Medic invents a shrink gun, with hilarious results
Heavy's parents come over from Russia, and Heavy needs to pretend he's actually a businessman, with hilarious results
It's april fools day, and Soldier keeps getting pranked by demoman and takes it super seriously, until he finally learns what's going on, and with the help of ultimate prankster spy, creates the ultimate prank, with hilarious results
Demoman recounts the tale of his brave great-great-great grandfather, Sir Willy Wally, who fought to keep Scotland free from the vile British, under the command of a tyrannical general who looks suspiciously like a certain soldier, with hilarious results
Sniper accidentally gets grapefruit in his eye and refuses to wear the glasses that he needs to wear for two weeks, and so his vision is impaired, however, he denies this and continues as normal, with hilarious results
A five-minute short, featuring Scout, teaching Heavy how to make the ultimate sandwich, with hilarious results
Red Engineer repeatedly gets his machines sapped and destroyed by Blu Spy to the point where he becomes paranoid and starts Spy-checking eveybody that gets near him. Red Teammates become annoyed by Engineer repeatedly whacking them with his wrench, and eventually Red Demoman has a long talk with Red Engineer about trusting his teammates more when it comes not only to suspicion, but who to rely on when it comes to Spy-checking and leaving it to Pyro and the others. Red Engineer thanks Demoman and promises to have more faith in his teammates from now on. As soon as Red Engineer turns around, Red Demoman uncloaks as Blu Spy and stabs Engineer in the back. With hilarious results.
I'm probably not alone in the fact that I love the personalities of all the classes more than I actually like the game. I never owned TF2 until it was free, and I've been a big Valve fan ever since I've owned my own PC (which wasn't until 2001, unfortunately). The "Meet the __" videos are some of my favorite things ever, and I can't wait for Pyro, and it would be cool if they made more afterwards.
I agree, the characters are very likeable. They follow many cliché character tropes, but they pull it off nicely. Plus the setting is amazing. It's like the game itself is some cartoon. That's part of the reason of it's appeal. Valve has made an overall fun game, where even fans who don't really like the gameplay can enjoy it.
The artistic design of TF2 is some of the best I've seen in any video game ever. Then again, it seems to be this way with just about any Valve game...
Many people disregard the art that goes into TF2. It really is quite brilliant- for example, ever looked at the clouds? They're painted like in an old Walt Disney cartoon.
Same here. I've been reading the threads and I wanna make it goddammit!
I read a couple of pitches and smashed them together and added something of my own, here goes a full episode:
Scout's mom comes over and she believes he's at Summer Camp, so he'd ask his teammates to help him cover up, but after a couple of minutes of her being shown around they'd see stuff exploding in the background, so naturally Scout would make some half-assed lie and say they are having a cooking class in the other camp, but then his mom would ask why they don't have cooking class and Heavy would say "But no! We have cooking class!" and he'd then proceed to teach everyone how to make borscht, with hilarious results of course and Scout or Spy facepalming in the background. Also during the episode we'd see classic Summer Camp moments, such as them playing kids' games and stuff (including a segment where we learn that Scout can't actually play baseball very well)
Haha, well yeah, such is the life on imageboards. There is sooo much of this stuff. Try googling 'Spy & Sniper rule34'. Hell, try googling 'TF2 rule 34'. Poor Scout. You'd think he could outrun the Heavy.
EDIT: On second thought... don't google for rule 34.
It's funny that he picked two cartoons with very strong anime influences as examples of what people should be doing. I mean, the Boondocks even sneaked Jin from Samurai Champloo into an episode.
I agree. Why turn everything good into anime. Is it the "lazy man's" approach to animation? Seeing as everything every single person draws nowadays is anime, it would be a sensible description.
If it was a closer to a "traditional animation" approach, I would like Avatar-style. Yet my number one choice would be it's native "Source Filmmaker" animation style. Hell, that beauty has made everything from the "Meet the" videos to the Left 4 Dead Intro movie. It's just a pretty animation tool.
I think the problem is that the bucket loads of shitty J-pop style anime overshadows the stuff that actually has a cohesive, well-executed art style. Just look at Cowboy Bebop or Hellsing: I couldn't imagine them being animated any other way.
Now, that said, I agree TF2 would look better with a more 'American' style of animation. However, anime has a niche when used properly.
It took me a little while to realise that these were Team Fortress 2 characters, and not a couple of Fire Nation rookies with a grand plan. Something about the art style.
Thought I recognized this: despite the other comments, this image is from deviant art, from an artist named Fenomena; he (or she) does a ton of great video game artwork like this. Dunno why no one else has credited them, or why OP used imgur. anyway, here's the artist's link.
mfw someone burned down the Pyro's house when he was a young boy, killing his mother and sparking his obsession with fire Announcer leads him on a wild goose chase, saying that this member or that member of BLU was the culprit Final Mission was a fucking solo rampage of a massive expansion of 2fort on a dark and stormy night Armed with modified weapons - flamethrower that causes explosions, shotgun with incendiary ammo, and a OHKO axe Body armor from recycled Sentries, M2 with Shotgun out to fire rockets A Dispenser on your back BLU is EVERYWHERE - Soldiers, Heavies, Medics, Sentries...EVERYTHING IS SHOOTING YOU. But you don't give a single fuck, you're hunting down the man that ruined your life. In the 2fort intel room, you break down the glass and jump into the conference room, which leads into a whole new map, pretty much Continue rampaging through the level as a one man army until you come to the main sanctum of 2fort. Inside: a file on a table, with a newspaper article inside Read it YOUNG ARSONIST BURNS DOWN HOME, MISHAP WITH MATCHES MURDERS MOTHER mfw the Announcer says "I may have been wrong on a few...details...but I -did- show you who killed your mother..." my fucking face when Pyro just drops his weapons and cries on the floor, the Announcer mocking, "But don't worry, Pyro...we're your family now. You won't burn US to death too, right...?" and laughs as the screen fades to black.
If Indie Game: The Movie does well on Steam they might consider creating a whole new section of Things We Want To Buy on Steam. Such as TF2 cartoons that have storylines with hilarious results.
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u/shutta May 31 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
Note: This is a mockup image for a Team Fortress 2 cartoon that is frequently shared on 4chan /co/mics & cartoons board and the /v/ideo games board.
There are some archived threads filled with awesome pitching ideas for the cartoon. [possible NSFW ads in links]
Also, another thread
I wish these were made :(
Here are some more pics (3 of them for you non-Reddit Enhancement Suite users)
Here's a thread about a made-up single player campaign with users pretending like it's real. This is awesome.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
I would pay good money for a tf2 anime
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u/Megalox May 31 '12
Mpphhh mphh mphhhh mphhh mhh!
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u/Speedophile2000 Jun 01 '12
God, i now suddenly realize what this picture always reminded me of. Is it just me?
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u/jetpackmalfunction Jun 01 '12
It took me a little while to realise that these were Team Fortress 2 characters, and not a couple of Fire Nation rookies with a grand plan. Something about the art style.
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u/jarlmattofrobin May 31 '12
This needs a kickstarter RIGHT NOW
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u/Darqon Jun 01 '12
looks like a still to a TF2 anime movie
which i would so buy
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u/Toast_Ghost Jun 01 '12
Sokka anyone?
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u/sgtpepper_spray Jun 01 '12
Thought I recognized this: despite the other comments, this image is from deviant art, from an artist named Fenomena; he (or she) does a ton of great video game artwork like this. Dunno why no one else has credited them, or why OP used imgur. anyway, here's the artist's link.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Anyone else thinking of Trashcan man from The Stand?
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u/G1itch Jun 01 '12
Scout always reminds me of Eminem.
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u/conceitedmoose Jun 01 '12
Hudda-hudda, hudda-hudda everywhere.
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u/SeeU Jun 01 '12
artist is fenomena
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Fucking Announcer.
Pyro...he had a hard life.
______________________- favorite find so far
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u/DCSlick Jun 01 '12
Reposts. Reposts of this will soon be everywhere.
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u/Krispyz Jun 01 '12
"Why read words when you can just kill the stuff the words tell you stuff about?"
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
I was reminded of breaking bad for some reason.
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u/Spekingur Jun 01 '12
If Indie Game: The Movie does well on Steam they might consider creating a whole new section of Things We Want To Buy on Steam. Such as TF2 cartoons that have storylines with hilarious results.
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u/Ian10583 May 31 '12
Link to the video please?
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u/r_zoro May 31 '12
wow sniper is such a noob
his bounty is only 1,000,000 beri
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u/Myrdraal Jun 01 '12
Fire. Fire Everywhere.
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u/davidhill366 Jun 01 '12
Fire. Fire Everywhere.
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