List of tropes in Master Chief Sucks at Ordering
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As a series whose humor revolves around metafiction and intentional cliches, Master Chief Sucks at Ordering falls under a large number of "tropes," or reusable plot elements. They are listed here with links to TVTropes, an online tropes database.
- Action Girl (Cortana)
- Actor Swap (LH Michael and Microsoft Mike playing the Arbiter in seasons 1 and 2 respectively)
- Affably Evil (The King and L. Ron Hubbard)
- A God Am I (The King's goal)
- Arch Enemy (The King to Master Chief)
- Art Imitates Art (The entire Master Chief Sucks phenominon itself)
- The Baroness (Hillary Clinton)
- Big Bad (The King, originally CATS)
- Breaking The Fourth Wall (The whole point of the series)
- Bullet Holes And Revelations (CATS's death)
- Bus Crash (Mario, Luigi, Link, and Samus)
- Cardboard Prison (The prison where Master Chief and the Arbiter are locked up)
- Casual Danger Dialogue (Justified as it is a comedy series)
- Catch Phrase ("See you later bitches!")
- Celebrity Paradox (Halo characters playing the Halo series)
- Cerebus Retcon (Reincarnation, Master Chief's stupidity, CATS hating Master Chief, the King in the first episode)
- Changed My Jumper (Master Chief's armor influences Johnson to design it)
- The Chessmaster (The King)
- The Chosen One (Master Chief)
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder (The King with CATS and Jack Thompson)
- Cliff Hanger (Many episodes)
- The Climax (The season 1 finale)
- Comedic Hero (Master Chief)
- Comic Trio (Master Chief, the Arbiter, and Cortana; Chad Warden, the AVGN, and Chris Hansen)
- The Constant (Master Chief while time travelling)
- Cosmic Retcon (Season 2's time travel)
- Crouching Moron Hidden Badass (Master Chief)
- Designated Antagonist (The King)
- Designated Girl Fight (Cortana and Hillary Clinton)
- Deus Ex Machina (Several times)
- Dimension Lord (The King)
- Doomsday Device (The King's "superweapon")
- The Dragon (Hillary Clinton, originally CATS)
- Dramatic Pause (Many times)
- Dumbass Has A Point (Master Chief every now and then)
- Establishing Character Moment (The King shooting CATS to show his ruthlessness)
- Evilly Affable (All the villains)
- Evil Brit (L. Ron Hubbard)
- Evil Overlord (The King)
- Evil Plan (The King's isn't quite clear yet)
- Extraordinarily Empowered Girl (Cortana)
- Fauxshadow (The "superweapon")
- Flashback (The Movie)
- Flashback Twist (The King at Master Chief's birth)
- Foreshadowing (The King appearing in the very first episode)
- For Want Of A Nail (Master Chief being responsible for the King's origin)
- The Freddy (The Arbiter)
- Good Times Montage (Master Chief at boot camp)
- Growing The Beard ("Master Chief vs the Superweapon")
- Have We Met Yet (Master Chief meeting Hubbard and the King in the past)
- Hey It's You (The King)
- Hidden Agenda Villain (The King, originally CATS)
- How We Got Here (The Movie)
- I Have Your Wife (The end of season 1)
- I Know You Know I Know (Hillary and Obama before his death)
- Internal Homage (The end of the third episode)
- Ironic Echo Cut (The Arbiter's comments before the montage in the movie)
- Jerkass (Master Chief)
- Just Add Bitch (Master Chief, all the time)
- Just Between You And Me (CATS revealing his plans)
- Lame Comeback (Master Chief and "that's what she said!")
- The Man Behind The Man (The King)
- Meanwhile In The Future (The time travel episodes)
- Medley Exit (End of season 1)
- Mental Time Travel (Master Chief when trying to enter the Ark)
- Middle Management Mook (CATS)
- Moriarty Effect (Every villain on the show)
- The Movie (The Movie, obviously)
- Mr. Exposition (The Arbiter and Cortana)
- Mysterious Past (Everyone on the show)
- Mythology Gag (The remake of the first episode)
- National Stereotypes (Mexicans in the first episode)
- Nebulous Evil Organisation (The Network)
- No Fourth Wall (The entire series)
- Odd Couple (Master Chief and the Arbiter)
- One Hit Kill (The Arbiter to L. Ron Hubbard)
- Orcus On His Throne (The King during season 1)
- Padding (The opening and ending credits in season 1 episodes and minisodes)
- Portal To The Past (The "superweapon"'s real purpose)
- Posthumous Character (CATS)
- President Evil (Hillary Clinton, after killing Obama and Biden)
- Previously On (Some episodes)
- Pseudo Crisis (Many episodes)
- Psycho For Hire (Hillary Clinton)
- Punch Clock Villain (Chris Hansen)
- Quirky Miniboss Squad (Chad Warden, the AVGN, and Chris Hansen)
- Reincarnation (CATS and L. Ron Hubbard)
- Second Hand Storytelling (The Network's history)
- Seinfeldian Conversation (Many times)
- Sexy Mentor (Cortana)
- Stable Time Loop (Master Chief in the past)
- Straight Man (The Arbiter)
- Talking Your Way Out (Master Chief, several times)
- The Syndicate (The Network)
- Three Amigos (Master Chief, the Arbiter, and Cortana)
- Thrown Down A Well (CATS in the third episode)
- Time Travel (The Ark's purpose)
- Unstuck In Time (Master Chief when trying to enter the Ark)
- Weapon of Mass Destruction (The "superweapon"'s originally assumed purpose)
- We Are Everywhere (The Network)
- Wham Episode (Season 1 finale)
- What Cliffhanger (Several episodes)
- What Year Is This (Jokingly foreshadowed by Master Chief, who later learns he has jumped to 1952 and other times)
- Word of God (The minor character deaths, who is and isn't a Network member, this entire wiki)
- Xanatos Gambit (The "superweapon")
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness (The King, with both CATS and Jack Thompson)
- You Know I'm Black Right (Master Chief's sexist jokes)
- You Shall Not Pass (Obama's death)
| Master Chief Sucks at Ordering | ||
| Episodes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 - Season 2 | ||
| Special Episodes | ||
| Minisodes - Movie | ||
| Characters | ||
| List of characters - The Network | ||
| Other | ||
| List of tropes |
