TF2: A Complete History of Merasmus

[@SquimJim]

OK so for the timeline part, the Halloween events were probably *supposed* to take place in chronological order based on when they came out in the real world but there are far too many inconsistencies for that to work in the TF timeline. So I just tried to salvage it into something sorta kinda workable (though there are several problems with it). But realistically the intended timeline is most likely the order that they came out...if they put any thought into it. WHY DOESN’T MY GAME ABOUT MAGIC AUSTRALIAN METAL, ROBOTS, AND WIZARDS FOLLOW A STRICT LINEAR TIMELINE!?

[@mrlongli1803]

Please horseless headless horseman

[@michaelbuchanan1118]

What about ze pyro? Wasnt szat hard?

[@appliedatoms7066]

One of those problems is that in gargoyles and gravel merasmus invites them to be killed by his past self.

[@ziomaloiguess]

"Merasmus the wizard has come for you'r soul..."

[@timprimetal5380]

The main problem with the TF2 timeline is that aside from a few things (Meet the Medic, Doomsday, SF5, Expiration Date), everything is in a kinda weird floating timeline based on release date. So SF6 takes place before Comic Issue 5 which takes place before Gun Mettle, all of which takes place after MvM. The events don't make sense in that order but that's how the references seem to work. Gun Mettle references Sniper being from New Zealand, Tough Break references events from TF Comics #2, Merasmus' pinky is injured in SF6 and stays that way afterwards.

[@the1stwing]

Side note: one of Demoman's lines confirms that he got paid. That line being "Merasmus! I've got yer nickel! Give me back my eye!"

[@adrijanasani5899]

So merasmus took his eye for exchange to give him back some nickel weird but cool

[@the1stwing]

@@adrijanasani5899 not really, Demo, as a kid, went to Merasmus's old castle looking for a job, and he agreed to clean it for a nickel, Demo finds the Bombinomicon, it possesses his eye, and the rest is history

[@SteveOnlin]

i just realized your f2p loadout is supposed to look like merasmus

[@mr.festive8690]

TDS seventy-five oh i see it now

[@gummie2032]

You un-hatfuler swine

[@itjustworks1858]

Wdym

[@BllyKrty]

@Demopan well they do have the same model...

[@freezezone6547]

Merasmus make bottle? kzbin.info/www/bejne/o57Xq6mYlJWVrtE

[@AnotherLuckyStar]

TF2 lore more complicated to put into order than the Legend of Zelda confirmed.

[@Dabajaws]

Hurts but o so trur

[@LucyWest370]

Why did you add confirmed just say it’s more complicated

[@HOTD108_]

At least it's only one timeline

[@Miluitus]

Doubt. Look at fnaf

[@ThatGuyCalledMyth9001]

when an npc has more backstory than most of the classes

[@eoinprather7234]

And remember, we don’t count pyro

[@dougthedonkey1805]

About 6000 more years of backstory lol

[@meepic2553]

@@juangamer6260 why

[@juangamer6260]

Cadillac

[@freezezone6547]

Bottle? kzbin.info/www/bejne/o57Xq6mYlJWVrtE

[@BootlegRaven]

Maybe the bombinomicon doesn’t like Sniper cuz he looks like Merasmus

[@narp8151]

Maybe that Merasmus was the first sniper

[@kimberly17125]

@Ronald Cely except that merasmus is a virgin 😂

[@Cutie_Amor]

@@kimberly17125 massively great (well not great) uncle then

[@jockeyfield1954]

@@Cutie_Amor or he made a son with MAGIC

[@dontsayflan4315]

What if merasmus is sniper but he got possessed with magic and went back in time or smthng

[@shuumatsunojoshua]

Thousands of years old Gets defeated by mercenaries on a regular basis, owes the mafia money...

[@mrsonicblah1]

Is a being capable of eldritch magic and can remove his soul from his body and become an unstoppable spirit of reckoning and revenge. Gets arrested for Tim Jones’s murder and gets bullied in prison.

[@shuumatsunojoshua]

@@mrsonicblah1 The Goodest Boi Yep, that's our Merasmus!

[@mrsonicblah1]

joshy the scrub Yep!

[@faceass742]

1. The mercenaries have plot armor and numbers. 2. He is broke and the mafia are the only group to sell magic item for reasons.

[@Dabajaws]

Hey he's still pure

[@chippotato5647]

Maybe the Bombonomicon doesn't like Sniper because he reminds it of Merasmus, since they share the same melee-weapon stance and face/body type. If that was the intent, that's wonderfully meta.

[@capncake8837]

Chip Potato 69th like.

[@incendium6615]

3:08 There's actually a voice line where Demo says ''Merasmus! I've got yer nickel! Give me back me eye!''

[@rrorok]

“bro you owe me a nickel give it it” “no man i’m not giving you the nickel i’ll do it later you nerd” “WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY YOU KNOW WHAT IF I DONT GET MY NICKEL YOU DONT GET YOUR EYE”

[@witheredbonnie9268]

Cool

[@Aibadenshi]

If there is an explanation how his pinky grow back. "He die and come back stronger"

[@bulldowozer5858]

Now he can kill the entire team with his pinky, but still uses his walking cane?!?!!?

[@Dabajaws]

Old age hits like a truck even for super wizards

[@Joseph_Drew_III]

“Any time you notice something like that, a wizard did it.” And that’s where Merasmus comes in in the first place.

[@vinny464]

Spookfast sounds like a diferent way of saying jumpscare.

[@toastaddict5328]

*f a n c y*

[@middlesack853]

*how could you say something so controversial yet so brave*

[@fiendfoliorealnotfake]

Scary's house of spookfasts

[@TheTundraTerror]

"Gravity displeases me, so I have removed it!"

[@tectonical5347]

"well.. most of it!"

[@josephdavison4189]

Mediocre wizard they all said, you’ll never do anything magic they all said. WELL I’L SHOW THEM

[@James-xe8dq]

Next Video: A complete history of the headless horseman

[@BananaDispenser]

his name is silas mann and thats were the video ends.just like that

[@TheShipMaster]

James Wingate Horseless headless horseman

[@rcjd7834]

Yes please!

[@needyboss5280]

*horsless headsman

[@JPNotMorgan2]

Guys It's Horseless Headless Horsemann

[@sunbuYT]

piemations taught us that he created... *MEEM.*

[@aachidouin1542]

Meem war flashbacks

[@rinbin4234]

MEEM

[@weed84]

meem

[@hero-scout9397]

*MEEM* *HEYMERGOUS EXMORTUS*

[@shiptopotatoland5497]

Sunburst Flare *MEM*

[@thedevilisaloser666]

Other than the timeline being a bit off, this is the best Halloween treat that any merc could ask for

[@AchieveGreatness7]

Djejgjekrjeiefheog

[@ThatNoobKing]

3:11 pretty sure he did, cuz one of the voice lines when Merasmus is hiding, demo says something like 'I've got the nickel ya gave me' or something

[@Crasherbasher]

COWER FOOLS MERASMUS INTERRUPTS THIS VIDEO! (Level 20)

[@cleanwater3180]

How many times do we need to teach you this lesson old man!?

[@arnelbraga4745]

Round: *about to finish* Merasmus: *I'm about to end all of the players whole sanity*

[@rez9914]

ImAGenericPerson this actually happened to me last week

[@arnelbraga4745]

@@rez9914 late but this happened ALL THE TIME like 5 seconds later, he appears.

[@NorthstarSystem]

@@arnelbraga4745 pq

[@hampolice4679]

Merasmus and Dr.Richtofen have the same voice actor?!

[@jerry001414]

All I hear when he talks is Richtofen, good luck not hearing it

[@merasmus9992]

ALL I HEAR IS MERASMUS! wait..

[@channelnamehere8924]

Wheatley is Merasmas

[@groupdg]

Yes I know it's cool

[@cupofspiders5830]

Well I just realized Merasmus and the corrupted cores (P2) has the same voice actor

[@powder666]

When I first got into TF2 (and didn’t know shit), I thought Merasmus was just the monster version of Sniper for some reason. And maybe thats why Bombanomacon hates him, because of the similarities maybe

[@MrGermandeutsch]

4:40 Why was I expecting that sentence to end in *_a Pickle_*

[@MrGermandeutsch]

*_hE tUrnEd HiMsElF iNtO a GhOsT._* *_fUnNiEsT sHiT i'Ve EvEr SeEn!_*

[@arandomguywithagreenprofil5075]

@@MrGermandeutsch ok

[@MrGermandeutsch]

@@arandomguywithagreenprofil5075 ok

[@merasmus9992]

HUZZAH MORTALS, IT IS I! YOU DID A SPLENDID JOB WITH RECALLING MERASMUS'S TIMELINE BUT THREAT NOT! there will be more!

[@thepartyrockpolice1975]

*Fret

[@merasmus9992]

@@thepartyrockpolice1975 SILENCE MORTAL

[@thepartyrockpolice1975]

@@merasmus9992 No u

[@CaityisPog]

Merasmus Dear Merasmus, Could I Eliminate your Threat?

[@soldier1913]

In my medical opinion YOUR SHTUPID

[@theinternetpolice2078]

According to one of Merasmus's voicelines, he actually printed the No Guns spell off the internet, so either he has time magic, Scream Fortress 2014 takes place in the 90's/2000's, or the internet went mainstream much earlier than in real life.

[@damsen978]

Ha! Those "Kill me come back stronger" pills are meant for his returns in Lakeside event, because every time he as a boss returns after getting killed, comes back stronger with an increased level.

[@everydaysniper9390]

He is actually pretty powerful, he's just too incompetent to use his power effectively.

[@PalisadePeryton]

Dr. Doofenshmirtz energy

[@mokeymokey1035]

You forgot how he got his Goat-skull hat

[@SniperOnSunday]

Probably from a sacrifice goat, it's never stated

[@mokeymokey1035]

Jacob Beaty It is quite literally stated on the hat itself. Read the item description.

[@hero-bo7qc]

@@mokeymokey1035 what is it?

[@king_acceler8755]

Demoman has a line that goes along the lines of "Here's your nickel back Merasmus, now give me back me eye!" so I'd assume he did get the nickel.

[@scagsr301]

I love how Merasmus is a real wizard living with problems of "modern" people. His ingame voice lines involving his personal life always puts a smile on my face.

[@tickercruse3177]

He’s trying to kill the TF2 team because soldier pissed him off by eating all his heart medication and the “Kill me I’ll come back stronger” pills Those things are expensive he has a good reason

[@thebiolibrary5572]

As well as being just an insufferable room mate.

[@cupofspiders5830]

Yeah grampa shops at MagikBay, $999.99 . Goo boy

[@ragnerschwarzmane3412]

Metal Kingdom Productions that also explains why he needs to borrow money from the Mafia!

[@Z3R0Steam]

but the heart medication *was* the "kill me come back stronger" pills

[@skelenize]

5:42 red sniper is walking into a choke point while having the worst tunnel vision 5:46 both snipers acknowledge how screwed the red sniper was and made peace

[@funnyman6822]

This makes it clear why one of Merasmes’ voicelines literally says at the end “Oh hello Soldier”

[@LoppartG]

Never anger a magician!

[@MarioGMan25]

He also voiced Soldier's Yelling Voice in Expiration Date since Soldier's regular voice has cancer.

[@MarioGMan25]

@Devon Crusader Go to the part in Expiration Date where Soldier yells "HA HA! I TELEPORTED BREEEEAAAAAD!" and tell me that isn't Nolan North.

[@Sp00kq]

Source for the cancer part pls

[@MarioGMan25]

@@Sp00kq www.pcgamer.com/rick-may-voice-of-the-soldier-in-team-fortress-2-dies/

[@obamagaming7264]

escalated from proof of cancer to proof of death :(

[@alphagiga4878]

I don't think merasmus was initially bad it was soldier that drove him to become a bad guy

[@Dabajaws]

I have a theory that merasmus could definetly fight all these mafia guys but his fear mentally inhibits his powers

[@DiscountMiku]

A history lesson for our favorite magician? Beautiful

[@gotchafatboy9089]

*When you find out that After Breakfast is from your state* "You make me proud, boy."

[@techticianlarsproductions6180]

The most competent incompetent wizard of all time

[@ImNotAnAussieImaKiwi]

Voldermort:

[@yeet-ej8mj]

Hes my favroite though, lol

[@azraell4317]

That pyro at the end hunting you down until you fall into sudden death :(

[@MMaximmachinegun]

When you watch after breakfast but you didn’t eat breakfast

[@yalkn2073]

HERESY

[@SurmenianSoldier]

@Scp 939 *AHEM* Gentlemen...

[@DM_2145]

@@SurmenianSoldier Did anyone happen to eat their breakfast on the way here? no? *then we still have a problem*

[@LucyWest370]

@@DM_2145 (puts bowl of cereal on the table) Soldier: and a spoon...

[@JulianCarr24]

I was surprised to learn that Wizardcon MCLVI was held at the Duluth Airport Econo-lodge, or rather, that that's a real hotel.

[@HaxxorElite]

Thank you for keep putting out free quality content for us

[@arrowflint22official8]

From the amazing actor that brought you the German version of the Joker, Doctor Edward Richtofen... I PRESENT TO YOU! THE AWE INSPIRING! THE MAGICAL! THE IMMORTAL! MEEEERRRRRAAAASSSSMMMUUUSSSSS!!!

[@a-posetexturelessjoker1539]

Imagine a live-action tf2 film with the Rock as heavy.

[@Lexilove2016]

Tom Jones would have to guest star

[@anonymoususer208]

10:21 sans?

[@GCJACK83]

*MERASWEEABOO ARRIVES ON A TIDE OF PADORU!* Oh, hello Pyro.

[@Sansmemelordover]

I want to be Marasmus for HALLOWEEN! Also Damnit Soldier!

[@georgehutter339]

Who else would let merasmus be your roommate? I feel bad for the poor wizard.

[@TarotVylan]

Merasmus did give Demoman the nickel, apparently he still has it, accordine to the line "Merasmus, i've got yer' nickel! Give me my back me eye!"

[@rawrthedinosawr9659]

i like to think he doesnt actually know any spells and he just shouts random crap hoping magic happens

[@Plague_Gurl049]

Happy birthday Nolan!

[@WolvenSpectre]

Crap... just realized I was alive for some of the timeline.... damn I feel old now... although that would explain the racoon sanctuary I worked at as a teen that wasn't always there... 😜

[@xenowarsgames3806]

During last Scream Fortress, I got to play on spook fort.... He did in fact show up 5 seconds after each death. He reached his max level 4 times before we could finish the match, which we were literally just lining up people in front of heavies to win the game to fucking end it. I had a 100 soul contract. I started it that match and finished it that match. I then cried in the shower like a real man.

[@Glory2Snowstar]

Happy Halloween, After Breakfast! Have a spooky Halloween full of freight and the souls of dead mercenaries!

[@bobbyferg9173]

Gotta say the description in this video is absolutely amazing

[@mechaapple7552]

Just 6000 years old and virgin? *Bro I have been a virgin for eternity*

[@helloiamalive4184]

5:00 Evil dead:hey I’ve seen this one

[@Taninversed]

That part in ghost fort when he almost died to a pyro but merasmus came out and he just laughed at the pyro

[@elvenbuttress]

I freakin love the bombinomicom as a character.

[@diobrando9355]

So I thought that the voice actor sounded nearly identical to Dr. Edward Richtofen in CoD: Zombies. I look through the Wikipedia article for him, turns out, he IS the voice of Richtofen.

[@C.Dickey]

Ah the days you could wear a skull topper as a sniper and not get kicked

[@shrug1250]

What do merasmus and an 18th century prince have in common? Their blood is still pure

[@aozorashort6599]

I would like to see SAXTON HAAAAAALE!!!!!!

[@epicgamersaurus]

I miss the days when you could be a sniper with the Skull Island Topper and it wasn’t an immediate kick.

[@tonyaidenandsophieparchomc8160]

My favourite demo voice line is “merasmus I got your nickel now give back my eye”

[@vickiedery]

Wait I just notice merasmus sounds like richtofen from black ops 4...for me.

[@exolaruia8789]

CS Dery I also hear Richthofen

[@GunAndGo]

Gotta say that its pretty cool that im in this vid at 2:52(cloaked spy) and 5:03 in the killfeed and gotta say its a coincidence and nothing more, just pretty cool 2 b in the vid even if its only 4 a few seconds Edit: Welp I just realized im in several parts of the vid so i guess u can try and find me in the vid, or not, just do wot u want

[@Blackmorerainbowcatch]

He did gave demo the nickel demoman said in a voiceline "MERASMUS I GOT YOUR NICKEL GIVE ME MY EYE BACK"

[@StickMaster500]

Goddammit Merasmus, stop taking drugs!

[@sunbuYT]

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[@Criductive]

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[@shuumatsunojoshua]

I'm suprised he still has any left since Soldier already took his "kill me, come back stronger" pills.

[@deggy18]

I knew Nolan North voiced Merasmus because I could hear that little bit of Richtofen in his voice.

[@Starlight-yk7pk]

What makes you think marasmus needs that pinky gone forever, they every mafia that cuts off his pinky gives it back when they get the money and he heals it onto his finger (by magic, sewing, or even the cream from ridiculous six Doctor) so long as he gets the money he gets his finger back

[@charleshaskell2056]

Can’t believe Merasmus got his cool explodey book from John Romero.

[@brokeback.mountaineer]

dude you forgot the part about his Cadillac kingdom

[@johnjekyllson28]

A “complete” history of Merasmus, but no mention of how his and Soldier’s TV feud led to the invention of PASS Time?

[@SquimJim]

He has that TV in Brickyard but where is the origin of PASS Time mentioned? I don't remember hearing about that.

[@johnjekyllson28]

@@SquimJim Voila! The secret history of the PASS Time sport that you never knew about: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5W7n4RmlLuLhLs This was made by Jimmy Lewis (www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-lewis-a5a4735), an Escalation Studios employee at the time, but it was never officially published. We know that this was real because Tom Mustaine, one of the co-founders of Escalation Studios, tweeted two stills from the video around that time: twitter.com/tmustaine/status/751822133819371520?lang=en, twitter.com/tmustaine/status/751824938315620354?lang=en. I know what you're thinking, though - if it was never published, it's not canon, right? However, since this video ties together the weird Merasmus stuff on Brickyard and the flavor text on the PASS Time items, it makes sense to consider it canon, even if it was never officially added to the game. Very few people know about this video, by the way. You could make a video about the Complete History of PASS Time!

[@foxydash9992]

The Demoman May have been payed by merasmus if the castle is owned by them

[@theballoonfamily9539]

note, Demoman DID get paid that nickle, he actually confirms this in a voice line. "Merasmus! I've got yer nickel! Give me back me eye!"

[@Jurassic_Allosaurus]

I think there’s a theory that merasmus might suffer from gigantism, which could also explain why he has a heart condition as his heart is too small to pump blood to the rest of his body due to it being so big.

[@YourPalRowan]

You'd think that if the ghost was the devil, he'd hate medic, not sniper.

[@krackurjack]

Imagine if this were possible TF2: A Complete History of Skeleton King

[@SyThiCProductions]

Nice triple headshot at the end

[@probrobosnian]

You did this when I was sick on Halloween ;( But I don’t blame you since I get to eat snickers while watching a video

[@Glory2Snowstar]

Aww, sorry to hear. Don’t worry, though, you’re you when you eat Snickers! Have a happy Halloween!

[@swampshack1018]

Christian Flaherty: Sequel Edition that’s so wholesome, I wish more people were like you - happy Halloween to you both

[@coolman5239]

@@swampshack1018 i agree with you so much, also happy Halloween

[@thethumbisafinger]

4:33 bro casts Minor Illusion and Thaumaturgy and he thinks he’s hot stuff

[@rawrthedinosawr9659]

I thought merasmus was a non-canon character made by Piemations

[@lonecourierO]

It is here.

[@PowerUpT]

Heh. I hear that background music. Favorite track from its source.

[@azazel5518]

*He forced me to Phlog Pyro for his amusement...* *Or he'd turn my blood to jarate...* *HE'S EVIL!* ...Wait, did he hear that? Let me try again... *HE'S ABSOLUTELY EVIL! CORRUPTED TO THE BONE!!!* Please, pretend you're intimidated. He can turn off my respawns at any time. *HE'S A MONSTER! EVEL MASTERMIND... Villain... Person...* Help.

[@articz7731]

Castlevania music very fitting

[@Afr0wwl]

nobody:a merasmus on thumb: MR MERASMUSSS!!!

[@groupdg]

Nolan north also played as ricktophen in cod zombies

[@axolotl2959]

Cool Merasmus cosplay.

[@MrZog33]

The bombinomicon doesn't like Sniper because he's the least exciting of all the mercs. Heavy has a minigun, soldier and demo explode people, medic is a psychopath, pyro is pyro, scout runs fast and hits people with a bat, engineer has sentries that can fire rockets and shoot bullets, and all sniper does is sit in a tower somewhere and shoots people in the head from far away.

[@simpIeidiot]

*clears throat* bonus ducks.

[@RandomJayne]

Maybe some of the Halloween events just take place in October, but not actually on Halloween. A lot of people get started on celebrations early. Sometimes Halloween falls on a weekday so people host parties and carnivals the weekend before. Another possibility is that some events took place on Friday the 13th or some other day of significance that involves magic, superstition, or death. Another possibility is that some events, besides Helltower, just take place on a random day Merasmus was pissed at Soldier or in debt to one mob or another. Or it could also be that nothing that happens in the games is canon to the comics so there's no sense trying to figure out how the mercs could celebrate Halloween 8 times in 4 years or when and why they were ever in China or Japan, or had to collect beer for aliens.

[@BanditBoyoMan]

Merasmus did actually paid demoman that nickel, because in one of demo’s Halloween voice lines he says this: “merasmus, I got your nickel, give me back me eye”

[@willropa4226]

I wonder if the TF2 universe canonically has multiple Halloweens per year. It's a stretch to assume this but cosmetic items in the game that can be worn on Halloween can also be worn on full moons, so could it be said that every full moon night is also a Halloween night? Again, it is a stretch, but this is also a world where the poet Shakespearicles invented rocket launchers in order to reach second story floors instead of inventing stairs, so random stuff like every full moon being Halloween aren't the craziest thing to think about.

[@darkshock42mlg05]

Erasmus also has a weird thing for wierdly sized heads. In the carnival and you'll get a big head when you're on the bumper cars. And the in the 2013 event something he'd does changing the size of your head depending on where the wheel one lands on.

[@gamingwithjustin3694]

Remember, Trevor took Merasmus down after a big fight

[@DangStank]

Maybe sniper just reminds the bombnomicon of marasmus

[@EXMachina.]

Also meramus Design reminds of that wizard from the Monty Python movie The Quest for the holy grail.

[@skeleton_kiddo5544]

"SOLDIEEER,look at my Cadillac"