Triboniophorus Tyrannus
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The Triboniophorus Tyrannus (/'traɪ,boʊniːoʊ,fɔərʌs/ /taɪ,rænʌs/ treye-boh-nee-oh-foh-russ teye-ran-uss), often referred to as the Brain Slug, is a community-created headwear item for the Pyro. Triboniophorus Tyrannus is a green, gelatinous slug with beady black eyes, placed off-center atop the Pyro's gas mask-burnished head.
The description for the Triboniophorus Tyrannus was written by crushilista for the Hat Describing Contest.
Painted variants
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Update history
March 18, 2010 Patch (First Community Contribution Update)
- The Triboniophorus Tyrannus was added to the game.
- This hat was made craftable.
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- This hat was made paintable.
- [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for this hat.
- [Undocumented] This hat can now be uncrated with Unusual quality.
October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress Update)
- [Undocumented] This hat was added to the Mann Co. Store.
- The Triboniophorus Tyrannus' painting texture was improved.
- [Undocumented] Triboniophorus Tyrannus now makes squishing noises when moved in the backpack.
Bugs
- A Triboniophorus Tyrannus that has been Gift Wrapped will appear as a "Pyro Brain Sucker" on the description of the Carefully Wrapped Gift.
Trivia
- The Template:W is a genus of green slug native to Australia.
- Triboniophorus Tyrannus roughly translates to "Slug Tyrant" in Latin.
- This is a reference to the Brain Slug; a race of slugs that attached themselves to characters' heads to gain possession over them and force them to do, commit, or say to whatever the Brain Slug wants, wherein they use their hosts to periodically try to take over the world from the futuristic-comedy show Template:W.
- The hat appears in page 2 on the No Text version of the True Meaning comic with a Santa hat on it.
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