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** [https://gear.blizzard.com/us/category/toys/overwatch-ultimate-genji-sword Genji's katanas made real for aspiring samurai].
** [[Everything's Better with Plushies|Everything's Better With]] [https://gear.blizzard.com/us/category/toys/overwatch-mini-pachimari-plush-hangers-pachimari Pachimari Plushes].
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* [[Expy]]: Of [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]], kinda. Since Overwatch's DNA is Team Fortress 2, basically the [[Steam]] game was one of the main influences, though there's enough material, uniqueness, and benefits to make both games different.
** [https://www.pcgamesn.com/overwatch/blizzard-on-overwatch-and-team-fortress-2-comparisons-theyre-an-enormous-compliment According to Kaplan, "If people want to compare (Overwatch to Team Fortress 2), we would take that as the world's greatest compliment. We love that game."]
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* [[Fan Nickname]]
** "OW" or "[[Team Fortress 2|Team Fortress 3]]"
*** Those who dislike Overwatch
** "Solly 76" for Soldier 76/Jack Morrison.
*** Or "Dad 76", since Jack is viewed as the Dad in many fan works.
** "Centaur" for Orisia.
** "Soldier 69" for Jack Morrison, for an artistic subset of [[Rule 34|reasons]].
** Mei's
** Ana's Grandma.
** Bap for Baptiste.
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** Mercy is Merc or Misery (from one of her localized names "Misericordia").
** Luci for Lúcio
** Torbjorn's nickname is "Dwarf".
* [[Gender Flip]]: In the early concept art, Parah was originally a man whose nickname is Rocket Dude. This was changed in the final product.
** Same with Tracer, during Project Titan, she was originally a dude.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Tracer is [[Downton Abbey|Ivy Stuart]].
** [[Dead or Alive (franchise)|Gen Fu]] decides to go further than fighting in tornaments to save Mei Lin, he wants to also save his cyborg brother.
** [[Assassin's Creed 2|Yusuf Tazim]] plots to steal the Queen's money in the rural outback, telling a friend an over complicated plan (which involves explosives) that's ruin by his big mouth.
** [[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|Bagheera]]'s intelligence increase during his stay in the moon, so he decided to become an ace pilot/mechanic.
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** [[Star Wars: Rogue One| Mon Mothma]] pens an essay which may played a part in the Omnic Crisis and eventually joins Talon.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Titan, a [[Massively Multiplayer Online|massive online multiplayer]], was announced. But by 2013, Blizzard canceled this mysterious game. Instead, it is given a [[Spiritual Successor]] in the form of Overwatch.
** "Overwatch: First Strike", a graphic novel which shows the group's early days, has been canned. The only thing that's left of this comic are the core ideas of the story that are used in other canonized media.
* [[The Wiki Rule]]: There's two: [https://overwatch.gamepedia.com/Overwatch_Wiki The Overwatch wiki] and [http://overwatch.wikia.com/wiki/Overwatch_Wiki Overwatch Wikia].
* The Support class was planned to be called Guardian.
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