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* IKnewIt: Many expected that Left 4 Dead will ''not have'' a 3rd game/2nd sequel (courtesy of Valve) as the game's developer, Turtle Rock Studios, had announced a SpiritualSuccessor named ''VideoGame/Back4Blood''.
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* GameMod: A soundpack one that changes all the sounds of the infected to [[ProfessionalWrestling Macho Man Randy Savage]] quotes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMqPG4S80bo&feature=related Hilarity Ensues]].
*** Becomes somewhat HarsherInHindsight following his death...
** There's also a Tourette's Guy soundpack for the Tank. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8bUjBGRioU Watch it here.]]
** And there's another that replaces all playable infected with the survivors, amusingly.
** On top of that, one can also replace the Tank's sounds with those of the Heavy from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''. Hilarity ensues as the Tank taunts the survivors (''"Who send all these babies to fight?!"'') berates the team for killing it (''"Little, little man!"''), runs around grunting and talking to its 'Sandvich', loudly exclaims that it is on fire when it is indeed on fire, and even calls for a medic when taking lots of damage from survivors. Sadly, the sound pack was pulled from some sites and cannot be found easily.
*** Fortunately, players can still find the Heavy in the ''Left 4 Dead'' universe, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQNjCPUlVYg along with a certain friend!]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnuoeTz2vFg Scout zombies]], that is all.
** Some people have gone so far to change the Tank's music as well, like turning it into "Can Can", ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'' theme, and even "[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Final Destination]]"!
** Also, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTxTWMA9iew Johnny Bravo Tank]].
** Creator/BillyMays Tank.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwv8HTSiJfo YE]][[Series/CSIMiami AA]][[Music/TheWho AH]]!
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TqWENVeRZg Pee-Wee Herman Infected.]] Can you say nightmare fuel?
** If you think all the sound swapping is hilarious, try playing servers that allow ''up to eight Survivors in the game''. That's right, you'll have multiples of the same characters running around and you will go WTF when you see messages like "Zoey saved Zoey." Even Expert becomes a bit easier with 8 people's worth of firepower running around.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-db9qgn99o Teletubbies]]. Now you can be as afraid of them as Jerry Falwell.
*** Another good case of nightmare fuel, watching empty-eyed Teletubbies running at you and trying to rip you apart.
** This game + [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ6nWjBT_Aw soundtrack]] from [[Film/TwentyEightDaysLater 28 Days]]/[[Film/TwentyEightWeeksLater Weeks]] = Pure terror.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnWfFnA6zo o hai!]]
** [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead Beavis]] as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou9Jh8NUUA0 the Jockey]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMeMbhhenNI Possibly the greatest mod ever]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMaBShuQv98 Shut up Witch.]]
** [[http://www.halolz.com/2009/12/18/video-left-4-dead-2-silly-infected-soundmods Here]] are some hilarious soundpack mods. You can thank me later.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b0PNkh-Kl0 Not enough soundtrack dissonance for ya?]]
*** More moe can be had with the ''Manga/LuckyStar'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOx9HgbYJ6w cast]].
** Demonic diaper-wearing Music/JustinBieber [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTTkFib7-_0 Witch]].
** A mod exists that changes the Hunter's screams to Micheal Jackson.
** Soundpacks are merely where the fun begins. Name an anime girl. Yeah, you can play as her. Basically any character with a 3D model? Probably. Hand-crafted versions of everyone from [[Series/BreakingBad Walter White]] to [[{{VideoGame/Blood}} Caleb]]? Of course. Weeb paintjobs for every gun? Obviously. [[Music/HatsuneMiku Miku doors?]] Yeah. Miku guns? Sure. Miku helicopter pilot? Oh sure why not. Miku everyone? Miku-themed tunnel of love? Miku concert? You can turn this entire game into the most surreal Hatsune Miku sensory overload ever if you're so inclined.
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** The "Screamer" concept of Special Infected would be properly implemented in later different games ''Videogame/StateOfDecay'' (including [[Videogame/StateOfDecay2 the sequel]]) and ''Videogame/WorldWarZ'' due to the larger map of both respective games. Previously in ''Videogame/KillingFloor'' there is a "Siren" but it only disorients and harm player character instead of bringing horde attention due to fixed number of undead-like enemies of the game.

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** The "Screamer" concept of Special Infected would be properly implemented in later different games ''Videogame/StateOfDecay'' (including [[Videogame/StateOfDecay2 the sequel]]) and ''Videogame/WorldWarZ'' ''Videogame/WorldWarZ2019'' due to the larger map of both respective games. Previously in ''Videogame/KillingFloor'' there is a "Siren" but it only disorients and harm player character instead of bringing horde attention due to fixed number of undead-like enemies of the game.
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** Soundpacks are merely where the fun begins. Name an anime girl. Yeah, you can play as her. Basically any character with a 3D model? Probably. Hand-crafted versions of everyone from [[Television/BreakingBad Walter White]] to [[{{VideoGame/Blood}} Caleb]]? Of course. Weeb paintjobs for every gun? Obviously. [[Music/HatsuneMiku Miku doors?]] Yeah. Miku guns? Sure. Miku helicopter pilot? Oh sure why not. Miku everyone? Miku-themed tunnel of love? Miku concert? You can turn this entire game into the most surreal Hatsune Miku sensory overload ever if you're so inclined.

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** Soundpacks are merely where the fun begins. Name an anime girl. Yeah, you can play as her. Basically any character with a 3D model? Probably. Hand-crafted versions of everyone from [[Television/BreakingBad [[Series/BreakingBad Walter White]] to [[{{VideoGame/Blood}} Caleb]]? Of course. Weeb paintjobs for every gun? Obviously. [[Music/HatsuneMiku Miku doors?]] Yeah. Miku guns? Sure. Miku helicopter pilot? Oh sure why not. Miku everyone? Miku-themed tunnel of love? Miku concert? You can turn this entire game into the most surreal Hatsune Miku sensory overload ever if you're so inclined.
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** Soundpacks are merely where the fun begins. Name an anime girl. Yeah, you can play as her. Basically any character with a 3D model? Probably. Hand-crafted versions of everyone from [[Television/BreakingBad Walter White]] to [[{{VideoGame/Blood}} Caleb]]? Of course. Weeb paintjobs for every gun? Obviously. [[Music/HatsuneMiku Miku doors?]] Yeah. Miku guns? Sure. Miku helicopter pilot? Oh sure why not. Miku everyone? Miku-themed tunnel of love? Miku concert? You can turn this entire game into the most surreal Hatsune Miku sensory overload ever if you're so inclined.
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** Louis says "Oh man, this is just like ''VideoGame/CounterStrike''!" upon picking up an Uzi, despite it not being a weapon in the game. He'd have more of a reason to say it with the alternative SMG in ''Left 4 Dead 2'', which is a MAC-10, not to mention it having several weapons with models straight from ''Counter-Strike: Source''.

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* LowTierLetdown: Zoey's Bot AI is this, since she always grabs the Hunting Rifle on sight. Because the Survivor AI is borrowed from ''Counter-Strike'', they'll always switch to pistols when an enemy gets too close. Since this is a zombie game, the chances of that happening are ''very'' high. Cut to Zoey constantly getting the least kills for not using the Hunting Rifle often enough.



* TierInducedScrappy: Zoey's Bot AI is this, since she always grabs the Hunting Rifle on sight. Because the Survivor AI is borrowed from ''Counter-Strike'', they'll always switch to pistols when an enemy gets too close. Since this is a zombie game, the chances of that happening are ''very'' high. Cut to Zoey constantly getting the least kills for not using the Hunting Rifle often enough.

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*** What Happens When [X] Gets His/Her Pills [[labelnote:Explanation]] A trend of ''Garry's Mod'' videos in which a character -- usually one of the survivors from both games -- finds some pills and launches into a StupidStatementDanceMix of "The Monsters Without", composed of their pill-related voice lines.[[/labelnote]]

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*** What Happens When [X] Gets His/Her Pills [[labelnote:Explanation]] A trend of ''Garry's Mod'' videos in which a character -- usually one of the survivors from both games -- finds some pills and launches into a StupidStatementDanceMix VoiceClipSong of "The Monsters Without", composed of their pill-related voice lines.[[/labelnote]]
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* FanficFuel: What happens in between the original campaigns can be easily filled out with custom campaigns, especially how the van the survivors escape in "Crash Course" is nowhere to be seen in "Death Toll", the point where survivors are out of the Slater's boat at the end of "Death Toll" and making their way into the greenhouse in the beginning of "Dead Air", and how the survivors are stranded in Allegheny National Park in the beginning of "Blood Harvest" with the cargo plane out of sight.

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* FanficFuel: What happens in between the original campaigns can be easily filled out with custom campaigns, especially how the van the survivors escape in "Crash Course" is was nowhere to be seen in "Death Toll", Toll" (until The Last Stand update patched it in), the point where survivors are out of the Slater's boat at the end of "Death Toll" and making their way into the greenhouse in the beginning of "Dead Air", and how the survivors are stranded in Allegheny National Park in the beginning of "Blood Harvest" with the cargo plane out of sight.
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*** Becomes something of a FunnyAneurysmMoment following his death...

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*** Becomes something of a FunnyAneurysmMoment somewhat HarsherInHindsight following his death...
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** Tanks are one as they intimidate everyone, both in-game and out from making their presence known alone.

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** Tanks are one as they intimidate everyone, both in-game and out from making their presence known alone. Try finding an online match where someone doesn't scream out "TANK!" the moment they see one.
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** Tanks are one as they intimidate everyone, both in-game and out from making their presence known alone.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: A mild example, but in The Sacrifice comic, while it's a case of GameplayAndStoryIntegration with how the comic came out leading up to campaign's release, some people feel that [[spoiler:Bill went too far by leaving the military doctor to die as mentioned above under MoralEventHorizon. As a result, this can make his failed attempt to rejoin the others before getting punched by a Tank during his titular HeroicSacrifice seem a bit like karma]].
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* SchmuckBait: You might think it's a good idea to use a bile bomb on a Witch if you can't sneak around her, right? She'll be blind and be swarmed by zombies while you slowly watch her die? '''''Dead wrong'''''. She won't be blinded, and she will absolutely mow down everything in her way to whoever threw the bomb. You'll buy yourself a second at best.
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** And some see Louis as either a guy whose positive reactions is the opposite of how he feels and it is his way to cope without snapping while others feel Louis is just trying to find hope in a grim situation.
** Why does the Witch cry? Some fans believe that she retains some degree of her humanity and is horrified at what she has become. Others believe that her crying is just a WoundedGazelleGambit intended to lure in unsuspecting survivors. A third group believes that her crying is genuine, but merely for primal reasons (such as being in pain or suffering fever-like symptoms as a result of the Green Flu).

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** And some Some see Louis as either a guy whose positive reactions is the opposite of how he feels and it is his way to cope without snapping snapping, while others feel Louis is just trying to find hope in a grim situation.
** Why does the Witch cry? Some fans believe that she retains some degree of her humanity and is horrified at [[WhatHaveIBecome what she has become.become]]. Others believe that her crying is just a WoundedGazelleGambit intended to lure in unsuspecting survivors. A third group believes that her crying is genuine, but merely for primal reasons (such as being in pain or suffering fever-like symptoms as a result of the Green Flu).
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* FanPreferredCutContent: There are fans who prefer the way Turtle Rock Studios' version of the game looked due to its DarkerAndEdgier appearance compared to Valve's less gritty, slightly ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''-influenced textures. Fans would remake TRS's version of ''No Mercy'' as ''[[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1510469815 Fairfield Terror]]'', while their common infected textures would make their way into ''Left 4 Dead 2'' as part of ''The Last Stand'' restoring the first game's infected models for [[NostalgiaLevel its ported campaigns]].
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** Purple Francis[[labelnote:Explanation]]In 2021, a WikiVandal created a page in the Left 4 Dead wiki for a fake character named Purple Francis, who is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as his name suggests]], [[PaletteSwap Francis but with a purple hue filter over him]]. According to the page, he's a secret playable survivor who has canonically sacrificed himself in an earlier campaign, is a much kinder person unlike his doppelganger, has the voice of a god (played by Purple Vince Valenzuela), and used to have a root beer factory and a family of five. The article went viral and people expanded on his lore with more joke posts, and naturally, modded him into the game.[[/labelnote]]
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** The FictionalVideoGame in ''Film/StayAlive'' is a co-op monster/zombie shooter set in New Orleans. Compare to ''Left 4 Dead 2'', though the real game is harmless and has no supernatural elements.

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** The FictionalVideoGame in ''Film/StayAlive'' ''Film/StayAlive2006'' is a co-op monster/zombie shooter set in New Orleans. Compare to ''Left 4 Dead 2'', though the real game is harmless and has no supernatural elements.

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment
** When Bill didn't receive any new lines for the "Crash Course" DLC, a rumor quickly spread around the internet that it was because his voice actor, Jim French, had died, leading to French himself having to come out and publicly confirm that he was still alive and it was simply due to a scheduling conflict. He eventually returned to "The Sacrifice", the campaign in which [[spoiler:Bill canonically dies]]... and then six years after the release, Jim French passed away for real.
** In Left 4 Dead 2, one of Nick's character tics is his germophobia, responding to Coach jokingly asking if he was afraid of dirt with "A germ just wiped out the whole planet, so yes." Back then, funny. [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic Nowadays, not so much.]]



** Francis can see some birds in "Crash Course" and say "I hate birds," to which Zoey replies "Yeah, birds are dicks!" Later, in "Blood Harvest", the group startle a [[IncrediblyLamePun murder]] of crows, who in turn start a horde. And they do it again in "The Sacrifice".

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** Francis can see some birds in "Crash Course" and say "I hate birds," to which Zoey replies "Yeah, birds are dicks!" Later, in "Blood Harvest", the group startle a [[IncrediblyLamePun murder]] murder of crows, who in turn start a horde. And they do it again in "The Sacrifice".
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* FanPreferredCouple: There is a surprising amount of Witch/Hunter fanart to be found online.
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** Whether the Green Flu is naturally uncontrolled mutation or genetically engineered, as well as how the Special Infected (and one encountered is a military property) is either a natural mutation or BioweaponBeast, as its never addressed at all as of the game's end of storyline.
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* FriendlyFandoms: With the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' fanbase. This extends to the developers, as the PC version of ''Videogame/ResidentEvil6'' has an assortment of special Mercenaries mode cameo in Capcom's side and ''Left 4 Dead 2'' has the models of ''Resident Evil 6'' [[BioweaponBeast BOWs]] as replacement of Special Infected character models converted by Chet Faliszek, the writer of Valve's core games including ''Left 4 Dead'' and its sequel themselves.
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* MagnificentBastard: [[CoolOldGuy William "Bill" Overbeck]] is the de facto leader of the Survivors and [[PragmaticHero looks after his own group no matter the cost]]. Having been introduced to the Infection when he [[{{Determinator}} powered through surgical anesthetic]] to kill a zombie with his bare hands, Bill remains just as effective a zombie killer as his younger counterparts, leading them from Philadelphia to rescue at the Millhaven outpost. Inside the outpost, Bill helps overpower his captor before leading the expanded group across the outpost, picking up on Louis' plan to take out a Tank and playing his role perfectly. When they get to the train, Bill starts it and leaves everyone except for his group behind, beginning a new plan to reach the Florida Keys. When the plan goes wrong, Bill sacrifices his life to ensure the group's survival, facing down three Tanks with [[FaceDeathWithDignity nothing but a last smoke]] and the comfort that his loved ones are safe.
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** The game is apparently fairly popular in Japan, possibly owing to the game's linear structure and immense replay value, which is surprising considering how unpopular western-developed games, specifically first-person shooters, are in Japan. Even Creator/HideoKojima has confessed that he's a fan of the game! This lead to an arcade port of the game in Japan.

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** The game is apparently fairly popular in Japan, possibly owing to the game's linear structure and immense replay value, which is surprising considering how unpopular western-developed games, specifically first-person shooters, are were in Japan. Even Creator/HideoKojima has confessed that he's a fan of the game! This lead to an arcade port of the game in Japan.

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** The FictionalVideoGame in ''Film/StayAlive'' is a co-op monster/zombie shooter set in New Orleans. Compare to ''Left 4 Dead 2''.

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** The "Screamer" concept of Special Infected would be properly implemented in later different games ''Videogame/StateOfDecay'' (including [[Videogame/StateOfDecay2 the sequel]]) and ''Videogame/WorldWarZ'' due to the larger map of both respective games. Previously in ''Videogame/KillingFloor'' there is a "Siren" but it only disorients and harm player character instead of bringing horde attention due to fixed number of undead-like enemies of the game.
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** When Bill didn't receive any new lines for the "Crash Course" DLC, a rumor quickly spread around the internet that it was because his voice actor, Jim French, had died, leading to French himself having to come out and publicly confirm that he was still alive and it was simply due to a scheduling conflict. He eventually returned to "The Sacrifice", the campaign in which [[spoiler:Bill canonically dies]]... and then he died for real, meaning that Bill will never receive any new lines.

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** When Bill didn't receive any new lines for the "Crash Course" DLC, a rumor quickly spread around the internet that it was because his voice actor, Jim French, had died, leading to French himself having to come out and publicly confirm that he was still alive and it was simply due to a scheduling conflict. He eventually returned to "The Sacrifice", the campaign in which [[spoiler:Bill canonically dies]]... and then he died six years after the release, Jim French passed away for real, meaning that Bill will never receive any new lines.real.
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* FanficFuel: What happens in between the original campaigns can be easily filled out with custom campaigns, especially how the van the survivors escape in "Crash Course" is nowhere to be seen in "Death Toll", the point where survivors are out of the Slater's boat at the end of "Death Toll" and making their way into the greenhouse in the beginning of "Dead Air", and how the survivors are stranded in Allegheny National Park in the beginning of "Blood Harvest" with the cargo plane out of sight.

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