About "Meet the Spy"

• "Meet the Spy" was unintentionally leaked on the 17th May 2009 due to a YouTube bug which allowed iPhones to view videos marked as "Private".

• It is the longest meet the team video yet at 3:20.

• The alarm bell at the beginning is an "Alarm-O-Tron 5000"

• Red Spy is mentioned twice on the signs.

• At 0:08, the Soldier's Shotgun is situated between a Sniper rifle and a Flamethrower.

• The video appears to take place in the 2fort sub-level.

• There is no locked door in the 2fort basement; this was likely added for comedic effect.

• There are normally two entrances to the 2fort intelligence room; in the video there is only the locked entrance.

• The Scout is wielding The Sandman at 0:18, even though Spies cannot disguise using unlocked weapons, although, as in other movies, this could be a hint toward something in the Spy update, a future patch by Valve, a mistake by Valve or the Scout not actually being the RED Spy disguised (yet).

• In addition to appearing to have only one (locked) entrance, the intelligence room is oriented differently from the one visible in 2fort.

• The 1 on the keypad to the door appears dirtier then the others, suggesting it has been used more often.

• While the Heavy crashes into the Intel room he spins his minigun up while running (which isn't possible in the game), and also clocks the Soldier in the face with the barrel.

• Several items have been added to the Intelligence room, including: a 'Ciggy Stop' Cigarette Vending machine, a decorative potted plant, files, folders, and cabinets.

• At 0:39, the Heavy sets his Minigun ('Sasha') down on the desk, and forgets it for the rest of the video. Given his murderously-emotional attachment to said weapon, this is unusually careless of him.

• When the spy disguises, he transforms. In-game, smoke surrounds the Spy

• On the corkboard next to the filing cabinets, a photo of Saxton Hale (CEO of Mann Co.) can be seen.

• At 0:53, in the scene where the BLU Scout is spinning the Knife, in the background on a filing cabinet, the Heavy's Football helmet can be seen. Still Frame

• The Scout's mother is referred to in-game as an engraving on the Spy's Ambassador.

• In several of the pornographic photos with the Scout's mother, the Spy isn't wearing any clothes but still wears his balaclava and gloves.

• The file containing the photos of the Red Spy and the Scout's mother is labelled "Top Secret".

• This video is the first time a class has been seen naked (if you don't count the balaclava and gloves).

• At 1:26, the BLU Spy took out a regular white cigarette from his Disguise kit, but at 1:32 you can see that his cigarette is now brown, as it is in-game for BLU Spies. This was fixed in the official release on Steam.

• On the map display, the word 'lolz' can be made out near one of the markers, which happens to be just above France, the Spy's country of origin. This was suppressed in the official release on Steam.

• At 1:40, the Spy approaches a Sentry Gun without setting off its sensors, and slides a Sapper towards it, while in-game the sapper must be attached from up-close.

• The RED Spy is seen using the sapper against the BLU Engineer's sentry gun, destroying it almost instantly while the sapper takes a much longer time to destroy a level 3 Sentry Gun in-game. Also instead of exploding into smithereens, the Sentry gun simply falls on its side.

Amusing Sign(s): On the door at 0:44, it reads 'Keep Out: Authorized Personnel Beyond This Point'. On the other side however, it reads 'Keep This Door Closed At All Times' (right before the dead Engineer crashes through it.)

• The big sign board has several. The signs from left to right read:

Emergency	On Cap	Intruder Alert	Is Fired	Blue Demoman	Depressed
All Clear	Red Scout	Exploding	On Fire	Blue Engineer	About to Explode
Vaporized	Team Update	New Mission	On Break	Blue Sniper	Is Drunk
In Surgery	Needs a Ride	Red Medic	Red Heavy	Red Pyro	Defenestrated
Smells	Red Sniper	Drowned	Behind You	Is a Man	Owns Base
Backstabbed	Stole a Car	Blue Spy	Found Dracula	Is a Woman	Blue Soldier
Again	Hit by Train	Red Engineer	Lost Briefcase	Red Demoman	Above You!
Is a Robot	Look Out	Sabotage	Needs Ammo	On Toilet	Electrocuted
Blue Scout	Has Evil Twin	Red Spy	Red Soldier	Pushing Cart	In Base
Red Spy	Blue Medic	Sleeping	Wounded	Needs Backup	Exploded
Hungry	Leaked Video	Blue Heavy	Blue Pyro	Smothered	Jarate
Has Briefcase	Outside Base	Needs Roommate	Mangled	Opened Briefcase	Lost Dracula

• The "Leaked Video" panel originally read "Lost Memory".

• On the sign there is a "is a man" and "is a woman", this is a reference to speculation regarding the Pyro's gender.

• There are several interesting things visible during the fight between the Sniper and the Spy:
  • One of the new hats is revealed: The Crocodile-Toothbelt Hat for the Sniper. Still Frame
  • The Sniper's hat also appears to be the same as Saxton Hale's.
  • The Sniper's Kukri is lying on top of a crate containing the Sniper's Razorback. Still Frame The Razorback also appears to be a Mann Co. product.
  • Several jars of 'Jarate' can be seen sitting on a cabinet.
  • The Huntsman can be seen leaning against a wall. Still Frame

• In the video, the Spy disguises without use of his Disguise kit, and is missing the Medic's spectacles.

• During the Medic Fight-Scene, the BLU Medic is not wearing the Medigun pack on his back. When the BLU Medic's spectacles fly up in the air the Spy's disguise does not have one either, but when the perspective changes and he puts on the spectacles the Medigun pack can be seen.

• The medic holds the bone saw in his left hand instead in his right. The way he holds the bonesaw is also reversed, with the back of it showing his opponent. The Sniper is also shown as left-handed in this video. This might be explained as a move of desperation in both cases.

• The Blu Medic's bonesaw can be seen lying on the ground after the RED Spy's fight with him.

• The Spy disguises as a BLU Medic. In-game, this is one of the least convincing disguises, as the Medic class has an Ubercharge counter, which is absent when it is a Spy in disguise. However, the Medic who the Spy assumes the shape of is missing the Medigun backpack.

• At 2:23, the Soldier shoots the head off of the BLU Spy. This is, arguably, the most violent scene depicted in a Meet the Team video to date. A freeze frame briefly shows two suspended eyeballs, skull fragments and the Spy's brain. Still Frame

• The whole headshot sequence takes 0.6 seconds and 13 frames from start to finish, if you count the initial flash of light (from the shotgun) to the time when most skull/brain debris have been blown away.

• This is the first time where a class is openly acknowledged on both teams in a Meet The Team video. Previous appearances, such as in Meet the Soldier, appear to be unintentional.

• The sound made by the Shotgun when the Soldier blows the BLU Spy's head off is actually that of the Revolver. Listen for the distinctive 'echo' effect at the end, not present in the shotgun in-game, but present when the RED spy fires his Revolver. Compare with the sound of the RED Soldier's shotgun in Meet The Soldier.

• All the sounds made by the Medic, the Engineer, the Sniper, and the Scout and Heavy just before entering the intelligence room are all in-game vocalizations and were not recorded for the video. The Sniper and Medic also did not have new dialog recorded.

• The Soldier claims that enemy Spies will reveal their "true colors" a few seconds upon death. In-game, this is instantaneous. This could however be attributed to the Soldiers apparent lack of intelligence rather than a continuity error.

• At the end of the video, the phrase the Spy mutters is French, and literally translates to: 'my little cauliflower'. In France this is a term of endearment, like 'my sweetheart' or 'my darling' in English.

• Dennis Bateman uses a deeper, more raspy voice for the RED Spy upon dropping his disguise, but uses the regular Spy voice for the BLU one.

• This video shows the Spy is in a relationship, adding another example to the few instances where characters interact with people outside the main settings of the game.

• The Scout's mother has been the only official female model yet seen.

• The video also contains the most instances of the various classes actually interacting meaningfully with each other outside of Meet the Sandvich.

• Neither the Pyro nor the Demoman appear in this short, though either of them may have been the off-screen victim who was shot by the RED Spy.

• This is the only Meet the Team video where a class harms a member of their own team.

• Ironically, considering how often the Heavy, a large target in the game, is subject to backstabbing, this is the first video where he is not singled out for that nor any other particular abuse, unlike almost all previous Meet The Team videos. However, he is still killed.

• Neither the RED nor the BLU Spy use their invisibility cloak in the video.

• Body count: 7 (and 1 sentry).

• When the RED Spy knocks the BLU Medic's glasses into the air, a wooden crate from Half-Life 2 can be seen despite the game being Team Fortress 2, (though source games often reuse elements).

• This is the first video starring the characters from BLU, while all the others star the RED team characters.

• This video marks the return of the censor bleep, which can be heard in Meet the Demoman, Meet the Scout and the Spanish version of Meet the Sniper.

• Events foreshadowing the Scout as the RED Spy are:
  • The Scout not knowing the combination to the secured door. (He may have been foiled by its sheer simplicity)
  • The Scout keeping the knife when it was handed back to him. He may have planned for this as part of his elaborate gambit.
  • Arguably every interaction between the Scout and the BLU Spy. The RED Spy let the Spy carry those interactions in order to hide himself better.
  • The Scout checking for his knife on the Sniper's corpse before the BLU Spy sets the corpse on the table.
  • After the Soldier shoots the BLU Spy, the Scout very briefly smirks after coming out of his faked reaction.
  • On the wall in the beginning, the phrase "Blu Scout Has Evil Twin Red Spy" can be read(Horizontally to the left of Red Spy).

• When the Spy is carrying the Sniper, the Sniper doesn't have his glasses on, but when he is set down, he does.

• This is the first time the Announcer has been heard in any Meet The Team video.

• The BLU Spy's death demonstrates that either the Meet The Team videos exist according to more "real-life" rules, or that friendly fire is enabled. If the latter, this is the first depiction of friendly fire by Valve.

• The Spy is able to disguise as a Medic and a Scout without smoking a cigarette. This implies that the kit itself allows the Spy to disguise himself and it merely doubles as a cigarette case.

• When the Spy fights the Sniper, he uses two backhand slashes with the knife and finishes him off with a backstab. However in the game itself, he doesn't use such a style with his knife (save for the backstab).

• The shotgun pump right after the Soldier shoots the Spy with it is different from in-game or any of the "Meet The" videos.

• Meet the Spy effectively confirms the Spy to be French. The Spy speaks in French as stereotypically French music plays. He is also seen walking hand-in-hand with the Scout's mother towards a moped, a highly popular vehicle in France. Speculation was unable to pinpoint his origins due to his obscure accent and use of several different European languages other than French. His use of other languages can easily be explained as Secret Agents are typically versed in many languages.

• The Medic's gasp of disbelief is actually the 'drei' taken from his response rule "Eins, zwei, drei... Ugh, I do not think we brought enough body bags."

• Just before the BLU Spy drops the Sniper's body on the table, a corner of an intelligence paper can be seen poking out of the briefcase, though it is too indistinct to be legible.

• In the leaked video, the Announcer said "Intruder Alert" twice; in the officially released video, she only says it once (the clip having been cut during the closeup of the bell ringing).

• At the end the Spy is seen carrying the briefcase on a handle though in-game the classes wear it on their backs.

• In his fight scene with the Sniper, the Spy inflicts a gash on the Sniper's cheek. This gash could be seen on the cheek of the RED Sniper in the steam news picture for the Sniper vs Spy Update[1] and the Jarate Update image[2], although it was not seen in the same picture as used in the Huntsman update[3]. The gash was later added to the Sniper in-game model itself.[4]

• When the Scout reaces up and touches the briefcase, the Heavy's minigun is not spinning even though the sound can be heard.

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