Scout (Tf2)

Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, the Scout is a fast-running scrapper with a baseball bat and snarky "in-your-face" attitude. He is the fastest and most mobile mercenary on the battlefield unassisted. Scout's Double Jump helps him outmaneuver slower opponents like the Heavy and navigate the terrain while dodging oncoming bullets and projectiles. Carrying a Scattergun, Pistol, and Bat, he is an ideal class for aggressive fighting and flanking. Scout excels at "hit-and-run" tactics that sap away enemy health as his high mobility allows him to get in, do damage, and escape before being noticed. However, Scout possesses the lowest default health pool (alongside the Engineer, Sniper, and Spy), leaving him vulnerable on the front line. However, this is a fair trade-off given his ability to run in and out of contested hot spots quickly, enabling him to turn the tide of battle before the enemy team can even take notice.

After players noted a resemblance between the Scout and TV pitchman Vince Offer, many requested that Valve add a reference to this in-game. With the release of the Scout Update, lines such as "If you order now, I'll throw in a second beatin', absolutely free!" and "No otha' class' gonna do dat!" were added to the game. The Submachine Gun for the Sniper was originally intended as the primary weapon for the Scout. As the 2006 trailer reveals, the switch was made fairly late in development. The Nailgun, a scrapped weapon carried over from Team Fortress Classic, was also intended for the Scout. It was also removed late in development, as its bucket icon is still in the game files. In Poker Night at the Inventory, an image of the Scout wearing the Ye Olde Baker Boy hat makes a cameo as the Jack of Spades & Clubs in the "Team Fortress 2" deck. The Scout makes an appearance in Worms: Reloaded as part of one of the forts; the rest of the fort is composed of Granary. The Scout's headset and cap are also available as a selectable hat for the player's worms. The Scout, alongside every other class, makes an appearance in the game Saints Row: The Third in the form of a wearable head mask. The first BLU team Scout resembled Billy the Kid. The Assassin class of Monday Night Combat has a promo item with the Scout's headset and the Spy's disguise mask named "Bonk! Slash!". Since the June 17, 2011 Patch, when a Scout is gibbed there is a 1 in 20 (5%) chance of a dove flying out of his torso. This is a reference to the final scene in Meet the Medic, where Archimedes is revealed to be stuck in Scout's chest. Nathan Vetterlein also voices the "Crazy Church Guy" from Left 4 Dead. This is referenced by one of the Scout's lines, which is recreated based on one of the Crazy Church Guy's lines. The Scout is a playable character in the game SpeedRunners. The clothing of the Scout is a wearable cosmetic in the game Streamline. The Scout seems to idolize Tom Jones, to the extent of buying hoards of memorabilia even before his passing, as seen in the comics. He also has a tattoo of Tom Jones with the title "Sex Bom". Issue #6 of the Team Fortress 2 comic, The Naked and the Dead, reveals some information about the Scout's identity. He is at least 26 years old during the events of the comics. His first name is Jeremy, as revealed by the Spy. He has only basic elementary reading knowledge, as he had difficulty reading the words "SUBMACHINE GUNS" marked on a crate. This is also suggested in Unhappy Returns, where Scout is depicted reading the "Young Readers Edition" of a collection of television scripts. If his personification of "God" is to be believed, the Scout's death will occur on December 4th, 1987. The Scout's pose in the official group picture, which is shown at the end of each Meet the Team video, is very similar to his Grand Slam taunt.

Scout is a generally excellent choice for focusing on the objective. He is the only class that can capture control points and push carts at twice the normal rate. The Demoman and Soldier can only replicate this ability when equipping the Pain Train. His speed also makes him ideal for capturing intelligence briefcases. The BLU Scout, AKA Jeremy, is a Bostonian 23 year old boy that works for Builders League United, AKA BLU. one of the two teams in the game Team Fortress 2. He’s transmasc, and has had top surgery, meaning that he’s got scars on his flat chest where the incisions were placed. He’s brash, annoying, yet passionate about his interests and his teammates. Jeremy is bisexual, but leans towards women. It is stated in the comics that God made Jeremy as a “gift to women” when he temporarily dies. Jeremy is not a human. He’s a human-appearing monster with the same general build as a person, but not quite right; where his joints all twist in a sort of “hypermobility”. His tongue is forked and flat like a snake’s, surrounded by jagged and uneven teeth with especially sharp canines with a fleshy coating, like a python. Jeremy has an incredibly keen sense of balance and smell, as well as relatively hard skin that moves smoothly. One of his eyes is bright blue, the left eye, and is luminescent. His right eye socket is full of multiple different eyeballs, as he collects ones that he thinks look cool. He often wears his classic baseball cap, paired with a blue tee-shirt and denim-colored pants. He has a black bag strapped to his back, the dark gray strap goes over his tee, wrapping from his shoulder to his waist. He wears marvel-themed boxers, covered in things like iron man or spider man. He wears crew socks under comfortable sneakers. He wears yellow headphones with a mic attached underneath his hat. Jeremy’s particular weapons include cans of Soda, including one called “Bonk”, which is packaged in a yellow and orange can, which makes him go faster. The other soda is called “Crit-A-Cola”, which comes in a purple and pink can, that helps him hit people harder. Both are filled with radiation, which is why he’s transformed into the creature he is. Jeremy also wields three weapons, one being a sharp meat cleaver he calls the “Flying Guillotine”, his secondary weapon being a cracked baseball bat, and his least used weapon is a Scattergun. The bat has his mother’s name crudely carved in it, which is “Ma”. Jeremy’s room is a big mess, mostly because of the clothes strewn about the floor, but also due to his careless behavior towards cleaning, unless inspired to do so. Lots of empty pizza boxes reside under his bed, desolate apart from various bugs and spiders that he catches in jars and gives to Pyro. The room’s walls are painted blue, but also have spots with sharpie written on them, especially near his bed, which resides in the corner of the room. A beanbag chair also is placed in the center of the room, but he barely sits on it, instead it’s a stool for easy access to his weapons. He has a game console in his room, the controllers resting usually on the foot of his bed. Jeremy kept both controllers, hoping that somebody would play with him. Shelves are bolted to walls, containing eyeballs floating in different mixtures to bring out their colors. They’re sorted by color, seven jars that contain as follows, “Green”, “Gray”, “Blue”, “Pale blue”, “Cyan and Teal”, and “Unusual”. He has never seen Brown or Hazel eyes. His bed has fluffy sheets and thick blankets to warm his thin frame, as he doesn’t generate a lot of heat. Jeremy is practically best friends with the BLU Soldier on his own team, who’s name is “Jane Doe”. Jeremy and Jane have a lot in common, as they’re both very intense to be around and connect on the same levels as each other. Jane Doe is a very strong man, however, dwarfing Jeremy despite his height. Jeremy is nearly as close with the BLU Medic, but their friendship is more begrudging. Or, out of necessity. The Medic is a cold and calculated man, but often lets his facade slip away to reveal an excitable psychopath, which is the kind Jeremy enjoys. They often trade eyes when Jeremy finds any he deems “boring”. Jeremy is scared of the BLU Pyro usually, but often finds time to give them gifts. He makes time to bond with them even though they are usually silent, as he loves seeing them happy even though they’re usually intimidating. Jeremy and the BLU Heavy are usually very friendly towards each other. Though, sometimes Jeremy picks on the Heavy and gets his face punched in. The Heavy Is a bit frightened by Jeremy’s gorey look, which Jeremy doesn’t seem to notice. Jeremy and BLU Engineer don’t like each other, but get along fine. Engineer thinks that Jeremy is a real “city jerk”, and often daydreams about working him to the bone at his retired pop’s farm, out in the country, to teach the boy some manners. Jeremy likes the Engineer quite a bit, but also enjoys taunting him on occasion, which earns him a smack with Engie's favorite wrench. Jeremy and BLU Spy hate each other’s guts. They’ll only band together in times of need. The Spy is too “formal” for Jeremy, and Jeremy hates that. Spy is disgusted by Jeremy as well, thinking that he’s filthy and not worth his time and efforts. Jeremy doesn’t talk to Demo all that much, so they don’t seem to care one way or the other about each other. Demo is usually too drunk to interact with Jeremy, and Jeremy usually favors talking to BLU Soldier since they’re fairly similar. Jeremy and BLU Sniper have an odd friendship, where they’ll bully each other relentlessly, though it’s all in good fun. Sniper and Jeremy often rib each other and tease, but sometimes they’ll share tender moments.