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'''Ze Goggles''' are a community-created [[Hats|headwear]] item for the [[Medic]], appearing as a pair of chunky, military-spec night vision goggles.
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'''Ze Goggles''' are a community-created [[Hats|headwear]] item for the [[Medic]], appearing as a pair of chunky, military-spec night-vision goggles.
  
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
* Ze Goggles' description is a reference to one of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juFZh92MUOY Ranier Wolfcastle's lines] from The Simpsons' Season 7 episode "Radioactive Man", which has since developed into a meme. The line Radioactive man yells out when he is splashed by acid is "My eyes, The goggles do nothing!".
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* Ze Goggles' description is most likely a reference to one of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juFZh92MUOY Ranier Wolfcastle's lines] from The Simpsons' Season 7 episode "Radioactive Man", which has since developed into a meme. The line Radioactive man yells out when he is splashed by sulphuric acid is "My eyes! The goggles do nothing!".
** Ze Goggles' special description was in place before the [[Mann-Conomy Update]], making it the only droppable hat at the time to have one.
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* Ze Goggles' special description was in place before the [[Mann-Conomy Update]], making it the only droppable hat at the time to have one.
 
* Ze Goggles are also a reference to the Ecto-Goggles (officially dubbed the "Paragoggles" in Ghostbusters: The Video Game) which appear in the Ghostbusters series, their name originally being 'The Ect-oh Goggles'. This may be a reference to the fact that the Medic looks quite similar to Egon Spengler, and that the [[Medigun]] and backpack he wears bear a resemblance to the Neutrona Wand and Proton Pack.  
 
* Ze Goggles are also a reference to the Ecto-Goggles (officially dubbed the "Paragoggles" in Ghostbusters: The Video Game) which appear in the Ghostbusters series, their name originally being 'The Ect-oh Goggles'. This may be a reference to the fact that the Medic looks quite similar to Egon Spengler, and that the [[Medigun]] and backpack he wears bear a resemblance to the Neutrona Wand and Proton Pack.  
  
 
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Auf wiedersehen, Dummkopf!
The Medic

Ze Goggles are a community-created headwear item for the Medic, appearing as a pair of chunky, military-spec night-vision goggles.

Trivia

  • Ze Goggles' description is most likely a reference to one of Ranier Wolfcastle's lines from The Simpsons' Season 7 episode "Radioactive Man", which has since developed into a meme. The line Radioactive man yells out when he is splashed by sulphuric acid is "My eyes! The goggles do nothing!".
  • Ze Goggles' special description was in place before the Mann-Conomy Update, making it the only droppable hat at the time to have one.
  • Ze Goggles are also a reference to the Ecto-Goggles (officially dubbed the "Paragoggles" in Ghostbusters: The Video Game) which appear in the Ghostbusters series, their name originally being 'The Ect-oh Goggles'. This may be a reference to the fact that the Medic looks quite similar to Egon Spengler, and that the Medigun and backpack he wears bear a resemblance to the Neutrona Wand and Proton Pack.