Much of the humor around Vault Boy comes from the weird and macabre situations the cheery Vault-Tec mascot finds himself in. Early Fallout games showed Vault Boy as a grave robber, slaver ...

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But as we’ve seen from the reviews for the Fallout show thus far, it’s been praised for handling the source material with care, and the same can be said for its Vault Boy origin story.