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This folio lists cultural references in Fallout 76.

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"A sense of pride and accomplishment"

"A sense of pride and accomplishment" being one of the workplace benefits at the Mount Blair Trainyard is a reference to the about downvoted Reddit comment in history. In response to criticism confronting steep requirements for unlocking iconic characters in the 2017 game Star Wars Battlefront II, a corporate account for Electronic Arts replied by maxim that "the intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking unlike heroes." The annotate was widely mocked and seen equally disconnected from the playerbase.^{[1] [2]}

Alien

At the AVR Medical Center, in the "Employees Only" area on the first floor, 1 tin can detect a Jangles the Moon Monkey doll lying on a stretcher with a toy alien attached to its face. This is a reference to the "facehuggers" from the Alien franchise.

Alice in Wonderland

• Backside the counter at the Giant Teapot, there is a series of wooden blocks that spell out "LATE" next to a flake of paper with "10/six" written on it. These are references to the Lewis Carroll novel Alice in Wonderland.
• Another Alice in Wonderland reference can exist found east of the Tyler County Fairgrounds, at the unmarked location known as party time diners. There is a table at the elevation of the mountain reminiscent of the Mad Hatter's tea political party, and several hats and board games are found around the table in-game.

Back to the Future

Inside the doghouse of the isolated motel is a mathematical formula written in chalk: R_{\mu \nu} – \tfrac{i}{ii} R g_{\mu \nu} + \Lambda g_{\mu \nu} = \frac{viii \pi G} {c^4} T_{\mu \nu}. This is an Einstein field equation, starting time published by Albert Einstein in 1915. However, this does not directly reference Albert Einstein but more so Einstein the dog from Back to the Future.

Large Blood brother

The Insult Bot was inspired by The Zingbot from the reality TV series Big Brother.^[3] The Zingbot and Insult Bot both say "Zing!" afterward their i-liners.

Biggest Ball of Twine

According to Giles Sweetwater, the world's Biggest Ball of Twine is located in the state of Kansas, though he notes that there is some controversy over this subject field.^[four] The existent-life world-record holding biggest twine brawl in terms of circumference is located in Cawker City, Kansas, and there have been multiple other contenders for this title beyond various U.S. states.

Breaking Bad

Just north of Saccharide Grove is an unmarked location called the barrel burial site. There, an individual was given pre-State of war money to bury some containment barrels.^[5] The scene of their skeleton (in a lab glaze), the partially buried barrels, a Choice-R-Up, several stacks of cash and a gas mask all reference a scene from Breaking Bad in which Walter White buries barrels full of money in the desert.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Willie is a deceased ghoul in Appalachia whose body holds The Golden Holotape, a reference to the Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Willie's proper noun is similar to that of Willy Wonka, the owner of the chocolate manufactory, and the "Golden Holotape" replaces the "Gilt Ticket" needed to enter the factory.

Colossal Cave Take a chance

In the glassed cavern, in that location is a small area full of ultracite ores and a series of wooden blocks that spell out the discussion "PLUGH." This is a reference to Jumbo Cave Adventure, a text adventure game from the 1970s. One scenario from the game involves the actor graphic symbol hearing the give-and-take "plugh" coming from a hollow voice in a nighttime pit.

Developers

Ms. Gudkina

• The words "Todd Howard is astonishing in everything his hands touch - no kidding" appears to be written in the lower two lines of the text in the top heart of the Periodic Table of Elements affiche, though the word "is" does non appear as conspicuously equally the surrounding text and may non be the correct discussion.
• Vault-Tec Academy professors J. Hollar and Chiliad. Espino, whose names appear on a sign for an part in the university interior, are references to earth artists Jarrod Hollar and Gabriel Espino.
• Watoga High School contains several references to Fallout 76 developers, through the signs displayed outside of sure classrooms. Teachers Mr. Dobert and Ms. Gudkina are references to David Dobert and Katya Gudkina respectively. Professor Duvall is a reference to Jon Paul Duvall.
• Trevor, from the chem and hoop shack, is a reference to level designer Trevor Swafford.
• Holotape for Rose contains a binary file, which, when translated, includes "corrie.treadway" and "CTREADWAY1z" in the transcript. Corrie Treadway is a programmer at Bethesda Softworks who worked on Fallout 76 as a quest designer and writer.
• Several pre-War prisoners and guards at Eastern Regional Penitentiary reference Bethesda Softworks employees. Baby-sit Kurt Coolman is a reference to quest designer Kurt Kuhlmann, while the names of William Shen and Ryan Jenkins are straight references to quest designer William Shen and former Bethesda level designer Ryan Jenkins, respectively. David "Zeb" Kook is a reference to designer David "Zeb" Melt, who worked on Fallout two and currently serves every bit a designer on The Elder Scrolls Online.
• J. Schram, a cat killer who lived in a house virtually Morgantown, is a reference to former Bethesda level designer Justin Schram, credited with special thanks on Fallout 76.
• Z. Wilson, whose name appears on a mailbox in Welch, is a reference to level designer Zachary Wilson.
• Joon, a resident of Vault 51 whose name is institute on chalkboards in Nuclear Winter, is a reference to concept creative person Joon Choi.
• The initials "RDM" are etched in chalk on summit of the water tower at The Whitespring Station. These are the initials of Steve Massey's brother.^{[half dozen]}

Devil May Cry

Apart of the Fallout Worlds update, a globe type Dweller Must Die is in reference to the Devil May Cry series and its hardest unlockable difficulty Dante Must Die that has appeared in all games. Additionally, both the Dweller and Dante Must Die difficulty modes generally reach the aforementioned outcome of difficulty by making enemies tougher/more resistant and practice increased harm to the player.

Distant Drums / Wilhelm Scream

The memetic "Wilhelm Scream" is briefly heard in a promotional video for Fallout 76. ^{[clarification needed]}

Dog Day Afternoon

Pre-State of war banking company robber Al Wortzik's proper noun is a reference to the 1975 motion picture Dog Day Afternoon, a movie inspired by a real-life depository financial institution robbery. The character Sonny Wortzik is played by actor Al Pacino, and Al Wortzik'southward name is a combination of these two.

Doom

A ready of wooden blocks in the flat building with the Nuka-Cola billboard on the due east side of Morgantown spells out "BFG," a reference to the weapon commencement actualization in the Doom franchise, published by Bethesda Softworks since 2010.

Dril

The final line of the annotation Skeleton extraction guide is a reference to a well-known tweet from popular Twitter user @dril, stating that "if your grave doesnt say "rest in peace" on it y'all are automatically drafted into the skeleton war."

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

You're finally awake...

• The raid decals used past the raiders are strikingly similar to the Shadow marks used by the Thieves Guild in Skyrim, down to sharing the "loot" and "empty" marks.
• At the Mount Blair Trainyard, there is a serial of wooden blocks that spell out "WE KNO" next to a framed movie with a bloody handprint on it. This is a reference to the Dark Brotherhood's mysterious note in Skyrim.
• On a path w of Vault 96, in that location is a carriage conveying 3 dead settlers that resembles the intro scene of Skyrim. Information technology is a possible location to wake upward at after drinking Nukashine, referencing Skyrim's role player character waking up in the carriage during the opening cinematic.
• One question in the Medic Pioneer Sentry examination involves a patient that has been shot in the knee. One incorrect answer is to "advise Ricky to surrender on adventuring," a reference to the memetic line "I used to be an adventurer similar you lot. Then I took an arrow in the human knee..."
• Rudy Fernandez volition occasionally say "Rudy has wares, if you take caps." This is a reference to a like line spoken by the Khajiit in Skyrim ("Khajiit has wares, if yous have coin.").
• Sara Matthews voices her distaste for the name of the Brotherhood of Steel and floats the "Dark Brotherhood" as a potential different proper name for them. This references the Nighttime Alliance, an order of assassins which appears in The Elderberry Scrolls series.^[7]

Fallout: New Vegas

A cannibalistic raider group that previously existed in Appalachia were known as the Gourmands. In Fallout: New Vegas, the White Glove Social club operated a restaurant named the Gourmand, besides serving human flesh.

Friends in Low Places

The achievement trophy Friends in Low Places references the Garth Brooks song of the same name.

Futurama

The terminal entry "Expert news, everyone!" constitute at the RobCo Research Center is a reference to the blithe series Futurama. Professor Farnsworth'southward catchphrase in the show is "Good news, everyone!" which appears on the immobile weapons research concluding. "Bite My Rusty Metallic Ass" can be found in the Metal Dome, a reference to Bender's catchphrase.

Game of Thrones

In the Fallout 76 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide, an unmarked location northward of the Sunshine Meadows industrial farm, consisting of two skeletons on toilets, is named Game of Thrones. This is a reference to the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones.^[viii]

Google Abode statement

The random see with two Mr. Handies talking back and along in an countless loop is a reference to a January 2017 video stream of two Google Home devices (also named Mia and Vlad) stuck in a loop request each other questions.^[9]

Hackers

The terminal sentence of the annotation My advice, "Information technology's in that place where I put that matter that time," is a reference to the 1995 moving-picture show Hackers. The character Ramόn Sánchez says the same matter while making a telephone call from prison house.

Village

Squires R. Rosen and Gilden, the last known survivors of the original Appalachian Brotherhood of Steel, are a reference to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, characters who always appear equally a pair in Shakespeare's play Hamlet.

Harry Potter

TestZach, a test cell in the game'due south files, has the display name of "Snape Kills Dumbledore." This is a reference to Harry Potter and the One-half-Blood Prince. This crucial event in the plot was widely spoiled earlier the volume's release, turning the phrase into a meme relating to spoilers every bit a whole.^[ten]

Headlight fluid

Headlight fluid, a trolling bait and meme used to transport someone on a search for something that doesn't be, is referenced in the R&G Processing Services terminal entries, when Manager Jarrett Delgado suggests giving a task to Pat Rhodes involving the nonexistent item. Headlight fluid was popularized through its appearances on radio shows and the Rooster Teeth series Red vs. Blueish.

It

Inside of a refrigerator at the Whitespring Golf Society, there is a clown holding a red balloon in reference to Pennywise the Clown from Stephen King'due south It, who is oftentimes menacingly portrayed with a ruby balloon.

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

During the quest Mother of Invention, when extracting the mysterious component from the machine cadre at Fort Atlas, the player grapheme is given the option to rapidly swap it out with a heavy sack of dirt. This is a reference to what Indiana Jones does in the 1981 flick Raiders of the Lost Ark, while stealing a gilt idol from a temple in Peru.

James Bond

The name of the quest From Russia With Lev is a reference to the 1957 James Bond novel, and later on the 1963 movie From Russia, with Love.

Jesco White

Jesse "The Dancin' Bandit" White, a pre-War country vocalizer who had a set list for a concert at The Rusty Pick, is a reference to Jesco "The Dancing Outlaw" White, a folk dancer from West Virginia. The fix list also contains a number of real-life country songs, including ones by Jason Isbell and Jamey Johnson, among others.

Jim Croce

Leroy Dark-brown, a guard at Eastern Regional Penitentiary, shares a name with a character in the vocal "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Jim Croce.

The Kids in the Hall

The Garrahan Mining Headquarters concluding entries mention a Family Fun Mean solar day consequence featuring the band Rod Torfulson'south Armada. This is a reference to the Canadian sketch comedy show The Kids in the Hall, which featured a rock ring with the same proper name.

Killing Them Softly

The perk card design for Enforcer parodies a affiche for the 2012 picture Killing Them Softly, in which Brad Pitt plays a mafia enforcer named Jackie Cogan.

The Fable of Zelda

Vendor bot Raiders reference a famous line in The Legend of Zelda, saying "it's dangerous to become lone."

Little Miss Muffet

The title of the quest Who Saturday Down Beside Her is a reference to a line of the plant nursery rhyme Trivial Miss Muffet.

Solitary Ranger

During the quest Strength in Numbers, Polly requests the player to acquit her, maxim "Yous heard the homo, Silverish. Hi-ho."^[xi] This is a reference to the Lone Ranger'south catchphrase upon getting on his horse, Silver.

Loss.jpg

There is a picnic table at the glamping site west of the Pumpkin House with 7 beer bottles on it that are positioned in reference to "Loss," an infamous comic that often takes a minimalist form in Net memes, using just seven lines in a sequence.

The Magic School Bus

In the parking lot outside of Camden Park, there is a schoolhouse jitney with a serial of wooden blocks spelling out "MAGIC" lying on the dashboard. In the driver'due south seat is an orange necktie Mr. Fuzzy with a clipboard and a clown hat, a reference to Ms. Frizzle from the educational cartoon The Magic Schoolhouse Bus.

The Man Who Fell to Earth

The title of the quest The Woman Who Fell to Earth, is a reference to the title of the novel "The Homo Who Roughshod to Earth" and its 1976 film adaption.

Mary Had a Little Lamb

The proper name of the operation «MARY'S Petty LAMB» in the Calvin'due south security lawmaking is a reference to an English language nursery rhyme Mary Had a Piffling Lamb.

The Mist

The fog crawlers could be an allusion to the arachni-lobster creature from Stephen King's novella The Mist. The similarities include a mysterious crustacean, which dwells in an unnatural fog.

Monster Factory

Well-nigh the Kanawha Nuka-Cola plant, there is an unmarked riverside cottage that references the webseries Monster Manufacturing plant past Justin and Griffin McElroy. Characters from their Fallout 4 series are mentioned at the house. The proper noun "PAM" is spelled out in wooden blocks on top of the TV and there is a dapper, wedding-ready radroach in the bathroom, a reference to the graphic symbol Roachie. In the series, Pam claims that her real son is a coffee can, and the same particular tin be found in a crib in the cottage. The destroyed Mister Handy is a reference to Codsworth, whom Pam calls her "metallic husband."^[12]

Monty Python

The lumberjack Protectrons at Gilman lumber mill will occasionally say "Lumberjack Protectron works all night and also works all day," a variation on a line from "The Lumberjack Vocal."

The Most Dangerous Game

The holotape The Addington's Dangerous Game references "The Near Unsafe Game," a brusque story by Richard Connell in which the protagonist is stranded on a Caribbean island, where he is hunted by an aloof large game hunter, a similar situation to the proposal Westley Addington makes.

Murderhobo

Johnny Weston will refer to the role player equally "Helm Murder-hobo" in conversation during the setup of the quest The Ol' Weston Shuffle should the player character ask "Why don't we just go at that place, kill everyone and save Hal?" ^[13] "Murder hobo" is a term related to role-playing games (usually in table-top games) to depict players that are unattached to the context and events existence presented and solve all bug with wanton violence.

Murdoch Mysteries

At the Tiptop of the World, there is a customer comment terminal. One of the entries contains references to the Canadian mystery TV prove Murdoch Mysteries on CBC. The heading reads "W. Murdock & J. Ogdin," which are references to the titular character of the television set show (William Murdoch) and his wife, Dr. Julia Ogden. The text also refers to a "Crabtree Burger," which is a reference to some other grapheme on the show, George Crabtree. Finally, one of the burger ingredients is listed equally "Canadian Bacon," which is a nod to the show's origin and shooting location.

Neil Armstrong

The proper noun of the quest One Modest Step is a reference to the first words spoken on the Moon, said by Neil Armstrong: "That's one pocket-size footstep for [a] man, i behemothic leap for mankind."

The Office

In the Camden Park terminal entries, Marty Porkins is promoted to the position of Assistant to the Park Manager, before the title is changed to Assistant Park Managing director. This is a reference to a running gag from The Office, in which Dwight Schrute (in the U.S. version) or Gareth Keenan (in the U.1000. version) repeatedly claims that he is the Assistant Regional Manager, forcing others to correct him with his actual position, the Assistant to the Regional Manager, a much less valuable championship.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

At Fort Defiance, there is a room on the showtime flooring, in the southern not-Brotherhood wing, with a skeleton lying in bed, wearing a nightcap and a pillow over its face up. This is a reference to the catastrophe of the 1975 film I Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, where McMurphy is smothered with a pillow while in an aviary.

Peanuts

In the woods almost Vault 76, there is a doghouse with a skeleton sprawled on its roof, baseball items lying on the ground exterior and a birdhouse on a nearby tree. These are references to Snoopy, Woodstock and other characters from the comic strip Peanuts.

Pied Piper

The Eyebot Pied Piper random encounter is a reference to the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, who leads rodents by playing music to articulate out a town'southward rat infestation.

Rebel Wilson

Pre-War prisoner "Insubordinate" Wilson shares a name with Rebel Wilson, an Australian actress and author best known for her portrayal of the character Fat Amy in the Pitch Perfect film series.

Record scratch - freeze frame

The annotation My story, found at the Tyler Canton Fairgrounds, is a reference to an Internet meme about a movie cliché in which a tape scratch is played while the film freezes on a particular frame, followed past a graphic symbol explaining how they got themselves in a particular situation. It was start popularized on 4chan'due south /Television set/ board in 2015.^[14]

Robin Hood

The perk images for the Archer, Expert Archer, and Master Archer reference the English language folk hero Robin Hood. Hood was a legendary archer who in most pop culture depictions wears a dark-green cap with a feather in information technology and facial hair like to the Master Archer perk card.

Rodney Dangerfield

The note Rodney'southward poem, added to Clancy Manor in Wastelanders, is a reference to stand up-up comedian Rodney Dangerfield. Each line of the poem is a punchline to one of Dangerfield's famous i-liners.

The Shining

• Torrance Business firm contains multiple references to The Shining, including the "redrum" scene, the fire axe and the hedge maze. The name itself is also a reference to the main characters of the film.
• On the second floor of the quondam Allegheny Aviary, in that location are wooden blocks that spell out "redrum" on the floor.

The Simpsons

Dick Shale's audio tour of Uncanny Caverns references a running gag in The Simpsons, where character Troy McClure greets his viewers with "Howdy, I'm Troy McClure. You may remember me from such [films, educational videos, voiceovers, etc.] every bit..."

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Tanagra Town and the "Darmok + Jalad" graffiti in the motorcoach stop there are references to the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Darmok." In the episode, an conflicting ambassador from a race that communicates using metaphors constantly makes reference to "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra."

Thomas & Friends

The train-version of Vault Male child seen on the Ordnance Express perk card shares a striking resemblance to Thomas the Tank Engine, the protagonist of the children's television serial Thomas & Friends.

Throw Momma from the Train

The note Untitled is a reference to the opening scene of Throw Momma from the Train, in which character Larry Donner suffers from author'due south block and can simply come up upwards with "The dark was" on his typewriter.

Titanic

In the middle of the dry Summersville Lake, east of the Lakeside Cabins and nearly a red gunkhole, at that place is a female skeleton lying on a door, reaching out to a partially-sunken arm from some other skeleton. The scene mimics the characters Rose and Jack from the 1997 film Titanic.

Toy Story

East of Bleeding Kate's Grindhouse, there is a Comrade Chubs teddy conduct sitting on the front of a truck on the highway. This is a reference to the ending of Toy Story 3, where the adversary, teddy bear Lotso, is found past a trucker and tied to the front of his vehicle.

Truthful Detective

The mycology notes found at the abased Bog Town directly quote Rust Cohle from the first flavor of the Television series True Detective, stating that "time is a apartment circle."

Videodrome

The first line of the holotape Cultist - Mind'south Center - The cathode ray tube is the retina to the mind's heart - is a directly reference to the 1983 film Videodrome, wherein the graphic symbol Dr. Brian O'Blivion states "The television screen is the retina of the mind's eye" and further posits depictions on television are equally a real as raw feel for the viewer.

Wasteland

The name and gameplay of the video game Wastelad is a reference to Fallout 's spiritual predecessor Wasteland.

We Bare Bears

In a belfry at the Palace of the Winding Path, where the kid's note is plant, there is a stack of three teddy bear variants that resembles the principal characters of We Bare Bears, an animated television series that began airing in 2015.^[fifteen]

Willow

In the 1988 film Willow, a character named Madmartigan is found in a crow's cage - a unmarried occupant suspended cage. This is like to how Hank Madigan dies at Top of the World.

The Sorcerer of Oz

In a cutting terminal entry from her bunker, Ella Ames writes that "Nosotros're not in Kansas anymore!" which is Dorothy'southward first line upon arriving in Oz.

Zero Wing

In the unused quest Extreme Measures, 1 of the lines used by the Interrogatron in the event of the role player graphic symbol's death is "Assessment - all your secrets are belong to us." This is a modification of 1 of the lines from the poorly translated introduction to the European console port of the arcade game Nothing Wing, "All your base are vest to usa", which has since become an internet meme.^[16]

References

1. ↑ Mount Blair Trainyard terminal entries; supervisor's last, Update Benefits
2. ↑ Congratulations to EA for Posting the Most Hated Annotate in Reddit History
3. ↑ BGS_Steve on Bethesda Game Studios' official Discord
4. ↑ Vault Dweller: "A Giant Teapot. In Appalachia. Really?"
   Giles Sweetwater: "Only of course, friend. Earlier the owners settled on the Teapot, they had considered making the world'due south Biggest Ball of Twine. Merely there was already considerable controversy on that account. If y'all ask me: Kansas."
   (Sweetwater/Dialogue)
5. ↑ Fallout 76 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide p. 476: "The Mire (Zone B) - Secondary Locations
   31. Butt Burial Someone was paid stacks of cash to bury some barrels at the edge of the Mire. The prewar money is even so there, every bit useless as the skeleton."
   (Fallout 76 Vault Dweller'due south Survival Guide Atlas of Appalachia)
6. ↑ BGS Official: Easter Egg, fifteen June 2021
7. ↑ Vault Dweller: "What do you lot think about the Brotherhood?"
   Sara Matthews: "Brotherhood of Steel? I mean, Steel is cool and all, merely kinda lame, right? Should have been like... Alliance of Terror... Brotherhood of the Night... Like a Nighttime Brotherhood or something."
   (Sara Matthews' dialogue)
8. ↑ Fallout 76 Vault Dweller'due south Survival Guide p. 293: "The Wood (Zone A) - Secondary Locations
   28. Game of Thrones: Two skeletons face off on a leafy hillside, each sitting on a toilet. The duel doesn't cease well for either party."
   (Fallout 76 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide Atlas of Appalachia)
9. ↑ Thousands of People Are Watching Two Google Homes Fence With Each Other on Twitch
10. ↑ Snape Kills Dumbledore at Know Your Meme
11. ↑ Polly: "You lot heard the man, Silver. Hi-ho.
    ^{[verification needed]}
12. ↑ Fallout 76 Makes Monster Mill'southward 'The Terminal Pam' Canon
13. ↑ Vault Dweller: "Why don't we just go at that place, kill everyone and relieve Hal?"
    Johnny Weston: "Whoa, kick it down a notch, Captain Murder-hobo. That'south plan B. Plan A is all well-nigh safety and finesse."
    (Johnny Weston'southward dialogue)^{[verification needed]}
14. ↑ *Tape Scratch* *Freeze Frame* at Know Your Meme
15. ↑ We Bare Bears comparison
16. ↑ Interrogatron: "Assessment - all your secrets are belong to u.s.."
    (Interrogatron/Dialogue)

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