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Oly Oly Oxen Free

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Oly Oly Oxen Free is a six note, seven beat tone used as an all clear code by the Spartan-IIs. They learned it from Deja on Reach when they were younger and have used it ever since.

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[edit] Psychology

Oly Oly Oxen Free was a secret amongst the Spartans; none but they and a select few outsiders knew it. Those outsiders were close to the Spartan's family; such as Dr. Catherine Halsey, Cortana, Sergeant Johnson and Chief Petty Officer Mendez. Thus, the signal was extremely important to each Spartan; they would rather die than give up the significance of the tone, which could potentially be used to betray or endanger their teammates.

[edit] Uses

The term Oly Oly Oxen Free was used on numerous occasions throughout Halo: The Fall of Reach and Halo: First Strike. Some of the times it was used are as follows:

[edit] Non-Canon

Marines use it on the level "The Ark" when firing on the first Covenant encampment, but only if the IWHBYD Skull is activated.

[edit] Trivia

  • Dana Awbrey alludes to this phrase by titling a blog post "Olly Olly Axon Free".
  • Oly Oly Oxen Free was originally used to tell players in a game of hide and seek that the game was over and they could come out of hiding.
  • Sometimes in Tom Clancys Splinter Cell, if you shoot and enemy and then hide, they will say "Oly oly oxen free! Come out, come out wherever you are!".

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SPARTAN Related Topics

SPARTAN Program
Spartan ISpartan IISpartan III

Miscellaneous
Spartan EquipmentSpartan LanguageSpartan MIA Protocol
SPARTAN-II Augmentation ProceduresOly Oly Oxen Free

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