Scripted Dialog

• "How much further must we heft this baggage? Any cell will do."
• "Why not toss him into this lot?" - About punished Supreme Commander, later Arbiter.
• "They could use the meat." - About the imprisoned Jackals.
• "Them? What about us? My belly aches. And his flesh is seared just the way I like it." - In the beginning of level The Arbiter.
• "Weaklings!" - On the level Uprising.
• "Let's just throw them over the edge!" - Brute shooting dead Elite on the level Uprising.
• "Where's the fun in that?"
• "I already checked there!"
• "Just making sure..." - Securing the area on the level Uprising.
• "Go see what's taking them so long!" - Brute Captain.
• "One more word Oracle, and I'll rip your eye out of its socket!" - Tartarus to the Oracle.
• "He's still just an Elite. Go! Kill him!" - Brute Captain, when fighting with the Arbiter.
• "Not all dead? Raise the alarms!" - When attacked by the Arbiter or another Elite in level Uprising.
• "Yes, Chieftain. A day's ration says I can do this in one cut." - When he's given an order from Tartarus, to kill Johnson and other Marines.
• "Two cuts at least." - Another Brute
• "Elites!!"
• "Do not let the Arbiter into the chamber! The Chieftain must complete his holy work!" - When trying to stop the Arbiter.
• "The Demon has infiltrated the council chamber! Protect the Hierarchs, seal the entrance!" (angry growl at the end)- Most likely said by Tartarus during the level Gravemind
• "Go, Arbiter! Get the icon!" - Tartarus
• "Excellent work, Arbiter!" - Tartarus
• "No, Arbiter! the Great Journey has begun and the Brutes, not the Elites will be the Prophets' escort!" - Tartarus

Gameplay Quotes

• "After your death, Arbiter, the rest of the Sangheili will live as our slaves!" - attacking arbiter
• "Are you crazy? Get him!" - If Brute ally doesn't attack.
• "I will eat you, little shrimp." - Taunting enemy
• "Sniff him out!" - Ordering Grunt, Jackal, or Brute.
• "But a scratch!" -When hardly injured by an attack.
• "I've caught enough meat for all of us!" - After dying
• "I will sniff you out, Demon!" - When hiding as John-117.
• "Gonna feel that in the morning...." - When hit.
• "I have ticks that bite more than you!" - Hiding, as John-117.
• "This is the powerful Demon?" - Sarcastically, when hiding.
• "I will remember this day...He fought well." - When their allies die.
• "Come out! There is no time for these games." - When hiding as John-117.
• "Giant, accursed beast!" - While fighting Brutes and winning.
• "Stay here! Just in case it doubles back!" - Hiding, as John-117.
• "You seem scared, Demon." - As John-117 when hiding.
• "Come on, Elite, take back your place!" - Taunting the Arbiter or other Elites.
• "I can smell that rusty armor from here!" - Taunting the Arbiter.
• "Whelp!" - Insulting John-117.
• "I am stung!" - When shot with Plasma weapon.
• "Get out of the way!" - When someone is in crossfire of a Brute.
• "Only cowards hide!" - When hiding
• "I don't think he heard you." - Mumbled when you're hiding, said by two.
• "I smell blood." - While John-117 hides.
• "He almost made us the prey." - When killed or unseen.
• "You're still my trophy." - When hiding.
• "Stings but a little!" - When fired upon.
• "Look, my back is turned. Now's your chance!" - Taunting the Elites.
• "Is that how you cowardly Elites fight?" - Taunting Elites.
• "Cover me! I'm going to look!" - When hiding.
• "What was it trying to do?!" - Said after being killed without hurting any Brutes.
• "That will yield the Elites!" - When the Arbiter dies.
• "Approach SLOWLY... approach... slowly!" - When hiding.
• "OW...."
• "Sorry!" - When Friendly Fire occurs; said by two.
• "I'll give you a head start to make it interesting." - Taunting the Chief or the Arbiter.
• "Don't run, we're friends!" - Said to the Chief when hiding or running.
• "Every pack brother for himself! RAAARGH!" Enraged state of brute
• "For Tartarus!"
• "The Elite's heart beats no more!" When the Arbiter dies.
• "The Prophets demand your death!"
• "Oh, don't run...You were doing so well!"
• "I have cubs your size!" "I think you hurt its feelings!" (two Brutes, sometimes heard on The Great Journey)
• "Eat this, shit face." - Before throwing a grenade at the Arbiter, IWHBYD skull may be needed.
• "I'm hit!" - Brute after getting shot
• "Complain when you're dead!" - Brute after another Brute complains.
• "Come out! You're only making this worse for yourself...And me!"
• "It's running!" -If you use the Arbiter's active camouflage in plain sight.
• "I will bathe in its blood!" - After killing the Chief
• "You big bastard!"

Scripted Dialog

• "Spread out, you whelps! Find them!" - Brute Captain Major, near the waterfall, level Sierra 117.
• "Tell me its location!" - Brute Captain to Gunnery Sergeant Reynolds.
• "A fresh scent. It must be close." "Spread out! Track it down!" - Brute Captain and Brute Chieftain with Gravity Hammer, level Crow's Nest.
• "Look, it has soiled itself! These are whelps, not warriors!" - Brute about Marine prisoner.
• "Success, Holy One. We have taken their Command Center!" - Brute Chieftain to Prophet of Truth, by Ops Center. Level Crow's Nest.
• "Not just yet, Noble Prophet." - When Truth asked Brute Chieftain about enemy's plans.
• "Yes, Holy One. It shall be done."
• "Have the Drones scour these machines! Find out what these heathens know about the Ark!" - Brute Chieftain.
• "Kill them for the honor!" - Brute throttling Voi Factory Worker.

Orders given by Unknown Brute Commander, by COM, level The Ark.

• "No-o-o-o! Hit the Carrier! Kill the Half Jaw and his crew!"
• "Keep their backs at fraud. Drive the Heretic ships back to the Portal!"
• "Their cruisers mixed with ours! Watch your fire!"
• "Do not fear the Prophets' wrath because, if you fail, I will have your hide!"
• "The pack will feast on you!" - Brute Chieftain, being with Brute Stalkers.
• "The pack will feast on you, Tartarus' murderer!" - In Co-op, to the Arbiter.
• "Fight me, I'm right here!" - Brute Chieftain to John-117
• "The pack will be rid of our thirst through your blood, Demon!"

Gameplay Quotes

• "I'm raising threat level to red" - when master cheif is hiding
• "Blood and Thunder!" - Said when there is only one Brute remaining, very rare. This is a reference to World of Warcraft's Orcish Race, who sometimes say this.
• "I shall be the one to teabag you Demon!" - when seeing Master Chief. IWHBYD needed.
• "No thanks to you, I found him!" - sometimes said by a Brute when you pull out of cover.
• "We will tear you into bloody red ribbons!"
• "Something SPECIAL!" - when throwing a grenade.
• "Damn you, you monster!" - Said when fighting Master Chief.
• "When this is over, this hammer is going up somebody's ass!" - said by Brute Chieftain when in combat.
• "The rest of the Sangheili will live as our slaves!" - Shouted to the Arbiter during Co-op.
• "Crush his skull!"
• The Demon is slain! - after killing Master Chief.
• "Me don't accept credit card." - Very rare, IWHBYD only.
• "Why do they call you 'Demon'?" - To John-117.
• "Traitors!" - Upon seeing the Arbiter, Nthro Sraom, Usze Taham or allied Elites.
• "The Arbiter!" - If they see the Arbiter before John-117.
• "Save some for me!" - Randomly.
• "Use a Grenade!" - Randomly.
• "Rip it open! I want its heart!" -Sometimes after John-117 is killed.
• "Damn you, Demon!" - When shooting at John-117.
• "Scum-sucking human!" - Randomly.
• "Fall back!" - If you kill enough enemies.
• "Wanna play catch?!" - Before throwing a grenade.
• "Huddle for warmth!" - Randomly on Tsavo Highway; Brute Packmaster talking to the pack.
• "Stay together!" - Randomly on Tsavo Highway - Brute 'packmaster' talking to pack.
• "No inappropriate touching!" - Usually spoken by a Brute Pack Leader on Tsavo Highway after "Huddle for warmth!"
• "He was my brother!" - After another Brute in the pack is killed.
• "You killed my pack mate!" - Sometimes said after killing a Brute in a Brute pack.
• "He was my lover!" - Sometimes said after killing a Grunt with the IWHBYD Skull enabled.
• "The murderer of Tartarus is DEAD!" - When they kill the Arbiter before they see John-117 in Crow's Nest during Co-op.
• "His head will make a fine trophy!" - When John-117 dies.
• "I will rip your head off and mount it on my wall!"
• "For YOU, this was made!" - When throwing a Grenade.
• "I will drink your blood!"
• "There's no 'I' in team; let's both go!" - One Brute to another before circling round an obstacle to attack John-117; Legendary; IWHBYD needed.
• "Ding dong, the Demon is dead!" - Said when John-117 is killed with the IWHBYD Skull activated. Reference to the Wizard of Oz.
• "Catch!" - When throwing Grenade.
• "After your death, Arbiter, the rest of the Sangheili will live as our slaves!" - While fighting Arbiter
• "I had him. But he went for cover."
• "Who gave him a Hammer?!" - When they see John-117 or the other playable characters holding a Gravity Hammer.
• "All right, who lost a Hammer? Retrieve it!"
• "It's Hammer time!" - When IWHBYD Skull is active. Possible reference to a lyrics from a rap sang by MC Hammer-U can't Touch This.
• "Our food seeks to evade us!" - When going into cover.
• "You broke my shiny helmet!" - When Brute Chieftain loses his helmet. IWHBYD needed.
• "We don't take American Express!" - IWHBYD required, extremely rare.
• "I sense a trap" - When hiding as John-117.
• "Worthy opponent!" - When fighting a Brute Chieftain.
• "Here's a present!" - When throwing Grenade.
• "Our food has taken cover!"
• "Here, catch this bauble!" - Throwing Spike Grenade.
• "Demon, come out and play."
• "The Demon is dead. Now, we can cuddle!" - After killing John-117, IWHBYD required.
• "Tartarus has been avenged!" - Upon killing the Arbiter.
• "Protect the Chieftain!"
• "Even a Grunt puts up more of a fight!" - When John-117 runs for cover.
• "For Tartarus!"
• "Good-bye!" - Throwing a Spike Grenade.
• "It's stuck!" - Stuck with a Plasma or Spike Grenade.
• "Aah, damn it!"
• "Crap!" - While fighting a losing battle with John-117.
• "Damn you, you're DOOMED!" - After killing a Brute's ally.
• "Change your panties and freshen up!" - Taunting John-117. IWHBYD Skull needed).
• "That's the last time you kill my brother!" - When John-117 kills another Brute. IWHBYD needed.
• "The Prophets demand your death!"
• "I will rip your head from its socket!"
• "Rouse the pack!" - When finding the player.
• "Bring me the Demon's head, and I will make you king!" - Said to a pack member by Brute Chieftain.
• "Bring me his head!" - Brute Chieftain to other Brutes.
• "Traitorous Sangheili!" Brute to Elites on legendary with any skull on.
• "Die, you monster!" Brute to the Master Chief.
• "Stick together, Team" - In reference to Counter Strike. IWHBYD Needed.
• "I have you now!" - In reference to Star Wars. IWHBYD Needed.
• "Damn you, Arbiter!" - Said during Co-op to the person playing the Arbiter.
• "Wha—?! It's stuck to my fur! NO-O-O!" - Brute reacting to being stuck with a Plasma Grenade.
• "If I had a Hammer, I'd hammer all day! I'd hammer in the evening!" - Brute Minor or Major upon seeing Master Chief with a Gravity Hammer.
• "Looks like someone will have to go after it. Anybody? Fine, I'll do it."- Brute Captain in Crow's Nest waiting to attack (IWHBYD Needed).
• "You're stuck! (laughs gleefully)." - Brute after sticking a UNSC Marine, Master Chief, or the Arbiter with a Spike Grenade.
• "Your strength is more than matched here!"
• "I will put your heart on a stake!"
• "It ends for you this day, Demon!"
• "Stupid fucking human!" - IWHBYD needed.
• "This is for you."- When throwing a spike grenade.
• "You must die! Sorry...Wait. No, I'm not!" - Rare, IWHBYD maybe needed.
• "Scum-sucking meat!"
• "One of us will get you eventually!"
• "I will rip your head from your shoulders, Demon!"
• "I'm going to tie your limbs in knots!"
• "You are not worthy of me!" - In battle.
• "What fool lost their hammer?! Who do you think you are, Thor?" - When Master Chief has a Gravity Hammer.
• "I hate this place!" - Can be heard on Crow's Nest, when you are beating them down badly, rare.
• "Let's eat him together!" - When Master Chief is dead.
• "There he is.... DIE, MEAT!"
• "I have found my dinner!"
• "Change your panties and flush it out!"
• "I am wounded, I bleed!"
• "Save the last dance for me..." - Random Brute singing.
• "You should not have killed my brother!"
• "Our pack brother has fallen!"
• "Keep looking for it! It must not be allowed to escape!" "Yes, Packmaster!" - Brute Chieftain when Master Chief slips into cover.
• "I smelled him out!"
• "The pack will overwhelm you!"
• "I knew I smelled something!" - When a Brute discovers you trying to sneak up on him.
• "Don't play with your food!" - If the Brutes keep shooting, but the Master Chief isn't dying.
• "Get back on your plate, meat!"
• "Aah... It's a good day!" - Some random Brute.
• "Mmm.... More blood to drink!"
• "Ready to go?" "Yes, let's go." - Two random Brutes.
• "I'm raising the threat level to red!"
• "Stop, hold here! I'm talking to you, child."
• "You've killed my brother for the last time!"
• "I'm going to eat you...Alive!"
• "Stay here, I'll look close."
• "Grenade!"
• "The Demon is dead!"
• "I have killed the Demon!"
• Brutes may roar out a war cry when enraged.
• "The Demon has died by my hand!"
• "You shall die!"
• "The power is yours!" - Said when throwing a Spike Grenade with IWHBYD skull on.
• "I HATE YOU!" - Screamed at the Arbiter or Master Chief.
• "None sleeps but me!"
• "I think I will mount you on my wall, Demon!"
• "Right in the groin!"
• "You have grenades, use them!"
• "Demon, your life is forfeit!"
• "Aah, it's a good day!" - When the Arbiter is killed.
• "I found MY dinner!"
• "Stop! Let it come to us." - Brute captain talking to subordinates.
• "That's enough! Wait for it to come out." - Brute captain talking to its subordinates.
• "That's enough! Let it hide." - Brute captain talking to its subordinates.
• "I'll excrete on you, demon!"
• "Don't worry; we'll kill him tomorrow." - IWHBYD needed.
• "Put his head on a spike." -Brute Chieftain after John-117 dies.
• "Let them run. Perhaps they'll lead us back to their herd."
• "The Demon. Kill it and glory will be ours."
• "Have a surprise!" - When throwing grenade.
• "Have your place in a bloody river!"
• "Ha-ha-ha-ha, all too easy." - after a Brute kills you.
• "Don't lose sight of him!"
• "This was made for you!" - after throwing grenade.
• "Filth!" - Brute taunting.
• "Pack brothers, do not embarrass me!" - War Chieftain spotting John-117.
• "Over there!" - Brute spotting enemy.
• "Hold on. I'm on my way!" - Brute seeing enemy.
• "Don't break rank, pack brothers!" - War Chieftain to other Brutes.
• "It must not get away!" - Brute.
• "It dies now!" - Brute taunt.
• "The demon is here!" - Brute Taunt.
• "Take this with you!" - Brute after throwing grenade.
• "It was in front of me the whole time!" - Brute spotting enemy.
• "It's the Demon! Take its head!" - Brute taunt.
• "Bring me the Demon's head!" - War Chieftain seeing enemy.
• "We must not allow it to evade us!" - Brute to other Brutes.
• "Hold back, it's going to draw us into a trap." - Brute whispering to other Brutes.
• "Out of that hole!" - Brute throwing grenade.
• "Wretched human!" - Brute taunt.
• "It ends now!"
• "The demon is here! It dies now!"
• "Useless animal!"
• "I will split your bones!" - Brute taunt.
• "For the honor of Rukt!"
• "Your death will not go unanswered!"
• "That was easy!" - After killing you.
• "Take this with you!" - When throwing a spike grenade.
• "There's the bastard, kill it!" - When spotting the Master Chief.
• "Vermicious knid!" - A reference to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory^[1]
• "I have found the animal!" - Upon spotting the Master Chief in cover.
• "HA-HA-HA! You're dead!" - When Master Chief dies.
• "I'll pulverize you!"
• "It seeks to evade us!"
• "We have killed the demon!"
• "It is slain!"
• "The demon is dead!"
• "Don't let it escape!"
• "Do we go out there?" "Yes!" A Brute Captain answering a Grunt.
• "I will wear your head on my belt!"
• "You have no chance now, Demon!"
• "Looks like someone will have to go get it!"
• "Fall back!"
• "Take this!" - When attacking the Master Chief on a Chopper.
• "Oh, Demon, I will mount you on my wall!"
• "I will sink my teeth into your throat! You will bleed out slowly, drop by delicious drop."
• "This one has active camouflage!" - When you fail to kill it from behind, IWHBYD needed
• "We are holding THIS AREA, pack brothers." - Brute Chieftain to his subordinates.
• "No, no! HELP!" - When stuck by a grenade.

• Brute #1: "The creature, it's here?!"

• Brute #2: "Quit your whining!" - Very Rare, no IWHBYD required, can be heard when sneaking up on a pair or more of Jiralhanae.
• "I have the power!" - IWHBYD - Reference to He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Yelled by He-Man.
• "I hate it when they run away..." - When players move into cover.
• "Every pack member for themselves!" - When a high-ranking Brute is killed. IWHBYD may be required.
• Eyes open, stay sharp... Nobody sleeps but me! - Said to grunts. (IWHBYD required).
• "Your mother breeds out of season!" - Said as a taunt when Master Chief is hiding. (IWHBYD may be required).
• Brute#1: "Owch, it hurts!"-Said when shot
• Brute#2: "Quit whining bitch!"- Can be heard on Tsavo Highway on Legendary (IWBYD may be required)

Campaign Quotes

• "Warn the Chieftain, the enemy has breached our lines!" - A Brute, after Dutch breaks through the first area with Shade Turrets in Uplift Reserve.

• "Let no Human escape to say what they have seen!" - War Chieftain at the end of Uplift Reserve.

• "Forward, warriors! Take this hill or die upon it!" - Brute leader during the battle of the ONI Alpha Site.

• "Open this door traitor!" - Brute Chieftain when Vergil refuses to open the door to the Superintendent's Data Center.
• "We do the Prophet's bidding, show no mercy!" A Brute chasing after Marines during the battle of the ONI Alpha Site

Gameplay Quotes

• "Is that all you possess, imp?" - After a Brute kills you
• "Take him to the Kig-Yar, let them eat."
• "Pile him with the rest."
• "The green ones are much tougher." - Referencing Spartans.
• "Don't worry, we'll kill him tomorrow."
• "Let the Kig-Yar pick their teeth with his bones."
• "I could use a snack."
• "Over there! Its a straggler" - Said after being discovered, will only be said on Mombasa Streets.
• "There is no "I" in team" - said in firefight
• "You sicken me!"
• "No thanks to you, I'll find him!"
• "I've found my dinner, go get your own!"
• "By the spoiled milk of Morpha!" - When you kill a brute superior.
• "Raaaaaarrrrgggghhhh!" - Brute leader roaring in anger after you kill his Grunt/Brute allies
• "Damn you!"
• "I will tear the meat from your bones whelp!"
• "Let him run, the field is ours!"
• "How does a human have a hammer!?" When carrying a Gravity Hammer, IWHBYD Skull needed
• "He has killed the Chieftain, fall back!" Brute witnessing you killing a Chieftain
• "You !" When you kill a Brute
• "The Prophets demand your death human!"
• "Look at it run!"
• "It has fallen back into cover"
• "Pathetic human!"
• "You killed my packmate!"
• "For the Great Journey!"
• "There is no Demon to save you now human scum!"
• "There's the bastard!"
• "Look over there, he's right there!"
• "It broke again!" Said when driving a Chopper and crashes into something.
• "We outnumber them, we outgun them, and yet they're still killing us?! RAAAAHH! Kill that human! Now!" Brute Chieftain when you kill a number of his allies, IWHBYD Skull needed.
• "You will know fear, human!"
• "Your death will not be quick!"
• "Time to die!"
• "Sniper! Take cover!" Sees you with a Sniper weapon
• "You...... are...... dead!!!!" When a Brute kills you, he will also shoot at your corpse.
• "Go ahead, come out and show bravery so I can kill you!" IWHBYD Skull needed.
• "I'll go close. No inappropriate touching!" IWHBYD Skull needed.
• Brute: "A human? This won't be challenging" Brute in response: "Are you saying you'd rather fight a Demon?" Brute: "Grrrr....... Shut up!" IWHBYD Skull needed
• "Perhaps if he gets maaaad he might be a worthy opponent." Said when you go into cover. IWHBYD Skull needed.
• "OH NO! GET IT OFF! OH GOD! NO! NAAAAAAHH! Said when stuck by a plasma or spike grenade. IWHBYD Skull needed.
• "Agghh... Thats crap..." When a shot hardly injures them, IWHBYD possibly needed
• "I will rip the flesh from your body!"
• "Time to die!"
• "It's Stuck!" - Said when stuck by a plasma or spike grenade. IWHBYD Skull possibly needed.