History Fanfic / NewVegasShowtime

In a last-ditch effort to beat the Phantom Thieves, the Demiurge banishes them into the/[[AlternateUniverse a]] post-apocalyptic future. Good news: Igor is capable of returning him back to his time and space, in the exact moment when he was banished, so he can deal the finishing blow. Bad news: he needs Morgana to do it, and both he and the other Thieves are scattered across the Mojave Wasteland. And considering the ongoing conflict between two local superpowers, Mojave is [[RunningGag NOT an okay place to live.]]

* {{Expy}}: The Khans that encounter Haru are based on [[WesternAnimation/EdEddnEddy the Kanker sisters]] -- more specifically, [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1677733 the author's take on them]] in his [=EEnE/FNV=] crossover oneshots. Chapter 9 introduces Dee, 2D and Eddie, expies of the Eds from the same show/fanfic series.

** The cover has [[LetsPlay/MikeBurnfire Makoto in Zach's combat armor and Akira and Akechi in Mike's vest and beret respectively.]]

* MythologyGag: The Khans and Freesiders are loosely based on the depiction of [[WesternAnimation/EdEddnEddy the Eds and the Kankers]] from the author's earlier New Vegas crossover one-shots.

The fic can be found on [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/41148636 AO3]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14125113/1/New-Vegas-Showtime-ft-Mr-Dusk-wr3h FF.net]]

* BadLiar: Akira tries to play things cool after he wakes up in Goodsprings, but blunders twice in a row before coming clean with the locals -- he says he's gonna head north to look for his friends (the road north of where he is swarming with [[WickedWasps Cazadores]]), and later he claims that he's from Vault 22 (which was taken over by Spore Carriers a long time before he showed up in the Mojave).

** The characters' Japanese accent is identified by various characters as New-Reno-sounding; ''VideoGame/Fallout2'' had a bunch of yakuza-based raiders scouting the wasteland around New Reno.

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: As soon as the most immediate danger is out of the way, Makoto springs in to help people of Primm deal with their problem.

** Akira's Japanese accent is identified by various characters as New-Reno-sounding; ''VideoGame/Fallout2'' had a bunch of yakuza-based raiders scouting the wasteland around New Reno.

* {{Expy}}: The Khans that encounter Haru are based on [[WesternAnimation/EdEddnEddy the Kanker sisters]] -- more specifically, [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1677733 the author's take on them]] in his [=EEnE/FNV=] crossover oneshots. They also mention knowing a Follower of the Apocalypse nicknamed "2D", implicitly an expy of Double D from the same show/fanfic series.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Akechi is a self-destructive mentally unstable hatchetman and a traitor, and even he finds [[MakeAnExampleOfThem what Legion did to Nipton]] horrifying.

* BadLiar: Akira tries to play things cool after he wakes up in Goodsprings, but blunders twice in a row before coming clean with the locals -- he says he's gonna head north to look for his friends (the road north of where he is is swarming with [[WickedWasps Cazadores]]), and later he claims that he's from Vault 22 (which was taken over by Spore Carriers a long time before he showed up in the Mojave).

* BadLiar: Akira tries to play things cool after he wakes up in Goodsprings, but blunders twice in a row before coming clean with the locals -- he says he's gonna head north to look for his friends (the road north of where he is is swarming with [[WickedWasps Cazadores]]), once when he claims that he's from Vault 22 (which was taken over by Spore Carriers a long time before he shows up in the Mojave).

* BrickJoke: In chapter 4, the soldier in Searchlight (all but stated to be First Sergeant Astor) directs Yusuke towards the Dinky statue, but due to language barrier shenanigans he refers to it as a dragon. When the narration returns to Yusuke three chapters later, he thinks to himself the dragon looked more like a dinosaur, but he's not willing to argue.

* MythologyGag:
** Akira's Japanese accent is identified by various characters as New-Reno-sounding; ''VideoGame/Fallout2'' had a bunch of yakuza-based raiders scouting the wasteland around New Reno.
** The title of chapter 3 ("The Case Was Rigged From The Start, This Is How Your Last Delivery Ends") mixes together Akechi's and Benny's one-liners right before they shoot their respective game's protagonists.
** The pistol the Courier and Sunny buy for Akira is explicitly identified as a Tokarev, the gun that's the basis of the Tkachev model he uses at the beginning of his game and in promotional art; he notices the similarity and wonders if the universe is messing with him.

''New Vegas Showtime'' is a crossover fic between ''VideoGame/Persona5'' and ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', by [=BarthVader=], betaread by [=Mr. Dusk=] and [=Wr3h/Wren=].

** The pistol the courier and Sunny buy for Akira is explicitly identified as a Tokarev, the gun that's the basis of the Tkachev model he uses at the beginning of his game and in promotional art; he notices the similarity and wonders if the universe is messing with him.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Canonically Akechi [[AmbiguousSituation possibly]] died a few weeks before the Thieves faced Yaldabaoth. Here, he unambiguously survived that fight and lived long enough to get banished to the Mojave alongside the Phantom Thieves.

!!The story begins chronologically right after the FinalBoss fight of ''VideoGame/Persona5'', and so spoilers for the canon events from that game are unmarked.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Referenced: when Ann introduces herself to one of Novac settlers, she gets asked if her name is spelled Ann or Anne, and the narration quips it's technically "杏, with maybe a little あん written on top as a pronunciation guide".

* AdaptationalSkill: Almost every Phantom Thief speaks nigh-fluent English, with the exception of Ryuji, Yusuke and Morgana.

** The pistol the courier and Sunny buy Akira is explicitly identified as a Tokarev, the gun that's the basis of the Tkachev model he uses at the beginning of his game and in promotional art; he notices the similarity and wonders if the universe is messing with him.

* YearX: Whenever the Thieves mention the year they came from, it's rendered as "20XX". Akira mentions they're from "mid-2010s".

* MythologyGag: Akira's Japanese accent is identified by various characters as New-Reno-sounding; ''VideoGame/Fallout2'' had a bunch of yakuza-based raiders scouting the wasteland around New Reno.

* TranslationConvention: Characters speaking Japanese are marked with dialogue in [square brackets]. One chapter provides an inversion, with English dialogue transcribed to katakana to convey the listener's inability to speak English.

* CreatorsCultureCarryover: The author is Polish, and he based [[spoiler:Robert House's Palace]] on a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_and_Science Warsaw's Palace of Culture and Science]]. The author's note at the end of the chapter introducing it (8) points it out.

* {{Expy}}: The Khans that encounter Haru are based on [[WesternAnimation/EdEddnEddy the Kanker sisters]] -- more specifically, [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1677733 the author's take on them]] in his [=EEnE/FNV=] crossover oneshots. They also mention knowing "2D", implicitly an expy of Double D from the same show.

* ShoutOut: The cover has [[LetsPlay/MikeBurnfire Makoto in Zach's combat armor and Akira and Akechi in Mike's vest and beret respectively.]]

* {{Expy}}: The Khans that encounter Haru are based on [[WesternAnimation/EdEddnEddy the Kanker sisters]] -- more specifically, the author's take on them in his [=EEnE/FNV=] crossover oneshots. They also mention knowing "2D", implicitly an expy of Double D from the same show.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The courier has gaps in his memory because of the DoubleTap Benny inflicted on him, mostly in regards to his own identity.
* NameAmnesia: As a side effect of Benny's DoubleTap, the courier doesn't know his identity or name.

* AdaptationalIntelligence: Almost every Phantom Thief speaks nigh-fluent English, with the exception of Ryuji, Yusuke and Morgana.

!!The series occurs chronologically right after the FinalBoss fight of ''VideoGame/Persona5'', and so spoilers for the canon events from that game are unmarked.

In a last-ditch effort to beat the Phantom Thieves, the Demiurge banishes them into the/[[AlternateUniverse a]] post-apocalyptic future. Good news: Igor is capable of returning him back to his time and space, in the exact moment when he was banished, so he can deal the finishing blow. Bad news: he needs Morgana to do it, and both he and the rest of his teammates are scattered across the Mojave Wasteland. And considering the ongoing conflict between two local superpowers, Mojave is [[RunningGag NOT an okay place to live.]]