History Headscratchers / TeamFortress2

* In the 2011 comic [[http://www.teamfortress.com/asmissmasstory/ "A Smissmas Story"]], Scout thinks the child is the Spy, disguised. However, the Scout and Spy here are on the same team (BLU), meaning Scout should have seen the Spy, with a paper plate with the kid's face on it, if it were the Spy. However, he must've just saw the kid, no plates involved, because the kid wasn't the Spy, so he wouldn't have confused them. What's up with that?

* If the Medigun can heal Heavy's chest, Scout's tooth, Demoman's arm etc, as seen in Meet the Medic, why can't it heal Demoman's eye? Or the scar on Sniper's face?

** The airblast is just another in [=TF2's=] long line of {{Selectively Lethal Weapon}}s. Jarate extinguishes fire on teammates, but makes fire more damaging on enemies. The Crusader's Crossbow heals teammates and damages enemies. The airblast extinguishes teammates but has no effect on the flames of a burning enemy.

** Yeah, I'd say RuleOfFunny. It's silly and extreme, like much in TF2.

** Knowing the Soldier's trains of logic, one can assume that he thought "Jane Doe" was a good name for a soldier because of the millions of soldiers called John and Jane Doe during WWII (because they went unidentified). When Soldier was in Europe, there were huge graveyards of soldiers. And this was post WW2, with millions of young men going unidentified, which means there are many gravestones with John and Jane Doe over there.

*** This is the right answer. [[WatsonianVersusDoylist Take your choice between]] game balance or FanWank explanation of your choice.

** In Attack/Defend maps, Red has always defended. Making the defending human team Red in MvM seems a logical extension of that.

*** Made better when you know that the Administrator is voiced by the same person as GLaDOS.

[[folder:Why are you figuring out how to revive the dead? My team just died!]]
* So Classic Heavy just saw Medic bring Sniper back to life. Multiple members of his team just recently died. ''[[IgnoredPhleblotium How come he doesn't put two and two together]]''?

[[folder:Why're you figuring out how to revive the dead? My team just died!]]

*** Caffeine has a diuretic effect... but then he's drinking decaf coffee, which means it wouldn't affect him more than any other beverage, but yet he appears to have produced about 2 and half litres of urine in less than 8 hours, so how did he [[AustinPowers oh no I've gone cross-eyed.]]

** Actually I find Scout looks a lot more like moot from [[ImageBoards 4Chan]]. Which leads to some interesting WMG/TeamFortress2 theories...

** John Doe is the name used when a male body cannot be identified. Jane Doe is the female equivalent.
** Knowing the Soldier's trains of logic, one can assume that he thought "Jane Doe" was a good name for a soldier because of the millions of soldiers called John and Jane Doe during WWII (because they went unidentified).

** [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking This is the guy who went on a self-funded one-man rampage across Europe, got booted out from the army, talks to cardboard friends, lives with a magician, thinks Sun Tzu beat up a bunch of animals on a boat, and Rocket Jumps because he doesn't know he can't, and you're concerned about his poor choice in cover names?]]

*** You know it's his real name because nobody would fake having a name like that. Having a name like that is going to mess you up, and according to merchandise the Soldier is the most mentally unstable member of the team. It's a name meaning, "Whoops, your father was drunk when he signed the birth certificate."

*** Troper, meet [[{{VideoGame/Borderlands 2}} Ellie]] and [[{{VideoGame/Loadout}} Helga]].
*** [[SarcasmMode Because purse-toting pyromaniacs are otherwise so common.]]

** Maybe it's decaf.
*** It ''IS'' decaf. See the orange handle on the pot?
** He's less worried about shaky hands than he is about sleeping on the job. He only drinks coffee to keep himself awake.
*** Maybe it's [[ASpotOfTea tea?]]
*** Tea also has caffeine
*** It does have less, though (and for some anecdata, I can get the jitters from drinking a single cup of coffee very easily, but drink a LOT of tea nearly every day with no ill effects).
** Maybe he's ''just that good''.
** Watch the Meet the Sniper video again. He's pouring coffee out of an orange rimmed decanter, indicating that it's decaf coffee.

*** He could just be saving up previous urine for his Jarate. After the Sniper update RED and BLU probably mandated ''everyone'' to save their pee in jars, hence why the Sniper can instantly get a jar by visiting a resupply cabinet.

** WordOfGod also says that the Sniper is [[FakeNationality as Australian as the Demoman is Scottish]], so...

** Actually, judging by the whole Sniper's personality, Valve is intentionally annoying Australians, who hate little more than to be considered British. That's why his voice actor's from England.
*** That makes sense, considering that they've had a go at the Australians before(for making them censor Left 4 Dead in the Australian release.).
*** The censorship of the Australian release of Left 4 Dead wasn't Valve's doing. It was mandated by the Australian government, which has always been rather heavy-handed with its treatment of video games.
*** His voice actor is from the United States.

** John Doe is the name used when a male body cannot be identified. Jane Doe is the female equivalent, however...
** It's RuleOfFunny.
** Some are of the camp that he's faking his name. But really, does the Soldier seem like someone who would have the presence of mind to disguise their name, or even one that feels he would need to to begin with? Plus, it's more fun this way.
** No ''wonder'' he became a psychotic killer obsessed with proving his military masculinity. Guy feels like he's got something to live down.
** The Soldier tries twice to kill anybody who goes to his house ''before'' checking to see who they are. He thinks Lincoln invented stairs. He's easily paranoid enough to get a fake name, and nuts enough to pick "Jane Doe."
*** Lincoln actually DID invent stairs. I'm pretty sure it's official canon. (At least considering William Shakespearicles)

*** This is a world where mercenaries can run around wearing Christmas trees on their heads without anyone batting an eye. Is an unstable, macho-man lunatic being named Jane Doe ''that'' unbelievable? RuleOfFunny people, RuleOfFunny.

*** You know it's his real name because nobody would fake having a name like that. Having a name like that is going to mess you up, and according to merchandise the Soldier is the most mentally unstable member of the team. Also, it's a name meaning, "Whoops, your father was drunk when he signed the birth certificate."

*** Actually, it's more implied that she's a contracter for both companies. RED and BLU both turned to her to wage war on the other, and it's in her interests to propagate it as long as possible. Hence why, in loose canon, she deliberately prolongs both of their lives.

** Since hair tends to darken with age, blondness does correlate with youth. Therefore, it emphasizes his youthfulness. Also, it's not a bad bet that he's really a virgin like Spy says, so that goes with HairOfGoldHeartOfGold. Then the fandom tends to misperceive him as actually ''innocent'', even though he's not, and blond hair goes with innocence, apparently. Plus, you can't really see his hair color much under that hat, and it's kind of a washed-out dishwatery color, so maybe people just can't figure out what color it is.\\

[[folder:Hire The Nine Mann Army]]
* After Gray Mann [[spoiler:took over Mann Co.]], why didn't he hire the team instead of firing them? He saw how just nine men were able to hold off his entire robot army for over a year, so he should know they're far more effective and thus worth keeping around. If he didn't want them around, then why not just kill them instead of firing them?
** Mr. Grey doesn't want the world, he just wants the Australium. The Team has no idea where the Australium is, and they aren't detectives. So he hired real detectives instead: the Team Fortress Classic team. As for not killing them... a combination of VillainBall and it just not being worth the investment from his point of view. Demoman probably filed for retirement, Heavy and Sniper disappeared into the wilderness, Soldier and Spy dropped off the planet, and Pyro and Engineer got new jobs that they were (from an outsider's perspective) quite happy with.
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