History Memes / TeamFortress2

* "Can't crit, so it's balanced." [[hottip:Explanation:Used to defend a fanmade weapon. Now it's used to point out the unbalanced nature of other fanmade weapons.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hD-KZsmBl4&feature=watch_response_rev POO TIS POW!]] [[hottip:Explanation: A crossover meme with Skyrim. "Poo Tis Pow" is the Heavy's version of "Fus Ro Dah" using the [[FingerGun Showdown]] taunt to fling enemies around.]]

* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h42d0WHRSck "...Unless it's a farm!"]]'' [[hottip:Explanation: The end of the Soldier's rant in the "Meet the Soldier" video. Used to unfavorably compare something, such as: "And from that day forward, any time a bunch of animals are together in one place it's called a Zoo. ...Unless it's a farm!"]]

:: It has become such an AscendedMeme that, on certain pages of the Team Fortress website, the game is described as a "War-themed hat simulator".

* Pootis ('''Put Dis'''penser here), Gottam ('''Gotta m'''ove that gear up) and similar {{Monde Green}}s have reached memetic status from songs and youtube videos.

*** It has become such an AscendedMeme that, on certain pages of the Team Fortress website, the game is described as a "War-themed hat simulator".

* [[http://fuckyeahthepyro.tumblr.com/post/14211256668/tentacrab-sitting-pyro-is-the-best-meme-and-you Sitting Pyro]] from the Australian Christmas comic.

** According to fans, the ''[=TF2=]'' dev team is obsessed with hats and does nothing else but work on hats all day. This has become an AscendedMeme, as even the developers discuss their obsession. Shown [[http://artpass.tf2maps.net/ in this comic]] and on [[http://tf2.com/post.php?id=3692&p=2 this blog post.]] They were also incredulous that ''{{Portal 2}}'' had no hats in it, so they snuck into the dev team's office [[http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=5325 to add some to the co-op mode]]. Also, regarding an update to the fan-made {{Retraux}} [[VideogameDemake demake]] ''Gang Garrison'':

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRt39K-Q0Q4 The HWM models.]] [[hottip:Explanation:The HWM stands for "hard-ware morph", and in GarrysMod, when faceposing, the models produce more distorted results, particularly with TeamFortress2 models.]]

* Enjoy your AIDS! [[hottip:Explanation:"AIDS" is the FanNickname for the Medic's virus attack in ''TeamFortressClassic''. Used whenever someone is infected. Also spread to ''TeamFortress2'' thanks to the "bleed" effect from the Sniper's Tribalman's Shiv and the Engineer's Southern Hospitality.]]

* SAXTON HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALE!!![[hottip:Explanation:The universe's MemeticBadass and CEO of Mann Co. in the supplemental material. There's eventually a popular community-made mod where the entire RED Team fights against Hale.]]

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hatfortress2_9085.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[OverlyNarrowSuperlative The #1 War-Themed Hat Simulator]]]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfCiOzL7cYs '''UNLIMITED POWER!!!!''']] [[hottip:Explanation:Popular meme of a player named Chozo who goes on a hilarious cursing rage allowing many memes such as the one above. The rage-induced player is often mentioned in TF2 message boards and forums whenever someone mentions the best player of all time.]]

* TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT [[hottip:Explanation:Started primarily on [[ImageBoard 4chan]] in anticipation for the eventual "Engineer Update", who was the last of nine classes to get any new weapons. Any time a minor update to TF2 would occur in the coming weeks, people would often quote the above line.]]

* BONK! [[hottip:*:One of the sounds a Scout makes when scoring a melee kill. Numerous remixes involving repeated bonks can be found on YouTube.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBuggMdUbog "Painis Cupcake"]] [[hottip:Explanation:Soldier with a memorable style of movement (sliding around walls and floors while making shotgun sounds) who eats people, after delivering his catchphrase "I am Painis Cupcake. I will eat you" (mashed together from several different voice commands), and a SlasherSmile. Spawned from a {{YouTube}} video made using GarrysMod, quickly leading to [[FollowTheLeader several imitators]] and an even greater number of fan videos starring the "character". Seems to have created a pseudo-tradition of using music by [[{{Banjo-Kazooie}} Grant]] [[DonkeyKong64 Kirkhope]] as background music for [=TF2=][=/=][=GMod=] videos.]]

* Pootis ('''Put Dis'''penser here), Gottam (Gotta move that gear up) and similar {{Monde Green}}s have reached memetic status from songs and youtube videos.

* Pootis (Put Dispenser here), Gottam (Gotta move that gear up) and similar {{Monde Green}}s have reached memetic status from songs and youtube videos.

* "This is Scout! Rainbows make me cry!" [[hottip:Explanation:The Spy mocking the Scout in one of his domination lines. Afterwards, there are quite a few videos and images that show, or imply, the Scout crying at the sight of a rainbow (and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash]] in recent crossovers]]).

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHgZh4GV9G0 "It costs $400,000 to (insert inane action here)... for 12 seconds."]] [[hottip:Explanation: Another snowclone, courtesy of the "Meet the Heavy" video. The orignal line is "It costs $400,000 to fire this weapon... for 12 seconds."]]

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZDwZbyDus Professionals have standards]]: [[AffablyEvil Be polite.]] [[OneHitKill Be efficient.]] [[CrazyPrepared Have a plan to]] [[KillEmAll kill everyone you meet.]]" [[hottip:Explanation: From the "Meet The Sniper" video. Actually a slightly modified version of the motto of the USA Marines, it is used as a general BadassBoast.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcE_aKPXIlg "And now he's here to f(BLEEP) us!"]] [[hottip:Explanation: From the "Meet the Spy" video, the warning that the BLU Spy gives to the BLU team about the RED Spy. Another general BadassBoast.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBuggMdUbog "Painis Cupcake"]] [[hottip:Explanation: Soldier with a memorable style of movement (sliding around walls and floors while making shotgun sounds) who eats people, after delivering his catchphrase "I am Painis Cupcake. I will eat you" (mashed together from several different voice commands), and a SlasherSmile. Spawned from a {{YouTube}} video made using GarrysMod, quickly leading to [[FollowTheLeader several imitators]] and an even greater number of fan videos starring the "character". Seems to have created a pseudo-tradition of using music by [[{{Banjo-Kazooie}} Grant]] [[DonkeyKong64 Kirkhope]] as background music for [=TF2=][=/=][=GMod=] videos.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoT-u-R5Zgk "Vagineer"]] [[hottip:Explanation: When the Engineer's facial muscle sliders are set to a strange position, the Engineer's mouth twists into something resembling [[BodyHorror a vagina]]. His earliest known appearance in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVneyBAvfiM this video]], Vagineer became a EldritchAbomination, and according to {{Fanon}} has many strange powers such as shooting his own limbs off at people and vomiting bile. He also only speaks in [[BlackSpeech reverse]], with the exception of occasional growls, and the word "Gottam". Like Painis, several imitations have been made using similar facial muscle slider abuse and reverse speech.]]

* [=I'M=] [=DED=] [[hottip:Explanation: A Garry's Mod joke where characters tend to announce eachother's deaths, mainly Scout citing that "I'm dead" or Heavy simply chiming in with "dead"]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B36BXid7iQ0 "The Vicious Cycle of ____"]] [[hottip:Explanation: A popular fad started by Youtube user Raikujo, featuring lightning-fast killings of classes, usually in succession, set to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyAP6PpAzK8 "Bãtutã Din Moldova"]]. Each one starts with a character running in, turning their head to see someone, then after the fanfare of the song begins, the mayhem starts. Each ends with the original character respawning. The unique feature of each video is the fact that it loops, caused by a glitch in Youtube caused by using pause annotations at the very last frame of the video. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZywePiZOE8 Here is a particularly good one]].]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfCiOzL7cYs '''UNLIMITED POWER!!!!''']] [[hottip:Explanation: Popular meme of a player named Chozo who goes on a hillarous cursing rage allowing many memes such as the one above. The rage-induced player is often mentioned in TF2 message boards and forums whenever someone mentions the best player of all time.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuuwUwwv76o "____ in a Nutshell"]] [[hottip:Explanation: An older fad started by [=NearElite=]. Each video basically sums up each map in under a minute. Each video is set to the music "Intruder Alert." Usually, the following is involved: ridiculous amounts of sentries, utter annihilation of the other team at chokepoints, and excessive amounts of Snipers. A lot of the time, the Snipers are stabbed by Spies that appear behind them, set to [[PlayingTheHeartStrings sad music]].]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRt39K-Q0Q4 The HWM models.]] [[hottip:Explanation: The HWM stands for "hard-ware morph", and in GarrysMod, when faceposing, the models produce more distorted results, particularly with TeamFortress2 models]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvdf5n-zI14 nope.avi]] [[hottip:Explanation: The Engineer running up to the camera, his helmet inexplicably levitating, him saying "Nope.", then telescoping his neck after it like a turtle. Has seen plenty of use on message boards as "nope.avi" or an ASCIII image whenever the context calls for someone answering in the negative. There's also "Yeah!", the opposite version where the Engineer's neck squashes downwards.]]

* NEED A DISPENSAH HEAH! NEED A DISPENSAH HEAH! [[MostAnnoyingSound NEED A DISPENSAH HEAH! NEED A DISPENSAH HEAH!]] [[OverlyLongGag NEED A DISPENSAH HEAH! NEED A DISPENSAH HEAH!]] [[hottip:Explanation: One of the scout's lines is "Need a dispenser here". Not only is this an annoying command, especially for engineers, it is augmented by the scout's Brooklyn slur. Users have taken to spamming this command to annoy friendly engineers, and numerous videos, parodies and references appears in many other videos.]]

* "Spah sappin' mah sentry!" (and any "<SUBJECT> <VERB>in' mah <OBJECT>!" combination thereof) [[hottip:Explanation: The Engineer's line when his Sentries are sapped, it has become an internet-wide snowclone used in nearly any conceivable situation, as long as someone is doing something to something.]]
** ''SPAH'' [[hottip:Explanation: The FanNickname for the Spy due to the Engineer's accent, all-caps necessary.]]
* Pootis (Put Dispenser here), Gottam (Gotta move that gear up) and similiar {{Monde Green}}s have reached memetic status from songs and youtube videos.

* "[[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Gentlemen.jpg Gentlemen]]" [[hottip:Explanation: One of Spy's taunts, which became a meme after an image spread on /v/ that showed him attempting to smoke [[ORingOrifice approximately 37 cigarettes at once]]. Variations include "Mentlegen" (a Spy emerging from the mouth of a Spy), and occasionally other classes with a mouth full of whatever is paired with their CatchPhrase. (For example, a Soldier with a mouthful of grenades, exclaiming "MAGGOTS".)]]
* TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT [[hottip:Explanation: Started primarily on [[ImageBoard 4chan]] in anticipation for the eventual "Engineer Update", who was the last of nine classes to get any new weapons. Any time a minor update to TF2 would occur in the coming weeks, people would often quote the above line.]]
* "Can't crit, so it's balanced." [[hottip:Explanation: Used to defend a fanmade weapon. Now it's used to point out the unbalanced nature of other fanmade weapons.]]
* Enjoy your AIDS! [[hottip:Explanation: "AIDS" is the FanNickname for the Medic's virus attack in ''TeamFortressClassic''. Used whenever someone is infected. Also spread to ''TeamFortress2'' thanks to the "bleed" effect from the Sniper's Tribleman's Shiv and the Engineer's Southern Hospitality.]]
* [[http://i.imgur.com/f05xm.jpg STOUT SHAKO FOR 2 REFINED]] [[hottip:Explanation: A budding joke on the ''Team Fortress 2'' section of the Steam User's Forum. Used to note how the game is, in the opinion of several people, ruined by promotional items, hats, trading, and/or paint. However, "Demopan", as the Demoman in the picture has been dubbed, has taken a turn for the [[MemeticBadass Badass]].]]
* '''RAWKET LAWNCHAIR''' [[hottip:Explanation: A crossover meme with ''MetalSlug'', referring to Soldier's primary weapons, which are all Rocket Launchers. Mostly brought up when said Rocket Launcher rolls a critical hit, [[OneHitKill which only Heavy can survive without healing buffs]].]]

* "This is Scout! Rainbows make me cry!" [[hottip:Explanation:The Spy mocking the Scout in one of his domination lines. Afterwards, there are quite a few videos and images that show, or imply, the Scout crying at the sight of a rainbow (and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash]] in recent crossovers)]]
* Those people? They were [=F2P=]. [[hottip:Explanation:Whenever a poorly-skilled enemy team is seen in a Youtube video, most players will claim that they were made up of poorly-skilled newcomers who joined when the game became free to play, or "[=F2P=]" for short.]]

* "This is Scout! Rainbows make me cry!" [[hottip:Explanation:The Spy mocking the Scout in one of his domination lines. Afterwards, there are quite a few videos and images that show, or imply, the Scout crying at the sight of a rainbow (and [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash]] in recent crossovers)]]

[[caption-width-right:350:some [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative The #1 War-Themed Hat Simulator]]]]

* NEED A DISPENSAH HEAH! NEED A DISPENSAH HEAH! [[MostAnnoyingSound NEED A DISPENSAH HEAH! NEED A DISPENSAH HEAH!]] [[OverlyLongGag NEED A DISPENSAH HEAH! NEED A DISPENSAH HEAH!]] [[hottip:Explanation: One of the scout's lines is "Need a dispenser here". Not only is this an annoying command, especially for engineers, it is augmented by the scout's brooklyn slur. Users have taken to spamming this command to annoy friendly engineers, and numerous videos, parodies and references appears in many other videos.]]

* SAXTON HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALE!!![[hottip:Explanation:The universe's MemeticBadass and CEO of Mann Co. in the supplemental material. Eventually made into a popular mod where the entire RED Team fights against Hale.]]

* SAXTON HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALE!!![[hottip:*:The universe's MemeticBadass and CEO of Mann Co. in the supplemental material. Eventually made into a popular mod where the entire RED Team fights against Hale.]]

Most of the characters' {{Catch Phrase}}s have attained memetic status, some of which have become {{Ascended Meme}}s. Outside of that, nearly ''all'' of their lines are fodder for [[StupidStatementDanceMix getting mashed up with each other and spat out in-game]], thanks to an easily accessible library of all the audio clips and a [[http://www.hlss.us/ couple]] [[http://www.hldj.org/ tools]] that allow playing back clips over mic chat.
* "Spah sappin' mah sentry!" (and any "<SUBJECT> <VERB>in' mah <OBJECT>!" combination thereof) [[hottip:Explanation: The Engineer's line when his Sentries are sapped, it has become an internet-wide snowclone used in nearly any conceivable situation, as long as someone is doing something to something.]]
** ''SPAH'' [[hottip:Explanation: The FanNickname for the Spy due to the Engineer's accent, all-caps necessary.]]
* Pootis (Put Dispenser here), Gottam (Gotta move that gear up) and similiar {{Monde Green}}s have reached memetic status from songs and youtube videos.
* Scout's resemblance to VinceOffer. Became an AscendedMeme in the form of some of his domination/revenge lines.
--> "If you order now, I'll throw in a second beating absolutely free!"

** "[[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Gentlemen.jpg Gentlemen...]]" [[hottip:Explanation: One of Spy's taunts, which became a meme after an image spread on /v/ that showed him attempting to smoke [[ORingOrifice approximately 37 cigarettes at once]]. Variations include "Mentlegen" (a Spy emerging from the mouth of a Spy), and occasionally other classes with a mouth full of whatever is paired with their CatchPhrase. (For example, a Soldier with a mouthful of grenades, exclaiming "MAGGOTS".)]]

* TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT [[hottip:Explanation: Started primarily on [[ImageBoard 4chan]] in anticipation for the eventual "Engineer Update", who was the last of nine classes to get any new weapons. Any time a minor update to TF2 would occur in the coming weeks, people would often quote the above line.]]
* "Can't crit, so it's balanced." [[hottip:Explanation: Used to defend a fanmade weapon. Now it's used to point out the unbalanced nature of other fanmade weapons.]]

* Enjoy your AIDS! [[hottip:Explanation: "AIDS" is the FanNickname for the Medic's virus attack in ''TeamFortressClassic''. Used whenever someone is infected. Also spread to ''TeamFortress2'' thanks to the "bleed" effect from the Sniper's Tribleman's Shiv and the Engineer's Southern Hospitality.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvdf5n-zI14 Nope.]] [[hottip:Explanation: The Engineer running up to the camera, his helmet inexplicably levitating, him saying "Nope.", then telescoping his neck after it like a turtle. Has seen plenty of use on message boards as "nope.avi" or an ASCIII image whenever the context calls for someone answering in the negative. There's also "Yeah!", the opposite version where the Engineer's neck squashes downwards.]]

* [=I'M=] [=DED=] [[hottip:Explanation: A Garry's Mod joke where characters tend to announce eachother's deaths, mainly Scout citing that "I'm dead" or Heavy simply chiming in with "dead"]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B36BXid7iQ0 "The Vicious Cycle of ____"]] [[hottip:Explanation: A popular fad started by Youtube user Raikujo, featuring lightning-fast killings of classes, usually in succession, set to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyAP6PpAzK8 "Bãtutã Din Moldova"]]. Each one starts with a character running in, turning their head to see someone, then after the fanfare of the song begins, the mayhem starts. Each ends with the original character respawning. The unique feature of each video is the fact that it loops, caused by a glitch in Youtube caused by using pause annotations at the very last frame of the video. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZywePiZOE8 Here is a particularly good one]].]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuuwUwwv76o "____ in a Nutshell"]] [[hottip:Explanation: An older fad started by [=NearElite=]. Each video basically sums up each map in under a minute. Each video is set to the music "Intruder Alert." Usually, the following is involved: ridiculous amounts of sentries, utter annihilation of the other team at chokepoints, and excessive amounts of Snipers. A lot of the time, the Snipers are stabbed by Spies that appear behind them, set to [[PlayingTheHeartStrings sad music]].]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lSzUMBJnc "<verb> me." "Later."]] [[hottip:Explanation:In "Meet the Medic", this short exchange between the Medic and [[AndIMustScream the BLU Spy's severed head]] prompted yet another ''[=TF2=]'' snowclone, generally used for anything that will probably never be done. (Such as "Make Episode 3." "Later.")]]
** "Are you sure [X] will vork?!" "I have '''''NO IDEA!'''''"[[hottip:Explanation:Another exchange prompted another snowclone, generally used when asked a question someone has no expertise in or doesn't want to answer.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRt39K-Q0Q4 The HWM models.]] [[hottip:Explanation: The HWM stands for "hard-ware morph", and in GarrysMod, when faceposing, the models produce more distorted results than those of normal models.]]