Red vs. Blue, often abbreviated as RvB, is a comic science fiction video web series created by Rooster Teeth Productions and distributed through the Internet and on DVD. The story centers on two opposite teams fighting a civil war in the middle of a desolate box canyon (Blood Gulch) in a parody of first-person shooter (FPS) games, military life, and science fiction films. Initially intended to be a short series of six to eight episodes, the project quickly and unexpectedly achieved significant popularity following its Internet premiere on April 1, 2003.
The fifth season of the original Blood Gulch Chronicles series ended with episode 100, released on June 28, 2007. Three mini-series—Out of Mind, Recovery One, and Relocated —and the three-part Recollection trilogy containing the full-length Reconstruction (2008), Recreation (2009) and Revelation (2010) series (Seasons 6–8) have extended the plot. The Project Freelancer saga began with Season 9 (2011) and follows two separate stories: a continuation to the Recollection trilogy and a prequel set before the events of The Blood Gulch Chronicles. The two stories are continued in two further mini-series—MIA and Where There's a Will, There's a Wall—and concluded in Season 10 (2012).
Burnie Burns confirmed in What's Trending that the series would continue with Season 11, which premiered on June 14, 2013; and Season 11 was later followed by Season 12 and Season 13. In 2016, Season 14 was released as the first anthology season, consisting of several canon and non-canon stories created by in-house writers as well as several outside writers; Freddie Wong of RocketJump, Chris Roberson (creator of iZOMBIE), Ben Singer and Chad James of Death Battle, Ernest Cline (author of Ready Player One and Armada), Arin Hanson and Dan Avidan of Game Grumps, etc. Season 15 debuted in 2017, continuing the canonical story following the events of Season 13. In March, Joe Nicolosi announced Season 16 which focused the events after the last season with a reduced episode count. Nicolosi stepped down after Season 16 concluded, with Jason Weight taking over writing duties and both Josh Ornelas and Austin Clark taking over directing duties for Season 17, which had an even more reduced episode count.
On January 15, 2020, Season 18 was confirmed to be in development with a brief 3-second clip being shown in a promo trailer for upcoming Rooster Teeth releases.[1] The season was done by Death Battle writers Noël Wiggins, Joshua Kazemi, and Ben Singer based on a story by the season's director Torrian Crawford.
Episodes are released earlier for subscribers of Rooster Teeth's premium service, originally known as Sponsors and renamed in 2016 as FIRST.
In a boxed canyon called Blood Gulch, the boring lives of two opposing teams are about to change with the arrival of a mercenary.
The misadventures of the Reds and Blues continue with the arrival of a medic and a psychotic A.I.'s quest to rule the universe.
The Reds and Blues' conflict with O'Malley takes an explosive turn: literally.
The Reds are back in a familiar setting while the Blues go on a quest with an alien and a sword, all the while O'Malley plans his next move.
The Blood Gulch Chronicles ends as the Reds and Blues' conflict with O'Malley reaches its climax.
The Reds and Blues crash-land on Chorus, a former UNSC colony embroiled in a civil war between the colonial government and a rebel faction. Caught up in the middle of the war, the Reds and Blues learn a sinister party is manipulating both sides for their own gains.
The Reds and Blues crash-land on a mysterious planet and wait to be rescued. However, mysterious forces are watching them.
The Reds and Blues are caught in the middle of a civil war on the former UNSC colony Chorus. But all is not as it seems as a mysterious, sinister force manipulates both sides.
It's all-out war as the Reds and Blues lead the people of Chorus against a mercenary army led by Hargrove, Felix and Locus.
A collection of canonical and non-canonical stories of the RVB universe.
An investigative reporter and her bumbling cameraman search for the Reds and Blues and answers for attacks on the UNSC.
The Reds and Blues venture through the space-time continuum with drastic consequences.
Donut leads the Reds and Blues against Genkins to restore the space-time continuum.
A film that concluded the series story, Restoration, was released on May 21, 2024 and was written by Burns and directed by Hullum.[3] The trailer implies that the events from the Shisno Trilogy to Zero (seasons 15–18) have never occurred in the series continuity, only appearing as Epsilon-Church's "simulations" in an attempt to save the Reds and Blues at the end of its thirteenth season.
| Title | Date | Episodes | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red vs. Blue: Out of Mind | June 16, 2006 – October 3, 2006 | 5 | Set between season 4 and 5 | |
| Red vs. Blue: Recovery One | October 28, 2007 – December 7, 2007 | 4 | Set immediately after Out of Mind, it was released after Season 5. | |
| Red vs. Blue: Relocated | February 9, 2009 – March 9, 2009 | 4 | Set between season 6 and 7 | |
| Red vs. Blue: ODST | September 1, 2009 - September 11, 2009 | 3 | Made as a promotion for | |
| Red vs. Blue: Holiday Plans | January 4, 2010 - January 6, 2010 | 3 | Originally created for Halo Waypoint, released after Season 7 | |
| Team Slipspace: An Epic Grifball Saga | February 20, 2010 - July 3, 2010 | 12 | Spin-off centered around a Grifball team | |
| Red vs. Blue: Reach | August 9, 2010 - September 8, 2010 | 3 | Made as a promotion for Halo: Reach | |
| Red vs. Blue: MIA | November 13, 2011 - December 17, 2011 | 6 | Set within season 9, it was released at the end of season 9 | |
| Red vs. Blue: Where There's a Will, There's a Wall | April 14, 2012 - April 28, 2012 | 3 | Also set within season 9 and released between season 9 and 10 | |
| Red vs. Blue: Chorus Journals | April 4, 2014 - April 25, 2014 | 4 | Set between season 11 and 12 | |
| Red vs. Blue 360 | November 10, 2016 - February 20, 2017 | 4 | Episodes that utilize YouTube's 360º feature | |
| Red vs. Blue: Family Shatters | October 20, 2021 - December 29, 2021 | 11 | Sitcom pastiches starring Shatter Squad and Viper | |
| Red vs. Blue: Halo Recap | April 8, 2022 - May 20, 2022 | 4 | Humorous recaps of the Paramount+ show Halo | |
| Red vs. Blue: QvsA | August 4, 2022 - December 1, 2022 | 9 | Grif and Simmons answer questions in Halo Infinite-made shorts |