Who is the Mysterious Stranger? A Fan Theory Based on the Evidence - Fallout Lore

[@MetuendusDominus]

To add to the Alien artefact idea Jack Cabot says that Lorenzo believes that there is another Alien city in the Mojave desert so it is possible that before Fallout Classic the Stranger found said city discovered an artefact that allowed him to get immortality

[@oxhorn]

That's right he did! Which might explain why we find the Mysterious Stranger in New Vegas. Maybe the artifact compelled the Stranger to hunt down other artifacts--first to go to DC (Dunwich Borers), then to NV for this relic only mentioned by Jack, then to Boston (Dunwich Borers again).

[@snakeking211]

I like this idea it seems possible but how do you explain male or female strangers in one and two

[@thegamingdevil95]

The magnum must be the artefact. He leaves the gun with his son, passing on the mantle. Hence why he much older in fallout the ageing process is sped up because the gun isn't prolonging his life. As he has a different handgun. Quite like Cabot family ageing after the father dies

[@HrothgarHeavenlight]

I put Mysterious Stranger in same box as Fallout 2 Donut Guardian of Time. Mayby he had some psychic powers like Fallout 1 psychers, which grant him longivity and teleport powers. Guardian of Time send son of Fallout 1 main character to set his destiny- leave Vault 13 in search of hydroprocessor. MAYBY Guardian sent a Mysterious Stranger for something he can find ONLY by helping other fight?

[@hunterandre6616]

And there's mysterious gratings on the revolver which is not on any other revolver

[@MrAdrien914]

He's definitelly a high level player who's lagging, that's why he one shots everything but seems to teleport

[@hobo_ytt45]

Adrien914 a fallout 76 player’s worst nightmare

[@josephstalin6471]

I wish he was in fallout 76

[@kiradonger3623]

@@josephstalin6471 but... he is!

[@garretteckhardt6665]

@@kiradonger3623 *shoots scorchbeast queen* *stranger appears, falls 50 feet, then stares at the flying atrocity before vanishing*

[@foxydash9992]

Adrien914 there was this one guy in xo1 who kept teleporting and dunking people who were trying to murk me (wastelanders dlc) plus several ghouls (Don’t know why he followed me. I met him while under attack by blood eagles and he followed me to white springs and killed off the ghouls that attempted to rip me apart)

[@ccdao6071]

They always ask “who is the mysterious stranger” but they never ask “how is the mysterious stranger”

[@ladycavalier]

I spit my Coke

[@Fiemus9]

👌👏

[@rustyvikings]

No one realizing that its actually marty robins. The Ranger with the big iron isn't a ranger like a government ranger a Arizona ranger basically was a vigilante. A big iron is a .44 magnum. Literally makes perfect sense that the ranger with the Big iron is the mysterious stranger.

[@Tonitrws]

How about “WHEN is the mysterious stranger”?

[@Vigilante2011]

@@Tonitrws I'll do you one better... Why is the mysterious stranger?

[@mankind2445]

I think he's a reference to Mark Twain's unfinished novel "The Mysterious Stranger". In the book, Satan goes by the alias The Mysterious Stranger. He is also called No. 44, which is the type of gun the stranger in fallout carries; a .44 magnum.

[@conradkorbol]

ManKind good catch

[@applesonjacks]

maybe

[@THIS---GUY]

Hmm that is possible

[@mankind2445]

It would explain how he's able to teleport around and also why he kills indiscriminately.

[@casecastaneda9035]

I like that, much less complicated

[@mattoxkurtz4661]

"Ah, so you're challenging me? Go ahead. Use V.A.T.S. I'm miles away." *POW* "You missed, fool." *Guitar music plays* "What?!"

[@xd._.earnest1672]

lmao

[@neuneuil499]

Guitar sound

[@somegoodsoup7008]

Yeehaw Chucklefucks

[@maskplayer60]

*TO BE CONTINUE*

[@Foreststrike]

The truth is the game was rigged from the start.

[@googlebot7163]

Wife: " honey were out of milk can you pick up some" Me: * guitar sounds in backround *

[@alfy5187]

XD

[@JohnWick-yy3en]

Plot twist: she’s pregnant

[@zacharypendragon49]

Man: “Honey I’m going out for cigarettes”

[@BlackHat-qf2bc]

Wife: shit

[@RDDESIGNOFEHT]

Zachary Pendragon honey I’m going to Mojave

[@jacob_le_gris]

The mysterious stranger is actually a kill thief, you don't get the XP when he "helps" you.

[@tboyy81]

Do in fo4

[@härjaren]

omg ks report stranger

[@thatautisticbrony7847]

Silver Feather and that’s how you stop kill steals, just base the cup on damage.

[@jjsantangelo49]

Silver Feather yes and your personal guards if your using the conqueror mod you KingGath in fo4

[@KiomonDuck]

the mysterious oxhorn, he appears out of nowhere, drops some lore, then vanishes till he is needed again

[@RenegadeSamurai]

[SUCCESS] Here That's all I got, but I think you deserve it for this. [added 1000 Bottlecaps]

[@jkl5901]

RenegadeSamurai [SUCCESS] Well, maybe you should offer some more. 1000 caps just isn't gonna cut it. 1500 should be good. [added 500 caps]

[@enr1que21]

Jesse Skinner [SUCCESS] You are Driving a Hard Bargain Buddy * Gives 2000 Caps Here is All I Got and I Wont Give you More!

[@vernoncol8054]

Also he drops a turd or two just because...

[@GigaPhoenix9001]

[SUCCESSS] You know what, here have my dad's gun, one of the last things and leads I have on him, It makes fancy sounds when you take it out or put it way but even I don't question it.

[@Nathan35077]

I think he’s multiple people. A story passed down from generations, and people take up the mantle to do their part, and keep the story alive.

[@Walterthefriendly]

You cannot kill the symbol :o

[@covanb6948]

I like to believe he's one man, with a sort of anti aging power and teleportation power, or as nick suggests he may be some kind of ghoul. Or he may have some sort of alien artifact like lorenzo that allows him to manipulate his age and teleport

[@whaccoon]

And they're all just fucking insane from stealth boy use

[@chengkuoklee5734]

Like the comic Phantom?

[@Nathan35077]

@@chengkuoklee5734 idk what that is, but maybe

[@Lomano21]

*you take a sip from your trusty vault 13 canteen*

[@enzoalmirante6169]

*SWISH SWISH* You feel a little woozy...

[@disc.3417]

Enzo Almirante lol

[@Thousandthsontzneechhater]

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

[@Gamingturtle090]

Lomano NIEN

[@supernova582]

Lomano another statement needs your help!

[@cannonballjenkins2757]

7:35 Seeing your party members fall one by one when you were still conscious looked terrifying

[@freshlysqueezedcheeze]

And whats worse is after he kills his party he t bags them

[@user-jd9kf8ow2q]

@@freshlysqueezedcheeze true lmao

[@user-jd9kf8ow2q]

@TERABYTE r/wooosh

[@CRAZY-M6641]

@@freshlysqueezedcheeze xD

[@ultrabigfella]

@@user-jd9kf8ow2q did you...whoosh yourself?

[@milkmansada]

“No im 28 why?” “Its about time i give these old bones a rest”

[@krisbankhead8806]

🤯🤯🤯

[@keldeoh7532]

28 could be old in the wasteland

[@milkmansada]

Keldeoh tell that to father, doc, elder lyons or mama murphy just as a few examples of actually being old☠️

[@purplejinxer3478]

@@milkmansada maybe that's too old. Fighting mutated creatures, raiders and shady organizations must leave quite the death toll.

[@thathuskydoggo2430]

@@milkmansada well father was raised in the institute so he's an outlier

[@timmyatkins4996]

The lonesome drifters story is very reminiscent of a Johnny Cash song named A Boy Named Sue. With the father leaving the boy at an early age, to not leaving much except a guitar and the child moving from town to town to find his dad.

[@heehoohehehe1267]

Wow, I remember that song, and now that you bring it up, it's very similar. Even the line the lonesome drifter says about "the only things he left to Ma and me" is I think the same as the song.

[@yuri_isbestgirl5678]

I know who the mysterious stranger is, the Arizona ranger with the big iron on his hip.

[@skylarnguyen1096]

You know what? I’m not even mad

[@wyattbunnell8083]

No it's Chuck Norris in walker taxes ranger

[@SvobodaIliSmert]

it would be bloody beautiful

[@codeine.dreamz3913]

Most underrated comment of all time

[@left-2-write28]

Marty Robbins would be proud.

[@InfamousX1000]

Plot twist: The Mysterious Stranger is the actual main character of Fallout

[@wxl2562]

Deadaas though, I'm 90% convinced he's the original vault boy, the little cartoon had to be modeled after someone (even if in a fictional world) and he's just out there. He faced the nuke head on, a curse for being the poster boy for nuclear fallout, he's seen it all, life before the war, every year that's passed, he doesn't age, he's so good at wielding a gun he always shoots first and can't be killed. The man can't die and is forced to witness the world grow - even if one day the earth dies and he's the last one left, forced to live with his actions forever. Stuck in his own personal purgatory, fallout. I'm 90% convinced by this due to his appearance in Fallout Shelter, although all characters look like vault people - he has the most resemblance to Vault Boy, he's been updated to now drop additional loot if you watch an ad, the most common loot I find is either 3000 caps or 3 Nuka Quantums - the number 3 there just strikes something weird to me. His other rewards are usually just 1 lunch box, 1 pet crate or 1 Mr. Handy. But exactly 3 Nuka Colas or 3000 caps? It's weird man. On top of the fact he only seems to help the main characters you play as in each game - but when on his own, he can kill anything in sight with a single shot.

[@Wolf-io8wz]

Nah its deacon

[@maso5451]

no.

[@FortunesFooll]

“Wait its all mysterious stranger?” “Always has been.”

[@trentdevlaminck9927]

Bethesda would like to know your location

[@henrykincaid6821]

What if there is an organisation of Mysterious Strangers, like a Dark Brotherhood of the Fallout Universe?

[@tyleroertel6127]

Henry Kincaid hail nuka cola?

[@rickchia6101]

Henry Kincaid Get off your drugs

[@TheStikme]

There is some theories that Fallout and Skyrim share the same universe being Fallout is in the past and Skyrim the future. The mysterious stranger kills for both evil and good. Which Dark brotherhood does too.. sometimes.. If thats true then something would have been carried over to that universe from fallout. Like nirnroot. So maybe it could be some kind of organisation that likes to kill.

[@OggyTheTiger]

Skyrim has 2 moons

[@ezekeildabbs1289]

Troncoso bro both were made by Bethesda

[@lexbro95]

I honestly love how the scene unintentionally played out at 2:33. How uncoordinated things felt and then the zoom in to the corpse while the camera is all shaky. it feels like a film school end of term project

[@ko49o]

Me: fighting mirelurk queen. Mysterious stranger: one taps it

[@uli6072]

Same but nukalurk queen😎

[@therealiwillhityouwithmycar]

Just happened to me

[@joshuar3632]

God I wish... I had to get hella creative in fighting her. Everytime.

[@alvarorivas9896]

@@joshuar3632 I take jet and throw 4 grenades as it’s coming out of the water.

[@therookie5714]

@@joshuar3632laughs in very easy mode

[@gabrielzavadski9354]

"M'aiq's father was also called M'aiq. As was M'aiq's father's father. At least, that is what his father said. But then again, you can never trust a liar." "A gift from M'aiq to his son, M'aiq," "Some say Alduin is Akatosh, some say M'aiq is a Liar. Don't you believe either of those things. " "M'aiq can travel fast across the land. Some lazy types take carriages. It is all the same to M'aiq. " "M'aiq knows much, and tells some. M'aiq knows many things others do not." "M'aiq knows many things, no?" "M'aiq is tired now. Go bother somebody else. " "M'aiq is done talking."

[@ZacHawkins42]

Gabriel Zavadski M'aiqsterious Stranger?

[@spacecatsftw]

Lol

[@gabrielzavadski9354]

This is canon already, if you play ESO, there will be an item where you can find it writen: "A gift from M'aiq to his son, M'aiq". And I think that there is a similarity betwen M'aiq and Misterious Stranger in the games.

[@seanbaity8268]

The Mysterious Stranger character, and even his weapon of choice, is a reference to the unfinished Mark Twain novel called "No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger."

[@danatedawg1018]

sean baity would mean hes the devil...

[@bronxpane7290]

And because its unfinished it's just that

[@AJ-ke3gc]

@@danatedawg1018 He'd actually be the devil's nephew, and the title character carries a .44 revolver

[@rickyricardo113]

I thought exactly this when I saw the title.

[@powersurge2613]

@@terriblebadedits3814 4

[@steverogers8329]

I feel like the name “Lonesome Drifter” is a nod to the Lone Wanderer.

[@TheCapitalWanderer]

he's the west takumi fujiwara

[@sum1namedmatt]

The son of the Lone Wanderer and the Mysterious Stranger depending on the gender, plus his name is kinda a mix of both, Lone=Lonesome Stranger=Drifter🤔

[@zeldafan6124]

Lone Wanderer is younger than the Lonesome drifter though​@@sum1namedmatt

[@therookie5714]

It’s definitely a reference to his dad. They didn’t want to give him a last name so they gave him a similar nickname to his father

[@Mynamesisjeff6999]

He’s either an interdimensional being or a man or multiple who has been charged with keeping the time line. One of which fathered a child in secret and to protect that he had to continue his work and leave his family behind. This explains why he’s always helping the player regardless of the karma because they don’t care about the player they care about keeping the timeline on track.

[@teoborges3949]

@Seth Maki we don't talk about 76 anymore

[@robknight666]

So the whole timeline depended on that one random settler, whom I accidentally targeted because i clicked to fast, getting shot with a 44.?

[@justinjones7166]

I'm happy someone shares this theory. Personally think he's a time traveler from some kind of historical preservation society.

[@strangeman9362]

He's an SCP

[@themaverick6269]

@@robknight666 Yep. He was gonna go on to become the Wastelands next Hitler if you didn't.

[@mrisaacthegoat4626]

What if you kill the lonesome drifter with vats and the mysterious stranger shows up and kills his own son

[@conniemarie8702]

😂😂 haha!!! Nice one!

[@Impulse04276]

This Guy Get's it The Lonesome Drifter is His Son

[@ozzyd9522]

what if you spawn the mysterious stranger in, shoot him with vats and the mysterious stranger appears to shoot himself...

[@iceslayer2909]

Insanity?

[@gman760]

You eat them and gain the powers of clutching shoot outs

[@zans8479]

Also, in Fallout 4 he has a basic .44 five years after you receive the Mysterious .44 in FNV, perhaps a nodd that this stranger is that guys father and because he gave his gun away he no longer appears with it 🤔

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

Probably because Bethesda never really mentions NV. And to be fair, he had a regular .44 in Fallout 3 What if US East, West, Center and South have different Mysterious Strangers? Like the West one has a son and a Mysterious Magnum, the East one is this Detective looking fella, South one could be something like a "Miami Heat" 80s cop with a Desert Eagle or an UZI and Center could be a country bumpkin in overalls with a Colt Single Action Army

[@sky-oq5mr]

​@@NiCoNiCoNiColathey literally got a TV show about it....

[@zeldafan6124]

​@@sky-oq5mrto be fair the show came out after they wrote that comment

[@ncrtrooper1946]

My theory is that he has a time travel device and is from the future, and he has to travel back in time to protect legendary figures in the past.

[@antoniomingrondinella5706]

Still patrolling the Mojave?

[@think8736]

I think the heat gave you brain damage

[@Darkko88]

That "theory" falls apart the second he appears to help you kill a bloatfly while you are wearing power armor and are equipped with a plasma rifle.

[@dontpreorder2783]

But then why do we have to get his perk in order for him to appear? Why wouldn’t he just show up?

[@left-2-write28]

@@dontpreorder2783 some people dont want the perk for immersion reasons. I personally dont use it in a lot of my playthroughs because I don't want the help.

[@thephoenix3967]

The mysterious stranger also appears in the Luck chapter of “What makes you S.P.E.C.I.A.L?”, leading us to believe that his appearance is based on luck.

[@hammyofdoom8355]

Have you ever looked at the description for luck? Literally says that. Smh. It’s a game mechanic.

[@timmyatkins4996]

Jenus

[@carlospinto5402]

In all fallout games but Fallout 4 his appearance is really based on luck.

[@terrariangolden6985]

except in fallout 4, its an set percentage, luck only affects damage

[@ablackknight2744]

@@carlospinto5402 In Fallout 4 it's based on a perk in the luck tree so it's still based on luck.

[@alcoholicwitharatproblem4211]

I feel as though the mysterious stranger is a legacy, carried through the gun. I believe the gun is a artifact that allows the stranger not to age but once their done with being the mysterious stranger they give the gun to another person and they become the mysterious stranger. As to how he disappears, it could be strath technology in the trench coat. That also explains why in fallout 1 he doesn’t disappear, because he doesn’t have the trench coat

[@realunkind_poison4935]

Holy shit u might be right

[@hyhena-gaming9986]

It’s like the dread pirate robberts in the princess bride

[@anomitymask4853]

Lady lucks business

[@EvacTouch]

Ooooh, I like this theory!

[@GrubbusHubbus]

Unlikely, he has a partner (as I call her) known as Miss Fortune who is the exact same as the Stranger, but different. She only appears in the Mojave (and is most likely the old Female Stranger) and works the same, only looking like a tribal now.

[@larrypoppins6273]

It's just the penguins of Madagascar in a stack formation.

[@nailuj2979]

maybe he eats all his fruits and vegetables like a good little boy

[@thomaswilson6170]

Very true

[@ColrMadeIt]

Makes sense

[@johnsmith-yf8vx]

and never gets married .

[@tuleau]

big if true

[@brmbltbr4]

Oh no, not the vegetals.

[@xaleypoo4779]

He's an Arizona Ranger. He won't be too long in town.

[@numsei2610]

No one dare to ask his business, no one dare to make slip, the stranger there upon them had mysterious magnum on his hip

[@härjaren]

@@numsei2610 big iron on his hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-p

[@sirklik8941]

härjaren Langstrumpf BIG IROOOOOON BIG IROOOOOON

[@kazakov1667]

@@numsei2610 Mysterious Magnum on his hiiiiiiiiiiiiip

[@hisyamfarid3193]

Indeed it was said that magnum is pretty big for a hand, so it makes that 'big iron', confirmed

[@WoodChoppa911]

"He just doesn't look 46 years old" keanu reeves : *chuckles*

[@josephbanks6319]

As does Paul Rudd

[@messiahdowling4196]

Araki burst out laughing

[@lamedrawings]

No, your 46 year old

[@left-2-write28]

I had a crisis of faith when I found out how old Keanu really was.

[@prestony2777]

As does Eminem

[@Xhunter2145]

This might sound kind of strange but have you noticed the mysterious stranger only helps out those who can Doom the whole entire Wasteland?

[@TheKingEd1tor]

This is what leads me to believe he is some sort of Eldritch being

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

Also the fact that everyone who can doom the Wastelands is wearing a Pip Boy Mysterious Stranger is the Man behind Vault Tec, change my mind if you think otherwise

[@sky-oq5mr]

​@@NiCoNiCoNiColaI feel like he's a time traveler. Trying to change a timeline

[@RlPPER2099]

Or save the wasteland

[@therookie5714]

As far as we know.. we don’t know where he goes when he teleports away or what he does in between fallout games

[@ozzie1778]

He's the stranger with the big iron on his hip.

[@kel9745]

That'd explain why he hardly speaks to folks around him. Just doesn't have too much to say.

[@impatienstheshmuck5348]

Nobody dares to ask his business, anyway.

[@dylangoodwin8016]

I.like.you.

[@lniko333]

Big iron on his hiiiiiiiiip

[@calumzmemez5075]

Ozzie 177 what if he worked for vault tec and simply froze himself from time to time so he can sorta stay young forever

[@tradingforsouls]

0:07 is nobody going to talk about how the lever action rifle’s reload matches up to what he’s saying, and there is a perfect sync with him saying “shelter” and the character moving the lever

[@steamstewbaconbrew7094]

Cazperadae no

[@charon_lix]

Why do you want us to talk about that? Are you gay?

[@steamstewbaconbrew7094]

he definitely is

[@tradingforsouls]

**sweats nervously**

[@elladacutekittenrblx661]

😂😂

[@iceknight0572]

I always though he was one of the previous characters we played as.

[@iRradiantRayne]

In that case he would be running around and shooting mini nukes at anything that moves

[@yaboi4454]

@@iRradiantRayne Or hes just someone roleplaying a gunslinger roaming from town to town.

[@WittishK]

Good theroy

[@davidswan3488]

But what about fallout 1?

[@WittishK]

@@davidswan3488 he wasn't there

[@brandonschannel8702]

12:50 “As you can see, they are identical” *shows two revolvers that are not in fact identical*

[@FeyTheBin]

The mysterious stranger is basically that one annoying dude who keeps killstealing.

[@zerometox1135]

Fey but he does save you

[@AB-mr8xy]

But by killstreak was stolen from meeee

[@jamesroper4952]

The mysterious stranger has saved my life multiple times, even from deathclaws a few times.

[@KurwaRomek]

And the epic piano is him trolling you in chat.

[@iseemilitaryaslife5883]

Amen brother

[@XOPOIIIO]

A detective story about detectives trying to find the detective-looking guy.

[@bunnybaby975]

Lmao

[@VivaCristoRei9]

mailman vs mailman all over again

[@Sibriexus]

Oooooooh the irony

[@nicholasjohnston1970]

What if the mysterious stranger is not a person but a title. That’s why he’s so old because it’s like an organization of mysterious strangers who are dedicated to helping everyone they can.

[@mistakenlymori7892]

But they must be family members too if you think about it

[@saltman9587]

I say he's a synth !

[@JanAly]

Salmen Ghonnee It doesn’t make sense though. Fallout 1 and 2 don’t have synths, I believe.

[@dcgame7100]

That’s basically what the minutemen do, they go around helping settlements, even if they make you do all the work

[@seanbeck7746]

My Theory is that the ‘Mysterious Stranger’ is kinda like Dread Pirate Roberts. It’s not a single person, but a name. A title passed down from stranger to stranger that wanders the wastelands, helping out in fights whenever they feel like. This could also explain the aging, the fact that one of them had a kid in Fallout NV. And the fact that their appearance changed throughout the game as well as the weapon changing. Idk just my thought

[@therookie5714]

Hes a time traveler. It explains why he was seen as a stranger to his own wife, why he can teleport but there’s no institute lightning affect, and why he seems to never age since he’s probably doing everything he did in a short time period jumping from places like new Vegas to places like the commonwealth. It’s also may be why he’s seen to have no moral compass and helps the lone wanderer no matter what, bcuz valentine doesnt comprehend what the strangers possible goal for the future ultimately is.

[@trycoldman2358]

Take a shot everytime he says "Mysterious Stranger"

[@iseeyoubrothegreedyvaultbo7435]

trycoldman23 challenge accepted

[@absolutelynot9823]

trycoldman23 oops im dead

[@freshlymemed5680]

My livers as dead as the Stranger is Mysterious

[@Irridalyst]

That moment when you see a lego KZbinr on a Fallout video.

[@cyberdynesystems9129]

BrickEdge A german lego KZbinr.

[@deucecarter2710]

Always a One Shot Kill, can't die, maybe he's a hacker

[@OverlordNanie]

He's got lag armor and aimbots.

[@sezuan2103]

Deuce Carter you forget he never miss

[@thehardbadassbaddi7639]

Aim bot god mode and tp and a sound board

[@paul_landero8166]

He's actually Neo

[@MRWALLFan]

HAAAX!

[@brickanimation3986]

It may sound crazy but maybe he is the real nick valentine

[@TheDragonCat99]

Brick Animation That would be quite a plot twist, and a waste since no quest line is associated with it

[@joeytaylor5596]

@@TheDragonCat99 it doesn't say anything but nick knew Eddie was going to become a ghoul and he did get involved with the institute which is how synth nick was created so maybe it could work

[@NikoGoKrazy]

Thats not crazy. Thats the first thing i thought of. Nick sees him over and over but no matter how close he is literally he will never be in reach of him. Its kinda horrible actually.

[@lestinkyposter8189]

Then why would nick freak out over him nick remembers his past so and nicks person who gave him his memory i forget his name was killed

[@fruitmonger4277]

@@lestinkyposter8189 nick says the first thing he remembers is waking up in the trash bin, right?

[@fairfieldds]

He could be from the future. He's traveled to the past with powerful technology to assist him, maybe the future was changed and the mysterious stranger is keeping it on track. And maybe the player in the future is some sort of famous figure and we are important.

[@fedoraspeaks8962]

That.... honesty makes a ton of sense.

[@Drave_Jr.]

To be fair, Vault Dweller: Saved Vault 13 which played into 2 and did a bunch to help(Not a big knower of FO1 lore), also Chosen One's Grandfather apparently. Chosen One: Saved the world from the Enclave Lone Wanderer: Saved world from Enclave and the Zetans Courier: Effectively decided the fate of the West with Second Battle of Hoover Dam, and saved it from ecological disaster Sole Survivor: Changed the fate of the Commonwealth and probably the East Coast All PCs are famous people that would be known.

[@vespine1749]

This stranger is just G-man’s long lost cousin E-man

[@christaylor9674]

Sight beyond sight!!!!!

[@christaylor9674]

O shit that was he-man nvm ....

[@christaylor9674]

@Gordon Freeman to set my he man joke up :)

[@lauradark2942]

No... m-man

[@willenribeiro1010]

Hahaahahahaa

[@surtech5]

I always liked to think that he was an 'Agent of Time'. Like maybe from the future where things have recovered and technology has evolved to a point that humans have control over time. But to get to that point, certain actions needed to take place in history. So they have agents, or maybe just one agent. Who must move through space time to influence that past. Changing his outfit and weaponry to be period and location appropriate! Because we play as warriors, we only see him making sure we survive certain encounters through combat; or making battles easier so we have more ammo for a future, crucial battle. Potentially there are other Mysterious Strangers who do more mundane things like hiding valuables in random lootable boxes or whispering in the ear of someone so they change the world in their own nonviolent way ("Psst, Piper. Did the mayor just pour oil in his coffee? That's weird, right?"). Or even... Fathering a child who would grow into an important role later in life... That would explain the appearing and vanishing (even the guitar riff could just be a result of the 'teleporting'... Like sure it sounds like a guitar, but sometimes things sound like other things, especially if we have nothing to base that original sound off of!), why he takes action regardless of Karma or affiliation, why he is so powerful, and why he seems to look different but not age in each outing! Loved the video! Just thought I'd add my two cents.

[@Relinquished404]

This is so out there that it actually ties together well. We're all overthinking this stuff but your comment, on a theoretical basis, makes the most sense logically.

[@damianmatthews852]

surtech5 this is my favorite position on the matter lol

[@parisr.2818]

I've always liked that idea the best too. It kind of reminds me of All You Zombies by Robert A. Heinlein.

[@sol2646]

Wow.... That actually seems logical

[@SOAP-jf7ue]

The Mysterious Stranger is a legendary duelist. It is said that the Mysterious Stranger once showed up at a metropolitan cantina famous for dueling tournaments and systematically beat each contender before disappearing back into obscurity. Nobody knos how the Mysterious Stranger survived the city being completely destroyed by bombardment shortly after that event.

[@joshuaashton1929]

Is this a reference to something?

[@SOAP-jf7ue]

@@joshuaashton1929 star wars knights of the old republic.

[@sark581]

The mysteriois stranger is nothing compared to deadeye duncan.

[@devinallen4708]

Damnit i knew someone was gonna make this reference, when I saw the title

[@skivvy3565]

Never fail to consider bad writing as a source of inconsistencies, this is many teams doing many projects over many decades

[@willhall796]

7:40 DID YOU JUST GET TEABAGGED BY THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER????

[@h0nks504]

Calm down, no need to use caps lock

[@scyobiempire4450]

t h e c h e e s e g o d WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

[@h0nks504]

@@scyobiempire4450 it was a joke

[@e.j.wizerd2000]

@@h0nks504 no der

[@dag_will2615]

Plot twist, the mysterious stranger used to play a lot of Halo

[@OzmaThe]

'The Mysterious Stranger' is a novel by Mark Twain - he wrote several versions, but in all of them, the titular character is actually Satan. The whole thing with the Lonesome Drifter could be reference to how many musicians (famously Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendrix) claim that the devil gave them guitar-playing prowess in exchange for their soul. What he did to the drifter and his mum wasn't right to start with - but what about the things he left him; a GUITAR and a revolver. It could be his father either encountered the Devil in those mines or is literally a personification of Satan - leaving his son with a capability for music and violence. The guy is literally called the 'Lonesome Drifter' - that the poor guy is looking for his dad but will never find him, a life-long futile search. Devilish. His being Satanic would also explain the lack of regard to Karma and apparent psychopathic tendencies described by Nick. From Wikipedia: 'In the village and in other places around the world where Satan transports them magically, the boys witness religious fanaticism, witch trials, burnings, hangings, deaths and mass hysteria. Finally, Satan vanishes with a brief explanation: "[T]here is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a dream - a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought - a vagrant thought, a useless thought, a homeless thought, wandering forlorn among the empty eternities!"' The magical transportation sounds pretty Stranger-y, and his message is just about the most Fallout thing out there! He talks of wandering forlorn, homeless and alone, in the way that all the characters you play in the Fallout series do. Perhaps he helps you so often because he thinks you have adopted his philosophy. Within the Fallout universe is everything he shows the boys - religious fanaticism, witch trials, burnings and hangings and mass hysteria. Perhaps he even had something to do with the Great War creating this hellish landscape. The thing with the Alien tech/Lorenzo theories is that it might explain his longevity (as we have proof of that) but not his weapon's immense power, nor his ability to shift instantly in space. His being literally Satan would explain all of those things.

[@OzmaThe]

Someone should take a look at the Fallout creators' bookshelves.

[@axurzhal3588]

OzmaThe damn satan lies about there's no god and universe when he himself encounter god

[@ethansanderson8021]

Don't forget, it's called No. 44, The Mysterious Stanger, hence the 44 Rev.

[@cartergraham9589]

OzmaThe holyshit u might be right

[@greywolfjames07]

Well Oxhorn kinda explains the gun thing as the artifact has more than one power or the stranger used the power in a way to get both affects. For example the stranger could have poured power in the gun changing the nature of the bullet when fired and without the stranger only slivers of power could remain in the gun as in the mysterious magnums theme playing on draw. If he isn't teleporting but has time like powers he could just be moving forwards or backwards in time. That could explain the power of his shots as he makes the shots hit harder. Hell it could all three as fallout makes references to Lovecraftian horror. A abomination beyond time leaves a artifact with fragments of his power. A man found it and realized if certain people died before their time the world would be far worse. As this man started to age and die he used his power and left a temporal recording telling of what he was doing, the artifact, as well as why and how he used it. A man finds the artifact and decides to follow the mantle of The Mysterious Stranger. The killing good people could be a psychological side effect from the artifact, as the Strangers start to lose their empathy feeling 'the greater good' of the world must be protected but no longer remembering or caring what that good is, meaning the Stranger could be killing people in a better safe than sorry ideology. That could explain why the Stranger is so distant to his family and leaves. He was forgetting his family from the time travel and knew if he stayed with them he might kill them like he had other good people. But he can't stop or the world will become a hell (whether thats true or not) mentally trapping him in in the role of the Stranger.

[@jokuvitunjuutalaine430]

My theory is that he’s like kellogg hardly human with cybernetics all over to make him live longer and more effective in combat

[@obsidironpumicia4074]

Also explains how he can kill something easily using a snubnosed 44. magnum.

[@surreallismmm]

Fuck, I was just thought of that

[@GamesandstuffMusic]

I think that kind of tech can only be provided by the institute

[@zyferon7406]

@@GamesandstuffMusic yeah in my opinion the alien tech theory makes more sense, someone else in the comments said that cabot said there was an ancient city with the same tech i the capital wasteland maybe he found it and got immortality, it makes more sense

[@bloodangel19]

@@GamesandstuffMusic the think tanks and enclave may be even more advanced in robotics and cybernetics.

[@TheFearmonger]

the mysterious stranger is a title passed down, originally from the last vault-tec insurance technician, who started a secret society based on the long ago-signed insurance documents. as a result, the mysterious stranger's job is to wander the wastes, helping any vault dwellers they find and minimizing any harm done to them outside of the vaults

[@FaithfulCalamari]

My original thought before I saw any evidence but may actually make sense to the aging issue is that what if the Mysterious Stranger is actually a time traveler who's purpose is to keep these main characters safe to ensure the future goes right?

[@luizmodeloguilherme7462]

FaithfulCalamari I can see that happening

[@Officia1PTG]

FaithfulCalamari THAT MIGHT JUSS BE IT CHIEF 👍🏿

[@ollierobson]

That’s what I was thinking when watching the video, but each time he helps the future slightly changes so he disappears because reality changes

[@gauss9937]

That’s actually a really good theory

[@kainthedragoon8081]

And time travel does exist in fallout

[@jakedarling7549]

Oxhorn: I'm not saying it was aliens... But it was aliens...

[@AceSoulWolf]

Jake Darling ...Mulder?

[@TheSlammurai]

He doesn't LOOK like a Wanamingo. XD

[@XoRandomGuyoX]

Ancient Aliens even, buried under Arabia, and the Mojave. Maybe they really like sand?

[@erikseidler133]

XoRandomGuyoX So we know it's not Anakin Skywalker. UNLESS, liking sand is part of his redemption after being Darth Vader.

[@darthvader7783]

Erik Seidler - You called for me?

[@AlwaysCooper]

I think that the Mysterious Stranger in Fallout 4 is the Lonesome Drifter, it could explain why the riff is gone and he has a moustache, and looks pretty young. Edit: I think I’ve got it! The Mysterious Stranger in FO4 has a normal snub nose magnum because HE GAVE HIS GOOD PISTOL TO THE COURIER IN FALLOUT NEW VEGAS. Think about it, if he is the stranger from the previous Fallouts he would have his signature pistol. If it was his son, he wouldn’t have it, but his father left him the magnum as a kid. He then game it to the Courier in Fallout New Vegas, which is why he doesn’t have it in Fallout 4!

[@scroogemcduche8712]

Hey i was gonna make that comment!

[@AlwaysCooper]

scrooge mcduche You still can

[@thisisnaayt]

Why is this comment not pinned

[@austinjackson7968]

@SuckaDuckForaBuck he means in fallout 4 it's the lonesome drifter, in NV it's still his father. Which would explain why his father has the same pistol. perhaps he knew his son would go looking for him and might've wanted him to follow in his footsteps, so before he left he made a duplicate of his own pistol, that way he'd know his son would be safe in the wasteland. After discovering what his father was doing, perhaps he DID decide to follow in his fathers footsteps, but now without the pistol. Probably recorded a new guitar riff to go along with his pistol based off the memory of his old pistol to try to remind himself of the one his father gave him. (as in after he gave his pistol to the courier, he decided to get back to his roots and find his father, but at that point maybe it had been years so the memory of the original guitar riff had faded a bit, giving us a different, but similar sound to it). Just an added theory/extension to what Flying Games is saying.

[@_3DRS]

good idea

[@Ricky-jd6fs]

stranger once saved me from dying to an assaultron, god bless his soul that he was the one help me finish that survival mode. he has my respect, i hope to see him more in new adventures

[@walkingskin2920]

My father was a mysterious stranger and his father before him

[@spacelime7579]

Jaa Tee yee yes it is a family business

[@jediknightk6803]

At least that is what his father said.

[@WoodChoppa911]

So you got daddy issues?

[@walkingskin2920]

Wood Choppa what?

[@WoodChoppa911]

@@walkingskin2920 mysterious stranger left his son

[@Swampy24945]

"Maybe it's time to give these old bones a rest." Dude, you're 28.

[@zaab-yaoh9302]

Swampy24945 working coal mines since 15 in a nuclear apocalypse...see how u feel lmao

[@MrJames1034]

Life expectancy in the Mojave is probably around 18-21

[@ARandyUserName]

He could be BS about his story to cover up the fact the he himself is the mysterious stranger, maybe thats a reason for him giving you the special magnum? Unlikely but you never know when todd howard is behind a game

[@ShamrockShylock]

Nehemiah Judah Yisrael lol, I was gonna say, 28 in the wasteland is probably more like 60

[@patrickheflin9687]

ARandyUserName that actually makes sense. Hence he doesn't have the special gun in fallout 4

[@santiagoquiroga6673]

what if the mysterioys stranger's revolver is the artifact and since he doesnt have it in fallout 4 he's started to age?

[@fizzrpg9961]

Smart🤔

[@georgedumoulin6844]

But his son - who had the gun - did age

[@zbutler3111]

@@georgedumoulin6844 and one might say he aged alot. Dude looks older than 28 to me

[@user-fd4sm9bf8k]

@@georgedumoulin6844 Maybe he didn't stopped aging because he didn't kii with the gun. What if it is a artifact and harvests the life essence of the people it kills and provides them to the owner.

[@nicholashodges201]

But the Stranger in NV still had the special gun.

[@IcepersonYT]

Its a little thing but I really appreciate you reading all of the dialogue choices from earlier Fallout games, it helps a lot for me to follow along as I have been binging these videos while playing Fallout 4.

[@peterconnaghan2872]

Fallout is a actually a story documenting the mysterious stranger. He doesn’t kill randomly, he just kills to help the people he’s found an interest in, who are the main characters of the fallout games.

[@PlayngMinecraft4Ever]

There is no evidence to support this theory.

[@jerodbrown7339]

My personal theory is that the Stranger is the first Nick Valentine. The Institute’s experiments might have messed with his mind, explaining his sporadic behavior, but I don’t know how to explain his longevity. He could’ve gotten his hands on an alien artifact, or the radiation turned him into a ghoul, or maybe the Institute did it to him somehow, I don’t know. I just think it’s fun to think about.

[@neilmcdougall4927]

Could be a synth 3 copy of Nicky V?

[@bruhmoment5976]

Nice theory

[@sympunny8636]

See, it's a fun theory, but the issue with that, is the timeline. The mysterious stranger was around in fallout 1, so in the year 2161. Fallout 4 is set in 2287. The institute only managed to aquire shaun in 2227 and that was the breakthrough required to start manufacturing the gen 3 synths. Before that they only had the lousy gen 1 and 2's, perfectly servicable in a fight, but not exactly able to pass for human. So for this to be accurate they'd have to have made this amazingly life-like and durable synth 66 years before even aquiring shaun, and at a time when all their other synths barely even look human, and then deployed him in shady sands of all places, not to mention this synth is so much more powerful than any others of his kind, 1 shotting anything in the world, and then vanishing mysteriously. Finally, the mysterious stranger had a child as seen in this video, which as far as i'm aware again isn't possible with synths.

[@matthewjohnson4882]

I like the idea that it's cyborg Nick valentine... Maybe captured a few years after the bombs dropped so that his DNA was no longer pure enough to use, but his mind was able to be copied and maybe he originally cooperated with them until he was given upgrades then he bounced

[@SixSirens]

Stranger: Fedora, Trench coat, Revolver, 2 packs of cigarettes Nick: Fedora, Trench coat, revolver, 2 packs of cigarettes You can't convince me that's a coincidence, however it happened I 100% believe that it is either OG Nick with some enhancements like kellogg/ Lorenzo, or hes a special ghoul that turned but never got the scars. Any 50s cop/ detective like nick that we see in movies/ tv etc, carries a revolver, usually a snub nose. Nick and the Stranger in fallout 4 use snub nosed revolvers, in other games the stranger uses a normal revolver but that doesn't mean he cant make it into a snub nose. I can't prove this with anywhere close to Oxhorns evidence but that's what I believe.

[@mistercr0wbar400]

I guess The Lonesome Drifter's mom had a different version of the Mysterious Stranger perk... Wait, no, he still shoots and then leaves...

[@Grimaldus18]

Oh my god

[@dvfy9245]

Oh my god

[@theanimator3070]

Oh my god

[@themacocko6311]

Oh my god

[@matthewjones39]

Oh my God

[@ziuzz4168]

The "take a sip from your trusty vault 13 canteen" kills me every time

[@seansharpes9495]

I like to think he's a time traveler, only aiding you because he knows no matter good or bad, you are a character who will have a dramatic impact on the timeline. After just looking at fallout 4 whichever side you chose to side with, it will change the future of the commonwealth and possibly beyond forever.

[@GreenGlassScarab]

"this guy looks too young to be 46 ... and this really old looking guy with a walrus mustache looks 46..." Are you even serious?? Lots of 46 yo look like that "young" guy and how could they possibly look as old as the walrus guy? He'd be like 60+

[@Oreosmilkshake]

Oxhorn must be 60 looking 40 guy like that walrusman

[@ruancah]

Keanu Reeves is one example. He doesn't look like 50s.

[@Bli757]

That's what I was thinking too

[@ReclusiveEagle]

Oh yes because Bethesda's game engine was so detailed in 3 and NV you could tell age.. You realize the only difference between Doc Mitchell and Sunny Smiles are the barely visible wrinkles and Gray hair? remove that and he looks 20

[@RikuVA]

I was gonna say, my dad is 50 and looks like he’s in his late 30s haha

[@SoulToasToasted]

If the Mysterious Stranger spawns near the Lonesome Drifter, does the Drifter say anything?

[@A_Lesser_Man]

lonesome drifter was 3 when daddy left...not sure how LD would recognize MS as daddy.

[@outre111]

Yeah so how exactly was he planning on finding his father

[@UnExtinctive]

I wanna know if the mysterious stranger can appear and help kill the lonesome drifter. Lmao.

[@SirCheeseEater]

@@UnExtinctive He will kill his son!

[@juango500]

huh?

[@ben616socailism]

I've always thought that the stranger from F4 looks like one of the badguy's from the Clint Eastwood movie "Pale Rider."

[@dylangonzales8739]

Interesting almost like he’s a mysterious stranger

[@robusttw4479]

Almost like he's unknown

[@officialdjclout]

Dylan Gonzales almost. 🧐

[@smile_jpg6673]

One could say his identity will always be... a mystery

[@IamPrfct2]

.-.

[@teabisquitter1593]

Wonder who he could be guess we’ll never no

[@smokingbuds4546]

He is like a doctor Who, the stranger can time travel explaining his appearance in all the fallout games.

[@thelonewolf9531]

I had the same thought but ofc doctor who doesn't kill people

[@jackmakila3776]

@@thelonewolf9531 *cough* cybermen and delaks *cough*

[@medicolkie3606]

There's even a brief TARDIS as an easter egg in one of the first two Fallout games

[@jackwoods7275]

There needs to be a quest in fallout 5 where you track down the stranger

[@AstroSauce2002]

That would be pretty awesome

[@myxarmxpits1358]

Yeah that sounds neat.. And the quest would still be unsolved

[@kaptainperoxide5687]

it would be cool if the reward from the quest is that you get the mysterious stranger perk

[@Impulse04276]

Already Should Ah Been

[@ewa77771]

Than You become The stranger....

[@EnslavedComedyEisen]

He’s the Arizona Ranger with his big iron who is eternally looking for Texas red

[@Quincy_Morris]

But what if 3 dog is actually three dogs operating a suit that looks human?

[@user-yg7sq8sr8g]

Of course

[@funnymeme1847]

*holy shit*

[@choccymilk8845]

David Umstattd Its Already cannon

[@strongblade]

Mind... Blown!

[@obiwankenobi4863]

David Umstattd That explain everything man holy crap how did we see through him

[@brotherhoodofsteelpaladin5890]

Everyone asks who is mysterious stranger No one asks how is mysterious stranger😢

[@ragedunicycle1157]

😥

[@dontpreorder2783]

Maybe if he’d stop to talk to anyone we’d be able to

[@Excalibur-Sonic]

No one ask WHY is the mysterious strange.

[@snanoopis6584]

“ engravings... give you no tactical advantage whatsoever”

[@succboah2000]

But that’s was some fancy shooting, he’s pretty good

[@taibear]

Did you know snake eater says that in mgs3 to ocelot then in mgs5 phantom pain ocelot says that to the diamond dog soldiers

[@ultrabigfella]

@@taibear that's what he was referencing...

[@avo616]

👉👉

[@Tokyochris-wj8gu]

Just makes him cool

[@BuckBlaziken]

I always think that the Mysterious Stranger thought to him or herself after gaining super natural abilities that they should use these abilities for good… or evil, basically a super hero or super villain self discovery moment, and that’s why these multiple mysterious strangers can help out the player no matter what the player’s karma is set to.

[@HeyYourPartOfIt]

Here's a thought. Synths are usually made as clones of people. To go into their lives and replace them completely. So what if the Mysterious Stranger was human AT ONE POINT (Fallout 1&2), and then the Institute created a duplicate Synth to take his place for the next several games. Wouldn't that explain the differences in appearances between the first two games as well? It might even work with the idea of him Fathering a child and then suddenly abandoning the family. In the first two games, doesn't he just walk off screen? That's pretty human compared to later versions where he seemingly disappears. Much more like Institute interference

[@Thederpman4]

Could explain why, instead of him disappearing in FO1 and FO2, he just runs away. Then, he is turned into a synth and gains the ability to teleport.

[@gamerrekt5878]

ECHO.EOW.50535 TRUE

[@C_The_Guy]

That explains why he always seems to conveniently know just where you are to be able to help out. With the institute's level of surveillance capabilities thats very plausible

[@Reidsnewipod]

dude when the institute is destroyed he still appears.

[@Swordsoulreaver]

the man who plans just cause the institute is blown up doesnt mean all synths are dead.

[@fuzzykurb]

You left out one MAJOR fact about The Mysterious Stranger.... His name is Farmer (Source: Fallout 3 Official Game Guide) You also neglected to mention his armor and weapons change as your level increases in Fallout and Fallout 2. He only has the leather armor early in the game and will later work up to Power Armor.

[@AlaskanThunderPunch]

Steven Van was thinking the same thing but couldn’t quite remember if that was the case. (Been years since I played 1-3.)

[@Chevycamaroman317]

Kevin Jones he put that there to troll you because you’re an idiot

[@chrystalian]

You know, what if in fallout 76 you can actually meet and talk to the mysterious stranger, I'd like to see them canonically explain him.

[@benwilson4637]

WaterViking Thank you for making my day.

[@Pecent12]

but fallout 76 takes place in 2102

[@Kipark52]

Well actually the oldest living character in Fallout is the Japanese Samurai aboard Mothership Zeta who is from the 1500's

[@TheZombout]

Lmao I loved that DLC

[@trail4801]

He said the oldest living who lived consistently, not put to sleep. The samurai was in Stasis if I remember correctly. (Until you free him)

[@Sludgling]

Imagine the mysterious man is literally just another player. Just some random courier. Perhaps, *you* were the mysterious stranger after all.

[@josefmilly]

What if Nick was a synth made to mimic the Mysterious Stranger? And Nick was looking for himself this whole time?

[@frostywhiskers5292]

Joseph Lim that were be a good twist

[@murdermuffin6451]

Nice!

[@DemocracyOfficerWood]

Wuut?

[@LVTHORAscending]

I like this.

[@A3therius]

That’s what I was thinking

[@caretakercat7176]

Imagine if you attack the lonesome drifter, and the mysterious stranger shoot him..

[@MrZook-ct2wn]

I heard that was going to be a mechanic, but didn't do to time restraints

[@youknowwhoitis.itsmyname4746]

You just hear sad guitar strings and “you’ve yeed your last haw”

[@insertnamehere4088]

O O F

[@Vsevolod2002]

I think Lonesome drifter got his dad’s shooting skills, if you try to mess with him he will just terminate your gameplay with a magnum

[@somegoodsoup7008]

I heard of Family Reunions but this is ridiculous!

[@niamhmorrissey2187]

Tbh, the Stranger kinda does look like he's in his 40s. Besides, I doubt being 18+ really matters anymore in the Wasteland, so he most likely knocked someone up at 14 or 15, hell maybe even 13.

[@nerdapples4901]

Yeetimus Prime Maybe even 7

[@rega7ia]

@@nerdapples4901 maybe even 5

[@alextimber8275]

gnarly Maybe even -9

[@SvobodaIliSmert]

maybe even when the fucking bombs dropped

[@dcgame7100]

Don’t r/wooosh me or anything, but you can’t have babies till your like 11 or 10 or something

[@lucastep310]

With the next season of fallout being in New Vegas, I wouldn’t be surprised if they had a lore drop about him

[@mikhailmcmorrow6440]

He works in mysterious ways. (Tips fedora)

[@chaosinjune]

Mikhail Mcmorrow *tips fedora*

[@la363]

Ayy Lmao no just no

[@mikhailmcmorrow6440]

#realfalloutlore

[@mikhailmcmorrow6440]

From fedora memes to family guy. K thx bai

[@lanceuppercut6168]

*takes out guitar* Wait, I wasn't ready! :O

[@sirgrubbson289]

The fallout 4 mysterious stranger is commissioner Gordon

[@jacobburch5884]

Kristianeatsegg s He's trying to find batman

[@itzrefah4037]

haha he's looking for the wayne of the fallout universe

[@justananimator4225]

and his long lost crowbar XD

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

He got tired of Gotham City crime

[@kona4012]

I bet Bethesda are laughing so hard being like "we just made him up" ×Edit thanks for 385 likes× ×Edit thanks for 783 likes× Thanks for 810 likes

[@8BitPinkiePie]

You have to remember Bethesda have only made Fallout 3 and 4, 1, 2 and tactics were made by Black Isle

[@asdfghjkllkjhgfdsa8725]

They could have just made him up but they made the whole game up... now the fallout universe exists in alot of people's minds and if your explanation suffices with this, then why not use it for everything else?

[@kona4012]

William Hitchcock because it's a joke

[@asdfghjkllkjhgfdsa8725]

@@kona4012 ok haha... was there something wrong with my point though? I wasn't trying to attack you or anything

[@kona4012]

William Hitchcock I know, I mean in general

[@pauledmondson567]

I believe the Mysterious Stranger is the original human Nick Valentine. There are just far too many coincidences for it too be ignored! Especially Nicks Obsession with him. It feels like a spoon fed hint almost!

[@Mikesapien]

Human Nick Valentine was a pre-war detective, but the Fallout games occur between 2161 and 2288. So unless Mysterious Stranger is more than two centuries old, we would need some explanation for how he is still alive and siring children, such as Oxhorn's alien artifact theory.

[@Mikesapien]

@JamesCallow-yb9dz Vault Dweller, Chosen One, Lone Wanderer, Courier Six, and Sole Survivor can all see the Mysterious Stranger. Nick is the only companion who comments on it. I imagine this is because he has a case file on the Stranger and knows what he looks like.

[@Twixlumer80]

You are the mysteries stranger, you traveled in time to spots where you remember you had a hard time. You help yourself

[@mrdooce7053]

holy shit

[@__bic__]

That makes so much sense

[@asimplepoet775]

could the mysterious stranger simply be a family, who passes the role down father to son

[@benmassey3169]

The lonesome drifter (nv) found his daddy and taught him the ways

[@asimplepoet775]

could fallout 1 & 2 be the grandparents or uncles/aunties

[@agamenmmon7210]

And Miss Fortune is passed down from the mother to daughter

[@ZombraxSullivan]

It would be cool if the revolver is made in a magic or crazy science and passed down the magic makes you want to wonder around.

[@superchop1130]

Great Destroyer ll

[@LeonSteelpaw]

Wait a minute, in FO: NV there's a second perk you can acquire that's a companion to The Mysterious Stranger

[@josephbanks6319]

@ShrekLiveActionMovie420 Miss Fortune

[@S.L.R.]

It could be possible that the Mysterious Stranger could be the remnant entity of Vault tech, in a monitoring capacity. Maybe to ensure the vault dwellers survival for their own purpose. That could explain why they appear in conjunction with every vault dweller throughout the country. They are similar in appearance to the pre war vault tech door to door officials. Just my take on it. I could def see a relationship with your mysterious magnum hypothesis! Great video

[@DJGeoskWizard]

What if he's some kind of time traveler? That would explain how he appears and disappears. The only thing I can't think of is that the Stranger is a woman if you choose to be a woman in Fallout one and two.

[@plumperinoblunterino564]

Micah what if the only reason that you're able to see him is probably just your character hallucinating , after all the firefights in fallout could be tough and exhausting as well as some exposure to radiation , that's just my fallout 1 and 2 theory , yet in fallout 3 he seems to have some sort of backstory and his son even shows up , whilst in fallout 4 the only person who can actually see the stranger is Nick Valentine , and what's odd Nick even mentions that he's been looking for him and he has a whole case around him. And maybe the way he appears and disappears with the help of institute technology yet you don't see nor hear any of the effects

[@yunjaejung9720]

Could be like the time lords in doctor who. Gender can change during regeneration o_O

[@theviewer4101]

Yun Jae Jung I was about to suggest that

[@chilledfire4569]

perhaps the stranger in 1 and 2 is your character from the future

[@paul_landero8166]

It's a family of psychopaths

[@jmoplays7222]

He might be trying to kill you but he keeps missing :D

[@sonicrocks53]

Jmo Plays haha wouldnt that be ironic? XD

[@kkkk-uh1cu]

I only played Fallout 4, and the first time he showed up, I thought he was going to shoot me. The creature and I weren't that far apart...

[@TheSpudThing]

I fired, and I missed. I fired again, I hit something, but it wasn’t what I was aiming for. So I guess I missed.

[@ZaptheZombie]

The best plot twist in video game history. What was presumed to be the best gunman in the country is actually the worst

[@poiuytrewq11422]

Jmo Plays *Mind Blown*

[@phoenixtucker-williams3212]

The fallout 4 mysterious man looks like the valt tec representative

[@ElmoElmoSWAZILAND]

Phoenix Tucker-Williams holy shit you call him Man after hearing him being called STRANGER THROUGHOUT THIS VIDEO

[@EE-wb8vu]

dude your right and only in fallout 4 you get to see the vault-tec repersative

[@Darksheon]

He dose

[@kurosenpai]

spoiler alert, ull meet with the vault tec reps later on in the game as a Ghoul

[@Drake-wo9ir]

Phoenix Tucker-Williams, I know I was thinking, wait the vault tec representative survived

[@historybro8955]

I can imagine the mysterious stranger as a minuteman who just randomly appears out of nowhere to help you.

[@naamabrito9618]

The Lonesome Drifter always remember me the song "A Boy Named Sue" from Johnny Cash.

[@Tokyochris-wj8gu]

That’s what I thought lol

[@thingshappenyt2455]

Yesyesyes at least I'm not the only one!

[@MyMegaTurtle]

Fun fact that song was written by shel Silverstein

[@changvasejarik62]

Considering we don’t know his real name for all we know it is sue.

[@zachunt2526]

What happens if you change e in sue with s

[@HEMPoneDTS]

the mysterious stranger was an arena fighter who gained infamy by defeating the undefeated Bendak Starkiller in a death match. he was never seen in the arena again but rumors of his appearances have circulated around the Galaxy...

[@HEMPoneDTS]

wait...

[@joshuaking9408]

The Stranger then went on to join the Jedi Order, because the Sith Empire doesn't destroy/conquer itself.

[@illegaltacogaming3273]

Phews DTS Let's play a game of Pizzak

[@BryantVonMiller]

I WAS HOPING TO SEE ANYONE ELSE THOUGHT OF THIS

[@catsaregreat768]

Phews DTS the nostalgia haha. i played swkotor so much! but bendak was a pain in the ass with his grenade spamming...

[@Murigan0]

"Who is the mysterious stranger" Mysterious stranger: *Flags furiously*

[@bigg4319]

Sam Elliot played a character called the stranger in The Big Lebowski Sam Elliot is from California Fallout New Vegas takes place in California Big Lebowski takes place in California Fallout 4 Stranger has a prominent mustache Sam Elliot has a prominent mustache Sam Elliot is the Mysterious Stranger