How was Maximus a kid when the bombs dropped in Fallout?

Maximus wasn't a kid when the original Great War bombs dropped in 2077; he was a young boy (around 6 years old) in 2277, when the New California Republic's capital, Shady Sands, was nuked, an event he survived by hiding in a refrigerator thanks to his parents, as shown in the Fallout series. His confusion stems from being raised in the post-war world with limited knowledge, making him believe that bombing was the primary event, leading to his ignorance about the Great War itself.
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Did the bomb fall when Maximus was a kid?

Background. A former citizen of the New California Republic born in 2277, [Script 1] the boy who would become Maximus had the misfortune of living in Shady Sands. The NCR's capital was destroyed with a nuclear weapon when he was 6 years old.
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How was Maximus alive for the bombs?

Maximus survived the bombing of Shady Sands (which happened long after the original Great War) because his parents hid him in a refrigerator that acted as a makeshift fallout shelter, allowing him to emerge alive from the blast and become the orphan who later joined the Brotherhood of Steel, defining his entire life story. He was a child (around age 6-8) when this specific attack occurred in 2277, not during the initial nuclear holocaust of 2077.
 
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What's the deal with Maximus in Fallout?

Maximus represents the BoS ambition and want for power pretty well. They want squires willing to sabotage their friends to get ahead because that is what it takes to survive the wasteland. Because in the end the BoS is obsessed with power and wants soldiers willing to do anything to gain it.
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How old is Maximus in Fallout?

Maximus's exact age in the Fallout TV series isn't explicitly stated but is estimated to be around 19-20 years old during the main events (2296). He was a young child (around 6-8) when Shady Sands was destroyed in 2281, making him a young adult by the time he joins the Brotherhood, fitting his rank as an Aspirant/Knight in the Brotherhood of Steel.
 
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Why is Ulysses obsessed with the courier?

Ulysses' dual obsessions with the Courier and the Divide are motivated by several factors. He is the only unmutated survivor of the disaster at the Divide, and because he believed it was the Courier who caused the destruction of the community.
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Did Maximus know that Lucius was his son?

No, Maximus did not know Lucius was his son in the first Gladiator; this revelation is a major plot point for the sequel, Gladiator II, establishing Lucius as the product of a past romance between Maximus and Lucilla, though it reframes their interactions as having a deeper, secret connection. In the original film, Lucius was presented as the son of Lucilla and the late Emperor Lucius Verus, with Maximus showing fondness but no indication of paternity, while Lucilla kept the secret to protect the boy from Commodus.
 
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What is Maximus's backstory?

General Maximus is inspired by the life of General Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus. And he was married to Lucilla and they had a child. His wife was executed by his brother-in-law, Emperor Commodus, and he did not avenge her death.
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Why does Maximus always smell the dirt?

Maximus smells the dirt in Gladiator as a powerful, grounding ritual connecting him to his past life as a farmer, his lost family (wife and son), and his desire to return home, reminding him what he's fighting for and providing solace amidst the chaos of battle and his quest for vengeance against Commodus. It's a symbolic link to his peaceful life on his land in Trujillo, motivating him to survive each fight to eventually get back to that soil and those people.
 
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Why did China nuke the US in Fallout?

In Fallout, China nuked the U.S. as a desperate, final act in the Resource Wars, aiming to cripple America after the U.S. was on the verge of conventional victory using its advanced Power Armor, with the conflict triggered by dwindling global resources and escalating tensions over the U.S.'s illegal Forced Evolutionary Virus (FEV) research, which China discovered and demanded they stop.
 
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Why is Fallout like the 1950's?

Fallout is set in a retrofuturistic 1950s because its alternate timeline diverged from ours, leading to advanced nuclear tech but stagnant culture, creating a unique blend of 1950s optimism/consumerism with atomic-age anxieties and post-apocalyptic decay, inspired by pulp sci-fi and critiquing 1950s American society. The world features atomic-powered cars and robots alongside 1950s aesthetics, stuck in a loop until the Great War of 2077, allowing for satirical commentary on capitalism and the Cold War. 
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Is Maximus a bad guy in Fallout?

Maximus isn't a straightforward "bad guy"; he's a morally gray, conflicted character in the Fallout TV show, driven by ambition and a desire to be a hero within the ruthless Brotherhood of Steel, often making selfish or questionable choices while simultaneously trying to do good, making him a complex anti-hero or even potential future villain, rather than purely evil.
 
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Who set the nukes off in Fallout?

The entity that dropped the nukes in Fallout's Great War (2077) is intentionally ambiguous in the games, but the TV show strongly implies Vault-Tec orchestrated the first strike to trigger the war, allowing them to control humanity's future via their vaults, though some lore points to China firing first out of desperation, leading to a chain reaction. The core idea is that the US/China conflict escalated until both sides launched, with Vault-Tec seemingly manipulating events for profit and control, making it a mix of national failure and corporate conspiracy.
 
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Who is Lucy MacLean in Fallout?

Ella Purnell as Vault 33 Dweller Lucy MacLean, inspired by Vault 13 Dweller Fallout. Purnell plays the main protagonist, Vault 33 Dweller Lucy MacLean. Her character is inspired by all the Vault Dwellers from the first Fallout video game.
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How did some people survive 200 years in Fallout?

We know that Moldaver lived about 200 years before the events of the series, before the bombs were dropped that turned California into a Wasteland. Now, we have only seen two means of surviving that long in the show: being a ghoul, or being cryogenically frozen as one of Bud's Buds.
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How is Maximus still alive in Fallout?

Maximus is alive in Fallout because he was a child when the NCR capital, Shady Sands, was nuked, and he survived by hiding in a refrigerator, protected by his parents who perished. The show takes place decades later, so he's a young adult in his 20s, having been adopted by the Brotherhood of Steel, not hundreds of years old, with his survival tied to that specific, later nuclear event, not the Great War itself.
 
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Why does Maximus think the bombs dropped when he was a kid?

Maximus says the bombs fell "when I was a kid" in the Fallout TV show because he's referring to the nuclear destruction of his hometown, Shady Sands, not the original Great War of 2077; Shady Sands was nuked in 2277, making Maximus around 6 years old, a traumatic event that shaped his life and led him to the Brotherhood of Steel. His comment, often made to Lucy, highlights his youthful perspective and ignorance of the wider world, confusing the destruction of his home with the ancient apocalypse.
 
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How does Maximus have a kid?

The identity of Lucius' father is said to be the late Lucius Verus, who he is named after. While the original film doesn't confirm anything to go against this, it strongly implies that Lucius' actual father could be Maximus, as he was a former lover of his mother Lucille.
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Is Maximus' son the same age as Lucius?

In the first Gladiator, it is implied that Lucius was more or less the same age as Maxumus' son, while his relationship with Lucius' mum seems to have been before Maximus got married.
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Why was Maximus' name scratched out?

Maximus's name was scratched out (from the wall of names at the Colosseum) because the new, tyrannical Emperor Commodus wanted to erase the memory of the revered general, enacting a form of damnatio memoriae (condemnation of memory) to solidify his own power and eliminate rivals, even posthumously, as Maximus had become a symbol of defiance against Commodus's rule.
 
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Is Gladiator 2 a sequel or reboot?

Gladiator II: a sequel that effectively doubles as a remake.
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Is the lonesome drifter the couriers son?

Couriers son? Well the Lonesome Drifter can't be the Courier's son, but the conversation does imply that in at least one universe where the Courier is male, he knows or believes he impregnated someone.
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What is the platinum chip in Fallout?

Known to only a few, chiefly Mr. House, the platinum chip is a sophisticated, high-density data storage device. Per House's plans, the chip's specialized design requires equally specialized computer hardware to process the data contained on it, of which there were only two locations equipped as such: Mr.
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Who are the Marked Men in Fallout?

Marked men are the remnants of New California Republic soldiers and Legion stationed at the Divide. The violent storms caused by the Courier's delivery of the Navarro package to the Divide skinned them alive while the intense radiation caused them to undergo a type of ghoulification.
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