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*...that when you reload the [[Pistol]] as a [[Scout]] the animation in the first person view differs from the one in third person?
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*...that the first spoken reference to an opposing [[team]] was made by the [[BLU]] [[Soldier]] in [[Meet the Sandvich]]?
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*...that in [[Meet the Scout]], the Scout reloads his [[Scattergun]] once, but the Shotgun shell appears from thin air?
 
 
 
*...that in [[Meet the Sniper]], when the [[Demoman]]'s Bottle is embedded in his skull, his eye actually appears to be (mostly) undamaged?
 
 
 
*...that both [[team]]s appear to be run by a mysterious woman known only as the [[Administrator]]?
 
 
 
*...that competitive players of the [[Heavy]] sometimes use a trackball instead of a mouse to turn around quickly?
 
 
 
*...that, in [[Meet the Sniper]], the bobble-head [[civilian]] is standing on the [[Team Fortress Classic]] logo?
 
 
 
*...that although the [[Pyro]] is right handed, he (or she?) holds the [[Fire Axe]] left-handed?
 
 
 
*...that the Demoman will still drink from his [[Bottle]] and belch when it is smashed?
 
 
 
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*...that the original design for the [[Heavy]] had a mullet hairdo? [http://features.cgsociety.org/stories/2007_11/team_fortress/engineer01.jpg]
 
 
 
*...that according to in-game calendars, Team Fortress 2 takes place in June 1968? [http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5533/1968fu1.jpg]
 
 
 
*...that there is a currently unusued class, the [[Civilian]]?
 
 
 
*...that the [[payload]] has the words 'Cry some more' scratched onto the front?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Demoman]] lost his original set of foster parents at the age of six in a failed attempt to blow up the Loch Ness Monster?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Pyro]] has a flowery purse in his (or her) locker?
 
 
 
*...the the [[Engineer]] is nicknamed 'Hardhat' (to the [[Scout]]), 'Engy' (to the [[Soldier]]), 'Truckie' (to the Sniper), 'My hard-hatted friend' (to the [[Medic]]) and 'Laborer' (to the [[Spy]])?
 
 
 
*...you can [[taunt]] if you are [[disguise]]d as an enemy [[Spy]]?
 
 
 
*...that pressing the alternate fire button while constructing a [[building]] allows you to rotate it?
 
 
 
*...that the illustrative style of [[Team Fortress 2]] is commonly mistaken for cel-shading when in fact, it uses rim highlights instead of outlines to emphasise silhouettes and is therefore the opposite?
 
 
 
 
 
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*...that the [[Engineer]]'s favorite equation is in fact part of the equation that governs character lighting in-game?
 
 
 
*...that every official texture in [[Team Fortress 2]] was hand-painted by the art team, with many of them having visible brushstrokes?
 
 
 
*...that a [[train]] can kill an [[ÜberCharge]]d player?
 
 
 
*...that a player standing on an enemy [[Teleporter]] exit when someone teleports will result in the player being [[telefrag]]ged?
 
 
 
*...that the picture on the road sign seen at the beginning of [[Meet the Sniper]] is the symbol for a [[headshot]] in game?
 
 
 
*...that [[Heavy]]'s Minigun fires 4 shots per 1 ammo point and it takes him 20 seconds of nonstop firing to run out of ammo, meaning that "Sasha" only fires 2400 rounds per minute and not 10000 as the [[Heavy]] says in [[Meet the Heavy]]?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Engineer]] is the shortest class?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Soldier]] embarked on a Nazi killing spree for which he was awarded several medals that he designed and made himself, and that his rampage ended immediately upon hearing about the end of the war in 1949?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Scout]] trained himself to run so that he could beat his older brothers to fights in the south streets of Boston?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Sniper]] once slept in the corpse of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Asian_Water_Buffalo water buffalo]?
 
 
 
 
 
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*...that if the [[Demoman]] hits anything with his [[Bottle]], there is a chance it may break?
 
 
 
*...that the songs the Heavy may sing as part of his [[Heavy responses|response rules]] include [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4cgCDHz6G1s Mily Balakirev's 'Song of the Volga Boatmen'], [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5UrVdvk1Ao Chopin's 'Funeral March'] and [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eUFWaauGPCs Khachaturian's 'Sabre Dance']?
 
 
 
*...that the logo for the [[RED]] team in [[Team Fortress Classic]] appears behind the [[Pyro]] at the end of [[Trailer 1]]?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Heavy]]'s custom [[Minigun]] weighs one hundred fifty kilograms and fires two hundred dollar, custom-tooled cartridges at ten thousand rounds per minute, costing four hundred thousand dollars to fire for twelve seconds?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Pyro]]'s home-made [[Flamethrower]] is constructed from a converted gas pump and a canister of propane?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Engineer]] has eleven PhDs in hard science?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Rocket Jump Waltz (Soundtrack)|Rocket Jump Waltz]] is not technically a waltz as it is written in 4/4 time as opposed to 3/4 time?
 
 
 
*...that the song the Engineer plays during the [[Meet the Engineer]] video is a real song, called [[Someone Else's Song (Soundtrack)|'Someone Else's Song']] and was originally written by Jeff Tweedy of the American Country band Wilco for their album 'Being There' in 1996?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Heavy]] and the [[Demoman]] are both voiced by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0777229/ Gary Schwartz]?
 
 
 
*...that the in-game console refers to the [[Sniper|Sniper's]] [[Kukri]] as a [[club]]?
 
 
 
 
 
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*...that the [[Submachine Gun]] was originally intended for the [[Scout]]?
 
 
 
*...that the emblem on the [[Heavy|Heavy's]] sleeve was originally a skull and crossbones?
 
 
 
*...that sub-front [[List of companies|companies]] for [[RED]] include 'Brown Nugget Mining', 'Cornwell' and the 'Happy Farmers Cooperative'?
 
 
 
*...that [[BLU]] stands for 'Builders League United' and [[RED]] for 'Reliable Excavation (and) Demolition'?
 
 
 
*...that the voice of the [[Administrator]] is played by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1655889/ Ellen McLain] who also plays the voice of GlaDOS in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_(video_game) Portal] and the Overwatch dispatcher in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_%28series%29 Half Life series]?
 
 
 
*...that [[Soldier]]s and [[Demoman|Demomen]] can [[rocket jump]] over the carriages in [[Well]] and attack the enemy team before the gates have opened?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Medic]]'s [[Bonesaw]] and [[Übersaw]] taunts give off an audible noise with the [[Bonesaw]] sounding like a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin violin] and the [[Übersaw]] like a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cello cello]?
 
 
 
*...that early models of [[Team Fortress 2]] involved assigning one player on a team as the commander, who would then give orders to his team-mates from an overhead map?
 
 
 
*...that an [[Engineer]] can take damage from his own [[Sentry Gun]]?
 
 
 
*...that the [[BLU]] [[Pyro]] in "[[Meet the Sniper]]" was shown wielding the [[Flare Gun]] before it was officially revealed?
 
 
 
 
 
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*...that the [[Sniper]] keeps a bobble-head of the original [[Civilian]] from [[Team Fortress Classic]] on the dash of his RV?
 
 
 
*...that you cannot [[taunt]] [[water|underwater]]?
 
 
 
*...that at the end of the [[Meet the Heavy]] video, he laughs in time with the background [[music]]?
 
 
 
*...that adjusted for inflation since 1968 (the year in which Team Fortress 2 supposedly takes place), it costs '''$2,458,735.08''' to fire the [[Heavy]]'s [[Minigun]] for twelve seconds?
 
 
 
*...that if an [[Engineer]] is killed while carrying a toolbox, the dropped toolbox will provide full [[ammo]] and [[metal]] to the player that picks it up?
 
 
 
*...that the Team Fortress 2 Dev-team runs a [http://www.teamfortress.com blog] featuring concept art, community spotlights and details of the game's development?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Sentry Gun]] is the fastest deploying [[building]] an [[Engineer]] can construct?
 
 
 
*...that in the [[Meet the Heavy]] video, the [[Heavy]] fires his [[Minigun]] for exactly "twelve seconds"?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Soldier]] has a crew cut hairstyle underneath his helmet ?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Sniper]] and the [[Spy]] are the only characters to wear a wrist watch?
 
 
 
 
 
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*...that the "Spy" Voice command where you call a specific class a spy that you have your crosshair centered on also works with the enemy?
 
 
 
*...that the in-game calendars say that June 1968 started on a Wednesday [http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5533/1968fu1.jpg], when really it started on Saturday? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968#June]
 
 
 
*...that [[Team Fortress 2]] has won awards from IGN, GameSpy and 1up for artistic direction?
 
 
 
*...that in first person mode, the [[Sniper]] is wearing gloves on both hands, but from a third person perspective, such as taunting, he is only wearing a glove on his left hand?
 
 
 
*...that a disguised [[Spy]] can "leech" health from an enemy [[Dispenser]], [[Payload]] or [[Medic]]?
 
 
 
*...that a [[Medic]] or [[Dispenser]] can heal a player faster than they can drown, allowing players to possibly stay under[[water]] indefinitely?
 
 
 
*...that if a [[Teleporter]] exit is destroyed while the entrance is still charging, the entrance will only stop glowing once it has finished charging?
 
 
 
*...that in his [[HUD]] icon, the [[Heavy]] is not wearing his fingerless gloves?
 
 
 
*...that Robin Walker worked on the original [[Team Fortress]] mod for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake Quake] back in 1996?
 
 
 
*...that in his [[HUD]] icon, the [[Demoman]]'s patch is on the wrong eye?
 
 
 
 
 
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*...that the [[Dynamite pack]], the [[Overhealer]], the [[Tranquilizer]], the [[Syringe]] and the [[Nailgun]] were all [[weapons]] that were planned for inclusion but eventually scrapped?
 
 
 
*...that the cigarette the [[Spy]] throws when he performs his [[Disguise Kit]] [[taunt]] acts as a physics object and can bounce off walls and objects?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Spy]]'s [[HUD]] icon features his outdated beta design?
 
 
 
*...that when a [[Spy]] drops his disguise while being [[ÜberCharge]]d by an enemy [[Medic]], he will glow his team color while the Medic continues to glow his?
 
 
 
*...that [[RED]] and [[BLU]] each have their own website?
 
 
 
*...that it takes about a second for a [[Sentry Gun]] to do a full 360?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Bat]] is the fastest swinging [[melee]] [[weapon]] in the game to compensate for it's damage?
 
 
 
*...that it is possible in some cases to [[sap]] a [[Sentry Gun]] right after [[backstab]]bing the [[Engineer]]?
 
 
 
*...that if 4 [[Engineer]]s were banging on a [[Sentry Gun]] while it was being built, it would build in 0.625 seconds?
 
 
 
*...that the Pyro gives a 'thumbs up' gesture when using the 'Good Job' Voice Command?
 
 
 
 
 
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*...that Engineers can climb higher with a level 1 [[Sentry Gun]] than with a [[Dispenser]]?
 
 
 
*...that a [[Sentry Gun]] can't hit any enemy hiding behind a [[Dispenser]]?
 
 
 
*...that both the [[Scattergun]] and the [[Shotgun]] fire 10 bullets at once?
 
 
 
*...that a level 3 [[Sentry Gun]]'s rockets can be deflected by the [[Pyro]]'s [[compression blast]]?
 
 
 
*...that the consumption of a [[Sandvich]] is both an 'attack' and a [[taunt]]?
 
 
 
*...that Valve created a set of [[Team Fortress 2]] [[Trading Cards]] that were never officially released, featuring characters, levels, and weapons?
 
 
 
*...that any class may consume dropped [[Sandvich]]es and not just the Heavies that wield them?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Scout]] is able to run so fast and perform [[double jump]]s both due to his extraordinary agility but also his consumption of large quantities of coffee?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Sandvich]] first appeared in "[[Meet the Scout]]"?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Team Fortress]] series' birthday is on August 24?
 
 
 
 
 
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*...that in [[TFC]] every class except the [[Engineer]], [[Spy]], [[Medic]] and [[Civilian]] had a [[crowbar]] as a melee weapon?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Heavy]] Update details were leaked before release by beta playtesters at the Something Awful Forums?
 
 
 
*...that in player view, the ammo belt on [[Natascha]] is on the left side, but in global view the ammo belt is on the right side?
 
 
 
*...that despite [[RED]] standing for Reliable Excavation Demolition, and [[BLU]] being an acronym for Builder's League United, BLU almost always is attacking while RED is defending?
 
 
 
*...that according to the text on some water towers in-game, some Team Fortress 2 Maps are set in the fictional location of Carrison, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nevada Nevada]?
 
 
 
*...that in player view, the sticky grenade holder on the [[sticky Grenade Launcher]] is on the left side, but in global view the sticky grenade holder is on the right side?
 
 
 
*...that a certain response after eating a [[Sandvich]] is a reference to Portal's 'Still Alive' song ("Moist and delicious! Hehaha!")?
 
 
 
*...that the Engineer apparently designed and built the [[Sentry Gun]] under contract from '[[TF Industries]]'?
 
 
 
*...that there is a mod which reintroduces throwable [[grenades]] in [[Team Fortress 2]][http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KxqkK29Qw6M]?
 
 
 
*...that [[Meet the Scout]] shows [[RED]] team attacking out of [[BLU]]'s base?
 
 
 
 
 
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*...that the [[Engineer]]'s [[Dispenser]] contains the nail belt for the [[Scout]]'s old [[nailgun]] in the ammunition holder?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Demoman]] was originally a white Scottish cyclops [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=1783]?
 
 
 
*...that one of the initial ideas was to have a 'claymation' look with players that [[gib]]bed into chunks of clay?[http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=1783]
 
 
 
*...that a [[Sentry Gun]] can be built under[[water]]?
 
 
 
*...that the animation for the [[Spy]] pulling out his [[Electro Sapper]] is the same as the [[Heavy]] pulling out his [[Sandvich]]?
 
 
 
*...that [[RED]] spies smoke white cigarettes, and [[BLU]] spies smoke brown ones?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Heavy]] and the [[Sniper]] are the only classes to have a scripted [[death]] animation?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Civilian]] class possesses its own unique [[death]] scream?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Administrator]] possesses a sound file in which she commands the team to "Stop the courier", indicating that a Hunted mode may have been in the works?
 
 
 
*...that the [[BLU]] [[Soldier]] refers to the [[RED]] team contemptuously as "you RED team ladies"?
 
 
 
 
 
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*...that eating a [[Sandvich]] gives the [[Heavy]] the ability to punch out all of someone's blood in three hits (though not in-game)?
 
 
 
*...that [[Meet the Scout]] was the first official video in which [[RED]] and [[BLU]] communicate?
 
 
 
*...that the numbers on the top front of the Train on the map Well spells 7331, which spelled backwards is 1337 (elite)?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Sentry Gun]] was designed by the [[Engineer]] in 1965?
 
 
 
*...that there was a release gap of 11 years between [[Team Fortress]] and [[Team Fortress 2]]?
 
 
 
*...that Valve have stated an interest in an animated series, comic or even a film based on [[Team Fortress 2]]?
 
 
 
*...that the one of the [[Pyro]]'s [[hats]] appears to be the [[Engineer]]'s absent left glove?
 
 
 
*...that unusable [[grenades]] can be seen on the [[Soldier]], [[Demoman]] and [[Pyro]]s' models?
 
 
 
*...that products offered by [[TF Industries]] include the [[Sentry Gun|The Sentry Mechnical Firing Device- Model v 2.1]], [[Wrench|The Uhlman Build-Matic Wrench]],[[Dispenser|The Dispense-O-Matic 9000 Provisions Dispenser]], [[Teleporter|Telemax Teleporters]] and [[Sandvich|The Sandvich Edible Device]]?
 
 
 
*...that holding down the primary attack button with the [[Electro Sapper]] equipped will deploy it continuously?
 
 
 
 
 
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*...that the [[Medic]] is voiced by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0235960/ Robin Atkin Downes], who also voiced Travis Touchdown in the Wii action game [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_More_Heroes_(video_game) No More Heroes]?
 
 
 
*...that in the German versions of [[Meet the Team]] videos the [[class]]es are implied to be robots, bleeding oil and exploding into cogs and screws when [[gib]]bed?
 
 
 
*...that in the [[Meet the Soldier]] video, a [[Scout]] is shown with his headphone over his right ear when it is normally worn on their left?
 
 
 
*...that the bullets the [[Heavy]] fires are 'Super Caliber' brand bullets?
 
 
 
*...that with the exception of the [[Demoman]] and the [[Soldier]], all [[classes]] wear gloves (or in the case of the [[Engineer]] and [[Sniper]], just one)?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Engineer]] drinks 'Blu Streak' brand beer?
 
 
 
*...that the BLU Soldier and Heavy have died in every [[Meet the Team]] video to date?
 
 
 
 
 
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*...that the [[Scout]] and the [[Spy]] are the only [[class]]es without an emblem on their shoulder?
 
 
 
*...that during the [[Meet the Demoman]] video, a [[Dispenser]] is shown behind the [[Sentry Gun]], but disappears after the scene cuts back from the Demoman?
 
 
 
*...that [[Team Fortress 2]] [[maps]] have been ported into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_4_Dead Left 4 Dead]?
 
 
 
*...that the clock face that shows how much time you have left goes in a counter-clockwise direction?
 
 
 
*...that in [[Meet the Soldier]], when the [[Soldier]] hits the [[BLU]] [[Spy]] with his [[Shovel]] there is a sign in the background that says "No smoking"?
 
 
 
*...that in the [[Meet the Soldier]] video, [[BLU]] have already secured [[RED]]'s final Control point (judging from the color of the megaphones)?
 
 
 
*...that although [[RED]]'s cover is that it operates as a demolitions company, it is [[BLU]] that delivers the [[payload]]s to ''them''?
 
 
 
*...that despite the [[Heavy]] being Russian, [[Natascha]] is the German spelling of the name?
 
 
 
*...that on the main screen, the [[Heavy]] and the [[Demoman]] are missing their shoulder logos?
 
 
 
*...that all the [[melee]] weapons (besides the [[Fire Axe]]) are one handed?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Nemesis]] icon is strikingly similar to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch-Out!! Punch-Out!!] series logo?[http://www.arcadeshop.com/pics/punchout-sa.jpg]
 
 
 
 
 
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*...that [[Goldrush]] matches take place at 9:07AM?
 
 
 
*...that if you reload after firing one shot of the [[Shotgun]], two shells are reloaded instead of one?
 
 
 
*...that the first aluminum baseball [[Bat]] were produced in the 1970s, at least two years after the game's setting?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Demoman]] is the only class whose emblem differs from the logo on their shoulder?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Sentry Gun]] the [[Soldier]] [[rocket jump]]s on in [[Meet the Soldier]] is a level 2 sentry, whereas the scene before shows it as a level 3?
 
 
 
*...that it was once possible to stop the trains on [[Well]]?[http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=DDQrAMu-UUI]
 
 
 
*...that the kit the [[Spy]] uses to [[disguise]] himself is called the [[Spytron 3000]]?
 
 
 
*...that the [[BLU]] [[Spy]] has white cigarettes inside his [[Disguise Kit]], despite them appearing brown on the player model?
 
 
 
*...that at least seven of the nine [[classes]] have a designated job and a unique motto that were given in [[Trailer 2]], the exceptions being the [[Pyro]] and the [[Medic]]?
 
 
 
*...that a fully charged [[Medic]] can deploy his [[ÜberCharge]], even when he isn't healing anybody?
 
 
 
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*...that there are 3 official art styles in Team Fortress 2, [[Well|industrial]], [[Dustbowl|prairie]], and [[Lumberyard|alpine]]?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Force-A-Nature]] is manufactured in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal Portugal]?
 
 
 
*...that the excited [[Scout]] in the [[Force-A-Nature]] ad also appears in slighty altered form as the icon for the 'You'll Feel a Little Prick' [[Medic achievements|Medic Achievement]]?
 
 
 
*...that a common complaint with most [[Shotgun]]s is that they reload '''too fast''' and hold '''too many''' shells?
 
 
 
*...that the balls the [[Sandman]] hits are 'All Ballers League' brand balls?
 
 
 
*...that [[Bonk! Atomic Punch]] comes in two flavors, Cherry Fission and [[BLU]]tonium Berry?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Scout]]'s baseball can be reflected by a [[Pyro]]s compression blast?
 
 
 
*...that a [[Scout]] can assist in his own death if he is hit by his reflected baseball then killed by an opponent?
 
 
 
*...that Natascha's model in the game files is '[[Ludmila]]'?
 
 
 
*...that a [[Pyro]] can perform a [[rocket jump]] by air-blasting a rocket at his feet?
 
 
 
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*...that the [[Sniper]] lives in his camper van?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Heavy]]'s hands are so large, he grips the pump of his [[Shotgun]] with only his thumb and index finger?
 
 
 
*...that the readying animation for [[Bonk! Atomic Punch]] is '''NOT''' the same as the [[Bat]] and the ball-less [[Sandman]]?
 
 
 
*...that if killed as an [[Engineer]] by your own [[Sentry]], the [[Deathcam]] shot shows your name with the enemy team's colors?
 
 
 
*...that the steering wheel is on the left-hand side in the [[Sniper]]s camper van (as opposed to Australian cars which are right-sided)?
 
 
 
*...that 4 [[class]]es are known smokers: the [[Demoman]], the [[Sniper]], the [[Soldier]] and the [[Spy]]?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Sniper]] isn’t wearing his glove when he brushes his teeth in [[Meet the Sniper]]?
 
 
 
*...that the plural of "Dummkopf" is "Dummköpfe" and not "Dummkopfs"?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Medic]] and [[Heavy]] speak several phrases in German and Russian respectively?
 
 
 
*...that the [[Spy]] speaks phrases in Italian, French and Spanish?
 
 
 
 
 
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