Whoopee Cap
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| Worn by: | Scout | ||||
| Slot: | Cosmetic | ||||
| Equip region: | Hat | ||||
| Contributed by: | Thrillho | ||||
| Released: | May 20, 2010 Patch (Second Community Contribution Update) |
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| Availability: | Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #4, Uncrate #16, Uncrate (Unusual) or Chemistry Set (Collector's) | ||||
| Tradable: | Yes | ||||
| Giftable: | Yes | ||||
| Craftable: | Yes | ||||
| Paintable: | Yes | ||||
| Nameable: | Yes | ||||
| Craft No.?: | No | ||||
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| “ | Hey, get on the cap, guys!
Click to listen
— The Scout, trying to get his new pins on his hat
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The Whoopee Cap is a community-created cosmetic item for the Scout. It is a team-colored, felt whoopee cap adorned with pins and patches displaying various logos seen in Team Fortress 2 maps and media.
The item's description was written by Sketch56 for the Hat Describing Contest, and was slightly edited by Valve.
Painted variants
Main article: Paint Can
Mouseover cells to preview the images on a dark background. Click on the images to enlarge them.
Due to how the textures are set up, painting the Whoopee Cap with single color Paint Cans results in different colorization on the paint regions between teams.
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| An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge (RED) | An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge (BLU) | Color No. 216-190-216 (RED) | Color No. 216-190-216 (BLU) |
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| Peculiarly Drab Tincture (RED) | Peculiarly Drab Tincture (BLU) | Aged Moustache Grey (RED) | Aged Moustache Grey (BLU) |
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| A Distinctive Lack of Hue (RED) | A Distinctive Lack of Hue (BLU) | After Eight (RED) | After Eight (BLU) |
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| Radigan Conagher Brown (RED) | Radigan Conagher Brown (BLU) | Ye Olde Rustic Colour (RED) | Ye Olde Rustic Colour (BLU) |
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| Muskelmannbraun (RED) | Muskelmannbraun (BLU) | Mann Co. Orange (RED) | Mann Co. Orange (BLU) |
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| Australium Gold (RED) | Australium Gold (BLU) | The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants (RED) | The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants (BLU) |
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| Dark Salmon Injustice (RED) | Dark Salmon Injustice (BLU) | Pink as Hell (RED) | Pink as Hell (BLU) |
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| A Deep Commitment to Purple (RED) | A Deep Commitment to Purple (BLU) | Noble Hatter's Violet (RED) | Noble Hatter's Violet (BLU) |
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| A Color Similar to Slate (RED) | A Color Similar to Slate (BLU) | Zepheniah's Greed (RED) | Zepheniah's Greed (BLU) |
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| Drably Olive (RED) | Drably Olive (BLU) | Indubitably Green (RED) | Indubitably Green (BLU) |
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| The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime (RED) | The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime (BLU) | A Mann's Mint (RED) | A Mann's Mint (BLU) |
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| Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) | Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) | Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) | Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU) |
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| Team Spirit (RED) | Team Spirit (BLU) | Operator's Overalls (RED) | Operator's Overalls (BLU) |
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| The Value of Teamwork (RED) | The Value of Teamwork (BLU) | An Air of Debonair (RED) | An Air of Debonair (BLU) |
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| Cream Spirit (RED) | Cream Spirit (BLU) | Unpainted (RED) | Unpainted (BLU) |
Update history
May 20, 2010 Patch (Second Community Contribution Update)
- The Whoopee Cap was added to the game.
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- The Whoopee Cap was made paintable.
- [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for the Whoopee Cap.
- [Undocumented] The Whoopee Cap can now be uncrated with Unusual quality.
- The Whoopee Cap's painting texture was improved.
Trivia
- The pins found on the hat feature:
- The Badland Brawlers sports team.
- Bonk! Atomic Punch Cherry Fission/Blutonium Berry.
- The Scout's class emblem.
- BLU Streak beer.
- Mann Co.
- RED/BLU team.
- XXX Cider.
- A miniature enemy Dispenser.
- The Whoopee Cap's description references Jughead Jones, of Archie Comics fame, who is well-known for wearing a similar cap.
- This hat hints at the Spy's relationship to the Scout, as traditional whoopee caps would be made out of worn out fedoras.[1]
Gallery
Jughead Jones
References
- ↑ Creator's video description confirming the reference.
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