![]() ![]() Medic is Ambiguously Jewish, and was part of a long line of Mad Scientist doctors in Germany when the Nazis came to power.Heavy's father was murdered by Joseph Stalin in the purges for being a counter-revolutionary, and him and his family was thrown in a Gulag, where he witnessed the brutal death of a sparrow, and is heavily implied to have escaped and freed all the prisoners from the Gulag by torturing and killing every single guard before burning down the place.Dark and Troubled Past: Many of them, although rarely Played for Drama.Also, the Schadenfreude taunt, introduced in the Über Update, allows anyone to take joy in the misery of their enemies.Heavy: I am amused by entire eetty-beetty-teeny team! Scout: He-hey, look, you shapeshifted into a dead guy! Comedic Sociopathy: All nine classes segue into comedic sociopathy quite often, but most commonly when they dominate an opponent.The amount of work this took to balance could ( literally) be summed up as "1 year for each class." According to the game's commentary, the characters were deliberately designed so that they could be distinguished from one another simply by their silhouettes. Cast of Snowflakes: It's uncommon to see a First-Person Shooter with five classes distinguished by anything more than different weapon loadout, let alone nine, viable, completely distinct classes.Carnival of Killers: Consists of a team of mercenaries being pitted against another team of mercenaries.Bunny-Ears Lawyer: They're all mentally ill or of dubious morality, but all of them are very good at what they do.Beware the Nice Ones: Some of the cast can be considered very amiable, polite, and even charming, but every one of them is said to be among the most dangerous people in the world.Even the "Meet The Spy" video can be considered an inverted version of this trope. Because I'm Good At It: Most mercenaries who feature in the interview-style "Meet the" videos offer this justification for why they do what they do.Battle Cry: Each class has a few, and everyone yells at the beginning of a round.Band of Brothers: They do seem to care about each other, to various degrees.Badass Transplant: The mercs' hearts have been replaced by those of a Mega Baboon, otherwise they wouldn't survive an ÜberCharge.The mercs are none of these and somehow manage to come out on top every time. Badass Normal: This is a setting with wizards, robots, and Saxton Hale. ![]()
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