Meet the Director

Meet the Director is a comic released on May 5, 2011 with the Replay Update. The comic stars Miss Pauling and a "Director" (whose identity is unknown) interviewing several Mercenaries of RED, attempting to proclaim details relating to their occupations.

Synopsis

The story begins with Miss Pauling and a filmmaker (the eponymous "Director") accompanying the RED Sniper on his drive to Teufort. In the camper, the Director repeatedly asks questions labeling Sniper as a victim, visibly aggravating him to the threat of violence. Upon arrival, Miss Pauling assures Sniper the interviews are a form of public relations, to show the public the mercenaries are more than "just armed psychopaths." Back in the control room, the Administrator reveals to Pauling her true motive: keeping tabs on the mercenaries whom she believes, despite their perceived lack of intelligence, are still incredibly dangerous if not spied on from time to time.

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

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

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Trivia

Page 1

• The Sniper's last name, Mundy, is revealed in this comic. So far, every TF2 comic has been an opportunity to discover at least one of the Mercenary's names, as with the Soldier and Demoman (Though it is likely that the Soldier has an alias) and the Engineer.

Page 2

• In the bottom, right-hand corner of the first panel, is what looks like a Pyro firing what look like the napalm grenades he wears over the roof of the bridge, possible hinting at a new weapon for the Pyro.

Page 3

• The Administrator suggests that she wants to Spy on the mercenaries, though in the "WAR!" comic, a fully operating surveillance system is used (Such as spotting the RED Spy disguising as the BLU Scout). This may or may not hint that the events of "Meet the Director" take place before those of the "War!" comic.

Page 6

• The Spy and Soldier appear to be wearing their outfits from the Beta. However, the Soldier gets his regular uniform back in the next page while the Spy keeps the beta suit for the rest of the scene.
• On the picture just before he shows the photos of his parents, the Sniper's jacket is missing, though it can be seen on the previous picture.

Page 7

• The head in the box's hair is too long to be that of a Scout and too light to be that of a Medic. It is possible that this head might have belonged to a Spy or Pyro, or even a Sniper, but could have alternatively belonged to someone who isn't a Mercenary, as it is revealed that many of the Administrator's messengers were killed.
• The picture held by the Soldier depicts warning signs on the gate he puts his heads on, though these cannot be seen in "Meet the Soldier", nor on page 5.
• The pattern on the Heavy's pajamas , a skull and crossbones, was his original emblem.

Page 8

• The Administrator's cigarette tip is burning red, despite being on a Black and White screen.

Page 9

• Miss Pauling's Revolver looks much like that of the Spy's Revolver or even Big Kill.

Page 10

• Images of the Medic appear on some of the computer screens, which may be a possible teaser on the upcoming Meet the Medic video which is still to be released. One can notice that the weapon he is holding doesn't look like any existing Medic weapon, which may hint at an upcoming weapon.
• The weapon the Medic could be holding is the Quickfix a weapon that is currently in the beta.

See also

• Comics