A Profile of Codsworth: The Robot Who Wanted a Family 

And name your character something silly that he will actually pronounce lol. I named my character Boobies and it was hilarious every time he said my name

@@kristen6885 "Mr Boobies, sir?"

Nah... I turn him into death incarnate... Albeit death incarnate with impeccable manners and a delightful accent. Only thing I hate is I can't upload him as a copy onto all of my robots. He would be legion...

I dunno I kinda like making him a Sentry bot with max armor/weapons

​@@kristen6885 Mr. Orgasmo is my goto

At least it's lore friendly to have robots sharing a voice. All the old men, old women and ghouls in Fallout 3 that sounded suspiciously similar, not so much

Loved Stephen Russel as Corvo Attano in Dishonored 2 as well. Couldn't imagine the character being voiced by anyone else.

He's a legend. I pulled my characters names out of the list of names he could say - just to get the satisfaction of Codsworth acknowledging Sole Survivor's name

Holy shit this guy played everyone

It's just weird to think he is voiced by the same guy who voices the sleazebag Belethor in Skyrim

That's such a W man

Personally, I like to hold onto them as a memento, but that’s still a respectful thing to do

As Nate: I kept the ring until I get into a relationship with Curie and (unaware) synth Shawn. I couldn't finish railroad with him because father was killed on sight. Then I gave Curie the ring, like letting Hawke to just have a new life, a new beginning, a new family in Sanctuary, as the general of the minutemen.

I gave him 1 ring and i kept the other one, my headcanon is i gave Codsworth Nates ring and Nate Nora's.

Now I'm stealing the other ring from curie, I gotta give them too Cods

Ah thanks ox love you too

I just tried to do an evil play through... Failed... Again! I think the only way I can is if I just run past Sanctuary and never return, just go straight for the Drive-in...

In a strange way that is very symbolic of a good person changed for the worse after an event in their lives. Forget your past or should i say... Run from it and bury your feelings and later morality in cheap yet effective poisons both mental and physical i.e doing drugs and alcohol and then finding a new distraction in the wasteland... Murder.

@@thememeilator2633 ok.

I wish we could have said that to Shawn when we come to destroy the Institute.

Even though he doesn't do either of those things.

The robot (with which you have the very same ammount of time interacting with) has a larger fanbase than glorified mcguffin baby

@@michaelfixedsys7463well he does live, just doesn’t breathe

​@@ricekrispies4994that thruster on the bottom says otherwise. There needs to be an air intake for it to work.

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Same. I travelled with Ada for a bit and I just missed his commentary and dialogue so much

In my opinion, F:4 suffered by only letting you have one companion. We could have had so many more amazing interactions between them, and I wouldn't feel quite so guilty about barely using some of them.

@@hanzzel6086 agreed. I got a mod that lets me have as many companions as I wanted. Was so much better. I stormed the Institute with Preston, MacCready, Piper, Valentine, Hancock, Deacon and Cait

​@@hanzzel6086it was never meant to be coded like that originally. Dogmeat is suppose to be an additional companion. Unfortunately it was scrapped for some reason. I just mod it so I can have both. One of their best moves was allowing console modding 😂

@@PaladinHelix Honestly Bethesda should have a charisma perk that allows increases the amount of companions you can have at one time

Curie was just horny...

thats actually interesting especially since Curie was created to actually have a human personality by the scientist in her area. perhaps spending time underground alone without any interaction with the new world made her develop slower perhaps she just thinks she needs a synth body, but doesnt actually perhaps a synth body makes it even easier for them to finally develop their personality i can only imagine how compasionate a synth codswhorth would be if that is actually the case

@@agustinsmania5270 Codsworth was using a personality emulator, as well. She might not have had that, and he might not have really been experiencing so much as emulating...

that's not why she wanted a human body and you know it, it was so that she could feel the spark of creativity and inventiveness that humans possess, to be able to observe things and come up with ideas regarding them; before, she had only been able to analyse and compile data, run tests, and prepare results, all the kinds of things a machine would do, but with a human body and the intelect that comes with it, she was able to properly study disease and sickness and the way it causes suffering and then come up with a new and improved form of medicine, not something a machine could do

My theory is that complex robots, like Mister Handies and Assaultrons, eventually develop personalities if their combat inhibitors are never broken yet they're still not properly maintained. That's how we get robots like KLEO and Codsworth, who are clearly sapient but don't need synthetic bodies. As Curie was properly maintained throughout most of her existence, her only form of sentience was her personality subroutine.

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am I dumb?

​@@MBiz.You know... You never explain a joke, but ignorance isn't a bliss. The pun is Oliver Twist

*loud explosion

@@MBiz.I guess not educated

found the railroad agent

Agreed. Codsworth is the true hero of Fallout 4, the Samwise to our fellowship...

Why not say “I will be like Codsworth” instead of “there should be more people like codsworth” 🤔

The world would be a lot better with fallout 5 :D

Friggin hippies

I only used him in my very first trip to Concord because I accidentally hit and killed him during the battle with the Deathclaw (it had aggroed on him, leaving him with very little health), but at the I didn't realize it was me. So after that (and reloading a save), I wouldn't travel with a companion for several years until I stumbled upon the same info you did. Then I was too busy with all the other companions (mostly Curie, god I love French accents) to use him much. And now I feel bad about it : (.

Companions don't die if you kill them they are immortal you need mods to kill them.

@@sirlinkthefourth6755I’ve killed companions before, usually before I met them. It can be done

@@sirlinkthefourth6755 You have to get their approval to the very bottom. They stop following you and they can then be killed.

@elixer4583 who specifically? Also they ain't your companion if you haven't met them lol even like 90% of them are labelled as essential before you talk to them or are in a spot where it's physically impossible to accidentally kill them without knowing dam fucking well what you're doing actually scratch that, I just looked at the list of them again 100% of them fall into those two categories even with my set of mods that change the tags to make companions Killable before you meet them the only ones you can accidentally kill are cait and aida. Also as a side note I was reassuring that person that you couldn't kill the companions you've befriended, because you know they were talking about leaving a companion behind because they didn't want others to kill them and then said their current understanding was only they could kill them also codsworth the specific companion they were talking about is marked essential because he gives you the diamond city quest.

To be honest college was for my favorite robot in the fallout universe cuz he actually gives a s*** about people and he unlike most people in this world have a moral compass that isn't spinning every which direction

then i gotta ask, what is your theories on synthetic intelligence? genuinely curious on it.

​@@Zeakthecat I agree

I think if someone is willing to accept the 'personhood' of Codsworth, they would likely be at least sympathetic to the personhood of all Synths. Honestly, how the player is introduced to the question of "are Synths people" is really interesting. Codsworth is one of the first characters the player really meets, and he's the most "human" Robot we ever meet - he's not malfunctioning or really insanely operating on faulty old orders, and he's even got a moral compass. Could that make him a person? Later on we meet Nick, who's basically a Gen 2 synth with a person's personality programmed into him. He's also his own man too. Is he not a person? Plus there's Curie, the Robot who requests to be put in a Synth body. Not to mention the big reveal with Danse, with how he's a human who we later learn is an unknowing synth. Is his personhood any less, for this twist? I think it's all very interesting, and personally I can't see how anyone could walk away from the game without at least some sympathy for the Synths. 🤔 🤓 🤖

@@ericremotesteam i personally think to answer the question of "are snyths people" is to answer another question "are synths sentient?" and some synths do display signs of sentience. cogsworth (while not a snyth himself) has enough to be declared sentient i feel like. he is self aware and aware of others actions. he has a conciousness (he understands what is right and wrong and encourages the player to make right decisions) and some level of intelligence (knowing what is around him, understanding civilization died and reborn, among others) while one could argue hes reacting off of programming, i don't think so, cogsworth, for all thats worth (no pun intended), is wanting to reproduce and his friend to reproduce as well, to start a family. he was only programed to service a family in the most human way possible, not express the need for a family and for the mc to find their family. i think there is a star trek TNG episode that puts robotic/android rights on trial in a beautiful way named "the measure of a man". as for the answer of "are synths sentient", some have achieved sentience. X6-88 is one of the few synths that has achieved sentience in fallout lore. if they are sentient, they should be considered people. if they are not sentient, they should be considered robots. simple as that. however im more surprised fallout 4 devs did not put snyth rights on trial to answer that question, there is a civilization post nuclear war, even minor, im more surprised they didn't make that a mission, with the requirement to build a huge courthouse. it would make for some interesting decisions. you could recognize X6-88s sentience and secure rights of sentient synths or revoke the rights on behalf of the institute, and X6-88 is captured and reprogramed.

Oh yeah I found out about that a couple of months ago. That’s a really cool detail. I was tempted to do that but I just can’t ignore Codsworth lol 😂.

But, Codsworth 'll never give you that tape, your wife once made for you just before world war 3 started. Sometimes Codsworth speaks about the tape. But, never give it to you. Or do you still get option somewhere in Fallout 4, to get that tape? If so,.. I need to know how, how to get that option in the Fallout 4 game :)

Another one, if you go back to Vault 111, where Nora died, Codsworth will apologize to us for the death of her

He is programmed to be like that

​@@josuearanzazu8607Every companion says something about Nora.

"A bit over 210 years, to be precise..."

I know im late but... **Sniff**, im with you

It’s possible he DID go a little crazy, in the sense of being stuck in a pre-war loop… it’s just that the issue solved itself when we finally DID come back, and that prior to this, he had the luxury of _knowing_ his owners escaped to a vault, and that the odds of some part of your family returning, no matter how many generations removed, were near 100% Some other things that come to mind: -Sanctuary doesn’t show many signs of direct damage from the nuclear war: in fact, many of the trees from before the war are _still standing,_ albeit having shed their leave. If they haven’t collapsed and rotted in that time, then it’s not unreasonable to assume they’re still alive and just shed their leaves for the winter (you leave the vault in late October). As such, Codsworth didn’t have to worry about his circuitry getting fried by the EMP effect of Nuclear Weaponry -rather than patrolling the inside of a building, he patrols an entire suburban neighborhood. This makes it far more obvious that the world has suffered serious damages than if he were confined to a building interior

Personally I don't buy that he is sentient, all his behaviours can be explained with 3 parameters in place, an empathy routine in his nanny bot coding for the purpose of caring for older children a call the cops routine for witnessing serious crimes committed by their owner or other people like a burglar and most importantly a limited routine for adapting to his environment to better serve his owners. All the computers that canonicaly go sentient have one of two things a human brain or a room sized super computer and in case you didn't know yes synths have full blown human brains and a component inside of it you can't detect with current technology without killing the synth to dig it out everything else is just a regular ass human the reason corsairs are more dangerous than your avrage joe is because they have fallout nv type cybernetic enhancements like kelog did, I don't blame anyone for not knowing this shit it's all terminal lore 99% of players skip that shit lol.

"HOW DO YOU POLISH RUST!?"

@@ThePaleKing2017one of the most heartfelt linea

Indeed it’s part of why I wish we could restore his chrome or upgrade him to have Mr gutsy armor. He kept his mind strong over 200, he deserves the to have a build that reflects that.

​@@changvasejarik62turn him into chadsworth, destroyer of kellogg

“maybe” sentient? he expresses more human emotion than some actual human companions

@@mywaterco0lerromance expressing emotions and having emotions are two different things. You can have emotions and not express them

Truly the best... I just hate having to wait until after we save Preston to get him.

​@@DiogenesDworkinsonyou don't *actually* have to complete Preston's mission to recruit Codsworth, but I wholeheartedly agree, it's very frustrating to have to go back and forth all the way to Concord to get Codsworth to travel with you. Especially since I think Codsworth does have some dialogue for that mission, about the Deathclaw, but I could be wrong about that. 🤔

First play through of fallout 4 I did not know I could have cogsworth as a companion and after knowing that I could of had him as a companion I always take him with me

@@DiogenesDworkinson you just have to discover concord to recruit codsy

No wonder he's such a beast, Codsworth slaps during combat

Huh. So Codsworth is like Alfred Pennyworth. Butler now, but deep in there is still the steel of a soldier.

@RJALEXANDER777 yes 100% agree!

FO76 kind of disproved this, with its loading screens. "Realizing their robots' enormous military potential, General Atomics International developed the Mr. Gutsy as a powerful war-time equivalent to the Mr. Handy." Another loading screen tip also verifies that Mr. Handy preceded the Miss Nanny. All things considered though, that means that like in the many other ways Codsworth has unnaturally developed; he must have developed his own improved combat subroutines, or possibly Nate had them installed/made... Nate was a soldier, the missus was a Lawyer; mayhaps they wanted to be sure Codsworth could protect Shaun. I'll stick with the former theory, though -- Codsworth was practically two glitches shy of being self-aware anyways, and you don't get to stay around your place of residence for 200 years, let alone in ONE PIECE... without becoming capable of holding your own against the odd Radroach, Feral Ghoul, Raider or ruthless Scavenger.

Maybe they programmed in some sort of home defense routine? And that served as inspiration for the Mr. Gutsy? Or they just took some code from the Mr. Gutsies and plopped it into a newer model of Mr. Handy for benign improvements or something and didn't bother to take out the combat subroutines because Fallout.

There are mods that allow you to do it, but sadly it isn't the same where he truly is aware of his new synth body like Curie.

See, I disagree that he should have that option, in vanilla at least. Having him stay a robot lends more to the idea of him becoming more "human" through observation and time, as opposed to taking a form _meant_ to be "human."

Honestly, I'm pretty much addicted to this character, do every run with him... Had a save where he went down, I didn't have repair kits and he couldn't get up without them... Game over.

​@@DiogenesDworkinson that's tragic... did you go back for him?

@@simonkelly1410 He disappeared... It was right outside Bunker Hill, too, so I ran to get him a robot repair kit... only to see the marker disappear.

I brought him with me to destroy the Institute and I left the scientists alive because they were all cowering not fighting but Codsworth absolutely slaughtered them lmao he has no mercy for eugenicists

@@LynetteTheMadScientist No, he just favored the other side of the genepool. Codsworth has a funny stache to go with his funny hat...

😢 oh dear... my heart

@Toni J 🤣🤣

I love that movie...

I get that movie vibes with Curie as well.

@@corypowercat7277 that doesn't make the feels go away

I tended to take Codsworth with me in situations that I felt was too dangerous for Dogmeat (I'm a Dog Lover, so I hate seeing him hurt.) Codsworth also keeps your morality in check, liking it when you help other people.

You'd be surprised how shady companies today are even the ones you'd never guess

Got to remember, not everybody that works for a soulless, greedy corporation is "evil." Many are just doing a job of trying to eek out a living.

Ironic indeed. Their goal with the Mr Handy (and Miss Nanny) models was to make money. A big part of the marketing and programming was an appeal to old style british manners and american ideals, making the personality an idealized version of a person. Which is not uncommon in SciFi when it come to robots. Humans tend to project either the best of humanity, or the worst, onto their metal children.

Lot of people think Nate may have committed war crimes like rest of the USSA forces had a penchant to do. I think Nate embodied the good traditional things about the country like honor and strong family ties that existed before the timeline split. This can be seen with how Codsworth acts beyond his original programming. Sometimes Codsworth has to remind Nate of the type of person he is.

Sacrilege!

I usually run with Nick as well, he just fits my personality better.

@@greyshadow9498 that’s probably what happens with me. I enjoy codsworth till I meet Nick. Now codsworth isn’t a terrible companion but Nick suits me better

@@adrianparker5633get the automatron dlc and turn codsworth into a god of war

You sir have failed everyone

I think he did one on Old Longfellow years ago I dunno about Dogmeat

@@kingjamization no he didn't, he did a video of how to max affinity with him but he didn't do a character profile on him and even Dogmeat has a backstory and history to talk about, Ada too cos she's got history, personality and a story of her own

I mean dogmeat would be quite short as a standalone video 😂

@@Kappi__, on the contrary, I think it would be the longest video of all. If you think about it, you realize that he is unique, probably the most interesting character in the entire Fallout franchise.

Yeah these character profiles are my favorite. In my opinion the best character profile videos are Piper, Nick, and Boone.

Make it a mash up tee with Vin diesel in it too 😂

His Mr. Handy fuel can be diesel.

@@victoryfaction ohhh, maybe he can be an older model but it checks out 🤣

Alternatively, The Codsfather

Same. Between him and Preston, I always go the good route no matter how hard I try...

@@DiogenesDworkinson Preston makes me wanna misbehave lol, between Codsworth and Nick are the ones that make me good, Nick especially

@@senzanome7302 Preston makes you want to misbehave? Well, he is a romancable companion, I suppose...

@@DiogenesDworkinson 😂no not like that, he’s always trying to be my good Angel so I end up doing the bad just to annoy him

@@senzanome7302 "another settlement needs your... And you killed them all again, didn't you?"

I swear I just want to buy the game for codsworth

​@@marioionutbanuYou won't regret it, he's the most nice guy ever. But I'm sure you'll get fond of other characters too

How do you get to hear it?

It wasn't cut... You have to destroy his trust, break his heart and personally kill him to get it, though...

My favourite is the righteous Preston, 2nd is my loyal butler.

@@chengkuoklee5734Danse will always be my favorite. But I adore Preston and Codsworth in close second.

While, in my head cannon, I'd like to offer him the option, I feel like Codsworth is proud of his General Atomics origins (given his interactions with other robots, like Takahashi), and wouldn't want to be human.

Cods doesn't have a robo-dysphoria, but I'm sure he's "handy" as is😄

I don’t feel like he needs to. He could if he wanted to, but he’s happy as he is

Yo, would get one.

Sometimes he makes me cry such a good spirit for a robot

It's not for everyone but you should see his original videos from 16 years ago. They're more comedic in nature very different from this. Also New Vegas is where it's at.🤘

Welcome to the family...

@engineer gaming Yeah which wasn't really deserved but I understand

Agreed, and we'll put!

Steven Russell is a legend!

I'd ship that couple... I hate turning her into a synth. As to water, I always play as a water baron, don't even spend caps. See a need, provide a solution...

Kind of disappointed though. . .CAUSE NO BOWLER HAT FOR CODSWORTH! Ox, what were you thinking!?

"A bit over 210 years, to be precise..."

He's waiting for you...

He’s a beast early game, although not being able to wear armor or equip new weapons without the Automation DLC means he loses some combat utility later on

You have commited sins against hummanity

Same, definetly.

The same way that people can view pets as "just property".

Because they’re morons more inhuman than the mutants and the milk bloods they create.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of the folks at the Institute have become detached from the outside world and see things purely from a scientific perspective. There are some like Alan Binet and Madison Li who show compassion, and Binet in particular believes synths are indeed people, but these two are in the minority. That’s the biggest flaw of the Institute in my view. It’s not their brilliance that makes them dangerous for the people of the wasteland, it’s their lack of empathy and compassion. Science is a very important field of study, and the technological advances the Institute has achieved could all be applied for great benefit in rebuilding the world of Fallout, but humanity cannot be saved by individuals who display a profound lack of it themselves.

The same way they can build such awful weapons despite all their fancy technology: a refusal to go out and see things with their own two eyes, lying to themselves with statistics so that the weakness of the flesh can’t betray the truth