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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 [[Fancy Fedora|fedoras]], turned inside out, trimmed, and dyed a vibrant color. After the trend caught on, manufactured whoopee caps could be purchased. | * 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 [[Fancy Fedora|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 hat was originally named Lil' Scamp's Whoopee Cap by the creator. | *The hat was originally named Lil' Scamp's Whoopee Cap by the creator. | ||
*This cap looks similar to the one worn by [[Wikipedia:Jughead Jones|Jughead Jones]] from [[Wikipedia:Archie (comics)|Archie Comics]]. | *This cap looks similar to the one worn by [[Wikipedia:Jughead Jones|Jughead Jones]] from [[Wikipedia:Archie (comics)|Archie Comics]]. |
Revision as of 11:42, 9 November 2010
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The Whoopee Cap is a community-created headwear item for the Scout chosen by Valve to be released with the second wave of community-contributed content due to its outstanding quality. It appears as a crown-like cap adorned with badges.
The hat description was written by Sketch56. It was slightly edited by Valve.
Painted variants
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Trivia
- 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.
- The hat was originally named Lil' Scamp's Whoopee Cap by the creator.
- This cap looks similar to the one worn by Jughead Jones from Archie Comics.
- The new description of the hat makes the Jughead reference more obvious.
- The badges/patches on the hat include: Bonk! Atomic Punch Blutonium Berry, the Scout logo, BLU Streak beer, Mann Co., RED and BLU team logos, Bonk! Atomic Punch Cherry Fission, Badland Brawlers, XXX and a Miniature Dispenser (Enemy team color).
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