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The '''Backbiter's Billycock''' is an unlockable headwear item for the [[Spy]]. It appears as a Tom Bowler hat that sits atop the Spy's regular balaclava. | The '''Backbiter's Billycock''' is an unlockable headwear item for the [[Spy]]. It appears as a Tom Bowler hat that sits atop the Spy's regular balaclava. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
Revision as of 05:50, 4 October 2010
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The Backbiter's Billycock is an unlockable headwear item for the Spy. It appears as a Tom Bowler hat that sits atop the Spy's regular balaclava.
Painted variants
Main article: Paint Can
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| An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge | Color No. 216-190-216 | Peculiarly Drab Tincture | Aged Moustache Grey |
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| A Distinctive Lack of Hue | After Eight | Radigan Conagher Brown | Ye Olde Rustic Colour |
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| Muskelmannbraun | Mann Co. Orange | Australium Gold | The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants |
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| Dark Salmon Injustice | Pink as Hell | A Deep Commitment to Purple | Noble Hatter's Violet |
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| A Color Similar to Slate | Zepheniah's Greed | Drably Olive | Indubitably Green |
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| The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime | A Mann's Mint | ||
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| Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) | Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) | Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) | Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU) |
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| Team Spirit (RED) | Team Spirit (BLU) | Operator's Overalls (RED) | Operator's Overalls (BLU) |
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| The Value of Teamwork (RED) | The Value of Teamwork (BLU) | An Air of Debonair (RED) | An Air of Debonair (BLU) |
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| Cream Spirit (RED) | Cream Spirit (BLU) | Unpainted (RED) | Unpainted (BLU) |
Trivia
- The Billycock also known as an Tom Bowler, Derby or Coke hat was originally designed for horseback riders. The tighter-fitting brim and relatively low crown made it harder to topple off its owner's head. Some had complained of low tree branches knocking off their silk top hats, which were the preferred style of the gentry at the time.
- The popularity of the bowler hat increased in young men during the 1960s and 1970s after the release of Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange.
- This hat is similar to the one worn by Oddjob, a villain from the James Bond series.
- A similar hat was also worn by the British agent John Steed in the 1960s Spy Fi television series The Avengers, as well as by the titular character and his associates in the 1999 heist film The Thomas Crown Affair.
- The term "Backbiter" means a person who says nasty things about another person [1], so the hat's name may refer to the Spy's tendency to badmouth opponents. It could also, however, refer to the pain one feels when being stabbed in the back.
- The Spy's Billycock looks similar to the Modest Pile of Hat. However, the Modest Pile of Hat is grey, has a thicker rim, and a much more noticeable hatband.
- The hat description was written by caeonosphere.
- The Billycock and it's team colors look similar to Blutarch and Redmond's hats [2], although this could be just a coincidence.
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