Ghastly Gibus

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Not to be confused with Ghostly Gibus.
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The Ghastly Gibus (/'gæstli gɪbəs/ gast-lee gi-buhs) is an unlockable headwear item wearable by all classes. It is a slightly damaged black gibus hat with the top nearly detached.

In a similar fashion to the Gentle Manne's Service Medal, this hat was originally earned by being one of the first 10,319 people to visit a hidden web page. The alternative method through which it could then be unlocked was to complete the Ghastly Gibus Grab Scarechievement by dominating a player who is wearing the hat. Unlike other Halloween items, the Ghastly Gibus is not seasonally restricted.

Players that had earned the Ghastly Gibus before the Scream Fortress Update in 2010 or the Very Scary Halloween Special update in 2011 had their Ghastly Gibus upgraded to a Ghastlier Gibus.

Painted variants

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Single colors
Painted Ghastly Gibus E6E6E6.png Painted Ghastly Gibus D8BED8.png Painted Ghastly Gibus C5AF91.png Painted Ghastly Gibus 7E7E7E.png
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey
Painted Ghastly Gibus 141414.png Painted Ghastly Gibus 2D2D24.png Painted Ghastly Gibus 694D3A.png Painted Ghastly Gibus 7C6C57.png
A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Painted Ghastly Gibus A57545.png Painted Ghastly Gibus CF7336.png Painted Ghastly Gibus E7B53B.png Painted Ghastly Gibus F0E68C.png
Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Painted Ghastly Gibus E9967A.png Painted Ghastly Gibus FF69B4.png Painted Ghastly Gibus 7D4071.png Painted Ghastly Gibus 51384A.png
Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet
Painted Ghastly Gibus 2F4F4F.png Painted Ghastly Gibus 424F3B.png Painted Ghastly Gibus 808000.png Painted Ghastly Gibus 729E42.png
A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green
Painted Ghastly Gibus 32CD32.png Painted Ghastly Gibus BCDDB3.png
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Painted Ghastly Gibus A89A8C.png Painted Ghastly Gibus 839FA3.png Painted Ghastly Gibus 3B1F23.png Painted Ghastly Gibus 18233D.png
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Painted Ghastly Gibus B8383B.png Painted Ghastly Gibus 5885A2.png Painted Ghastly Gibus 483838.png Painted Ghastly Gibus 384248.png
Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU)
Painted Ghastly Gibus 803020.png Painted Ghastly Gibus 256D8D.png Painted Ghastly Gibus 654740.png Painted Ghastly Gibus 28394D.png
The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Painted Ghastly Gibus C36C2D.png Painted Ghastly Gibus B88035.png Painted Ghastly Gibus UNPAINTED.png
Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted

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Styles
Painted Ghastly Gibus UNPAINTED.png
Painted Ghostly Gibus UNPAINTED.png
Ghastly Ghostly

Related achievements

Pumpkin.png Scarechievements

Ghastly Gibus Grab
 Ghastly Gibus Grab
Dominate a player wearing any achievement Gibus hat to earn your own Ghastly Gibus.


Update history

October 29, 2009 Patch (Haunted Hallowe'en Special)

  • The Ghastly Gibus was added to the game.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

  • The stripe of the hat was made paintable.
  • [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for this hat.

October 8, 2010 Patch

  • This hat was made nameable.

October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress Update)

  • [Undocumented] Updated the description to now say "This is a special Halloween 2010 item".
  • [Undocumented] Changed Ghastly Gibuses that were obtained before the Scream Fortress to Ghastlier Gibuses.

December 2, 2010 Patch

  • The hat's painting texture was improved.
  • Painting now colors the entire hat. Previously coloring only affected the band near the brim.

October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)

  • [Undocumented] Updated the description to now say "This is a special Halloween 2011 item".
  • [Undocumented] Changed Ghastly Gibuses that were obtained before the Very Scary Halloween Special to Ghastlier Gibuses.

April 18, 2012 Patch

  • Added LODs for all classes.
  • Fixed the position on the Sniper.

October 26, 2012 Patch (Spectral Halloween Special)

  • [Undocumented] Added Ghostly style.

Bugs

  • When equipping the Ghastly Gibus from the loadout screen, the class will appear to have a second, upside-down Ghastly Gibus coming from their chest. This only affects the loadout screen and does not affect character appearance in game. Affects all classes but the Sniper.

Notes

  • The hat description was written by Esquilax for the Hat Describing Contest.
  • The Ghastly Gibus's original description was "Embroidered initials say 'Z.M.'", a reference to Zepheniah Mann.
  • The number of original Gibuses, 10,319, is a reference to the date they were given out, 10/31/09.
  • Although there were 10,319 original Gibuses, the items do not include a number indicating the order in which they were acquired.
  • While every Ghastly Gibus is marked as non-tradable, only those obtained by completing the Ghastly Gibus Grab Scarechievement are marked as non-craftable, such as all achievement items, however, trying to craft an original Ghastly Gibus still doesn't yield any results.

Trivia

  • The gibus was invented in 1812 and named after its inventor, Antoine Gibus, who was a 19th century Frenchman. It is a men's collapsible top hat held open or in shape by springs and usually covered with a black, silky fabric. It was made collapsible so that patrons of the opera could place it under their seats during the show, often garnering it the name "opera hat".
  • If the Ghastly Gibus was worn on a server with Birthday Mode enabled during an officially recognized Team Fortress 2 birthday (either August 24 when the Team Fortress was released as a Quake total conversion, or December 22, when the game was released standalone) The Ghastly Gibus would appear as a "Birthday Package" temporarily transforming it to look like a green box with red ribbon (similar to the Secret Saxton. This effect was removed in the August 23, 2011 Patch along with Party Hats automatically being placed on players heads.
  • The Ghastly Gibus is normally used by the TF2 community to distinguish Free to Play accounts from Premium accounts, as this will most likely be the first and only hat that Free-to-plays will get until they upgrade to premium. This distinguishing is also used with the Mercenary badge.

Gallery

  • Scout ghastly gibus.png

    Scout

  • Soldier ghastly gibus.png

    Soldier

  • Pyro ghastly gibus.png

    Pyro

  • Demoman ghastly gibus.png

    Demoman

  • Heavy ghastly gibus.png

    Heavy

  • Engineer ghastly gibus.png

    Engineer

  • Medic ghastly gibus.png

    Medic

  • Sniper ghastly gibus.png

    Sniper

  • Spy ghastly gibus.png

    Spy

See also

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