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I\'m actually not sure if it\'s a consistent number or not. Does someone else know?
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** LightningBruiser: In Mann vs. Machine mode, the Scout gains 25 20-50 health every time he picks up a pile of money. Since there's no limit on how much health this can add, it's possible to see scouts running around with more health than an overhealed Heavy.
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* TakingYouWithMe: Very common for dead Pyros to score posthumous kills by afterburn.
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* TakingYouWithMe: Very common for dead Pyros to score posthumous kills by afterburn. Two achievements are linked with this; one requiring you to posthumously kill a certain number of players, while another one requires you to kill someone in roughly the same second as they killed you.
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*OlderThanTheyLook: Many fans assumed the Scout was somewhere between 16-20. As it turns out, according to the Track Terrorizer description, he's at least 23.
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** While the straightforward W+ M1 Pyro is looked upon with contempt by other players, Pyros who master the compression blast become AxCrazy pyromancers who can reflect projectiles back at opponents (including arrows fired from Snipers and Medics), use opponent's rockets to RocketJump themselves up, disarm sticky bombs, neutralize ÜberCharged Medics and separate them from their teammates, as well as just putting out fires on teammates. Just see [[http://www.ubercharged.net/2009/04/25/wm2-hot-air/ this]]. Many players overlook the "ambush" aspect of playing a Pyro. A single Pyro using corners and blind spots to jump his foes and set them ablaze is an effective, if slightly suicidal tactic, especially when far from water. And if coupled with the Axtinguisher, the Pyro becomes a close range assassin, setting foes on fire, and then whipping out the Axtinguisher to finish them in a single blow. This combo is commonly referred to as the "Puff 'n Sting" - simple to use, tough to master, and horribly effective.
** Rocket jumping is already difficult enough to pull off effectively. Reliably deflecting rockets is also harder than it looks. But the only the best Pyros can airblast them to the ground '''and rocket jump with the enemy's rockets'''.
** Rocket jumping is already difficult enough to pull off effectively. Reliably deflecting rockets is also harder than it looks. But the only the best Pyros can airblast them to the ground '''and rocket jump with the enemy's rockets'''.
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** While Many players overlook the straightforward W+ M1 Pyro is looked upon "ambush" aspect of playing a Pyro. But the Backburner, mocked by some, always Crits from behind and can kill in seconds with contempt by other players, a steady blast, while the Axtinguisher always Crits burning enemies. Setting a foe on fire and then sinking the Axtinguisher into them can kill most enemies in one hit.
** Pyros who master the compression blast become AxCrazy pyromancers who can reflect projectiles back at opponents (including arrows fired from Snipers and Medics), use opponent's rockets to RocketJump themselves up, disarm sticky bombs, neutralize ÜberCharged Medics and separate them from their teammates,as well as just putting and put out fires on teammates. Just see [[http://www.ubercharged.net/2009/04/25/wm2-hot-air/ this]]. Many players overlook the "ambush" aspect of playing a Pyro. A single Pyro using corners and blind spots to jump his foes and set them ablaze is an effective, if slightly suicidal tactic, especially when far from water. And if coupled with the Axtinguisher, the Pyro becomes a close range assassin, setting foes on fire, and then whipping out the Axtinguisher to finish them in a single blow. This combo is commonly referred to as the "Puff 'n Sting" - simple to use, tough to master, and horribly effective.
this]].
**Rocket jumping is already difficult enough to pull off effectively. Reliably deflecting rockets is also harder than it looks. But the only the best Pyros can airblast them to the ground '''and rocket jump remove level one sentries with the enemy's rockets'''.a steady stream of fire faster than most Range weapons.
** Pyros who master the compression blast become AxCrazy pyromancers who can reflect projectiles back at opponents (including arrows fired from Snipers and Medics), use opponent's rockets to RocketJump themselves up, disarm sticky bombs, neutralize ÜberCharged Medics and separate them from their teammates,
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* CatchAndReturn: The compression blast can deflect almost all projectiles, including Jarate, Mad Milk, baseballs, baubles, explosives, arrows, and [[ItMakesSenseInContext eyes]]. A skilled Pyro can reflect them back so they hit enemies.
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* CatchAndReturn: The compression blast can deflect almost all projectiles, including Jarate, Mad Milk, baseballs, baubles, explosives, arrows, flares, and [[ItMakesSenseInContext eyes]]. A skilled Pyro can reflect them back so they hit enemies.
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* CatchAndReturn: Woe is the Soldier or Demoman who gets blown up by his own airblasted rocket/grenade.
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* CatchAndReturn: Woe is the Soldier or Demoman who gets blown up by his own airblasted rocket/grenade.The compression blast can deflect almost all projectiles, including Jarate, Mad Milk, baseballs, baubles, explosives, arrows, and [[ItMakesSenseInContext eyes]]. A skilled Pyro can reflect them back so they hit enemies.
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The mercs never kill civilians onscreen, ergo, they do not kill civilians.
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** Being as every government is secretly controlled by the two companies in this version of our world, the only war crime may consist of "not killing enough innocent civilians today."
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* HitAndRunTactics: Smart Pyro players know when to chase enemies down and when to ambush, set them on fire, then ''get the hell out of there.''
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** Rocket jumping is already difficult enough to pull off effectively. Reliably deflecting rockets is also harder than it looks. But the only the best Pyros can airblast them to the ground '''and rocket jump with the enemy's rockets'''.
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* RightBackAtYou: Woe is the Soldier or Demoman who gets blown up by his own airblasted rocket/grenade.
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* TakingYouWithMe: Very common for dead Pyros to score posthumous kills by afterburn.
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* [[spoiler: InnocentInaccurate:]] Everyone knows that the Pyro spreads fiery death and destruction and is feared by all. [[spoiler: Everyone, it seems, except the Pyro him/herself.]]
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* PhonyVeteran: Contrary to his claims, he has never served in an army, and all those medals he has are self-awarded. However, he did acquire a fly to Poland and fought in World War 2 on his own initiative, though most of the years in Europe were spent killing civilians because he didn't know the war was over.
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* PhonyVeteran: Contrary to his claims, he has never served in an army, and all those medals he has are self-awarded. However, he did acquire a fly flight to Poland and fought in World War 2 on his own initiative, though most of the years in Europe were spent killing civilians because he didn't know the war was over.
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Shaggy Frog Story is part of Meet The Soldier, not his character
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-->'''Soldier:''' "If there's one thing we can do that these machines cannot, it is this: '''we can lie!'''
** According to [[http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=P3447 this product description]], he's not really the leader[[hottip:*:And it seems to be implying the Heavy has more authority, but humors and lies to the Soldier to keep him happy. So it's quite possible that what this is saying is that a man who converses with food products thinks the Soldier is crazy]]:
** According to [[http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=P3447 this product description]], he's not really the leader[[hottip:*:And it seems to be implying the Heavy has more authority, but humors and lies to the Soldier to keep him happy. So it's quite possible that what this is saying is that a man who converses with food products thinks the Soldier is crazy]]:
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-->'''Soldier:''' "If there's one thing we can do that these machines cannot, it is this: '''we can lie!'''
lie! We will lie to them on the beaches! We will lie to them in the beach parking lot! We may even lie to them on non-beach-related property! About the quality of our munitions! About the strength of our will! We will even lie about lying! That is how deep this rabbit hole goes! But the most important lie we will tell is this: Where the Mann Co. facilities are!"'''
** According to [[http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=P3447 this product description]], he's not really theleader[[hottip:*:And leader - and it even seems to be implying imply the Heavy has more authority, but humors and lies to the Soldier to keep him happy. So it's quite possible that what this is saying is that a man who converses with food products thinks the Soldier is crazy]]:crazy:
** According to [[http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=P3447 this product description]], he's not really the
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* [[CrazyHomelessPeople Crazy Homeless Person]]: As of the Pyromania update, the Soldier is one. The blurbs and descriptions of the update's set's items imply that he thinks of his tinfoil-lined helmet and two soup cans as good friends. The helmet has foil in it so no one can steal his "valuable tramp-thoughts".
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* [[CrazyHomelessPeople Crazy Homeless Person]]: As of the Pyromania update, the Soldier is seems to be one. The blurbs and descriptions of the update's set's items imply that he thinks of his tinfoil-lined helmet and two soup cans as good friends. The helmet has foil in it so no one can steal his "valuable tramp-thoughts".
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** [[MonsterRoommate With a wizard!]]
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** [[MonsterRoommate With His current roommate is a wizard!]]Wizard!]]
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* HypocriticalHumor: A Pyro domination line goes, "Fire is for cooking s'mores, son; get a REAL GUN." This coming from the guy whose primary is a rocket launcher (not technically a gun) and whose secondary is a shotgun (the same as the Pyro).
** See MoralMyopia below.
** See MoralMyopia below.
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* HypocriticalHumor: A Pyro domination line goes, "Fire is for cooking s'mores, son; get a REAL GUN." This coming from the guy whose primary is a rocket launcher (not technically a gun) and whose secondary default is a shotgun (the same as the Pyro).
** See MoralMyopia below.Pyro).
** See MoralMyopia below.
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* ShaggyFrogStory: From "Meet The Soldier":
-->"If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight! Sun Tzu said that, and I'd say he knows a little bit more about fighting than ''you'' do, pal, because he invented it, and then he perfected it so that no living man could best him in the ring of honor. Then, he used his fight money to buy two of every animal on earth, and then he herded them onto a boat, and then he beat the ''crap'' out of every single one. And from that day forward any time a bunch of animals are together in one place it's called a ''''zoo''''! [[{{Beat}} (Beat)]] ''Unless it's a farm!''"
-->"If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight! Sun Tzu said that, and I'd say he knows a little bit more about fighting than ''you'' do, pal, because he invented it, and then he perfected it so that no living man could best him in the ring of honor. Then, he used his fight money to buy two of every animal on earth, and then he herded them onto a boat, and then he beat the ''crap'' out of every single one. And from that day forward any time a bunch of animals are together in one place it's called a ''''zoo''''! [[{{Beat}} (Beat)]] ''Unless it's a farm!''"
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Scout is not Genre Savvy - it says \'but\' right there.
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* GenreSavvy: In the 2011 [[YouMeanXmas Smissmas]] comic, Scout recognized that Old Nick trying to kidnap Jack was going to end badly for Nick. But then he also [[WrongGenreSavvy thought Jack was a disguised Spy.]]
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Doesn\'t really count as a Keet under the current description, since to non-fangirls he\'s not particularly small and cute, nor is he very feminine at all. Hot Blooded is probably a better descriptor.
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* {{Keet}}: He's cheerful, loud, and just plain ''enthusiastic'' about his line of work. Unlike most {{keet}}s, his job happens to be "murderous thug".
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* GoddamnBats: The majority of Scout players pose a minor threat and are nuisances...
** DemonicSpiders: ...but the good ones will make you regret lumping them in with the rest.
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* GoddamnBats: The majority of Scout players pose a minor threat and are nuisances...
** DemonicSpiders: ...but the good ones will make you regret lumping them in with the rest.
** DemonicSpiders: ...but the good ones will make you regret lumping them in with the rest.
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!!The Soldier ("Real" name: Mister [[FluffytheTerrible Jane Doe]])
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** According to [[http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=P3447 this product description]], he's not really the leader[[hottip:*:And it seems to be implying the Heavy has more authority, but humors and lies to the Soldier to keep him happy. So it's quite possible that what this is saying is that a man who converses with food products thinks the Soldier is crazy]]:
--->A man whose combat strategies are so complex, so nuanced, that they have never been used on the field of battle, even though Heavy told him they would try them out last week.
--->A man whose combat strategies are so complex, so nuanced, that they have never been used on the field of battle, even though Heavy told him they would try them out last week.
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** Backstory-wise: he's the youngest of eight children (referred to as "his mad-dog brothers").
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** Backstory-wise: he's the youngest runt of eight children (referred to as "his mad-dog brothers").
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** With the Mann Vs. Machine update, he came up with the idea of creating a decoy facility for the robots to attack. ''And it worked''.
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!!The Scout
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->''"Listenin'? Okay -- [[MuhammadAli grass grows, birds fly]], sun shines, and brother, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick I hurt people]]."''
->Voiced by: Nathan Vetterlein
An American, with a [[AmericanAccents Bronx accent]], but is really from [[{{Southies}} South Boston.]] Wears a team-colored t-shirt, a black messenger bag, cleats, dogtags, and handwraps. Looks and sounds exactly like VinceOffer, and to some extent even has a similar personality. The fourth class to receive new equipment. Uses a scattergun, a pistol, and a bat. [[http://www.tf2.com/classes.php?class=scout Meet the Scout!]]
!!!The Scout provides examples of:
* ActorAllusion: The Scout stole a line from Left 4 Dead's "church guy" as of his update. Obviously, they both share a voice actor.
--> "Ding-dong!
* AmericanAccents: Boston, although he sounds like he's from Brooklyn (Which is intended).
* AttentionWhore: Several of his lines are some variant of "LOOK AT ME!"
* BadassBoast:
--> "Grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brudda... I hurt people. I'm a force of nature. If you were from where I'm from, you would be fucking dead."
* BatterUp: Being a baseball fan, his default melee weapon is an aluminum bat, and a few of his unlockables are bats as well.
* BodyHorror: Has a live bird sealed in his chest after surgery, that was ''never removed''. On rare occasions, when he gets gibbed, the bird will fly out unharmed.
* BrattyHalfPint: Just listen to his lines for about 5 seconds. It's a fair guess that he's ''meant'' to sound annoying.
** Backstory-wise: he's the youngest of eight children (referred to as "his mad-dog brothers").
* BrooklynRage: Even though he's from Boston it certainly counts.
* BuffySpeak
--> "I am OWNING you, [[BigStupidDoodooHead you fat bald fatty fat...fat-fat!]]"\\
"You'll never hit me! You'll never hit my tiny head! It's so tiny, I've got a fricken'... such a tiny little head!"
* CasanovaWannabe: Not so much in-game due to a distinct lack of females, but in the online comics he hits on nigh-on every woman he sees, with zero success.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: The Scout trained himself to [[SuperSpeed run everywhere]], originally so he could reach fights in time to have some fun before his seven older brothers got there. By the game's scale, he's running at about 10 meters a second--as fast as an Olympic sprinter--''perpetually.'' And that's not taking into account jumps.
* DifficultButAwesome: Unskilled Scouts die quickly, but skilled ones rack up the bodies and capture points. His playstyle requires quick reflexes, constant movement, and in-depth knowledge of the map, as well as good aim since he has to keep moving while shooting to stay alive. He is hard to control for many veteran FPS players, due to his ludicrous speed. On the other hand, [[VideoGame/{{DOOM}} truly veteran]] FPS players might get a sense of nostalgia from the quick movement and emphasis on dodging attacks rather than soaking them up.
* EatMyDust: One of his lines.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Seems to be fond of his. "Look at me, ma!"
* ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt: "Extra! Extra! You're frickin' dead!"
* FourthWallObserver: One has to wonder where he picked up the word "ragequit". [[http://www.tf2wiki.net/w/images/d/d6/Scout_domination19.wav Yes, he actually does tell his domination victims to ragequit]].
** He also recognizes [[http://www.tf2wiki.net/w/images/c/c3/Scout_award07.wav he's a class]], and all the [[http://www.tf2wiki.net/w/images/3/39/Scout_dominationsct02.wav "battlegrounds" are maps]].
* FragileSpeedster: The most mobile class, but he only has 125 health (110 when using the Sandman).
** GlassCannon: His Scattergun can do upwards of 100 damage per shot, meaning with it, he can kill most classes in a couple of shots (though he has to get almost point-blank to the target to deal the most damage per shot).
** It's also worth knowing that if he's equipped with the two weapons from the Pyromania update, Baby Face's Blaster and Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol, that changes; he becomes the third-slowest class until you get boost from dealing damage and can't jump without resetting it (though the Pistol adds 15 health and prevents you from taking fall damage, though fire damages you more), but if it's fully charged, the Scout becomes nearly impossible to catch (it doesn't hurt that the Blaster is more accurate, despite doing a little less damage).
* GenreSavvy: In the 2011 [[YouMeanXmas Smissmas]] comic, Scout recognized that Old Nick trying to kidnap Jack was going to end badly for Nick. But then he also [[WrongGenreSavvy thought Jack was a disguised Spy.]]
* HandwrapsOfAwesome
* HitAndRunTactics
* HotMom: As revealed in "Meet the Spy", his mother managed to keep her youth very well. After having ''eight kids'', no less.
* IHaveBrothers: Rare male example.
* InherentlyFunnyWords: BONK!
* {{Keet}}: He's cheerful, loud, and just plain ''enthusiastic'' about his line of work. Unlike most {{keet}}s, his job happens to be "murderous thug".
* LeanAndMean
* MotorMouth: Once talked for at least five hours on end.
* MustHaveCaffeine: In an early trailer, his motto simply reads "Too. Much. Caffeine." Plus, two of his unlockable weapons are energy drinks.
* OhCrap: [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/4/4f/Scout_invinciblenotready03.wav Variations]] [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/2/26/Scout_invinciblenotready05.wav of]] [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/3/3b/Scout_invinciblenotready06.wav this]] when Crit-A-Cola wears off and if he's being hit while trying to chug Bonk! Atomic Punch when his health is in the red.
* PastimesProvePersonality
* PetTheDog: In the [[http://www.teamfortress.com/bombinomicon/?p=1 2011 Halloween comic]], he kneels down to eye level with one of the kids and gives him a tooth that he beat out of someone with his bat.
-->'''Hey''' there, slugger. C'mere. You are gonna '''love''' this. You see this bat? Bam! '''That'''... is a human molar. From some dummy with a big mouth that used to be fulla teeth. It's all yours, little talkin' France.
** He is also quick to defend the kids at the mall when Old Nick arrives to kidnap them.
* PsychoticSmirk: [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/File:Tomorrow.png Dude, chill...]]
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: [[ThereWillBeBlood "I! EAT! YOUR! SANDVICHES! I EAT 'EM UP!"]]
* RoadrunnerPC: As mentioned previously, his speed makes his style of combat reminiscent of early First-Person Shooters where you're faster than anyone else, except with lower health and fewer enemies.
* TheRuntAtTheEnd
* SatisfiedStreetRat
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: "Wanananana!", "Bonk!", and a bunch after drinking Bonk! Atomic Punch. He also says "Bonk!" in one of his taunts.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_prZ0JrbQrU&feature=channel "Meet The Sandvich"]].
* SmallNameBigEgo: Even with "Scout" as the only identifier of his name, he has about the same ego and notoriety as [[{{VideoGame/Touhou}} Cirno]].
* {{Southies}}
* StreetSmart / BookDumb: The Scout is probably not much brighter than the Soldier (although he does have the advantage of being much younger). In the Smissmass comic ''he let Soldier be his lawyer''. Still, he gives off a strong air of being StreetSmart, or he wouldn't still be ''alive.''
* TooSlow: Some of his lines mock the enemy for being too slow.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: That Bonk! Atomic Punch makes him quite hyperactive.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: One of his actual lines in the game.
* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: The "Baseball Bill's Sports Shine" is basically Scout without his hat or headset.
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!!The Soldier ("Real" name: Mister [[FluffytheTerrible Jane Doe]])
->''[[TheArtOfWar "If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight!"]]''
->Voiced by: Rick May
A BoisterousBruiser and a DrillSergeantNasty. American, thinks Sun Tzu is something of a MemeticBadass, talks like a cross between George C. Scott in ''Film/{{Patton}}'' and R. Lee Ermey in ''FullMetalJacket'', wears fatigues and an ill-fitting helmet in team color. Wanted to "do his bit" in World War II, but was rejected from ''every'' service in the American military after being found [[MontyPython too mentally unstable even for national service]] - -so he self-financed a one-man rampage across Europe, not stopping until several years after the Germans had surrendered. He shared his [[http://www.teamfortress.com/war/part1/index.htm class update]] alongside the Demoman, similar to the Sniper and Spy update. It conclusively revealed that he was never in the Army (his personal BerserkButton), as well as the Soldier's lifestyle; he lives in a windowless apartment, ready to kill any visitor who isn't a tomato soup salesman or a rib deliveryman. Uses a rocket launcher, a shotgun, and a shovel. [[http://www.tf2.com/classes.php?class=soldier Meet the Soldier!]]
!!!The Soldier provides examples of:
* AmericanAccents: Drill Sergeant, apparently from the Midwestern states
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: If [[http://www.teamfortress.com/war/victory/ this post about Abraham Lincoln]] is part of his interior monologue.
* ArmedLegs: The [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Mantreads Mantreads]], which enable the Soldier to GoombaStomp enemies by falling from heights that would normally hurt him.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Pretty much the [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Mantreads Mantreads]] and [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Market_Gardener Market Gardener]]. 9 times out of 10 you'd perform far better using the Equalizer and Shotgun, but then you couldn't pull off crazy stuff like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaIpS2Ak0QY this]].
* BadassBandolier: Including two semi-cosmetic frag grenades. You can only use one of them in a suicidal explosion if you've got the Equalizer equipped.
* BerserkButton: Do '''not''' call him a [[http://www.teamfortress.com/war/soldier/06.htm civilian]].
* TheBerserker: While you normally don't want to damage yourself with your own rockets, equipping the Equalizer gives some credence toward not worrying about getting damaged to be potentially able to run at your enemies with a now-really powerful melee weapon which will kill most of the classes in two attacks. Just make sure they aren't looking at you.
* BlindingBangs: A helmet, but it works the same way.
** Played straight with the Battle Bob promotional hat.
* BoisterousBruiser: "You are not welcome in MY WORLD!"
* BondOneLiner: Many of his killing spree voice notes qualify. "Time to inform YOUR NEXT OF KIN!"
* BookDumb: Supplementary material generally paints Soldier as being the least intelligent man on the team. Despite being the apparent leader.
* CaptainObvious:
-->'''Administrator:''' ''Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert! RED Spy is in the base!''\\
'''BLU Soldier:''' A RED SPY IS IN THE BASE?!\\
'''Administrator:''' ''Protect the Briefcase!''\\
'''BLU Soldier:''' WE NEED TO PROTECT THE BRIEFCASE!
* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Dominating Spies will have the Soldier taunt them while generally mentioning their French nationality. One calls the Spy a "rifle-dropping coward", another has him say, "Your white flag does not stop American bullets". [[BellisariosMaxim Think not of how the latter would be a war crime]], and remember that the Soldier [[AxCrazy isn't too sane]].
** One of his Achievements is "Geneva Contravention", which literally makes you kill 3 unarmed people. Granted, he's not exactly in the army.
* ColonelKilgore
* CompanionCube: His enemies' severed heads.
* [[CrazyHomelessPeople Crazy Homeless Person]]: As of the Pyromania update, the Soldier is one. The blurbs and descriptions of the update's set's items imply that he thinks of his tinfoil-lined helmet and two soup cans as good friends. The helmet has foil in it so no one can steal his "valuable tramp-thoughts".
* CrazyPrepared: Apparently he always knew a robot attack would happen, and has taken measures to prepare for this. Then again, one of these measures was staring down a toaster for several months to "get inside its mind", so effectiveness is debatable.
* CrazySurvivalist: The Soldier apparently lived in a [[http://www.teamfortress.com/war/soldier/03.htm windowless apartment with a barricaded door, several hundred cans of army surplus soup and a pile of "Guns and Haircuts" magazines]].
** [[MonsterRoommate With a wizard!]]
* DeathFromAbove: Rocket jumping allows the Soldier to fly to great heights from which he can rain down rockets upon his enemies. The Gunboats greatly reduce the self-damage taken from rocket jumping, allowing Soldiers to perform bombing runs with high frequency, while the Mantreads let him actually ''land on'' enemies to damage them.
* DirtyCommunists: What he thinks of the enemy Heavy.
* DifficultButAwesome: '''Rocket jumping.''' A lot of people see it as just a typical advantage that Soldiers and Demos have, but when you can blast all the way across the map in five seconds ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRnw1SV06lk as showcased in the openings to these tutorials]]) and even beat out [[LeParkour the]] [[FragileSpeedster Scout]] with enough practice, it becomes clear how useful it really is.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Very similar to Sergeant Hartman from FullMetalJacket, and even more psychotic than his team.
* DumbMuscle: Generally portrayed as the least intelligent member of the team, despite being presented as the leader.
* {{Eagleland}}: The Soldier marinates himself with Flavor #2.
* EskimosArentReal: The Soldier will declare that Scotland is not a real country, and thus the Scottish Demoman is actually "an Englishman in a dress".
** AccidentallyAccurate: Scotland technically ''isn't'' a real country by itself and is in fact part of the United Kingdom. It's possible the Soldier knows this but then again, [[CloudCuckooLander probably not...]]
* FriendToAllChildren: He's tough, but he took three kids trick-or-treating on Halloween, and didn't hesitate to defend the children of Teufort from Old Nick.
* FrickinLaserBeams: The [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Cow_Mangler_5000 Cow Mangler 5000]] and the [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Righteous_Bison Righteous Bison.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Somehow he went from being rejected by every branch of the military, having no training, and being unable to locate Poland on a map to [[OneManArmy personally killing over 6000 people during and after WW2]].
* GenderBlenderName: His name is apparently Mr. ''Jane'' Doe.
* GeneralRipper: Aside from the Pyro, the Soldier is probably the most dangerously unstable, fanatically violent character in the whole team of lunatics.
** And since the ''Meet The Pyro'' release, even this is debatable.
* GlassCannon: Can become this with the Equalizer, which gets stronger as he takes damage.
* GoombaStomp: Perform these by wearing the Mantreads and landing on someone from a massive height.
* HotBlooded
--> "You cannot burn me. I am already ablaze with passion '''for war!'''"
* HypocriticalHumor: A Pyro domination line goes, "Fire is for cooking s'mores, son; get a REAL GUN." This coming from the guy whose primary is a rocket launcher (not technically a gun) and whose secondary is a shotgun (the same as the Pyro).
** See MoralMyopia below.
* {{Irony}}: The Soldier has made his disdain [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/a/a8/Soldier_robot14.wav towards]] [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/4/45/Soldier_DominationSoldier05.wav hippies]] [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/1/1e/Soldier_robot22.wav and]] [[http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2663 long]] [[http://www.teamfortress.com/asmissmasstory/?p=6 hair]] (read: anything longer than a buzz cut) clear. There's also a promotional hat in the form of unusual-looking long hair for the Soldier.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Capturing points or intelligence noticeably has him stress in his lines that they are his.
* ItsRainingMen: If you're wearing the Mantreads, landing on an enemy negates any fall damage that you might take. Said fall damage is tripled, and [[GoombaStomp the enemy takes it instead]].
* JackOfAllStats: The Soldier simply isn't included in most counter cycles, and his weapons and stats are fairly straightforward. That, and his weapons make him comfortable to ''{{Quake}}'' arena players.
** This is not to suggest he's not a valuable player; the Soldier is a vital staple in competitive play once Rocket Jumping is mastered.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: The [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Half-Zatoichi Half-Zatoichi.]]
* MiseryBuildsCharacter: As the Soldier says, "Pain is weakness leaving the body!"
* MoralMyopia: To the Soldier, it's only a war crime if the enemy team does it.
** Being as every government is secretly controlled by the two companies in this version of our world, the only war crime may consist of "not killing enough innocent civilians today."
* NoIndoorVoice
* OneLinerNameOneLiner: When the Tin Soldier set is equipped, upon getting a Revenge Kill, the Soldier may say:
-->"Beep boop son, beep boop."
* OneManArmy: He was (or, at least, claimed to be) one of these during (and a few years after) WorldWarII.
* ParrotExposition: See CaptainObvious above.
* PatrioticFervor: Taken to the extreme for RuleOfFunny.
* PetTheDog:
** In [[http://www.teamfortress.com/bombinomicon/?p=1 this Halloween comic]], if the Soldier's line about being on the lam with the kids is just an attempt to get candy, it's quite touching to see the merciless military man putting on a goofy costume and taking some kids trick or treating with him. If it isn't, he's still trying to keep them fed.
** In an outtake of ''Meet the Medic'', the BLU Soldier holds a dying teammate in his arms.
** Like the Scout, he saves the kids of Teufort from being kidnapped.
* PhonyVeteran: Contrary to his claims, he has never served in an army, and all those medals he has are self-awarded. However, he did acquire a fly to Poland and fought in World War 2 on his own initiative, though most of the years in Europe were spent killing civilians because he didn't know the war was over.
* PitifulWorms: He sure loves to call people maggots and spineless worms.
--> "''You are a spineless worm! You are a mistake of nature! [[RuleOfThree You are walking vomit!]]''"
* PowerfulPick: The [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Equalizer Equalizer.]] Also the Escape Plan, after the nerf.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: He does this quite a bit.
--> "''Stand! On! The! Point! '''Numbnuts!'''''"
--> "''I! Am! On! FIRE!!!''"[[hottip:*:After being ignited]]
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Sometimes, especially when he's on a kill streak. Also, if he has the Tin Soldier costume set on, he goes "Beep beep boop" and occasionally "Robot noises!" while firing a weapon.
* TheScourgeOfGod: "If God had wanted you to live, he would not have created ''me''!"
* SergeantRock
* ShaggyFrogStory: From "Meet The Soldier":
-->"If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight! Sun Tzu said that, and I'd say he knows a little bit more about fighting than ''you'' do, pal, because he invented it, and then he perfected it so that no living man could best him in the ring of honor. Then, he used his fight money to buy two of every animal on earth, and then he herded them onto a boat, and then he beat the ''crap'' out of every single one. And from that day forward any time a bunch of animals are together in one place it's called a ''''zoo''''! [[{{Beat}} (Beat)]] ''Unless it's a farm!''"
* ShovelStrike: While using either the standard shovel or the Market Gardener.
* SeriousBusiness: Almost to the point of being the team StopHavingFunGuy.
* SmarterThanYouLook: The Soldier is more eloquent in [[http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3013 his]] [[http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3019 blog]] [[http://teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4960 posts]] than one might expect from someone who can't spell "heads" right.
* SociopathicSoldier
* SuicideAttack: His Kamikaze taunt has him pull the pin on one of the hand grenades on his chest but not throw it, the explosion killing him and [[TakingYouWithMe any enemy within a six foot radius]].
** Can be used as a way of circumventing the "No attacking after defeat" mechanic, and an amusing way to inflict a little [[ISurrenderSuckers post-defeat payback]] if you have good timing and/or are lucky.
* TestosteronePoisoning: According to the Soldier, true men get haircuts, yell, eat ribs, do pushups, and defend hills. Any person who doesn't do these activities every waking moment is a pansy.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: The BLU Soldier is killed in every Meet the Team video and is the only one to do so.
* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Captain Dan's army surplus soup. And ribs.
* WhipItGood: The [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Disciplinary_Action Disciplinary Action]].
* YourMom: In Mann vs. Machine mode, he may use a [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/5/5d/Soldier_mvm_taunt05.wav variant]] of a well-known insult and may be a reference to ''FullMetalJacket'':
-->'''Soldier''': The best part of you ran down your motherboard.
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!!The Pyro
->''[[TheUnintelligible "Mmfmff!"]]''
->Voiced by: Dennis Bateman
Race, nationality, and ''[[MindScrew gen]][[GenderBender der]]'' unknown as the Pyro dresses in head-to-toe fireproof suit in team color, and a [[TheFaceless face-obscuring gas mask]] which [[TheUnintelligible muffles their voice]]. Second class to have received new achievements and weapons. Uses a flamethrower, a shotgun, and a fire axe. [[http://www.teamfortress.com/classes.php?class=pyro Meet the Pyro!]]
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!!!The Pyro provides examples of:
* AirGuitar: One of his melee weapon taunts.
* AmbiguousGender: WordOfGod is that there is no answer to whether the Pyro is male or female, so this trope gets played around with a lot. A past update would display random challenges on the title screen for the player to perform with the monicker, "Give him a shot!" referring to the class the challenge was about. When a challenge was issued for the Pyro, the pronoun "Him" could randomly change to "Her" or even "It".
** In Meet the Pyro, Heavy says 'I fear no man, but that ''thing''... it scares me.' Scout, on the other hand, refers to the Pyro as 'he' (but the caption for the line is "He's not here, is she?"). %% "Do You Believe In Magic" already has the line "a young girl's heart". It's not a comment on the Pyro's gender, just how the song goes. His storage locker carries a purse, and her Director's Vision taunt flips between male and female poses.
*** In ''[[EatLeadTheReturnOfMattHazard Matt Hazard: Blood Bath & Beyond]]'', there is a specific level that has {{Shout Out}}s to numerous video games, primarily ''[=TF2=]''. In the middle of the stage, there are two outhouses in the background, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4yKEKiFHPQ#t=3m45s one for the men, and one for the Pyro]].
*** In ''Meet The Spy'', we see an alerts board (Intruder Alert, Red Spy, In Base). But under the words "Red Pyro" are two alerts, one labelled "Is A Man" and the other labelled "Is A Woman".
* AndCallHimGeorge
* AttackReflector: Among other uses, properly-timed compression blasts return projectile (rockets, grenades, arrows, and even baseballs) weapons to sender.
* BarrierWarrior: The Pyro's compression blast generates a small reflective shield in front of the nozzle.
* BewareTheSillyOnes
* [[spoiler: BlitheSpirit]]: At least, that's how ''he'' sees it...
* CharacterTics: Flicking a lighter on and off, judging by the waiting room scene in ''Meet the Medic''. This is a popular stereotype for any pyromaniac... although with the ''Meet The Pyro'' movie release, who knows what he's seeing?
* CloudCuckooLander: [[spoiler:"Meet the Pyro" shows that his view of the world is... [[SugarBowl odd]]. WordOfGod states that he lives in a fantasy world known as Pyroland.]]
* DifficultButAwesome:
** While the straightforward W+ M1 Pyro is looked upon with contempt by other players, Pyros who master the compression blast become AxCrazy pyromancers who can reflect projectiles back at opponents (including arrows fired from Snipers and Medics), use opponent's rockets to RocketJump themselves up, disarm sticky bombs, neutralize ÜberCharged Medics and separate them from their teammates, as well as just putting out fires on teammates. Just see [[http://www.ubercharged.net/2009/04/25/wm2-hot-air/ this]]. Many players overlook the "ambush" aspect of playing a Pyro. A single Pyro using corners and blind spots to jump his foes and set them ablaze is an effective, if slightly suicidal tactic, especially when far from water. And if coupled with the Axtinguisher, the Pyro becomes a close range assassin, setting foes on fire, and then whipping out the Axtinguisher to finish them in a single blow. This combo is commonly referred to as the "Puff 'n Sting" - simple to use, tough to master, and horribly effective.
* DissonantSerenity: In [[http://www.teamfortress.com/truemeaning/ True Meaning]], the Pyro doesn't appear to be too shaken by a rocket that crashed into the Engineer's house, barely missing the two.
** In "Meet the Pyro", it's shown that [[spoiler:Pyro sees himself giving lollipops, bubbles, and happiness to cherubs, skipping around happily in a burning city.]]
* TheDreaded: As shown in "Meet the Pyro", even ''his own team'' is terrified of him. Even the Spy muses on what could fuel such a desire for destruction.
* DropTheHammer: The [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Homewrecker Homewrecker]] and the [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Powerjack Powerjack.]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep[=/=]NoNameGiven: To an even greater extent than the other classes. Even when off duty the Engineer (Dell Conagher) calls him/her Pyro.
* TheFaceless: Nobody knows what's under that mask... yet. In the character model, the Pyro's head ''is'' the mask.
* FeaturelessProtagonist: Nobody has ever seen what the Pyro looks like under that asbestos suit, and the shapelessness of the suit itself doesn't give you much to work with either.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With the Engineer - and with a [[AmbiguousGender question]] [[AmbiguouslyGay mark]] on 'Heterosexual'. They apparently live together. When a rocket crashed into their house the Engineer half-joked that they may have just adopted a super-baby. This [[FridgeBrilliance mirrors their relationship in-game]]; no Engineer is complete without a Pyro.
* HighClassGlass: Part of the Pyro's miscellaneous item, the "Whiskered Gentleman".
* IdiotSavant: Variously described by the others as a "mutant", a "whack-job", a "mumbling abomination" and a "mental deficient", the Pyro [[InspirationallyDisadvantaged inspirationally]] makes up for whatever he may lack in social skills by being an expert at inflicting burning agony upon others.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Some of his melee weapons. He has the usual selection of axes and sledgehammers, such as the [[AnAxeToGrind Axtinguisher]] and the [[DropTheHammer Homewrecker]], but the Pyro also uses improvised weapons like a [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Back_Scratcher gardening rake]], [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Powerjack a car battery attached to a car jack]], a [[spoiler: giant lollipop]], and, giving new meaning to the word "hotmail", [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Postal_Pummeler a mailbox.]]
* KryptoniteIsEverywhere: Methods for putting out fire have increased in number by the day, making afterburn not even half as menacing as it used to be. To this date, 5 out of 9 classes have items that immediately put out a fire (the Scout's Mad Milk, the Pyro's airblast and Manmelter alt-fire, the Heavy's Sandviches, the Sniper's Jarate, and the Spy's Dead Ringer); the Medic has intrinsic health regeneration that almost neutralizes the afterburn, his Medigun renders it irrelevant on the healed teammate, and activating a normal ÜberCharge extinguishes fire; the Demoman's shields give him great resistance to fire; and the Spy's Spy-cicle makes him outright immune.
* LeeroyJenkins: His ability to set people on fire while charging forward has many new players scrambling to pick this class.
* LethalJokeCharacter: The Pyro is the stereotypical noob class, and playing him can result in derision from veteran players. He's also been heavily nerfed repeatedly and other classes surpass him in virtually all areas [[hottip:*:The Spy and Heavy are better ambushers, the Demoknight is a better melee combatant, etc]]. Yet see DifficultButAwesome above for a taste of what a skilled Pyro can do. Additionally, the Pyro is great at spychecking - Pyros do it so often on reflex that most cloaked Spies flat out run if they see one coming, even if they're just passing through.
* LightningBruiser:
** Has the highest health/speed balance of all the classes. 100% of baseline speed, with 175 health; only three other classes meet or exceed the Pyro's health level, and they're all slower than Pyro. Couple with the major damage that Pyro can do with the flamethrower (albeit at short range, hence the speed), and you have this. Pyros however have abysmal range, only some of his secondaries give him any range at all, and that's pitiful damage too. The other three classes on par with the Pyro's health have very high damage rates and can easily shred a Pyro in seconds. So despite having a surprisingly large amount of health, it tends to get eaten up pretty quickly.
** During the Mannconomy Update the Pyro gained the Gas Jockey Gear item set, which boosts his speed in lieu of giving him vulnerabilities to hitscan weapons. This makes him teetering on the edge between LightningBruiser and GlassCannon, as Pyros themselves don't stand much of a chance against Heavies in open combat anyways (Heavies having the most damaging and used hitscan weapons). Against Scouts, Engineers and Spies, the Pyro's survivability is greatly reduced, since these classes have hitscan weapons that deal higher damage the closer you are due to using shotguns (and all melee weapons are considered to be hitscan as well, allowing spies to do even more damage with the knife).
* LimitedWardrobe: Is never seen without the asbestos suit. His trading card bio implies he wears it constantly.
* KamehameHadoken: One of the Pyro's taunts. Is also capable of an [[LethalJokeItem instant kill]] on multiple enemies if you are lucky enough.
* KillItWithFire
* MacGyvering: A running theme with the aesthetic to the Pyro's items. A few of his hats are things that aren't really hats. His Degreaser is a flamethrower made with a gas pump, a car muffler, an exhaust pipe, a fire extinguisher and a stove top burner, while his Powerjack is a car battery tied to an automobile jack.
* MasterOfNone: With the right unlocks, he can fulfill most roles on a team, but those roles are better performed by more specialized classes (able to pick targets like a Spy with the Axtinguisher, ambush like a Heavy, return explosives from Soldiers/Demomen, etc.). His potential resides in his versatility and the [[ConfusionFu difficulty for an opponent to figure out a Pyro's loadout and tactics]] before it's too late.
* MenacingStroll: In ''Meet the Pyro'', although from his own point of view, he is happily skipping around.
* MysteriousPast: The only character aside from the Spy to have no backstory.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant
* NotSoDifferent: The Backburner Pyro has to sneak around and punishes enemies from behind. Kind of like a Spy...
* [[spoiler:ObliviouslyEvil]]: As revealed in Meet the Pyro. To everyone else, the Pyro is a crazed inhuman ''thing'' ready to set the world ablaze. But in the Pyro's mind, [[spoiler:he's simply making everyone happy by blowing pretty bubbles and rainbows for them.]]
* OrnamentalWeapon: Those napalm grenades are apparently just a style statement. That or the Pyro really likes bongos.
* PlayingWithFire: While his weapon is the flamethrower, the Hadoken and the Rainblower taunt have some... interesting implications.
* ProudToBeAGeek: The Pyro's hats would suggest this, coupled with the game's time period (the 60s) being a hotbed of sci-fi B-movies and SilverAge comics.
* PyroManiac: Obviously [[spoiler: or maybe not, seeing as his perception of the world is rather warped]].
* PsychopathicManchild: In "Meet the Pyro", where we get see the battlegrounds from the Pyro's twisted point of view. It's WMG how he ended up like that.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: The Pyro is fireproof. If he wasn't, he wouldn't be able to run forwards and fire his flamethrower at the same time.
** On a meta-gaming level, Pyro players who know the current map, and can find good spots to strike from, do a lot better than the [=W+M1=] types who tend to simply be cut down before they actually get into range.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: While taunting with a melee weapon.
* SituationalSword: Is prone to using these. The Axtinguisher only deals 50% damage to enemies, but deals 100% critical hits to enemies on fire. The Backburner can't score random crits, but does 100% critical damage from behind. The Flare Gun has a pretty tame damage output and a slow projectile speed, but it deals devastating 100% criticals to enemies on fire. The Neon Annihilator does less damage than the stock Fire Axe, but deals 100% criticals to enemies who are wet from standing in water or being hit by Mad Milk/Jarate.
* SkillGateCharacters: When using the aforementioned [[LeeroyJenkins W+ M1]] strategy. A charging Pyro is pretty hard to beat if you can't react fast enough, but it's a minor threat to more skilled/lucky players. He can actually be a lot tougher than people think, especially since Soldiers often forgo their Shotgun in favor of other items. The "Puff 'n Sting" Axtinguisher combo when airblasting requires enemies to be too disoriented in the split second they're in the air to fire and aim at the Pyro, which rarely works against sufficiently skilled players.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes[=/=]UnpopularPopularCharacter: Disliked and feared by most of the characters, but has a sizable fanbase.
* TheSpook: Nobody knows the Pyro's identity, origin, or even gender.
* [[spoiler:SugarBowl: How the Pyro views the world - he thinks he skips around firing rainbows and lollipops and bubbles at the world, spreading happiness to little cherubs. In-game, there's an all-class item in the form of special goggles, provided by the same company that also made the Pyro's mask, so every class can see the world as happily as the Pyro.]]
* SuperPersistentPredator: Just about every [[LeeroyJenkins W+M1 Pyro]] will be this, constantly chasing down any enemy they see (including other Pyros) until they're a pile of char.
* TacticalRockPaperScissors: Forms a very firm one with Spy and Engineer. A Pyro is the best counter for a Spy, who is the bane of the Engineer, who can easily dispatch the range-challenged Pyro.
** This means when a Pyro has the patience to stay with an Engineer, the security of the Engineer becomes a ''lot'' better. Even if a Spy does manage to backstab the Engineer and sap a building before being burned to death, a Pyro armed with The Homewrecker can dispatch all sappers in one hit. It also helps that the Pyro can neutralize incoming explosives, meaning only enemy Snipers and Heavies pose a threat, under ideal circumstances.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: As revealed in ''Meet The Pyro''.
* TheUnintelligible: The asbestos-lined suit has contributed to the ravaging of the Pyro's lungs and thus obscuring of his voice as much as the famous gas mask itself. Pyro seems to at least [[http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=8256 know morse code.]] (Translated, it reads 'Monday' the day the update came out) [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhOnX8qt3I&feature=player_embedded#t=130s And can whistle.]]
* VaderBreath
[[caption-width-right:146: [[BrattyHalfPint Not Pictured: Humility]]]]
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->''"Listenin'? Okay -- [[MuhammadAli grass grows, birds fly]], sun shines, and brother, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick I hurt people]]."''
->Voiced by: Nathan Vetterlein
An American, with a [[AmericanAccents Bronx accent]], but is really from [[{{Southies}} South Boston.]] Wears a team-colored t-shirt, a black messenger bag, cleats, dogtags, and handwraps. Looks and sounds exactly like VinceOffer, and to some extent even has a similar personality. The fourth class to receive new equipment. Uses a scattergun, a pistol, and a bat. [[http://www.tf2.com/classes.php?class=scout Meet the Scout!]]
!!!The Scout provides examples of:
* ActorAllusion: The Scout stole a line from Left 4 Dead's "church guy" as of his update. Obviously, they both share a voice actor.
--> "Ding-dong!
* AmericanAccents: Boston, although he sounds like he's from Brooklyn (Which is intended).
* AttentionWhore: Several of his lines are some variant of "LOOK AT ME!"
* BadassBoast:
--> "Grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brudda... I hurt people. I'm a force of nature. If you were from where I'm from, you would be fucking dead."
* BatterUp: Being a baseball fan, his default melee weapon is an aluminum bat, and a few of his unlockables are bats as well.
* BodyHorror: Has a live bird sealed in his chest after surgery, that was ''never removed''. On rare occasions, when he gets gibbed, the bird will fly out unharmed.
* BrattyHalfPint: Just listen to his lines for about 5 seconds. It's a fair guess that he's ''meant'' to sound annoying.
** Backstory-wise: he's the youngest of eight children (referred to as "his mad-dog brothers").
* BrooklynRage: Even though he's from Boston it certainly counts.
* BuffySpeak
--> "I am OWNING you, [[BigStupidDoodooHead you fat bald fatty fat...fat-fat!]]"\\
"You'll never hit me! You'll never hit my tiny head! It's so tiny, I've got a fricken'... such a tiny little head!"
* CasanovaWannabe: Not so much in-game due to a distinct lack of females, but in the online comics he hits on nigh-on every woman he sees, with zero success.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: The Scout trained himself to [[SuperSpeed run everywhere]], originally so he could reach fights in time to have some fun before his seven older brothers got there. By the game's scale, he's running at about 10 meters a second--as fast as an Olympic sprinter--''perpetually.'' And that's not taking into account jumps.
* DifficultButAwesome: Unskilled Scouts die quickly, but skilled ones rack up the bodies and capture points. His playstyle requires quick reflexes, constant movement, and in-depth knowledge of the map, as well as good aim since he has to keep moving while shooting to stay alive. He is hard to control for many veteran FPS players, due to his ludicrous speed. On the other hand, [[VideoGame/{{DOOM}} truly veteran]] FPS players might get a sense of nostalgia from the quick movement and emphasis on dodging attacks rather than soaking them up.
* EatMyDust: One of his lines.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Seems to be fond of his. "Look at me, ma!"
* ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt: "Extra! Extra! You're frickin' dead!"
* FourthWallObserver: One has to wonder where he picked up the word "ragequit". [[http://www.tf2wiki.net/w/images/d/d6/Scout_domination19.wav Yes, he actually does tell his domination victims to ragequit]].
** He also recognizes [[http://www.tf2wiki.net/w/images/c/c3/Scout_award07.wav he's a class]], and all the [[http://www.tf2wiki.net/w/images/3/39/Scout_dominationsct02.wav "battlegrounds" are maps]].
* FragileSpeedster: The most mobile class, but he only has 125 health (110 when using the Sandman).
** GlassCannon: His Scattergun can do upwards of 100 damage per shot, meaning with it, he can kill most classes in a couple of shots (though he has to get almost point-blank to the target to deal the most damage per shot).
** It's also worth knowing that if he's equipped with the two weapons from the Pyromania update, Baby Face's Blaster and Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol, that changes; he becomes the third-slowest class until you get boost from dealing damage and can't jump without resetting it (though the Pistol adds 15 health and prevents you from taking fall damage, though fire damages you more), but if it's fully charged, the Scout becomes nearly impossible to catch (it doesn't hurt that the Blaster is more accurate, despite doing a little less damage).
* GenreSavvy: In the 2011 [[YouMeanXmas Smissmas]] comic, Scout recognized that Old Nick trying to kidnap Jack was going to end badly for Nick. But then he also [[WrongGenreSavvy thought Jack was a disguised Spy.]]
* HandwrapsOfAwesome
* HitAndRunTactics
* HotMom: As revealed in "Meet the Spy", his mother managed to keep her youth very well. After having ''eight kids'', no less.
* IHaveBrothers: Rare male example.
* InherentlyFunnyWords: BONK!
* {{Keet}}: He's cheerful, loud, and just plain ''enthusiastic'' about his line of work. Unlike most {{keet}}s, his job happens to be "murderous thug".
* LeanAndMean
* MotorMouth: Once talked for at least five hours on end.
* MustHaveCaffeine: In an early trailer, his motto simply reads "Too. Much. Caffeine." Plus, two of his unlockable weapons are energy drinks.
* OhCrap: [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/4/4f/Scout_invinciblenotready03.wav Variations]] [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/2/26/Scout_invinciblenotready05.wav of]] [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/3/3b/Scout_invinciblenotready06.wav this]] when Crit-A-Cola wears off and if he's being hit while trying to chug Bonk! Atomic Punch when his health is in the red.
* PastimesProvePersonality
* PetTheDog: In the [[http://www.teamfortress.com/bombinomicon/?p=1 2011 Halloween comic]], he kneels down to eye level with one of the kids and gives him a tooth that he beat out of someone with his bat.
-->'''Hey''' there, slugger. C'mere. You are gonna '''love''' this. You see this bat? Bam! '''That'''... is a human molar. From some dummy with a big mouth that used to be fulla teeth. It's all yours, little talkin' France.
** He is also quick to defend the kids at the mall when Old Nick arrives to kidnap them.
* PsychoticSmirk: [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/File:Tomorrow.png Dude, chill...]]
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: [[ThereWillBeBlood "I! EAT! YOUR! SANDVICHES! I EAT 'EM UP!"]]
* RoadrunnerPC: As mentioned previously, his speed makes his style of combat reminiscent of early First-Person Shooters where you're faster than anyone else, except with lower health and fewer enemies.
* TheRuntAtTheEnd
* SatisfiedStreetRat
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: "Wanananana!", "Bonk!", and a bunch after drinking Bonk! Atomic Punch. He also says "Bonk!" in one of his taunts.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_prZ0JrbQrU&feature=channel "Meet The Sandvich"]].
* SmallNameBigEgo: Even with "Scout" as the only identifier of his name, he has about the same ego and notoriety as [[{{VideoGame/Touhou}} Cirno]].
* {{Southies}}
* StreetSmart / BookDumb: The Scout is probably not much brighter than the Soldier (although he does have the advantage of being much younger). In the Smissmass comic ''he let Soldier be his lawyer''. Still, he gives off a strong air of being StreetSmart, or he wouldn't still be ''alive.''
* TooSlow: Some of his lines mock the enemy for being too slow.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: That Bonk! Atomic Punch makes him quite hyperactive.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: One of his actual lines in the game.
* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: The "Baseball Bill's Sports Shine" is basically Scout without his hat or headset.
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!!The Soldier ("Real" name: Mister [[FluffytheTerrible Jane Doe]])
->''[[TheArtOfWar "If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight!"]]''
->Voiced by: Rick May
A BoisterousBruiser and a DrillSergeantNasty. American, thinks Sun Tzu is something of a MemeticBadass, talks like a cross between George C. Scott in ''Film/{{Patton}}'' and R. Lee Ermey in ''FullMetalJacket'', wears fatigues and an ill-fitting helmet in team color. Wanted to "do his bit" in World War II, but was rejected from ''every'' service in the American military after being found [[MontyPython too mentally unstable even for national service]] - -so he self-financed a one-man rampage across Europe, not stopping until several years after the Germans had surrendered. He shared his [[http://www.teamfortress.com/war/part1/index.htm class update]] alongside the Demoman, similar to the Sniper and Spy update. It conclusively revealed that he was never in the Army (his personal BerserkButton), as well as the Soldier's lifestyle; he lives in a windowless apartment, ready to kill any visitor who isn't a tomato soup salesman or a rib deliveryman. Uses a rocket launcher, a shotgun, and a shovel. [[http://www.tf2.com/classes.php?class=soldier Meet the Soldier!]]
!!!The Soldier provides examples of:
* AmericanAccents: Drill Sergeant, apparently from the Midwestern states
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: If [[http://www.teamfortress.com/war/victory/ this post about Abraham Lincoln]] is part of his interior monologue.
* ArmedLegs: The [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Mantreads Mantreads]], which enable the Soldier to GoombaStomp enemies by falling from heights that would normally hurt him.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Pretty much the [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Mantreads Mantreads]] and [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Market_Gardener Market Gardener]]. 9 times out of 10 you'd perform far better using the Equalizer and Shotgun, but then you couldn't pull off crazy stuff like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaIpS2Ak0QY this]].
* BadassBandolier: Including two semi-cosmetic frag grenades. You can only use one of them in a suicidal explosion if you've got the Equalizer equipped.
* BerserkButton: Do '''not''' call him a [[http://www.teamfortress.com/war/soldier/06.htm civilian]].
* TheBerserker: While you normally don't want to damage yourself with your own rockets, equipping the Equalizer gives some credence toward not worrying about getting damaged to be potentially able to run at your enemies with a now-really powerful melee weapon which will kill most of the classes in two attacks. Just make sure they aren't looking at you.
* BlindingBangs: A helmet, but it works the same way.
** Played straight with the Battle Bob promotional hat.
* BoisterousBruiser: "You are not welcome in MY WORLD!"
* BondOneLiner: Many of his killing spree voice notes qualify. "Time to inform YOUR NEXT OF KIN!"
* BookDumb: Supplementary material generally paints Soldier as being the least intelligent man on the team. Despite being the apparent leader.
* CaptainObvious:
-->'''Administrator:''' ''Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert! RED Spy is in the base!''\\
'''BLU Soldier:''' A RED SPY IS IN THE BASE?!\\
'''Administrator:''' ''Protect the Briefcase!''\\
'''BLU Soldier:''' WE NEED TO PROTECT THE BRIEFCASE!
* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Dominating Spies will have the Soldier taunt them while generally mentioning their French nationality. One calls the Spy a "rifle-dropping coward", another has him say, "Your white flag does not stop American bullets". [[BellisariosMaxim Think not of how the latter would be a war crime]], and remember that the Soldier [[AxCrazy isn't too sane]].
** One of his Achievements is "Geneva Contravention", which literally makes you kill 3 unarmed people. Granted, he's not exactly in the army.
* ColonelKilgore
* CompanionCube: His enemies' severed heads.
* [[CrazyHomelessPeople Crazy Homeless Person]]: As of the Pyromania update, the Soldier is one. The blurbs and descriptions of the update's set's items imply that he thinks of his tinfoil-lined helmet and two soup cans as good friends. The helmet has foil in it so no one can steal his "valuable tramp-thoughts".
* CrazyPrepared: Apparently he always knew a robot attack would happen, and has taken measures to prepare for this. Then again, one of these measures was staring down a toaster for several months to "get inside its mind", so effectiveness is debatable.
* CrazySurvivalist: The Soldier apparently lived in a [[http://www.teamfortress.com/war/soldier/03.htm windowless apartment with a barricaded door, several hundred cans of army surplus soup and a pile of "Guns and Haircuts" magazines]].
** [[MonsterRoommate With a wizard!]]
* DeathFromAbove: Rocket jumping allows the Soldier to fly to great heights from which he can rain down rockets upon his enemies. The Gunboats greatly reduce the self-damage taken from rocket jumping, allowing Soldiers to perform bombing runs with high frequency, while the Mantreads let him actually ''land on'' enemies to damage them.
* DirtyCommunists: What he thinks of the enemy Heavy.
* DifficultButAwesome: '''Rocket jumping.''' A lot of people see it as just a typical advantage that Soldiers and Demos have, but when you can blast all the way across the map in five seconds ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRnw1SV06lk as showcased in the openings to these tutorials]]) and even beat out [[LeParkour the]] [[FragileSpeedster Scout]] with enough practice, it becomes clear how useful it really is.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Very similar to Sergeant Hartman from FullMetalJacket, and even more psychotic than his team.
* DumbMuscle: Generally portrayed as the least intelligent member of the team, despite being presented as the leader.
* {{Eagleland}}: The Soldier marinates himself with Flavor #2.
* EskimosArentReal: The Soldier will declare that Scotland is not a real country, and thus the Scottish Demoman is actually "an Englishman in a dress".
** AccidentallyAccurate: Scotland technically ''isn't'' a real country by itself and is in fact part of the United Kingdom. It's possible the Soldier knows this but then again, [[CloudCuckooLander probably not...]]
* FriendToAllChildren: He's tough, but he took three kids trick-or-treating on Halloween, and didn't hesitate to defend the children of Teufort from Old Nick.
* FrickinLaserBeams: The [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Cow_Mangler_5000 Cow Mangler 5000]] and the [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Righteous_Bison Righteous Bison.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Somehow he went from being rejected by every branch of the military, having no training, and being unable to locate Poland on a map to [[OneManArmy personally killing over 6000 people during and after WW2]].
* GenderBlenderName: His name is apparently Mr. ''Jane'' Doe.
* GeneralRipper: Aside from the Pyro, the Soldier is probably the most dangerously unstable, fanatically violent character in the whole team of lunatics.
** And since the ''Meet The Pyro'' release, even this is debatable.
* GlassCannon: Can become this with the Equalizer, which gets stronger as he takes damage.
* GoombaStomp: Perform these by wearing the Mantreads and landing on someone from a massive height.
* HotBlooded
--> "You cannot burn me. I am already ablaze with passion '''for war!'''"
* HypocriticalHumor: A Pyro domination line goes, "Fire is for cooking s'mores, son; get a REAL GUN." This coming from the guy whose primary is a rocket launcher (not technically a gun) and whose secondary is a shotgun (the same as the Pyro).
** See MoralMyopia below.
* {{Irony}}: The Soldier has made his disdain [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/a/a8/Soldier_robot14.wav towards]] [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/4/45/Soldier_DominationSoldier05.wav hippies]] [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/1/1e/Soldier_robot22.wav and]] [[http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2663 long]] [[http://www.teamfortress.com/asmissmasstory/?p=6 hair]] (read: anything longer than a buzz cut) clear. There's also a promotional hat in the form of unusual-looking long hair for the Soldier.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Capturing points or intelligence noticeably has him stress in his lines that they are his.
* ItsRainingMen: If you're wearing the Mantreads, landing on an enemy negates any fall damage that you might take. Said fall damage is tripled, and [[GoombaStomp the enemy takes it instead]].
* JackOfAllStats: The Soldier simply isn't included in most counter cycles, and his weapons and stats are fairly straightforward. That, and his weapons make him comfortable to ''{{Quake}}'' arena players.
** This is not to suggest he's not a valuable player; the Soldier is a vital staple in competitive play once Rocket Jumping is mastered.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: The [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Half-Zatoichi Half-Zatoichi.]]
* MiseryBuildsCharacter: As the Soldier says, "Pain is weakness leaving the body!"
* MoralMyopia: To the Soldier, it's only a war crime if the enemy team does it.
** Being as every government is secretly controlled by the two companies in this version of our world, the only war crime may consist of "not killing enough innocent civilians today."
* NoIndoorVoice
* OneLinerNameOneLiner: When the Tin Soldier set is equipped, upon getting a Revenge Kill, the Soldier may say:
-->"Beep boop son, beep boop."
* OneManArmy: He was (or, at least, claimed to be) one of these during (and a few years after) WorldWarII.
* ParrotExposition: See CaptainObvious above.
* PatrioticFervor: Taken to the extreme for RuleOfFunny.
* PetTheDog:
** In [[http://www.teamfortress.com/bombinomicon/?p=1 this Halloween comic]], if the Soldier's line about being on the lam with the kids is just an attempt to get candy, it's quite touching to see the merciless military man putting on a goofy costume and taking some kids trick or treating with him. If it isn't, he's still trying to keep them fed.
** In an outtake of ''Meet the Medic'', the BLU Soldier holds a dying teammate in his arms.
** Like the Scout, he saves the kids of Teufort from being kidnapped.
* PhonyVeteran: Contrary to his claims, he has never served in an army, and all those medals he has are self-awarded. However, he did acquire a fly to Poland and fought in World War 2 on his own initiative, though most of the years in Europe were spent killing civilians because he didn't know the war was over.
* PitifulWorms: He sure loves to call people maggots and spineless worms.
--> "''You are a spineless worm! You are a mistake of nature! [[RuleOfThree You are walking vomit!]]''"
* PowerfulPick: The [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Equalizer Equalizer.]] Also the Escape Plan, after the nerf.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: He does this quite a bit.
--> "''Stand! On! The! Point! '''Numbnuts!'''''"
--> "''I! Am! On! FIRE!!!''"[[hottip:*:After being ignited]]
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Sometimes, especially when he's on a kill streak. Also, if he has the Tin Soldier costume set on, he goes "Beep beep boop" and occasionally "Robot noises!" while firing a weapon.
* TheScourgeOfGod: "If God had wanted you to live, he would not have created ''me''!"
* SergeantRock
* ShaggyFrogStory: From "Meet The Soldier":
-->"If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight! Sun Tzu said that, and I'd say he knows a little bit more about fighting than ''you'' do, pal, because he invented it, and then he perfected it so that no living man could best him in the ring of honor. Then, he used his fight money to buy two of every animal on earth, and then he herded them onto a boat, and then he beat the ''crap'' out of every single one. And from that day forward any time a bunch of animals are together in one place it's called a ''''zoo''''! [[{{Beat}} (Beat)]] ''Unless it's a farm!''"
* ShovelStrike: While using either the standard shovel or the Market Gardener.
* SeriousBusiness: Almost to the point of being the team StopHavingFunGuy.
* SmarterThanYouLook: The Soldier is more eloquent in [[http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3013 his]] [[http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3019 blog]] [[http://teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4960 posts]] than one might expect from someone who can't spell "heads" right.
* SociopathicSoldier
* SuicideAttack: His Kamikaze taunt has him pull the pin on one of the hand grenades on his chest but not throw it, the explosion killing him and [[TakingYouWithMe any enemy within a six foot radius]].
** Can be used as a way of circumventing the "No attacking after defeat" mechanic, and an amusing way to inflict a little [[ISurrenderSuckers post-defeat payback]] if you have good timing and/or are lucky.
* TestosteronePoisoning: According to the Soldier, true men get haircuts, yell, eat ribs, do pushups, and defend hills. Any person who doesn't do these activities every waking moment is a pansy.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: The BLU Soldier is killed in every Meet the Team video and is the only one to do so.
* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Captain Dan's army surplus soup. And ribs.
* WhipItGood: The [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Disciplinary_Action Disciplinary Action]].
* YourMom: In Mann vs. Machine mode, he may use a [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/5/5d/Soldier_mvm_taunt05.wav variant]] of a well-known insult and may be a reference to ''FullMetalJacket'':
-->'''Soldier''': The best part of you ran down your motherboard.
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!!The Pyro
->''[[TheUnintelligible "Mmfmff!"]]''
->Voiced by: Dennis Bateman
Race, nationality, and ''[[MindScrew gen]][[GenderBender der]]'' unknown as the Pyro dresses in head-to-toe fireproof suit in team color, and a [[TheFaceless face-obscuring gas mask]] which [[TheUnintelligible muffles their voice]]. Second class to have received new achievements and weapons. Uses a flamethrower, a shotgun, and a fire axe. [[http://www.teamfortress.com/classes.php?class=pyro Meet the Pyro!]]
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!!!The Pyro provides examples of:
* AirGuitar: One of his melee weapon taunts.
* AmbiguousGender: WordOfGod is that there is no answer to whether the Pyro is male or female, so this trope gets played around with a lot. A past update would display random challenges on the title screen for the player to perform with the monicker, "Give him a shot!" referring to the class the challenge was about. When a challenge was issued for the Pyro, the pronoun "Him" could randomly change to "Her" or even "It".
** In Meet the Pyro, Heavy says 'I fear no man, but that ''thing''... it scares me.' Scout, on the other hand, refers to the Pyro as 'he' (but the caption for the line is "He's not here, is she?"). %% "Do You Believe In Magic" already has the line "a young girl's heart". It's not a comment on the Pyro's gender, just how the song goes. His storage locker carries a purse, and her Director's Vision taunt flips between male and female poses.
*** In ''[[EatLeadTheReturnOfMattHazard Matt Hazard: Blood Bath & Beyond]]'', there is a specific level that has {{Shout Out}}s to numerous video games, primarily ''[=TF2=]''. In the middle of the stage, there are two outhouses in the background, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4yKEKiFHPQ#t=3m45s one for the men, and one for the Pyro]].
*** In ''Meet The Spy'', we see an alerts board (Intruder Alert, Red Spy, In Base). But under the words "Red Pyro" are two alerts, one labelled "Is A Man" and the other labelled "Is A Woman".
* AndCallHimGeorge
* AttackReflector: Among other uses, properly-timed compression blasts return projectile (rockets, grenades, arrows, and even baseballs) weapons to sender.
* BarrierWarrior: The Pyro's compression blast generates a small reflective shield in front of the nozzle.
* BewareTheSillyOnes
* [[spoiler: BlitheSpirit]]: At least, that's how ''he'' sees it...
* CharacterTics: Flicking a lighter on and off, judging by the waiting room scene in ''Meet the Medic''. This is a popular stereotype for any pyromaniac... although with the ''Meet The Pyro'' movie release, who knows what he's seeing?
* CloudCuckooLander: [[spoiler:"Meet the Pyro" shows that his view of the world is... [[SugarBowl odd]]. WordOfGod states that he lives in a fantasy world known as Pyroland.]]
* DifficultButAwesome:
** While the straightforward W+ M1 Pyro is looked upon with contempt by other players, Pyros who master the compression blast become AxCrazy pyromancers who can reflect projectiles back at opponents (including arrows fired from Snipers and Medics), use opponent's rockets to RocketJump themselves up, disarm sticky bombs, neutralize ÜberCharged Medics and separate them from their teammates, as well as just putting out fires on teammates. Just see [[http://www.ubercharged.net/2009/04/25/wm2-hot-air/ this]]. Many players overlook the "ambush" aspect of playing a Pyro. A single Pyro using corners and blind spots to jump his foes and set them ablaze is an effective, if slightly suicidal tactic, especially when far from water. And if coupled with the Axtinguisher, the Pyro becomes a close range assassin, setting foes on fire, and then whipping out the Axtinguisher to finish them in a single blow. This combo is commonly referred to as the "Puff 'n Sting" - simple to use, tough to master, and horribly effective.
* DissonantSerenity: In [[http://www.teamfortress.com/truemeaning/ True Meaning]], the Pyro doesn't appear to be too shaken by a rocket that crashed into the Engineer's house, barely missing the two.
** In "Meet the Pyro", it's shown that [[spoiler:Pyro sees himself giving lollipops, bubbles, and happiness to cherubs, skipping around happily in a burning city.]]
* TheDreaded: As shown in "Meet the Pyro", even ''his own team'' is terrified of him. Even the Spy muses on what could fuel such a desire for destruction.
* DropTheHammer: The [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Homewrecker Homewrecker]] and the [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Powerjack Powerjack.]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep[=/=]NoNameGiven: To an even greater extent than the other classes. Even when off duty the Engineer (Dell Conagher) calls him/her Pyro.
* TheFaceless: Nobody knows what's under that mask... yet. In the character model, the Pyro's head ''is'' the mask.
* FeaturelessProtagonist: Nobody has ever seen what the Pyro looks like under that asbestos suit, and the shapelessness of the suit itself doesn't give you much to work with either.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With the Engineer - and with a [[AmbiguousGender question]] [[AmbiguouslyGay mark]] on 'Heterosexual'. They apparently live together. When a rocket crashed into their house the Engineer half-joked that they may have just adopted a super-baby. This [[FridgeBrilliance mirrors their relationship in-game]]; no Engineer is complete without a Pyro.
* HighClassGlass: Part of the Pyro's miscellaneous item, the "Whiskered Gentleman".
* IdiotSavant: Variously described by the others as a "mutant", a "whack-job", a "mumbling abomination" and a "mental deficient", the Pyro [[InspirationallyDisadvantaged inspirationally]] makes up for whatever he may lack in social skills by being an expert at inflicting burning agony upon others.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Some of his melee weapons. He has the usual selection of axes and sledgehammers, such as the [[AnAxeToGrind Axtinguisher]] and the [[DropTheHammer Homewrecker]], but the Pyro also uses improvised weapons like a [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Back_Scratcher gardening rake]], [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Powerjack a car battery attached to a car jack]], a [[spoiler: giant lollipop]], and, giving new meaning to the word "hotmail", [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Postal_Pummeler a mailbox.]]
* KryptoniteIsEverywhere: Methods for putting out fire have increased in number by the day, making afterburn not even half as menacing as it used to be. To this date, 5 out of 9 classes have items that immediately put out a fire (the Scout's Mad Milk, the Pyro's airblast and Manmelter alt-fire, the Heavy's Sandviches, the Sniper's Jarate, and the Spy's Dead Ringer); the Medic has intrinsic health regeneration that almost neutralizes the afterburn, his Medigun renders it irrelevant on the healed teammate, and activating a normal ÜberCharge extinguishes fire; the Demoman's shields give him great resistance to fire; and the Spy's Spy-cicle makes him outright immune.
* LeeroyJenkins: His ability to set people on fire while charging forward has many new players scrambling to pick this class.
* LethalJokeCharacter: The Pyro is the stereotypical noob class, and playing him can result in derision from veteran players. He's also been heavily nerfed repeatedly and other classes surpass him in virtually all areas [[hottip:*:The Spy and Heavy are better ambushers, the Demoknight is a better melee combatant, etc]]. Yet see DifficultButAwesome above for a taste of what a skilled Pyro can do. Additionally, the Pyro is great at spychecking - Pyros do it so often on reflex that most cloaked Spies flat out run if they see one coming, even if they're just passing through.
* LightningBruiser:
** Has the highest health/speed balance of all the classes. 100% of baseline speed, with 175 health; only three other classes meet or exceed the Pyro's health level, and they're all slower than Pyro. Couple with the major damage that Pyro can do with the flamethrower (albeit at short range, hence the speed), and you have this. Pyros however have abysmal range, only some of his secondaries give him any range at all, and that's pitiful damage too. The other three classes on par with the Pyro's health have very high damage rates and can easily shred a Pyro in seconds. So despite having a surprisingly large amount of health, it tends to get eaten up pretty quickly.
** During the Mannconomy Update the Pyro gained the Gas Jockey Gear item set, which boosts his speed in lieu of giving him vulnerabilities to hitscan weapons. This makes him teetering on the edge between LightningBruiser and GlassCannon, as Pyros themselves don't stand much of a chance against Heavies in open combat anyways (Heavies having the most damaging and used hitscan weapons). Against Scouts, Engineers and Spies, the Pyro's survivability is greatly reduced, since these classes have hitscan weapons that deal higher damage the closer you are due to using shotguns (and all melee weapons are considered to be hitscan as well, allowing spies to do even more damage with the knife).
* LimitedWardrobe: Is never seen without the asbestos suit. His trading card bio implies he wears it constantly.
* KamehameHadoken: One of the Pyro's taunts. Is also capable of an [[LethalJokeItem instant kill]] on multiple enemies if you are lucky enough.
* KillItWithFire
* MacGyvering: A running theme with the aesthetic to the Pyro's items. A few of his hats are things that aren't really hats. His Degreaser is a flamethrower made with a gas pump, a car muffler, an exhaust pipe, a fire extinguisher and a stove top burner, while his Powerjack is a car battery tied to an automobile jack.
* MasterOfNone: With the right unlocks, he can fulfill most roles on a team, but those roles are better performed by more specialized classes (able to pick targets like a Spy with the Axtinguisher, ambush like a Heavy, return explosives from Soldiers/Demomen, etc.). His potential resides in his versatility and the [[ConfusionFu difficulty for an opponent to figure out a Pyro's loadout and tactics]] before it's too late.
* MenacingStroll: In ''Meet the Pyro'', although from his own point of view, he is happily skipping around.
* MysteriousPast: The only character aside from the Spy to have no backstory.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant
* NotSoDifferent: The Backburner Pyro has to sneak around and punishes enemies from behind. Kind of like a Spy...
* [[spoiler:ObliviouslyEvil]]: As revealed in Meet the Pyro. To everyone else, the Pyro is a crazed inhuman ''thing'' ready to set the world ablaze. But in the Pyro's mind, [[spoiler:he's simply making everyone happy by blowing pretty bubbles and rainbows for them.]]
* OrnamentalWeapon: Those napalm grenades are apparently just a style statement. That or the Pyro really likes bongos.
* PlayingWithFire: While his weapon is the flamethrower, the Hadoken and the Rainblower taunt have some... interesting implications.
* ProudToBeAGeek: The Pyro's hats would suggest this, coupled with the game's time period (the 60s) being a hotbed of sci-fi B-movies and SilverAge comics.
* PyroManiac: Obviously [[spoiler: or maybe not, seeing as his perception of the world is rather warped]].
* PsychopathicManchild: In "Meet the Pyro", where we get see the battlegrounds from the Pyro's twisted point of view. It's WMG how he ended up like that.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: The Pyro is fireproof. If he wasn't, he wouldn't be able to run forwards and fire his flamethrower at the same time.
** On a meta-gaming level, Pyro players who know the current map, and can find good spots to strike from, do a lot better than the [=W+M1=] types who tend to simply be cut down before they actually get into range.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: While taunting with a melee weapon.
* SituationalSword: Is prone to using these. The Axtinguisher only deals 50% damage to enemies, but deals 100% critical hits to enemies on fire. The Backburner can't score random crits, but does 100% critical damage from behind. The Flare Gun has a pretty tame damage output and a slow projectile speed, but it deals devastating 100% criticals to enemies on fire. The Neon Annihilator does less damage than the stock Fire Axe, but deals 100% criticals to enemies who are wet from standing in water or being hit by Mad Milk/Jarate.
* SkillGateCharacters: When using the aforementioned [[LeeroyJenkins W+ M1]] strategy. A charging Pyro is pretty hard to beat if you can't react fast enough, but it's a minor threat to more skilled/lucky players. He can actually be a lot tougher than people think, especially since Soldiers often forgo their Shotgun in favor of other items. The "Puff 'n Sting" Axtinguisher combo when airblasting requires enemies to be too disoriented in the split second they're in the air to fire and aim at the Pyro, which rarely works against sufficiently skilled players.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes[=/=]UnpopularPopularCharacter: Disliked and feared by most of the characters, but has a sizable fanbase.
* TheSpook: Nobody knows the Pyro's identity, origin, or even gender.
* [[spoiler:SugarBowl: How the Pyro views the world - he thinks he skips around firing rainbows and lollipops and bubbles at the world, spreading happiness to little cherubs. In-game, there's an all-class item in the form of special goggles, provided by the same company that also made the Pyro's mask, so every class can see the world as happily as the Pyro.]]
* SuperPersistentPredator: Just about every [[LeeroyJenkins W+M1 Pyro]] will be this, constantly chasing down any enemy they see (including other Pyros) until they're a pile of char.
* TacticalRockPaperScissors: Forms a very firm one with Spy and Engineer. A Pyro is the best counter for a Spy, who is the bane of the Engineer, who can easily dispatch the range-challenged Pyro.
** This means when a Pyro has the patience to stay with an Engineer, the security of the Engineer becomes a ''lot'' better. Even if a Spy does manage to backstab the Engineer and sap a building before being burned to death, a Pyro armed with The Homewrecker can dispatch all sappers in one hit. It also helps that the Pyro can neutralize incoming explosives, meaning only enemy Snipers and Heavies pose a threat, under ideal circumstances.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: As revealed in ''Meet The Pyro''.
* TheUnintelligible: The asbestos-lined suit has contributed to the ravaging of the Pyro's lungs and thus obscuring of his voice as much as the famous gas mask itself. Pyro seems to at least [[http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=8256 know morse code.]] (Translated, it reads 'Monday' the day the update came out) [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhOnX8qt3I&feature=player_embedded#t=130s And can whistle.]]
* VaderBreath
