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* 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 sulfuric acid is "My eyes! The goggles do nothing!".
 
* 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 sulfuric acid is "My eyes! The goggles do nothing!".
 
* 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'<ref>http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1066873&postcount=107</ref>. This may be a reference to the fact that the Medic looks quite similar to Egon Spengler, and that the [[Medi Gun]] and backpack he wears bear a resemblance to the Neutrona Wand and Proton Pack respectively.
 
* 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'<ref>http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1066873&postcount=107</ref>. This may be a reference to the fact that the Medic looks quite similar to Egon Spengler, and that the [[Medi Gun]] and backpack he wears bear a resemblance to the Neutrona Wand and Proton Pack respectively.
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* When selected in the backpack, the selection noise is the Counter Strike: Source night vision sound!
  
 
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==References==

Revision as of 13:52, 21 November 2010

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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 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 sulfuric acid is "My eyes! The goggles do nothing!".
  • 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'[1]. This may be a reference to the fact that the Medic looks quite similar to Egon Spengler, and that the Medi Gun and backpack he wears bear a resemblance to the Neutrona Wand and Proton Pack respectively.
  • When selected in the backpack, the selection noise is the Counter Strike: Source night vision sound!

References