History YMMV / Fallout1

* DemonicSpiders: The Deathclaws.

* HilariousInHindsight: It's possible to convince Harry the super mutant that you're a highly advanced robot that simply looks like a human. Fast-forward to ''Fallout 3'' and ''Fallout 4'', where such things are commonplace in the Commonwealth.

** The opening narration mentions UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and his rise to power in Germany. By the end of the 2000s, Both ''Fallout'' and [[VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}} a certain video game series featuring Hitler]] would be owned by [=ZeniMax=] Media.

--> [[spoiler:[[PlayerCharacter '''Vault Dweller''']]: Sorry, this isn't an option for you. Your race will die out after this generation.]]

** Convincing [[spoiler:the Master]] to kill himself.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: At the Glow, the FEV experiment holodisk reveals that the scientists tested the virus on raccoons, among other animals. When the virus caused the test subjects to become intelligent enough to escape from the laboratory, the guards hunted them down and exterminated them, but "two pairs were unaccounted for". Design documents for the game reveal that these mutated raccoons, literate and capable of speaking English, would've appeared in the game as a remote village of {{Noble Savage}}s the player would've visited while looking for the Glow, but the concept was scrapped to meet development deadlines and because the devs didn't feel it was ''Fallout'' enough.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: At the Glow, the FEV experiment holodisk reveals that the scientists tested the virus on raccoons, among other animals. When the virus caused the test subjects to become intelligent enough to escape from the laboratory, the guards hunted them down and exterminated them, but "two pairs were unaccounted for". Design documents for the game reveal that these mutated raccoons, literate and capable of speaking English, would've appeared in the game as a remote village of NobleSavages the player would've visited while looking for the Glow, but the concept was scrapped to meet development deadlines and because the devs didn't feel it was ''Fallout'' enough.

* MemeticLoser: Ian is the first companion in the game and is quite useful during early-game areas such as the radscorpion cave and Vault 15. Unfortunately, many players will soon forget this thanks to his unfortunate tendency to [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace shoot the Vault Dweller in the back]] if you give him an SMG.

* HellIsThatNoise: [[AwesomeMusic Pretty much the entire soundtrack]]. [[BackgroundMusic It is very good at setting the mood that you are in a destroyed world with having songs that are very much atonal, giving a very unnerving effect.]]

** Dogmeat was so well-received that he returned as a SecretCharacter in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' and had an IdenticalGrandson in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' and in ''Fallout 4''.
** Despite his high standing in The Unity, the [[TheDragon Lieutenant]] really isn't that important to the plot and you can easily bypass him, but his [[RedEyesTakeWarning appearance]], [[FauxAffablyEvil distinctive]] [[GeniusBruiser personality]] and [[Creator/TonyJay casting]] makes him a popular and memorable character.

* HellIsThatNoise: Pretty much the entire soundtrack. It is very good at setting the mood that you are in a destroyed world with having songs that are very much atonal, giving a very unnerving effect.

** Unprepared players can easily run into the Super Mutants and find themselves imprisoned in jail, with the Lieutenant sneering at them and no easy way to get out.

** When[[spoiler: the Overseer exiles you from the Vault]] at the end.
* UncannyValley: The animated cutscenes where characters talk can look strange looking for new players due to characters using clay models. A clearly deliberate extreme example though is [[spoiler:the Master]] who not only looks vaguely human, but has ''four'' different voices that shifts even in the same sentence based on what he says. They're the calm and dominant male, aggressive and robotic male and kindly ''female''.

* UncannyValley: The animated cutscenes where characters talk can look strange looking for new players due to characters using clay models. A clearly deliberate extreme example though is [[spoiler:the Master]] who not only looks vaguely human, but have ''four'' different voices that shifts even in the same sentence based on what he says. They're the calm and dominant male, aggressive and robotic male and kindly ''female''.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Dogmeat was so well-received that he returned as a SecretCharacter in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' and had an IdenticalGrandson in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' and in ''Fallout 4''.

* ScrappyMechanic: The time limit, which severely limits the time one can do for quests. Mitigated a bit by the second timer being removed in an update and replaced by an invisible timer where Super Mutants will overrunning towns after a while.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Dogmeat was so well-received that he returned as a SecretCharacter in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' and had an IdenticalGrandson in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}''.
* FriendlyFandoms: Due to the somewhat bizarre and stupid nature of LetsPlay/{{Sips}}' playthrough, he gets quoted a lot on the ''Fallout'' subreddit.

** For every animal lover, the first time Dogmeat dies. And the second time. And the fiftieth time...