House with a golf club, which references the way the player eventually kills Ryan in the game. The Powder Ganger Philip Lem is a reference to Phil and Lem, two scientists from the American sitcom Better Off Ted.Ī Slave Obeys, a Gun Runners' Arsenal challenge, is a reference to the death of BioShock's villain, Andrew Ryan. The hairstyle 'Terrorsaur,' a short, rounded mohawk, is named as such because it has a similar shape to the crest on the head of the character Terrorsaur from Beast Wars. In Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Ron Burgundy's signoff is 'You stay classy, San Diego.' New Vegas will end a news segment by saying 'Stay classy, New Vegas' if the player character has the Wild Wasteland perk.

The in-game picture of the Patriot's Cookbook shows a 'BANNED MATERIAL Marked for burn' stamp on the front cover. The skill magazine, the Patriot's Cookbook is a reference to the Anarchist Cookbook, a controversial book containing instructions on building homemade explosives.

The kill challenge, Nuke it From Orbit, is a reference to a catchphrase that spawned from the Aliens quote, 'nuke the entire site from orbit - it’s the only way to be sure.'.

If the Courier has the Wild Wasteland trait, NCR Emergency Radio chatter includes the phrases 'Game over, man, game over!' and 'They're coming out of walls, they're coming out of the goddamn walls!' These two phrases are direct quotes from the film Aliens.

This is a reference to when Leonidas I of Sparta says that by the end of the battle he will prove that even a God-king can bleed, and does so by scoring a glancing blow across Xerxes's cheek with a thrown spear. The Gun Runners' Arsenal challenge Even a God-King Can Bleed requires one to cripple Caesar's head with throwing spears. In Old World Blues, the Book Chute will reference using a cage over your head and a bag of mole rats, a direct reference to how the protagonist of 1984 was tortured in both the book and the movie.

88 United States nuclear weapons program.

80 The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo.

55 One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.5 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.

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