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* FanworkBan: While not banned outright, as they can still be downloaded from other sites with no issue, NSFW addons (such as explicitly nude models or textures) are not allowed the Gmod workshop.
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* TheWikiRule: The official one is right [[https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod here]], although it mainly focuses on addon creation rather than gameplay. There's also an [[http://tf2freakshow.wikia.com/wiki/TF2_FreakShow_Wiki entire wiki]] for all sorts of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''-themed {{Eldritch Abomination}}s made in Garry's Mod.
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* BreakthroughHit: The success of [=GMod=] is the reason why Facepunch as a company was able to form and make other games, such as VideoGame/{{Rust}}.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts]]RP was shut down to the disappointment of many after Facepunch recieved a takedown notice from Warner Bros.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts]]RP was shut down to the disappointment of many after Facepunch recieved a takedown notice from Warner Bros.Creator/WarnerBros.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts]]RP was shut down to the disappointment of many after Facepunch recieved a takedown notice from Warner Bros.
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** In ''VideoGame/{{Ultrakill}}'', gm_construct is featured as the default map for the Sandbox gamemode.

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** In ''VideoGame/{{Ultrakill}}'', gm_construct is featured as the default map for the Sandbox gamemode. It was actually added to the game with Garry's permission, on the grounds that the original textures would not be used (as they were made by Valve).
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** In ''VideoGame/{{Ultrakill}}'', gm_construct is featured as the default map for the Sandbox gamemode.

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* TheWikiRule: The official one is right [[https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod here]], although it mainly focuses on addon creation rather than gameplay. There's also an [[http://tf2freakshow.wikia.com/wiki/TF2_FreakShow_Wiki entire wiki]] for all sorts of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''-themed {{Eldritch Abomination}}s made in Garry's Mod.



* TheWikiRule: The official one is right [[https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod here]], although it mainly focuses on addon creation rather than gameplay. There's also an [[http://tf2freakshow.wikia.com/wiki/TF2_FreakShow_Wiki entire wiki]] for all sorts of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''-themed {{Eldritch Abomination}}s made in Garry's Mod.
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** In ''VideoGame/FleeingTheComplex'': The player can select the Tool Gun in one route. Selecting it causes Henry to open the console and noclip out of the prison, before he is "banned" on a VAC-esque screen.

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** In ''VideoGame/FleeingTheComplex'': The ''VideoGame/FleeingTheComplex'', the player can select the Tool Gun in one route. Selecting it causes Henry to open the console and noclip out of the prison, before he is "banned" on a VAC-esque screen.

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* ReferencedBy: The game ''VideoGame/PeoplePlayground'' features the Physics Gun as a tool for the player to use.

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** In the climax of the movie ''Film/FreeGuy'', Guy uses the Physics Gun in a fight that includes various other references. Garry himself even [[https://twitter.com/garrynewman/status/1442548999144181763?lang=en tweeted about it.]]
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The game ''VideoGame/PeoplePlayground'' features the Physics Gun as a tool for the player to use.use.
** In ''VideoGame/FleeingTheComplex'': The player can select the Tool Gun in one route. Selecting it causes Henry to open the console and noclip out of the prison, before he is "banned" on a VAC-esque screen.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: In 2014, [[http://lambdageneration.com/home/news/other/garrys-mod-toolgun-props-spotted-on-ebay/ replicas of the Tool Gun were produced]] as a part of a limited run.
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** Ghostly figures sighting on gm_construct, rp_downtown_v2 and various other roleplay maps like rp_bangclaw, who've been rumoured that it will occasionally appear in empty servers. It has been debunked several times and any instances of them appearing are revealed to be a hoax.

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** Ghostly figures sighting on gm_construct, rp_downtown_v2 and various other roleplay maps like rp_bangclaw, who've been rumoured that it will occasionally appear in empty servers. It has been debunked several times and any instances of them appearing are revealed to be a hoax.hoax.
** When spawning in the bouncy balls, there is a rumor where a grey ball can occasionally spawn, netting an achievement called "Finally, a grey one!" While it has obviously been disproven (UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} shows all of the game's achievements, with this one never appearing), this has been subject to [[MemeticMutation various memes]].

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** Later, in 2022, the game saw in increase in popularity via [[Website/{{YouTube}} YouTubers]] and ''Website/TikTok'' users recording themselves running away from Nextbot [=NPCs=].



** The infamous dark room in every iteration of gm_construct garnered a lot of fan theories about "something that lurks within", with some suspecting that it might be supernatural in nature. Ditto with the earlier version of the lake, where the water is so murky and hard to see through that many players believed that the pond's deep is endless. The room is actually intended for testing out lights.

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** The infamous dark room in every iteration of gm_construct garnered a lot of fan theories about "something that lurks within", with some suspecting that it might be supernatural in nature.nature, though the room is actually intended for testing out lights. Ditto with the earlier version of the lake, where the water is so murky and hard to see through that many players believed that the pond's deep is endless. The room is actually intended for testing out lights.
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** The infamous dark room in every iteration of gm_construct garnered a lot of fan theories about "something that lurks within", with some suspects that it might be supernatural in nature. Ditto with the earlier version of the lake, where the water is so murky and hard to see through that many players believed that the pond's deep is endless. The room is actually intended for testing out lights.

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** The infamous dark room in every iteration of gm_construct garnered a lot of fan theories about "something that lurks within", with some suspects suspecting that it might be supernatural in nature. Ditto with the earlier version of the lake, where the water is so murky and hard to see through that many players believed that the pond's deep is endless. The room is actually intended for testing out lights.
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** The infamous dark room in every iteration of gm_construct garnered a lot of fan theories about "something that lurks within", with some suspects that it might be supranatural in nature. Ditto with the earlier version of the lake, where the water is so murky and hard to see through that many players believed that the pond's deep is endless. The room is actually intended for testing out lights.

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** The infamous dark room in every iteration of gm_construct garnered a lot of fan theories about "something that lurks within", with some suspects that it might be supranatural supernatural in nature. Ditto with the earlier version of the lake, where the water is so murky and hard to see through that many players believed that the pond's deep is endless. The room is actually intended for testing out lights.

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* ReferencedBy: The game ''VideoGame/PeoplePlayground'' features the Physics Gun as a tool for the player to use.



* TheWikiRule: There's an [[http://tf2freakshow.wikia.com/wiki/TF2_FreakShow_Wiki entire wiki]] for all sorts of [=TF2=] {{Eldritch Abomination}}s made in Garrys Mod.

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* TheWikiRule: The official one is right [[https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod here]], although it mainly focuses on addon creation rather than gameplay. There's also an [[http://tf2freakshow.wikia.com/wiki/TF2_FreakShow_Wiki entire wiki]] for all sorts of [=TF2=] ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''-themed {{Eldritch Abomination}}s made in Garrys Garry's Mod.



** The infamous "Dark Room" in every iteration of gm_construct garnered a lot of fan theories about "something that lurks within", with some suspects that it might be supranatural in nature. Ditto with the earlier version of the lake, where the water is so murky and hard to see through that many players believed that the pond's deep is endless.
** Ghostly figures sighting on rp_downtown_v2 and various other roleplay maps like rp_bangclaw, who've been rumoured that it will occasionally appear in empty servers. It has been debunked several times and any instances of them appearing are revealed to be a hoax.

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** The infamous "Dark Room" dark room in every iteration of gm_construct garnered a lot of fan theories about "something that lurks within", with some suspects that it might be supranatural in nature. Ditto with the earlier version of the lake, where the water is so murky and hard to see through that many players believed that the pond's deep is endless.
endless. The room is actually intended for testing out lights.
** Ghostly figures sighting on gm_construct, rp_downtown_v2 and various other roleplay maps like rp_bangclaw, who've been rumoured that it will occasionally appear in empty servers. It has been debunked several times and any instances of them appearing are revealed to be a hoax.
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* InMemoriam: The June 2020 update, as part of an OfficialFanSubmittedContent contest for new menu backgrounds, added such a background consisting of [[Machinima/TeamFabulous2 a lone gallon hat and guitar laying on a chair in a dark room]] - a tribute to [=Kitty0706=], who had died of leukemia in January 2015.

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* InMemoriam: The June 2020 update, as part of an OfficialFanSubmittedContent contest for new menu backgrounds, added such a background consisting of [[Machinima/TeamFabulous2 [[WebAnimation/TeamFabulous2 a lone gallon hat and guitar laying on a chair in a dark room]] - a tribute to [=Kitty0706=], who had died of leukemia in January 2015.
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* UrbanLegendsOfZelda: Garry's Mod spawns a lot of this even to this day.

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* UrbanLegendsOfZelda: UrbanLegendOfZelda: Garry's Mod spawns a lot of this even to this day.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: While ''Garry's Mod'' itself is still widely distributed, this is a common occurrence with {{Game Mod}}s. Most addons are downloaded through the Steam Workshop, and access to the former is entirely determined by the latter; if an addon is taken down from the Workshop for whatever reason, it will vanish from the player's collection of subscribed addons. When this happens, expect other community members to reupload the addon in question with or without the author's permission.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: While ''Garry's Mod'' itself is still widely distributed, this is a common occurrence with {{Game Mod}}s. Most addons are downloaded through the Steam Workshop, and which regulates your access to the former is entirely determined by the latter; them; if an addon is taken down from the Workshop for whatever reason, it will vanish from the player's collection of subscribed addons. When this happens, expect other community members to reupload the addon in question question, with or without the author's permission.
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* TheWikiRule: There's an [[http://tf2freakshow.wikia.com/wiki/TF2_FreakShow_Wiki entire wiki]] for all sorts of [=TF2=] {{Eldritch Abomination}}s made in Garrys Mod.

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* TheWikiRule: There's an [[http://tf2freakshow.wikia.com/wiki/TF2_FreakShow_Wiki entire wiki]] for all sorts of [=TF2=] {{Eldritch Abomination}}s made in Garrys Mod.Mod.
* UrbanLegendsOfZelda: Garry's Mod spawns a lot of this even to this day.
** The infamous "Dark Room" in every iteration of gm_construct garnered a lot of fan theories about "something that lurks within", with some suspects that it might be supranatural in nature. Ditto with the earlier version of the lake, where the water is so murky and hard to see through that many players believed that the pond's deep is endless.
** Ghostly figures sighting on rp_downtown_v2 and various other roleplay maps like rp_bangclaw, who've been rumoured that it will occasionally appear in empty servers. It has been debunked several times and any instances of them appearing are revealed to be a hoax.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: While ''Garry's Mod'' itself is still widely distributed, this is a common occurrence with {{Game Mod}}s. Most addons are downloaded through the Steam Workshop, and access to the former is entirely determined by the latter; if an addon is taken down from the Workshop for whatever reason, it will vanish from the player's collection of subscribed addons. When this happens, expect other community members to reupload the addon in question with or without the author's permission, [[TooGoodToLast especially if it is popular and beloved enough]].

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: While ''Garry's Mod'' itself is still widely distributed, this is a common occurrence with {{Game Mod}}s. Most addons are downloaded through the Steam Workshop, and access to the former is entirely determined by the latter; if an addon is taken down from the Workshop for whatever reason, it will vanish from the player's collection of subscribed addons. When this happens, expect other community members to reupload the addon in question with or without the author's permission, [[TooGoodToLast especially if it is popular and beloved enough]].permission.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: While ''Garry's Mod'' itself is still widely distributed, this is a common occurrence with {{Game Mod}}s. Most addons are downloaded through the Steam Workshop, and access to the former is entirely determined by the latter; if an addon is taken down from the Workshop for whatever reason, it will vanish from the player's collection of subscribed addons. When this happens, expect other community members to reupload the addon in question with or without the author's permission, [[TooGoodToLast especially if it is popular and beloved enough]].
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* InMemoriam: The June 2020 update, as part of an OfficialFanSubmittedContent contest for new menu backgrounds, added such a background consisting of [[Machinima/TeamFabulous2 a lone gallon hat and guitar laying on a chair in a dark room]] - a tribute to [=Kitty0706=], who had died of leukemia in January 2015.
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* ThrowItIn: At one point, Father Grigori was mistakenly put in the "animals" NPC section, but Garry found it amusing due to just [[CrazySurvivalist how]] [[SanitySlippage accurate]] that was, and let Grigori stay in the animals section.

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* ThrowItIn: At one point, Father Grigori was mistakenly put in the "animals" NPC section, but Garry found it amusing due to just [[CrazySurvivalist how]] [[SanitySlippage [[GhostTown accurate]] that was, and let Grigori stay in the animals section.
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* ThrowItIn: At one point, Father Grigori was mistakenly put in the "animals" NPC section, but Garry found it amusing due to just how accurate that was, and let Grigori stay in the animals section.

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* ThrowItIn: At one point, Father Grigori was mistakenly put in the "animals" NPC section, but Garry found it amusing due to just how accurate [[CrazySurvivalist how]] [[SanitySlippage accurate]] that was, and let Grigori stay in the animals section.
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* TheWikiRule: There's an [[http://tf2freakshow.wikia.com/wiki/TF2_FreakShow_Wiki entire wiki]] for all sorts of [=TF2=] {{Eldritch Abomination}}s and original characters made in Garrys Mod.

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* TheWikiRule: There's an [[http://tf2freakshow.wikia.com/wiki/TF2_FreakShow_Wiki entire wiki]] for all sorts of [=TF2=] {{Eldritch Abomination}}s and original characters made in Garrys Mod.
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* TheWikiRule: There's an [[http://tf2freakshow.wikia.com/wiki/TF2_FreakShow_Wiki entire wiki]] for all sorts of [=TF2=] EldritchAbominations and original characters made in Garrys Mod.

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* TheWikiRule: There's an [[http://tf2freakshow.wikia.com/wiki/TF2_FreakShow_Wiki entire wiki]] for all sorts of [=TF2=] EldritchAbominations {{Eldritch Abomination}}s and original characters made in Garrys Mod.
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* ThrowItIn: At one point, Father Grigori was mistakenly put in the "animals" NPC section, but Garry found it amusing due to just how accurate that was, and let Grigori stay in the animals section.

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* ThrowItIn: At one point, Father Grigori was mistakenly put in the "animals" NPC section, but Garry found it amusing due to just how accurate that was, and let Grigori stay in the animals section.section.
* TheWikiRule: There's an [[http://tf2freakshow.wikia.com/wiki/TF2_FreakShow_Wiki entire wiki]] for all sorts of [=TF2=] EldritchAbominations and original characters made in Garrys Mod.
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** LetsPlay/SeaNanners caused this after shifting to more Gmod-based content.
** The game enjoyed a small, but noticeable, increase in players after the LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} included it in their Humble Bundle for the 2013 Christmas charity drive.
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* ThrowItIn: At one point, Father Grigori was mistakenly put in the "animals" NPC section, but Garry found it amusing due to just how accurate that was, and let Grigori stay in the animals section.

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