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| type              = cosmetic
 
| type              = cosmetic
 
| image              = Macho Mann.png
 
| image              = Macho Mann.png
| used-by            = [[Classes|All classes]], except [[Pyro]]
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| used-by            = {{used by|all-except|Pyro}}
 
| equip-region      = glasses
 
| equip-region      = glasses
 
| contributed-by    = {{Backpack Item Link|76561197962645654|5943490202}}
 
| contributed-by    = {{Backpack Item Link|76561197962645654|5943490202}}
| released          = {{Patch name|7|10|2013}}<br>([[Summer Event 2013]])
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| released          = {{Patch name|7|10|2013}}
| availability      = {{avail|purchase|craft|drop|crate66|collectors|keyless-crate}}
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| released-major    = Summer Event 2013
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| availability      = {{avail|drop|craft|purchase|crate66|collectors|keyless-crate}}
 
| trade              = yes
 
| trade              = yes
 
| gift              = yes
 
| gift              = yes
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| loadout            = yes
 
| loadout            = yes
 
   | prefix          = The
 
   | prefix          = The
   | item-kind        = Glasses
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   | item-kind        = {{item kind|Glasses}}
   | item-level      = 1-100
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   | item-description = {{item description|Macho Mann}}
  | item-description = Sometimes it really does take a village, people.
 
 
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{{Quotation|'''Macho Mann''' publicity blurb|You don't have to be in the navy to sport aviator glasses and a confident moustache -- also acceptable are cowboy, policeman, native American, construction worker or international mercenary!}}
 
{{Quotation|'''Macho Mann''' publicity blurb|You don't have to be in the navy to sport aviator glasses and a confident moustache -- also acceptable are cowboy, policeman, native American, construction worker or international mercenary!}}
  
The '''Macho Mann''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]] for [[Classes|all classes]] except the [[Pyro]]. It appears as a pair of reflective gold-rimmed [[w:Aviator sunglasses|aviator sunglasses]] with a thick [[Moustache#Styles|chevron mustache]].
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The '''Macho Mann''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]] for [[Classes|all classes]] except the [[Pyro]]. It appears as a pair of reflective gold-rimmed [[w:Aviator sunglasses|aviator sunglasses]] with a thick [[w:Moustache#Styles|chevron mustache]].
  
The Macho Mann was [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=140375753 contributed] to the Steam Workshop.
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The Macho Mann was [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=140375753 contributed] to the Steam Workshop.
  
 
== Painted variants ==
 
== Painted variants ==
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* The Macho Mann was added to the game.
 
* The Macho Mann was added to the game.
  
'''{{Patch name|8|27|2013}}'''
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'''{{Patch name|8|27|2013}} #1'''
* {{Undocumented}} Added The Macho Mann to the [[Mann Co. Store]].
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* {{Undocumented}} Added the Macho Mann to the [[Mann Co. Store]].
  
'''{{Patch name|07|7|2016}}''' ([[Meet Your Match Update]])
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'''{{Patch name|11|12|2013}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Added {{item link|Collector's}} quality.
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'''{{Patch name|7|7|2016}} #1''' ([[Meet Your Match Update]])
 
* {{Undocumented}} Added [[Strange]] quality.
 
* {{Undocumented}} Added [[Strange]] quality.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
* The name and description of this item refer to "[[w:Macho Man|Macho Man]]", a song and album by the 70's disco band [[w:Village People|Village People]], also known for their recording of [[w:In the Navy|In the Navy]].
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* The name and description of this item refer to ''[[w:Macho Man (song)|Macho Man]]'', a song and album by the 70's disco band [[w:Village People|Village People]].
** But the idiom "it takes a village" in the description entered the English language through the title of Hillary Clinton's book, ''[[w:It Takes a Village|It Takes a Village]]''.
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** The design references the iconic aviator glasses and chevron mustache of [[w:David Hodo|David Hodo]], who performed the construction worker character in the group Village People from 1978 to 1982 and from 1987 to 2013.
* The design references the iconic aviator glasses and chevron mustache of [[w:Thomas Magnum|Thomas Magnum]] in the popular 80s show "[[w:Magnum P.I.|Magnum P.I.]]".<!-- The actual workshop design reference is to the movie Top Gunn (1986) through the the aviator characters Maverick and Goose, but those styles were not added to the game. -->
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* The idiom "[[wikt:it takes a village to raise a child|it takes a village (to raise a child)]]" means that an entire community must provide and interact positively with children in order for them to grow up healthily and safely.
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
<gallery perrow=3>
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<gallery perrow="3">
Image:Macho Mann Scout.png|[[Scout]]
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File:Macho Mann Scout.png|[[Scout]]
Image:Macho Mann Soldier.png|[[Soldier]]
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File:Macho Mann Soldier.png|[[Soldier]]
Image:Macho Mann Demoman.png|[[Demoman]]
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File:Macho Mann Demoman.png|[[Demoman]]
Image:Macho Mann Heavy.png|[[Heavy]]
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File:Macho Mann Heavy.png|[[Heavy]]
Image:Macho Mann Engineer.png|[[Engineer]]
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File:Macho Mann Engineer.png|[[Engineer]]
Image:Macho Mann Medic.png|[[Medic]]
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File:Macho Mann Medic.png|[[Medic]]
Image:Macho Mann Sniper.png|[[Sniper]]
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File:Macho Mann Sniper.png|[[Sniper]]
Image:Macho Mann Spy.png|[[Spy]]
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File:Macho Mann Spy.png|[[Spy]]
 
File:Steamworkshop tf2 macho mann thumb.jpg|Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Macho Mann.
 
File:Steamworkshop tf2 macho mann thumb.jpg|Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Macho Mann.
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File:Village People Macho Mann Reference.jpg|David Hodo of The Village People
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
{{Summer2013Nav}}
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{{Summer 2013 Nav}}
{{HatNav}}
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{{Hat Nav}}
{{Scout Nav|coluncolstate=collapsed}}
 
{{Soldier Nav|coluncolstate=collapsed}}
 
{{Demoman Nav|coluncolstate=collapsed}}
 
{{Heavy Nav|coluncolstate=collapsed}}
 
{{Engineer Nav|coluncolstate=collapsed}}
 
{{Medic Nav|coluncolstate=collapsed}}
 
{{Sniper Nav|coluncolstate=collapsed}}
 
{{Spy Nav|coluncolstate=collapsed}}
 

Latest revision as of 19:36, 29 April 2024

You don't have to be in the navy to sport aviator glasses and a confident moustache -- also acceptable are cowboy, policeman, native American, construction worker or international mercenary!
Macho Mann publicity blurb

The Macho Mann is a community-created cosmetic item for all classes except the Pyro. It appears as a pair of reflective gold-rimmed aviator sunglasses with a thick chevron mustache.

The Macho Mann was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Painted variants

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Single colors
Painted Macho Mann E6E6E6.png Painted Macho Mann D8BED8.png Painted Macho Mann C5AF91.png Painted Macho Mann 7E7E7E.png
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey
Painted Macho Mann 141414.png Painted Macho Mann 2D2D24.png Painted Macho Mann 694D3A.png Painted Macho Mann 7C6C57.png
A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Painted Macho Mann A57545.png Painted Macho Mann CF7336.png Painted Macho Mann E7B53B.png Painted Macho Mann F0E68C.png
Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Painted Macho Mann E9967A.png Painted Macho Mann FF69B4.png Painted Macho Mann 7D4071.png Painted Macho Mann 51384A.png
Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet
Painted Macho Mann 2F4F4F.png Painted Macho Mann 424F3B.png Painted Macho Mann 808000.png Painted Macho Mann 729E42.png
A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green
Painted Macho Mann 32CD32.png Painted Macho Mann BCDDB3.png
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Painted Macho Mann A89A8C.png Painted Macho Mann 839FA3.png Painted Macho Mann 3B1F23.png Painted Macho Mann 18233D.png
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Painted Macho Mann B8383B.png Painted Macho Mann 5885A2.png Painted Macho Mann 483838.png Painted Macho Mann 384248.png
Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU)
Painted Macho Mann 803020.png Painted Macho Mann 256D8D.png Painted Macho Mann 654740.png Painted Macho Mann 28394D.png
The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Painted Macho Mann C36C2D.png Painted Macho Mann B88035.png Painted Macho Mann UNPAINTED.png
Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted

Update history

July 10, 2013 Patch (Summer Event 2013)

  • The Macho Mann was added to the game.

August 27, 2013 Patch #1

November 12, 2013 Patch

July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)

  • [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

Trivia

  • The name and description of this item refer to Macho Man, a song and album by the 70's disco band Village People.
    • The design references the iconic aviator glasses and chevron mustache of David Hodo, who performed the construction worker character in the group Village People from 1978 to 1982 and from 1987 to 2013.
  • The idiom "it takes a village (to raise a child)" means that an entire community must provide and interact positively with children in order for them to grow up healthily and safely.

Gallery