20 'Fallout' TV Show Easter Eggs Fans Might Have Missed

Found In:Episode 6 - "The Trap"

FalloutVault-Tec features a phone number fans can call for an Easter egg. During a Vault-Tec ad, Cooper Howard (Walton Goggins) tells people to call now for shelter. The number is 213-25-VAULT (213-258-2858).

Callers receive blood-curdling screams.

Text, and you get this response:

Thank you for texting Vault-Tec. The next appointment is 33 weeks from now; stand by!

Found In:Episode 8 - "The Beginning"

Barb Howard (Frances Turner), Cooper Howard (Walton Goggins), wife to future Ghoul and current cowboy, a high-ranking Vault-Tec exec, appears at the end of the series. She is found to be a mastermind of the nuclear holocaust, killing billions to boost vault productivity. She helped Vault-Tec coordinate with other companies for this investment.FalloutThe companies let investors buy in by promising vaults and access to "materials," such as dwellers for human experimentation, letting each company shape a new future.

Vaults pitched during the meeting include:

Robert House, CEO of Rob-Co, praises the idea of recreating the human race as "fun" with "lots of earning potential."

Found In: Episode 1 - "The End"

Lucy (Ella Purnell) introduces herself and asks the council to pick her for the marriage trade. She lists her skills and abilities, mirroring the game's SPECIAL stats: Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, and Luck. This system defines the game's main character, just like the show.

Found In: Episode 8 - "The Beginning"

Barb Howard (Frances Turner) says, "War never changes," arguing Vault-Tec should drop the bomb instead of China or America. They can profit from the timing, not wait for war or a peace that will never settle.

Almost everyFallout game starts with this phrase too.

Found In: Episode 1 - "The End"

At the birthday party Cooper Howard (Walton Goggins) attends, the kids watch Grognak The Barbarianon a small black-and-white TV to distract them from adult talk. The show and episode, "Grognak The Barbarian and the Ruby Ruins," is a Pip-Boy game you play in Fallout 4.

Grognak the Barbarianis an in-game comic series players collect to get a "Barbarian perk" in the game. Finding all comics gives the player up to a 50% boost to unarmed critical damage in combat.

Grognak's axe, a unique weapon, appears in a comic book store. The game states hits from this weapon cause "more stagger and targets take bleed damage."

Found In:Episode 7 - "The Radio"

Before Norm (Moisés Arias) hacks the Overseer's computer, the screen shows the same scrambled symbols used inFalloutgames for password-protected computer hacking mechanics.

Found In:Episode 1 - "The End"

As Lucy (Ella Purnell) crosses the desert, she spots an old Assaultron rotting in the Wasteland. These were the scourge of players inFallout 4. The military originally used these; they attack players and will not stop until their core is damaged.

Found In:Episode 2 - "The Target"

Ma June (Dale Dickey) has many gadgets, gizmos, whozits, and whatzits in her shop that reference the game. This includes everything from Vault Boy bobbleheads to Big Boss cigarettes on the shelves. Fans have found items like:

Found In:Episode 7 - "The Radio"

Thaddeus (Johnny Pemberton) struggles reaching the Red Rocket gas station. He locks his dog, Dogmeat, in a Nuka-cola machine, telling himself, "He'll be fine." Luckily, the Ghoul (Walton Goggins) arrives and reunites with "not his dog," saving the dog from a bad end.

InFallout 4,The Red Rocket gas station is where the player first meets Dogmeat.

Found In:Episode 8 - "The Beginning"

The show features Robert House (Rafi Silver) as the CEO and founder of Rob-Co Industries. In real life, he acts as a greedy, evil executive with no feeling for human life.

In the game, he gets stronger, gaining near immortality. Mr. House (voiced by the late, great René Auberjonois) founded Rob-Co and rules the New Vegas Strip as President, CEO, and all-powerful ruler. He controls New Vegas tightly and is the main enemy ofFallout: New Vegas.

For Mr. House, only loyal, obedient residents are good. The strong serve, the weak die, and those who obey survive as long as they follow the rules.

Found In: Episode 8 - "The Beginning"

After Lee Moldaver (Sarita Choudhury) makes Hank MacLean (Kyle MacLachlan) admit his part in Vault-Tec's plan to start the holocaust, she demands the cold fusion reactor access code for free power. The code is 101097, referencing October 10, 1997, the date the originalFalloutgame released.

Found In:Episode 4 - "The Ghouls"

After Lucy (Ella Purnell) escapes the Super Duper Mart, she gets better gear to move through the Wasteland. Adding the leather bandolier and various holsters references armored vault jumpsuits found in multipleFallout games.Lucy's New Look References The Armored Vault Jumpsuits Found In Multiple Games.

Found In: Episode 1 - "The End"Episode 1 - "The End"

Norm (Moisés Arias), a fun-loving American teen, plays a video game, especially.'Atomic Command' on the Pip-Boy is a playable game in 'Fallout 4'.runs on his Pip-Boy. This happens in'Atomic Command' on the Pip-Boy is a playable game in 'Fallout 4'., gamers can play collectable holotape mini games inside the main game, including'Atomic Command' on the Pip-Boy is a playable game in 'Fallout 4'., Red Menace., Pipfall., and many others.

Found In: Episode 2 - “The Target”Episode 2 - “The Target”.

A Yao Guai, a mutated American black bear running wild, attacks Titus and Maximus.Fallout 3.andFallout 4.The name is Chinese ("yaoguai" or "妖怪") for "demon."

Found In:Episode 1 - "The End" and Episode 3 - "The Head".

The Vault Boy's thumbs up gesture gets a backstory in the show. Cooper Howard (Walton Goggins) conceived the move during a photoshoot while modeling blue and yellow suits. This occurred when he was happy in his marriage and doing a favor for his wife; he still thought of her as lovely.

Viewers learn in the first episode the gesture has a darker meaning. After refusing the gesture in a photo, Cooper tells his daughter Janey (Teagan Meredith) he will not use it anymore. He explains that in the military, he learned to use it to judge radiation cloud size. If the cloud exceeded a thumb, it meant running or hiding was pointless; just accept your fate.

Found In:Episode 4 - "The Ghouls" and Episode 6 - “The Trap”.

At a party at Cooper Howard's (Walton Goggins) home for Vault-Tec, we meet his Hollywood friend Sebastian Leslie (Matt Berry). Leslie reveals he sold his voice rights to Vault-Tec for the Mister Handy machines in the show and the game. While hitting on servers at the party, Leslie introduced himself as his Hollywood character, Bartholomew Codsworth. Leslie played this butler in one of his movies.

"I, Bartholomew Codsworth, am ever ready to serve."

InFallout 4.Codsworth is the Mister Handy robot butler name that assists the player in missions.

Found In: Episode 4 - "The Ghouls"Episode 4 - "The Ghouls"

The Ghoul (Walton Goggins) finds old work by Cooper Howard. He gets sentimental and plays it on the old Radiation King TV and playback machine. This machine works like a Betamax, but it lacks sophistication.

The TV references aSimpsons.episode, "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy," where the TV also shows the Radiation King logo. Homer had this TV as a child. The joke points out early vacuum tube TVs emitted radiation levels beyond modern safety standards.

Found In:Episode 8 - "The Beginning"

Frederick Sinclair (Michael Mulheren) from Big MT attended an executive meeting about profiting from the end of the world, using survivors as test subjects. Gamers may know his name but not his face; they are not used to seeing him with flesh.

Sinclair appears inFallout: New VegasHe appears as a skeleton. Players find clues about his life and his role with Big MT while exploring the game. The show lets players see him alive, well, and facing his horrible fate.

Found In: Episode 1 - "The End"

Dane (Xelia Mendes-Jones) heals in the med tent after a hidden razor blade slices open her lower leg, holding a magazine for entertainment. The magazine on the side table isGuns & Bullets: Special Issuewith a cover story reading, "The Moon: A Communist Doomsday Device?!"

This magazine is inFallout 4.Pick it up, or any otherGuns & Bullets An issue found in-game increases the player's critical hit damage with ballistic weapons by 5%.

Found In: Episode 1 - "The End"

Cooper Howard (Walton Goggins) is a big star in the world ofFallout, and he often wears his trademark blue shirt and matching hat in many movie posters, such asThe Man from Calabasas and Gun. His fame and wife eventually got him a job promoting Vault-Tec's vaults as the poster boy for their vault program.

Audiences first see Cooper performing at a kid's birthday party in his trademark colors. Cooper appears a few times in the series in his blue and gold. Look closely. His blue satin shirt and yellow fringe closely match Vault-Tec's blue and gold piping uniforms. Vault-Tec likely used this because it connects their uniform to their poster boy, Cooper. This was not the only inspiration Vault-Tec took from Cooper.