Community:Fallout: New Vegas Easter Eggs

Dean Martin
The quest, Ain't That a Kick in the Head is a reference to the Dean Martin song.

Dr. Strangelove
The achievement Love the Bomb is a reference to the subtitle of Dr. Strangelove.

Frank Sinatra
The quest Ring-a-Ding-Ding is a reference to the Frank Sinatra song of the same name.

G.I. Blues
The quest G.I. Blues is a reference to the musical film of the same name starring Elvis Presley.

Howard Hughes
Mr. House's personality is based off of Howard Hughes'.

Indiana Jones
The Wild Wasteland trait may add an encounter containing a refrigerator, which contains a fedora and a whip, 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.

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. There is also a Mad Max outfit.

SomethingAwful
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 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.

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.

Zybourne Clock
There is an encounter, only found with the Wild Wasteland trait, in which the player finds a dead man named Johnny who is surrounded by various objects including four orange balls positioned on the end of a cliff. This is a reference to Zybourne Clock, a failed amateur game project originating on the Something Awful forums, specifically to an infamous piece of poorly-drawn concept art that has since become a meme, and to an often mocked line about time working like four balls positioned on the edge of a cliff.