I'm not opposed to having Rookie be killed off in the extended media but it being in a book was a very lame media to do it in, especially given the book is a 343-era Halo 5 book. However the way he died was pretty grounded and I enjoyed what I read of the synopsis on it. So I'm torn. Really would've liked it to be animated or in another piece of source material though.
Still cant get over how funny it is that his squad was fighting an entire Covenant army with little support, whilst Rookie was just taking a 6 hour snooze in his pod. Edit: Spelling and correct number
It's massively funny to me that the Rookie is better remembered than really any character introduced in Halo 5. Sometimes, it really DOES pay to be the strong & silent type.
I miss this little goofball. The way the game protrays the Rookie, it's almost like he's someone you experience the game's events alongside, and that latched onto me like a leech. He's goofy, obviously bright, and loyal. Who wouldn't a guy like that as their friend? Dude was a real one, a guide, and he was one of the few good things I had during a really rough part of my life. For him to get killed off in a book, though, just devastated me. I feel the same way about his death that I do with real people I know, and for 343 to off him off screen basically makes it the equivalent of preventing us from helping him when he needed it the most. Never could overcome the feeling that I failed someone I cared deeply for, and I still feel guilty over it even though it's 343's fault. He's not the only one I feel that way for, but he was the first. I miss you, Rookie.
My headcanon is that he slept for half of the war that day, and randomly kept stumbling across items that he just knew was from his team but has idea what even happened with them 💀 so he sleeps all day and half the night and then decides to fight through the city Just to find dare 😭
@Goldenstripe941 He's the one listening to the story being told by the main character. He's referred to as "Rookie" and there isn't any other ODST that is referred to by that name
It would of made more sense in my eyes for him to follow buck into the 4s- then we’d have a genuine excuse for co-op in six Chief, Buck, Rookie and That other guy from Osiris- buck and rookie being serious but cool or whatever and chief and the other guy for the stern leader and bad cop vibes It’d of been hilarious, and easy to set up for fan appeal And would of course have us closure for the three stories- have the rest of Osris and blue team working as a joint task force in another sector and you’ll have an excuse for dlc off the ring Halo 5 was like the COD MW of halos and it was weird, halo 6 is needing something to believe in- folks need heroes like the chief
@@antoniogc9358The potential a Spartan rookie could have is huge. If he can pull off Spartan-like feats as a human imagine what he could do with the augmentations.
Mind you, most of this happens after he's been knocked unconscious for *5 hours.* He's acting like an 8 year old who has forgotten how to speak because he's literally brain damaged. And he still manages to find his team and fight off a small army of Covenant!
he was such a chill character simple but never was plain in the least he was just a fucking vibe of just ice cold smoothness jit was the most calmest out of everyone in the game and that in itself is why he’s my favorite character in halo besides chief
I’d probably do the same with the Biofoam canister. Those things are life saving tools. Practically an entire first aid box in a canister. You’d check if there’s any left of it to use. Also, are they seriously gonna just gonna name every protagonist in the lore with some kind of J name? 😂 John, Johnson, Johnathan, Jun, James, Jerome, Jacob, Jai… Now I’m wondering if Noble 6’s name isn’t something like Johnny or Jack.
It was cool that they gave a silent character his own personality rather than just ignoring it and making him strictly a stand in for the player. He's cooler than Noble 6 in my eyes.
Fun fact in ODST training in the part of the training where they have to crawl literal miles under barbed wire and gunshots if your too slow they shoot you in the leg with a “training round” which paralyzes your leg and if you continue to be slow they do it to your other leg and you still have to complete the course
I remember playing this halo 3 ODST looking for Romeo sniper gun on the ground and realize it was in the sky hanging on Powerline. The I was clueless for 3 hours
If they retcon Rookie's death, all's forgiven. Even better if he becomes a Spartan IV alongside Buck, hell the whole ODST squad with Mickey's betrayal never happening, ever.
Dude I realized that a day after release and never expected anyone to point it out. You're absolutely right, this is my biggest blunder and I apologize..
@@firedolphin7621 man, now I feel bad for pointing it out lmao. It's just one of my favorite Rookie moments. Everything's gone to hell, and he's just trying to keep it light for sanity's sake
Two days ago?! I could have sworn... Listen I'm sorry, but this video took me right back to 2009. I'm having a hard time believing that it was posted this year.
0:46 I don't mean to be that guy, but I think he's looking away because he's trying to figure out where the helmet came from to get lodged into the TV, as if his immediate thought is "how the fuck did this get here"
I always found it funny how he would try to unbend the sniper rifle. Like how did he plan to use it if he did? That thing took a gravity hammer blade to the side, it aint popping off rounds anymore
To be fair if I saw an anti material rifle just chilling on a powerline I'd try to get it working too, poor rookies probably never gotten a chance to use one
I think what makes him so interesting is that, despite this moments of nonchalance and slight playfulness. I find him to be very intelligent. Remember, Dare and the rest of the crew didn't find him. He found them. He not only pieced together clues all by himself of their whereabouts, he also uncovered the corruption that happened within New Mombasa. Not to mention, dude was cracked out enough to fight his way through the Data Hive to reach Dare and Vergil.
Finished ODST 2 days ago, it's my 2nd favorite halo. I know some people didn't care that rookie died but man, reading that rookie went out that way hurts(Rookie just gets shot in the head by an insurrectionist, and him dying in a book instead of the games hurts the most.). Would've loved to see him become a spartan.
Remeber that they can revive some people like a bunch of the spartan2s so ONI could have revive him because he has damm smart way stonger or faster then the averge soldier he could be out there
Half the comments here are: Rookie is a bean and must be protected at all times" and "343 sucks" Like dude: At least 343 is doing better then Bungie, I like 343 honestly and I'm fine where Halo is now and I support them. We have The Banished to fight now. Multiplayer is canon, our MP Spartan is canon, we can make our own missions on Infinite, we can finally spawn and fight with or against AI in Multiplayer! All I want now is ODST, Spartan IV and Swords Of Sangheilios allies in Campaign and be able to fly the Palican, Phantom and Hornet
Rookie: *says nothing*
The entire fanbase: THATS MY MAN HELL YEAH
He's literally me, fr fr. I often say nothing, stand around awkwardly, and sleep
I swear, Rookie's like a cat in tactical armor
Like Toothless
343 has committed a lot of crimes, but killing him off in a book is probably their least forgivable.
I don’t read anything 343 makes. They just do stupid stuff, like that.
I'm not opposed to having Rookie be killed off in the extended media but it being in a book was a very lame media to do it in, especially given the book is a 343-era Halo 5 book.
However the way he died was pretty grounded and I enjoyed what I read of the synopsis on it. So I'm torn. Really would've liked it to be animated or in another piece of source material though.
The Rookie must never die. He's the Master Chief of ODSTs.
@@badinfo7878they retconned Guilty Spark’s “You *are* Forerunner” by also making him a high vocabulary Neanderthal
@@firedolphin7621 It's not just that it's in a book, it's also how it was done.
Still cant get over how funny it is that his squad was fighting an entire Covenant army with little support, whilst Rookie was just taking a 6 hour snooze in his pod.
Edit: Spelling and correct number
well, they didnt let he sleep before dropping
A fair assessment. Poor guy just wanted to snooze.
Yeah he was a sleepy boy
Im pretty sure 80% of rookies character is a night gown, long sleep hat, candle holder, and honk sho
I grab all the audio logs very time I play through ODST just so I can hear that whistle.
Well, that and the free mongeese.
I thought ive gotten them all but ive never heard that whistle
Based
@@ShyGuy2020 theres a good few of the recordings that are hidden in very specific areas
the last one u have to get in the mission data hive
Weapons too. Like a sniper, and maybe rockets but I don't remember.
"The Rookie had literally *no* character, he doesn't say anything!"
Meanwhile:
It's massively funny to me that the Rookie is better remembered than really any character introduced in Halo 5.
Sometimes, it really DOES pay to be the strong & silent type.
He was strong and silent, but his actions showed his character and it was beautiful.
I miss this little goofball. The way the game protrays the Rookie, it's almost like he's someone you experience the game's events alongside, and that latched onto me like a leech. He's goofy, obviously bright, and loyal. Who wouldn't a guy like that as their friend? Dude was a real one, a guide, and he was one of the few good things I had during a really rough part of my life. For him to get killed off in a book, though, just devastated me. I feel the same way about his death that I do with real people I know, and for 343 to off him off screen basically makes it the equivalent of preventing us from helping him when he needed it the most. Never could overcome the feeling that I failed someone I cared deeply for, and I still feel guilty over it even though it's 343's fault. He's not the only one I feel that way for, but he was the first.
I miss you, Rookie.
Bravo 👏 R.I.P to Rookie.
Rookie is the most op psycker in halo canon. He can relive people's memories by only touching something in thier proximity
Simply remarkable.
My headcanon is that he slept for half of the war that day, and randomly kept stumbling across items that he just knew was from his team but has idea what even happened with them 💀 so he sleeps all day and half the night and then decides to fight through the city Just to find dare 😭
Man likes a good snooze.
He's a trooper that loves to snooze
You know looking back at it now, rookie's sleeping may have been a foreshadow we just didn't see coming
That's deep 😣
Does anyone else consider him a "literally me" character
He is literally me, I am just a silly lil guy fighting my silly lil battles
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@@firedolphin7621 :3
He is literally me, napping 80% of the day
*Raises hand*
Rookie also appears in a short story called "Dirt" for anyone that wants to see a bit more of him
Where?
Was never said that is THE rookie
@@gibby8540Not in the story itself, but the author and 343 would later confirm that its him.
Link
@Goldenstripe941 He's the one listening to the story being told by the main character. He's referred to as "Rookie" and there isn't any other ODST that is referred to by that name
It’s canon that Rookie is still alive.
IT’S CANON, DAMNIT!!!
I consider everything post-Bungie to be non-canon, so to me The Rookie is still alive
It would of made more sense in my eyes for him to follow buck into the 4s- then we’d have a genuine excuse for co-op in six
Chief, Buck, Rookie and That other guy from Osiris- buck and rookie being serious but cool or whatever and chief and the other guy for the stern leader and bad cop vibes
It’d of been hilarious, and easy to set up for fan appeal
And would of course have us closure for the three stories- have the rest of Osris and blue team working as a joint task force in another sector and you’ll have an excuse for dlc off the ring
Halo 5 was like the COD MW of halos and it was weird, halo 6 is needing something to believe in- folks need heroes like the chief
Living somewhere on Emerald Cove with his beautiful girlfriend, too. Man Is living the dream.
Agreed 343 era is non canon. Just like how Disney Star wars is on canon
And so is Noble Six
Thank you so much for the mandatory Son Of A Gun moment at 1:40 much obliged Sir
he’s so babygirl i understand now
I wish the rookie would stay with us. He could have been a great Spartan IV.
Man, Rookie killed enough Brutes singlehandely to rival Chief, I can only imagine he would be more powerful than 117.
@@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge I think it’s more at the level of noble 6, but you’re right.
@@antoniogc9358The potential a Spartan rookie could have is huge. If he can pull off Spartan-like feats as a human imagine what he could do with the augmentations.
I had a goofy smile on my face watching this, its crazy how much personality a silent character can have
The animators did a fantastic job making a silent, faceless character have such expressive body language
Mind you, most of this happens after he's been knocked unconscious for *5 hours.* He's acting like an 8 year old who has forgotten how to speak because he's literally brain damaged. And he still manages to find his team and fight off a small army of Covenant!
This video and the rest of the franchise are proof that you can, Infact, convey emotion and personality without showing a characters face
he was such a chill character simple but never was plain in the least he was just a fucking vibe of just ice cold smoothness jit was the most calmest out of everyone in the game and that in itself is why he’s my favorite character in halo besides chief
2:20 "I wonder... Nope, sometimes I wish I were a SPARTAN."
And there are those who claim rookies has no personality
I’d probably do the same with the Biofoam canister. Those things are life saving tools. Practically an entire first aid box in a canister. You’d check if there’s any left of it to use.
Also, are they seriously gonna just gonna name every protagonist in the lore with some kind of J name? 😂
John, Johnson, Johnathan, Jun, James, Jerome, Jacob, Jai… Now I’m wondering if Noble 6’s name isn’t something like Johnny or Jack.
I actually never realized how many halo characters names start with J
wait until you learn the name of Bungie's co-founder
"I'm Jack Reach, but you can call me Noble 6"
also, what makes johnathan doherty even more funny as a name is that it's literally a play on "John Doe", i.e. anonymous male character
Jatty Skleebs
It was cool that they gave a silent character his own personality rather than just ignoring it and making him strictly a stand in for the player.
He's cooler than Noble 6 in my eyes.
eepy lil guy
Doctor: "Smol Rookie don't exist, can't hurt you"
The smol Rookie:
Fun fact in ODST training in the part of the training where they have to crawl literal miles under barbed wire and gunshots if your too slow they shoot you in the leg with a “training round” which paralyzes your leg and if you continue to be slow they do it to your other leg and you still have to complete the course
I remember playing this halo 3 ODST looking for Romeo sniper gun on the ground and realize it was in the sky hanging on Powerline. The I was clueless for 3 hours
If they retcon Rookie's death, all's forgiven. Even better if he becomes a Spartan IV alongside Buck, hell the whole ODST squad with Mickey's betrayal never happening, ever.
Marty retconned a majority of Reach when they made the game so until there's ingame confirmation his death may as well not exist.
Rest in Paradise Johnathan Doherty. Forever my favorite Halo Protagonist
Not including the "you were a good turret" pats is a crime!
Dude I realized that a day after release and never expected anyone to point it out.
You're absolutely right, this is my biggest blunder and I apologize..
@@firedolphin7621 man, now I feel bad for pointing it out lmao. It's just one of my favorite Rookie moments. Everything's gone to hell, and he's just trying to keep it light for sanity's sake
@@wondonsilver No don't feel bad I'm happy someone managed to catch that!
Two days ago?! I could have sworn...
Listen I'm sorry, but this video took me right back to 2009. I'm having a hard time believing that it was posted this year.
Video editing isn't a hobby of mine
bro got Snap back to reality
love the rookie
Imagine if Rookie finds a Cryo-Chamber...
shoulda added the monkey easter egg with buck
He's just a lil goofy dude
0:46 I don't mean to be that guy, but I think he's looking away because he's trying to figure out where the helmet came from to get lodged into the TV, as if his immediate thought is "how the fuck did this get here"
"The fucking trajectory."
And of course, who could forget about those Jackal marksmen?
Bro just wanted to take a nap in peace
I always found it funny how he would try to unbend the sniper rifle. Like how did he plan to use it if he did? That thing took a gravity hammer blade to the side, it aint popping off rounds anymore
Later in the game he can flip a tank. HOW CAN HE FLIP A 66 TONNE VEICHLE AND NOT BEND A RIFLE BACK INTO SHAPE?!?
To be fair if I saw an anti material rifle just chilling on a powerline I'd try to get it working too, poor rookies probably never gotten a chance to use one
Ive never noticed just how "he" the rookie can be
We don't talk enough about how innocent and cute Rookie looks in the cutscenes it's insane 🤯
I will only and forver play as rookie in firefight to honor his memory R.I.P.
I think what makes him so interesting is that, despite this moments of nonchalance and slight playfulness. I find him to be very intelligent.
Remember, Dare and the rest of the crew didn't find him. He found them. He not only pieced together clues all by himself of their whereabouts, he also uncovered the corruption that happened within New Mombasa.
Not to mention, dude was cracked out enough to fight his way through the Data Hive to reach Dare and Vergil.
Son of a gun!
You didn't show him patting the gause turret like it's a dog...
I miss this guy
Adding thus video to my favorites. Rookie is just a sleepy boy
He must be protected at all costs
Rookies death genuinly needs to be retconned and that books author needs to be blacklisted.
We love the silent man
I could have this on loop
i love rookie.
Be cool if an A.I. took the rookie likeness.
I would love an odst remake. It's my favorite game in the series. Then Reach.
I know his death in the book is really upsetting, I wish it wasn’t real sometimes. But outside of that, it’s actually a really good read.
I'm amazed I never caught that he mimics the whistle to draw Vergil out
3:44 He is me with literally any animal lmao
truly an halo 3 odst moment
Someone or three for three needs to make another ODST game, set in halo infinite, because that would be amazing either on a ring or some other planet.
Finished ODST 2 days ago, it's my 2nd favorite halo. I know some people didn't care that rookie died but man, reading that rookie went out that way hurts(Rookie just gets shot in the head by an insurrectionist, and him dying in a book instead of the games hurts the most.). Would've loved to see him become a spartan.
He’s literally me (he doesn’t have a single line of dialogue)
2:02 is kind of funny if you already have a sniper before starting the cutscene.
I always wondered how he put it all together, is he just crazy smart, or does Virgil show him the security footage?
eepy
I want odst 2 and I want rookie back
2:47 I feel like I heard this music before. It’s kinda sad ;-;
Remeber that they can revive some people like a bunch of the spartan2s so ONI could have revive him because he has damm smart way stonger or faster then the averge soldier he could be out there
sad he's killed off in halo series in his story he killed alot of covenant but is killed by humans that's harsh bungie did
Literally me.
If there’s ever a odst movie he better be played by Ryan gosling
And he would’ve been a great spartan 🫡
fucking hell as thr drop pod part played my window got hoit by smth what ethe fuck
Since when does Rookie make so much vocal sounds?
3:44 how do you get this cutscene? Ik it’s not a legendary cutscene
You gotta find every audio log
@@firedolphin7621 fuckkk I forgot abt the audio logs 😂😂 thanks
Half the comments here are: Rookie is a bean and must be protected at all times" and "343 sucks" Like dude: At least 343 is doing better then Bungie, I like 343 honestly and I'm fine where Halo is now and I support them. We have The Banished to fight now. Multiplayer is canon, our MP Spartan is canon, we can make our own missions on Infinite, we can finally spawn and fight with or against AI in Multiplayer! All I want now is ODST, Spartan IV and Swords Of Sangheilios allies in Campaign and be able to fly the Palican, Phantom and Hornet
Rookie was the least memorable part of ODST aside having to play as him.