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| image              = Pencil Pusher.png
 
| image              = Pencil Pusher.png
 
| used-by            = [[Engineer]]
 
| used-by            = [[Engineer]]
| equip-region      = hat
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| equip-region      = none
 
| contributed-by    = {{Backpack Item Link|76561197963695558|571095483}}
 
| contributed-by    = {{Backpack Item Link|76561197963695558|571095483}}
| released          = [[Manniversary Update & Sale]]
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| released          = {{Patch name|10|13|2011}}<br>([[Manniversary Update & Sale]])
| availability      = {{avail|drop|craft|purchase|unusual}}
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| availability      = {{avail|drop|craft|purchase|unusual-expired|collectors|keyless-crate}}
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| trade              = yes
 
| gift              = yes
 
| gift              = yes
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| marketable        = yes
 
| paint              = no
 
| paint              = no
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| rename            = yes
 
| numbered          = yes
 
| numbered          = yes
 
| loadout            = yes
 
| loadout            = yes
   | level           = Level 10 Hat
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   | prefix          = The
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  | item-kind        = Hair
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  | item-level       = 10
 
   | item-description = Measure twice, cut once, shoot first.
 
   | item-description = Measure twice, cut once, shoot first.
  | loadout-name    = The Pencil Pusher
 
| team-colours      = no
 
 
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{{Quotation|'''The Engineer''' on the enemy's intellect|Shoot son, you all slow as molasses.|sound=Engineer_dominationscout07.wav}}
 
The '''Pencil Pusher''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]] for the [[Engineer]]. It replaces the Engineer's hard hat with grey thinning hair and a pencil tucked behind his right ear.
 
  
The Pencil Pusher was [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2261 contributed] to the Steam Workshop.
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{{Quotation|'''The Engineer''' on the enemy's intellect|Shoot son, you all slow as molasses.|sound=Engineer dominationscout07.wav}}
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The '''Pencil Pusher''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]] for the [[Engineer]]. It [[Bodygroup|removes]] the Engineer's default hard hat, giving him thinning grey hair and a pencil tucked behind his right ear.
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The Pencil Pusher was [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2261 contributed] to the Steam Workshop.
  
 
== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==
'''{{Patch name|10|13|2011}}''' ([[Manniversary Update & Sale]])
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'''{{Patch name|10|13|2011}} #1''' ([[Manniversary Update & Sale]])
 
* The Pencil Pusher was added to the game.
 
* The Pencil Pusher was added to the game.
  
 
'''{{Patch name|2|9|2012}}'''
 
'''{{Patch name|2|9|2012}}'''
* {{Undocumented}} The Pencil Pusher is no longer marked as paintable
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* {{Undocumented}} The Pencil Pusher no longer falls off on death.
* {{undocumented}} The Pencil Pusher no longer falls off on death
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* {{Undocumented}} The Pencil Pusher is no longer marked as paintable.
  
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'''{{Patch name|11|12|2013}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Added {{item link|Collector's}} quality.
  
 
'''{{Patch name|7|8|2014}}'''
 
'''{{Patch name|7|8|2014}}'''
* Updated the {{code|[[Equip region|equip_regions]]}} for The Pencil Pusher.
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* Updated the {{code|[[Equip region|equip_region]]}} for The Pencil Pusher.
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'''{{Patch name|8|21|2014}} #1'''
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* Updated the {{code|equip_region}} for The Pencil Pusher.
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* {{Undocumented}} Updated the item type of the Pencil Pusher.
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'''{{Patch name|7|7|2016}} #1''' ([[Meet Your Match Update]])
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* {{Undocumented}} Added [[Strange]] quality.
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== Bugs ==
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* The upper half of the hair is misplaced slightly above the goggles, exposing a thin line of the Engineer's default bald head.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
* A Pencil Pusher is a slang term for an office worker.
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* "Pencil pusher" is a slang term for a person with a clerical job involving a lot of tedious and repetitive paperwork.
* The description is a reference to the phrase "Measure twice, cut once", a term often used in carpentry.
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* The item's description is a reference to the phrase "measure twice, cut once", a term often used in carpentry. More generally, the phrase refers to planning and preparing in a careful manner before taking action.
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
<br><gallery widths=150px heights=150px>
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<gallery>
File:Steamworkshop tf2 pencilpusher thumb.jpg|The Steam Workshop thumbnail image for the Pencil Pusher.
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File:Steamworkshop tf2 pencilpusher thumb.jpg|Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Pencil Pusher.
File:Pencil_Pusher_Manniversary_Update.png|Pencil Pusher as seen in the [[Manniversary Update]].
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File:Pencil Pusher Manniversary Update.png|Pencil Pusher as seen in the [[Manniversary Update]].
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File:Main_menu_fwk_engineer.png|The Engineer wearing the Pencil Pusher on the [[main menu]].
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File:Pencil Pusher misplaced hair.jpg|The back of the hair, showing how the upper half is misplaced above the goggles.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
{{clr}}
 
  
{{ManniversaryNav}}
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{{Manniversary Nav}}
{{Engineer Nav}}
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{{Hat Nav}}
{{HatNav}}
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{{Engineer Nav|state=collapsed}}

Latest revision as of 22:12, 22 January 2024

Shoot son, you all slow as molasses.
The Engineer on the enemy's intellect

The Pencil Pusher is a community-created cosmetic item for the Engineer. It removes the Engineer's default hard hat, giving him thinning grey hair and a pencil tucked behind his right ear.

The Pencil Pusher was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Update history

October 13, 2011 Patch #1 (Manniversary Update & Sale)

  • The Pencil Pusher was added to the game.

February 9, 2012 Patch

  • [Undocumented] The Pencil Pusher no longer falls off on death.
  • [Undocumented] The Pencil Pusher is no longer marked as paintable.

November 12, 2013 Patch

July 8, 2014 Patch

August 21, 2014 Patch #1

  • Updated the equip_region for The Pencil Pusher.
  • [Undocumented] Updated the item type of the Pencil Pusher.

July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)

  • [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

Bugs

  • The upper half of the hair is misplaced slightly above the goggles, exposing a thin line of the Engineer's default bald head.

Trivia

  • "Pencil pusher" is a slang term for a person with a clerical job involving a lot of tedious and repetitive paperwork.
  • The item's description is a reference to the phrase "measure twice, cut once", a term often used in carpentry. More generally, the phrase refers to planning and preparing in a careful manner before taking action.

Gallery