TF2: A Complete History of the Pyro

I fear no text. But this... description... it scares me.
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[@CapnShades]

I believe the line "if he even is a man" is calling his humanity into question more than his gender.

[@sussybakaballs]

*_He isnt here, is she?_*

[@transnewt]

@@sussybakaballs Yeah, but scouts an idiot.

[@bigmoney3402]

He sexually classified as an attack helicopter

[@sussybakaballs]

@@bigmoney3402 Pyro is sexually classified as an *_offensive class_*

[@bigmoney3402]

@@sussybakaballs :)

[@neontalream6208]

“We never even hired Pyro, they just wandered onto the battlefield one day and started burning the other team alive. We can’t get them to go away. Please send help.”

[@theyoutubesiblings9497]

YES

[@flakinatortree9143]

interesting theory

[@-cosmiclown-]

Oh god

[@andrew-paulclements1502]

He's like a rabid dog, that Ms. Pauline keeps as a pet

[@user-zo5ge3dn4o]

“He just... came up to us, he stayed in our base... when we tried to force him out... he just... wow.... He’s just wandering here, is he looking at me? Oh boy... what’s he doing? Pyro- PYRO NO-“ (Blog closed -engineer)

[@rlancer8920]

Soldier: “Pyro cut off my hand” Pauling: “Pyro, don’t do that.” Soldier: “Haha you got in trouble.”

[@trishaann3489]

Actually funny comment what

[@Ranpo_ADA]

I can imagine that happening

[@Raycherry348]

@@Ranpo_ADA it happen in comic

[@Ranpo_ADA]

@@Raycherry348 oh ok

[@AlexWithington]

@@Raycherry348 what comic by chance i cant remember it personally but seems highly probable

[@rubywest5166]

"What's your gender pyro" *Confused muffled sounds* "Okay though, what's in your pants" *Pulls out a molotov*

[@rotta4667]

Lol (but he is a male btw)

[@a_plague_doctor2393]

@@rotta4667 How do you know?

[@rotta4667]

@@a_plague_doctor2393 usually when valve writes about him, they use the word he

[@a_plague_doctor2393]

@@rotta4667 Well fair enough

[@vasco4879]

@@rotta4667 Pronouns used by other people other than oneself aren't an indicative of gender. Though Pyro may be a "he", while their gender is unknown, You can refer to them as "it" or "them".

[@nugget784]

“pyro has become a blank slate for cosmetics” It other words, this thing is so mentally disturbed, people like to put funny hats on him

[@AceOfBlackjack]

Nugget Egg Nugg this makes way to much sense

[@justastrider3252]

*people put like to put funny hats on him*

[@ashleybrigitte2423]

clown pyro

[@twistedwonderland9378]

mmmm

[@thundershock3351]

You have a blank state of Grammer

[@MrPatters]

According to Halloween cosmetics, Pyro is either a lizard, ghost, robot, slime monster, skeleton, margarita, living pieces of fruit, or just doesn't exist.

[@Thalia_Phantoka]

I like the fruit one

[@ivandimitrov7743]

I think he just doesn’t exist.

[@thevideocommenter3061]

which cosmetic claims that he doesn't exist?

[@aaronweaver8742]

I like the non existant because i wanted thanos 2 win 😢

[@thevideocommenter3061]

@@MrPatters thanks

[@dickc.normus2406]

I like to think Pyro wasn't even hired or sought after by Pauling or the Administrator. They just showed up one day homemade flamethrower in hand and ready to spread joy.

[@gmailquinn]

There's a theory that engineer made pyro's flamethrower

[@gmailquinn]

But I also think the administrator wanted to keep an eye on pyro

[@babyshark9855]

It would be hilarious if that's how he actually joined

[@Jessica-mk6pw]

And fire…….lots and lots of fire………

[@shadowthehedgehog809]

I heard he was a damn good cook

[@MAGAgent_V2]

Although pyro is insane, at least he’s intelligent judging by his homemade flamethrowers

[@yuridc1780]

Even became a SUCCESSFUL CEO

[@JoyOfCreativeService]

@@yuridc1780 In just six months, and from scratch, no less!

[@calamaribowl8683]

Yeah that's even more terrifying

[@flying_gorilla8069]

I suppose that’s how Engie and Pyro became friends. Their skill of engineering

[@thekoolaidtrain7668]

@@flying_gorilla8069 love that headcannon

[@YannickMertens-fk9nr]

The voice actor for the pyro did the spy too. I guess spy’s worst enemy really is himself.

[@aperson4427]

He never really was on his side

[@d3m0n4dayz]

So the spy can translate everything the pyro says

[@M01t3n.]

Plot twist spy is pyro and is trying to cover it up by acting like a different person What spy does best

[@M01t3n.]

I aM zE sPy - pybro I am ze spy - pyro

[@johnt3606]

"you have become the very thing you swore to destroy'

[@putridmoldyman306]

Actually, the medic would know who he is because he had to give him the surgery to let him use uber

[@karoszu1844]

I thinked about this too ! Hmmm... maybe finally we will know it ?

[@PinkiePie45838283734666o9]

Pyro's a Mexican gay male. I would know, really.

[@tastydoomtime8890]

@@PinkiePie45838283734666o9 do you know oneyplays?

[@kerbo2383]

@@Techhunter_Talon how do you know medic wasn't doing that lmao

[@chandranair9448]

@@kerbo2383 because he cant uber pyro then?

[@theburgernoder2441]

One of my favorite theories in the comment section is that he just showed up one day and burned the enemy team alive and they can’t get rid of him

[@gmailquinn]

That or they justed joined and miss pauling under orders never let them leave for risk of being exposed if anyone every backtracked the pyro

[@ihaveaweirdnotsolonguserna5270]

Pyro is adorable

[@suviandsade258]

@@ihaveaweirdnotsolonguserna5270 I agree

[@dsyrdragon3309]

It makes wayy more sense that pyro just wandered into the battlefield and started burning down the enemy base I don’t even think there is actual confirmation pyro gets paid

[@JoeyDaGunnzWeilder]

I don’t want miss Pauling to stop treating pyro like a kid I think it’s adorable

[@Hannah77550]

Yes

[@blueritto5095]

"Hey Pyro, I got something I need you to do, ok buddy?" Miss Pauling, never change how you treat Pyro.

[@themesoceneofficial8559]

Some kid named Liam C Pyro is a kid in an adults body

[@blueritto5095]

@@themesoceneofficial8559 yes

[@phodailey]

Huddah

[@atticusvan5874]

Pyro is my favorite character out of all the other characters in tf2

[@andrew-paulclements1502]

That was legit the best line

[@IlDottore_SecondHarbinger]

I can imagine Miss Pauling giving Pyro a lollipop once he got the job done

[@redpyro9077]

Mhmm

[@werewere1734]

How would he eat it just stuff it under his mask

[@Datoneguy_9343]

werewere 173 he would vaporized it then he would breath it in simple right pyro?

[@alpharius3661]

So that’s where the lolichop comes from

[@werewere1734]

@@Datoneguy_9343 thanks pal

[@RainyDays808]

The Pyro is honestly my favorite character yet. Fire is nice.

[@quonit37]

It's too bad he's basically mute so they don't really have him DO ANYTHING in any of the comics. Disappointing!

[@pawprint1]

@Elle Stuart Being an arsonist but without doing acutal harm.

[@suviandsade258]

@@quonit37 yeah pyro gets so little parts for himself I even screenshot the parts he was even in :((

[@snapgaming4]

Fire? I see bubbles

[@skelebro17]

mmhaamhaa

[@yocapo32]

Also, something worth noticing is that all of the Pyro's primary weapons, with the exception of the Phlog and the Dragon's Breath, which are explicitly said to have been given to him, are all made out of random assorted crap, which kind of implies that Pyro's got a pretty decent grasp of mechanical engineering, which may explain how he can do more damage to the sentries and destroy sappers with the Homewrecker, since he realizes how to hit them in the right place, as well as his friendship with Engie. Hell, if you want to get technical (Apart from the shotguns, obviously, which the other classes can also use, so I'm guessing those are just standard issue for all mercs, and the Manmelter, which was given to him) Pyro's secondaries and melee weapons aren't actually weapons, but household instruments and tools he somehow managed to put to very good use at killing people, if he wasn't so goddamn insane, I'd imagine he'd actually be a pretty smart guy, which the comics do allude to. And no, a fire axe is not a weapon, it's made to carve doors in, not skulls.

[@AverageConsumer-uj8sm]

I like that half of his tertiaries are just stuff she picked off the ground.

[@cactusgamingyt9960]

The detonator also looks like a home-made weapon, what with the rope holding it together and all

[@StickMaster500]

So what’s the history and backstory of the Pyro? Valve: *Yes*

[@probrobosnian]

*mpph*

[@Katsuyami_]

Mhph Mmhph Hmmmpmh hph... (you will never know...

[@Thalia_Phantoka]

Ah, stick has appeared

[@fartenjoyer2k994]

Hi. 🍗👌

[@shamimaislam9406]

AHHHHHH

[@DKlett1]

Pyro: *literally has no lore* Video: *11 minutes long*

[@lunnihyre4215]

*gotta get them ten minutes*

[@ackreikthecouncils.6449]

BRO YOU GOT THE SAME PFP AS ME

[@ackreikthecouncils.6449]

@@DKlett1 sure but still

[@Dumb_Killjoy]

To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day...

[@gethk.gelior4214]

College essays be like

[@metalandsteel]

"A few people thought Pyro was Mexican" Me and the Mexican ninos: THE TIME HAS COME.

[@timez957]

Pyro selling chimichangas

[@Hwje1111]

I thought Pyro was either ottoman or japanese

[@suviandsade258]

I wouldn't even think he was Mexican at all

[@Josue-cp8ty]

If he was Mexican that would be funny.

[@isaacpadron9101]

Hell ya g where mi Mexicanos at?

[@JoyOfCreativeService]

Quick correction. At one point in A Cold Day in Hell (in the main comic series), Pyro is actually shown to have knowledge that they are holding an axe, and that it does not good things to bears. So they know what they're doing, but willfully ignore it, and probably often forget about it entirely. Also, from a death screenshot of Pyro, where your various body parts are labeled as "Your arm!" or "Your heart!" there is one part that is labeled as "Your womb!" However, that could just be a baboon uterus Medic put in there, like he did with the classic team. So still ambiguous sex.

[@flyingstonemon3564]

Now that's the closest to evidence I've seen, actual in game organs, pure genius, however It could be medic's doing for all we know

[@pyrofromtf2]

@@flyingstonemon3564 the pyro hates smokey/smoulders so much that the hatred in their brain temporarily snuffed out the hallucinations.

[@flyingstonemon3564]

@@pyrofromtf2 Absolutely based wrathful pyromaniac fighting for his life from his sheer rage at a PSA Cartoon Bear, now I want to see this with "big bear" being pit against pyro as opposed to the metal heavy nicked "little bear", can pyro outsmart bullet to save fire?

[@pyrofromtf2]

@@flyingstonemon3564 big bear u mean heavy? Then no

[@flyingstonemon3564]

@@pyrofromtf2 No no, a *giant metal* heavy, normal heavy is outside the competition

[@ieatyourlemons9566]

Everyone: You probably main pyro because you can’t aim Me: I like his personality

[@probrobosnian]

I like his voice lines

[@ksam2000]

@@probrobosnian same

[@superluckyandroid9449]

@@probrobosnian same

[@spinosaurus9518]

i like his- DEATH KILLING FIRE.

[@voidknight4639]

Me:i like flames

[@throatychunk]

If pyro's name was revealed it would probably be one of those names like "Alex" where it can be masculine or feminine

[@cozycommie8010]

Or sam

[@OG-jc2vl]

Jacky

[@Catarinasama64]

NO POGGING CACODEMON PROFILE PICTURES

[@throatychunk]

@@Catarinasama64 it's too late, the revolution will be happening soon

[@therandomshow1265]

Looks like a Alex

[@juaninmanzana5527]

Fun fact medic maybe JUST maybe know pyro gender he had to literally open his chest to make the surgery so he know

[@NikolasoGames]

That would probably just confirm Pyro is a man and Medic had nothing to be suprised of and proceeded as usual, so yeagh , but I think they could still make a lot of story of his psychological stuff or ..

[@josephcidade-harkleroad1056]

I feel like pyro has no soul, so medic wouldn’t even open them in the first place. That or medic just… chose to not remember.

[@juaninmanzana5527]

@@josephcidade-harkleroad1056 huh

[@a.person1805]

I like the idea that Medic knows but is never around when someone asks

[@someoneelse1441]

He might have lost his medical licence, but I suppose the doctor-patient confidentiality could be the one thing he'd keep. No one would like to know about Spy's STD's or Engineer's prostate problems.

[@ygaming8880]

Fans: "What gender is Pyro, from Team Fortress 2?" Valve: "Excuse me, what IS Team Fortress 2?"

[@badreedinedjellali1328]

fans: where is half life thr- valve: here is half life Alex

[@mighty_robo]

And now, The complete history of pyro... The end.

[@bigsam8597]

Would you like to hear it again???

[@mighty_robo]

Dr.Lemon37 No thank you I simply don’t have the time

[@connorweir819]

lol

[@mrkrimsonj114]

*KINGU CRIMSON!!!*

[@clownpiss9558]

That's some nice history!

[@xaviersimmons8865]

Nobody is gonna mention that great part from the comics where pyro kills a baby bear with a fire axe cause it thought the bear said fire is nobodys friend whilst looking like bargain bin smokey the bear

[@kellieafton1970]

that was beautiful tbh XD

[@bbernie]

Nah

[@Peter-zq8pw]

@@bbernie Nope.

[@sussy3778]

I think is because Pyro genuinely thinks that Fire is a good thing lol

[@RoseMultiverse]

and the comment about how bears can smell people having their periods.

[@BluSoldier..]

I love how pyros background is more mysterious then the spys the guy who no one is supposed know about

[@shphlif]

I like the concept of Pyro not really having a specified gender/ character look. I like the mysterious side of him paired with the danger/childish part just makes him up to however interpretation.

[@nodeloliver6201]

People always ask what is Pyro? But people never ask HOW is Pyro? He's just doing his best man.

[@greatbiglummox8431]

Pyro knows hes hella cute and is carrying the team

[@BrunoSantos-jp1lv]

Why is Pyro

[@StaleRamen]

When is Pyro

[@mkay9733]

Who is Pyro

[@phodailey]

huddah

[@Btomaek]

“Friendly and playing” Kills a bear in its dreamland

[@bigsam8597]

Well that's because the bear hates fire. And if you are an enemy to fire, then you are an enemy to Pyro.

[@JohnDoe-sr5fc]

The bear said Pyro might start a fire and fire is nobody's friend this made Pyro angry

[@jeffthemercenary]

Its because the bear hate fire and you now what Pyro do to people that hate fire

[@kingpenguin5825]

He shoved a lollipop down heavys neck That’s why he’s my favorite

[@crusader2412]

@John Doe this angered the pyro who punished him severely

[@emberthefox4951]

All I know about Pyro is that they're a kid in a mann's body, likes fire, sees the world in a much mote wholesome light than expected, makes the fearless afraid, and has definitely been rewarded candy after missions.

[@AverageConsumer-uj8sm]

so lovely

[@metl6929]

Story time: When I was real young, my dad used to have this big collection of computer games on a rack, and he used to let me look at the cases. He had the Orange Box (‘cause he’s awesome like that), and the TF2 portion always interested me the most. Due to the picture being low quality (and me having not-great eyes), I thought the pyro was a sapient monkey in a suit with a flamethrower. And that’s still my head canon. Ya gotta love imagination.

[@mercwiththemouthsnewphone6798]

Well i mean poopy joe was evidently smart enough to be able to fly a rocket and use a sword, so a chimp or something like that putting on a fireproof suit and dicking around with a flame thrower fits pretty nicely into canon

[@metl6929]

@@mercwiththemouthsnewphone6798 It makes sense. But I seem to be the only one with this view, soooooo

[@traviswarden5754]

Pyro is a demon, he can literally conjure fire from his hands.

[@greatbiglummox8431]

Thats my favorite taunt kill

[@F1Z5Y]

But he sees it as rainbows.

[@greatbiglummox8431]

Even if it is rainbows, hes still making shit come from his hands, he MAGIC

[@twistedwonderland9378]

Bruh Moment actually that’s a taunt and if you say r/wooooooosh then UNO reverse card

[@greatbiglummox8431]

Um ACTUALLY, hes a magic funny man, so...

[@Nagasakevideo]

I always thought the "if he is a man" line was more about the pyro's humanity.

[@Darksides-Realm]

I guess both m8

[@nichsa8984]

@@Darksides-Realm idk pyro is most old age far

[@TheWalterJr.]

Same

[@reubenbailey7491]

I adore how every time you do the timeline you say "the TF classic team... And medic"

[@someoneelse1441]

Seeing as Pyro made up a scenario in which attacking a cute (but in reality a life-threatening) bear would be justified, I believe he does have a better idea about what the world looks like than we think, and she somewhat knows Pyroland is made up. It seems that her mind is just trying to make all the violence feel fun and non-scary, shielding them from any trauma, maybe after living through some nasty stuff. And since TF2 universe is kinda non-angsty, this would probably stay untouched, just as whatever Medic did during the WWII.

[@creepergoboom2943]

Please, we all know what Medic did during WW2.

[@generalzar0ff]

Hey, that’s exactly what I think!

[@alexexe3774]

when TF2 shuts down the last thing you''ll see is him taking off his mask, then the game closes

[@Beautiful_Sound_1995]

@Woll Waide Only because he'll be so disfigured you won't be able to tell.

[@SoJoever]

Maybe it's a horrifying alien idk

[@clorox2287]

Nah it’ll probably just fade before you can see his face

[@justsomewoomywithamustache4481]

@Dragongameing I actually want valve to do this now

[@cupofspiders5830]

Captions: Heavy fears snowman He lives in the remote parts of the USSR. *y e a h s e e m s a b o u t r I g h T*

[@Smthn_Wicked]

Everybody gangsta till the snowmen start talkin

[@triangulum8869]

cheese and crackers Heavy is in his 40s-50s in the game so he could have genuinely served in the winter war too

[@thepyro851]

mmph, mmph mmph

[@Smthn_Wicked]

The Pyro *Stone noises*

[@Rentedreaper25]

Everybody gangsta until the snow starts speaking finnish

[@IAdmitMyCrime]

5:35 Man, Sniper has some of the best domination lines

[@Lincyna]

7:45 Oh that poor Scout.

[@roomtempwater1]

Pyro is just a sentient fire proof suit

[@Dan_too]

yes

[@sephinoctsBZA]

Maybe Pyro is just a living suit

[@lucianorc656]

That would be the ultimate plot twist

[@Indskret]

This is actually my “headcanon”.

[@friendlyneighborhoodcombine]

pyro is suit

[@afilthymemer5366]

Why do I find the Miss Pauling giving Pyro the contract voice line so cute

[@sharko3211]

It’s like Black Widow talking to Hulk “Hey buddy? I need a favor”

[@redpyro9077]

Today's episode of the life of Pyro: Mom said I had to do something that required covering people in sparkly rainbows. Then I had to give all of them lollipops. Today was a good day.

[@sharko3211]

RED Pyro Did dad help you?

[@redpyro9077]

@@sharko3211 No, Dad didn't help me. I did it all by myself

[@sharko3211]

RED Pyro Good for you buddy!

[@goldngamer1365]

Pyro in the meet the pyro video makes pyro seem like a cold blooded murderer but in the comics pyro acts and looks like a child i mean just look at it! Sooo cuute! Also in the expiration date pyro chases the little bread monster like it's a dog.

[@nitrolight1778]

Some speculation about "Pyrovision" or just Pyro's POV. The visuals we see in "Meet the Pyro" are not actually what Pyro sees, they are meerly a representation of Pyro's mind, like when a child plays with a toy gun, they percieve it differently than we do. Namely, Pyro's association with fire is skewed into a good thing, rather than a bad one. Pyro is a competent fighter and knows to use fire to defend itself, as seen in "Expiration Date", where the Pyro can be seen dodging a tentacle and then blasting the monster with fire at the last moment, saving himself from getting chomped. He knows pain, and he knows to protect himself from threats, but his mentality is that it is all fun and games when it comes to fire. Fire good, other violence bad.

[@blekiscooler]

Is Pyro even human? I mean, we have magic Australian gold, so...

[@TheUaxington]

maybe its a aline

[@velonian5154]

@@TheUaxington I believe you mean "Alien"

[@chaosbros7744]

judging by the halloween cosmetics, I highly doubt it

[@blekiscooler]

industrialsponge, no, maybe Pyro is an aline. You don’t know that

[@treywebb1603]

Yes

[@datdoggerboi]

I thought it'd be 11 minutes of him doing Pyro sounds. I'm dissapointed

[@bbittercoffee]

and my day is ruined.

[@thebluejintythomasthetanke587]

Mmmhhhp mhhp mmmhhhp mhp

[@mariceauphobia]

Same

[@deathbringer9893]

how do u know u just know how to speak pyro

[@user-fe2pu3ob7e]

Kubalson disappointed?

[@foulBeaste]

Idea: Many old gas mask filters contained asbestos, which is known to cause cancer. Pyro wears that mask constantly, and so it is possible he has inhaled asbestos from the gas mask filter and got lung cancer, and the cancer spread to his brain, where the tumours have led to severe hallucinations.

[@seronymus]

I believe Pyro was experimented on by The Medic into being an abomination which worsened his/her insanity.

[@jasperhopland8913]

Man the Pyro is just so loveable in the lore, but in the game... Not many people like him. Also I find it funny that the 2 most hated classes are voiced by the same guy.

[@AverageConsumer-uj8sm]

What alternate universe are you from? Did they delete the Sniper?

[@Ginger_FoxxVT]

Fun fact: one of his voice lines actually says "I am an ass and I refuse to upload Petscop 2" Wait no

[@Detlaff_Official]

Wrong Pyro

[@foxydash9992]

I only know jokes from over a decade ago HEY THATS LESS THEN A DECADE OLD

[@maxoldridge8822]

Lol

[@foxydash9992]

Wait did I cause him to change his fooking name

[@viberadio3886]

Lmao

[@k_aesar]

What if there is no pyro? Maybe it's just a talking fire proof suit

[@TheUaxington]

maybe its a aline

[@TheUaxington]

or even better

[@TheUaxington]

it could be fire in the suit

[@TheUaxington]

like a fire ghost

[@mariceauphobia]

Of course

[@PhantomTheMate]

I always assumed Pyro is fully aware of what's going on since most of his flamethrowers are home made, also I like to think the Pyrovision goggles are something pyro made himself to make his job easier

[@Plurmple_]

No there made by engineer

[@numbcrep]

From what I've been told pyrovision goggle were made by engi to attempt to make pyro less insane it backfired and made pyro more insane

[@charlesmorey4298]

9:43 I love how Pyro looks so sad in the submarine. I have always envisioned Pyro as a man due to the weapons they make, in that they are not just homemade but also comical in proportions. It just seems like something a man would be more likely to due. (Also, I am well aware of Pyrovision. However, I took a look at his voice lines and found that they all suggest Pyro can see outside the goggles, which I know is not true, but that's why I put this here. To show that I am aware of the vision thingy)

[@Creepley]

Imagine: the year is 20XX, The final major tf2 update is being released. A 5 minute cinematic drops, and the comments are disabled. It's just pyro staring at the camera, breathing, until the very end, when he slowly and dramatically takes off his mask, revealing... Gaben himself. "After X years, hopefully it was worth the wait"... Fans rejoice at a famous mystery being solved, and tf2 is never updated again.

[@stiky5972]

God please no

[@friendship5293]

Yes

[@afurryfoxuniverseofrussian8161]

under his mask is just another mask but made of flesh and no his face is under that flesh mask

[@teamfreddy4971]

Dear god

[@idontknowimebored77]

NOOOOOOOOOO

[@WarioTimeWarioTimeWarioTime]

I need to read the TF2 comic. “Pyro, don’t cut off soldier’s hand” -mrs Pauling 20(unknown to me)

[@youtuber2463]

did you read them?

[@tacticalbarstool3385]

Tf2 takes place in 1968 to 1972

[@pancakeyumyum2323]

You really should, they're great!

[@probablyafemboy4668]

HOW DOES SHE SAY THAT SO CASUALY LIKE "pyro stop murdering your friends." JESUS

[@pancakeyumyum2323]

@@probablyafemboy4668 She's probably seen worse.

[@fearjunkie]

I think it's funny how the class that hard counters Spy is shrouded in even more mystery than Spy.

[@evanm1337]

Theory: Pyro used to work in a biological threat containment unit, and wore a giant face mask that sprayed chemicals every so often to "pacify" him/her and make it much easier to deal with the horrors of bio-weaponry, especially in this universe. However, during a particularly rigorous mission involving some very toxic adhesive chemicals that may or may not have necromantic properties, one of them somehow managed to get the chemical on the borders of the face mask, but the mask was enough to save the poor Pyro. Unfortunately, this was an ADHESIVE chemical, so it stuck the mask to his face and wreaked havoc on the controlled-release pacification chems. Thus, he left, and now he looks for anything that will keep him occupied and not want to kill himself before the adhesive eventually wears off, hence the participation in the gravel wars.

[@lsdcyclops7316]

“Mmph mm pff mmph pffff dmmm nmmmbe gmm pff pff mmhp mmm dmmm mmph gmm ......... MMPH!” - Pyro during the Remond Mountain siege.

[@aleppogameingreal]

Those are the words of a true pyro

[@nuehar]

When he said "gmm" I felt that.

[@seko0629]

"MMMMPPPHH MMMPPPHHHH"

[@r3ddr01d7]

Pyro "Send(Throw) that Young guy(old Rotten crap)to the Pyro Land( *I mean HOME* )"

[@mariceauphobia]

Mphhh Mphhh mpfh mmm?

[@reydsoda5566]

A lot of people don't know that Archimedes Is actually the Pyro, he's just controlling a mech suit.

[@mateuszodrzywoek8658]

Seriously?

[@abandonedaccountlel7605]

I thought archimedes was inside scout

[@phodailey]

Huddah

[@spiritualbeetle3904]

@@abandonedaccountlel7605 who's saying there is one archimedes

[@dominusaqua5699]

@The soviet Skeleton there's more

[@ther6sshieldmain937]

I wonder what Pyro sees in place of the mutated bread.

[@Dan_too]

bread puppy

[@swiftbud2831]

@@Dan_too then why does he stomp one of it’s several tails?

[@AverageConsumer-uj8sm]

@@swiftbud2831 because it's hurting his friends :(

[@pinkiepurplez]

"But it was just a theory! Nyehh...!" ~SquimJim

[@raptalos9412]

I think it’s weird that pyro wouldn’t remember that he used to be a regular human. Maybe he was given the Pyrovision goggles at an EXTREMELY young age

[@DaRealKovi]

Sounds terribly morbid, but I can see it happen in the tf2 universe

[@itsnotpaul8548]

I mean i can see it happen in the tf2 universe I would think that to raise an insane madman to kill you don't have to bioengineer it just give it goggles that obsecure his vision making him think he is doing good instead of killing them

[@busnoises4707]

Even without the pyro vision, he’s most likely messed up and child like anyways. I prefer to headcanon that he’s schizophrenic tho

[@alexp4560]

@@busnoises4707 Agreed, agreed! That aint a bad thing, but its sad that he's tryin to help but it's actually hurtin people

[@Hannah77550]

I feel like the reason why ms. Pauling treats Pyro is he's very young maybe around the same age as scout or older or younger.... IDK

[@Redacted_Ruler]

The pyro voiced spy “ you’ve become the very thing you swore to destroy”

[@afurryfoxuniverseofrussian8161]

its the other way around i think

[@miraakthedark8849]

Dear god....

[@none-tq6df]

There is more

[@miraakthedark8849]

@@none-tq6df No!....

[@yes7819]

Pyro and spy is voiced by the same people "I play both sides so I can come out on top"

[@X-SPONGED]

2:00 "Where the other seem to be mercenaries that know and enjoy killing people, Pyro kind of don't know what they are doing" Just because normally Pyro doesn't know that they're killing doesn't mean that they're completely harmless though. In one of the Mann Co No More Comics, where they try to recruit Heavy back into the team. Pyro delusions a grizzly bear attacking them as Smokey The Bear telling them that fire is bad and shouldn't be played with, they took that advice poorly and decided that smokey needed to die by pulling out a fire axe (mind you this is in their imagination land) and massacred the bear

[@mj8026]

Theory on the pyrovision I've always had since I've had to work in respirators and masks before is that he see that stuff because of oxygen deprivation or contaminated filters. Like if you are in suit or on air tank too long you start to get kind of delirious and some people start to see things that arent there.

[@Datoneguy_9343]

Oh maybe he is only to oxygenationed

[@bigsam8597]

Or maybe he's been doing magic (as in weed). The song played on Meet The Pyro does say, "Do you believe in Magic"

[@theodensuhrie7915]

No, it's a vr goggles to make pyro evil

[@jennifercorbett8640]

Maybe it's an inhibitor that makes him think he's in Pyroland

[@supermudkipz]

I mean tf2 being a very cartoony game and world it would make sense for the tf team to exaggerate this phenomena

[@engrish1852]

Nobody Sniper: *OOH GOT YOU RIGHT IN THE OVARY*

[@spookykitty72]

Wow. Just wow

[@kamyip4226]

*W H E E Z E*

[@Natoursofcourse]

Engrish link that voice clip before i destroy you fluently in over 6000 ways

[@negativeiqpoints396]

@@Natoursofcourse Its literally in the video

[@Disciple_JK]

@@negativeiqpoints396 Really? Nooooo As if this quote directly related to the video was.. In the video?

[@guyonyutube]

i like how soldier and miss pauling are calm about the fact that pyro cut off soldier's hand lol

[@thehiddencryptid]

Theory: Pyro was an arsonist that suffered from severe trauma, and to cope with it, was given the pyrovision mask. The illusions backfired in that Pyro became much more deranged from an outside perspective, while viewing the world as very happy and colorful.

[@nerkdurgen5574]

"a childlike mind and interest" I can confirm I too was a serial arsonist by the time I was eight.

[@mr.kittysavestheworld695]

I was actually quite the pyromaniac as a child. I loved setting things on fire. So did my brother, actually. I feel like there is a very pure and childlike element of being fascinated by fire.

[@madzoroark5396]

Hell, I'm still a pyro, just not a maniac.

[@dabarto5705]

Everyone except engineer: you fight like a girl! Meet the pyro comes out Everyone: Cries in ashes

[@lightsabercollector3096]

everone : U fIghT likE a GUrl pyro in meet rhe pyro: *NO*

[@seronymus]

@@lightsabercollector3096 pyro: MMMPH*

[@seahouse_cosplays4779]

This whole thing is why i main pyro and love them so much. I feel so bad for Pyro and they dont know what they're doing but they seem so happy when they're "playing" with the others.

[@WumpaClock]

My theory is that the Pyro is of Asian descent, due to Pyro seeing the world in a stereotypical cutesy pastel world, similar to the early 60's Kawaii movement in Japan. The Pyro has dozens of cosmetics that are directly connected to Japanese or Chinese culture, such as a cat-eared hood, neon lights over their gasmask. They also have cosmetics made specifically as references to popular characters from Asian companies, like Ryu from Street Fighter or the Black/Red Mages from Final Fantasy.

[@engineeriumm]

He is asian but not oriental

[@engineeriumm]

He is from. A country whose literal name means land of fire , native name

[@batfang25animations39]

Engineer is one of the only people who is nice to him... pybros for life

[@bunnienotbudgie9272]

Turns out the Engineer and Pauline are the only ones who can understand Pyro’s mumbles

[@mr.e1048]

@@bunnienotbudgie9272 wonder why Engineer knows what he says

[@bunnienotbudgie9272]

Mr. e it’s canon in the comics, idk

[@mr.e1048]

@@bunnienotbudgie9272 yeah I'm not a huge fan of tf2 I don't really play it

[@bunnienotbudgie9272]

Mr. e if anything the whole story ark is really interesting, comics wise. Thought the last comic came out in 2017...... so I’m stuck waiting for the finale (if valve ever publishes it)

[@VIOLENT6]

Noone: Not a single Soul: Sniper: *"OOOH GOT YE' RIGHT IN THEE OVARIES"*

[@warpey5632]

Men have undeveloped ovaries.

[@BabzaiWWP]

no one is always : because nothing cannot preform an action

[@skeleton_kiddo5544]

It's sad to think that Pyro's only friends are Miss Pauling and Engieneer

[@pastelpinnacle3955]

I love how he refers to Pyro as "it"

[@probrobosnian]

Let’s get one thing clear The pyro is not a boy The pyro is not a girl The pyro is a pyro And it speaks in Mpphs

[@timothyherrmann]

Sqfdj 1234 you speak like a master

[@aleppogameingreal]

Mpph mmhphphph mphphm phphmmhphm! Only Pyro will understand

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

Engie calls Pyro a *boi* so we know he's a good *boi.*

[@jameskang205]

true..true...

[@pqbdwmnu]

Deigo Quixotwry It’s 2019 he assumed pyro’s gender

[@zetasann]

Pyro: "IM THROWING AWAY MY HUMANITY, JOJO!" *puts on mask*

[@camaku3084]

*HOOOOOOOLIIE SHIIIIIIIIIT*

[@amandaarnone962]

mmmmmmph mm mm mm

[@Satan-nw4lv]

*Kono Pyro Da!*

[@Bagel__Mage]

Hoh hoh, a fellow man of culture

[@crystalpyr0997]

THUNDER CROSS CRIT ATTACK

[@user-ny4jw6yq5l]

3:19 later.. pyro accidentally burns heavy and that's why he created the legendary "i fear no man but that thing, it scares me"

[@rune-ick860]

Personally I always thought that pyro was Danish because to me the mumbles he make sounded a lot like actual Danish words, so therefore as a kid I really related a lot to her, then again it was probably just my brain trying to connect the dots and therefore the mumbles sounded like Danish to me, but in any regard until we get anything cannon then pyro will always be Danish in my mind

[@mr.nameno533]

I always just like to think it’s a person in a suit being a child... I don’t care about the face or the gender, I just love the personality, especially the way he’s talked at like a child, it both hilarious and heart warming

[@arcade6694]

same tbh

[@Hannah77550]

Oh no. I'm gonna feel bad for Pyro if his goggles actually broke and he sees the true world he's been living in

[@flonbowe151]

“Heartwarming” Might just be her flamethrower

[@baderalmunaifi5347]

SAME but I thought that it was like two kid is a coustume

[@darkshat3077]

@@flonbowe151 his*

[@ethanpitts1184]

I'm very sure that Mrs Pauling or at least the Administrator knows the Pyro's identity. They don't seem like the type to not keep tabs on their employees

[@BananaDispenser]

if anyone would know pyro's identity i would be medic since he did need to do surgery on him so he could uber her

[@aqz7603]

@@BananaDispenser The uber surgery does not require the patient take of its mask.

[@KalleBerendijk]

@@aqz7603 Yeah but he needs access to the heart which is in the chest and... Well... You can figure out the rest.

[@aqz7603]

@@BananaDispenser How would medic know its gender? And Engie isn't in a "father son relationship" he's a texan. The whole father son thing is just expressions and sayings.

[@aqz7603]

@@KalleBerendijk The medic acces the heart by partially destroying the ribcage, and reaching under the remaining ribcage. The entire rib cage is not destroyed in meet the medic.

[@Lt._CJ323]

here is his background info "Pyro started as a fighter pilot in WWII, then became a firefighter and the owner of a fast food restaurant. After losing his family in a house fire, he drives himself insane, taking out the anger and pain of losing his family by becoming an mercenary".

[@theoshaviolation]

"Fire is nobody's friend!" Pyro: *and I took that personally*

[@curtisleblanc5897]

5:29 Soldier: "Ha! You fight like a girl!" Me: An oldie, but a goodie. Demo: "Go home, lassie! Men are fightin' here!" Engie: "Sorry, ma'am." Me: That last one was polite and rude. Sniper: *starts writing a diss track* Me: Not only does he drink piss. But he spits it back out in the form of poor sportsmanship.

[@curtisleblanc5897]

Spy: "You fight like a woman!"

[@jut1n89]

You mean a “piss track”? I’m sorry

[@curtisleblanc5897]

@@jut1n89 Don't be! I applaud your pun!

[@Oddity2994]

@@jut1n89 puns are good

[@Larfmield0007]

Engie said "Sorry, man."

[@soulbound2]

I remember reading a theory he was abraham Lincoln made immortal

[@glennhooker2762]

Makes sense especially since the actual OG pyro was Lincoln.

[@deathkorpswatchmaster2414]

So if this theory is true pyro invented rocket jumping

[@BabzaiWWP]

@@deathkorpswatchmaster2414 pyro can reflect rocket jump so

[@azzythechristianfurry]

I’ve never heard this, but I like it

[@steveboy3712]

adventure time shit

[@bambusz0131]

Hmm, i think pyro is just the result of the developer team wanting a strong melee character. Then they came up with the flamethrower as a weapon, and built a firefighter-like pyromaniac charater around it.

[@sypeiterra7613]

That peace out at the end got me to smile thank you

[@poptoptart3099]

Ok... 1. If you take pyro's mask off, there is another mask... 2. Jesus Christ sniper... Those domination lines XD

[@theblandcharlie822]

GOTCHA RIGHT IN THE OVARY

[@discmanthecdlord]

"you know what you and jane austin both have in common? You're both dead woman" not gonna lie i really love that line

[@rlira8072]

4:58 i think the ''if he even is a man'' refers to him being seen as a monster

[@rlira8072]

and the characters reffering to Pyro as a woman are mostly mocking him

[@kermitthefraud1729]

That makes sense

[@MsPageMistress]

It can mean both things, let's be honest.

[@KeedGmaer]

rlira yeah, people mostly see that as a hint to him being a woman, I think they meant if he even is a person.

[@magnetiteeagle2.025]

@@KeedGmaer pyro is pyro, his gender is yes :)

[@Littletoast01]

i feel like pyro has the flower on the handbag because they is used to pyroland and the flower relates to it when you watch meet the pyro with all the flowers and rainbows. Also does pyro have any female concept art?

[@maedhrosmccabe6381]

I like to think Pyro is a child with a wild Imagination.

[@MrBump2]

I remember in 2010, I joked that Pyro was an elderly Japanese man with no teeth. Standing by it lol

[@jsvnabsb8265]

5:06 they meant if he even is a “man” as in as if he were even human

[@Datoneguy_9343]

So he could be an alien

[@magnetiteeagle2.025]

@@Datoneguy_9343 or pyro

[@SUPREME_MACHINE_V2]

Pyro's gender is Pyro. Pyro's gender is Pyro. Pyro's age is Pyro.

[@fatis2745]

@@SUPREME_MACHINE_V2 you are wrong. Pyro's age is actually pyro

[@ackreikthecouncils.6449]

@@Datoneguy_9343 No, it was more meant about his humanity, because y'know? Burning the fuck out of the enemies and slaughtering them

[@driptrooper4974]

5:54 are you winning son

[@fartsmeller72]

7:24 OMG HE SAID THE WORD SEGGS. NO WAY

[@r8them84]

Pyro is just a living flame retardant suit and gas mask with nothing inside of it. Revised theory: Pyro is just a living, *organic* flame retardant suit and gas mask, which means that the suit and mask are its skin. This could also explain the organs inside of Pyro.

[@sovietheavy5500]

But why it have a blood? And gibs dont look like a part of suit

[@r8them84]

okay fair point

[@path0g3n21]

He also have a skull

[@redtheyiffer]

There’s no one inside, it’s just animated blood and bones, but that’s just a theory. A... okay I’ll stop.

[@klodtwentytwo2242]

Medic changed his heart so he would be able to über pyro.

[@blckmesa5319]

you forgot to say that at the end of the expiration day short, pyro plays with a small bread monster :p

[@SunnyyDayzz]

Cute

[@hystericallover5989]

Cerebral Nova it’s still a short

[@cupofspiders5830]

That was cute tho right

[@tenji1995]

Awww

[@foxydash9992]

BlλckMesa it’s his pet

[@pearljaime2]

Man... I really wish heavy would get his update. Those ideas of yours, like the shield are spot on...

[@derpydood9986]

I feel like pyro knows what he is doing