Puppet Man

The Puppet Man or Vault 77 Dweller was a man who entered Vault 77 when the Great War started. There, he discovered that he was the only living person there, accompanied only by a crate of puppets, as part of the Vault Experiment. His real name has never been revealed to the public.

During the first months, the Vault 77 Dweller went through the initial panic and depression caused by being locked alone in a Vault. He didn't actually open the puppet crate until one year, three months and twelve days after the lock-up. When he finally does open the crate, he finds puppets of a dog (later named Reverend Hound, the local clergyman and sheriff), grandmother, and a king, he gives these 3 personas and engages in an extended puppetshow that gives him something to do as well as bring himself comfort.

Later, he is beckoned by the crate again and discovers a Vault Boy puppet he missed talking to him. Soon, the King puppet is 'murdered' and found with a smoking gunshot 'wound' in him, the Puppet Man asks the Vault Boy puppet if he did it as he doubted Granny or Reverend Hound could ever do such a thing, Vault Boy tells him that not only did he do the crime, but Puppet Man was his accomplice. Puppet Man realizes that Reverend Hound, apparently also the sheriff of his make-believe reality will come for them both and decides to leave the Vault. His initial journey lasts less than a minute as right after he opens the Vault door, he encounters a giant Radscorpion, about the size of a 747, holding two cars in each claw. He immediately closes the door.

After taking some time "to sleep on it," the Vault 77 Dweller was successful in leaving the Vault, riding a giant ant he named Mr. Pinch. In regards to the outside world, he was rather positive, noting while it was hot for December he wasn't really a snow person. He has run into a mysterious Ghoul that has only one arm and wears a vault suit without a seen number, possibly one of man evacuees from Necropolis.

He is later seen captured by two Slavers and warns them not to mess with his puppet as he is crazy and has "killed before". One of the two raiders contemplates whether to make him a slave or if he should serve him as food, the second remarks that he is pretty hungry. He killed the first Raider, Bob, and tracked the second one to the raider's base where for the first time he was called by the nickname The Puppet Man. . In the end, it is not known what has happened to the man or the blood stained puppet who both disappeared with a smile on their faces. Vault 77 was labelled as a bad idea but the comic reminds that 'the Vaults were never meant to save anyone'.

He is dead by the time of Fallout 3. It is not know how he died but he died feared by the Slavers, as if he was a plague or a bogeyman. The player can find his Vault 77 Jumpsuit in the possession of Slavers at Paradise Falls, along with strict instructions to burn it as they fear that as long as it remains in this world, the great killer of Slavers may come back again for their blood. Rumor:You can possibly find his puppet

Appearances
Vault 77 appears in the official Fallout 3 Penny Arcade Comic, written by Jerry Holkins and illustrated by Mike Krahulik, in cooperation with Emil Pagliarulo.

He appeared on a Fallout 3 posted displayed at Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) 2008, which showed him holding a Vault Boy puppet covered with blood.

In Fallout 3, if you search the Slaver barracks in Paradise Falls, you can find a Vault 77 Jumpsuit. Next to it is a holotape labeled "Burn this Goddamn Jumpsuit." In it you hear an unnamed slaver request that the jumpsuit be destroyed fearing that its former wearer may come back for revenge. The Vault 77 Jumpsuit grants a +5 to both unarmed and melee weapons, both the killing ways of the Puppet Man.