Wild Wasteland Wild Wasteland is a in " " . It adds ( and in some cases changes ) random encounters and locations to include the dark humor more reminiscent to that of " Fallout " , " Fallout 2 " and " " special encounter s . Not having this trait will make fewer humorous analogues in places of the Wild Wasteland encounters . Events that are modified / triggered by Wild Wasteland are indicated by an " alien - esque " sound and an on - screen " . . . " message with an image of the Vault Boy with spirals for eyes , identical to the Wild Wasteland image . Wild Wasteland encounters . There are 15 major Wild Wasteland encounters throughout New Vegas . Besides encounters , Wild Wasteland also has a few effects on things that occur in the base game . Although these changes or events are specific to taking the Wild Wasteland trait , their occurrence is not accompanied by the " . . . " message . That Fridge Was a Death Trap ! Occurrence : Slightly southeast of Goodsprings , along the road out of town , there is a refrigerator lying on the desert floor , wherein a curled up skeleton exists . . . and a Suave gambler hat . This is a reference to the fourth Indiana Jones movie , " " , in which Jones survives a nuclear test facility blast by climbing into a lead - lined refrigerator and being catapulted miles away . Many consider this to be one of the silliest stunts in the history of the Indiana Jones franchise , and " Indy ' s " appearance here seems to suggest the more likely outcome of trying to survive nuclear Armageddon inside a fridge . Additionally , the name of the incident is a reference to a line spoken by General Robert Ross to Indy a few minutes later in the movie : " Indy , thank goodness you ' re all right ! Don ' t you know better than to climb into a refrigerator ? Those things can be death traps ! " Hovering alien ship . Occurrence : As you close in on the area just north of Horowitz farmstead , what looks like a mercenary camp from a distance turns into an extraterrestrial landing , complete with a broken spacecraft , and three stranded alien s . Looking closely at the UFO one can see cables and tubes hanging out from a hatch . The UFO is exactly the same in appearance as the crashed Recon craft " Theta " in " Fallout 3 " that initiates " Mothership Zeta " . The has the unique ( though he cannot use it ) along with over 100 s . Two other aliens carry s along with some and drained small energy cell s . What Is It , Boy ? Occurrence : This encounter will only appear with in company . At some point , Rex will speak to you with an " aroo ! " You then determine that Little Jimmy may have fallen into a well , the location of which is marked on your Pip - Boy ' s world map ( east of New Vegas , underneath the overpass ) . The well contains a child ' s skeleton , a , an Abilene Kid LE BB gun , 200 , a rawhide cowboy hat , as well as a . This is a reference to a similar quest in " Fallout 2 " , where the Chosen One is looking for a boy named Jonny , and learns from his dog Laddie that Jonny may have fallen into the town well and likely been eaten by a mole rat , dropping his BB gun . ( Jonny is later found to be alive at the end of the quest , if the Chosen discovers the truth about his disappearance . ) This in turn , is a reference to the 1954 " " TV series , where Timmy was frequently rescued after Lassie warned somebody . On the TV show Timmy never fell into a well , though he did get in a lot of similar predicaments . Maud ' s Muggers . Occurrence : When leaving Cerulean Robotics , a group of three elderly women ( known as Maud ' s Muggers ) named Irate Ida , Rancorous Ruth and Malefic Maud wearing s and armed with s and s will strike . They often have a small amount of , showing the success of previous muggings . This is possibly a reference to a Monty Python sketch named Hell ' s Grannies . Any resident of Freeside or may occasionally mention them . You ' re getting too close , shamus ! Occurrence : During the quest I Put a Spell on You , if you unwittingly divulge to Captain Curtis that you know a mole is using the control tower during the night and then stake it out , he ambushes you there . Right before the ambush occurs , Curtis says " You ' re getting too close , shamus ! " , shamus being early 20th century slang for a private detective . The phrase is taken directly from the series of video games , where it would be said by in - game NPCs to indicate the player was close to apprehending a criminal . R . O . U . S . . Occurrence : You may not think they exist , but in certain underground locations , such as the New Vegas sewers , the broc flower cave , or Vault 11 , there are rats one - and - a - half to two - times larger than normal . These are . They are mentioned by Lady Jane . This is a reference to " " and the R . O . U . S ( Rodents of Unusual Size ) that inhabit the Fire Swamp . Similarly , the town of Klamath in " Fallout 2 " had a problem with large rats that were referred to as " R . U . S , " wherein " of " is simply omitted from the acronym . Owen and Beru . Occurrence : Located just in front of a ruined Nipton house containing a , to the right of the town hall , there are two corpses . One looks to be a male human , while the other is female , lying next to each other . They look like they ' ve been charred . Looking at the burned corpses will reveal the male to be named " Owen " and the female " Beru . " This is a reference to " " , where ' s uncle and aunt , and , are burned to death and their charred corpses are shown in the same pose as in the game . Romanes Eunt Domus . Occurrence : Scrawled on the north wall of Cottonwood Cove HQ in Cottonwood Cove , some upstart has scrawled the graffiti " Romanes Eunt Domus " . This is a reference to " " where Brian is writing graffiti on the palace wall and uses the same incorrect inflection , trying to write " " Romans go home " " but instead writes " " People called Romanes , they go , the house . " " He is then corrected by an Imperial guard ( John Cleese ) , who then forces him to write the correct version on the wall 100 times by the morning of the next day , or he would " cut his balls off . " Dead investigator . Occurrence : During the side quest Beyond the Beef , a dead investigator is discovered inside an Ultra - Luxe hotel room . Further investigation of this crime - scene reveals his name to be " Crusoe , " with a shock of red hair , sunglasses and a business suit . This is a reference to the popular TV series " CSI : Miami " , and more specifically , its main character , Horatio Caine , played by . Dead or alive , you ' re coming with me . Occurrence : If you frame Heck Gunderson during the side quest Beyond the Beef you may hear the arresting Securitron say : " " Dead or alive , you ' re coming with me . " " and " " Your move , creep " " . Players may also over hear the Securitrons saying this instead of their usual banter on the Strip . This is a reference to Paul Verhoeven ' s 1987 movie " " , when the protagonist confronts a criminal with whom he has a personal history . The One . Occurrence : Slightly northwest of the Devil ' s Throat is a large , unexploded atomic bomb known as The One . Amid the crackle of your Geiger counter , you can open up the bomb , and scavenge some energy weapon ammunition . There is a super mutant encampment in very close vicinity to the bomb . Usually , there are 4 - 5 super mutant masters lingering around , plus a few assorted ghouls . Johnny Five - Aces . Occurrence : During Barton Thorn ' s quest , you ' re instructed to investigate an overlook south of Goodsprings . There ' s a dead Prospector up there named Johnny , wearing glasses , with a glass pitcher next to him , and five aces on the table . On the cliff are four balls in a line . This is a reference to the failed game project " Zybourne Clock " , more specifically to one of its characters , " Johnny Five - Aces , " as well as a metaphorical explanation of time - travel involving four balls placed on the edge of a cliff . Initially announced on the forums , the project featured questionable artwork and somewhat convoluted plot material , and eventually became a forum inside joke . The line formed by the 4 red balls besides Johnny is actually a sign pointing the exact direction of the Deathtrap Fridge ( another Wild Wasteland scene ) from there . Game over , man , game over ! Occurrence : If you ' re listening to the NCR Emergency Radio during the final battle for Hoover Dam , among the chatter about positioning snipers and reinforcing positions you may hear lines " " They ' re coming out of the walls , man ! They ' re coming outta the damn walls . " " and " " Game Over , Man ! GAME OVER ! " " If you search the rooms near the control panels where you meet Fantastic for the second time , you may find three Legion centurions standing in a small room next to a hole in the wall . Three NCR soldiers are at their feet , dead , and one of them is named " Private Hudson . " This will only occur if you search this room after hearing the radio broadcast . This is a reference to character Private First Class William Hudson from James Cameron ' s 1986 movie " Aliens " , where Hudson says these lines when inside the alien hive and after his team ' s drop - ship has crashed on an alien - infested planet . Dammit , I ' m an ambassador . Occurrence : During the quest Kings ' Gambit , there is a dialogue option for the trait when discussing dealing with Pacer with Ambassador Crocker . You tell him that Pacer has a heart condition and is addicted to jet and insinuate that Crocker ought to be able to figure out what to do with that information . He responds with " " Damn it , I ' m an ambassador , not a doctor ! " " This phrase is a permutation of the phrase " " Dammit Jim , I ' m a doctor , not a ( n ) { insert profession here } " " often attributed to Leonard " Bones " McCoy on " Star Trek " . Holy Frag Grenades . Occurrence : In the basement of the Searchlight east church of Camp Searchlight , there are 3 Holy Frag Grenade s on a table . The writing on a box beside these grenades reads " Pull pin and count to 5 3 " Reference to the in " " . " " Donnie and Marie . Occurrence : If the Courier warns Motor - Runner that they are there to kill him , Motor - Runner will refer to his dogs ( BoneGnash and GhashBone ) as " " before engaging the Courier in combat . There is also a script that would cause BoneGnash and GhashBone to be renamed to Donnie and Marie , though it is unused . Pimp - Boy 3 Billion . After acquiring the Pimp - Boy 3 Billion from Mick in Mick & Ralph ' s , some disco music will play every time the Pimp - Boy is equipped . Mr . New Vegas . Mr . New Vegas has a number of special intro lines that only play with Wild Wasteland : EXTERMINATE ! While in combat , the Freeside Securitron s guarding The Strip North Gate will repeatedly shout , " " Exterminate ! " " This is a reference to the , a genocidal race of armor - encased aliens and recurring villains in the science fiction television series " " . Witch ! Witch ! Occurrence : If your reputation with Freeside is Vilified , some Freeside residents may harass you by saying , " " Witch ! Witch ! You should be burned for all the people you ' ve turned into newts ! " " This is a reference to " " , where a villager accuses a woman of witchcraft for turning him into a newt , despite the fact that he is still human . Ain ' t nothing but a hound dog . Occurrence : While in Freeside , Cass may be whistled at or otherwise hit on by members of the Kings , to which she will respond dismissively , " " ain ' t nothing but a hound dog , " " instead of the normal response of " " somebody ' s asking for a boot in their fusebox . " " This is a reference to the of the same name by , covered years later by . Credits . The credits are significantly changed with Wild Wasteland . Most names will carry a rather silly nickname , and other nonsense messages from the developers are interjected semi - randomly . This is a holdover from the developer comment credits from the first two " Fallout " games . Also , most instances of the name " Dead Money " is replaced with " Dead Monkey . " The " wacky " credits can be read without the perk inside the game ' s data file as CreditsWacky . txt . " Dead Money " . G is for ghost people . In the add - on " Dead Money " , the companion Dog and God will go " " OM NOM NOM " " when eating ghost people . This is a reference to the internet meme , where OM NOM NOM represents eating something . The meme originates from the sound Cookie Monster makes while eating cookies in the " " TV series . Get an axe ! 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 a scene near the beginning of " " , wherein the series ' hero Ashley " Ash " Williams cautions a knight against touching a seemingly deceased Deadite who , true to his warning , proves to be merely faking . This in turn is a callback to the previous movie , with the same line . Are you my mummy ? In the wine cellar near the bell tower from which you trigger the Gala Event , the phrase " I AM NOT YOUR MUMMY " is scrawled on the central pillar . This is in reference to the Ghosts ' gas masks and the two - part episode of " Doctor Who " , and . " Honest Hearts " . Two - Bears - High - Fiving . A Dead Horses tribal named Two - Bears - High - Fiving will rush out of the Angel cave . This refers to a mod from New Vegas Nexus that makes it optional to select the dialogue " Two bears high fiving " during the beginning of " Fallout : New Vegas " , while being tested by Doc Mitchell . Take drugs ! Kill a bear ! When speaking to White Bird with the trait , during the Rite of Passage quest , he will shout , " " Take drugs ! Kill a bear ! " " when giving the Courier the quest objective . This is a reference to the " Advice Dog " internet meme . " Old World Blues " . Walking eye . In the Magnetohydraulics complex are four robots known as walking eye s . One can be seen directly to the left , two others are in the flooded room to the left - one on the ceiling above the door frame and one on the desk . The last one is perched on top of the flooded room on the left corner ( if you leave the flooded area and are on the crosswalk , jump and you will see it ) . This scene is a reference to the robotic spider in " " episode " Fallen Arches . " Also the robotic spider is one of the many references to Jonny Quest in " The Venture Bros . " , as the show is heavily based on the 1964 - 65 show and seems to take place in the same universe decades later . Jonny Quest himself becomes a character in later seasons after its creators realized during the first season that they had legal access ( Cartoon Network is a Turner network ; Turner owns the Hanna - Barbera properties including Jonny Quest ) and began using the actual characters . The robotic spider is in the opening of both Jonny Quest and " The Venture Bros . " Wash the walking eye ! While wandering the crater , you may hear a message over the intercom from Dr . 0 ( voiced by James Urbaniak , who is Dr . Venture in the TV show " The Venture Brothers " ) shouting " " Attention : Lobotomites ! Wash the walking eye ! " " This is also a reference to " " episode " Fallen Arches " mentioned above , in particular a scene where Dr . Venture seductively washes the before - mentioned eye . Four of these " walking eyes " can be found in the Magnetohydraulics complex . Stripe . Behind Dr . Borous ' house in Higgs Village is a dog house containing a miniature named Stripe that is roughly as tough as a legendary deathclaw . Its name is a reference to the " " movie series , as is the " chicken leg " lying on the ground in front of the dog house . . . . And then Explode and Die . Inside X - 7a " Left Field " Artillery Launch , the Courier will hear a garbled intercom message that ends with " " . . . and then explode and die . " " This is a reference to the film " " in which the same announcement is made over the ship ' s intercom . Dogs Playing Poker . In the X - 8 research center , after exiting the high school testing area , is a room with a window that looks into another room containing five police cyberdog s . Where they would normally be sitting , staring obediently at an image of Vault Girl petting a dog ( which in itself is a reference to the Man ' s Best Friend perk image from the canceled " " ) , with Wild Wasteland they are sitting around a table littered with cards , poker chips , and alcohol . This is a reference to the famous " " series of paintings . A similar scene appears in the " " special encounter Brahmin Poker . Wolverines ! In the X - 8 research center ' s high school testing area , the word " Wolverines " has been spelled out on a wall . This is a reference to the film " " , where high school students fend off an invasion by Soviet forces . Hi - ho ! Hi - ho ! It ' s off to work we go ! At the construction site , there are seven positioned around the large red crystals , along with pickaxes and lanterns . There is a grave nearby . This is a reference to the film " " . Hey , who turned out the lights ? ! At multiple locations , including the X - 12 research center and the Z - 43 innovative toxins plant , it is possible to hear a trauma override harness say " " Hey , who turned out the lights ? ! " " This is a reference to the " " episodes " " and " . " Rokit 88 . Slightly northeast of the Big MT west tunnel is an abandoned military truck that has been cut in half by a hill . The truck ' s cargo bed contains several barrels of radioactive waste and it has a New Jersey license plate that reads " Rokit 88 . " The license plate is a reference to the film " " in which a vehicle drives through a solid mountain . Plan 9 . When speaking to Dr . Mobius , he will mention having to implement Plan 9 ( instead of Plan C , as he would without Wild Wasteland ) . This is a reference to the infamous film " " . Kilroy Was Here . As you exit The Think Tank or The Sink , turn left and follow the dome ' s wall . On the wall is a piece of graffiti that reads " Kilroy was here . " This phrase was popular with Allied soldiers ( usually US ) during World War II , who would leave the graffiti in various ( occasionally unlikely ) places as a sort of commemoration and marker to their progress . OH , YEAAHH ! An unused texture for wall graffiti is present in the game files of Old World Blues . The static object depicts the phrase " OH , YEAAHH ! " in stylized red letters when viewed . Since this is a wall texture , it ' s obvious that this was meant to be next to a broken hole in the wall and be a reference to the " " , which may have been cut due to copyright / trademark issues . Although this is also the catch phrase of " " , who died a few months prior to the DLC ' s release . There is no indication as to where this graffiti was to be placed . " Lonesome Road " . Seymour . A petrified corpse , frozen in solid dolomite , of a dog named Seymour can be found in the Cave of the Abaddon on the right side from the entrance next to Sunflower Summers ' corpse on top of a turned over cabinet . This is a reference to Fry ' s petrified dog of the same name in " Futurama " in the episode Jurassic Bark . You ' re already dead . When crafting the Fist of Rawr , it will be renamed Fist of the North Rawr . This is a reference to the post - apocalyptic anime and manga " " . Damn you , you maniacs ! If the Courier launches Ulysses ' missiles at both NCR and Caesar ' s Legion , there will be a slide during the ending slideshow of the Mojave Outpost Ranger monument shown half - way buried under sand and what looks like one NCR Trooper ( on his knees ) and one NCR Veteran Ranger viewing the scene . This is a reference to the 1968 film " " where Charlton Heston ' s character is seen " damning them all to hell " as he witnesses the half - buried Statue of Liberty . Try " Guest " . The password to the terminal at Third Street Municipal Building is " Guest . "