Dean Domino

Dean Domino, a.k.a. the King of Swing, is a famous pre-War lounge singer, now ghoulified and trapped in the Sierra Madre in 2281.

Background
Domino and his orchestra gave performances across the United States and Europe, including the casinos on the Las Vegas Strip. He was invited to play at the Sierra Madre, but found himself in the shadow of the casino's founder, Frederick Sinclair. Domino became consumed by jealousy, and determined to take everything from Sinclair that he held dear. He enlisted the help of his former lover Vera Keyes, a starlet who had caught Sinclair's eye. Domino introduced them as part of his plan to break into the casino vault, where he would take whatever it was that Sinclair had there that was so important. However, Keyes got cold feet, so in order to ensure her continued cooperation, Domino began to blackmail her with evidence of a Med-X addiction, apparently unaware that her addiction was a result of her being terminally ill. His final gig was to be at The Tampico, but that all changed when the bombs dropped; the security holograms activated and the Gala Event turned into a massacre.

Domino survived the apocalypse and the casino's security systems, but refused to let go of the Sierra Madre's treasure, becoming obsessed with it. He would spend the next two hundred years plotting his grand heist, not caring that Sinclair was dead, and oblivious to the fact that he had long since discovered Domino's plan and prepared a trap within the casino vault. However, he was captured by Dog and fitted with an explosive collar, forced to work for Father Elijah in breaking into the casino. Although his ability to obtain the treasure may have diminished with this development, his lust for it most certainly has not.

He is a quick thinker, trained with guns (specifically pistols), explosives and knives. He is very paranoid, setting up many booby traps and hiding several 'secret stashes' throughout the Villa - perhaps understandably, considering the ghost people who inhabit it.

Dean finally found an opportunity when Christine Royce appears. Christine tracked Elijah from Big MT to the Sierra Madre Casino, where she was captured by his slave, Dog, and forced to work for him in breaking into the casino vault with an explosive collar. At some point, she was also locked in an Auto-Doc in the Villa's Medical District by Dean Domino, where her vocal cords were torn out. She later regains use of her voice when the operation is completed by the Auto-Doc in Vera Keyes' hotel room, where it is revealed that her capture was part of Domino's plan to break into the casino vault, as the elevator could only be activated by the voice of the long-dead Keyes.

Quests

 * Find Collar 14: Dean Domino: The player has to find, and recruit, Dean in the Residential District.
 * Strike Up the Band: The player has to escort Dean to Puesta del Sol south for him to connect a circuit.
 * Curtain Call at the Tampico: The player has to confront Dean in the Sierra Madre Casino in the Tampico.

Other interactions

 * Domino can make Sierra Madre martinis, and can give the player the Sierra Madre Martini perk with the correct dialogue choices.

Endings

 * Dean Lives


 * Dean Dies

Notable quotes

 * "Sierra Madre may wait. Not me."
 * "Cloud wasn't always here. It grew over the years even without cars or factories."
 * "Sierra Madre's not getting any younger."
 * "You sure came a long way to rob this place. I guess greed is in the blood."
 * "Watch out if you see a prize lying around. The ghost people leave 'supplies' as traps."
 * "Used to open in Paris. Now this."

Appearances
Dean Domino is mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas, and appears in the add-on Dead Money.

Behind the scenes

 * It is assumed that Dean Domino's name is an amalgamation of Dean Martin, American singer/actor/comedian, and Fats Domino, American rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter. Dean Domino mentions that he worked for Imperial Records, which is a real life company that Fats Domino worked for.
 * If the player has the Wild Wasteland trait, Dean will reference Army of Darkness when he kills a ghost person for the first time, "He's not dead, it's a trick. Get an axe.".
 * When asked about the nature of the ghost people, Dean will attempt to quote (though incorrectly both times) the famous exchange between Hamlet and Horatio; "There is more to heaven and earth than is dreamt of in your philosophy."

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