History Trivia / Fallout4

* IncestousCasting: Sheng Kowalski has a unreciprocated crush on Nat Wright. Both kids are voiced by lead designer Emil Pagliarulo's children.

* CastIncest: Sheng Kowalski has a unreciprocated crush on Nat Wright. Both kids are voiced by lead designer Emil Pagliarulo's children.

* CastIncest: Sheng Kowalski has a unreciprocated crush on Nat Wright. Both kids are voiced by one of lead designer Emil Pagliarulo's children.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/MatthewMercer typically voices characters with a BadassBaritone. His performance as [=MacCready=] uses a higher-pitched voice that could be easily mistaken for Creator/YuriLowenthal.

* CreatorBacklash: While Bethesda Game Studios is still proud of their work on the game, Creator/ToddHoward has gone on record admitting that he and the other developers regret implementing [[ScrappyMechanic the cut-down dialogue system]].

* DuelingGames: With ''VideoGame/Wasteland2'', which released its Director's Cut Edition making the game available to consoles 5 months prior. Both games are sequels to [[WesternRPG Western RPGs]] set in a [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] United States. Ironically, ''Wasteland 2'' is made by many of the people (Director/Producer included) who worked on Fallout 1 and 2 [[note]] and much later, VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas [[/note]] who created ''Fallout'' as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Wasteland'' because they couldn't get the rights from Electronic Arts at the time. Many Fallout veterans see ''Wasteland 2'' as a SpiritualSuccessor to the first two ''Fallout'' games because it's an isometric [=CRPG=] with a turn-based combat system.

** There was at one point an underwater combat system in place for the game, and a weaponized harpoon gun was made to compliment it. There was also a cut quest called "Twenty Leagues Under The Sea" that likely would have showcased this mechanic. The quest would have also included Vault 120, an underwater Vault near the Nahant Oceanological Society. Aside from assets that remain in the game engine, players can find purported evidence of this in-game by swimming into the water around Nahant, where a very complex series of pipes and tanks wind down deep to the ocean floor, but apparently have no purpose. Presumably, they would have been part of the quest or were just meant to connect to Vault 120.

** Much like ''Fallout 3'' and ''New Vegas'', players would have been able to have Dogmeat accompany them along with a standard companion, rather than Dogmeat occupying the "companion" slot. It's not fully clear why this option was cut, but it appears to have been done late in development -- all followers have dialogue where they comment on Dogmeat being injured in combat, [[NonPlayerCharacter NPCs]] that refer to your companions will comment on you having both Dogmeat and another companion with you, and in both instances their dialogue was recorded and remains in the game.

* RoleReprise: In a sense. Creator/KarenStrassman plays yet another female ghoul, Overseer Barstow, a few years after [[VideoGame/Fallout3 3]] and [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas New Vegas]].
* RelationshipVoiceActor: Katy Townsend (Cait) and Ryan Alosio (Deacon) were friends before they were even cast in the game. In the same vein, Courtenay Taylor (Female Sole Survivor) and Keythe Farley (Kellogg) were close friends as well, making their characters' hostile interactions even better.
* TalkingToHimself: Many [=NPCs=] in the game are voiced by the same actors, invoking this if/when they speak to each other. Most prominently, Nick Valentine and Codsworth are both voiced by Creator/StephenRussell, and swapping between them provides a literal example of this trope. Brandon Keener (the voice of Garrus in VideoGame/MassEffect) is also common throughout the game, with over 50 voiced roles, including several generic wastelanders. ''Far Harbor'' additionally introduces us to [=DiMA=], who's Nick's "twin brother" unit and likewise is voiced by Russell, and the two of them have quite a lot of dialogue together.

* NamesTheSame: When you go to Diamond City, [[VideoGame/WarioWare don't expect to play microgames]].

* DuelingGames: With ''VideoGame/Wasteland2'', which released its Director's Cut Edition making the game available to consoles 5 months prior. Both games are sequels to [[WesternRPG Western RPGs]] set in a [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] United States. Ironically, ''Wasteland 2'' is made by many of the people (Director/Producer included) who worked on Fallout 1 and 2 [[note]] and much later, VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas [[/note]] who created ''Fallout'' as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Wasteland'' because they couldn't get the rights from Electronic Arts at the time. Many Fallout veterans see ''Wasteland 2'' as a SpiritualSuccessor to the first two ''Fallout'' games because it's an Isometric [=CRPG=] with a turn-based combat system.

* {{Defictionalization}}: The special edition of Fallout 4 comes with an actual Pip-Boy shell that you can put your smartphone in. There's also a "Pip-Boy OS" app that interfaces with the game (via a local network) and can completely take over all functionality of your in-game Pip-Boy, including equipment changes, item usage, fast travel, etc. They've even releasing a [[http://store.bethsoft.com/pip-boy-deluxe-bluetooth-edition.html special edition]] with a built-in screen and a new version of the Pip-Boy OS that let's it double as a secondary smart device via a Bluetooth connection, although it's only a 5,000 unit run and it doesn't integrate with the game in any way.

*** The Harpoon Gun itself, on the other hand, has been reused in the Far Harbor DLC.
** Early concept art reveals that Mama Murphy was at some point intended to [[http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/File:Mama_Murphy_concept_art.png sit in a modified Mr. Handy wheelchair]]. A shame this got cut.
** Visiting the Combat Zone reveals a rather underwhelming raider dungeon filled with mooks and a recruitable companion. Many fans speculated that this was originally going to be an arena that the player could participate in but similarly to the arena in [[{{VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim}} Skyrim]], it was scrapped in the end. Digging through the voice files confirms this, as Tommy Lonegan, the owner of the Combat Zone, has voice files talking to the player about cage matches and "rising through the ranks", and even taking an elevator in the stage floor to rise to the arena. The absence of said elevator suggests the idea may have been cut rather early, but ultimately the voice files proves that it was originally intended as an arena.

* FanNickname:
** In lieu of an official nickname for the Sole Survivor(s), numerous fan versions came about. These included "Mr. and Mrs. 111"[[note]]Based on their Vault's number[[/note]] and "Nate and Nora."[[note]]Based on their default names[[/note]] "Howard" was also a common nickname for the male protagonist, as it was the name used for the E3 gameplay reveal.
** The incredible popularity of the building system, [[SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer which greatly distracts many players from the actual quests]], led to some nicknaming the game ''[[VideoGame/TheSims The Sims: Apocalypse]]'' and others.
** There's also "Mayor [=McDonut=]" for Mayor [=McDonough=], "Presto Gravy" for Preston Garvey and variations of "Cornflakes" for Kellogg.
** Paladin Danse is often jokingly referred to as [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]], as he resembles the small toy hero both in appearance (wearing heavy armor with his default Recon helmet being Buzz's "cap"), and personality as a stereotypical heroic LawfulGood champion of an advanced faction. That he also tends to sound like Creator/TimAllen also helps. It extends past appearances, [[spoiler: because Danse doesn't realize that '''[[TomatoInTheMirror HE. IS.]] [[YouAreWhatYouHate A.]] [[ArtificialHuman TOY!]]''']]
** Preston Garvey is sometimes referred to as "Preston Taylor" due to his similarity to [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 Jacob Taylor]], being a level-headed, military minded black man who joins up early and is fairly normal compared to the more zany companions.

* DuelingGames: With VideoGame/{{Wasteland 2}}, which released its Director's Cut Edition making the game available to consoles 5 months prior. Both games are sequels to [[WesternRPG Western RPGs]] set in a [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] United States. Ironically, Wasteland 2 is made by many of the people (Director/Producer included) who worked on Fallout 1 and 2 [[note]] and much later, VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas [[/note]] who created Fallout as a SpiritualSuccessor to Wasteland because they couldn't get the rights from Electronic Arts at the time. Many Fallout veterans see Wasteland 2 as a SpiritualSuccessor to the first two Fallout games because it's an Isometric [=CRPG=] with a turn-based combat system.
* FakeIrish: Native born Scotswoman Katy Townsend voices the Boston-Irish Cait.

* ActorAllusion
** [[Creator/SeanSchemmel Strong]] mistaking the "Milk of Human Kindness" for [[IsItSomethingYouEat something you actually eat]]? [[Anime/DragonBallZ Why does that sound familiar]]?
** Not exactly the first time Creator/CrispinFreeman's voiced a [[Anime/{{Hellsing}} member of a highly secretive, morally grey faction]]. Although ironically, he has to be worried being eaten ''himself'' via Trappers.
** Creator/AshlyBurch once again voices a character called [[VideoGame/Borderlands2 Tina]]. A different character she voices, [[AxCrazy Cricket]], is what Tiny Tina could have become when she grew up. This Tina [[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange has a connection to "chems", often mentions someone named Rachel, and desperately wants to leave the place she's living in right now.]]
** In yet another ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' allusion, Dani Knights, the voice behind Victoria, is now voicing another spoiled rich girl in the form of Emogene Cabot.
** In the ''Nuka-World'' DLC, Creator/RobinAtkinDownes is [[VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird once again a gang boss who has grown complacent]], and still sporting an out-of-place Cockney accent.

** In yet another ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' allusion, Dani Knights, the voice behind Victoria, is now voicing another spoiled rich girl in the form of Imogene Cabot.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Katy Townsend (Cait) and Ryan Alosio (Deacon) were friends before they were even cast in the game.
* TalkingToHimself: Many [=NPCs=] in the game are voiced by the same actors, invoking this if/when they speak to each other. Most prominently, Nick Valentine and Codsworth are both voiced by Creator/StephenRussell, and swapping between them provides a literal example of this trope. ''Far Harbor'' additionally introduces us to [=DiMA=], who's Nick's "twin brother" unit and likewise is voiced by Russell, and the two of them have quite a lot of dialogue together.

** Sony ultimately canning the [=PS4=] mods for ''Fallout 4'', or rather the original version Bethesda planned. As of now, there's no official reason by Sony themselves on why.

* TalkingToHimself: Many [=NPCs=] in the game are voiced by the same actors, invoking this if/when they speak to each other. Most prominently, Nick Valentine and Codsworth are both voiced by Creator/StephenRussell, and swapping between them provides a literal example of this trope.