The perfect Fallout Easter eggs within the Prime Video present

Fallout is braving a complete new world — type of. The brand new present from Prime Video is blazing a path in the identical continuity as that of the video games. It’s a daring selection for a online game present (notably when so many both simply adapt the primary plot of the sport or create a wholly separate timeline to muck about in), although consistent with the open-world RPG spirit of Fallout.

And it signifies that Easter eggs aren’t essentially simply little nods to the sport. Positive, a few of them is perhaps. However they might even be laying the groundwork for season 2. Both approach, they’re further enjoyable to concentrate to on the planet of Fallout, which is totally stuffed with them. Right here’s (the continuing record of) each Easter egg we noticed in Fallout, separated out behind spoiler warnings as needed:

Pip-Boys and terminals

There are just a few references to the retro laptop interfaces gamers work together with within the Fallout franchise. Within the first episode, Lucy’s little brother, Norm, is goofing off enjoying Atomic Command — a holotape from Fallout 4 — on his Pip-Boy. Afterward, he must hack right into a Vault terminal, and it’s the identical hacking minigame gamers are acquainted with. Unhealthy for operation safety, however nice for anybody who must uncover an eerie conspiracy.

Enemies ahoy

A few of the enemies from mainline Fallout video games present up within the present to menace our protagonists. This consists of raiders — in episode 1, one bloodthirsty raider menacing Chet pulls out a fight chem that appears and sounds lots like Psycho. We additionally get to see our first Radroach in episode 2 when Dogmeat snacks on one (that was about to snack on Lucy).

Brother Titus of the Brotherhood encounters a yao guai, a mutated and monstrous bear that first appeared in Fallout 3 and returns in each New Vegas and Fallout 4. An excellent mutant additionally reveals up on a set of needed posters, exhibiting that these large inexperienced menaces are nonetheless round to a point.

Skeleton crew

In episode 2, Lucy explores a small, deserted home. The cabinets are affected by knickknacks, however the inhabitants of the home are all useless. Lucy observes the state of affairs and uncovers the reason for their demise: Rat poison was added to their final supper. This scene establishes the horrors of the Wasteland, however it additionally looks like a nod to Bethesda’s infamous behavior of littering skeletons in all places for ambient storytelling.

Refreshing drinks

Nuka Cola reveals up at varied factors within the present, which is smart, because it was the preferred fizzy beverage earlier than the bombs dropped. In episode 3, we are able to additionally spot an commercial for Sundown Sarsaparilla, a New Vegas beverage with a really annoying facet quest associated to gathering Sundown Sarsaparilla caps.

Later within the episode, the Ghoul encourages Lucy to drink filthy, stagnant water, her rad counter clicking wildly as she desperately quenches her thirst. Slurping down nasty water is mainly a ceremony of passage for Fallout followers.

The inhabitants of Vault 33 discover out that their water chip is damaged — just like how the primary Fallout begins with a Vault’s water chip breaking, kickstarting the occasions of the complete franchise. It’s like poetry; it rhymes.

Reclamation Day

Lucy is shaken by seeing so many individuals above the floor as a result of she was raised to imagine in Reclamation Day, when the Vaults would open and her individuals would come to recivilize the world. She’s stunned to search out it’s already been settled, and new wars have erupted between new societies. Reclamation Day can be a serious a part of Fallout 76, with the inhabitants of Vault 76 coming into Appalachia to resettle the land.

Purple Rocket

The Purple Rocket is a well-known model of truck stops and gasoline stations that reveals up in Fallout 3, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76. Positive sufficient, there’s one within the Prime collection as nicely, and the Ghoul finds a trusty German shepherd there. The participant in Fallout 4 additionally finds their German shepherd companion exterior a Purple Rocket station, so there’s a parallel there. Positive sufficient, shortly after this scene, the Ghoul calls the canine Dogmeat. That’s the canine title we’re all used to from the Fallout video games, and that makes it canon within the present, too.

Radio broadcasts

Is it even a Fallout if there’s not a radio station broadcasting out to the Wasteland, staffed by an eccentric host? Fred Armisen performs a radio host obsessive about the technicalities of music and desirous to dish in regards to the ins and outs of sound high quality to anybody who stumbles by. Plainly if there’s a post-apocalypse, there’ll at all times be somebody who emerges from the ashes to begin their very own radio station.

The origins of Vault Boy

As promised, Fallout delivered on giving us the backstory of Fallout’s peppy Vault Boy mascot. It even manages to reference fan theories in regards to the thumbs-up.

The extra spoiler-y Easter eggs

[Ed. note: These Easter eggs involve spoilers for later episodes — read on only if you want to know!]

The Commonwealth

Early on, Fallout followers could discover Elder Cleric Quintus reference “the Commonwealth,” which serves because the setting for Fallout 4. That is only the start of tie-ins to the video video games, and there are many lore-heavy Easter eggs that can doubtless repay in season 2.

The lead farmer’s uniform

When the Ghoul goes to menace a lead farmer for data, the lead farmer greets him in the identical Ranger Armor Outfit that followers will probably be acquainted with from New Vegas.

As one other enjoyable Easter egg, the lead farmer really lives in a residence that the participant can construct for his or her settlements in Fallout 4.

Shady Sands

Shady Sands is the very first settlement the Vault Dweller finds within the first Fallout, and it served as the primary capital of the New California Republic. We study that it was nuked off the map, although we don’t know by whom. A chalkboard in Vault 4 reveals us just a few of the occasions, however we’re not given a lot context — although we do study Maximus is a survivor of the assault.

The destruction of Shady Sands is an enormous deal, and explains why the NCR presence is so minimal by the map — based mostly on the occasions of New Vegas, one would assume that this area could be absolutely NCR territory. Plainly the NCR’s diminishment has allowed each the Brotherhood and the Enclave to thrive.

The company council

Within the remaining episode, we see a set of company heads meet to debate the approaching apocalypse and their monetary methods. The convention has Robert Home in attendance for RobCo, in addition to a consultant of the Large MT. New Vegas followers will acknowledge each of these names instantly — Mr. Home is the mysterious entity who guidelines New Vegas, and the Large MT is the scientific dystopia on the middle of the DLC pack Outdated World Blues.

Hank’s PIN

The quantity Hank sorts in on the NCR compound is 101097 — a callback to the unique Fallout’s launch date, Oct. 10, 1997.

New Vegas, child!

The ultimate shot of season 1 is the settlement of New Vegas, and as an additional tease, we are able to spot the cranium of a Deathclaw. Deathclaws are one of many nastiest enemies in the complete franchise, and town of New Vegas is wealthy with intrigue — so it’s a superb strategy to tease season 2.