HomeNews
Text Vault-Tec’s number from the Fallout TV show to get a potential teaser for a November announcementDon’t call the number if you’re around other people, though
Don’t call the number if you’re around other people, though
Image credit:Amazon
Image credit:Amazon
I sort of reject that theFallout TV showhas Easter eggs hidden in it because it, as a whole, is the equivalent of one of those fancy Hotel Chocolat ostrich-sized patisserie collection bastards that cost 40 quid. However. Eagle-eyed viewers of theFalloutshow noted that episode 6 gives you a number for Valt-Tec that you can actually get in touch with - 213-25-VAULT (or, 213-258-2858). Charges apply, as well as international codes if you’re outside the US, which makes it 001-213-258-2858.
One thing’s for sure: calling the number is disappointing, and will also make people think you’re weird if they overhear it. It’s just a guy screaming for 18 seconds - no background sound effects or anything - and frankly, given the money Amazon is working with, I’d have expected more from both the call and text. It’s a tick in the “probably just a lazy reference to Vault 33 column”. Why even bother if you’re not going whole hog? Well, to capture people for marketing, I guess. Which is, in fairness, very Vault-Tec.
That kind of works with the context of the number appearing in the show, too. It pops up when Walton Goggins' Ghoul, in his pre-radiation incarnation as famous TV star Cooper Howard, does an infomercial for shady Valt-Tec encouraging people to call and secure a place in a Vault today. Knowing what we do about Vault-Tec, would you go Vault or take your chances in the wasteland? I guess Vault. Sure, you might be a human experiment, but you also might end up the hero protagonist on a grand adventure! Fallout (the show) is streaming now on Amazon.
