History ShoutOut / TeamFortress2

* The 2017 Rainy Day Pack gave the Engineer a hat and a mustache that makes him look like a [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros certain Italian plumber]].

** Said face is pretty much the medic turning himself into [[ComicBook/TwoFace TwoFace]] all the way down to the coloration.

** The Melbourne Supremacy (''[[Film/TheBourneSeries The Bourne Supremacy]]'')

** Come in From the Cold (''Film/TheSpyWhoCameInFromTheCold'')

** Bootie Time: "[[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer You dasher! You dancer! You prancer! You VIXEN!]] Pull Santa's sleigh all by yourself, you sexy little man."

** "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!"

* A popular, 1920s gangster/1930s bank robber-themed loadout set for the Scout is named ''Film/ThePublicEnemy.''

* The Spy and Medic can get a cool bowtie to wear. Its name is [[Series/DoctorWho "Dr. Whoa"]]. If you need more proof of what it's referencing, it was released on the show's 48th Anniversary. (For added fun, wear the [[CoolHat Familiar Fez]] with it as Spy.)

* On the whole, the map design takes a lot of cues from Franchise/JamesBond, especially from the elaborate bases seen in ''[[Literature/DrNo Dr.]] [[Film/DrNo No]]'' and ''[[Literature/YouONLYlivetwice You Only]] [[Film/YOUOnlyliveTWICE Live Twice]]''. The music also clearly draws inspiration from the films.

* The Carouser's Capotain was initially submitted under the name [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} The Inquisitor]], and while the name was sadly changed before final release, it still has the truly befitting description of "Suffer not a sentry to live".

* Added in the Replay Update, the [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Team_Captain Team Captain]] hat looks suspiciously similar to the hat of [[Franchise/StreetFighter a certain dictator]]. The description lampshades this by referencing the infamous scene from the ''[[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter Street Fighter]]'' [[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter cartoon]]: "Our Lawyers Say '[[MemeticMutation YES!]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ALwKeSEYs YES!]]'"

*** Also, Sign of the [[VideoGame/{{TheWitcher2}} Wolf's School]].

* The Holy Mackerel's item level is always [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 42]] for all players.

* When set on fire, the Medic may say [[{{Film/TheWizardOfOz}} "I am melting!"]]

** Additionally, the sequel adds: [[Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam's]] hat; [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands2}} Handsome Jack's]] mask; [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers Brock Samson's]] knife; [[Film/ArmyOfDarkness Dark Ash's]] crown; and [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} Aperture Science]] long fall "loafers."[[note]]To make them match Scout's loadout, the series' "Long Fall Boots" are changed to sneakers, socks, and the bottom of overalls.[[/note]]

* On the Rocket in the Halloween version of Doomsday, two of the arrows read [[HeManandtheMastersoftheUniverse He Man]].

* As shown [[http://i.imgur.com/u23yniF.png here]] the Sniper's "Most Wanted" taunt has him cross out a name on his hit-list. Names on the list's model include [[VideoGame/HalfLife "G. Freeman"]] "G. Newell" and the only name not crossed off is [[VideoGame/BlazBlue "T. Aokaka"]] [[labelnote:note]][[ExtyYearsFromNow He'll have to wait a good 200+ years to get her though.]][[/labelnote]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJtpnsYdEKA An older version of Meet the Medic]] has a BLU Spy beg for death while the RED Medic is trying to kill him, phrased like a similar exchange in ''Film/TheArkOfTruth''.

* The Facepeeler item is a reference to the mask worn by the Joker in the New 52 comic series.
* The Nightmare Hunter is based on Freddy Krueger's hat.

* The Arthropod's Aspect and the Crusader's Getup allow Pyro to become [[{{Franchise/Batman}} Firefly]] ''and'' [[Film/AntMan2015 Ant-Man]].

* One of the Pyro's taunts has him shake his flamethrower over his head with a muffled bellow, like the Tusken Raider does after knocking Luke out with his Gaffi stick in ''Franchise/StarWars''.
** Additionally, his taunt when equipped with the shotgun/flare gun is a classic [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Hadouken]], complete with muffled call out.

* All the covers of the comic series thusfar are references to other famous comics. ''Ring of Fired'' is an homage to ''Amazing ComicBook/SpiderMan #50'' (uniquely homaging a page; the rest are homaging covers), ''Unhappy Returns'' is one to ''Giant-Size ComicBook/XMen #1'', ''A Cold Day in Hell'' to ''ComicBook/ActionComics #1'', ''Blood in the Water'' to ''ComicBook/{{Batman}} #9', ''Old Wounds'' to ''ComicBook{{Watchmen}} #1'', and ''The Naked and The Dead'' to ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths #7''

* All the covers of the comic series thusfar are references to other famous comics. ''Ring of Fired'' is an homage to ''Amazing ComicBook/SpiderMan #50'' (uniquely homaging a page; the rest are homaging covers), ''Unhappy Returns'' is one to ''Giant-Size ComicBook/XMen #1'', ''A Cold Day in Hell'' to ''ComicBook/ActionComics #1'', ''Blood in the Water'' to ''ComicBook/{{Batman}} #9', ''Old Wounds'' to ''ComicBook{{Watchemn}} #1'', and ''The Naked and The Dead'' to ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths #7''

* All the covers of the comic series thusfar are references to other famous comics. ''Ring of Fired'' is an homage to ''Amazing ComicBook/SpiderMan #50'' (uniquely homaging a page; the rest are homaging covers), ''Unhappy Returns'' is one to ''Giant-Size ComicBook/XMen #1'', ''A Cold Day in Hell'' to ''Action Comics #1'', and ''Blood in the Water'' to ''Batman #9''.

** Whoopee Cap: "You'd have to be a [[Franchise/ArchieComics jughead]] not to realize this cap is the pinnacle of fashion for the discerning youth."

* One of his Merasmus lines involves butchered names of Literature/LordOfTheRings characters. Same line also mentions [[ComicStrip/Peanuts Snoopy.]]

* One of his Merasmus lines involves butchered names of LordOfTheRings characters. Same line also mentions [[ComicStrip/Peanuts Snoopy.]]

* One of his Merasmus lines involves butchered names of [[Literature/LordOfTheRings]] characters. Same line also mentions [[Franchise/Peanuts Snoopy.]]

* The Saharan Spy kit includes a knife called "[[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Your Eternal Reward]]" (Additionally, its function, killing the target, causing their body to vanish, and disguising the Spy as them, is markedly similar to the Stealth Consume from ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}''.), a revolver called "[[Literature/TheStranger L'etranger]]", and a hat called the "[[Film/AustinPowers Familiar Fez]]", a reference to a quote to ''[[Film/AustinPowers Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me]]'', where Austin told a fezed mook from the first movie that he doesn't remember his name, "but [his] fez looks familiar.

** The update's backstory also has the (younger) Demoman reading the [[Creator/HPLovecraft Bombinomicon]] while [[Disney/{{Fantasia}} working as an apprentice for a magician]].

* One of the Scout's lines at Helltower when the enemy cart is being pushed is "[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings You shall not freaking pass]]!!"

* All the covers of the comic series thusfar are references to other famous comics. ''Ring of Fired'' is an homage to ''Amazing SpiderMan #50'' (uniquely homaging a page; the rest are homaging covers), ''Unhappy Returns'' is one to ''Giant-Size ComicBook/XMen #1'', ''A Cold Day in Hell'' to ''Action Comics #1'', and ''Blood in the Water'' to ''Batman #9''.

** [[Film/Batman1989 I'm]] [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bat Man]]

* On the whole, the map design takes a lot of cues from Franchise/JamesBond, especially from the elaborate bases seen in ''Literature/DrNo Dr.]] [[Film/DrNo No]]'' and ''[[Literature/YouONLYlivetwice You Only]] [[Film/YOUOnlyliveTWICE Live Twice]]''. The music also clearly draws inspiration from the films.

* On the whole, the map design takes a lot of cues from Franchise/JamesBond, especially from the elaborate bases seen in ''Literature/DrNo'' and ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice.'' The music also clearly draws inspiration from the films.