TF2: The Complete Character Lore

[@Casperr]

*MEDIC'S MEDICAL LICENCE* - Official trading card (2008): wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/File:Medic_card_front.jpg - Official website (2011): www.teamfortress.com/classes.php?class=medic - NECA action figure box (2018): m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81yDaDQv7qL._AC_SL1500_.jpg *"What he lacks in compassion for the sick, respect for human dignity, and any sort of verifiable formal training in medicine..."* - Meet the Medic short (2011) Medic: "When the patient woke up, his skeleton was missing, and the doctor was never heard from again!" [Laughs madly] [Heavy pauses momentarily, and laughs again, banging his palm on a tray of surgical tools next to him] Medic: *"Anyway, that's how I lost my medical license, heh."* Given how the scene in Meet the Medic is delivered much like the punchline to a joke compared to the above sources which are intentionally player profiles and much more consistently repeated by Valve, it makes a lot more sense for those to be considered "canon". But if you want to eat your cake and have it too, the profiles say he has no *"verifiable"* medical training, so you could argue that the license he refers to could plausibly be an "unverifiable" one, thus both canons can exist as one. Hooray, everyone wins!

[@Making_dragons]

YAY! everyone ones!

[@tripplordofinconvenience9953]

E.

[@HONNEKI]

Can I please have a source to the thumbnail picture? I'm asking because I'm wondering what the reason on why heavy is wearing a FINNISH shirt?

[@Casperr]

Thumbnail was made by Mr Light and as for why that particular shirt... I just assume he liked the look of it 🤷‍♂️

[@HONNEKI]

@@Casperr The shirt is called ''Jussi-Paita''. It's a common shirt in Southern Ostrobothnia and elsewhere in Finland. But it's not a Russian/Siberian shirt :)

[@alarmlessRifleman]

When you think about it, Heavy's friendship with Medic makes sense lore-wise. Heavy states that he's "yet to meet a man who can outsmart bullet", and Medic _is_ a man who can outsmart a bullet. And death. And the Devil.

[@Dr.Arson_is_on_fire]

I think it was scout who can outsmart bullets? Im not very cultured on tf2 lore, hell i dont even play, im just here for the shits n giggles, but i do hear it from tf2 fans in certain comment sections that scout can do that????

[@SheriffZapper]

@@Dr.Arson_is_on_fire Maybe he can't outsmart them, but he can indeed outrun them: it's an unlockable 'weapon' added later into the game: It's an energy drink which makes him invulnerable for a couple of seconds after consuming, like becoming the Flash in a Popeye-esque kind of way.

[@dumpanimator]

Person can outsmart bullet in tf2 game is medic& engineer Because medic have ubercharge And engineer have Wrangler and sentry that make sheild to protect sentry and engi But Some Merc can outrun bullet Scout,soldier,demoman And spy can be both outsmart and outrun bullet Because cloack ability

[@vylbird8014]

Medic invented Ubercharge. This is outsmarting bullet.

[@respectfulevil9022]

He can prevent heavy from shooting him by asking heavy out to dinner and maybe kissing

[@Judgement_Kazzy]

I love that there are two mercs with actual doctorate degrees, and the medic is neither of them.

[@AtticusT]

Damn

[@emiliesricecooker]

which two?

[@Judgement_Kazzy]

@@emiliesricecooker Engineer and Heavy.

[@scheng8182]

​@@Judgement_Kazzy heavy has a PHD?

[@Judgement_Kazzy]

@@scheng8182 it's not strictly canon, but there was a crossover game where he claimed to have a PHD in Russian literature

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

You missed a large portion of Demoman's backstory. The parents we see in the comics ARE his biological ones. They simply abandoned him at birth until his "Degroot Blood" manifested when he accidentally blew up his adoptive parents. His real parents then immediately returned to take him in and teach him how to harness explosives. This is all part of an old and extremely unnecessary family tradition, designed to ensure that Degroots never rely on (or get attached to) their parents. In a twisted way there's a tiny grain of logic to this, because Degroot tradition ALSO dictates that every Degroot will eventually blow themselves up, meaning it's important younger members of the family know how to cope without parents. Still, if you ever wonder why Demoman has a drinking problem, and why he sometimes breaks down and calls himself "jus' a one-eyed bloody monster," this is probably why. Dude had a ROUGH childhood.

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

Oh, yeah. Jobs are also an important part of Degroot tradition. The men of the family are expected to work as many jobs as possible, until they inevitably make a mistake and blow themselves up. It's unclear what the women do, however considering Demoman's mother has ALSO blinded herself via explosives, it's safe to say it also involves demolition. Perhaps Degroot women are tasked with experimenting on explosive formulas?

[@tinysquid8324]

Demo took the L in childhood

[@shadowclaw7210]

Honestly both rough and wholesome.

[@d.n5287]

And despite the degroot tradition trying to break down paternal bonds, he clearly loves his mother. For a man as chronically drunk as that to not lash out at her, he must really love her.

[@01jiratjiampoonsap80]

he controls the drunk in his blood

[@garrysmellfinger7054]

I know the canon validity of this is dubious at best, but we learn quite a bit about Heavy from his guest appearance in the game Poker Night at the Inventory Here is a couple of them: - Heavy got his PHD in literature from the Soviet College of Mines, Farms and Science. Heavy also uses his PHD in his line of work "more than you think" - When asked by Tycho if he has any hobbies, Heavy states he collects rare coins. However, he only does so to melt them down and create custom bullets for his miniguns (which could be why his guns are so expensive to fire). - Heavy has taken boxing classes. In his school, students had to sign up for either goat herding or boxing. He didn't like it at first but grew to love it. - Heavy finds red-haired women attractive. This comes up after Tycho mentions his girlfrend. - Heavy's favorite movies are The Dirty Dozen and the first twenty minutes of Rocky IV. -Heavy's favorite book is Tsar/King Hunger by Leonid Andreyev - Heavy has recurring nightmares of either himself or his teammates being killed.

[@clay_alt2694]

omg I absolutely love this. Heavy the best teammate

[@Cole-xq2tl]

Lore confirmed that Heavy isn't a homosexual, medi-shippers seething

[@jorgenajar9407]

Wasn't he also in a gulag at some point

[@donpollo3154]

@@jorgenajar9407 his entire family was until a breakout in 1941 and they went into hiding

[@fathorse8]

The first 20 min of Rocky IV? Thats hilarious.

[@agremlinwithart]

I like to imagine Soldier’s parents didn’t know about Jane Doe being the name of unidentified female corpses and just named him that by accident.

[@YogurtIsGreat]

i've always thought the soldier's paperwork just got mixed up with a dead corpse's

[@stanley279]

so tf2 is also connected to roblox because of an account called jane doe that used to exist

[@mrcookie4308]

@@stanley279jane doe is not something roblox created bro

[@ManikMileena]

@@stanley279dawg what

[@ManofthaMountain]

​@@stanley279 What the Piss?

[@Readingeye]

One of my favorite facts about the mercs is how Medic's blatant ignorance of the hypocratic oath does not mean he doesn't have at least some inkling of how very odd his life is; as when Pauling asks how Medic is reviving them just by pouring a mix of the partially incongruous blood types into each of their bodies; he lightheartedly acknowledges it makes no sense and shouldn't be working. Then when she tries to parse the non-existent logic he becomes very serious about not questioning it in the moment.

[@Shovel________________]

"it just works, dont jinx it"

[@dadmitri4259]

It's possible that medic has some awareness that they are just cartoon characters. Like there's more to him than meets the eye. Like he's seen something unknowable. How else could he just casually rip the souls out of his fellow mercs and use them to con Satan himself. Medic knows what's up if you ask me

[@ThunderChad]

"Ms Pauling, ive spent the last 15 mintues wringing blood back into your bodies using my underwear trust me blood type is the least of your worries." Never gonna forget that bit lol

[@hiddendesire3076]

Heavy has a PHD in Russian Literature and even in the Russian dub of the game speaks with a more refined manner than others.

[@mcormier3934]

Nice

[@lesymon8483]

Not cannon

[@hiddendesire3076]

@@lesymon8483 It is canon.

[@lesymon8483]

@@hiddendesire3076 but it's from that one poker game right?

[@QpqowkwkejfjfjAudjdjdndjdkdndj]

It's weird that this comment is a year old but yet these replies are 5 days - today old

[@jarekwrzosek2048]

You forgot to mention how musically tallented are our mercs: Scout can play bongos Soldier is great with brass instruments (Bugles and Trombone to be specific) Pyro propably knows how to play guitar (as his air guitar default melee taunt suggests). Engie loves his accoustic Guitar. Demoman not only plays his native bagpipes, but also was seen playing piano in "Expiration Date". Heavy really likes to sing, mostly russian classical and folk music, and, let's be honest here, Kazotsky Kick, while it's an all class taunt, is based on a traditional Ukrainian and Russian dance. It would make sense if it was Heavy who would have teached other classes the Kick. Medic can use his saw as a violin, plus he's great with accordeon. Sniper knows how to play sax and digderidoo. As of Spy, while he isn't shown to play any instrument, one can assume, that to impersonate other classes, he must have learned all of the above. Plus, in one of Miss Pauling's lines from Tough Break, The Spy is teaching her how to play piano, using electroshocks.

[@randomzergling3661]

A:Spy can play the piano B:Most people can play an instrument

[@MaskedHeroLucky]

On the topic of music, Heavy is a fan of Huey Lewis and the News.

[@randomfactsthatdontmatter3466]

@@randomzergling3661 most can play one sure. But can most play them well?

[@jarekwrzosek2048]

@@MaskedButcher7 Where and when did Pyro play violin?

[@zesnowpea6347]

Pyro also plays a mini piano for the scorching solo taunt, and they all have an actual electric guitar taunt (shred alert)

[@TheTolnoc]

I like the idea that Soldier isn't there because he's the best man for the job, but because he just so happens to know half of the people there, is willing to kill on the cheap, and is surprisingly resistant to dying.

[@shadowclaw7210]

I mean he was never soldier. He just got into hot spot and started to kill every german he saw. So thats much as well be true.

[@mrscaryfox3955]

@@shadowclaw7210correct, he didn’t pass for the military but still went over there

[@Thegoobywooby]

Wouldn’t that make him the best man for the job?

[@insanitygaming1526]

Also he has brain damage

[@christophermorris6576]

he wasnt given permission to die

[@ev3rst0rm]

Fun fact: Scout’s first name, Jeremy, was inspired by Jerma985 (Jeremy Elbertson). When TF2 was being written as a TV show, one of the writers was a fan of Jerma’s TF2 content, and found Jeremy looked strikingly similar to the scout. (I’m not kidding, by the way. You can look this up.)

[@Pixel-oo7vw]

I'm pretty sure Scout's voice actor was a fan of jerma

[@snoopdogg9490]

Yes scout looks like jerma

[@Heladio54]

I looked this up and now I'm on the run! Send help

[@GojoGunning]

A TV hwhat now

[@deft4184]

I don't believe you.

[@barthallis]

I think it's also worth mentioning that rumors started appearing after Scout's official name was revealed that he was named after Jerma985, a popular TF2 KZbinr at the time who now streams on Twitch and uploads the cut-down streams to his second channel, 2ndJerma. Years later it was confirmed that those rumors were true by one of the TF team members and one of the artists for the comics.

[@wedding2710]

Honestly incredible. One of the coolest things ever

[@matthewplays7232]

When the imposta is sus

[@burgerking5225]

@@matthewplays7232 do not

[@bulkypigeon]

I mean it fits perfectly, with him being from boston and even looking like him.

[@thegames4565]

@@bulkypigeon Jerma and Nathan are twins. This is what the government does not want you to know.

[@maxresdefault_]

It's funny to me that almost all the mercs are fabulously wealthy for some inexplicable reason. Demoman has the DeGroot estate, Pyro was the CEO of a major corporation, Scout has his priceless Tom Jones collection and lord knows how much Heavy spends on minigun ammo

[@chaoscontrol2001]

they're fabulously wealthy because they're mercenaries. do you think a merc works for very little, or even no money?

[@ghoulbuster1]

Mercenary work pays a lot of money because you don't expect them to stay alive for very long.

[@prorandocopier7945]

Soldier is somehow somebody who can get into and out off things, such as Getting out of prison Getting out of interrogation Infiltrating a base Getting into jobs.

[@Jacksonkillz]

@@prorandocopier7945 and getting a woman which seems like the main "getting into" if you know what i mean

[@vbgvbg1133]

@@prorandocopier7945 the only thing he couldn’t get into was the military during world war 2. There’s also a guy screaming outside, be right back

[@tylerduncanson2661]

Thank you SO much for getting Heavy’s real name right. So many people think that Misha is his name, its so frustrating.

[@xandarian07]

Well in the comics, his family calls him Misha and Misha is traditionally short for Mikhail

[@tylerduncanson2661]

@@xandarian07That still makes it a nickname, not his actual name.

[@duckyduck34]

@@tylerduncanson2661in Russian culture it’s considered to be a name’s variation rather than a nickname. Reserved for friends or people that know you well. It’s different from a nickname because absolutely all Mikhails also go by “Misha”. Almost all Russian names have those “friendlier” variations. For instance, my full name is Victoria but shorten version would be Vica. So Misha IS Heavy’s name but the official passport version would be Mikhail.

[@hdmonster3327]

​​​@@duckyduck34так не только у нас! У тех же английских имён так же: Дэниэл - Дэн, Эндрю - Энди, Эшли - Эш и т.д.

[@palchumfriend4887]

3:11 Just want to mention. Soldier never suspected Pyro being a woman. In the comic, right after that page where he points at pyro, Soldier pushes Pyro aside to reveal a room full of honey, which attracted bears.

[@thebananaman1185]

In the game, there is a 1/20 chance for bread to spawn when you exit a teleporter as a reference to the animated short expiration date. Depending on the class you're playing as, the type of bread will be different. Scout is a plain loaf, Soldier is canned bread, Pyro is burnt toast, Demoman is cinnamon swirl bread, Heavy is borodinsky bread, Engineer is cornbread, Medic is a pretzel, Sniper is a crumpet, and Spy is a baguette. It's not related to the lore in any way, but I thought it was interesting enough. (Edit) It doesn't actually matter what class you're playing.. oops

[@mane8246]

Also Soldier has a higher chance of spawning bread

[@ryanhernandez8324]

Did you know??? If you do nothing but teleport Soldier for 3 days straight, you get to fight *_THE BREAD BOSS??_* It's true, try it!!

[@toxic_shr00m]

Playing classes doesn't actually effect what spawns. It's always a 1/9 chance to spawn any of them.

[@kingofmystery1135]

HAHAHA! I TELEPORTED BREAD!!

[@mane8246]

@@toxic_shr00m Shounic made a video about it, soldier in specific has a higher chance than the other classes

[@constantdemonics]

It’s heavily implied in meet the spy, that BOTH Scouts are actually brothers because Red Spy is canonically shown to be Jeremy’s father and he is shown to be in an intimate relationship with Blu scout’s mother

[@jackfinn1108]

Jeremy IS the BLU Scout. In "A Fate Worse than Chess" we see it is the Red Spy and Blu Scout that Saxton hires for MvM and these two later star in the main comics. In the 4th Comic, Jeremy says to Saxton "You hired me, we're your mercs!". Also there are two hyperlinks in the main comics to A Smissmas Story and A fate worse than chess, in both Scout is BLU. The RED Scout disppeared after the Gravel Wars ended, we actually haven't seen him in a comic since 2011.

[@ckinggaming5bucketmadness766]

@@jackfinn1108 isn’t that red scout in comic 6?

[@jackfinn1108]

@@ckinggaming5bucketmadness766 Afraid not, the scout that was hired after the Gravel Wars is specifically shown to be the Blu Scout. So even though all the mercs wear red coloured clothes, half of them used to be from Blu before the teams merged. The Red Scout disappeared after the Gravel Wars. Comic 1 to 6 Scout is the original Blu Scout.

[@toxic_shr00m]

There aren't any actual teams. There are just 9 characters who sometimes fight for the other teams because they're hired by both of them. So there is no RED Scout or BLU Scout, just Scout. This common mistake is so common and it's fucking infuriating.

[@jackfinn1108]

@@toxic_shr00m In the Poopy Joe update it is specificially stated there are 18 mercenaries. In "Loose Canon" we see an entire team of nine BLU mercs in one panel, if we go by the "there are only 9" mercs idea then RED at that point would have had noone at all. We've seen both the Blu & Red Heavy and Soldier in the same comic in "Meet the Director". The Administrator went to extreme lengths in "WAR" and "Meet the Director" to stop Red and Blu mercs becoming friends and talking to each other. Why bother if they could swap teams at any point. All the evidence from the comics suggests there were indeed 18 mercs until MvM. Further evidence in "Shadow Boxers" where Soldier didn't know Heavy well, owing to the fact they used to fight on different teams. The 9 mercs only came from a cloing fan theory which is a fun read but has no evidence to back it up.

[@Iron_Soil]

About demoman Its tradition in his family to leave kids and return to them sometimes Its confrimed that after his adpotive parrents died the real parrents returned

[@Ratscallion_exe]

Source?

[@arandomguywithagreenprofil5075]

@@Ratscallion_exe comics

[@Vintenuthewizard]

Did not think i would find someone with my same profile pic lol

[@philsharpe4315]

@@Vintenuthewizard there are several people with that profile picture

[@dragonisanoverratedname8767]

@@philsharpe4315 In Fact, A fuck ton of people has the same PFP

[@Banana_Bunch...]

People always mention that Heavy is more a doctor than medic but even so, Medic is incredibly smart, having as someone already mentioned, literally outsmarted Boolet. So he may not have a docorate or even be a varified Medic of any kind he still is one or two in intelect. Thank you for your time

[@Artcat932]

I love the Frontier Engineering bit in the comics, making it seem like the Engineer, who has the Frontier Justice, would obviously own the Company Frontier Engineering, but have it be the mumbling and delusional Pyro instead.

[@rokaq5163]

Great video, as always, but I'd like to throw out some extra facts: - Pyroland isn't constantly rainbows and colours, a more accurate description of it would be an overexaggerated version of reality according to how Pyro feels like at the moment. Therefore, if Pyro is bored senseless he will perceive reality as dull and grey, if he feels excited about a recently ignited fire it will look bright and cheerful, and if he is infuriated by a certain smokey bear, he will perceive everything as a hellish, flaming landscape. - Heavy has studied russian literature and is speculated that he has a PHD on russian philology. - Sniper's "Jarate" is obviously piss, but it's produced thanks to a combination of drugs distributed by Mann Co. that both triple the size of the user's kidneys as well as nullify the pain caused by the multi-organic shutdown that comes as a side effect of said drugs. - Scout is shown to canonically be "God's gift to Humanity", as stated by the big man himself during the brief time he dies and ascends to Heaven. In fact, Scout's purpose is to get laid with all females and, upon hearing how Scout keeps being rejected, God states that he must destroy Humanity and start anew (thankfully Scout convinces him otherwise before returning to Earth). We also see that the real Tom Jones is in Heaven playing foosball with angels but, in order not to break the illusion that he is Scout's father, the angels re-kill him before Scout notices his presence. This could all be a hallucination by an almost-dead Scout, but it's too funny not to mention. - Spy has a well-groomed beard under his balaclava, and has canonically grey hair, so he could be older than first impressions give off. - Demoman's mother is obviously blind, but so was his father. Apparently all members of the DeGroot family are expected to be blinded by explosives at a very early age, and the Demoman still having an eye left seems to be a disappointment to his family. - Soldier (who, by the way, has no military training whatsoever) went on a Nazi-killing spree in Europe, commemorating his own merits with self-made medals, in an effort to win the war for the Allies. However, unbeknownst to him, the war had long since ended. After some years of this strange crusade, he went back to America. - Medic did have some form of medical training and even obtained a medical license, but in Meet the Medic he comments on how he lost it after stealing a patient's skeleton. - The Engie's father is presumed to be the TFC's Engineer, who used to wear an identical outfit as his son's, minus the soldering goggles. Also, the blueprints for the TF2 Engineer's Sentry Gun, Teleporter and Dispenser seem to be a heritage from his own family, precisely Radighan Conagher, his grandfather.

[@thesecretnewbie8872]

Medic’s full name is also Ludwig Humboldt as A) the Rottenburg MvM hints that he comes from a long line of Mad Doctors. And B) the Devil referring to him as Mr. Ludwig is commonly used to show respect to others, it was popular in the 60’s and 70’s.

[@grimmoire5952]

All of these are facts and I love how much they tell about the mercenaries in question

[@chaoscontrol2001]

UNLISTED SCOUT FACT: as scout is walking back down the stairs to heaven, god says the next time he will die is December 4th, 1987

[@jacobcostillas473]

Bro the first fact somewhat proves that pyro loves fighting and isnt a brainwashed person (?) That fights bc of the googles

[@KaijuofSteel]

Btw the Team Fortress Classic Engineer that the mercs fight in the last comic isn't Engineer's dad. That's just a random guy, who even mentions that he doesn't know how to build sentries. Mr. Conagher was indeed a part of the TFC team, but he most likely passed away. Meaning that the TF2 Engie is the only Conagher left alive.

[@jamjmith]

I think canonically that there were a lot more mercs than the 9, and that some of them started out on opposite teams, teams got shuffled around and by the end, our 9, the best of the best were the only ones who didn’t die in the gravel war

[@sooootruuue]

autobalanced

[@jackferno7614]

yeah its very possible that only the ones we see in the mvm trailers + a few are left and the rest just died

[@railcone568]

@@jackferno7614 .

[@ToastNova]

Blu Scout is Jeremy

[@joshuakim5240]

If i recall, the current lineup is the result of the red and blue teams combining to survive MvM, and both sides lost certain members to ultimately result in 1 member of each class. For example, Blue Scout is Jeremy and Spy was the Red Spy, but upon the team merging they all took up red uniforms since the robots wore blue ones.

[@JonborgVA]

It's crazy how much lore there is, I wish Valve would do more with TF2

[@alexanderchippel]

The story of Soldier and Zhana is one of my favorite in TF2 lore. They're super happy together, and I just love when characters in fiction just get to be happy.

[@Endrgamr262]

Heavy’s face the entire time just said I don’t consent to this

[@pkfiremain710]

​@@Endrgamr262you can tell he's at least happy she is.

[@edoardocaccia6226]

My favourite factoid has to be Medic's deal with the devil. It's so silly but at the same time it serves for some pretty powerful moments in the story, his death and his vengeance in tandem with Heavy just like in the games. It's really smartly written as it makes sense in its own stupidity, and I like bringing it up whenever I can

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

Baxcaber did a video analysis of the main Mercs to divine which team each of them is on (according to the rule that the game’s canon supersedes that of the comics), and came up with a list that puts Demoman, Spy and Heavy on Team RED and everyone else on Team BLU.

[@springmen1922]

8:50 Just like heavy said “Your Father disappears often.” And scout even replies denying that his father is even alive.

[@SteinerScout]

I'm fairly certain that the medic had a medical license, but he lost it. My evidence from this was his line in meet the medic where he explains how he lost it.

[@Shovel________________]

he stole a man's whole skeleton somehow

[@arcticfluffyfoxy]

@@Shovel________________ I mean in order to steal a skeleton we need to do is make sure the person is still alive so you don't need to patch them back up really doesn't matter how bad of a state they're in as long as you have every bone you've pretty much stolen their skeleton

[@thetroopofthebruhify9058]

​@@arcticfluffyfoxybut as medic says "When the patient woke up". That means that medic somehow made a man without a skeleton live.

[@arcticfluffyfoxy]

@@thetroopofthebruhify9058 yeah I already said about that

[@rutimo]

@@thetroopofthebruhify9058medic just did a bone stealer

[@sneakysquid6195]

I just love how Pyro is almost entirely unknown about, and nobody else knows anything about him except for maybe his family or Miss Pauling, that is if he even has a family, knowing how crazy TF2 story can be. Pyro is definitely my favorite character story wise, due to just everything about him.

[@jackeroni216]

Medic probably also knows because of surgery stuff

[@_ikako_]

if they even are a 'him'...

[@insanitygaming1526]

Or her

[@squish2108]

​@@insanitygaming1526 Pyro is male and always has been

[@hedgehog3180]

@@jackeroni216 Medic has probably fucked around enough to the point where it's no longer recognizeable.

[@IronXan5150]

I thought demoman 12:22 had accidentally super glued his eyepatch on at Halloween and he couldn’t get it off 😂😂😂 thanks for the info

[@CliffCardi]

Ever since the Meet the Medic video, whenever a Scout dies by explosive and is rendered into gibs, there is a 1% chance if a dove flying out from where the gibs lay. This is a reference to the very end of Meet the medic where Medic’s pet dove Archimedes trapped itself inside Scout’s chest cavity when he underwent the operation to get the übercharge implant.

[@pouyanchakameh8594]

A few corrections from what I've understod from the lore: 1- Medic did have real medical training. But his medical license got revoked after a freak accident and abandoning a patient. ( At least if you trust that the medic is being truthful about his past ) 2- Miss Pauling accepted to go on a date with scout after the end of "the expiration date". I'd like to pretend there's hope goddamit. 3- Pyro isn't always in Pyromania. Her Pyromania is probably triggered by fire. As you can see in the comics she sees the world as dull and grey while working as a CEO but still can perceive it as it is. 4-From what I've heard Heavy isn't as obsessed with his gun as it's shown in the meet the team videos but rather likes to pretend like he is so that no one suspect nothing more of him more than a big dumb Brute. 5- Soldier was probably a bit more "sane" prior to the game's events. He was the most affected by the lead poisoning in 2fort. Edit: a few changes to better reflect how i got these information and how much i have confidence in them as facts.

[@manologamerss5801]

Did Miss Pauling ever directly reject Scout's advances? Because most of the time she just kind reacts like "huh" when Scout tries to flirt with her.

[@fazmade]

pyro isn't female

[@tavishdegroot9127]

Heavy has PhD in russian literature, and not a "big dumb brute" He is one of the most sane person in the team,and more educated than scout and demo.

[@lucinavonnolaran8728]

@@fazmade It isn't known for certain if Pyro is Male or Female. The comics even joke about it at some point

[@jkeebla]

@@tavishdegroot9127 demo is still my favorite. compare this story to overwatch which is stereotypical hero nonsense.

[@sanmiguelarcanghel1252]

9:16 I still have a question though, Does scout's seven brothers are related to spy as well?

[@ironprince72]

hol up. thats a damn good question

[@kiwigaming09]

Maybe maybe not

[@Disassembly_droneN_]

If I remember correctly only Scout is related to Spy

[@ozornayashoujo]

Excellent short explanation for literally everyone. Just one thing: Heavy's sister name, the one that Soldier fell in love with, it's read as "Janna", basically. The ZH represents the buzzing sound in the letter J (d-zh-ayy)

[@tee-sam-ee-red]

Favorite Tidbit: Remember the WAR! update when people pitted the BLU Soldier against the RED Demo to see who would get new items? For context, the reason they fought is as follows: The BLU Soldier and RED Demo apparently met outside of work and soon became good friends. The administrator found out about this, and (for reasons unknown) was afraid that they would start talking about work, which would in turn mean they would start talking about her. She went for the obvious approach: give them each new weapons until one ends the other. Eventually the pair found out, and became friends again, pretending that soldier won. Now, how does this fit in to the actual game? Well; If you don’t know what domination is in TF2, it’s a game mechanic where if you kill someone enough times in a row without them getting a single kill on you, it says in the kill feed that you’re “dominating” them. When you dominate someone, your character will say a voice line, that will depend on who you’re playing as and who you’re domming is playing as. If you are a Demo dominating a Soldier, the domination line is something along the lines of: “Take that! but we’re still friends, yeah?” I love that little hint to their friendship, even after being bribed to kill each-other.

[@mattburrowes]

Fun fact: If you are a Red soldier dominating a blu demo, it's an actual mean quote. But if you are a Blu soldier dominating a Red demo, you get the friendly domination lines, due to the fact that the Blu soldier and Red demo are friends.

[@BlooMonkiMan]

​@@mattburrowes I was unaware the team color had any affect on the selected voice lines

[@Hunni_Gummi]

I can keep hearing the same facts, lore and more about TF2 forever and I'll always enjoy it. At this point I know everything about them, but when I do learn something new it awesome it also great to see you still pumping the TF2 content making sure the spirit never dies

[@Ashleyboomer.]

13:36 theres a perfectly placed ad there

[@hoppiovonhoppio]

Was it an ad about alcohol

[@MrMickio1]

Some of it could be said to be contentious but there's also all the info we learn on The Heavy in poker night at the inventory. Like him having a degree in russian literature, being schooled as a child assassin and escaping with his family outside of the USSR

[@GCHumanGuy]

For the Russian literature one, it's debated whether it's canon or not, since the game is listed as non-canon. But the USSR part is true, in the Meet The Director comics, Heavy's father was an anti-revolutionary who got killed and Heavy's family spent at least 6 months in a gulag before breaking out and hiding in the moutains. The USSR have sent men to look for Heavy's family, only to be killed and buried by the sisters

[@kade-qt1zu]

@@GCHumanGuy Heavy: My entire family was locked into Russian gulags, and my father, who fought for our freedom, was killed. We managed to break out, and now I have to fill the role my father once did and provide for my family. Also Heavy: Pootis.

[@cantchange901]

The characters featured actually meeting up isn't canon. Doesn't mean the things heavy talks about aren't either.

[@hiddendesire3076]

@@GCHumanGuy One aspect that does support it though is the way the Russian voice actor for Heavy speaks which is a more dignified and refined manner than what you’d expect from a muscular brute.

[@giahuynguyenkim6389]

@@hiddendesire3076 And especially for a professional killer, he knows his way around words.

[@Casperr]

Thanks for your patience, I hope this video has been worth the wait! *What's your favourite TF2 story moment or random fact?*

[@C.A._Old]

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[@s_ludge]

I've always been a fan of Demomans backstory. Him and Merasmus are hilarious, especially love how it led to Scream Fortress events.

[@s_ludge]

Oh also, the TF Classic Mercenaries. They look so badass.

[@TMNWG]

Sniper saving Spy was pretty awesome to watch. Also, I'm not 100% sure, but I think the 'Zh' in Zhana's name might be meant to be read as the 'J' in Jean-Luc Picard.

[@slightly9566]

Hey now don't forget that scout is (possibly) God's gift to women.

[@Defnotyeett]

0:13 cursed spy

[@faranakkamalian7694]

7:00 pretty accurate in real life

[@claustofobia6086]

I don't know if it counts as canon (it could be Scout's revival daze-dream), but it does happen in the comics. After Scout dies, he meets God who is incredibly happy to see him, saying that Scout was "God's gift to women" so they can get laid with him. He gets really mad at mankind when he finds out Scout didn't have sex and actually planned to bring another flood/world disaster, but Scout kind of calmed him down to not blame mankind for being a bunch of dum-dums. After that he sends Scout back from the dead and giving mankind a second chance (to get laid). Also Tom Jones gets his neck snapped in Heaven again during this sequence so that's funny.

[@Ykskolme]

To that I think that in TF2 universe every persons' heaven is specifically made to suit their personal taste and as such the god simply says whatever pleases Scout the most

[@firedolphin7621]

@@Ykskolme Either that or it's a hallucination by scout.

[@Lukkundant]

why would scout want to kill his own supposed father then?

[@jdirksen]

​@@firedolphin7621 Considering he 'hallucinates' things he doesn't know or even see at all in his meeting with the big man, I don't think he was hallucinating... Whether or not that's actually god or just Scout's personal heaven is a different question, but we at least know that the Christian depiction of hell seems to be real.

[@calamaribowl8683]

I'm pretty sure that's why he was revived, so there's a good chance that it's canon

[@notenoughmemes1847]

5:16 Never heard it pronounced that way, always heard it said like “Conaggur”

[@fiend-off-the-grid]

important note, the term "factoid" has two definitions, one meaning a small or trivial piece of information, which I assume is the intended meaning in this context, whilst the other, original definition refers to an assumption or speculation that is repeated so often that it is treated as fact. At any rate, my favorite fact about one of the mercs is that one of the many causes of Soldier's stupidity is that he is _the only one_ drinking the tap water local to where the teams square off, and as such is affected by lead poisoning. All of the other mercs were warned, and it's likely that Jane just missed the memo

[@slosh7072]

I seem to recall Scout not having drunk the bottled water either

[@fiend-off-the-grid]

@@slosh7072 doesn't mean he was drinking from the tap... frankly, Scout seems like the type who'd only drink somethin' flavored or alcoholic

[@slosh7072]

@@fiend-off-the-grid Scout probably drank exclusively his secondary slot drinks for hydration

[@Grady1285]

Soldier also has no idea what Ms. Pauling is talking about when she says "That's why we give you guys bottled water" in comic #2 so yeah it's very likely lead poisoning

[@bean_eater1209]

The fact that Jerma looks like Scout is funny enough, but the fact that they're both named Jeremy and are from Massachusetts is such a crazy coincidence

[@cardboardb0x851]

The scout’s name was chosen by the voice actor as a reference to jerma him self

[@vuelle9816]

10:07 not true, he had a medical license but lost it when he stole a man’s skeleton during surgery

[@MohammedMahdi8005]

As a new tf2 player, I always thought this game was just a goofy meme base, but now I know that it's much more than that and I wanna know a lot more about this game and it's story, starting from the tf2 classic Edit: and if possible a much more thoroughly detailed video about each and every character of the game and the story itself. Like idc about how big it is, even if it's bigger than the whole of one piece itself I'll sit through all of it and watch it

[@Thievingrat]

3:30 that refers to if they are even human, its not about the gender

[@lanterns_glow]

10:16 he literally makes a joke about losing his medical license in the first minute of his official Meet The Team video. For stealing a whole skeleton.

[@Sansfinnagan8522]

Yea so probably he was actually a doctor once

[@natiart]

9:39 It is worth noticing that he is very worried about her, he cares about her, you can see that he would refuse any other woman just to have her For me, it's an interesting procedure done by the authors I admire them at all for such an unusual arrangement of characters, you can see that each character, even the smallest one is treated so well!

[@riverajustinmarks.]

3:13 This panel doesn't suggest that pyro is a female, Soldier said that there's only two things that bears are attracted to (Honey and menstruating women). It was just a joke because Pyro was actually near a ton of honey.

[@konahrikb1578]

14:15 Rest in peace Rick Mays, you magnificent bastard

[@matthewforce]

The museum aesthetic and subsequent organization of the information to fit the theme really made the video easy to follow. I found I was subconsciously ready for the next bit of information every time the screen transitioned. I don't know if this qualifies as a compliment but it was gud vid thanc u

[@Casperr]

I consider it a glowing compliment, thank you kindly for saying so 🥰

[@Perellux]

You forgot to mention the fact that soldier did nothing but teleport bread for 3 days.

[@Tibor0803]

I find it very interesting that earlier in 2007 up to nearly 2010 or 2011 The Sniper's actual name was Richard Mundy instead of Mick Mundy. That one former name was hidden by Valve by any chance and we cannot confirm that TF2 comics has anything with the name "Richard" within Mick Mundy's family name.

[@TheFlamingDraco]

15:59 I don't think Ms. Pauling was lookin' at Soldier tbh

[@ForgottenFafnir]

I'd honestly be very interested in learning about the full history of Saxton Hale

[@mylesmichel9108]

He punch stuff

[@xandarian07]

If you want a recommendation, I suggest SquimJim’s history of Saxton Hale video

[@Dude-xb3xh]

I love how scout and sniper are around the same age and they hang out together

[@idnthaveaname5290]

16:13 "recently delivered baby baboon" *wait a damn minute*

[@Crystal_Moon248]

Yep, the TFC Heavy gave birth.

[@wandomwindow]

@@Crystal_Moon248… thank you for answering my question. please, make sure I never gain memory again

[@Crystal_Moon248]

@@wandomwindow And you're welcome.

[@wandomwindow]

@@Crystal_Moon248 it’s been 4 months and you respond in 5 minutes

[@Crystal_Moon248]

@@wandomwindow Lol

[@gaydsidit9014]

Only wanna throw in one more quick fact. Apparently, Soldier and Demoman are best friends, but the admin hated this. So she sent Ms. Pauling to say bad things behind the others back to one another, while also giving them weapons to kill each other with, saying that the offer was made to the other character and they accepted. This is even tho the offer was not made to either character before asking the other. This is shown through the in game voice lines that can sometimes happen when you kill the other character. Edit: I made a mistake, it is when Dominating the opposing character, not just killing.

[@istabbedpurotodeath]

15:47 "make love to me!" "ok" this is why i love tf2 comics

[@Naro_12]

6:53 yay!!! Finally a NZ character!!!

[@Thefreakyfreek]

15:33 can you blame him

[@scalderm]

yes

[@nehalarafa8260]

no

[@M4teusSemH]

Now this has downgraded quickly

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

I would’ve never imagined heavy to be from around Sakhalin Also something that probably should’ve been mentioned is that Heavy and his family were sent to a gulag, but killed all the guards

[@FunniGuy123]

The reason blu team was never fleshed out was because it would turn into a phycological horror film

[@real_eggheadtf2]

7:22 The “Mun-dee Mundy” 😂

[@existstheliveactionmovie6695]

Scout had always really reminded me of Jerma985, the streamer, but I’d mostly only said it as a joke. but hearing scouts name is Jeremy is making me rethink it.

[@maxlimit9129]

There is official confirmation that Scout was actually named after Jerma

[@Thetoucanman918]

Also FNAF reference???

[@hildegunstvonmythenmetz6095]

Demo and Heavy are surprisingly wholesome when you read the comics.

[@haazmat]

A very good round up. For anyone curious about the mercs, this is the link to hand over.

[@evaphan2720]

soldier are you on weed again

[@pink_sky_morning4842]

good sir, are you alright?

[@Grady1285]

10:11 He did have a medical license at some point though, so does that technically count as training? (As said in the "Meet the Medic" video from Valve, Medic apparently stole a skeleton from a patient, "and that's how I lost my medical license!")

[@kytkeyboardsyoureterrific439]

11:02 man he’s epic, avenging his own death

[@dankspiderman579]

There's a lot of cool things revealed across multiple media about Heavy, actually! He's said to have a PhD in Russian Literature at the Soviet College of Mines, Farms, and Science, and was put into the Russian Gulag for 3 whole months because his Father was a Counter-Revolutionary to the USSR, resulting in him being killed and by relation Heavy and his family were imprisoned until they broke out and burned the Gulag down. (Meaning Soldier's 'commie' remarks are wrong!) He also apparently grew up in a school designed specifically for teaching children to fight and/or probably kill, meaning he's been entrenched in the Mercenary business arguably much longer than most of the other 8 mercs. And even originally, Heavy states he at first didn't even *like* it when he had to fight other boys in the school, but quickly learned to love doing it, which sprouted his love for killing. Though even though he likes it, he states that occasionally it does give him nightmares, and he implies that he only kills men, not women and children. Apparently in his time there, during training one of the other boys shot an arrow through a small bird, and in a moment of compassion, Heavy buried it. His favorite movie is also "The Dirty Dozen" and the beginning of Rocky 4.

[@chucklestheknuckles4919]

Where did you get the info on the last three? It's really interesting!

[@dankspiderman579]

@@chucklestheknuckles4919 Poker Night at the Inventory. It's a game that Heavy is actually officially in.

[@jeom_]

Again, another amazing video. You definitely make some of the best tf2 content out there. Keep it up man.👍

[@nopabstafuosma3586]

it should be noted that the comics take place about 3 years after the events of the game. so in the game, scout is around 24 years old. im pretty sure one of his cosmetics make mention of this as well

[@toy_bonnie]

My biggest flex is that I’ve played so much tf2 that I didn’t learn anything this video

[@GreenEyedDazzler]

I love that the scout is based off of Jerma and you can tell because not only do they have his name and hometown. They’re the same age that Jerma was when he started his KZbin channel. 😂❤

[@MrHam-od4dd]

I'm glad somebody made this video, I love the classes characters and backstories, I honestly don't know what to say, they're all just amazing and hilarious.

[@keepplays5451]

15:46 litteral love at first sight

[@felicianszarka3723]

3:38 i think it's not about his gender, but his species Maybe he's a demon

[@Animatronic_World]

Casperr was missing one thing, the catchup comic of pyro, in the first shot of him he is shown as male with a tophat on the far right just under the twin brothers

[@hucknanjing1083]

Lets all appreciate how soldier and zanna have the exact same crazy in them

[@hiddendesire3076]

10:24 Actually this was specifically of the TFC team, not the Team Fortress 2 team.

[@PikaJim]

Medic DID have a medical license but he lost it from malpractice

[@Sansfinnagan8522]

Probably during ww2

[@whatamidoig]

Fun fact: In meet the Pyro scout says “I am not talking about him, oh god he isn’t here now is he?” But, if you have subtitles on it says “I am not talking about erm, oh god she isn’t here now is she?”

[@hairlessgrizzly559]

Pyro will always be my favorite, mostly because I like playing as the mysterious characters in video games. Zero and Fl4k in the Borderlands games, and in games like Dark Souls or other RPGs, I give my characters a helmet that covers their entire face. The mystery can make a character very compelling, and they usually look pretty cool. If I can't get a mask, just get a huge beard that covers most of the character's face

[@denizplays1307]

I really love it when TF2tubers break down the history, real of the mercs, where they come from, etc. is always satisfying! OHHH!!! The TF2 Mercs are also ONE of many reasons why TF2 is such a timeless masterpiece!!! also, you forgot to mention that Heavy has 3 PHDs (if I remember correctly) in literature which is also surprising from Heavy, also the fact that Misha is in his 50s is hard to believe, I always thought he is in his late 30s or early 40s and its still hard for me to believe that to this day ALSO!!! remember guys! do NOT call the mercs by their real names, just by their code-/mercnames if you wanna show them some respect! One more thing I just love all mercs equally so I can't decide who is my favorite hats off to Valve for making such incredible characters and a timeless masterpiece of a game!

[@Faym99]

Even though I knew most of this info, You laid it out in a way it was pretty interesting and fun to watch! Also, I may have some knowledge about the playable classes, but the lore about both main and secondary non-playables characters is a bit messy for me, so I would love to have videos explaining them! PS: for some reason I really thought the comics series ended, I totally forgot about the cliffhanger.

[@Exnuimy]

Medic in meet the medic says that’s how he lost his medical license so he definitely had a medical license

[@Gecgecgecgecgec]

I love how as well as being a remorseless killing machine, heavy is also just a guy who cares about his family.

[@ultraninja5783]

my favourite definitely has to be how soldier is technically charged with genocide. he achieved this by flying over to Germany, starting a serial killing spree of germans which changes it from just mass murder to genocide as he was targeting a specific racial group all becusse he wanted to fight nazis

[@Cel684]

really liked the fact that Demo has a huge home and still feels like he should work more

[@timothyt666]

unless I'm dumb its that his PARENTS think he should work more, If I'm correct his family's rule is that "you should work so hard both your eyes stop working" or something, and thus both his parents are blind in both eyes but Demoman is only blind in one, thus not working hard enough.

[@mayochup]

before he could say what Demoman’s other dear, loving relationship was, i got a coffee machine ad, proving that his REAL dear, loving relationship is coffee

[@teufortknight3913]

1:11 you'd know this if you saw expiration date when they pull into the base in the van a blu soldier falls off the top of the van while the red soldier was getting out of the van. So its painfully obvious

[@k.2167]

wait it's blu not blue?

[@ratmaneaterofcheese2446]

11:58 "the eye of cthulhu has awoken"

[@M4teusSemH]

"SHIT. TO THE ARENA!"

[@cheezzzzzzz]

“OH FUCK! TO EARLY”

[@ManvinderSinghWalia]

This is freaking amazing. I need a video on the entire complicated lore of all of TF2. Make this a series please

[@alancaballero3287]

10:30 I wonder who got screwed over by medic here? Probably soldier

[@_EvilTodd_]

One thing i love is that the reason demoman has such good aim is that the sheer amount of alcohol intake of demoman gives him double vision so bad it cancels out his lack of depth perception

[@FiringLazor]

Demoman's ability to collect souls is propably the coolest thing

[@DainKeith]

What about medic

[@emilianozamora399]

Demomans stomach turning into a fermentation barrel for his bone marrow is one of the funniest things I've ever read

[@lubiezolwie]

Soldier is canonnically lead poisonef, and the reason he can rocket jump is that he doesn't believe it will hurt him