History Trivia / Fallout

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: 1 and 2 were much DenserAndWackier than the other 3, with the possible exception of ''New Vegas'' if you have the ''Wild Wasteland'' Trait. Some, however, including Creator/ChrisAvellone himself, argue that many of the "sillier" parts of the first two games should be considered ambiguously canon at best, much like the aforementioned Wild Wasteland.

* BTeamSequel: ZigZagged. It's a little difficult to tell who exactly is the A-team and who's the B-team. ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 1}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' were created by Black Isle studios, which had dissolved by the time Bethesda bought the rights and released ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', which is almost more of a {{reboot}} than a sequel. The follow-up, the Obsidian-made ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', would be a straight example, filling a blank spot on the release schedule until Bethesda could get done with ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' and move onto the long-rumored ''Fallout 4''... except that Obsidian hired several ex-Black-Isle creators to make it, and they reused several concepts from [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Black Isle's cancelled version, code named Van Buren]]. Whether OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight or MyRealDaddy is just as good or better, or even who the "creator" and "my new daddy" ARE at this point, are points of debate among the fandom.

* TheWikiRule: The Wikia [[http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_Wiki Nukapedia]], and Gamepedia [[https://fallout.gamepedia.com/Fallout_Wiki Fallout Wiki]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, ''Fallout'' was going to be based on a licensed version of the paper RPG GURPS, from Steve Jackson Games, and would have published under the name ''Vault 13: A GURPS Post-Nuclear Adventure''. But due to disagreements, including Steve Jackson disliking the appearance of Vault Boy on the character creation screen, and the execution of the insurgent from the intro, the deal was called off. Instead, Black Isle thought up the SPECIAL system, which has been used in every Fallout game ever since.
** Fallout was going to have a film version.

* TheWikiRule: The Nukapedia [[http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_Wiki Fallout Wiki]], and Gamepedia [[https://fallout.gamepedia.com/Fallout_Wiki Fallout Wiki]].

** '''The King''' is the leader of a gang of Elvis impersonators in Freeside. [[{{VideoGame/DukeNukem}}]], [[StreetFighter Sagat]], and [[Franchise/EvilDead Ash Williams]] share the nickname.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: 1 and 2 were much DenserAndWackier than the other 3, with the possible exception of ''New Vegas'' if you have the ''Wild Wasteland'' Trait. Some, however, including [[WordOfGod Chris Avellone]] himself, argue that many of the "sillier" parts of the first two games should be considered ambiguously canon at best, much like the aforementioned Wild Wasteland.

* WordOfSaintPaul: The Fallout bibles put together by Chris Avellone. They're not officially considered canon anymore, but their content is generally assumed to be as such unless directly contradicted by one of the games.

* WordOfSaintPaul: The Fallout bibles put together by Chris Avellone.

* WordOfDante: The Fallout bibles put together by Chris Avellone.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: 1 and 2 were much DenserAndWackier than the other 3 (with the possible exception of ''New Vegas'' if you have the ''Weird Wasteland'' Trait). Also, the Pip-Boy was originally a [[DataPad tablet computer]] before being turned into a huge wristwatch from 3 onwards.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: 1 and 2 were much DenserAndWackier than the other 3 (with the possible exception of ''New Vegas'' if you have the ''Wierd Wasteland'' Trait). Also, the Pip-Boy was originally a [[DataPad tablet computer]] before being turned into a huge wristwatch from 3 onwards.

** '''Boomers''' are the tribe who originated from Vault 34 who has a habit of blowing shit up with heavy artillery. The plural version could either be [[VideoGame/GearsOfWar a group of locusts who also like to blow shit up,]] or [[VideoGame/Left4Dead a fat zombie who can call other zombies.]]

* EarlyInstallmentWierdness: 1 and 2 were much DenserAndWackier than the other 3 (with the possible exception of ''New Vegas'' if you have the ''Wierd Wasteland'' Trait). Also, the Pip-Boy was originally a [[DataPad tablet computer]] before being turned into a huge wristwatch from 3 onwards.

* TheWikiRule: Nukapedia, the [[http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_Wiki Fallout Wiki]].

** '''Boomers''' are the tribe who originated from Vault 34 who has a habit of blowing shit up with heavy artillery. The plural version could either be [[GearsOfWar a group of locusts who also like to blow shit up,]] or [[VideoGame/Left4Dead a fat zombie who can call other zombies.]]

** '''Ghost''' is a Ranger stationed at the Mojave Outpost. [[ASongOfIceAndFire Jon Snow's]] [[Series/GameOfThrones pet direwolf]] shares the name, and drug lord [[Series/{{Power}} James St. Patrick]] claims it as a nickname.

* Trivia/{{Fallout 3}}

* Trivia/FalloutTacticsBrotherhoodOfSteel

** '''The Great War''' is the 2-hour long nuclear war which destroyed civilization in October of 2077. There is also the [[Myth/GreekMythology war between the Olympians and the Titans.]] Both [[{{VideoGame/GodOfWar}} Kratos]] and [[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs Wonder Woman]] waged their own Great Wars in their respective games.

** '''The Great War''' is the 2-hour long nuclear war which destroyed civilization in October of 2077. There is also the [[Myth/GreekMythology war between the Olympians and the Titans.]] Both [[{{VideoGame/GodOfWar}} Kratos]] and [[InjusticeGodsAmongUs Wonder Woman]] waged their own Great Wars in their respective games.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Film/{{Hellboy}} is ''always'' the narrator.
*** Except for [[VideoGame/FalloutBrotherhoodOfSteel that one time]] he was [[Creator/TonyJay Judge]] [[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Frollo.]]
** In the first two Fallout games, Harold was [[CharlieAdler Charlie Adler]], who voiced characters such as [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Buster Bunny]] and [[WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel I.R. Baboon]]
** The Master is [[WesternAnimation/CatDog Cat]]!

** The Master is [[CatDog Cat]]!

** The '''Citadel''' is the ruins of The Pentagon which serves as the headquarters of the Capital Wasteland Brotherhood of Steel. There's also the [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 the Combine facility.]]

** In the first two Fallout games, Harold was [[CharlieAdler Charlie Adler]], who voiced characters such as [[TinyToonAdventures Buster Bunny]] and [[IAmWeasel I.R. Baboon]]

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes[=/=]ScrewedByTheLawyers: As part of the [[JustForPun fallout]] of the legal battles between Interplay and Bethesda regarding the games, Interplay took the games they produced off of [=GoG.com=] and Steam.
** When the games' copyrights reverted to Bethesda after the final settlement, they soon returned to Steam. It remains to be seen if they will return to [=GoG=].

** '''ED-E''' is the Enclave Eyebot who hooks up with The Courier. [[VideoGame/FinalFight Edi.E]] is the crooked cop from Metro City.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes[=/=]ScrewedByTheLawyers: Seems to be the case with the original three games now, as they've been taken off GoG.com and Steam, and their current status is unknown.
** They have since been put back on Steam, with Bethesda now the publisher of these games in Interplay's place. It remains to be seen if they will return to [=GOG=].