History FanFic / TheNucleusIncident

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Sniper's backstory- [[spoiler: because of his Aboriginal ancestry, he doesn't look like a typical Australian, leading to him being mocked and ridiculed as a child, and his father has always looked down on him in disappointment.]].

A rather popular fic that's inspired FanWork of its own. Although the author [[CreatorBacklash previously disowned the entire story]], WordOfGod recently stated that [[http://exigetspersonal.tumblr.com/post/61895859835/im-not-going-to-make-it-a-badly-kept-secret-any-more#Notes it was undergoing extensive re-writes]], and the revised version can be found [[http://tf2chan.net/fanfic/res/4596.html here]]. The livejournal the fic was on has been purged, however, every chapter of the fic pre-rewrite can be viewed [[http://beerbibber2.rssing.com/chan-1535961/latest.php here]], albeit with formatting errors.

* DeadFic: Sadly.

A rather popular fic that's inspired FanWork of its own. Although the author [[CreatorBacklash previously disowned the entire story]], WordOfGod recently stated that [[http://exigetspersonal.tumblr.com/post/61895859835/im-not-going-to-make-it-a-badly-kept-secret-any-more#Notes it was undergoing extensive re-writes]], and the revised version can be found [[http://tf2chan.net/fanfic/res/4596.html here]. The livejournal the fic was on has been purged, however, every chapter of the fic pre-rewrite can be viewed [[http://beerbibber2.rssing.com/chan-1535961/latest.php here]] albeit with formatting errors.

A rather popular fic that's inspired FanWork of its own. Although the author [[CreatorBacklash previously disowned the entire story]], WordOfGod had recently stated that [[http://exigetspersonal.tumblr.com/post/61895859835/im-not-going-to-make-it-a-badly-kept-secret-any-more#Notes it is undergoing extensive re-writes]]. The livejournal the fic was on has been purged, however, every chapter of the fic pre-rewrite can be viewed [[http://beerbibber2.rssing.com/chan-1535961/latest.php here]] albeit with formatting errors.

A rather popular fic that's inspired FanWork of its own. Although the author previously disowned the entire story, WordOfGod had recently stated that [[http://exigetspersonal.tumblr.com/post/61895859835/im-not-going-to-make-it-a-badly-kept-secret-any-more#Notes it is undergoing extensive re-writes]]. The livejournal the fic was on has been purged, however, every chapter of the fic pre-rewrite can be viewed [[http://beerbibber2.rssing.com/chan-1535961/latest.php here]] albeit with formatting errors.

A rather popular fic that's inspired FanWork of its own. Although the author previously disowned the entire story, WordOfGod had recently stated that [[http://exigetspersonal.tumblr.com/post/61895859835/im-not-going-to-make-it-a-badly-kept-secret-any-more#Notes it is undergoing extensive re-writes]]. The livejournal the fic was on has been purged, however, every chapter of the fic post-rewrite can be viewed [[http://beerbibber2.rssing.com/chan-1535961/latest.php here]] albeit with formatting errors.

A rather popular fic that's inspired FanWork of its own. WordOfGod on this very wiki indicates it will no longer be worked on, and the journal the fic was on has been deleted. However, every chapter that ''was'' written can be downloaded [[http://www.mediafire.com/?c69cqf55gzd4zgi here]].

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

** There's a reference to the [[KillScreen Kill Screen]] in old video games, when Engineer mentions Scout asking him exactly 254 times for a Dispenser. [[spoiler: If it had actually been Scout asking for it a 255th time, well, [[BerserkButton who knows what might have happened...]] ]]

** Also, [[spoiler: a big Russian man with the ability to turn himself into metal? [[XMen Now, where have we seen that before?]]]]

** Heavy's dream contains quite a few [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] references to ''AliceInWonderland''.

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

* YourMom: Spy pulls a rather underwhelming one of these towards Sniper.

''Soooo...should someone delete this page?''

A rather popular fic that's inspired FanWork of its own. WordOfGod on this very wiki indicates it will no longer be worked on, and the journal the fic was on has been deleted.

* YourMom: Spy pulls a rather underwhelming one of these towards Sniper.

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

Well, one fan came up with a theory, and thus we have ''[[http://eximplode.livejournal.com/ The Nucleus Incident]]'', a fanfic that explores what happens when the RED team is exposed to a blinding light the machine gives off one day. Each team member wakes up some time later to find out they've acquired strange superpowers. Eventually, they not only learn to use their abilities in battle, but also that their powers are actually evolving. And, what's more, [[spoiler:the BLU team's gotten superpowers of their own...]]

A rather popular fic that's inspired FanWork of its own. WordOfGod on this very wiki indicates it will no longer be worked on.

Well, one fan, Eximplode, came up with a theory, and thus we have ''[[http://eximplode.livejournal.com/ The Nucleus Incident]]'', a fanfic that explores what happens when the RED team is exposed to a blinding light the machine gives off one day. Each team member wakes up some time later to find out they've acquired strange superpowers. Eventually, they not only learn to use their abilities in battle, but also that their powers are actually evolving. And, what's more, [[spoiler:the BLU team's gotten superpowers of their own...]]

A rather popular fic that's inspired FanWork of its own. It's just come off hiatus, and WordOfGod indicates it will no longer be worked on.

A rather popular fic that's inspired FanWork of its own. It's just come off hiatus, and WordOfGod indicates there will be sporadic updates.

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

You ever wonder what it ''does?''

Well, one fan, Eximplode, came up with a theory, and thus we have ''[[http://eximplode.livejournal.com/ The Nucleus Incident]]'', a fanfic that explores what happens when the RED team is exposed to a blinding light the machine gives off one day. Each team member wakes up some time later to find out they've acquired strange superpowers. Eventually, they not only learn to use their abilities in battle, but also that their powers are actually evolving. And, what's more, [[spoiler:the BLU team's gotten superpowers of their own...]]

A rather popular fic that's inspired FanWork of its own. It's just come off hiatus, and WordOfGod indicates there will be sporadic updates.

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* {{Animorphism}}: Pyro
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Sniper's backstory- [[spoiler: because of his Aboriginal ancestry, he doesn't look like a typical Australian, leading to him being mocked and ridiculed as a child, and his father has always looked down on him in disappointment.]].
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Australium, even more so here than in the source material.
* AscendedFanboy: Scout's a big comic book reader, and while he does freak out about his powers as much as the rest of the team, he still gets pretty excited about them [[spoiler:''especially'' when he learns how to fly]].
* BalefulPolymorph: Engineer, who turns into a half-man, half-fish thing. [[spoiler: He's later able to change between forms]]
* TheCassandra: Demoman's the first one to notice [[spoiler:Spycho]], but seeing as he's been turned into a kid, no one believes him.
* [[spoiler: ChromeChampion: BLU Heavy]]
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Engineer]]
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: The RED team all have very vivid and symbolic dreams pertaining to which power they'll eventually develop before they wake up to discover their new abilities.
* TheDoctorDolittle: Soldier. Engineer even references the TropeNamer when he finds this out.
* FanNickname: Enjawneer for Engineer. [[spoiler:Spycho for BLU Spy]]
* {{Fauxreigner}}: [[spoiler: Turns out Spy's ''Swiss'', not French]]
* FishPeople: Engineer
* {{Flight}}: [[spoiler: Scout]]
* FountainOfYouth: Demoman
* GravityMaster: Scout, sort of. He can only control his ''own'' gravity, and it takes him a while to really master it.
* GreenThumb: Sniper
* HeroicBSOD: Soldier [[spoiler:when Engineer has his respawning mishap]]
** Medic, Sniper and Spy all get one, too [[spoiler: after their respective run-ins with the BLU Spy]].
* HeroicRROD: Their powers ''do'' have limits, as shown when Scout passes out [[spoiler: from his first flight]], and Sniper almost does so as well [[spoiler: after creating an ''enormous'' tree alone in the desert outside Twofort]].
* ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: [[spoiler: This is implied to be what's going on with the BLU Engineer, who rips his own machines apart to feed off of their electricity]].
* AnIcePerson: [[spoiler: Engineer]]
* ImAHumanitarian: During an encounter with the BLU Spy in Teufort's sewers, Engineer discovers his mutation's given him a shark-like attraction to blood. Naturally, he's horrified. [[spoiler: He finally gives in to his urges when he kills the BLU Engineer at Well.]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Everyone wants their powers reversed at first. Slowly, however, many of them ( particularly Sniper) grow used to their abilities.
* [[spoiler: IntangibleMan: BLU Medic]]
* LightEmUp: Spy. Actually, his is a rather creative use of this trope, as it's shown that controlling light means he has control over ''color'' as well. Now, consider how this would help a character whose job is basically dependent on being able to disguise himself...
* [[spoiler: MakeMeWannaShout: BLU Soldier]]
* MassSuperEmpoweringEvent: The titular incident.
* MindRape: [[spoiler:BLU Spy's power is basically this]]
* OfficialCouple: Heavy and Medic.
* {{Omniglot}}: Soldier
* [[spoiler: OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: BLU Sniper seems to be a were-''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine thylacine]]''.]]
* [[spoiler: PlayingWithFire: BLU Pyro]]
* PrecisionFStrike: How do you show the RED team's ''really'' on edge? [[spoiler: Have the ''Engineer'', [[GoshdangItToHeck of all people]], drop the F bomb!]]
* PsychicLink: [[spoiler: Spy and Sniper, thanks to BLU Spy screwing around with their brains]]
* RubberMan: Medic
* [[spoiler: ShockAndAwe: BLU Engineer]]
* ShoutOut: When a swarm of bees (courtesy of Heavy shooting the hive) attack BLU Heavy and Medic, the latter's initial reaction is a German-translated version of a certain [[TheWickerMan infamous line about bees]].
** Heavy's dream contains quite a few [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] references to ''AliceInWonderland''.
** Scout, while commenting that Spy would make the worst superhero or supervillain ever, compares himself to SpiderMan and Sniper to [[{{Batman}} Poison Ivy]]
** Also, [[spoiler: a big Russian man with the ability to turn himself into metal? [[XMen Now, where have we seen that before?]]]]
** There's a reference to the [[KillScreen Kill Screen]] in old video games, when Engineer mentions Scout asking him exactly 254 times for a Dispenser. [[spoiler: If it had actually been Scout asking for it a 255th time, well, [[BerserkButton who knows what might have happened...]] ]]
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Heavy, [[spoiler: as well as any other object or person he touches while using this ability.]]
* {{Squick}}: In-universe, the sound of Pyro changing between forms.
* [[spoiler: SuperSpeed: BLU Scout. As if the class wasn't ridiculously fast enough...]]
* WallCrawl: Scout, due to his gravity being reversed.
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: While his teammates' powers are quickly evolving, the only change Demoman's gone through since the titular incident is that he's a kid, and he gets pretty frustrated about not having any special abilities.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: BLU Spy. Granted, Demoman's an adult turned into a child, but the effect remains the same. (at least, from the RED Spy's point of view)]]
* YourMom: Spy pulls a rather underwhelming one of these towards Sniper.

* {{Sizeshifter}}: Heavy, [[spoiler: as well as any other object or person he touches during this. )]]
{{Squick}}: In-universe, the sound of Pyro changing between forms.

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: The RED team all have very vivid and symbolic dreams before they wake up to discover their new powers.

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

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: And how! [[spoiler: The BLU Spy is pretty much made of this. He's attacked almost every RED team member psychologically, melded Spy and Sniper's minds in a PsychicLink, given people nightmares in real life, and every artist's interpretation of him has been different, depending on what scares the person the most.]]

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Sniper's backstory- [[spoiler: Because of his Aboriginal ancestry, he doesn't look like a typical Australian, and his father has always looked down on him in dissapointment.]].

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

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

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Sniper's backstory

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

* GravityMaster: Scout, sort of. He can only control his own gravity, and it takes him a while to really master it.

* HeroicRROD: Their powers ''do'' have limits, as shown when Scout passes out [[spoiler: from his first flight]], and Sniper almost does so as well.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: And how! [[spoiler: The BLU Spy is pretty much made of this. He's given people nightmares in real life, and every artist's interpretation of him has been different, depending on what scares the person the most.]]

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