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[''Camera continues to turn and tilt, revealing the [[Medic]], casually chatting with an opened-up and conscious [[RED]] [[Heavy]], whilst holding Heavy's heart in his hand. A prototype [[Medi Gun]] mounted to an overhead rig is firing its beam into the Heavy'']
 
[''Camera continues to turn and tilt, revealing the [[Medic]], casually chatting with an opened-up and conscious [[RED]] [[Heavy]], whilst holding Heavy's heart in his hand. A prototype [[Medi Gun]] mounted to an overhead rig is firing its beam into the Heavy'']
  
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'''Medic''': "When ze patient woke up, his skeleton was missing, and ze doctor was never heard from again!" [''Laughs madly'']
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'''Medic''': "When the patient woke up, his skeleton was missing, and the doctor was never heard from again!" [''Laughs madly'']
  
 
[''Heavy pauses momentarily, and laughs again, banging his palm on a tray of surgical tools next to him'']
 
[''Heavy pauses momentarily, and laughs again, banging his palm on a tray of surgical tools next to him'']
  
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'''Medic''': "Anyvay, zat's how I lost my medical license, heh." [''Heavy suddenly looks very concerned'']
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'''Medic''': "Anyway, that's how I lost my medical license, heh." [''Heavy suddenly looks very concerned'']
  
 
[''A dove pops up from inside Heavy's gut, surprising both the doctor and his patient'']
 
[''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 filthy in zere! Eugh."
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'''Medic''': "Archimedes! No!" [''Shoos the dove away''] "It's filthy in there! Eugh."
  
 
[''Heavy looks at Medic in mild surprise. Medic does not notice'']
 
[''Heavy looks at Medic in mild surprise. Medic does not notice'']
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[''Medic grabs the "Über" device'']
 
[''Medic grabs the "Über" 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 into the Medi Gun's beam''] but I'm fairly certain your heart..." [''Heavy's heart explodes'']
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'''Medic''': "Now, most hearts couldn't withstand this voltage, [''Medic plugs the device into Heavy's heart and brings it into the Medi Gun's beam''] but I'm fairly certain your heart..."
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[''Heavy's heart explodes'']
  
 
[''Cut to a trio of doves, Archimedes gets knocked away by a piece of the Heavy's heart'']
 
[''Cut to a trio of doves, Archimedes gets knocked away by a piece of the Heavy's heart'']
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[''Medic quickly recovers from his surprise, casually removing the remains of Heavy's heart from the "Über" device'']
 
[''Medic quickly recovers from his surprise, casually removing the remains of Heavy's heart from the "Über" device'']
  
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'''Medic''': "Ze sound of progress, my friend."
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'''Medic''': "The sound of progress, my friend."
  
 
[''Cut to Medic opening a refrigerator containing several hearts, a [[Sandvich]], and a few beers. One exceptionally large heart is labelled "Mega Baboon"'']
 
[''Cut to Medic opening a refrigerator containing several hearts, a [[Sandvich]], and a few beers. One exceptionally large heart is labelled "Mega Baboon"'']
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[''Cut to Medic standing by the Heavy, baboon heart and Über device in each hand'']
 
[''Cut to Medic standing by the Heavy, baboon heart and Über device in each hand'']
  
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'''Medic''': "Where was I? Ah, zere we go." [''Jams device into heart'']
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'''Medic''': "Where was I? Ah, there we go." [''Jams device into heart'']
  
 
[''Cuts to Medic holding the cyborg heart in front of the medi beam'']
 
[''Cuts to Medic holding the cyborg heart in front of the medi beam'']
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[''Cuts back to perched doves for a brief moment. Archimedes has returned to his position on the perch, covered in blood, as the two doves on either side of him shuffle away from where he was standing when he was hit before'']
 
[''Cuts back to perched doves for a brief moment. Archimedes has returned to his position on the perch, covered in blood, as the two doves on either side of him shuffle away from where he was standing when he was hit before'']
  
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[''Heart stabilizes and stops glowing, its texture changes to a Über Texture.'']
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[''Heart stabilizes and stops glowing, its texture changes to an Über Texture.'']
  
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'''Medic''': "Oh, zat looks good."
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'''Medic''': "Oh, that looks good."
  
 
[''Medic drops the heart into Heavy's open chest'']
 
[''Medic drops the heart into Heavy's open chest'']
  
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'''Medic''': "Very nice zere."
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'''Medic''': "Very nice here."
  
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[''Heavy looks at the heart''] '''Heavy''': "Should I be awake for dis?"
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[''Heavy looks at the heart''] '''Heavy''': "Should I be awake for this?"
  
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'''Medic''' "Ah heh. Vell, no, heh."  [''Medic adjusts his glasses''] "But as long as you are, could you hold your rib cage open a bit?"
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'''Medic''' "Ah heh. Well, no, heh."  [''Medic adjusts his glasses''] "But as long as you are, could you hold your rib cage open a bit?"
  
 
[''Heavy moves his hand as if to adjust his rib cage as Medic is pushing the heart inside''] "I can't... seem..."
 
[''Heavy moves his hand as if to adjust his rib cage as Medic is pushing the heart inside''] "I can't... seem..."
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[''Medic tosses the rib aside and turns to Archimedes sitting on top of the medigun'']
 
[''Medic tosses the rib aside and turns to Archimedes sitting on top of the medigun'']
  
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'''Medic''' (whispering to the bird): "No zey don't."
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'''Medic''' (whispering to the bird): "No they don't."
  
 
[''Cuts to Archimedes, covered in blood, who cocks his head and flies away'']
 
[''Cuts to Archimedes, covered in blood, who cocks his head and flies away'']
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[''Cuts to show a massive horde of [[BLU]] [[Soldiers]] coming over the crest of the hill''] '''Heavy''': "Doctor!"
 
[''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 Heavy''] '''Heavy''': "Are you sure this will work?!"
  
 
[[''Music quells'']]
 
[[''Music quells'']]
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'''Heavy''': "EYAAAAAAAAAH!" [''Cuts to show Heavy's baboon heart beating rapidly, then cuts back to show Heavy glowing with Übercharge power''] '''Heavy''': "HA HA!"
 
'''Heavy''': "EYAAAAAAAAAH!" [''Cuts to show Heavy's baboon heart beating rapidly, then cuts back to show Heavy glowing with Übercharge power''] '''Heavy''': "HA HA!"
  
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[''Medic and the Übercharged Heavy advance under rocket fire, and Heavy starts laughing about his invulnerability'']
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[''Medic and the Übercharged Heavy advance under rocket fire, and Heavy starts laughing'']
  
 
[''[[RED]] [[Engineer]], wielding the [[Frontier Justice]], and [[RED]] [[Sniper]], wielding the [[Sniper Rifle]], watch bewildered as the Heavy glows with power and shrugs off volleys of rockets'']
 
[''[[RED]] [[Engineer]], wielding the [[Frontier Justice]], and [[RED]] [[Sniper]], wielding the [[Sniper Rifle]], watch bewildered as the Heavy glows with power and shrugs off volleys of rockets'']
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[''Cuts to waiting room where the rest of [[RED]] are waiting as they do things to pass the time, i.e. the Engineer playing his guitar'']
 
[''Cuts to waiting room where the rest of [[RED]] are waiting as they do things to pass the time, i.e. the Engineer playing his guitar'']
  
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'''Medic''' (off-screen): "That looks good. Very nice zere. Yes!"
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'''Medic''' (off-screen): "That looks good. Very nice here. Yes!"
  
 
'''Scout''' (off-screen): "Hey, thanks doc!"
 
'''Scout''' (off-screen): "Hey, thanks doc!"

Revision as of 23:58, 27 June 2011

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


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

  • The silhouette of a woman, presumably 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.
  • A mysterious woman resembling Miss Pauling can be seen through the window at 0:56 and again at 1:22.
  • At 1:03, the entire contents of the fridge can be viewed: three hearts, a Sandvich, three bottles of Red Shed beer, a BLU Spy's Head (alive), a battery for his head, and an ashtray for his cigarettes.
    • Considering the over turned bottle and the half eaten Sandvich at the bottom shelf of the fridge, this fridge may be the very same featured in Meet the Sandvich.
  • Throughout the Heavy's procedure, an X-Ray of his body can be seen in the background, which shows a bomb lodged inside. The extracted bomb can be spotted in a bucket behind the Medic.
    • This is the same bomb seen in the "Meet the Medic" title card.
  • Despite the Quick-Fix being incapable of providing invulnerability in-game, the Medic is able to use it to make the Heavy invulnerable via Übercharge in Meet the Medic. The fourth day of the Über Update explains that the Quick-Fix's first Übercharge, seen in the video, permanently shorted out the invulnerability feature of the gun and it could never be used again.
  • In the waiting room at the end of the video, the Pyro can be seen reading magazine, featuring The Insult That Made a "Jarate Master" Out of Sniper on the back cover.
  • For a short period before the Über Update, doves would sometimes fly out of Scouts after they were killed. This foreshadowed the final gag of the video, in which Archimedes is left inside the Scout's chest after his operation.
  • The various hats worn by the army of BLU Soldiers include the Stainless Pot, Proof of Purchase, Soldier's Stash, Lumbricus Lid, Grenadier's Softcap, and Armored Authority. A number of Soldiers are seen wielding unlockable weapons as well, including the Direct Hit, Black Box, and the Equalizer.
  • The large number of Soldiers charging to their deaths may be a reference to Trailer 2, where a swarm of Soldiers charged in front of an Engineer's Sentry Gun, a Heavy's Minigun, and Rocket Jump all over the map to show off those abilities.
  • A broken-down van similar in appearance to the Sniper's camper van can be seen in the tunnel the Medic comes out of when he heals the Demoman and the Scout. Whether the two vehicles are one and the same is unknown.
  • One of the Medic's doves shares its name with "Template:W", the Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer.
  • The Heavy's Minigun can be spotted in the background of a few operating room shots, resting on its own stretcher.
  • The Medic's Overdose can be seen underneath the bucket containing the extracted bomb.
  • A heart monitor can be seen working behind the Heavy early in the video. When his heart is destroyed, the line on the monitor goes flat. The next time it is seen, after the Medic retrieves a new heart, it resumes its old display.
    • Strangely, one would not expect the monitor to display anything but a flat line when there is no heart connected to the body.
  • When the Demoman is fleeing from the Soldiers in the first battlefield scene, his Stickybomb Launcher rests on his lap and is his only visible weapon. In the second battlefield scene the Grenade Launcher replaced the Stickybomb Launcher, but after an explosion sends him flying out of his wheelchair the weapon that lands in front of him is, mysteriously, the Stickybomb Launcher instead of the Grenade Launcher he was just holding.
  • Despite the Heavy being fully healed after his procedure, during the process it should be noted that his rib never does grow back even when everything else does, confirming the Medic's statement that ribs do not grow back.
  • During the scene where the Demoman attempts to escape the BLU Soldiers, a RED Pyro is briefly seen running away behind a rock in the humiliation pose. The Pyro is holding the Flamethrower despite the humiliation animations disabling weapon models when seen in-game.
  • In the beginning of the video, the Scout is seen with bandages over his shirt. Later in the video when he is being healed by the Medic, the Scout no longer has those bandages on.
  • The Scout's messenger bag that is usually seen on his in-game model is not present at all in any of the scenes.
  • The Medic doesn't wear gloves while operating on the Heavy and lacks concern for the level of hygiene expected for a major operation, instead relying on his Medi Gun to heal his patients.

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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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