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== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
* Jacob Lash is an asshole.
* Jacob Lash is an asshole.
** This was the tagline for ''Deadlock'' in [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/641297020996289523 Steam Replay 2024].
* Lash’s parry animation was changed after streamer JoeyCheerio shared feedback during a livestream that was being watched by Valve Senior Animator [[Jamaal 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 appreciate our players".<ref name="CheerioParry">{{YouTubeCite|v-2-x78d5pA|I'm the reason Valve changed Lash's Parry}}</ref>
* Lash’s parry animation was changed after streamer JoeyCheerio shared feedback during a livestream that was being watched by Valve Senior Animator [[Jamaal 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 appreciate our players".<ref name="CheerioParry">{{YouTubeCite|v-2-x78d5pA|I'm the reason Valve changed Lash's Parry}}</ref>
* Lash's name was localized in the Brazilian Portuguese localization as '''"Chico T.",''' a pun on the word "chicote" ("whip").
* Lash's name was localized in the Brazilian Portuguese localization as '''"Chico T.",''' a pun on the word "chicote" ("whip").
* The description for ''Deadlock'' in [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/641297020996289523 Steam Replay 2024] is ''"Jacob Lash is an asshole."''
* Lash's voice line that he "used to do an uppercut" seems to be a reference to a datamined unused ability of his, named "Shoryuken" in reference to ''[[wikipedia:Street_Fighter|Street Fighter]]''.
* It appears that at some point in development, Lash 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 possible reference to the Megadeth song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-4WeOqSXSc ''Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!''].
* Lash's killstreak voiceline ''"Winning's my business and business is good"'' is a possible reference to the Megadeth song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-4WeOqSXSc ''Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!''].
* Lash's Ground Strike upgrade voice line "They're about to learn that their arms are too short to box with god" is a possible reference to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRWG0mg3tHE a quote] by pro wrestler [[wikipedia:CM_Punk|CM Punk]] to The Rock in ''WWE''. The phrase was popularized by the 1976 Broadway musical ''[[wikipedia:Your_Arms_Too_Short_to_Box_with_God|Your Arms Too Short to Box with God]].''
* Lash's Ground Strike upgrade voice line ''"They're about to learn that their arms are too short to box with god"'' is a possible reference to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRWG0mg3tHE a quote] by pro wrestler [[wikipedia:CM_Punk|CM Punk]] to The Rock in ''WWE''. The phrase was popularized by the 1976 Broadway musical ''[[wikipedia:Your_Arms_Too_Short_to_Box_with_God|Your Arms Too Short to Box with God]].''


== See also ==
== See also ==