History YMMV / FallOut

** There is even a splinter group of ''Fallout 1'' fans that dislikes ''Fallout 2'' because they felt it introduced "too many silly elements."

** Geckos in ''Fallout 2'', especially around Trapper Town/Klamath. * {{headdesk}}*

* GenerationalSaga: Never explicitly stated, but some options on [[MultipleChoicePast the Courier's history]][[note]]Especially with Honest Hearts DLC[[/note]] allow the interpretation that s/he's descended from the Arroyo tribe.

** There is not generally much overlap between fans of the Interplay/Obsidian games and fans of the Bethesda games (though exceptions exist), and the disagreements between the two groups can get rather… [[SeriousBusiness vehement]]. It even spills over to TVTropes - much of this page's edit history can be summed up as a permanent low-intensity EditWar between ''Fallout 1'', ''2'', and ''New Vegas'' fans and ''Fallout 3'' and ''4'' fans.

* FridgeHorror: Vault 68: a vault with 999 men and one woman, and Vault 69: a vault with 999 women and one man. Once you picture how things would play out there… [[RapeAsDrama urgh]]…
** And what's worse is that ''that isn't even the worst experiment''.
* FridgeLogic:
** You can't kill children in ''Fallout 3'', but ''enslaving'' them is A-OK. Taking a strong moral stand, there.
** Also, in the Pitt, an expansion to ''Fallout 3'', you are assigned to kidnap Ashur's baby girl, who has immunity to the radiation disease affecting the rest of the Pitt dwellers. Wernher and his allies hope that by doing so, they can both get the treatment, then ransom off the child. But since you have to pretty much ice every raider there to kidnap the kid, who's going to pay a ransom? Wernher should win automatically, since everyone under Ashur's command is ''dead''.
** Also, and here's a big one. They all have seem to have forgotten how to ''filter water''. You run the water through alternating layers of sand and charcoal then boil it. This removes all toxins, bacteria, and harmful particles such as ''radioactive fallout''. This may make Project Purity a moot point. Guess they don't have any copies of the Scout Handbook on the East Coast.
*** [[FridgeHorror They may not]]. The Scout Handbook from ''Fallout 1'' doesn't exist in ''3'', and the skill books may or may not be StoryAndGameplaySegregation anyway. Other intact "pre-War books" are '''insanely''' valuable, if you sell them to some of the few people who seem to realize their importance, and pretty darned hard to find.
*** Well, at least in ''New Vegas'', that is addressed; with a good survival skill, your character understands how to make instant potable water using a couple pitchers and some surgical tubing.
*** Although, considering that there are actually quite a few bottles of purified water laying around the Capital Wasteland, it's likely that there are some people around who ''do'' know how to do it. Not to mention, the purpose of Project Purity is to purify the entire Potomac River and bring clean water to ''everybody'', and you need big machines to do that.
* FridgeBrilliance:
** The Lockpick Bobblehead in ''3'' is the only bobblehead that doesn't bobble. Possibly because someone used the spring to pick a lock.
** Isn't the world of ''Fallout'' set in the 50s vision of the future? Then what's with all the stuff that's different!? Society, language, culture in general... It keeps getting less and less like the future of the 50s! Wait a second... Does this mean the only thing that could pull Fallout America out of the 50s mindset was all out nuclear war?!
** Watch the intro and listen to the charming Music/TheInkSpots tune "Maybe". Then play the game. Now listen again. [[spoiler:Maybe the one who is waiting for you will prove untrue. Then what will you do?]]

** In ''Fallout 1'', Dogmeat. So much so that he he reappeared in a special encounter in the sequel and had an IdenticalGrandson in ''Fallout 3''.

** Any kind of robotic enemy will be a huge pain in the ass as well. Did you remember to invest some skill points in energy weapons, despite usually never coming across one until at least the halfway point? You better, because energy weapons and explosives are the only way deal reliable amounts of damage. ''New Vegas'' mitigates this somewhat by offering armour piercing rounds and pulse slugs to give small gun users a fighting chance.

* TakeThat: At those who idealize the past, and wish they born in a time than the period they live in now. Applies to the 50's in particular.

** Isn't the world of ''Fallout'' set in the 50s vision of the future? Then what's with all the stuff that's different!? Society, language, culture in general.. It keeps getting less and less like the future of the 50s! Wait a second.. Does this mean the only thing that could pull Fallout America out of the 50s mindset was all out nuclear war?!

** There is not generally much overlap between fans of the Interplay/Obsidian games and fans of the Bethesda games (though exceptions exist), and the disagreements between the two groups can get rather…[[SeriousBusiness vehement]]. It even spills over to TVTropes - much of this page's edit history can be summed up as a permanent low-intensity EditWar between ''Fallout 1'', ''2'', and ''New Vegas'' fans and ''Fallout 3'' and ''4'' fans.

*** Well, at least in ''New Vegas'', that is addressed, with a good survival skill, your character understands how to make instant potable water using a couple pitchers and some surgical tubing.

** [[SouthPacific I'm as]] [[{{Mondegreen}} corny/horny]] [[SouthPacific as Kansas is August, I'm as normal as blueberry pie…]]

** There is not generally much overlap between fans of the Interplay games and fans of the Bethesda games (though exceptions exist), and the disagreements between the two groups can get rather…[[SeriousBusiness vehement]]. It even spills over to TVTropes - much of this page's edit history can be summed up as a permanent low-intensity EditWar between ''Fallout 1'' and ''2'' fans and ''Fallout 3'' fans.

** There is not generally much overlap between fans of the Interplay games and fans of the Bethesda games (though exceptions exist), and the disagreements between the two groups can get rather...[[SeriousBusiness vehement]]. It even spills over to TVTropes - much of this page's edit history can be summed up as a permanent low-intensity EditWar between ''Fallout 1'' and ''2'' fans and ''Fallout 3'' fans.

** Saying anything negative about ''any game in the series'' with the exception of [[AcceptableTargets Brotherhood of Steel]] will usually get you yelled at, and called either a 'stupid Bethesda fanboy' if you complained about the first two games [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg or Tactics]], or a 'stupid NMA troll' if you complained about Fallout 3 onwards.
** Notably, the biggest mistake you can make is complain about the graphics in the first two games. Tends to cue a lecture on the character models being actual clay models.

** Obsidian decided to go above and beyond in New Vegas. Not only is there no dart gun, which was effective against deathclaws in Fallout 3, but they now come in packs and have titanic damage thresholds, meaning most (as in, everything smaller than the anti-materiel rifle) will only do ScratchDamage. Thankfully, they now can't spawn randomly. You'll know where they are.

** The Enclave Soldiers in Fallout 2 were the bane of players everywhere. They are pretty much immune to electric damage and heavily resistant to nearly every other kind of damage due to their power armor, not to mention they have extremely high health and can effortlessly kill you in one turn even without a critical hit. Because of them, going anywhere near the coast until you've reached near endgame levels was instant death. Unlike most DemonicSpiders however, it's pretty easy to tell where they are and which places to avoid (anywhere near the coast pretty much).

** [[SouthPacific I'm as]] [[{{Mondegreen}} corny/horny]] [[SouthPacific as Kansas is August, I'm as normal as blueberry pie...]]

** "You had plenty of money in 1922 You let other women make a fool of you. Why don't you do right? Like some other men do..."

** And the BadAss trailer for Fallout 3. ''I love those Deeeeeeaaar hearts, and geeeentle people, who live in myyyy hometown...'' Too bad it didn't make it into the soundtrack.
** "I don't want to see the woooorld on fiiiirre..."

** In Fallout 1, Dogmeat. So much so that he he reappeared in a special encounter in the sequel and had an IdenticalGrandson in ''Fallout 3.''
** Don't forget Marcus form Fallout, he's pretty much the reason why Fawkes is so well liked.

* FridgeHorror: Vault 68: a vault with 999 men and one woman, and Vault 69: a vault with 999 women and one man. Once you picture how things would play out there... [[RapeAsDrama urgh]]...

*** [[FridgeHorror They may not]]. The Scout Handbook in Fallout 1 doesn't exist in Fallout 3, and the skill books may or may not be StoryAndGameplaySegregation anyway. Other intact "pre-War books" are '''insanely''' valuable, if you sell them to some of the few people who seem to realize their importance, and pretty darned hard to find.
*** Well, at least in New Vegas, that is addressed, with a good survival skill, your character understands how to make instant potable water using a couple pitchers and some surgical tubing.
*** Although, considering that there are actually quite a few bottles of Purified Water laying around the Capital Wasteland, it's likely that there are some people around who ''do'' know how to do it. Not to mention, the purpose of Project Purity is to purify the entire Potomac River and bring clean water to ''everybody'', and you need big machines to do that.

** Isn't the world of Fallout set in the 50s vision of the future? Then what's with all the stuff that's different!? Society, language, culture in general.. It keeps getting less and less like the future of the 50s! Wait a second.. Does this mean the only thing that could pull Fallout America out of the 50s mindset was all out nuclear war?!
** Watch the intro and listen to the charming Music/TheInkSpots tune "Maybe". Then play the game. Now listen again. [[spoiler: Maybe the one who is waiting for you will prove untrue. Then what will you do?]]
* IAmNotShazam: The Vault Boy is '''NOT''' called [=PipBoy=]. Even the developers of Fallout Tactics fell into that. Vault Boy is the blond, wavy haired man in the blue jumpsuit, and [=PipBoy=] is the redhead pixie in the yellow and orange spacesuit, in case you were wondering.
** And his name is '''not''' FallOutBoy either, despite his face being prominent in all Fallout games.

** The Sniper perk in the first two games. With high luck, almost every hit will be a critical hit. Combine with shots to the eye and a decently powerful weapon and only the strongest enemies will survive more than one round of combat.

** In the Mac port of ''Fallout 1'', the aftermath of [[spoiler: the slaughter of the ghouls at Necropolis]] will sometimes leave the dead bodies standing upright, as if they're mindless flesh statues, frozen at the point of their death. Which is very creepy when you're wandering around looting them.
** Similarly, in New Vegas, there's a room in Gommorah [[spoiler: with a dead hooker in it that you visit for a quest. Sometimes when you enter she'll be standing and acting as a life NPC, even trying to seduce you, while you examine her for rigor mortis.]]
* HilariousInHindsight: A character in combat armor outside the Boneyard (''Fallout 1'') wears a pin reading "I'm Chris and you're not". Chris Avellone joined production for ''Fallout 2'', and has become the name most associated with the franchise.

* TheWoobie: Harold in the three main games. He has lost just about everything he had by the time you see him in the first game, and suffers a FateWorseThanDeath in the third. At least you can actually do something about his situation in that case (or don't, if [[spoiler:you choose to restrict his growth instead of mercy-killing him or expanding his fertility. Thanks, jerk.]]).

** Saying anything negative about ''any game in the series'' with the exception of [[AcceptableTargets Brotherhood of Steel]] will usually get you yelled at, and called either a 'stupid Bethesda fanboy' if you complained about the first two games [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg or Tactics]], or a 'stupid NMA troll' if you complained about the third one.

** There is not generally much overlap between fans of the first two game and fans of the third one (though exceptions exist), and the disagreements between the two groups can get rather...[[SeriousBusiness vehement]]. It even spills over to TVTropes - much of this page's edit history can be summed up as a permanent low-intensity EditWar between ''Fallout 1'' and ''2'' fans and ''Fallout 3'' fans.

** The Brotherhood of Steel, for consistently having the best toys (aside from the Enclave.) This even reached BreakoutCharacter status with two spinoff games being made about them.

* UnpleasableFanbase: To the point well-known fansite No Mutants Allowed [[AppropriatedAppelation embraced the nicknames]] [[http://www.nma-fallout.com/article.php?id=34542 "Glittering Gems of Hatred" and "Eleven Angry Guys in a Website"]].

** ''Fallout Shelter'' makes ''Radroaches'' (yes, [[TheGoomba Radroaches]]) into these. As their power levels scale with the age of your vault, they can eventually easily kill your dwellers, spread like wildfire, and overrun your vault.

* NightmareFuel: Enough to fill a folder on the [[NightmareFuel/VideoGames Video Games]] page for it.

* TheWoobie: Harold in the three main games. He has lost just about everything he had by the time you see him in the first game, and suffers a FateWorseThanDeath in the third. At least you can actually do something about his situation in that case (or don't, if [[spoiler:you choose to restrict his growth instead of mercy-killing him or expanding his fertility. Thanks, jerk.]]).
* TakeThat: At those who idealize the past, and wish they born in a time than the period they live in now. Applies to the 50's in particular.

** Galaxy News Radio in ''Fallout 3'' plays only the most catching ([[SuspiciouslyAproposMusic and appropriate]]) songs of the first half of the 20th Century--[[ContinuityNod including "Maybe," by TheInkSpots from ''Fallout 1'']].

** Galaxy News Radio in ''Fallout 3'' plays only the most catching ([[SuspiciouslyAproposMusic and appropriate]]) songs of the first half of the 20th Century--[[ContinuityNod including "Maybe," by Music/TheInkSpots from ''Fallout 1'']].