I’m generally against the celebration of Easter Eggs in media, as focusing on fan service and references instead of narrative can be a very reductive way of engaging with storytelling. However, this isn’t always the case, and when dealing with unique productions like Prime Video’s Fallout show (which is more of a continuation of the games than an adaptation), these details can actually provide us with clues about where the story is headed. In fact, Bethesda’s Todd Howard himself has teased that the events of the show will affect the development of the upcoming Fallout 5!
With that in mind, we’ve decided to come up with a list highlighting five of the most interesting Easter Eggs that you might have missed during the show’s Season 2 premiere. After all, patrolling the post-nuclear Mojave can be a little tiresome, so you’d be forgiven for overlooking a familiar sign or two.
For the purposes of this list, we’ll be defining “Easter Egg” as a subtle reference to a pre-existing idea from the original games, so we won’t be including obvious elements like the appearance of Rob-Co Industries or even the use of Marty Robbins’ fan-favorite “Big Iron” during the Novac shoot-out.
With that out of the way, onto the list.
5. The Fate of the Dino Dee-Lite Motel
The heart of the iconic town of Novac (cleverly named after a dilapidated “No Vacancy” sign), the Dino Dee-Lite Motel and its giant saurian mascot are both beloved elements of the New Vegas experience. Of course, veteran players will remember a certain quest where it’s revealed that Jeannie May Crawford -the manager of the Motel- was actually a terrible human being who sold innocent people to slavery, with this quest (usually) ending in her justified death via a vengeful sniper shot to the head.
However, judging by how the Great Kahns have managed to claim the grounds for themselves (as well as the Ghoul’s comment that the place had previously been a shop run by “Darla”), I think it’s safe to say that the death of Ms. Crawford and her business inevitably led to the tragic downfall of the Novac community. It’s a damned shame, but at least the rumored Chupacabra has plenty to eat now that the Kahns are in town.
4. The Secret of Starlight Theater
New Vegas fans may remember the game’s California Sunset Drive-In, but the TV show takes Lucy (Ella Purnell) and The Ghoul (Walton Goggins) to the ruins of a competing business in the form of the Starlight Theater (with this brand of drive-in having previously appeared in Fallout 4). Naturally, the real treat here is the fact that the Starlight screen actually conceals the entrance to the elusive Vault 24, a location that was rumored to have been cut from New Vegas and had only existed as a forgotten jumpsuit hidden in the game’s code – until now.
In the show, it’s revealed that Vault 24 was actually a top-secret testing facility for Vault-Tec brainwashing technology, with American citizens being forcefully “converted” to over-the-top communism. It’s not very subtle as far as political satire goes, but that’s just how the Fallout franchise rolls.
3. Victor the Securitron
This one is a bit of a cheat since it came from the “On This Season of Fallout” teaser after the end credits rather than the episode itself, but it’s still technically a part of the premiere, so we’re including it anyway!
During the teaser, we get a brief look at a familiar Securitron robot with a cartoon cowboy face – a clear indication that fan-favorite character Victor is going to make an appearance later on in the season! This is much more than mere fan service, however, as New Vegas veterans are aware that, in the original game, Victor shuts down if you kill or disable Mr. House during the finale.
This means that Mr. House canonically survived his run-in with the courier and will likely make a more personal appearance in the near future.
2. Whack-a-Commie
Over-the-top humor is a huge part of what makes the Fallout series so unique, so it makes sense that the show occasionally takes a break from apocalyptic scheming and exaggerated gore to focus on the more cartoony aspects of this alternate history. Case in point: the scene where Cooper Howard’s daughter (Teagan Meredith) plays a relaxing session of Whack-a-Commie inside a retro diner.
A politically charged arcade machine obviously modeled after Whack-a-Mole, this interactive piece of propaganda was actually introduced to the franchise all the way back in 2016 through Fallout 4’s Nuka-World expansion. While the original title was slightly different (spelling it as “whac” instead of “whack”), the game’s Mallet could also be used as a surprisingly effective melee weapon – meaning that this throwaway gag could very well be foreshadowing a future fight scene.
1. Mr. House Stopped Most of the Nukes
Sometimes, a tiny line of dialogue can have far-reaching implications, and that’s precisely the case when it comes to The Ghoul’s explanation of how Mr. House (Justin Theroux) managed to deter most (but not all) of the bombs targeted towards Vegas during the Great War. This may initially seem like an easy way to explain how the strip looks relatively untouched by nuclear devastation when compared to the rest of the wasteland, but New Vegas veterans are certainly aware that Mr. House’s failure to stop 9 out of the 77 missiles is precisely the reason why he lost the coveted Platinum Chip that would allowed him to consolidate power in the Mojave. It’s also the chronological starting point of New Vegas’ story, with the new season of the show likely going into further detail about House’s plans for the region.
In a nutshell, this tiny bit of word-building is probably more important to the overarching plot than you might have initially assumed, though it remains to be seen how the mind control chip will tie into this backstory!
New episodes arrive on Wednesday, with one episode rolling out weekly on Prime Video until the season finale on February 4, 2026.
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