Prime Video's Negative consequence had an important, infamous figure of Fallout: New Vegas. The mustachioed leader of RobCo present at Barb Howard's secret meeting was none other than billionaire industrialist Mr. Robert House. With the show heading to desert sin city in season two, we might see the once-powerful ruler of New Vegas (or at least his brain) again. But he may not be the only iconic resident of the Strip who still lives there. We might also see a beloved video game character we'd never say no to again: Yeah man.
Who is this super positive, upbeat and hilarious fan favorite AI robot voiced by Dave Foley? Here's everything you need to know about a cute and funny figure who can never turn us down.
Who is Fallout: New Vegas' Yes sir?
Mr. House amassed his fortune through his advanced robotics and software company. He then maintained order and held power in New Vegas thanks in part to his fleet of Securitron robots. The heavily armed, single-wheeled machines served as his own private army. Fallout: New Vegas opens with a partner of Mr. House stealing the Platinum Chip, an upgrade that would greatly improve Securitrons effectiveness.
The thief behind the subterfuge was benny, head of the tribe Mr. House and casino operators known as “The Chairmen”. Benny (voiced by the late Matthew Perry) was already in possession of something that belonged to Mr. House. This object was vital to Benny's attempts to take control of New Vegas.
The Leader of Presidents had reprogrammed a damaged Securitron robot with a unique AI program. Benny's right-hand man/robot was known as the Yes Man, and with good reason. His complete new programming (with one fatal oversight) made it impossible to refuse any order or withhold any information asked of him. Yes Man's complacent nature is the reason he alerted Benny to Mr. Platinum Chip House. It also helped ruin its owner.
What happened to Yes Man a Fallout: New Vegas?
Benny's ultimate plan to take control of New Vegas was going to include uploading Yes Man to Mr. House. First, he had to steal the platinum chip from the Courier, the delivery man the players play Fallout: New Vegas. Benny's partners left the delivery man for dead, but the courier returned to New Vegas. There, Yes Man could not refuse to answer the messenger's questions about his owner or Mr. House. It was programmed to serve anyone and everyone.
Fallout: New Vegas gives players many choices, and can change when and how players interact with Yes Man initially. Ultimately, Yes Man becomes his sidekick when Benny is captured, killed, or released.
An available story makes the Courier work with Yes Man to free the city from the three main forces fighting to control it. In this alternate ending, the Courier acts on his own behalf, using Yes Man to secure the Hoover Dam and New Vegas. In one version of this ending, the Securitrons do not receive an upgrade and chaos descends on the Strip. Which includes them getting the Platinum Chip upgrade makes them keep order and peace in Sin City.
Yes Man ends the game by experiencing a small personality change that Benny should have thought of. Makes Yes Man just follow the Courier's orders.
Yes Man dies? Fallout: New Vegas?
Yes Man is an artificial intelligence program. If someone or something destroys the robot or machine it owns, it simply appears in another one. Yes Man's sunny persona and smiley face can appear on any Securitron, his regular form. (Sometimes when he respawns, it's hard to find his new Securitron body. The Platinum Chip doesn't change his personality and programming if/when it's loaded into Mr. House's OS.)
The only way Yes Man can actually “die” in the game is if he is destroyed by a laser or plasma weapon. Prime Video's Negative consequence he must not treat it as canon. And why would he when fans would love nothing more than to see Yes Man appear on the show?
Why Yes Man is so beloved Negative consequence Video game character?
Yes Man gives players advice and knowledge, but that's not why players love him. It's how he does it. His can-do/must-do attitude is an always charming and hilarious companion brought to life by the great Dave Foley. Yes Man, along with his biting and insightful commentary, is great fun in a franchise that turns a dystopian wasteland into a place worth wandering through.
If you know Dave Foley, it's not hard to understand what makes the character so memorable. Whether you've played Fallout: New Vegas for a thousand hours or you're just learning about it right now, you can hear Foley saying, “This is going to be great! I'm going to help you achieve a lot, whether I want to or not!”
What we want is for Prime Video's Negative consequence say yes to bringing Yes Man on the show. With a character this good, how could anyone think of saying no to that?
Mikey Walsh is a Nerdist staff writer who loves Dave Foley and always will thanks to Newsradio. You can follow it Twitter i Bluesky at @burgermike. And also anywhere someone is ranking the Targaryen kings.
