History Characters / Fallout2024

* PetTheDog: When Maximus reveals his real name to her (and that he has thus deceived her and isn't as good a guy as she thinks), she replies only that she too has done questionable things on the surface, and still wants to be with him.

* DeducingTheSecretIdentity: From the smallest clue that Lucy's last name is [=MacLean=], Cooper deduces her father is not only Hank [=MacLean=], but the very same [[spoiler:Henry [=MacLean=]]] he briefly met 200 years ago who worked for his wife.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Ghoul's dependency on the serum that keeps him from going feral is a clear allegory for drug addiction, with his health declining everytime he goes too long without it resembling withdrawls. His uncontrollable coughing also alludes to the heath effects of smoking cigarettes, an extremely addictive substance that was very popular when he was a pre-apocalypse human.

* ShoutOut: The character name is strikingly similar to that of the actor who played Boss Hogg in ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard''. Both characters are FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit low-level authority figures with incompetent minions.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: When Cooper kills his goons Booker simply accepts it, knowing he stands no chance of defeating The Ghoul himself.

* VillainRespect: He has a past with The Ghoul and is pretty friendly with him even when The Ghoul insults him and he himself intends to have The Ghoul killed, and urges his "Sheriffs" not to let The Ghoul goad them into doing something stupid.

* TrapMaster: Apparently built the insane number of death traps around his station by himself.

* AintTooProudToBeg: When confronted by the Ghoul, he immediately starts begging the bounty hunter not kill his remaining children, and when the Ghoul says he wants information from his youngest son he starts begging him to give the Ghoul what he wants.

* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:The Gulper's new design is this. Instead of being mutant giant salamanders, the Gulper fought on Hollywood Boulevard is the result of horrific genetic experiments conducted on Vault 4's test subjects. Lucy finds recorded footage of a female subject giving live birth to an entire pod of Gulpers, and Overseer Benjamin proudly refers to the escapee that devoured the Vault's original scientists as his great-uncle Peter.]]

* DaddysGirl: Is the apple of Cooper's eye.
* UncertainDoom: She's with Cooper when the bombs drop, and it is unknown what happened to her since. The Ghoul's demand to Henry in the season 1 finale implies that she and her mother are still alive, or he at least has good reason to believe they are.

** Like the Courier, The Ghoul is a seasoned Wastelander and a force to be feared. Both begin the story buried but are rescued and go hunting for a person who wronged them.

* BestFriend: With Maximus. They are also more of a realist as [[spoiler:they gently shoot down his dream of leaving the Brotherhood, correctly informing [[ResignationsNotAccepted him that is not an option.]] They also save Maximus' life when they plead with the Elder Cleric to give Maximus a second chance to find Wilzig's relic, and finally claims Maximus is responsible for Moldaver's defeat so that he'll be promoted to proper Knighthood.]]
* GettingSickDeliberately: [[spoiler: In the final episode, it's revealed that Dane's razored Achilles tendon was due to them booby-trapping their own boot because they were scared about going into the Wasteland.]]
* OddNameOut: The only member of their incarnation of the California Brotherhood without a Roman name. Rather tellingly, they're also the only one who doesn't indulge in the Brotherhood's dogma or bullying; [[spoiler: they're also more aware of the danger inherent in the Wilds than any of the other recruits, being willing to mutilate themselves in order to avoid being sent there.]]
* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler: Pretends to be just as gung-ho to become a squire and see action on the front lines as the other aspirants, when in reality, they're fully aware that doing so will mean becoming cannon fodder in one of the most dangerous places in the Wastelands and secretly terrified as a result, to the point that they're willing to risk a potentially fatal injury to get out of being sent there.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Her self-harm ended up getting Maximus in trouble when the other aspirants blamed him for the razor trap and could have ended with Maximus being punished or even executed if he hadn't been able to talk his way out; as Dane admits, they didn't expect Maximus to get the blame.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He's very prone to taking action before knowing the whole story. His very first heroic act after donning power armor is to save a man from getting beaten up, only to afterward find out the man was an animal molester. Later he trashes the Vault 4 atrium after they had already agreed to let Lucy go, and in the final episode, he frees her father from his cage [[spoiler:right before he could find out that Hank is actually a fascist Vault-Tec executive responsible for destroying his hometown.]]

* FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit: Booker is an overweight CorruptHick with delusions of style and culture, so the off-color white suit is more than fitting.

* GettingSickDeliberately: In the first episode, someone puts a razor blade in Dane's boot right after they get promoted to squire. It's revealed that [[spoiler:Dane booby-trapped their own boot because they were scared about going into the Wasteland.]]
* OddNameOut: The only member of their incarnation of the California Brotherhood without a Roman name.

** Before the Great War, as part of her preaching against Vault-Tec, Moldaver told people that "the people ruling you [corporate executives, politicians, and all that] have less in common with you" than the communists people American soldiers fought, despite Moldaver being a former [=CEO=] herself. She's at least [[HypocrisyNod self-aware about this one]] when speaking with Cooper.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Prior to the Great War, she was a nonviolent scientist and activist who remained on civil terms even with people who disagreed with her politics, and the worst thing she got up to was anti-corporate espionage; later, in the brief flashback to Shady Sands, she seems rather pleasant when living in the heart of the NCR. Following the destruction of Shady Sands and the ghoulification of Rose, though, Moldaver has become a cold-hearted warlord more than happy to let a brutal gang of raiders loose on the population of Vault 33 if it means getting her hands on Hank. The only thing keeping her from being a full-blown FallenHero is the fact that she has genuinely humanitarian goals, particularly in comparison to the Vault-Tec remnants she opposes.

* LaughablyEvil: Possibly one of the most twisted and evil members of Vault-Tec's retinue of [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt executives]]...and also easily [[ButtMonkey one of the funniest and most pathetic]]. To wit, post-War, he's only alive because he's attached his brain to a Roomba-like device, which makes him hilariously incapable of stopping Norm when he discovers Vaupt 31.

* MoodWhiplash: When he and Birdie are explaining to Lucy about 4's DarkSecret, Ben tears up - The Gulper eating everyone was his great uncle.

* PoorCommunicationKills: If Ben had simply told Lucy about the [[spoiler: rebellion of Vault 4's test subjects in Level 12]] instead of treating any mention of it like TheConspiracy and dismissing her, Lucy probably would've been less-inclined to [[spoiler: assume the worst of him and injure one of his scientists by going down there]].

* MoodWhiplash: When he and Birdie are explaining to Lucy about 4's DarkSecret, Ben tears up - The Gulper eating everyone was his great-great uncle.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: After spending his first few scenes in the first episode being portrayed as a jovial and wise leader that sincerely loves his children and is deeply respected by the other dwellers, during the raiders attack, he brutally and mercilessly dispatches Monty as he was attacking Lucy, first hitting him over the head with a shovel and then coldly drowning him in a barrel of pickles.

* ActorAllusion: To his role as Harold Finch in Jonathan Nolan's previous television show, ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. He has a loyal Belgian Malinois in CX404, much like Finch's dog, Bear, and winds up with a nasty limp thanks to losing his foot midway through the episode, much like Finch's characteristic gait.

* CreepyGood: He's a scientist from the notoriously amoral Enclave, speaks with Michael Emerson's unnerving monotone, scares the living crap out of Lucy by appearing by her campfire in the middle of the night, and knows a frightening degree about her... and yet, he's a humanitarian soul who never hurts anyone deliberately, to the point that he might be one of the most benevolent of the Enclave's members encountered in the entire franchise.

* {{Matricide}}: [[spoiler:Ends up killing her own mother, albeit as a MercyKill as she's become a feral ghoul. She plans to complete the set by the season finale.]]

* MercyKill: Lucy takes Maximus' 10mm pistol and shoots the feral remnant of her mother in the head.

* ScienceHero: Norm primarily demonstrates Science skilsl and most of his CharacterArc involves wading through TheConspiracy via Terminal entries and hacking.

** In Episode 7, he manages to [[spoiler: pose as Betty and trick Vault 31 into believing she's compromised so he can infiltrate]]. He gets what he wanted and confirms the AwfulTruth that [[spoiler: Vault-Tec has been planting its own management into the Vaults and was complicit in the end of the world, leaving shell-shocked just long enough for Bud to seal him inside the cryo-room in the finale]].

* TheConspiracy: Norm CharacterArc is focused on navigating it - While Lucy deals with the harsh world above, Norm navigates Vault 33's damaged social-structure and seeks to unravel the AwfulTruth behind the Three Vaults and Vault-Tec's hand in the destruction of the world.

* DisappointedInYou: Chet's refusal to [[spoiler: help Norman investigate Vault 31]] puts a dent in their relationship; their interactions ending with Norm calling him a coward. During the Vault transfer ceremony later, Norm walks off in disgust instead of saying goodbye to Chet, who can only look on sadly.

* NonActionGuy: Norm spends the show wading through social minefields rather than literal ones; mucking through TheConspiracy through log-entries and clever hacking. The one time he's close to being in physical danger, he doesn't have to defend himself because [[spoiler: the robot's a BrainInAJar that can't really do anything...[[NotSoHarmlessVillain until it seals him into Vault 31's Cryogenic pod storage, anyway]]]].

* ScienceHero: Norm primarily demonstrates Science skill and most of his CharacterArc involves wading through TheConspiracy via Terminal entries and hacking.