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''[http://www.teamfortress.com/movies.php Now's your chance to Meet the Team.]'' }}
* [[A Lighter Shade of Black]]: Make no mistake, these guys are the definition of [[Comedic Sociopathy]], yet they're saints compared to the likes of [[Big Bad|Gray Mann]] {{spoiler|and ''especially'' their Classic counterparts.}}
* [[Affably Evil]]/[[Faux Affably Evil]]: [[Protagonist-Centered Morality|Entirely dependent on whether or not you're on the winning side.]]
* [[Army of Thieves and Whores]]
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** [[Badass Transplant]]: Their hearts, otherwise they wouldn't survive an ÜberCharge.
* [[Bald of Awesome]]: The Soldier, Heavy, and Engineer wear their hair ''extremely'' short—so does the Spy, presuming from the tight fit of his balaclava.
* [[Band of Brothers]]: Sure, they're [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|comedic sociopaths]]
* [[Battle Cry]]: Each class has a few, and everyone yells at the beginning of a round.
* [[Because I'm Good At It]]: Most mercenaries who feature in the interview-style "Meet the" videos offer this justification for why they do what they do. Even the "Meet The Spy" video, the first to break the interview format, can be considered an inverted version of this trope.
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* [[Hired Guns]]
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: They'll trash-talk any class on the enemy team in their domination lines, but they'll genuinely thank any class on their team with the 'Thanks!' command (or automatic responses, like getting healed by a Medic or teleported by an Engineer).
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Jerks with Hearts of Gold]]: With the exception of the Engineer (who is the [[Nice Guy|nicest]] guy of the team) and the Pyro (who is more [[Psychopathic Manchild|psychotic]] than jerkish); every one of them qualify for this trope to varying degrees, being sadistic a-holes who have people/pets they care about, and can be nice when the
* [[Laughably Evil]]
* [[Large Ham]]/[[World of Ham]]: Just about everyone in the game, but especially Gary Schwartz, the voice of the Heavy and the Demoman.
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* [[Psycho for Hire|Psychos for Hire]]
* [[Put the Laughter In Slaughter]]
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: A drawling [[More Dakka]] [[Mr. Fixit|engineer]]. A [[Husky Russkie|big, somewhat dimwitted Russian]]. A [[Shell Shocked Senior|psychotic, delusional]] soldier. A [[No Indoor Voice|mouthy, trash-talking]] [[Fragile Speedster|speedster]]. A [[Dr. Jerk|jerkass]] [[Herr Doctor|German]] [[Combat Medic|doctor]]. A [[Everything Sounds Sexier in French|smooth-talking]] French spy. A [[Land Down Under|laid back Australian]] professional killer. A [[Violent Glaswegian|drunk, one-eyed, black, manic-depressive Scottish nutcase]]. A [[Kill It with Fire|pyromaniac]] of
* [[Required Secondary Powers]]: According to "Meet the Medic", every class had to have special heart implants in order to use the [[Phlebotinum Overload|ÜberCharge]]. In the case of the Heavy, his heart had to be replaced with a much larger one after his first heart exploded from the power of the ÜberCharge implant.
* [[Rule of Three]]: When set on fire, every class except the Pyro coincidentally has a "Fire, fire, fire!" response.
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** Had all his blood punched out, or so he says, in "Meet the Sandvich". An unused line from the video reveals that he would've been hit with his own legbone as well.
* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]: He's the youngest of the team, and is a [[Bratty Half-Pint]] taken to the max. Which makes sense, as he's the youngest of eight brothers.
* [[Attention Whore]]: Several of his lines are some variant of "LOOK AT ME!".
* [[Badass Boast]]:
{{quote|"Grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brudda... I hurt people. I'm a force of nature. If you were from where I'm from, you would be fucking dead."}}
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{{quote|"I am OWNING you, you fat bald fatty fat...fat-fat!"
"You'll never hit me! You'll never hit my tiny head! It's so tiny, I've got a fricken'... such a tiny little head!" }}
* [[Casanova Wannabe]]:
* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: The Scout trained himself to [[Super Speed|run everywhere]], originally so he could reach fights in time to have some fun before his seven older brothers got there.
* [[Difficult but Awesome]]: Unskilled Scouts die quickly, but skilled ones rack up the bodies and capture points. His playstyle requires quick reflexes, constant movement, and in-depth knowledge of the map, as well as good aim since he has to keep moving while shooting to stay alive. He is hard to control for many veteran FPS players, due to his ludicrous speed.
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** He also doesn't take kindly when he learns the enemy Spy sleeps with his mom.
* [[Extra! Extra! Read All About It!]]: "Extra! Extra! You're frickin' dead!"
* [[Fourth Wall Observer]]: One has to wonder where he picked up the word "
** He also recognizes [https://web.archive.org/web/20120529000131/http://tf2wiki.net/w/images/c/c3/Scout_award07.wav he's a class], and all the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131025114526/http://www.tf2wiki.net/w/images/3/39/Scout_dominationsct02.wav "battlegrounds" are maps].
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: The most mobile class, but he only has 125 health (110 when using the Sandman).
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: His [[Attention Whore]] [[Bratty Half-Pint]] personality can be easily explained by being the youngest of nine brothers and lacking a father figure for most of his life.
* [[Glass Cannon]]: His Scattergun can do upwards of 100 damage per shot, meaning with it, he can kill most classes in a couple of shots (though he has to get almost point-blank to the target to deal the most damage per shot).
* [[Genre Savvy]]: In the 2011 [[You Mean "Xmas"|Smissmas]] comic, Scout recognized that Old Nick trying to kidnap Jack was going to end badly for Nick. Downplayed, since he also thought Jack was a disguised Spy.
* [[Handsome Lech]]: As seen [http://www.teamfortress.com/meetthedirector/?p=5 here].
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* [[Must Have Caffeine]]: In an early trailer, his motto simply reads "Too. Much. Caffeine." Plus, two of his unlockable weapons are energy drinks.
* [[Oh Crap]]: [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/4/4f/Scout_invinciblenotready03.wav Variations] [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/2/26/Scout_invinciblenotready05.wav of] [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/3/3b/Scout_invinciblenotready06.wav this] when Crit-A-Cola wears off and if he's being hit while trying to chug Bonk! Atomic Punch when his health is in the red.
* [[Older Than He Looks]]: He's in his twenties, but gets frequently confused for a teenager. [[Bratty Half-Pint|His personality]] does not help his case.
* [[Pastimes Prove Personality]]
* [[Pet the Dog]]: In the [http://www.teamfortress.com/bombinomicon/?p=1 2011 Halloween comic], he kneels down to eye level with one of the kids and gives him a tooth that he beat out of someone with his bat.
{{quote|'''Hey''' there, slugger. C'mere. You are gonna '''love''' this. You see this bat? Bam! '''That'''... is a human molar. From some dummy with a big mouth that used to be fulla teeth. It's all yours, little talkin' France.}}
** He is also quick to defend the kids at the mall when Old Nick arrives to kidnap them.
** Despite his [[Small Name, Big Ego]], he does consider all his team his "Best Friends".
* [[Psychotic Smirk]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130823151707/http://tf2wiki.net/wiki/File:Tomorrow.png Dude, chill...]
* [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!]]: [[There Will Be Blood|"I! EAT! YOUR! SANDVICHES! I EAT 'EM UP!]]
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* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: That Bonk! Atomic Punch makes him quite hyperactive.
* [[Unsound Effect]]: Gets a few in the Mac Update comic. PAINFUL FLEX.
* [[You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!]]: One of his actual lines in the game.
* [[You Have Researched Breathing]]: The "Baseball Bill's Sports Shine" is basically Scout without his hat.
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* [[Bond One-Liner]]: Many of his killing spree voice notes qualify. "Time to inform YOUR NEXT OF KIN!"
* [[Book Dumb]]: In spades.
* [[Captain Obvious]]: See
{{quote|'''Administrator:''' ''Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert! RED Spy is in the base!''
'''Soldier:''' A RED SPY IS IN THE BASE?!
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** He also seems to understand the relationship between England, Scotland and the UK and uses it to taunt the Demoman. "Scotland is not a real country. You are an Englishman in a dress!"
* [[Eagle Land]]: The Soldier marinates himself with Flavor #2.
* [[Familiar]]: Not really, but Merasmus posted a newspaper ad, calling Soldier one and stating that the latter is perfect for [[Skilled but Naive|new wizards and witches]]. [http://www.teamfortress.com/wizardcon/ $3 or for free or best offer].
* [[Friend to All Children]]: He's tough, but he took three kids trick-or-treating on Halloween, and didn't hesitate to defend the children of Teufort from Old Nick.
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** For people really good at [[Rocket Jump]]ing, he's more of a [[Lightning Bruiser]].
* [[Misery Builds Character]]: As the Soldier says, "Pain is weakness leaving the body!"
* [[Moral Myopia]]: To the Soldier, it's only a war crime if the enemy team does it.
* [[No Indoor Voice]]
* [[Official Couple]]: In the comics, he ends up dating Heavy's younger sister Zhanna, much to Heavy's chagrin.
* [[One-Liner, Name. One-Liner.]]: When the Tin Soldier set is equipped, upon getting a Revenge Kill, the Soldier may say:
{{quote|"Beep boop son, beep boop."}}
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{{quote|"''Stand! On! The! Point! '''Numbnuts!'''''"
"''I! Am! On! FIRE!!!''"<ref>After being ignited by the Pyro</ref> }}
* [[Reindeer Aren't Real]]: The Soldier will declare that Scotland is not a real country, and thus the Scottish Demoman is actually "an Englishman in a dress".
* [[Saying Sound Effects Out Loud]]: Sometimes, especially when he's on a kill streak. Also, if he has the Tin Soldier costume set on, he goes "Beep beep boop" and occasionally "Robot noises!" while firing a weapon.
* [[The Scourge of God]]: "If God had wanted you to live, he would not have created ''me''!"
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* [[An Axe to Grind]]/[[Ax Crazy]]: Depending on whether the person you ask subscribes to the [[Psychopathic Manchild]] interpretation above.
* [[Barrier Warrior]]: The Pyro's compression blast generates a small reflective shield in front of the nozzle.
* [[Berserk Button]]: No matter how cutesy they perceive someone as, do '''NOT''' tell [[Pyromaniac|them]] fire could be a bad thing.
** As "The Naked and the Dead" shows, they also don't like someone [[Would Hurt a Child|hurting children]]. {{spoiler|Classic Soldier and Classic Scout learned this the '''hard''' way.}}
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: [[Up to Eleven]].
* [[Cute Mute]]: In the Australian Christmas comic, at least.
* [[Cute and Psycho]]
* [[Difficult but Awesome]]: While the straightforward W+ M1 Pyro is looked upon with contempt by other players, Pyro users who manage to master the compression blast find themselves with an axe-crazy pyromancer who can reflect projectiles back at opponents (including arrows fired from Snipers and Medics), use opponent's rockets to [[Rocket Jump]] themselves up, disarm sticky bombs, neutralize [[Phlebotinum Overload|ÜberCharged]] Medics and separate them from their teammates, as well as putting out fires on teammates. Just see [https://web.archive.org/web/20101027153058/http://www.ubercharged.net/2009/04/25/wm2-hot-air/ this].
** Most players overlook the "ambush" aspect of playing a Pyro. A single Pyro, even an inexperienced one, unexpectedly flanking his foes and setting them all ablaze is an effective, if sometimes suicidal tactic. And if coupled with the Axtinguisher, the Pyro becomes a close range assassin, setting unaware foes on fire, and then swiftly whipping out the Axtinguisher to finish them in a single blow. The flame and axtinguish combo is commonly referred to as the "Puff 'n Sting".
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* [[Master of None]]: With the right unlocks, they can fulfill most roles on a team, but those roles are better performed by more specialized classes (able to pick targets like a Spy with the Axtinguisher, ambush like a Heavy, return explosives from Soldiers/Demomen, etc.). Their potential resides in his versatility and the [[Confusion Fu|difficulty for an opponent to figure out a Pyro's loadout and tactics]] before it's too late.
* [[Mysterious Past]]
* [[Nice Guy]]: Once you get past their [[Ax Crazy|evident insanity]], they're actually this. They really want to [[The Pollyanna|spread happiness across the world]],
* [[Not So Different]]: The Backburner Pyro has to sneak around and punishes enemies from behind. Kind of like a Spy...
* [[Obliviously Evil]]
* [[OC Stand-In]]: Due to their lack of screentime and no canonical backstory, face or set gender.
* [[Ornamental Weapon]]: Those napalm grenades are apparently just a style statement.
* [[Papa Wolf]]/[[Mama Bear]]: Regardless of [[Ambiguous Gender]], one thing's made clear: don't even '''think''' about hurting children in their presence. {{spoiler|The Classic Team's Soldier and Scout learned this the hard way.}}
* [[Playing with Fire]]: While their weapon is the flamethrower, the Hadoken has some... interesting implications.
* [[Proud to Be a Geek]]: The Pyro's hats would suggest this, coupled with the game's time period (the 60s) being a hotbed of sci-fi B-movies and [[Silver Age]] comics.
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: The utterly insane maniac known as Pyro turns out to be a geeky, childish person fond of cute things. Miss Pauling herself treats them like an overgrown, weird kid when not having their psychotic outbursts.
* [[Pyromaniac]]: Of course!
** In the Medic's "Meet The" video, Pyro is shown playing with a lighter while they wait outside the infirmary. The Pyro is also the disguise least often picked by Spies - because "if you're playing Pyro, you're either setting the other team on fire, checking for Spies by setting your team on fire, setting mines on fire, or you're a Spy."
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* [[Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Forms a very firm one with Spy and Engineer. A Pyro is the best counter for a Spy, who is the bane of the Engineer, who can easily dispatch the range-challenged Pyro.
** This means when a Pyro has the patience to stay with an Engineer, the security of the Engineer becomes a ''lot'' better. It helps too that the Pyro can neutralize incoming explosives, meaning only enemy Snipers and Heavies pose a threat, under ideal circumstances.
* [[The Spook]]: Nobody knows who this person is, where they came from, or even
* [[Token Good Teammate]]: A twisted example. They seem to be the only person in the team who is genuinely motivated to do good. Pity they're too insane to realize they're doing the opposite.
* [[Trickster Archetype]]: [[Wild Mass Guessing]] has the Pyro pegged down as this due to the beanie (an old symbol of the tricky little kid), meaning that possibly all hints of the Pyro's femininity are merely his attempts at screwing with the rest of the team.
* [[The Unintelligible]]: Perhaps a comm line in the mask would help...
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* [[Mad Bomber]]
* [[Major Injury Underreaction]]: "Oh, that smarts."
* [[Man in a Kilt]]: Not in-game, but the Demoman wears one in his family portrait, and an opposing Soldier may mock him for being "[[
* [[Nice Guy]]: One you quit his [[In Vino Veritas|alcoholism]], he's quite friendly and reasonable with others.
* [[Nice Hat]]: His trademark beanie.
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* [[Trap Master]]
* [[Twofer Token Minority]]: ''"I'm a [[Scary Black Man|black]] [[Violent Glaswegian|Scottish]] [[Eyepatch of Power|cyclops]]! They got more [[Cluster Bleep Bomb|&#%$*@!@&#&!#*$]] than they got the likes of me."''
* [[Violent Glaswegian]]: At least when drunk.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]/[[Why Couldn't You Be Different?]]: Despite his seven figure salary, Demoman's mother disapproves that he only works three jobs (his dad had ''twenty-six'' jobs) and hasn't yet lost more than one eye, since every other member of his clan has lost both of their eyes long before him.
* [[Your Mom|Your Wife]]: "Dominated! An' I've been shagging your wife!"
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* [[Awesome Yet Practical]]: As of the time of writing, Heavies are considered one of the most dangerous and effective classes when played well, and can rack up high body counts with ease. They're also [[Trigger Happy|very]], [[Boisterous Bruiser|very]], ''[[Large Ham|fun]]'' to play!
** This has led to people who believe that players who use the Heavy a lot lack the skill needed to play other classes and thus have a low opinion of players who frequently use him.
* [[Bald of Awesome]]/[[Bald of Evil]]: Depends whether he's on your team or the enemy's.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't mess with his weapons, his sandvich, his family and Medic. It won't end well for you.
* [[BFG]]
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: The main reason why he refused to rejoin the team at first in the comics is because he felt he had to protect his three younger sisters, only accepting the offer when they proved they could take care of themselves just fine. He also extends said protectiveness towards his [[Heterosexual Life Partners|best friend]] Medic.
* [[Big Eater]]: "SANDVICH MAKE ME ''STRONG''!"
** He even earns an achievement for scarfing down 100 Sandviches, and before it was nerfed he could eat them one after another without stopping if he felt like it.
* [[Big Fancy House]]: Big Fancy Cabin, really. We only see how big it is through one photo in "Meet the Director", but it's pretty impressive.
* [[The Big Guy]] / [[The Brute]]: Depends on whether or not he's on your side.
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* [[Blunt Metaphors Trauma]]: "Ho, hohoho, oh that slaps me on the knee!"
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: '''"Is good time to run, cowards!"'''
* [[Buffy-Speak]]: Mostly because he's more eloquent in his native tongue.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Blu Heavy ends up at the wrong end of the axe in "Meet the Pyro."
* [[Cargo Ship]]: [[In-Universe]], according to the Director update comic, as it shows the Heavy as having ''bought a bed'' for his mini-gun, and he sleeps next to it. In game, a dominating enemy Scout will taunt the Heavy about taking Sasha out for a nice steak dinner.
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* [[Continuity Nod]]: Making the Hound Dog hat official might be a reference to the "hair Heavy", a Heavy with wavy black hair, seen in the Heavy's "Soviet Union" achievement portrait, which itself is a reference to the original concept art of Heavy, which had said hairstyle.
** The Heavy Doorag helps give him a slight resemblance to the original Heavy from ''Team Fortress Classic''. There's an unofficial reskin for it that also gives him the ''TFC'' Heavy's goggles.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]:
{{quote|'''Director''': Your father was a counter-revolutionary. When he was killed, you, your mother, and your sisters were transported to a North Siberian gulag. Paint me the picture.
'''Heavy''': No. This is my gun. I like to shoot this gun. Is all you need to know. }}
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* [[More Dakka]]
* [[Mother Russia Makes You Strong]]
* [[My Sister Is Off-Limits]]: He ''really'' isn't happy when he learns his younger sister Zhanna has become a couple with [[Ax Crazy|Soldier]], though he reluctantly accepts it for his sister's sake.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: [http://www.teamfortress.com/bombinomicon/?p=3 This comic] for Halloween sees the Heavy giving a child trick-or-treating on his doorstep ''seven thousand dollars'', after he mocked the idea of spending his money on candy for someone like the child and insulted the kid until the kid started crying. He realized he called the child fat when he doesn't like how other people call him that.
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: Despite appearing fairly erudite in "Meet the Heavy" some of his in-game lines suggest things, especially whenever he starts talking to the Sandvich.
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* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Under no circumstances should you allow that Heavy to eat that Sandvich.
** However, it is also very unwise to try to keep him from it.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: In the comics. Three words: {{spoiler|"YOU... KILLED... DOCTOR!!!"}}
* [[Vodka Drunkenski]]: Averted, as ''[[Poker Night At the Inventory]]'' reveals that he is very sensitive to both alcohol and carbonation and that his favorite drink is Peach Bellini.
* [[Wicked Cultured]]: Despite being a brawny, bear-like brute, the Heavy has a PhD in classic Russian literature and enjoys Peach Bellini over vodka, [[All There in the Manual|according to]] ''[[Poker Night At the Inventory]]''.
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* [[Bald of Awesome]]/[[Bald of Evil]]: When hatless.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't touch his machines. ''Ever''.
** As shown in the comics, disrespecting his family.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Has this to say when Blutarch Mann ''electrocutes him'':
{{quote|[[Dissonant Serenity|"I appreciate that you're my employer,]] [[Affably Evil|and an old man besides...]] [[Precision F-Strike|but if you don't take your goddamn hands off me]] [[Tranquil Fury|I will break you in HALF."]] }}
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* [[Continuity Nod]]: A photo from his update reveals that his father was the Engineer from ''[[Team Fortress Classic]]''. One of his domination lines towards the Spy is a reference to this.
{{quote|"''That's what my daddy taught me to do to backstabbers.''"}}
* [[Dissonant Serenity
** In battle, Engineers can be pretty calm and relaxed just a few feet away from where the rest of their team is getting murdered. But then a spy comes in...
** Also, in [http://www.teamfortress.com/truemeaning/ True Meaning], he stays calm during and in the aftermath of a rocket crash into his living room that barely missed him and the Pyro.
* [[Eagle Land]]: Pretty much Flavor #1, almost an opposite of the Soldier. Nicest of the bunch, but as of the Engineer Update, he has received somewhat [[Jerkass|mean-spirited]] class specific domination lines like the other classes did in theirs.
* [[The Engineer]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Obviously.]]
* [[Evil Laugh]]: He can pull off great ones.
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Sentries, dispensers, and teleporters, oh my!
* [[Glass Cannon]]: The Widowmaker has no need to stop to reload, as it uses Engineer's metal supply. However, it also restocks this ammo upon hitting someone, possibly fully refunding the metal cost. With the effect caused by Kritzkrieg, a surprise Engineer holding the Widowmaker theoretically becomes a ''wall of endless gunfire'' for about ten seconds.
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* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Pyro, [[Ambiguous Gender|for a given value of]] [[Ho Yay|"Heterosexual"]]...
* [[Lamarck Was Right]]: His grandfather Radigan worked for RED and BLU and was also a skilled engineer.
** [[It Runs in The Family]]: And his father
* [[Machine Empathy]]: Engineer is always aware of his deployables' state even without looking at his PDA. And he really, ''really'' cares about them.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: If the goggles and the laugh doesn't give him away, the fact that he ''chopped a hand off [[For Science!]]'' surely does... and he ''still'' manages to be the sanest character on the team.
* [[More Dakka]]: "Use ''more'' gun."
** His Pistol replacement, The Wrangler, doubles the firing rate of the Sentry Gun. [[Bullet Hell|This includes the time it takes for the rockets to reload on a Level Three]].
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* [[Badass Labcoat]] He's the page's image.
* [[Big Guy, Little Guy]]: When he's with the Heavy (which he ''should'' be if the player is smart) he's the Little Guy.
* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: The only conceivable reason why he {{spoiler|joined the Classic Team}}.
* [[Blush Sticker]]: Not him, but the Pocket Medic doll in his likeness.
* [[Boring but Practical]]: The vast majority of players flatly refuse to play the Medic, but the Medic is so fundamental to team strategy (and the [[Phlebotinum Overload|ÜberCharge]] is [[Awesome Yet Practical|so powerful]]) that if one team has 2 Medics and the other has none then, barring grotesque differences in individual player skill, the team without medics [[Curb Stomp Battle|might as well not have bothered showing up]].
* [[Bow and Sword in Accord]]: With the Australian Christmas update, the Medic can now equip the Crusader's Crossbow and the intimidatingly large Amputator.
* [[But Not Too Evil]]: The Medic was around during WWII, is German, has a dark past, and like the rest of the team, is a sociopath, who considers his healing an unintended side effect of his real work. [[Those Wacky Nazis|But at least he's not a Nazi]].
* [[Butt Monkey]]: In "Meet the Pyro", the Blu Medic was locked in a shack by Red Pyro and burned alive.
** Much more seriously in the comics, thanks to {{spoiler|Classic Heavy}}.
* [[Combat Medic]]: His syringe gun and bonesaw never see use as medical tools, and his Medigun is best suited for breakthrough support.
** There also exists such thing as a "battle medic", a player who would rather fight and often refuses to heal. Woe befall any player that actually tries this with him though. Battle Medics are so despised they tend to get votekicked off even if everyone else on the team are dead.
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* [[Difficult but Awesome]]: The Ubersaw allows two Medics to infinitely chain Übers one after the other while dishing out large amounts of damage. However, this requires both of them to have excellent communication (to save Übers when there's no enemy and to instantly switch Übers once one runs out), something many people tend to forgo in this game.
* [[Disturbed Doves]]: In his "Meet the Team" video. The Medic keeps several doves as his pets, one of which is named Archimedes.
* [[The Dog Bites Back]]: {{spoiler|After being mistreated by Classic Heavy one time too many, the latter learns the hard way he shouldn't have messed with him.}}
* [[Dressed to Heal]]: Medic wears a white labcoat and gloves. A patch eventually added a [[Randomly Drops]] mirror for his head and a surgical mask for his face.
** In Beta, he had a stethoscope slung around his neck for [[Goggles Do Nothing|absolutely no reason]]. While he no longer carries it with him it can still be seen in his cubby in the respawn room, and another [[Randomly Drops]] item allows him to put it back around his neck.
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* [[Mad Scientist]]: Jacked [[Up to Eleven]] and ''beyond'' in the "Meet the Medic", which is basically how the Medic invented the ÜberCharge system using the Heavy as his personal guinea pig by replacing the Heavy's heart (which could not stand the ÜberCharge system. As in, the damn thing ''exploded'') with that of a mega baboon.
* [[The Medic]]
* [[Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal]]: Averted with his defection to the Classic Team, as he is [[Only In It For The Money]] and has no ill will towards his former teammates ({{spoiler|He even resurrects Sniper despite still being on the enemy team}}). {{spoiler|Played '''very''' straight with him backstabbing Classic Heavy after being mistreated one time too many.}}
* [[Morality Pet]]: His pet doves, including one called Archimedes. Though Archimedes has a strange habit of hiding inside the people on the operating table.
{{quote|'''Scout, after the operation:''' Oh man, you would not ''believe''...! ''([[Beat]])'' how much this hurts.
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* [[Overclocking Attack]]: "Meet the Medic" revealed that ÜberCharge is this. Without a heart modification, it would even kill the Heavy.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Despite being a clear [[Mad Scientist]], "Meet the Medic" surprisingly shows him having a bunch of doves he takes care of. One is named [[Named After Somebody Famous|Archimedes]].
* [[Rage Breaking Point]]: A [[Tranquil Fury|composed, but no less threatening]] version in the comics. {{spoiler|Classic Heavy shouldn't have hurt Archimedes...}}
* [[Regenerating Health]]: See Healing Factor.
* [[Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves]]: He gets put through hell after defecting to the Classic Team, though it's a rare case in that it brings him more sympathy rather than less.
* [[Slasher Smile]]: Based on the "Meet the Medic" video, the Medic would be a ''perfect candidate'' for a B-list horror movie villain.
* [[Stat-O-Vision]]: When you have the [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Solemn_Vow Solemn Vow] equipped, you can see the names and health of your enemies.
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{{quote|"Ha ha haaa! Oktoberfest!"}}
* [[Team Pet]]: Archimedes and the other doves. He even tells them his secrets!
* [[The Un-Smile]]: As revealed in the comics. {{spoiler|His [[Slasher Smile]] shown when Sniper got killed was actually him being happy to see his friend. As he said it himself, his smile comes across as "smug and evil".}}
* [[Those Wacky Nazis]]: Averted. [[Word of God|Robin Walker]] stated that it would have been too easy and boring to make him a Nazi. Although it may be because a Nazi character wouldn't be allowed in Germany.
* [[Turn Your Head and Cough]]: This is one of the lines that may be spoken when holding a melee weapon, aiming at an enemy player, and choosing the "battle cry" speech.
* [[Waistcoat of Style]]: What he wears underneath the labcoat, as seen in "Meet the Medic".
* [[Wild Card]]: In the comics, though unlike other examples it's shown as strictly business and has no ill-will towards his teammates. {{spoiler|He comes back to the team anyway.}}
* [[Worst Aid]]: It's not clear just how much Medic knows about real medicine. If he invented the uber-heart, he is a genius. Still, you wouldn't want to be on his operating table...
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=== The Sniper (Real name: Mr. Mick Mundy/{{spoiler|Mun-dee}}) ===
{{quote|''"[[Even Evil Has Standards|Professionals have standards]]. [[Affably Evil|Be polite]]. [[One-Hit Kill|Be efficient]]. [[Crazy Prepared|Have a plan to kill everyone you meet]]."''<br />
Voiced by: John Patrick Lowrie }}
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An [[Land Down Under|Australian man with a bush hat and khakis]], and shooter glasses. Appears to be [[Parental Abandonment|estranged from his parents to the point his father calls his occupation "crazed gunman"]]. Fancies himself to be something of a [[Cold Sniper]] ("You know who has feelings? Blokes what bludgeon their wife to death wif a golf trophy. Professionals have ''standards''."), but in actuality emotes just as much as any other class (except maybe [[The Faceless]] Pyro). He had to [http://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/ share his update with the Spy], which led to an [[Escalating War]] between the [[Foe Yay|two characters]]. (As if Snipers didn't hate Spies enough...) Uses a sniper rifle, an SMG, and a kukri. [http://www.tf2.com/classes.php?class=sniper Meet the Sniper!]
* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Arrows on Fire]]: Arrows from the Huntsman can be lit with [[Benevolent Architecture|braziers]], the Soldier's Cow Mangler 5000, the Engineer's Pomson 6000, or any of the Pyro's flamethrowers.
* [[Awesome Aussie]]: Oh, yes. {{spoiler|He's actually from New Zealand, though.}}
* [[Back from the Dead]]: {{spoiler|In the comics.}}
* [[Being Personal Isn't Professional]]: His spiel, as shown in his "Meet the Team" video.
* [[Boom! Headshot!]]: Lampshaded in "Meet the Sniper" as he flicks a Civilian bobblehead.
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"Where'd I get you that time? The liver? The kidney? I'm losing track." }}
* [[Butt Monkey]]: The BLU Snipers in "Meet the Engineer". They get killed on-screen more than any other class (in rather humiliating ways as well) and the ending reveals that the Engineer's [[Stealth Pun|campfire]] is in fact a BLU Sniper's burning corpse. A BLU Sniper is also one of the RED Spy's victims in "Meet the Spy" and in an early concept of "Meet the Medic", a BLU Sniper dies dramatically in the arms of a BLU Soldier, seconds before the two get run over by a train. In "Meet the Pyro," an explosion cause the Blu Sniper to fall out a shack, he crawls, cries for "Help", and finds out too late that the ankle he grabs was the Red Pyro, who blasts him with the flamethrower.
** Played more seriously in the comics, as he gets subjected to a [[Trauma Conga Line]] {{spoiler|that leads to his death (Don't worry, he comes back).}}
* [[Cold Sniper]]/[[Friendly Sniper]]: [[Zig Zagged Trope|Zigzagged]]; Sniper is cold, cruel, and occasionally outright gleeful at killing his enemies; but he's also friendly towards his teammates and is very down-to-earth compared to the rest of the classes.
* [[Consummate Professional]]: As close as you're gonna get in this game series anyway. It's hard for any character to be overly serious in this series, but the Sniper sure tries his darnedest.
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* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: He keeps in contact with his mother via phone calls and postcards.
** In the "Meet the Director" comic, he's ''very'' pissed off when an anonymous source (actually the Administrator) sends him photos of his parents as a threat.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: He might be a crazy gunman, but when he says professionals have standards, he means it. His kills are as quick as possible, only insulting the opponent when they're dead, {{spoiler|and shows nothing but pure disgust at Classic Sniper's sadistically shooting [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis|Spy]] and letting him bleed slowly and painfully.}}
* [[Every Bullet Is a Tracer]]: When you're using the [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Machina Machina.]
* [[Fingerless Gloves|Fingerless]] [[Fashionable Asymmetry|Glove]]
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* [[Lean and Mean]]: Especially in his domination lines to the Heavy.
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Not So Above It All]]: He claims to be polite, professional and have no emotional ties to his work. However, his lines toward enemies are very rage-filled and impolite. Not to mention the whole [[Urine Trouble|Jarate]] thing...
* [[Professional Killer]]: Part of
* [[Scars Are Forever]]: The Sniper (of both teams, no less) has had a scar across his nose, cheek, and ear ever since "Meet the Spy", where the RED Spy cut the BLU Sniper's face with his knife before [[Death Is Not Permanent|stabbing him in the back with it]].
* [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You]]: In the "Meet the Sniper" video.
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{{quote|"Not so smart with your brain ''outside'' your head, are ya?"}}
* [['Tis Only a Bullet in the Brain]]: When equipped with a full Croc-o-Style kit, he cannot be killed by headshots, automatically setting his health to 1. It doesn't matter whether the bullet was charged or how much health he had before.
* [[Thicker Than Water]]: Understandably [[Averted Trope|averted]]. {{spoiler|As his brief stance on [[Heaven]] shows, he considers his [[Good Parents|foster parents]] his true family over his [[Abusive Parents|biological ones]].}}
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: While he normally just delivers loud, cheery taunts on the battlefield, his voice completely changes to low, venomous one-liners when he's in for the kill. This also carries onto the comics, {{spoiler|as [[The Medic]] can attest to personally}}.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: His parents do not care for his career choice. He spends quite a bit of the video speaking on the phone to his unseen father, who seems to think that the Sniper's some kind of crazed gunman. {{spoiler|They do seem to accept him by the time they meet in Heaven in the comics.}}
* [[Verb This]]: Several of his responses after killing a Spy goes along these lines.
{{quote|"Sneak around that, ya phony scoundrel!"}}
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: In the comics. {{spoiler|He is ''furious'' with [[Wild Card|Medic]] for his [[The Un-Smile|seemingly gleeful]] betrayal, attempting to kill him upon being resurrected by him. It's only when Medic clears things up he calms down.}}
* [[You Have Researched Breathing]]: The "Ritzy Rick's Hair Fixative" is basically Sniper without his hat.
* [[You're Not My Father]]: Implied. {{spoiler|After his [[Abusive Parents|biological parents]] leave him for dead yet again, he goes to Heaven to meet his foster parents, clearly considering them to be his true family.}}
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** That said, the Spy is the only class which can counter any other class with impunity, but unless you're actually good at quickswitching weapons and have the reflexes to use them, you'll be lucky to average 1 kill per lifetime, whereas other classes can easily average an upwards of 5 kills per life.
** The Cloak and Dagger takes this [[Up to Eleven]]. Suddenly you have someone who can appear from almost anywhere, nearly silently, and insta-kill any class in the game. Hard to pull off but worth it when it works.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: {{spoiler|A literal one to Scout.}}
* [[Dissonant Serenity]]: Part of his schtick of being a high class gentleman.
* [[Double Reverse Quadruple Agent]]: [[Trope Namer]].
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* [[French Jerk]]: Quite condescending towards his enemies.
* [[Friend to All Children]]: Maybe not ''all'' children, but the BLU Spy seems pretty happy to be giving a kid a piggyback ride in [http://www.teamfortress.com/asmissmasstory/?p=14 this] newspaper image.
* [[The Friend Nobody Likes]]: While [[Pyromaniac|Pyro]], [[Bratty Half-Pint|Scout]] and [[Colonel Kilgore|Soldier]] can be either feared (the former) or disliked (the latter two), Spy is outright ''hated'' due to [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|his behavior]], being the one with the most enemies among his team (Sniper, Scout, Engineer and Pyro).
* [[Gratuitous French]]/[[Gratuitous Spanish|Spanish]]/[[Gratuitous Italian|Italian]]
* [[Hand Cannon]]: His [[Revolvers Are Just Better|revolvers]]. One fan roughly computed his Ambassador as having a .668 caliber.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: The RED Spy seems to be sincerely in love with the BLU Scout's mother, as apparent from his warm smile when he finds a photograph of them holding hands in a parking lot.
** In the 2011 Christmas comic, the BLU Spy has a surprisingly tender conversation with a frightened child and even gives him a piggyback ride later on.
* [[Hidden Heart of Gold]]: While all of the mercs are [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Jerks with a Heart of Gold]] to variable degrees, Spy would rather keep his rare kind moments to himself. {{spoiler|Especially evident with his relationship with [[Bratty Half-Pint|Scout]].}}
* [[Invisible Jerkass]]
* [[Jerkass]]: More of one than he lets on. When doing particularly well (especially Dominating someone) he tends to drop his suave demeanor and resort to petty name calling and juvenile taunting. He'll also lose his cool if certain things happen to him: one of his responses to Jarate is an amazingly vicious growl of "[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/d/d2/Spy_JarateHit03.wav I HATE YOU]".
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* [[Ladykiller in Love]]: The RED Spy with the BLU Scout's mother.
* [[Lean and Mean]]: Just listen to how fond he is of calling Heavies "Fatty" or "Morbidly Obese."
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: "Meet the Spy" reveals that the RED Spy is dating the BLU Scout's mother, possibly making him Scout's father. There is currently an achievement for killing Scouts called "Who's Your Daddy?" {{spoiler|This turns out to be true in the canon comics.}}
* [[Major Injury Underreaction]]: "I do believe I'm on fire" and "I appear to have burst into flames." Interestingly, the third reaction is "Fire, ''fire'', ''FIRE''!"
* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: One of his post-domination lines for the Scout is "Here likes the Scout: He ran fast, and died a virgin."
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** During Humiliation, all of the classes but two cringe in surrender. Guess [[You Should Know This Already|who else]] merely acts annoyed with their teammates' stupidity?
** We know all the hometowns of all the classes, except the Spy, who from an indeterminate region of France, and the Pyro, who is from an indeterminate... [[The Spook|region]].
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Mostly in the comics.
* [[Open Secret]]: Everyone in the team seems to have picked up the fact {{spoiler|he's Scout's long-lost father}}.
* [[Paranoia Fuel]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoking]] this trope is most of the point of the class. Your allies? Could be enemy Spies (yes, even the Spies!). The Spy you just killed? Might not be dead. See something in the corner of your eye? A cloaked Spy, waiting for you to pass so he can stab you in the back.
** The Cloak & Dagger has added a new level of paranoia, though - there could now be a spy ANYWHERE, waiting for a large, confusing battle in which to strike, stab and sap. Meanwhile, the Dead Ringer hardly helps matters - you finally killed that spy that was causing your team no end of misery! Except... maybe you didn't...
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Along with the Scout and Soldier, the Spy defends Teufort's children from getting abducted by Old Nick. He teaches one to defend himself and later even happily lets the boy ride on his shoulders.
* [[Professional Killer]]: Part of
* [[Put Down Your Gun and Step Away]]: One of the Spy's taunts is "Just lay your weapons down and walk away."
** Considering his archrival is the Australian Sniper, this may well be a [[Mad Max|Road Warrior]] [[Shout-Out]].
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'''Jack:''' Hm. No.
'''BLU Spy:''' Good. [[You Mean "Xmas"|Merry Smissmas]]. }}
* [[So Proud of You]]: {{spoiler|He says this to Scout, [[Luke, I Am Your Father|his son]], as he's dying (while disguised as [[Tom Jones]])}}.
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: His default attitude is a cold, collected professional. When he's dominating someone, he instantly switches to a snorting, juvenile pun-thrower with all the elegance of a 12-year old (which he makes up for by being [[Rule of Funny|screamingly funny]].)
{{quote|"May I borrow your ear piece?" ''(in falsetto)'' 'This is Scout! Rainbows make me cry! Over!'"
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"What's the matter? ''Fat'' got your tongue?"
"I'm looking at your X-ray, and I'm afraid ''you suck!''" }}
** He also has an unprofessionally goofy grin. {{spoiler|He certainly is [[Bratty Half-Pint|Scout]]'s dad, that's for sure.}}
* [[Spot the Impostor]]: Bad juju awaits if you happen to bump into the person you are disguised as.
** Then again, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8Hs01VJ6v7Y#t=92s not everyone is so quick on the uptake...]
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* [[Stock Ninja Weaponry]]: The [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Connivers_kunai Conniver's Kunai.]
* [[Tele Frag]]: Sappers affect both ends of a Teleporter. Find a teleporter entrance, put on a disguise, drop a sapper on the tele, and stand on it. If an Engineer on the other end comes running to fix the exit, and stands too close when he breaks the sapper, you'll instantly teleport into his face and kill him.
* [[Tsundere]]: A '''huge''' harsh one towards {{spoiler|Scout.}}
* [[Tuxedo and Martini]]: Everyone is dressed appropriately for a warzone, except him.
* [[Un Evil Laugh]]: If he'd quit smoking, maybe he wouldn't [https://web.archive.org/web/20141015024733/http://tf2wiki.net/w/images/c/cd/Spy_laughlong01.wav snort] in the middle of his [[Evil Laughter]].
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* [[Large Ham Announcer]]: But of ''course''.
* [[Art Evolution]]/[[Progressively Prettier]]: Compare her [http://makani.deviantart.com/art/mission-begins-in-five-102983857 original design] with the picture on the far right.
* [[Big Bad]]: Arguably, though considering [[Knight of Cerebus|her competition]]...
* [[The Baroness]]: Rosa Klebb variety.
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: [http://teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4822&p=1 Just read the first paragraph of this blog post].
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* [[Iron Lady]]
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard|Manipulative Bitch]]: Hoo boy, to the point that she is [[The Man Behind the Man|The Woman Behind The Man]][[A Worldwide Punomenon|n]].
* [[Mission Control]] ([[Mission Control Is Off Its Meds|Is Off Its Meds]]): Type 1, for both opposing teams.
* [[Mysterious Employer]]
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* [[Manipulative Bastard|Manipulative Bitch]]: Miss Pauling will lie, turn friend against friend, and put a bullet through her fellow employee's brains, all while maintaining a pleasant demeanor and a (relatively) cool head.
* [[Morality Pet]]: [http://teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4822&p=1 This blog post] suggests she's this to her boss, at least a little.
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: She doesn't seem to notice Scout's crush on her, mostly due to her work.
* [[One Name Only]]
* [[Perky Female Minion]]/[[Silk Hiding Steel]]: Despite breaking friendships and seemingly killing a man, she still comes across as this. [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/File:Tf2winter8.jpg Push her too far, though, and that mask of sweetness will slip.]
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]
* [[Sixth Ranger]]: She's pretty much considered the unofficial tenth member of the Modern Team, especially in the comics.
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[[File:saxtonhale 7638.png|frame|[[Rated "M" for Manly|Machismo Ho!]]]]
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* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Remember When You Blew Up a Sun?|Remember When You Blew Up The Moon?]]: The Apple employees are quick to apply a certain incident in which the moon gets blown up to Saxton Hale after it gets announced on a newscast.
* [[Sixth Ranger]]: Joins the Modern Team {{spoiler|after he loses his company to Gray Mann.}}
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: He and anyone associated with Mann Co were "nowhere near the launch site [of the rocket piloted by [[Everything's Better with Monkeys|Poopy Joe]]], and have '''nothing whatsoever''' to do with the tragic explosion that occurred moments later."
* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]: He doesn't provide the trope picture for nothing.
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* [[Death Is a Slap on The Wrist]]: Blutarch has died a few times, his life extending machine bringing him back to life every time.
{{quote|'''Blutarch's assistant''': Give him a moment, dear. He's just dead.}}
** {{spoiler|Not anymore thanks to Gray Mann.}}
* [[Identical Twin ID Tag]]: Their suits are [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|red and blue]].
* [[Missing Mom]]
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* [[Arms Dealer]]
* [[Asshole Victim]]: His [[Rasputinian Death]] couldn't have happened to a nicer person.
* [[Bedsheet Ghost]]: His undead form on Harvest Event.
* [[Call Forward]]: Tons, not least the 'pit of gravel'.
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[My Death Is Just the Beginning]]: He deliberately left the otherwise worthless land to both his sons, so they'd fight over it. He probably didn't predict just where this would lead...
* [[Parental Favoritism]]: He previously favored Redmond and Blutarch while wanting to smother Gray at birth for being too weak, but after being fed up with his sons' idiotic [[Sibling Rivalry]], his favoritism was switched over to Gray.
* [[Posthumous Character]]
* [[Rasputinian Death]]: In his trip to the Americas he apparently contracted over two dozen horrible diseases.
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** Thanks to an update, defeating him causes him to become stronger when he next spawns.
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=== Gray Mann ===
* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: {{spoiler|As deserved as his death was, the fact it was so sudden and him trying to warn the Modern Team about the Administrator's plans rather than curse them paints a rather sad picture, helped by how pitiful he looked in his last moments. [[Adult Fear|He also left his young daughter behind, by the way.]]}}
* [[Big Bad Ensemble]]: With the Administrator {{spoiler|until his death.}}
* [[Cain and Abel and Seth]]: The Seth to Redmond and Blutarch.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones]]: His (possibly adopted) young daughter Olivia.
* [[Evil Old Folks]]
* [[Kick the Son of a Bitch]]: {{spoiler|His murder of his brothers.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Save for one laughable moment or two, he's presented as a serious threat from day one, with his entrance sealing the game's [[Cerebus Syndrome]].
* [[Not So Above It All]]: Despite being the responsible brother against Redmond and Blutarch's shenanigans, the fact he made robots that function with money proves he has some of the craziness present in the TF2 verse, though he at least acknowledges it was a stupid idea.
* [[Underestimating Badassery]]: He really thought he could outwit [[The Baroness|The Administrator]], though he realizes this {{spoiler|in his final moments.}}
* [[The Unfavourite]]: At least at birth due to his weak constitution. Later on, though, Zepheniah Mann considered him to be his favorite because he wasn't a fucking moron like his brothers.
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=== Gray's Mercenaries/{{spoiler|The Classic Team}} ('''Unmarked spoilers!''') ===
* [[Adaptational Villainy]]: They certainly weren't heroes in their home game, but the comics prove them to be way, way worse than they appeared.
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Subverted. They seem at first like they're just like the Modern Team in terms of goals, but as "The Naked and The Dead" shows, they prove to be more morally bankrupt and despicable than their modern counterparts.
* [[A Father to His Men]]: Classic Heavy's sole redeeming quality is that he deeply cares about his team. Hell, he killed Gray Mann and tried to kill the TF2's team due to this trope.
* [[Archnemesis Dad]]: It's confirmed TLC's Engineer Fred is Dell Conagher aka TF2's Engineer's father, though their relationship isn't shown enough to truly confirm this.
* [[Artificial Limbs]]: TFC's Engineer has a robotic lower half.
* [[Asshole Victim]]: After everything they've done, their deaths at the hands of the Modern Team are well-deserved.
* [[Badass Crew]]: Mirroring TF2's team dynamics (minus the dysfunctionality), the whole team are this.
* [[Bait the Dog]]: A consistent trait amongst them is that their [[Laughably Evil|laughable]] [[Affably Evil|affability]] inevitably leads to utter depravity.
* [[Big Bad]]: Classic Heavy [[Dragon Ascendant|usurps]] Gray Mann's position as this from "Old Wounds" to "The Naked and the Dead".
* [[Evil Counterpart]]/[[Foil]]: To the Modern Team, obviously enough.
* [[Evil Old Folks]]: All of them, especially Classic Heavy, Classic Pyro and Classic Sniper.
* [[Hate Sink]]: Given the fact they oppose the [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|hilariously sociopathic]] [[Villain Protagonist|protagonist crew]], they're clearly designed to be as utterly detestable and unsympathetic as possible (at least those given focus) as of "The Naked and the Dead".
* [[Immortality Seeker]]: Classic Heavy's true goal. The others are [[Only in It For the Money]].
* [[Karma Houdini Warranty]]: After previous issues having them as unstoppable forces one-upping the modern team and even their own boss with little to no consequence, all of them save [[Only Sane Man|Classic Engineer]] get their comeuppance in "The Naked and The Dead", with [[The Heavy|Classic Heavy]]'s being particularly brutal.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: He wasn't a nice guy beforehand, but Classic Heavy's mistreatment of Modern Medic is completely atrocious, the lowest points being crushing his pet Archimedes and killing him in front of Modern Heavy out of spite. [[Laser-Guided Karma|He pays for it dearly]].
* [[Kick the Son of a Bitch]]: Classic Heavy killing Gray Mann, though it's later [[Deconstructed Trope|flipped]] by Gray having a [[Alas, Poor Villain|pitiful demise]] and Classic Heavy turning out to be more despicable than Gray ever was.
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: By "The Naked and the Dead", all of them are dead except for Classic Engineer and perhaps Classic Medic.
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Even worse than their own employer, who was already this. Fitting, considering the tone of TFC.
* [[Moral Myopia]]: Classic Heavy is pissed off when the Modern Team kill their own members, but is apparently a-ok to kill and torture ''their'' own members, not to mention killing his own employer.
* [[Samus Is a Girl]]: Classic Pyro turns out to be an old woman named Beatrice.
* [[The Starscream]]: Classic Heavy offs Gray Mann in "Old Wounds".
* [[Villain Ball]]: They pull it in "The Naked and the Dead", all the more baffling since they avoided this trope before.
* [[Walking Spoiler]]
* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: Classic Soldier and Scout planned to get "an endless supply of free kids" for something clearly nefarious. Modern Pyro did '''not''' take that well.
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