Ghastly Gibus

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Shoot over my bones, and I shall visit upon you a haunting the likes of which you have never seen.
Zepheniah Mann

The Ghastly Gibus is an unlockable headwear item for all classes. It appears as a slightly damaged, black gibus hat with the top nearly detached. In a similar fashion to the Gentle Manne's Service Medal, the original method of earning this hat was by being one of the first 10,319 people to visit a hidden web page. The alternative method, through which it now can be unlocked, is to complete the Ghastly Gibus Grab scarechievement by dominating a player wearing the hat. Unlike the Mildly Disturbing Halloween Mask, the Gibus is not seasonally restricted.

The hat description was written by Esquilax for the Hat Describing Contest.

Each Ghastly Gibus earned prior to the Scream Fortress update was changed to a Ghastlier Gibus.

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.


Painted variants

Main article: Paint Can
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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

Update history

September 30, 2010 Patch

  • The stripe of the hat was made paintable.

October 8, 2010 Patch

  • This item is now nameable.

December 2, 2010 Patch

  • The hat's painting texture was improved. The entire hat is now paintable.

Bugs

  • The Ghastly Gibus appears to float when worn by the Sniper.

Trivia

  • The Ghastly Gibus's original description was "Embroidered initials say 'Z.M.'", a reference to Zepheniah Mann.
  • Before the Scream Fortress update, only the stripe on this hat could be painted. Now the paint is applied to the entire item.
  • The Template:W was invented in 1800–10 and named for its inventor, 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."
  • 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.
  • It was possible to obtain two Ghastly Gibuses by finding one through the hidden web page while the giveaway was in practice, and by earning one with the Ghastly Gibus Grab achievement. This originally served no practical purpose, as the Gibus couldn't be crafted into anything else and one single Gibus could be worn by all classes at once. Since the addition of Paint Cans, players can possess multiple Gibuses each painted a different color. If the second Gibus was obtained before the Scream Fortress update, the owner would have two Ghastlier Gibuses.
  • While every Ghastly Gibus is marked as non-tradable, only the ones obtained with the Ghastly Gibus Grab Scarechievement are marked as non craftable (such as all achievement items). However, trying to craft an original Gibus still doesn't match any blueprints.
  • The Ghastly Gibus is not tradable, while the Ghastlier Gibus is. This gives players who have the Ghastly Gibus a chance to collect both, while players only with the Ghastlier Gibus cannot obtain both, unless they received a Ghastly Gibus from the secret webpage, and haven't earned the Ghastly Gibus Grab achievement yet.

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