10 Things Only REAL Fans Noticed in Fallout Season 2
10 Things Only Real Fans Noticed in Fallout Season 2
Welcome to MojoPlays, and today, we’re taking a look at 10 things that only true fans noticed in Season Two of “Fallout”.
Fisto
By now, you’ve probably heard some fans freaking out of some random Protectron appearing in the show. Indeed, the fifth episode of Season Two shows a brief scene where the snake oil salesman sits down for a date with a rather filthy-minded Protectron. This robot is none other than Fisto, a strange and risque machination featured in “Fallout: New Vegas”. Players were able to meet Fisto in Cerulean Robotics located within Freeside, so fairly early in the game. And yes, you can hire Fisto for his…um, “services” if you’re into that kind of thing.
Clancy Brown
No, we’re not counting the actor himself exactly. We all know who Clancy Brown is; the guy’s a legend in the world of entertainment, having voiced Dr. Cortex in “Crash Bandicoot” and Lex Luthor in a number of DC Comics-related products. But the special thing about his appearance in the “Fallout” TV show is that he does have a bit of history with the franchise. Way back in 1997, Brown voiced Rhombus in the original “Fallout” game. Rhombus was not a U.S. President, but a Paladin serving the Lost Hills chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel.
Giddyup Buttercup
Granted, the Giddyup Buttercup toy has already made an appearance in the “Fallout” TV series…sort of. The sixth episode of Season One showed a newspaper that mentions a lawsuit involving the toy pony. We finally get a proper look at it in the sixth episode of Season Two when Lucy visits her old bedroom. Next to the head of her bed sits a yellow Giddyup Buttercup. Gotta say, it’s a lot smaller than what the ads indicated.
F.E.V.
There were a handful of times throughout Season Two where characters mention or allude to a mysterious disease known as the “Forced Evolutionary Virus”. This was a bioweapon created by West Tek Corporation, meant to alter a being’s DNA in however way it sees fit. Throughout the “Fallout” games, the virus has been responsible for creating super mutants, floaters, and, more infamously, Centaurs. Judging from the way Thaddeus has been slowly mutating throughout the show, we have a strong feeling that the serum he drank was the F.E.V., and he’s now on his way to becoming a Centaur.
“Patrolling the Mojave…”
In the beginning of Season Two’s second episode, we get a glimpse into the final hours of Shady Sands. Unbeknownst to the town’s residents, a caravan is approaching with a man repeatedly saying “Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.” An ominous uttering in hindsight, but this phrase does actually come from “Fallout: New Vegas”. Players may recall some instances where NPCs that aligned with the NCR would sometimes greet the player with that phrase…for some reason.
The Posterboard
In the seventh episode of Season Two, we see Chet begin to unravel Stephanie’s devious deeds and slowly discover that she is not who she appears to be. The breaking point was a diversion tactic she employs to get Vault 32 to forget about Woody’s sudden disappearance. When Chet discovers he is getting married to her the next day, we can see the posterboard filled with other “Fallout” iconography and references. Two posters show Vault Boy in his Sniper and Ninja perk appearances. There is also a notice regarding a lost book called “Dean’s Electronics”, which is an actual item you can pick up “New Vegas” and the mainline games to greatly increase your Repair skill permanently.
“War never changes.”
“Say the line, Bart!” Honestly, we thought the show would go its entire run without uttering the same three words we’ve heard in every “Fallout” game. “War never changes.” We’ve heard this line delivered by famed actor Ron Perlman several times and several times more when replaying the games. Well, we managed to get to Season Two’s sixth episode before it was finally said. When confronting his wife about her role in the bombs dropping, Cooper says the phrase, but in a way to tell Barbara that he knows everything and that he’s trudged through the path of violence and horror before.
HELIOS One
This power plant was one of the coolest locations in “Fallout: New Vegas” (next to the Sunset Sarsaparilla factory and the town of Primm, of course). HELIOS One was once regarded as “the Dawn of a Golden Age” with its solar-power infrastructure, but its development was never officially finished on account of the bombs dropping and wiping out most of humanity. So, what does this have to do in the show? Well, eagle-eyed viewers may have spotted this in the third episode of Season Two. As Harkness and Maximus head out, they pass by a large building in the desert. Yep, that is HELIOS One in the distance!
“Uranium Fever!”
For “New Vegas” fans, Season Two was probably perfect in how it incorporates familiar locations and imagery from the 2010 game. But there was some love for “Fallout 4” fans as well, and the second support group meeting was the best of the bunch. Reg’s support group is gorging on rations, and in a moment to liven up the party, Reg hops on the piano and fantasizes an entire snack-fueled dance party. “Uranium Fever” was such a fitting choice for this moment and a polite nod to “Fallout 4” fans as the song was a massive hit among players back in 2015. The song also may indicate that Season Three may be moving us to the Commonwealth…or maybe we will in Season Four.
The Frozen Zetan
When the Brotherhood of Steel discover Area 51, they find a ton of items and technology from before the war that have been preserved. Along with a classic car, they find a frozen alien carcass…until they shove it to the ground and completely ignore it. Hardcore “Fallout” fans know that that corpse was no generic alien corpse. No, the Brotherhood had found remnants of the Zetans. These extraterrestrial beings have appeared in every Bethesda-published game from “Fallout 3” onwards, and they do indeed look like the corpse we saw in the show. However, you may need to obtain the Wild Wasteland perk in “Fallout: New Vegas” if you want to encounter them yourself.
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