History ShoutOut / TeamFortress2

* Several items from ''Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' were added as a bonus for players who buy ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse''. Cue InternetBackdraft, as Valve was selling out.

* Several items from ''Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' were added as a bonus for players who buy ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse''. Cue InternetBackdraft, as [[FanDumb Valve was selling out]].

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

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

* [[http://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/images/07_comic.jpg The Ad for Jarate]] from the Sniper vs. Spy Update is based on [[http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/7/8/9/43789.jpg?v=1 This]] 1940's advertisement.

* The Bonk Boy, Lightning Lid, and Speedster's Spandex allow the Scout look like Franchise/TheFlash.

* In the Swedish achivements, the "Vanguard Party" achivement is called "På Östfronten Massa Nytt", a referrence to the book ''[[Literature/AllQuietOnTheWesternFront På västfronten intet nytt]]''.

* The Dead'er Alive, for Engineer, should be recognizable to some fans of [[Franchise/RoboCop a certain law-enforcing cyborg]]. The Iron Lung also turns him into [[ComicBook/IronMan everyone's favourite genius billionaire playboy philantrophist.]]

** [[Theater/{{Macbeth}} Out, Damned Scot!]]

* The Soldier's Tin Soldier Halloween set replaces his usual voices with hilarious robot imitations. Two of them are taken from ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'':

[[AC:"Come with me if you want to live. With me. In my apartment. I need a roommate."]]

* One of the Scout's lines before starting a rare Competitive game is: "[[Film/TheyLive I gotta bucket of chicken and I'm here to kick ass...and I'm all outta chicken]], so I lied about the chicken."

* An update in March 2018 added the [[Anime/JojosBizarreAdventure Tsar Platinum and Starboard Crusader]] cosmetics, which are modeled after [[Manga/StardustCrusaders Jotaro Kujo's]] outfit and hat, respectively.

*** One of the Demoman lines is "Unicorn brothers! [[ThreeHundred Tonight, we pony prance in HELL]]!"

* The ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution'' promo has a threefer in one item: The "Deadliest Duckling" is a reference to a RunningGag[=/=]EasterEgg (that extended to even the novel and film adaptions) with an appearance by a rubber duck in every installment. The two styles are named [[UsefulNotes/AlCapone (Al) Capone]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Luciano (Charles "Lucky") Luciano]], and its description refers to the infamous scene from TheGodfather with Jack Woltz and his horse's head.

* In the End of the line update video, the BLU sniper being frozen in the way he was is a reference to ''Movie/TheShining''[[spoiler: When Jack was frozen in the snow at the end of the film]]

** Engie's shotgun introduced in that update is called the [[ChipAndDaleRescueRangers Rescue Ranger]]. Does that make Engie Gadget Hackwrench?

* The Heavy has [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2 the Yuri's Revenge]], facial hair which is modeled on the Yuri's goatee.

* AI bots go by many names, including [[VideoGame/Left4Dead BoomerBile, TAAAAANK!]], [[VideoGame/{{Half-Life}} The G-Man, Black Mesa, The Freeman]], [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS, Companion Cube, Delicious Cake]], [[AscendedMeme Mentlegen, and Nom Nom Nom]].

* The Bonk Boy lets the Scout look like Franchise/TheFlash.

* The Spy and Medic can get a [[BowTiesAreCool 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.)

** Come in From the Cold (''[[JohnLeCarre The Spy Who Came In From The Cold]]'')

* 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 'YES! YES!'"

** Some of the achievements include [[Film/{{Braveheart}} Bravehurt]], [[SeanConnery Shorn Connery]], [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Beat Me Up, Scotty]], [[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} Laddy Macdeth, Something Stickied This Way Comes]], and [[VideoGame/Left4Dead Left 4 Heads]]. Amusingly (or not, depending on your perspective), Left 4 Heads might also be a reference to the [[ParallelPornTitles infamous porn video based on the first L4D game]].

** The Heavy: For one of his special ability quotes, he roars "I will break you!" in a nod to fellow giant boxing-gloved Russian Ivan Drago from ''Film/{{Rocky}} IV''.

** SpiesLikeUs