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| release_date = May 18, 2009
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== Video ==
 
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==Video Transcript==
 
  
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[''Shot opens on ringing alarm bell; sirens and klaxons play in the background'']
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== Video transcript ==
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|[''Shot opens on ringing alarm bell; sirens and klaxons play in the background'']
  
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'''The Administrator:''' "Intruder Alert! A [[RED]] [[Spy]] is in the base!"
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'''The [[Administrator]]:''' "Intruder Alert! A [[RED]] [[Spy]] is in the base!"
  
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[''Signs illuminate on a large Security Panel: "Intruder Alert', 'RED Spy' and 'In Base'; Pull out to reveal the [[BLU]] [[Soldier]] watching the board'']
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[''Signs illuminate on a large security panel: "Intruder Alert', 'RED Spy' and 'In Base'; pull out to reveal the [[BLU]] [[Soldier]] watching the board'']
  
 
'''Soldier:''' "A RED Spy is in the base!?"
 
'''Soldier:''' "A RED Spy is in the base!?"
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[''[[Intruder Alert (Soundtrack)|Intruder Alert]] begins to play. The Soldier reaches from off-screen and pulls a [[Shotgun]] off a rack of weapons. Cut to the Soldier dashing down the stairs and through the [[2Fort]] sublevel while saying "Hut, Hut, Hut!" with every step he takes'']
 
[''[[Intruder Alert (Soundtrack)|Intruder Alert]] begins to play. The Soldier reaches from off-screen and pulls a [[Shotgun]] off a rack of weapons. Cut to the Soldier dashing down the stairs and through the [[2Fort]] sublevel while saying "Hut, Hut, Hut!" with every step he takes'']
  
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'''The Administrator:''' "Protect the [[intelligence|briefcase]]!"
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'''The Administrator:''' "Protect the [[Capture the Flag#Intelligence|briefcase]]!"
  
 
'''Soldier:''' "We need to protect the briefcase!"
 
'''Soldier:''' "We need to protect the briefcase!"
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[''The Soldier pushes the Scout aside and begins to 'decode' the combination'']
 
[''The Soldier pushes the Scout aside and begins to 'decode' the combination'']
  
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'''Soldier:''' "All right, all right, I got it. Stand back son. 1, 1, 1, umm... '''1'''!"
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'''Soldier:''' "All right, all right, I got it. Stand back, son. 1, 1, 1, umm... '''1'''!"
  
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'''Scout:''' Let's go, let's go-
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'''Scout:''' "Let's go, let's go-"
  
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[''BLU [[Heavy]] comes around the corner, [[Minigun|Sasha]] in-hand, charging towards the Scout and Soldier'']
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[''BLU [[Heavy]] comes around the corner, [[Minigun|Sasha]] in hand, charging towards the Scout and Soldier'']
  
 
'''Heavy:''' "'''INCOMING!'''"
 
'''Heavy:''' "'''INCOMING!'''"
  
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[''Heavy shoulder-barges the door, destroying it. The three of them are sent tumbling and screaming into the Intelligence Room. The Scout reaches the desk to discover the briefcase is perfectly safe.'']
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[''Heavy shoulder-barges the door, destroying it. The three of them are sent tumbling and screaming into the Intelligence Room'']
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'''Heavy:''' "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA- [screaming]"
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[''The Scout reaches the desk to discover the briefcase is perfectly safe'']
  
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'''Scout:''' ''[while screaming, he notices the briefcase]'' "AAAAAHHHH- Hey, it's still here!"
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'''Scout:''' [''while screaming, he notices the briefcase''] "AAAAAHHHhhhey, it's still here!"
  
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'''Heavy:''' AAAAalright then.
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'''Heavy:''' "-AAAAalright then."
  
 
'''Spy:''' "Ahem."
 
'''Spy:''' "Ahem."
  
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[''Camera zooms in to reveal the BLU [[Spy]], with the BLU [[Sniper]]'s corpse over one shoulder.'']
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[''Camera zooms in to reveal the BLU [[Spy]], with the BLU [[Sniper]]'s corpse over one shoulder'']
  
 
'''Spy:''' "Gentlemen."
 
'''Spy:''' "Gentlemen."
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[''Meet the Spy' Title Card'']
 
[''Meet the Spy' Title Card'']
  
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[''Cut back to the Spy, carrying the dead Sniper towards the desk.'']
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[''Cut back to the Spy, carrying the dead Sniper towards the desk'']
  
 
'''Spy:''' "I see the briefcase is safe."
 
'''Spy:''' "I see the briefcase is safe."
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[''The other three BLUs shake their heads and shrug'']
 
[''The other three BLUs shake their heads and shrug'']
  
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'''Spy:''' No? Then we still have a problem.
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'''Spy:''' "No? Then we still have a problem."
  
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[''He deposits the Sniper's body on the desk, revealing a bloody [[Knife]] in his back.'']
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[''He deposits the Sniper's body on the desk, revealing a bloody [[Knife]] in his back accompanied with a sound cue and varied reactions'']
  
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'''Soldier:''' "...and a ''Knife''."
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'''Soldier:''' "...and a ''knife''."
  
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[''The Scout approaches and removes the knife.'']
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[''The Scout approaches and removes the knife'']
  
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'''Scout:''' "Oooh, big problem. I've killed plenty of Spies; they're dime-a-dozen back-stabbing scum-bags - like you!"
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'''Scout:''' "Oooh, big problem. I've killed plenty of Spies; they're dime-a-dozen back-stabbing scumbags - like you!"
  
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[''The Scout attempts to manipulate the knife like the Spy, only to cut himself on the finger and drop it.'']
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[''The Scout attempts to manipulate the knife like the Spy, only to cut himself with the blunt end on the finger and drop it'']
  
 
'''Scout:''' "Ow! No offense."
 
'''Scout:''' "Ow! No offense."
  
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'''Spy:''' "If you managed to kill them, I assure you, they were ''not'' like me. [''The Spy deftly retrieves the knife and flicks it shut, handing it back to the Scout.''] And nothing... ''nothing'' like the man loose inside this building."
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'''Spy:''' "If you managed to kill them, I assure you, they were ''not'' like me." [''The Spy deftly retrieves the knife and flicks it shut, handing it back to the Scout''] "And nothing... ''nothing'' like the man loose inside this building."
  
 
'''Scout:''' "What're you? President of his fan club?"
 
'''Scout:''' "What're you? President of his fan club?"
  
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'''Soldier''' & '''Heavy''': ''(chuckling)''
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[''The Soldier and Heavy chuckle while the Spy turns to face the Scout'']
  
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[The Spy turns to face the Scout.]
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'''Spy:''' "No... that would be ''[[Non-player characters#BLU Scout's mother|your mother]]!''"
  
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'''Spy:''' "No... that would be ''[[Non-player characters#The Scout's Mother|your mother]]!''"
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[''The Spy reveals a folder and slaps it down on the table, revealing several compromising photographs of the RED Spy and the Scout's mother while [[Right Behind You (Soundtrack)|Right Behind You]] plays'']
  
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[''The Spy reveals a folder and slaps it down on the table, revealing several compromising photographs of the RED Spy and the Scout's Mother.'']
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'''Scout:''' "What the?" ''[stammers out of shock and disbelief]''
  
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'''Scout:''' ''[stammers out of shock and disbelief]''
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'''Spy:''' "Indeed, and now he's here to f**k ''us''! So listen up, boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the ''second'' worst thing that happens to you today."
  
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'''Spy:''' Indeed, and now he's here to f**k ''us''! So listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the ''second'' worst thing that happens to you today."
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[''The Soldier and Heavy examine the photographs. The Heavy leans over and shows the Soldier one photo in particular'']
  
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[''[[Right Behind You (Soundtrack)|Right Behind You]] plays'']
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'''Soldier:''' "Oh!"
  
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[''The Soldier and Heavy examine the photographs. The Heavy leans over and shows the Soldier one photo in particular.'']
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[''The Scout frantically retrieves the photos as the Spy lights and smokes a cigarillo in the foreground'']
  
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'''Soldier:''' Oh!
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'''Scout:''' "Gimme that!"
  
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[The Scout frantically retrieves the photos as the Spy lights and smokes a cigarillo in the foreground.]
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'''Spy:''' "This Spy has already breached our defenses..."
  
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'''Scout:''' "Gimme dat!"
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[''Fade to the RED Spy, creeping through the [[Hydro]] tunnels. He pauses at a corner, as the camera pulls back to reveal a BLU Level 3 [[Sentry Gun]] with its [[Engineer]]. He slides a [[Sapper]] across the floor, disarming and destroying the Sentry Gun immediately'']
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'''Spy:''' "Zis Spy has already breached our defenses..."
 
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[''Fade to the RED Spy, creeping through the [[Hydro]] tunnels. He pauses at a corner, as the camera pulls back to reveal a BLU Level 3 [[Sentry Gun]] with its [[Engineer]]. He slides a [[Electro Sapper]] across the floor, disarming and destroying the Sentry Gun immediately'']
 
  
 
'''Engineer:''' "Sentry Down!"
 
'''Engineer:''' "Sentry Down!"
  
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[''The BLU Engineer throws his [[Wrench]] down and frantically reaches for his [[Pistol]], only to have the Spy shoot him in the head with the [[Revolver]]. The dead Engineer crashes through a door and the Spy steps over him and fires at a target off-screen.'']
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[''The BLU Engineer throws his [[Wrench]] down and frantically reaches for his [[Pistol]], only to have the Spy shoot him in the head with the [[Revolver]]. Cut to behind the closed door as the dead Engineer crashes through the door and the Spy steps over him and fires at a target off-screen'']
  
 
[''Cut back to the BLU Intelligence Room. The BLU Spy leans over the dead Sniper, gesturing frantically.'']
 
[''Cut back to the BLU Intelligence Room. The BLU Spy leans over the dead Sniper, gesturing frantically.'']
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'''Spy:''' "You've seen what he's done to our colleagues!"
 
'''Spy:''' "You've seen what he's done to our colleagues!"
  
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[''Flash back to the BLU Sniper, now alive and sniping from a dusty attic. The RED Spy creeps up on him and steps on a creaking floorboard, alerting the Sniper who engages him with the [[Kukri]]. A struggle ensues, and the Sniper is ultimately backstabbed.'']
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[''Fade to the BLU Sniper, still alive and sniping from a dusty attic. The RED Spy creeps up on him and steps on a creaking floorboard, alerting the Sniper, who engages the Spy with the [[Kukri]]. A struggle ensues. The Spy deftly dodges and parries Sniper’s flailing attacks and counters with fatal strikes; the Sniper is cut across his left cheek (1:55), gutted<!-- like a Cornish game hen --> under the right rib cage (1:57), cut across the back of his skull (1:58), and is ultimately [[backstab]]bed (1:59).]
  
 
[''Cut back to BLU Intelligence Room'']
 
[''Cut back to BLU Intelligence Room'']
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'''Spy:''' "And worst of all, he could be any one of us..."
 
'''Spy:''' "And worst of all, he could be any one of us..."
  
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[''Fade to the RED Spy fighting a BLU [[Medic]], armed with a [[Bonesaw]].'']
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[''Fade to the RED Spy fighting a BLU [[Medic]], armed with a [[Bonesaw]]'']
  
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'''Medic:''' "'''''Raus''''', '''''raus'''''!(Out! Out!)"
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'''Medic:''' "''Raus'', ''raus''!"
  
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[''The Spy breaks the Medic's arm, disarming him. Close-up on the Spy's face as he disguises as the Medic, sans spectacles.'']
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[''The Spy breaks the Medic's arm, disarming him. Close-up on the Spy's face as he disguises as the Medic'']
  
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'''Medic:''' (gasps)
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'''Medic:''' [''gasps''] "''Nein''..."
  
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[''The Spy kills the Medic with a well-placed chop to the throat, knocking off his spectacles, which he catches and wears, completing his disguise.'']
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[''The Spy kills the Medic with a well-placed chop to the throat, knocking off his spectacles, which he catches and wears, completing his disguise'']
  
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[''Cut back to BLU Intel Room. The BLU Spy looks frantic.'']
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[''Cut back to BLU Intel Room. The BLU Spy looks frantic'']
  
 
'''Spy:''' "He could be in this very room! He could be ''you''! He could be ''me''! He could even be-"
 
'''Spy:''' "He could be in this very room! He could be ''you''! He could be ''me''! He could even be-"
  
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[''The Spy is cut off as his head explodes violently. The camera switches to the Soldier, Shotgun in hand, with a confused Heavy, and a panicked Scout.'']
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[''The Spy is cut off as his head explodes violently. The camera switches to the Soldier, Shotgun in hand, with a confused Heavy and a panicked Scout'']
  
 
'''Scout:''' "Whoa, whoa, ''whoa''!"
 
'''Scout:''' "Whoa, whoa, ''whoa''!"
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'''Heavy:''' "Oh!"
 
'''Heavy:''' "Oh!"
  
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'''Soldier:''' "What? It was obvious! [''The Soldier pumps his Shotgun, discarding the spent shell.'']
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'''Soldier:''' "What? It was obvious!" [''The Soldier pumps his Shotgun, discarding the spent shell.''] "He's the RED Spy! Watch, he'll turn red any second now..."
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He's the RED Spy! Watch, he'll turn red any second now..."
 
  
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[''The Soldier and Heavy approach the dead Spy, with The Soldier prodding the Spy's foot with his Shotgun.'']
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[''The Soldier and Heavy approach the dead Spy, with The Soldier prodding the Spy's foot with his Shotgun'']
  
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'''Soldier:''' "''Any'' second now... See? ''Red''! Oh, wait...that's blood."
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'''Soldier:''' "''Any'' second now... See? ''Red''! Oh, wait... that's blood."  
  
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[''The Scout lingers behind, his expression sinister. He approaches the Soldier and Heavy, retrieving the knife he pocketed earlier, and flicking it open easily. As he approaches, he flickers and melts, revealing himself to be the RED Spy'']
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'''Heavy:''' "So, we still got problem..."
  
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'''Heavy:''' "So, we still got problem..."
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'''Soldier:''' "''Big'' problem..."
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[''The Scout lingers behind, his expression sinister. He approaches the Soldier and Heavy, retrieving the knife he pocketed earlier, and flicking it open easily]
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'''Soldier:''' "All right, who's ready to go find this Spy?"
  
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'''Soldier:''' "''Big'' problem... alright, who's ready to go find this Spy?"
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[''As the Scout approaches, he flickers and melts, revealing himself to be the RED Spy'']
  
 
'''Spy:''' "Right behind you."
 
'''Spy:''' "Right behind you."
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[''[[Petite Chou-Fleur (Soundtrack)|Petite Chou-Fleur]] plays'']
 
[''[[Petite Chou-Fleur (Soundtrack)|Petite Chou-Fleur]] plays'']
  
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[''Fade to the scattered photos of the Scout's Mother. The RED Spy retrieves one of them and smiles wistfully.'']
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[''Fade to the scattered photos of the Scout's mother. The RED Spy retrieves one depicting them holding hands on a balcony and smiles wistfully'']
  
 
'''Spy:''' "Ahh... ''ma petite chou-fleur.''"
 
'''Spy:''' "Ahh... ''ma petite chou-fleur.''"
  
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[''The RED Spy walks off with the BLU team's intel in tow.'']
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[''The RED Spy walks off with the BLU team's intel in tow. Fade to black.'']
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==Leak==
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== Leak ==
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"Meet the Spy" was leaked on May 17, 2009 due to a YouTube bug which allowed iPhones to view videos marked as "Private". This inspired a series of posts on the official blog wherein Robin Walker went insane and fired all except one of Valve's employees. Valve also awarded themselves a "Corporate Achievement" called "Welcome to the internets", with the description "Fail to understand what Private means on YouTube". The icon was a TV with the word "FAIL" on it. In the officially released version, one of the alert panels reads "Leaked Video", as a reference to the leak. It originally read "Lost Memory".
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[[File:Youtube fail.png|64px|right|Welcome to the Internets.]]
  
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==Notes==
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''Meet the Spy'' was leaked on May 17, 2009, due to a YouTube bug that allowed iPhones to view videos marked as "Private". This inspired a series of posts on the official blog, and Valve awarded themselves a "Corporate Achievement" called "Welcome to the Internets", with the description "Fail to understand what Private means on YouTube". The video was officially released the day after on May 18, 2009.<ref>https://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/day05_english.htm</ref>
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[[Image:SpyHeadAsplode.gif|right|thumb|300px|The Spy's head seems to have an uncanny ability to explode on demand.]]
 
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*'''Body count''': 7 (and 1 Sentry Gun).
 
  
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*Excluding the ending picture of the entire team, the RED Spy does not appear to have a cigarette in his mouth throughout the video. Though, while in-game, Spies always have a cigarette in their mouth.
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In the officially released version, one of the alert panels reads "Leaked Video". It originally read "Lost Memory". Also, the Administrator says "Intruder alert!" twice in the leaked version.
  
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*The '''Meet the Spy''' video was officially released on May 19, 2009, during the fifth day of the [[May 21, 2009 Patch|Sniper vs. Spy Update]]. Currently, the video has been released in two language versions: English and Russian.  
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== Notes ==
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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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* This video takes place at the same time as the [[WAR! Update]] [[WAR! Comic|comic]] does, but from the [[Administrator]]'s perspective.<ref>https://www.teamfortress.com/war/administrator</ref>
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* The video takes place in a modified version of the map [[2Fort]]. While most of the action occurs in BLU's Intelligence room, the Soldier is alerted in a non-existent security room, and is seen descending stairs despite taking the ramped path.
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* In the Russian version, the BLU [[Engineer]] does not say "Sentry down!" when the RED [[Spy]] destroys his [[Sentry Gun]] (unlike in other versions), the [[Medic]] and [[Sniper]] fights are silenced to an extent, and there is no bleep when the BLU Spy swears.
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** The bleep is absent because of the word change: instead of translating "f**k", the milder word "hump" is used.
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* The tracks "[[Right Behind You (Soundtrack)|Right Behind You]]", "[[Petite Chou-Fleur (Soundtrack)|Petite Chou-Fleur]]", and "[[Intruder Alert (Soundtrack)|Intruder Alert]]" are featured in this video, after which they were patched into TF2's [[Team Fortress 2 Official Soundtrack|soundtrack]].
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* The alarm bell and signal board at the beginning is an "Alarm-O-Tron 5000". These alerts are displayed below. The alerts in bold display the specific warnings which were activated and lit during the video.
  
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*The tracks [[Right Behind You (Soundtrack)|Right Behind You]], [[Petite Chou-Fleur (Soundtrack)|Petite Chou-Fleur]] and [[Intruder Alert (Soundtrack)|Intruder Alert]] were featured in this video, after which they were patched into the game's [[main menu]] [[soundtrack]].
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|EMERGENCY || ON CAP || '''INTRUDER ALERT''' || IS FIRED || BLUE {{botignore|DEMOMAN}} || DEPRESSED
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*The video contains many congruities to the [[Trailer 1|very first TF2 trailer]], which also took place in a modified 2Fort.  The Spy poses with his Revolver in the same area; the Soldier panics at the sound of a ringing alarm; the Medic poses in the same area he attacks the Spy; the opening frame of the Sniper in his scene is virtually identical to his still in the first trailer.  This could be a small tribute to Valve's very first TF2 cinematic, or an allusion to how far the game has come since then.
 
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*''Meet the Spy'' is the longest Meet the Team video yet with a duration 3:20.
 
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*This is the first video starring the characters from BLU, while all the others star the RED team characters, though it could be argued it centers around the RED Spy and the paranoia he causes amongst the BLU team.
 
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*The alarm bell and signal board at the beginning is an "Alarm-O-Tron 5000". These alerts are displayed below. The alerts in bold display the specific warnings which were activated and lit during the video.
 
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|Emergency || On Cap || '''Intruder Alert''' || Is Fired || BLU Demoman || Depressed
 
 
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|All Clear || RED Scout || Exploding || On Fire || BLU Engineer || About to Explode
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|ALL CLEAR || RED {{botignore|SCOUT}} || EXPLODING || ON FIRE || BLUE {{botignore|ENGINEER}} || ABOUT TO EXPLODE
 
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|Vaporized || Team Update || New Mission || On Break || BLU Sniper || Is Drunk
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|VAPORIZED || TEAM UPDATE || NEW MISSION || ON BREAK || BLUE {{botignore|SNIPER}} || IS DRUNK
 
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|In Surgery || Needs a Ride || RED Medic || RED Heavy || RED Pyro || Defenestrated
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|IN SURGERY || NEEDS A RIDE || RED {{botignore|MEDIC}} || RED HEAVY || RED {{botignore|PYRO}} || DEFENESTRATED
 
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|Smells || RED Sniper || Drowned || Behind You || Is a Man || Owns Base
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|SMELLS || RED {{botignore|SNIPER}} || DROWNED || BEHIND YOU! || IS A MAN || OWNS BASE
 
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|Backstabbed || Stole a Car || BLU Spy || Found Dracula || Is a Woman || BLU Soldier
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|BACKSTABBED || STOLE A CAR || BLUE {{botignore|SPY}} || FOUND DRACULA || IS A WOMAN || BLUE {{botignore|SOLDIER}}
 
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|Again || Hit by Train || RED Engineer || Lost Briefcase || RED Demoman || Above You!
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|AGAIN || HIT BY TRAIN || RED {{botignore|ENGINEER}} || LOST BRIEFCASE || RED {{botignore|DEMOMAN}} || ABOVE YOU!
 
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|Is a Robot || Look Out || Sabotage || Needs Ammo || On Toilet || Electrocuted
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|IS A ROBOT || LOOK OUT || SABOTAGE || NEEDS AMMO || ON TOILET || ELECTROCUTED
 
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|BLU Scout || Has Evil Twin || '''Red Spy''' || RED Soldier || Pushing Cart || '''In Base'''
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|BLUE {{botignore|SCOUT}} || HAS EVIL TWIN || '''RED {{botignore|SPY}}''' || RED {{botignore|SOLDIER}} || PUSHING CART || '''IN BASE'''
 
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|RED Spy || BLU Medic || Sleeping || Wounded || Needs Backup || Exploded
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|RED {{botignore|SPY}} || BLUE {{botignore|MEDIC}} || SLEEPING || WOUNDED || NEEDS BACKUP || EXPLODED
 
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|Hungry || Leaked Video || BLU Heavy || BLU Pyro || Smothered || Jarate
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|HUNGRY || LEAKED VIDEO || BLUE HEAVY || BLUE {{botignore|PYRO}} || SMOTHERED || {{botignore|JARATE}}
 
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|Has Briefcase || Outside Base || Needs Roommate || Mangled || Opened Briefcase || Lost Dracula
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|HAS BRIEFCASE || OUTSIDE BASE || NEEDS ROOMMATE || MANGLED || OPENED BRIEFCASE || LOST DRACULA
 
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:*Foreshadowing of the events in the short can be seen on the Alarm-O-Tron board, "Blue Scout" is situated next to "has evil twin" and above "Red Spy". They also seem to have included an explanation for the absence of a Pyro or Demoman, as "Blue Demoman" is situated next to "Depressed", "Is Fired", "On Fire", "About to explode", and (albeit not quite as close) "Is Drunk", while "Blue Pyro" is in close proximity to "Wounded", "Needs Backup", "Smothered", "Mangled", "Sleeping", and "Needs Roommate". Amusingly, "Blue Heavy" isn't far from "Hungry". Also of note, "Defenestrated," which means to be thrown out a window, is very near BLU Sniper.
 
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:*The Alarm-O-Tron 5000 board makes an appearance in the map [[Double Cross]] in a locked-off room in the RED and BLU Intelligence room, which can be seen through the window, although the Alarm-O-Tron 5000 board on this map has been slightly redesigned with some items on the board removed or replaced, and it seems the items 'Intelligence', 'Has Been' and 'Captured' are the only items on the board that can light up. The board can be seen [http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/9605/gmodctfdoublecross.jpg here].
 
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:*"Red Spy" is mentioned twice on the signs.
 
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:*Under the "Red Pyro" alert panel, there are ones reading "is a man" and "is a woman". This is a reference to fan speculation regarding the Pyro's gender. For comedy's sake, a third panel reads "is a robot."
 
  
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*Unlike other ''Meet The Team'' videos, ''Meet the Spy'' isn't set in an interview type setting, but instead displays the characters in a scenario. The characters never address the viewer in any way.
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:* The Alarm-O-Tron 5000 board also continues the question about the [[Pyro]]'s identity. The alerts "Is a Man" and "Is a Woman" are on the board below the RED Pyro sign.
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:* The Alarm-O-Tron 5000 board has a reference to ''Meet The Spy'' being leaked by a YouTube iPhone bug with the alert "Leaked Video".
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:* The Alarm-O-Tron 5000 board has the word "Defenestrated" as one of the panels. Defenestration is "The act of throwing someone or something out of a window".
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:* The Alarm-O-Tron 5000 board makes an appearance in the map [[Double Cross]] in a locked-off room beside both [[Capture the Flag#Intelligence|Intelligence]] rooms, although it has a different layout of panels.
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:* The Alarm-O-Tron 5000 board lists the RED Spy twice.
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:* The [[BLU|BLU Team]] Classes are written as 'BLUE' on the Alarm-O-Tron 5000.
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:* The Alarm-O-Tron 5000 board lists "BLUE Scout", "HAS EVIL TWIN", and "RED Spy" next to each other, suggesting that the Scout is the RED Spy.
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* When the [[Soldier]] is attempting to input the door code, the Scout is holding a [[Sandman]] instead of his stock [[Bat]]. When the video was released, Spies could not display unlockable weapons in-game.
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* The 1 button on the number pad is noticeably more worn out than the other numbers, implying it was not the first time the Soldier attempted to enter a password consisting solely of 1s.
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* The [[Heavy]] is seen rushing at the door where Scout and Soldier are standing, at the far entrance. When Heavy ruptures the door, however, he is shown entering through the closer doorway, with the Spy finally arriving, holding the deceased Sniper.
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** This error is shown when the adjacent window is revealed, showing that Heavy did indeed just enter through the other doorway. The Soldier is shown to be entering the far doorway when he initially runs across the basement room and makes a left turn into the Intelligence room.
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* The Civilian's [[Umbrella (Classic)|Umbrella]] makes an appearance at 0:36 next to the filing cabinets in the Intelligence room.
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* On the cork board next to the filing cabinets, there is a photo of [[Saxton Hale]], the CEO of Mann Co.
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[[File:Meet the Spy Trophy Belt.png|right|thumb|The [[Trophy Belt]] that appears during the fight with the RED Spy.]]
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[[File:Meet the Spy football helmet.png|thumb|right|The [[Football Helmet]], laying on a shelf in the background.]]
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* When the [[Scout]] pulls the knife out of Sniper's back, the safe handle and the tip of the blade clip through Sniper's back.
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* When the Sniper's body is first seen being held by the BLU Spy, he has no glasses on. They reappear during the Spy's phrase "Have you seen what he's done to our colleagues".
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* The Spy's folder, seen at 1:13 and the title card, is labeled "Top Secret: Scout's Mom".
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* At 1:24, the cigarette case has 6 cigarettes. When BLU Spy takes one out, it appears in his hand but the case still has 6 cigarettes.
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* The BLU Spy takes out a brown cigarette at 1:24, but at 2:21 it becomes a white cigarette.
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* The RED Spy kills the BLU Engineer with a headshot. This trait would soon be shared with the Ambassador.
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* Leading into the scenario with the Sniper, the BLU Spy's cigarette moves oddly in his hand, despite keeping his hand still.
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* The Sniper wears the [[Trophy Belt]]. This was a teaser as [[Cosmetic items|hats]] had not been revealed when the video came out. The Heavy's [[Football Helmet]] also made an appearance, laying on top of a filing cabinet in the Intelligence room.
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* All three of the Sniper's items from the [[Sniper vs. Spy Update]] make an appearance:
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** The [[Huntsman]] can be seen at 1:49 resting against the wall.
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** Three jars of [[Jarate]] can be seen at the same time resting atop the stack of crates.
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** The [[Kukri]] rests on a crate that contains the [[Razorback]].
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* After the Sniper vs. Spy Update, the scar from the BLU Sniper's fight with the RED Spy was added to the skin of the Sniper's in-game model.
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* As the BLU Medic attacks the RED Spy with his [[Bonesaw]], he yells "Raus! Raus!". That is German and means "[get] Out! [get] Out!". (heard in-game as a Battle Cry response).
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* When the RED Spy is dispatching and subsequently disguising as the BLU Medic, both of the [[Medi Gun]] backpacks are missing. However, as the Spy dons the Medic's glasses, the backpack has strangely appeared.
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** During this scene, a wooden crate from ''[[w:Half-Life 2|Half-Life 2]]'' is visible in the background.
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* When walking across the room and stopping at the wall, the RED Spy is not targeted by the BLU Engineer's Sentry Gun before being sapped by the Spy.
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* The BLU Engineer and the BLU Medic had used their left hand to hold the [[Pistol]] and Bonesaw.
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* When the Soldier kills the BLU Spy, the [[Shotgun]] he uses makes the same firing sound the Spy's [[Revolver]] does, rather than the stock Shotgun firing sound.
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* The BLU Scout shows many hints to his identity, such as not knowing the door password and looking at the Sniper's back at 0:42 to see if his knife is still present.
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* When the BLU Scout accidentally closes the Spy's [[Knife]] on his hand and cuts himself, closer inspection shows that his finger is caught between the blunt edge of the blade and the handle, so it was actually just an act.
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* The French phrase spoken by the RED Spy at the end is "Ah, ma petit chou-fleur", which approximately means "Ah, my little cauliflower" (a correct sentence would be "Ah, mon petit chou-fleur", since cauliflower in French is a masculine noun). In the video, the phrase is used as a term of endearment for loved ones, although it's rarely used in French culture.
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*Neither the [[Pyro]], the [[Demoman]] nor the real [[Scout]] feature in the video, though any of them may have been the off-screen victim who was shot by the RED Spy.
 
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*[[The Administrator]] takes place during the events of Meet the Spy. The Administrator is seen alerting the BLU base to the RED Spy from her control room. She is aware that the RED Spy was disguised as the BLU Scout, but disconnects the BLU plug before revealing this information, seemingly leaving the BLU team to their fates. The corpse of the real BLU Scout can be seen on a monitor in front of the Administrator. Another monitor also reveals the still-living BLU Engineer and his fully upgraded Sentry Gun, suggesting that the RED Spy killed both him and the unseen victim sometime between the Administrator's warning and the Soldier meeting the 'Scout' at the door to the briefcase room, this would also suggest a canon respawn system, as the BLU Soldier, one of the characters in the comic, is killed in Meet the Spy, yet appears later in his apartment.
 
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*Neither the RED nor the BLU Spy are shown using their invisibility Cloak in the video.
 
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*On the weapons rack, the Soldier's Shotgun is situated between a [[Sniper Rifle]] and a [[Flamethrower]], which could be possible reference to the update upcoming at the video's time, as the update was focused on [[Sniper]] and the [[Flamethrower]] is reference to [[Spy]]'s natural enemy [[Pyro]].
 
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*All the sounds made by the Medic, the Engineer, the Sniper, and the Scout and Heavy just before entering the Intelligence room are all in-game vocalizations and were not recorded for the video.
 
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*The video takes place in a modified version of the [[ctf 2fort|2Fort]] map, where most of the setting is inspired from BLU's Intelligence room.
 
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**There are no stairs in the spiral ramp that leads to the basement and no locked door in the corridor that leads to the Intelligence room; these were likely added for comedic effect.
 
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**There are normally two entrances to the 2Fort Intelligence room; in the video there is only the locked entrance, which connects the side hallway (the one facing the large control room) to the main doorway (along the same wall as the inaccessible break room). The wall that normally contains the entrance from the side hallway is solid and mostly covered with an extra map.
 
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**Several items have been added to the Intelligence room, including: a 'Ciggy Stop' Cigarette Vending machine, a decorative potted plant, files, folders, and cabinets. When the video was leaked, fans speculated that these features were to be added in the update. This was later confirmed to be false.
 
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*The Scout is wielding the [[Sandman]] as the Soldier attempts to access the Intelligence room, a possible first hint that Spies could now use unlockable weapons.
 
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*The "1" button on the keypad has a finger mark on it, and the number on the button is slightly deteriorated, whereas the other buttons are clean, because it is the only numeral in the code.
 
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*While the Heavy crashes into the Intelligence room he spins his Minigun up while running (which isn't possible in the game), and also clocks the Soldier in the face with the barrel.
 
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*At 0:39, the Heavy sets his [[Minigun]] down on the desk, and forgets it for the rest of the video. Given his [[Meet the Heavy|murderously-emotional attachment]] to said weapon, this seems unusually careless.
 
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*The Soldier's Shotgun appears and disappears randomly throughout the video. The Heavy's Minigun is also nowhere to be seen after he sets it down.
 
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*When the Spy disguises, the effect is very different from the in-game one.
 
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*On the corkboard next to the filing cabinets, a photo of [[Saxton Hale]] (CEO of Mann Co.) can be seen.
 
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*At 0:53, in the scene where the BLU Scout is spinning the Knife, in the background on a filing cabinet, the Heavy's [[Football Helmet]] can be seen.[http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1654/footballhelmet.png] This was the first instance the hat was shown to the public.
 
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*The Scout's mother is shown in-game as an engraving on the Spy's [[Ambassador]].
 
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*The front of the file containing the photos of the RED Spy and the Scout's mother is labeled "Top Secret" and (Below that) "Scout's Mom".
 
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*This video is the first time a class has been showed naked. Though the Spy still manages to keep his mask on.
 
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*At 1:26, the BLU Spy took out a regular white cigarette from his [[Disguise Kit]], but at 1:32 you can see that his cigarette is now brown, as it is in-game for BLU Spies. This was fixed in the official release on Steam. However, at 2:18 the BLU Spy can clearly be seen holding a white cigarette again.
 
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*On the map display, the word 'lolz' can be made out near one of the markers, which happens to be just above France, the Spy's country of origin. This was suppressed in the official release on Steam.
 
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*At 1:40, the RED Spy approaches a [[Sentry Gun]] without setting off its sensors, and slides a [[Electro Sapper]] towards it, while in-game the Electro Sapper must be attached from up-close.
 
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*The RED Spy is seen using the Electro Sapper against the BLU Engineer's Sentry Gun, destroying it almost instantly while the Electro Sapper takes a much longer time to destroy a level 3 [[Sentry Gun]] in-game. Also instead of exploding into smithereens, the Sentry Gun simply falls on its side.
 
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*The RED Spy is able to shoot the BLU Engineer in the head. This may be a hint at the fact that the [[Ambassador]] was going to be released. However, it is just as likely, that as this Meet the Team video appears to use real world physics, that a bullet though the head would have been fatal, regardless of the weapon used.
 
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*''Amusing Sign(s):'' On the door at 1:44, it reads 'Keep Out: Authorized Personnel Beyond This Point'. On the other side however, it reads 'Keep This Door Closed At All Times' (right before the dead Engineer crashes through it.)
 
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*There are several interesting things visible during the fight between the Sniper and the Spy:
 
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**One of the new [[hats]] is revealed: The [[Trophy Belt|Crocodile-Toothbelt Hat]] for the Sniper. [http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3033/sniperhat.jpg Still Frame]
 
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**Several jars of '[[Jarate]]' can be seen sitting on a cabinet.
 
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*It would seem that unlike the game, the backstab administered to the Sniper didn't kill him, as he is heard screaming as he falls out of the window. He would have likely died from the fall, as a Sniper's nest tends to be high to ensure good visibility.
 
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*During the Medic Fight-Scene, the BLU Medic is not wearing the [[Medigun]] pack on his back. When the BLU Medic's spectacles fly up in the air the Spy's Disguise does not have one either, but when the perspective changes and he puts on the spectacles the Medigun pack can be seen.
 
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*The Spy attacks the Medic while in Disguise. In-game, his Disguise would automatically drop upon doing this.
 
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*The Medic holds the [[Bonesaw]] in his left hand instead of his right. The way he holds the Bonesaw is also reversed, with the back of it facing his opponent as opposed to the blade. The Engineer is also shown as left-handed in this video, as he scrambles for his Pistol with his left hand. This might be explained as a move of desperation in both cases.
 
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*The BLU Medic's Bonesaw can be seen lying on the ground after the RED Spy's fight with him.
 
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*The Medic's gasp of disbelief is actually the 'drei' taken from his response rule ''Eins, zwei, drei... Ugh, I do not think we brought enough body bags.''
 
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*When the RED Spy knocks the BLU Medic's glasses into the air, a wooden crate from Half-Life 2 can be seen despite TF2 having a much different art style from it, though Source games often reuse elements.
 
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*At 2:23, the Soldier shoots the head off of the BLU Spy. This is, arguably, the most violent scene depicted in a Meet the Team video to date. A freeze frame briefly shows two suspended eyeballs, skull fragments and the Spy's brain. [http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/530/0005f.png Still Frame] An interesting side note is that on the top skull fragment you can notice an imprint looking like the word "mask". This is actually a cranial suture, a type of joint seen only in the skull.
 
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*The whole headshot sequence takes 0.6 seconds and 13 frames from start to finish, if you count the initial flash of light (from the Shotgun) to the time when most skull/brain debris have been blown away.
 
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*This is the first time where a class is openly acknowledged on both teams in a Meet The Team video. Previous appearances, such as in [[Meet the Soldier]], appear to be unintentional.
 
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*The sound made by the Shotgun when the Soldier blows the BLU Spy's head off is actually that of the Revolver. Listen for the distinctive 'echo' effect at the end, not present in the Shotgun in-game, but present when the RED Spy fires his Revolver. Compare with the sound of the RED Soldier's Shotgun in Meet The Soldier.
 
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*The Soldier claims that enemy Spies will reveal their "true colors" a few seconds upon death. In-game, this is instantaneous. This could however be attributed to the Soldier's apparent lack of intelligence rather than a continuity error.
 
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*At the end of the video, the phrase the Spy mutters is French, and literally translates to: 'my little cauliflower'. In France this is a term of endearment, like 'my sweetheart' or 'my darling' in English.
 
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*As with [[Meet the Demoman]], [[Meet the Scout]] and the Spanish version of [[Meet the Sniper]], a censor bleep is heard.
 
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*Events foreshadowing the Scout as the RED Spy are:
 
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**On the wall in the beginning, the phrase "Blue Scout Has Evil Twin Red Spy" can be read(Horizontally to the left of RED Spy).
 
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**The Scout not knowing the combination to the secured door. (He may have been foiled by its sheer simplicity.)
 
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**A momentary look of evil satisfaction on the fake Scout's face after the Soldier pushes him aside to open the door.
 
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**The fact that as the Scout is hurrying the Soldier by repeatedly yelling "Let's go" when the Soldier is trying to open the door, he seems to be grinning.
 
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**The Scout adopting a fighting stance when the Heavy charges at the locked door.
 
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**Since (at the time of the videos release) a Scout cannot double-jump with the Sandman wielded, the Spy carrying the Sandman may have helped to conceal his true identity since nobody would expect him to be able to double-jump with the Sandman.
 
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**The Scout checking for his knife on the Sniper's corpse before the BLU Spy sets the corpse on the table.
 
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**The Scout's lack of surprise at the Sniper being dead.
 
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**When the Scout accidentally closes the Spy's knife on his hand, his finger is caught between the blunt edge of the blade and the handle, and would not have been cut.
 
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**The Scout keeping the knife when it was handed back to him. He may have planned for this as part of his elaborate gambit.
 
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**The BLU Spy may have been onto RED Spy being disguised as BLU Scout. He hands Scout the knife and then immediately turns his back to him. Then, distracts him with the surveillance photographs when RED Spy didn't take the opportunity to back-stab him. BLU Spy may very well have found the Scout's body, the same as he did Engineer, Medic, and Sniper. And this would make the entire conversation an elaborate gambit to get RED Spy to reveal himself.
 
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**Arguably every interaction between the Scout and the BLU Spy. The RED Spy let the BLU Spy carry those interactions in order to hide himself better.
 
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**When the BLU Spy reveals the very compromising photos of the RED Spy and BLU Scout's mother, he seems more embarrassed than surprised.
 
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**The Scout shows much more surprise than his "colleagues" when the Soldier shoots the BLU Spy. This could be because he thought he was being shot at.
 
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**After the Soldier shoots the BLU Spy, the Scout very briefly smirks after coming out of his faked reaction.
 
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*When the Spy is carrying the Sniper, the Sniper doesn't have his glasses on, but when he is set down, he does.
 
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*This is the first time the [[Administrator]] has been heard in any Meet The Team video.
 
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*The BLU Spy's death demonstrates that either the Meet The Team videos exist according to more "real-life" rules, or that friendly fire is enabled. If the latter, this is the first depiction of friendly fire by Valve.
 
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*The Spy is able to Disguise as a Medic and a Scout without using the Disguise Kit. This implies that the kit itself allows the Spy to Disguise himself and it merely doubles as a cigarette case.
 
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*When the Spy fights the Sniper, he uses two backhand slashes with the knife and finishes him off with a backstab. However in the game itself, he doesn't use such a style with his knife (save for the backstab).
 
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*The Shotgun pump right after the Soldier shoots the Spy with it is different from in-game or any of the "Meet The" videos.
 
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*Meet the Spy effectively confirms the Spy to be French. The Spy speaks in French as stereotypically French music plays. He is also seen walking hand-in-hand with the Scout's mother towards a moped, a highly popular vehicle in France. Speculation was unable to pinpoint his origins due to his obscure accent and use of several different European languages other than French. His use of other languages can easily be explained, as Secret Agents are typically versed in many languages.
 
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*In the leaked video, the Administrator said "Intruder Alert" twice; in the officially released video, she only says it once (the clip having been cut during the closeup of the bell ringing).
 
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*At the end the Spy is seen carrying the briefcase on a handle, though in-game the classes wear it on their backs.
 
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*When the Scout reaches up and touches the briefcase, the Heavy's Minigun is not spinning even though the sound can be heard.
 
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*It is possible that the raised room in which the Spy battles the Sniper is the one that is seen in [[Meet the Sniper]].  Both rooms have boards covering the windows, Jarate jars and a decaffeinated coffee pot with a "#1 Sniper" mug.
 
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*At the beginning, the disguised Scout touches the briefcase. In the game once a disguised Spy touches the briefcase the Disguise is lost.
 
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*The Scout has his earpiece's microphone raised during the video.
 
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*During the ending 'zoom-out', the Spy's cigarette is facing up in the first two screens, but is facing downwards when the full team picture is revealed.
 
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Meet the Spy
Meet the Spy Titlecard
Video Info
Released: May 18, 2009
Run time: 3:19

Video

Video transcript

Leak

Welcome to the Internets.

Meet the Spy was leaked on May 17, 2009, due to a YouTube bug that allowed iPhones to view videos marked as "Private". This inspired a series of posts on the official blog, and Valve awarded themselves a "Corporate Achievement" called "Welcome to the Internets", with the description "Fail to understand what Private means on YouTube". The video was officially released the day after on May 18, 2009.[1]

In the officially released version, one of the alert panels reads "Leaked Video". It originally read "Lost Memory". Also, the Administrator says "Intruder alert!" twice in the leaked version.

Notes

  • The title card displays "COPYRIGHT LOLOLOL" on the bottom right corner, a recurring joke throughout the "Meet the Team" videos.
  • This video takes place at the same time as the WAR! Update comic does, but from the Administrator's perspective.[2]
  • The video takes place in a modified version of the map 2Fort. While most of the action occurs in BLU's Intelligence room, the Soldier is alerted in a non-existent security room, and is seen descending stairs despite taking the ramped path.
  • In the Russian version, the BLU Engineer does not say "Sentry down!" when the RED Spy destroys his Sentry Gun (unlike in other versions), the Medic and Sniper fights are silenced to an extent, and there is no bleep when the BLU Spy swears.
    • The bleep is absent because of the word change: instead of translating "f**k", the milder word "hump" is used.
  • The tracks "Right Behind You", "Petite Chou-Fleur", and "Intruder Alert" are featured in this video, after which they were patched into TF2's soundtrack.
  • The alarm bell and signal board at the beginning is an "Alarm-O-Tron 5000". These alerts are displayed below. The alerts in bold display the specific warnings which were activated and lit during the video.
EMERGENCY ON CAP INTRUDER ALERT IS FIRED BLUE DEMOMAN DEPRESSED
ALL CLEAR RED SCOUT EXPLODING ON FIRE BLUE ENGINEER ABOUT TO EXPLODE
VAPORIZED TEAM UPDATE NEW MISSION ON BREAK BLUE SNIPER IS DRUNK
IN SURGERY NEEDS A RIDE RED MEDIC RED HEAVY RED PYRO DEFENESTRATED
SMELLS RED SNIPER DROWNED BEHIND YOU! IS A MAN OWNS BASE
BACKSTABBED STOLE A CAR BLUE SPY FOUND DRACULA IS A WOMAN BLUE SOLDIER
AGAIN HIT BY TRAIN RED ENGINEER LOST BRIEFCASE RED DEMOMAN ABOVE YOU!
IS A ROBOT LOOK OUT SABOTAGE NEEDS AMMO ON TOILET ELECTROCUTED
BLUE SCOUT HAS EVIL TWIN RED SPY RED SOLDIER PUSHING CART IN BASE
RED SPY BLUE MEDIC SLEEPING WOUNDED NEEDS BACKUP EXPLODED
HUNGRY LEAKED VIDEO BLUE HEAVY BLUE PYRO SMOTHERED JARATE
HAS BRIEFCASE OUTSIDE BASE NEEDS ROOMMATE MANGLED OPENED BRIEFCASE LOST DRACULA
  • The Alarm-O-Tron 5000 board also continues the question about the Pyro's identity. The alerts "Is a Man" and "Is a Woman" are on the board below the RED Pyro sign.
  • The Alarm-O-Tron 5000 board has a reference to Meet The Spy being leaked by a YouTube iPhone bug with the alert "Leaked Video".
  • The Alarm-O-Tron 5000 board has the word "Defenestrated" as one of the panels. Defenestration is "The act of throwing someone or something out of a window".
  • The Alarm-O-Tron 5000 board makes an appearance in the map Double Cross in a locked-off room beside both Intelligence rooms, although it has a different layout of panels.
  • The Alarm-O-Tron 5000 board lists the RED Spy twice.
  • The BLU Team Classes are written as 'BLUE' on the Alarm-O-Tron 5000.
  • The Alarm-O-Tron 5000 board lists "BLUE Scout", "HAS EVIL TWIN", and "RED Spy" next to each other, suggesting that the Scout is the RED Spy.
  • When the Soldier is attempting to input the door code, the Scout is holding a Sandman instead of his stock Bat. When the video was released, Spies could not display unlockable weapons in-game.
  • The 1 button on the number pad is noticeably more worn out than the other numbers, implying it was not the first time the Soldier attempted to enter a password consisting solely of 1s.
  • The Heavy is seen rushing at the door where Scout and Soldier are standing, at the far entrance. When Heavy ruptures the door, however, he is shown entering through the closer doorway, with the Spy finally arriving, holding the deceased Sniper.
    • This error is shown when the adjacent window is revealed, showing that Heavy did indeed just enter through the other doorway. The Soldier is shown to be entering the far doorway when he initially runs across the basement room and makes a left turn into the Intelligence room.
  • The Civilian's Umbrella makes an appearance at 0:36 next to the filing cabinets in the Intelligence room.
  • On the cork board next to the filing cabinets, there is a photo of Saxton Hale, the CEO of Mann Co.
The Trophy Belt that appears during the fight with the RED Spy.
The Football Helmet, laying on a shelf in the background.
  • When the Scout pulls the knife out of Sniper's back, the safe handle and the tip of the blade clip through Sniper's back.
  • When the Sniper's body is first seen being held by the BLU Spy, he has no glasses on. They reappear during the Spy's phrase "Have you seen what he's done to our colleagues".
  • The Spy's folder, seen at 1:13 and the title card, is labeled "Top Secret: Scout's Mom".
  • At 1:24, the cigarette case has 6 cigarettes. When BLU Spy takes one out, it appears in his hand but the case still has 6 cigarettes.
  • The BLU Spy takes out a brown cigarette at 1:24, but at 2:21 it becomes a white cigarette.
  • The RED Spy kills the BLU Engineer with a headshot. This trait would soon be shared with the Ambassador.
  • Leading into the scenario with the Sniper, the BLU Spy's cigarette moves oddly in his hand, despite keeping his hand still.
  • The Sniper wears the Trophy Belt. This was a teaser as hats had not been revealed when the video came out. The Heavy's Football Helmet also made an appearance, laying on top of a filing cabinet in the Intelligence room.
  • All three of the Sniper's items from the Sniper vs. Spy Update make an appearance:
    • The Huntsman can be seen at 1:49 resting against the wall.
    • Three jars of Jarate can be seen at the same time resting atop the stack of crates.
    • The Kukri rests on a crate that contains the Razorback.
  • After the Sniper vs. Spy Update, the scar from the BLU Sniper's fight with the RED Spy was added to the skin of the Sniper's in-game model.
  • As the BLU Medic attacks the RED Spy with his Bonesaw, he yells "Raus! Raus!". That is German and means "[get] Out! [get] Out!". (heard in-game as a Battle Cry response).
  • When the RED Spy is dispatching and subsequently disguising as the BLU Medic, both of the Medi Gun backpacks are missing. However, as the Spy dons the Medic's glasses, the backpack has strangely appeared.
    • During this scene, a wooden crate from Half-Life 2 is visible in the background.
  • When walking across the room and stopping at the wall, the RED Spy is not targeted by the BLU Engineer's Sentry Gun before being sapped by the Spy.
  • The BLU Engineer and the BLU Medic had used their left hand to hold the Pistol and Bonesaw.
  • When the Soldier kills the BLU Spy, the Shotgun he uses makes the same firing sound the Spy's Revolver does, rather than the stock Shotgun firing sound.
  • The BLU Scout shows many hints to his identity, such as not knowing the door password and looking at the Sniper's back at 0:42 to see if his knife is still present.
  • When the BLU Scout accidentally closes the Spy's Knife on his hand and cuts himself, closer inspection shows that his finger is caught between the blunt edge of the blade and the handle, so it was actually just an act.
  • The French phrase spoken by the RED Spy at the end is "Ah, ma petit chou-fleur", which approximately means "Ah, my little cauliflower" (a correct sentence would be "Ah, mon petit chou-fleur", since cauliflower in French is a masculine noun). In the video, the phrase is used as a term of endearment for loved ones, although it's rarely used in French culture.
  • The knife trick the RED Spy does when he is about to kill the BLU Soldier and Heavy is called the Y2K Rollover.

Other versions


Leaked version

References

  1. ↑ https://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/day05_english.htm
  2. ↑ https://www.teamfortress.com/war/administrator

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