Pappy

Pappy is a pessimistic NPC who lives in Big Town. He claims to have come from Little Lamplight with his girlfriend Bittercup and the others hoping to find Big Town, a nice town with plenty of food and protection. Bittercup broke up with him when they found Big Town to be a shoddy bunch of houses and junk organized into a fortress that was constantly under attack by raiders and super mutants. Although he will at first greet you with " you're here to rape and pillage us aren't you?" if you save the town he will say " I have to admit I didn't think you were one of the good ones, but what the hell, THANKS!" and " have a crappy, aw hell, have a great day!"

Pappy is the only NPC in Big Town who can repair the player's items.

Bugs
'The following glitch may not be applicable for all versions and all platforms. It is fixed by the Fallout 3 patch 1.1.'

When talking to Pappy, the easy speech check "I heard you came here with Bittercup" dialogue option will never disappear, giving the player a chance to earn unlimited experience and an easy way to earn the Silver-Tongued Devil achievement. It's also useful for getting the Karma milestones. However, Pappy can die after the first mutant attack if you fail to stay and help the town.


 * EDIT**** On the xbox 360 the update can be deleted and the exp glitch can still work. In order to do this you have to go to My Xbox, System Settings, Memory, then choose Hard Disk with Y, press X, X, LB, RB, X, X. A message will pop up, asking if you really want to do this. Select Yes (A), and all updates will be removed from your Xbox 360 console. Note: this will not delete any of your saved games or anything else except the updates.

Quotes

 * "Then she (Bittercup) started dating Flash and got all spooky. Good riddance."