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	This is a lore summary, presenting intradiegetic or in-universe information about the subject. For game characteristics and similar data, consult the table on the right.

Game-specific articles

Fallout 2		Player's Ear Masticator's Ear

Fallout 3		Ear

FO: New Vegas		Legion ear

Ears are, beyond being hearing organs, specific trophies for some of the more violent people of the wasteland.

Fallout 2

If you have about 110% in Unarmed, you can bite the Masticator's ear right off in the Reno boxing ring. However, if you have less than 110 hit points, the Masticator can bite yours off. The Masticator's ear is worth $750, but yours will cost you 1 point of Charisma. These items are inexorably a reference to the infamous boxing incident when Mike Tyson Bit off a portion of Evander Holyfield's ear.

Fallout 3

Ears can be found on good characters (like Abraham Washington or Agatha) when you have the Contract Killer perk.

Daniel Littlehorn from Littlehorn & Associates, located at the Scrapyard, rewards you with 15 caps and bad karma for each ear. This is the bad Karma alternative to the Lawbringer perk, in which you collect fingers instead of ears.

While you cannot kill essential characters, an ear will spawn in their inventory each time they are knocked unconscious. These can then be pick-pocketed from them.

Fallout: New Vegas

Every Caesar's legion soldier you kill has a chance of having this on his corpse after starting the associated unmarked quest Team Spirit.

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+'''Ears''' are, beyond being hearing organs, specific trophies for some of the more violent people of the wasteland.
-'''{{PAGENAME}}s''' are found on good characters (such as members of the [[Capital Wasteland Brotherhood of Steel|Brotherhood of Steel]] or [[Regulators]]) when the PC has the [[Contract Killer]] [[perk]]. [[Daniel Littlehorn]] from [[Littlehorn & Associates]], located at the [[Scrapyard]], rewards you with 15 caps and bad karma for each ear, this is the bad [[Karma]] alternative to the [[Lawbringer]] [[perk]] (with [[Finger]]s instead of ears).
+==''Fallout 2''==
-While you cannot kill essential characters, an ear will spawn in their inventory each time they are knocked unconscious. These can then be pick-pocketed from them, yielding an unending source of ears. How a person has an unlimited supply of ears remains a mystery.
+If you have about 110% in [[Unarmed]], you can bite the [[Masticator]]'s ear right off in the Reno boxing ring. However, if you have less than 110 hit points, the Masticator can bite yours off. The Masticator's ear is worth $750, but yours will cost you 1 point of Charisma. These items are inexorably a reference to the infamous boxing incident when Mike Tyson Bit off a portion of Evander Holyfield's ear.
+==''Fallout 3''==
-If the player has bad karma, he will occasionally encounter a group of [[Regulators]]. These will yield as many ears as there were Regulators (usually 3), which can then be sold for 45 caps and bad karma. This can prove to be a good source of income if you have the patience. A good way to make Regulators appear is to fast travel to Metro Stations, which will usually cause them to spawn.
+Ears can be found on good characters (like [[Abraham Washington]] or [[Agatha]]) when you have the [[Contract Killer]] [[perk]].
+[[Daniel Littlehorn]] from [[Littlehorn & Associates]], located at the [[Scrapyard]], rewards you with 15 caps and bad karma for each ear. This is the bad [[Karma]] alternative to the [[Lawbringer]] [[perk]], in which you collect [[finger]]s instead of ears.
-==Behind the scenes==
-The item itself may be a reference to the Vietnam War, where it has been reported that some American troops would sever the ears of Vietnamese soldiers as a post-death act of spite. Some religions dictate that a man's body must be whole for the spirit to transcend the body.
+While you cannot kill essential characters, an ear will spawn in their inventory each time they are knocked unconscious. These can then be pick-pocketed from them.
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-[[Category:Fallout 3 items]]
+==''Fallout: New Vegas''==
+Every Caesar's legion soldier you kill has a chance of having this on his corpse after starting the associated unmarked quest ''[[Team Spirit]]''.
+[[Category:Fallout 2 miscellaneous items]]
+[[Category:Fallout 3 miscellaneous items]]
+[[Category:Fallout: New Vegas miscellaneous items]]

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