Andy (Fallout 3)

Andy is a resident of Vault 101. It is a Type II Mr. Handy robot. Andy's constant companion is Stanley Armstrong, a technician in the Maintenance Department. Andy is friendly with the Lone Wanderer.

Before his relationship with Stanley, Andy worked with technician George. Andy remembers George as having "...a delicate touch... when repairing the robot's systems.

Sometime in the 2260's, at the insistence of Wally's father, Andy performs magic tricks at Wally's birthday party.

On July 12, 2268, Andy helps Stanley in repairing the Vault's water purifier.

The next day, Andy is helping Stanley with routine maintenance on pipes near the Cafeteria. Midway through their work, they attend the Lone Wanderer's tenth birthday party in the Cafeteria. At the party, Andy attempts to cut the birthday cake with his power saw, with catastrophically messy results (and setting up for a somewhat dark joke later in the game when the player discovers he has been attempting surgery). The robot expresses his mortification over the mishap and wishes the Lone Wanderer a happy birthday.

On August 3, 2274, Andy is repairing a vent near the Clinic.

If you return to Vault 101 during the Trouble on the Homefront quest, Andy has been appointed the new doctor since the only qualified vault physicians, Jonas and James, are no longer residents; Jonas having been killed during James's escape. Again, Andy fails miserably at his assigned task. The Vault Dweller can find Andy covered in blood after the robot has amputated Beatrice's right leg in an attempt to treat a sprained toe on her left foot; an operation she did not survive. After this failure, Andy is put to work cleaning the doctor's office he has made such a mess of.

No matter what, Andy remains generally very jovial. The only times he expresses any real regret is during the Lone Wanderer's birthday party for ruining the cake with his buzz saw, and in a conversation with his technician during the Lone Wanderer's escape from the vault, in which he laments the bumbling of the technician and pines for the skills of his previous handler.

Andy's name could be a reference to the nickname 'Handy Andy', as he does many jobs in Vault 101, from Cleaning, to being a 'doctor'.

Appearances
Andy appears only in Fallout 3.


 * Note: Andy's name is a reference to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
 * Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" also includes a robot called Andy who is dubbed a "Messenger" but is ominously labeled "Messenger: Many Other Functions"