Humiliate Dr. Zero with Your High Intelligence

[@the_Red_Star]

it's amazing how often characters say things in these games that turns murdering them into the perfect punchline

[@rmaatn606]

It happens so much in Bethesda games that I sincerely believe it's an intentional part of their game design. It's all about giving you an environment to play out the fantasy of having no consequences for your actions. It's like the concept of having "fuck you money" (being so rich that you can say fuck you to anybody), but with power.

[@symbiotesoda1148]

It’s part of Fallout’s humor, after all.

[@gumbywithagun4293]

That quicksave button was the funniest thing ever invented

[@Ecliptor.]

"Get fucked"

[@dani.2479]

@@gumbywithagun4293 I wanted to put a bullet through ”Fathers” head in fallout 4 but i knew there was quests and exp to get soo.. *(throws morality in the garbage bin)*

[@Mabra51]

I love that very short "what" when you tell him to just add a slash.

[@liomurasaki]

It sounds really like a "... Wut?"

[@dungeonwallmeat2113]

Has that Chris Pratt energy to it

[@ZombieWarfare200]

Willem Dafoe energy

[@JamesTDG]

It made me laugh my ass off

[@JackFoxtrotEDM]

"Good morning, Ozzy." "...What?"

[@Issac1222productions]

The best part about this skill check is, if I remember correctly, after you inform him he does indeed change his name to '0' with a slash for the rest of the game.

[@backupaccount6341]

Does it actually have a slash through it or does he write out "O with a slash"? (I haven't gotten to this part of the DLC yet and I don't have a very high inteligence)

[@jiovanirivera852]

@@backupaccount6341 If i remember correctl it does have a slash through it.

[@backupaccount6341]

@@jiovanirivera852 Ok, it would have been real funny if he did spell it out, thanks for confirming.

[@rabbit0664]

​@@backupaccount6341 Agreed. Hello Doctor 0 With A Slash

[@Eldoofus]

@@TheLegoScienceGuy Ø is a letter and 0 is a number, funny, innit?

[@Cunnysmythe]

I always found it strange in this conversation that you needed such high intelligence to point out what a child could probably tell you, then the entire Think Tank is amazed by it later

[@RadicalEdward_115]

A child wouldn't know about robcos codebase and thats what the courier means by a slash through it... Robcos robotics identity that as 'zero'

[@فهدالدوسري-ح6ض]

Probably because of your lack of brain at that moment.

[@ea.fitz216]

@@RadicalEdward_115 I think they meant the check where the courier initially realises he’s Doctor zero.

[@RadicalEdward_115]

@@ea.fitz216 7 isnt that high imo so idk what they meant

[@ea.fitz216]

@@RadicalEdward_115 7 is for that.

[@basedbattledroid3507]

The fact it's Dr Venture's voice makes it even funnier, it's in-character for both of them

[@RupertAndCheese]

Thought it sounded like him.

[@glowcloudwheatproducts495]

Last time I played this, I had never watched the venture bros, so coming back and hearing his voice was quite a surprise

[@itzfroggi22]

AAYY! I'M NOT ALONE ON THIS

[@Bruhtatochip742]

I knew it

[@tekgeekster]

So it is the same actor. That's great. Lol

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

I laughed when I learned this takes an INT of 9 to say. Sometimes the simplest solutions are the hardest to come up with.

[@ashurean]

intelligence is a circle, in the beginning you assume you'll just continuously learn more and more advanced concepts, then at your apex you realize your most impressive feat is just a mastery of the basics.

[@karnewarrior]

I've always thought that it's sometimes too easy with these games. Like, the option that requires a skill check is always the better option, you don't even need to read beyond seeing the skill check marker to know it's the best option for you. I'd love it if, just once or twice, Bethsoft gave us a skill check that was objectively worse than otherwise, just to trip us up - like a high-int option where the character wildly overthinks the problem and leads the NPC and themselves to the wrong conclusion.

[@Tyrranis]

One theory that I subscribe to for this is that it takes that high of an intelligence for the player to realise that the think tank isn't as smart as they appear, and as such the painfully obvious solution is one that they haven't thought of. The INT isn't for you to come up with the idea, it's to realise that they didn't.

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

@@Tyrranis Recognizing the extent of a person's intelligence/stupidity _does_ take a superior mind. I like that theory!

[@kawabatayuri]

​@@karnewarrior theres one barter skill check in Dead Money with Dean Domino where if you pass it, you will call his bluff and he will become cautious and less friendly to you, potentially making him an enemy during the final confrontation

[@talleywa5772]

1:10 we've all been there. Might be the best acted line in the whole damn franchise.

[@JamesTDG]

I want to extract that line to use in memes, lol

[@littlevirus3562]

It can be for so much situations! Like: Me: "UGH! I HATE THIS FIGHT! IT'S SO ANNOYING THAT I CAN'T TARGET THEIR SUPPORT CHARACTER!" Friend: "you do know that there's a skill to do that, right?" Me: 1:10

[@math3000]

​👁👄👁

[@theinternetpolice2078]

I dunno, I'm partial to the "two large pepperonis and a calzone" line myself

[@10EightyPlays]

“What?”

[@77yvurc]

this also shows us that his intelligence is 8. 7 and he still thinks you are beneath him and 9 you stump him

[@2-Way_Intersection]

tbf, i think he just has an ego, so he's gonna think you're below him regardless

[@Illier1]

The Think Tank at best is maybe a 3, with Morbius being the only actual intellectual threat. They're a bunch of overconfident, brain damaged narcissists who are too horny and drugged up to be a major threat.

[@milktea1994]

i wanna be beneath him

[@Golden_Pig64]

🤨

[@bargyarr]

​@@milktea1994repeat

[@preoklenthe]

"And that's what truly makes you a zero" My sides.

[@iambad6974]

I like how the pacification field is still on yet you managed to still shoot Dr.0

[@WhatIsSanity]

Yeah it doesn't work. Hahaha

[@lockinhinddanger934]

It's easy to bypass it.

[@simonhugo4893]

@@lockinhinddanger934yeah how ?

[@agentoranj5858]

@@simonhugo4893 Open the console. Break the fourth wall. Transcend boundaries.

[@ndn4ver3]

Or you can just beat the dlc

[@811chelseafc]

That “what” is maybe the best delivered line in the game.

[@haassteambraker9959]

Hell, possibly the whole franchise. Its flawless.

[@gothbossbaby]

absolutely hilarious delivery

[@booperscooper1491]

@@haassteambraker9959 What about that Enclave soldier from Fallout 2 saying _"Who the fu- Who is- Wha- I should kick your fuckin' ass, who is this!?"_

[@runawayredmin8263]

I just realized that this is literally just Dr. Venture as a brain in a jar.

[@nopenoperson9118]

fuck me running I may possibly be more dense than Doctor 0.

[@rockyfluffy9681]

A chair

[@PolishGod1234]

​@@rockyfluffy9681I disagree

[@k1l7r0]

The character was rewritten after the VA was casted to be more like rusty

[@QuantumChord]

What tops is it is what he says after you tell him to put the slash: “What?” It’s delivered in such a deadpan way that you can almost feel Dr. 0’s brain physically cringe at his own stupidity.

[@logicthewise]

With the math wrath perk, you get unique dialogue

[@Ztygs]

I love NV for this reason. So many skill checks even for a few perks or skills not just directly related to speech skill.

[@slonk420]

​@@Ztygs The fuckin power armor training check in honest hearts 😂😂😂

[@jasonx1174]

​@@slonk420 "What a load of crap. The eye slits on the T-Seris are bullet proof!"

[@Mordecrox]

@@Ztygs I wish I could find the [Psycho 100] dialogue, you know the one a NCR guy says unless you have a ton of psycho to forget it

[@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447]

@@Mordecrox The NCR commander outside Nelson says that.

[@barnaclejim3119]

Rusty Venture was such a perfect choice for this guy

[@zacharyhicks6237]

I'M RUSTYYY

[@jasonx1174]

I KNEW IT! I KNEW THE VOICE WAS FAMILIAR FOR SOME REASON!!!!

[@thor8606]

I knew it

[@oneblacksun]

Because Dr. 0 is just Rusty Venture.

[@robertwagstaff1126]

That's where super science gets you, I guess.

[@seanmorrison9574]

That “what” was far more powerful than it should’ve been

[@declicitous1763]

bro really said: 👁👄👁

[@infernalone666]

Truth be told...he more than just said it.....his body IS it.

[@tonybeardy1888]

I think because of this interaction I started “slashing” my zeros to differentiate between the letter and number, especially for Zip/Postal codes. Time and dates are pretty straightforward, it’s when you start mixing letters in there people, more often than not, get confused attempting to read it.

[@1Maklak]

I also put a minus through my Z to differentiate it from 2. A mathematician who taught complex numbers showed me this trick.

[@ustriwijayati4166]

Wait till you guys know about the number 3 and the letter Z/З in Cyrillic lol. Although it can be differentiated by context, its still common to mistake them

[@SlenderWolf109]

I do this too, usually when in a letter-number mix like a code or serial number. I do have a job now where I write a _lot_ of numbers, though, so I rarely bother to do it if there's no reason for an letter to be on something with numbers on it. Situational, I guess.

[@LineOfThy]

@@1Maklak f*ck i need to use this

[@revolvingworld2676]

It doesn’t help when you’re typing on a computer though. 0O most people could probably recognize the difference, but when you type something like 2O24 it could get confusing if you’re reading it fast

[@lonecolamarine]

D0ct0r Zer0. Also, props to them for breaking the trope where the character pretends to be smart after being disproven. He admits he was wrong here, which is highly unusual for the “educated moron” character type.

[@kanderion5685]

"Aiggghhhhh! I'm useless!"

[@SinShadowed]

"The Monarch sends his regards"

[@Maniacman2030]

So, the Courier is actually one of the Henchmen? Probably the fat one, he's the only one I can see being able to use a Tesla Cannon.

[@Suburban-United]

Henchman 24 ain't no joke.🤘

[@LordTyph]

The Monarch: You did WHAT?! I TOLD YOU, DOCTOR VENTURE IS MINE TO KILL!

[@Illier1]

​@@Maniacman2030 awww man we are Two Ton 21!

[@edward9487]

"I was smart enough to talk to you, and look what's happened!" *BANG*

[@2p3906]

I was really late in the game when I did OWB for the first time and my brain was so accustomed to characters giving big monologues after skill checks, when 0 said “what” I just burst out laughing and couldn’t stop

[@shooby9496]

I always appreciated how their eye monitors dip inward or outward based on their emotions.

[@seaurchin227]

i love how the courier requires 9 intelligence to propose putting a slash trough the zero to differentiate it from the o, it implies doing that is smarter than literally finding the code to override robco´s robot guards orders

[@linear5695]

I can *hear* the Rusty Venture in his voice. Good actor.

[@Rebisandtheband]

Doctor Venture really can't escape being a cynical scientist whenever his voice is used, can he?

[@kinbolluck476]

😮

[@Rockzilla1122]

thats why they cast him as this character

[@MetaKaios]

@@Rockzilla1122 not according to the wiki, which says they had a different direction in mind for Dr. 0 until James Urbaniak was cast.

[@DaUziel]

"Kill it! Kill it!" Like they're a bug!

[@Suburban-United]

I fucking died when I heard Klein say that.😂

[@kyleaubreydelmundo7021]

This dude goes... 👁👄👁 "Wut" gets me every time.

[@ethanharrison336]

"oh yeah and by the way I disabled your neural pacification device" *LolWut*

[@GeorgeCowsert]

Ok but to be fair, it should be standard for Zero to have a slash, but for whatever reason most keyboards and typefaces don't do that and just rely on the more ovular shape alone. It's a minor gripe I've had for a long-ass time, and its fresh to see it pointed out instead of festering.

[@Drave_Jr.]

And for most of them, 0 is right above O as well.

[@notnick7963]

It's his own fault for writing 0 and not zero. If someone is reading it theyre going to assume its a letter since theyre reading a name. These men are also supposedly the pinnacles of modern intelligence.

[@corporatecapitalism]

Brain farts and overthinking… gets to the best of us

[@lennoxshepherd3905]

Writing zero wouldn't be circular though, while writing 0 is

[@thespanishinquisition4078]

To be fair. As a biotechnologist... You have no idea how eerily realistic this is. I mean there's a reason the slash is there to begin with, ok. You have no idea how obsessive half the people I work with are about their lingo, including me. And since biotech, as an intersectional field, includes talking with people from various specialties. In my case a combo of mostly physics, proteomics and bioinformatics. With some biochem in there. Point is. I'm pretty sure a whole ass half of the issues I find come from people refusing to stop being assholes and just do shit the way its supposed to be done. WHICH IS MY WAY, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE I'M RIGHT! And don't get me started on how everyone who isn't on the bioinformatics field just keeps treating computers like they can be reasoned with and refuses to just use each program's commands like you should. I've seen people literally PLEADING at python to work. Extremely intelligent people with successful carees in biology I might add. JUST LOOK UP THE CODE ONLINE DAMNIT. PYTHON HAS NO MERCY. IT WON'T LISTEN!

[@notinspectorgadget]

The Think Tank are a bunch of lobotomized brains in jars full of goo.

[@Chilling_pal_n01anad91ct]

Why do you even call yourself a zero? It's the worst self roast you can give upon yourself.

[@Butter_Warrior99]

Just finished Old World Blues, didn’t think highly of the DLC before. I was more excited to play Joshuas DLC, but this one pleasantly surprised me.

[@SadButter]

OWB is easily the best dlc of new vegas

[@Mabra51]

The characters and quests are, the endlessly respawning bullet sponge enemies aren't.

[@psychoairsoft7146]

i was more impressed with OWB than i was with Honest Hearts. Joshua is a badass but the rest of the characters in Honest hearts were kinda just "ok" to me. loved the setting as well when i first played it when the DLC originally released on the Xbox 360 back in the day and was amazed they could get Zion looking that good with the technical limitations of the time (yes, i am old lol) but the sheer amount of content, characters, weapons/armor, side-stories, and environments in OWB were just fantastic in comparison! they also give you an awesome player-home you can literally teleport to from anywhere when you complete the main DLC story. thats why i rank OWB as my favorite of the New Vegas DLC's!

[@FirstNameLastName-is6yb]

​@@psychoairsoft7146 Honest Hearts is really cozy to me idk why

[@borger99]

It holds about 37% of my brains mass

[@talkaboutwacky]

Old World Blues is such a treat. It’s probably my favorite of the New Vegas DLC’s what with the ridiculous brains not to mention Mobius. Finding out Mobius is actually the hero at the end instead of the hilarious over the top “supervillain” was so great

[@jordanio8160]

The fact that you need NINE INTELLIGENCE to pass this speech check is crazy.

[@Royalname31]

That line option of "And that's what makes you truly a zero" is just the perfect burn for this situation

[@KW-de9sc]

Figures some random scrub from the post apocalyptic wasteland could still make Dr Venture come out of it looking like a chump.

[@redblue5140]

Finally we have some Scandinavian representation in the Fallout series with Doctor Ø

[@BenjaminGlatt]

Walking eye, Hank! They're all the same.

[@AC1.0_5]

Hank and Dean “Dad what happened?!”

[@bronzieblue63]

To be fair, I rarely ever see 0 (zero) with the slash through it, hell, even by default on my keyboard it still doesn't have the slash through it which makes it look like an O (the letter)

[@MalfosRanger]

Usually see it when dealing with filling out documents that might have O and 0 in the same sequence like serial numbers.

[@lasagnakob9908]

Thing is, zero (0) is ovular in shape, as opposed to O which is circular. On a glance I'm sure it's easily confused, but idk if it's just me that can actively tell the difference.

[@jco_sfm]

@@lasagnakob9908 hard distinction with either sloppy handwriting or in monospace fonts

[@bronzieblue63]

@@lasagnakob9908 yes. However when reading people's handwriting at times, an o (letter) vs 0 (number) can be very difficult to distinguish. Which is why I prefer the slashed through zero to more easily interpret it

[@iaial0]

​@@jco_sfmand that's why often times monospace fonts have the slash

[@Anonym-yr4qn]

That cutaway was 10/10 Humor.

[@orelyosif5852]

That "What?" became engraved onto my mind

[@bobbyferg9173]

Funnily enough, I now write all my 0’s with a slash through them because of this specific interaction.

[@daichinated449]

I like how the same voice of rusty venture so he just voices scientists

[@Jarmen__Kell]

The way Zero said "what" i almost thought he would pull out his two blasters and completely destroy the Courier.

[@AstroBot_99]

He sounds like every guy who has a reddit degree and snarky comeback that are just young Sheldon

[@WMan37]

The jump cut to him being blown to pieces after what he said absolutely slayed me.

[@FiercePierce86]

I’ve watched The Venture Bros enough to know that that’s Steve Urbaniak giving his voice talents for Zero.

[@carsoncasmirri3874]

Every time I hear Patrick Warburton my mind goes “Doc you and the boys get to the panic room”

[@Necromediancer]

I just realized why his voice is familiar, is he Dr. fucking Venture?

[@SomeRandoQuacko]

Pretty much lol

[@MMedic23]

1:32 Why does he sound so much like Norm Macdonald lmao

[@Splattyki]

The funny thing is that where i live Ø is a separate letter and therefore does not help

[@Stefan979-]

Doc 0 is really as valuable as the name suggests. I mean,even I can break shit down.

[@stormywaters1565]

Dr 0 my ass. That is Dr. Rusty Venture!

[@hatcrab4923]

Gotta do a Henchman or Monarch character build now brb

[@skeletonlord5255]

"And now look what happened" *death*

[@mildlyangryguy6292]

I like that the DLC about science and technology has a fair amount of INT based checks in dialogue to show off your characters smarts. Like, at first you're seen by the Think Tank as just another stupid wastelander who can't tie their own shoes, then you come in with your big brain and tell Doctor O "You know 0's and O's kinda look the same right?" and he's like "Uhhh... What?"

[@mentalward718]

Holy crap is that Dr venture

[@TheBobwatermellon]

Rusty had some rough years after the bombs fell.

[@brodiewilliams8191]

Yeah it is, they actually rewrote the character when Doc Hammer got the part because they knew how good he could play a pathetic washout.

[@mentalward718]

Can't believe I missed that when playing through. 0's whole life sounds like an exert from a rusty venture memoir

[@impcit5717]

@@brodiewilliams8191 You mean James Urbaniak? He’s the voice of Rusty Venture.

[@brodiewilliams8191]

@@impcit5717 yeah, it's doc hammer who does the voices for everyone else isn't it?

[@JoMcD21]

Imagine getting outsmarted by a guy without a brain..

[@chickenpurple6704]

A zero with a slash through it doesn't get enough love. It's the superior way of differentiating two similar characters. I always use it when I'm working with a series of characters where a 0 could theoretically be changed with an O.

[@gamerman7276]

I'll just call him Mr. Reddit.

[@jonathanwatson4484]

I reamber cheering up Dr zero with the math wrath perk, kinda brought smile to my face.

[@ssisnake]

The best DLC ever created and no one will ever change my mind.

[@Vincent_A.]

“And that’s what makes you truly a zero” lmao

[@spudthespudgungamer7112]

"And now look what happend." *Explodes*

[@garchompenthusiast]

woah, that really is dr venture

[@Axqu7227]

Zero, you could’ve argued back that a slash through the glyph would’ve confused people more because it looks like ø, which denotes the empty set (or just the Nordic letter), but there’s an argument to be made that the empty set is an analogue to zero

[@GuitarGuy057]

I love that it takes an INT of 7 to figure out which of the two circular, single digits in the modern English alphanumeric system. When specified it's a number that looks a lot like an O. And that it takes an actual Mensa candidate to say "put a slash through it".

[@frostedbasil74]

So it's basically a Reddit mod that's self aware.

[@ValeBridges]

"Vivisect me please" especially with 0's delivery is such a quotable line

[@ThatxGuyxUxKnow]

The writing in NV is peak, but Old World Blues is PEAK

[@Gamerguy826]

Old World Blues is the best DLC by every metric in my book. Better than Honest Hearts and Lonesome Road combined.

[@yeet.mp8458]

Exactly why many regard it as one of, if not, the best Fallout dlc ever made

[@halowarrior917]

​@Gamerguy826 oooooooh....hard disagree. It was the FUNNIEST for sure, but I love the lore additions in Lonesome Road and Honest Hearts. Eventually, I always wind up using Graham's Armor and the 1st Recon Beret plus the Two-Step Goodbye (GRA) for maximum crit destruction

[@FixedKarma]

I kinda wish that once you point out that you can add a slash through the number to signify that its a zero that the game actually changes the 0 to have a slash in it in the name tag.

[@JoeMAMAkim]

How is doctor Ø even in the think tank If he cant even come up with this

[@crab-manSorghame]

Literally Dr Venture in soul

[@jacobcox4565]

Should've ended it with "And that's what makes you truly a zero."

[@antoniogilromero1981]

Despite using high intelligence in most of my playthroughs I'm quite a simple man. If I have to choose between using a highly sophisticated energy weapon or gun guess what I'm gonna pick

[@creppersaurusrex2300]

the heavy hammer, obviously

[@Darkmage1293]

Fat Man, loaded with scatter rounds. Because why not have a shotgun nuke launcher?

[@zioptis40]

I never use energy weapons in my playthroughs. There's just something about an actual, real gun with bullets that is more my style than just an energy beam

[@OperatorVanta]

@@zioptis40 The simplicity of pure LEAD is mighty attractive

[@antoniogilromero1981]

@@zioptis40 and the FEELS

[@luigimario2382]

And that’s how Doctor O died

[@skinwalker69420]

Now that, children, is what mogging looks like.

[@BenersantheBread]

What amazes me is that is takes 7 Intelligence for your character to understand his name is Zero after everything he says.

[@nefarioulyte9996]

Bro is literally "👁️👄👁️"

[@cairomiravity]

Zero sounds like a Daedra Lord but I can't put my finger on which one.

[@vsgfilmgroup]

You really had to respect that they brought all these dysfunctional scientists in the same place.

[@sethleoric2598]

I cannot believe this dude is Rusty Venture

[@enternamehere4124]

OWB is clearly the meme DLC for new vegas And i fucking love it

[@yeet.mp8458]

The writing is absolute peak Fallout writing, and when Fallout writing peaks it makes for some incredibly funny shit

[@yourhighschoolenglishteach8405]

PLEASE animate this with rusty venture

[@changvasejarik62]

True story: old world blues got me to write all my zeroes a slash. (/)

[@SammehEatWorld]

bro the way he paused and said "What?" had me laugh so hard my mom woke up in the middle of the night

[@parytheplatipus]

This is a very Rusty thing to happen

[@MarkCuckerberg666]

I love how they basically made him a Fallout version of Dr. Venture

[@MISTAWULFY]

At least he’s the only one who really acknowledges that you’re smart enough to know more about something than he does. The others still look down on you no matter what really, but he winds up respecting you

[@courier6960]

“Great psychology, the worst of the sciences” Psychologists: **laughs in sociology**

[@Sunnysideanyway]

Then his name would be doctor Ø, that just makes it more confusing.

[@pixart_king]

I like how you needed lv9 intelligence for that action.

[@1Maklak]

Yeah, seems like an easy Science check would be enough.

[@yeet.mp8458]

That’s the joke. Sometimes, the simplest solutions are the hardest to come by

[@Killer-wi1mr]

Considering that most people don't have any education in the wasteland beside what they've learned on the road, I guess we can say it could be very surprising to know such things. Many raiders, kids, civilians, etc. can't even read

[@thebiolibrary5572]

For how amusing it is that you need a whopping 9 intelligence to suggest putting a slash through the 0, it does make sense. Whereever would your average wastelander learn that termlink code spelt 0 with a slash through it? Keep in mind, basic education is a luxury many only dream of, something as small as "termlink code separates 0 and O by putting a slash through the former" would be an incredibly obscure piece of info.

[@rohesilmnelohe]

What i loved the most about this dlc was that your brain has the voice of Stewie from family guy :D

[@augustine6683]

bro really went 👁👄👁

[@PepperPotxx]

That "What?. . ." I love it

[@12LoLproductions]

Dr. 0 and Dr Mobius were my favorite characters in OWB

[@theworldsgreatestjidiot9667]

You can also do this with the math wrath perk

[@jvukovic4]

Great example of wisdom vs intellegence

[@ambiguousdrink4067]

I honestly read it as Zero the first time I saw it and when I heard the other scientists refer to him as "O" I assumed I must've been wrong.

[@syrusalder7795]

the fact you need 7 intelligence to figure this out is the icing on the cake