Brothers Grimm



 is a special encounter in Fallout Tactics.

Here, you'll find two super mutants named Jim and Joe Grimm. Joe stands over his injured brother, Jim, after he was injured by a landmine. If the player helps heal Jim, both mutants will later be available in the recruitment pool.

Behind the scenes
Joe and Jim Grimm are a reference to Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm who are popularly known for publishing a number of German folktales during the early 19th century (Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, etc. to name a few). In this parody, however, the Grimm brothers are semi-illiterate. Jim says, "Sorry, brother, me stupid." Joe, despite carrying a copy of Big Book of Science and Dean's Electronics (both of which can be stolen), says, "the old Brotherhood would of shot first and asked questions later."

Well, there is a theory, in which Joe and Jim Grimm are a reference to Joe-Jim, one of the characters in the Orphans of the Sky, a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycephaly. ]Joe-Jim was two-headed leader of a powerful gang of muties. Joe and Jim are very intelligent and, having read a vast amount of books, have some concept of the true nature of the universe.