• Armor Color: Red • Voice Actor: Matt Hullum • Signature Weapons: Shotgun (his most prized possession), Magnum, Battle Rifle, and Sniper Rifle • Accent & Personality: Thick Southern United States accent; gruff, regimented, bloodthirsty, overly dramatic, and fiercely dedicated to the war against the Blue Team. (Red Team)

• Rank & Affiliation: Unofficial second-in-command and favorite private to Sarge, wearing maroon/dark red armor. He later attains the rank of Captain. • Abilities & Skills: Strong in computer programming, hacking, memorizing military regulations, and operating heavy weapons (like rocket launchers and machine guns), though traditionally weaker in standard hand-to-hand combat. (Red Team)

• Defining Traits: Overwhelming laziness, chronic insubordination, cynicism, sarcasm, and a deep aversion to physical labor or military discipline. • Habits: Constantly eating, napping, and smoking. He famously tried to exploit religious holiday policies to get six days off a week. • Hidden Competence: Despite his sluggish nature, he is a skilled vehicle driver and pilot (Warthog, Elephant, Pelican) and occasionally displays surprising tactical capability or combat skill when heavily motivated. • Full Name: Captain Dexter Grif • Voice Actor: Geoff Ramsey (co-creator of the series) • Armor Color: Orange (referred to as orange in early seasons, gold in Halo: Reach, coral in Halo 4, and cadet orange in Halo Infinite) • Affiliation: Red Team, the Reds and Blues, former New Republic • Rank Progression: Minor Junior Private Negative First Class, Private, Sergeant, Staff Sergeant, up to Captain. (Red Team)

• Name: Private Franklin Delano Donut • Voice Actor: Dan Godwin • Armor Color: Initially standard Red, which changes to pink after an incident in Season 1. Donut famously and repeatedly insists his armor is "light-ish red", sparking a long-running joke regarding his character and orientation. • Personality: Upbeat, naive, gullible, and cheerful, with an energetic, garrulous, and flamboyant demeanor. He frequently and unintentionally delivers double entendres. (Red Team)

• Creator & Affiliation: Built by Sarge from a robot kit found at Red Base. He primarily serves as the Red Team’s apathetic mechanic and soldier, though he has occasionally defected or been co-opted by other factions (such as O’Malley or the Blue Team). • Language Barrier: A short-circuited voice card restricts him to speaking exclusively in Spanish. Most of the Red Team (like Sarge and Simmons) completely misunderstands him, while characters like Tucker, Andy the Bomb, or occasionally Church and Sarge are able to translate or understand him. (Red Team)

• Role and Personality: Voiced by Burnie Burns, Church wears cobalt armor and wields a sniper rifle, though he is notoriously a terrible shot. He is frequently irate, sarcastic, socially distant, and annoyed by his team's incompetence (especially Caboose and Tucker). Has blueish armor. (Blue Team)

• Role on Blue Team: He is a Private First Class (technically the highest-ranking Blue soldier), though he happily lets de facto leader Leonard L. Church call the shots. • The Captain Flowers Armor: Early in the season, the Blue Team discovers their commanding officer, Captain Butch Flowers, dead from an aspirin overdose. Tucker claims Flowers' distinct blue-green/aqua armor for himself. (Blue Team)

• Role on Blue Team: Originally stationed in the desolate box canyon of Blood Gulch, Caboose serves alongside Leonard L. Church and Lavernius Tucker. • Personality & Traits: Created initially as a counterpoint to the Red Team's "rookie", Caboose quickly evolved into one of the series' most iconic and eccentric fan-favorites—known for his childish innocence, unusual quirks, and literal-mindedness. (Blue Team)

• The Call for Help: Blue Command contacts Blood Gulch Outpost Alpha and offers a choice: wait 16 days for standard reinforcements or hire a high-cost Project Freelancer mercenary who can arrive within hours. They choose Tex. (Blue Team) (Actually female)