    • @monty7614
      @monty7614 Před 5 lety +16

      Pewdiepie did a video in 2012 about CZcams copying. We need to let go of that outdated copying mindset.
      czcams.com/video/0WOvtZU2LAQ/video.html

    • @Prophet1
      @Prophet1 Před 5 lety +1

      @@monty7614
      Well thats how it works

    • @monty7614
      @monty7614 Před 5 lety +1

      @@Prophet1 Na we in 2019 now not 2012. We switching the game up.

    • @monty7614
      @monty7614 Před 5 lety +1

      @@rawj1213 yeah he do have a roundabout way of explaining things.

  • @dying101666
    @dying101666 Před 3 lety +321

    I'm not killing them. I'm sending them on their "great journey".

    • @snazzyjovialwyrm3314
      @snazzyjovialwyrm3314 Před 2 lety +6

      Sending the covenant onto their great journey... one by one, with a bullet and a globule of plasma to accompany them.

    • @SkatingandBacon
      @SkatingandBacon Před 2 lety +5

      Thats why grunt birthday party skull is there woah. It’s like it’s their “birth” day! 😱

    • @leoyu727
      @leoyu727 Před 11 měsíci +3

      My weapon is a time machine

  • @eatyourcereal1204
    @eatyourcereal1204 Před 4 lety +65

    Guilty spark can curse in h3.
    If you shoot him he can say
    "You're pissing me off. Oh my, i didn't know I had cursing in my vocal structure"

    • @snazzyjovialwyrm3314
      @snazzyjovialwyrm3314 Před 2 lety +4

      That's from the same skull that causes the covenant members to say outlandish and stupid things.

    • @Soulraven2735
      @Soulraven2735 Před rokem

      @@snazzyjovialwyrm3314 The IWHBYD skull, IIRC

    • @cashworth1444
      @cashworth1444 Před 6 měsíci

      @@snazzyjovialwyrm3314it works on marines too. not 100% sure in this but i think it may even effect some noble team voice lines in reach

  • @Charleszard123
    @Charleszard123 Před 5 lety +281

    "Why are we still here, just to suffer?"

    • @krawl3913
      @krawl3913 Před 5 lety +8

      Grunts be like Kaz lol

    • @tributesandamvs
      @tributesandamvs Před 3 lety +8

      "every night I feel my arm even my fingers, you feel it to don't you?"

    • @Darkest_matter
      @Darkest_matter Před 2 lety

      Heading.... To Afghanistan..
      (That's the most memorable thing about metal gear solid for me in terms of catch phrases.)

  • @CT-Clone
    @CT-Clone Před 5 lety +305

    Well when i get Halo on PC i'll go after the Jackals

    • @MrPatatogamer
      @MrPatatogamer Před 5 lety +50

      Don't bother they will snipe you from a million lightyears away

    • @ROBOHOLIC1
      @ROBOHOLIC1 Před 5 lety +16

      @Rtas Vadumee *visible concern*

    • @slothstudio5688
      @slothstudio5688 Před 5 lety +3

      @@ROBOHOLIC1 haha

    • @zakkarystory2352
      @zakkarystory2352 Před 5 lety +2

      @Rtas Vadumee I really really hope that you're joking...

    • @zakkarystory2352
      @zakkarystory2352 Před 5 lety

      @Rtas Vadumee ok, then, assuming by the noise you're making and your name, you're an elite. Or sangheli, if you get offended by elite. But still, it's weird for even a sangheli to have the hots for a kig-yar...

  • @jreiland07
    @jreiland07 Před rokem +44

    Whenever the Grunts are mentioned as being Tier 6/Industrial I always imagine a Grunt in a top hat and monocle Gilded Age outfit.

    • @WortWortBlarg
      @WortWortBlarg Před 5 měsíci +1

      Industrial?! I love NIne Inch Nails in Halo CE lol

  • @ReveredDead
    @ReveredDead Před 2 lety +24

    Imagine if Humanity had joined the Covenant. It would've been an unstoppable force. I even think in a few books there were Elites who questioned why they fought humanity so mercilessly when Humanity had fought with such skill and honor in battle.

    • @reapordeath
      @reapordeath Před 2 lety +9

      Elites be like: why are we taking all these L's when we could be taking all these W's if we just, ya know... Made nice with humans?

  • @FoxyGrandpa1
    @FoxyGrandpa1 Před 5 lety +159

    Grunts are savages man. The Grunt at the end of Halo 3 hit Chief with the flames when he told him he had been kidnapped🔥😆💀

  • @erinkilbourne3338
    @erinkilbourne3338 Před 5 lety +433

    Grunts: can we visit our home world?
    Covenant: I guess
    Covenant * sends every single covenant fleet there *
    Grunts: this is our weather!
    * Everybody except the grunts dies due to that 2 mile high tsunami that happens every day *

    • @halopro8958
      @halopro8958 Před 5 lety +49

      Unggoy win because we can climb up high on the cliffs to escape the giant, old salty waves. We’re the bestest climbers in the whole Covenant! Hows the water down there losers?

    • @tactilcalhorize
      @tactilcalhorize Před 4 lety +4

      @@halopro8958 I think the Drones would like to have a word with you about this opinion.

    • @halopro8958
      @halopro8958 Před 4 lety +2

      Robert Engelhardt
      Wind might prove difficult for them. Plus its really cold and they come from a warm planet right?

    • @tactilcalhorize
      @tactilcalhorize Před 4 lety +2

      @@halopro8958 I don't actually know...hmm never thought about it. As for wind, could go either way, they could also just climb up it, don't necessarily have to use their wings.

    • @rafalszczesiak1335
      @rafalszczesiak1335 Před 4 lety

      Lol

  • @HiveQu33n
    @HiveQu33n Před 3 lety +229

    "The Grunts thought the Forerunners looked like them hahah what fools."
    "God made humans in his own image."

  • @silasturnbull3551
    @silasturnbull3551 Před 4 lety +24

    "Today im going to make every single one of you guilty for killing grunts"
    DOUBT

    • @mpkwraith5317
      @mpkwraith5317 Před 3 lety

      My buddy orange grunt is here well he will be

    • @orangegrunt2168
      @orangegrunt2168 Před 3 lety +1

      Give me fuel rods gun and I be at your house

    • @joelcomer
      @joelcomer Před 2 lety

      @Orange Grunt shhhhh this is not a good place for a young grunt

  • @anthonylagunes6807
    @anthonylagunes6807 Před 4 lety +220

    Before video:
    *about to kill grunt*
    Me:"Hehe boi"
    After video:
    *about to kill grunt*
    Me: "I'm sorry little one"

  • @Jedi_Spartan_38
    @Jedi_Spartan_38 Před 5 lety +212

    8:49
    To quote Teh Spearhead: "The best way to finish the fight was to use the 'Let's make Princess Leia cry method' and nuke their homeworld."
    Also no, I still don't feel sorry as I already knew this.

  • @creepercompilation2775
    @creepercompilation2775 Před 2 lety +11

    We need more grunt stories! The poor little guys just don’t have enough backstory, not just on this channel but they have very little lore.

  • @BthereorBsquared
    @BthereorBsquared Před 4 lety +89

    Me after watching this video: "Aw man, now I'll feel really bad after killing a grunt"
    Also me: *Gets killed on Halo 3 Legendary and sees a grunt shoot my body* SO YOU HAVE CHOSEN DEATH

  • @believein1177
    @believein1177 Před 5 lety +132

    All I want from a future Halo game is the option to hug an Unggoy, because damn it, they’re precious beans that deserve to be loved!

  • @sanatiohne89
    @sanatiohne89 Před 5 lety +126

    I dont remember my parents signing permission for this feels trip

  • @JWP-56
    @JWP-56 Před 2 lety +6

    Imagine what would have happened if the Grunts refused to surrender even after their homeworld was glassed…
    …we would have the Covenant…of the Grunts…

  • @doppelgaenger_
    @doppelgaenger_ Před 3 lety +7

    5:34 A grunt King in the North, that's what GoT S8 needed

  • @pearapple4086
    @pearapple4086 Před 5 lety +221

    Feels bad for them. Anyone want to play grunt ball later?

  • @frost0925
    @frost0925 Před 5 lety +112

    Kills Grunt: Hehe, i feel nothing but joy
    Watches video: tear after killing Grunt.
    See's Grunt: Kills it anyway

  • @Ho_Lee_Fook
    @Ho_Lee_Fook Před 2 lety +10

    Hope we get some grunts as main characters who are friendly cuz I respect them a lot ;)

    • @ghostboi1413
      @ghostboi1413 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Halo 2 has a friendly named grunt whose well respected

    • @Ho_Lee_Fook
      @Ho_Lee_Fook Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@ghostboi1413 yes

  • @Lyndonmaman
    @Lyndonmaman Před 2 lety +5

    "The grunts were actually the last known species to be inducted into the Covenant."
    Jiralhanae: "Am I a joke to you, human?"

  • @sparta2705
    @sparta2705 Před 5 lety +1440

    the part where the elites respect the grunts for their bravery and battle prowess is one of my favorite parts of the halo lore.
    Edit, holy shit, I've never had this many likes before. Thanks guys.

    • @OfficerPak
      @OfficerPak Před 4 lety +7

      Sparta270
      - where is that at?

    • @hl8808
      @hl8808 Před 4 lety +61

      Sparta270 yes, elites being the most honourable you knows it’s true respect

    • @SilentHotdog28
      @SilentHotdog28 Před 4 lety +70

      I think there are some elites who actually care for their lower classes. Not many though.

    • @sparta2705
      @sparta2705 Před 4 lety +75

      @@OfficerPak when the arbiter gives the grunts weapons after the grunt rebellion as a show of respect.

    • @sparta2705
      @sparta2705 Před 4 lety +6

      @@SilentHotdog28 not many indeed.

  • @shadowcidexz
    @shadowcidexz Před 5 lety +167

    Aww... The grunts have been through so much... I guess I should do something to help them out...
    *loads magnum*

    • @Teabag2007
      @Teabag2007 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes give in to the sadness use it to FUEL your masacar

    • @arcqx9676
      @arcqx9676 Před 2 lety

      It’s better to put them outta their misery.

  • @HeyItsKora
    @HeyItsKora Před 4 lety +12

    Daaaaamn... new challenge: complete reach campaign on legendary without killing any grunts xD

  • @hughmellerick4417
    @hughmellerick4417 Před 3 lety +3

    Absolutely outstanding video, thank you.

  • @deathbyunicorn5213
    @deathbyunicorn5213 Před 4 lety +109

    I only felt bad whenever a grunt would say "hey! You killed my brother!" but then id punch him in the face and it would be fine

  • @TheSharkKing45
    @TheSharkKing45 Před 5 lety +106

    There should be an achievement in MCC, 5 and Infinite that occurs after sparing the lives of a sizable amount of Grunts.

    • @halopro8958
      @halopro8958 Před 5 lety +8

      I’d have that like 6 times over by now. There is one for Two Betrayals called ‘Look out for the Little Guys’, where you don’t kill any on legendary, but I don’t know if Flood killing them counts against it.

    • @veteranofbaal8232
      @veteranofbaal8232 Před 3 lety

      I would like that

  • @user-wk9dn2jz7h
    @user-wk9dn2jz7h Před 3 měsíci +1

    Yapyap is my absolute favorite named covenant or banished character I remember reading I think two books where he played a role in it one of them had him saving an elite and working with him he's my favorite operator in Halo Wars 2

  • @mindelo23
    @mindelo23 Před 3 lety +7

    Me: I feel bad now. They didn't deserve this.
    *Grunt sticks me with plasma grenade killing me when i'm low on health*
    Me: Yeah, they gotta die!

  • @LIONtib
    @LIONtib Před 5 lety +449

    That's all very sad, but let's not forget that Grunts, along with Jackals and Brutes, had a habit of eating human civilians on the colonies the Covenant invaded. Not to mention the genocide they helped happen. If they're fighting for the Covenant, I can't possibly show them mercy.

    • @Alduin_el_Compadre
      @Alduin_el_Compadre Před 5 lety +102

      Rational people: Yeah Yeah they helped us at the end. But i can't and won't defend alien species that almost made human kind go extinct.
      Me: mOSt pRoTecc Space dinos and smol bois

    • @zd_5907
      @zd_5907 Před 5 lety +45

      @@Alduin_el_Compadre Me: *FREEDOM IS THE RIGHT OF ALL SENTIENT BEINGS*

    • @kingced741
      @kingced741 Před 5 lety +77

      To be fair grunts are often killed if they don't carry out orders not to mention they usually eat the civilian after the other forces finished eating them and if they do it on the battlefield they will literally choke to death(they can't breath oxygen). In a sense they never eat them alive.

    • @turkeygod6665
      @turkeygod6665 Před 5 lety +78

      I doubt all grunts were like "YEAH, HUMAN GENOCIDE YUm YUM" Some were likely enlisted and joined the battle with no deeper concept then "I'll try not to die" In which case was following orders.

    • @zd_5907
      @zd_5907 Před 5 lety +1

      @@turkeygod6665 the quote made me laugh so hard I died!

  • @juliancc4710
    @juliancc4710 Před 4 lety +18

    “grints”

  • @Giovaft
    @Giovaft Před 4 lety +2

    This is heartwrenching to hear, ever sinse I listen to this, I always say "sorry grunt" when I kill one, I feel bad and my heart breaks.

  • @MechaSpider
    @MechaSpider Před 5 lety +85

    But the Grunt Birthday party makes it so worth it
    *pop* yaaay I'm a horrible person.... but confetti

  • @Stratonetic
    @Stratonetic Před 5 lety +293

    The grunts were the real MVPs.
    Edit: That Saxophone makes me wanna play ODST again.
    Second Edit: I'm playing ODST again.

    • @angelthewolf4230
      @angelthewolf4230 Před 5 lety +5

      Is odst worth it im looking to get it

    • @Stratonetic
      @Stratonetic Před 5 lety +8

      @@angelthewolf4230
      Totally, it's truly one of the best Halo games I've ever experienced.

    • @kazuhiramiller7945
      @kazuhiramiller7945 Před 4 lety +4

      Demonbug Studios It’s the most atmospheric Halo game in the series the music is also probably at its peak

  • @Spootnik
    @Spootnik Před 4 lety +8

    This got very close to the Krogan Rebellions from Mass Effect

    • @thehalfblindastronomer8936
      @thehalfblindastronomer8936 Před 4 lety +1

      Sputnik thought the same thing, pretty closely parallels the krogans

    • @sparta2705
      @sparta2705 Před 3 lety

      @@thehalfblindastronomer8936 they kinda look like them too. Just bigger and meaner

  • @Rodriggo
    @Rodriggo Před 4 lety

    I'm brazilian, im starting to play Halo games, i was pretty curious about the history and the lore of the game, about the "history untold", and your videos had help me a lot. This is the kind of content that i don't find in brazilian portuguese. Your videos are awesome, dude. Sorry for any english error.

  • @frwd0
    @frwd0 Před 5 lety +528

    Nobody:
    HiddenXperia: *The depressing history of the Grunts.*

  • @VenomSnake00
    @VenomSnake00 Před 5 lety +32

    I had no idea that Grunt lore went so deep. I've always loved the little guys, they were my favorite when I was a kid. I would love a video explaining the different ranks and why the Grunts have different colored armor and what they mean!

  • @connorpayton608
    @connorpayton608 Před 2 lety +1

    When Grunts say "Fred, no" or "He was my best friend" I have to get rid of them but still kinda makes me sad on the inside in till they kill me and laugh at me then I don't feel bad for them

  • @wny488
    @wny488 Před 3 lety +1

    As a history teacher and Halo fan, I love these videos.

  • @user-zz1vc7ec2k
    @user-zz1vc7ec2k Před 5 lety +26

    Elites:We are the strongest and holiest of the Covenant
    Grunts:Hold our food nipples!!!

  • @exiegelastweekgamer1571
    @exiegelastweekgamer1571 Před 5 lety +49

    HiddenXperia: I'm going to make you regret slaughtering the Grunts.
    Me: *Holding my tea.* Try me.

  • @JalipeJude
    @JalipeJude Před 2 lety

    I just stopped by to say your logo at the very beginning of the video is amazing. Cheers

  • @manz7860
    @manz7860 Před rokem +1

    A group of shielded grunts with needlers are a force. Sometimes they even have those plasma pistols that shoot black holes

  • @kelekona5459
    @kelekona5459 Před 5 lety +80

    Is Yap Yap cannon? I was told he wasn’t. If he is I’m glad, all hail Yap Yap The Destroyer.

    • @ChiefAndros
      @ChiefAndros Před 3 lety +13

      YES, he is canon.

    • @Destroyahzilla430
      @Destroyahzilla430 Před 3 lety +10

      He actually is and guess what hes coming to halo 6 as a character ally to arbiter

    • @spicycrouton8530
      @spicycrouton8530 Před 3 lety +6

      @@Destroyahzilla430 oh god please

    • @Destroyahzilla430
      @Destroyahzilla430 Před 3 lety +4

      We need him

    • @joshuakim5240
      @joshuakim5240 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Destroyahzilla430
      I don't care what any possible counter-choice is for anything regarding YapYap, i will straight up betray anyone just for the novelty of seeing whatever ridiculous insanity YapYap does afterwards.

  • @BigNutts21
    @BigNutts21 Před 4 lety +27

    When grunts ran from me I honestly ignored them. I also find them quite adorable

  • @pinstripecool34
    @pinstripecool34 Před 3 lety +32

    Me: “Runs over a grunt” “Friend: what was that a speed bump?” Me: “Nope just a Grunt.” Friend: “oh ok same thing.”

  • @andrewsnowden8706
    @andrewsnowden8706 Před 3 lety

    Amazing video - this is why I tune in. Hilarious and informative! Poor grunts lol

  • @maddan8259
    @maddan8259 Před 5 lety +1503

    *after watching this video
    Me: man, now i kinda feel sad for those guys
    *boots up Reach to play Gruntpocalypse
    Edit: i wanna say thanks for the 270 likes, 1 like= 1 grunt headshot.

    • @lusa3002
      @lusa3002 Před 5 lety +9

      Remember... Shoot to the face... 💀

    • @Quodergo
      @Quodergo Před 5 lety +28

      only putting them out of their misery

    • @1245bigmoney
      @1245bigmoney Před 5 lety +7

      @@Quodergo exactly

    • @shep9231
      @shep9231 Před 5 lety +5

      Yeah! Outstanding Marine!

    • @Goldie39
      @Goldie39 Před 4 lety +3

      stop with killing grunts! grunts have rights too!

  • @justiceforjoggers2897
    @justiceforjoggers2897 Před 5 lety +29

    If I recall, in one of the books a trooper talks about how a full captured squad gets ripped apart and eaten by grunts and jackals.

    • @CaiusCosades44
      @CaiusCosades44 Před 5 lety +15

      Yep it was halo fall of reach i think . Also in halo Fall of reach John 117 recalls how a large group of civilians were rounded up and riped and eaten by the Kig-Yar and Grunts .

    • @justiceforjoggers2897
      @justiceforjoggers2897 Před 5 lety +3

      @@CaiusCosades44
      Thank you for the direct source, Fleet Master!

    • @CaiusCosades44
      @CaiusCosades44 Před 5 lety +2

      @@justiceforjoggers2897 (:

  • @haydenmccoy9476
    @haydenmccoy9476 Před 2 lety +1

    "The level of satisfaction just tends to outweigh the questionable ethics" is my new favorite line

  • @rrjt1011
    @rrjt1011 Před 3 lety +1

    8:44 the “make Princess Leia cry” method. The arbiter was like “guys trust me I saw this in a movie once”

  • @FlyByTails
    @FlyByTails Před 5 lety +26

    11:17 You just made The Engineer one of the most cutest aliens I've ever seen...

  • @thejamman4070
    @thejamman4070 Před 5 lety +21

    That moment when you know all the lore presented, but you like the creator enough to watch anyway.
    For about 3 years, all I did was play Halo, and look up lore.

    • @TheBaneOfLane
      @TheBaneOfLane Před 5 lety +3

      I think I'm getting to that stage of my life.

    • @thejamman4070
      @thejamman4070 Před 5 lety +2

      Mr. Snappy 1016 it’s a good stage to be in.

  • @zaknaylor4973
    @zaknaylor4973 Před 2 lety +2

    as a kid (and still to this day) I always knew about the grunts being forced into service by the covenant, I never liked killing them so I always melee killed them and pretended I was just knocking them out :(

  • @kingkrool_gx_6030
    @kingkrool_gx_6030 Před 4 lety +5

    I've always Loved the Grunts when I was a Kid and always was Sad when I had to kill them they are too adorable to kill

  • @tactilcalhorize
    @tactilcalhorize Před 4 lety +14

    I gotta say, the 1st Grunt Rebellion is one of my Favorite Golden Nuggets of Halo Lore. I would LOVE to read a full novel telling the story.

  • @ghoulcity117
    @ghoulcity117 Před 5 lety +27

    1:53 I couldn’t stop replaying this lol

  • @UndercoverPuertoRican
    @UndercoverPuertoRican Před 2 lety +1

    Fuck man, seeing the title actually made me sad. I never thought about them trying to rebel or go off and do their own thing, and then them not being able to. Super sad bro. I feel bad for them.

  • @abyssal-labs
    @abyssal-labs Před 3 lety

    Besides the flood vids this is one of my faves, the elites are really cool guys

  • @surazal9377
    @surazal9377 Před 5 lety +5

    Looking back it feels like showing them mercy to fight them in battle. With the honor of having fought toe to toe with the most feared enemy to the Covenant.

  • @themadspartan
    @themadspartan Před 5 lety +25

    *looks at my assault rifle with guilt*

  • @BeanDar
    @BeanDar Před 3 lety +2

    Imagine the introduction of a badass Grunt character, and also a developed Jackal character. Both with their own lines and motives.

  • @b0zzyIE
    @b0zzyIE Před 3 lety +5

    I really want to know what the dancing grunt and hunter is. I remember seeing this as a kid and I haven't ever known what it was

  • @embracerodusk2537
    @embracerodusk2537 Před 5 lety +26

    Nothing like some tribal bass & drums in a room full of sleeping grunts.

  • @yipyap6161
    @yipyap6161 Před 5 lety +29

    I DEMAND A VIDEO ON YAP YAP THE DESTROYER OR WE SHALL IGNITE THE LARGEST REBELLION TO EVER STRIKE CZcams!
    (I'm joking, please don't glass me.)

  • @VerquiaZ
    @VerquiaZ Před 2 lety +1

    Love the videos!

  • @bonelesschickennuggets1868

    The Convenant soon learned that ideological purity and shiny shielded armor doesn’t count for much when they’re outnumbered 1 to 15

  • @scout9936
    @scout9936 Před 5 lety +8

    I mean, yeah it's sad but all I can imagine is a grunt saying
    "This is fine"

  • @juzeku
    @juzeku Před 5 lety +111

    I? I am a monument to all your sins. This one is machine and nerve, and has its mind concluded. This one is but flesh and faith, and is the more deluded. There is much talk, and I have listened, through rock and metal and time. Now I shall talk, and you shall listen. This one's containment... and this one's Great Journey... ... are the same. Your Prophets have promised you freedom from a doomed existence, but you will find no salvation on this Ring. Those who built this place knew what they wrought. Do not mistake their intent, or all will perish as they did before. If you will not hear the truth, then I will show it to you. There is still time to stop the key from turning, but first, it must be found. You will search one likely spot... and you will search another. Fate had us meet as foes, but this ring will make us brothers.

  • @superkgaming8305
    @superkgaming8305 Před 3 lety

    The grants is my Favorite race in halo and here there’s history made me sad and yet seeing them in with the Abetter feel happy knowing that there being treated better

  • @Smith_w1ll
    @Smith_w1ll Před 3 lety

    Keep up the good work bro

  • @joshyua4653
    @joshyua4653 Před 5 lety +20

    Dude I love your videos so much🔥👏🏻👏🏻

  • @Luis519RS
    @Luis519RS Před 5 lety +6

    That's so sad...
    Cortana play Truth and Reconciliation.

  • @calebethridge2404
    @calebethridge2404 Před 2 lety +5

    I would totally play a grunt spin off to cover their story lol

  • @tjm11015
    @tjm11015 Před 2 lety

    0:55 I like how you used the song Sins of the Father from Metal Gear Solid V while talking about moving through time. ⚙👀