Quentin Filmore (username Filmore.Q)[1] is the son of Nathan and Allie Filmore in the Institute in 2287.
Background[]
The only son of the Filmores, two of the most hard working members of Advanced Systems, Quentin has not developed the yearning for science his parents have. In fact, he considers science boring and a form of punishment.[2] The two things he did develop were a desperate desire for his parents' attention and a talent for pranks to get them to pay attention and spend time with him, as they often work late night shifts for multiple nights in a row, leaving him alone or at best arranging for him to have dinner with their work colleagues. The Thompson family is one such caretaker for Quentin,[3] who is all but used to his parents' absence[4] and is constantly being suspected of pulling more pranks.[5][6]
One of Quentin's typical pranks is hiding his father's notes to drive him crazy[7] or horseplay involving fellow adolescents and the concourse fountain. Alice and Julia, daughters of the Thompsons, top his list of targets.[8] However, he is also known for higher-tier endeavors, such as exposing the gorillas in the BioScience division to high grade stimulants stolen from Doctor Volkert.[9] As a rule, his parents fail to connect their absence with his behavior. They do not try to understand why Quentin is acting out as he is, and simply impose various punishments to make him learn his lesson, whether that is forcing him to apologize, grounding him at home, or even making him do public service via low-level maintenance duty.[10][11][12]
Parenting comes second to work for Quentin's parents. Even when Quentin reaches out to his dad to work together on his school projects, Nathan usually makes an absent-minded promise, then gets engrossed in his own work and forgets. When reminded, he makes excuses and endless promises to make it up next week, which never pans out. Quentin slowly gets used to being the least important thing in his parents' life, at least in his view.[13]
Quentin once also drank robot lubricant fluid "on a dare" and was forced to go seek medical attention as a result.[1]
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Inventory[]
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Appearances[]
Quentin Filmore appears only in Fallout 4.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Institute concourse terminal entries; terminal, Incident IN2677t
- ↑ Quentin Filmore: "Watch out around here. If they catch you having fun, they'll make you do boring science."
(Quentin Filmore's dialogue) - ↑ Nathan Filmore: "Doctor Thompson, I know we're not that close but, may I ask a favor of you?"
Janet Thompson: "Sure, of course."
Nathan Filmore: "Allie and I are both working late tonight. Normally it's not a big deal, Quentin is mostly self sufficient, but it's the third night in a row..."
Janet Thompson: "Say no more. He can come over and have dinner with us. I'm sure the girls will be thrilled."
Nathan Filmore: "It's not too much trouble?"
Janet Thompson: "No trouble at all. Just come by when you're finished."
(Nathan Filmore's and Janet Thompson's dialogue) - ↑ Quentin Filmore: "If you're looking for my Mom or Dad, they're probably still working."
(Quentin Filmore's dialogue) - ↑ Quentin Filmore: "Uh...whatever you think I did, I didn't do it. Alice is a liar!"
(Quentin Filmore's dialogue) - ↑ Quentin Filmore: "What? I'm not even doing anything!"
(Quentin Filmore's dialogue) - ↑ Quentin Filmore: "Sometimes I hide my Dad's work notes just to mess with him. It drives him crazy."
(Quentin Filmore's dialogue) - ↑ Allie Filmore: "I got a call at work today about Quentin."
Nathan Filmore: "What did he do this time?"
Allie Filmore: "Ask your son. A Courser saw him push Alice and Julia into the concourse water display. Then he helped them out, just to push them back in again."
Quentin Filmore: "It was an accident. I swear."
Note: This is one of two possible variants of the first part of the Home1 conversation.
(Allie Filmore's, Nathan Filmore's, and Quentin Filmore's dialogue) - ↑ Allie Filmore: "I got a call at work today about Quentin."
Nathan Filmore: "What did he do this time?"
Allie Filmore: "Apparently, he thought it would be a novel idea to steal high grade stimulants from Doctor Volkert's lab and then give them to the Gorillas."
Quentin Filmore: "It was an accident. I swear."
Note: This is one of two possible variants of the first part of the Home1 conversation.
(Allie Filmore's, Nathan Filmore's, and Quentin Filmore's dialogue) - ↑ Nathan Filmore: "*sigh* Quentin, what are we going to do with you?"
Allie Filmore: "I think a three week grounding and a hand-written apology to everyone involved is suitable."
Quentin Filmore: "No. Please. I promise I'll be good."
Nathan Filmore: "Sorry Quentin, maybe you'll learn your lesson this time."
Note: This is one of three variants of the second part of the Home1 conversation.
(Allie Filmore's, Nathan Filmore's, and Quentin Filmore's dialogue) - ↑ Nathan Filmore: "*sigh* Quentin, what are we going to do with you?"
Allie Filmore: "I can find him some things to do around the Institute, picking up trash, polishing...how does a month of maintenance duty sound?"
Quentin Filmore: "No. Please. I promise I'll be good."
Nathan Filmore: "Sorry Quentin, maybe you'll learn your lesson this time."
Note: This is one of three variants of the second part of the Home1 conversation.
(Allie Filmore's, Nathan Filmore's, and Quentin Filmore's dialogue) - ↑ Nathan Filmore: "*sigh* Quentin, what are we going to do with you?"
Allie Filmore: "No dessert, no seeing friends, no nothing. I'll be giving you double the homework to make sure you're fully occupied during the day."
Quentin Filmore: "No. Please. I promise I'll be good."
Nathan Filmore: "Sorry Quentin, maybe you'll learn your lesson this time."
Note: This is one of three variants of the second part of the Home1 conversation.
(Allie Filmore's, Nathan Filmore's, and Quentin Filmore's dialogue) - ↑ Quentin Filmore: "Hey dad, are you ready?"
Nathan Filmore: "Ready for what?"
Quentin Filmore: "To work on my project...you told me you would help me work on my project tonight."
Nathan Filmore: "Oh shoot, that's right. It must have slipped my mind, I'm afraid I can't tonight. I have too much work to do. I'm sorry."
Quentin Filmore: "Oh. It's okay."
Nathan Filmore: "I'll make it up to you, I promise. Next week."
(Quentin Filmore's and Nathan Filmore's dialogue)
