Agent Washington

**Agent Washington** is one of the main characters from the *Red vs. Blue* series.

## **Charactah Account**

A Freelancer and Recovery Agent. Washington's job is to find dead or dying Freelancers and recover their AIs and special equipment. He is trusted with this position due to his view of AIs—he had an AI partner, Epsilon, until the fragment suffered a major psychotic break and attempted suicide while in his head, leaving him therefore the person least likely to try and steal another one. Wash works with Agent South and Delta to hunt down the Meta, and though he is seemingly killed during that series, he survives (due to York's regeneration unit) to continue his mission, and enlists Church and Caboose to help. He has another, self-appointed goal: Epsilon held the Alpha's memory, meaning that Wash knows everything the Director of Project Freelancer did to it and is trying to bring the Director down. Washington serves as a straight man or the only sane man when exposed to the two teams' weirdness, but has a latent snarkiness that comes into play whenever he lampshades the implausible things they've done. His armor is gray with yellow markings on the shoulders. After joining the Blue Team, he changes to Church's cobalt armor, modified to also have yellow shoulders.

After being held prisoner by the UNSC for inadvertently destroying the evidence of Project Freelancer's misdeeds, Washington is released, and has to work with the Meta to track down Epsilon. When he finally does, he manages to hold his own fighting Tex, and even tries to help Epsilon save her. He later joins the Blue Team so that he won't get thrown back in jail. By Season 10 he's become a real part of the Blood Gulch Crew and decides to prevent any more problems by siding with them over Carolina and winds up shipwrecked with them.

He temporally joins the Feds until discovering the setup laid by Felix and Locus. He later reunites with the rest of the Blood Gulch Crew, along with Carolina and Epsilon. They join forces with the New Republic and the Feds to take down Malcom Hargrove.

## **Appearance**

### **Web-Animation**

* Red vs. Blue Season 7
* Red vs. Blue Season 8
* Red vs. Blue Season 9
* Red vs. Blue Season 10
* Red vs. Blue Season 11
* Red vs. Blue Season 12
* Red vs. Blue Season 13
* Red vs. Blue Season 14
* Red vs. Blue Season 15
* Red vs. Blue: Recovery One
* Red vs. Blue: Singularity
* Red vs. Blue: The Shisno Paradox
* Red vs. Blue: Zero

## **Trivia**

* Washington was in possession of York's healing unit during Reconstruction: Chapter 11 when he uses it to stabilize Caboose. This could be the reason for his remarkable survival skills, as most of his miraculous survivals occurred after finding York's dead body.
* Washington's original armor enhancement was revealed to be an EMP Unit, where he used it to disable two Warthogs in the episode Fall From Heaven. This explains his apparent knowledge of the pronunciation of EMP.
	+ In Reconstruction, Wash uses a particular armor enhancement: the 'BioCom,' which allows him to check on a teammate's vital signs during battle, as he used it in Chapter 10 (Although, it's possible this is just standard issue to all commanding officers or Recovery Agents, or even perhaps it is in all armor sets and, much like the megaphone/speech amplification, it is just not known by the Blood Gulch soldiers).
	+ It is also possible that his armor enhancement is the voice modulator that the Meta has at the end of Chapter 4. It has the symbol for Epsilon on the corner of it, which was Wash's A.I. It is possible that the Meta took this enhancement at the end of Recovery One.
* When Wash pulls up the BioCom in Reconstruction: Chapter 10 you can see a part of it that says "Replay Last Film!".
* Washington's prisoner number (619-B) is a reference to the address of Rooster Teeth's office building which is 619 B Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701.
* According to Burnie Burns, Washington was the last Freelancer to be officially active, as his pursuit of Epsilon allowed him to get out of jail. All the Freelancers at that time other than Wash had been KIA, had gone rogue or punished after Project Freelancer was shut down.
* Washington was once ranked 6th on the Freelancer leaderboard as shown in Season 9. His rank later increased to fifth, but, in Season 10, returned to the 6th position.
* Washington has only been portrayed in the *Halo: Combat Evolved* engine during the DVD menu of Reconstruction. Due to color limitations, this is the only representation of Washington without his yellow markings, being colored completely in Black.
* On October 14, Rooster Teeth animator Monty Oum announced that in the episode, Reunion, Wash was initially meant to be smashed and cut in half by a Warthog thrown by the Meta. The scene was cut for various reasons. Monty stated "*I don't think Wash could survive getting cut in half by a car...*"
* Washington seems to have had a fear of ending up like Freelancer Georgia, whose fate was caused by a jetpack malfunction.
* During What's the "I" Stand For?, Washington can be seen without his helmet at the Freelancer A.I. course, though his face is not visible. He appears to have spiky blonde hair.
* Washington is one of only three Freelancer agents to not have his face shown while not wearing his helmet. The others being Agents Florida and Maine.
* Washington is one of only four Freelancers whose name has been seen on the Freelancer Ranking board in every scene in which it is featured; the others being York, North Dakota, and Carolina.
* According to Wash in Reconciliation, he was most known for getting his balls stuck by grappling hookduring his time at Project Freelancer.
* Washington, along with Florida, is one of the few Freelancers who did not go rogue and disband from Project Freelancer. Rather, Wash was fired by the Director during Reconstruction: Chapter 19.
* In Reckless, after Donut mentions getting shot back in season 7, Washington whistles the tune of "*Pelican Reveal*", track twenty-four on the Season 9 Soundtrack.
* Washington's locker in the Mother of Invention was known to have contained a skateboard, indicating that skateboarding may have been a hobby of his during his downtime. Other items include two pictures of cats and a rubber duck.
* During the AfterBuzzTV *Red vs. Blue: Season 13* episodes 1-8 Live review with Miles Luna and Gray Haddock, Miles jokingly nicknames Wash, "The Tastiest Onion".
* Washington may be ambidextrous, as he is shown briefly wielding his knife and Battle Rifle in his left hand during his fight with the Meta in n+1. Washington also throws a grenade left-handed in Great Destroyers.
* Washington is the second character to have stolen a full set of armor.
* According to a psych evaluation Wash had with the Counselor prior to joining Project Freelancer, he was a Corporal in the UNSC who had been recently court-martialed for injuring his Staff Sergeant following a disagreement about sending men on a suicide mission against alien attackers. It is also revealed that a similar incident occurred during Wash's childhood when angry thoughts he harbored about a school bully for years culminated in Wash violently smashing the bully's face into a mirror, almost blinding them in one eye.
	+ This explains why Wash was able to harbor his thoughts of rebellion against Project Freelancer for years and plan his revenge well in advance. It may also bring to light why the Counselor expected the eventuality in Reconstruction: Chapter 19. In addition, Wash's ability to hold grudges is brought up during the session, a trait that was used to the Counselor's benefit in Reconstruction: Chapter 1 when he asks Wash to track down South.
	+ The same psych evaluation also reveals Wash had an excellent long term memory that he favors to repress, even before he got Epsilon. He clearly recalls both the incident with his former Staff Sergeant and the school bully's name when mentioned by the Counselor.
	+ Humorously, Wash was late to the session due to a "car thing", referencing his running gag with cars. In his own words to the Counselor: "Me and cars don't get along."
	+ The psych evaluation revealed that Washington also used to wet the bed, as was revealed in Season 8 when Simmons pulled up psych profiles on all of the Freelancers.
* According to the Red vs. Blue: Ultimate Fan Guide, Wash has several sisters and an unnamed mother. Whether or not they are still alive is unknown.
	+ It is also revealed that Wash did his basic training in the Leonis Minoris system before the system's implied destruction. Leonis Minoris is an actual star system in Halo that was all but destroyed in 2537 by the Covenant. Assuming this is the same system, Wash enlisted at 18 and he completed training in the same year as the system's destruction, this would make his birth year 2519.
* In Previously On, it is revealed by Carolina that Wash grew a beard during their retirement. This makes two confirmed facts about Wash's appearance beneath his helmet known: that he is a blond, and that he was clean shaven during the majority of the time Carolina has known him.