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On June 20, 2011, ''Meet the Medic'' was confirmed by TF2 Official Blog, and its release was announced to coincide with the [[Über Update]], to be released on June 23.<ref>"[http://teamfortress.com/post.php?id=5703 The Über Update, Day One]", TF2 Team, TF2 Official Blog, posted June 20, 2011. Accessed June 21, 2011.</ref> The doves that were perched on the site banner of the [[TF2 Official Blog]] were removed as part of the website redesign.
 
On June 20, 2011, ''Meet the Medic'' was confirmed by TF2 Official Blog, and its release was announced to coincide with the [[Über Update]], to be released on June 23.<ref>"[http://teamfortress.com/post.php?id=5703 The Über Update, Day One]", TF2 Team, TF2 Official Blog, posted June 20, 2011. Accessed June 21, 2011.</ref> The doves that were perched on the site banner of the [[TF2 Official Blog]] were removed as part of the website redesign.
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== "Meet the Medic" Video Transcript ==
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! class="header" | Transcript
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|{{hatnote|The word "Medic" below refers to the protagonist, a RED Medic.}}
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[''Cut to an injured [[RED]] [[Scout]] and wheelchair-bound [[RED]] [[Demoman]] rushing over a hill''].
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'''Scout''': "Move it, cyclops!"
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[''Cut to [[Scout]] and [[Demoman]] fleeing from a barrage of rockets.'']
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'''Scout''': "Come on, come on, almost"
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[''Scout gets knocked over by a rocket; Demoman keeps going'']
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'''Scout''': "Eerrrrgh! Argh."
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[''A trio of rockets arc down towards Scout, still on the ground'']
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['''Scout: Whoah what the fu-''']
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[''Scout gets blown forward into a glass window; a dove is startled'']
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'''Scout''': "Medic..."
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["Meet the [[Medic]]" text appears.]
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[''Cut to the [[Medic]], casually chatting with an opened-up and conscious [[Red]] [[Heavy]], whilst holding Heavy's heart in his hand''.]
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['''Heavy''' laughs loudly'''
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'''Medic''': "It gets better. When ze patient woke up, his skeleton was missing, and ze doctor was never heard from again!" [''Laughs madly'']
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[''Heavy laughs also'']
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'''Medic''': "Anyvay, zat's how I lost my medical license" [''Heavy suddenly looks very concerned'']
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[''A dove pops up from inside Heavy's gut, surprising both the doctor and his patient'']
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'''Medic''': "Archimedes! No!" [''Shoos the dove away''] "It's fithy in zere! Eugh. Birds." [''Medic chuckles to himself'']
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[''Cut to a mechanical heart device on a tray. The word "Uber" can be seen on a small charge meter'']
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[''Medic grabs the "Uber" device'']
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'''Medic''': "Now, most hearts couldn't withstand zis voltage [''Medic plugs the device into Heavy's heart and brings it over to a prototype medigun''] but I'm fairly certain your heart..." [''Heavy's heart explodes'']
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[''Cut to a trio of doves, Archimedes gets blown back by the force of the explosion'']
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[''Cut back to Medic, with Heavy in the background'']
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'''Heavy''': "What was noise?"
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'''Medic''': "Ze sound of progress, my friend."
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[''Cut to Medic opening a refrigerator containing several hearts including the heart of the Loch Ness Monster and a Mega Baboon'']
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'''Medic''': "Perfect..." [''Medic grabs the baboon heart, revealing the decapitated head of a [[BLU]] [[Spy]] in the back of the fridge, somehow sustained by a battery'']
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'''Spy Head''': "Kill me"
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'''Medic''': "Later"
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[''Cut to Medic standing by the Heavy, baboon heart and Uber device in each hand'']
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'''Medic''': "Where was I? Ah, zere we go" [''Jams device into heart'']
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[''Cuts to Medic holding the cyborg heart in front of the med beam'']
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'''Medic''': "Come on, come on..." [''Heart starts beating, Medic starts laughing madly as the heart goes Uber]
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[''Heart glows red; Heavy laughs nervously'']
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[''Cuts to the Uber meter on the device going to full'']
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[''Heart stabilizes and stops glowing'']
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'''Medic''': "Oooh, zat looks good."
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[''Medic drops the heart into Heavy's open chest'']
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'''Medic''': "Very nice there."
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['''Heavy looks at the heart'''] '''Heavy''': "Should I be awake for dis?"
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'''Medic'' "Heh, well, no" ['''Medic adjusts his glasses'''] "But as long as you are, could you hold your rib cage open a bit?"
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[''Medic adjusts the rib cage''} '''Medic''' "I can't seem..."
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[''Cuts to Heavy's face as he yells out in pain as a crack is heard'']
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[''Cuts to Heavy showing Medic a snapped off rib. Both look at it tentativley'']
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'''Medic''': "Oh, don't be such a baby.." [''Medic takes the rib form Heavy''] '''Medic''': "Ribs grow back."
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[''Medic tosses the rib aside and turns to the dove sitting on top of the medigun'']
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'''Medic''' (whispering to the bird): "No they don't..."
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[''Medic swings the medgun over to the open Heavy and activates it'']
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[''The medgun completely heals the Heavy, as if by magic, even fixing his clothes'']
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'''Heavy''' (impressed): (Deep inhale) "What happens now?"
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[''Medic helps Heavy up''} '''Medic''': "Now? Hmm hmm hmm. Let's go practice medicine."
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[''Cuts to Medic putting on his gloves, coat and new medigun while marching music plays'']
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[''Cuts to a door bearing the red cross opening to reveal the Medic and his doves'']
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[''Heavy runs past Medic with Sascha ready'']
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[''Cuts to show a battlefield outside Medic's office and the wheelchair bound RED Demoman heading towards them'']
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'''Demoman''': "Medic!" [''Demoman gets blown off his chair by a rocket'']
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[''Medic pushes his glasses up his nose and flips a switch on his medigun'']
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[''Music intensifies as a healing beam is fired at the Demoman, healing him completely'']
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[''Medic then fires his medigun at the Red Scout, fixing him up also'']
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'''Scout''': "Yeah!"
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[''Scout runs up to a [[BLU]] [[Soldier]] and whacks him with his bat''] '''Scout''': "Oh yeah!"
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[''Cuts to show a massive horde of [[BLU]] [[Soldiers]] coming over the crest of the hill''] '''Heavy''': "Doctor!"
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[''Cuts to Heavy''] '''Heavy''': "Are you sure dis will work?!"
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[''Cuts to Medic''] '''Medic''': "Ha ha ha, I have no idea!"
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[''Medic flips a switch, and a panel lights up. The words "Ubercharge Ready" can be seen. Medic's backpack starts humming with power'']
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'''Heavy''' "Yah! Ha ha!" [''Cuts to show Heavy's baboon heart beating rapidly, then cuts back to show Heavy glowing with Ubercharge power'']
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[''Medic and the Ubercharged Heavy advance under rocket fire, and heavy starts laughing about his invulnerability'']
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[''[[RED]] [[Engineer]] and [[RED]] [[Sniper]] watch bewildered as the Heavy shrugs off rockets'']
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[''Cuts back to the Heavy, still advancing''] '''Heavy''': "I am bulletproof!"
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[''Heavy keeps moving, mowing down [[BLU]] [[Soldier]] after [[BLU]] [[Soldier]]'']
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[''Cuts to [[BLU]] [[Soldiers]] dropping like flies'']
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[''Medic and Heavy climb atop a mountain of dead bodies and a flock of doves fly overhead'']
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[''Ending title card appears'']
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[''Cuts to waiting room where the rest of [[RED]] are waiting; Engineer is playing guitar'']
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'''Medic''' (off-screen): "That looks good. Very nice there. Yes."
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'''Scout''' (off-screen): "Hey, thanks doc!"
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[''A 'ding' is heard as the "Now Serving" sign changes to number 2'']
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[''Scout emerges from the operating room, his chest glowing.'']
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'''Scout''': "Aw, man. You would not believe how much this hurts."
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[''Muffled dove coos, and Scout's chest moves'']
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'''Medic''': "Archimedes?"
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|}
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== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==

Revision as of 03:09, 24 June 2011

Meet the Medic
Meet the Medic Titlecard
Video Info
Released: June 23, 2011
Run time: 4:09

Meet the Medic is the penultimate short in the Meet the Team series, featuring the Medic. It was released on Thursday, June 23rd, 2011, the final day of the Über Update.

The final few seconds of the film announced that Team Fortress 2 would be free-to-play forever. Currently, the game is free for a week, a promotion that started on June 20, 2011.

Speculation

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

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

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

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

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

"Meet the Medic" Video Transcript


Gallery

  • Poster displaying a likeness of a scene from Meet the Medic

  • Page 10 of Meet the Director, showing the Quick-Fix

  • The dove model.

  • Flying dove model.

  • Doves on the old official website

  • Hospital hidden image

  • Waiting Room hidden image

  • Doctor's Office hidden image

  • Meet the Medic Teaser Image

  • The Trailer logo

  • A Character in the window, looking like Miss Pauling

Trivia

  • The hospital seen in one of the hidden images resembles the Pacific Medical Center in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, close to Valve headquarters.
  • This marks the first instance on how the Ubercharge works: An Ubercharge device is plugged into a class's heart (a strong one, as seen from the initial explosion of Heavy's), and is altered by a laser to an always in Ubercharge state.
  • A mysterious woman can be seen through the window at 0:56.
  • The Heart in the fridge put in Heavy has the name "Mega Baboon" on the Petri Dish. Another Heart has the name "Loch Ness Hamster".
  • The fridge used in the video seems to be the very same used in Meet the Sandvich, as there is one Sandvich missing from the plate and a Red Shed beer bottle knocked over.
  • At the start of the video, the Demoman has the Stickybomb Launcher in his lap. Later on, he has the Grenade Launcher in his lap. Shortly thereafter, it is the Stickybomb Launcher again.
  • At 1:03, the entire contents of the fridge can be viewed: The 2 Hearts, A Sandvich, 2 Bottles of Red Beer, the BLU Spy's Head (alive), the Battery for his head, and the ashtray for his cigarette.
  • The Blu Soldiers can be seen wearing the new hats from World War Wednesday, along with Soldier's Stash, Lumbricus Lid, Stainless Pot, Frontline Field Recorder, and Proof of Purchase.
  • It is possible that several scenes and elements from the video are based or inspired by scenes from the 1985 film Re-Animator, from the similar music to the Spy's head kept inside of the freezer to the Medic's slight resemblance to the film's "protagonist" Herbert West
  • Throughout the Heavy's procedure, an X-Ray of his insides can be seen in the background. It appears he swallowed a missle.

Related merchandise

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Back from Valve" on Steam Users' Forums, Political Gamer, posted March 22, 2011. Accessed June 18, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Videogame.it Valve HQ Article posted April 1, 2011. Accessed June 20, 2011.
  3. ↑ "The Über Update, Day One", TF2 Team, TF2 Official Blog, posted June 20, 2011. Accessed June 21, 2011.
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