Gallo

Gallo is the name of a ghoul found inside the County Sewer Mainline, which is accessed either through a manhole in the Sewer Waystation or southeast of Wilhelm's Wharf. Despite his unique name, Gallo is not part of a quest and is inherently hostile to the player. Note that he will attack the player even if the player is wearing the Ghoul Mask, presumably because he isn't a Feral Ghoul and is therefore intelligent enough to tell the difference.

Gallo has a small Nuka-Cola collection, and keeps a pen of small Radroaches as pets. Gallo also appears to be a cannibal, as he stores dead feral ghouls in his refrigerator and has several plates of strange meat. In his room there is a safe containing a Nuka-Cola Quantum, also of note is two small Nuka-Cola Trucks, and on his person can be found a Party Hat as well as Gallo's Storage Key. The key can be used to access a storage closet with a substantial number of workbench items.

The book Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor can be found in Gallo's possession. The player must either kill or pickpocket Gallo to obtain this book from him.

One of the two entrances to Gallo's room is straddled by two garden gnome statues. Gallo seems to be wearing his birthday hat to mimic the look.

If the player has the Lawbringer perk, then Gallo will have a finger on his corpse.

Gallo's Storage Closet
Location is across the sewer tunnel from the east exit of Gallo's room.

The following contents can be accessed using Gallo's Storage Key or by lock-picking the door:


 * 12x 10mm Rounds
 * 6x Abraxo Cleaners
 * 4x Baseballs
 * 1x Baseball Bat
 * 1x Baseball Glove
 * 2x Basketballs
 * 2x Crutches
 * 1x Dirty Water
 * 2x Firehose Nozzles
 * 3x Fission Batteries
 * 2x Harmonicas
 * 3x Lawnmower Blades
 * 5x Leaf Blowers
 * 2x Lunchboxes
 * 2x Medical Braces
 * 1x Mentats
 * 2x Motorcycle Gas Tanks
 * 3x Motorcycle Handbrakes
 * 1x Nuka Cola
 * 3x Paint Guns
 * 2x Pressure Cookers
 * 1x Rake
 * 1x Rad-X
 * 40x Railway Spikes
 * 1x Stealth Boy (hidden in a box)
 * 24x Shotgun Shells
 * 2x Stimpacks
 * 5x Toy Cars
 * 2x Vacuum Cleaners

Appearances
only appears in Fallout 3.

Note

 * If you drop a weapon in front of him, he will pick it up and use that instead of his own weapon to attack you.
 * Amusingly, if his health drops too low, he may run out of his room and trigger one of his own traps, killing him (providing you left his traps untriggered).

Trivia
The cannibalistic Gallo is probably a reference to Junktown jerky vendors in Fallout 1. The "jerky" they sold was discovered to be human flesh by the Vault Dweller and Gallo has a Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor skill book on his person.

Rad-X and Radaway can both be found around Gallo's quarters. While useful to the Lone Wanderer, radiation has a healing effect on ghouls, making both drugs useless to Gallo.

External Influences
There has been speculation that Gallo is an allusion to the Lord of the Rings character Gollum, namely because of his cannibalistic tendencies and desire to live in dark, underground places. Gallo's party hat acts to enhance this notion, as Gollum often refers to the One Ring as his "birthday present". The presence of a single, hidden Stealth Boy supports this idea.

Gallo also means "rooster" in Spanish, a reference to "chickens". His presence in the sewers is very "chicken" or cowardly, as evidenced by his remote location and the multiple traps around his abode. It's very obvious that he is trying to survive the best he can locked inside that room, and "wait out" the chaos of post-apocalyptia. His possessions also indicate that he is not a feral ghoul, but a sentient, intelligent one like Gob.