'It was obvious!' ... Meet Team Fortress 2's Spy

by Xav de Matos { May 17th 2009 at 10:30AM }

We thought Valve had given up introducing us to its Team Fortress 2 cast (considering The Orange Box launched in 2007), but a new video has shown us to be a little too hasty. This time, players get a glimpse into the world of the Spy. Devious, brutal and womanizing ... the Spy is a force to be reckoned with. We've loved the short introduction vignettes Valve has developed to promote the game's classes so far, but the Spy's video is definitely our favorite of the bunch. Enjoy.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in.]

Tags: meet-the-spy, orange-box, orangebox, team-fortress-2, tf2, trailer, valve

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

soka @ May 17th 2009 7:39PM

Well, Gabe's favorite Class is the Spy, no wonder he made the Spy look badass!

CrabBattle @ May 17th 2009 9:24PM

Thats exactly what i was thinking....

Another broken class after the update.

Sir Buzz Killington( The Artist formerly known as Jakka) @ May 17th 2009 10:38AM

Valve ships Spy with the Announcer :-D

Brb, need a new pair of pants...

JerJer @ May 17th 2009 12:30PM

and now he's here to FUCK US!

Doug @ May 17th 2009 12:38PM

Like he did to your mom!

mikeout @ May 17th 2009 3:06PM

Lol

-Vexx- @ May 17th 2009 10:39AM

What took ya so long Joystiq :P

Anywho. This video is amazing.

bravo9zero @ May 17th 2009 3:23PM

This would make a cool TV show!

samn @ May 21st 2009 4:03PM

Heck yes it would! That's a show I would watch every single day!

BloodShot Robot @ May 17th 2009 10:44AM

Why is this not a show yet? The personalities of the characters are already so fleshed out. Seems like a no brainier. I would pay per episode to see it.

Obie @ May 17th 2009 11:36AM

I know right? I could watch a two hour movie of these guys, so awesome.

VyX @ May 17th 2009 11:57AM

They are planning a tf2 comic though...

Turd Ferguson @ May 17th 2009 3:59PM

Pixar would have some rough competition if Valve ever made movies.

snarfoogle @ May 17th 2009 5:09PM

TF2:The Movie would hardly be competition to Pixar, since it'd hopefully be rated R. I'd watch it opening day though. Best "Meet the..." yet.

emirabal @ May 17th 2009 7:03PM

HERE HERE, I Was thinking the same thing, this would be a great show.

MowDownJoe @ May 17th 2009 10:47AM

I got a chuckle at Heavy and Soldier checking out those pictures of Scout's mom and the *cough* Scout's reaction. I guess Sasha just isn't satisfying Heavy anymore?

Jason Statham (Aka Vegeta) @ May 17th 2009 10:51AM

I've always thought that Team Fortress what make an awesome cartoon.

My opinion has not changed.

Robert Maynard @ May 17th 2009 12:20PM

I know it's not your theory, and I've seen even dumber things on those forums. I just think it's silly to conclude that calling someone a "hot" flower couldn't possibly have any correlation to a passionate affair, but must be because there was a flower on her purse, and she's a mercenary with a flamethrower - from the opposite team.

I'm not saying the Pyro isn't a woman, because that has seemed the most obvious conclusion from the purse in the locker, but the folks behind these sorts of crackpot theories are the ones taking things too seriously, basically proposing that the Scout's mother is the Pyro (or equally stupidly the Announcer) based on an extended "your mom" gag in this video, with nothing but purses (something no other woman on Earth possesses, apparently) and references to flowers to connect them. It's kind of grasping at straws, don't you think? :P

Robert Maynard @ May 17th 2009 12:20PM

aw shit, wrong post

The Baron @ May 17th 2009 5:59PM

Stop doing those randomly generated comebacks!

DecoyM @ May 17th 2009 10:55AM

wat does da spy say at da very end? its sounds like hes says "my pretty flower" in french. does any1 no?

Reuben @ May 17th 2009 10:58AM

I think it's "my little flower"

E.D. @ May 17th 2009 11:00AM

"My little cauliflower"

AndreasD @ May 17th 2009 11:09AM

What does DecoyM say from the beginning to the very end? It looks like some sort of butchered version of English. Does anyone know?

Sorry ;)

(E.D. is correct)

Nox @ May 17th 2009 11:55AM

The Pyro has a purse in "his" locker, with a flower on it. Alot of people believe the Pyro is female. Valve could be playing off this as you also see the woman in the photos with a purse.

It's also alot of effort to make a female character just for the spies intro, so it's either a new class, the announcer, or the Pyro.

Guess we will find out in Meet the Pyro.

LaughingTarget @ May 17th 2009 11:20AM

We already know who the next class is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7QIcxoJU4g

KinjiroSSD @ May 17th 2009 11:35AM

he says "my little hot flower "

Robert Maynard @ May 17th 2009 11:43AM

@Nox
Ridiculous pattern seeking. About as likely as the "theories" on G-Man being time traveling Gordon Freeman, or even Gordon Freeman's father.

This seems to be your thinking:
A The Pyro has a purse.
B The Pyro's purse has a flower on it.
C The Scout's mother also has a purse (inconceivable, I know)
D The Spy called the Scout's mother his "little flower" (more or less)
Therefore A = C. The Spy affectionately referring to the Scout's mother as a flower indicates that he is talking about the Pyro, because the Pyro has a purse with a flower on it.

...I mean seriously? Come on.

Nox @ May 17th 2009 12:29PM

@ Robert Maynard

He says "Hot Flower".

There was also this which was taken down.

http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h19/soso188/?action=view¤t=Pyrosashecopy.jpg

But like I said, it's not my theory, it's just on the Valve forums and its been brought up before, so Valve are probably prying on it like they did with the MMO Code.

Dont take everything so serious.

Robert Maynard @ May 17th 2009 12:21PM

I know it's not your theory, and I've seen even dumber things on those forums. I just think it's silly to conclude that calling someone a "hot" flower couldn't possibly have any correlation to a passionate affair, but must be because there was a flower on her purse, and she's a mercenary with a flamethrower - from the opposite team.
I'm not saying the Pyro isn't a woman, because that has seemed the most obvious conclusion from the purse in the locker, but the folks behind these sorts of crackpot theories are the ones taking things too seriously, basically proposing that the Scout's mother is the Pyro (or equally stupidly the Announcer) based on an extended "your mom" gag in this video, with nothing but purses (something no other woman on Earth possesses, apparently) and references to flowers to connect them. It's kind of grasping at straws, don't you think? :P

Nox @ May 17th 2009 12:29PM

Ah yes, the idea that people believe the Pyro could be the Scouts mum from the video is idiotic. Was more pointing out that the female could be the model they use for Pyro if he/she turns out to be female.

Dragod @ May 17th 2009 12:33PM

He says "Ma petit chou-fleur," which literally translates to "My little cauliflower," but the English equivalent would be "My little darling"

Also, if you break "chou-fleur" in to its two hyphenated words, it means "cabbage flower", but it's actually cauliflower.

Robert Maynard @ May 17th 2009 12:43PM

Ah, I see. My bad.
Personally, I'm expecting the Pyro to be some kind of pug-faced, bulky manhater. xD

cknblade @ May 17th 2009 1:36PM

We already know the Pyro is a girl :). On the tf2 blog, while now changed, it said for a short period of time in the description of the spy/sniper day 4 update something along the lines of "The poor pyro. SHE'LL be inconsolable now."

BPMOmega [gamertag] @ May 17th 2009 3:49PM

Re: the TF2 blog post

Since when DOESN'T Valve like to screw with its fans' minds? Putting in "she" and then wiping it out soon after could be just a clever rouse to mess with us. You assume too much here.

Maybe Pyro is female... Maybe not. We won't know until "Meet the Pyro" is made... Unless they have the entire video being MMMMPPHHMMMMPPHHMMMMMMPPPHHHHMMMPPPH

Einhanderkiller @ May 17th 2009 5:01PM

Ma petite chou-fleur.

Frank @ May 17th 2009 11:55PM

My guess is the Pyro will talk with subtitles, and just as he/she takes off his/her mask, the end group-shot is shown.

Ranko @ May 17th 2009 11:05AM

Without a doubt my favorite "Meet the..."

snarfoogle @ May 17th 2009 11:08AM

Mmph myro mph my!

Shimrra @ May 17th 2009 11:10AM

Personally I think this is the best one so far of the "Meet the" series.

The_Game21x @ May 17th 2009 11:12AM

This needs to be an animated series. Or at least a series of short films (5 -10 minutes each). Seriously. These little shorts just get more and more awesome each time I see them.

MalkavianLogic @ May 17th 2009 11:22AM

haha yeah, I think that gets my vote for the best. The sniper was my previous favorite, weird that my two favorite "Meet the" characters are now updated at the same time.

HighFiveJesus @ May 17th 2009 11:24AM

free and two new ones are coming with the sniper/spy update.

Shawn @ May 17th 2009 11:23AM

Awesome! Thanks Xav! Now we need new maps for TF2! I am in for buying new maps Valve, lets see some.

n0thx1ng @ May 17th 2009 1:29PM

If Valve started charging for their updates, I would lose all respect for them. They have always provided support for their games for free, which is why their games are so successful. Don't get me wrong, charging for expansion packs has always been the norm, as it should be, but charging for simple map packs? Ridiculous.