Pint-Sized Slasher

The Pint-Sized Slasher was a pre-War serial killer alleged to be a child. They wore a sinister clown mask, and a black and white striped shirt, with jeans, and used a large chef knife as a signature killing tool.

Background
The Slasher was a myth used to scare children who misbehaved, and was said to appear from a dog kennel at dusk to chase the children around with a "toy" knife. The Pint-Sized Slasher was the second-best-selling Halloween costume, topped only by Captain Cosmos. Some time in late July 2052, the Pint-Sized Slasher committed the Linden Street slayings. The Capitol Post writer Walter Munroe wrote a top story regarding the incident. Munroe included quotes from then-Police Chief Joseph Field, and the sole survivor Christopher Atkinson, who watched his brother Shaun die in front of him.

The Lone Wanderer is able to pose as this psychopathic, grade school serial killer in the quest Tranquility Lane, after Betty tasks them to kill all residents while posing as the killer child clown himself.

Behind the scenes
The Pint-Sized Slasher is a reference to the 1978 horror film Halloween, a film about an unstoppable masked killer who committed his first murder as a child when he stabbed his sister to death while donning a clown costume, complete with a mask.

Appearances
The Pint-Sized Slasher is mentioned in Fallout 3 and Fallout 76.