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'''Ze Goggles''' are a community-created headwear item for the [[Medic]], and was chosen by Valve to be released with the second wave of [[Contribution page|community-contributed]] content due to its outstanding quality.  They appear to be a pair of chunky, military-spec night-vision goggles.
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'''Ze Goggles''' are a community-created [[Hat|headwear]] item for the [[Medic]], and was chosen by Valve to be released with the second wave of [[Contribution page|community-contributed]] content due to its outstanding quality.  They appear to be a pair of chunky, military-spec night-vision goggles.
  
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
* Ze Goggles' description is a reference to one of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juFZh92MUOY Rainier Wolfcastle's lines] from ''The Simpsons''' Season 7 episode "Radioactive Man", which has since developed into a meme. The line Radioactive Man yells out when he is splashed by sulfuric acid is "My eyes! The goggles do nothing!"
 
* Ze Goggles' description is a reference to one of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juFZh92MUOY Rainier Wolfcastle's lines] from ''The Simpsons''' Season 7 episode "Radioactive Man", which has since developed into a meme. The line Radioactive Man yells out when he is splashed by sulfuric acid is "My eyes! The goggles do nothing!"
* Ze Goggles are also a reference to the Ecto-Goggles (officially dubbed the Paragoggles in ''Ghostbusters: The Video Game'') which appear in the {{w|Ghostbusters}} series; their name originally being [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1066873&postcount=107| Ect-oh Goggles]. This may be a reference to the fact that the Medic looks quite similar to Egon Spengler, and that the [[Medi Gun]] and backpack he wears bear a resemblance to the Neutrona Wand and {{w|Proton_pack|Proton Pack}} respectively.
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* Ze Goggles are also a reference to the Ecto-Goggles, officially dubbed as Paragoggles in ''Ghostbusters: The Video Game'', which appear in the {{w|Ghostbusters}} series; their name originally being [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1066873&postcount=107| Ect-oh Goggles]. This may be a reference to the fact that the Medic looks quite similar to Egon Spengler, and that the [[Medi Gun]] and backpack he wears bear a resemblance to the Neutrona Wand and {{w|Proton_pack|Proton Pack}} respectively.
 
* When moving this item around in the backpack, it makes the same sound as the night-vision goggles in ''Counter-Strike: Source''.
 
* When moving this item around in the backpack, it makes the same sound as the night-vision goggles in ''Counter-Strike: Source''.
  

Revision as of 07:57, 14 February 2011

Auf Wiedersehen, Dummkopf!
The Medic

Ze Goggles are a community-created headwear item for the Medic, and was chosen by Valve to be released with the second wave of community-contributed content due to its outstanding quality. They appear to be a pair of chunky, military-spec night-vision goggles.

Trivia

  • Ze Goggles' description is a reference to one of Rainier Wolfcastle's lines from The Simpsons' Season 7 episode "Radioactive Man", which has since developed into a meme. The line Radioactive Man yells out when he is splashed by sulfuric acid is "My eyes! The goggles do nothing!"
  • Ze Goggles are also a reference to the Ecto-Goggles, officially dubbed as Paragoggles in Ghostbusters: The Video Game, which appear in the Template:W series; their name originally being Ect-oh Goggles. This may be a reference to the fact that the Medic looks quite similar to Egon Spengler, and that the Medi Gun and backpack he wears bear a resemblance to the Neutrona Wand and Template:W respectively.
  • When moving this item around in the backpack, it makes the same sound as the night-vision goggles in Counter-Strike: Source.