TF2: A Complete History of the Medic

In today's video we talk about Nazis and the afterlife. Let's see if it can stay monetized!
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[@PuppyM0dr]

"It's not that he's evil, he just lacks empathy, and goes into a dissociative state and commits atrocities"

[@Shepfax]

This is how Heavy explains his actions probably, since Heavy's the only one who views Medic with any shred of respect

[@Winrarnt]

@@Shepfax "You deserve a medal!" Soldier to Medic, yes the ONLY one

[@palidengamer2540]

@@Winrarnt well the thing is Soldier has an IQ of -3 when you think about it, so it's not like he cares if his doctor does or doesn't have a medical license

[@drippylad3973]

"I, however, am VERY EVIL...

[@mehnt3841]

exactly, being deranged and fitting the description of evil makes you deranged not evil

[@thepip3599]

5:51 I seriously doubt that archimedes has a normal dove lifespan. Medic would probably do anything to keep that bird around.

[@C0ZMIK5K1TTL35]

He does love that bird a lot.

[@hometimemayhem928]

Are we sure he hasn’t put a mega baboon heart in him, and a dove suit, then ÜberCharge him

[@zeal7895]

Well he is inside of scout now soooo.....

[@nathanshipman5832]

He does bring him back from the dead in the comics.

[@minecraft-ch8xy]

@@nathanshipman5832 which comic

[@nojkoor1584]

The patient woke up with his skeleton missing. The fact, the patient was able to wake up before they died, shows that the medic has some skill

[@werl_01]

The Rook I mean, couldn’t you technically survive without a skeleton?

[@Bizy17]

You could "survive", but I imagine nothing would be in place and you'd just be a lump of tissue and water with nothing truely solid to support your insides, however, your innards might crush some viral organs before the patient wakes up... assuming that removing the bones didn't involve anything short of clear cut precision in order for the patient to die after the surgery

[@transorm987]

Werl 01 No, beacause that has some of your other shit in it

[@Coal2956]

@@werl_01 youd lose the ability to breath on your own and it would be very painful as your muscles would roll up like window shades. Your heart would probably be suppressed but intermembranes might keep it going for a bit. Your eyes would probably slip out of your face and your brain like the heart might not die immediately due to membrane protection but with nothing supporting or protecting it blood could get denied to certain parts and you might stroke out or have a seizure, which would definitely fuck things up if your nerves are still all hooked up right.

[@cheeckanartyom6954]

Your brain would contact skin wich would immidatly black out

[@HolddisNerd]

For those who don't know, Medic brought Archimedes (his bird) back to life after the TFC heavy killed him.

[@ema5793]

yeah that was awesome, i love how much he cares about archimedes

[@Vogelgangg]

That would be Archimedes The Undying (probably)

[@cylnder]

ARCHIMEDES!

[@Rama-sm4hp]

Oh thank God

[@samuelramirez4985]

Im glad the tfc heavy got what he deserved by that i mean the baboon uterus

[@thepip3599]

6:37 At the very least the medic’s trip to hell must have been real because he brought back a pen.

[@donnagahlinger289]

Yea

[@acoolerhandle]

Could’ve just been in his pocket

[@tugazu]

For a soul

[@tommy_gamez8984]

Yeah but why would he just now pull it out

[@acoolerhandle]

Could've just thought about it.

[@werl_01]

I’d like to point out a few things: -While he may not have respect for human dignity, he does have respect for human life. In “The Naked and the Dead” Medic says that he is a doctor and that no one will die on his operating table. -None of the TF2 or TFC (not counting TFC heavy) mercs have died under his care (except Sniper but he’s ok now) or due to his experiments -He has at least some medical knowledge, mentioning blood types, and in “Meet the Medic” he has various medical equipment that he presumably knows how to operate correctly -He does not operate on noncombatants (that we know of) -People he operates on assumedly have given consent to be operated on (maybe not knowing what they’re getting put inside them, but I digress) -I speculate that he does indeed use some form of pain inhibitor because in “Meet the Medic” the Heavy is awake but in no apparent pain until he breaks his own rib Just a few things I thought I’d add to show that he’s not _that_ insane. He’s just going mad.

[@SydneySininen]

Werl 01 that's good enough for me

[@KKonig]

Well, though he is not the devil in person he is still insane and a evil person.... i like it

[@dandroid98]

I think the Medi-beam itself is a anesthetic, which is probably why small health packs (pain killers) also heal you

[@thefreshestbean]

Sooo hes a battle medic (insert laugh track here)

[@paradox2702]

He sold his soul to demon (also stole souls of tfc mercenaries)

[@taktix3137]

The medic stole doves from the marriage of the Israeli prime minister Levi Eshkol to Miriam Zelikowitz this is backed by the fact that they got married in 1968 and that Levi's term lasted from 1963 to 1968 thank you for taking the time to read this

[@LifeIsPain878]

GSAsiimov _ this comment deserves more likes so everyone can see it

[@MintyDragonVidz]

GSAsiimov _ I admire both the dedication it took to do that research and the amount of boredom it must’ve took to motivate you to look up such an obscure and ultimately strange detail.

[@Dabajaws]

Thank you for putting this up

[@masaruten5213]

Huh, that makes sense...loads more valid than my theory, even if you factor in limiting Medic to Europe.

[@drwhite7285]

It makes it funnier because he's a nazi

[@Dabs_All_Ovar]

Medic’s backstory is like going though german history

[@pyraffin]

Yeah imma self insert myself into stealing the prime minister's wedding catering van and accidentally steal a bunch of birds while I'm at it

[@THE_GRUBSTER]

OwO

[@Truerussiantigershark]

@@pyraffin also it was proven that the Prime Minister was the Prime Minister of Israel that served around the time of team fortress 2

[@pocke_mp4692]

Medic in the comics: *Insane Medic in the game: *Even more Insane

[@A.Singularity]

Medic players: press e one more fucking time i fucking dare you

[@ZeJackCat22]

"Ze healing izn't az rewarding az ze hurting."

[@theosw6961]

You forgot the most important part of the Medic’s life: the fact that medic used his underwear to soak up blood

[@e6026]

Ah yes, I remember that

[@taMeska]

pivotal moment

[@pest0370]

That (ō-ō) face he made while saying that-

[@pretzeljawbreaker5140]

Mmm yes amazing

[@chesceaktv889]

Lol still wondering what was in the writer's head after including that fact Bro got killed,went to hell,revived,and win without an underwear That's gotta be uncomfortable

[@MYG]

You should do the pyro video in only mumbles with captions for the script.

[@benook]

@@Rodrigo-kq3js mmmmh MHHHHMHHHH

[@sargentsteve7148]

"Cant hear your mumbles pal!"

[@glassofnut4110]

Deaf people would be so confused

[@moth8775]

@@glassofnut4110 Although not a bad thing, kale is misused a lot of the time. Serving it raw is not that pleasant (let's be real here), and cooking it just yields

[@scout802]

Mmmmmm

[@callmebomb]

"Now let's talk about Nazis!" *instant demonetization*

[@Rogue_Rouge]

demo-nazi-ation

[@flytrapYTP]

@@Rogue_Rouge Is the Demo a Nazi? 🤔🤔🤔

[@thebadmedic89]

Hmmmm

[@flytrapYTP]

rly dinks ur dink.

[@BonziBUDDY]

Oh god, I can feel it. German Peter is approaching!

[@zyren2989]

Pyros Video will be 1 min long

[@TKsh1]

And just one word: *WM1*

[@zyren2989]

@@Audriest we dunno anything about him

[@SaiyanGamer95]

History of the Pyro: We don't know jack-shit!

[@salsagamer5153]

@@TKsh1 why dowe everybody say pyro mains are just wm1 free to plays?

[@rallo9635]

Just S4lsa (cus they mostly are) Also judging by a lot of pyros cosmetics- he’s most likely Mexican/anywhere in South America.

[@jessicajayes8326]

Personally, I love the Medic. I'm quarter German, so a lot of what the Medic says makes me think of my great grandparents and great uncles. I had a great uncle of German parents who actually fought Nazis, so there's that. Einstein was German, nutty, and lovable. Besides, one of Medic's best friends is the Russian Heavy. Considering he didn't flee to South America (a lot of Nazis did) and that Heavy is one of his best buddies, most likely he's NOT a Nazi.

[@Sonicsgirl13]

Of course he's not a Nazi. I saw a headcanon on a tumblr called Tf2humbug that says that Medic beat the shit out of a nazi soldier cuz the Nazis ruined his night out with friends.

[@dezgasting]

@@Sonicsgirl13 headcanon doesn't mean it's canon tho.

[@Sonicsgirl13]

@@dezgasting True.

[@themissouriranger2829]

I agree with you but I'm 90% German. Soooo... *OKTOBERFEEEEEEEEEEEST!!!*

[@justmandi3571]

I know I'm a little late to the party but I'd also like to point out one of Medic's in Game Voice lines is "Teeeaaaammmm!!!" which is a reference from an old Comedy TV Show Hogan's Heroes that ran from 1965-1971. It's an American Show that takes place in a Nazi P.O.W. prison and focuses on Stalag 13 [a camp set aside for U.S. resistance fighters] It's overseen by the strict but bumbling Col. Klink [who is a Nazi]. So, if Medic is making references to a show, he must enjoy this show which makes a fool out of Nazis. Thus, I can make the likely assumption he was not a Nazi but most likely part of the resistance if anything.

[@SiRenfield]

Although I think I heard somewhere by the creators (probably need to look up my source in a bit) that the Medic was never a Nazi and that he comes from a long line of scientists with a tradition of being chased by angry villagers with pitchforks

[@foiledagain1914]

"tradition of being chased by angry villagers with pitchforks" sounds about right

[@the1untitled]

Living pitchforks

[@dopeyal4755]

Ah so Medic is a Belmont.

[@migitri]

You're right, although what you mention in your comment is not from a single source, but split up between two different sources. The source for the "Medic is not a nazi" quote is Robin Walker (lead designer for TF2) himself, when somebody got a tour of Valve while Meet the Medic was in production. They shared their intel on the Facepunch forums, which are down for good, but I recovered the archive and shared it on r/tf2. I don't think I can share links, but if you search for something like "robin walker medic nazi" on the TF2 subreddit, you should be able to find it, posted by the same username as the one here. "Oh yeah, almost forgot about Robin's answer to one of the great mysteries of the Medic: He's not a Nazi. Not because of controversy or anything, but because it would be easy and boring to slap the 'Nazi' label on the Medic rather than trying to go for a truly interesting psychotic German doctor they're establishing." The "long line of scientists chased out of town by an angry mob" thing comes from the description for Rottenburg in the Two Cities update.

[@StickMaster500]

This just makes you think what the Medic would be like in our year of 2018

[@ducksi1]

Man, I know you like KZbin. But come on. Stop posting good comments.

[@thatoneguy2023]

In an asylum or in a grave

[@SquimJim]

If the Devil sent Medic back to Earth for another 50 years like they agreed on then he'd be alive until at least 2022. Ya know, assuming that actually happened. I guess he'd just be really old and maybe even more crazy.

[@afallingtree9114]

I swear this guy turns off his comment notifications, just imagine the spam he would get if he turned it on

[@theconductoresplin8092]

Hello sticc Master Ur cool :3

[@Yahoooo.1]

I love how everyone in the team calls Medic “medic” and Heavy is like “DoKToR”

[@Hypersanic023]

"Doktor, turn off my pain inhibitors."

[@CacaoDrawzStuff]

Engie and Scout calls him "Doc"

[@aelsaellie]

spy:

[@roul4842]

"You killed Doctor!!"

[@gentlecat7735]

I like the idea of WW2 not happening at all in the TF2 universe and soldier just made the whole thing up

[@faggoteditor9297]

gay idea

[@gentlecat7735]

no u

[@KKonig]

But its confirmed that he was in ww2..... not in the army tho.... he never was in any army

[@gentlecat7735]

I don't know where you got the idea that I was saying that ww2 didn't happen in tf2 lore. All I was saying is that I could imagine soldier making up ridiculous things as an excuse to go on a murderous killing spree through europe.

[@Observer675]

If there was a hint that medic was a Nazi I'm fairly sure soldier would call him out. In various voice lines he gets called Kraut, but never Nazi That said soldier is the guy who thought they were on the moon etc

[@no-xs8bk]

What I think: It is confirmed by Valve he isn't a Nazi and that he would've been a teenager by the time of WW2. Many people have pointed out he speaks German in a Yiddish tone, this could mean he is Jewish. If so he COULD've been one of the many Jewish doctors who were forced to do experiments in the camps. This could be why he is the way he is. But again he was a teen so I assume he was in an Underground German revolt. Why? because that would explain why he is quite insane, and how he got his experience. He is from Southern Germany so he could've been apart of a German Resistance group. I think he is a Jewish Doctor who ended up going insane.

[@nonutnovember8850]

I'm Jewish

[@hallowfiended]

Finally a person with braincells

[@goranivankoerlic1280]

no the reason why he sounds yiddish is probably because they are pronouncing how they heard it.if medic was jewish,there would be more yiddish voice lines.but it seems like he speaks regular german.

[@BadBomb555]

Far as I know, Jews don't really believe into heaven and hell stuff, so it wouldn't really make much sense why would he end up into the hell, if he were a jew.

[@no-xs8bk]

@@BadBomb555 I'm Jewish. Also according to Maimonides' 13 Principles those who sin "Receive punishment" and considering he is one of the most respected rabbis he must've got that from some where. Afterlife is very vague in the Torah though.

[@winterdragon4125]

The reason why I'm not inclined toward him being a Nazi is pretty simple. Medic's concept of superior beings is not based on birth and inherent superiority, but instead on effort and work. His creating things like the Ubercharge are applied to people not considered part of the "master race" by Nazi standards- the first recipient of the Ubercharge being Heavy, who is Russian. This is something people forget, that Nazis didn't ONLY hate Jews. They also hated Slavic groups, especially the Polish and Russians and considered them subhuman and worthy of conquest, enslavement, and/or extermination. On top of that, if we're using other things aside from characterization, the music Medic is associated with is in Klezmer style ("Archimedes" is the most obvious, but it's also in "A Little Heart to Heart"). Klezmer is originally a style from Ashkenazi Jews.

[@crm4434]

I like the theory that his wife was Jew and that he worked for the Nazis to protect her

[@abdulabochamh9839]

this cleared things up ty

[@popthiccle1158]

like he said in the video, just because he is a nazi doesnt mean he necessarily agreed with the ideology. so if you do the math...

[@elevatedmeance6807]

To me, he probably joined the Nazis only for the medical resource they provided him, not for the ideology, bc if it were so he would be a lot more reluctant of giving the ubercharges to foreigners.

[@popthiccle1158]

@@elevatedmeance6807 especially a LIBERAL

[@TealTactics]

*That sure is a conveniently placed nose shadow you've got there...*

[@fordfrantic547]

Charge now doctor!

[@zappermanboss2521]

Ready to charge

[@thebadmedic89]

Nein!

[@tricksterzyro3230]

*Y A T A T A T A T A T*

[@potatodude975]

*I AM FOOLY CHARJED*

[@shrimpnft509]

*AUF WIEDERSEHEN!*

[@atlas9852]

medic isn't evil. he doesn't go out of his way to actively harm others. like you said, he regards his team as friends. he is just fascinated.

[@DainKeith]

A medic voiceline says "Ze healing is not as rewarding as ze hurting".

[@roul4842]

Satan called him a monster

[@awkwarddrawings]

Cuz of what he did to his "enemies" and prior patients probably lots of trial and error

[@chosenscrub2009]

Here’s a theory: Medic’s healing gun absorbs part of whoever he’s healing’s soul, while healing them

[@mahbubmaleksyed5301]

You got any evidence tho

[@katziliaf]

You mean this makes his gun a... ... _soul eater_ ?

[@chosenscrub2009]

Lol, nice pun

[@Ludwig_Perpenhente]

Well, not really because all of them have no soul, after Medic died during the TF2 versus TFC battle, he met The Devil. Medic then told The Devil he has 8 more souls, so he traded all his teammate's soul for a Pen just so that he gets revived. This isn't some made up lore, this IS Valve Official Lore

[@chosenscrub2009]

Mahbub Malek Syed Not all theories need evidence

[@198thairsoft]

I think that medic may have fought in WW2 as a medic, considering he has the white stahlhelm with the Red Cross on it, but saying that he was a nazi would be a bit of a stretch considering he had little to no medical training, therefore he would not have served in the SS, which required you to be a nazi and medically skilled if you were going to be a medic, and really the only other option would have been the Wehrmacht, which most that served in the Wehrmacht were not nazis and were just drafted, so there is a good chance that medic was not a nazi, but hey, that’s just a theory, A GAME THEORY.

[@julesedelweiss]

There is a shot in the TF2 comic 'Naked and the Dead', Medic says this particular line : "I know, ja? Why do people even go to Medical School?" This is vague evidence that Medic possibly never attended Medical School, and his license is possibly faked or stolen.

[@bleyzerplayz]

That's not an evidence. Just a statement of him saying that Medical School is useless.

[@julesedelweiss]

Exactly so why would he attend Medical School? It's like saying Ice cream is disgusting while you are eating it.

[@crm4434]

Dude, it's more like artists that went to art school and say it sucks; you need to experience something to know if it really sucks

[@Sonicsgirl13]

From what I heard, medical school is HARD. Not to mention tedious.

[@tragedyplustime8271]

@@bleyzerplayz Considering he said "Why do PEOPLE go to medical school?" and not "Why does medical school exist?"/"Why did I go to medical school?", it seems he refers to people in a third person, hinting he never went to medical school.

[@jotunn6891]

We know something about medic's father and grandfather. The father was a surgeon and the grandfather was one of the last Prussian Policemen

[@adamsz415]

Bats Where was that mentioned?

[@jotunn6891]

@@adamsz415 i heard it somewhere but i know it was from trusty source

[@pinhe1350]

SFM Animations?

[@ellie_shrug]

THAT'S HOW I LOST MY MEDICAL LISCENSE.

[@thecommunistloli1042]

AHAHAHHAHAH

[@jasminericenic]

ARCHIMEDES NO

[@ubernani6307]

@@jasminericenic IT'S FILTHY IN THERE

[@josemanuelchavesbussi1098]

@@ubernani6307 birds....

[@DaniTheBeautyGeek]

Jose Manuel Chaves Bussi now, most hearts wouldn’t be able to handle this voltage

[@Alexander59059]

Scout's couldnt have been a hallucination as God resurrected him into perfect health. And seeing as Scout was able to go to heavan at all I find it far more likely that Medic took the classic team's souls rather than the modern team's souls.

[@idioticlight]

And because god stumbled on his word with tom jones "being his father", and cuz tom jones neck got snapped... again

[@MaxCE]

No he took the tf2 team souls, when tfc heavy asked how they beat him medic said they don't have souls.

[@redhood7650]

@@idioticlight god probably resurrected tom after that and had to explain to him why that happened. Tom: what was that for God: sorry about that Tom but scouts real father who's that spy claimed that you were his dad Tom: oh that's ok then.

[@jockeyfield1954]

but what about in that SAME comic he says "it's because we don't have souls" after miss pauling has no clue on how they even beat the tfc heavy also medic surgically attached 8 more souls to himself, and scout and sniper would've still been able to go to heaven since they never sold their souls, they were just moved to some other place

[@MaxCE]

@@jockeyfield1954 so he tricked the devil into thinking he has 8 more souls but he has only 6 after the death of scout and sniper. Cause where would the souls go when you die. To heaven or hell. But where do those souls go when you get resurrected. Back to your body. Smart ass.

[@HeyILoveThis]

"Maybe he is evil" Well as i have seen he's a psycopath, a sociopath and maybe a sadist so-.. MAYbE hE iS EviL. He's actually my favorite character so i kinda ignore all that-

[@commenturthegreat2915]

Being a psychopath/sociopath doesn't necessarily make you evil, but yeah... He's definitely evil

[@HeyILoveThis]

@@commenturthegreat2915 i know but- you get my damn point he aint even real

[@autist_artism4693]

I know this is kinda old but he 100% isn't a psychopath. He is capable of caring about other living creatures, seeing as he used expensive body parts he even admits to struggling to get to revive Sniper, not to mention refusing to let Sniper go back into fighting. Plus, he shows genuine distress about Archimedes being killed, showing he does care about the bird, at the very least. And it is incredibly likely he is friends with Heavy, given in game stuff, shorts and comics. Also, psychopaths appear 'normal' and 'sane', pretending to care about others. They aren't impulsive nor likely to do illegal or dangerous actions because they aren't impulsive or emotionally driven like sociopaths. Given Medic caring for certain, few people, his ability to recognise when he's messed up (he makes excuses after betraying Sniper, implying he knows it was bad) and his impulsive and dangerous behaviour, it's far more likely he's a sociopath (I'm not a professional, this is from my own personal online research I have done cuz special interests go brrrr)

[@markthemedic6672]

When scout “dies” I’m pretty sure he didn’t die and that was just spy making him happy because as far as we know spy is scouts father.

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

Well, step-father.

[@marxismleninismkanyeism6440]

@@YourCrazyDolphin no his actual father

[@wyatt9000]

According to the comics Spy Is Scouts Biological Father And Heavy is the only other mercenary that knows, actually i think Sniper might know, Im unsure about that part.

[@HellaHoesFr]

i g h t

[@GaryCandyPrince]

scout does die in the comics, but then he comes back to life, just like medic, and sniper.

[@Trisaaru]

I think you should do all nine classes before you do npcs.

[@notoverwatch6991]

He said that.

[@BaconPuncakesX]

"All nien classes"

[@Trisaaru]

Not Overwatch At the very end of the video he said he might do another class, then a npc

[@notoverwatch6991]

@@Trisaaru Yeah?

[@Brother-Martell]

The Unusual BaconPancakesX Nein*

[@communistchicken2414]

"medic has 9 souls" Medic: Am I cat?!?

[@Datoneguy_9343]

Oh no don’t summon the furrys

[@Datoneguy_9343]

The pootis bord is safe

[@ismetalikk]

Are you trying to give me fanart inspiration?

[@stahby]

medic has to have some serious skill to get the entire skeleton out, considering the brain is a thing.

[@PewPewBeets]

I like to think that Medic has a similar backstory to Dr. Edward Richtofen from Call of Duty. They most likely only joined the German war effort to satiate their blood lust.

[@Thevoidcallsme]

I never considered WW2 German soldiers as Nazis, just foot soldiers who either agreed or disagreed with the ideaology, Nazis where the SS and those in higher up ranks.

[@m4_sherman]

Bernardlv. Good. Good education. Smart man. (Not sarcasm even though it sounds like it)

[@mightbejustin7471]

indeed

[@你还兔子]

Im pretty sure alot of the soldiers didnt know the concentration camps existed, even tho the ideology was widely known.

[@zegpath81]

Or the members of the Nazi party.

[@RedDeadSakharine]

Even the "footsoldiers" in the SS didn't have to be Nazis. If you looked the type, they wanted you for the SS (SS men were prefered to be particularly intimidating and arian-looking) and they would conscript you into it. A lot of the higher ups were insane Nazis, but even among the higher ranks you had people who disagreed with the ideology but were to scared to challenge the system.

[@HellishSpoon]

I think i remember reading that soldier is not actually a official soldier Or did that apply only to blue soldier? What ever.

[@SquimJim]

He was never in the army but he shipped himself to Poland to fight during WWII.

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

And his rampage ended immediately upon hearing about the end of the war in 1949.

[@Migixkem]

HEAVY:I LOVE THIS DOCTER **MEDIC DEAD** HEAVY:AHHHH POOTISPENCER HERE **PUTS DISPENCER** I LUV THIS ENGINEER

[@HeavyWeaponsGuy636]

No loyalty at all

[@imjoniiii]

The fact that he performed heart transplant with a consious Misha is just crazy, but hey, Real life doctors performed surgery and got the patient to play violin.

[@SPAMTON-G-SPAMT0N]

TFC heavy: *kills Archimedes* Medic: IM GOING TO SAW THROUGH YOUR BONES!!!!!

[@Murci3l4go]

I want to see good old drunken demolition man

[@Trisaaru]

Everything Doge Same

[@fireball9567]

💣💣💣

[@apocalypticsurvivor6111]

Don't you mean tavish degroot

[@PotatoBullets115]

"No let's talk about Nazis!" *"Oh no..."*

[@distracted-tea]

He is making some good points tho....

[@mayor6366]

Rip Archimedes At least about 20 years ago - 1972

[@crm4434]

You really think medic is going to let his pet die? Of old age of all things?!

[@randomguyontheinternet3758]

Medic revived him

[@drswag0076]

his name is based on a ancient scientist who was the man that gave the world the word "eureka" as well as concepting crazy gadgets to use against the Romans there was even talk of machine that grabs the Roman ships and lifts them out of the water

[@zennyblades]

i like to think the medic took tfc's souls when he imlanted baboon uterueses in them as scout and sniper went to heaven and you kinda need a soul to do that. he probably got his medical license during world war 2 as a medic then.

[@W4H00]

I like how there are many references to Bavaria in the medics loadout, while hes actually from swabia.

[@krzysztofrypa8685]

I love to think medic fought in ww2 and is insane because of PTSD

[@iceeburg3763]

Medic medic! Ja heavy Implanting baboon uteruses? Nein heavy Telling lies? Nein heavy Open my body! Ha ha ha!

[@SFH_Jenkins]

Nein*

[@iceeburg3763]

Didn’t notice, fixed it

[@MelralCT-]

Lol nein misha

[@zyren2989]

I hate u and i love u

[@bobbyferg9173]

Delet this

[@Ivan_I99999]

I doubt medic is a nazi, at least currently. He’s very close friends with the heavy and heavy is Slavic and Nazism has an extreme hatred of Slavs.

[@page_pro]

He protecc, He attacc, But most importantly, Ribs grow bacc -Medic turns towards Archimedes.- *"no zey dont"*

[@SoldierGaming_]

Cuz they don’t lol

[@X-SPONGED]

"It's like I've always said, There's nothing wrong with playing god, as long as you're good at it" _Doktör said that. And I'd say he knows a little more about medicine than you do, Pal. Because he invented it! and then he perfected it so that no living man could best him in the field of medicine!!!_

[@nickythehickey]

Then he used his doctor money to buy every dove on earth, and he herded them onto a boat, and he stole the skeletons from every single one

[@helphelper9549]

- soldier

[@justanothercommenterwithan9089]

@@nickythehickey and thats why whenever there is many corpses all together at once its called a graveyard, unless its a morgue

[@Natalie_the_Fae]

so the Medic is more of a solder then The Solder, and Heavy is more of a doctor then The Medic

[@imlegos2153]

...I JUST noticed that medic is holding a baby monkey in the "We're TF2" comic panel...

[@yoelv.o.krisstiawan5838]

If Medic did fight in the Second World War, I assume that he would've been placed in a Gebirgsjäger unit based on his "Medic's Mountain Cap" cosmetic.

[@yoelv.o.krisstiawan5838]

@FrostCore en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebirgsj%C3%A4ger That's the article about the Gebirgsjäger en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_cap And that's the article about the ski cap I hope this helps you :)

[@pyraffin]

Thanks for providing sources, they were interesting reads!

[@yoelv.o.krisstiawan5838]

@@pyraffin Aye, no problem 👌🏻

[@CaptainApathetic]

He could've been a medic with the unit And his nickname could've came from his "treatment", probably experimenting on wounded troops

[@zomblox6721]

Heavy respects medic so much because he is the only person he knows that can outsmart bullet

[@ryyyan4795]

Well, given the fact the he has a lot of parallels with Joseph Mengele (That one Nazi who did some pretty gruesome shit on people at Auschwitz), plus the fact that he had a military cap, and his incredible technology, I think he served in the German Army as a medic, but his psychopathic tendencies meant that he took the chance whenever he could to experiment on the people he treated, while he also innovated some incredible healing technology. The human experimentation part basically made him a war criminal on both sides of WW2, but afterwards he managed to cover this up and end up with the whole skeleton thing happening he lost any kind of license he MAY have had, and went into hiding. Somewhere in between, he steals the catering van, and eventually gets hired, continuing to defy modern medicine, and international law.

[@XanderFenikkusu]

Medic outsmarting the devil was awesome.

[@Sonicsgirl13]

The exact moment when I became intrigued by Medic and admire him and his goofy but brilliant antics.

[@TKsh1]

I would like to see a Engineer's bio, considering he is (possibly) the sanest of the mercenaries.

[@wyatt9000]

*ERECT'IN A DISPENSER!*

[@CatMan-dz7xl]

Alrighty then

[@crm4434]

Ah yes! The man who cut off his own hand just to test a robotic hand his grandfather designed is a true example of sanity

[@TKsh1]

@@crm4434 That's quite mild compared to half of the TF team hahahaha

[@latingold23]

Yes, the man who builds killing machines is the most sane person in this game

[@djwilliams522]

Never expected someone to have "Doctor" as a real name

[@ryansmith5274]

I love the medic revive part in the comics. Was fucking great to see the classic heavy do a double take and think "Now hold on, I shot him twice in the chest with my pistol at point blank range, how in the fuck is he alive?"

[@hippityhoppityidontownanyp1690]

If you read/watched the comics, you would know that the threat of making tfc heavy have baboons babies was true, but distracted him with a pen instead of the real thing, he states, "I just didn't have enough time to get to my medkit."

[@bigmac3373]

Nobody: That one guy on your TF2 match:MEEDDDDIIIIICCCC

[@szatid2645]

Medic is definetly an interesting character. He's unpredictable, ruthless, and insane, but not totally evil. Him and Heavy are great friends (that also kinda confirms that Medic is not a nazi cause I don't think that Heavy would've friend with him) and we can see that he actually like the other ones. He's way more serious than the soldier and one of the smartest person in the crew. I think he would never kill his team because he always tought that they are friends, but that's justa theory.

[@respectfulevil9022]

Give this guy some credit, he literally brought someone back to life and give himself 8 more souls through surgery

[@superjirachi5981]

This probably won’t win out but I want to see an episode on Miss Pauling

[@ieusbdwasgu4641]

Medic literally makes the phrase "if i dont play god, who will?" Quite literally

[@TheCreeperCyborg]

I always figured medic was based off of dr. Josef Mengele considering how he's German fits the time period and was the mad scientist who did very questionable experiments on people

[@Shligunkel]

7:02 did he say: "thats why the mercenaries cant stay gay"?

[@themongol1693]

*dead I'm getting wooooshed aren't I

[@themongol1693]

@Ticno Zone Well I saw it coming

[@tweektweakk965]

I mean that works too

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

9:10 _cue the theme song_ possibly the best group picture ever.

[@verticaltoast2488]

If we're being honest, the TF2 WW2 was probably fought over the Nazi's taste in hats

[@beckyrobinson5118]

How it feels to play Medic: **Sobs as pets pet Dove**

[@daunt2227]

The entirety of this year can be summed up with one word: *MEDIC!*

[@hardnachopuppy]

The patient woke up after having his skeleton removed This shows that the medic is very skilled

[@plarpedbees3143]

Man, it's a good thing this video exists. I really needed a reason to procrastinate. Thanks my dude.

[@heliotype9591]

To be fair medic is too brainy and nice to be a nazi, I could imagine he had anxiety walking around during WW2 with all the nazi propaganda and it being generalized to Germans, if he ever faced that ignorant discrimination me and my friends who love this game would have wanted to beat the crap out of the people who might have done that to this pure lad ;-;

[@Blackheart_618]

4:30 HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO MY FAVORITE GERMAN MEDIC

[@scribblecloud]

Blade Hydra I KNOW RIGHT

[@lluos8687]

what i know about medic: *A saw welding scychopath, who constantly makes a bad habit of playing god*

[@mbkeeler]

Medic sounds like he's so done with zombie archimedes

[@bobbyferg9173]

I think the Demoman has a fair bit of information that would be quite interesting

[@lilmaeo2352]

I think Medic likely did attend medical school. As his fascination with bodies, humans and alike would likely need further education and I honestly believe he would've excelled. Yet the things he actually did got his license revoked.

[@rnrailproductions5049]

3:33 the Mountain cap is of the same design as the Austro-Hungarian military’s caps and Wehrmacht Mountain troops.

[@Anon.Armageddon]

can you even DO a history of the spy, we dont even know what he LOOKS like let alone his history...

[@KKonig]

We know how spy looks, there are models without his mask

[@Anon.Armageddon]

yeah maybe, but whats his name?

[@Anon.Armageddon]

thank you, (Im not going to rub it in your face because Im not that kind of person)

[@dygomythro2352]

@@Anon.Armageddon Charles. (For me because my imagination is big.)

[@Anon.Armageddon]

hmm...maybe?

[@hans2936]

6:05 the only prime minister that fits that description is the prime minister of Israel, no this is not a joke

[@smoothbrain3114]

wait wait WAIT WAIT

[@Jackspladt]

Damn

[@alialatrach9788]

Medic is my favorite TF2 class, i can give my team support to keep them alive the longest that i can.

[@thalamicfuture9304]

1:43 nah thats rictofen dont lie to me

[@bigepicturtles]

Medics teammates dying: Medic in the comics: *Pathic*

[@dvoraturtlerider1126]

wow, i really hope vavlve would show us more of the tf2 character lore

[@SunnyStreak_]

I agree

[@dancolby6036]

If medic was an actual doctor and published his invention he could've revolutionized the world and became a millionaire and could get more lab humans

[@chesceaktv889]

Medic can be a scientist in Aperture science considering they both have lots in common

[@ElderChargeDragon]

4:10 "he's not that evil", dude HE SOLD THE TEAMS SOULS TO THE DEVILS!!! WITHOUT THEM KNOWING!

[@Sonicsgirl13]

Actually...he didn't sell all of their souls. The first deal Medic made with the Devil states that the contract is legally binding if Medic has A soul. But as it turned out, he has 8 more souls, thus voiding the first contract. However, Medic does make a new deal; 50 more years to live so the Devil can have chances to gain all of his souls and sold HIS soul for a pen as insurance. He hasn't sold all of the souls nor do I believe he will. He likely took the souls as leverage in case he were to die or his comrades died (Ex. Sniper and Scout). He'll likely give those souls back and in 50 years when he dies again, he'll either bullshit his way out again or he'll be the only one going to hell. I know it's a bit of a stretch, but this is Medic we're talking about here. xD

[@roiking2740]

the medic actually has an arch, he does not value his friends, he join a different team that does not appreciate him, he realize his old team were his friends, than helps his old team defeat his new team.

[@vin1408]

This might be a little too late, but your work on the TF2 history is fantastic. Especially Pyro, my favorite. Good job!!

[@Impotency]

It’s amazing how medic outsmarted the devil

[@random_me666]

Medic is my favorite class to play! The Doctor (not anymore, he lost his liscense) assisted homicide! I hope Valve confirms that Medic is not a Nazi, is in fact against them, and even experimented on them, just because Medic is a evil genius. I also want Medic to be against the Nazi's because personally on my family; my deceased great grandfather is German, and fought against the Nazi's.

[@gggaming4tg]

Let's just say that medic has a high chance of being drafted late war because Germany used students as medics in late war

[@boopy7299]

Medic : Known for destroying E buttons on the keyboards of many players.

[@telesman8823]

Scout with archemedes in his body: oh yeah this is nothing

[@weedkillerinc.548]

5:17 I feel like he thinks that the best friends are experiments, since he could make them stronger and less likely to die, and that the best experiments are also friends, because that makes his experiments easier to do and better overall, since he can talk to them. Besides, what's the point in experimenting on people to make them stronger if you're not going to be friends with them? I like to think that he considers his teammates to be his best/most successful experiments and the ones that he's the most proud of because they're his friends and he gets to fight alongside them. I don't know, I just like to think that Medic really does care about his teammates, he just has an odd way of showing it.

[@chesceaktv889]

Friends with benefits -Medic 1968

[@vogelloo]

Nah. Medic most probably is a psychopath, meaning he lacks empathy and human emotions, he has no respect for human dignity and he never feels guilty after causing pain. He's a doctor not because he wants to help anyone, he's a doctor because he's morbidly curious, he loves experimenting. It is literally said that the healing part of his actions is just an unintended side effect of him satisfying his curiosity through medical experiments. He feels no remorse when he finds out that the TFC will hunt down his old Team (theoretically "friends") saying that it will be a perfect oppurtunity to test out his newest creations on the old ones (he treats his old team only as experiments) and he does that with a smug/evil grin. When the TFC team alongside with Medic meet the TF2 Team he smiles evily and that's the last image Sniper sees before he bleeds to death. Medic later ressurects the Sniper, but did he do it because he liked Sniper or he felt guilty? Probably not. He did it to test out his possibilities, to find out if he can bring a man who's been dead for 12 hours back to life. Later he is completely ready to go with TFC Heavy to kill the TF2 team, he seem so happy to finally do some field work, nevermind that he's going to be killing his ex friends. But the TFC Heavy breaks his Medigun, and tells him to stay put, he calls him a nurse and makes it clear that the Medic will no longer be able to do what he wants, only what he's told to. That pisses him off. He decides to betray the TFC team, helping the TF2 Team probably was just one way to do it. Surprisingly, it wasn't even TFC Heavy killing Archimedes that pissed off the Medic. He was perfectly fine and was ready to go fight alongisde him, despite the man just killed his beloved dove. It was the lack of respect that made him betray the bastard. To me it seems like he never treated them as friends. After he comes back to life and revenges his own death, he tells Heavy that it's good to be back. But that's probably because he know that in TF2 team he is respected and he can do whatever experiments he likes. Unlike in TFC team where he was being hold back. Not to mention that he stole his "friends'" souls. I don't know how it works in TF universe, but usually if you don't have soul you can't go to Heaven or something, right? So did he stole his friends' chance of happy afterlife? Idk, Scou went to Heaven. But he was apparently God's personal gift to humanity, kinda like Jesus. And all this could just be Scout's hallucinations. So who knows. I like to imagine that Medic is actually a good guy (especially after the "Meet the Medic" outtakes), but in reality he is just a psychopath. He doesn't care about his old Teammates and is ready to kill them. What's the point of making people stronger if you don't consider them your friends? As I said, curiosity. He just experiments and sometimes it turns out to make people stronger, healthier etc. But apparenty he doesn't do it to help anyone.

[@themarinaraman9580]

Medic stole Hitler's birds

[@themarinaraman9580]

@@KKonig well its unlike valve to say he stole the birds from the leader of the nazis. They want to keep there game n nazi free

[@kzr_1613]

@@themarinaraman9580 wa da fak

[@gabrielwhite3890]

Hitler's wife was his wife for 39 hours.

[@urlocalarsonist22]

@@gabrielwhite3890 Oh---

[@Brid1]

Quick reminder, Medic says, that he took the souls of the bad mercenaries from the comics

[@simplyevan7325]

Something interesting (while this comment is late) the bullet holes match the bullet holes that medic gets from the tfc blue heavy match the position of the bullet holes on the cursed voodoo soul cosmetic for medic. I find this a nice detail.

[@samuraijackoff5354]

Medic is a doctor that wasn’t impressed with the current medical achievements. He decided to make medical miracles and beyond. Seems quite inspirational.

[@Sonicsgirl13]

He truly is incredible. Fun fact: in certain surgeries, doctors pull out your intestines and hang them up and just plop them back in after the surgery and they just go back into place by themselves.