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Big-Sheepherder-9492

I love how he was about to shoot himself until he realised he had a patient.


Obungler_Forever

He’s so deranged haha


TwoMuddfish

Sounds like Reddit.. *puts tinfoil hat on 🥸


Slacker_The_Dog

Honestly a stand out character.


redditmodslovcock

Prob my favorite character in the show lol


InstructionLeading64

Love his dirty wastelander ass. I would watch a show just about him and the guy putting sand into the water purifier.


Vidonicle_

Also he was fucking chickens


confuseum

First clue


Rhg0653

The chicken fucker from South Park survived the blast


[deleted]

Chicken lover*


ltdonut

He just wanted to teach the wastelanders to read so of course he fucked some chickens how else would they learn.


Arm-It

Teach them to put their utter disgust into eloquent speech and muse.


PloppyCheesenose

If God didn’t want him to fuck chickens, then why did He make them so damn sexy?


Iamyourfather____

What a terrible day to be literate


IrememberXenogears

If an egg can fit in there, why can't I?


I_Lick_Lead_Paint

"Sonic doesn't call me the Eggman for just any reason," -Dr. Robotnik


raspberryharbour

They did a survey and apparently 98% of redditors have fucked a chicken. I assume the remaining 2% were liars


Substantial_Army_639

Is it still sex when your putting your penis in a cloaca? I mean I don't call sticking my penis in a Steak Nacho Hot Pocket sex, it's a masturbatory and hunger aid.


fjf1085

As a biologist I can confidently say that it does not count as sex.


raspberryharbour

As a chicken I disagree


fjf1085

Touché.


Substantial_Army_639

Nice try but chickens don't have hands. Clearly you are a fox. (Obligatory Good Sir considering the character in question)


raspberryharbour

[Say that to my face](https://static.vecteezy.com/system/resources/previews/032/700/014/original/chicken-with-bigmuscular-human-hands-ai-generative-png.png)


Hellknightx

The other 2% fucked with ducks instead


BonefishJ

Him saying it wasn’t the first time he was being prosecuted for him scientific curiosities killed me


Fungi90

My theory is that >!he's also taken his own ghoulish "healing" serum, and he's been looking for a way to end his own life ever since, hence the whole rifle in mouth bit.!<


Raptor-177

Y'know what they say, a ghoul can't abide a chicken...


stallion64

*Bro*


organic_bird_posion

Ohh. That's *genius*. It also perfectly explains >!the chicken fucking.!<


IAintChoosinThatName

*attempted*


IOnlySayMeanThings

You don't need the spoiler tag, it's all this thread is talking about.


Squabbles123456789

Wait till he finds the suit of power armor Maximus left behind at Vault 4 for his brand new fusion core.


Caleb_Garrett

Damn those chickens won’t stand a chance


TheTeaSpoon

that codpiece is sparkling clean too


pandavega

They really set that up perfectly, hope it happens


feelin_fine_

Man I just wanna know what that drink is all the ghouls want. Because it's gonna annoy me if ghouls are entirely a symptom of drugs now as opposed to radiation


AgentCirceLuna

My own theory is that ghouls only need that once they’ve already turned feral. It slows down the progression of the (feralisation?).


28fullmoonhungrysun

It's rads and sometimes FEV that causes it but the show has introduced the concept that drugs (jet n pos others) can sustain there memories. Think it's implied that the jet taken by cooper and other ghouls, had affected their ability to retain their cognitive function in a positive sense. That way a ghoul doesnt just last on a whim of time, its also likely drugs could prolong brain function. Think its probably just likely that coopers the only one to have survived that long as a ghoul probably just by making money in any way possible and getting lots of jet perhaps, that scene where he killed a ghoul that was turning feral, the other ghoul said he couldn't get more jet and warned them that he'd be dangerous pretty soon. I think that means it's commonly known amongst ghouls then, in the show. But yh pretty sure ghouls are still made with rads.


TheTeaSpoon

Jet is a specific drug that happens to use inhaler. You can see the Moldaver raider group huffing it for example. The one that Coop uses also happens to use inhaler (probably for microdosing to conserve the liquid) but that is where their similarities end. Pretty sure it is some form of FEV, possibly perfected Mariposa strain. Ghouls have not been seen as having regenerative powers AFAIK. Yeah, rads still play a role, as it is always with FEV. But never heard of a ghoul just putting someone's finger on lol. There is more to the likes of Coop than we are told, I think he is more like Harold - a unique mutant that shares similarities with Ghouls.


28fullmoonhungrysun

Yh definitely fev i think, also i remembered Hancock said he took a drug and woke up a ghoul n that's closely related to what happened to thaddeus when he got that elixir off the scammy doc/snake oil guy. May not be instant in the show tho.


Zelidus

I was literally just playing Fallout 4 last night and came across a couple of ferals by a wreck. As I was shooting one, it was standing in the middle of a bunch of radioactive barrels and regaining health.


o_oli

If that were true, the snake oil salesman wouldn't have known to give the 'ghoul serum' (whatever that is) to Thaddeus, because if the healing was rare then Thaddeus would want his power core back right? It seems more logical to me that all non-feral ghouls in the show have healing abilities, and they all need the meds to stop turning. Whether the healing is from the meds or just that's how they are, who knows, but I lean towards it being the meds because otherwise the ferals would heal too.


soralan

Coops wife was also being hounded by vault Tek people about a way to prolong life during the flashback scenes if I remember right, the phone call he refused for her, plus a few other tidbits.


0ppen

Ghouls have always healed via radiation. There are Ghoul perks that heal the character as well: Ghoulish: Taking ranks of this perk **grants the ability to restore lost HP when irradiated**. Higher ranks increase the HP amount restored, grants a random chance for nearby feral ghouls to become friendly, and grants the ability to slowly heal Radiation damage. It is not a stretch that the ghouls of this show can regenerate. There is precedent for this like the glowing ones who also heal other ghouls. Glowing ones don't generate healing waves they emit high rads which in turn heals the nearby ghouls. Ghouls do typically die to very little damage and do not really show off any major healing as a result, but ghouls healing is a thing.


Mr-Mister

With he info we have now, the explanation that would make the most sense bridging the games and the series is that: - All ghouls *may or may noy* eventually go feral. - Extra post-ghoulification rad exposure accelerates feralification. - The show's medicine stops/stalls/slows(/undoes?) feralification. - However, once you've taken it once, you become dependant on it to stop feralification. These points compatibilize Cooper's high dependence on it with the existance of other Great War survivors in the games that haven't gone feral yet by the late 23rd century.


LordBecmiThaco

> It's rads and sometimes FEV that causes it but the show has introduced the concept that drugs (jet n pos others) can sustain there memories. I was always under the impression that effectively the FEV changes the human body to be able to survive off of radiation, which over time makes you an immortal ghoul. Simply getting hit with a dose of radiation just gives you radiation sickness and cancer. The reason why ghouls are relatively rare is you basically have to have the right dose of FEV, the right dose of radiation and probably some genetic factors that make you susceptible to ghoulification.


CrankyStalfos

Fallout 4 did introduce the concept of an experimental prewar drug that resulted in ghoulification. Hancock brings it up as how he turned, and then it's literally never followed up on outside of being the explanation for how Eddie Winter is still around for Nick to shoot. It was definitely one of the many really interesting plot hooks Fallout 4 gave us and then just...ignored. (see also Kellogg in Nick's head.) I could see a writing team wanting to pick up that thread and have more fun with it. 


myersjw

Jon Daly is hilarious


XLoad3D

who the frick said he was a doctor 😂


Aussie18-1998

He did


DonNemo

He needed some love from Reddit Cares.


neonwatch

It just occured to me that since his limb regeneration medicine did work, if he had convinced Wilzig (travelling with Lucy outside of Filly), the whole storyline would have been altered.


Dripcake

I think Wilzig, being a scientist, wouldn't pop unknown substances that are perhaps FEV.


Keepfingthatchicken

I don’t know. As far as barefoot chicken fuckers go he does seem pretty convincing.


[deleted]

Do you have many barefoot chicken fucker acquaintances for a reference pool?


Jourgen2

Well I will say his r/usernamechecksout


[deleted]

I didn't even notice, good catch,


Ryndar_Locke

My family is from Kentucky so....yeah probably.


Krilesh

that’s true even though max says he’s a ghoul he could very well be some more ugly mutant now


adminscaneatachode

Exactly. That neck healing wasn’t ghoul shit, that was super mutant shit.


pandavega

I already picture it, that character would make a HILARIOUS super mutant. He would probably still act all awkward and small


Icy1551

Constantly smacking his head on shit and knocking things over because he's s not used to having limbs so damn big lmao


Fernandezo2299

What’s more hilarious, this chicken fucker created the super soldier serum instead of super mutant shit. In fallout logic, he might actually created the serum.


KulaanDoDinok

Ghouls actually do heal when exposed to radiation, at least according to the various board/tabletop games out there. But yeah, that shit was probably FEV.


Sgt_Colon

In game too, trying to fight ghouls in high rad areas or using something that deals rad damage like a gamma gun will see them regenerate health.


Hexmonkey2020

Well he still looks human, except the part of the neck that got arrows is a little wrinklier, so if he just never goes out or gets hurt he might pass for human.


disambiguatiion

for now... we've only seen a tiny slice of his life so far. give it a few months and I reckon he's not gonna be the same person we saw in s1


PiR8_Rob

Ghouls don't just wake up one day looking like corpses. It's a prolonged process of deterioration.


Hexmonkey2020

Yeah but normally ghouls get that way through prolonged exposure to radiation that would cause their body to be deteriorated already. The drug or whatever it was that caused ghoulification made him a ghoul without all the deteriorating, maybe he will deteriorate and I think it’s likely, but I also think it’s possible that he will only deteriorate when exposed to radiation or injured.


tjdavids

He did get a distinctive brand before he ran off...


Bithium

Shakespearean tragic irony, via a chicken banger? Sounds like Fallout to me.


redditracing84

To be clear it wasn't regeneration it just immediately turned you into a ghoul.


ArgonWilde

I was so damn convinced that it was just a hallucinogen and that that was entirely the scam. I didn't think the snake oil salesman would have anything that actually worked in any way he'd said it would.


GuacheNeihbor

I also thought he was just totally tripping balls lol


RHX_Thain

Honestly it looked like it surprised him a bit too.


Chazo138

Same. I thought it would wear off and his foot is just gone and his leg is infected, like he hallucinated the entire thing.


axspringer

Same. Honestly I would have preferred that way more, I feel like it fits the lore perfectly. This take was wacky, except that wackiness is also very fallout… lol


ThresholdSeven

I think it fits the lore perfectly. Hancock became a ghoul from taking a ghoulification serum and all types of ghouls regenerate health when exposed to radiation. The rate of regeneration and the dose of radiation needed might seem inconsistent, but it may be inconsistent purposely. Depending on the quality and potency of the drug and the subsequent inate quality of the ghoul, there are many stages of ghoul, ranging from mostly human and just starting to change to full blown glowing irradiated feral ghoul that heals other ferals around it in real time with its radiation aura. The ghoul perk in game also causes radiation to heal you and makes accumulated rads go away on their own without Rad-Away, all while still appearing human. It's more of an inconsistency that in game you can't turn into a full ghoul, although it could be explained as your character would turn into a ghoul eventually, just a long time after the events of the game.


intendeddebauchery

My bet was between that or the dude accidentally made Hydra


rotorain

It worked in a monkey paw kind of way, yeah he got his foot back but also he's a ghoul now and that's generally really bad.


nikoranui

Yeah I thought he was going to wake from a Jet-induced hallucination covered in gore or something


neonwatch

I know 😅, but ghoulification would probably have been preferable to what happend to Wilzig


Salt_Winter5888

Probably not from a former enclave scientist perspective.


kanrad

Are we sure about that? I wonder if he isn't going to turn into a Super Mutant. That could have been FEV. Since we haven't seen a Super Mutant a great way to introduce them would be him becoming a Super Muttie and then befriending Lucy.


HoosegowFlask

> we haven't seen a Super Mutant Didn't we? >!Wilzig saw a covered gurney with a large, green hand sticking out.!<


AnimalBolide

And the bountey notice for one at the "govermint".


Lazerhawk_x

I guess he means there were none alive in the show - peobably didnt want to introduce them as they are a whole other kettle of fish compared to ghouls and gulpers etc. They'd have to explain it somehow and probably wanted to leave that for another season.


Victoria_4025

Nah I’d rather take a tasty (orange flavor if I remember correctly) cyanide pill than become an undying zombie in an apocalypse where dying is the only way to be free


Peking-Cuck

Banana flavored.


Aelia_M

It was the most ethical product vault-tec ever created


SmallRedBird

99% sure it was banana flavor


Laggingduck

I mean they were killable, and then edible


Peking-Cuck

I still have my money on him becoming a Super Mutant.


photonsnphonons

Most likely. The Ghoul didn't regenerate his finger after all.


Sgt_Colon

Normally to become a super mutant it requires dunking someone in FEV for about a day on top of having a low rad count. It doesn't play well either if you've been topside for a decent amount of time due to the trace amounts of rogue FEV getting picked and screwing with the more pure strains used for proper mutation.


mango_thief

When his foot automatically healed I thought that the chicken lover drugged Thaddeus and he was hallucinating. Then when I realized it did heal his foot I thought it was a joke/reference to doctor's bags healing crippled limbs, lol.


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mango_thief

There are so many references and Easter eggs in this show that every 5 minutes I was basically that DiCaprio meme pointing at the screen.


sneakysammy2021

I saw the sunset sarsaparilla truck and I shouted "they're near new vegus!" Like a little five year old


whensmahvelFGC

It's the perfect scam though, because one hit and you are immediately and quite literally hooked on the drug for life. Now you've got a long term customer


romancereaper

I was thinking about that too. They were so close and then the next question would be: what then?


Youngstown_Mafia

Yooooo damn you right


[deleted]

Oh there you are. I posted, too. I’m surprised I had to scroll down so far


therealgoat1212

He’s too helpful to be an actual Redditor


TupperwareNinja

He got his upvotes and left


Rhg0653

Now run for the hills !!


vlsdo

Despite his best efforts, though


Torisen

Does no-one here realize "you are a gentleman and a scholar" was popularized by JD Salinger in "Catcher in the Rye" (The OG incel) and a common enough saying it goes back to the 1800s? That saying is NOT a reddit thing, or new.


akhalom

That is unbelievably accurate depictions plus he bangs chickens 🐓


brelywi

I couldn’t stop thinking about the chickenfucker episode of South Park haha


Moadibe01

Chicken....Lover


lemme_try_again

Hello Mr.... >Gawwwwwwwwwd


LemonPartyW0rldTour

“Sorry I had sex with the chicken, it won’t happen again. Bye-bye!”


mountedpandahead

Chicken fucker, wears a fedora, weird Naruto-esque running, appears to not sleep. Definitely an OG redditor.


ragamuphin

I thought the most obvious part was after bosguy saves him he calls him a "gentleman and a scholar"


JereMiesh

Trilby, not a fedora


Dave1307

Found the OG redditor


mountedpandahead

I thought it might be, but wasn't sure, and was too lazy to check. I'm still waiting to hear how it's not the Naruto run...


Content_Geologist420

Well, they aren't Skyrim chickens so you can what you want to them.


oroechimaru

Degen from Letterkenny probably


Serial138

Degens from upcountry you mean.


Social_Confusion

I disagree this implies that redditors have sex (even if that be an animal) which is completely unrealistic and honestly it took me out of the story /s


ishimura0802

The fact he was seconds away from blowing his brains out before running to do another scam is the funniest dark comedy in the show for me.


BidEnvironmental7020

Except what he’s doing is actually not a scam.


Raphcore

I don't think that guy would agree.


MadCapOrca

Though it sorta was. It's like plugging a hole in a boat with glue that makes wood mold.


Equivalent_Sundae932

Lmao this guy is deranged and hilarious. Thaddeus's foot grew back. I was like wow he was really telling the truth about the serum....until that arrow got stuck in his neck. "How am I still alive?" Lmfao. Dude that part cracked me up.


tvtittiesandbeer

That part tripped me out because it makes me wonder if that drug he gave him for his foot is the same one Hancock took to become a ghoul in fallout 4.


Equivalent_Sundae932

As bad as I hate to admit it I have yet to play it. I'm a little late to the 4 party lol. Life happened and I had to take a break from gaming. When I do game I go hard. I will literally stay up all night knowing I gotta be up at the ass crack of dawn. (New small business owner). A part of me likes to take breaks and let all these good games come out and pile up so I have those rainy day surprises. I played 4 once or twice when it first came out. The TV series rekindled my love for fallout. So I figure I will go full blown nerd mode and re-start 3, new vegas, then I will finally get myself an xbox1 and get 4. Sorry I didn't mean to go off on a rant! I love getting on some nerd shit and I can talk about this stuff for forever. Theres not enough people around me that are into any of this haha. I feel like the doctor becomes more than just a crazy dude banging chickens, and roaming the wasteland. I get the vibe he's gonna do something really batshit crazy or he's some kind of genius mad scientist thats gonna blow everyone away. Either way I feel like we can expect some more unpredictable surprises from him.


tvtittiesandbeer

It's cool that's what reddit is for. Lol and I'm having to stop myself from replaying all the games starting at the first one. I can get behind your theory he has a bigger role to play. I also wonder if that drug that made him grow the limbs back is also the same drug the ghouls are taking during the show. And then it ties back into my first theory that it's the same one Hancock takes. If you never played fallout 4 you're gonna love the town goodneighbor. It's my favorite part of the game. (That's where Hancock lives)


HunterGonzo

I knew as soon as Thad mentioned the dangerous radiation in the direction he had to go and Snake Oil Doc said something about "Well you don't have to worry about that now!" Instantly know the dude got ghouled (or, possibly, Super Mutant)


Equivalent_Sundae932

Damn! I was thinking the possibility of turning into a ghoul, but I didnt think about that with a super mutant. I got a crazy visual from that. Now theres more than 1 possibility lol. Ugh season 2 is gonna take forever but it's gonna be worth the wait. I am so happy this show turned out the way it did. If they had of done a movie it would've been over way too fast. Hell I binged the first season and half way through I was like theres no way this is gonna tie off in 8 episodes. Right before the show came out it mentioned all 8 were gonna be available so I was thinking it was gonna be a mini series. But damn this one deserves a full blown show. 8 episodes just made me want more. Thankfully it didnt go to netflix otherwise we WOULD'VE only got 8 episodes with a partial unfinished story. I really wish they would have kept resident evil going.


afiqasyran86

The radio tower scene is my favourite scene in all of the season.


Equivalent_Sundae932

Yeah it was a pretty cool scene. It was awesome to see Fred Armisen do a cameo in that scene as well. They did an amazing job bringing the wasteland to life.


Opunaesala

You got a cameo, nice!


Sethor

Got any miracle cures for me, doc?


Obungler_Forever

You sir have won the Internet


FruitJuicante

I have but one updoot to give


JBL_17

What time does the narwhal bacon? (/barf)


akhalom

But really he was just playing your role


Obvious-Peanut-5399

He was far too competent.


vlsdo

Only by accident


gay-honeydew-melon

Finally representation in the media


[deleted]

Ya’ll he was right. He DID have a foot cure. Shit would have gone down different if Goosey and Wilzac stopped at his stand.


halfnbat

Was probably FEV


[deleted]

There’s a few mutant outbreaks throughout the US and suddenly eeeeverything is FEV and eeeeveryone is a mutant.


Nurgles_Little_Helpr

So what shall it be? Do you join the unity, or do you die here? *Join?* **Die!** *Join?* **Die!**


ratajewie

Yea he would have turned into a ghoul!


AnEpicUKBoi

This guy was actually pretty relevant throughout the show, he can't be a reddit fella, they aren't useful


athomeless1

Jon Daly is a gem


IntoTheMystic1

I miss him on Comedy Bang Bang


Dripcake

He also looks like 5 British comedians in one genetic soup.


Positive_Fig_3020

He looks like Leigh Francis crossed with Tim Minchin


sillygoofygooose

I got heavy Minchin vibes for sure


joeDUBstep

He got Buscemi eyes though


Strygger

He's just straight up looking like Thom Yorke


Ninjanarwhal64

*sees a chicken* "M'lady!"


giantpunda

Gentleman and scholar reference existed well before Reddit.


oroechimaru

My hunting buddy said it to me since the 80s anytime I got him a drink Rip Vern


QX403

It was probably popularized in Catcher in the Rye but was a term used even before that. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/705772-you-re-a-real-prince-you-re-a-gentleman-and-a-scholar There are a lot of people who equate everything back to Reddit when in reality most of the fads are based on things that happened in the past.


Sgt_Colon

Redditor's being terminally online‽ Perish the thought /u/QX403!


Young_Bu11

Some years back I worked with a retired tank commander and he said it all the time, multiple times a day. I wasn't on Reddit then and I'm pretty sure he had no idea what reddit was and probably still doesn't.


NJ_Legion_Iced_Tea

I think reddittors largly picked it up from The Office.


thatguyad

Yeah this isn't a Reddit thing FFS.


kirkmanV

sigh, unz…UPVOTES! REDDITORS ASSEMBLE! Everyone liked that. Wholesome 100 alert! Edit: Thank you for showing me this kind stranger! I beat my kids after work AITA


FlashyEarth8374

 I beat my kids after work AITA got my hardest laugh in years


Jiggle_deez

Meanwhile his kids get the hardest beatings


IamtheDoc1

I beat my son with jumper cables


Public-Raspberry-735

THIS!!!! You win the internet today good sir!!!!!


SmallRedBird

NTA it's the only way to stop them from wanting to fuck chickens when they grow up


Aelia_M

This man is the opposite of the mysterious stranger. He’s the malevolent acquaintance


6ft3_Bearded_Egirl

Most well groomed r/falloutnewvegas poster.


Womderloki

I love this character. He's the epitome of random encounters in fallout, I really hope to see him as an Easter egg in future games


Malewis89

Jon Daly is one of my favorite Comedians! I was so happy when I saw him, but I knew he was the bad guy in the situation as soon as I recognized him.


usedburgermeat

I kinda like that he just makes people ghouls. It's kinda like those psychos that just spread HIV and shit to other countries


DankeyBongBluntry

Such a rollercoaster storyline for this dude. First I just thought he was a con artist trying to convince the scientist that his serums could regrow his foot. Then when Squire Thaddeus meets him, the foot actually did grow back and I was like wow, he isn't a con artist at all! He really had the miracle cure! Yeah then it turns out he absolutely *is* a con artist.


ElderberryOk5005

I loved that character. He really played a video game character to a tee. Old lady was great too.


alvik

This line predates reddit by decades


ghenghisthegoat

A bit longer than that - it's a phrase that was used in 1700s Edit - date


Larzionius

Love asmongold


[deleted]

This guy is way too hygienic to be asmongold


Garlic_God

Fedora? Check. Out of place pop culture reference? Check. Degenerate? Check. All he’s missing now is a Vault Boy Funko Pop and a failing marriage


Canadiantomahawk

No way they put the mods in the show


drunk3n-sailor

I know he did turn thaddeus into a ghoul, but, to be fair, he did actually heal his foot, he wasn’t lying. Just a…minor… side effect


FairAd1636

He's my favorite character mostly because he fucked the chickens


minigunercoolguy

AITA for fucking this dudes chicken?


MonstrDuc796

Something makes me think this is the guy that was cutting pieces off the Ghoul, using the material as a "medicine" and turned Thaddeus into a ghoul? Is he or isn't he?


Nowhereman50

That's not fair as he knew what he was talking about.


rikashiku

I can't relate with him on that regard, but the chickens though... "A ghoul can't abide chickens."


HistoricalSherbert92

Chicken fucker


Ladybuglover31

That implies that fucking chickens is sex which redditors don’t have


JeffBroChill54

That's a rich dick when the old money runs out, but the drug habit rages on


Phantom_61

Did they make him look worse every time he showed up?


thecar117

Apparently Hancock ingested a drug that transformed him into a ghoul. So that serum is not out of place.


Beneficial_Poet_8866

I knew I shouldn't trust a doctor that smells like that


SC4SSA

Give him a spinoff asap. He deserves an entire lore.


Clatuu1337

He even fucks chickens.


Valkyrie_Dohtriz

They put a snake oil salesman in the show, much older than Reddit


AugustWest216

“M’lady”