The TF2 Mercs' Official Backstories

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Published on May 21, 2022 5:25:18 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQmeH0k_wSc

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Soldier's real name, Scout's real father, Sniper's real nationality and even Pyro's real gender... sort of. TF2's lore and story are surprisingly deep. Let's meet the REAL characters of Team Fortress - their names, hometowns, families, relationships and more!

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Using the official TF2 comics, Valve's official Team Fortress trading cards and the boxes to the mercs' official NECA action figures, there is actually an impressive amount of lore to uncover about the 9 classes, as well as their families and associates.

EVERYTHING in this video is from the above official Valve sources. NOTHING is speculation or guesswork and where multiple official sources contradict each other that is stated in the video.

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🎬 Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
0:29 - TF2's story summary
02:38 - Meet the REAL Pyro
04:29 - Meet the REAL Heavy
05:11 - Meet the REAL Engineer
06:30 - Meet the REAL Sniper
07:25 - Meet the REAL Spy
08:52 - Meet the REAL Scout
09:53 - Meet the REAL Medic
11:14 - Meet the REAL Demoman
14:13 - Meet the REAL Soldier


🎵 Music:
Team Fortress 2 - Dapper Cadaver
Team Fortress 2 - Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2 - The Calm
Team Fortress 2 - A Little Heart to Heart
Team Fortress 2 - Saxton's Dilemma
Team Fortress 2 - Seduce Me!
Team Fortress 2 - Red Bread
Team Fortress 2 - More Gun
Sniper Elite 4 - Main Theme (Alternate version)
Team Fortress 2 - Petite Chou-Fleur
Eastward - Sad
Team Fortress 2 - Faster Than a Speeding Bullet
Team Fortress 2 - Alchemies
Team Fortress 2 - Drunken Pipe Bomb
Team Fortress 2 - Haunted Fortress
Team Fortress 2 - Playing With Danger
Team Fortress 2 - Rocket Jump Waltz
Team Fortress 2 - Misfortune Teller
KD Knows My Name - Can't Relate (Vulcan Boy Lo-fi Remix)

Clarifications & Corrections:
3:10 - Soldier is talking about Amelia Earhart's love for honey, not Pyro's gender. The joke in its entirety is of course a reference to community speculation about Pyro's gender, but Soldier himself *does not* have the suspicion. It is all a set up for the next page where he is asking Pyro to move to reveal the honey. What Soldier "always knew" was Amelia Earhart's love for honey https://www.teamfortress.com/tf03_cold_day_in_hell/#f=22.
3:19 - Correction, we only meet *8* of TFC because there is no Medic. But still, the other 7 are indeed all apparently male.
4:45 - "Heavy has a degree in Russian literature" - Whilst the Poker Night is a very high quality cameo from Heavy, it is not written nor published by Valve so lore "revealed" there doesn't belong in this video.
10:12 - I know the Meet the Medic short suggests otherwise, but the sources of "no formal medical training" are much stronger "canon" than the punchline "that's how I lost my medical licence" in the short. Check the pinned comment for a more detailed explanation.
10:25 - "Actually, the souls are from the TFC mercs". No, they aren't. Medic unambiguously clarifies to Pauling just a few pages later than the souls belong to *our* mercs - https://www.teamfortress.com/tf06_thenakedandthedead/#f=255

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