Fallout 3

Video Game
STUDIO Bethesda
RELEASED 2008

In the far future where Earth has become a devastated wasteland, you're the child of the noted scientist James in the underground Vault 101 that's in the Washington DC area. Upon reaching adulthood, your father has mysteriously disappeared into the outside for some unknown purpose. Soon, you're forced to flee outside yourself from the murderous tyranny of the Vault Overseer who'll not tolerate such dissent. Now, you'll begin the search for your father as your adventures begin that'll either bring hope to that dismal world or destroy it.

Knowledge

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Fawkes' Blade Runner Battle Cry

When Fawkes lands a power attack, he snarls 'Wake up... time to die!', a direct lift from Leon's line to Deckard in Blade Runner.

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Rory McLaren's Cool Hand Luke Line

Rory McLaren will exclaim 'Nobody can eat 50 eggs!', a nod to the famous egg-eating bet at the heart of the 1967 Paul Newman film Cool Hand Luke.

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Bryan Wilks and the TV Dinner Line

During the 'Those!' quest, young Bryan Wilks hides in a Pulowski Preservation shelter and mutters 'Now I know what a TV dinner feels like', a quote lifted straight from Die Hard.

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Callahan's Magnum

The unique revolver Callahan's Magnum takes its name directly from Harry Callahan, Clint Eastwood's iconic character in Dirty Harry.

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The McClellan Family Townhome's Bradbury Tribute

This whole location is a deep-cut homage to Ray Bradbury. The self-operating house, the dead family dog outside, and the Mister Handy reciting a 1920s poem all mirror Bradbury's short story 'There Will Come Soft Rains.' The family surname is even a play on Bradbury's own name from Fahrenheit 451, and the house number references the story's setting year.

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Sergeant RL-3's MacArthur Quote

The robotic companion Sergeant RL-3 declares 'Old warbots never die! We just rust away,' twisting General Douglas MacArthur's real-life farewell line, 'old soldiers never die; they just fade away.'

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Mister Gutsy's Apocalypse Now Line

In combat, Mister Gutsy robots sometimes chirp 'there is nothing I like better than the smell of plasma in the morning', a rewrite of Robert Duvall's iconic napalm line from Apocalypse Now.

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Charon's Beatles Reference

Ask ghoul companion Charon to switch to ranged weapons and he'll remark that he 'finds happiness in a warm gun', a nod to The Beatles' 'Happiness Is a Warm Gun.'

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Robobrain's Portal Homage

When a Robobrain loses track of you, it may ask 'Are you still there?' Developer script notes explicitly label this line as an homage to Portal.

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"You Can't Stop the Signal"

After completing the Galaxy News Radio quest, DJ Three Dog shouts 'You can't stop the signal!', a direct quote from the film Serenity.