Difference between revisions of "Whoopee Cap"
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== Trivia == | == 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. | * 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. | ||
| + | *Ironically, The Spy, who maintains a relationship with the scout's mother owns a fedora, which could mean the scout made his whopee cap out it. | ||
*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 18:34, 1 October 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.
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.
- Ironically, The Spy, who maintains a relationship with the scout's mother owns a fedora, which could mean the scout made his whopee cap out it.
- 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 on 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.
- The badges/patches on the hat include:
- Bonk! Atomic Punch Blutonium Berry
- Scout logo
- BLU Streak beer
- Mann Co.
- RED/BLU team logos
- Bonk! Atomic Punch Cherry Fission
- Badland Brawlers
- XXX
- Miniature Dispenser (Enemy Team Color)
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