Summary
For the most part, fans of theFalloutfranchise games have been surprised to see how faithful the recently releasedFalloutShow is to the post-nuclear RPGs that came before it. Not only does the new show adapt its source material with a surprisingly detailed level of accuracy, but it also leaves its own mark on theFalloutfranchise’s canon lore for fans to experience.
From subtle details and throwback references to other cleverly hidden secrets,theFalloutshow is packed with easter eggsthat fans have slowly been discovering in the short time since the release of the series. One such easter egg is a clever reference to the film that inspired the entireFalloutfranchise,A Boy And His Dog.
The Fallout Show is Packed with Easter Eggs
There are seemingly dozens of Easter eggs hidden in the newFalloutshow in nearly any given scene. Even though references to the source material hardly qualify as Easter eggs, there’s such a wide variety of thoughtful homages toevery game in theFalloutfranchisewithin theFalloutshow that one could argue that these otherwise easily missable and insignificant details are indeed Easter eggs.
Overall, there are so many secrets in theFalloutshow’s first season that even franchise veterans are likely to miss several of them upon their first viewing of the show. Among the different Easter eggs in theFalloutshow are recurring references to the filmA Boy And His Dog.
The filmA Boy And His Dogis referenced multiple times throughout the games in theFalloutfranchise, though it makes a much more explicit appearance in theFalloutshow.
The Movie that Inspired the Fallout Franchise
A Boy And His Dogwas originally a novella that was later adapted into a movie, depicting a boy, Vic, and his telepathic dog, Blood, surviving the American wasteland in a post-nuclear apocalypse. This movie would ultimately go on to be a big inspiration for plenty of stories set in post-apocalyptic worlds, especially theFalloutfranchise. Not only was this movie an inspiration forthe originalFalloutgames developed by Interplay, but it continues to be referenced throughout the modernFalloutgames developed by Bethesda, as well as the newFalloutshow.
A Boy And His Dog References in the Fallout Show
Multiple scenes directly referenceA Boy And His Dogthroughout the first season of theFalloutshow. The most explicit of these references can be found at six minutes and thirty seconds into Episode Six:The Trap. In this pre-war flashback scene showingtheFalloutshow’s main character the Ghoulwhen he was still an actor, a poster can be seen in his house advertising the fictional film ‘A Man And His Dog’ starring himself and his family dog, Roosevelt, as the titular roles.
Outside of this, the Ghoul referring to his newfound dog companion as ‘Dogmeat’ on various occasions is also a reference to the film. This is a nickname that the main character sometimes uses to refer to his dog inA Boy And His Dog, which has becomea tradition in theFalloutfranchisefor players to refer to their dog companions in the games using this nickname as well.
TheFalloutshow’s references to this film truly highlight how detailed and faithful this adaptation is to both the franchise’s source material and its roots.Falloutfranchise fans who have already finished watching every episode of the show should consider checking out the film that inspired theFalloutfranchise, which is also available on Amazon Prime Video, to witness one of the franchise’s inspirations firsthand.
Fallout
Fallout is a franchise built around a series of RPGs set in a post-nuclear world, in which great vaults have been built to shelter parts of humankind. There are six main games, various spin-offs, tabletop games, and a TV series from Amazon Studios.
