Easter Egg Overviews A collection of Easter Eggs in Fallout. The following are community submitted and not confirmed unless verified by a developer. Please boil and consume at your own risk.
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Vault Dweller responds to a paladin "All quiet on the western front" which references All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque.[1]
Batman
In Old Town, the thugs guarding Jonathan will attack and one of them may say, "Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?" which is a recurring line spoken by the Joker in Batman.[2]
Blade Runner
The .223 pistol is a reference to Rick Deckards gun.
Doctor Who
The random encounter Unusual Call Box involves the player finding a blue telephone box and when approached, a light on top begins to spin and it de-materializes. This is the Doctor's TARDIS, a time-traveling ship from Doctor Who.
Developers
- Chris Avellone is an inside joke, from Jess Heinig, about how Chris Avellone has neither a past nor a future.[3]
- "Jason is a living god! Only the nullified may pass!" is a float line from the Psychics Gideon, Wiggum, Moore and Lucy that references Jason Anderson.[4]
- Boyarsky is a reference to Leonard Boyarsky.
- Far Go traders is a reference to Brian Fargo.
Gracie Allen Show
A critical hit message states "attack crushes the temple. Good night, Gracie" which is a reference to the Good Night, Gracie legend.[5]
The Incredible Hulk
The images for the perks Mutate! and Bonus HtH Damage refer to the Hulk.
Mutate!
Bonus HtH Damage
The Ink Spots
Dane sings the first line of "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" by The Ink Spots.[6]
Jesus
The image and title of the perk Lifegiver are a Vault Boy mirroring the appearance of Jesus.
Nine Inch Nails
The song Ismarc sings is a cultural reference to the Nine Inch Nails song "Head Like a Hole."
The Planet of the Apes
The line "I can't believe those bastards finally did it. Damn them all to Hell" in Captain Maxson's diary is similar to Charlton Heston's quote "Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!" from the final scene of the Planet of the Apes.[7]
Pink Floyd
The Pink Floyd song "Mother" is referenced by Dane, with the line "Mother, did you think they'd drop a bomb?".[8]
Pulp Fiction
Examining the corpse outside of Vault 13 has a pop up that reads, "You see Ed. Ed is dead." This is a reference to a line from Pulp Fiction.[9]
The Simpsons
The intro movie shows a television with the brand name Radiation King, which is a brand from The Simpsons.
South Park
If Deputy Kenny in the Hub dies in battle, the Vault Dweller will exclaim "They killed Kenny! Those Bastards!" Alternatively, if Deputy Kenny is killed, the message "You killed Kenny! You bastard!" will appear in the message box. This is a reference to South Park.[10]
Soylent Green
When the Vault Dweller is trying to blackmail Iguana Bob, one of the dialogue options is "Prime Choice Select is made of people!!!! It's made of people!!!" This is a reference to the film Soylent Green.[11]
Terminator
In the Fallout Official Survival Guide, the prefabricated character Arnold Black's description makes a reference to Terminator with the catchphrase "I'll be back."[12]
Tool
Posters from the cover of Tool's album "Undertow" appear in game.
They Live
- The crack assault paladins who accompany the Vault Dweller to the Mariposa Military Base will say "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubble gum. I'm all out of gum." This line is from the 1988 film They Live.[13]
Vampire: The Masquerade
Camarillo and Gehenna refer to Camarilla and Gehenna in Vampire: The Masquerade RPG system.
Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Lucy in the The Cathedral says, "There is no place like home, no place like home, no place like home" which is a quote from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.[14]
Wasteland
The alien blaster is referred to as a "Firelance" in unused dialogue with Jason Zimmerman.[15] This is a reference to the Martian weapon appearing in Wasteland.
References
- ↑ Paladin: "{102}{}{Hold, initiate! What do you have to report?}"
Vault Dweller: "{103}{}{All quiet on the western front.}"
(GENPALB.MSG) - ↑ Rough guard: "{106}{}{Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?}"
(HUBCAPTR.MSG) - ↑ Fallout Bible 5: "13. There's a bounty hunter to the west of the Followers of the Apocolypse compound with a suspiciously familiary name. What's his story in the Fallout universe? Where did he come from?
It's just a joke from Jess Heinig, one of the programmers. It's one of the five billion developer in-jokes in Fallout 1 and 2. The fellow [Avellone] has no past, and no future." - ↑ PSYCHIC.MSG
- ↑ Robobrain: "{5006}{}{. The attack crushes the temple. Good night, Gracie}"
(COMBAT.MSG (Fallout)) - ↑ Dane: "{124}{}{ . . . I just want to set the world on fiiiiiiiyaaah!!!}"
(Dane's dialogue) - ↑ Captain Maxson's diary, Oct. 23 2077
- ↑ Dane: "{107}{}{Mother, did you think they'd drop a bomb?}"
"{108}{}{They did it with grace and such aplomb!}"
"{109}{}{My name is Dane, it is not Tom!}"
"{110}{}{Your poetry sucks, man! It sucks! Sucks! Sucks!}"
(Dane's dialogue) - ↑ Fallout Bible 6: "What's the deal with Ed?"
"Zed's Dead, baby, Zed's dead. From Pulp Fiction. That's part of the reference. Ed was twofold: to immediately show the player that the outside world was dangerous, and to tell the player that he wasn't the first choice of someone to send out. Ed was sent out before the waterchip malfunction, however, since he's just bones." - ↑ Vault Dweller: "{106}{}{Oh my God! They killed Kenny! Those bastards!}"
(KENNY.MSG) - ↑ Vault Dweller: "{234}{}{I think we need to talk about Doc Morbid and some of your secret ingredients.}"
Iguana Bob: "{153}{}{What are you talking about?}"
The Vault Dweller: "{157}{}{Prime Choice Select is made of people!!!! It's made of people!!!}"
(BITSBOB.MSG) - ↑ Fallout Official Survival Guide p.32: "Arnie, a.k.a. "Dutch": Born Arnold Black, the son of Dutch parents, Arnie has always been a problem in the Vault. When he sits in chairs he breaks them. When he goes through doors, his head cracks the door frame. The door frame cracks, that is, not the head. And when he rumbles "I'll be back," bad things tend to happen within the staid and normally quiet community of the Vault. Maybe that's why everyone is so glad he drew the short straw and is on his way into the outside world. Maybe someone rigged the drawing, to make certain he got the short straw."
- ↑ Crack assault paladin: "{100}{}{I'm here to kick ass and chew bubble gum. I'm all out of gum.}"
(BROINVAD.MSG) - ↑ Lucy: "{301}{}{You see a human female. She is staring at your shoes.}"
"{302}{}{There is no place like home, no place like home, no place like home . . . [pacing back and forth]}"
(GIDEON.MSG) - ↑
Jason Zimmerman: "{102}{}{Hey, are you from really far away? Have you had a lot of adventures?}"
Vault Dweller: "{104}{}{Actually, I'm from Mars. Want to see my firelance?}"
(JASON.MSG)