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'''Note:''' In the original ''Fallout'' the protagonist is a blank slate character whose name, age, gender and personality is fully customizable. In all subsequent games the actions of the first game are attributed to a male character known only as "the Vault Dweller", hence the name.
* [[Action Survivor]]: Through a combination of guile and badassery, they survive impossible odds and change the world.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Just some kid from a Vault sent out into the world with little more than a handgun, a jumpsuit and some water flasks. Ended up becoming one of the most influential figures in post-apocalyptic history.
* [[BFG]]: If the [[Fallout 2|''Vault Dweller's Memoirs'']] recap in the Fallout 2 manual is to be believed, s/he stormed the Mariposa Base wielding one.
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* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: You get to name the protagonist at the start of the game, and since most of the dialouge is in text only most other characters will call you by that name.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Playing a character whose INT score is lower than 4 [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|gives you rather hilarious results]]. The full effects arguably count as a [[Deconstruction]]: your character is functionally retarded and learning new skills becomes extremely slow. Most of the Wasteland treats you as a joke and many quests can't be started since your speech is by far too impaired for normal conversation.
* [[One-Man Army]]: If his memoirs are any indication then he had few allies with him in his journey, most of whom died at some point or another. He also indicates that the way he resolved problems, typically with super mutants, involved him going guns blazing.
* [[Protagonist Without a Past]]: Averted if you pick one of the three pre-made characters, who each have a short backstory. Otherwise played straight. Justified for the most part since you have never been outside Vault 13 before in your life and before that were likely just like any other citizen living a normal life.
* [[Retcon]]: No one actually calls you "Vault Dweller" in the game. In fact almost no one know that you come from a vault, and if you decide to tell anyone they won't belive you. The nickname was made up for the sequel, where they talk as if it was the only name you were ever known by.
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The leader of Vault 13. It is his job to see that Vault 13 continues to function peacefully, effectively and unopened. After the Vault's water chip broke down, he was forced to choose one young Vault Dweller to find a new one. {{spoiler|He is also well aware of the Vault Experiment and intends to keep it going for the designated 200 years. After the Vault Dweller had saved the day, he prepared a present for his champion - a banishment. He argued that had the hero stayed in the Vault, the other Vault Dwellers would have gotten it into their heads that outside world wasn't completely uninhabitable and left the safety of the Vault to the [[Crapsack World|cold, unforgiving wasteland]]. This decision came to bite him in the ass when the entire Vault turned against him for exiling their hero and executed him after finding out about the Vault Experiment.}}
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** In an [[Alternate Ending]] (if you have bad karma or the Bloody Mess trait), the Vault Dweller shoots the Overseer in the back before leaving.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Subverted {{spoiler|while he appears to be both reasonable and well-meaning he is also willing to keep the insane Vault Experiment going and exile the Vault Dweller after s/he wasn't needed anymore.}}
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** It's more reasonable to assume that he lied to the Vault Dweller so s/he would not know and spread word of the Vault experiment.
* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]
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=== Ian ===
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* [[Artificial Stupidity]]: "You are standing in my line of fire. That's better now watch out for that forcef--- [[Too Dumb to Live|DOGMEAT,]] [[Big No|NOOO]]"!!
* [[Badass Family]]: Given the badassery of his [[Identical Grandson]] and ''his'' pups, it's safe to say that ass-<s> kicking</s> biting is [[In the Blood]].
* [[Canine Companion]]: A loyal one.
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Dogmeat has tons of action points per turn and a nasty bite. Too bad he can't wear armour...
* [[Self-Imposed Challenge]]: Keeping Dogmeat alive can be a bit frustrating, especially in the last few levels where he's constantly in harm's way. To make matters worse, you can't give him any kind of instructions or tell him to stay put, meaning that he'll be the first to run into a fight. It is possible to make him survive the entire game, but it's tricky. Then again, by that point he is more trouble and there isn't any other tangible reward other than [[Video Game Caring Potential|a warm fluffy feeling]].
* [[Shout-Out]]: To hero's [[Canine Companion]] in both [[Mad Max]] AND [[A Boy and His Dog]].
* [[Suicidal Overconfidence]]: "Dogmeat, don't get too close to that Deathclaw/Super Mutant wielding Minigun/forcefie--" **ZAP** [[Big No|"DOGMEAAAT!"]]
* [[Team Pet]]: He's often the only animal you can get to follow you. ''Fallout 2'' has other dogs you can acquire, but none of them are as famous (or powerful) as Dogmeat.
* [[Video Game Caring Potential]]: You can pet him, treat his injuries, feed him yummy food and prevent him from dying horribly while he tries to defend your life. *Sniff*
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* [[Straight Edge]]: She stays off drugs and alcohol because she once witnessed a good friend die of an overdose.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Throwing knives.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue
=== Tandi ===
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Aradesh's daughter who is kidnapped by the raiders. She accompanies the player for a short time after rescuing her, or permanently if you don't return to Shady Sands. In ''Fallout 2'' she is the President of the New California Republic.
* [[100% Adoration Rating]]: There is a reason why she's President for life, they keep voting her in.▼
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Which makes sense, given that Vault 15 was deliberately made as multi-ethnic as possible as part of the Vault Experiment.
* [[Big Good]]: In ''Fallout 2'', being largely responsible for building up [[The Federation|the NCR]] into the Wasteland's only known functional post-war democracy.
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* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: The 80 years between games did not do her well.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: In ''Fallout 2''
▲* [[100% Adoration Rating]]: There is a reason why she's President for life, they keep voting her in.
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=== Aradesh ===
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The owner of Junktown's casino, he aims to take out Killian and seize the town for himself.
* [[Fat Bastard]]: Somehow managed to become mordibly obese to the point he can't move by himself in a scarce post-apocalyptic world.
* [[Orcus on His Throne]]: Justified to a degree in that it seems he couldn't get up from his desk if he tried.
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* [[Body Horror]]: Comes with the territory of contacting FEV.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Some [[NPC]]s remark that he has a lot of interesting stories to tell. They're not lying.
* [[The Grotesque]]: Even by comparison with ghouls, Harold is unpleasant to look at.
* [[Mr. Exposition]]: He provides a lot of [[Backstory]] for the game, especially about {{spoiler|Richard Grey, before he became the Master.}}
* [[Plant Person]]: In ''[[Fallout 1]]'', he just looks like a ghoul. In ''[[Fallout 2]]'', what appears to be a tree starts growing out of his head. In ''[[Fallout 3]]'' {{spoiler|he pretty much ''becomes'' a tree.}}
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Uses this a lot as a coping mechanism.
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=== John Maxson ===
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Head scribe of the brotherhood of steel.
* [[Bald Woman]]: Well, except for her ponytail.
* [[Meganekko]]: Which may be the reason she is unbelievably cute despite the above trope.
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* [[Berserk Button]]: One wrong word said to him and he'll quickly snap. Since he's not, if not barely, relevant to the story, it's better not to even talk to him at all (lest he throws you out of the Brotherhood of Steel).
* [[Knight Templar]]
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