Fallout 4/Characters/Commonwealth Residents: Difference between revisions

* [[The Chessmaster]]

* [[Complexity Addiction]]

* [[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.

* [[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}}.

* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: In-Universe, Father is a scientific genius, and he actually does prove himself to be very intelligent throughout the Institute's questline. However, his S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats aren't anything to write home about, with him only having an Intelligence score of ''4'' according to them.

* [[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.

* [[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]]: {{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}}.

* [[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.

* [[Ambition Is Evil]]: He's one of the darkest members of the Institute, and many other characters note he's just using his position to further his goals.

* [[Asshole Victim]]: {{spoiler|As a named Institute character being killed by the Sole Survivor is one of the possible requirements for the "Banished From The Institute" quest, many players have used this as an excuse to bump off Ayo "on their way out the door," so to speak.}}.

* [[Hate Sink]]: One of the most obnoxious and arrogant characters in the entire game. If you want a singular example of all the Institute's flaws and sins, look no further than Justin Ayo.

* [[Jerkass Has a Point]]: For all of his obnoxious flaws, his fretting about security risks can be vindicated by a non-Institute play-through of the main quest.

* [[Smug Snake]]: He's a pretty good manipulator...but still not a [[The Chessmaster|Chessmaster]] on the level of someone like Father or the Sole Survivor is.

 

==== Dr. Alana Secord ====