Familiar Fez

“

Oh dear, I've made quite a mess. Click to listen — The Spy

”

The Familiar Fez is a headwear item for the Spy released with the Polycount Pack in the Mann-Conomy Update. It appears as a team-colored Fez and a pair of sunglasses that sit atop the Spy's regular balaclava.

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

Main article: Item sets

The Saharan Spy
	L'Etranger Your Eternal Reward Familiar Fez
Effect	Extra effects when taunting.

Blueprint

Refined Metal		L'Etranger		Familiar Fez
x4	+		=

Refined Metal		Your Eternal Reward		Familiar Fez
x4	+		=

Trivia

• The fez was introduced in 1826 as part of the Ottoman empire's modernizing reforms.
• The hat is a reference to Mustafa, one of Dr. Evil's henchmen in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. There are several links:
  • In the film, Austin says to Mustafa "I don't recall your name, but your fez is familiar." [1].
  • 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.
  • The entry's description mentions a "line of three-question-format reasoning". In the film, Mustafa was unable to withhold answers after being asked the same question three times (because it irritated him).
• The sunglasses are actually attached to the Fez and not the face. On the wearer's death both the hat and the sunglasses fall from the player, staying bound to each other.