Three Dog

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	Fallout 3/Fallout Shelter character Three Dog
	Biography and appearance Race Human, African American Gender Male Hair Style Buzz Cut Hair Color Black Eye Color Dark Brown Affiliation Galaxy News Radio Role Disk Jockey Location GNR building plaza Dialogue File Three Dog's dialogue Gameplay Mentioned in Fallout 4 Quests Following in His Footsteps Galaxy News Radio Combat Style Default aggression Unaggressive confidence Cowardly assistance Helps Nobody Statistics Alignment 500 Good SPECIAL Strength: 4 Perception: 4 Endurance: 4 Charisma: 7 Intelligence: 6 Agility: 4 Luck: 6 Derived Stats Hit Points: 10 Fatigue: 50 Critical chance: Melee damage: Unarmed damage: Poison resistance: Radiation resistance: Tag Skills Entrepreneur (Entrepreneur) Barter: 34 Big Guns: 13 Energy Weapons: 13 Explosives: 13 Lockpick: 28 Medicine: 17 Melee Weapons: 13 Repair: 17 Science: 17 Small Guns: 13 Sneak: 13 Speech: 34 Throwing, unused: 0 Unarmed: 13 Level 1 Calculated: 1 → 0 Technical Editor Race African American Editor ID ThreeDog Base ID 0002248b Ref ID 00023943 Script SCRI - Script: SCPT - Script [0005A59D] <ThreeDogScript> Editor Factions GNRKnightFaction Packages Packages Package 000C8011 (ThreeDogDialogPackageFirstTimePlayer) Package 000B111B (ThreeDogEatsNight) Package 000B111A (ThreeDogEatsMorning) Package 000B1119 (ThreeDogSleeps) Package 000B1118 (ThreeDogBasicSandbox) Actor Erik Todd Dellums Special Head Gear Grizzled Samurai EyebrowM (EyebrowM)
	Three Dog in Fallout Shelter

 

“

Because one dog ain't enough, and two is too low, it's me, Three Dog! How you kids handlin' Post-Apocalyptia today?

”— Three Dog

Three Dog is the radio host, DJ, and news anchor of the Galaxy News Radio station in the Capital Wasteland in Fallout 3.

Background

Born to parents who made their way in the world as members of a traveling theater group, Three Dog grew up listening to rock music, hating the government that he never knew (but surely caused the nuclear holocaust), fully believing in the rights of free speech and communal law. At some point before he established GNR, he was taking Jet and stumbled across Oasis.

He established GNR in 2272, together with a technician named Margaret. Since he began, he's been broadcasting to the Wasteland with his voice, public service announcements, and music. At times he makes jests at Enclave Radio, going as far as mocking President John Henry Eden. Three Dog believes in what he calls 'fighting the good fight', which boils down to noble pursuits in the fight against raiders, super mutants, slavers, Talon Company, and the Enclave. This explains why he cooperates with Lyons' Brotherhood of Steel.

Daily schedule

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He stays in the GNR building throughout the entire game.

Interactions with the player character

Interactions overview

	This character drops an ear when killed (Contract Killer).
	This character starts quests.	Galaxy News Radio
	This character is involved in quests.	Following in His Footsteps

Quests

• Following in His Footsteps: Passing a Speech check will give the Lone Wanderer immediate information about their father.
• Galaxy News Radio: In exchange for information about the Lone Wanderer's father, Three Dog wants them to go to the Museum of Technology and install a new satellite in the Washington Monument to boost GNR's signal.

Effects of player actions

• Should Three Dog die, GNR technician Margaret will replace him as GNR's radio personality.
• Three Dog will comment on various actions of the Lone Wanderer through his radio broadcasts.
• On Galaxy News Radio, Three Dog refers to the Lone Wanderer by their current karma title.

Inventory

	Apparel	Three Dog's headwear Three Dog's glasses Merc cruiser outfit
	Weapon
	Carried items	-
	Drops on death	empty

Notes

• Evidently, his broadcasts are pre-recorded. He can be viewed at the G.N.R. building, not doing anything of note, but still his public service announcements or other news can still be heard on the radio. This is further supported by the fact that he can be heard on the radio at any time during the day. Additionally, he often says in his introduction "coming to you taped from my fortified bunker in the middle of a DC hellhole" though he also will say "coming to you live".
• If the Lone Wanderer helps Roy Phillips get into Tenpenny Tower, Three Dog later refers to the "wholesome slaughter" of the former residents, instead of the common expression "wholesale slaughter."
• Three Dog's broadcast expression can change depending on the actions of the Lone Wanderer. Should the Lone Wanderer pursue a noble, good-karma path, Three Dog will say "Nice goin' kid!" at the end of an event-determined broadcast. But should the Lone Wanderer choose a vilified, bad-karma path, Three Dog is quoted as saying "Not cool kid. Not cool at all." Or, "what's with that, kid?"

Notable quotes

• "Because one dog ain't enough, and two is too low, it's me, Three Dog! How you kids handlin' Post-Apocalyptia today?"

• "Hey everybody, this is Three Dog, your friendly neighborhood disc jockey. What's a "disc"? Hell if I know. But I'm gonna keep talkin' anyway."

• "Now what if I, the all-powerful Three Dog, were to tell you that somewhere right here in the Capital Wasteland, there’s a place with LOTS of trees."

• "People of the Capital Wasteland! It is I, Three Dog, your ruler! Hear me, and obey! Oh, sorry, that's that OTHER radio station."

• "Hey nifty America. It's me, your president, John Hen... Ahhhh... Gotcha! Three Dog here! How's everyone doin'?"

• "That's right, from Megaton to Girdershade, Paradise Falls to the Republic of Dave, we are coming to you loud and proud, in a special live report!"

• "The Enclave, and that includes their Homecoming King, "President" John Henry Eden and his gorilla Colonel Augustus Autumn, are NOT here to help you."

Appearances

Three Dog appears in Fallout 3 and Fallout Shelter, and is mentioned in Fallout 4.

Behind the scenes

• The name of the character Three Dog comes from a previous character played by his voice actor Erik Todd Dellums, called "Dog 3".
• Three Dog shares similarities to very many DJ characters from movies and real life, Wolfman Jack chief among them.
• Gearbox Software's FPS-RPG Borderlands 2 references Three Dog with a three-barrel shotgun titled 'Thre Dog'. The weapon's description states that '...one barrel ain't enough, and two is too few'.

Bugs

• PC PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Occasionally, Three Dog will mention events that occur after the ending of the game. He will only do so if the player had downloaded the Broken Steel downloadable content and has not played through the part in the game before it.
• PC PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Sometimes after starting a new game, Three Dog can be heard stating things that haven't come to pass yet. This can be very annoying as it usually lasts the entire game or until you catch up with what he's talking about.
• PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Sometimes Three dog will start saying a comment and then quickly switch comments about the player over and over again. This can be annoying and not allow you to listen to music for the rest of the game.
• PC PlayStation 3 Occasionally Three dog will repeat the "News" section of broadcast 2-3 times over until he will continue playing songs again.

References

Major characters of Fallout 3 Player Character Lone Wanderer Brotherhood of Steel Owyn Lyons · Sarah Lyons · Rothchild · Tristan Enclave Augustus Autumn · John Henry Eden Project Purity scientists James · Madison Li Companions Dogmeat · Fawkes · Cross · Sergeant RL-3 · Butch · Jericho · Clover · Charon Other major characters Harold · Amata Almodovar · Three Dog · Lucas Simms · Colin Moriarty · Moira Brown · Allistair Tenpenny · Burke · Alphonse Almodovar · Stanislaus Braun · Ashur · Wernher · Desmond Lockheart · Calvert · Eulogy Jones · MacCready