History Characters / TeamFortress2NonPlayerCharacters

* WouldHurtAChild: Judging by their dialog, Classic Soldier and Scout are all but motivated by orphan welfare when they plan to open up an orphanage for the "endless supply of free kids". [[spoiler:Modern Pyro '''violently''' begs to differ.]]

* DropTheHammer: Being that he's John Henry, the Heavy naturally uses this. His modern counterpart's minigun wouldn't be invented until 1960.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The Spy (Literature/FuManchu) is the only one of the team to be fictional rather than a HistoricalDomainCharacter.

* DropTheHammer: When Merasmus summons him to attack the bumper car games, he wields the Necro Smasher instead of his usual axe.

* AmazonianBeauty[=/=]BrawnHilda: All three sisters are stocky around the waist, possess bulging arms and legs, and fairly strong jawlines, having been hardened by a life of wrestling bears and surviving in the wilderness. Doesn't stop them from being attractive, in their own way; Zhanna in particular is quite a {{Sensual Slav|s}}, and Soldier and (initially) Scout are glad to accept her advances.

* AmazonianBeauty: All three sisters are stocky around the waist, possess bulging arms and legs, and fairly strong jawlines, having been hardened by a life of wrestling bears and surviving in the wilderness. Doesn't stop them from being attractive, in their own way; Zhanna in particular is quite a {{Sensual Slav|s}}, and Soldier and (initially) Scout are glad to accept her advances.

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--> "Do ''not'' all die at once!"

* PhlebotinumOverdose: [[spoiler: In ''The Naked and The Dead'', she places a large amount of Australium in her life-extension device, which temporarily turns her back into a young woman but shortens her lifespan to an hour.]]

* SilverVixen: Saxton Hale thinks so, calling her a "chain-smoking seductress". [[spoiler: Her OneWingedAngel form certainly looks much better, as the Australium she uses to transform ends up reversing her age.]]

* TakingYouWithMe: {{Subverted}}: She planned to blow up her base when Heavy shows up rather violently, only to stop when it turns out he came to ask for more weapons.

-->[[spoiler: Tell me, Miss Pauling... if you've '''never''' questioned my intentions, in a '''decade''' under my employ... because you '''"trusted"''' me... why are you asking '''now?''']]

--> "It's me or him, and [[IDontPayYouToThink I pay your salary]]. ''Make your choice!''"

--> "The robots are here! Protect Mann. Co! ''You '''owe''' me, Hale.''"

* AffablyEvil: She can be sweet, polite, and considerate even when disposing of bodies of victims, and even towards an ''intended'' victim, like she is towards [[spoiler: the Scout (probably)]] at the end of "Expiration Date".

-->'''Miss Pauling''': It's Miss Pauling. THE Miss Pauling. ...that's- I- I'm not actually famous. That was a joke I've been researching. (''{{Beat}}'') Could you write your amusement, on a scale of 1 to 100?

-->'''Soldier''': Miss Pauling, Pyro cut off my hand!\\
'''Miss Pauling''': Pyro, don't cut off Soldier's hands.

* CrashingDreams: In "The Naked and the Dead" comic, Miss Pauling finds herself [[spoiler: in what she believes is the afterlife. She finds the Administrator and asks her what she wants. "Blood," the Administrator says. "It's not enough. I need more blood!" Readers then see Miss Pauling's unconscious body lying on the ground as Medic shouts the same line, frantically replenishing her lost blood.]]

* INeedAFreakingDrink: Downs a glass of wine when she learns that [[spoiler: Bill-Bel blew up most of his Australium cache by painting failed rockets with it.]]

--> "This isn't just a fight for Mann Co., or Saxton Hale. It's a fight for your ''jobs.''"

* 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 doesn't endanger Saxton’s company since his 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. He does this by [[spoiler: establishing his preteen daughter as the CEO of his company]] before taking the challenge, correctly predicting 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.

** {{Downplayed}} with attacks that stun enemies, such as the Holiday Punch and some kill taunts. Hale can still be stunned by these, but after either a short duration or taking too much damage, he will automatically break out of the stun and push away nearby enemies.

** Humorously {{Averted}} with the "Rock, Paper, Scissors" taunt. Should Hale lose to the minigame, he will instantly die, no matter how much health he has remaining.

---> '''Barnabus Hale:''' Skip me for now, mayor! I like this cougar's pepper sauce!

-->'''Blutarch:''' [[spoiler: ''(last words before being killed by Gray)'']] No! We still have so much gravel to fight over!

* TooDumbToLive: They spent their entire lives fighting over a worthless piece of land simply because neither wanted the other to have it. That's not even getting into their plans of [[spoiler: having a machine built to make it so that [[{{Squick}} one can get the other pregnant]]. Gray kills them very shortly after.]]

** It's implied that [[spoiler: his ghost may have genuinely accepted Gray as his favorite son, or at least for being much smarter than his brothers.]]

--> '''Gray''': And ''I'' sent the letters proposing this truce. Which, I might add, [[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough it took you literally thirty seconds]] [[MisterSeahorse to turn into an idiotic crime against nature]]. Congratulations.

-->'''Gray''': Unlike you two pampered imbeciles, I ''built'' my empire.

* BoisterousWeakling: While she's all too eager to fight ''[[spoiler:Saxton freaking HALE]]'' in a bare-knuckle fistfight, all her ankle-gripping, piggy-backing and hammering away with all she had ''[[NoSell did absolutely nothing]]'' against him, [[spoiler: and she only "wins" because [[EveryoneHasStandards Saxton couldn't bring himself to beat up a child]].]]

* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: As of his death in the comic "Old Wounds".]]

--->'''Darling:''' ...These animals aren't dead. They're just sad.\\

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--> '''Classic Heavy''': [The Administrator will] have to reveal herself soon. When she does? We'll kill all of them. ''You'll'' get your [[AppliedPhlebotinum rocks]]. And ''we'd'' better get paid.

--> '''Classic Heavy''' (unleashing blood-sucking robots at his captives): You killed some good soldiers today. Friends of mine. I hope this hurts.

* WouldHurtAChild: Judging by their dialog, Classic Soldier and Scout are all but motivated by orphan welfare when they plan to open up an orphanage for the "endless supply of free kids". [[spoiler: Modern Pyro '''violently''' begs to differ.]]

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Seriously, who the hell bears eight kids and looks like ''that''? On top of that, if Scout's dream is to taken, she was once ''[[http://www.teamfortress.com/tf03_cold_day_in_hell/#f=53 even hotter]]''. She's also at least in her late 40's to early 50's now, as Scout himself is 27 and the ''youngest of 8 kids''.

-->'''BLU Scout:''' What are you, president of [RED Spy's] fanclub?
-->'''BLU Spy:''' No... That would be ''your mother!'' ''(displays photos of BLU Scout's Mom and RED Spy being intimate)''

* DefeatEqualsExplosion: After being mortally wounded, he’ll float limply for a bit then explode. Fortunately it won’t hurt you if you’re nearby.

** To a lesser extent, Merasmus serves as this for the Demoman, as he was directly responsible for the removal of his eye, and subsequently, unleashing it upon the team in the form of MONOCULUS!. Unlike with Soldier however, Merasmus doesn’t hold any ill will towards Demo, and in fact, barely even acknowledges him in the present day, even when Demo is hurling insults at him and reminding him of the score they have to settle during Halloween maps.

--> "Jarate for everyone! I'm so, ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards so sorry]]!''"

* IneptMage: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. He's a competent wizard, but not a ''stellar'' one, and his design of the Wheel of Fate is [[TacticalSuicideBoss dubious at best.]]

-->'''Merasmus:''' [[WeWillMeetAgain You haven't heard the last... of Merasmus the Magician!]]
** As it turns out, [[spoiler: he's right; he's back in solid form as of "Ring of Fired" and is celebrity Music/{{Tom Jones}}' roommate.]]

-->'''Merasmus:''' I die! Soldier! You were the wooorst rooommaaate!

--> '''Miss Pauling:''' For reasons I can't comprehend or explain, the robots run on piles of money. Destroy them and whatever falls out is yours.

** Giant Medics. They have nearly as much health as giant Heavies and use a Quick-Fix with a ridiculously powerful heal rate[[note]]The rate ''without'' using the Ubercharge is 6720 health per second; enough to heal any robot but the {{King Mook}}s in less than a second[[/note]], so about 1/5 of the time they'll be effectively immortal and recover all previous damage.

-->'''Redmond''': The Skeleton King! Oh... gravelpits, you are in for it now!\\
'''Blutarch''': Run! It's the Skeleton King!

-->'''Redmond''': Why would anyone dig ''through'' an Indian burial ground to reach Hell? ''Just dig somewhere else!''

* FauxAffablyEvil: He's constantly smiling, very polite, insists the Mercs call him 'Mike' instead of 'Mister Mayor', and sentenced four of them to be executed. [[spoiler: It may or may not be subverted with the later revelation that he's got a particularly brain-scrambling case of lead poisoning. He may not quite be faking an affable attitude as much as not being aware he's not supposed to do that]].

--> '''Mayor Mike''': I pronounce this trial ''over'' and both of you ''guilty''!\\
'''Defense Lawyer''': Your honor, the defense requests that we have the trial first.

* PsychologicalProjection: The "crimes" he arrests the mercs for are phrased suspiciously like they're things achieved through political power (ie. something Mike could have done and forgotten about). For example, the mercenaries didn't bulldoze a school and build a casino; they "accidentally rezoned [the school] into a parking lot" and "petitioned the government to build [a casino]".

* ShadyScalper: {{Inverted}} as his method of getting all those workers is [[MadeASlave more than shady]], but he resells all of those gifts (including extra hats and weapons) at very cheap ''reduced'' prices as a secondary seller. ([[https://steamcommunity.com/market Sound familiar?]])

* SacrificialLamb: When [[spoiler: Classic Heavy]] kills one of the doves, Medic is hysterical. [[spoiler:Fortunately, Medic revives the bird.]]

* AscendedExtra: He started off as a small image in an update page, and later became one of the major storyline characters. As of the Mann Vs. Machine update, [[spoiler:he's now the new boss of the former RED and BLU teams (though he's not paying them).]] As of the Vs. Saxton Hale''' update, he is now a playable character in his own unique game mode.

* AscendedExtra: He started off as a small image in an update page, and later became one of the major storyline characters. As of the Mann Vs. Machine update, [[spoiler:he's now the new boss of the former RED and BLU teams (though he's not paying them).]]

* TheBadGuyWins: In "Ring of Fired", Gray outsmarts Saxton Hale, takes over Mann Co, fires the team, and sends the Administrator into hiding... And then it winds up subverted by a ''hairsbreadth'' when it's revealed he wanted Mann Co. for its Australium cache - which the Administrator was smart enough to make off with when Gray made his move.

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:In "Ring of Fired", he outsmarts Saxton Hale, takes over Mann Co, fires the team, and sends the Administrator into hiding.]]
** [[spoiler:And then it winds up subverted by a ''hairsbreadth'' when it's revealed he wanted Mann Co. for its Australium cache - which the Administrator was smart enough to make off with when Gray made his move.]]

* CatchPhrase: Several:

* PseudoSanta: He's the "Santa" analogue of Australian Christmas. He started as an Australian settler in 1788 who decided he didn't like the heat and provisions and set off to settle the South Pole instead. Somehow still alive, he now uses his sleigh, drawn by sinister-looking reindeer (and a kangaroo), to kidnap children from Australia (and apparently other countries, given that "A Smissmas Story" takes place in the United States), bring them back to his workshop, and force them to make gifts year-round, which they then give to him. He then sells the duplicates online for prices so low he's practically giving them away. Appearance wise, he lacks the beard and wears a reindeer skull with a red nose instead of a hat, as well as a cape made from skinned koalas over a red shirt in lieu of the traditional red-and-white coat.

* BadSanta: He's the "Santa" analogue of Australian Christmas. He also kidnaps children from Australia, brings them back to his workshop in the South Pole, and forces them to make gifts year-round, which they then give to him.

* CorruptedCharacterCopy: Naughty kids get taken away to work in his workshop, while good boys ad girls get to ''not'' be taken away. He also doesn't give toys away, like the actual Santa, sort of. Instead, he resells his duplicate gifts online for reduced prices so cheap, he might as well be.

** Visually resemble Eustace and Muriel Bagg of ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog''. According to WordOfGod, this was intentional.

* OneShotCharacter: Unlike ''[=TF2=]'''s Halloween mascot Merasmus, who became prominent enough to feature ingame and in the actual story comics, Nick only appears in the comic "A Smissmas Story" and hasn't reappeared since.

* NeverMessWithGranny: Sniper's mother is shown [[spoiler:in Heaven]] to be surprisingly ruthless for a smiling little old lady.

* 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 doesn't endanger Saxton’s company since his 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, correctly predicting 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 doesn't endanger Saxton’s company since his 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.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Well, he started out as a parody of the actual Charles Atlas, so it comes with the territory. Though most characters in ''[=TF2=]'' are incredibly proficient fighters, and Saxton likely owes at least some of his prowess to Australium, he's the character who most comes off as full-on superhuman. In his own game mode, he can survive attacks that would kill any of the already-MadeOfIron mercs several times over, and his fists pack enough of a punch to have an explosion radius.

** The Spy's backstab is normally a OneHitKill against an enemy, but it is only a PercentDamageAttack against Hale.