History Characters / FalloutNewVegasOldWorldBlues

* MakeMeWannaShout: As the team's acoustician, 8 provides the player with an upgradeable Sonic Emitter of his own design... after "warming it up" for you.

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* GenericDoomsdayVillain: The toaster is a {{parodied|Trope}} version of this trope all around, he even has an evil laugh.

** IncomingHam: "[[EvilLaugh Ahahahaha]]! I am on-line once again! Tremble world before my electric heating coil of doom!"

* OnlySaneWoman: By comparison to the rest of the Think Tank; her clear infatuation with the human form aside, she's moved on from her grudges from before the war and is generally far more competent than the other members of the Think Tank. [[DownplayedTrope That said]], she'd still be easy to call crazy by normal human standards.

[[folder:The Think Tank]]

** All their names have to do with [[spoiler: infinite loops and endless repetition. A 0 (a loop), an 8 (a sideways infinity symbol), Klein (as in a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_bottle Klein bottle]]), Mobius (as in a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobius_strip Möbius strip]]), Borous (short for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oroborous Ouroboros]], the snake that eats its own tail - though you can point out that it is spelled incorrectly), and Dala (short for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala Mandala]], a circular geometric pattern). All of these names were designed by Dr. Mobius to further set in the infinite loops that the Think Tank are trapped in to keep them inside Big MT]].

* TheMutiny: Helping every Think Tank member (except Klein) and earning their friendship/helping them realize what's wrong about themselves will lead to [[spoiler: each and every member that was helped standing up for the Courier when Klein decides it's time to execute them. How well it works depends on how many members were befriended, with members who haven't had their quest done instead gladly agreeing to cut the Courier open instead.]]

* OverratedAndUnderleveled: During ''Lonesome Road'', in one of Ulysses' holotapes he remarks how powerful the Think Tank are, stating that they're too powerful for even him to defeat, and that it would take a hundred Elijahs to challenge their full, combined power. Dr. Mobius likewise plays up the difficulty of the Courier facing all five Think Tank members in a straight out fight. However, in-game they're quite a push-over once you override the Pacification Field that prevents you from shooting them and the ending narration notes how easy the battle was. He may simply be referring to what the Think Tank could do if they were focused and [[spoiler: no longer under the influence of Mobius' tampering]], and considering that in one cut ending they [[spoiler: pretty much annihilate the Mojave, destroying the NCR, Legion, and House presence in the process]] it's not inconceivable that this is the case. [[spoiler:Mobius]] may have his own reason for telling you about how dangerous he thinks the Think Tank are: [[spoiler:He doesn't want the Courier to kill them -- they ''were'' his friends once, after all.]]

!!Dr. Klein

--> '''''(After Dr. 0 voiced his concern [[spoiler: over killing the Courier]])''''' SILENCE, DR. 0. THIS IS A THINK TANK DECISION, SAVE YOUR OBJECTIONS UNTIL AFTER ''I'' HAVE DECIDED OUR COURSE OF ACTION.

!!Dr. 0

!!Dr. 8

!!Dr. Borous

** Completing his personal quest and convincing him [[spoiler: that what he did to childhood pet dog, Gabe, was horrible]] will turn the bombastic, immoral and gleefully sadistic Dr. Borous into a quieter, mindful and peaceful scientist who's now more interested in nurturing life from egg rather than horribly experimenting on it.

* KickTheDog: Used his dog Gabe as a test subject, turning him into a giant, vicious cyberdog pumped up on Psycho. [[spoiler: Not calling him on this at all when you bring him Gabe's bowl will result in him having a true HeelRealization rather than repressing his emotions.]]

!!Dr. Dala

->''"A toaster is just a DeathRay with a smaller power supply!"''
-->-- '''The Toaster'''

[[folder:The Stealth Suit Mark II]]
-> '''Voiced by:''' Veronica Belmont

-> ''"Hello. It's nice to meet you. Who can I hide you from today?"''

The Stealth Suit has an on-board AI designed to help preserve its wearer and quickly becomes attached to the Courier. You find her in one of the labs. When equipping her, she will use stimpaks and Med-X on you as needed while also providing conversation whilst walking through Big MT.

* ArtificialIntelligence: It houses one, further assisting the wearer by automatically injecting Stimpaks and Med-X.
* DeadpanSnarker: Has a variety of things to say should you attempt to sneak with your Pip-Boy light on.
* EvolvingWeapon: Armor, really, but you can upgrade her via tests.
* InsecureLoveInterest: Being a stealth suit and designed to go unnoticed, she feels ignored and unloved, making her rather needy. While not a love interest ''per se'' (on account of the Courier giving no indication of reciprocating her feelings and because she's a suit of armor), she'll often ask them what she needs to do to win their love.
--> ''Will you love me if I help you hide?''
--> [Unequipping the suit] ''Don't you like me anymore?''
* ItsAllMyFault: Regardless of how the Courier fails the various stealth tests, she will automatically accept the blame for it.
* TheMedic: As stated above, she will heal you when you are injured.
* RobotGirl: Suit, technically.
* RoboShip: It's fairly evident she's quite fond of you. [[invoked]]
** It seems like the Infiltration program in X-13 has a bit of an attachment to her as well, if the epilogue is anything to go by.
--> The infiltration program in X-13 felt spent, having repeatedly upgraded the Stealth Suit until it could upgrade it no more. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything It felt warm, fulfilled, and a bit sluggish]]. It realized not long after, the Stealth Suit had left it [[NotStayingForBreakfast without so much as a note on the nightstand]]. So the infiltration program sent out Robobrains into the wastes [[StalkerWithACrush looking for its wayward technology]].
* TryNotToDie: Uses words to these effects when applying stimpaks.
* UnwantedAssistance: The constant use of Stimpanks is often more detrimental than beneficial, especially if the player has few, and wants to save them when they have very low health, or when fighting stronger enemies.
** Some players find this and her chatter annoying enough to where a mod exists that removes her voice and turns off the auto-Stimpack mechanic.
* {{Yandere}}: Juuuuust a little bit.
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[[folder:Dr. Mobius]]
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/CamClarke

-> ''"Well, there's many things they have forgotten sitting in their bowls. [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Friendship. The thrill of discovery. Love. Masturbation.]] The usual."''

The antagonist [[spoiler:(or so he seems)]] of ''Old World Blues'', he has been threatening the Think Tank with intelligence-eating Robo-scorpions that keep them huddling in their base until he comes to destroy them.
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!!Provides examples of:

* EyepatchOfPower: Invoked by his broken screen, which stopped working due to Mobius' state of disrepair. [[spoiler: He also can't "see" too well out of his left screen either, but a Courier with a high enough Science Skill can help him with that.]]

[[folder:Roxie]]
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A cyberdog that you can create as a temporary companion in the X-8 Research Center.

* ArtificialLimbs: Like all cyberdogs, she has three robotic legs.
* BabiesEverAfter: In her ending slides, she somehow goes into heat and goes to the Mojave, where she finds Rex. They then somehow construct a litter of "Boston Terrifier" puppies that "gnawed and devoured anything in their path."
* BackFromTheDead: If Rex had been killed, she will drag his body back to Big MT, where she has him rebuilt.
* CanineCompanion: The only companion you can get in ''Old World Blues'', though only while in the X-8 research center.
* {{Cyborg}}: As a splicing between a robot and a dog.
* DistaffCounterpart: To Rex.
* ExpendableClone: She's spliced between a dog and a robot in the facility. If she dies, you can re-clone a new Roxie.
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[[folder:The Brain ('''Spoilers''')]]
!!The Courier's Brain
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Sunil Malhotra

-> ''"Do you know how much more you can get done when you're not constantly looking for places to urinate? It's quite a lot, I can tell you."''

Once the Courier got their internal organs ripped out on entry to Big MT, it seems one of them got misplaced. The Courier's brain was flushed away to be found by Dr. Mobius, and finding it is their main goal so the Courier can escape the area. However, it turns out it is none too happy with the idea, and before it jumps back inside the Courier's head it has some things it wants to get off its chest, so to speak.
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!!Provides examples of:

* IChooseToStay: It's possible that you and your brain decide not to reunite, and the Courier returns to the Mojave with a thinking device while the Brain stays in its biogel tank. [[spoiler: In its ending slate, the Brain accepts the eventual failure of the tank as death, even though becoming a mobile "think tank" is an option.]]

[[folder:Lobotomites]]

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-> ''"ALL LOBOTOMITES: PLEASE STOP ''MILLING ABOUT.'' REALLY."''

Inhabiting much of Big MT, they were once travelers or settlers of the Mojave that were abducted by the facility's satellites and unwillingly put through the Auto-Doc experiments just as the Courier was. Unlike the Courier, however, they are a result of repeated failed surgeries that left them shadows of their former selves, their brains lost or destroyed, practically turning them into mindless killing machines.

* ContraltoOfDanger: She speaks in a low, quiet and husky voice and can have some genuine bloodlust over seeing what's inside a human's skin.

* MeaningfulName: His name relates to binary code, connecting his specialty in building and programming robots as well as [[spoiler:representing the infinite loop that the Think Tank is stuck in]].

* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** How he "prepares" the Sonic Emitter, [[BizarreAlienBiology sonically ejaculating]] into the weapon, much to the disgust of other Think Tank members.
** The Courier can reference masturbation in a dialogue path with him, with options ranging from prudishly tip-toeing around the subject to recommending his/her own methods without batting an eye.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Dr. Dala has... somewhat more ''biological'' needs than her colleagues, to an extent that rapidly becomes disturbilarious. Apparently even when she was human she used, ahem, ''assistance'' (at least until the other Think Tank members got on her case for stealing batteries).

*** If the player character has high levels in melee weapons, guns, or laser weapons, then the brain will admit fondness for these weapons.

* NotSoAboveItAll: One of the ways to convince your brain to join you again is to remind it of a particular weapon skill that your character may be using. If any of the weapons are at a high enough level, it'll admit that it actually misses the feeling of controlling a weapon a bit.

* WhatIsThisFeeling: Blackmailing her cases her to feel something and be confused by what it may be, until she is able to recognize that she is experiencing shame.

* DistinctionWithoutADifference: When Dala begs Klein not to [[spoiler: kill the Courier after having become '[[BoldyComing acquainted]]' with them]], Klein notes he's not going to harm it. He's going to 'dissect it until it's dead'. Literally speaking, you'd have to be dead for him to dissect you anyway (if you were alive, it'd be vivisection).

* TheAgeless: Test Subject 1, the very first of several, is still alive when you find them, implying that they have long lifespans.

** Some players find this and her chatter annoying enough to where a mod was exists that removes her voice and turns off the auto-Stimpack mechanic.

** Her chatter in general ventures into AnnoyingVideoGameHelper territory to where a mod was quickly created that removes her voice and turns off the auto-Stimpack mechanic.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Nothing if you breeze through ''Old World Blues''. However, if you take your time and explore critical locations in Big MT and end with Good Karma, the Sink all contribute to make the facility less of a DeathWorld and manage to live happily ever after. [[spoiler:The Auto-Doc deactivates the walking suits of armor that plague the facilities, the ([[NamesTheSame actual]]) Sink develops antitoxins to combat the Innovative Toxins Plant, the toaster never carries out its plans for world destruction because the other sink personalities team up to destroy it, Muggy ends up happy in a place where he can clean mugs, the Central Intelligence Unit ends up feeling secretly glad to be with the other personalities, the Biological Research Station [[YourHeadAsplode doesn't blow up]] and just tries to get together with the X-22 facility, and even Blind Diode Jefferson, hundreds of years later, saves Big MT from sonic invasion using the frequencies you fetched for him. And with the aforementioned Good Karma, at the ending...]]

* PinocchioSyndrome: Implied. She's fascinated with human anatomy and exhibits a FantasticArousal by just observing the Courier's bodily functions and movements, which hints at her missing being human herself.

* AnAxeToGrind: Aside from hatchets, they introduce [[EnergyWeapon proton axes]], forcefields suspended onto a handle. They even have throwable versions.

--> ''@@[*.......]@@... @@[*.......]\@@..? @@[*......*]@@.'' [[labelnote:Translation:]]Um... a little embarrassed about this, but yes, I creamed hard into your gun.[[/labelnote]]

* KnowNothingKnowItAll: It is made clear that Dr. Klein has absolutely no idea about his actions. Dr. 0 is ''seemingly'' almost as bad -- his scientific specialty is apparently limited to "taking robots apart" and he tends to destroy his equipment a lot -- but he is willing to admit that he is not all that good at the thing he ostensibly specializes in, and he did produce both Muggy and Securitrons that are ''better'' than [=RobCo's=] Mk. II in some hardware respects despite centuries of being in the open with no maintenance. [[note]]Their [[AIIsACrapshoot software]] did not fare quite as well.[[/note]] The rest of the Think Tank seem genuinely skilled and productive in their areas of expertise, [[EvilutionaryBiologist Dr. Borous]] [[DemonicSpiders dangerously so]]. Their general lack of sense can be attributed to centuries of Mentat abuse, as well as that the biogel that the brains float in is corrosive over time. All of the scientists were geniuses when they were human. [[note]]According to WordOfGod, Klein is more the [=Lab Director/College Dean=] than the biggest genius. He is there to push them around and keep the group somewhat focused on research since, relatively speaking, he is the most [[OnlySaneMan sane]] and has the most forceful personality.[[/note]]

* OnlySaneMan: Relatively speaking (by "relatively", we mean he's still out of touch with humanity enough that he's sure your fingers and toes are penises). Out of all of the Think Tank members, Klein seems to be the one most grounded in reality. As a consequence or a cause, he's their leader.

* OnlySaneMan: For a given value of sane, anyway - [[spoiler:more sane than the Think Tank, which isn't saying much, and then only when he isn't hopped up on Psycho and Mentats. Might be more accurate to say that he's the only member of the group who realizes the moral consequences of their "[[ForScience Science!]]"]]

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* AnimalLover: Oddly, they may have a Nightstalker amongst their numbers.

Once the Courier got their internal organs ripped out on entry to Big MT, it seems one of them got misplaced. The Courier's brain was flushed away to be found by Dr. Moebius, and finding it is their main goal so the Courier can escape the area. However, it turns out it is none too happy with the idea, and before it jumps back inside the Courier's head it has some things it wants to get off its chest, so to speak.