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* StylisticSuck: Jingwei, a Chinese general, is depicted in General Chase's Anchorage simulation as [[InterchangableAsianCultures committing sepuku when talked down]] (although he ''did'' really have his sword styled as a katana) and speaking Chinese in a fake and almost incomprehensible accent. It's unclear if it was Bethesda doing a poor job on his voicing, or if Chase didn't bother to make the simulation accurate at all (considering it's implied that the whole thing might be a fabricated retelling of Operation Anchorage.)
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* StylisticSuck: Jingwei, a Chinese general, is depicted in General Chase's Anchorage simulation as [[InterchangableAsianCultures [[InterchangeableAsianCultures committing sepuku when talked down]] (although he ''did'' really have his sword styled as a katana) and speaking Chinese in a fake and almost incomprehensible accent. It's unclear if it was Bethesda doing a poor job on his voicing, or if Chase didn't bother to make the simulation accurate at all (considering it's implied that the whole thing might be a fabricated retelling of Operation Anchorage.)
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* DropTheHammer: Quite a lot can be found, also one of the favorite melee weapons for super mutants. They go from hand-hammers that are classed as ShopFodder, to wieldable sledgehammers, up to the high-tech Super-Sledge.
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''Fallout 3'', released in 2008, is the third numbered and fifth released game in the popular ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series.[[note]]It is, however, the fourth game in the official timeline due to ''VideoGame/FalloutBrotherhoodOfSteel'' being [[CanonDiscontinuity declared non-canon]].[[/note]] It was developed by [[Creator/{{Bethesda}} Bethesda Studios]], who purchased the rights to the franchise after Creator/InterplayEntertainment's bankruptcy. It marked a major shift for the franchise, going from a traditional [[TurnBasedCombat turn-based]] RPG to a [[CameraPerspectiveSwitch first-person/third-person]] ActionRPG, and left the West Coast setting of previous games for a fresh start in [[UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC the D.C. area]].
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''Fallout 3'', released in 2008, is the third numbered and fifth released game in the popular ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' series.[[note]]It is, however, the fourth game in the official timeline due to ''VideoGame/FalloutBrotherhoodOfSteel'' being [[CanonDiscontinuity declared non-canon]].[[/note]] It was developed by [[Creator/{{Bethesda}} Bethesda Studios]], who purchased the rights to the franchise after Creator/InterplayEntertainment's bankruptcy. It marked a major shift for the franchise, going from a traditional [[TurnBasedCombat turn-based]] RPG to a [[CameraPerspectiveSwitch first-person/third-person]] ActionRPG, and left the West Coast setting of previous games for a fresh start in [[UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC the D.C. area]].
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* ConditionedToBeWeak: Charon is a potential companion of the Lone Wanderer and the ghoul bouncer of the Ninth Circle. According to Ahzrukhal, Charon was brainwashed into obeying whoever had his contract. Ahzrukhal insists that he is not a slave, and implies that Charon did something in the past to deserve his "employment" with Ahzrukhal. [[spoiler:If the Lone Wanderer acquires Charon's contract, Charon will approach Ahzrukhal and murder him in cold blood as revenge for all the dirty work he made him do because the contract was the only thing keeping him from killing Ahzrukhal on the spot.]]
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** While the National Mall is largely accurate to the way it's depicted in Real Life, the Jefferson Memorial is much further south than it is in reality.
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** While the National Mall is largely accurate to the way it's depicted in Real Life, real life, the Jefferson Memorial is much further south than it is in reality.
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* FastKillingRadiation: The radiation mechanic guarantees your death if you accumulate more than 400 rads. Many areas of the game subject you to low amounts like 1 or 2 rads per second, sometimes 7 to 15 in "dangerous" areas. Nothing you can't survive if you stock up on Rad-X and Rad-Away to buff up your resistance and remove the radiation every now and then. However, outside the entrance to Vault 87 is the single-most irradiated area of the Capital Wastelands. The rads per second start to skyrocket the closer you get to the entrance. The entrance itself actually counts as a fast travel location once properly discovered. Any Lone Wander who is foolhardy enough to fast travel to this location, even well prepared with maximum radiation resistance, will be dead within a ''second'' if they're not fast enough to pause the game and start popping rad away and booking it out of there.
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* FastKillingRadiation: The radiation mechanic guarantees your death if you accumulate more than 400 1000 rads. Many areas of the game subject you to low amounts like 1 or 2 rads per second, sometimes 7 to 15 in "dangerous" areas. Nothing you can't survive if you stock up on Rad-X and Rad-Away to buff up your resistance and remove the radiation every now and then. However, outside the entrance to Vault 87 is the single-most irradiated area of the Capital Wastelands. The rads per second start to skyrocket the closer you get to the entrance. The entrance itself actually counts as a fast travel location once properly discovered. Any Lone Wander who is foolhardy enough to fast travel to this location, even well prepared with maximum radiation resistance, will be dead within a ''second'' if they're not fast enough to pause the game and start popping rad away and booking it out of there.
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** When reloading guns that load from magazines, any bullets left in the current magazine remain in the normal ammo count, as the various alternatives to preserve realism would be a pain for players to cope with.
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** When reloading guns that load from magazines, [[OneBulletClips any bullets left in the current magazine remain in the normal total ammo count, count]], as the various alternatives to preserve realism would be a pain for players to cope with.
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* BlammedForBeingRailroaded: When the Lone Wanderer finally reunites with their dad, there's a part where he scolds them for entering into the dangerous Capital Wasteland to look for them when they wanted them to stay in the safety of Vault 101. However, the Lone Wanderer was had no choice but to escape Vault 101 as after James left, the Overseer went crazy, executed Jonas and tried to kill them as well. Frustratingly, there's no option to tell James this and the only options that can be said for why the Lone Wanderer left the vault was because their dad left without saying goodbye or because they hated staying locked up in there. A similar moment happens with Dr. Li earlier.
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* BlammedForBeingRailroaded: BlamedForBeingRailroaded: When the Lone Wanderer finally reunites with their dad, there's a part where he scolds them for entering into the dangerous Capital Wasteland to look for them when they wanted them to stay in the safety of Vault 101. However, the Lone Wanderer was had no choice but to escape Vault 101 as after James left, the Overseer went crazy, executed Jonas and tried to kill them as well. Frustratingly, there's no option to tell James this and the only options that can be said for why the Lone Wanderer left the vault was because their dad left without saying goodbye or because they hated staying locked up in there. A similar moment happens with Dr. Li earlier.
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* BlammedForBeingRailroaded: When the Lone Wanderer finally reunites with their dad, there's a part where he scolds them for entering into the dangerous Capital Wasteland to look for them when they wanted them to stay in the safety of Vault 101. However, the Lone Wanderer was had no choice but to escape Vault 101 as after James left, the Overseer went crazy, executed Jonas and tried to kill them as well. Frustratingly, there's no option to tell James this and the only options that can be said for why the Lone Wanderer left the vault was because their dad left without saying goodbye or because they hated staying locked up in there. A similar moment happens with Dr. Li earlier.
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* BringingBackProof: If the Lawbringer perk is chosen, the Lone Wanderer can meet the Regulators, a faction dedicated to bringing law and order to the wasteland. Sonora Cruz, their leader, will request fingers as proof of each evil person that the Lone Wanderer has brought to justice.
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* BringingBackProof: BringingBackProof:
** If the Lawbringer perk is chosen, the Lone Wanderer can meet the Regulators, a faction dedicated to bringing law and order to the wasteland. Sonora Cruz, their leader, will request fingers as proof of each evil person that the Lone Wanderer has brought tojustice.justice.
** In the quest ''You Gotta Shoot Em In The Head'', Mr. Crowley asks the Lone Wanderer to bring back a key from each of the targets so that he knows they're dead, sans Tenpenny who he'll know died through word of mouth. [[spoiler: Said keys are actually used to unlock a rare suit of T-51b Power Armor.]]
** If the Lawbringer perk is chosen, the Lone Wanderer can meet the Regulators, a faction dedicated to bringing law and order to the wasteland. Sonora Cruz, their leader, will request fingers as proof of each evil person that the Lone Wanderer has brought to
** In the quest ''You Gotta Shoot Em In The Head'', Mr. Crowley asks the Lone Wanderer to bring back a key from each of the targets so that he knows they're dead, sans Tenpenny who he'll know died through word of mouth. [[spoiler: Said keys are actually used to unlock a rare suit of T-51b Power Armor.]]
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** There are generic museums in place of the Smithsonian Institute, as the Smithsonian is very protective of their copyright; for instance, the Museum of Technology lines up with the real-life Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
** While the National Mall is largely accurate to the way it's depicted in Real Life, the Jefferson Memorial is much further south than it is in reality.
** There are generic museums in place of the Smithsonian Institute, as the Smithsonian is very protective of their copyright; for instance, the Museum of Technology lines up with the real-life Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
** While the National Mall is largely accurate to the way it's depicted in Real Life, the Jefferson Memorial is much further south than it is in reality.
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[[caption-width-right:300:''[[Music/TheInkSpots I don't want to set the world on fire...]]'']]
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*** As far as he knows, Vault 101 is the safest place in the Capital Wasteland, but upon his leave, the Overseer goes mad and kills Jonas, setting his sights on you next. If it weren't for Amata waking you up, James leaving would have directly lead to your death.
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*** As far as he knows, Vault 101 is the safest place in the Capital Wasteland, but upon his leave, the Overseer goes mad and kills Jonas, setting his sights on you next. If it weren't for Amata waking you up, James leaving would have directly lead led to your death.
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* MegaCorp: The Capital Wasteland houses the former headquarters of a corporation that is guarded by robotic sentries with shoot to kill orders, ran trial tests that resulted in several deaths, and is more concerned with stock loss than the death or dismemberment of its employees. No, they are not a military contractor or a pharmaceutical company. They make ''soft drinks''. It's [[spoiler:''Nuka-Cola''.]] The glowing blue stuff on the floor is their newest soft drink which has the radioactive Strontium-20 as an additive to give it's stylish glow and the testing for it lead to the death of everyone trying out the first batch.
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* MegaCorp: The Capital Wasteland houses the former headquarters of a corporation that is guarded by robotic sentries with shoot to kill orders, ran trial tests that resulted in several deaths, and is more concerned with stock loss than the death or dismemberment of its employees. No, they are not a military contractor or a pharmaceutical company. They make ''soft drinks''. It's [[spoiler:''Nuka-Cola''.]] The glowing blue stuff on the floor is their newest soft drink which has the radioactive Strontium-20 as an additive to give it's it its stylish glow and the testing for it lead led to the death of everyone trying out the first batch.
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** Explorer: All map markers are revealed, but not counted as "discovered" so you can't fast travel to them, you just know they're there. The Pip-Boy has a compass that directs you to all nearby map markers as soon as you exit the ForcedTutorial, and any time you need to go to a location, it's usually marked on your map for you anyway. Besides, it's the internet era -- just go to [[TheWikiRule Nukapedia]] if you're having trouble finding a place.
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** Explorer: All map markers are revealed, but not counted as "discovered" so you can't fast travel to them, you just know they're there. The Pip-Boy has a compass that directs you to all nearby map markers as soon as you exit the ForcedTutorial, and any time you need to go to a location, it's usually marked on your map for you anyway. Besides, it's the internet era -- just go to [[TheWikiRule Nukapedia]] Nukapedia if you're having trouble finding a place.
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* MusicForCourage: {{Subverted}} by Enclave Eyebots which play traditional USA songs on the fife and drums, as well as inspirational speeches from president Jon Henry Eden. However, the Enclave is a totalitarian government, totally dedicated to eradicating anyone not vault-born.
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* MusicForCourage: {{Subverted}} by Enclave Eyebots which play traditional USA songs on the fife and drums, as well as inspirational speeches from president Jon Henry Eden. However, the Enclave is a totalitarian government, totally dedicated to eradicating anyone not vault-born. They are instead repurposing all those songs [[MusicToInvadePolandTo to invade the Capital Wasteland to]].
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* AscendedExtra: While they did have some talking heads, the Brotherhood of Steel in the first two games wasn't that important to the story and could easily be skipped. Here, it's pretty hard to get through DC without seeing some Knights, and they're the biggest, bestest force to fight off [[spoiler:the Enclave]] once they seize Project Purity.
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* SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX: When telling Dukov that Crowley wants him dead for being a bigot, part of Dukov's argument against the claim is that he had a Ghoul whore once just to see what it was like.
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** [[spoiler:Dr. Zimmer from 'The Replicated Man' quest in Rivet City]] is looking for an escaped property of his. If you kill him, you'll find an [[spoiler: Android Component]] on his person. It's left ambiguous whether that item is actually his or someone else's that he collected, but if it's the former, it makes him a HunterOfHisOwnKind.
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** [[spoiler:Dr. Zimmer from 'The Replicated Man' quest in Rivet City]] is looking for an escaped property of his. If you kill him, you'll find an [[spoiler: Android Component]] on his person. It's left ambiguous whether that item is actually his or someone else's that he collected, but if it's the former, it makes him a HunterOfHisOwnKind. [[spoiler:Considering the reveals in ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' as to how the Institute reclaims Synths, it'd make sense for him to be a Courser, but neither he nor Armitage are that much stronger than a normal human and Zimmer himself is weak and elderly, unlike every known Courser being a borderline OneManArmy who can only be defeated in a one-on-one fight by the [[PlayerCharacter Sole Survivor]].]]
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*** As far as he knows, Vault 101 is the safest place in the Capital Wasteland, but upon his leave, the Overseer goes mad and kills Jonas, setting his sights on you next. If it weren't for Amata waking you up, James leaving would have directly lead to your death.
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* StylisticSuck: Jingwei, a Chinese general, is depicted in General Chase's Anchorage simulation as [[InterchangableAsianCultures committing sepuku when talked down]] (although he ''did'' really have his sword styled as a katana) and speaking Chinese in a fake and almost incomprehensible accent. It's unclear if it was Bethesda doing a poor job on his voicing, or if Chase didn't bother to make the simulation accurate at all (considering it's implied that the whole thing might be a fabricated retelling of Operation Anchorage.)
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* ActuallyNotAVampire: The Family display many vampiric behaviours, from holing up underground away from the sun and attacking under the dark, their name referencing the concept of vampiric clans, to the fact that they drink blood, but they're still as human as any other wastelander. The player will bring the similarities up to Vance once he explains the Family's core tenets, and while he ridicules the idea that he's teaching them to think they're actual vampires, he (and some of the other members) do still use the term to refer to themselves.
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* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:Strange Meat ''[[Film/SoylentGreen is PEOPLE!]]'' The Town of Andale is full of cannibals.]] One of the available perks can make you a humanitarian, too.
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** [[spoiler:Strange Meat ''[[Film/SoylentGreen is PEOPLE!]]'' The Town of Andale is full of cannibals.]] One of the available perks can make you a humanitarian,too.too.
** The Family is a group of cannibals who know their cravings to be wrong, seeking Vance to help curb their needs. He teaches them to drink blood, which isn't too much better as they still attack Arefu, but they can at least come to a compromise if provided Blood Packs.
** [[spoiler:Strange Meat ''[[Film/SoylentGreen is PEOPLE!]]'' The Town of Andale is full of cannibals.]] One of the available perks can make you a humanitarian,
** The Family is a group of cannibals who know their cravings to be wrong, seeking Vance to help curb their needs. He teaches them to drink blood, which isn't too much better as they still attack Arefu, but they can at least come to a compromise if provided Blood Packs.
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** The unkillable NPC who buys good-guy ears is named David Littlehorn. The Book of David is the Old Testament equivalent to the Book of Revelations, and it describes an EldritchAbomination with ten large horns, plus a little horn with a second face on it that constantly spews blasphemies. It's therefore implied that Mr. Littlehorn isn't human at all, but a literal DevilInPlainSight.
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** The unkillable NPC who buys good-guy ears is named David Daniel Littlehorn. The Book of David is the Old Testament equivalent to the Book of Revelations, and it [[Literature/BookOfDaniel Daniel 7:8]] describes an EldritchAbomination with ten large horns, plus a little horn with a second face on it that constantly spews blasphemies. It's therefore implied that Mr. Littlehorn isn't human at all, but a literal DevilInPlainSight.
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** The unkillable NPC who buys good-guy ears is named David Littlehorn. The Book of David is the Old Testament equivalent to the Book of Revelations, and it describes an EldritchAbomination with ten large horns, plus a little horn with a second face on it that constantly spews blasphemies. It's therefore implied that Mr. Littlehorn isn't human at all, but a literal DevilInPlainSight.
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It's 2277, and [[RunningGag Vault 101 is an okay place to live]]. It's an underground paradise that saved humanity from [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Great War]] two centuries ago, and has been home to everyone within it for generations. Your life is okay, too. Your father is the head doctor and an all-around NiceGuy, and your mother... [[MissingMom well, she was probably nice too.]] You grew up more or less normally, despite the antics of resident bully [[GreaserDelinquents Butch DeLoria]] and his gang, [[GangOfBullies the Tunnel Snakes]]. Your best friend [[GirlNextDoor Amata]] made that easier, even if her father, the Vault's Overseer, is a bit of an [[PapaWolf over-protective]] {{jerk|ass}}. Still, you're lucky to have grown up here, with the [[CrapsackWorld Wasteland]] far behind the thick Vault door... if it even ''exists.'' Nobody knows for sure, because in Vault 101, [[ClosedCircle no one ever enters, and no one ever leaves.]]
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It's 2277, and [[RunningGag Vault 101 is an okay place to live]].live. It's an underground paradise that saved humanity from [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Great War]] two centuries ago, and has been home to everyone within it for generations. Your life is okay, too. Your father is the head doctor and an all-around NiceGuy, and your mother... [[MissingMom well, she was probably nice too.]] You grew up more or less normally, despite the antics of resident bully [[GreaserDelinquents Butch DeLoria]] and his gang, [[GangOfBullies the Tunnel Snakes]]. Your best friend [[GirlNextDoor Amata]] made that easier, even if her father, the Vault's Overseer, is a bit of an [[PapaWolf over-protective]] {{jerk|ass}}. Still, you're lucky to have grown up here, with the [[CrapsackWorld Wasteland]] far behind the thick Vault door... if it even ''exists.'' Nobody knows for sure, because in Vault 101, [[ClosedCircle no one ever enters, and no one ever leaves.]]
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* BadassBookworm: James, the Lone Wanderer's father, certainly qualifies. He started out as a scientist attempting to create clean water for the wasteland along with his wife amidst almost daily supermutant attacks. After his wife dies in childbirth he breaks into Vault 101 in order to raise his child in peace and quiet. After 19 years he breaks back out again in order to continue his work amongst the violence and chaos. After being rescued from a LotusEaterMachine by his kid, they proceed across the wasteland kicking ass until they arrive at Rivet City. When the Enclave shows up to the project and threatens to kill him and his family, he commits HeroicSuicide by flooding the compartment with an ungodly amount of radiation. Finally he's voiced by BadassBaritone Creator/LiamNeeson
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* BadassBookworm: James, the Lone Wanderer's father, certainly qualifies. He started out as a scientist attempting to create clean water for the wasteland along with his wife amidst almost daily supermutant attacks. After his wife dies in childbirth he breaks into Vault 101 in order to raise his child in peace and quiet. After 19 years he breaks back out again in order to continue his work amongst the violence and chaos. After being rescued from a LotusEaterMachine by his kid, they proceed across the wasteland kicking ass until they arrive at Rivet City. When the Enclave shows up to the project and threatens to kill him and his family, he commits HeroicSuicide by flooding the compartment with an ungodly amount of radiation. Finally he's voiced by BadassBaritone Creator/LiamNeeson
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* StupidStatementDanceMix: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0ximxe4XtU Tunnel Snakes Rule!!]]
* SubliminalSeduction: The true purpose of Vault 92 was to brainwash its residents -- all musicians -- through white noise seeded through the speaker system and recording equipment, with the purpose to make them ultra-loyal super-soldiers upon receiving a simple command phrase. [[ForegoneConclusion Naturally]], [[AxCrazy things]] [[InsaneEqualsViolent went]] [[GoneHorriblyWrong horribly]] ''[[GoneHorriblyWrong horribly]]'' [[GoneHorriblyWrong wrong]].
* SubliminalSeduction: The true purpose of Vault 92 was to brainwash its residents -- all musicians -- through white noise seeded through the speaker system and recording equipment, with the purpose to make them ultra-loyal super-soldiers upon receiving a simple command phrase. [[ForegoneConclusion Naturally]], [[AxCrazy things]] [[InsaneEqualsViolent went]] [[GoneHorriblyWrong horribly]] ''[[GoneHorriblyWrong horribly]]'' [[GoneHorriblyWrong wrong]].
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* GrenadeTag: Reverse pickpocketing grenades. There's even an achievement for it, aptly titled "Psychotic Prankster".
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''Fallout 3'', released in 2008, is the third numbered and fifth released game in the popular ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series.[[note]]It is, however, the fourth game in the official timeline due to ''VideoGame/FalloutBrotherhoodOfSteel'' being [[CanonDiscontinuity declared non-canon]].[[/note]] It was developed by [[Creator/{{Bethesda}} Bethesda Studios]], who purchased the rights to the franchise after Creator/InterplayEntertainment's bankruptcy. It marked a major shift for the franchise, going from a traditional [[TurnBasedCombat turn-based]] WesternRPG to a [[FirstPersonShooter first-person]] ActionRPG, and left the West Coast setting of previous games for a fresh start in [[UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC the D.C. area]].
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''Fallout 3'', released in 2008, is the third numbered and fifth released game in the popular ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series.[[note]]It is, however, the fourth game in the official timeline due to ''VideoGame/FalloutBrotherhoodOfSteel'' being [[CanonDiscontinuity declared non-canon]].[[/note]] It was developed by [[Creator/{{Bethesda}} Bethesda Studios]], who purchased the rights to the franchise after Creator/InterplayEntertainment's bankruptcy. It marked a major shift for the franchise, going from a traditional [[TurnBasedCombat turn-based]] WesternRPG RPG to a [[FirstPersonShooter first-person]] [[CameraPerspectiveSwitch first-person/third-person]] ActionRPG, and left the West Coast setting of previous games for a fresh start in [[UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC the D.C. area]].
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* ArtisticLicenseSpace: There is a note indicating an orbital KillSat called "Highwater-Trousers" orbiting in geostationary orbit above SatCom Array NW-05a. Geostationary orbits are only possible around the equator, nowhere near where Fallout 3 is taking place.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: [[spoiler:Dr. Zimmer from 'The Replicated Man' quest in Rivet City]] is looking for an escaped property of his. If you kill him, you'll find an [[spoiler: Android Component]] on his person. It's left ambiguous whether that item is actually his or someone else's that he collected, but if it's the former, it makes him a HunterOfHisOwnKind.
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** [[spoiler:Dr. Zimmer from 'The Replicated Man' quest in Rivet City]] is looking for an escaped property of his. If you kill him, you'll find an [[spoiler: Android Component]] on his person. It's left ambiguous whether that item is actually his or someone else's that he collected, but if it's the former, it makes him aHunterOfHisOwnKind.HunterOfHisOwnKind.
** Daniel Littlehorn, there's nothing too unusual about him at first glance, apart from being a [[AffablyEvil polite]] and [[EvilOldFolks old]] ManOfWealthAndTaste in an office who's only interest is apparently [[ForTheEvulz causing suffering and chaos]]. But he can't permanently die [[note]]He's flagged as essential, though this could just be a [[GameplayAndStorySegregation gameplay thing]], as his GoodCounterpart Sonora Cruz is also essential[[/note]] and his name references [[Literature/BookOfDaniel Daniel 7:7-8]], a passage with a [[NothingIsScarier poorly described]] [[EldritchAbomination beast]] (possibly the {{Antichrist}}) sporting a "little horn" that speaks blasphemy.
** [[spoiler:Dr. Zimmer from 'The Replicated Man' quest in Rivet City]] is looking for an escaped property of his. If you kill him, you'll find an [[spoiler: Android Component]] on his person. It's left ambiguous whether that item is actually his or someone else's that he collected, but if it's the former, it makes him a
** Daniel Littlehorn, there's nothing too unusual about him at first glance, apart from being a [[AffablyEvil polite]] and [[EvilOldFolks old]] ManOfWealthAndTaste in an office who's only interest is apparently [[ForTheEvulz causing suffering and chaos]]. But he can't permanently die [[note]]He's flagged as essential, though this could just be a [[GameplayAndStorySegregation gameplay thing]], as his GoodCounterpart Sonora Cruz is also essential[[/note]] and his name references [[Literature/BookOfDaniel Daniel 7:7-8]], a passage with a [[NothingIsScarier poorly described]] [[EldritchAbomination beast]] (possibly the {{Antichrist}}) sporting a "little horn" that speaks blasphemy.
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** One translation that's more ''weird'' (or even flat out offensive) than just plain bad is how Fallout 3 translated "slaver" in French, by calling them "négriers", an archaic word for those who traded African slaves in the infamous Atlantic triangular trade, and is etymologically related to the French version of the n-word, and which only really survives as a term for a harsh oppressive taskmaster rather than how most modern French speakers would call slavers ("esclavagiste").
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* ArtisticLicenseNuclearPhysics:
** Mini-Nukes have way too small of a yield for nuclear weapons. For comparison, the smallest nuke developed (the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W54 W54]]) had a yield of 10 kilotons of TNT equivalent.
** Mini-Nukes and atomic-powered cars produce a mushroom cloud when exploding. Mushroom clouds are not inherent to nuclear explosions and are actually just a byproduct of any really big explosion.
** The quest "The Power of the Atom" plays fast and loose with how nuclear bombs work.
*** For starters, there is no way a nuclear bomb would still be operational after 200 years, especially if it's been at the bottom of a crater exposed to the elements. While the fissile material would likely still be usable, the conventional explosives and electronics would have long since decayed into uselessness. If it is an hydrogen bomb, the tritium (hydrogen-3, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, hence "hydrogen bomb") that boosts the fission explosion would also have long since decayed (tritium has a half-life of 10 years, meaning about half of the tritium stops being tritium after 10 years). The game [[HandWave handwaves]] this by having a NPC give you a "fusion pulse generator" to restore the bomb to functionality.
*** Disarming the bomb is presented as a difficult task (25 explosive skill, not necessarily something every player has by this stage of the game) while making it explode is a simple matter of plugging in a "fusion pulse generator" (as mentioned above). In reality ''disarming'' a nuclear bomb is pretty simple. For a nuclear bomb to work you need ''very'' precise electronically-controlled conventional explosions all working to compress a fissile core. If these explosions are out of sync the conventional explosives will just demolish the bomb. Disarming one would simply be a case of ripping out a bunch of wires (some modern nuclear bombs are designed to go off if you try to tamper with them). Restoring it to functionality would similarly require making sure the electronics and conventional explosives all work ''juuuuust'' right (there's a reason the Manhattan Project was such a difficult endeavor).
** Vault 87's entrance is flesh-meltingly radioactive, capping at 4000 rads/second (for comparison you drop dead at 1000 rads) because it suffered a direct hit from a nuclear weapon 200 years ago. In reality anything ''that'' radioactive wouldn't stay radioactive for 200 years. That's what radioactivity ''means''. As a rule of thumb, the more radioactive an isotope is, the shorter its half-life will be (the amount of time it takes to lose half of its radioactivity).
** Mini-Nukes have way too small of a yield for nuclear weapons. For comparison, the smallest nuke developed (the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W54 W54]]) had a yield of 10 kilotons of TNT equivalent.
** Mini-Nukes and atomic-powered cars produce a mushroom cloud when exploding. Mushroom clouds are not inherent to nuclear explosions and are actually just a byproduct of any really big explosion.
** The quest "The Power of the Atom" plays fast and loose with how nuclear bombs work.
*** For starters, there is no way a nuclear bomb would still be operational after 200 years, especially if it's been at the bottom of a crater exposed to the elements. While the fissile material would likely still be usable, the conventional explosives and electronics would have long since decayed into uselessness. If it is an hydrogen bomb, the tritium (hydrogen-3, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, hence "hydrogen bomb") that boosts the fission explosion would also have long since decayed (tritium has a half-life of 10 years, meaning about half of the tritium stops being tritium after 10 years). The game [[HandWave handwaves]] this by having a NPC give you a "fusion pulse generator" to restore the bomb to functionality.
*** Disarming the bomb is presented as a difficult task (25 explosive skill, not necessarily something every player has by this stage of the game) while making it explode is a simple matter of plugging in a "fusion pulse generator" (as mentioned above). In reality ''disarming'' a nuclear bomb is pretty simple. For a nuclear bomb to work you need ''very'' precise electronically-controlled conventional explosions all working to compress a fissile core. If these explosions are out of sync the conventional explosives will just demolish the bomb. Disarming one would simply be a case of ripping out a bunch of wires (some modern nuclear bombs are designed to go off if you try to tamper with them). Restoring it to functionality would similarly require making sure the electronics and conventional explosives all work ''juuuuust'' right (there's a reason the Manhattan Project was such a difficult endeavor).
** Vault 87's entrance is flesh-meltingly radioactive, capping at 4000 rads/second (for comparison you drop dead at 1000 rads) because it suffered a direct hit from a nuclear weapon 200 years ago. In reality anything ''that'' radioactive wouldn't stay radioactive for 200 years. That's what radioactivity ''means''. As a rule of thumb, the more radioactive an isotope is, the shorter its half-life will be (the amount of time it takes to lose half of its radioactivity).
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