Fallout 3: Mister Handy Recites a Poem

[peachykatara]

I always found this so sad: they were still holding their teddy bear :(

[DoctorFuhhney]

I wonder what the actor of the minster handy robot was think when he read that poem.

[bravo45th]

I remember going to this house with dog meat, finding Mr. Handy and turning him on. Seeing how interesting it was to see a robot stuck in the past and not in the present. Reciting a child poem to two children skeletons on a bump bed was creepy, walking a dog that didn't exist anymore, going to the grocery store that was left in rubble (Yes I actually protected him to see him go to whatever store was left, there wasn't much left...). One of my favorite littler discovers of the game!

[OverNineThousandths]

at that point those kids had been dead for 200 years.....whoa

[SuperFREEXBOXLIVECOD]

Hey kids lemme tell you a poem about the human race dying before you go to sleep.

[MattsGameplay]

@SuperFREEXBOXLIVECOD :D !!

[mb259ful]

in fallout new vegas mister handy is found dead at mr houses building at ceasers fort in a genarator room

[JBLaughs]

this is based of a book by Ray Bradbury about a nuclear apocalypse in the year 2033 where a voice run by a computerised house tells that same poem to the houses long dead owners.

[UT3MONTAGE]

'How may i serve you master?... not that i really want to' lol

[masteroutlaw100]

i had to read this story in 8th grade english, creeped me the fuck out then

[EpicRandomDude]

kids where bored to death by him, probally just before the war started...

[greenma201]

@hibbisebandit757 yeah i figured that and then i looked on the fallout 3 wiki and it also said that

[greenma201]

he tried to kill me after he found the body of muffy lol

[ReapersSprint]

Such an Ironic poem, i guess that's the point.

[koekhoofd123]

these random 'side-mission thingys' make fallout 3 so epic!

[GiantDoucheNG]

Man this game knew just how to creep the fuck out of me at times.

[majestic138]

The poem was written by Sara Teasdale in 1920 and popularized in Ray Bradbury's short story decades later. You can find original animations of the Ray Bradbury story on Youtube.

[Destinystrike]

The most interesting aspect of this is that the entire room is a homage to the story "There Will Come Soft Rains". Primarily checking the street address of the house. 2026 , the year in the story.

[MattsGameplay]

@Destinystrike sounds like someone has been reading the Fallout Wiki ha.

[brickman409]

@Destinystrike

theres a poem and a short story called there will come soft rains. the poem is the one the robot just read and the short story is about an abandon house after a nuclear war run by robots that still think the owners are still there. the short story is based off the poem.

[783tammy4]

mister handy and the other robots like him where abiously made by the british

[cyberkid111]

well duh...

[adx9980]

@783tammy4 o rlly i thought if he was britsh then he would say

You have yourself a fine day mate.

[bobrulz55]

that was actualy the exact poem that was in there will come soft rains :)

[jerseygirl860]

The story Fallout 3 is making a reference to is called "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury. The story is about the day after a nuclear disaster, and, despite the fact that man is no longer existing, other things continue to go about it normal schedule. It's a pretty cool and scary story.

[bobrulz55]

it is O_O

[donuthead7310]

I think that the story is about the poem rite?

[Belfadin]

Which was written decades before the idea of nuclear weapons existed.

[MattsGameplay]

really? huh, that makes it even more of an interesting poem.

[luke12124]

that part scared me because a week earlyer i read the poem that was more of a chort story that was basicly the robot at as the house and i was standing out side waiting for the house to burn down

[carmex787]

i found that too kina sad :(