List of references (Pyro)
Books and Comics
Frankenstein
| “ | Either way, he's a fearsome, inscrutable on-fire Frankenstein of a man. If he even is a man.
— The Pyro's Bio
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The Pyro is likened to Frankenstein's Monster, the famous creature from Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. Their similarities include an enigmatic nature and a truly monstrous sense of purpose. The sentence also refers to the speculations in the TF2 community towards the Pyro's gender. It also seems to question the Pyro's humanity.
Games
Hot Potato
Achievement: Hot Potato
Hot potato is a game that involves players quickly gathering in a circle and tossing a small object such as a beanbag or tennis ball to each other while music plays. The player who has the "hot potato" last when the music stops is out. Play continues until only one player is left. The game is designed to be fast-paced and high-pressure and is often played by children. The game can also be played without music where there is a designed leader who shouts out "hot!" and the player holding the object is eliminated.
Dance Dance Revolution
Achievement: Dance Dance Immolation
Dance Dance Revolution, also known as Dancing Stage and abbreviated DDR and DS, is a long-standing music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the pioneering series of the rhythm and dance genre in video games.
I Spy
Achievement: I Fry
I spy is a guessing game usually played in families with young children, partly to assist in both observation and in alphabet familiarity. I spy is often played as a car game.
Street Fighter
(0:06) The Pyro's hadouken attack is a direct reference to Ryu's signature attack from the Street Fighter series of games. The Hadouken (波動拳, hadōken?, "surge fist", itself is a Japanese neologism, and literally means "wave motion fist". The practitioner thrusts his or her palms forward, sending a surge of spirit energy (or ki) flying towards the opponent. The Pyro can be heard announcing the attack in his own muffled way as he performs it, just as characters in Street Fighter.
Technically speaking, the Pyro's hadouken would be a Shakunetsu Hadouken (灼熱波動拳, shakunetsu hadōken?, "Scorching Surge Fist") – A Hadouken which is imbued with the power of fire, as indicated by its fiery effect and red/orange color.
Sayings and Phrases
"Baptism by Fire"
Achievement: Baptism by Fire
The phrase baptism by fire or baptism of fire, known in English since 1822, is a translation of the French phrase baptême du feu and is a reference to a soldier's first experience under fire in battle. It originates from the ecclesiastical Greek baptisma pyros, in which "fire" is used to mean "the grace of the Holy Spirit as imparted through baptism". Later it was used of martyrdom, especially by fire (e.g. Joan of Arc). Today, it has entered the common vernacular to describe anyone doing something "the hard way" for the first time, particularly if training is necessarily insufficient to fully prepare one for the experience (as is the case with battle).
"Fire and Forget"
Achievement: Fire and Forget
Fire-and-forget is a third-generation method of missile guidance. The military use the term for a type of missile which does not require further guidance after launch such as illumination of the target, and can hit its target without the launcher being in line of sight of the target.
"OMGWTFBBQ"
Achievement: OMGWTFBBQ
An internet term used to convey strong exclamation, such as when killed unexpectedly in Team Fortress 2 by a taunt.
"QQ"
Achievement: BarbeQueQ
QQ is a common emoticon for crying eyes, usually used to insult someone who is complaining about dying or losing.
"Dead Heat"
Achievement: Dead Heat
A term used for describing a tie in horse or car racing
TV and Film
Star Wars
(1:07) The Pyro's raising of his weapon and triumphant cackle during his flamethrower taunt appear to be a reference to the Tusken raiders of Star Wars with whom the Pyro shares a few similarities.
Wallace and Gromit
The respectless rubber glove gives the Pyro a striking resemblance to 'Feathers McGraw', a criminal mastermind and character from the Wallace and Gromit claymation series. Feathers also used a rubber glove to pretend to be a chicken, albeit briefly.
Futurama
The triboniophorus tyrannus bears a resemblance in appearance and function to the brain slugs from Futurama, and is commonly referred to by the community as a brain slug.
South Park
The Pyro have very similair traits to the character of Kenny McCormick, from the animated television series South Park. They are both very hard to understand due to their mumbling speech (caused by Pyro's fire suit and Kennys tightly tied anorak).
