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France was a country in Europe before the Great War.

Background[]

In 2060, the oil fields in the Middle East ran dry. Both the European Commonwealth and the Middle Eastern powers were reduced to ruin with no victor.[Non-game 1] The European Commonwealth dissolved into bickering, quarreling nation-states fighting over the world's remaining resources.[2]

Mentions[]

Game Text Ref
Fallout 2 The Golden Globes works on a film featuring a French exchange student.
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Fallout 3 The Little Lamplighter Eclair and Tenpenny Tower resident Margaret Primrose use the French phrase "bon appetit."
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Fallout: New Vegas Mortimer at the Ultra-Luxe uses the French phrase "bon appetit" and his official title is Maître d'.
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Fallout: New Vegas The perk "Cherchez La Femme" is a French idiom that means "look for the woman," meaning that at the root of every problem is a woman.
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Fallout: New Vegas Le Canard Apartments appear near Westside with the phrase meaning "the duck".
Dead Money Dean Domino mentions that he performed in Paris.
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Old World Blues The Sink Central Intelligence Unit uses French phrases/words throughout its dialogue, such as vis-à-vis and apéritif.
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Fallout 4 Curie's personality was partially modeled off of a French grad school fling of Kenneth Collins from Versailles. Curie also occasionally uses French words, such as "Monsieur/Madame," "Adieu," "Mon dieu," and "Au revoir."
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Fallout 4 The Sole Survivor can use the term "carte blanche" when in dialogue with Proctor Teagan meaning "blank document/card/check", but figuratively means unlimited discretionary power to act.
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Fallout 4 A terminal entry written by a member of the Brotherhood on the Prydwen mentions a chess move called "the French Defense."
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Far Harbor Andre Michaud speaks French while laying wounded in the Bait Shop of Far Harbor.
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Nuka-World Napoleon's ceremonial parades across Europe are mentioned on a plaque in Wixon's Shovel Museum.
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Fallout 76 During the Story Time with Miss Nanny random encounter, the Miss Nancy will speak French.
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Fallout 76 The Appalachian Liberty Bell was one of 53 cast in France in 1950.
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Fallout 76 In the Pioneer Scout codebreaker exam, one of the questions mentions a French diplomat who invented a code; the code in question is the Vigenère cipher, named for Blaise de Vigenère.
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Fallout 76 Scout Leader Jaggy mentions the French language.
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Fallout 76 In the Pioneer Scout atomics exam, Francium is mentioned as having been discovered in France.
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Fallout 76 In a radio advertisement for Appalachian Antiques, heard on Pirate Radio, a fictional Bohemian art show is said to take place in France.
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Fallout 76 Esme Rousseau speaks with a strong French accent. Her father was a chef in France before the War.
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Fallout Tactics The Cheyenne Mountain facility offers a French language countdown for bomb launches.
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Appearances[]

France is mentioned in Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas and its add-ons Dead Money and Old World Blues, Fallout 4, Fallout 76 and the Wild Appalachia update, Fallout Shelter, Fallout Tactics, and Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel. The flag of France appears in the Vault Seller's Survival Guide episode Step on the Gas!.

Behind the scenes[]

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References[]

  1. Vault Seller's Survival Guide, Step on the Gas!
  2. Fallout intro
  3. Porn actress: "They've got me set up as the French exchange student from next door."
    (Porn actress' dialogue)
  4. Eclair: "Bon appetit."
    (Eclair's dialogue)
  5. Mortimer: "Fellow members of the White Glove Society, bon appetit!"
    (Mortimer's dialogue)
  6. Cherchez La Femme
  7. Dean Domino: "Used to open in Paris. Paris. Now this."
    (Dean Domino's dialogue)
  8. Sink Central Intelligence Unit's dialogue
  9. Vault 81 terminal entries; Collins Archive, Personality Profile
  10. The Sole Survivor: "Any means necessary? You're giving me carte blanche on this?"
    Teagan: "You said it. Like they say, if you aren't with us, you're against us. Think you can handle that?"
    (Teagan's dialogue)
  11. The Prydwen terminal entries; outgoing mail terminal, Outgoing Mail PEM787A-011
  12. Andre Michaud: "Must... find... Mon dieu..."
    (Andre Michaud's dialogue)
  13. Fallout 4 message box transcriptions; Wixon's Shovel Museum
  14. Miss Nanny: "Petit a petit, l'oiseau fait son nid, n'est-ce pas?"
    (Miss Nanny's dialogue)
  15. Liberty Bell inscriptions
  16. Pioneer Scout camp terminal entries; Codebreaker exam
  17. Scout Leader Jaggy: "'Pioneer' derives from the French word pionnier, which means 'foot soldier.'"
    (Jaggy's dialogue)
  18. Pioneer Scout camp terminal entries; Atomics exam
  19. Pirate Radio/Advertisements
  20. A Vault Dweller: "Why did you become a chef?"
    Esme Rousseau: "Oh, well, I've loved cooking for as long as I can remember! My Papa was an amazing chef in France, and together we would cook meals for Maman. Dinner time was our favorite time together. I had dreams of owning my own restaurant one day, but alas that was not in the cards for me. However, I do so enjoy making food for everyone here at the Refuge. I like to think that my meals bring a touch of humanity back into the world."
    (Esme Rousseau's dialogue)
  21. Cheyenne Mountain terminal entries; Bomb Terminal
  22. Capitol Post terminal entries; Capital Post Top Stories -- January 11, 2077, Food Riots Rile Feds

Non-game

  1. Fallout Bible 0: "2054: The Euro-Middle Eastern War ends as the oil fields in the Middle East run dry... there is no longer a goal in the conflict, and both sides are reduced almost to ruin."