France was a country in Europe before the Great War.
Background
In 2060, the oil fields in the Middle East ran dry. Both the European Commonwealth and the Middle Eastern powers were reduced to ruin with no victor.[Non-game 1] The European Commonwealth dissolved into bickering, quarreling nation-states fighting over the world's remaining resources.[1]
Mentions
| Game | Text | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Fallout 2 | The Golden Globes works on a film featuring a French exchange student. | |
| Fallout 3 | The Little Lamplighter Eclair and Tenpenny Tower resident Margaret Primrose use the French phrase "bon appetit." | |
| Fallout: New Vegas | Mortimer at the Ultra-Luxe uses the French phrase "bon appetit" and his official title is Maître d'. | |
| Fallout: New Vegas | The perk "Cherchez La Femme" is a French idiom that means "look for the woman," meaning that at the root of every problem is a woman. | |
| Fallout: New Vegas | Le Canard Apartments appear near Westside with the phrase meaning "the duck". | |
| Dead Money | Dean Domino mentions that he performed in Paris. | |
| Fallout 4 | Curie's personality was modeled around that of Liza, a French grad school fling of Kenneth Collins from Versailles. | |
| Fallout 4 | A terminal entry written by a member of the Brotherhood on the Prydwen mentions a chess move called "the French Defense." | |
| Far Harbor | Andre Michaud speaks French while laying wounded in the Bait Shop of Far Harbor. | |
| Nuka-World | Napoleon's ceremonial parades across Europe are mentioned on a plaque in Wixon's Shovel Museum. | |
| Fallout 76 | During the Story Time with Miss Nanny random encounter, the Miss Nancy will speak French. | |
| Fallout 76 | The Appalachian Liberty Bell was one of 53 cast in France in 1950. | |
| Fallout 76 | In the Pioneer Scout badge exam, one of the questions mentions a French diplomat. | |
| Fallout 76 | Scout Leader Jaggy mentions the French language. | |
| Fallout 76 | In the Pioneer Scout atomics exam, Francium is mentioned as having been discovered in France. | |
| Fallout 76 | In a radio advertisement for Appalachian Antiques, heard on Pirate Radio, a fictional Bohemian art show is said to take place in France. | |
| Fallout 76 | Esme Rousseau speaks with a strong French accent. Her father was a chef in France before the War. | |
| Fallout Tactics | The Cheyenne Mountain facility offers a French language countdown for bomb launches. |
Known locations
- Paris (mentioned in Dead Money)
- The Eiffel Tower (mentioned in Fallout Shelter)
- Versailles (mentioned in Fallout 4)
- Amiens (mentioned in Fallout 76)
Appearances
France is mentioned in Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas and its add-ons Dead Money and Old World Blues, Fallout 4, Fallout 76 and the Wild Appalachia update, Fallout Shelter, Fallout Tactics, and Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel.
Behind the scenes
- A wine named Chateau Montrose was mentioned as being drank once by the U.S. president as of 2077 with no confirmation of it being a French wine.[19] In real life, Château Montrose is a winery in the French region of Bordeaux.
- Similarly, a Atomic Claret vintage is mentioned once, with "claret" being primarily used in British English for red Bordeaux wine.
- Fallout 2 mentions a Chateau Lafayette wine. In real life, the Château de Chavaniac, also known as Chateau Lafayette, is not a winery.
Gallery
A painting of Todd Howard in Fallout 4, parodying a famous painting of Napoleon
References
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Non-game
- ↑ Fallout Bible 0: "2054: The Euro-Middle Eastern War ends as the oil fields in the Middle East run dry... there is no longer a goal in the conflict, and both sides are reduced almost to ruin."
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