Fallout Season 2 Is Packed With Fallout: New Vegas Easter Eggs You Probably Missed
Fallout returns with Season 2, detonating into a scorched Los Angeles packed with fan service and unmistakable New Vegas vibes, even as it carves its own path. Only one episode in, and longtime fans will already be spotting deep-cut nods across the wasteland.
Fallout is back with Season 2, and the show is clearly tossing extra scraps to the New Vegas faithful. It is still very much its own thing, but Episode 1 leans into Mojave vibes hard enough that veteran players are going to clock a dozen little nods before the opening credits finish. Only one episode is out, but there are already a bunch of deep cuts worth flagging. Here are the New Vegas references I spotted.
The New Vegas nods in Fallout Season 2, Episode 1
- Novac
The 'No Vacancy' neon makes it unmistakable: our crew rolls into Novac, the dusty roadside motel town from New Vegas. The show even brings in Jeannie May Crawford, the kindly manager who, in the game, secretly sold Boone's wife to Caesar's Legion. There is also a quick in-joke for eagle-eyed fans that suggests the Courier scored a permanent room at the motel - a neat way to wink at the in-game rental.'No Vacancy'
- Dinky the Dinosaur
Dinky is here, towering over Novac. The design is not a 1:1 match with the game - in the show, the big dino hoists the motel sign - but it gets the point across. Better yet, Lucy posts up inside Dinky's mouth, mirroring the exact sniper perch Boone uses in New Vegas. That is the kind of callback you feel, not just hear about in dialogue. - The Great Khans
The biker gang tearing through this episode? That is the show's take on the Great Khans. They are not a carbon copy of the game's distinct biker-meets-tribal look, but the flag they ride with is straight out of New Vegas. It is a softer, blink-and-you-miss-it easter egg for the lifers. - Marty Robbins' Big Iron
The gory showdown with the Khans is set to Marty Robbins' 'Big Iron' - a New Vegas radio staple. The lyrics about an Arizona Ranger squaring off with outlaws fit perfectly while Lucy and the Ghoul mow down the gang. If you have the Radio New Vegas playlist burned into your brain, you probably started humming along the second the guitar kicked in. - Vault 24
This one is for the lore goblins. New Vegas never actually used Vault 24, but fans have dug up assets in the game files for a Vault 24 jumpsuit - content that got left on the cutting room floor. The show finally cracks that door open: Lucy and the Ghoul investigate Vault 24, which turns out to be a Vault-Tec brainwashing experiment that predictably backfired. It feels like a questline we never got to play. - Primm, rollercoaster and all
Stick around through the closing credits and you will spot a town centered around a tall, rickety rollercoaster. That is Primm - one of the first places you visit in New Vegas - where the game hits you early with a choice about who should be sheriff. It is basically 'budget Vegas' and seeing it teased here is a promise we are headed deeper into NCR territory this season.
That is a lot of Mojave DNA for a single episode, and the season looks poised to keep pushing into New California Republic turf. I will keep updating this space as more New Vegas references pop up in future episodes. If I missed your favorite nod from Episode 1, drop it in the comments and I will go back into the wasteland for another look.