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This page is pretty full, but it is still missing:
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== Weed Soldier ==
*Humping Sniper[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hUH4vcK0EU]
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The Weed Soldier refers to this image:
*HWM models in Garry's Mod (although this is probably part of a bigger Garry's Mod category) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqDaMSk00wA]
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*Golden Machine Gun[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-golden-machine-gun]
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User PantsPlant Weed Soldier.jpg
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The image was originaly created as an edit of a scene from TEChulus's video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZgZ8JrSbpg Crystal Weed] which came out on September of 2013, it is unknown who created the edit, but one of the first notable uses of the image was done by the tf2 youtuber Rapid シ as the thubnail of his video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8crH4zBPbk&t=3s WEED IS NOW LEGAL IN TF2] which came out on February of 2015.
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;Resurgence
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Up to this point the Weed Soldier image (also dubbed :weed:) was just a random tf2 joke image, nothing more, nothing less, but the meme became very big in the community of the youtuber Chimparoncito around 2022, the image started to see use, in game on Conscientious Objector and outside of it like in profile pictures on several sites (mostly on steam), and even recreated in other games like MineCraft, this was all done because of challenge streams Chimparoncito did in which he closes the stream if he sees the image at all while playing tf2, the more times he did the challenge the harder it became, and the more popular the image became in the tf2 community at large.
  
Are these possible additions? --[[User:Focusknock|Focusknock]] 11:43, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
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At this point the image started to have variations of it created on the other classes, and was commonly used together with by this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsiYj6KOvXc&t=80s remix of Rocket Jump Waltz](created on April of 2020 by skylinee).
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Its most recent notable use happened on July of 2023 when the youtuber Richter Overtime used an [https://freeimage.host/i/JHeUCfR edited version of the image] with the word "Its Over" for the thumbnail of his video about the tf2 leak [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8un3dBLVSCw "Explaining TF2's Biggest Leak Ever"]
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;Popular Uses Of The Image
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UUZUyjVc_c 1]-common edit video of the classes.
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[https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fi5b2qux6hhfb1.png 2]-loadout created in tf2.
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[https://freeimage.host/i/JHeSSVf 3]-the image recreated insdie of MineCraft.
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[https://freeimage.host/i/JHeUOgV 4]-a fad created about Richter Overtime's use of the :Weed: in the thumbnail of his video.
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[https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fdwhf8xjl1zdb1.png 5]-:weed: on r/place 2023.
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[[User:PantsPlant|PantsPlant]]
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([[User talk:PantsPlant|talk]]) 00:49, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
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[[User:PantsPlant|PantsPlant]] ([[User talk:PantsPlant|talk]]) 16:27, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
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:Personally, I think although it does see a lot of usage, it isn't really notable. It seems like only a few notable YouTubers have the image as a popular fad in their community and it has only appeared a few times in the TF2 community as a whole. The most usage the fad sees seems to be related to one person's usage of the image in a thumbnail, which the thumbnail itself is the focus and not the Soldier image itself.<br>[[File:BLU Wiki Cap.png|20px|link=Wiki Cap]] | [[Help:Group rights|<span style="color:green;font-family:TF2 Build;">s</span>]] | [[User:GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">GrampaSwood</font>]] ([[User talk:GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">talk</font>]]) 01:01, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
  
On the russian page, there is a TF2 rick roll. Can someone stranslate that to english?
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::I agree with GrampaSwood. While I've seen it a few times, it doesn't seem notable enough to be mentioned here. - [[User:BrazilianNut|BrazilianNut]] ([[User talk:BrazilianNut|talk]]) 02:39, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
- Mentlegen
 
  
sure,i'll do it --[[User:Condemned|Condemned]] 20:18, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
 
  
I think painis cupcake is much more well known than the This is what I see with my eyes closed. If you doubt me, go to any micspam server and just listen in :). --[[User:Kurathedog|Kurathedog]] 02:23, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
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== Demoman MOO! ==
  
I don't heard about these memes except HWM models. I think that is better put the Christian Brutal Sniper. --[[User:Jagoba RL|Jagoba RL]] 17:23, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
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{{Quotation|Demoman saying Move up!|'''MOO'''-ve that gear up!|sound=Demoman_moveup02.wav}}
  
I find it odd that while the page mentions the Odd Scout (which had three or four videos), Seeman and his lesser-known companion, Seeldier, aren't talked about. [[User:Wing Dairu|Wing Dairu]] 05:35, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
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The Demoman Moo meme is a meme where people play as Demo in 2fort, then they go to the cow right next to the entrance to the intel, and they say Move up while laughing right before Demo says "that." It should sound like he's saying MOO!
:I never even heard of those (even though I don't spend my day watching TF2 gmod videos on youtube), so I'm inclined to say their popularity and notability isn't skyrocket high to include them in the "memes" article. [[File:Killicon_backstab.png|22px|link=User_talk:Stabnrun]] [[User:Stabnrun|<span style="font-family:TF2 Build; color:black">Stab !</span>]] 19:01, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 
::I've heard of seeman, but never of seeldier nor odd scout. And I spend my days watching TF2 gmod videos. Still, odd scout has lots of views. Most seeman videos have far less. [[User:Lord Melchior|Lord Melchior]] 16:26, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 
  
==Oluapgineer==
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--[[User:Slimyboi500|Slimyboi500]] ([[User talk:Slimyboi500|talk]]) 15:54, 4 October 2023 (UTC)Slimyboi500 [[File:User Slimyboi500 Profile.jpg|25px]]
  
Oluap should be honored to have his fad on the page....
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:I don't think this is nearly notable enough, considering it's only limited to 2Fort and doesn't see much widespread usage otherwise.<br>[[File:BLU Wiki Cap.png|20px|link=List of Wiki Cap owners]] | [[Help:Group rights|<span style="color:green;font-family:TF2 Build;">s</span>]] | [[User:GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">GrampaSwood</font>]] [[File:PraisetheSun.png|20px|alt=Praise the Sun!]] ([[User talk:GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">talk</font>]]) ([[Special:Contributions/GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">contribs</font>]]) 16:17, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
  
[[File:User Thunder Pyro.jpg|45px|This is my weapon.]][[User:Thunder|<span style="text-shadow:black0px 0px 3px;"><font color: "#EEE8AA"><tt><big>'''Thunderstorm'''</big></tt></font>]] </span> 06:38, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
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::I hadn't heard of it until now, so yeah, I don't think it's notable enough either. - [[User:BrazilianNut|BrazilianNut]] ([[User talk:BrazilianNut|talk]]) 17:14, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
  
== W+M1 ==
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== Tick Tock ==
  
"An infamous video showed a player experiencing success with the Pyro by only using the "W" key and "Mouse1" (Moving forward and primary fire). This led to the creation of the term W + M1,"
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What about adding the fad of the buff mercs posing to Tick Tock by Joji? [[User:CriticalFeesh|CriticalFeesh]] ([[User talk:CriticalFeesh|talk]]) 12:09, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
  
This is inaccurate. The term W+M1 existed way before the video (which dates from 2009), right about when TF2 started if I recall correctly. I'm editing this. [[User:Stabnrun|Stabnrun]] 02:08, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
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:This meme mostly exists in the format of the same few GIFs/images with the same music, I don't think this fits the definition of "fad" very well. It doesn't see much widespread usage outside of the same format (the GIFs with the music under it), unlike other fads here which come in many different forms.<br>[[File:BLU Wiki Cap.png|20px|link=List of Wiki Cap owners]] | [[Help:Group rights|<span style="color:green;font-family:TF2 Build;">s</span>]] | [[User:GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">GrampaSwood</font>]] [[File:PraisetheSun.png|20px|alt=Praise the Sun!]] ([[User talk:GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">talk</font>]]) ([[Special:Contributions/GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">contribs</font>]]) 12:17, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
  
== Scout is delicious: Not well known? ==
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== The heavy is dead ==
  
Sorry, what? --[[User:Vaught|Vaught]] 02:12, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
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{{Quotation|'''The Medic''' reacting to Heavy's Death|'''HEAVY IS DEAD!'''|sound=Medic mvm class is dead03.wav}}
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The Heavy is Dead is a Community fad made by [https://www.youtube.com/@Delak_Antoine Delak] on YouTube.
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;Video
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''The video may be blocked for some users because it is age-restricted.''
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{{Youtube|oiuyhxp4w9I}}
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;"Family Friendly" version
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{{Youtube|wV3fNs53o4k}}
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----[[User:Slimyboi500|Slimyboi500]] ([[User talk:Slimyboi500|talk]]) [[File:User Slimyboi500 Profile.jpg|25px]] 18:29, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
  
:Added it back already. [[User:Zoolooman|Zoolooman]] 02:15, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
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:Not sure this is really a fad, more just a popular video that people quote. It has largely died down and there isn't any example of it beyond the video itself. I'd vote no<br>[[File:BLU Wiki Cap.png|20px|link=List of Wiki Cap owners]] | [[Help:Group rights|<span style="color:green;font-family:TF2 Build;">s</span>]] | [[User:GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">GrampaSwood</font>]] [[File:PraisetheSun.png|20px|alt=Praise the Sun!]] ([[User talk:GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">talk</font>]]) ([[Special:Contributions/GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">contribs</font>]]) 22:53, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
  
::Alrighty. Was just curious as why it wouldn't be well known when youtube is lit up with responses to it. No harm no foul! --[[User:Vaught|Vaught]] 02:20, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
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== Add Madcap ==
  
== a whole LOAD of memes: should I add them all? ==
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I think we can add Madcap on here. There's art, loadouts, his theme music and even recently a voice actor. [[User:FrancePain|FrancePain]] ([[User talk:FrancePain|talk]]) 13:55, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
  
i know the whereabouts of a few seemingly million, do i give the link or add them all? <small>--''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' [[User:Yourdeadthatsgoodamen|Yourdeadthatsgoodamen]] ([[User talk:Yourdeadthatsgoodamen|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Yourdeadthatsgoodamen|contribs]]) </small>
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:I think it would need to prove more long-term popularity. It seems like the popularity is also largely contained to r/tf2. There may also be issues with the fact that the class itself is AI-generated.<br>[[File:BLU Wiki Cap.png|20px|link=List of Wiki Cap owners]] | [[Help:Group rights|<span style="color:green;font-family:TF2 Build;">s</span>]] | [[User:GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">GrampaSwood</font>]] [[File:PraisetheSun.png|20px|alt=Praise the Sun!]] ([[User talk:GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">talk</font>]]) ([[Special:Contributions/GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">contribs</font>]]) 14:10, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
 
 
There really aren't that many TF2 Fads, let alone memes. I don't advise adding as many popular youtube video characters as you know of etc. If you have any suggestions, suggest it here in the talk page, and you'll get some input from the rest of the members. Also, remember to sign your posts with '''<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>''' (four tildes). -- [[User:Benjamuffin|<span style="color:#476291;font-size:13px;font-family:
 
'TF2 Build';text-shadow:#e3e3e3 1px 1px 0px;">Benjamuffin</span>]] <span style="font-size:10px">[[File:BenjamuffinSig.png|Om nom nom!]] ([[User talk:Benjamuffin|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Benjamuffin|contribs]])</span> 00:29, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 
 
 
== Cleanup tag? ==
 
 
 
Is there a need for it anymore, or should it just be removed now that the article has been cleaned up? [[User:Stabnrun|Stab !]] 17:05, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
 
 
 
== Lines ==
 
Strange decision,deleting those horizontal lines.Looks ugly. {{unsigned|Condemned|20:18, 24 November 2010}}
 
:Uh.. no it doesn't? "nope.avi" and all the others that you added "lines" for are actually sub-"categories" of the main "Youtube memes" category, so they shouldn't be "promoted" like that just because it looks ugly... [[User:Stabnrun|Stab !]] 20:49, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
 
 
 
== Demopan ==
 
 
 
I think this counts as a meme now but I don't know enough to add it. [[User:Guybrush20X6|Guybrush20X6]] 23:30, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 
: Wait a couple months. If it's still around, it can be added. [[User:Bonzi77|Bonzi77]] 09:02, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 
:: http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/File%3ADemopan.jpg Is a picture of Demopan. I believe it's currently a meme right now, but again, let us way a month. If it still continues, then we can call that a meme. A meme takes time. [[User:Wintergreen|Wintergreen]] 00:39, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
 
Not to hijack this section, but speaking of other well-known memes, the Gentlementlemen series (including the other videos with that song, despite the realm of the meme extending far beyond TF2) is also be notable enough to be added, as well as possibly Polite/Crazed Sniper (though it seems they only have one video each). —[[User:KarasuGamma|烏Γ]] ''<sup>([[User talk:KarasuGamma|kaw at me]])</sup>, 19:39, 8 January 2011 (UTC)''
 
 
 
== One of the most obvious is ignored ==
 
 
 
And something officially recognized and '''''added to the game''''' - FYI I Am A Spy. —[[User:KarasuGamma|烏Γ]] ''<sup>([[User talk:KarasuGamma|kaw at me]])</sup>, 07:49, 15 January 2011 (UTC)''
 
 
 
Hmm, a Community Manager on Knowyourmeme.com had this to say:
 
 
 
There are obviously a TON of videos, image macros, and every type of media one can think of for Team Fortress 2.
 
The game has a rich history in it’s short life, with lots of updates, and crossovers into other memes.
 
The problem is that not all of these things are memetic items. The vast majority of it is fanart. The game is insanely popular, I play it myself, but it’s the kind of thing that will naturally be parodied. It’s like the Britney Spears of video games. And with video games today becoming more popular than movies, TF2 is a well-represented force in the media regardless of what any particular instance looks like. Any big video game will inspire parody and fanart."
 
 
 
That was a year ago, and shortly after the said article was posted as an attempted meme, it was deadpooled. -- [[User:Benjamuffin|<span style="color:#476291;font-size:13px;font-family:
 
'TF2 Build';text-shadow:#e3e3e3 1px 1px 0px;">Benjamuffin</span>]] <span style="font-size:10px">[[File:BenjamuffinSig.png|Om nom nom!]] ([[User talk:Benjamuffin|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Benjamuffin|contribs]])</span> 09:01, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 
 
 
== Knowyourmeme as a guideline. ==
 
 
 
I've been thinking, and I hate to be the one to say this, but as much as we love the items on the Memes page, a lot of these things are not Memes. They are just huge fads within the Team Fortress community. A big bunch of these ''have'' managed to cultivate Meme status, but we really can't list every Team Fortress 2 inside joke as a born Meme. Most people outside of the TF2 community have never heard of these, even the Meme filled /b/tards. I think on a wiki (an official one at that) we should be more correct in our terminology.
 
 
 
I propose that we either use knowyourmeme.com (they have a status: confirmed/denied on the right) as a resource to check before adding content to this page, move some of the items to a differently named page or section, or list their current Meme status beside the proposed Meme.
 
 
 
Before anyone discredits knowyourmeme.com they have a stricter system than here when it comes to accepting and they do a hell of a lot of research before announcing something as a meme.
 
 
 
 
 
So, to start said ball rolling:
 
*'''Gentlemen''' - Confirmed Meme.
 
*'''Poor and Irish''' - Not a Meme, not even a single reference or attempt. An inside joke.
 
*'''Saxton Hale''' - Deadpooled, it just TF2 fan base clone of a real Meme. An inside joke.
 
*'''Spycrab''' - Confirmed Meme.
 
*'''Demopan''' - Confirmed Meme.
 
*'''Voice Clip Mashups''' - I checked, but this is pretty obviously not a Meme.
 
*'''nope.avi''' - Currently being researched.
 
*'''Scout is Delicious''' - Confirmed Meme.
 
*'''Painis Cupcake''' - Deadpooled, however reopened for research.
 
*'''Vagineer''' - Currently being researched, though looks promising.
 
*'''Odd Scout''' - No references at all.
 
*'''Seeman''' - Not a Meme, give it time.
 
*'''Christian Brutal Sniper''' - Not a Meme.
 
 
 
 
 
The problem with most of these, is they are simply either inside jokes or things that have a fan base and have been cultivated within the TF2 community because of this. It's like calling a TV show a Meme, just because it has a fan base that quote it in parodied situations, they are not the same thing. Even noting them as a cult status or something similar would be better.
 
 
 
To those sad at the idea to see some of these go or moved somewhere else, remember, a lot of these have yet to grow, and many will eventually reach said status. This page needs a better layout and content style anyway. -- [[User:Benjamuffin|<span style="color:#476291;font-size:13px;font-family:
 
'TF2 Build';text-shadow:#e3e3e3 1px 1px 0px;">Benjamuffin</span>]] <span style="font-size:10px">[[File:BenjamuffinSig.png|Om nom nom!]] ([[User talk:Benjamuffin|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Benjamuffin|contribs]])</span> 09:31, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 
 
 
:The problem with using Know Your Meme is that there are some memes (Saxton or nope.avi for example) that are heavily used within the TF2 community but rarely used outside of it (as opposed to, say, "Gentlemen" or "Spycrab") and so they might get deadpooled even though they're used a lot. But I agree, this needs a major MAJOR rewrite, most of the "Youtube Memes" are just popular videos that I personally never heard of (and by "popular" I mean only a few few portion of the YT/GMod/TF2 community has seen them) and there are some old memes that should be referenced too. Who remembers "OVERTIME OVERTIME OVAAHTIME"? [[File:Killicon_backstab.png|22px|link=User_talk:Stabnrun]] [[User:Stabnrun|<span style="font-family:TF2 Build; color:black">Stab !</span>]] 12:43, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 
 
 
:: Indeed, but that is partially my point, those not acceptable (or yet acceptable) to sites like that, are not really Memes at all. They are just fads and cult fan comedy that has gained popularity within Team Fortress 2's community. They are nothing but inside jokes and references, so I think we really need to get rid of the whole "Team Fortress 2 and its community are responsible for the birth of a variety of memes." when the game really can't take that much credit. I mean the meme definition is vague at best even if it is taken from wikipedia. The definition of a meme could be applied to many non-meme things. As a whole, we either need to redefine these items as internal fads (with a better title of course) or strip out the non-meme items. Either that or we put them under honorable mentions in a section on the page. Knowyourmeme.com is quite happy to acknowledge the TF2 content as a Meme as long as it gains that status. Many of these are simply... Well, not at that point... I mean I like to consider my self in the know when it comes to the internetz, I have developed custom content for TF2, I lurk youtube etc, but even I have not heard of Seeman for example. They are just VERY popular youtube fan videos that people like. That doesn't make them memes. Otherwise every partner video on youtube would be a meme. As for the whole audio mash up thing, that isn't even a meme at all. While it is widespread in TF2 videos for custom dialogue, people have been doing audio mashup content to gain custom speech since before the damn TV was invented, so that one needs to go either way. -- [[User:Benjamuffin|<span style="color:#476291;font-size:13px;font-family:
 
'TF2 Build';text-shadow:#e3e3e3 1px 1px 0px;">Benjamuffin</span>]] <span style="font-size:10px">[[File:BenjamuffinSig.png|Om nom nom!]] ([[User talk:Benjamuffin|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Benjamuffin|contribs]])</span> 14:19, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 
 
 
::: Simple solution, we move the page to something like "Fanbase Fads"/"Fan Fads" or something better sounding, then we can add all the popular items as they are. Then at the end of each paragraph for each individual fad, if the fad has reached meme status, we simply add "The "Gentleman" fad has reached Meme status" at the end in bold or something, with the name linking to the knowyourmeme.com page (replacing the fad name with whatever). -- [[User:Benjamuffin|<span style="color:#476291;font-size:13px;font-family:
 
'TF2 Build';text-shadow:#e3e3e3 1px 1px 0px;">Benjamuffin</span>]] <span style="font-size:10px">[[File:BenjamuffinSig.png|Om nom nom!]] ([[User talk:Benjamuffin|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Benjamuffin|contribs]])</span> 14:24, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 
 
 
:::: For those unsure about how relevent "Fad" or even "Trend" is;
 
:::: "A fad, sometimes called a trend, meme or a craze, is any form of behavior that develops among a large population and is collectively followed with enthusiasm for some period, generally as a result of the behavior's being perceived as novel in some way.[1] A fad is said to "catch on" when the number of people adopting it begins to increase rapidly."
 
:::: Considering they even use meme in the opening line, I'd say it was appropriate, giving that the internet's own definition of a meme is a little more specific and in-depth than a fad. -- [[User:Benjamuffin|<span style="color:#476291;font-size:13px;font-family:
 
'TF2 Build';text-shadow:#e3e3e3 1px 1px 0px;">Benjamuffin</span>]] <span style="font-size:10px">[[File:BenjamuffinSig.png|Om nom nom!]] ([[User talk:Benjamuffin|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Benjamuffin|contribs]])</span> 14:30, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 
:::::I'd definitely agree with moving the page to something a little less rigid and specific, since that would allow for popular non-memes to be included. XP —[[User:KarasuGamma|烏Γ]] ''<sup>([[User talk:KarasuGamma|kaw at me]])</sup>, 19:05, 15 January 2011 (UTC)''
 
:::::I agree with changing the title as "memes" isn't exactly accurate, but changing it to "Community fads" isn't accurate either because it implies that ALL of these "memes" were quickly forgotten shortly after being popular, which isn't true for some of them (Gentlemen, Spycrab, etc.). Changing it to "Community trends" would be a better in my opinion since it says nothing about its duration or popularity. What do you think? [[File:Killicon_backstab.png|22px|link=User_talk:Stabnrun]] [[User:Stabnrun|<span style="font-family:TF2 Build; color:black">Stab !</span>]] 14:23, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 
::::::"Trend" ''directly implies'' the duration of popularity. >v> —[[User:KarasuGamma|烏Γ]] ''<sup>([[User talk:KarasuGamma|kaw at me]])</sup>, 17:43, 16 January 2011 (UTC)''
 
:::::::How does "trend" imply the duration of popularity, really?
 
:::::::''Trend'': "a line of general direction of movement, a prevailing tendency of inclination, a style or preference, a line of development, or the general movement over time of a statistically detectable change. In a few words, "trend" is a synonym to "tendency"."
 
:::::::''Fad'': "A phenomenon that becomes popular '''for a very short time'''. From French fade, from Late Latin *fatidus, a blend of Latin fatuus (“foolish”) and vapidus (“vapid”)."
 
:::::::"Though the term trend may be used interchangeably with fad, a fad is generally considered a fleeting behavior whereas a trend is considered to be a behavior that evolves into a relatively permanent change."
 
:::::::''Trend'' sounds much less derogatory and more accurate to me, whereas ''fad'' directly implies that these terms were short-lived, when, quite frankly, most of them weren't/aren't. [[File:Killicon_backstab.png|22px|link=User_talk:Stabnrun]] [[User:Stabnrun|<span style="font-family:TF2 Build; color:black">Stab !</span>]] 22:52, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 
:::::::: True, but that all depends on your perception of time given the individual scenarios. Leg Warmers were considered a Fad during the 80s, but they were worn for a whole ten years. Then during the 2000s, they made a comeback after a decade of being unworn and unfashionable, and are now as popular as ever amongst teen girls. "Fad" is accurately suitable, given that when the game dies out, only the Memes will likely live on. -- [[User:Benjamuffin|<span style="color:#0e5c76;font-size:13px;font-family:
 
'TF2 Build';text-shadow:#e3e3e3 1px 1px 0px;">Benjamuffin</span>]] <span style="font-size:10px">[[File:BenjamuffinSig.png|Om nom nom!]] ([[User talk:Benjamuffin|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Benjamuffin|contribs]])</span> 14:52, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 
 
 
== I think this should be featured because... ==
 
I believe this page should be a featured article because i found it very informational. Newbies might be confused when people talk about spycrabs and W+M1. I actually figured  out the meaning of W+M1 on this page. Please make this a featured article.
 
 
 
 
 
I have a number of memes that I know that are worthy of mention here. -- [[User:Thunder|Thunder]]
 
 
 
:: I moved your paragraph to the bottom of the page due to it not having a title and thus being above the page content index. I hope you don't mind. On that note, my opinion of your suggestion is that I would hate for something displaying a main character as a Vagina, to be featured on the main page. Memes are not vital/helpful information and some of them are certainly not what a new player would want to see. -- [[User:Benjamuffin|<span style="color:#476291;font-size:13px;font-family:
 
'TF2 Build';text-shadow:#e3e3e3 1px 1px 0px;">Benjamuffin</span>]] <span style="font-size:10px">[[File:BenjamuffinSig.png|Om nom nom!]] ([[User talk:Benjamuffin|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Benjamuffin|contribs]])</span> 09:37, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 
 
 
== Vagineer ==
 
 
 
Ben, any reason you deleted the bit about Snyphurr? Seems like a valid part of the Vagineer series. On another note, I readded the definition of memes to the top, to provide some sort of context for the "recognized meme" notes on Demopan and his colleagues. —[[User:KarasuGamma|烏Γ]] ''<sup>([[User talk:KarasuGamma|kaw at me]])</sup>, 01:54, 16 January 2011 (UTC)''
 
 
 
I removed it because I don't think we should be listing every insignificant little detail about their story arc and episode listings etc. I did the same for the Painis Cupcake, I removed a part that links to his other videos.
 
I think each section should just explain who they are and why they are a Fad/Meme, with links to say their first appearance being relevent. Each paragraph was/is way too big on some of them anyhow. So in short, Snyphurr isn't the Vagineer, so unless he is suddenly a Fad/Meme too, I don't think he should be mentioned. -- [[User:Benjamuffin|<span style="color:#476291;font-size:13px;font-family:
 
'TF2 Build';text-shadow:#e3e3e3 1px 1px 0px;">Benjamuffin</span>]] <span style="font-size:10px">[[File:BenjamuffinSig.png|Om nom nom!]] ([[User talk:Benjamuffin|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Benjamuffin|contribs]])</span> 22:51, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
 
 
 
== Oddscout? ==
 
 
 
Correct me if i am right, but i have not heard about that meme. I have played Tf2 for a time now and i have not heard a single time that someone have talked about Oddscout. So how did it become a meme? [[User:Altair|Altair]] 18:11, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 
 
 
It is fairly new. There were 3 videos that involved the Odd Scout, but thats it. It wouldn't be considered a meme, but more of a fad
 
[[User:Nihilus0|Nihilus0]] 01:39, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
 
 
 
A Fad? To be honest, i have seen more of Heavydile and Weaslecake than Oddscout. I wouldnt really count it as a fad either, but more of something odd randomness that you just make because that you are bored. If that was ok, why the hell aint L.A.E (Law Abiding Engineer) ok then? [[User:Altair|Altair]] 12:06, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 
 
 
: I can assure you, though not a Meme, it is most definitely a Fad. The Odd Scout has a lot of fan art (some of it questionable) and is also referenced occaisonaly during gameplay (I have heard such). The whole point of removing the Meme page and having a Community Fads page, was so that things such as this could be noted. A Fad is low enough, there really isn't a need to lower it to something else. As for Law Abiding Engineer; though popular, it's questionable as to whether this is a Fad. It's pretty much been forgotten about in terms of keeping it alive through joke/reference. Give it time though, it may become a Fad at some point, and as I said, it IS debatable. -- [[User:Benjamuffin|<span style="color:#0e5c76;font-size:13px;font-family:
 
'TF2 Build';text-shadow:#e3e3e3 1px 1px 0px;">Benjamuffin</span>]] <span style="font-size:10px">[[File:BenjamuffinSig.png|Om nom nom!]] ([[User talk:Benjamuffin|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Benjamuffin|contribs]])</span> 14:45, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 
 
 
== Sven's Condensed list of requested Fads ==
 
 
 
'''''Here it is''''':
 
* Snyphurr
 
* Jarate Cake Dick
 
* The "Kiss Me" series of videos
 
* Sewer Medic
 
* The "Food debate" series of videos
 
* Weaselcake
 
 
 
Lol forgot the signature. [[User:Sven|Sven]] 22:08, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
 
 
 
== Name of the article ==
 
 
 
I think we should change it back to memes, and maybe have "Fads" redirect to it. All in favor? [[User:Mentlegen|Mr. Wii]] 23:39, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
 

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Weed Soldier

The Weed Soldier refers to this image:

The image was originaly created as an edit of a scene from TEChulus's video Crystal Weed which came out on September of 2013, it is unknown who created the edit, but one of the first notable uses of the image was done by the tf2 youtuber Rapid シ as the thubnail of his video WEED IS NOW LEGAL IN TF2 which came out on February of 2015.

Resurgence

Up to this point the Weed Soldier image (also dubbed :weed:) was just a random tf2 joke image, nothing more, nothing less, but the meme became very big in the community of the youtuber Chimparoncito around 2022, the image started to see use, in game on Conscientious Objector and outside of it like in profile pictures on several sites (mostly on steam), and even recreated in other games like MineCraft, this was all done because of challenge streams Chimparoncito did in which he closes the stream if he sees the image at all while playing tf2, the more times he did the challenge the harder it became, and the more popular the image became in the tf2 community at large.

At this point the image started to have variations of it created on the other classes, and was commonly used together with by this remix of Rocket Jump Waltz(created on April of 2020 by skylinee). Its most recent notable use happened on July of 2023 when the youtuber Richter Overtime used an edited version of the image with the word "Its Over" for the thumbnail of his video about the tf2 leak "Explaining TF2's Biggest Leak Ever"

Popular Uses Of The Image

1-common edit video of the classes.
2-loadout created in tf2.
3-the image recreated insdie of MineCraft.
4-a fad created about Richter Overtime's use of the :Weed: in the thumbnail of his video.
5-:weed: on r/place 2023.
PantsPlant (talk) 00:49, 17 September 2023 (UTC) PantsPlant (talk) 16:27, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Personally, I think although it does see a lot of usage, it isn't really notable. It seems like only a few notable YouTubers have the image as a popular fad in their community and it has only appeared a few times in the TF2 community as a whole. The most usage the fad sees seems to be related to one person's usage of the image in a thumbnail, which the thumbnail itself is the focus and not the Soldier image itself.
BLU Wiki Cap.png | s | GrampaSwood (talk) 01:01, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
I agree with GrampaSwood. While I've seen it a few times, it doesn't seem notable enough to be mentioned here. - BrazilianNut (talk) 02:39, 17 September 2023 (UTC)


Demoman MOO!

MOO-ve that gear up!
— Demoman saying Move up!

The Demoman Moo meme is a meme where people play as Demo in 2fort, then they go to the cow right next to the entrance to the intel, and they say Move up while laughing right before Demo says "that." It should sound like he's saying MOO!

--Slimyboi500 (talk) 15:54, 4 October 2023 (UTC)Slimyboi500 User Slimyboi500 Profile.jpg

I don't think this is nearly notable enough, considering it's only limited to 2Fort and doesn't see much widespread usage otherwise.
BLU Wiki Cap.png | s | GrampaSwood Praise the Sun! (talk) (contribs) 16:17, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
I hadn't heard of it until now, so yeah, I don't think it's notable enough either. - BrazilianNut (talk) 17:14, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Tick Tock

What about adding the fad of the buff mercs posing to Tick Tock by Joji? CriticalFeesh (talk) 12:09, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

This meme mostly exists in the format of the same few GIFs/images with the same music, I don't think this fits the definition of "fad" very well. It doesn't see much widespread usage outside of the same format (the GIFs with the music under it), unlike other fads here which come in many different forms.
BLU Wiki Cap.png | s | GrampaSwood Praise the Sun! (talk) (contribs) 12:17, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

The heavy is dead

HEAVY IS DEAD!
The Medic reacting to Heavy's Death

The Heavy is Dead is a Community fad made by Delak on YouTube.

Video

The video may be blocked for some users because it is age-restricted.

"Family Friendly" version

Slimyboi500 (talk) User Slimyboi500 Profile.jpg 18:29, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Not sure this is really a fad, more just a popular video that people quote. It has largely died down and there isn't any example of it beyond the video itself. I'd vote no
BLU Wiki Cap.png | s | GrampaSwood Praise the Sun! (talk) (contribs) 22:53, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Add Madcap

I think we can add Madcap on here. There's art, loadouts, his theme music and even recently a voice actor. FrancePain (talk) 13:55, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

I think it would need to prove more long-term popularity. It seems like the popularity is also largely contained to r/tf2. There may also be issues with the fact that the class itself is AI-generated.
BLU Wiki Cap.png | s | GrampaSwood Praise the Sun! (talk) (contribs) 14:10, 25 October 2023 (UTC)