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{{Item infobox
 
{{Item infobox
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| type              = hat
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| type              = cosmetic
 
| image              = Hotrod.png
 
| image              = Hotrod.png
 
| team-colors        = yes
 
| team-colors        = yes
 
| used-by            = [[Engineer]]
 
| used-by            = [[Engineer]]
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| contributed-by    = {{Backpack Item Link|69196386|...Smithy}}
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| equip-region      = hat
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| released           = [[First Community Contribution Update]]
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| contributed-by    = {{Backpack Item Link|76561197961479255|69196386}}
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| availability      = Drop, Craft, Purchase
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| released          = {{Patch name|3|18|2010}}
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| released-major    = First Community Contribution Update
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| availability      = {{avail|drop|craft|purchase|crate18|unusual|collectors}}
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| trade              = yes
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| gift              = yes
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| marketable        = yes
 
| paint              = no
 
| paint              = no
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| rename            = yes
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| numbered          = no
 
| loadout            = yes
 
| loadout            = yes
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  | item-kind        = Mask
 
   | item-description = Mock the sun with streaks of flame as the UV rays bounce harmlessly away from your eyeballs.
 
   | item-description = Mock the sun with streaks of flame as the UV rays bounce harmlessly away from your eyeballs.
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}}
 
}}
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{{Quotation|'''The Engineer'''|Now that there was a fine piece 'a work.|sound=Engineer_cheers05.wav}}
 
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The '''Hotrod''' is a community-created headwear item for the [[Engineer]], released with the first wave of [[Contribution page|community-contributed]] content. It appears as a gray {{w|Welding helmet|welding helmet}} with team-colored flame patterns.
 
  
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The hat description was written by [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16690629&postcount=9 Shapechanger] for the [[Hat Describing Contest]].
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{{Quotation|'''The Engineer''' on his welding|Now that there was a fine piece 'a work.|sound=Engineer cheers05.wav}}
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The '''Hotrod''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]] for the [[Engineer]]. It is a gray [[w:Welding helmet|welding helmet]] with team-colored flame patterns. When the Engineer is holding a blueprint of a building or hauling a building, the Hotrod flips down over his face.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg9wZR6TNTY#t=00m25s TF2: Engineer's HotRod animation]</ref>
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The item's description was written by [https://web.archive.org/web/20110819190727/http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16690629&postcount=9 Shapechanger] for the [[Hat Describing Contest]].
  
 
== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==
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{{Update history|
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'''{{Patch name|3|18|2010}}''' ([[First Community Contribution Update]])
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* The Hotrod was added to the game.
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'''{{Patch name|3|19|2010}}'''
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* The Hotrod was made [[Crafting|craftable]].
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'''{{Patch name|9|30|2010}}''' ([[Mann-Conomy Update]])
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* {{Undocumented}} Added a community-contributed description for the Hotrod.
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* {{Undocumented}} The Hotrod can now be uncrated with [[Unusual]] quality.
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'''{{Patch name|10|27|2010}}''' ([[Scream Fortress Update]])
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* {{Undocumented}} Added the Hotrod to the [[Mann Co. Store]].
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'''{{Patch name|12|15|2011}} #1''' ([[Australian Christmas 2011]])
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* Changed the equip region from "Whole Head" to "Hat."
  
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'''[[March 19, 2010 Patch]]'''
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'''{{Patch name|11|12|2013}}'''
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* Updated the new community-built hats so they can be crafted.
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* {{Undocumented}} Added {{item link|Collector's}} quality.
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}}
  
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'''[[October 27, 2010 Patch]]'''
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== Bugs ==
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* {{Undocumented}} Added this item to the Mann Co. Store
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* A [[Spy]] disguised as an Engineer who is wearing a Hotrod will have the hat flip down over his face upon switching to any kind of [[Sapper]]. This is due to the fact that Sappers count as buildables.
  
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==Trivia==
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== Trivia ==
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* The name and flame design is a reference to American cars with large engines, also called {{w|Hot rod|hot rods}}, which often sport a fiery paintjob.
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* The name and flame design are a reference to custom-built American cars with large engines, also called [[w:Hot rod|hot rods]], which stereotypically sport a fiery paint job.
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* The Hotrod flips down over the Engineer's face when he is holding a building's blueprints or hauling a building.{{ref|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg9wZR6TNTY#t=00m25s}}
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* Hot rodding is also a technique of ''cutting'' plate steel, rather than welding, with regular [[w:Shielded metal arc welding|stick welding equipment]]. To a much lesser extent, hot rod can also refer to the welding rod or to a person who welds.
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** Additionally, a Spy disguised as an Engineer currently wearing a Hotrod can have the hat flip down on his face by equipping the Electro Sapper. This can be used to detect Spies.
 
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* "[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079307/ Hot Rod]" is also the title of a 1979 movie in which Grant Goodeve, voice of the Engineer, starred.
 
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** It is interesting to note that the late {{w|Robert Culp}} (Dr. Breen's voice actor in ''Half-Life 2'') also co-starred in this film.
 
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* The Engineer is seen using a welding mask in the [[Engineer update (teaser)|teaser video]] for the [[Engineer Update]], though it is not the Hotrod. The Hotrod, however, can be seen sticking out of a tool chest at the very beginning of the video, above the Engineer's acoustic guitar.
 
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*Valve wanted to make the Hotrod paintable, but failed to get the creator's permission.
 
  
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==Gallery==
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery>
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<gallery perrow="3">
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File:Spy Hotrod.jpg|The Hotrod flipped down, worn by a disguised Spy with the Sapper equipped
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File:Spy Hotrod.png|The Hotrod flipped down, worn by a disguised Spy with the Sapper equipped.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
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{{First community update nav}}
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== References ==
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{{HatNav}}
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<references/>
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{{Engineer Nav}}
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{{First Community Update Nav}}
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{{Hat Nav}}
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{{Engineer Nav|state=collapsed}}

Latest revision as of 07:00, 23 April 2024

“
Now that there was a fine piece 'a work.
Click to listen
— The Engineer on his welding
 ”

The Hotrod is a community-created cosmetic item for the Engineer. It is a gray welding helmet with team-colored flame patterns. When the Engineer is holding a blueprint of a building or hauling a building, the Hotrod flips down over his face.[1]

The item's description was written by Shapechanger for the Hat Describing Contest.

Update history

March 18, 2010 Patch (First Community Contribution Update)
  • The Hotrod was added to the game.

March 19, 2010 Patch

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

  • [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for the Hotrod.
  • [Undocumented] The Hotrod can now be uncrated with Unusual quality.

October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress Update)

December 15, 2011 Patch #1 (Australian Christmas 2011)

  • Changed the equip region from "Whole Head" to "Hat."

November 12, 2013 Patch

Bugs

  • A Spy disguised as an Engineer who is wearing a Hotrod will have the hat flip down over his face upon switching to any kind of Sapper. This is due to the fact that Sappers count as buildables.

Trivia

  • The name and flame design are a reference to custom-built American cars with large engines, also called hot rods, which stereotypically sport a fiery paint job.
  • Hot rodding is also a technique of cutting plate steel, rather than welding, with regular stick welding equipment. To a much lesser extent, hot rod can also refer to the welding rod or to a person who welds.

Gallery

  • The Hotrod flipped down, worn by a disguised Spy with the Sapper equipped.

References

  1. ↑ TF2: Engineer's HotRod animation
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