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Development
- Main article: Teemo (Development)
Omega Squad Teemo, Space Groove Teemo, and 1Teemo in Legends of Runeterra are voiced Melissa Hutchinson, whom also voices Ashe.[1]
Universe
Universe- Main article: Teemo (Character)
- Based on Legends of Runeterra card lore, Teemo uses his Puffcap mushrooms as his Noxious Traps, which he gets from the black market of Zaun.
League of Legends
League of LegendsGameplay
- Main article: Teemo (League of Legends)
- Omega Squad Teemo and Teemo in Legends of Runeterra are voiced by Melissa Hutchison, who also voices Ashe.[2]
- Teemo's dance references Badgers by Weebl.
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- Teemo features in the Season 3 mastery Scout's icon.
- Teemo, Akshan, and Evelynn are the only champions who can be permanently stealthed (through Guerrilla Warfare, Going Rogue, and Demon Shade respectively).
- Fiora draws Teemo's face in the air in her joke emote.
- Teemo's blowgun can be seen inside a weapons cabinet in the game's Mac Version trailer.
- Teemo being the smallest champion in-game has led to the creation of a measurement unit named after him (used to calculate ranges).
- Despite the measurement unit, Teemo's actual size is 110 units in diameter - "For another point of reference, Teemo has a radius of 55 units and his size is approximately 9,503 units".
- In the V1.0.0.115 April Fools' Day patch, the following changes regarding Teemo were jokingly listed:
- Cuteness increased by 10%.
- Teemo may no longer be the target of hostile attacks or abilities.
- Over the years, player frustration from Teemo's abilities and backstory have led to meme and perception that he is an evil individual akin to a demonic figure (specifically Satan)
- Riot Games later officially honored this with the release of Little Devil Teemo.
- Riot Games later officially honored this with the release of
- Omega Squad Teemo is voiced by a new actor because the previous one no longer works for Riot Games.
- Teemo is an anagram for the word emote, befitting his recognizable and iconic face which has led to him being an unofficial mascot of sorts.
- On Teemo's day, February 21, RiotGames Twitter share Teemo facts throughout the day.
Quotes
- Main article: Teemo (League of Legends Audio)
- He has a promo page where he speaks every time one clicks several champion's belongings he has collected.
- ▶️ "A part of you never leaves the jungle" ( Alien Invader Heimerdinger's portrait)
- ▶️ "I settle my scores" ( Sailor Gangplank's cutlass)
- ▶️ "You'd be surprised how quick fur ignites" ( Red Baron Corki's helmet)
- ▶️ "Peace is a fairy tale" ( Red Riding Annie's hanged Tibbers)
- ▶️ "This one's for my helmet brother!" (Helmet Bro's helmet)
- ▶️ "We ain't all makin it out of here" ( Firefighter Tristana's helmet)
- ▶️ "Some masks you never take off" ( Scuba Gragas' outfit)
- ▶️ "Size is a liability" ( Toxic Dr. Mundo's syringe)
- ▶️ "One day there'll be a reckoning" ( Safari Caitlyn's sniper rifle)
- ▶️ "A part of you never leaves the jungle" (
- ▶️ "The war never ends, the battlefield just changes" references Fallout.
- ▶️ "This one's for Johnny!" references The Outsiders.
- ▶️ "Take the pain!" references Platoon.
- ▶️ "Time to put on my killin' hat" resembles one of Lulu's jokes ▶️ "Let's put on our thinking caps!"
- ▶️ "Adiós, space cowboy!"references the anime Cowboy Bebop
- ▶️ "I'm one with The Groove and The Groove is with me."references the movie Rogue One：A Star Wars Story and the anime Star Wars：The Clone Wars
- ▶️ "You... threw off my... grooooove..."references the movie The Emperor's New Groove
- ▶️ "Live by the funk, die by the funk!"'references the proverb “Live by the sword,Die by the sword”
- ▶️ "I'm a groovy goober! Yeah!"references the anime SpongeBob SquarePants
- ▶️ "Woo... Haha! Looks like someone woke up on the dark side of the moon."'references the Music album《The dark side of the moon》by Pink Floyd
Skins
- Main article: Teemo (Collection)
- Several Noxious Traps were planted by him in the background.
- His very first splash art was directly tweaked for the first splash art of his Recon skin.
- This skin shares the Snowdown Showdown theme with:
- He was released in celebration of Snowdown Showdown 2009 along with:
- He is dressed like a Christmas elf.
- Santa Gragas riding a sleigh led by Reindeer Kog'Maw, and a snowman shaped like pre-rework Urgot can be seen in the background.
- This skin shares the Legacy theme with:
- He is on a reconnaisance mission.
- This skin shares the Legacy theme with:
- Astronaut Teemo Chromas: Chrono
Chromas:- This skin shares the Astronauts theme with:
- His blowgun becomes a laser gun (therefore Blinding Dart becomes a laser beam).
- His Rework Splashart has maintained his pose since his Pre-Rework.
- In the Pre-Rework, Noxious Trap becomes a parabolic antenna.
- In the Pre-Rework,
- He walks as if in low gravity and sounds as if talking through a radio channel.
- His bio references the song Rocket Man by Elton John.
- Riot created an Adobe Flash minigame dedicated for him called Astro Teemo for April Fools' Day 2013.
- It was unlocked by playing to a certain point in Cho'Gath Eats the World, another minigame released on the same date.
- Cottontail Teemo Chromas: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Rose Quartz, Speckled, Turquoise
- This skin shares the Cottontail theme with:
- He was released in celebration of Easter 2011.
- He references the epoynmous rabbits and/or Peter Cottontail.
- He hops when walking and his taunt is globally heard in-game.
- Noxious Trap becomes an Easter egg.
- This skin shares the Silver Age theme with:
- He references Superman from DC Comics.
- Noxious Trap becomes a shield with an emblazoned T.
- When using Move Quick, the classic superhero tune plays and he flies for the duration.
- In the Rework Splashart, refers to the cover of the same character's first comic book, Action Comic #1, published in June 1938.
- In the Pre-rework Splashart, Bandle City can be seen in the background.
- This skin shares the Wonders of the World theme with:
- He was released in celebration of Dragon Boat Festival 2012.
- Noxious Trap becomes a Zongzi, a sticky rice dumpling that is traditionally eaten during Dragon Boat Festival, while his blowgun becomes a piece of bamboo decorated with a Chinese knotting.
- In the now-removed official League of Legends forums, a crop of his splash art was used to represent the "Art and Audio Feedback" section.
- Omega Squad Teemo Chromas: Obsidian, Pearl, Sandstone
- This skin shares the Omega Squad theme with:
- His pre-mental meltdown self can be seen in the other Omega Squad splash arts.
- He is from an alternate future in which he suffered a mental breakdown after constant exposure to war. As a result, he is now a remorseless killing machine belonging to the all-Yordle Omega Squad.
- His promo page features his helmet and gloves surrounded by several trophies he has collected while serving in the Omega Squad. They include:
- Alien Invader Heimerdinger's portrait and wrench
- Sailor Gangplank's cutlass and outfit
- Matador Alistar's nose ring and outfit
- Special Forces Gangplank's pistol
- Red Baron Corki's helmet
- Red Riding Annie's outfit and hanged Tibbers
- Surprise Party Fiddlesticks' outfit and body parts
- Helmet Bro's helmet
- Firefighter Tristana's helmet
- Scuba Gragas' outfit
- Toxic Dr. Mundo's syringe and outfit
- Safari Caitlyn's sniper rifle
- Shamrock Malphite's body parts
- Olaf's axes
- Pharaoh Amumu's portrait and outfit
- Crimson Akali's portrait
- Caterpillar Kog'Maw's body parts
- Gnar's headdress
- Zyra's thorns
- Ziggs' bomb
- Champion Mastery badges
- Many of the skins these trophies belong to went on sale before he was released.
- His helmet was inspired by the Brotherhood of Steel's from Fallout and the Helghast Trooper's from Killzone.
- Blinding Dart becomes the knife he holds when running or idle.
- Guerrilla Warfare's stealth stance references Sam Fisher in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.
- Noxious Trap becomes a type of explosive grenade filled with poison.
- His dance emote has him doing pull ups on his stretched blowgun.
- His joke references Wilson from Cast Away.
- This is one of the few times Teemo has had his eyes (or at least one eye) open.
- Little Devil Teemo Chromas: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Catseye, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Turquoise
- This skin shares the Demonic theme with:
- Bewitching Morgana and Bewitching Tristana summon Little Devil Teemo from the Demonic universe.
- Gatekeeper Galio, Little Demon Tristana, and Demon Vi are some of his underlings.
- He was released in celebration of Harrowing 2016 along with:
- He is the realization of the meme and perception that he is an evil individual akin to a demonic figure (specifically Satan).
- He features as Devil Teemo in the 2016 version of the Doom Bots Featured game mode.
- His Recall and Death animations reveal that his eyes are yellow with black pupils in this skin.
- In Teamfight Tactics Set 5 plus expansion, the symbol of the Hellion trait was based on his face.
- Beemo Chromas: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Obsidian, Peridot, Rose Quartz, Ruby
- This skin shares the Bees! theme with:
- Beekeeper Singed can be seen the background of his splash art, on top of the cliff.
- A figure resembling Captain Volibear can be seen tripping on a triggered Noxious Trap and falling in the lake behind him.
- This skin was released in patch V8.9, despite it not going through any initial PBE testing.
- His skin bio is a direct reference to an opening phrase from Prince Hamlet: "To be, or not to be, that is the question."
- His Noxious Trap is a beehive that unleashes a swarm of bees upon detonation.
- The chroma variants change the color of his suit and flowers upon Recall.
- Amethyst's flower has rainbow petals.
- Obsidian's suit resembles the Pokémon, Butterfree.
- Peridot's suit resembles a caterpillar.
- Rose Quartz's flower resembles an Oxeye Daisy.
- Ruby's suit resembles a ladybug and the flower a sunflower.
- This skin shares the Spirit Blossom theme with:
- He represents the Spirit of Nature in the Spirit Blossom festival.
- He resembles a tanuki.
- This skin shares the Spirit Blossom theme with:
- Firecracker Teemo Chromas: Citrine, Emerald, Golden Tiger, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite
- This skin shares the Lunar Revel: Firecracker theme with:
- His Noxious Trap becomes a spicy, explosive dumpling.
- Firecracker Tristana is seen with him.
- His appearance is inspired by the Japanese Maneki-Neko or the beckoning cat which also includes carrying a gold coin which in Teemo’s case, he fashions it on his forehead.
- The coin on forehead accessory could be a reference to the Pokémon Meowth that share the same origin.
- His Chromas change his race/breed:
- Citrine is a Yellow Tabby.
- Emerald is a Tanooki.
- Golden Tiger is a Golden Tabby Tiger.
- Obsidian is a Black Panda.
- Pearl is a Siamese Cat.
- Rose Quartz is a similar type but with rosy cheeks.
- Ruby is a red fox.
- Sapphire is a Shina Inu.
- Tanzanite is a Common Raccoon dog.
- Space Groove Teemo Chromas: Catseye, Obsidian, Peridot, Rainbow, Rose Quartz, Ruby
- This skin shares the Space Groove theme with:
