View source for Meet the Director

{{cleanup}}
{{Infobox comics
|preview = MeetTheDirector Titlecard.png
|release-date = May 5, 2011
|number-of-pages = 10
}}
{{Quotation|'''The Administrator''' on keeping tabs on mercenaries|Plutonium isn't '''smart''', Miss Pauling. That doesn't mean it won't '''kill''' you if you don't keep tabs on where it is and what it's doing at all times.}}
'''''Meet the Director''''' is a [[comic]] that was released on [[May 5, 2011 Patch|May 5, 2011]] alongside the [[Replay Update]]. The comic primarily focuses on [[Non-player characters#Miss Pauling|Miss Pauling]] and an eponymous "[[Non-player characters#The Director|Director]]" as they interview several of the [[RED]] mercenaries under the guise of a public relations stunt. A textless version of the comic was posted in the [http://tf2.com/post.php?id=5444&p=1 May 10, 2011 Blog Post] by popular demand.
== Synopsis ==
The story begins with Miss Pauling and a filmmaker accompanying the RED [[Sniper]] in his camper van as he drives to [[2Fort]]. In the camper, the Director repeatedly asks questions labeling Sniper as a victim, visibly aggravating Sniper to the point of threatening the Director with physical violence. Upon arrival to [[2Fort]], Miss Pauling reminds Sniper that the interviews are an attempt at positive PR, intended to save face with the locals. In the next scene, the [[Administrator]] reveals to Miss Pauling her true motive for hiring the Director: keeping tabs on the mercenaries, whom she realizes pose a potential threat to everyone, including herself.

The Director attempts to interview the rest of RED, with seemingly little success. Meanwhile, an unknown messenger is being restrained and interrogated by the RED mercs - It is implied that each person interviewed has been blackmailed with potentially compromising photographs — save for the Soldier, whose [[Meet the Soldier|collection of heads]] was stolen and held for ransom instead. The Administrator appears on the miniature television mounted in the now dead agent's chest and reveals she was the source of the photographs — and stolen heads — demonstrating her new-found leverage and potential modes of retaliation should the mercenaries ever discuss the terms of their contract.

Elsewhere, Miss Pauling leads the Director into a mineshaft under the guise of an interview with the Administrator. Pauling asks if she should hold off on killing him, noting he never got a chance to interview BLU, to which the Administrator says to dispose of him anyway as a potential liability, remarking that she will simply have to find some new directors.

== Pages ==
<gallery>
File:Director 01.jpg|Page 1
File:Director 02.jpg|Page 2
File:Director 03.jpg|Page 3
File:Director 04.jpg|Page 4
File:Director 05.jpg|Page 5
File:Director 06.jpg|Page 6
File:Director 07.jpg|Page 7
File:Director 08.jpg|Page 8
File:Director 09.jpg|Page 9
File:Director 10.jpg|Page 10
</gallery>

== Pages (textless) ==
<gallery>
File:Director_01NoText.jpg|Page 1
File:Director_02NoText.jpg|Page 2
File:Director_03NoText.jpg|Page 3
File:Director_04NoText.jpg|Page 4
File:Director_05NoText.jpg|Page 5
File:Director_06NoText.jpg|Page 6
File:Director_07NoText.jpg|Page 7
File:Director_08NoText.jpg|Page 8
File:Director_09NoText.jpg|Page 9
File:Director_10NoText.jpg|Page 10
</gallery>

== Pages (lineart) ==

<gallery>
File:Director 01Lineart.jpg|Page 1
File:Director 02Lineart.jpg|Page 2
File:Director 03Lineart.jpg|Page 3
File:Director 04Lineart.jpg|Page 4
File:Director 05Lineart.jpg|Page 5
File:Director 06Lineart.jpg|Page 6
File:Director 07Lineart.jpg|Page 7
File:Director 08Lineart.jpg|Page 8
File:Director 09Lineart.jpg|Page 9
File:Director 10Lineart.jpg|Page 10
</gallery>

== Trivia ==

=== Page 1 ===
* The [[Sniper]]'s last name, Mundy, is revealed in this comic. So far, every ''Team Fortress 2'' comic has been an opportunity to discover at least one of the mercenary's names, as with the [[War!|Soldier and Demoman]], though it is likely that the Soldier has an alias, and the [[Loose Canon|Engineer]].
=== Page 2 ===
* Part of the back ground shows through the Sniper's wrist in the bottom left panel.
* Part of the Sniper's rifle barrel is missing in the bottom right panel.

=== Page 3 ===
* The Administrator suggests that she wants to {{botignore|spy}} on the mercenaries, though in the "WAR!" comic, a fully operating surveillance system is used for spotting the [[RED]] [[Spy]] eliminating and disguising as the [[BLU]] [[Scout]].

=== Page 4 ===
* The ammo drum on the [[Heavy]]'s Minigun is missing.

=== Page 6 ===
* The Spy and Soldier appear to be wearing their {{botignore|beta}} outfits; however, the Soldier is wearing his regular uniform on the next page. The Spy keeps the beta suit for the rest of the scene. The Scout is also without his signature hat, headset and backpack, but wears striped socks like his beta counterpart.
* On the panel just before he shows the photos of his parents, the Sniper's vest is missing, though he wears it in the previous panel.

=== Page 7 ===
* The pattern on the Heavy's pajamas, a skull and crossbones, was his original emblem.

=== Page 10 ===
* Images of the [[Medic]] appear on many of the computer screens behind the Administrator, which could serve as a teaser to the currently unreleased ''[[Meet the Medic]]''.
** The [[Medi Gun]]-like weapon wielded by the Medic has not yet been released or seen in the game. It could possibly be the [[Quick-Fix]], a weapon that is currently in the [[beta]].

== See also ==
* [[Comics]]

{{ReplayUpdateNav}}<br/>
{{Comics nav}}
[[Category:Comics]]