Community:Fallout: New Vegas Easter Eggs

= Cultural References in Fallout: New Vegas =

Aliens
If the player has the Wild Wasteland perk, NCR Emergency Radio chatter includes the phrases "Game Over, Man, Game Over!" and "They're Coming out of walls, they're coming out of the Goddamn Walls!". The phrases are quotes from the film Aliens.

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Mr. New Vegas will end a news segment by saying "You stay classy, New Vegas." In the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Ron Burgundy's signoff is "You stay classy, San Diego".

The Bible
The quest Render Unto Caesar is a reference to a famous phrase from the Bible. “Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s” - Matthew 22:21

Brewdog
Inside Brewer's Beer Bootlegging there is a sign for "Strategic Nuclear Moose" which is a reference to the real-life "Tactical Nuclear Penguin" imperial stout produced by Brewdog, a Scottish craft brewery.

Cabazon Dinosaurs
Dinky the Dinosaur of Novac is a reference to Dinny the Dinosaur and Mr. Rex, the Cabazon Dinosaurs.

Dr. Strangelove
The achievement Love the Bomb is a reference to the movie Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

The heavily trapped house in Nipton, it's just East, across the road from the general store with a sandbag wall protecting the door, with the note about "vital essence" and a grenade machine gun appears to be a reference to General Jack D. Ripper in "Dr. Strangelove".

The Elder Scrolls
Metal power poles have a plate on them that reads TES-04. This is a reference to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, another game produced by Bethesda Softworks.

Foundation
The Brotherhood of Steel Paladin Hardin (Fallout: New Vegas) is likely named after Salvor Hardin from Isaac Asimovs' classic sci-fi novel series 'Foundation'. They both attempt to take over their respective leaders due to their lack of action.

Howard Hughes
Mr. House's personality is based on Howard Hughes's.

Indiana Jones

 * The Wild Wasteland trait may add an encounter containing a refrigerator, which contains a fedora and skeleton. This is a reference to the scene in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" where Indiana Jones saves himself from an atom bomb in a fridge (this scene was infamous for its absurdity).
 * An email outbox on a computer terminal in the Sunset Sarsaparilla Headquarters includes a message addressed to "Marcus Brody, VP of Technology."

Kate Beaton
The unique Tesla cannon, Tesla-Beaton prototype, is named after Kate Beaton, a Canadian webcomic artist known, among other things, for several comic strips about Nikola Tesla.

Mad Max
The achievements Blast Mastery and You Run Barter Town are both references to Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Blast Mastery refers to the character of Masterblaster, and Bartertown was the location around which Beyond Thunderdome was set. The leather armor, reinforced also bears a strong resemblance to the armor worn by the main character.

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
The Courier Who Broke the Bank is a reference to Joseph Jagger (1830 – 1892), a British engineer who was widely known as The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo.

Monty Python
At Cottonwood Cove, spray painted on one of the buildings is "ROMANES EUNT DOMUS", which is a reference to Monty Python's Life of Brian. This only appears with Wild Wasteland.

Inside one of the church basements at Camp Searchlight are three Holy Frag Grenades. These also only appear with Wild Wasteland.

Mister Las Vegas
Wayne Newton is known as Mister Las Vegas, he is also the voice of the radio personality Mister New Vegas.

Period songs

 * The quest Aba Daba Honeymoon is named for a song by Debbie Reynolds.
 * Ain't That a Kick in the Head is the title of a song, popularly sung by Dean Martin.
 * The quest Ant Misbehavin' is named for the song Ain't Misbehavin' by Fats Waller.
 * The quest Anywhere I Wander is named for a song written by Frank Loesser and popularized by Danny Kaye.
 * The quest Back in Your Own Backyard is named for a song written by Billy Rose and Dave Dreyer, which was popularized by Al Jolson.
 * The quest Bitter Springs Infirmary Blues is named for the song St. James Infirmary Blues, popularized by Louis Armstrong.
 * Bye Bye Love is the title of a song by The Everly Brothers.
 * The perk and challenge Day Tripper is the title of a Beatles song.
 * The Freeside gang The Kings are rife with references to Elvis. The King's dialogue frequently uses song titles as turns of phrase. In addition, the quest Nothin' But a Hound Dog is also the name of an Elvis song.
 * The quests Ring-a-Ding-Ding, My Kind of Town and Come Fly With Me are titles of songs sung by Frank Sinatra.
 * G.I. Blues is the title of a film starring Elvis Presley.
 * Mr. New Vegas's "new album", Nuclear Winter Wonderland, is a reference to the song Winter Wonderland.
 * The quest I Fought the Law is a reference to the song of the same name by Sonny Curtis.
 * "The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango" is a pop song written by J. Leslie McFarland and Aaron Schroeder. Pat Boone recorded and released the song in 1959.

Portal
In the REPCONN Test Site, on a terminal you can find a entry from a man named Gordon who is disappointed because there was no cake at his retirement party. (In reference of Half-Life's main protagonist: Gordon Freeman and "The Cake is a lie" from "Portal" )

The Princess Bride
With the Wild Wasteland trait, rodents of unusual size can be encountered in various places.

The Professional
The Fallout: New Vegas perk, The Professional is a reference to the 1994 film of the same name, directed by Luc Besson. The correlating in-game picture features a stylized Vault Boy with a coat, stubble and round glasses similar to the main character of the film. The picture also features a potted plant that plays a significant role in the film.

Professional Wrestling
During the quest G.I. Blues when heading over to the Old Mormon Fort in Freeside, there are three men one tent named Roy, Wayne, and Farris. The three names put together are a reference to Roy Wayne Farris, a professional wrestler who wrestled for WWF and WCW during the 1980's and 1990's as "The Honky Tonk Man".

Star Wars

 * The Wild Wasteland trait adds an encounter in the town of Nipton. If you follow the road from city hall east, you will find a burning house with the skeletal remains of Owen and Beru, Luke Skywalker's uncle and aunt who were burned by stormtroopers in A New Hope.
 * The challenge "...And Know Disintegrations" is a play on Darth Vader's line in The Empire Strikes Back.
 * During the quest You'll Know It When It Happens, Ranger Grant asks you to report what has happened at the top of the guard post when you kill a Legion assassin, one of the dialog options when responding to him is to say "Everything's fine up here, thank you. How are you?." This is a reference to A New Hope, when Han Solo says the same thing while he and Luke Skywalker rescue Princess Leia from the Death Star.

Something Awful

 * The YCS/186 Gauss rifle is named for Gauss, a forums member who posts primarily on a subforum called YCS that has the forum ID number 186.
 * The abbreviated console command for disabling Hardcore Mode is "Babby", a reference to a meme that originated on the Something Awful website. In addition, the word "Babby" is often used as a perjorative in various Something Awful subforums.
 * A Wild Wasteland encounter found near Goodsprings consists of a man in glasses named Johnny found dead at the edge of a cliff. Johnny is surrounded by various objects including five ace cards and four orange balls. This is a reference to Zybourne Clock, an infamously awful failed amateur game project that originated on Something Awful.
 * Pew Pew, a unique laser pistol found as part of A Valuable Lesson, is named for a Something Awful Forums Meme that arose from the mockery of recruitment advertisements for a Something Awful Forums based EVE Online group named Goonfleet.

Tootsie Roll Pops
The quest The Legend of the Star is a reference to a decades-old rumour regarding Tootsie Roll Pop wrappers that dates back to the 1930's. Some Tootsie Roll Pops come packaged in wrappers that depict a boy dressed like a "wild west Indian", shooting an arrow at a star. Ever since the wrappers were found rumours have circulated that there is some kind of secret prize attached to sending in wrappers. In the 1980's the Tootsie Roll company began replying to queries about the wrappers with a short story entitled "The Legend of the Indian Wrapper" that forms the basis for the story Festus tells the player upon the completion of The Legend of the Star.

The terminal entries found in Sunset Sarsaparilla Headquarters depict the Sunset Sarsaparilla company capitalizing on a similar rumour about star caps.

Vegas Vic
Victor's name as well as the image used for his face is based on Vegas Vic.

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