History Memes / TeamFortress2

* Mimi Sentry[[labelnote:Explanation]]The Engineer's mini sentry, presented as an anthropomorphised [[CuteMonsterGirl Cute]] RobotGirl, started getting a lot of Source Filmmaker animations made featuring them in mid-2023. Eventually, this expanded so that now [[https://www.deviantart.com/cpnitro/art/Sentry-Family-982948885 every of Engi's buildings]] has a MoeAnthropomorphism form.[[/labelnote]]

* The [[JustForPun Crate]] [[TheGreatDepression Depression]][[labelnote:Explanation]]In late July 2019, an update was added to the game that [[GoodBadBugs accidentally made certain crates always drop unusuals.]] Immediately, the trading community went in full panic mode, due to the the price of unusuals drastically deflating. Due to this, the crates with the abnormal rates ended up with drastically ''inflated'' prices, leading to an [[{{Pun}} unusual]] situation where ''crates'' were more expensive than some of the higher-end unusuals. While it was eventually stopped, the unpredictability of the event and its massive impact led to reports on gaming sites, as well.[[/labelnote]]

* Madcap [[labelnote:Explanation]] Originating as a rather terribly made workshop item for a [[ObviousBeta Poorly]] [[SoBadItsGood Made]] [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=72262091 cosmetic]] for the scout which did not even resemble him and was one of the few to be outright deemed 'incompatible' with the game. In October of 2023, memes began being made joking in a similar vein to {{WebOriginal/Goncharov}} that the madcap was actually the 10th class who was available to play on release but was removed for various reasons. Ficticious fan art and AI-Generated images have been made depicting a more fleshed out Madcap and even detailing what the class's personality and playstyle would even be like.

** Give Heavy Update[[labelnote:Explanation]]The update to the Pyro came about after winning a one-on-one popularity contest against the Heavy, who many assumed would be the subject of the next major update. Given that Jungle Inferno was released in 2017 and as of March 2022 is the ''last'' major update, it's become common to see commenters on minor updates begging for the Heavy Update.[[/labelnote]]

* Speaking of Spy: [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dgUbRpdUN1w&itct=CCEQ3DAiEwiB0dOA96_LAhWVH1gKHYvQCyFaGFVDSk4wamVRZmY3ZVNzNDVObDNQYkRfZw%3D%3D&client=mv-google&gl=PH&hl=en Suprise Buttsecks]][[labelnote:Explanation]]The spy's strategy is mostly backstabbing people and to do such, one must go behind the enemy player just to get the backstab. While doing such, it [[VisualInnuendo unintendedly looks like that he is performing buttsex on the victim.]][[/labelnote]]

* Penis Scout[[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/112t2bl/whats_your_favorite_subclass_to_use_mine_is_the/ A Reddit post on r/tf2]] had the poster asking a normal question of "what's your favorite subclass to use?", adding that his favorite is "the penis scout". Penis Scout consists of a loadout with [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the Back Scatter, the Mad Milk, and the Boston Basher]]. How abrupt the mention of it is, combined with the fact that no one really knew what Penis Scout is, led to it becoming a big joke on the subreddit, and even got players to use the loadout because it's funny.][[/labelnote]]

* [[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys FNAF]] security room[[labelnote:Explanation]]The small security office on vsh_Skirmish is often referred to as the "[[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys FNAF]] security room", especially after the room was updated to actually have live security camera footage on one of the monitors. People will sometimes go inside while playing one of WebVideo/{{Markiplier}}'s Five Nights at Freddy's videos over the microphone, or look at the cameras and treat Saxton Hale as if he's Freddy Fazbear. Or the person playing Saxton Hale [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLzAmFMgOGA acting like Freddy Fazbear themselves, complete with FNAF sound effects and killbinding when they decide it's "6 AM".]][[/labelnote]]

* Mimi Sentry[[labelnote:Explanation]]The Engineer's mini sentry, presented as an anthropomorphised [[CuteMonsterGirl Cute]] RobotGirl, started getting a lot of Source Filmmaker animations made featuring them in mid-2023.[[/labelnote]]

** A more recent mutaion of this meme presents Madcap as a class that was once in the game but later removed as a sort of mandela effect meme similar to Graggle Simpson

* WebAnimation/PainisCupcake[[labelnote:Explanation]]A VideoGame/GarrysMod character resembling a soldier with a memorable style of movement (sliding around walls and floors while making shotgun sounds), and he [[ImAHumanitarian 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 Website/YouTube video made using ''Garry's Mod'', quickly leading to several imitators and an even greater number of fan videos starring the "character". Seems to have created a pseudo-tradition of using music by Grant Kirkhope as BackgroundMusic for [=TF2=]/[=GMod=] videos.[[/labelnote]]

* [[http://www.teamfortress.com/classless/hidden/hats/ Poor and Irish]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Since this game is meant to take place in the 1960's, the Irish get treated as AcceptableTargets in-universe.[[/labelnote]]

* [[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys FNAF]] security room[[labelnote:Explanation]]The small security office on vsh_Skirmish is often referred to as the "[[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys FNAF]] security room", especially after the room was updated to actually have live security camera footage on one of the monitors. People will sometimes go inside while playing one of WebVideo/{{Markiplier}}'s Five Nights at Freddy's videos over the microphone, or look at the cameras and treat Saxton Hale as if he's Freddy Fazbear.[[/labelnote]]

** "Some people think they can outsmart [insert noun here]. Maybe. Maybe. I've yet to meet anyone who can outsmart [insert another noun here]!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Another snowclone. The original sentence is "Some people think they can outsmart me. Maybe. Maybe. I've yet to meet anyone who can outsmart ''bullet''."[[/labelnote]]

** "Are you sure [X] will vork?!" "I have '''''NO IDEA!'''''"[[labelnote:Explanation]] A conversation between the Heavy and the Medic. This prompted another snowclone, generally used when asked a question someone has no expertise in or doesn't want to answer.[[/labelnote]]

* "This is [X]." "Dear God." "There's more." "''No.''" [[labelnote:Explanation]]In Expiration Date, Soldier, in [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} true Soldier fashion]], makes a massive deal out of a ''bucket'' of all things. This meme typically crops up in response to any form of the phrase "This is [X]"; the more mundane [X] is, the better.[[/labelnote]]

* "So we're fine, as long as nobody [insert bad thing here]." "...Question." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Engineer explains how everything is fine so long as nobody teleported bread...which Soldier sheepishly admits to. Now used for TemptingFate situations.[[/labelnote]]
** "I have done nothing but [action] [noun] for three days." [[labelnote:Explanation]]A snowclone based on one of Soldier's lines.[[/labelnote]]

** [[CargoShip Soldier X Bucket OTP]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Soldier's affection for the bucket quickly led to jokes and/or shipping.[[/labelnote]]
* "Archimedes, no! It's filthy in there!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]In "Meet the Medic", Heavy is lying on Medic's operating table with a massive wound in his torso. Medic discovers one of his pet doves, Archimedes, playing in the wound and shoos the bird away with this line. In many Website/YouTube videos featuring doves, at least one of the comments will reference this line.[[/labelnote]]

* "[[https://i.redd.it/j9ppj3uo7o861.png Aye, Fair Enough"]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]When the Medic tells Demoman that he removed part of his brain to get him to stop asking him why [[WoundThatWillNotHeal he won't heal his missing eye]], Demoman says this after a {{Beat}}. The two panels where he gives this reaction is often used when someone concedes a point, especially ones considered to be technically correct.[[/labelnote]]

* <class> plays <insert other game>[[labelnote:Explanation]]An early meme on Website/{{Youtube}} was having the various mercenaries play other games, dubbing gameplay with their voice lines and having other mercs voice the in-game characters, or using ''[=TF2=]''[='s=] sound effects to re-dub the game's sound effects. Examples: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmbXpWSD1O0 [=[1]=]]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQBIDKxxS7o [=[2]=]]], [[https://youtu.be/KoheaSUpsLE [=[3]=]]] [[/labelnote]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B36BXid7iQ0 "The Vicious Cycle of ____"]][[labelnote:Explanation]]A popular fad started by Website/YouTube user Raikujo, featuring lightning-fast killings of classes, usually in succession, set to "Bãtutã Din Moldova" from ''Rabbids Go Home''. 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 Website/YouTube caused by using pause annotations at the very last frame of the video. ([=YouTube=] has now added a looping feature to the player, making these videos "last" much longer.) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZywePiZOE8 Here]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLFZNfygt7s are]] [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=moDs1GNZHhE some]] [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S4Buk79Cb1Y particularly]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94NxF2F2BuY "good"]] [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aySZD-cW7XU ones]] [[/labelnote]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzG_syyvWgc "Gunshot Briiiide..."]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Music/{{Pendulum|Band}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04QpInkz9so Propane Nightmares]] is a pretty popular music choice for ''[=TF2=]'' skillshot clips, especially with projectile weapons like the Rocket Launcher and Grenade Launcher. In-game, players often use "Gunshot Bride" as shorthand for shooting someone out of the air with an explosive (which is ''much'' harder than it sounds).[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfCiOzL7cYs&t=6m57s '''UNLIMITED POWER!!!!''']][[labelnote: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. And yes, it's derived from [[Memes/RevengeOfTheSith that one Star Wars meme]] (Quoth Chozo: "I'M LIKE FUCKING EMPEROR PALPATINE!"), although the delivery is different.[[/labelnote]]

** Glass [[labelnote:Explanation]]Nathan often goes on bizarre, improvised tangents about glass when warming up. This derives from his habit of using "[[Film/DieHard Glass? Who gives a shit about glass?]]" as a trigger phrase to help slip into the Scout's Brooklyn accent.[[/labelnote]]
* Tentaspy [[labelnote:Explanation]]Depicting the Spy with octopus tentacles instead of legs.[[/labelnote]]

* Food Debates[[labelnote:Explanation]]A Website/YouTube video fad of several classes getting into debates over their [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Trademark Favorite Foods]]. While the Heavy's love of his Sandvich is canon, the rest are usually taken out of context by editing sentences from in game quotes.[[/labelnote]]

* New Weapons Soldier [[labelnote:Explanation]] New Weapons Soldier is a character created by Gmod [=YouTuber=] Genowhirl 70 who usually appears at the end of his "Update X in a nutshell" videos, typically seen pleading for "new weapons plz?" and then [[SensoryAbuse screeching loudly]] in anger when his request is denied. His [[LeitMotif theme song]] is "Sky Funk" by Raxxo. [[/labelnote]]

* *square dance music* '''YEEEEEEEEEEEEE''' [[labelnote:Explanation]]Youtube videos will infrequently feature the first bit of Engineer's "Yeehaw" voiceline played over a hyper sped-up version of the Square Dance song, accompanied with a similarly sped-up Engineer doing the Kazotsky Kick, and typically followed by [[MadeOfExplodium everything exploding]], the meme originated from ''WebAnimation/DoctorLalve''.[[/labelnote]]
* Joke maps [[http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=873560743 are]] [[http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=893877014 beginning]] [[https://68.media.tumblr.com/037d6118651207fb55b9968915b92679/tumblr_oo2c5tsK1m1vpmy59o1_540.png to]] [[http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=898704544 get]] [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=899335714&searchtext=highertower traction]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The meme probably started with the aforementioned cp_orange with 50 floors. It's beginning to expand into every other map.[[/labelnote]]
* '''''[[{{Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure}} ZA HANDO]]''''' [[note]]A popular rename for the Hot Hand, helped in no small part by the fact that one of its attack animations is a downward swipe; Other jokes are following in hot pursuit.[[/note]]

* Abandoned Hydro Facility [[labelnote:Explanation]]Before the Meet Your Match update, tc_hydro was one of the least played maps in the game's history, despite being one of the six maps that shipped with it in the first place. This has led to it being depicted in Garry's Mod and Source Filmmaker videos as a deserted facility which is rarely, if ever, visited, making it a good place to hide something, or to live in isolation.[[/labelnote]]
* Hey Medic I like [X] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A series of videos involving a Mere saying they like something to Medic, only for the Medic to badmouth it. Loud music plays.[[/labelnote]]
* WebAnimation/HeavyIsDead [[labelnote:Explanation]]A short, memorable machinima made by the legendary ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'' animator Antoine Delak, which revolves around the murder of the titular Heavy and the silly ReverseWhodunnit that follows. The animation proved to be memetic enough to spawn a wave of parodies in the vein of the [[Series/LazyTown "We Are Number One"]] meme on Youtube, as well as copypastas containing the entire script of the video and people reenacting it in comment threads.[[/labelnote]]
** Off to hang myself! [[labelnote:Explanation]]One of Spy's lines at the end of the Square Dance taunt is "And we're done -- off to hang myself!". The latter part of it was used in the animation in question [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiuyhxp4w9I "Heavy is dead"]] when Spy [[http://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/581/013/142.gif does this exact thing]] by [[CrossesTheLineTwice doing a cool flip on the chair with the rope around his neck]]. Highly applicable as a reaction gif in any situation that makes one displeased.[[/labelnote]]

* Soupcan Pyro [[labelnote:Explanation]]An odd creature that appears as a Pyro living in a small bucket in a manner akin to a hermit crab, debuting in the ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'' machinima video "[[https://youtu.be/4LSEMygUnxY?t=32 Monday's Troubles]] by WebAnimation/STBlackST. Dubbed the Soupcan Pyro, it became very popular within the community thanks to its adorable looks.[[/labelnote]]
* [=TF2=] [[Website/FifteenDotAI [=15.ai=]]] videos [[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://15.ai/ 15.ai]] is a text-to-speech program capable of synthesizing the voices of various pop culture characters with shockingly good accuracy (to the point of being near-perfect in some cases, and more often than not at least usable for fun nonsense), allowing the user to make them say just about '''any''' line they wish. The community had a huge field day with the program when the cast of ''Team Fortress 2'' was officially added, spawning a video trend where the mercs are made to act out [[https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/kyiwvq/spys_fursona/ humorous]] and [[https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/kyf2kf/soldier_wields_comically_large_spoon_audio_edition/ absurd]] dialogue. For some reason, an almost universal constant seems to be the Demoman being the OnlySaneMan in his team.[[/labelnote]]
** Demoman finds out [x] [[labelnote:Explanation]]One popular series of 15.ai videos involves scenarios where a merc -- usually the Demoman -- discovers that his coworkers secretly have some specific inclination, fetish, or bizarre hobby, and angrily chastises them for it.[[/labelnote]]
** [=TF2=] Mercs Argue About [x] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Another popular spinoff meme involves the mercenaries arguing about their favorite item of a particular topic, particularly late at night when they all should be sleeping, and Mercs would gradually enter the scene to provide their feedback. Upon which the other mercs would either agree with or berate him (typically the Scout would often give an answer that's on the butt end of much berating). Although Pyro doesn't have a voice set, sometimes they end out the video by killing the mercenaries and/or providing a troll answer related to the topic.[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/935/262/b8b.png engineer gaming]] [[labelnote:Explanation]] A phrase derived from a [[Memes/MetalGear Revolver Ocelot]]-esque image where every bit of text says "engineer gaming." Often paired with Robot Rock by Music/DaftPunk or used as a snowclone, with the first word being replaced with some other noun related to the game.[[/labelnote]]
** <class> gaming[[labelnote:Explanation]]snowclones existed in the form of requesting the voice actors to say the "<class> gaming!" lines. Creator/RobinAtkinDownes (for the Medic), John Patrick Lowrie (for the Sniper), Nathan Vetterlein (for the Scout), Gary Schwartz (for both the Heavy and Demoman), Dennis Bateman (for the Spy and Pyro) and Nolan North (for Merasmus) have said their lines.[[/labelnote]]
* [=TF2=] characters laughing at tragedy [[labelnote:Explanation]]A trend of editing TearJerker scenes from various works so that its tragic tone is juxtaposed by the inclusion of the ''Team Fortress 2'' mercs performing their Schadefreude taunt, making it look as if [[BlackComedy they're laughing their butts off at the suffering of the characters present]]. Fans consider this to be perfectly in line with the game's usual brand of ComedicSociopathy, noting how the resulting MoodDissonance makes the TearJerker in question [[CrossesTheLineTwice much funnier than it has any right to be]].[[/labelnote]]
** Spy killed [[Franchise/{{Frozen}} Anna]] [[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://youtu.be/J0pf3JAfvvM A popular edit]] of one of ''Frozen's'' {{signature scene}}s -- in which Elsa mourns over the DisneyDeath of her sister Anna after the latter finally succumbs to the curse Elsa accidentally put on her, [[TakenForGranite turning Anna into an icy statue]] -- had the Spy laughing maniacally at Elsa's pain from the background. Because the Spy can wield the Spy-cicle in-game, a sharp icicle that inflicts a similar fate on enemies upon backstabbing them with it, it wasn't long until fans took notice and joked that he actually ''murdered'' Anna in this manner.[[/labelnote]]
* Demoflower [[labelnote:Explanation]]A picture of a sunflower with the Demoman's smiling face edited onto it. Originating from a StylisticSuck parody of {{glurg|e}}y motivational posters, the Demoflower is usually accompanied with the catchphrase "You're doin good, lad", often typed in the Comic Sans font. Others have also posted variations of the meme using different mercs, complete with motivational phrases deriving from their voice lines. Overall the demoflower has become a rather popular gag in the community either being used to make memes or as a background EasterEgg.[[/labelnote]]
* "[[IAmTheNoun I am the Spy!]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]]A quote popularized by ''Creator/LazyPurple'' where the Spy announces his entrance every time he appears... and usually gets spectacularly owned.[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://youtu.be/-4GnJAO_0p0?t=13 TF2 Heavy Spinning]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A clip of Heavy [[GoodBadBugs in Civilian pose]] spinning in place while playing "The Lincolnshire Poacher" interval signal via voice chat.[[/labelnote]]

* Madcap [[labelnote:Explanation]]In 2012, someone posted an infamous [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=72262091 Workshop cosmetic]] named the "Madcap": a ''badly'' modelled, [[BadassBiker biker-themed]] outfit made for the Scout, consisting of a clunkly leather vest too wide for the Scout's lanky frame, and a spiked helmet with MercurysWings and opaque built-in lense that awkwardly rests above the Scout's forehead. The cosmetic quickly became memetic and widely considered to be SoBadItsGood within the community, to the point that many beg Valve to add the Madcap as an official cosmetic. In addition, the "Madcap Scout" -- the Scout who appears in the Workshop post's thumbnail, wearing the cosmetic in question -- is frequently portrayed as a HumanoidAbomination due to his UnintentionalUncannyValley appearance, complete with its [[https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/72262091/864978109496261602/ own]] {{creepypasta}}.[[/labelnote]]
** for you endeavour not to pass an enough frightening kind under wires on which pigeons sit because they can easily lower your reputation,,, [[labelnote:Explanation]]The Madcap creator's attempt at writing FlavorText, which ended up coming across as WordSaladHorror due to how incoherent it is. Expect people to quote it in any post relating to the Madcap.[[/labelnote]]
* The Fantastic Doctor Plastic [[labelnote:Explanation]] Another popular community-made cosmetic is Medic's "The Fantastic Doctor Plastic" facial cosmetic, which is based on the weird facial structure of the Bogdanoff twins after their facial surgery. With it's elongated lips, excessively sharp jawlines, and wide and protruding cheeks, this cosmetic became one of the most requested cosmetics to be added to [=TF2=] due to it's hilariously UnintentionalUncannyValley appearance. It was included in multiple SFM videos, which further cements the popularity of that cosmetic.[[/labelnote]]
* The Body Builder [[labelnote:Explanation]] "The Body Builder" is yet another community-made cosmetic for the Engineer that quickly became beloved by the fandom; when equipped, it turns the Engineer into an buff, muscular WalkingShirtlessScene that nearly rivals Saxton Hale himself. Fans took to portraying the Body Builder Engineer as a hyper-masculine MemeticBadass of sorts, often nicknaming him as "Chad Engineer", or "[[{{Portmanteau}} Chadgineer]]" for short. ("Chad" being Internet slang for confident, masculine, and sexually active men.)[[/labelnote]]
* "The [=TF2=] community will fall on March 15." [[labelnote:Explanation]]On March 9, a 14 year old {{Website/Twitter}} user -- under the nickname of "Telling Animephobes To Shut Up" -- [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oh_noes_tf2_is_dead_now.jpg expressed frustration at the [=TF2=] community]] due to receiving alleged harassment from its members, claiming to "expose" the community along with some of its popular members in retaliation, and insinuating that the former will collapse on March 15. This led to a surge of memes making fun of the tweet, with the community jokingly reacting in mock horror and sadness at the prediction that [=TF2=]'s days are numbered, along with various responses ranging from concern to mockery aimed towards the user. (Ultimately, nothing happened, which the community was more than happy to mock.)[[/labelnote]]
* Trade offer [[labelnote:Explanation]]A [=TikTok=] meme emerging on March 2021, in which a man in suit offers nothing (or something in low value) in exchange for a valuable item. Said man and exchanged items are edited to those of [=TF2=], due to the obvious fitting joke.[[/labelnote]]
* "If chocolate is made by cocoa and cocoa is a plant, does that make it a salad?"[[labelnote:Explanation]] A NonSequitur [[https://funnylax.com/media/memes/039b2cb91b563529/question-chocolate-plant-salad-whats-question-solider-memes-88d597861f47d881-16383f55891ea929.jpg coming from a fan-made comic format]] of "Expiration Date" where Soldier questions Engineer about chocolate being a "salad" considering that cocoa is a plant only for the latter to be confused while responding "[[FlatWhat What]]" as the result.[[/labelnote]]

* [=StickMaster500=] is ''everywhere''.[[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://www.youtube.com/user/StickMaster500/ StickMaster500]] is a ridiculously prolific Youtube commenter with a distinct Sniper avatar who is known for commenting on basically every [=TF2=] video. It's hard to find a [=TF2=] video he ''hasn't'' made a comment on. And surprisingly, he doesn't just shitpost (though he often does), he sometimes legitimately has something insightful to say.[[/labelnote]]
* #savetf2 [[labelnote:Explanation]]In May 2022, after months of constant silence from Valve (two months since the last minor update, two years since the last blog post and four and a half years since the last ''major'' update), and with bots continuing to clog casual servers, the community finally had enough and organized a day of video- and Twitter-based protests to ask Valve to give them ''some'' form of closure on the 26th. It worked enough for somebody to log in to the official Team Fortress 2 Twitter account to promise that they were working on a solution.[[/labelnote]]
* The Observer [[labelnote:Explanation]]A cosmetic loadout consisting of the Shutterbug, the Camera Beard and the Upgrade (painted white) that was first documented in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/cl1kqg/this_guy_and_his_friend_named_the_observer_stayed/ this]] Reddit post, leading to imitators equipping the Red Tape Recorder and Cloak and Dagger and simply standing in corners watching people.[[/labelnote]]
* Thicc Pyro [[labelnote:Explanation]] A meme originating from a [[Website/YouTube YouTuber]], WebVideo/{{Pyrocynical}}, checking his loadouts during a stream, seeing that he had a mod giving Pyro a… let’s just say generously sized rump still enabled, and immediately [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere ending the stream]]. The clip quickly went viral with people reposting the clip and making fanart of his Pyro. [[/labelnote]]
* [=TF2=] Mercs - Tick Tock [[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvVdFXOFcjw A montage]] of fanart featuring {{shirtless|Scene}} and extremely buff versions of the mercs set to "Tick Tock" by Music/{{Joji}} gained notoriety in the community and eventually led to derivative edits featuring buffed-up characters from other games and franchises.[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHKIOJPSgAg Team Fortress 2 doesn't even need autotune]] [[labelnote:Explanation]] An animation consisting of the mercs playing a polka song by Music/WeirdAlYankovic became popular in early March 2023 under this caption, along with a few others. The original video can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WImlx3tmssY here]]. [[/labelnote]]

* "Birds fly, grass grows, sun shines, and brother? The darkness is coming. You need to '''run'''." [[labelnote:Explanation]]An impression of the Scout delivering his iconic monologue from ''Meet the Scout'' where he claims that he hurts people as naturally as the sun shines, but at the end the tone does a complete 180. The impression's tone instantly goes from a similar delivery to the original video to serious and foreboding, as the end of the monologue is replaced with Scout bluntly informing you that "the darkness" is coming and that you need to run as "Last End" from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'' plays in the background. Spawned several videos giving different visual presentations to the Scout impression.[[/labelnote]]

* TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT [[labelnote:Explanation]]Started primarily on 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.[[/labelnote]]

* Those people? They were [=F2P=].[[labelnote: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. Lost almost all its relevance a few years later, when most players ended up being [=F2P=]. The term now refers to people who aren't Pay to Play, or [=P2P=], which are people who have bought something from the Mann Co. Store. [[/labelnote]]

** "GIVE ME YOUR HAT" [[labelnote:Explanation]]In [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/154/972/halolz-dot-com-pokemon-teamfortress2-4chan-givemeyourhat.jpg this]] 4chan thread (NSFW), the first post shows [[Videogame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Dawn]] offering to have sex with someone after losing a {{Franchise/Pokemon}} battle. One of the responses is written out of the Soldier's point of view as he demands her hat instead. Someone followed it up with [[https://i.imgur.com/UBsRU.jpeg this]] comic showing him wearing said hat, a full set of Kanto Gym Badges and shouting, "WHICH ONE OF YOU WEEDLES IS READY FOR AN ASS WHOOPIN'?"[[/labelnote]]

* ''Bread Fortress 2'' [[labelnote:Explanation]]The "Love and War" update and Expiration Date video prominently feature bread in several ways, inevitably leading to jokes that bread are the new hats.[[/labelnote]]
* ''Conga Fortress 2'' [[labelnote:Explanation]]The "Love and War" update added a variety of new taunts, with the Conga taunt being one of them. This taunt involves players doing the Conga, being able to join in a line. Large groups of players may be seen doing the Conga together in the middle of a map, often growing to both teams forming a giant Conga line.[[/labelnote]]
* ''Kart Fortress 2'' [[labelnote:Explanation]]Scream Fortress 2014 brought the Carnival of Carnage map, in which at the end of every round, the teams battle each other while driving bumper cars.[[/labelnote]]
* ''Duck Fortress 2'' [[labelnote:Explanation]]The End of the Line update letdown caused people to call the game this, as the update mostly revolve around collecting ducks.[[/labelnote]]
* ''Pyro Fortress 2'' [[labelnote:Explanation]]The Jungle Inferno update doubled as the Pyro's next main update, giving him a number of new weapons and a few contracts that anyone could do. Because of this, the game became absolutely flooded with Pyros of varying skill levels during and sometime after the event. While this happens with a lot of class-specific updates, the fact that Pyro is a contentious character in and of his own, and is notoriously unfun to fight in packs, has led to a lot of anger and jeering from other players.[[/labelnote]]
** Give Heavy Update [[labelnote:Explanation]]The update to the Pyro came about after winning a one-on-one popularity contest against the Heavy, who many assumed would be the subject of the next major update. Given that Jungle Inferno was released in 2017 and as of March 2022 is the ''last'' major update, it's become common to see commenters on minor updates begging for the Heavy Update.[[/labelnote]]

* How to (action) as (misnamed class). [[labelnote:Explanation]]Used by new players or trolls asking how to do a certain action, usually specific to a certain class. The class will either have his name changed to something similar sounding or similar functioning. Examples include, "How to fly as demonstration man," "How to focus as rifle hunter," and "How to go see-through as secret agent." [[/labelnote]]
* [[CriticalHit Random crits]] are [[SarcasmMode fair and balanced/fun]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Random crits are largely hated for making the game more about luck and less about actual skill, often robbing players of victories that could have been earned fairly. People will often quote this whenever they get killed by one, or even sometimes when they get kills with them.[[/labelnote]]
** Ubersaw crits [[labelnote:Explanation]] Medics have a reputation for pulling out their melee weapons when cornered and one-shotting pursuers with a crit ''on the first swing''. This is due to how healing a teammate while they deal damage to enemies builds up the Medic's crit chance, which makes up a major part of Medic gameplay. Because most Medic mains [[ComplacentGamingSyndrome tend to choose the Ubersaw]] -- which gives 25% ubercharge on hit -- as their melee weapon of choice, players often claim that the weapon secretly has a higher crit chance than others, whether jokingly or seriously.[[/labelnote]]
* BONUS DUCKS! [[labelnote:Explanation]]In the Looting Gallery bumper car minigame, crashing into another player will spawn bonus ducks. Sometimes Merasmus chimes in with that phrase.[[/labelnote]]
* I'm going to gut you like a cornish Gaben. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A mishearing of Spy's quote "I'm going to gut you like a cornish '''game hen'''. References the co-founder and president of Valve, Gabe Newell, commonly referred to as Gaben.[[/labelnote]]
* "WE ARE IN THE BEAM" or "THE ENEMY IS IN THE BEAM" [[labelnote:Explanation]]In Watergate, whenever a player gets lifted by the UFO's beam, a text-to-speech voice says either one of these lines. The line itself is provided by [[http://www.acapela-group.com/ Acapela Group's WillFromAfar]], and was presumably there as a stand-in for Ellen [=McLain=] to redo. Fans took the voice and ran with it.[[/labelnote]]
* Gibus Engineer Wildlife Protectors (G.E.W.P) [[labelnote:Explanation]]Because of his defensive playstyle which rarely risks hand-to-hand combat (something new players shy away from for fear of getting killed), new players often play as Engineer, leading to many experienced players easily killing them due to poor building placement strategy. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jL8bKh92Zc One video]] uploaded by NISLT where a spy ''very'' thoroughly trolls such an engie wearing a Ghostly Gibus (a commonly worn hat by new players due to it being one of the few non-premium hats) ends with suggesting that Gibus Engies are an endangered species which works hard everyday to feed their families, and as such need to be protected. This led to a joke Steam group advocating their protection, as well as a Gibus Engineer Wildlife Haters counter-group, and an ongoing meme/in-joke in NISLT videos.[[/labelnote]]
* "Fixed a bug where ''x'' could (task that ''x'' was intended to perform)." [[labelnote:Explanation]]When the Bison's single-enemy penetration was removed as a "bug", numerous mockeries of this change formed. ''x'' could be a weapon, a class, or even the game itself.[[/labelnote]]
* "You were good, son. Real good; maybe even the best." [[labelnote:Explanation]]After the passing of Soldier's voice actor Rick May on April 13th 2020, this line from his character has been used to honor his legacy.[[/labelnote]]
* "Oh Soldier, who will they ever find to replace you? ...No one." [[labelnote:Explanation]]One of Spy's domination lines to Soldier has him say this line to Soldier, but replacing "no one" with "anyone". After Rick May's death in April 2020, fans quickly took to saying this instead to show their love for Soldier, given that the original quote [[HarsherInHindsight hits far too close to home]] to be funny anymore.[[/labelnote]]
* 124 HP Scouts [[labelnote:Explanation]] Scouts are {{Fragile Speedster}}s with the smallest health pool out of any class, so for survivability they seek out health packs and call for Medics more frequently. However, many tend to have poor health management and do this regardless of their actual remaining health, and their high movement speed means they can quickly beeline towards the nearest health pack before other classes can reach it, often leaving their teammates without any means of undoing damage other than Medics or dispensers. This led to the stereotype of mostly healthy Scouts snatching up health packs and sandviches right in front of their wounded teammates and leaving them to die, or constantly spamming the E key upon receiving even the slightest scratch.[[/labelnote]]
* coconut.jpg [[labelnote:Explanation]] Located within [=TF2=]'s texture files is an unused image of a realistic coconut. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/il8yyq/this_is_inside_the_tf2_game_files_as_coconutjpg/ On a 2020 Reddit post showcasing the oddity]], a joke comment was made in the style of a frustrated dev note, claiming that the game would fail to start if the file was deleted. The comment began spreading across the internet in April 2021, with many people, including several gaming news sites, [[PoesLaw misinterpreting what was said in the comment to be true]], even though the actual coconut is no different than any other image file in the game. (In reality, the image was meant for an unused particle effect for the Fresh Brewed Victory taunt, with the coconuts being used for a stream of fake coffee beans.)[[/labelnote]]
* The Snake Update [[labelnote:Explanation]]On September 16th, 2021, a general bugfix patch was released. It included some updates to the Capture Point map Snakewater, one of which was curiously labelled "Nature & Wildlife preservation measures". It added some snakes. The community, starved for new game content, instantly labelled the change as a major update.[[/labelnote]]
* "<PLAYER> bid farewell, cruel world!" [[labelnote:explanation]]This is the message that displays in the kill feed whenever a player commits suicide. Many players have set up a dedicated button (known as a killbind) to do this on command, and one person using theirs will often result in other nearby players following suit [[SuicideAsComedy for a laugh.]][[/labelnote]]

* [[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys FNAF]] security room [[labelnote:Explanation]] The small security office on vsh_Skirmish is often referred to as the "[[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys FNAF]] security room", especially after the room was updated to actually have live security camera footage on one of the monitors. People will sometimes go inside while playing one of {{WebVideo/Markiplier}}'s Five Nights at Freddy's videos over the microphone, or look at the cameras and treat Saxton Hale as if he's Freddy Fazbear.

* "After nine years in development, hopefully it will have been worth the wait." [[labelnote:Explanation]]A quote from Gabe Newell commenting on the DevelopmentHell that [=TF2=] has went through, and often used to mock the flaws in the game ''despite'' its long development period (and long life since launch).[[/labelnote]]
** "Worth the weight." [[labelnote:Explanation]]A pun based on the line above and Gabe's famous, er, ''large frame''.[[/labelnote]]
* "My favorite class is The Spy." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Another quote from Gaben. Used semi-often when commenting about The Spy, especially when complaining about facestabs.[[/labelnote]]
* "Too confusing for new players" [[labelnote:Explanation]]The "End of the Line" update was originally planned to have, amongst other things, a new map named CP_Snowplow, but was ultimately removed from that specific update due to Valve deeming the map "too confusing for new players". Mockery of this flimsy justification skyrocketed in the community, resulting in countless videos, sprays, and player anger, with Valve eventually adding Snowplow to the Gun Mettle update. That being said, Valve did have a point about Snowplow; it really was quite confusing to new players as even to experienced players, the setup of an attack/defend map being laid out like a Payload Map, with a damage meter, lead to all sorts of confusion.[[/labelnote]]
* "Neato" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Jill, a developer at Valve and the one who was managing the current Competitive Beta prior to its release in Meet Your Match update, made a post on Facepunch about the next ''Team Fortress 2'' update. The post reads [[https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1508954&p=50494059&viewfull=1#post50494059 "The next update is going to be neato. (Am I doing this right?)"]]. Fans have taken to using the term "neato" when referring to Meet Your Match and anything relating to it.[[/labelnote]]
* "Updated the localization files." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to the game being starved for content updates in recent years, players sarcastically began citing the localization files (which appear at the end of ''every'' update page changelog) as the most important priority on the ''[=TF2=]'' team's minds.[[/labelnote]]
* The one Valve developer maintaining [=TF2=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]With Valve interaction at an all-time low going through 2021, and developers relocated to other projects within Valve, the game is memed to be assigned to a single Valve employee.[[/labelnote]]
** The potted plant and the janitor. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Joke lampooning the very slow release of updates, with players suggesting that nobody is actually working on the game.[[/labelnote]]
* [[WebVideo/SearchForSandvich The Sandvich Saga]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]In mid-to-late 2022, all the surviving voice actors for the game's main characters main characters (excluding Nathan Vetterlein as Scout and Grant Goodeve as Engineer) began posting a series of videos of themselves looking for Heavy's sandvich, occasionally dressed up as their characters to do so. This inevitably led to fans animating said scenes with Source, or otherwise sharing them around online, simply due to [[RefugeInAudacity the sheer hilarity of several veteran voice actors running around shouting about sandwiches in random voices.]] [[/labelnote]]
* "Update-Sized Update" / [[VerbalBackspace "Holiday-Sized Update."]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]February 2023 gave us a new blog post discussing an "Update-sized Update" for the game in the summer of that year, leading many to speculate we'd be getting the first actual large update since Jungle Inferno, more than a half-decade prior. Cue Valentine's day 2023 and the blog post was changed replacing the aforementioned update title with "Holiday-sized update" indicating that this upcoming update wouldn't be major and would just be like the holiday updates 5 years in a row only in the Summer. Naturally, a great many fans were not amused and viewed this as Valve going back on their word and/or snarking that such an update would require them to do more than the bare minimum.[[/labelnote]]
** "Who knows what else?!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Another quote from the original blog post, exciting many fans on what this alleged update would contain. This was also removed in the blog update on Valentine's Day 2023, though it could have been meant to refer to the VS Saxton Hale game mode which was made official in the update itself.[[/labelnote]]

* (X) has been [=kicked/banned=] from the server for hacking due to (Y) [[labelnote:Explanation]]A comment snowcloned from the [=kick/ban=] note by fans, which is used for ironically pointing out the Animated ''Team Fortress 2'' characters in fan-created SFM videos (dual-wielded shotguns/SMG/Sniper rifles or any other changed details on the weapons) that doesn't '''''faithfully follows the game's mechanics'''''.[[/labelnote]]
* Rolo Sage [[labelnote:Explanation]]A slang for "Solo Rage" invented by the players from the [[https://titan.tf/ Titan.tf server]], this term is used for various Freak Fortress 2 players for criticizing the Hale wasting a rage on a single enemy. (So far, it was only used from TitanTF's servers.)[[/labelnote]]
* The [[JustForPun Crate]] [[TheGreatDepression Depression]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]In late July 2019, an update was added to the game that [[GoodBadBugs accidentally made certain crates always drop unusuals.]] Immediately, the trading community went in full panic mode, due to the the price of unusuals drastically deflating. Due to this, the crates with the abnormal rates ended up with drastically ''inflated'' prices, leading to an [[{{Pun}} unusual]] situation where ''crates'' were more expensive than some of the higher-end unusuals. While it was eventually stopped, the unpredictability of the event and its massive impact led to reports on gaming sites, as well.[[/labelnote]]
* [VALVE]Niggerkiller / "RIP Casual" [[labelnote:Explanation]]In the early months of 2020, the game was hit with a wave of cheaters, mainly bots playing as Sniper with aimbot to the point that any time you'd join a Casual match, there would ''always'' be at least one of these bots. One of the more common names for these bots was "[VALVE]Niggerkiller". Steam does not allow for these names to be used as VALVE would automatically be censored, as would the slur.[[/labelnote]]
** OMEGATRONIC / Name Feigning [[labelnote:Explanation]]OMEGATRONIC was also a common name following Niggerkiller bots, complete with their own unique brand of avatars. Alongside these bots, certain bots stole names of users in the game, resulting in the wrong player being kicked, which prompted a quality of life patch in where the vote kick UI will display how long players have been connected for. Generic bot names are now used after a fix that prevented players from changing names to anything other than their Steam name after joining a server.[[/labelnote]]
** '''WARNING: Connection Problem Auto-disconnect in 17.6 seconds''' [[labelnote:Explanation]]Late into March 2020, a sudden surge of lagbots became a problem in Casual as well. These bots would act as a normal Sniper aimbot until a vote is called to kick them, which would trigger it to lag out the server, booting people back to the main menu if they are using default TF2 settings (specifically, a command which increases the timeout disconnection timer). This made it literally impossible to kick the bots, lest they risk the game getting cut off early. Valve would release a patch in April that fixed this, however. After this patch, lagbots have resurfaced repeatedly but were again fixed in later patches.[[/labelnote]]
** "Good shot mate/Nice shot!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Many of the Sniper aimbots constantly say this as they roam around and instakill players, thus making many casual players [[HellIsThatNoise react with fear when it's heard]].[[/labelnote]]
** [=TF2=] Endings Compilation [[labelnote:Explanation]]In wake of the aimbot crisis, fans started to make screens that represented various fake "endings" of [=TF2=], all of which are based on what happens with the aimbots.[[/labelnote]]
** CAN YOU QUACK? [[labelnote:Explanation]]Some of the bots during the bot crisis would have the name CAN YOU QUACK? and join servers with the intention of micspamming the song featured in this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSnRq6iyHKg bizarre video]].[[/labelnote]]
* The Great Code Crisis [[labelnote:Explanation]]On April 22nd, 2020, the source codes for both ''Team Fortress 2'' and ''[[VideoGame/CounterStrike Counter-Strike: Global Offensive]]'' were [[https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/g610dc/source_code_to_csgo_and_tf2_torrent_is_now_on/ leaked]] onto Website/FourChan, leading to a mass panic over the security of the game with the possibilities of remote code execution exploits and resulting in various community servers shutting down due to these fears. However, after Valve looked into it and, upon determining that the leak was from late 2017/early 2018, reported that the game was safe to play, this meme as well as the one below have died down.[[/labelnote]]
** '''ALERT:''' im getting into ur acc rn bye tf2 *tf2 is dead [[labelnote:Explanation]]Some [[https://preview.redd.it/26a2r2kp0fu41.png?width=924&format=png&auto=webp&s=2ce378db5205d59bd098b0dba82e241d0cbe1f05 in-game]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWOSRLLWAAIwZMn.png alert messages]] that was posted onto the game's subreddit during the panic, which ultimately turned out to be fake. After the truth about this message came out, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/g66cgl/i_see_happiness_in_the_worst/ many]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/g67bfb/uhhhh_should_i_be_concerned/ edits]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/g67dos/heavys_revenge/ of]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/g68xsa/valve_what_is_this/ it]] popped up.[[/labelnote]]
* The Sex Update [[labelnote:Explanation]] A nonsensical (likely joke or sarcastic) demand that began springing up on Reddit in 2021 asking for Valve to add the concept of sex itself to Team Fortress 2 (usually known as the "Sex Update"), ignoring the fact that this would obviously bump the game's rating to [[UsefulNotes/AdultsOnlyRatingESRB Adults Only]] and have serious consequences. Any update without sex, no matter how much content it may have, is (jokingly) seen as a disappointment by those (sarcastically) in favor of this demand. [[/labelnote]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hD-KZsmBl4&feature=watch_response_rev POOT DIS POW!]][[labelnote:Explanation]]A crossover meme with [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]. "Poo Tis Pow" is the Heavy's version of "[[MakeMeWannaShout Fus Ro Dah]]" using the Showdown taunt to fling enemies around. With proper timing, it is possible to pull this off in-game.[[/labelnote]]

* [[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys FNAF]] security room [[labelnote:Explanation]] The small security office on vsh_Skirmish is often referred to as the "[[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys FNAF]] security room", especially after the room was updated to actually have live security camera footage on one of the monitors. People will sometimes go inside while playing one of {{WebVideo/Markiplier}}'s Five Nights at Freddy's videos over the microphone, or look at the cameras and treat Saxton Hale as if he's an animatronic.

* [[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys FNAF]] security room [[labelnote:Explanation]] The small security office on vsh_Skirmish is often referred to as the "[[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys FNAF]] security room", especially after the room was updated to actually have live security camera footage on one of the monitors. People will sometimes go inside while playing one of {{WebVideo/Markiplier}}'s Five Nights at Freddy's videos over the microphone.
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* [[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys FnaF]] security room [[labelnote:Explanation]] The small security office on vsh_skirmish is often referred to as the "[[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys fnaf]] security room", especially after the room was updated to actually have live security camera footage on one of the monitors. People will sometimes go inside while playing one of {{WebVideo/Markiplier}}'s Fnaf videos over the microphone.

** "Who knows what else?!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Another quote from the original blog post, exciting many fans on what this alleged update would contain. This was also removed in the blog update on Valentine's Day 2023.[[/labelnote]]

* "Birds fly, grass grows, sun shines, and brother? The darkness is coming. You need to '''run'''. [[labelnote:Explanation]]An impression of the Scout delivering his iconic monologue from ''Meet the Scout'' where he claims that he hurts people as naturally as the sun shines, but at the end the tone does a complete 180. The impression's tone instantly goes from a similar delivery to the original video to serious and foreboding, as the end of the monologue is replaced with Scout bluntly informing you that "the darkness" is coming and that you need to run as "Last End" from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'' plays in the background. Spawned several videos giving different visual presentations to the Scout impression.[[/labelnote]]

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

* "Listen here, you little shit"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A snowclone of two screenshots depicting the Heavy wearing the Chicken Kiev, a community-created item that gives him the head of a bird, and huge eyes, the second having him look aside and captioned with the aforementioned phrase. Commonly used with Chicken Kiev Heavy representing an authority figure pissed off by someone responding to a question or instruction by trolling them.[[/labelnote]]

* "[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Gentlemen.jpg Gentlemen]]"[[labelnote:Explanation]]One of Spy's taunts, which became a meme after an image spread on /v/ that showed him attempting to smoke 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 rockets, exclaiming "MAGGOTS", or a Heavy with a gobful of sandviches, shouting "POOTIS".)[[/labelnote]]