Vault Boy

Vault Boy is an advertising character for the Vault-Tec corporation within the Fallout universe, appearing in their manuals and training films. In the Fallout games, Vault Boy is used to provide an iconic representation of the perks and stats available to the player character. In appearance, he is a young male cartoon character with wavy hair wearing a vault jumpsuit. His design may be a homage to 1950's style mascots.

Because Vault Boy has become a mascot character for the entire Fallout franchise, he is sometimes referred to as Falloutboy, though this usage is not as common. (It may in fact be discouraged due to possible confusion with a band of the same name.)

Vaultboy should not be confused with PipBoy which is the name of the (virtual) personal information processor used as the game interface in Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout 3. Made by RobCo, this device has its own advertising mascot shown on the interface.

Inconsistencies
The Vaultboy is called "PipBoy" in Fallout Tactics and was used as the mascot of the Lil' Pip 3000 in Van Buren instead of the PipBoy character. Also, several Bethesda developers refer to him as Pipboy in the documentary DVD that is included with the Collector's edition of Fallout 3.

Appearances in games
The Vaultboy appears as a representation of perks and stats in all games. He also appears in a Vault-Tec commercial on TV in Fallout intro, in Vault Dweller training movie in Fallout 2 and as a joinable NPC in a special encounter in Fallout Tactics. He also appeared in Run Like Hell (a game that was also made by Interplay) on candy bars called PipBars.

Vault Boy Bobbleheads appear in Fallout 3, while a Vault Boy hand puppet appears in the official Penny Arcade comic.

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