Lobotomites are kind of Sad | Fallout Lore

This video will discuss Lobotomites!
There are no shortages when it comes to the strange and bizarre creatures that we can encounter while exploring Big Mountain, but there is an enemy that you might consider to be normal, although these humans have been through an alteration of the mind, their brains have been scrambled and now they have a permanently aggressive disposition to most other living things. Originally Lobotomites were to be introduced in Fallout 1, the playable character would have been overrun by several of the mentally challenged fiends, only to be rescued by a renegade brotherhood soldier, that idea was scrapped and Lobotomites were set aside until making their first actual appearance over a decade later in Fallout New Vegas’ Old World Blues DLC.
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[@Synonymous101]

Small correction: The Radar Fence was erected by Mobius (back when he was a part of the Think Tank) to keep the other scientists trapped at Big Mountain, it is just a happy coincidence that the fence also prevented Lobotomites from escaping! Please forgive me...

[@chaithebandit]

i thought that said morbius and i was horrified

[@shadowdestroyer4876]

@@chaithebandit Morbified even?

[@mr.someone6128]

Its Morbin' time

[@MillieBlackRose]

No biggy. Mistakes are made. Especially in the Big Empty.

[@DM_Datura]

Morbius

[@highlordlaughterofcanada8685]

ATTENTION LOBOTOMITES. THE BLUE GRASS ABSORBS ALL FERTILIZERS INCLUDING FECAL MATTER. THIS DOES NOT HOWEVER GIVE YOU LISCENSE TO EXCRETE ON IT!

[@brandoncook6190]

Amber Heard is a Lobotomite

[@llab3903]

Yes it do

[@underscoregavin7]

As a lobotomite, I disagree

[@UndyingZombie]

You will just encourage them to do so more. Now they will tubo poop all over the blue grass. *sigh*

[@AtomicFlounder42]

That was my favorite part of the big Mt. Every lobotomite is a brainless, thoughtless husk, and yet they still send out notices to the lobotomites as if they'll listen

[@richardpamplona2610]

Man, the courier dealing with being shot in the head, and getting lobotomized later on makes him a true giga chad

[@UndyingZombie]

He has other things that also involve his head.. I can not remember the other things at the moment. One I believe was involved with Caesar's Legion.. Its been a while and I can not remember the exacts.

[@iHawke]

what brain? *gigachad smile*

[@Tavemanic]

@Avalie an abomination

[@plumbherhub1664]

Maybe an ark reference

[@ignorethefrymen]

@Avalie A meme Edit: I just remembered the song on youtube gigachad lol.

[@elic1356]

Never realized the lobotomites worship the genocidal toaster. That got a chuckle out of me

[@Ilikebigbuffmen]

But why wpuld they maie a genocidal toaster? Like bro thats the most random thing on earth

[@filthy_peasant_the_one2134]

@@Ilikebigbuffmen cuz its funny

[@501ststormtrooper9]

@@Ilikebigbuffmen Because glory to the Omnissiah.

[@SMGJohn]

@@Ilikebigbuffmen Because its the same guys who made Fallout 2, so it was bound to make something crazy.

[@UnholyWrath3277]

@@Ilikebigbuffmen why wouldnt they make a genocidal toaster is better question

[@NoJusticeNoPeace]

The goggles remove two points of intelligence when worn, so it's more or less confirmed that their purpose is to create enough interference to block out the static.

[@ThinkingProblem]

The helmets remove more, I think 5 points

[@highlordlaughterofcanada8685]

Nah, it's actually because the goggles make the wearer look like an idiot. Source? Trust me bro. :)

[@haroldearlgray5629]

Fighting Twitter users at Big mountain was almost as fun as Morbius's dialogue and monologue.

[@nataliecameron]

Morbin time

[@Johncruel]

I love it when he morbed into the think tank and morbed all over the scientists

[@starset4life175]

The Courier is the only one to have ever escaped from Big Morbius’ morbing facility

[@MisterJohnDoe]

I'm guessing Courier Six is a straight white male, or a straight white cis female.

[@homelessEh]

there really needs to be a fall out mod that adds in "toxic white liberal feminist and soyboy raiders and the body positive people and the trans clan. a fallout 3 mod that critiques 2010' to current retardation seen in the npc's in todays wasteland.

[@koikoi7603]

"There is no standing on the green pipes. If you are standing on the green pipes, please get off them at once"

[@HooLeePhucingSheet]

As I jump one to another. Almost in spite.

[@loganreads90]

But what if I don’t wanna.

[@AlexMourning5635]

2:29 "The scientists couldn't figure out the problem" Yeah, the problem is you REMOVED HIS GOTDAMN BRAIN FROM HIS GOTDAMN SKULL

[@heartlessnobody1143]

"its not like they were using it"

[@TheTrippersMindTrip]

The lobotomites always creep me out, how they run at you silently, sometimes screaming monosyllabic words.

[@Heymickeyyousofine]

I had to Google monosyllabic lol

[@PLAZMOHD]

Monosyllabic: (of a word or utterance) consisting of one syllable. (of a person) using brief or few words to signify reluctance to engage in conversation. "a monosyllabic footballer"

[@PLAZMOHD]

Thank me later

[@ddzombot]

@@PLAZMOHD I thanked your mother instead.

[@terrybailey3449]

@@PLAZMOHD Damn bro he thanked tf outta ur mum

[@dimbusjenkins]

i love the idea that the think tank's so messed up in priority and competence that their lobotomites are constantly aggressive instead of like in real life where we used it to force braindead placidity upon a person

[@Sunny-vq9uu]

Those flying bugs in New Vegas those ones that have completely infested the Mohave wasteland? They was made by a member of the think tank to be completely docile and nearly harmless well Also completely unable to breed. Oh yeah and they are completely contained in the big Mt. Well literally all of those things went wrong given how many eggs we can find and how extremely deadly they are near new Vegas aka not contained in the big Mt. But at least they made them so we know who to blame

[@Subject_Keter]

Should be lucky the lobomites dont have auto restarting hearts or bomb vest.

[@yannkam2127]

*cough cough* father elijah *cough cough* bomb collars *cough cough*

[@courier6402]

That would be a fun challenge

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

put a lobotomite into a trauma harness..

[@sunsetman22]

COME TO DADDY AHAHAHAHAHAHA SPECIAL DELIVERY

[@N1ckky_]

Madness Project Nexus' Sleepwalker Patients :kek:

[@lokalnyork]

5:40 to me, as an engineer, this sawblades are most disturbing thing in any Fallout game. It's off-center AND spins backwards. So cursed ; __________ ;

[@user-nz8rv8ft5q]

it is okayish when you need to cut with blade that actually rips like disks for wood: it has profile of claw. In case of biomed it should be more gentle. But unbalance is quite disturbing

[@elic1356]

To me, an guy with no engineering skills, the sawblades kill my brain. Overly cursed.

[@darumapura1431]

@@elic1356 to be fair, if those blade operating in you, pretty sure it will fatal for your brain

[@Deadman1000]

I would always look at it and think to myself, "yeah that's broken dude."

[@elic1356]

@@darumapura1431 I mean, you aren't wrong-

[@Nagatem]

“Like the mighty human hand I once had with it’s 5 penis’s clenched in a fist” Dr.Klein

[@inurokuwarz]

Honestly Lobotomites are the scariest part of OWB for me. I've always thought Christine's cognitive decline was really tragic, and the fact there's just a machine out there pumping out Christines is kinda horrifying.

[@justinsalmons7087]

Wait explain this machine

[@hartianx1698]

I mean, she didn't really have a cognitive decline. It was that being trapped in that automatic surgeon machine cutting her apart and putting her back together for a week was traumatizing as all fuck and she was rendered mute since it damaged her throat. The ones in the Big MT were the ones lobotomizing people.

[@justinmacdonald2102]

Lobotomites are creepy af. But the trauma harnesses are pure nightmare fuel for me.

[@SMGJohn]

@@justinmacdonald2102 Then you might want to take a look into the real world example of Unit 731 and Auschwitz.

[@gunargundarson1626]

Kind of funny how the casino recognizes Christine, one of the first female survivors to enter Casa Madre as Vera Keyes and promptly gave her a voice tuneup.

[@kaidorade1317]

Imo easily one of New Vegas’s creepier enemies…glad you covered them!

[@zackhicks5320]

LMAO

[@zackhicks5320]

@engineer gaming wow, too far dude

[@GhemourMoncef]

How about centaus

[@dougneon9550]

Y-17s are close too

[@OhioanGhost]

All it takes is a high guns skill and a riot shotgun for a clean sweep

[@mudkiptyler]

At 2:54 you mention bullet but Benny actually shot you twice, as Doc Mitchell says "bullets" multiple times regarding your SPECIAL points allocations.

[@elic1356]

Definitely a neat little detail that many players seem to miss, not the end of the world that he didn't mention "bullet" as plural though.

[@bulletmog]

I think in the scrapped intro benny shoots you 3 times, and from what I’ve seen elsewhere that adds up

[@elic1356]

@@bulletmog The cut intro used ingame assets (rather than the seperate animation thing we see for the current intro), so it was pretty much the equivalent of causing an enemy to turn hostile and watch as they unload their entire mag in to you, as what happens often ingame.

[@mudkiptyler]

@@elic1356 Its not the end of the world, just a little factoid.

[@Bernesemtdog]

Pretty sure Legate Lanius mentions the courier being shot twice “I can see it on your face, where two bullets left their mark”

[@ntfoperative9432]

"attention lobotomites, please do not hesitate to wash the walking eye"

[@1joeygunn]

I wonder what military applications the walking eye might have🤔 perhaps a monkey proof chassis?

[@requiemagent3014]

Oh how nice of you to include Todd Howard and his developer team in your lore videos.

[@ms.d.franks242]

😂😂😂

[@franz643]

Im fucking dead

[@kickphilnyakerman9268]

Correction it's a video about Todd and devs not the labautamites he's just going behind the lore of how Bethesda transforms b teams into devs

[@albertkurz913]

Bro are you a van of the Coldwar Zombimodus ?

[@Feminazi1dc]

Why

[@eman61556155]

I love how this game still gets so much love for it's writing and world building 12 years later

[@ZeroFighter]

Only because that's about the only thing it has going for it.

[@Feminazi1dc]

@@ZeroFighter oh STFU go away if you don't like it. Your opinion is wrong asf too

[@Feminazi1dc]

@@ZeroFighter and also like. World building and writing? Huge portion of thr game so wdym "the only thing going for it " 💀💀

[@ZeroFighter]

@@Feminazi1dc A good story means nothing if the gameplay is utter dogshit. Some people have convinced themselves that the game is good only because of the writing.

[@Akxo]

@@ZeroFighter it's the same as any other fallout game, you might as well hate the series lmfao

[@mcpossum]

I seduced my Courier's brain to get back in their body 😂 love NV

[@UndyingZombie]

Lol yea I love the fact that you can do that. How it acts is funny.. Then you also have the low int responses and so forth.. Then there is that threatening thing you can do.. Threaten to watch TV and do other things that it finds to be self destructive... XD There really is a LOT of good dialog in this DLC.

[@HooLeePhucingSheet]

@@UndyingZombie exactly, I remember coming across the area where you can make a dog with a human brain or a Robobrain and legit it creeped me out to create life like that and then immediately destroy it or watch it destroy itself. God I love NV 💕

[@Heymickeyyousofine]

@@HooLeePhucingSheet that made me sad when the dog would be friendly and then just inexplicably die 😭

[@nataliecameron]

@@HooLeePhucingSheet the robobrain was a nice Fusion cell farm though

[@pixelrat18k95]

Playing OWB as a kid, I just breezed through everything without thinking about it. Coming back in my 20s to binge New Vegas has shown me just how messed up the Fallout world truly is, and I love it

[@seanhuds7351]

I wonder if the toaster is inspired from "Talkie Toaster" in Red Dwarf, although in his case, he is absolutely obsessed with insisting everyone eats 400 rounds of toast, every hour, or he throws a major wobbler. Of course in Red Dwarf they quickly got sick to death of him and smashed him up with a hammer.

[@TheQuaadFather]

I doubt they were thinking of the brave little toaster lmao

[@elic1356]

Lobotomites are such underrated enemies.

[@thebakedtoast]

The hunting revolver kicks like a mule

[@nestormakhno1513]

I'm pretty sure that Dala said that the auto-doc was broken after it successfully performed the operation on you, due to how hard it worked or something like that

[@nothanks9503]

No If you go through all the dialog it’s been broken potentially since Elija escaped or maybe just at some point in the centuries since the war but the reason it didn’t work on you is because you had been shot in the head and also courier 6 is probably a synth

[@davefilmsproduction3439]

@@nothanks9503how is he a synth? This is the stupidest theory of all time

[@nothanks9503]

@@davefilmsproduction3439 there’s a ton of evidence for it if you don’t feel like scouring the lore consider the plot of fallout 4 the next game

[@nothanks9503]

@@davefilmsproduction3439 also technically not a synth an android they didn’t call them synths in new Vegas

[@davefilmsproduction3439]

@@nothanks9503 yes the game not made by obsidian or involved by any head devs from obsidian.

[@sski]

I'm lovin' your lore videos my dude. Short and to the point, but chock full of information you need to know. Makes me want to fire up this DLC again right now, although I'm deep in play on my 100th 'n' somethin' playthrough of F3. Keep it coming!

[@plumbherhub1664]

Much like the anthapples videos.

[@sski]

I can't see the reply to my post for some reason. I've clicked on it in my 'bell' replies and the thread itself and still, I can't see it. Whhheird (Stewie Griffin pronunciation).

[@thezambambo2184]

I'd feel bad for them if they weren't such an annoyance, so instead, I just put them out of their misery

[@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge]

Yeah they're one enemy I really don't feel bad for shooting, death is a preferable alternative to living like this.

[@winzigerflashendeckel6894]

​@@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge" death is a preferable alternative to communism" Liberty prime

[@Raybin89627]

I just entered Old World Blues and you cover the main enemies of big empty like damn, I really live in a simulation

[@MaxiemumKarnage]

August 23rd, 2031

[@harknoxkidd]

Bro say you lien🤯

[@elic1356]

Loving the influx of Old World Blues content recently! Thanks for the video Synonymous

[@mattiknightgaming1255]

I love fallout so much, even 76, and you make me love it more my guy. You made fallout more interesting by answering LITERALLY every question I've had about fallout. Your a legend man, never stop.

[@Erucus]

You’re a lobotomite

[@Resident-of-Pluto]

I certainly relate to the lobotomites because I too have cognitive issues related to a brain injury

[@Adam-oh3vu]

same here, getting ur head rammed into a school locker isnt too great for the brain

[@greendino36]

Can't believe you made a video about me, so honoured

[@UndyingZombie]

For a extra award, I will just nibble on your arm a little. It wont hurt much at first and later on you will feel really good. Trust me :)

[@skippydinglechalk6418]

What about that vampire family group in fallout 3? Might be interesting

[@heimvar]

This is my favorite DLC ever for fallout. I got teleported here at level 5 I don't remember how I just loaded my game and I was in old world blues. I found the proton inversal axe first and man hacking my fellow lobotomites down was so fun. This was a nice trip down nostalgia lane

[@hoxilicious]

Hearing the BBC Two announcer read Fallout lore to me is something I didn't know that I needed.

[@Bananaman-yw4uq]

nice to have a new lore daddy for fallout that isnt a weirdo

[@HooLeePhucingSheet]

A weirdo and a lore breaker as his mods intervene with the story.

[@CyrusLagom]

Are you talking about Oxhorn? What's wrong with him?

[@Bananaman-yw4uq]

@@CyrusLagom he had mods that changed the model of a folder in the sunset sasparilla location to a brotherhood folder and he built lore off of that porn mods other shit like that

[@private_ventures2592]

​@@Bananaman-yw4uq "We all make mistakes in the heat of passion, Joshua"

[@elic1356]

Wasn't ready for that ending "well well, what do we have here? Another innocent toaster."

[@VanLupen]

The way you formulate your videos makes me feel like I’m being taught about the Mojave by an experienced wastelander.

[@michaelmorton5698]

Hunting Shotgun with Shotgun Surgeon perk plus Proton Axe with all melee perks equals one-Courier massacre.

[@unlockablebossmfer]

Dinnerbell, my one affair.

[@stevenzoeckler7728]

This was my favorite of the dlc of new Vegas

[@UndyingZombie]

Same. It had some of the best items as well as some of the best lines XD .. Had me laughing quite a bit at least.

[@godofamphibians]

A fine addition to the lore!

[@tylermackerzie4610]

I’ve listen to almost every video you’ve made while I’m at work and it’s been such a nice distraction from life. You deserve so many more subscribers than you have. Fantastic job sir keep it up!

[@mlnhed1753]

I love the big mt with the trauma harnesses and the lobotomites

[@MillieBlackRose]

I stayed away from your vids for a while so I could binge watch. Sadly if a lobotomite got pregnant she probably wouldn't understand how to take care of the baby.

[@popguy2815]

OWB and specially the conversation with your brain is just wonderfully outrageous. Best DLC of any game.

[@_IanOfEarth]

Always a good day when Synonymous uploads! Love your videos, man!

[@eazystorytelling]

Letsss gooo! Love old world blues and your lore videos just give me so much nostalgia

[@flyingcrossbody4456]

Stop saying letsss gooo

[@eazystorytelling]

Uh how about nooo 🤣

[@llab3903]

@@flyingcrossbody4456 letssss GOOOOOOOOO

[@flyingcrossbody4456]

@@eazystorytelling trump 2024

[@flyingcrossbody4456]

@@llab3903 wash the pink out of your hair

[@xenobio7402]

You always know how to pump out greatness whenever you post. Amazing.

[@dillonklasse4980]

The toaster is a false god. All hail muggy!

[@fumarc4501]

Interested in doing a video on Harold and the Treeminders? Love those factions that have plant themes… guess you could also include the Spore plants and Spore Carriers too.

[@trevorstockwell8290]

I think they can use weapons like rifles because of muscle memory

[@rigormortis7361]

the lobomotomites do not make sense scientifically. technically , it kinda depends on the region removed but based on their behavior in general one can safely assume their procedural memory is still intact but the " lore says " their brains were scarmbled so uh it's kinda confusing but if some parts were spared , their procedural memory is surely intact . would've made more sense if they just removed their frontal lobes

[@QuietColt]

It would be awesome if you made a compilation at some point or a few of them together like animals, humanoids, ect

[@mihneaanghelescu1190]

i don't know why,but everytime i hear your voice i can sleep peacefully while hearing to your lore.

[@filming_potatoes2200]

I usually don’t comment and like videos but I actually enjoy your videos and just an asking you to keep making them. Thanks!

[@JRYYD]

One again 10 out of 10 as always, keep up your great work.

[@yecreeper]

These videos are so niceeee, i've actually started falling asleep to them!

[@herekongato]

This channel is an underrated gem i just found

[@YoKhai1221]

Come to think of it, I don’t remember going to the Cuckoo nest (just another reason to replay Vegas… 👹)

[@mathewrhoden8164]

I'm actually so proud of myself, I was thinking of the scary tissue in the courier's brain had something to do with them being alright mentally. Hell yeah!!

[@Strellok100]

You have a great voice and very nice video ideas, subbed! keep up the good work

[@scottishsenpai5089]

Another great video, keep it up king synonymous

[@jonbras7659]

Please cover every single Vault in the series. Other have done it but everyone knows you'll do it better and your accent is so much more tolerable to listen to. Please do more vaults we love you bunches 🤘🤘

[@kibbles5724]

"Instead, an aggressive troglodyte was made" Why does this feel like a lowkey diss of the players by the devs lmao

[@johngaelnox5447]

I kinda feel bad for them

[@elta_9113]

I love this shorrt form lore content! So easy to comprehend. Please do a video on the fallout aliens lore

[@athenaw723]

Absolutely love your content❤️

[@SenorBear]

The art of the fallout 1 lobotomites absolutely rocks

[@vincent_hall]

Wow! Synonymous videos cover everything Fallout!

[@dinkster5333]

saw synonymous uploaded clicked so fast and as usual not disappointed

[@_buddiez]

Keep doing this type of content!!

[@visceratrocar]

The Big Empty is one of my all time favorite DLCs ever.

[@Golden-barb-boy]

Love the content gets me through the work day

[@dillhole2800]

Try working at work

[@brandoncook6190]

Thank you for this. I did not know this about them.

[@GuuhSilva1995]

seeing this video on my subscription page remembered me that I forgot to turn on the notifications Anyway, I entered the world of Fallout kinda recently and fell in love for it. With that said, I must say this lore videos are just amazing bc they are pretty easy to comprehend but still rather... uh... dunno if "complete" is the right word here, but I hope u know what I mean PS: my English isn't that good... I read and listen well, but have some problems writing n speaking. Autodidact issues, I guess

[@Bandi582]

["It's ironic for me to say this, but thank you Benny for shooting me in the head, you fucking snake." - The Courier] Lol

[@agoblintrippingonhorrordus145]

"Fallout Lobotomies!" **shows gun pointed at head**

[@rickyboughen]

man i love your lore vids

[@Matt-md5yt]

Glad you talked about these guys my friend

[@DavidGarcia11776]

Been waiting for this one

[@holawei123]

When he called the toaster a megalomaniac I lost it 😂😂😂

[@SomeBody-wx9pq]

I mean he is

[@kingjamesii404]

Another great video!

[@angrybigfoot752]

Love the videos please keep it up!

[@rubberduck2401]

Like in every non-Bathesda Fallout game, lore starts weird and funny but with every new information it's more and more creepy and sad

[@DavidSantos-ix1hu]

Fallout NV really was the meeting ground between the originals and 3/4 that's why I love it so much,the gunplay of the newer games while still having the horror and wacky perks of the old ones.

[@CarmeloA.]

Looked up fallout lore and saw your Survivalist video. Love fallout man keep up the good work! May i reccomend you doing lore on the children of the atom? As i feel like bethesda just kinda named the faction that in fallout 4 as a refrence to 3. However i could be totally wrong and there is some sort of bridge

[@plasticupboi1032]

Haven’t seen the Goats vids in a minute abouta binge watch

[@Husration]

love the sound design in this video!

[@sgtstr3am785]

Instant click. Keep it up Syn we needed you. 👍

[@runezales7303]

Another great video, I would love to see a video about Chems

[@forthewolf5377]

you know sometimes i see the brotherhoods point.

[@Aatell764]

I actually remember my first time playing and I had gotten like the game of the year edition or something. I went to big mountain way underdeveloped and with basically junk guns. I remember having to wait to pass time till the next day to buy ammo just to kill 2-3 guys to get experience. It was actually a great time and I had to be very careful anytime I went outside. It was like playing on hard mode or something.

[@st0rts11D4]

Whoever designed the Merc grunt outfit deserves an award

[@Dark0neone]

finally some representation. lobotomites rise up.

[@JeremyFinch42]

The uncanny valley research center will be cancelled until further notice. That is . . . until somebody notices it.

[@LegoLegend2017]

Thank you for the video, mate. Just had major surgery on my upper arm and shoulder and I’ve been rewatching your videos, amongst other creators, to get me through recovery. Have a great day 🤠

[@shaynehenry9429]

Thanks, I wondered what these things we're

[@mrsauceman6825]

I’m not gonna lie the dlc got me to call people lobotomites on vrchat when I’m bulking people lmfao

[@thenaut2111]

2:52 soo uh... shout out to Benny? I guess???

[@TheRealRusDaddy]

I could see the lobotomites being like a one time random encounter when your starting out in 1 and the ex brotherhood guy shows up if you get your ass kicked and acts like a free pass on a possible death once

[@NecoGaming103]

i thought the auto-doc,befor the courier showed up, just crammed the technology in with your brain

[@Sansonius3rDaSlayer]

God, the writing in fall out New vegas is ten times better then any movie of today and that's freakin sad