History FanFic / TheNucleusIncident

* [[spoiler: MakeMeWannaShout: BLU Soldier]]

* ShoutOut: Scout, while commenting that Spy would make the worst superhero or supervillain ever, compares himself to Franchise/SpiderMan and Sniper to [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Poison Ivy]]
** Also, [[spoiler: a big Russian man with the ability to turn himself into metal? [[Franchise/XMen Now, where have we seen that before?]]]]

* BalefulPolymorph: Engineer, who turns into a half-man, half-fish thing. [[spoiler: He's later able to change between forms]]

* RubberMan: Medic

* InstantExpert: Cruelly [[Subverted subverted]]. Everyone needs time to adjust to their new powers, sometimes to HowDoIShotWeb extent.

* InstantMaster: Cruelly [[Subverted subverted]]. Everyone needs time to adjust to their new powers, sometimes to HowDoIShotWeb extent.

* FishPeople: Engineer

* {{Omniglot}}: Soldier

* {{Animorphism}}: Pyro

* {{Flight}}: [[spoiler: Scout]]

* GreenThumb: Sniper

So, ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' players, you know that map, Nucleus? You know that spinning, glowing machine in the center of the map?

* ShoutOut: Scout, while commenting that Spy would make the worst superhero or supervillain ever, compares himself to SpiderMan and Sniper to [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Poison Ivy]]

** Also, [[spoiler: a big Russian man with the ability to turn himself into metal? [[Franchise/{{X-Men}} Now, where have we seen that before?]]]]

* TheCassandra: Demoman's the first one to notice [[spoiler:Spycho]], but seeing as he's been turned into a kid, no one believes him.

* {{Fauxreigner}}: [[spoiler: Turns out Spy's ''Swiss'', not French]]

* ImAHumanitarian: During an encounter with the BLU Spy in Teufort's sewers, Engineer discovers his mutation's given him a shark-like attraction to blood. Naturally, he's horrified. [[spoiler: He finally gives in to his urges when he kills the BLU Engineer at Well.]]

* LightEmUp: Spy. Actually, his is a rather creative use of this trope, [[spoiler: as it's shown that controlling light means he has control over ''color'' as well. Now, consider how this would help a character whose job is basically dependent on being able to disguise himself...]]

* {{Squick}}: In-universe, the sound of Pyro changing between forms.

* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: BLU Spy. Granted, Demoman's an adult turned into a child, but the effect remains the same. (at least, from the RED Spy's point of view)]]
* YourMom: Spy pulls a rather underwhelming one of these towards Sniper.

* ShoutOut: Heavy's dream contains a few [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] references to ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''.
** Scout, while commenting that Spy would make the worst superhero or supervillain ever, compares himself to SpiderMan and Sniper to [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Poison Ivy]]

* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Soldier. Engineer even references the former TropeNamer when he finds this out.

* HeroicRROD: Their powers ''do'' have limits, as shown when Scout passes out [[spoiler: from his first flight]], and Sniper almost does so as well [[spoiler: after creating an ''enormous'' tree alone in the desert outside Twofort]].

* AnIcePerson: [[spoiler: Engineer]]

* IJustWantToBeNormal: Everyone wants their powers reversed at first. Slowly, however, many of them ( particularly Sniper) grow used to their abilities.

* LightEmUp: Spy. Actually, his is a rather creative use of this trope, as it's shown that controlling light means he has control over ''color'' as well. Now, consider how this would help a character whose job is basically dependent on being able to disguise himself...

* OfficialCouple: Heavy and Medic.

* ShoutOut: When a swarm of bees (courtesy of Heavy shooting the hive) attack BLU Heavy and Medic, the latter's initial reaction is a German-translated version of a certain [[TheWickerMan infamous line about bees]].
** Heavy's dream contains quite a few [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] references to ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''.

** There's a reference to the KillScreen in old video games, when Engineer mentions Scout asking him exactly 254 times for a Dispenser. [[spoiler: If it had actually been Scout asking for it a 255th time, well, [[BerserkButton who knows what might have happened...]] ]]
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Heavy, [[spoiler: as well as any other object or person he touches while using this ability.]]