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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* | * Jacob Lash is an asshole. | ||
* Lash’s parry animation was changed<ref name=":4">https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aofkHd9R50w - Lash's new parry animation</ref> after streamer JoeyCheerio shared feedback during a livestream that was being watched by Valve Senior Animator [[Jamall Bradley]]. He suggested the move should feel more like a heavy, belly-first chest smash, similar to King K. Rool in Super Smash Bros Ultimate. The updated animation was introduced in a later patch, with Bradley stating "we appreciates our players".<ref name=":4" /> | |||
* Lash has not gone to college.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Lash|file=Lash_kill_dynamo_02.mp3|transcription=And this is why I never bothered with college!}}</ref> | |||
* Lash's name was localized in the Brazilian Portuguese | * Lash's name was localized in the Brazilian Portuguese localization as '''"Chico T.",''' a pun on the word "chicote" which means whip. | ||
* The description for ''Deadlock'' in [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/641297020996289523 Steam Replay 2024] is ''"Jacob Lash is an asshole."'' | * The description for ''Deadlock'' in [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/641297020996289523 Steam Replay 2024] is ''"Jacob Lash is an asshole."'' | ||
* It appears that, at some point in development, he really did fight with uppercuts, as an ability named '''[[wikipedia:Street_Fighter|Shoryuken]]''' was datamined. | * It appears that, at some point in development, he really did fight with uppercuts, as an ability named '''[[wikipedia:Street_Fighter|Shoryuken]]''' was datamined. | ||
* "Thinking About Lash in the Hideout" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as Lash in the [[Hideout]]. | * "Thinking About Lash in the Hideout" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as Lash in the [[Hideout]]. | ||
* Lash's killstreak voiceline "Winning's my business, and business is good" is a reference to Megadeth song titled "Killing is my business, and business is good" | * Lash's killstreak voiceline "Winning's my business, and business is good" is a reference to Megadeth song titled "Killing is my business, and business is good" | ||
* In ''[[Neon Prime]]'', Lash owned a [[Neon Prime lore#Lash's Dojo|dojo]]. He taunted [[Kali]], a former [[Bear Pit]] competitor, for coming out of retirement only to go back to a 2 decade hiatus after losing to Bebop.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|Lash|file=Lash kill kali 01.mp3|transcription=Not gonna dunk on you, Kali. You were a hell of a fighter before you retired. Lived in obscurity, came out of retirement in a desperate bid for relevancy, only to get injured by Bebop. Ouch! And put on a shelf for the better part of two decades. Uhf.}}</ref> Lash also used to date the character Ballista, and wanted to get them back after a break-up.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Lash|file=Lash killed by ballista 01.mp3|transcription=It's fine. You know, lots of guys get the shit kicked out of them by their exes, right?}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Lash|file=Lash killed by ballista 04.mp3|transcription=Get it together, Lash! You're not gonna win them back by losing!}}</ref> | |||
* The [[Shopkeeper]] calls Lash "the poster boy for the [[wikipedia:Boston_Celtics|Celtics]]".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Shopkeeper|file=Shopkeeper_hotdog_t4_lash_01.mp3|transcription=Wow, if it isn't the poster boy for the Celtics!}}</ref> The Boston Celtics have a [[wikipedia:Celtics–Knicks_rivalry|historic rivalry]] with the New York Knicks, which is referenced in other voice lines.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Trapper|file=trapper_select_03.mp3|transcription=First I summon a god, then I watch the Knickerbockers destroy the Celtics!}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Newscaster|file=newscaster_seasonal_headline_09_alt_01.mp3|transcription=The Knickerbockers' losing streak continues, after a humiliating defeat to the Celtics. In unrelated news, no one likes the Celtics.}}</ref> | |||
** During to the 2025 Winter Event, Shopkeeper has the phrase "Lash. Even a Celtics fan deserves to have a happy holiday". | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||