“Fallout” Season 1, Episode 2 additionally demonstrates that being a canine within the “Fallout” universe can have vital downsides, whatever the pet in query. Whereas CX404 is powerful, intelligent, and well-trained, she’s nonetheless a canine. As such, she finds out throughout her quick battle with the Ghoul (Walton Goggins) that there is solely a lot harm a 52-pound canine can inflict on an skilled, well-medicated bounty hunter who can take up a ridiculous quantity of injury. Thankfully, the knife wound the Ghoul inflicts on the poor pup is not deadly, and he later heals CX404 with a stimpak.
Whereas CX404 lives to wag her tail one other day, her harm would fairly doubtless be deadly with out the Ghoul’s interference. This can be a marked distinction from, say, the immortal Dogmeat from “Fallout 4,” and it informs the viewer that even a very good canine with a well-crafted backstory can die within the live-action “Fallout” wasteland. As for the way a extra typical, wilderness-grown canine may fare within the present’s post-apocalyptic setting, it is price noting that the episode additionally mentions Dogmeat by identify … within the signal of a meals stall in Filly. No prizes for guessing what sort of protein it sells.