Line #39 EnsembleDarkHorse/Fallout


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9	!!Series-wide:
10	* Vault Boy, the amazing retro mascot who appears in Pip-Boy images and Vault advertising. He's so popular, he even made it into VideoGame/SuperSmashBros. as a Mii costume!
11	* Harold, who has been in ''Fallout 1'', ''2'', and ''3'', and gone from a human to a ghoul, and then finally to an undead un-living tree thing.
12	!!''VideoGame/{{Fallout 1}}'':
13	* Dogmeat, a dog that can join your team early in the game, was so popular that he returned in every major Fallout game to date, with the exception of New Vegas.
14	!!''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'':
15	* [[TheRemnant The Enclave]], who are the antagonists of both the second game and the third, have a ''huge'' [[RootingForTheEmpire fanbase]].
16	* Sergeant Dornan is especially notable, since despite being merely an extra, he was given a talking head and a ''truly'' [[OneSceneWonder legendary]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkKkHmFOfKE voice over.]]
17	!!''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'':
18	* Ironically, Charon, a ''Ghoul'', is one of the most fangirled characters. Probably has something to do with his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing]] meaning that it's [[PowerPerversionPotential impossible for him to disobey any orders given to him]] by those "owning" him.
19	* '''LIBERTY PRIME''' (caps and bold a must) - a HumongousMecha who [[CurbStompBattle makes his way through Enclave troops with no effort]], throwing mini-nukes at them [[LargeHam while spouting loads of anti-communism messages]]. Fans love him for being the ''epitome'' of the [[LethalJokeCharacter Lethal Joke Character]].
20	!!''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'':
21	* [[ColdSniper Boone]] is somewhere between this and MemeticBadass.
22	* [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Cass]] probably has the most FanArt and New Vegas's [[LauncherOfAThousandShips fandom bicycle]].
23	* On a more general note, the [[MauveShirt First Recon Snipers]] are pretty popular.
24	* YesMan counts as well - it helps that he's voiced by Creator/DaveFoley.
25	* Veronica has also become quite popular. This is in no small part due to her being voiced by Creator/FeliciaDay and the [[JerkassWoobie Mojave BoS]]' [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Man]].
26	* [[BadassPreacher Joshua]] [[ImplacableMan Graham]] only shows up in the game's shortest DLC, and his bigger, active role is only by the end. And yet the amount of attention he gets is huge. Helped by the fact he's among the game's biggest badasses, what with getting thrown into the Grand Canyon while on fire and ''walking it off''.
27	* Sunny Smiles (and her dog, [[CanineCompanion Cheyenne]], by extension), found in [[FirstTown Goodsprings]], is beloved by large portions of the fanbase. This is in no small part because she's [[NiceGirl remarkably friendly]], [[JustifiedTutorial helps teach the Courier how to survive in the]] [[DeathWorld Mojave Wasteland]], [[MsFanservice rather easy on the eyes]], and always encountered early-on in the game due to her being literally in the town the Courier wakes up from after getting shot in the head (creating a sense of familiarity with her). Many fans were disappointed that she wasn't a companion or even a romance option.
28	* [[JokeCharacter Mr. Fantastic]], the [[KnowNothingKnowItAll Know-Nothing Know-It-All]] "scientist" working for the NCR at [[ThePowerOfTheSun HELIOS One]], is largely enjoyed by the fans because of his utterly laughable incompetence.
29	* [[CoolOldGuy Easy Pete]] has acquired memetic status as some kind of hardcore unkillable God. It's in part because usually in evil runs he's the first one to get killed.
30	!!''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'':
31	* Curie has won a lot of admirers for her gentle French accent and {{Adorkable}}[=/=]ThePollyanna personality.
32	* The [[ShowWithinAShow Silver Shroud as a character]] is a hilariously awesome parody of 40's and 50's comic heroes like ''ComicBook/TheSpirit'' & ''Radio/TheShadow'', and is very well-liked for the LargeHam.
33	* Except for [[TheScrappy the one poor member who keeps handing you radiant quests]], the [[WeHelpTheHelpless Commonwealth Minutemen]] are by miles the most popular of the four factions despite being the least important to the overall plot. This is because many fans admire them for their [[MugglePower Muggle Power]], ability to potentially become [[TookALevelInBadass the most powerful faction in the Commonwealth]] [[MagikarpPower with some help by the player]], their [[GangOfHats unique American Revolutionary aesthetic]], and being one of the [[NiceGuy friendliest factions]] in the entire game. Many old-school ''Fallout'' fans also like them for how they're heavily based after the Desert Rangers from ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland}}'', which the ''Fallout'' series is a SpiritualSuccessor to.
34	* Magnolia, the singer at The Third Rail in Goodneighbor. She has a [[MysteriousPast mysterious past]], [[MsFanservice is gorgeous]] ''and'' a non-companion romance option, [[MrViceGuy remarkably friendly]], and is even voiced by Creator/LyndaCarter! She also sings her own unique songs that Lynda Carter actually wrote for the game - all of which are [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic pretty damn good]] and catchy.
35	* [[DeadpanSnarker KL-E-0]], the [[KillerRobot Assaultron]] vendor in Goodneighbor. Despite her not playing that big a role, many fans love her for her [[ComedicSociopathy hilariously dark sense of humor]], seductive voice, and [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman surprising level of humanity]]. Several fans have expressed disappointment about not being able to [[{{Robosexual}} romance her]]
36	* [[GreaserDelinquents The Atom Cats]], a gang of Power Armor enthusiasts, also get a lot of love from the fanbase despite only being part of one side story connected to a single settlement. Fans love them for being [[NiceGuy incredibly friendly]], [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass surprisingly badass]] (they ''are'' all wearing suits of [[PoweredArmor Power Armor]], of course), having [[AndYourRewardIsClothes unique Power Armor paint jobs]], and generally being hilarious (what with them [[JiveTurkey only talking like the Tunnel Snakes]] and conducting ''[[WarriorPoet poetry nights]]'' [[SophisticatedAsHell about Power Armors]]).
37	* [[BombThrowingAnarchists "The Grenade Guy"]], an unnamed, unseen NPC mentioned by Raiders in idle dialogue at various locations. He's some kind of delusional Creator/{{Michael Winslow}}-esque lunatic who escapes from encounters with Raiders by making sound effects, with his signature bit that earned him his nickname being to mime throwing grenades at Super Mutants, complete with the sound effects of pulling the pin and the grenade exploding. It turns out that this is CrazyEnoughToWork, since it confuses and disorients the Mutants enough for him to make his escape, ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments which he does while pretending he's on a motorcycle]]''. Many players have expressed disappointment that it's not actually possible to meet "Grenade Guy" InUniverse.
38	* [[AffablyEvil Pickman]], a SerialKiller encountered during a minor side quest given by Hancock, has a significant fan following - likely thanks to his polished, handsome outward appearance and [[DissonantSerenity oddly charming demeanor]]. The fact that he [[AssholeVictim only seems to prey on]] [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Raiders]] makes him more of a sympathetic SerialKillerKiller also helps.
39	* There's also the Vault-Tec Rep, the salesman who saved the Sole Survivor's family in the prologue but himself failed to enter a Vault. Two hundred years later he's a lonely Ghoul living in Goodneighbor. After he talks about how miserable he's been since the war, most players choose to offer him a job in an outpost, which brightens his outlook considerably. The fanbase largely enjoys giving him another chance to find some honest work and make some friends after two centuries as a societal outcast.
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