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* This hat is a reference to the "Potato Clock", a popular science fair project where a potato is used to power a clock or other electronic appliance.{{ref|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_%28electricity%29#Homemade_cells}}
 
* This hat is a reference to the "Potato Clock", a popular science fair project where a potato is used to power a clock or other electronic appliance.{{ref|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_%28electricity%29#Homemade_cells}}
 
* Redaction is the act of blanking out sensitive or {{botignore|classified}} information from a document in order to reduce its classification level for distribution to a wider audience.
 
* Redaction is the act of blanking out sensitive or {{botignore|classified}} information from a document in order to reduce its classification level for distribution to a wider audience.
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* The hat's real title is - Aperture Labs Hard Hat, as shown in Portal 2.
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
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Revision as of 15:15, 20 April 2011

“
Dominated, ya ploddin' potatohead!
Click to listen
— The Sniper
 ”

The [ classified ], commonly known as the Potato Hat, is a promotional headwear item for all classes. It is a white hard hat with a Template:W miner's light with a team colored glow, connected by two insulated orange wires. The far side of the hat sports two pieces of grey electrical tape covering an unknown circular logo.

This hat was awarded to players who have bought the Potato Sack pack, or owned all the games from the pack. It first became available with the April 5, 2011 Patch and could be obtained prior to the release of Portal 2. It can be worn by Atlas and P-body in Portal 2's co-op mode as the Aperture Labs Hard Hat.

Painted variants

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Single colors
Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat E6E6E6.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat D8BED8.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat C5AF91.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat 7E7E7E.png
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
Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat A57545.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat CF7336.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat E7B53B.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat F0E68C.png
Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat E9967A.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat FF69B4.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat 7D4071.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat 51384A.png
Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet
Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat 2F4F4F.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat 424F3B.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat 808000.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat 729E42.png
A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green
Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat 32CD32.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat BCDDB3.png
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat A89A8C.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat 839FA3.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat 3B1F23.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat 18233D.png
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat B8383B.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat 5885A2.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat 483838.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat 384248.png
Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU)
Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat 803020.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat 256D8D.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat 654740.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat 28394D.png
The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat C36C2D.png Painted Aperture Labs Hard Hat B88035.png RED Aperture Labs Hard Hat Classified.png BLU Aperture Labs Hard Hat Classified.png
Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted (RED) Unpainted (BLU)

Update history

April 5, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] The [ classified] was added to the game.

April 7, 2011 Patch

Trivia

  • The hat did not drop for all people who owned the games in the Potato Sack immediately. An email from Robin Walker confirmed that the remaining hats would drop within the "next couple of days".[1]
  • This hat is a reference to the "Potato Clock", a popular science fair project where a potato is used to power a clock or other electronic appliance.[2]
  • Redaction is the act of blanking out sensitive or classified information from a document in order to reduce its classification level for distribution to a wider audience.
  • The hat's real title is - Aperture Labs Hard Hat, as shown in Portal 2.

Gallery

See also

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