The most iconic line in Fallout, the line that has kicked off every single Fallout game, usually spoken in the dulcet tones of the narrator Ron Perlman, almost didn't make the cut for the Fallout TV show.
This wasn't for any insidious reason or because the showrunners didn't like the sound of it—it was actually to preserve its reputation. "We talked about it and decided we weren't sure we were even going to have it, because it can feel a little forced," Todd Howard tells me. "So we're like, well, let's see if there's an earned moment."
