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The Sole Survivor knows them by another name - {{spoiler|Shaun I}}. The mysterious Director of the Institute, who has a very personal & hidden relationship with the Sole Survivor.
* [[Affably Evil]]: He's very polite and always cordial to the Sole Survivor, even when he's likely facing down the literal barrel of a gun in their first meeting.
* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: His death is absolutely '''''heartbreaking''''', and is practically guaranteed to make the Sole Survivor feel uncomfortable in any ending.
* [[Ambiguous Disorder]]: He shows off some mild traits of sociopathy during his reign as the Institute's Director.
* [[Ambiguously Evil]]: Easily one of the most morally ambiguous
* [[Antagonistic Offspring]]: {{spoiler|An optional case}}.
* [[Anti-Villain]]: He's never seen taking that much pleasure from the Institute's more morally ambiguous actions, and genuinely thinks he's helping create a better world.
* [[Big Bad]]: Is one for the Brotherhood and Minutemen questlines.
* [[Big Bad Ensemble]]: Forms one with Elder Maxson for the Railroad questline.
* [[Big Good]]: Is this for the Institute
* [[The Chessmaster]]:
* [[Complexity Addiction]]:
* [[Foil|Contrasting Sequel Antagonist]]:
* [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones]]: In a twisted sense, as he still genuinely loves and cares for {{spoiler|the Sole Survivor, his only surviving parent. Most poignantly, his final words with the Sole Survivor in .}}
* [[Everyone Has Standards]]:
* [[Fatal Flaw]]: His fear of the surface world.
* [[Foil]]: To [[Fallout: New Vegas|Caesar/Edward Sallow]]. Both are elderly men with cults of personality formed around them, and have near-dictatorial control over the most villainous faction in each game. Both Father and Caesar are also geniuses {{spoiler|slowly dying of cancer}} who see their factions' terrible actions as [[Necessary Evil|Necessary Evils]] for building a better world out of the hellish Wasteland. However, Caesar is not only [[Badass Bookworm|more dangerous as a combatant]] than [[Non-Action Guy|Father]] is, but is also [[Evil Is Petty|pettier]] and more prone to [[Psychopathic Manchild|fits of rage]]. Father, in contrast, comes across as far more [[Affably Evil|professional and articulate]], being more of a [[Consummate Professional|refined scholar]] than a [[Evil Overlord|barbaric warlord]]. Father also wants to close off the Institute from the surface for the time being so they can rebuild society as a utopia underground, while Caesar is obsessed with aggressively expanding the Legion's influence over all of the known Wasteland.
* [[Foreshadowing]]:
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: {{spoiler|His racism towards Synths and dislike of cyborgs is due in part to his hated of Kellogg for killing one of his parents and leaving the other imprisoned in Vault 111}}.
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* [[Innocently Insensitive]]: He's very casual and breezy when talking to the Sole Survivor about {{spoiler|the death of their spouse at the hands of Kellogg}}, [[A Million Is a Statistic|dismissing the event as "collateral damage."]] The Sole Survivor [[Discussed Trope|can express]] horror/disgust at Father's dismissive attitude, and he then defends himself by pointing out how {{spoiler|he's had sixty years to come to terms with the loss of his mother/father, and they were also lost when he was only an infant}}.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Jerk With A Heart Of Gold]]: Silver rather than gold, but it still counts. For all his flaws, Father still means well, is dedicated to making the world a better place, {{spoiler|and still genuinely loves the Sole Survivor}}.
* [[Kick the Dog|Kick The Dog]]: {{spoiler|The Institute's FEV experiments, despite not having produced any worthwhile data for almost an entire ''century'', were continued at his orders.}}
** And while Kellogg was the one who actually carried it out, {{spoiler|the University Point Massacre was heavily implied to have been ordered by him.}}
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: ''Fallout 4'' wasn't exactly sunshine & rainbows even ''before'' Father showed up, but the huge [[The Reveal|Reveal]] around his identity is '''shockingly''' dark and has the story plunge into some truly uncomfortable places.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Like all of the Institute.
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* [[Nerves of Steel]]:
* [[Non-Action Big Bad]]: He's {{spoiler|an elderly man slowly dying of cancer}}, so he's never going to be seen on the battlefield.
* [[Pet the Dog|Pet The Dog]]: {{spoiler|After having reprogrammed Synth Shaun to see the Sole Survivor as their true parent, he leaves him with them so that the Sole Survivor can reclaim a part of their Pre-War life taken away by the Great War}}.
* [[Reality Ensues]]:
* [[Villain Has a Point|Villain Has A Point]]: His near-pathological fear of the surface world is rather cruel and short-sighted...but isn't exactly unmerited, especially given just how much of a [[Crapsack World]] the Wasteland generally is.
* [[Walking Spoiler]]: To put this bluntly...Father will not at '''all''' be what you expect when you meet him for the first time.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: He will massacre entire towns if he feels it's needed to make the world a better place.
* [[Younger Than They Look]]: Heavily downplayed. On the one hand, he still looks and acts like an elderly man regardless of his actual age. However, his {{spoiler|cancer}} has prematurely aged him, to the point where looks more like a man in their late seventies rather than a {{spoiler|sixty-year-old}}.
* [[Your Days Are Numbered]]:
==== S9-23 ====
This Synth goes by another name - {{spoiler|Shaun II}}.
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