Community:Fallout Easter Eggs

Doctor Who
One of the random encounters in the desert involves the player finding a blue telephone box; as the player approaches it, a light on top begins to spin and it dematerializes. This is the TARDIS, a time-traveling ship from the UK TV series Doctor Who.

Dune
Mentats are used to raise Perception and Intelligence. In Frank Herbert's Dune, Mentats were considered living computers that used Sapho Juice to enhance their consciousness. The in-game image and name is also a play on Mentos, a brand of mints sold by the Perfetti Van Melle corporation.

Godzilla
In one random encounter you find a giant foot print with a dead body in it. You can find a Stealth Boy on the dead body. This could be a reference to Godzilla.

Mad Max
Mad Max, "The Road Warrior", was an influence on the entire Fallout series; most obviously his dog and the design for the leather jacket in Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout 3. Max in turn was influenced by Harlan Ellison, in his post-apocalyptic short stories A Boy and His Dog and Eggsucker, and his script for the graphic novel Vic and Blood. Ellison in turn was almost certainly not the progenitor, and in no way the only exponent, of a genre that the Fallout series proves is alive and kicking.

Pulp Fiction
Just outside the entrance to Vault 13 is a corpse. Examining the corpse provides the message: "You see Ed. Ed is dead." This may be a reference to the line from Pulp Fiction's Gold Watch story: "Zed is dead." This also is a possible reference to influential alternative rock band The Pixies, who had a song called "Ed is Dead" on their 1987 debut album.

The Simpsons
The intro movie shows a TV with the brand name Radiation King, which is the name of the TV Homer had as a young boy.

South Park
If Officer Kenny in the Hub dies in battle, your character will exclaim "They killed Kenny! Those Bastards!", a reference to the running joke of Kenny dying in numerous episodes.

Soylent Green
When the Vault Dweller is trying to blackmail Iguana Bob, one of the dialogue options is to say "Prime Choice Select is made of people!!!! It's made of people!!!". This is a reference to Charlton Heston's famous line from the movie Soylent Green

TOOL
In a lot of buildings in Fallout 1 (and Fallout 2), there are posters that are actually Maynard from TOOL. The poster is part of the album art from the bands first album "Undertow" from 1993.

They Live
The Brotherhood soldiers who accompany you to the mutant military base will sometimes say "I've come to kick ass and chew gum and I'm all out of gum", a line from the 1988 movie They Live.

Planet of the Apes
The line "I can't believe those bastards finally did it. Damn them all to hell." in Captain Maxson's Diary is strikingly similar to Charlton Heston's famous outcry ("We finally really did it... You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!") from the final scene of the Planet of the Apes..

Batman (1989 film)
In the Hub Old Town, the thugs guarding the Brotherhood initiate prisoner (quest-related) will attack you on sight and one of them will sometimes say: "Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?", just like the recurring line of Joker in Tim Burton's Batman.

War Games
A peasant in The Hub says "Let's go play Global-Thermal Nuclear War."

For the Republic
The achievement "For the Republic" is a reference to the popular line by clone troopers in StarWars

Robin Hood
Loxley, the leader of the Thieves' Guild is a reference to one of the names given to the famous outlaw Robin Hood: Robin of Loxley. Loxley's fake British accent and anachronistic clothing are part of the reference.