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''Devil With A Blue Dress'' acts as a [[Prequel]] by Amp to ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', in which a number of the team members are recruited by a mysterious woman in blue. In the process, we get an in-depth look in the featured team members, including the recruitor {{spoiler|1=whom the astute reader will recognize as the BLU Scout's mom}}. A fair warning: the fic has not been updated for about half a year, but about two-thirds of it is complete and each chapter does well as a stand-alone story. Edit: The Spy chapter is now up. And [[TF 2 Chan]] Rejoyced!

Enjoy the fic [http://www.tf2chan.net/fanfic/res/41.html here].

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* [[Abusive Parents]]: {{spoiler|Pyro's father}}.
** Also, from the looks of things, {{spoiler|Soldier's dad, who gave him a hell of a shiner upon finding out he was dating a Japanese girl.}}
* [[Agent Mulder]]: Tavish DeGroot, with the recruitor having to play [[Agent Scully]] in his chapter.
* [[All Myths Are True]]: In this ''TF2'' universe, [[Celtic Mythology|kelpies]] seem to at least be real.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Tavish saves the recruitor {{spoiler|from being drowned by a kelpie.}}
* [[Break the Cutie]]: {{spoiler|The Soldier, or more specifically the young Jane Doe}}, surprisingly enough.
* [[Child Soldiers]]: {{spoiler|Pyro}} was in mental institution ward for ten- to seventeen-year-olds, meaning that {{spoiler|she's even younger than the Scout.}} 
* [[Cool Car]]: The recruitor drives a silver Bel Air.
* [[Crap Saccharine World]]: Australia; every single resident is a rowdy [[Badass Mustache|mustached badass]] living in a rather comfortable and high-tech environment; but outside, there is the dangerous outback with loose government mutants, not to mention achieving citizenship can be summed up as a ''year-long'' [[The Hunger Games|Hunger Game]].
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Everyone to certain extents.
* [[Epigraph]]: Each chapter ends with a quote from a book, movie, or a famous figure fitting to each character backstory. This even includes the extended version of the Sun Tzu quote from the "Meet the Soldier" video.
* [[Devoted to You]]: Why Spy {{spoiler|willingly attends the ball, knowing full well it's a trap set for him to get him to join RED/BLU.}}
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: The Demoman is very considerate of his blind mother, and the Scout seems to be rather fond of his mom; inverted in the case of {{spoiler|the recruitor, who's really just doing everything to ensure the Scout's safety.}}
* [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks]]: The recruitor first meets the future Medic in a gray nurse shark exhibit, setting a rather appropriate tone for their conversation.
* [[The Fair Folk]]: Tavish strongly believes they exist, as one of his first friends claimed to be a faerie.
* [[Flash Back]]: All chapters end with one.
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: One way or another, {{spoiler|1=the recruitor's son will become the BLU Scout.}}
* [[Fridge Horror]]: The recruiter wonders why the Company doesn't just kidnap and mind wipe Tavish if they want him so badly- insinuating they've done that sort of thing before. Feel free to shudder. 
* [[Gentle Giant]]- Heavy. He is a genuinely kind person who is still dealing with feelings of guilt for what he had to do during the war.
* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: The recruitor delivers a masterful one to recruit the Medic.
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: The recruitor, {{spoiler|a given if you've seen the "Meet the Spy" video.}}
* [[I Have Many Names]]: The recruitor always uses a pseudonym whenever in a new location, all of which we can assume to be fake.
* [[Intelligence Equals Isolation]]: Dell Conagher is a brilliant thinker and technician, but has a string of failed relationships due to his passion for his work.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Demoman and Heavy.
* [[Lady in Red]]: Well, blue, but think how ironic it'd be if the case were true!
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Or manipulative and morally ambiguous. {{spoiler|After all, she's doing this for Scout...}}
* [[Manipulative Bastard|Manipulative Bitch]]: A more sympathetic example, but the title should have clued you in.
* [[Mama Bear]]: It doesn't matter  {{spoiler|if she has to endure mad scientists, freezing weather, and a dangerous Australian outback; Scout's mom is ''not'' going to let her son down.}}
* [[Morality Pet]]: Considering Heavy's [[Trigger Happy|usual behavior]], it's easy to see that the recruitor is one for him.
* [[Nazi Germany]]: Medic is {{spoiler|a Holocaust survivor who routinely abuses drugs to deal with the trauma and PTSD he suffers because of it.}}
* [[Samus Is a Girl]]: {{spoiler|Pyro is in truth a ''very'' troubled teenage girl}}.
* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]: The Heavy, as a result of [[wikipedia:Order No. 227|Order 227]].
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: {{spoiler|Jane Doe}} and his high school sweetheart Yurie, a Japanese American in a [[World War Two|rather sour time to be one]].
** Also {{spoiler|Scout's mom (the recruiter) and Spy.}}
* [[You Are Number Six]]: The Sniper is literally #6 in the survival race to qualify for Australian citizenship.

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