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2	[[caption-width-right:350:"By Mennen, Nice Shooting."]]
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4	''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/WaysideCreations#p/c/5E9CAB444A9CECB8 Fallout: Nuka Break]]'' is a FanFilm series set in the VideoGame/{{Fallout}} Universe. It's made by Wayside Creations, created and written by Zack Finfrock and cowritten by Creator/BrianClevinger of ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' and ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'' fame. Originally just a short film, positive reaction lead to it being revived as a continuing series.
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6	The series stars Twig, a [[IdiotHero dimwitted]], overweight Vault Dweller; Scarlet, a [[GirlWithPsychoWeapon Laser-Rifle-toting]] former Legion slave; and [[KleptomaniacHero Ben]], an amoral ghoul. Together, they try to survive the Mojave Wasteland, and, in Twig's case, search for the perfect "Nuka Break".
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8	Complicating matters is a bounty put on the trio by Caesar's Legion for freeing Scar, and Ben's [[KleptomaniacHero unscrupulous item-obtaining measures]] have put them in a tight spot where finding work is difficult.
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10	Season 2 was much wider in scope and ambitious, going into production after [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/waysidecreations/fallout-nuka-break-season-2-0 a very successful]] Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign. Tim Cain, one of the founding fathers of the ''Fallout'' series, and Creator/ChrisAvellone, designer for ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' and ''[[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas New Vegas]]'' was involved in the creative process. The second season was released on October 28, 2013. 2017 saw the release of “The Wanderer”, a three-part prequel story focusing on the Ranger.
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12	!! Fallout: Nuka Break contains the following tropes:
13	* AffablyEvil: Larry’s a crook willing to sell out his friends in an instant, but once you get past that he’s actually a pretty charming guy.
14	* AllHailTheGreatGodMickey: Ben's memories of life before the Great War [[TheFogOfAges are a little hazy]], leading him to the conclusion "By Mennen" is from a hymn, leading the trio to start using it in the same way as "by God". Mennen is the company that makes Gillette razors, among other things.
15	* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:Season 2 ends with Twig, Scar, Larry and Bonnie heading off to return Bonnie to her hometown.]]
16	* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Leon attempts to confess his love to Scar, who had just lethally wounded him. [[KilledMidSentence She doesn't let him finish]]]].
17	* AntiVillain: Bison, the Super Mutant slave-owner, [[spoiler:is actually [[BenevolentBoss a very nice person who never abuses his slaves and treats them very well]]. He beats the shit out of the Ranger, but only out of perceived self-defense, and he backs off once it’s clear the Ranger isn’t a threat anymore. He even gladly lets Becca go free in exchange for the Red Star cap, when he could’ve easily just killed her and taken it. It’s implied he may actually just be trying to protect the slaves [[BlueAndOrangeMorality in his own strange way]].]]
18	* ArtEvolution:
19	** There is a noticeable increase in quality between the film and the first episode.
20	** Compare the Eyebot from the movie/Season 1 to the one that shows up in Red Star.
21	* ArtifactTitle: Or rather its importance and direct relevance to the plot. Twig's desired "Nuka Break" is achieved halfway through the first season, but the trio are still actively trying to find peace and stability while surviving in the Mojave Wasteland.
22	* ActionGirl: Scar. In episode 4, she beat the crap out of a slaver merc who tried to disarm her. Even Twig was impressed. [[spoiler: Too bad another one shoots her in the arm.]] Twig and Ben supposedly [[DamselInDistress rescued her from slavery]], but what actually happened was that they tried to rescue her but got their asses kicked, forcing her to rescue ''them'' as she made a getaway.
23	%%* BigBad: Leon for the main series, Bison for “Red Star”, and Scorpion for “The Wanderer”.
24	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:The Mysterious Stranger]], who Twig had done a favor for previously, saves him from a radroach ambush.
25	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The Party kills Leon and saves the Lockre, but Ben is dead and the Ranger heads off on his own once again.]]
26	* BolivianArmyEnding: At the end of episode 4, [[spoiler:Larry ambushes the crew for [[BigBad Leon Swallow]], Scar's owner. In the last moments of the episode, one of his men seemingly shoots her in the back (it's actually her arm, so she's okay.]]
27	* BornLucky: Twig has a canonical LuckStat of 10, which shows itself in a number of ways: he returns a hat to a man who turns out to be [[spoiler:the Mysterious Stranger of the games, who returns the favor by saving him from a radroach]], and he's got a habit of laying his hands on overpowered equipment like the [[FlamingSword Shishkebab]] when he's in a pinch.
28	* BountyHunter: The Party runs into a few, due to the Legion putting a price on their heads. Luckily for them, the first group they encountered was [[TooDumbToLive completely incompetent,]] due to a typo on the poster making the bounty one-tenth of what it was supposed to be and thus too small-potatoes for the big leaguers. Less luckily, Episode 4 ends with [[spoiler:Ben's old friend betraying them and getting a team of competent and numerous mercs to capture Scar.]]
29	* BrickJoke: Twig returning a fallen hat to man shortly after arriving in Eastwood. [[spoiler: It belonged to the Mysterious Stranger, who saves his life from a Radroach attack a few episodes later]].
30	--> '''[[spoiler: Mysterious Stranger]]''': [[MakesUsEven Now we're even]].
31	* CanonCharacterAllAlong: The Scholar is really [[spoiler:Goris, the albino talking deathclaw from [[VideoGame/Fallout2 the second game]].]]
32	%%* CaptainOblivious: Twig’s defining trait. He’s not really stupid, just woefully oblivious at times.
33	%%* CerebusSyndrome: "Red Star" and Season 2 are far more serious than the original fan film and Season 1
34	* ChekhovsGunman: Ron turns out to be [[spoiler:the Brotherhood Of Steel Paladin who trained Scar.]]
35	* TheChosenOne: Leon believes that the child he and Scarlet are “fated” to have will be this, a powerful figure who will unite the entire Wasteland. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane We never find out if the prophecy he’s trying to fulfill is for real or not]].
36	* CombatDiplomacyStealth: When faced with a problem, Scar pulls out her rifle, Twig tries to talk it out, and Ben [[DirtyCoward runs away]], only to [[BigDammHeroes catch the enemy by surprise later]].
37	* CompanionCube: Twig is deeply attached to his Pip-Boy, making it especially difficult when [[spoiler:he has to scrap it for parts to get the Lockre operational.]]
38	* ContinuityNod:
39	** Several to [[VideoGame/Fallout2 the second game]]: The Scholar turns out to be [[spoiler:Goris]] and obliquely mentions that Twig reminds him of [[spoiler:the Chosen One]], most likely because of his Pip-Boy. Ben and Larry also mention that they used to work for Myron in New Reno.
40	** [[VideoGame/Fallout3 An Enclave eyebot spouting President Eden’s propaganda]] figures into the climax of the pilot.
41	** The first season starts with the Party getting kicked out of [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Goodsprings]] after a nasty argument with Chet.
42	* CurbStompBattle:
43	** When the NCR Ranger drops the name of an important person from Ben's past, he immediately begins throwing punches. The Ranger deflects them easily and disables Ben in BulletTime. Then Twig attacks with his Shishkebab, which fares as well as you'd expect, while Scar's smart enough to not jump in. Really, the only reason the group is still alive is because the NCR Ranger wanted to talk.
44	** [[spoiler: The Mysterious Stranger, an NPC from the games who wields a PurposelyOverpowered weapon]], versus... a radroach. Overkill at its finest.
45	%%** In Red Star, the super mutant Bison delivers one of these to [[spoiler:the Ranger.]]
46	* DarkerAndEdgier: Season 2 is a ''lot'' less funny than the first one, which is not to say it doesn't have totally ridiculous moments.
47	* DavidVersusGoliath: Unfortunately, {{inverted}} during the fight between [[spoiler: Leon and Ron. Ron is clad in his resilient PoweredArmor and uses a slow, powerful Super Sledge, while Leon is lightly armored and uses a basic sword. Leon uses his superior maneuverability to disarm, trip up, and prepare to execute his painfully slower opponent]].
48	* {{Defictionalization}}: The Nuka Breaker weapon, which started as a ShoutOut to this same series in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', is now a weapon that Twig uses.
49	* DoomMagnet: Scar considers herself one, on account of how many people die in the crossfire of Leon's attempts to recapture her. [[spoiler:This almost causes her to give up escaping when captured again]].
50	* DualWielding: In the Season 2 finale, the Ranger uses both a knife and a hatchet in combat, easily trumping a few {{mooks}}.
51	* EleventhHourSuperpower: Twig receives the Nuka Breaker in the Season 2 finale and it is set up this way. [[spoiler:But it is ultimately subverted as he doesn't even get to swing it before getting run through by Leon's sword.]]
52	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: For as much of a psychotic douchebag as he is, Leon seems to genuinely love Scar in his own twisted way. Though this is thrown into doubt by “Red Star”, which reveals [[spoiler:she’s actually his ''second'' choice in “bride”; Becca was his first, but fell out of favor once he decided Scar was better.]]
53	** Leon himself is the loved one for Caesar; the fact that he’s Edward Swallow’s brother is the main reason he’s still alive and has as much power as he does.
54	** Scorpion and his gang truly loved [[TeamPet their pet bark scorpion]], and the Ranger earned their enmity when he shot it in self-defense.
55	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Leon was so crazy that Caesar's Legion, one of the most brutal societies in the franchise, kicked him out. Although the Legion still supports him, since his big brother Edward happens to be Caesar.
56	* ExposedToTheElements: Let's just say Scar must go through a lot of sunblock.
57	%%** Justified: Solar Powered Perk: +2 Strength and +1 HP per second while outside, from 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.
58	* ExplosiveOverclocking: During the Season 2 finale, Twig supercharges his Shishkebab with a Nuke Cola Quantum, providing a flashy blue flame and easily cutting down a few mooks. Then [[WreckedWeapon the blade melts away]]. Fortunately, he gets the Nuka Breaker.
59	* FacelessGoons: Face-concealing bandannas, scarves, and hockey masks are utilized on both sides, but more enemy {{mooks}} use them more than the [[RedShirt Red Shirts]] do. Justified as it's an effective way to shield oneself from the arid air of the Mojave desert and glare of the sun.
60	* FallenHero: Ben is a minor legend to many people in the Wasteland, famous as the man who gave up his place in Vault 7 to save his wife. Now he’s just a lowly crook. [[spoiler:He later admits to the Ranger that he was never a true hero to begin with; he murdered the guards outside Vault 7 to get his wife in and only didn’t join her because he was covered in their blood and knew he would just be kicked back out because of it.]]
61	* FantasticRacism: Chet practically craps his pants when sees Ben (a ghoul), while Ron openly admits to hating them. The latter example is a hint that [[spoiler:Ron’s a member of the Brotherhood Of Steel, who openly dislike ghouls]].
62	* FatAndProud: The residents of Vault 10. They were encouraged to constantly eat fatty foods and were provided no exercise equipment whatsoever, so after 200 years, morbid obesity became the ideal weight in their society. Twig was bullied all his life for being the skinniest person in the vault, hence his nickname.
63	* TheFogOfAges: Ben's lost much of his memory of life before the Great War ("By Mennen"). That's to be expected when you've been suffering from radiation poisoning for [[WhoWantsToLiveForever 200+ years]].
64	* FreezeFrameBonus: Alot of them, usually with props or set pieces from other Fallout productions.
65	** Special one: an aversion of KatanasAreJustBetter in Episode 5. Shiskebab v. Katana? Shiskebab wins hand down.
66	** Plot relevent one: [[spoiler: The Ranger can be seen in the stand off scene in Season 1, Episode 3]].
67	** When the Scholar throws the book to Twing, you can see [[spoiler:his claws]].
68	* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Twig meets [[spoiler: Goris, the giant, intelligent deathclaw. Goris exchanges some pleasant conversation and then provides Twig with a book on factory maintenance, which allows the Lockre to manufacture the munitions it needs to defend itself]].
69	* HairTriggerTemper: Red. She shoots one of her own teammates in the face for annoying her and later [[spoiler:kills [[Creator/VicMignogna Trader Vic]] when he finds her unconscious]].
70	** Scar, too; in the first episode, she puts a gun to Ben's head, and in Episode 2, she slugs Ben for being a JerkAss.
71	* HappinessInSlavery: [[spoiler:Bison’s slaves love him, as [[BenevolentBoss he never abuses them, keeps them safe, and generally treats them very well]]. He gladly lets Becca leave once he’s given something in exchange (the Red Star cap) and it’s hinted that he may not even be trying to enslave them, just protect them.]]
72	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Larry ends up joining the good guys once it becomes clear that Leon’s [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness just going to kill him too]].]]
73	* HeroicSacrifice: Knowing that [[spoiler:he’s going feral anyways, Ben uses his last moments of sanity to distract Leon and his crew, buying time for the Ranger, Scar, Larry, and Bonnie to escape the slave camp.]]
74	* ICallItVera: Leon has a Fat Man named "Artemis".
75	* IdiotHero: Twig is not a bright man. [[WordOfGod Zack Frinfrock]] said at [[Webcomic/PennyArcade PAX]] the only reason he’s still alive is a 10 in his Luck stat.
76	* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Legion soldiers don't like using guns, and it definitely shows. Leon's men fail to hit targets at ranges where the heroes use the [[ShortRangeShotgun shotguns]] to take them out. In one case, two mooks with assault rifles can't hit two people ''stuck in the open, standing still,'' who then have time to line up a shot [[SniperPistol with a pistol]] and headshot them!
77	** Twig admits to being a terrible shot without using VATS, although we never get to see how terrible.
78	* InsultBackfire: Whenever Twig is insulted for being fat (typically by Ben, but other characters get their turn), he will be very flattered, because in the Vault he grew up in, everyone was morbidly obese - he was ostracized for being very thin compared to everyone else, hence his nickname.
79	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Both Ben and Larry qualify. They may be backstabbing crooks, but they do the right thing in the end.
80	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Leon meets his end at the hands of Scar, who he had spent the entire series tormenting.]]
81	* KleptomaniacHero: Ben. Besides looting every corpse he finds, Ben thought their Courier job was a scam, stole all the objects and replaced them with "useless crap" which led to them getting kicked out of [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Goodsprings]].
82	-->"Woo! Free shit! Woo!"
83	* KnightInSourArmour: Ron is very open about his belief that the heroes don’t stand a chance against Leon. Doesn’t stop him from doing everything he can to help.
84	* LandMineGoesClick: Ron steps on a landmine in [=S2E4=], and can't step off it until it's disarmed. Bad enough, but it's part of an armed ambush and he's now stuck in the open. After a close fight, the enemy is killed and Twig manages to defuse it.
85	* LetsGetDangerous: Episode 5 features the trio doing this, with Twig robbing a merchant for a Shishkebab, Scar beating the crap out of the mercs who captured them and Ben deciding the only way the situation they're in is going to end is if they go after BigBad Leon Swallow, or else the mercs will keep coming.
86	** Season 2: When [[spoiler:Ron]] [[PoweredArmor suits up]], you know heavy stuff's about to go down.
87	* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler:The Ranger, a.k.a. James Eldridge, is Ben's great-great-great-great-grandson. Ben's wife was pregnant back when he got her into Vault 7, but neither of them knew it at the time.]]
88	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane:
89	** The Scholar/[[spoiler:Goris]] has fairly mundane origins, but the cryptic manner he speaks and the way he instantly knows who Twig is and what he needs makes one wonder if he’s somehow become something more than [[spoiler:a talking deathclaw.]] He also makes some odd comments that sound very much like he’s describing [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall the franchise’s game mechanics]]...
90	** Leon believes in a prophecy claiming that a child born in a place free of radiation will rise to unite the Wasteland. The characters do indeed discover a small location mysteriously devoid of any radiation, but [[spoiler:Leon never gets the chance to try and fulfill that prophecy]]. So is the prophecy for real, or was the place just lucky enough to not be hit when the nukes fell?
91	** The Red Star cap is either a totally mundane bottle cap that’s been ascribed with special importance by superstitious wastelanders, or a mystical talisman of some sort. The Ranger never gets it to do anything special, but just about everybody he meets knows what it is, Bison regards as incredibly valuable, and just showing it to a robot seems to causes said robot to instantly tell the Ranger everything he needs to know.
92	* MookChivalry: Used throughout the series, but the Season 2 finale plays it straightest. {{Mooks}} switch to melee weapons to engage the heroes wielding melee weapons, don't gang up on said melee heroes, and nobody shoots the main characters when they're walking out in the open. Justified, as they're fighting [[BarbarianTribe the Legion]], who can't resist the chance to best their foes in melee combat and are rarely trained to use guns.
93	* MoralityPet: The Ranger ends up becoming one for Ben.
94	* MysteriousPast: We never learn the Ranger’s full backstory, only getting vague hints; [[spoiler:he’s a descendant of Ben’s, used to be a tracker, worked with Becca’s father, and stole his armor from a real NCR ranger]]. That’s all we know.
95	* MythologyGag: Just about every gun, outfit, and item in the series is a replica of something from Fallout, including Vault Jumpsuits, Laser Rifles, Bottlecap Mines, That Gun, and of course, Nuka Cola.
96	** Of particular note is Scar's Tri-Beam Laser Rifle, which does fire 3 laser beams as in game each time it's fired.
97	** Episode 3 reveals that Ben and Larry worked in the [[VideoGame/{{Fallout2}} stables of New Reno]] with [[TokenEvilTeammate Myron.]]
98	** Larry has the Eyebot from the movie on the shelf behind his Jet stall.
99	** At the end of Episode 2 and the beginning of episode 3 there are several [[RedShirtArmy NCR Civilian Rangers]] and one [[EliteMooks NCR Veteran]] [[GasMaskLongcoat Desert]] [[BadassLongcoat Ranger.]]
100	** Episode 4 features a very faithful recreation of a Legion Slave camp.
101	** Episode 5 features the Shishkebab and a Nuka Cola Quantum. It also has an internal mythology gag with [[spoiler:the return of Red]].
102	** The Eastwood shopkeeper remarks that Twig must "have a lead belly" to drink so much irradiated Nuka Cola without getting sick (which happened in the fan film). "Lead Belly" is the name of a gameplay perk that cuts down on the poisoning incurred from eating foods and drinking irradiated liquids (though ironically not Nuka Cola).
103	** A two-way Mythology Gag: ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' added a unique Rebar Club called the Nuka Breaker in the Gun Runner's Arsenal DLC as a shout-out to this series. The creators of the series didn't realize it was a shout-out and included it in the background of an episode as a shout-out to ''New Vegas''. After realizing it, they have Twig using the weapon in the Season 2 finale.
104	** [[spoiler: In Season 2, Twig eventually meets Goris, a.k.a. the Albino Talking Deathclaw from Fallout 2. Goris is actually pretty helpful]].
105	* {{Narrator}}: Played by Creator/VicMignogna in both the movie and series!
106	** UnreliableNarrator: He often tells things from [[CloudCuckooLander Twig's]] point of view.
107	* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:James goes down in the final battle, complete with dramatic slow motion close up. After the battle, Ron tells Scar that they couldn't find his body. Sure enough, James turns out to have survived.]]
108	* NonIndicativeName: [[TheBigGuy Twig]]. Then again, he grew up in [[FatAndProud Vault 10]], where he was the skinniest, so to them it ''is'' an indicative name (in fact it's the nickname they called him to make fun of him).
109	** The Ranger is quick to protest that he’s not actually an NCR ranger, despite wearing the armor and answering to the title. “The Wanderer” reveals that [[spoiler:he actually stole the armor from a dead ranger that was murdered by Scorpion.]]
110	* NukeEm: After learning the Party has been hiding out in Eastwood, [[spoiler:Leon blows it up with a Fat Man.]]
111	* OddFriendship: A chubby Vault-Dweller, a [[KleptomaniacHero kleptomaniac]] ghoul, and a [[BadassAdorable badass]] former slave. We know how Ben and Twig met Scar, but how Ben and Twig ever hooked up as traveling companions is completely unimaginable.
112	--> '''Scar''': "Don't look at me, he's your friend."
113	--> '''Ben''': "''My'' friend? I don't even ''like'' the guy."
114	* OneLastJob: “Red Star” involves the Ranger accepting a tracking quest to rescue a woman’s missing daughter, despite insisting he no longer does such things.
115	* OneManArmy: The Ranger. He racks up by far the highest body count in series with terrifying ease.
116	* OnlyAFleshWound: [[spoiler: In the final battle, James gets stabbed between the shoulders and Twig gets stabbed through the kidneys. [[GoodThingYouCanHeal Twig is excused]], James not so much, but they're both revealed to be just fine.]]
117	* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Very common way for {{Mooks}} and [[RedShirt Red Shirts]] to die.
118	* PoweredArmor: The iconic Brotherhood Of Steel armor (modded with some road signage) makes an appearance in the second season finale.
119	* RemonstratingWithAGun: Ben earns himself a tongue-lashing when he unwittingly does this and [[RecklessGunUsage points his gun right at Scar]].
120	* RetiredBadass: [[spoiler:Ron. Turns out he was the Brotherhood of Steel Paladin that taught Scar how to survive in the Wasteland]].
121	* RevolversAreJustBetter: Many characters, but the Ranger in particular uses them to great effect, using them at close range. [[ShortRangeLongRangeWeapon Very close range]].
122	* RiddleForTheAges: It’s never revealed just what’s up with the Red Star cap. The Ranger’s curiosity is clearly peaked, but once [[spoiler:Bison takes it in exchange for sparing the Ranger’s life and letting Becca go, he decides to just move on rather than waste time trying to figure out what it is.]]
123	* RightForTheWrongReasons: Ben [[spoiler:killing the guards outside Vault 7 to save his wife Clem. He thought he was being selfish and only did it to get Clem inside, but he unwittingly saved the Vault by doing so; the guards were deliberately keeping out any medical personnel, as the Vault’s experiment was to see how long it’s populace would last without any sort of modern medicine.]]
124	* SceneryGorn: The series uses visual effects to add post-apocalyptic rubble in wide shots, adding a very nice atmospheric effect.
125	* SchmuckBait: [[spoiler:When Larry is having Scarlett disarm his slave collar.]]
126	-->'''Larry:''' You feel that tiny little bar?
127	-->'''Scarlett:''' Yeah.
128	-->'''Larry:''' It's about a quarter-inch thick, has a blue stripe, really really tiny?
129	-->'''Scarlett:''' Yeah.
130	-->'''Larry:''' DON'T touch it! The thing next to it, pull it straight down, STRAIGHT down.
131	* SerialEscalation: Despite being a fan project with limited funding, they got full support from [[Creator/ChrisAvellone Chris]] [[MyRealDaddy Avellone]] at Obsidian, Bethesda has openly supported them, and had two high profile actors (Creator/VicMignogna and Creator/DougJones) work on their project.
132	** Then Obsidian gave the series a ShoutOut by adding the unique rebar club, The Nuka Breaker in the Gun Runner's Arsenal DLC for VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas!
133	* SeriousBusiness: The [[spoiler:Mysterious Stranger]] takes Twig’s joke about him “owing” the Party after Twig retrieves his fallen hat very seriously. Unfortunately, his idea of paying them back is shooting a single radroach.
134	* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: In the series, Ben's signature weapon is analogous to VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas's Hunting Shotgun.
135	* ShoutOut: The Ranger's combat style in the Season 2 finale seems kinda familiar. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII Where else have we seen someone]] DualWielding a ReverseGrip knife in one hand and a hatchet in the other?
136	** There appears to be an [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Operator symbol]] on a fuse box at The Lockre.
137	** Looks like [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} George Costanza]] was right about "By Mennen" being an EarWorm.
138	** Touch Connors is the stage name of 1950s actor Mike Connors who played the BigBad in ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_the_World_Ended Day The World Ended]]'', one of the first post apocalypse survival movies.
139	** Eastwood is clearly named in honor of Creator/ClintEastwood, befitting the WeirdWest stylings.
140	* ShortRangeLongRangeWeapon: Especially evident in the Season 2 finale. Characters on both sides walk out in the open shooting other people with guns and aren't cut down immediately by their support (which also have guns).
141	* SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration: The series goes to great lengths to integrate the franchise’s gameplay into the plot:
142	** Twig’s healing is accelerated by drinking Nuka-Cola due to a mutation, a riff on the “eating heals you” mechanic from the games. WordOfGod also notes that he has a Luck stat of 10, which [[IdiotHero explains a lot]].
143	** Every weapon used in the series is one you can use in-game, such as Scar’s Tribeam Laser Rifle, or [[spoiler:Ron’s]] Super Sledge.
144	** The [[spoiler:Mysterious Stranger]] wastes his incredible killing power on a puny radroach, just as he often does in the games. He also pulls a StealthHiBye that leaves the Party bewildered.
145	** The Scholar/[[spoiler:Goris]] makes an eerie comment about there being no such thing as set-in-stone “fate”, only “possibilities”; a clear reference to the franchise’s famous branching storylines. He then gives Twig the information he needs in the form of a Skill Book.
146	** [=VATs=] not only exists in-story, but it functions almost exactly like in the games, and it’s a minor plot point that Twig relies on it to aim properly.
147	* SixthRanger: The Ranger, [[IncrediblyLamePun fittingly enough]]. [[spoiler:Larry becomes one by the end of season two.]]
148	* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: The main villains are ruthless slavers, and the town of Eastwood shows particular disdain for slavery. Deconstructed in “Red Star”, when [[spoiler:Bison the Super Mutant slave-owner turns out to be an AntiVillain who’s actually just trying to protect his “slaves”.]]
149	* StealthHiBye: Ben somehow does this while standing in the middle of an ambush. [[BehindTheBlack The moment he's offscreen, he's gone.]] The ambushers actually have to look around to realize he's [[RightBehindMe right behind their leader.]] His Stealth skill must be maxed out.
150	** Ben does this in the original fan film, too: Twig and Scar mention they killed a bunch of bounty hunters, and suddenly Ben's already behind them, running towards the bodies for loot.
151	** [[spoiler:The Mysterious Stranger does this after saving Twig in episode 6, unsurprisingly.]]
152	* StuffedIntoALocker: Twig has Claustrophobia due to this.
153	--> "Since I was the smallest, the other kids would make fun of me by stuffing me into small spaces. 'mua ha ha! You can fit into a refrigerator, whereas we cannot!'"
154	* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Since he’s going feral anyways, Ben gives in and hurls himself at Leon’s group, hoping to take as many of them as he can with him. He kills quite a few before being put down by Leon himself.]]
155	* TeamPet: Scorpion and his crew have a pet bark scoripion that they like to sic on people. The Ranger ends up pissing them off when he shoots it in self-defense.
156	* [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks Throwing Your Hatchet Always Works]]: The Ranger kills a mook behind Scar this way in the Season 2 Finale.
157	* ToiletHumor: "Hey Twig, have you seen our new water purifier... Well... it's still yellow but its coming along."
158	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Twig and Nuka Cola.
159	--> '''Twig''': "You have any more Nuka Cola?"
160	--> '''Old Man''': "I got Sunset Sarsaparilla."
161	--> '''Twig''': "That's '''not''' Nuka Cola."
162	* TrashTheSet: Not a straight example, but the set Eastwood was filmed in burned down in a wildfire[[https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/293241_923644622218_60716319_40470551_518576408_n.jpg]]. [[WordOfGod Aaron Giles]] blamed the [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas fiends]].
163	** ThrowItIn: In Episode 6, aired after the [[TrashTheSet set-trashing]] above, Leon Swallow [[spoiler:blows Eastwood to smithereens with a Fat Man.]]
164	* VitriolicBestBuds: Ben and Twig, and Ben and Scar. Ben openly admits he's not too crazy about Twig and openly tries to get him killed, yet is completely willing to give him back-up. Scar is routinely offended by Ben's behavior, often [[WhatTheHellHero calling him out]] on such things, and he does apologize to her often.
165	-->'''Scar:''' You're an ass, you know?
166	-->'''Ben:''' I know, sorry.
167	* WebcomicTime: An [[EnforcedTrope enforced]] example. Episode 5 was delayed a week because the VFX guys couldn't finish the big fight scene in the episode fast enough. When it turned out extremely well, they openly admitted on Twitter that they rushed to released the first four episodes and currently Nuka Break now airs once every three weeks instead of every two, giving the effects people more time and the actors the ability to do pick up scenes.
168	* WeirdWest: In keeping with the Western trappings of [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas it’s source material]].
169	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The last half of season 1 was filmed and then needed to be refilmed when a wildfire destroyed the Eastwood set. Many characters who were given names (like Raz) were intended to have much larger roles in the series... which can't happen now. As a result they truncated their last half of the season to end at episode 6 (the original intent was 9 for a decent length season) with the above mentioned ThrowItIn as their cliff-hanger for season 2, which will be ''nothing'' like the original intention. (They have, however, announced that there will be several survivors from Eastwood, including Mayor Connors.)
170	* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: [[spoiler: When Leon bests Ron in melee combat, he insists on a flashy execution and is interrupted ''twice'' before he can finish, the second interruption resulting in his death]].
171	* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler: Leon assaults the Lockre with only a platoon of men, rather than waiting for a battalion of legionaries for backup. This explains why the Legion's usual tactic of [[ZergRush zerg rushing]] isn't as effective as it ought to be]].
172	* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Twig's reaction to being complimented on a steal by Scar and Ben.
173	--> "…That doesn't make me feel good."
174	* YourDaysAreNumbered: In the second season, [[spoiler:Ben finds out he’s going feral.]]
175	* YourHeadAsplode: How [[spoiler:Daniels]] dies, courtesy of a slave collar.

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