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Weed Soldier

The Weed Soldier refers to this image:

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The image was originaly created as an edit of a scene from TEChulus's video Crystal Weed which came out on September of 2013, it is unknown who created the edit, but one of the first notable uses of the image was done by the tf2 youtuber Rapid シ as the thubnail of his video WEED IS NOW LEGAL IN TF2 which came out on February of 2015.

Resurgence

Up to this point the Weed Soldier image (also dubbed :weed:) was just a random tf2 joke image, nothing more, nothing less, but the meme became very big in the community of the youtuber Chimparoncito around 2022, the image started to see use, in game on Conscientious Objector and outside of it like in profile pictures on several sites (mostly on steam), and even recreated in other games like MineCraft, this was all done because of challenge streams Chimparoncito did in which he closes the stream if he sees the image at all while playing tf2, the more times he did the challenge the harder it became, and the more popular the image became in the tf2 community at large.

At this point the image started to have variations of it created on the other classes, and was commonly used together with by this remix of Rocket Jump Waltz(created on April of 2020 by skylinee). Its most recent notable use happened on July of 2023 when the youtuber Richter Overtime used an edited version of the image with the word "Its Over" for the thumbnail of his video about the tf2 leak "Explaining TF2's Biggest Leak Ever"

Popular Uses Of The Image

1-common edit video of the classes.
2-loadout created in tf2.
3-the image recreated insdie of MineCraft.
4-a fad created about Richter Overtime's use of the :Weed: in the thumbnail of his video.
5-:weed: on r/place 2023.
PantsPlant (talk) 00:49, 17 September 2023 (UTC) PantsPlant (talk) 16:27, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Personally, I think although it does see a lot of usage, it isn't really notable. It seems like only a few notable YouTubers have the image as a popular fad in their community and it has only appeared a few times in the TF2 community as a whole. The most usage the fad sees seems to be related to one person's usage of the image in a thumbnail, which the thumbnail itself is the focus and not the Soldier image itself.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) 01:01, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

I agree with GrampaSwood. While I've seen it a few times, it doesn't seem notable enough to be mentioned here. - BrazilianNut (talk) 02:39, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Demoman MOO!

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MOO-ve that gear up! Click to listen — Demoman saying Move up!

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The Demoman Moo meme is a meme where people play as Demo in 2fort, then they go to the cow right next to the entrance to the intel, and they say Move up while laughing right before Demo says "that." It should sound like he's saying MOO!

--Slimyboi500 (talk) 15:54, 4 October 2023 (UTC)Slimyboi500

I don't think this is nearly notable enough, considering it's only limited to 2Fort and doesn't see much widespread usage otherwise.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 16:17, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

I hadn't heard of it until now, so yeah, I don't think it's notable enough either. - BrazilianNut (talk) 17:14, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Tick Tock

What about adding the fad of the buff mercs posing to Tick Tock by Joji? CriticalFeesh (talk) 12:09, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

This meme mostly exists in the format of the same few GIFs/images with the same music, I don't think this fits the definition of "fad" very well. It doesn't see much widespread usage outside of the same format (the GIFs with the music under it), unlike other fads here which come in many different forms.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 12:17, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

The heavy is dead

“

HEAVY IS DEAD! Click to listen — The Medic reacting to Heavy's Death

”

The Heavy is Dead is a Community fad made by Delak on YouTube.

Video

The video may be blocked for some users because it is age-restricted.

"Family Friendly" version

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Slimyboi500 (talk) 18:29, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Not sure this is really a fad, more just a popular video that people quote. It has largely died down and there isn't any example of it beyond the video itself. I'd vote no
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 22:53, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Add Madcap

I think we can add Madcap on here. There's art, loadouts, his theme music and even recently a voice actor. FrancePain (talk) 13:55, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

I think it would need to prove more long-term popularity. It seems like the popularity is also largely contained to r/tf2. There may also be issues with the fact that the class itself is AI-generated.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 14:10, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

This is a bucket

“

This is a bucket. Click to listen — The Spy

”

This is a bucket is a community fad from the scene of Expiration Date.

Video

In this scene, Spy says "This is a bucket." and Soldier reacts to it with "Dear God.". And Spy says "There's more." and Soldier responds "No."

"This is a bucket" has a page on Know Your Meme.

Yellow Devil (talk) 09:57, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

This cannot be a community fad. This is a funny scene created by Valve, the community doesn't add onto it at all.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 10:17, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

SeeS or SooS?

SeeS or SooS? is a community fad made by notna.

Video

In the video, Soldier with a tiny head says "SeeS" and then Heavy with a tiny head like the Soldier says "SooS." And as this scene crosses over faster and faster, Spy says "SooS." Afterwards, Soldier makes a sad face and a seconds later, Medic says "SeeS."

There are a lot of variations of the fad on YouTube.

Yellow Devil (talk) 12:28, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Doesn't seem noteworthy imo. There are plenty of voice line mixing fads like this, but they're not noteworthy.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 18:38, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Mimi-Sentry/Robots in General

File:Sentry Family By CpNitro.jpg

An example of anthropomorphism of the Engineer's buildings.Original post here

Originally starting out as a fad in 2023, "Mimi-Sentry" refers to an anthromorphic personification of the Mini-Sentry of the Engineer as a robotic female. The most common depiction is to portray "Mimi" as the Engineer's daughter as a humorous extrapolation of an Engineer tip. "Mimi-Sentry" reached the point of there being Steam Workshop mods that changed the Engineer's buildings into the robots in question. Various animations often portray "Mimi" as a michevious "daughter" of the Engineer, or remaking Engineer memes replacing him with the "Mimi Sentry". The anthropomorphism quickly spread to not only the other Engineer buildings but even weapons of the other TF2 classes and even into other games. In general the Dispencer is referred to as "Miss Spencer" and the Teleporters are portrayed as "twins", which ultimate leads to portrayls as the Engineer and his buildings as a literal family.

The TF2 community often uses "Mimi-Sentry" as a meta-joke of how desperate/lacking in updates the game was to the point of creating "Mimi-Sentry" as a fad. Many fans welcomed the meme while others were ciritical of it, often complaining about how the robots were often depicted in less than savory circumstances. Despite this, the general consensus of the "Mimi Sentry" is to treat "her" as a wholesome loyal daughter to the Engineer.