The Soldier:
Listen up maggot! Sergeant Doe is on the premises
-Soldier often uses the term “Maggot” as an insult. His full name is “Jane Doe” and he is a self-promoted sergeant, so he refers to himself as Sergeant Doe.
I’ll be dominating so hard that I’ll be your new nemesis
-He’s claiming he’ll dominate this battle. In Team Fortress 2 (TF2) if a player kills another player 3 times without that player killing them, the killer will be “dominating” the killed. Also in the game, the person being dominated will see their dominator branded as their “nemesis” until the person being dominated kills them at least once.
Any cyborg fruit basket who steps to me is a dead Mann
-He’s claiming that Master Chief is a cyborg instead of a human. Soldier also uses “fruit basket” as an insult often in the game. This is also a reference to Gray Mann who extended his life by becoming part cyborg and powered by a material called Australium (that’s a story for another time). Gray Mann tried to kill Soldier and the rest of the mercenaries, so because Gray stepped up to Soldier, he became a “dead Mann” because his last name is Mann. Hehehehe.
I’m making millions off of hats and taking craps in your head can
-TF2 is often jokingly called the first “hat based shooter,” and the hats in TF2 are perhaps the biggest money maker for Valve and the TF2 team. The rest of the line is a partially generic insult about Master Chief’s headwear.
Banshees? Please! Not a chance against a Market Garden
-He’s claiming that the Banshees in the Halo series (which is a sort of alien/Covenant single-man jet that can shoot and fly) is no match against a Market Garden, which is when a Soldier kills an opponent with the “Market Gardener” weapon, which grants 100% chance for a critical hit while the Soldier is in the air, such as when he’s rocket jumping.
No hippy science in me, I’m simply battle-hardened
-When Master Chief was young, he was experimented on and enhanced to become a Spartan super soldier. Soldier is claiming that he didn’t need those enhancements, he’s simply experienced.
Became a space marine, John, and I didn’t even try
-TF2 has a series of comics that act as the game’s main storyline. In one of the comics, a spaceship crashes down near Soldier, and it contained laser weapons. Soldier then semi-jokingly said he had joined the “space marines.” Master Chief’s name is technically John 117.
I spit straight courage, you couldn’t look me in the eye!
-In one of the comics, Soldier refers to his mouth as a “courage hole,” thus making him “spit straight courage.” The part about looking soldier in the eye is a double pun, because Master Chief is always seen behind his helmet, making it easy for him not to look Soldier in the eye. The Soldier himself as well almost always has his eyes hidden behind his helmet and other hats.
How’re you so famous? You’ve been average all along
-Halo is pretty famous. Cortana, at the beginning of Halo 3, was telling the story about why she chose Master Chief above all the other Spartan trainees, and she mentioned how Master Chief was not more experienced, strong, or swift as all the others. Other than those references, this is a set up for the next line.
Can you guess? It was luck, am I wrong?
-The rest of what Cortana said in the Halo 3 quote I mentioned just before, she said that there was one reason why she picked him above all the other Spartan trainees. She then asked “Can you guess? It was luck. Was I wrong?” Soldier is using that quote as an insult to say that Master Chief never had skill, rather he always had luck.
Master Chief:
After Ackerson I thought I’d face something harder
-James Ackerson, a high-ranking person in the Spartan III program (the program to bring new Spartan warriors into the fray) put Master Chief (a Spartan II) to what Ackerson thought was an impossible test, and was trying to kill Master Chief. Master Chief won anyway.
Not a Jingoist soldier who just wants to hat-barter
-Soldier is Jingoistic, often calling the Heavy a communist, calling the Sniper a hobbit, calling the Medic “fritz” and other names against the classes who are from other countries. The part about hat-bartering is also a joke about hat trading in TF2.
You’re an idiotic oaf I’m an obliterator
-A fairly generic insult against Soldier. A set up for the next line.
I’m masterminding this conflict like an Administrator
-In the TF2 comics (and in the game) there is an elderly woman called “the Administrator.” She’s the voice telling the RED and BLU teams how much time is remaining and whether or not a capture point has been captured. In the comics, it also seems that the Administrator has been masterminding the war with RED and BLU in search for Australium that I had mentioned earlier.
Against my fists your puny rockets aren’t shit
-In the Ackerson test, the jets used against Master Chief shot heat seeking rockets that Master Chief could not outrun. Using Cortana’s calculations, he chose the exact moment to deflect the rockets with his arm.
Your best hope to beat me is a lucky random crit
-A big complaint in TF2 is the use of random crits, which is exactly what it sounds: there is a random chance to deal critical damage. The complaint against this is that it requires no skill. Master Chief is claiming that Soldier’s skill cannot beat him, rather Soldier needs a random crit to win.
Can’t Gun Mettle with me Doe, you’ve Met Your Match
-The line uses puns based on two famous and big updates “Gun Mettle” and “Meet Your Match.”
I’m a decorated marine, all your medals are trash
-According to Halo canon, Master Chief has received every medal other than the POW medal. Soldier also has medals, but he made all of them himself out of trash and bottle caps.
Forget Battle of Earth. In this bout, you really bombed it
-In Halo 2 in Battle of Earth, the Covenant (the alien dudes) sent a bomb to explode one of the ships of the space marines. Master Chief sent the bomb back himself to explode one of the alien ships himself. The pun then comes in that despite Master Chief having literally bombed the alien ship, he says Soldier bombed this battle.
Your whole verse was a joke, stick to Let’s Plays and comics
-TF2 is somewhat of a joke game. It can be taken seriously, but the rocket jumps, jokes, insults, and others indicate that the game was meant to be taken as more of a joke. Soldier’s verse, according to Master Chief, is the same way. As mentioned before, TF2 is also a comic series, and there are many Let’s Play videos on Youtube. Master Chief is saying to forget the rapping business and go back to comics and Youtube videos.
Soldier:
You take that back, cosmonaut! I’ll kick your ass back to Mars!
-As mentioned before, Soldier is Jingoistic, so he uses “cosmonaut” as an insult. It’s also because Master Chief looks like an astronaut. As an added insult to the whole space theme, he says he’ll kick him back to Mars. Soldier also uses “kick your ass” as an insult he uses a lot.
Get ready for an Über. Medic! I am fully charged!
-Übercharges (Übers for short) grant invincibility to the Medic and his heal target for eight seconds. This usually allows for a big push into the enemy’s ranks.
I’ll burn you like Hale’s desk, your flesh will fall off the bones
-In one of the comics for TF2, Gray Mann gets his hand burned when he placed it on Saxton Hale’s (the former CEO of Mann Co.) desk, because his desk top is a grill. Gray Mann proceeds to say “My flesh falls off the bone!”
I’m a fearless warrior! I neck-snapped Tom Jones!
-A generic line followed by something that happened in the TF2 comics. He’s saying how he’s fearless and won’t not kill anyone.
You borrowed Red vs. Blue, Master Chief, you’re in debt
-The relatively famous RoosterTeeth series “Red vs. Blue” is made with Halo. All game types in TF2 are essentially a red team versus a blue team, so Solder is saying that Master Chief is in debt to TF2 for coming up with the idea.
I made bank like Mann Co., you got a profit of regret!
-Mann Co. is the fictional company that Saxton Hale used to own. It made millions of dollars by selling weapons and hats and gear. In the Halo series, the Covenant have three prophets, one of whom is called the Prophet of Regret, hence the pun of using “profit” instead of “prophet.” He’s saying Master Chief will only regret the rap battle.
Master Chief:
Act like your quack and hide behind your team
-A “quack” is an insulting term for a doctor, or a doctor who doesn’t know what they are doing. In TF2, the Medic tends to hide behind other classes so they can stay alive and heal everyone.
I’ve taken on armies, fuck Mann vs. Machine
-Throughout the Halo series, Master Chief seems to take on hordes of the Covenant with only a few other teammates. This is a similar concept to Mann vs. Machine in which a group of six players fight hordes of robots. Master Chief is claiming his situation is better than Soldier’s and is more impressive.
Think you’re smart? Let me give Cortana a call
-I’ll be honest, this is a generic line that leads into the next line. Cortana is the famous AI woman that Master Chief goes through the series with. She has shown to have the ability to hack into information sources. Master Chief is “calling” Cortana for information on Soldier’s intelligence.
It seems Jane Doe is the most dim-witted one of them all
-In the comics, Soldier is depicted as perhaps the most dim-witted of the nine mercenaries. Where not all mercenaries are smart, they all have a sense of knowing enough. Soldier does not.
“The leading class based shooter” I don’t give two farts
-Amongst class based shooters, TF2 is perhaps one of the most well-known, however Master Chief is saying he doesn’t care, saying he doesn’t “give two farts.” The term “two farts” is a reference to the town of Teufort’s history. Teufort is the main city in the TF2 canon that everything happens around (but never in). In the mid-1800s, a group of bullies forced the mayor to rename the town from Hugginsville to “Two Farts.” It was changed to Teufort after some time.
I just dropped bombs harder than if they were carts
-In TF2, the signature game mode in the game is called Payload. In the game mode, BLU team needs to push a cart that has a large bomb on it into a pit to win. When the cart is pushed into the pit, a massive explosion happens. Thus, dropping bombs harder than the cart would mean he, how the kids call it, totally pwned Soldier really well and stylishly.
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