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== Video ==
 
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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 its [[Flamethrower]]. The Pyro thrusts its weapon in the air and laughs triumphantly as a rocket heads towards it 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.''] "Owh!"
 
'''Pyro''': [''Rocket hits Pyro, who is gibbed.''] "Owh!"
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[''Cut to BLU [[Demoman]] taking a drink, also getting blown up by a rocket from off screen.'']
 
[''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!" [''Is hit by a crit rocket, explodes'']
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'''Heavy''': "Pow!" [''Is hit by a crit rocket, explodes.'']
  
["Meet the [[Soldier]]" title card 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 [''Soldier 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.'']
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[''Freeze frame'']
 
[''Freeze frame'']
  
[''Cut back to the Soldier's 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.'']
 
[''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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*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.
 
*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 reads "No Smoking".
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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".
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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".
  
 
*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.
 
*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.
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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.
 
*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.
  
*The line-up of severed heads includes all BLU mercenaries except the Scout, including the BLU Soldier. Along with [[Meet the Spy]], this is one of only two class trailers that feature the RED subject's BLU counterpart.
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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]].
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==

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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