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| hat-slot = [[Head]]
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| type              = cosmetic
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| used-by = [[Scout]]
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| image              = Whoopee Cap.png
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| hat-image = Whoopeecap.png
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| team-colors        = yes
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| has-team-colors = yes
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| used-by           = {{used by|Scout}}
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| released = [[May 20, 2010 Patch]]
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| equip-region      = hat
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| contributed-by = [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198012599678 Thrillho]|
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| contributed-by    = {{Backpack Item Link|76561198012599678|253676511}}
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| display-loadout-stats = yes
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| released           = {{Patch name|5|20|2010}}
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| neutral-attributes = You'd have to be a jughead not to realize this cap is the pinnacle of fashion for the discerning youth.
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| released-major    = Second Community Contribution Update
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| availability      = {{avail|drop|craft|purchase|crate4|crate16|unusual|collectors}}
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| trade              = yes
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| gift              = yes
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| marketable        = yes
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| paint              = yes
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| rename            = yes
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| numbered          = no
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| loadout           = yes
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  | item-kind        = {{item kind|Hat}}
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  | item-description = {{item description|Whoopee Cap}}
 
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{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|Today ain't ya day, pancakes!|sound=Scout_dominationhvy02.wav}}
 
  
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The '''Whoopee Cap''' is a community-created [[Hats|headwear]] item for the [[Scout]] chosen by Valve to be released with the second wave of [[Contribution page|community-contributed]] content due to its outstanding quality. It appears as a crown-like cap adorned with badges.
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{{Quotation|'''The Scout''', trying to get his new pins on his hat|Hey, get on the cap, guys!|sound=Scout fightoncap01.wav}}
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The '''Whoopee Cap''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]] for the [[Scout]]. It is a team-colored, felt [[w:Whoopee cap|whoopee cap]] adorned with pins and patches displaying various [[List of companies|logos]] seen in ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' maps and media.
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The item's description was written by [https://web.archive.org/web/20110624031001/http://forums.steampowered.com:80/forums/showpost.php?p=16691818&postcount=22 Sketch56] for the [[Hat Describing Contest]], and was slightly edited by Valve.
  
 
== Painted variants ==
 
== Painted variants ==
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== Update history ==
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'''{{Patch name|5|20|2010}}''' ([[Second Community Contribution Update]])
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* The Whoopee Cap was added to the game.
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'''{{Patch name|9|30|2010}}''' ([[Mann-Conomy Update]])
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* The Whoopee Cap was made [[paintable]].
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* {{Undocumented}} Added a community-contributed description for the Whoopee Cap.
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* {{Undocumented}} The Whoopee Cap can now be uncrated with [[Unusual]] quality.
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'''{{Patch name|12|2|2010}} #1'''
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* The Whoopee Cap's painting texture was improved.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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* Whoopee caps were popular amongst American youth during the 1930s and 40's. Commonly, the child would make one out of one of their father's worn-out fedoras, turned inside out, trimmed, and dyed a vibrant color. After the trend caught on, manufactured whoopee caps could be purchased.
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* The pins found on the hat feature:
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*The hat was originally named Lil' Scamp's Whoopee Cap by the creator.
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** The [[Non-player characters#Badland Brawlers|Badland Brawlers]] sports team.
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*This cap looks similar to the one worn by [[Wikipedia:Jughead Jones|Jughead Jones]] from [[Wikipedia:Archie (comics)|Archie Comics]].
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** [[Bonk! Atomic Punch]] Cherry Fission/Blutonium Berry.
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**The new description of the hat, "You'd have to be a jughead not to realize this cap is the pinnacle of fashion for the discerning youth", also makes the Jughead reference more obvious.
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** The Scout's class emblem.
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*The hat description was written by [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1411280&page=2 Sketch56]. It was slightly edited by Valve.
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** BLU Streak beer.
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* The badges/patches on the hat include:
 
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** [[Bonk! Atomic Punch]] Blutonium Berry
 
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** Scout logo
 
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** BLU Streak beer
 
 
** [[Mann Co.]]
 
** [[Mann Co.]]
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** [[RED]]/[[BLU]] team logos
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** RED/BLU team.
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** [[Bonk! Atomic Punch]] Cherry Fission
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** XXX Cider.
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** Badland Brawlers
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** A miniature enemy [[Dispenser]].
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** [[Bottle|XXX]]
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* The Whoopee Cap's description references [[w:Jughead Jones|Jughead Jones]], of ''[[w:Archie (comic book)|Archie Comics]]'' fame, who is well-known for wearing a similar cap.
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** Miniature [[Dispenser]] (Enemy Team Color)
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*This hat hints at the Spy's relationship to the Scout, as traditional whoopee caps would be made out of worn out [[Fancy fedora|fedoras]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mpSdZpXURk Creator's video description] confirming the reference.</ref>
  
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== Gallery ==
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File:Jughead Jones Reference.png|Jughead Jones
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Latest revision as of 22:01, 15 November 2024

“
Hey, get on the cap, guys!
Click to listen
— The Scout, trying to get his new pins on his hat
 ”

The Whoopee Cap is a community-created cosmetic item for the Scout. It is a team-colored, felt whoopee cap adorned with pins and patches displaying various logos seen in Team Fortress 2 maps and media.

The item's description was written by Sketch56 for the Hat Describing Contest, and was slightly edited by Valve.

Painted variants

Main article: Paint Can
Mouseover cells to preview the images on a dark background. Click on the images to enlarge them.
Due to how the textures are set up, painting the Whoopee Cap with single color Paint Cans results in different colorization on the paint regions between teams.
Single colors
Painted Whoopee Cap E6E6E6.png Painted Whoopee Cap E6E6E6 BLU.png Painted Whoopee Cap D8BED8.png Painted Whoopee Cap D8BED8 BLU.png
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge (RED) An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge (BLU) Color No. 216-190-216 (RED) Color No. 216-190-216 (BLU)
Painted Whoopee Cap C5AF91.png Painted Whoopee Cap C5AF91 BLU.png Painted Whoopee Cap 7E7E7E.png Painted Whoopee Cap 7E7E7E BLU.png
Peculiarly Drab Tincture (RED) Peculiarly Drab Tincture (BLU) Aged Moustache Grey (RED) Aged Moustache Grey (BLU)
Painted Whoopee Cap 141414.png Painted Whoopee Cap 141414 BLU.png Painted Whoopee Cap 2D2D24.png Painted Whoopee Cap 2D2D24 BLU.png
A Distinctive Lack of Hue (RED) A Distinctive Lack of Hue (BLU) After Eight (RED) After Eight (BLU)
Painted Whoopee Cap 694D3A.png Painted Whoopee Cap 694D3A BLU.png Painted Whoopee Cap 7C6C57.png Painted Whoopee Cap 7C6C57 BLU.png
Radigan Conagher Brown (RED) Radigan Conagher Brown (BLU) Ye Olde Rustic Colour (RED) Ye Olde Rustic Colour (BLU)
Painted Whoopee Cap A57545.png Painted Whoopee Cap A57545 BLU.png Painted Whoopee Cap CF7336.png Painted Whoopee Cap CF7336 BLU.png
Muskelmannbraun (RED) Muskelmannbraun (BLU) Mann Co. Orange (RED) Mann Co. Orange (BLU)
Painted Whoopee Cap E7B53B.png Painted Whoopee Cap E7B53B BLU.png Painted Whoopee Cap F0E68C.png Painted Whoopee Cap F0E68C BLU.png
Australium Gold (RED) Australium Gold (BLU) The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants (RED) The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants (BLU)
Painted Whoopee Cap E9967A.png Painted Whoopee Cap E9967A BLU.png Painted Whoopee Cap FF69B4.png Painted Whoopee Cap FF69B4 BLU.png
Dark Salmon Injustice (RED) Dark Salmon Injustice (BLU) Pink as Hell (RED) Pink as Hell (BLU)
Painted Whoopee Cap 7D4071.png Painted Whoopee Cap 7D4071 BLU.png Painted Whoopee Cap 51384A.png Painted Whoopee Cap 51384A BLU.png
A Deep Commitment to Purple (RED) A Deep Commitment to Purple (BLU) Noble Hatter's Violet (RED) Noble Hatter's Violet (BLU)
Painted Whoopee Cap 2F4F4F.png Painted Whoopee Cap 2F4F4F BLU.png Painted Whoopee Cap 424F3B.png Painted Whoopee Cap 424F3B BLU.png
A Color Similar to Slate (RED) A Color Similar to Slate (BLU) Zepheniah's Greed (RED) Zepheniah's Greed (BLU)
Painted Whoopee Cap 808000.png Painted Whoopee Cap 808000 BLU.png Painted Whoopee Cap 729E42.png Painted Whoopee Cap 729E42 BLU.png
Drably Olive (RED) Drably Olive (BLU) Indubitably Green (RED) Indubitably Green (BLU)
Painted Whoopee Cap 32CD32.png Painted Whoopee Cap 32CD32 BLU.png Painted Whoopee Cap BCDDB3.png Painted Whoopee Cap BCDDB3 BLU.png
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime (RED) The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime (BLU) A Mann's Mint (RED) A Mann's Mint (BLU)
Team colors
Painted Whoopee Cap A89A8C.png Painted Whoopee Cap 839FA3.png Painted Whoopee Cap 3B1F23.png Painted Whoopee Cap 18233D.png
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Painted Whoopee Cap B8383B.png Painted Whoopee Cap 5885A2.png Painted Whoopee Cap 483838.png Painted Whoopee Cap 384248.png
Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU)
Painted Whoopee Cap 803020.png Painted Whoopee Cap 256D8D.png Painted Whoopee Cap 654740.png Painted Whoopee Cap 28394D.png
The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Painted Whoopee Cap C36C2D.png Painted Whoopee Cap B88035.png RED Whoopee Cap.png BLU Whoopee Cap.png
Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted (RED) Unpainted (BLU)

Update history

May 20, 2010 Patch (Second Community Contribution Update)

  • The Whoopee Cap was added to the game.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

  • The Whoopee Cap was made paintable.
  • [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for the Whoopee Cap.
  • [Undocumented] The Whoopee Cap can now be uncrated with Unusual quality.

December 2, 2010 Patch #1

  • The Whoopee Cap's painting texture was improved.

Trivia

  • The pins found on the hat feature:
  • The Whoopee Cap's description references Jughead Jones, of Archie Comics fame, who is well-known for wearing a similar cap.
  • This hat hints at the Spy's relationship to the Scout, as traditional whoopee caps would be made out of worn out fedoras.[1]

Gallery

  • Jughead Jones

References

  1. ↑ Creator's video description confirming the reference.
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