Oppenheimer is a mentioned only character.
Background[edit]
- Oppenheimer is mentioned in the title of a lecture by Professor R.J. Gumbie in Fallout 3.[1]
- In the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues, Dr. Klein uses the phrase "BY OPPENHEIMER."[2]
- In the Fallout 4 add-on Far Harbor, if Nick Valentine is present during the explosion of The Nucleus, he quotes the Bhagavad Gita: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." This exact sentence was quoted by Oppenheimer after witnessing the first nuclear test detonation.
- In Fallout 76, Polly the assaultron will refer to Oppenheimer when talking about her laser eye, saying, "I'll kick off a blast that would make Oppenheimer quote scripture."[3]
Appearances[edit]
Oppenheimer is mentioned in Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4 and in Fallout 76.
Behind the Scenes[edit]
Oppenheimer refers to J. Robert Oppenheimer, a real world scientist credited with developing the first nuclear weapons.
References[edit]
- ↑ Lecture: Oppenheimer's Folly?
- ↑ Klein: "{{Tooltip|I THOUGHT I HEARD THE PACIFICATION FIELD KICK IN. ALL RIGHT, SHHH. NOBODY. MOVE. I'LL HANDLE THIS. BE WARNED, INTRUDER! YOU ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MIGHTY THINK TANK OF BIG MT, THE COLLECTIVE GENIUSES OF... WE... BY OPPENHEIMER, WHICH ONE OF YOU SELF-PROFESSED GENIUSES HAS BEEN ADJUSTING MY VOLUME KNOB? WHO WAS IT?! WAS IT YOU, 8?"
(Klein's dialogue) - ↑ Polly (Fallout 76)/Dialogue: "You pick me up and give my neck servos a twirl, I'll kick off a blast that would make Oppenheimer quote scripture. "