Duck and Cover

I could have sworn there was one because I found an reference. Secret Service Agent Frank Horrigan is a reference to Secret Service Agent Frank Horrigan, played by Clint Eastwood, in In the Line of Fire.

It's late and I don't ever remember hearing about that particular Easter Egg.

Wow, me neither.

Throw another pop-culture reference on the fire...

I know I'm going to read like an arsehole but thats pretty fucking old. IIRC there was a pretty concise easter egg list at NMA.

Hee. "Arse".

Censoring yourself is for pussies.

a bit daft , aren't you

What draws me to boywoos' comment is not the spelling, which is actually and for once correct, but the reservation he seems to imply with regard to behaving as an arsehole !

Boywoos, have you forgotten one of/the reason(s) any of us even bother with this bloody board ? ARE YOU LOSING THE PLOT ? DID YOU HAVE A PLOT TO BEGIN WITH ? WAS IT ALL A LIE !?

Given current context, both dear Sub and Ernest, appear to be gleefully maintaining their usual level of ignorance. Hats off. Hats. Off.

"Arse" sounds funny. Even better is that the British apparently feel "arse" is more obscene than "ass".

Blargh wrote:Given current context, both dear Sub and Ernest, appear to be gleefully maintaining their usual level of ignorance. Hats off. Hats. Off.

Cute.

Subhuman wrote:Even better is that the British apparently feel "arse" is more obscene than "ass".

Technically, that is so, as 'arse' is correct whilst 'ass' is a sadly common bastardisation, corrupt to the point of effectively being a completely different word. Whee, linguistics.

Ernest wrote:Cute.

'Tis nothing personal. Really !

There's a line that you can say when you become a porn star, along the lines of "You have become a star. A bright, shining star!" It sounds like a reference, but I have no idea what.

Also, a fun one is when you blow up the enclave, then talk to Father Tully (I think) and he goes "I felt a great disturbance, as though millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were silenced." I guess we all know where that one came from.

Also in the boxing arena in Reno, there's a ton of Rocky references.

My favorite reference might be when Myron decides to tag along, and you go "It's 106 miles to Arroyo, we've got a full fusion cell, half a pack of Radaway, it's midnight, and I'm wearing an 80-year old vault suit. Let's hit it." - from Blues Brothers, a great movie.

Also when you're in Modoc and you win the Brahmin-nugget contest, that's directly out of the Chevy Chase movie "Funny Farm".

The prostitutes in Reno say some funny things, like "I'd rather be with Avellone" and "When in doubt, whip it out" and "Myron: All wax, no wick"

I also like when you meet the sheriff in Redding and you start exchanging cliche's from Clint Eastwood movies. Careful though, there's a seemingly innocuous reply you can make that initiates combat. Forgot what it was though.

Blargh wrote:Technically, that is so, as 'arse' is correct whilst 'ass' is a sadly common bastardisation, corrupt to the point of effectively being a completely different word. Whee, linguistics.

Actually ass was always the name for a mule, and since mules are so stubborn and difficult, ass became slang for "butt". Arse was a less-offensive slang for ass that became popular before "ass" diminished in vulgarity. And the British, being stubborn, kept the word in their vernacular. That's how I understand it, at least, but I could just be trippin.

Careful though, there's a seemingly innocuous reply you can make that initiates combat. Forgot what it was though.

Something to the effect of, "... I'm here in town to kick ass and chew gum. And I'm out of gum."
"You gonna slap leather and draw that smoke wagon or you gonna stand there and sweat." Was a line from Tombstone.

Franz Schubert wrote:Actually ass was always the name for a mule, and since mules are so stubborn and difficult, ass became slang for "butt". Arse was a less-offensive slang for ass that became popular before "ass" diminished in vulgarity. And the British, being stubborn, kept the word in their vernacular. That's how I understand it, at least, but I could just be trippin.

Arse is an old English word for buttocks. Whether it was originally vulgar or not, or when it became used as vulgar slang I don't know. Ass as you say is a mule, the use of ass as slang 'you look like an ass' was to say someone looked foolish like a mule, not that they looked like part of the human anatomy. The use of ass instead of arse for the nether regions is American (probably to make it less offensive).

Ok you brits have your story, I've got mine.

The slaves making booze in the Wright basement sometime blurt out things about "Doublethink" or "Doublespeak" or something with "double"... well anyways, this is a rare reference to George Orwell's book 1984.

Also, when you can no longer make porn movies in Reno your(male) charecter quotes Dirk Diggler in "Boogie Nights" .... dont remember the quote exactly, but its something like "Its me and its my big cock... and without it you aint nothing" or something along those lines...

"You're not the boss of me, Jack. You're not the king of Dirk. I'm the boss of me. I'm the king of me. I'm Dirk Diggler. I'm the star. It's my big dick and I say when we roll."

That's the quote you're looking for.


"Fallout is brought to you by the Fallout Team, Interplay Games and the letter Q. Have A Nice Day."

Not exactly proper for this forum, but thought I should point this out, being an easter egg thread and all. FOT is swamped with them. Pitch Black, the Brothers Grimm, even General Barnaky is a double reference. In addition to the obvious Full Metal Jacket reference, General Barnaky was the general overseeing the graduation ceremony in Stripes.

Twigman wrote:Not exactly proper for this forum, but thought I should point this out, being an easter egg thread and all. FOT is swamped with them. Pitch Black, the Brothers Grimm, even General Barnaky is a double reference. In addition to the obvious Full Metal Jacket reference, General Barnaky was the general overseeing the graduation ceremony in Stripes.

I wouldn't call FoT's blatant in-your-face references "easter eggs".

EDIT: Except for the character Roshambo being a rambling, ranting crazy who doesn't care for many people.