History Characters / Fallout4MainStoryCompanions

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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Downplayed. One of Codsworth's jokes is about a Chinese man being a spy and a communist and he expresses dislike of the Chinese submarine. However, he will dutifully serve his master/mistress regardless of their race and Chinese surnames "Qin", "Shen" and "Li" are coded amongst the names he will address the Sole Survivor as.

** He will also refer to the Raiders as "bloody psychotic gits" in a line and apologises for his French right after.

* TheConstant: The first NPC the player is likely to meet is the domestic robot they had to leave at home before getting [[HumanPopsicle frozen by Vault-Tec]]. Conversing with him for the first time will inform the player just how long AfterTheEnd the world is.

* BerserkButton: If you attack a traveling doctor or their brahmin, Piper ''will'' go hostile on you. Even if you've romanced her. Same goes for settlers.

* BerserkButton: If you attack a traveling doctor or their brahmin, Piper ''will'' go hostile on you. Even if you've romanced her.

** She's quite fond of Mole Rat.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Fitting her below-mentioned GuileHero role, Piper has the highest Charisma score of all the companions.

* SherlockScan: She will pull one of these to recognise the Sole Survivor as a Vault Dweller even if they’re not wearing a Vault suit, judging by the Pip Boy on their wrist and general confused reaction to the Commonwealth.

* SelfDeprecation: Often makes comments about being loud, brassy, and rude. She's actually not very proud of these elements to her personality as they've alienated all of her friends as well as her career.

** He will also refer to the Raiders as "bloody psychotic gits".

* PrecisionFStrike: One of the few, if not the only time he swears is if he's brought onboard the Chinese submarine responsible for nuking Boston during the nuclear exchange. His animosity despite being an optimist otherwise is understandable, given he lived through the consequences of that nuke for over 200 years (and was programmed by Americans). Somewhat averted if you give yourself a vulgar name that he recognizes, namely Fuck or some variation of it, as he'll be saying it rather often.

--> '''Codsworth:''' I’ve decided to sell the vacuum. It’s just collecting dust!

--> '''Codsworth:''' I’ve decided to sell the vacuum. It’s just collecting dust!

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: To a male Sole Survivor, as she approves of good-natured actions, and if picking the right dialogue choice should they break up, Piper will state that she fell for his generousness, compassion, and aversion to violence. She also bluntly turns down MrViceGuy [=MacCready=]'s attempt at flirting, and if a romanced Piper witnesses the Sole Survivor commit murder, she says she would never have fallen for him if she knew he was capable of such acts.

* CovertPervert: [[invoked]] Heavily implied to have a promiscuous side that she clamps down ''hard'' on. For one, she can accidentally flirt with Magnolia if brought to The Third Rail, with her eagerly complimenting the singer's "[[AccidentalInnuendo great set]]" [[ThatCameOutWrong before hastily emphasizing that she was talking about her songs]] and then awkwardly slinking away. Additionally, even putting aside her ClosetGeek tendencies, she seems ''very'' interested in collecting all remaining copies of ''Grognak the Barbarian'' (a.k.a., a comic series [[PoorMansPorn prominently featuring a]] {{Hunk}}y BarbarianHero [[WalkingShirtlessScene who only wears a loincloth]]), and is mentioned to like "spend the evening relaxing" with them over a Nuka-Cola. Finally, one of her offhand remarks is complaining that the Brotherhood of Steel "sure knows how to take all the fun out of [[CasualKink dressing in rivets and leather]]."
** Given the lawlessness of most of the places she goes (and that the authorities in Diamond City wouldn't be unhappy if she just disappeared), she probably has a well-justified fear of doing anything that gets her perceived as sexually desirable.

* CloningBlues: His synth brain is a neural copy of a pre-war police detective and he's aware of it, resulting in a closely similar angst. The idea never comes up in-game, but one could interpret him as the same pre-war Nick Valentine, just reincarnated as a Synth.