Poster

A poster is a piece of printed paper used for broadcasting a visual message. It is designed to be displayed on a wall or other vertical surface with some sort of glue, usually a cornflour-water mixture. Posters are intended to be eyecatching, but also to convey information. They are often used to advertise a product or service, or by political parties and protestors as a form of propaganda. They are usually pasted on walls, but some are placed in designated advertising frames in locations such as metro stations, some of which appear to be backlit.

Ripper!
Ripper!, was a pre-War movie directed by Tim Cain, starring Leon Boyarsky and Jason Anderson. Posters are held up in front of the Rippers' hangout in Fallout.

Fallout 3
Most of the posters seen in Fallout 3 are advertisments, and are seen pasted onto walls in the game world as decal textures. They are also seen in the projector slide-show menus and Loading screens. Most of the posters found in the game world were put up before the Great War and have miraculously survived the inhospitable post-apocalyptic enviorment for 200 years. Because of this, they are all bady torn.

Vault-Tec - We'll Be There
This pre-war poster depicts a cut-away of the Earth with part of a vault shown underground, and a family with a picnic above. Vault Boy is looking down on the scene triumphantly, with the words; 'We'll Be There!' at the top. Three copies of this poster can often be found hastily plastered over the top of each other.


 * The illustration in this poster comes from a real-word Bethesda Softworks expo poster from E3 2006.

Sugar Bombs Advert
This poster advertises the pre-war breakfast cereal, Sugar Bombs. A free Captain Cosmos decoder ring apparently came with every box.

Giddyup, Buttercup! Advert
Giddyup Buttercup was a pre-war robot toy aimed at girls which emulated the behaviour of a real horse with questionable proficiency. The advert sells the toy as "Every girl's fantasy, Now a reality" for "Only $16,000", which suggests the future US economy in the Fallout universe is massively inflated.

Museum of Technology poster
This poster adevertises main attractions at the Museum of Technology, the Vault demonstration, the Virgo II lunar lander and the planetarium, but not the Gigantomax theatre.

US Army recruitment poster
This poster shows a power armor-clad soldier helping up Uncle Sam in front of a billowing US flag, with the caption; "Lend a hand, for Uncle Sam: Enlist Today!"

Super-Duper Mart poster
This poster shows one male and two female customers pushing shopping carts in Super-Duper Mart, some in-game brands are shown in the carts including Salisbury Steak and Abraxo Cleaner. It reads; "From groceries to electronics, gardening supplies to home decor, Super-Duper Mart has it all!" followed by details of a weekly offer - in this case Salisbury Steak.

US propaganda
This poster shows a US soldier clad in power armor standing triumphantly atop a pile of dead red Chinese soldiers, and planting the US flag. It is accompanied by the caption; "Courage Today, Victory Tommorow".

DC Area Hospital Jobs poster
Usually found in hospitals, it depicts a nurse holding up a crutch and a plate with a slice of watermelon and a bottle of pills on it. The caption reads; "You don't need to be a Klowilgen to be a Hero!" followed by a paragraph stressing the importance of obscure hospital jobs in saving lives. It lists example positions such as;


 * "Candy Striper"
 * "Puppeteer"
 * "Interminable Blood Donor"
 * "Bedpan Unsuffocation Technician"

Eye Test
This poster is found mainly in hospitals, clinics and other medical facilities. They show letters of various sizes and provide a medical practitioner with a basic test for patient vision defects.

DCTA Advert
This poster captioned; "DC's fastest highway. . .is underground" advertises the DC Metro system and its special monthly ticket. It shows a metro route in the shape of a metro train, inside which a white train is travelling. Above it are some cars.

Freddy Fear's House of Scares
This poster advertises the pre-war emporium by the name of Freddy Fear's House of Scares, "for all your Halloween needs!". It shows illustrations of five children wearing halloween costumes, a boy wearing pretend US power armor, a girl wearing a stripey top and an orange skirt with a black poodle on it, a girl dressed as Lady Liberty, a boy wearing a vampire costume and a boy dressed as a red Chinese soldier.

There won't really be a nuclear war - right?
This poster from Vault-Tec gives a morbid statement about the chances of a worldwide nuclear war, and that "the Earth may be destined to die, but you don't have to!" by purchasing a place in a vault. Similar to the other Vault-Tec poster, this poster shows a happy family walking over a cutaway drawing of the earth, with a vault below, and Vault Boy giving his famous wink and thumbs up, next to the slogan; "So imagine life in a Vault-Tec vault. Not just a future. A brighter future... underground.

The Adventures of Captain Cosmos
This poster advertises the pre-war science fiction TV show, The Adventures of Captain Cosmos, and shows the show's protagonist, Captain Cosmos posing with a blaster pistol wearing a skin-tight spacesuit and a classic goldfish bowl helmet. Co-star Jangles the Moon Monkey on his shoulder, clad in similar attire. The show was aired every Thursday at 8PM.

Radiation King advert
This poster is larger than all the other posters and is usually mounted high up a wall. It advertises the audio-visual store, Radiation King. It shows the store's mascot - who else - the Radiation King holding up a radio and a television set with rays of radiation behind him. He is standing atop the Radiation King logo.

Mister Handy Insists...
"Abraxo Cleaner for all your cleaning needs" the poster reads. It depicts a Mister Handy robot in a kitchen who, curiously, has two pincers, and is holding up a box of Abraxo Cleaner and a scrubbing brush.

War Bonds
"Support our troops! Buy war bonds today!" this poster reads. It shows Lady Liberty pointing at the reader. War bonds were presumably a method the US armed forces used to aqquire additional revenue from civilians.

Civil Defense Administration poster
"Where will YOU be when the holocaust comes?" asks a fireman, pointing at the viewer in an Uncle Sam fashion with one hand, holding a shovel in the other. In the background there is a post-apocalyptic urban wasteland and a mushroom cloud. This poster was designed and published by the Civil Defense Administration.

Children's apocalypse education poster
A less frequently encountered poster, this one was created by the Civil Defence Administration to educate pre-war children about what to do when the nuclear apocalypse came, in a lighter fashion. It shows Bert the Turtle looking suprised by a stereotypical round, black bomb with a lit fuse in the top, exclaiming; "Oh my! DANGER!". He then hides inside his shell as the bomb detonates in a comic book style explosion, therefore protecting him from the blast. It has the caption; "Kids, learn to find shelter".

It's never too late to apply for a place in a Vault-Tec Vault
Another piece from Vault-Tec's marketing division, It is titled; "Sign up at your local Vault shelter today!" and "It's never too late!". It shows Vault Boy holding up a form with 'Vault Shelter' written on it. A landscape orientation version of this poster exists as a billboard.

Children are the Future
In white text on a black background, the poster reads, "Children Are The Future/Good Citizens Raising Good Citizens.". This poster is used in the Vault-Tec Vaults. E.g. in the Lone Wanderer's Apartment in Vault 101

Chinese propaganda poster
A Chinese propaganda poster featuring the Scoped Gauss Rifle. Translation: "Long live the People's Liberation Army!"

Fallout: New Vegas
In addition to a few old ones from Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas features a whole new set of posters. Unlike the ones in Fallout 3, the majority of posters in this game were made post-war, or at least continue to be relevant in their original purpose (as is the case with the New Vegas city complex). The most common variety of poster in the Mojave Wasteland are propaganda advertisements for the New California Republic, of which there are several.

Careless Talk Costs Lives
An NCR Poster featuring an NCR Trooper, and above the trooper it reads: "What I know-- I keep to myself" and below it reads "CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES," an obvious reference to the "careless talk costs lives" featured in Britain during WWII