History ShoutOut / Fallout

!! ''VideoGame/FalloutBrotherhoodOfSteel''

* When [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you perform an aimed shot to a child's right arm]], you can sometimes recieve a critical hit message "[[Music/PinkFloyd The right arm starts to swell, like a balloon]]".

* Mister Gutsys can occasionally be heard saying [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk "I'm starting to get angry. You would not like me when I'm angry."]]

* ThievesGuild leader Loxley is basically one giant reference to RobinHood -- that is, Sir Robin of Locksley.

* "The Nuka-Cola Challenge" is, obviously, a reference to the 'Coca-Cola Challenge' ad campaign.

** Kitsune has MismatchedEyes thanks to an eye transplant. When asked about it, she'll say that she feels like [[Anime/CowboyBebop she sees the past in one eye and the present in the other.]]

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** Characters around New Reno will tell you one of your boxing opponents, [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Mike 'The Masticator']], can [[EarAche bite off your ear]] and inflict a permanent point of Perception loss, referencing Creator/MikeTyson's infamous bout with Evander Holyfield (who appears here as "Evan Holyfeld", as does Tyson's ex-wife Robin Givens).

* The [[Film/AChristmasStory Red Ryder BB gun]], which first appeared in ''Fallout's'' SpiritualPredecessor ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland}}'' (and, much later, [[VideoGame/Wasteland2 its its sequel]], where it has a chance to "[[MoeGreeneSpecial put [an enemy's] eye out]]"). In later games it's a "Raider" BB gun, or in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' the "[[TheTropeKid Abilene Kid]]" BB gun.

* The [[Film/AChristmasStory Red Ryder BB gun]], which first appeared in ''Fallout's'' SpiritualPredecessor ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland}}'' and [[VideoGame/Wasteland2 its sequel]] (where it has a chance to "[[MoeGreeneSpecial put [an enemy's] eye out]]"). In later games it's a "Raider" BB gun, or in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' the "[[TheTropeKid Abilene Kid]]" BB gun.

* The would-be assassin in Junktown comes into the shop and, before starting to shoot, proclaims: [[Film/TheyLive "I've come to kick ass and chew bubble gum and I'm all out of gum"]].

* The series' [[HellBentForLeather black leather jacket]] outfit is a direct nod to the classic ''Film/MadMax'' outfit, and specifically the [[FashionableAsymmetry one-sleeved]] version seen in ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior''.

*** A crashed Federation shuttle with some dead {{Red Shirt}}s.
*** A giant stone ring the [[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Guardian_of_Forever Guardian of Forever]], or [[CoolGate Guardian Portal]] in-engine) that takes the player back in time to before Vault 13's water chip broke (so that [[StableTimeLoop you end up being the one who breaks it yourself]]), as a reference to the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever The City on the Edge of Forever]]''.

* Vic is a trader. Trader Vic's, as namedropped in "[[Music/WarrenZevon Werewolves of London]]", is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trader_Vic%27s chain of tiki-bar restaurants]] headquartered in California.

* The Chosen One can ask Jeremy the ghoul for a "Moss-Covered Three-Handled Family Gredunza" (from the animated adapation of ''Literature/TheCatInTheHat''), which became a running joke around wrestling forums after Wrestling/ChrisJericho named it as one of the 1004 holds he supposedly knew.

*** A giant stone ring that takes the player back in time to before Vault 13's water chip broke (so that [[StableTimeLoop you end up being the one who breaks it yourself]]). The stone ring itself (the [[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Guardian_of_Forever Guardian of Forever]], or [[CoolGate Guardian Portal]] in-engine) is a reference to the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever The City on the Edge of Forever]]''.

* One of the generic enemy combat taunts is [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer "I'm gonna beat you]] like a RedheadedStepchild!"

* One of your boxing opponents in New Reno can [[EarAche bite off your ear]] and inflict a permanent Perception point loss, referencing Creator/MikeTyson's infamous bout with Evander Holyfield.
* One of the responses your character may make while prank calling the Enclave from the Power Plant:
-->'''The Chosen One:''' [[Film/ANewHope Uhh, We're all fine here, how are you?]]

* The name of the mutant mining town of Broken Hills is more obscure: ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'' was filmed near the real-world Australian mining town of Broken Hill.

--> '''Chosen One:''' [[Film/TheGodfather Someday -- and that day may never come -- I'll call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day accept these glasses as a gift on my daughter's wedding day.]]

*** A group of men in power armor claiming to be Myth/KingArthur and his knights, who ask if you've seen the HolyHandGrenade Of Antioch. A DummiedOut second encounter (restored in the Restoration Project mod) features them fighting (and most likely getting slaughtered by) a vorpal ''rat'' (instead of a literal KillerRabbit, which the game doesn't have a model for). The (literal) HolyHandGrenade then appears as droppable loot. Like the grenade from the movie, it resembles a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globus_cruciger globus cruciger]] (the orb and cross held by priests and kings in portraiture). It has a longer throwing range than a basic frag grenade and deals a hefty ''300-500 damage''.

** Cat Jules, a man with housecat DNA, is basically a CaptainErsatz of Cat from ''Series/RedDwarf''.

* Wooz the Ghoul can introduce you to ''Tragic: The Garnering'', a parody of ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''. In-universe [[TakeThat it's treated as a highly addictive drug]] (although it doesn't actually have any actual benefits or withdrawal penalties).

* From the DummiedOut restored in the Restoration project mod:

* The series' [[HellBentForLeather black leather jacket]] outfit is a direct nod to the classic ''Film/MadMax'' outfit, and specifically the [[FashionableAsymmetry one-sleeved]] version seen in ''Film/TheRoadWarrior''.