List of references (Heavy)
Books and Comics
Crime and Punishment
Achievement: Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment (Russian: Преступление и наказание) is a novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky that was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments in 1866, and was later published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoevsky's full-length novels after he returned from his exile in Siberia, and the first great novel of his mature period.
Games
Sinistar
| “ | Run cowards!
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| “ | RRRRAAAAAAGH!!
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| “ | I live!
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These quotes are from the 1982 arcade game Sinistar. Where the gigantic antagonist taunts the player with said phrases phrases.
Portal
| “ | Moist and delicious! Hehaha!
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(2:13) This is a reference to a line from the ending song in Portal, 'Still Alive' (It's so delicious and moist).
Punch-Out!! (NES Version)
(0:09) The Heavy's K.G.B. taunt animation is a homage to Mr. Sandman's warm-up technique from the NES version of Punch Out!!
Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64)
(0:15) One of the Heavy's Shotgun taunt phrases was inspired by Gregg the Grim Reaper, a hilariously small reaper who initially appeared to Conker as a giant shadow uttering this phrase, until he came into view and it was revealed he was tiny and using a megaphone (his real voice sounds as if he's ingested helium).
History and Politics
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
Achievement: Pushkin the Kart
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин, pronounced [ɐlʲɪˈksandr sʲɪˈrgʲevʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn],(June 6 [O.S. May 26] 1799–February 10 [O.S. January 29] 1837) was a Russian Romantic author who is considered to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin pioneered the use of vernacular speech in his poems and plays, creating a style of storytelling—mixing drama, romance, and satire—associated with Russian literature ever since and greatly influencing later Russian writers.
Collectivization
Achievement: Kollectivization
Collectivization was a policy of Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union whose goal was to gather individual land and labor into collective farms. This can be seen as an implementation of a Command Economy, also known as Planned or Directed economy, during the rapid Industrialization of the USSR in the late 1920s to 1940s.[1]
Dialectical Materialism
Achievement: Spyalectical Materialism
Dialectical materialism, according to many followers of Karl Marx's thinking, is the philosophical basis of Marxism.
Five-Year Plans
Achievement: Five Second Plan
The Five-Year Plans for the National Economy of the USSR (Russian: пятилетка, Pyatiletka) were a series of nation-wide centralized exercises in rapid economic development in the Soviet Union.
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin
Achievement: Rasputin
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (Russian: Григо́рий Ефи́мович Распу́тин) (January 22 [O.S. January 10] 1869 – December 29 [O.S. December 16] 1916) was a Russian mystic who is perceived as having influenced the later days of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II, his wife the Tsaritsa Alexandra, and their only son the Tsarevich Alexei. Rasputin had often been called the "Mad Monk," while others considered him a "strannik" (or religious pilgrim) and even a starets (ста́рец, "elder", a title usually reserved for monk-confessors), believing him to be a psychic and faith healer.
He reputedly survived being stabbed, poisoned, shot and beaten, after which he was finally killed due to exposure after being thrown into an icy river.
Joseph Stalin
Achievement: Stalin the Kart
Joseph Stalin (Georgian: ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი, Russian: Иосиф Сталин, ISO 9: Iosif Stalin; December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878 – March 5, 1953) was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953. During that time he established the regime now known as Stalinism. He gradually consolidated power and became the de facto party leader and dictator of the Soviet Union.
Karl Heinrich Marx
Achievement: Marxman
Karl Heinrich Marx (5 May 1818–14 March 1883) is the German philosopher, political economist, sociologist, humanist, political theorist, and revolutionary, known as the Father of Communism. His work addresses most contemporary socio-political problems; summarised in the opening of the The Communist Manifesto (1848): The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles, positing that Capitalism, like previous socio-economic systems, produces the internal social contradictions that will destroy it as a way of life.
Means of production
Achievement: 0wn the Means of Production
Means of production (abbreviated MoP; German: Produktionsmittel), is a marxist concept describing the combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor used by workers to make products. "Own the Means of Production" itself is a quote by Karl Marx.
Perestroika
Achievement: Photostroika
Perestroika is the Russian term (now used in English) for the political and economic reforms introduced in June 1987 by the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Its literal meaning is "restructuring", referring to the restructuring of the Soviet economy.
Perestroika is often argued to be one reason for the fall of communist political forces in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and for the end of the Cold War.
Red October
Achievement: Red Oktoberfest
The October Revolution (Russian: Октябрьская революция, Oktyabrskaya revolyutsiya), also known as the Red October, refers to a revolution—as part of the Russian Revolution—that began with an armed insurrection in Petrograd (also regarded as a coup d'état by the worker and soldier masses) traditionally dated to October 25, 1917 Julian calendar (November 7, 1917 Gregorian calendar). It was the second phase of the overall Russian Revolution of 1917, after the February Revolution of the same year. The October Revolution overthrew the Russian Provisional Government and gave the power to the Soviets dominated by Bolsheviks. It was followed by the Russian Civil War (1917–1922) and the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922.
It may also refer to The Hunt for Red October, a novel by Tom Clancy. The story follows the intertwined adventures of Soviet submarine captain Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius and CIA analyst Jack (John Patrick) Ryan.
Red Oktoberfest is a combination of Red October and the name of the German festival Oktoberfest, as obtaining this achievement requires the collaboration of a Medic and a Heavy
Show Trials
Achievement: Show Trial
Show trials were a significant part of Joseph Stalin's regime. The Moscow Trials of the Great Purge period in the Soviet Union are characteristic.
The authorities staged the actual trials meticulously. If defendants refused to "cooperate", i.e., to admit guilt for their alleged and mostly fabricated crimes, they did not go on public trial, but suffered execution nonetheless. This happened, for example during the prosecution of the so-called "Labour Peasant Party" (Трудовая Крестьянская Партия), a party invented by NKVD, which, in particular, assigned the notable economist Alexander Chayanov to it.
The first solid public evidence of what really happened during the Moscow Trials came to the West through the Dewey Commission. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, more information became available. This discredited Walter Duranty, who claimed that these trials were actually fair.
The Communist Manifesto
Achievement: Communist Mani-Fisto
Manifesto of the Communist Party (German: Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei), often referred to as The Communist Manifesto, was first published on February 21, 1848, and is one of the world's most influential political manuscripts. Commissioned by the Communist League and written by communist theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, it laid out the League's purposes and program. The Manifesto suggested a course of action for a proletarian (working class) revolution to overthrow the bourgeois social order and to eventually bring about a classless and stateless society, and the abolition of private property.
The Iron Curtain
Achievement: Iron Kurtain
The term "Iron Curtain" was coined by Winston Churchill and refers to the symbolic, ideological, and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II until the end of the Cold War, roughly 1945 to 1991. At both sides of the Iron Curtain, the states developed their own international economic and military alliances, COMECON with the Warsaw Pact on the east side with the USSR as most important member, and the NATO and the European Community on the west side, with the United States.
The Soviet Bloc
Achievement: Soviet Block
During the Cold War, the term Communist Bloc (or Soviet Bloc) was used to refer to the Soviet Union and countries it either controlled or that were its allies in Central and Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and—until the early 1960s—Albania).
The Soviet Union
Achievement: Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (abbreviated USSR, Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик, СССР?·i; tr.: Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, SSSR), also called the Soviet Union[1] (Russian: Советский Союз; tr.: Sovetsky Soyuz), was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. However, with the exception of a few interregnum periods (notably after the deaths of Lenin in 1924 and Stalin in 1953), the Soviet Union was a de facto dictatorship, with power resting in the hands of the General Secretary, which became a prerequisite for Soviet leadership.
The Supreme Soviet of the USSR
Achievement: Supreme Soviet
The Supreme Soviet of the USSR (Russian: Верхо́вный Сове́т СССР, Verxóvnyj Sovét SSSR) was the highest legislative body in the Soviet Union in the interim of the sessions of the Congress of Soviets, and the only one with the power to pass constitutional amendments. It elected the Presidium, formed the Soviet government, the Supreme Court, and appointed the Procurator General of the USSR.
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Achievement: Lenin a Hand
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин), born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Улья́нов), and also known by the pseudonyms V. I. Lenin and N. Lenin, (April 22 [O.S. April 10] 1870 – January 21, 1924), was born in Simbirsk on the Volga River. He was a Russian revolutionary, a communist politician, the main leader of the October Revolution, the first head of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic and from 1922, the first de facto leader of the Soviet Union. He was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. His contributions to Marxist theory are commonly referred to as Leninism. His body is currently preserved and on display in Moscow.
In-Jokes
Meet the Heavy
| “ | I am Heavy weapons guy, and this is my new weapon.
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- A reference to one of the Heavy's lines in Meet the Heavy.
- The ending of Meet the Sandvich is a direct reference to the ending of Meet the Heavy, with the Heavy eating his sandvich rather than firing his minigun.
Meet the Scout
The Sandvich first appeared as a joke in the Meet the Scout video, acting as a point of contention between a BLU Heavy and the Scout. It was later added into the game as an unlockable weapon and major class addition to the Heavy.
Music
Song of the Volga Boatmen
One of the songs the Heavy sings as part of his cheer lines is The Song of the Volga Boatmen, a well-known traditional Russian song collected by Mily Balakirev, and published in his book of folk songs. It is a genuine barge-haulers' shanty. Balakirev published it with only one verse (the first). The other two verses were added at a later date. The song, also called The Volga Burlak's Song, was inspired by Repin's famous painting, Burlaks on the Volga, depicting the suffering of the people in the depth of misery in Tsarist Russia.
Funeral March
One of the songs the Heavy sings as part of his cheer lines is the 'Funeral March', the 3rd and most recognisable movement of Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2. The 3rd movement is structured as a funeral march played with a Lento interlude. While the term "funeral march" is perhaps a fitting description of the 3rd movement, complete with the Lento interlude in D flat major, when the "Chopin Funeral March" is actually played (typically by a brass ensemble) in a funeral procession, only the part in B flat minor is used. This "funeral march" adapted for brass as described, has become well known in popular culture. It was also used at the state funerals of John F. Kennedy and those of Soviet leaders, including Leonid Brezhnev. It was transcribed for full orchestra by the English composer Sir Edward Elgar in 1933 and its first performance was at his own memorial concert the next year. It was played at the graveside during Chopin's own burial at Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
Sabre Dance
One of the songs the Heavy sings as part of his responses is the "Sabre Dance", a movement in the final act of the Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian's ballet Gayane, completed in 1942. It evokes a whirling war dance in an Armenian dance, where the dancers display their skill with sabres. Due to its exceptionally exciting rhythm, the Sabre Dance established a place for itself in common concert practice, leading also to various adaptations in popular music. In its middle section it uses an Armenian folk song from Gyumri, Armenia.
Organizations
Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye
G.R.U. is also the acronym for the Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye, the foreign military intelligence directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, (formerly the Red Army General Staff of the Soviet Union). GRU is actually an English transliteration of the Russian acronym ГРУ, which stands for "Главное Разведывательное Управление", meaning Main Intelligence Directorate. The GRU is Russia's largest foreign intelligence bureau, deploying 6 times as many agents as the SVR (The KGB's intelligence successor) and commanded as many as 25,000 'Spetznaz' Special Forces Units in 1997.
Komityet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosty
The acronym of the Killing Gloves Of Boxing, K.G.B., was also the acronym for the Russian security agency, secret police and intelligence agency Komityet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosty, which was disbanded in 1995.
Places
Borscht Belt
Achievement: Borscht Belt
Borscht Belt is an informal term for the summer resorts of the Catskill Mountains in Sullivan and Ulster Counties in upstate New York which were a popular holiday spot for New York Jews. The term Borscht Belt can also refer to the Catskill region itself.
Borscht is a vegetable soup that can be found in many Eastern European countries, including Russia.
Gorky Park
Achievement: Gorky Parked
Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure is an amusement park in Moscow, Russia, named after Maxim Gorky.
Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov (In Russian Алексей Максимович Пешков) (March 28 [O.S. March 16] 1868 – June 18, 1936), better known as Maxim Gorky (Максим Горький), was a Soviet/Russian author, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist. From 1906 to 1913 and from 1921 to 1929 he lived abroad, mostly in Capri, Italy; after his return to the Soviet Union he accepted the cultural policies of the time, although he was not permitted to leave the country.
Gorky Park is also a 1981 crime novel written by Martin Cruz Smith set in the Soviet Union. It follows Arkady Renko, a chief investigator for the Militsiya, who is assigned to a case involving three corpses found in Gorky Park, an amusement park in Moscow, who have had their faces and fingertips cut off by the murderer to prevent identification. It was adapted into a well-received film in 1983.
Sayings and Phrases
"Crazy Ivan"
Achievement: Krazy Ivan
Crazy Ivan is a Naval term for a submarine maneuver, characterized by any number of sudden and sharp turns, used by submarine crews to "look behind" their boat using sonar.
"OM NOM NOM"
| “ | Om nom nom...om nom.
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The Heavy's distinctive sandvich-devouring noise is a reference to popular internet phrase 'OM NOM NOM', an onomatopaeiac representation of the act of eating believed to have been coined by Cookie Monster from the children's educational television series Sesame Street. "Copyright Omnomnom" is also seen on the ending card of Meet the Sandvich. The phrase is often misspelled as "nom nom nom," and is the namesake of a popular somewhat-silly server.
TV and Film
Firefly
The Tough guy's toque hat is an possible reference to Jayne, the big, gun-toting mercenary in Joss Whedon's series Firefly and the subsequent movie, Serenity. Like the Heavy, Jayne personifies everything it means to be a 'tough guy'. Also like the Heavy, Jayne acquires a knitted cap much in this same style, of which he is irrepressibly proud.
