This article contains information that is dubiously canonical due to being part of a series of simulations created by Epsilon during the closing moments of The End.

Red vs. Blue: Singularity is the seventeenth full season of Red vs. Blue, written by Jason Weight and directed by Josh Ornelas and Austin Clark. The third and final installment in The Shisno Trilogy, it is a direct continuation of the previous season. Joe Nicolosi, writer/director of the previous two seasons, moved to other projects in 2018; however, he did outline the story alongside Weight and Miles Luna,^[2] who provided additional writing.^[3]

The season was announced on January 28, 2019, and premiered on March 9. The first trailer for the season, as well as the official synopsis, were released by Collider on March 7.^[4] Nearly a year after airing exclusively on Rooster Teeth's official website, the episodes started being uploaded weekly on the RT Animation YouTube channel, starting on February 3, 2020.

Synopsis

It took two seasons for the Reds and Blues to break the universe, but they’re about to discover that things can always get worse.

The flow of time is in disarray now that Chrovos has been freed from their old prison, and the Reds and Blues are unwittingly trapped, reliving their past memories. Fortunately, there’s still one person in the universe who can do something about it: Donut. Thanks to his quick thinking, Donut manages to trap Chrovos in a temporary cell, but it won’t hold for long. Chrovos’ lackey, Genkins, travels through time with the Reds and Blues and changes the events of their history, creating cracks in an increasingly fragile timeline. If Donut can’t find a way to snap his friends out of it, Chrovos will truly be free and life as we know it will be rewritten.

Characters

Reds and Blues

• Caboose (12 episodes)
• Washington (11 episodes)
• Donut (11 episodes)
• Grif (11 episodes)
• Tucker (11 episodes)
• Simmons (11 episodes)
• Sarge (10 episodes)
• Carolina (9 episodes)
• Lopez (8 episodes)
• Sister (6 episodes)
• Doc (6 episodes)

Agents of Chrovos

• Chrovos (8 episodes)

Cosmic Powers

• Huggins (3 episodes)
• Labyrinth A.I (2 episodes)
• Atlus Arcadium Rex (1 episode)
• Kalirama (1 episode)
• Burnstorm (1 episode)

Chorus

• Emily Grey (2 episodes)

Everwhen Timeline

• Church (5 episodes)
• Sheila (5 episodes)
• Locus (5 episodes)
• Epsilon (4 episodes)
• Meta (4 episodes)
• Lopez 2.0 (3 episodes)
• Zealots (3 episodes)
• Junior (2 episodes)
• Tex (2 episodes)
• Andy (2 episodes)
• Recovery Command (2 episodes)
• Delta (2 episodes)
• C.T. (2 episodes)
• Freckles (2 episodes)
• Vanessa Kimball (2 episodes)
• Felix (2 episodes)
• Epsilon-Tex (1 episode)
• Wyoming (1 episode)
• York (1 episode)
• North Dakota (1 episode)
• South Dakota (1 episode)
• Idaho (1 episode)
• Iowa (1 episode)
• Ohio (1 episode)
• Santa (1 episode)
• Dylan Andrews (1 episode)
• Jax Jonez (1 episode)

Other

• Genkins (9 episodes)
• Coach Prestwood (2 episodes)
• Cheryl (1 episode)
• Gerald (1 episode)
• Washington's Butler (1 episode)
• Gustavo (1 episode)

Episodes

#	Episode	Released	Runtime	Description
1.	A Stitch in Time	March 9, 2019	11:47	The Reds and Blues ruin the universe.
2.	Everwhen	March 16, 2019	10:22	Donut learns what an innuendo is.
3.	Schrödingin'	March 23, 2019	12:18	Wash resigns as financier of The Giant Walking Cannon Funeral Company.
4.	Breaching the Torus	March 30, 2019	9:31	People are shot. Only Simmons seems to mind.
5.	The Not-So-Good Ol' Days	April 6, 2019	9:42	Wash takes up freelancing.
6.	Self-Fulfilling Odyssey	April 13, 2019	12:19	Sarge gets a 2-for-1 deal on pelicans this week!
7.	Limbo	April 20, 2019	10:00	Huggins is information and cannot be destroyed.
8.	Finally	April 27, 2019	8:58	Caboose's Guide to Re-Zipping Time.
9.	Succession	May 4, 2019	12:32	A leader steps up.
10.	Killing Time	May 11, 2019	8:56	Wash would like to be shot. One shooting, please.
11.	Omphalos	May 18, 2019	11:17	Sarge hates boredom. Grif hates excitement. Lopez hates Lopez.
12.	Theogeny	May 25, 2019	21:43	Chrovos has a plan. It comes back to bite them.

Other Episodes

#	PSA	Released	Description
1.	Laundry Day	February 8, 2020	Grif and Simmons instruct you on how to keep your Reds and Blues vibrant and clean!
2.	Internet Petitions	February 15, 2020	Be the change you want to see! Sarge and Simmons demonstrate how to have your voice heard through internet petitions!
3.	Spice it Up	February 22, 2020	After 17 long seasons, the Reds and Blues think up new and interesting ways to keep things fresh!
4.	Caboose's The Price Wheel of Cash: A Red vs. Blue PSA	February 29, 2020	Join us for the high-flying, daring, adventurous hit new gameshow on this side of the galaxy! Your host Caboose pits Red Team against trial after trial in: The Price Wheel of Cash!
5.	Visit the Doctor!	March 7, 2020	After years of fighting, the Reds and Blues go to check in on their personal healthcare at the doctor!
6.	Moving Out	March 14, 2020	Join Grif and Simmons as they discuss an important step to adulthood: moving out!
7.	New Tech	March 21, 2020	The times have changed, and technology has shifted the way the world works! Join Simmons and Grif as they demonstrate the wonders of new tech!
8.	Cyber Insecurities	March 28, 2020	The internet can be a dangerous and volatile place! Simmons guides you on how to prepare yourself for the harsh cyber-land of the web, in Cyber Insecurities!
9.	Snowed In	April 4, 2020	Harsh weather is upon us! Join Doc as he shows you how to prepare for being snowed in! Just be careful to look out for the dreaded cabin fever!
10.	End Preppers	April 11, 2020	Prepare yourself for the end times! Join the Reds as they instruct you on how to work through numerous doomsday scenarios in End Preppers!
11.	Amateur Voice Actors	April 18, 2020	Want to know how to wrangle the fresh voice talent for your show? Sarge and Simmons have the perfect guide to working with Amateur Voice Actors!
12.	Hitting the Mark	April 25, 2020	The very best takes from the professionals on Red vs. Blue!

See Also

Main article: Red vs. Blue: Season 17 Soundtrack

Gallery

Trivia

• Despite being teased in the finale of the previous season, Singularity is not shot in Halo 2 Anniversary^[5], instead utilizing several previous Halo games such as Halo: Combat Evolved for scenes set in the past (unlike The Shisno Paradox, which almost exclusively used Halo 5: Guardians).
• The word Singularity has several uses, as in "technological singularity" (a hypothetical stage of technological advancement stemming from the creation of Artificial Intelligence) or "gravitational singularity" (a point of infinite density at the center of a black hole), among others.
• Jason Weight also considered the titles Everwhen, The Firewall Paradox^[6], and A Sitch In Time.^[7]
  • Everwhen and A Sitch In Time were later used as the titles of the second and first episode respectively.
  • The Everwhen refers to the period of "soft time" traversed (and named) by Donut during the season.
  • In physics, the Firewall Paradox is a problem regarding the quantum entanglement of Hawking radiation emitted from a black hole.
• The official poster adequately has its central characters Donut and Washington, the two Reds and Blues who do not start the season trapped reliving their memories and also have the most screentime.
  • This contrasts with the previous season where Donut and Washington had the least screentime.
• The poster for this season features reused promotional materials from The Shisno Paradox, reusing the character models from that seasons poster, with the exception of Wash, who was included via an in-game screenshot.
  • The YouTube release of this season features episode thumbnails utilizing promotional material from Season 13 and 14, as well as The Shisno Paradox, rather than anything from the actual season.
  • The logo used in the marketing for this season is different than the one seen in the actual season, for unknown reasons.
• Due to limited budgeting, the original pitch for Singularity was altered into what was released. Differences between the initial pitch and the final draft include:^[7][8]
  • Rather than the Everwhen, the Reds and Blues would've got trapped inside Donut's happiest memory, which was to be conveyed by an iceberg, topped with red rock (a replica of Blood Gulch), surrounded by a bubble, adrift in solar wind.
    • This original idea was similar to when Epsilon had to relive his memories in Season 9 to find Tex, but rather than it being the memories of the Reds and Blues inhabiting Donut's memory, it would've been the actual consciouses of the Reds and Blues.
  • Halo 2 Anniversary would've been utilized to represent Donut's memory rather than Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 4, and Halo 5: Guardians, which were used to represent the Everwhen.
  • Chrovos' prison room would've resided under the Blood Gulch in Donut's memory, where Doc would've been tortured by Genkins to keep the Blood Gulch illusion alive for the Reds and Blues.
  • Epsilon's memory fragments would've been revealed to have survived after Season 13 and were taking refuge in Tucker's mind.
  • Superego Tucker, a split counterpart of Tucker whose one goal was to hunt A.I.'s, would've been introduced.
    • This half of Tucker would've been very similar to the Meta, whose one goal during the Recollection was to collect A.I.
  • The Cosmic Powers were to be drained of their powers and stranded on the iceberg in Donut's mind. Superego Tucker was to later arrive at their destination and kill Burnstorm.
  • Instead of the Wash and Donut team-up we got in Singularity, the team would've consisted of a spectral version of Donut, Caboose, Washington, and Carolina.
  • Caboose was to kill Genkins while the latter had possession of Church, implying that Genkins being the past version of Chrovos was not considered in this draft.
  • Doc was to sacrifice his life to free his friends from Chrovos' illusion.
  • Rather than the Reds and Blues facing Genkins in the labyrinth, the final battle would've been against Chrovos at the beginning of time.
  • Lopez was to remain at the Big Bang, trapped inside a bubble, where he would have sung Besame Mucho in a monotone voice as the credits rolled.
• This is the last main season to feature the Reds and Blues as the protagonists, with Zero acting as a standalone soft reboot of the series with new characters in Shatter Squad.
  • This is also the final season to feature the entire original voice cast, as Joel Heyman and series creator Burnie Burns would exit the series as the voices of Caboose and Lopez in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

Unmade Sequel Season

• In 2021, Jason Weight pitched an idea for a potential low-stakes version of Season 18 that would have been a direct sequel to this season, with the crew returning to their home on Iris, and Sister declaring herself as "gang therapist". The season, dubbed Resolution, would've delved much deeper within the personal lives of the Reds and Blues, with the team growing closer together as a family and beginning to refer to each other by their first names. Unaware to Weight, the reason Rooster Teeth wanted to meet with him was to tell him to stop interacting with Red vs. Blue fans. ^[9]
  • Sarge and Carolina's names would've been revealed within the season, along with the confirmation of Grif and Simmons being gay, Sarge being bisexual, and Donut being asexual.
  • Caboose and Lopez would've attempted to help Washington with his cerebral hypoxia by creating a "war games" simulated scenario for him to run using the Meta's helmet, while Carolina would publish a book about her experiences within Project Freelancer and Tucker would leave to visit Junior.
  • A follow-up season would've also been setup within this season, with Sarge being on his death bed during the season and Wash and Carolina being captured by the new president of the UNSC, a fan of Carolina's book who is curious to know what happened to the Project Freelancer A.I. post-project. The president would be well-dead during the events of the season, but his body would've been puppeted by a renegade A.I. possessing his armor.
  • The season would've also dealt with the "Fall of Chorus", with the season ending with the death of Locus as he led a group of rebels against the Sangheili, exposing the president and his true intentions in the process. Dylan, Siris, and Ohio, Idaho, and Iowa would have also served notable roles within the season. Four new characters, who serve as Wash's medivac team, would have also been set up within the season, with them being meant to take on the role's of protagonists within the season following the follow-up season to this season. ^[10]

References

External links

• Red vs. Blue Official Site
• YouTube Season Playlist
• YouTube Complete Season
• Red vs. Blue Wikipedia Page

Trailer

Red vs. Blue Seasons
Main Series	The Blood Gulch Chronicles - Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Season 4 • Out of Mind • Season 5 The Recollection - Recovery One • S6 - Reconstruction • Relocated • S7 - Recreation • S8 - Revelation The Project Freelancer Saga - Season 9 • MIA • Where There's a Will, There's a Wall • Season 10 The Chorus Trilogy - Season 11 • Chorus Journals • Season 12 • Season 13 S14 - Anthology The Shisno Trilogy - Season 15 • S16 - The Shisno Paradox • S17 - Singularity The Zero Saga - S18 - Zero • S19 - Family Shatters S20 - Restoration
The Totally Incredible Legendary Adventures of Team Slipspace	Expansion • Zero Tolerance • Franchise Player • Double Agent
Non-Canon Series	PSAs • Special Episodes • Halo 3 Launch • ODST • Holiday Plans • Reach • 360 • Halo Recap • QvsA