History Characters / TeamFortress2NonPlayerCharacters

* BadBoss: He hires the RED Team to fight Saxton Hale for him. At the end of the match, he fires them [[HeadsIWinTailsYouLose regardless of whether or not they win]].

** The Vs Saxton Hale voicelines added in the Summer 2023 update paint him as a petty LargeHam not unlike his brothers. He also makes a bad "gray area" quip in one of the round start lines.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: In Vs. Saxton Hale mode, he hires the RED team to defeat Saxton Hale. If they win, [[BadBoss he immediately fires them]] on the condition that he doesn't need them anymore

* BreakingTheFourthWall: As the announcers of the Helltower map, they might remark that "this update makes too much sense".

[[caption-width-right:146:[[PerkyFemaleMinion The Loyal Assistant]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[RatedMForManly Machismo Ho!]]]]

* RatedMForManly: If you’re this far down the folder, you can tell Saxton is viewed as the incarnation of what a man should be.

** '''[[{{Film/Superman}} You will believe a shark can cry!]]'''

* BloodKnight: Whether against a dastardly villain, a monstrous beast, an army of robots, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a bunch of hippies protesting his products]], Hale '''''lives''''' for a fight. It's a passion so strong that it ends up being his downfall in "Ring of Fired". He set up a policy for Mann Co. in which he relinquishes control of it to any rival CEO who beats him in a fistfight. Ordinarily, this policy isn't a danger to his company since Saxton's strength and skill are unparalleled; it just indulges his love of combat. But in the present, Gray Mann exploits a loophole: Saxton automatically loses if he refuses to fight his opponent. Knowing this, Gray had [[spoiler: established his preteen daughter as the CEO of his company]] before taking the challenge, knowing that [[spoiler: [[EveryoneHasStandards not even Saxton could bring himself to hurt a child]]]]. Upon his victory, he adds insult to injury by denying Saxton the opportunity to go down fighting.

* BloodKnight: Whether against a dastardly villain, a monstrous beast, an army of robots, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a bunch of hippies protesting his products]], Hale '''''lives''''' for a fight. It's a passion so strong that it ends up being his downfall in "Ring of Fired". He set up a policy for Mann Co. in which he relinquishes control of it to any rival CEO who beats him in a fistfight. Ordinarily, this policy isn't a danger to his company since Saxton's strength and skill are unparalleled; it just indulges his love of combat. But in the present, Gray Mann exploits a loophole: Saxton automatically loses if he refuses to fight his opponent. Knowing this, Gray had [[spoiler: established his preteen daughter as the CEO of his company]] before taking the challenge, knowing that [[spoiler: [[EveryoneHasStandards not even Saxton could bring himself to fight a child]]]]. Upon his victory, he adds insult to injury by denying Saxton the opportunity to go down fighting.

* BloodKnight: Whether against a dastardly villain, a monstrous beast, an army of robots, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a bunch of hippies protesting his products]], Hale '''''lives''''' for a fight. It's a passion so strong that it ends up being his downfall in "Ring of Fired". He set up a policy for Mann Co. in which he relinquishes control of it to any rival CEO who beats him in a fistfight. Ordinarily, this policy isn't a danger to his company since Saxton's strength and skill are unparalleled; it just indulges his love of combat. But in the present, Gray Mann exploits a loophole: Saxton automatically loses if he refuses to fight his opponent. Knowing this, Gray had [[spoiler: established his preteen daughter as the CEO of his company]] before taking the challenge, knowing that [[spoiler: [[EveryoneHasStandards not even the bloodthirsty Saxton could bring himself to fight a child]]]]. He's correct and wins by default--and to add insult to injury, he denies Saxton the opportunity to go down fighting.

* BloodKnight: Whether against a dastardly villain, a monstrous beast, an army of robots, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a bunch of hippies protesting his products]], Hale '''''lives''''' for a fight. It's a passion so strong that it ends up being his downfall in "Ring of Fired". He set up a policy for Mann Co. in which he relinquishes control of it to any rival CEO who beats him in a fistfight. Ordinarily, this policy isn't a danger to his company since Saxton's strength and skill are unparalleled; it just indulges his love of combat. But in the present, Gray Mann exploits a loophole: Saxton automatically loses if he refuses to fight his opponent. Knowing this, Gray had [[spoiler: established his preteen daughter as the CEO of his company and pits ''her'' against Saxton]], knowing that [[spoiler: [[EveryoneHasStandards not even the bloodthirsty Saxton could bring himself to fight a child]]]]. He's correct and wins by default--and to add insult to injury, he denies Saxton the opportunity to go down fighting.

* BlackComedyAnimalCruelty: He loves to hunt and brutally slaughter all sorts of rare (and usually dangerous) animals just for sport, including literally punching the yeti into extinction. The fact he does all this ''with his bare hands'' while never suffering a scratch makes it too absurdly silly to take seriously however.
* BloodKnight: Whether against a dastardly villain, a monstrous beast, an army of robots, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a bunch of hippies protesting his products]], Hale '''''lives''''' for a fight. It's a passion so strong that it ends up being his downfall in "Ring of Fired". He set up a policy in which he relinquishes control of his company should anyone beat him in a fistfight. Ordinarily, his company isn't endangered by this policy since his strength and skill are unparalleled; it's really just an excuse for him to indulge in his interest. But Gray Mann finds a way to turn this policy against Saxton: he [[spoiler: pits him against his preteen daughter]], knowing [[spoiler: [[EveryoneHasStandards not even the bloodthirsty Saxton could bring himself to fight a child]]]]. He's correct--and to add insult to injury, he denies Saxton the opportunity to go down fighting.

* BloodKnight: Whether against a dastardly villain, a monstrous beast, an army of robots, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a bunch of hippies protesting his products]], Hale '''''lives''''' for a fight. It's a passion so strong that it ends up being his downfall in "Ring of Fired". He set up a policy in which he relinquishes control of his company should anyone beat him in a bare-knuckled combat. It's mostly an excuse for Saxton to indulge in fistfighting; ordinarily, his company isn't endangered by this policy since his strength and skill are unparalleled. But Gray Mann finds a way to turn this policy against Saxton: he [[spoiler: pits him against his preteen daughter]], knowing [[spoiler: [[EveryoneHasStandards not even the bloodthirsty Saxton could bring himself to fight a child]]]]. He's correct--and to add insult to injury, he denies Saxton the opportunity to go down fighting.

* BloodKnight: Whether against a dastardly villain, a monstrous beast, an army of robots, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a bunch of hippies protesting his products]], Hale '''''lives''''' for a fight. It's a passion so strong that it ends up being his downfall in "Ring of Fired". He set up a policy in which he relinquishes control of his company should anyone beat him in a bare-knuckled combat. Gray Mann turns this policy against Saxton by [[spoiler: pitting him against his preteen daughter]], knowing [[spoiler: not even the bloodthirsty Saxton could bring himself to fight a child]]. He's correct--and to add insult to injury, he denies Saxton the opportunity to go down fighting.

* BloodKnight: Whether against a dastardly villain, a monstrous beast, an army of robots, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a bunch of hippies protesting his products]], Hale '''''lives''''' for a fight.
** Ends up being his downfall in "Ring of Fired". [[spoiler:His policy of handing over the company to any other CEO that could beat him in bare-knuckled combat allowed Gray Mann to take Mann Co., by making his preteen daughter CEO of his own company, whom Saxton couldn't bring himself to beat up.]]

** He's used for a few momemnet of humor. And in hindsight, making robots that run on money really wasn't a smart idea.
** The Vs Saxton Hale voicelines added in the Summer 2023 update paint him as a LargeHam not unlike his brothers. He also makes a bad "gray area" quip in one of the round start lines.

* NotSoAboveItAll: He's used for a few momemnet of humor. And in hindsight, making robots that run on money really wasn't a smart idea.

* MegatonPunch: According to the Gun Mettle Update comic, his average punch clocks in at 2,751 PSI. For comparison, the hardest punch on record is 1850 PSI. He also ''[[LudicrousGibs splatters a Yeti with a single punch]]'' during the ''Jungle Inferno'' cinematic.

Voiced by: Creator/JBBlanc

* BreakoutCharacter: He was originally just a small part of an update's blurb before showing up in the comics, where he became a very popular recurring character, and eventually became the star of his own short, ''Jungle Inferno''.

->''"Unlike you two pampered imbeciles, I ''built'' my empire. I have studied. I have plotted. I have waited."''

* AssholeVictim: After coming to the Americas with his sons, he slowly contracted pretty much every known disease at the time, rendering him so sick that he ended up writing his last will and testament ''on scraps of his own skin''. Considering his snobby, prickly nature, it's pretty hard to feel bad for him at all.

* {{Jerkass}}: He reacts to his wife giving birth with annoyance at her screams of pain. When told she died in childbirth, he coldly asks about the kid's fate. When told all three of them survived, he commented with "Good. At least she did ''something'' right." He also wanted to kill Gray for being weak and ugly - when he was just born.

* NeverMyFault: He blames Blutarch and Redmond entirely for his decision to blow most of his fortune buying up worthless land before even visiting it for the sake of pits of gravel (he dismisses the gravel they found as "fool's gravel"). As he puts it, "If it takes a brave man to admit he is in error, then surely a man willing to admit that both his sons are stumble-bum muttonheads is twice as brave."

* CameraScrew: The camera shakes when he's nearby. As if everything going dark and the music weren't unsettling enough.

* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: The Combat Medic and Civilian are the only TFC classes not accounted for, except for a brief line by the modern Medic commenting that the Classic Medic must not have [[UnwittingTestSubject experimented]] on them ''at all''.