Gnome Chompski

Gnome Chompski is a garden gnome exclusive to the Dark Carnival campaign. He made is debut in Valve's Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and is infamous for earning you the achievement "Little Rocket Man". In the Left 4 Dead universe, he can be picked up by scoring over 750 points in the shooting gallery minigame at the fair and taken all the way to the Rescue vehicle to unlock the Achievement "Guardin' Gnome".

Note

 * Players cannot shoot while holding Gnome Chompski but can still Melee.

Trivia

 * Gnome Chompski also makes a cameo on Valve's Portal site during the Christmas holidays.
 * Gnome Chompski is visible on the campaign poster for the Dark Carnival campaign, on the ground behind Ellis.
 * Gnome Chompski may be a reference to the travelling gnome prank, where people steal garden gnomes often with the intention of taking pictures with/of it to send back to the owner.
 * The name Gnome Chompski is likely a reference to political activist and author Noam Chomsky.