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==Books and Comics==
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==Achievements==
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{{Show achievement|Scout|A Year to Remember}}
  
===Batman===
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2004 was the year that the {{W|Boston Red Sox}} won the World Series for the first time since 1918, breaking the {{w|Curse of the Bambino}}.
  
''Achievement: I'm Bat Man''
 
  
A reference to the fictional vigilante {{w|Batman}}. In addition, this line (with Bat Man being one whole word), was spoken by Michael Keaton in the 1989 movie adaption.
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Artful Dodger}}
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A reference to the fictional character {{W|Artful Dodger|Jack Dawkins}}, a young pickpocket in {{W|Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens'}} novel {{w|Oliver Twist}}, referred to by his gang as the "Artful Dodger".
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Batter Up}}
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Batting the Doctor}}
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Beanball}}
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"Beanball" is a colloquial sports term for a ball thrown at an opposing player with the intention of striking him such as to cause harm, often connoting a throw at the player's head.
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Belittled Beleauger}}
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Block the Plate}}
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In baseball, blocking the plate is a common technique performed by a catcher to prevent a runner from scoring in which the catcher impedes the runner's tag with part of his body. The act of blocking the plate accounts for most of the physical contact in baseball.
  
=== Oliver Twist ===
 
  
''Achievement: Artful Dodger''
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Brushback}}
  
A reference to the fictional character {{W|Artful Dodger|Jack Dawkins}}, a young pickpocket in [[Wikipedia:Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens's]] novel {{w|Oliver Twist}} referred to by his gang as the "Artful Dodger".
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A brushback pitch is a pitch thrown high and inside, usually a fastball, to force the batter away from the plate, often to intimidate.
  
==Games==
 
  
===Super Mario 64===
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Caught Napping}}
  
Several of the noises the Scout makes when dodging bullets under the effects of [[Bonk! Atomic Punch]] are imitations of sound effects from the {{W|Super Mario Bros. (series)|Super Mario Bros.}} series, starting in {{w|Super Mario 64}}.
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A baserunner who is tagged out because he wasn't paying attention to what the defensive players were doing is "caught napping". Often this involves a pickoff play in which the infielder sneaks up behind the runner and takes a throw from the pitcher, or, less often, the catcher.
  
  
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Closer}}
  
===Left 4 Dead===
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In baseball, a closing pitcher, more frequently referred to as a closer, is a relief pitcher who specializes in closing out games.
  
{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|Ding Dong!|sound=Scout_stunballhit14.wav}}
 
  
A reference to the 'Church guy' from [[Left 4 Dead]], who says this while ringing the church bell. Both characters are voiced by [[Nathan Vetterlein]].
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Doctoring the Ball}}
  
{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|I... ''hate''... doctors!|sound=Scout_dominationmed05.wav}}
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To "doctor the ball" means to apply a foreign substance to a baseball or to otherwise alter it in order to put an unnatural spin on a pitch.
  
A reference to Left 4 Dead's Francis, who often expresses his hatred for numerous things, including doctors.
 
  
==In-Jokes==
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Dodgers 1, Giants 0}}
  
===Meet the Heavy===
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A reference to the {{w|Los Angeles Dodgers}} and the {{W|San Francisco Giants}}, two professional baseball teams with a long history of {{W|Dodgers–Giants rivalry|rivalry}}.
  
{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|Four hundred thousand dollas to fire that gun, huh? Yeah, money well spent!|sound=Scout_dominationhvy03.wav}}
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This could also be a double entendre: While under the effects of [[Bonk! Atomic Punch]], the Scout is impervious to bullets, thereby making him a "dodger". "Giant" most likely refers to the Heavy's massive size.
  
{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|Them two hundred dolla' bullets ain't so hot when they don't HIT nothin', are they?|sound=Scout_dominationhvy04.wav}}
 
  
A reference to the high price of maintaining Sasha mentioned by the [[Heavy]] in ''[[Meet the Heavy]]''.
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Fall Classic}}
  
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The World Series, the championship series of Major League Baseball, is commonly referred to as the "Fall Classic".
  
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===Meet the Scout===
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{{Show achievement|Scout|First Blood}} {{Show achievement|Scout|First Blood, Part 2}}
  
The name of the [[Force-A-Nature]] weapon is a reference to the Scout's description of himself in ''[[Meet the Scout]]''.
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The achievements ''First Blood'' & ''First Blood, Part 2'' are references to the first two Rambo films, titled {{w|First Blood}} and {{w|Rambo: First Blood Part II|First Blood Part II}}.
  
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First Blood is also a common term in other FPS games, used when someone gets the first kill in a match.
  
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===Meet the Sniper===
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Foul Territory}}
  
{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|It was a mercy killin'. Ya live in a... '''Camper van'''!|sound=Scout_dominationsnp04.wav}}
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In baseball, foul territory or foul ground is defined as the area of the field outside of the foul lines. The foul lines and foul poles are not part of foul territory.
  
A reference to the [[Sniper]]'s choice of abode and transport as seen in ''[[Meet the Sniper]]''. A running joke in various [[response]] lines has the other classes mock the Sniper for living in a van.
 
  
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Gun Down}}
  
==TV and Film==
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A play on the phrase "Run Down" in which a runner is stranded between two bases, and runs back and forth to try to avoid fielders with the ball. The fielders (usually basemen) toss the ball back and forth, to prevent the runner from getting to a base, and typically close in on and tag him.
  
===Field of Dreams===
 
  
''Achievement: If You Build It.''
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{{Show achievement|Scout|If You Build It}}
  
 
"If you build it, he will come" is a line from the fantasy/drama film {{w|Field Of Dreams}} and has been used many times in popular culture.
 
"If you build it, he will come" is a line from the fantasy/drama film {{w|Field Of Dreams}} and has been used many times in popular culture.
  
  
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{{Show achievement|Scout|I'm Bat Man}}
  
===First Blood & First Blood Part II===
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A reference to the fictional vigilante {{w|Batman}}. In addition, this line (with Bat Man being one whole word), was spoken by Michael Keaton in the 1989 movie adaption.
  
''Achievements: First Blood ''&'' First Blood, Part 2
 
  
The achievements ''First Blood'' & ''First Blood, Part 2'' are references to the first two Rambo films, titled {{w|First Blood}} and {{w|Rambo: First Blood Part II|First Blood Part II}}.  First Blood is also a common term in other FPS games, used when someone gets the first kill in a given match.
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Moon Shot}}
  
  
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{{Show achievement|Scout|No Hitter}}
  
===Full Metal Jacket===
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A no-hitter is a game in which one pitcher held the opposing team to no hits, while possibly allowing a walk or error.
  
{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|What is your major malfunction, brotha?|sound=Scout_dominationsol02.wav}}
 
  
A reference to a line by Sergeant Hartman in [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093058/ Full Metal Jacket]. The Scout occasionally spouts this line when dominating a Soldier, who himself seems to be based off of Sergeant Hartman.
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Out of the Park}}
  
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Out of the ballpark is a Home Run in which the ball went over all of the outfield seating (i.e. it went outside the whole arena).
  
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===ShamWow Ad===
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Pop Fly}}
  
<div>{{youtube tn|QwRISkyV_B8|width=300}}</div>
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A pop fly is a fly ball that goes high up in the air without traveling far out in the field.
  
{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|No other class gonna do that!|sound=Scout_award07.wav}}{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|You see that?|sound=Scout_award08.wav}}{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|You seein' this?|sound=Scout_award09.wav}}{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|If you order now, I'll throw in a second beating absolutely free!|sound=Scout_misc02.wav}}{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|Look at this, just caved in your skull- my bat's still dry. No clumps a' hair, nothin'.|sound=Scout_domination12.wav}}
 
  
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Quick Hook}}
  
  
Upon fan request, the Scout makes reference to the '{{w|ShamWow}}' ads, featuring 'Vince', who has been likened to the Scout by fans.
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Race for the Pennant}}
  
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A Pennant Race is the quest for a league or division title in baseball.
  
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===The Simpsons===
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Retire the Runner}}
  
{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|He's already dead! He's already deaaad!}}
 
  
The line was "borrowed" from [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096697/ The Simpsons] and recorded for ''[[Meet the Sandvich]]'', though it was eventually not used.
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Round Tripper}}
  
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A "round tripper" is another name for a home run in baseball. The analogy is to a commuter who buys a round-trip ticket from home plate to second base and back again to home.
  
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===There Will be Blood===
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Set the Table}}
  
{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|I. Eat. Your. Sandwiches! I eat 'em up!|sound=Scout_dominationhvy07.wav}}
 
  
A reference to the famous '[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDVzmbtVZ6s/ milkshake]' line from the acclaimed film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469494/ There Will Be Blood]. Also a reference to the Scout's taking of the Heavy's [[Sandvich]] in Meet the Scout.
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Side Retired}}
  
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When the third out of an inning is called, the side is "retired" and the other team takes its turn at bat. A pitcher or a defensive team can be said to have "retired the side".
  
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===The Six Million Dollar Man===
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Stealing Home}}
  
The Scout's "Whanananana..." while under the effects of Bonk! Atomic Punch is an imitation of the slow-mo sound effect from [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071054/ The Six Million Dollar Man].
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Stealing Home is the act of running to home place during the pitcher's windup and throw, a particularly difficult and rare feat in baseball.
  
  
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Strike Zone}}
  
===A League of Their Own===
 
  
{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|"Oh what, you gonna cry? You gonna cry now?"|sound=Scout_domination20.wav}}
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{{Show achievement|Scout|The Big Hurt}}
  
A reference to the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWoD2sQ9LiU/ "There's no crying in baseball"] scene from [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104694/ A League of Their Own].
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{{W|Frank Thomas (AL baseball player)|Frank Thomas}} is a Major League Baseball designated hitter. He was given the nickname "The Big Hurt" by broadcaster Ken Harrelson, who coined the term in 1992.
  
  
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{{Show achievement|Scout|The Cycle}}
  
===Monty Python's Flying Circus===
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Hitting for the cycle means to hit a single, double, triple and Home Run in the same game. To accomplish this feat in order is termed a "natural cycle". Hitting for the cycle is a rare enough occurrence that Major League Baseball keeps special statistics on it.
  
The promotional poster for the Special Delivery pack has the tag line Fish Slapping Dance!, which is a reference to {{W|Monty Python's Flying Circus}}'s sketch ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwLirQS2-o The Fish Slapping Dance]''.
 
  
==Music==
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Triple Play}}
  
===The Sandman===
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A Triple Play is the act of making 3 outs during the same hit.
The name is a hint towards the popular 1954 song "Mr Sandman" by {{w|The Chordettes}}, fitting well with the fact how the baseball puts hit enemies "to sleep" for a short duration.
 
  
The name is also a reference to {{w|Sandlot ball}}, a variation of baseball.
 
  
<div style="float:center">{{youtube|xDXT7wC9jrc|width=300}}</div>
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{{Show achievement|Scout|Triple Steal}}
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==Weapons==
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===Force-A-Nature===
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<div style="height:64px; width:64px; background: #3E3E3E">[[Image:Backpack Force-A-Nature.png|64px|link=Force-A-Nature]]</div>
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In physics, the "force of nature" is one of the four fundamental forces that occur naturally and affect the structure of the universe.
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The Scout describes himself as a "Force of Nature" in [[Meet the Scout]].
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===Shortstop===
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<div style="height:64px; width:64px; background: #3E3E3E">[[Image:Backpack Shortstop.png|64px|link=Shortstop]]</div>
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This weapon's name is a reference to "{{w|shortstop}}", the fielding position between second and third base in baseball.
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===Bonk! Atomic Punch===
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<div style="height:64px; width:64px; background: #3E3E3E">[[Image:Backpack Bonk! Atomic Punch.png|64px|link=Bonk! Atomic Punch]]</div>
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This is a reference to the term "The Bonk" or "Hitting the wall", a condition when an athlete (usually in an endurance sport) suddenly loses energy or becomes fatigued
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===Crit-a-Cola===
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<div style="height:64px; width:64px; background: #3E3E3E">[[Image:Backpack Crit-a-Cola.png|64px|link=Crit-a-Cola]]</div>
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This weapon's name is a play on popular soft-drink brand name {{W|Coca-Cola}}.
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It also sounds like the word "critical" when spoken with unusual emphasis.
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===Sandman===
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<div style="height:64px; width:64px; background: #3E3E3E">[[Image:Backpack Sandman.png|64px|link=Sandman]]</div>
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This is a hint towards the popular 1954 song "Mr Sandman" by {{w|The Chordettes}}, fitting well with the fact that the Sandman's secondary attack puts hit enemies "to sleep" for a short duration.
  
==Sport==
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The name is also a reference to {{w|Sandlot ball}}, a variation of baseball.
  
===Baseball===
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The Scout's use of a [[bat]] as a melee weapon reflects the avid baseball culture of the {{W|Boston}} area including the renowned {{w|Boston Red Sox}}.
  
{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|I'm battin' a thousand!|sound=Scout_specialcompleted07.wav}}
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===Holy Mackerel===
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<div style="height:64px; width:64px; background: #3E3E3E">[[Image:Backpack Holy Mackerel.png|64px|link=Holy Mackerel]]</div>
  
*The term comes from baseball statistics, where it signifies getting a hit for every turn at bat. It was transferred to other activities in the 1920s.
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The Holy Mackerel's level, 42, is a reference to {{W|Douglas Adams|Douglas Adams'}} book series, {{W|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}, in which 42 is considered to be the answer to "Life, The Universe, and Everything".
  
*The Scout's use of a [[bat]] as a melee weapon reflect the avid baseball culture of the Boston area including the renowned {{w|Boston Red Sox}}.
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Two further references are the books "{{W|So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish}}" and "{{W|The Salmon of Doubt}}", both also written by Adams.
  
*The [[Sandman]]'s [[taunt]] is a reference to {{W|Babe Ruth's Called Shot|Babe Ruth's famous called shot}}.
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===Candy Cane===
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<div style="height:64px; width:64px; background: #3E3E3E">[[Image:Backpack Candy Cane.png|64px|link=Candy Cane]]</div>
  
*The name of Bonk! Atomic Punch may refer to the term "The Bonk" or "Hitting the wall", a condition when an athlete (usually in endurance sports) suddenly loses energy or becomes fatigued, much like how the Scout used to slow down after the effects of Bonk! wore off.
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All Candy Canes are level 25, referring to {{W|Christmas Day}}, on 25th December.
  
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===Boston Basher===
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<div style="height:64px; width:64px; background: #3E3E3E">[[Image:Backpack Boston Basher.png|64px|link=Boston Basher]]</div>
  
''Achievement: A Year To Remember''
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{{W|Boston}} is the Scout's home city.
*2004 was the year that the [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096697/ Boston Red Sox] won the World Series for the first time since 1918, breaking the {{w|Curse of the Bambino}}.
 
  
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===Fan O'War===
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<div style="height:64px; width:64px; background: #3E3E3E">[[Image:Backpack Fan O'War.png|64px|link=Fan O'War]]</div>
  
''Achievement: Beanball''
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"Fan O'War" is a reference to {{W|Man-of-war|Man O'War}}, a powerful class of British naval ship used from the 16th to 19th centuries.
*"Beanball" is a colloquial sports term for a ball thrown at an opposing player with the intention of striking him such as to cause harm, often connoting a throw at the player's head.
 
  
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===Special Delivery===
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<div style="height:64px; width:64px; background: #3E3E3E">[[Image:Backpack Scout Bundle.png|64px|link=Item Sets#Scout]]</div>
  
''Achievement: Blocking The Plate''
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The promotional poster for the Special Delivery pack has the tag line "Fish Slapping Dance!", which is a reference to the {{W|Monty Python's Flying Circus}} sketch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwLirQS2-o The Fish Slapping Dance].
*In baseball, blocking the plate is a common technique performed by a catcher to prevent a runner from scoring in which the catcher impedes the runner's tag with part of his body. The act of blocking the plate accounts for most of the physical contact in baseball.
 
  
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==Taunts==
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===Sandman===
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The [[Home Run]] attack is a reference to {{W|Babe Ruth's Called Shot|Babe Ruth's famous called shot}}.
  
''Achievement: Brushback''
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==Responses==
*A brushback pitch is a pitch thrown high and inside, usually a fastball, to force the batter away from the plate, often to intimidate.
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===Dominating a Scout===
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[[Media:Scout_domination20.wav|'''"Oh what, you gonna cry? You gonna cry now?"''']]
  
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A reference to the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWoD2sQ9LiU/ "There's no crying in baseball"] scene from {{W|A League of Their Own}}.
  
''Achievement: Caught Napping''
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===Dominating a Soldier===
*A baserunner who is tagged out because he wasn't paying attention to what the defensive players were doing is "caught napping." Often this involves a pickoff play in which the infielder sneaks up behind the runner and takes a throw from the pitcher, or, less often, the catcher.
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[[Media:Scout_dominationsol02.wav|'''"What is your major malfunction, brudda?"''']]
  
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A reference to a line spoken Sergeant Hartman in {{W|Full Metal Jacket}}. The Soldier himself seems to be based loosely on Sergeant Hartman.
  
''Achievement: Closer''
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===Dominating a Heavy===
*In baseball, a closing pitcher, more frequently referred to as a closer, is a relief pitcher who specializes in closing out games.
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[[Media:Scout_dominationhvy03.wav|'''"$400,000 to fire that gun, huh? Yeah, money well spent!"''']]
  
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[[Media:Scout_dominationhvy04.wav|'''"Dem $200 bullets ain't so hot when they don't hit nothin', are dey?"''']]
  
''Achievement: Doctoring The Ball''
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A reference to the high price of maintaining Sasha mentioned by the [[Heavy]] in [[Meet the Heavy]].
*To "doctor the ball" means to apply a foreign substance to the ball or otherwise altering it in order to put an unnatural spin on a pitch.
 
  
  
''Achievement: Fall Classic''
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[[Media:Scout_dominationhvy07.wav|'''"I. Eat. Your. Sandwiches! I eat 'em up!"''']]
*The World Series—the championship series of Major League Baseball-is commonly referred to as the "Fall Classic".
 
  
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A reference to the famous [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDVzmbtVZ6s/ milkshake] line from the acclaimed film {{W|There Will Be Blood}}. This is also a reference to the Scout's taking of the Heavy's [[Sandvich]] in Meet the Scout.
  
''Achievement: Foul Territory''
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===Dominating a Medic===
*In baseball, foul territory or foul ground is defined as the area of the field outside of the foul lines. The foul lines and foul poles are not part of foul territory.
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[[Media:Scout_dominationmed05.wav|'''"I... ''hate''... doctors!"''']]
  
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A reference to [[Left 4 Dead|Left 4 Dead's]] Francis, who often expresses his hatred for numerous things, including doctors.
  
''Achievement: Gun Down''
 
*A play on the phrase Run Down in which a runner is stranded between two bases, and runs back and forth to try to avoid fielders with the ball. The fielders (usually basemen) toss the ball back and forth, to prevent the runner from getting to a base, and typically close in on him and tag him.
 
  
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[[Media:Scout_dominationmed03.wav|"Where's your precious Hippo-crates now?"]]
  
''Achievement: No Hitter''
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{{W|Hippocrates}} is regarded as "the Father of Medicine".
*A no-hitter is a game in which one pitcher held the opposing team to no hits, while possibly allowing a walk or error.
 
  
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===Dominating a Sniper===
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[[Media:Scout_dominationsnp04.wav|'''"It was a mercy killin', ya live in a... ''camper van''!"''']]
  
''Achievement: Out of the Park''
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A reference to the [[Sniper]]'s choice of abode as seen in ''[[Meet the Sniper]]''. A running joke in various [[response]] lines has the other classes mock the Sniper for living in a van.
*Out of the ballpark is a Home Run in which the ball went over all of the outfield seating (i.e. it went outside the whole arena).
 
  
  
''Achievement: Pop Fly''
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[[Media:Scout_domination12.wav|'''"Look at this, just caved in your skull- my Bat's still dry. No clumps a' hair, nothin'."''']]
*A pop fly is a fly ball that goes high up in the air without traveling far out in the field.
 
  
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This is a reference to an advertisment for {{W|ShamWow}}.
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===Other Responses===
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Several of the [[Scout responses#Dodging Shots Unser Bonk!'s Influence|noises]] the Scout makes when dodging bullets under the effects of [[Bonk! Atomic Punch]] are imitations of sound effects from the {{W|Super Mario Bros. (series)|Super Mario Bros.}} series, starting with {{w|Super Mario 64}}.
  
''Achievement: Race for the Pennant''
 
*A Pennant Race is the quest for a league or division title in baseball.
 
  
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[[Media:Scout_stunballhit14.wav|'''"Ding dong!"''']] ''- after stunning an enemy with the [[Sandman|Sandman's]] baseball.''
  
''Achievement: Round Tripper''
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A reference to the "Church guy" from [[Left 4 Dead]], who says this while ringing the church bell. Both characters are voiced by [[Nathan Vetterlein]].
*A Home Run. The analogy is to a commuter who buys a round-trip ticket from home plate to second base and back again to home.
 
  
  
''Achievement: Side Retired''
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[[Media:Scout_invincible03.wav|'''"Wananananana"''']] ''- after drinking [[Bonk! Atomic Punch]].''
*When the third out of an inning is called, the "side is retired" and the other team takes its turn at bat. A pitcher or a defensive team can be said to have "retired the side."
 
  
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This is an imitation of the slow-mo sound effect from {{W|The Six Million Dollar Man}}.
  
''Achievement: The Big Hurt''
 
*{{W|Frank Thomas (AL baseball player)|Frank Thomas}} is a Major League Baseball designated hitter who is currently a free agent. He was given the nickname "The Big Hurt" by broadcaster Ken Harrelson, who coined the term in the 1992 season.
 
  
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[[Media:Scout_specialcompleted07.wav|'''"I'm battin' a thousand!"''']] ''- after a [[bat]] kill.''
  
''Achievement: The Cycle''
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The term comes from baseball statistics, where it signifies getting a hit for every turn at bat. It was transferred to other activities in the 1920s.
*Hitting for the cycle means to hit a single, double, triple and Home Run in the same game. To accomplish this feat in order is termed a "natural cycle." Hitting for the cycle is a rare enough occurrence that Major League Baseball keeps special statistics on it.
 
  
  
''Achievement: Triple Play''
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[[Media:Scout_award07.wav|'''"No other class gonna do that!"''']]
*A Triple Play is the act of making 3 outs during the same hit.
 
  
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[[Media:Scout_award08.wav|'''"You see dat?"''']]
  
''Achievement: Dodgers 1, Giants 0''
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[[Media:Scout_award09.wav|'''"You seein' dis?"''']] ''- after unlocking an [[Scout achievements|achievement]].''
*A reference to the {{w|Los Angeles Dodgers}} and the {{W|San Francisco Giants}}, two professional baseball teams with a long history of {{W|Dodgers–Giants rivalry|rivalry}}.
 
*The name of the achievement could also be a double entendre. While under the effects of Bonk! Atomic Punch, the Scout is impervious to bullets, thereby making him a "dodger". "Giant" most likely refers to the Heavy's massive size.
 
  
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[[Media:Scout_misc02.wav|'''"If you order now, I'll throw in a second beating, absolutely free!"''']] ''- after a [[revenge]] kill.''
  
''Achievement: Stealing Home''
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These responses are quotes from a {{W|ShamWow}} [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwRISkyV_B8 advertisment].
*Stealing Home is the act of running to home place during the pitcher's windup and throw, a particularly difficult and rare feat in baseball.
 
  
==Other==
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==Media==
===Hippocrates===
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===Meet the Sandvich===
{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|Where's your precious Hippo-Crates now?|sound=Scout_dominationmed03.wav}}
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'''"He's already dead! He's already deaaad!"'''
Upon domination of a Medic, the Scout will sometimes say 'where's your precious Hippo Crates now?'. This is a reference to Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine.
 
  
===Hermes===
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This line was borrowed from {{W|The Simpsons}} and recorded for [[Meet the Sandvich]], though it was eventually not used.
The Scout's class icon depicts a winged shoe. Hermes, the Greek messenger of the gods, was most commonly depicted wearing a winged cap and winged sandals. Both the Scout and Hermes are the most rapid of their respective groups.
 
  
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 23:20, 21 May 2011

Due to the comedic style of Team Fortress 2 and Valve's humor, the game includes references, usually in a humorous fashion. There are many different types, from games to movies, even jokes that have developed within the game and its community have been included. Below are references specific to the Scout class.

List of references (Scout)

Achievements

A Year to Remember
A Year to Remember
Get 2004 lifetime kills.


2004 was the year that the Template:W won the World Series for the first time since 1918, breaking the Template:W.


Artful Dodger
Artful Dodger
Dodge 1000 damage in a single life using your Bonk! Atomic Punch.


A reference to the fictional character Template:W, a young pickpocket in Template:W novel Template:W, referred to by his gang as the "Artful Dodger".


Batter Up
Batter Up
Perform 1000 double jumps.



Batting the Doctor
Batting the Doctor
Kill a Medic that is ready to deploy an ÜberCharge.



Beanball
Beanball
Stun a Scout with their own ball.


"Beanball" is a colloquial sports term for a ball thrown at an opposing player with the intention of striking him such as to cause harm, often connoting a throw at the player's head.


Belittled Beleaguer
Belittled Beleaguer
Kill an opposing player that has your intelligence while holding theirs.



Block the Plate
Block the Plate
Block 50 point captures.


In baseball, blocking the plate is a common technique performed by a catcher to prevent a runner from scoring in which the catcher impedes the runner's tag with part of his body. The act of blocking the plate accounts for most of the physical contact in baseball.


Brushback
Brushback
Stun 50 enemies while they are capturing a point or pushing the cart.


A brushback pitch is a pitch thrown high and inside, usually a fastball, to force the batter away from the plate, often to intimidate.


Caught Napping
Caught Napping
Kill 50 enemies from behind with the Force-A-Nature.


A baserunner who is tagged out because he wasn't paying attention to what the defensive players were doing is "caught napping". Often this involves a pickoff play in which the infielder sneaks up behind the runner and takes a throw from the pitcher, or, less often, the catcher.


Closer
Closer
Destroy 3 teleporter entrances.


In baseball, a closing pitcher, more frequently referred to as a closer, is a relief pitcher who specializes in closing out games.


Doctoring the Ball
Doctoring the Ball
Kill 3 enemies while under the effects of a Medic's ÜberCharge.


To "doctor the ball" means to apply a foreign substance to a baseball or to otherwise alter it in order to put an unnatural spin on a pitch.


Dodgers 1, Giants 0
Dodgers 1, Giants 0
Kill an enemy Heavy and take his Sandvich.


A reference to the Template:W and the Template:W, two professional baseball teams with a long history of Template:W.

This could also be a double entendre: While under the effects of Bonk! Atomic Punch, the Scout is impervious to bullets, thereby making him a "dodger". "Giant" most likely refers to the Heavy's massive size.


Fall Classic
Fall Classic
Cause an environmental death or suicide using the Force-A-Nature's knockback.


The World Series, the championship series of Major League Baseball, is commonly referred to as the "Fall Classic".


First Blood
First Blood
Get the first kill in an Arena or Competitive match.
First Blood, Part 2
First Blood, Part 2
Kill 5 enemies with the First Blood crit buff in an Arena match.


The achievements First Blood & First Blood, Part 2 are references to the first two Rambo films, titled Template:W and Template:W.

First Blood is also a common term in other FPS games, used when someone gets the first kill in a match.


Foul Territory
Foul Territory
Cause an environmental death by stunning or slowing an enemy.


In baseball, foul territory or foul ground is defined as the area of the field outside of the foul lines. The foul lines and foul poles are not part of foul territory.


Gun Down
Gun Down
Destroy an active sentry gun using your pistol.


A play on the phrase "Run Down" in which a runner is stranded between two bases, and runs back and forth to try to avoid fielders with the ball. The fielders (usually basemen) toss the ball back and forth, to prevent the runner from getting to a base, and typically close in on and tag him.


If You Build It
If You Build It
Destroy 3 enemy buildings while they are still under construction.


"If you build it, he will come" is a line from the fantasy/drama film Template:W and has been used many times in popular culture.


I'm Bat Man
I'm Bat Man
Survive 500 damage in one life.


A reference to the fictional vigilante Template:W. In addition, this line (with Bat Man being one whole word), was spoken by Michael Keaton in the 1989 movie adaption.


Moon Shot
Moon Shot
Stun an enemy for the maximum possible duration by hitting them with a long-range ball.



No-Hitter
No-Hitter
Steal and then capture the enemy intelligence without firing a shot.


A no-hitter is a game in which one pitcher held the opposing team to no hits, while possibly allowing a walk or error.


Out of the Park
Out of the Park
Bat an enemy 25 meters.


Out of the ballpark is a Home Run in which the ball went over all of the outfield seating (i.e. it went outside the whole arena).


Pop Fly
Pop Fly
Kill 20 players while double-jumping.


A pop fly is a fly ball that goes high up in the air without traveling far out in the field.


Quick Hook
Quick Hook
Kill a player in Well before the round starts.



Race for the Pennant
Race for the Pennant
Run 25 kilometers.


A Pennant Race is the quest for a league or division title in baseball.


Retire the Runner
Retire the Runner
Kill a Scout while they are under the effect of Crit-a-Cola.



Round-Tripper
Round-Tripper
Capture the enemy intelligence 25 times.


A "round tripper" is another name for a home run in baseball. The analogy is to a commuter who buys a round-trip ticket from home plate to second base and back again to home.


Set the Table
Set the Table
Initiate 10 point captures that ultimately succeed.



Side Retired
Side Retired
Capture the last point in a CP map.


When the third out of an inning is called, the side is "retired" and the other team takes its turn at bat. A pitcher or a defensive team can be said to have "retired the side".


Stealing Home
Stealing Home
Start capping a capture point within a second of it becoming available.


Stealing Home is the act of running to home place during the pitcher's windup and throw, a particularly difficult and rare feat in baseball.


Strike Zone
Strike Zone
Kill or assist kill 50 enemies while they are stunned or slowed.



The Big Hurt
The Big Hurt
Stun 2 Medics that are ready to deploy an ÜberCharge.


Template:W is a Major League Baseball designated hitter. He was given the nickname "The Big Hurt" by broadcaster Ken Harrelson, who coined the term in 1992.


The Cycle
The Cycle
In a single life, kill an enemy while you are on the ground, in the air, and in the water.


Hitting for the cycle means to hit a single, double, triple and Home Run in the same game. To accomplish this feat in order is termed a "natural cycle". Hitting for the cycle is a rare enough occurrence that Major League Baseball keeps special statistics on it.


Triple Play
Triple Play
Capture three capture points in a row in one life.


A Triple Play is the act of making 3 outs during the same hit.


Triple Steal
Triple Steal
Capture the enemy intelligence 3 times in a single CTF round.


Weapons

Force-A-Nature

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In physics, the "force of nature" is one of the four fundamental forces that occur naturally and affect the structure of the universe.

The Scout describes himself as a "Force of Nature" in Meet the Scout.

Shortstop

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This weapon's name is a reference to "Template:W", the fielding position between second and third base in baseball.

Bonk! Atomic Punch

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This is a reference to the term "The Bonk" or "Hitting the wall", a condition when an athlete (usually in an endurance sport) suddenly loses energy or becomes fatigued

Crit-a-Cola

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This weapon's name is a play on popular soft-drink brand name Template:W.

It also sounds like the word "critical" when spoken with unusual emphasis.

Sandman

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This is a hint towards the popular 1954 song "Mr Sandman" by Template:W, fitting well with the fact that the Sandman's secondary attack puts hit enemies "to sleep" for a short duration.

The name is also a reference to Template:W, a variation of baseball.

The Scout's use of a bat as a melee weapon reflects the avid baseball culture of the Template:W area including the renowned Template:W.

Holy Mackerel

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The Holy Mackerel's level, 42, is a reference to Template:W book series, Template:W, in which 42 is considered to be the answer to "Life, The Universe, and Everything".

Two further references are the books "Template:W" and "Template:W", both also written by Adams.

Candy Cane

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All Candy Canes are level 25, referring to Template:W, on 25th December.

Boston Basher

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Template:W is the Scout's home city.

Fan O'War

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"Fan O'War" is a reference to Template:W, a powerful class of British naval ship used from the 16th to 19th centuries.

Special Delivery

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The promotional poster for the Special Delivery pack has the tag line "Fish Slapping Dance!", which is a reference to the Template:W sketch The Fish Slapping Dance.

Taunts

Sandman

The Home Run attack is a reference to Template:W.

Responses

Dominating a Scout

"Oh what, you gonna cry? You gonna cry now?"

A reference to the "There's no crying in baseball" scene from Template:W.

Dominating a Soldier

"What is your major malfunction, brudda?"

A reference to a line spoken Sergeant Hartman in Template:W. The Soldier himself seems to be based loosely on Sergeant Hartman.

Dominating a Heavy

"$400,000 to fire that gun, huh? Yeah, money well spent!"

"Dem $200 bullets ain't so hot when they don't hit nothin', are dey?"

A reference to the high price of maintaining Sasha mentioned by the Heavy in Meet the Heavy.


"I. Eat. Your. Sandwiches! I eat 'em up!"

A reference to the famous milkshake line from the acclaimed film Template:W. This is also a reference to the Scout's taking of the Heavy's Sandvich in Meet the Scout.

Dominating a Medic

"I... hate... doctors!"

A reference to Left 4 Dead's Francis, who often expresses his hatred for numerous things, including doctors.


"Where's your precious Hippo-crates now?"

Template:W is regarded as "the Father of Medicine".

Dominating a Sniper

"It was a mercy killin', ya live in a... camper van!"

A reference to the Sniper's choice of abode as seen in Meet the Sniper. A running joke in various response lines has the other classes mock the Sniper for living in a van.


"Look at this, just caved in your skull- my Bat's still dry. No clumps a' hair, nothin'."

This is a reference to an advertisment for Template:W.

Other Responses

Several of the noises the Scout makes when dodging bullets under the effects of Bonk! Atomic Punch are imitations of sound effects from the Template:W series, starting with Template:W.


"Ding dong!" - after stunning an enemy with the Sandman's baseball.

A reference to the "Church guy" from Left 4 Dead, who says this while ringing the church bell. Both characters are voiced by Nathan Vetterlein.


"Wananananana" - after drinking Bonk! Atomic Punch.

This is an imitation of the slow-mo sound effect from Template:W.


"I'm battin' a thousand!" - after a bat kill.

The term comes from baseball statistics, where it signifies getting a hit for every turn at bat. It was transferred to other activities in the 1920s.


"No other class gonna do that!"

"You see dat?"

"You seein' dis?" - after unlocking an achievement.

"If you order now, I'll throw in a second beating, absolutely free!" - after a revenge kill.

These responses are quotes from a Template:W advertisment.

Media

Meet the Sandvich

"He's already dead! He's already deaaad!"

This line was borrowed from Template:W and recorded for Meet the Sandvich, though it was eventually not used.

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