Familiar Fez

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The Spy

The Familiar Fez is an unlockable headwear item for the Spy released with the Polycount pack. It appears as a team-colored Fez that sits atop the Spy's regular balaclava along with sunglasses.

As with all of the item set hats, this hat can be crafted from four Refined Metals and one weapon from the Saharan Spy set.

Item set

This item is part of the Saharan Spy set. When the entire set is worn, the set provides these additional stats:

  • Reduced decloak sound volume
  • 0.5 sec longer Cloak blink time

The other set items are:

Blueprint

Refined Metal Refined Metal Refined Metal Refined Metal L'Etranger Familiar Fez
Item icon Refined Metal.png + Item icon Refined Metal.png + Item icon Refined Metal.png + Item icon Refined Metal.png + Item icon L'Etranger.png = Item icon Familiar Fez.png
Refined Metal Refined Metal Refined Metal Refined Metal Your Eternal Reward Familiar Fez
Item icon Refined Metal.png + Item icon Refined Metal.png + Item icon Refined Metal.png + Item icon Refined Metal.png + Item icon Your Eternal Reward.png = Item icon Familiar Fez.png


Trivia

  • The hat is a reference to Mustafa, one of Dr. Evil's henchmen in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. In the film, Austin says to Mustafa "I don't recall your name, but your fez is familiar." [1]. In addition, Mustafa charges at Austin Powers with a knife, making its being a Spy hat more logical. The artwork used for the pack's Polycount entry image was a recreation of a still of Mustafa in the same pose, and the creator had admitted to watching Austin Powers a week prior to designing the pack.
    • This is furthered by the entry's description mentioning a "line of three-question-format". In the film, Mustafa was unable to withhold answers after being asked the same question three times.
  • This is one of five hats to add an accessory in addition to the hat itself, the others being: