Zombie Red Scout

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 was once human, but has since been killed and revived by his team’s Medic, Ludwig. His skin is soft and tender, often peeling back or slumping off in a bloody mess, which makes him cry. Jeremy was tough as a human, but carries none of that with him while he’s a zombie. While Jeremy was often chatty and rude as a person, he’s now timid and vocal, but not verbal; speaking in grunts and wails and sobs of the like. Jeremy’s skin is light and pale, going gray and at parts going a deep green color before rotting off of him. The entire left side of his face is a pale green, indicating that it’ll rot within the month without proper care. He acts like a puppy, following RED team people around until he gets to pick at a corpse. When he's hungry, he’ll gnaw at his teammates. Jeremy is missing his gums and teeth on the top row, so he needs special care to chew, like having his bodies cut up or mashed for him. Jeremy’s right eye has been removed, leaving the hole empty. He can close and open the empty eye socket at will. His left eye is a pale blue color. He often wears his classic baseball cap, paired with a red, ripped-up longsleeved tee-shirt with the sleeves rolled up and khaki pants torn into shorts. 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 crew socks or otherwise goes barefoot. Jeremy wears orange sound-proofed headphones around his neck in case he gets overstimulated.