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== Video ==
 
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== "Meet the Soldier" Video Transcript ==
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== Video transcript ==
 
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! class="header" | Transcript
 
! class="header" | Transcript
 
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|{{hatnote|The word "Soldier" below refers to the protagonist, a RED Soldier.}}
 
|{{hatnote|The word "Soldier" below refers to the protagonist, a RED Soldier.}}
[''Cut to a [[BLU]] [[Pyro]] firing a blast of flame from his [[Flamethrower]]. He thrusts his weapon in the air and laughs triumphantly as a rocket heads towards him from off screen''].  
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[''Cut to a [[BLU]] [[Pyro]] firing a blast of flame from its [[Flamethrower]]. The Pyro thrusts its weapon in the air and laughs triumphantly as a rocket heads towards it from off screen.''].  
  
'''Pyro''': [''Rocket hits Pyro, who is gibbed.''] "Ow!"
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'''Pyro''': [''Rocket hits Pyro, who is gibbed.''] "Owh!"
  
[''Cut to BLU [[Demoman]] taking a drink, also getting blown up by a [[Crit]] rocket from off screen.'']
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[''Cut to BLU [[Demoman]] taking a drink, also getting blown up by a rocket from off screen.'']
  
[''Cut to BLU [[Heavy]] performing the [[Showdown]] taunt.'']
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[''Cut to BLU [[Heavy]] performing the [[High Noon]] taunt.'']
  
'''Heavy''': "Pow!" [''Explodes, presumably by a third [[Crit]] rocket'']
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'''Heavy''': "Pow!" [''Is hit by a crit rocket, explodes.'']
  
["Meet the [[Soldier]]" text appears.]
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[''Meet the [[Soldier]] Title Card'']
  
 
[''Cut to the Soldier, drilling what appears to be a line of recruits''.]
 
[''Cut to the Soldier, drilling what appears to be a line of recruits''.]
  
'''Soldier''': "If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight! Sun Tzu said that, and I'd say he knows a ''little'' more [''He pokes a recruits' helmet''] about fighting than ''you'' do, pal, because he invented it, and then he perfected it so that no living man could best him in the ring of honor."
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'''Soldier''': "'If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight!' Sun Tzu said that, and I'd say he knows a ''little'' more [''Soldier pokes a recruit's helmet''] about fighting than ''you'' do, pal, because he invented it, and then he perfected it so that no living man could best him in the ring of honor."
  
[''[[The Art of War (Soundtrack)|The Art of War]] plays]
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[''[[The Art of War (Soundtrack)|The Art of War]] plays.'']
  
 
[''Cut to the Soldier holding his [[Shovel]] and screaming.'']
 
[''Cut to the Soldier holding his [[Shovel]] and screaming.'']
  
[''The Soldier then charges the final capture point in [[Granary]] with his [[Shotgun]] and kills a Demoman, who fires at him but misses.  He switches to his Rocket Launcher and a BLU Medic appears behind him, firing syringes.'']
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[''The Soldier then charges the final capture point in [[Granary (Control Point)|Granary]] with his [[Shotgun]] and kills a Demoman, who fires at him but misses.  He switches to his Rocket Launcher and a BLU Medic appears behind him, firing syringes.'']
  
 
'''RED Demoman''': "To the left!"
 
'''RED Demoman''': "To the left!"
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'''Soldier''': "Maggots!"
 
'''Soldier''': "Maggots!"
  
[''The Soldier turns to the left and fires a [[Crit]] rocket at the [[Medic]], gibbing him.'']
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[''The Soldier turns to the left and fires a [[Critical hits|Crit]] rocket at the [[Medic]], gibbing him.'']
  
 
'''RED [[Sniper]]''': "Right up! Right up!"
 
'''RED [[Sniper]]''': "Right up! Right up!"
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[''Freeze frame'']
 
[''Freeze frame'']
  
[''Cut back to the Soldiers drill'']
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[''Cut back to the Soldier's drill.'']
  
'''Soldier''': [''Laughs to himself''] "And from that day forward any time a bunch of animals are together in one place it's called a ''''''zoo''''''!"
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'''Soldier''': [''Laughs to himself''] "And from that day forward any time a bunch of animals are together in one place it's called a '<b>zoo</b>'!"
  
[''Crickets chirp as the 'recruits' are revealed to be the [[Gibs|Gibbed]] heads of BLU team members perched on a gate, all wearing BLU Soldier helmets. The Medic's head falls off the gate.'']
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[''Crickets chirp as the 'recruits' are revealed to be the [[gibs|gibbed]] heads of BLU team members perched on a gate, all wearing BLU Soldier helmets. The Medic's head falls off the gate.'']
  
 
[''Team Fortress 2 ending flourish music plays.'']  
 
[''Team Fortress 2 ending flourish music plays.'']  
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
*The title card displays "COPYRIGHT LOLOLOL" on the bottom right corner, a recurring joke throughout the "Meet the Team" videos.  
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*The title card displays "COPYRIGHT LOLOLOL" on the bottom right corner, a recurring joke throughout the ''Meet the Team'' videos.  
  
*The [[Soldier]]'s helmet appears to have a slight dent in it, visible when he is talking to the heads on the fence, that is not in the actual game model.
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*Sun Tzu was an honorific title bestowed upon [[w:Sun Tzu|Sūn Wǔ]] (c. 544 BC–496 BC), the author of ''[[w:The Art of War|The Art of War]]'', an immensely influential ancient Chinese book on military strategy.  
 
 
*Sun Tzu was an honorific title bestowed upon {{W|Sun Tzu|Sūn Wǔ}} (c. 544 BC – 496 BC), the author of ''{{w|The Art of War}}'', an immensely influential ancient Chinese book on military strategy.  
 
 
**The quote the Soldier recites at the beginning of the video is from chapter 10 of ''The Art of War''.  
 
**The quote the Soldier recites at the beginning of the video is from chapter 10 of ''The Art of War''.  
  
 
*[[The Art of War (Soundtrack)|The Art of War]] track first played in this video. The track was later released as a part of the [[Team Fortress 2 Soundtrack]].
 
*[[The Art of War (Soundtrack)|The Art of War]] track first played in this video. The track was later released as a part of the [[Team Fortress 2 Soundtrack]].
  
*The video uses a modified version of [[Granary]]. The [[RED]] team goes completely around the building that connects the 1st and 2nd [[Control Point (objective)|control points]] into an area that is normally a dead end.
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*The video uses a modified version of [[Granary (Control Point)|Granary]]. The [[RED]] team goes completely around the building that connects the first and second [[Control Point (objective)|control points]] into an area that is normally a dead end.
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**The capture point which BLU is defending in the video is normally RED's final capture point on Granary; under normal circumstances, BLU cannot hold this capture point during a round in-game.
  
*Throughout the video, the [[Critical hit]] sound can be heard, despite the Soldier firing normal rockets.
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*At 0:41 the Sniper says "Right up, right up!" in English in every translation of the video, while the other characters are all translated. The Russian version is the only one to translate this line.
  
*Before [[rocket jumping]] up onto the pipe, the Soldier manages to kill an [[Engineer]] and destroy his [[Sentry Gun]] in one hit, despite Critical hits dealing no additional damage to [[buildings]].
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*When the Soldier hits the Spy in the face with his Shovel, the poster on the wall in the background ironically reads "No Smoking".
  
*When the Soldier hits the [[Spy]] in the face with his [[Shovel]], the poster on the wall in the background reads "No Smoking".
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*The Soldier's claim that Sun Tzu is the reason why the word "zoo" exists implies that he thinks the second half of Sun Tzu's name is spelled the same way as "zoo".
  
*At the end when you see all of the decapitated heads of the [[BLU]] team except the [[Scout]], you can see that the decapitated Spy head is missing a tooth, meaning that this is the head of the earlier Spy that the Soldier hit in the face with his Shovel.
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*In the final scene, the decapitated Spy head is missing a tooth, meaning that this is the head of the earlier Spy that the Soldier hit in the face with his Shovel.
**However, the Spy still has a cigarette in his mouth, despite it being knocked out at the exact same time as the tooth.
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**However, the Spy still has a cigarette in his mouth despite it being knocked out at the exact same time as his tooth.
  
*At the end, when the BLU [[Medic]]'s severed head falls off the fence, you can see that there is a generic bone in place of an exposed spinal column in his neck.
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*At the end, when the BLU Medic's severed head falls off the fence, there is a generic bone in place of an exposed spinal column in his neck.
  
*This video was the first to feature both intro text and the updated group picture at the end.
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*Due to German censorship laws, the German version replaces the blood and gore with a black liquid (most likely oil) and miscellaneous items (rubber ducks, springs, etc.) The BLU Medic's neck bone is replaced with a spring. These changes were most likely made to imply that all of the characters are robots, similar to the game [[Wikipedia:Contra (video game)#PAL version|Contra]].
*The soldiers rockets get instant kills as if they were crits but show no sign of it being a critical shot
 
 
 
== Other Versions ==
 
 
 
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2301003/ Meet the Soldier] on IMDb
  
 
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Latest revision as of 01:46, 17 March 2024

Meet the Soldier
Meet the Soldier Titlecard
Video Info
Released: August 22, 2007
Run time: 1:27

Video

Video transcript

Notes

  • The title card displays "COPYRIGHT LOLOLOL" on the bottom right corner, a recurring joke throughout the Meet the Team videos.
  • Sun Tzu was an honorific title bestowed upon Sūn Wǔ (c. 544 BC–496 BC), the author of The Art of War, an immensely influential ancient Chinese book on military strategy.
    • The quote the Soldier recites at the beginning of the video is from chapter 10 of The Art of War.
  • The video uses a modified version of Granary. The RED team goes completely around the building that connects the first and second control points into an area that is normally a dead end.
    • The capture point which BLU is defending in the video is normally RED's final capture point on Granary; under normal circumstances, BLU cannot hold this capture point during a round in-game.
  • At 0:41 the Sniper says "Right up, right up!" in English in every translation of the video, while the other characters are all translated. The Russian version is the only one to translate this line.
  • When the Soldier hits the Spy in the face with his Shovel, the poster on the wall in the background ironically reads "No Smoking".
  • The Soldier's claim that Sun Tzu is the reason why the word "zoo" exists implies that he thinks the second half of Sun Tzu's name is spelled the same way as "zoo".
  • In the final scene, the decapitated Spy head is missing a tooth, meaning that this is the head of the earlier Spy that the Soldier hit in the face with his Shovel.
    • However, the Spy still has a cigarette in his mouth despite it being knocked out at the exact same time as his tooth.
  • At the end, when the BLU Medic's severed head falls off the fence, there is a generic bone in place of an exposed spinal column in his neck.
  • Due to German censorship laws, the German version replaces the blood and gore with a black liquid (most likely oil) and miscellaneous items (rubber ducks, springs, etc.) The BLU Medic's neck bone is replaced with a spring. These changes were most likely made to imply that all of the characters are robots, similar to the game Contra.

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