Fallout : New Vegas cultural references " 1984 " . 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 . " 300 " . The " Gun Runners ' Arsenal " challenge " Even a God - King Can Bleed " requires one to cripple Caesar ' s head with throwing spears . This is a reference to when 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 . " Aliens " . If the player 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 " " . Anarchists Cookbook . The skill magazine , the " Patriot ' s Cookbook " is a reference to , a controversial book containing instructions on building homemade explosives . The in - game picture of the " Patriot ' s Cookbook " shows a " BANNED MATERIAL Marked for burn " stamp on the front cover . " Anchorman : The Legend of Ron Burgundy " . Mr . New Vegas will end a news segment by saying " Stay classy , New Vegas " if the PC has the Wild Wasteland perk . In " " , Ron Burgundy ' s signoff is " You stay classy , San Diego . " " Beast Wars : Transformers " . 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 " " . " Better Off Ted " . The Powder Ganger Philip Lem is a reference to Phil and Lem , two scientists from the American sitcom " " . " BioShock " . A Slave Obeys , a Gun Runners ' Arsenal challenge , is a reference to the death of BioShock ' s villain , Andrew Ryan . The challenge requires you to kill Mr . House with a golf club , which is referencing the way you eventually kill Ryan in the game . The title of the challenge is a reference to the phrase Ryan repeats before you kill him : " A man chooses , a slave obeys . " " The Black Orchid " . The cover of " ¡ La Fantoma ! " is a flipped replica of Adventure Comics 428 , by DC comics . It is the origin issue of the character the . " Blade Runner " . That Gun is modeled on Deckard ' s gun from the film " " . The Gun Runners challenge " Benefit or A Hazard " is a reference line from the film Blade Runner spoken by Harrison Ford " Replicants are like any other machine - they ' re either a benefit or a hazard . If they ' re a benefit , it ' s not my problem . " The perk Built to Destroy ' s description contains a reference to the line delivered by Joe Turkel " The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long . " Eldon Tyrell ( played by Joe ) was quoting the Chinese philosopher Laozi . Brewdog . Inside Brewer ' s Beer Bootlegging there is a sign for " Strategic Nuclear Moose " which is a reference to the real - life " " imperial stout produced by Brewdog , a Scottish craft brewery . Buffy The Vampire Slayer . When standing near you can hear him asking himself " what rhymes with indulgent ? Effulgent , no wait . That ' s terrible " referencing the vampire Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer , who before he was turned was mocked for composing a poem with the word effulgent in it . Cabazon Dinosaurs . Dinky the Dinosaur of Novac is a reference to Dinny the Dinosaur and Mr . Rex , the Cabazon Dinosaurs . Calvin & Hobbes . Calvin ' s favorite brand of cereal is Chocolate Frosted . Carmen Sandiego . During your investigation of a traitor at Camp McCarran , the traitor may utter the words " You ' re getting too close , Shamus . " This is a line from the line of video games . Castlevania : Symphony of the Night . The " Gun Runners ' Arsenal " challenge " You Don ' t Belong In This World ! " The player must kill 10 abominations with katanas , dynamite , machetes , throwing spears , throwing knives , and throwing hatchets . This is a reference to a quote made by Richter Belmont when confronting Dracula . And the weapons in the challenge are also used in the game to face the minions of Dracula . Another Gun Runners ' Arsenal challenge , " The Same Could Be Said of All Religious Weapons , " references this conversation as well . David Caruso . During your investigation of the White Glove Society , you might encounter an investigator by the name of Crusoe . It ' s possibly a reference to David Caruso , who has played investigator roles on and . This becomes more apparent with the Wild Wasteland trait enabled , as the investigator has Caruso ' s red hair and sunglasses . " Dr . Horrible ' s Sing Along Blog " . Veronica Santangelo frequently has sporks in her inventory . This is a nod to another character played by actress Felicia Day , Penny from " " in which her character frequently uses sporks to eat frozen yogurt . Duck and Cover . The skill book Duck and Cover ! is named after the practice taught to American school children to avoid harm if a nuclear war were to break out , namely to duck under a table or desk and cover their heads . Dwight Eisenhower . The " I Hate Nate " and " I Hate Kate " election posters in Vault 11 are a reference to U . S . President 1952 campaign slogan , " I Like Ike . " Eastman Kodak Company . A functioning camera , the Codac R9000 is given to the player by Michael Angelo during the side quest Classic Inspiration . The camera ' s appearance is almost identical to that of the , which was produced by . " The Elder Scrolls IV : Oblivion " . In Freeside , some street - lights are stamped with TES - 04 , referencing another game made by Bethesda called " " The Elder Scrolls IV : Oblivion " . " You can also find a utility pole with the reference when you enter Primm . Elmer Fudd . If the player has Cass as a companion , when sneaking she occasionally says , " Be very , very quiet ; we ' re huntin ' shit heads . " This is a direct reference to famous quote , " Be vewy , vewy quiet ; I ' m huntin ' wabbits . " Elvis Presley . Elvis Presley is frequently referenced in quest names , but licensing his songs for the soundtrack proved too costly for the developers . " Army of Darkness " . With the Wild Wasteland perk , when Dean Domino kills his first ghost person he will say " He ' s not dead . . . it ' s a trick . Get an axe . " This is a reference to the 1992 horror comedy film " " wherein the hero Ashley " Ash " Williams , using these same words , cautions a knight against touching a seemingly deceased Deadite , who , true to his warning , proves to be merely faking . Euclid . Euclid ' s C - Finder is a reference to the Greek mathematician , regarded as the " father of geometry . " Frank Sinatra . When the Courier wins 4 , 500 at Gomorrah the floor manager says " Looks like you ' re on a roll ! Luck be a lady tonight ! " This is a line from the song " Luck Be A Lady , " written by Frank Loesser for Guys and Dolls , the Broadway musical about gamblers and their girls . Mr . New Vegas also mentions " lady - like luck " on the radio . Frank Sinatra played Nathan Detroit in the film version , but the song was actually sung by Marlon Brando ( ! ) in that movie . Sinatra later made it one of his standards . Another reference to Frank Sinatra is one of ' s insults hurled at Swank when he says " Make yourself at home Swank , hit somebody ! " This is also a reference to Don Rickles . The quests My Kind of Town , One for My Baby , Come Fly With Me , Ring - a - Ding - Ding ! , You ' ll Know It When It Happens , I Could Make You Care and Don ' t Make a Beggar of Me are references to songs sung and made famous by Frank Sinatra . Futurama . Inside the Cave of the Abaddon , there is a fossilized dog named Seymour . This is a reference to the " " episode " , " in which Fry finds his dog Seymour fossilized . You can only find Seymour if you have the Wild Wasteland trait . " Grapes of Wrath " . Rose of Sharon Cassidy , a potential follower for the courier , is named after the character of the same name in John Steinbeck ' s novel , " " . She describes the book as " some Old World book about dirt pilgrims . " Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy . In " Old World Blues " , in the X - 8 research center after splicing together a Mister Orderly and lobotomite , the created robobrain ' s ensuing speech mimics that of the sperm whale as it fell from the sky in ' The Hitchhiker ' s Guide to the Galaxy ' . Also in " Old World Blues " , there is an X - 42 research center . In the Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy , 42 is the answer given by a computer to the question : ' what is the answer to life , the universe and everything ? ' Homestar Runner . In the GECK , the object effect for the flare gun is named " Burninate All the Peoples , " a line from Strong Bad ' s Trogdor song . Howard Hughes . Mr . House is in most aspects based on the famous recluse . Many aspects of House ' s personality , lifestyle and backstory are modeled on Hughes : his reclusive nature , his terror of bacteria , his fixation on Las Vegas , his insistence on working only through trusted lieutenants , his appearance , and his relationships with pre - War film stars . A portrait of House standing in front of a large robot is based on an iconic photograph of Hughes standing in front of a Boeing Army Pursuit Plane in the 1940s . Infinity . All of the Think tank doctors ' names are references to an infinite loop : Dr . Klein and the , Dr . Mobius and the , Dr . Borous and the , Dr . Dala and the as well as Dr . 8 and Dr . Zero . John Mellencamp . In the Red Rock Drug Lab , you find a couple named Jack and Diane . Jack is a dark haired male and Diane is a younger blonde woman . They are likely referencing the John Mellencamp song " Jack and Diane " from 1982 , in which the music video has a dark haired male and blonde woman . Kate Beaton . The unique , the Tesla - Beaton prototype , is named after , a Canadian webcomic artist known , among other things , for several comic strips about Nikola Tesla . La Longue Carabine . Corporal Sterling , a member of 1st Recon at Camp McCarran will , if asked about his gun , state that it is known as " La Longue Carabine . " This is a reference from the book " Last of the Mohicans " , in which La Longue Carabine is one of the nicknames for both Natty Bumppo and his rifle . Lassie . With the Wild Wasteland trait the player can talk to , and receive a map marker indicating the location of somebody ( named Jimmy ) who fell into a well . Less Than Jake . In the Goodsprings Cemetery , there is a grave marked Jay Frenzal . This is reference to the song of the same name from the album by an American ska - punk band . The song , in turn , is a reference to Jason Whalley of Frenzal Rhomb , who has one line on the track . " Lost " . A broadcast from the NCR Emergency Radio references the numbers 4 , 8 , 15 , 16 , 23 , 42 which is part of the mysterious and significant chain of numbers in the aforementioned TV show . " Logan ' s Run " . In " Old World Blues " , the trait Logan ' s Loophole is a reference to the 1976 science fiction film based on the of the same name . Mister Las Vegas . Wayne Newton is known as Mr . Las Vegas . He voices the radio personality Mr . New Vegas . " One Fish , Two Fish , Red Fish , Blue Fish " . Marcus might say when attacking : " " one fist , two fist , red fist , blue fist " " . This is a reference to the book " " . PEPCON Explosion . REPCONN Aerospace is a reference to the , which happened 10 miles away from Las Vegas on May 4 , 1988 . Said explosion ' s detonation caused a 3 . 0 magnitude earthquake and shattered windows at nearby McCarran Airport and buffeted a landing 737 . Also , the REPCONN Shakes implies a connection as during an earthquake , the ground shakes . Patton . The unique Mister Gutsy Ironbelly ' s line , " " There ' s nothing I like better than making some other poor bastard die for his country ! " " is a version of a line from the 1970 movie " " : " " Now , I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country . He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country . " " Period songs . " See also the entries for other famous singers : , , , , and . " The Physicists . The Physicists is german novel written by the swiss author Friedrich Dürenmatt . The scientist Dr . Möbius is an inmate of an asylum . Along with him are the inmates Einstein und Newton who are revealed to spies of hostile nations trying to get past the scientfic secrets of allegedly mad scientist Möbius . At some point Mobius reveals to them that he is not mad and that the he is an inmate as he tries to keep his secrets from the world because he fears its destruction due to it . The two spies then understand and agree to his point and decide to remain as inmates in the asylum to ensure that Möbius plan succeeds . However , the head nurse of the asylum knew the identities of the three all along and made plans to exploit Möbius secrets already ensuring that the three can not cross her plans anymore . The story is somewhat related to the Add - On Old - World Blues as Mobius there also tries to keep the other scientists from leavin BigMT and destroying the world outside , while Father Elijah just robs the technology and uses it nevertheless . " Planet of the Apes " . If the player has the Wild Wasteland trait , and nukes both sides at the end of Lonesome Road , the ending slide will quote Charlton Heston and show a picture representing the ending scene from the original . " The Prisoner " . When saying goodbye to , he replies with " be seeing you , " along with the hand gesture ; the often repeated phrase in the 1967 - 68 television series . " ( Léon ) The Professional " . The perk The Professional is a reference to the 1994 film " " released in the US as " The Professional " and directed by Luc Besson . The correlating in - game picture features a stylized Vault Boy with a coat , stubble and round glasses similar to the main character of the film , played by French actor Jean Reno . The picture also features a potted plant that plays a significant role in the film . Professional Wrestling . During the quest G . I . Blues when heading over to the Old Mormon Fort in Freeside , there are three men in one tent named Roy , Wayne , and Farris . The three names put together are a reference to Roy Wayne Farris , a professional wrestler who wrestled for WWF and WCW during the 1980s and 1990s as " . " " Return of the Living Dead " . Red - haired , death - obsessed woman named Trash , whom the player finds dead in a shack beside the old nuclear test site , is a reference to the character Trash in " " . " Revolting Cocks " . As soon as you enter the second section of the strip ( Where the Monorail , The Tops , and The Ultra - Luxe are ) , immediately to the left , there is a Lucky 38 sign advertising the features the casino has to offer . One of the advertisements is for the " Revolving Cocktail Lounge . " The second V of revolving has been vandalized over with a T , making it Revolting Cocktail Lounge . There was a band formed in the 1980s called the Revolting Cocks . One of the songs off their debut album ( Big Sexy Land ) from 1986 , is called ' 38 ' . This is synonymous with the Lucky 38 . This makes it a possible reference to the band ; Revolting Cocks and the song ; 38 . " Water , water , every where , Rime of the Ancient Mariner . Nor any drop to drink . " " RoboCop " . The name of the Gun Runners ' Arsenal challenge Ne Ne Ne Ne . . . is a reference to the film ; it ' s the sound Clarence Boddicker makes when he blows off Alex Murphy ' s right hand with a shotgun . With the Wild Wasteland trait , A Securitron will also say while you are in the Lucky 38 . This was a line used in Robocop . Likewise , if the Courier chooses to frame Heck Gunderson for his son ' s murder during the Beyond the Beef quest , the securitron will say before shooting him dead . Sammy Davis , Jr . . Tommy Torini bears striking resemblance to Sammy Davis , Jr . the only African - American member of the entertainment group , the " , " even down to the missing eye , which Sammy Davis , Jr . lost in an auto collision . " Saving Private Ryan " . Saving ( or Savaging ) Sergeant Teddy is a reference to the movie " Saving Private Ryan " . " Sesame Street " . You may hear Dog saying " OM NOM NOM " while devouring an enemy , if you have the Wild Wasteland trait . This is most likely a reference to the Cookie Monster . " Six String Samurai " . The name and icon for the New Vegas Samurai achievement is a reference to the film . The guitar , stubble , and glasses are all references to the film ' s main character , Buddy . " Sneakers " . The two passwords for the Eastern and the Western reflector control terminals are text encoded in hex and can be found in the notes . The decoded Eastern password is " Too many secrets " and the Western decoded password is " My voice is my passport . " - both are notable passphrases in . " Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs " . In the add - on " Old World Blues " with Wild Wasteland on near by the Construction site the player will be able to find seven garden gnomes stood facing the red stones , with a number of pickaxes on the ground . This is a reference to the childen ' s story " " about a girl who escapes her evil step mother and lives with a small group of dwarven miners . " The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo " . The Courier Who Broke the Bank is a reference to ( 1830 – 1892 ) , a British engineer who was widely known as " . " " The Rat Pack " . The group of actors / singers of the 1960s , the " " , made up of Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin , Sammy Davis , Jr . , Peter Lawford , and Joey Bishop , is poked fun at by the Rad Pack Revue , the group of entertainers working at The Aces theatre in The Tops . Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin both performed songs used in " Fallout : New Vegas " . See also the entries for , , and " The Simpsons " . The Radiation King company is the manufacturer of the Simpsons ' television on the cartoon of the same name . " The Treasure of the Sierra Madre " . The theme , location , climate , and design of Sierra Madre is loosely based on the 1948 film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre . The film is about prospectors hunting for gold in Sierra Madre , threatened by bandits , elements , and worst of all , personal greed . Their Eyes Were Watching God . The character Jeannie May Crawford is a reference to Janie Mae Crawford , the main character of the book Their Eyes Were Watching God , by Zora Neale Hurston . This is Spinal Tap . During the quest Ant Misbehavin ' , when asked by Loyal about what frequency a sonic emitter would need to have to kill mutated ants , with insufficient Science skill , the player can suggest to " turn it up to eleven . " This is an idiom , coined in one scene from " , " referring to the act of exploiting something to its utmost abilities . The idiom itself is a reference to the volume setting on a guitar amplifier , the maximum of which is usually 10 , and by " turning it up to eleven , " one goes beyond the maximum . United States nuclear weapons program . The weapons mod Fat Man Little Boy kit references the code names of the atom bombs dropped on and . The reasons for the names were that Fat Man was an implosion - style device with a spherical core , while Little Boy had a longer and slenderer gun - type mechanism . This reference caused the game to be censored in Japan . Vegas Vic . name as well as the image used for his face is based on . Wasteland . As a word used during the terminal unlock mini - game the word Cochise appears , a reference to Base Cochise the final stronghold in the game Wasteland . The Securitron s also bear some resemblance to Wasteland ' s Threshing Crawlers . Watchmen . The graffiti found at Hoover Dam and occasional loading screens say " spirit of 2277 " which is a reference towards the spirit of ' 77 in Watchmen chapter 8 : Old Ghosts . W . B . Yeats . In the underpass near the Nipton Road Reststop there is a piece of graffiti which states " The centre cannot hold , " a quote from the Irish poet W . B . Yeats ' s poem " . " World War I and II propaganda . The NCR propaganda posters are similar to propaganda from the WW1 and WW2 eras . " X - Men " . Adamantium Skeleton is a reference to Wolverine . This perk was carried over from " Fallout 3 " .