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{{Other uses|this=the video|for=the taunt item|Meet the Medic (taunt)}}
 
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== Video ==
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== Video transcript ==
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{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="100%"
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! class="header" | Transcript
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|{{Hatnote|The term "Medic" below refers to the protagonist, the [[RED]] [[Medic]].}}
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[''Fade from black to a seemingly peaceful rocky hillside'']
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[''Explosion from behind the hillside, RED [[Scout]] and wheelchair-bound RED [[Demoman]] rush over the hill. Tense music begins''].
  
'''''Meet the Medic''''' is the penultimate short in the ''[[Meet the Team]]'' series, featuring the [[Medic]]. It was released on Thursday, June 23rd, 2011, the final day of the [[Über Update]].
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'''Scout''': "Move cyclops, move!"
  
The final few seconds of the film announce that ''Team Fortress 2'' would be free-to-play forever.
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[''Cut to Scout and Demoman fleeing from a barrage of rockets.'']
  
== Speculation ==
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'''Scout''': "Come on, come on, almost - augh!"
In March 2011, user "Political Gamer" visited [[Valve]] headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, and confirmed the production of ''Meet the Medic''. <ref>"[http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1803644 Back from Valve]" on [[Steam Users' Forums]], [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/member.php?u=588243 Political Gamer], posted March 22, 2011. Accessed June 18, 2011.</ref>. They took a [[Media:Meet the Medic dove poster.jpg|photograph of a poster]] at the Valve HQ, depicting the Medic posing alongside several flying [[doves]].<ref>"[http://www.videogame.it/valve-software/95792/quattro-passi-nella-mecca-del-pc-gaming.html Videogame.it Valve HQ Article] posted April 1, 2011. Accessed June 20, 2011.</ref>
 
  
The [[comics|comic]] ''[[Meet the Director]]'', released alongside the [[Replay Update]] on May 5, 2011, featured [[Media:Director 10.jpg|a page]] which depicted the [[Administrator]] at her control panel, with a number of screenshots from Meet the Medic on the displays.
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[''Scout gets thrown sideways by a rocket; Demoman keeps going'']
  
On June 8, 2011, a [[June 8, 2011 Patch|patch]] to ''Team Fortress 2'' was released and included an update that placed several doves in various positions in Valve [[list of maps|maps]]. The doves explode upon contact but do not cause players damage. On June 17, 2011, an [[June 17, 2011 Patch|additional patch]] was released which added a secondary dove model with animations. Later the same day, the page layout of the [[TF2 Official Blog]] was updated to feature three doves perched upon the title banner, which was covered by bird droppings. Each dove linked to three separate [[hidden pages|hidden images]] depicting [[Media:Hospital.jpg|a rundown hospital]], [[Media:Waitingroom.jpg|an empty hospital waiting room]], and a [[Media:Doctorsoffice.jpg|doctor's office]].
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[''Cut to Scout lying on the ground, he attempts to get to his knees but collapses.'']
  
Part of the rundown hospital seen in the first hidden image can be seen in the background of the [http://www.teamfortress.com/classes.php?class=medic Medic's page] on the official site, fully modeled.
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'''Scout''': "Eerrrrgh! Argh."
  
On June 20, 2011, ''Meet the Medic'' was confirmed by TF2 Official Blog, and its release was announced to coincide with the [[Über Update]], to be released on June 23.<ref>"[http://teamfortress.com/post.php?id=5703 The Über Update, Day One]", TF2 Team, TF2 Official Blog, posted June 20, 2011. Accessed June 21, 2011.</ref> The doves that were perched on the site banner of the [[TF2 Official Blog]] were removed as part of the website redesign.
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[''A trio of rockets arc down towards Scout, accompanied by a whistling noise'']
  
== "Meet the Medic" Video Transcript ==
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[''Scout turns toward the rockets'']
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="100%"
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! class="header" | Transcript
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'''Scout''': "Whoah! Who the f-"
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|{{hatnote|The word "Medic" below refers to the protagonist, a RED Medic.}}
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[''Cut to a long shot of the explosion, Scout is flung yelling and flailing towards the viewer'']
[''Cut to an injured [[RED]] [[Scout]] and wheelchair-bound [[RED]] [[Demoman]] rushing over a hill''].
 
  
'''Scout''': "Move it, cyclops!"
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'''Scout''': "aaaaaaAAAAAA"
  
[''Cut to [[Scout]] and [[Demoman]] fleeing from a barrage of rockets.'']
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[''Scout smashes face-first into a pane of glass in the foreground, breaking it and startling a dove.'']
  
'''Scout''': "Come on, come on, almost"
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'''Scout''': "Medic..."
[''Scout gets knocked over by a rocket; Demoman keeps going'']
 
  
'''Scout''': "Eerrrrgh! Argh."
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["Meet the Medic" card appears.]
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[''Cut to inside the building. As the Scout slides off the window, the camera tilts down and turns right'']
  
[''A trio of rockets arc down towards Scout, still on the ground'']
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'''Heavy''': "Oh-hoh-ho no more!" [''Heavy laughs loudly while the Medic explains simultaneously:'']
  
'''Scout''': "Whoah what the fu-
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'''Medic''': "Wait, wait, wait, it gets better."
[''Scout gets blown forward into a glass window; a dove is startled'']
 
  
'''Scout''': "Medic..."
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[''[[A Little Heart to Heart (Soundtrack)|A Little Heart to Heart]] is barely audible in the background. Camera continues to turn and tilt, revealing the Medic, casually chatting with an opened-up and conscious RED [[Heavy]], whilst holding Heavy's heart in his hand. A prototype [[Medi Gun]] (the eventual [[Quick-Fix]]) mounted to an overhead rig is firing its beam into the Heavy'']
  
["Meet the [[Medic]]" text appears.]
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'''Medic''': "When the patient woke up, his skeleton was missing, and the doctor was never heard from again!" [''Laughs madly'']
  
[''Cut to the [[Medic]], casually chatting with an opened-up and conscious [[RED]] [[Heavy]], whilst holding Heavy's heart in his hand. A prototype [[Medi Gun]] mounted to an overhead rig is firing its beam into the Heavy'']
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[''Heavy pauses momentarily, and laughs again, banging his palm on a tray of surgical tools next to him'']
  
[''Heavy laughs loudly'']
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'''Medic''': "Anyway, that's how I lost my medical license, heh." [''Heavy suddenly looks very concerned'']
  
'''Medic''': "It gets better. When ze patient woke up, his skeleton was missing, and ze doctor was never heard from again!" [''Laughs madly'']
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[''A dove pops up from inside Heavy's gut, surprising both Medic and Heavy'']
  
[''Heavy laughs also'']
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'''Medic''': "Archimedes! No!" [''Shoos the dove away''] "It's filthy in there! Eugh."
  
'''Medic''': "Anyvay, zat's how I lost my medical license" [''Heavy suddenly looks very concerned'']
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[''Heavy looks at Medic in mild surprise. Medic does not notice'']
  
[''A dove pops up from inside Heavy's gut, surprising both the doctor and his patient'']
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'''Medic''': "Birds." [''Medic chuckles'']
  
'''Medic''': "Archimedes! No!" [''Shoos the dove away''] "It's fithy in zere! Eugh. Birds." [''Medic chuckles to himself'']
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[''Cut to a mechanical heart device on a tray. The word "Über" can be seen on a small charge meter'']
  
[''Cut to a mechanical heart device on a tray. The word "Uber" can be seen on a small charge meter'']
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[''Medic grabs the device'']
  
[''Medic grabs the "Uber" device'']
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'''Medic''': "Now, most hearts couldn't withstand this voltage," [''Medic plugs the device into Heavy's heart and brings it into the Quick Fix's beam''] "...but I'm fairly certain your heart-"
  
'''Medic''': "Now, most hearts couldn't withstand zis voltage [''Medic plugs the device into Heavy's heart and brings it into the Medi Gun's beam''] but I'm fairly certain your heart..." [''Heavy's heart explodes'']
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[''Heavy's heart explodes'']
  
[''Cut to a trio of doves, Archimedes gets blown back by the force of the explosion'']
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[''Cut to a trio of doves. Archimedes gets knocked off his perch by a piece of the Heavy's heart'']
  
 
[''Cut back to Medic, with Heavy in the background'']
 
[''Cut back to Medic, with Heavy in the background'']
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'''Heavy''': "What was noise?"
 
'''Heavy''': "What was noise?"
  
'''Medic''': "Ze sound of progress, my friend."
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[''Medic quickly recovers from his surprise, casually removing the remains of Heavy's heart from the Über device'']
  
[''Cut to Medic opening a refrigerator containing several hearts including the heart of the Loch Ness Hamster and a Mega Baboon'']
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'''Medic''': "The sound of progress, my friend."
  
'''Medic''': "Perfect..." [''Medic grabs the baboon heart, revealing the decapitated head of a [[BLU]] [[Spy]] in the back of the fridge, somehow sustained by a battery'']
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[''Cut to Medic opening a refrigerator containing several hearts, a [[Sandvich]], and a few beers. One exceptionally large heart is labeled "Mega Baboon"'']
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'''Medic''': "Ah, perfect..." [''Medic grabs the baboon heart, revealing the decapitated head of a [[BLU]] [[Spy]] in the back of the fridge, somehow sustained by a battery'']
  
 
'''Spy Head''': "Kill me."
 
'''Spy Head''': "Kill me."
  
'''Medic''': "Later."
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'''Medic''': "Later." [''Closes fridge door'']
  
[''Cut to Medic standing by the Heavy, baboon heart and Uber device in each hand'']
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[''Cut to Medic standing by the Heavy, baboon heart and Über device in each hand'']
  
'''Medic''': "Where was I? Ah, zere we go." [''Jams device into heart'']
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'''Medic''': "Where was I? Ah, there we go." [''Jams device into heart'']
  
 
[''Cuts to Medic holding the cyborg heart in front of the medi beam'']
 
[''Cuts to Medic holding the cyborg heart in front of the medi beam'']
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[''Heart glows red; Heavy laughs nervously'']
 
[''Heart glows red; Heavy laughs nervously'']
  
[''Cuts to the Uber meter on the device going to full'']
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[''Cuts to the Über meter on the device going to full'']
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[''Cuts to Medic, who has stopped laughing and is squinting and leaning his head away, as if expecting the heart to explode'']
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[''Cuts back to perched doves for a brief moment. Archimedes has returned to his position on the perch, covered in blood, as the two doves on either side of him shuffle away from where he was standing when he was hit before'']
  
[''Heart stabilizes and stops glowing, its texture changes to a Uber Texture.'']
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[''Heart stabilizes and stops glowing and gets overlaid by an ÜberCharge texture.'']
  
'''Medic''': "Oooh, zat looks good."
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'''Medic''': "Oh, that looks good."
  
 
[''Medic drops the heart into Heavy's open chest'']
 
[''Medic drops the heart into Heavy's open chest'']
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'''Medic''': "Very nice there."
 
'''Medic''': "Very nice there."
  
[''Heavy looks at the heart''] '''Heavy''': "Should I be awake for dis?"
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[''Heavy looks at the heart, then at Medic''] '''Heavy''': "Should I be awake for this?"
  
'''Medic''' "Heh, well, no."  [''Medic adjusts his glasses''] "But as long as you are, could you hold your rib cage open a bit?"
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'''Medic''' "Ah heh. Well, no, heh."  [''Medic adjusts his glasses''] "But as long as you are, could you hold your rib cage open a bit?"
  
[''Medic adjusts the rib cage, pushing the heart inside''} "I can't seem to..."
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[''Heavy moves his hand as if to adjust his rib cage as Medic is pushing the heart inside''] "I can't... seem to..."
  
 
[''Cuts to Heavy's face as he yells out in pain as a crack is heard'']
 
[''Cuts to Heavy's face as he yells out in pain as a crack is heard'']
  
[''Cuts to Heavy showing Medic a snapped off rib. Both look at it tentativeley'']
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[''Cuts to Heavy showing Medic a snapped off rib. Both look at it tentatively'']
  
'''Medic''': "Oh, don't be such a baby.." [''Medic takes the rib from Heavy''] '''Medic''': "Ribs grow back."
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'''Medic''': "Oh, don't be such a baby..." [''Medic takes the rib from Heavy and pinches his cheek''] "...ribs grow back!"
  
[''Medic tosses the rib aside and turns to the dove sitting on top of the medigun'']
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[''Medic tosses the rib aside and turns to a dove sitting on top of the Quick-Fix'']
  
'''Medic''' (whispering to the bird): "No zey don't..."
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'''Medic''' (whispering to the bird): "No they don't."
  
[''Cuts to bird, covered in blood, who cocks his head and flies away'']
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[''Cuts to Archimedes, who cocks his head and flies away'']
  
[''Medic swings the Medi Gun over to the open Heavy and raises the power'']
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[''Medic swings the Quick-Fix over to the open Heavy and raises the power'']
  
[''The medigun completely heals the Heavy, as if by magic, even fixing his clothes'']
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[''The Quick-Fix completely heals the Heavy, as if by magic, even repairing and sewing his clothes'']
  
'''Heavy''' (impressed): (Deep inhale) "What happens now?"
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'''Heavy''' (impressed): [''Inhales deeply''] "What happens now?"
  
[''Medic helps Heavy up''} '''Medic''': "Now? Hmm hmm hmm. Let's go practice medicine."
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[''Medic helps Heavy up''] '''Medic''': "Now?" [''Chuckles''] "Let's go practice medicine..."
  
[''Cuts to Medic putting on his gloves, coat and new Medi Gun while marching music plays'']
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[''Cuts to Medic putting on his gloves, coat, and Quick-Fix while [[MEDIC! (Soundtrack)|Medic!]] plays'']
  
 
[''Cuts to a door bearing the red cross opening to reveal the Medic and his doves'']
 
[''Cuts to a door bearing the red cross opening to reveal the Medic and his doves'']
  
[''Heavy runs past Medic with Sasha ready'']
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[''Heavy runs past Medic with [[Minigun|Sasha]] ready'']
  
[''Cuts to show a battlefield outside Medic's office and the wheelchair bound RED Demoman heading towards them'']
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[''Cuts to show a battlefield outside Medic's office with a RED [[Engineer]] and [[Sniper]] hiding behind cover, the injured Scout on the ground, and the wheelchair-bound RED Demoman wheeling frantically towards the Medic'']
  
'''Demoman''': "Medic!" [''Demoman gets blown off his chair by a rocket'']
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'''Demoman''': "Medic!" [''Demoman gets blown off his wheelchair by several rockets, landing face-first on the ground in front of Medic'']
  
[''Medic pushes his glasses up his nose and flips a switch on his medigun'']
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[''Medic grimaces, then pushes his glasses up his nose and flips a switch on the Quick-Fix'']
  
[''Music intensifies as a healing beam is fired at the Demoman, healing him completely'']
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[''Music intensifies as a healing beam is fired at the Demoman, healing him completely. Demoman nods toward the Medic, picks up his [[Stickybomb Launcher]], and heads back towards the battlefield'']
  
[''Medic then fires his medigun at the Red Scout, fixing him up also'']
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[''Medic then fires the Quick-Fix at the RED Scout, fixing him up also, even restoring the Scout's missing tooth.'']
  
'''Scout''': "Yeah!"
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[''The Scout leaps to his feet'']
  
[''Scout runs up to a [[BLU]] [[Soldier]] and whacks him with his bat''] '''Scout''': "Oh yeah!"
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'''Scout''': "Yeah!" [''The Scout grabs his [[Bat]] from out of the air as he gets up and runs off''] "Woohoohoo!"
  
[''Cuts to show a massive horde of [[BLU]] [[Soldiers]] coming over the crest of the hill''] '''Heavy''': "Doctor!"
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[''Heavy hides behind a red truck as the Scout runs past'']
  
[''Cuts to Heavy''] '''Heavy''': "Are you sure dis will work?!"
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[''Scout runs up to a BLU [[Soldier]] and whacks him with his bat''] '''Scout''': "Oh yeah!"
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[''Cuts to show a massive horde of BLU Soldiers coming over the crest of the hill''] '''Heavy''': "Doctor!"
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[''Cuts to Heavy''] '''Heavy''': "Are you sure this will work?!"
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[''Music quells'']
  
 
[''Cuts to Medic''] '''Medic''': "Ha ha ha, I have no idea!"
 
[''Cuts to Medic''] '''Medic''': "Ha ha ha, I have no idea!"
  
[''Medic flips a switch, and a panel lights up. The words "Ubercharge Ready" can be seen. Medic's backpack starts humming with power'']
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[''Medic flips a switch, and a panel lights up as a meter labeled "Voltmeter" reaches full. The words "[[ÜberCharge]] Ready" can be seen on the panel, and the music swells again. Medic's backpack starts humming with power'']
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[''Medic fires the Quick-Fix at the Heavy, who pops out from his cover'']
  
'''Heavy''' "Yah! Ha ha!" [''Cuts to show Heavy's baboon heart beating rapidly, then cuts back to show Heavy glowing with Ubercharge power'']
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'''Heavy''': "EYAAAAAAAAAH!" [''Cuts to show Heavy's mega baboon heart beating rapidly, then cuts back to show Heavy glowing with ÜberCharge power''] "HA HA!"
  
[''Medic and the Ubercharged Heavy advance under rocket fire, and heavy starts laughing about his invulnerability'']
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[''Medic and the ÜberCharged Heavy advance under rocket fire, and Heavy starts laughing'']
  
[''[[RED]] [[Engineer]] and [[RED]] [[Sniper]] watch bewildered as the Heavy shrugs off rockets'']
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[''RED Engineer, wielding the [[Frontier Justice]], and RED Sniper, wielding the [[Sniper Rifle]], watch bewildered as the Heavy glows with power and shrugs off volleys of rockets'']
  
 
[''Cuts back to the Heavy, still advancing''] '''Heavy''': "I am bulletproof!"
 
[''Cuts back to the Heavy, still advancing''] '''Heavy''': "I am bulletproof!"
  
[''Heavy keeps moving, mowing down [[BLU]] [[Soldier]] after [[BLU]] [[Soldier]]'']
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[''Heavy keeps moving, mowing down BLU Soldier after BLU Soldier'']
  
[''Cuts to [[BLU]] [[Soldiers]] dropping like flies'']
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[''Cuts to BLU Soldiers falling over dead in rapid succession'']
  
[''Medic and Heavy climb atop a mountain of dead bodies and a flock of doves fly overhead'']
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[''Medic and Heavy climb atop the pile of dead Soldiers and a flock of doves fly overhead as music crescendos'']
  
[''Ending title card appears'']
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[''Ending title card appears and accompanying music plays'']
  
[''Cuts to waiting room where the rest of [[RED]] are waiting; Engineer is playing guitar'']
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[''Cuts to waiting room. The camera passes over the rest of the RED team, who are doing things to pass the time. The Engineer is playing his guitar, Spy is looking at his ticket, Pyro is reading and flicking a lighter, Soldier is standing at attention, Demoman is drinking from his [[Bottle]], and Sniper is sleeping'']
  
'''Medic''' (off-screen): "That looks good. Very nice there. Yes."
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'''Medic''' (off-screen): "That looks good. Very nice there. Yes!"
  
 
'''Scout''' (off-screen): "Hey, thanks doc!"
 
'''Scout''' (off-screen): "Hey, thanks doc!"
  
[''A 'ding' is heard as the "Now Serving" sign changes to number 2'']
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[''A 'ding' is heard as the "Now Serving" sign changes to number 2. Everyone in the waiting room looks toward the door'']
  
[''Scout emerges from the operating room, his chest glowing.'']
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[''Scout emerges from the operating room, his chest glowing'']
  
'''Scout''': "Aw, man. You would not believe how much this hurts."
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'''Scout''' (gallant): "Awhawhaw, man! You would not BELIEVE ... how much this hurts."
  
[''Muffled dove coos, and Scout's chest moves'']
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[''Muffled dove coos, and Scout's chest moves. Cuts to black.'']
  
 
'''Medic''': "Archimedes?"
 
'''Medic''': "Archimedes?"
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== Pre-release ==
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In March 2011, user "Political Gamer" visited [[Valve]] headquarters in Bellevue, Washington and confirmed production of ''Meet the Medic''.<ref>"Back from Valve" post on [[Steam Users' Forums]], "Political Gamer", posted March 22, 2011.</ref> A [[Media:Meet the Medic dove poster.jpg|photograph of a poster]] was taken at the Valve HQ, depicting the [[Medic]] posing alongside several flying [[doves]].<ref>"[https://www.videogame.it/valve-software/95792/quattro-passi-nella-mecca-del-pc-gaming.html Videogame.it Valve HQ Article] posted April 1, 2011. Accessed June 20, 2011.</ref>
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The [[Comics|comic]] ''[[Meet the Director]]'', released alongside the [[Replay Update]] on May 5, 2011, featured [[Media:Director 10.jpg|a page]] depicting the [[Administrator]] at her control panel, showing a number of screenshots from ''Meet the Medic'' on the displays.
  
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On {{Patch name|06|8|2011|date=true}}, a patch to ''Team Fortress 2'' was released and included an update that placed several [[doves]] in various positions in Valve [[List of maps|maps]]. The doves exploded upon contact, but did not cause players damage. On {{Patch name|06|17|2011|date=true}}, an additional patch was released which added a secondary dove model with animations. Later the same day, the page layout of the [[TF2 Official Website]] was updated to feature three doves perched upon the title banner, which was covered by bird droppings. Each dove linked to three separate [[Hidden pages|hidden images]] depicting [[Media:Hospital.jpg|a rundown hospital]], [[Media:Waitingroom.jpg|an empty hospital waiting room]], and [[Media:Doctorsoffice.jpg|a doctor's office]].
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Part of the rundown hospital seen in the first hidden image can be seen in the background of the [https://www.teamfortress.com/classes.php?class=medic Medic's page] on the official site, fully modeled.
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On June 20, 2011, ''Meet the Medic'' was confirmed by the TF2 Official Website and its release was announced to coincide with the [[Über Update]], to be released on June 23.<ref>"[https://teamfortress.com/post.php?id=5703 The Über Update, Day One]", TF2 Team, TF2 Official Website, posted June 20, 2011.</ref> The doves that were perched on the site banner of the [[TF2 Official Website]] were removed as part of the website redesign.
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== Notes ==
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* The music that plays when the [[Scout]] and [[Demoman]] are fleeing from a barrage of rockets is a slowed down version of [[Faster Than a Speeding Bullet]], the same song used in [[Meet the Scout]].
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* The title card displays "COPYRIGHT LOLOLOL" on the bottom right corner, a recurring joke throughout the ''Meet the Team'' videos.
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* Throughout the [[Heavy]]'s procedure, an X-ray of his body is in the background, showing a bomb lodged inside him. The extracted bomb can be spotted in a bucket behind the [[Medic]]. This is the same bomb on the ''Meet the Medic'' title card.
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* The Heavy's [[Minigun]] can be spotted in the background of a few operating room shots, resting on its own stretcher.
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* The Medic's [[Overdose]] is next to the bucket containing the extracted bomb.
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* A heart monitoring device titled "CARDIOSCAN 2000" can be seen working behind the Heavy early in the video. When his heart is destroyed, the line on the monitor goes flat. The next time it is seen, after the Medic retrieves a new heart, it resumes its old display (as if the machine detected the heart's presence).
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* [[Non-player characters#Archimedes|One of the Medic's doves]] is named after [[w:Archimedes|Archimedes]], a Greek mathematician, physicist, {{botignore|engineer}}, inventor, and astronomer.
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* A mysterious figure resembling [[Miss Pauling]] can be seen through the window at 0:56 and again at 1:22.
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* At 1:03, the entire contents of the fridge are visible: three hearts, the [[Sandvich]], three bottles of [[List of companies|Red Shed]] beer, the BLU [[Spy]]'s head (alive), a battery for his head, and an ashtray for his cigarettes.
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** The labels on the hearts at 1:04 read "Loch Ness Hamster" and "Mega Baboon", respectively. The smallest heart appears to have no label on it.
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* Despite the Medic believing otherwise, human ribs are actually capable of growing back when properly shortened.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rib Thoracoplasty|url=https://www.scoliosis.org/resources/medicalupdates/ribthoracoplasty.php|author=National Scoliosis Foundation|retrieved=November 27, 2015}}</ref>
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* At 1:48, Scout's Default Bat and a black bag can be seen on top of the closet in the background, at first glance, the two objects together look like the [[Battalion's Backup]]. Additionally, there's a sombrero next to it.
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* At 2:28, a [[Pyro]] can be seen running in its [[Humiliation]] pose, quickly disappearing into the black smoke on the right.
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* In the opening, when the Demoman is fleeing from the BLU [[Soldier]]s in a wheelchair, he has a bandage over the top part of his head and an eyepatch worn on top of the bandage. Later, when the Demoman is healed by the Medic, he rips off the bandage with the eyepatch on it to reveal another eyepatch underneath the bandage.
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** Similarly, when he is fleeing from the Soldiers in the first battlefield scene, his [[Stickybomb Launcher]] rests on his lap and is his only visible weapon. In the second battlefield scene, the [[Grenade Launcher]] replaced the Stickybomb Launcher, but after an explosion sends him flying out of his wheelchair, the weapon that lands in front of him is, mysteriously, the Stickybomb Launcher instead of the Grenade Launcher he was just holding.
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* In the up-close scene of the Demoman fleeing the Soldiers, the [[Engineer]] and [[Sniper]] are missing.
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* The [[Quick-Fix]] uses sounds from the [[Medi Gun]].
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* Despite the Quick-Fix being incapable of providing invulnerability in-game, the Medic is able to use it to make the Heavy invulnerable via an [[ÜberCharge]]. The fourth day of the Über Update explains that the Quick-Fix's first ÜberCharge, seen in the video, permanently shorted out the invulnerability feature of the gun.
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* Although the Heavy was ÜberCharged, his Minigun doesn't glow in team colors as in the game.
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* After the Heavy kills the Soldiers onscreen and continues to fire at unseen enemies, the Medic poses as in the "Meet the Medic" taunt. A medi-beam is no longer connected to the Heavy, yet the Heavy continues to be ÜberCharged.
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* At 3:16, while the Heavy is ÜberCharged, a rocket hits him and explodes on contact. However, at 3:22 and 3:26, rockets are seen bouncing off the Heavy and exploding.
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* While the Heavy is hiding behind the truck, the army of Soldiers are wearing various hats such as the [[Soldier's Stash]], [[Stainless Pot]], [[Lumbricus Lid]], and [[Proof of Purchase]].
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** Also, when Heavy steps on top of the Soldier's head, the Soldier is seen wearing an [[Armored Authority]], released on the same date as the [[Über Update]].
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* In the final scene, the Engineer is strumming ''[[A Little Heart to Heart (Soundtrack)|A Little Heart to Heart]]''. Next to him is a Ciggy Stop vending machine, identical to the one in the Intelligence room in ''[[Meet the Spy]]''.
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* In the waiting room, the Pyro is reading a magazine called "MAN MAN", which features the RED Spy and Scout on the cover and has ''[[The Insult That Made a "Jarate Master" Out of Sniper]]'' on the back cover. Pyro is also seen reading this same magazine in [[Expiration Date]].
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* Since the {{Patch name|6|17|2011}}, a dove sometimes flies out of [[Gibs|gibbed]] Scouts. This foreshadowed the final gag of the video, where Archimedes is left inside the Scout's chest after his operation.
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* It was revealed in the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zri1c_If6Ic Source Filmmaker introduction video] that the hospital battle scene is actually a modified version of [[Badwater Basin]]. The spawn that the Medic walks out of appears to be one of the exits in [[5Gorge]], while the rocky hillside seems to be inspired by [[DeGroot Keep]] (both were released December 2010).
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* In some leaked developer files of [[Source Filmmaker]], some stills of an old version of ''Meet The Medic'' can be found featuring an injured Scout, Soldier, Demoman, and Heavy. However, their bandages and wounds were clearly edited in post.
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** Concept art from the final scene can be found in the files as well.
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* The [[Voodoo-Cursed Soul]] models of [[Voodoo-Cursed Scout Soul|Scout]], [[Voodoo-Cursed Demoman Soul|Demoman]], [[Voodoo-Cursed Heavy Soul|Heavy]], and [[Voodoo-Cursed Medic Soul|Medic]] reflect the classes' injuries and blood stains portrayed in the video.
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== Outtakes ==
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On July 11, 2011, the TF2 Team posted several outtakes from ''Meet the Medic'' on the [[TF2 Official Website]], three of which depict the Medic speaking with an American accent and narrating his invention of the Medi Gun.<ref>http://tf2.com/post.php?id=5816</ref>
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{|
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! width="150" | Don't You Die On Me!
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! width="150" | My Darkest Moment
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|- align="center"
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| {{Youtube|8a398ROtnqM}}
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| {{Youtube|VqTk7FHOaFo}}
 
|}
 
|}
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{|
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|-
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! width="150" | Kill Me
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! width="150" | Making Gods
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|- align="center"
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| {{Youtube|NIU1GCR1S_E}}
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| {{Youtube|IpAKUAO7HRw}}
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|}
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== Trivia ==
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* The hospital in one of the hidden images resembles the [[w:Pacific Tower (Seattle)|Pacific Tower]] close to Valve headquarters in Seattle, USA.
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* According to an article posted on the [[TF2 Official Website]] on July 11, 2011, ''Meet the Medic'' was originally intended to be an interview-style video, similar to the earlier ''Meet the Team'' videos. The video would have explained how the Medic accidentally discovered the healing formula used for his Medi Gun and its ability to ÜberCharge. It was scrapped because the animators thought that it didn't really reflect what people truly thought of when they hear "the Medic".
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** Robin Atkin Downes, the Medic's voice actor, uploaded a short snippet of himself [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPmo0gxdMCc recording the lines] for this ''Meet the Team'' short, as well as a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJtpnsYdEKA redubbed] version of the outtakes with the Medic's voice.
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** In the second outtake (''My Darkest Moment''), the Spy, who shoots the blood bag and is then decapitated and used as a blood resource, appears to be on the same team as the Medic (RED). However, the mask on his head can be seen to change color to blue once it is separated from his body, indicating that he was the disguised BLU Spy.
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** In the outtake ''Kill Me'', the Medic shoots more than 6 bullets with the Revolver.
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*** It can also be noted that the healing formula created in the outtake is made of Jarate, a Sandvich, a small Medkit, and blood while being charged with electricity from broken equipment.
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* On June 20, 2013, a level was added to ''[[Surgeon Simulator 2013]]'' that allows the player to perform the operation depicted in the video as the Medic on the Heavy. The various tools found in the game are also replaced with ''TF2'' weapons, such as the [[Knife]] and [[Bonesaw]].
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** The achievements awarded for completing different tasks in the level are named after quotes from ''Meet the Medic'', such as "Don't Be Such A Baby, Ribs Grow Back!" and "Let's Go Practice Medicine."
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
File:Meet_the_Medic_dove_poster.jpg|Poster displaying a likeness of a scene from ''Meet the Medic''
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File:Meet the Medic dove poster.jpg|Poster displaying a likeness of a scene from ''Meet the Medic''.
File:Director 10NoText.jpg|Page 10 of Meet the Director, showing the Quick-Fix
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File:Director 10NoText.jpg|Page 10 of ''Meet the Director'', showing the Quick-Fix.
File:Bird.png|The dove model.
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File:Bird.png|The model of the [[dove]].
File:Dove.png|Flying dove model.
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File:Dove.png|The model of the flying dove.
File:TF2blog-doves.png|Doves on the old official website
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File:TF2blog-doves.png|Doves on the old official website.
File:Hospital.jpg|Hospital hidden image  
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File:Hospital.jpg|Hospital hidden image.
File:Waitingroom.jpg|Waiting Room hidden image  
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File:Waitingroom.jpg|Waiting room hidden image.
File:Doctorsoffice.jpg|Doctor's Office hidden image  
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File:Doctorsoffice.jpg|Doctor's office hidden image.
File:Meethemedicteaser.png|Meet the Medic Teaser Image
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File:TF2Blog Old MeetTheMedic.jpg|''Meet the Medic'' teaser thumbnail before release.
File:Mtm.png|The Trailer logo
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File:Meethemedicteaser.png|''Meet the Medic'' teaser image.
File:MtMWoman.png|The silhouette of a woman, presumably Miss Pauling
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File:Mtm.png|The trailer logo.
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File:MtMWoman.png|The silhouette of a woman, presumably [[Miss Pauling]].
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File:TF2 MAN MAN.png|The magazine the Pyro is reading.
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File:Mtm unused demo.png|An unused still found in the Source Filmmaker files.
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File:Mtm unused heavy.png|An unused still found in the Source Filmmaker files.
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File:Mtm unused scout.png|An unused still found in the Source Filmmaker files.
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File:Mtm unused soldier.png|An unused still found in the Source Filmmaker files.
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File:Medic Battle Pic.png|Concept art for the final scene found in the Source Filmmaker files.
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File:Sombrero Meet The Medic.png|Sombrero seen in the background.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
 
== Trivia ==
 
* The hospital seen in one of the hidden images resembles the [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=47.594139,-122.316939&spn=0.004471,0.011458&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=47.594203,-122.31679&panoid=DmFqiuzDJkxVJ8ge-z9ejw&cbp=12,165.68,,0,-3.2 Pacific Medical Center] in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, close to Valve headquarters.
 
* A mysterious woman resembling [[Miss Pauling]] can be seen through the window at 0:56.
 
* The fridge used in the video seems to be the very same used in [[Meet the Sandvich]], as there is one [[Sandvich]] missing from the plate and a Red Shed beer bottle knocked over. As such, it is very possible that the point of view in Meet the Sandvich is taken from the BLU [[Spy]]'s decapitated head.
 
* At the start of the video, the Demoman has the [[Stickybomb Launcher]] in his lap. Later on, he has the [[Grenade Launcher]] in his lap. Shortly thereafter, it is the Stickybomb Launcher again.
 
*At 1:03, the entire contents of the fridge can be viewed: 3 Hearts, A [[Sandvich]], 2 Bottles of Red Beer, the BLU [[Spy]]'s Head (alive), the Battery for his head, and the ashtray for his cigarette.
 
*It is possible that several scenes and elements from the video are based or inspired by scenes from the 1985 film Re-Animator, from the similar music to the Spy's head kept inside of the freezer to the Medic's slight resemblance to the film's "protagonist" Herbert West
 
*Throughout the Heavy's procedure, an X-Ray of his insides can be seen in the background. It appears he swallowed a missile. The missile is also seen in a large bucket near the Medic that was apparently removed earlier in the operation.
 
*Despite the Medic using the [[Quick-Fix]], he is able to make the Heavy invulnerable. This is explained on the fourth day of the Uber Update.
 
*At 3:48, the [[Pyro]] can be seen reading a magazine, while playing with a lighter. The back of the magazine appears to be ''[[comics|The Insult That Made a "Jarate Master" Out of Sniper]]''.
 
*At the end of the video, it is shown that Archimedes the pidgeon somehow ended up inside the Scout during the scouts heart transplant operation. For a short period before the Uber Update, doves would sometimes fly out of scouts after they were killed. The pidgeon being inside the scout at the end of the video is likely a reference to this.
 
  
 
== Related merchandise ==
 
== Related merchandise ==
{|
 
 
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<gallery>
File:MeedTheMedicLithograph.png|[http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=P3123 Meed the Medic Lithograph]
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File:MeetTheMedicLithograph.png|Meet the Medic Lithograph <small>{{tooltip|(expired)|This product is no longer available on the official Valve Store}}</small>
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
|}
 
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
* ''[[Meet the Team]]''
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* [[A Little Heart to Heart (Soundtrack)]]
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* [[Archimedes (Soundtrack)]]
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* [[Medic! (Soundtrack)]]
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* [[Meet the Medic (taunt)]]
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* [[Meet the Team]]
 
* [[Doves]]
 
* [[Doves]]
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== External links ==
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* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2302723/ Meet the Medic] on IMDb
  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:46, 18 September 2023

This article is about the video. For the taunt item, see Meet the Medic (taunt).
Meet the Medic
Meet the Medic Titlecard
Video Info
Released: June 23, 2011
Run time: 4:09

Video

Video transcript

Pre-release

In March 2011, user "Political Gamer" visited Valve headquarters in Bellevue, Washington and confirmed production of Meet the Medic.[1] A photograph of a poster was taken at the Valve HQ, depicting the Medic posing alongside several flying doves.[2]

The comic Meet the Director, released alongside the Replay Update on May 5, 2011, featured a page depicting the Administrator at her control panel, showing a number of screenshots from Meet the Medic on the displays.

On June 8, 2011, a patch to Team Fortress 2 was released and included an update that placed several doves in various positions in Valve maps. The doves exploded upon contact, but did not cause players damage. On June 17, 2011, an additional patch was released which added a secondary dove model with animations. Later the same day, the page layout of the TF2 Official Website was updated to feature three doves perched upon the title banner, which was covered by bird droppings. Each dove linked to three separate hidden images depicting a rundown hospital, an empty hospital waiting room, and a doctor's office.

Part of the rundown hospital seen in the first hidden image can be seen in the background of the Medic's page on the official site, fully modeled.

On June 20, 2011, Meet the Medic was confirmed by the TF2 Official Website and its release was announced to coincide with the Über Update, to be released on June 23.[3] The doves that were perched on the site banner of the TF2 Official Website were removed as part of the website redesign.

Notes

  • The music that plays when the Scout and Demoman are fleeing from a barrage of rockets is a slowed down version of Faster Than a Speeding Bullet, the same song used in Meet the Scout.
  • The title card displays "COPYRIGHT LOLOLOL" on the bottom right corner, a recurring joke throughout the Meet the Team videos.
  • Throughout the Heavy's procedure, an X-ray of his body is in the background, showing a bomb lodged inside him. The extracted bomb can be spotted in a bucket behind the Medic. This is the same bomb on the Meet the Medic title card.
  • The Heavy's Minigun can be spotted in the background of a few operating room shots, resting on its own stretcher.
  • The Medic's Overdose is next to the bucket containing the extracted bomb.
  • A heart monitoring device titled "CARDIOSCAN 2000" can be seen working behind the Heavy early in the video. When his heart is destroyed, the line on the monitor goes flat. The next time it is seen, after the Medic retrieves a new heart, it resumes its old display (as if the machine detected the heart's presence).
  • One of the Medic's doves is named after Archimedes, a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer.
  • A mysterious figure resembling Miss Pauling can be seen through the window at 0:56 and again at 1:22.
  • At 1:03, the entire contents of the fridge are visible: three hearts, the Sandvich, three bottles of Red Shed beer, the BLU Spy's head (alive), a battery for his head, and an ashtray for his cigarettes.
    • The labels on the hearts at 1:04 read "Loch Ness Hamster" and "Mega Baboon", respectively. The smallest heart appears to have no label on it.
  • Despite the Medic believing otherwise, human ribs are actually capable of growing back when properly shortened.[4]
  • At 1:48, Scout's Default Bat and a black bag can be seen on top of the closet in the background, at first glance, the two objects together look like the Battalion's Backup. Additionally, there's a sombrero next to it.
  • At 2:28, a Pyro can be seen running in its Humiliation pose, quickly disappearing into the black smoke on the right.
  • In the opening, when the Demoman is fleeing from the BLU Soldiers in a wheelchair, he has a bandage over the top part of his head and an eyepatch worn on top of the bandage. Later, when the Demoman is healed by the Medic, he rips off the bandage with the eyepatch on it to reveal another eyepatch underneath the bandage.
    • Similarly, when he is fleeing from the Soldiers in the first battlefield scene, his Stickybomb Launcher rests on his lap and is his only visible weapon. In the second battlefield scene, the Grenade Launcher replaced the Stickybomb Launcher, but after an explosion sends him flying out of his wheelchair, the weapon that lands in front of him is, mysteriously, the Stickybomb Launcher instead of the Grenade Launcher he was just holding.
  • In the up-close scene of the Demoman fleeing the Soldiers, the Engineer and Sniper are missing.
  • The Quick-Fix uses sounds from the Medi Gun.
  • Despite the Quick-Fix being incapable of providing invulnerability in-game, the Medic is able to use it to make the Heavy invulnerable via an ÜberCharge. The fourth day of the Über Update explains that the Quick-Fix's first ÜberCharge, seen in the video, permanently shorted out the invulnerability feature of the gun.
  • Although the Heavy was ÜberCharged, his Minigun doesn't glow in team colors as in the game.
  • After the Heavy kills the Soldiers onscreen and continues to fire at unseen enemies, the Medic poses as in the "Meet the Medic" taunt. A medi-beam is no longer connected to the Heavy, yet the Heavy continues to be ÜberCharged.
  • At 3:16, while the Heavy is ÜberCharged, a rocket hits him and explodes on contact. However, at 3:22 and 3:26, rockets are seen bouncing off the Heavy and exploding.
  • While the Heavy is hiding behind the truck, the army of Soldiers are wearing various hats such as the Soldier's Stash, Stainless Pot, Lumbricus Lid, and Proof of Purchase.
    • Also, when Heavy steps on top of the Soldier's head, the Soldier is seen wearing an Armored Authority, released on the same date as the Über Update.
  • In the final scene, the Engineer is strumming A Little Heart to Heart. Next to him is a Ciggy Stop vending machine, identical to the one in the Intelligence room in Meet the Spy.
  • In the waiting room, the Pyro is reading a magazine called "MAN MAN", which features the RED Spy and Scout on the cover and has The Insult That Made a "Jarate Master" Out of Sniper on the back cover. Pyro is also seen reading this same magazine in Expiration Date.
  • Since the June 17, 2011 Patch, a dove sometimes flies out of gibbed Scouts. This foreshadowed the final gag of the video, where Archimedes is left inside the Scout's chest after his operation.
  • It was revealed in the Source Filmmaker introduction video that the hospital battle scene is actually a modified version of Badwater Basin. The spawn that the Medic walks out of appears to be one of the exits in 5Gorge, while the rocky hillside seems to be inspired by DeGroot Keep (both were released December 2010).
  • In some leaked developer files of Source Filmmaker, some stills of an old version of Meet The Medic can be found featuring an injured Scout, Soldier, Demoman, and Heavy. However, their bandages and wounds were clearly edited in post.
    • Concept art from the final scene can be found in the files as well.
  • The Voodoo-Cursed Soul models of Scout, Demoman, Heavy, and Medic reflect the classes' injuries and blood stains portrayed in the video.

Outtakes

On July 11, 2011, the TF2 Team posted several outtakes from Meet the Medic on the TF2 Official Website, three of which depict the Medic speaking with an American accent and narrating his invention of the Medi Gun.[5]

Don't You Die On Me! My Darkest Moment
Kill Me Making Gods

Trivia

  • The hospital in one of the hidden images resembles the Pacific Tower close to Valve headquarters in Seattle, USA.
  • According to an article posted on the TF2 Official Website on July 11, 2011, Meet the Medic was originally intended to be an interview-style video, similar to the earlier Meet the Team videos. The video would have explained how the Medic accidentally discovered the healing formula used for his Medi Gun and its ability to ÜberCharge. It was scrapped because the animators thought that it didn't really reflect what people truly thought of when they hear "the Medic".
    • Robin Atkin Downes, the Medic's voice actor, uploaded a short snippet of himself recording the lines for this Meet the Team short, as well as a redubbed version of the outtakes with the Medic's voice.
    • In the second outtake (My Darkest Moment), the Spy, who shoots the blood bag and is then decapitated and used as a blood resource, appears to be on the same team as the Medic (RED). However, the mask on his head can be seen to change color to blue once it is separated from his body, indicating that he was the disguised BLU Spy.
    • In the outtake Kill Me, the Medic shoots more than 6 bullets with the Revolver.
      • It can also be noted that the healing formula created in the outtake is made of Jarate, a Sandvich, a small Medkit, and blood while being charged with electricity from broken equipment.
  • On June 20, 2013, a level was added to Surgeon Simulator 2013 that allows the player to perform the operation depicted in the video as the Medic on the Heavy. The various tools found in the game are also replaced with TF2 weapons, such as the Knife and Bonesaw.
    • The achievements awarded for completing different tasks in the level are named after quotes from Meet the Medic, such as "Don't Be Such A Baby, Ribs Grow Back!" and "Let's Go Practice Medicine."

Gallery

Related merchandise

See also

External links

References

  1. "Back from Valve" post on Steam Users' Forums, "Political Gamer", posted March 22, 2011.
  2. "Videogame.it Valve HQ Article posted April 1, 2011. Accessed June 20, 2011.
  3. "The Über Update, Day One", TF2 Team, TF2 Official Website, posted June 20, 2011.
  4. National Scoliosis Foundation,   "Rib Thoracoplasty".   .      Retrieved   November 27, 2015.
  5. http://tf2.com/post.php?id=5816