Meet the Sniper

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"Meet the Sniper" video

"Meet the Sniper" Video Transcript

[A lone RV is driving down a desert road. Camera cuts to the dash, where a bobblehead of the former Civilian sits. A hand comes from offscreen and flicks the head.]

Sniper: "Boom, headshot."

["Meet the Sniper" text appears. Cuts to the Sniper driving his RV as early 70's action music plays in the background.]

Sniper: "Snipin's a good job, mate! It's challengin' work, outa doors. I guarantee you'll not go hungry-"

[Cuts to a shot of the Sniper brushing his teeth. There are three photographs on the right of his mirror of a BLU Engineer, Heavy, and Scout - the Engineer and the Scout are crossed off, but the Heavy is not.]

Sniper "-'cause at the end of the day, long as there's two people left on the planet, someone is gonna want someone dead."

[Scene cuts to view inside the Sniper's scope. The Sniper headshots the Heavy from the previous scene; the bullet shatters the bottle of the Demoman behind him, causing the top half of the bottle to embed itself in his remaining eye. The Demoman flails around, takes out his grenade launcher, fires pipebombs wildly in the air and falls over a ledge, with his stray grenades igniting a cluster of explosive barrels below and causing a chain explosion.]

Sniper: "Ooh."

[Cuts to the Sniper talking on a pay phone.]

Sniper: "Dad? Dad, I'm a- Ye- Not a "crazed gunman", dad, I'm an assassin! ...Well, the difference bein' one is a job and the other's mental sickness!"

[Back to Sniper in the RV.]

Sniper: "I'll be honest with ya: my parents do not care for it."

[Cuts to Sniper climbing the tall tower in Goldrush Stage 3, Cap 1. The Sniper now is waiting at the top of the tower for a shot.]

Sniper: [Looking into the distance] "I think his mate saw me."

[A bullet ricochets off the ledge under the Sniper.]

Sniper: "Yes, yes he did!"

[The Sniper takes cover as return fire ricochets off the tower.]

[Cuts to a time-lapse image of the Sniper waiting for a shot. Several jars of urine fill up to his side, as the Sniper drinks coffee and waits. As the sun starts to set, the Sniper smiles and finally takes his shot.]

[The Sniper stabs a Spy through the chest with his Kukri on Goldrush Stage 3, then slides him off the knife with a satisfied expression.]

Sniper: "Feelins'? Look mate, you know who has a lot of feelings?"

[Cut back to the RV]

Sniper: "Blokes what bludgeon their wife to death with a golf trophy! Professionals have standards."

[Sniper takes off his hat and puts it on his chest, standing over the dead Spy.]

Sniper: "Be polite."

[Sniper head-shots a Medic, a Soldier, and a Pyro.]

Sniper: "Be efficient."

[Slow-motion shot of the Sniper reloading his rifle.]

Sniper: "Have a plan to kill everyone you meet."

[The Sniper fires directly at the camera. The screen blacks out.]

[Team Fortress 2 ending flourish music plays.]

[Cut back to the pay phone.]

Sniper: "Dad.... Dad p-, yeah - put Mum on the phone!"

Notes

• The Sniper is driving a 'Camper', a subtle hint to his game-style.

• The bobble-head on the Sniper's dash is a caricature of the Civilian as he appears in the original Team Fortress Classic.

• Body count: 6 (8 if you count the Engineer and the Scout crossed off the Sniper kill list)

• Ironic Sign: The Billboard in the opening shot and behind the Sniper in the pay phone scenes reads "FOAD: Camping Fun, All year round!" This is both a reference to the 'camping' style of gameplay Snipers employ and the internet initialism FOAD (Fuck Off And Die), often aimed at Snipers in various online games by disgruntled players.

• Ironic Sign: By the roadside in the opening shot is a sign warning people to beware of headshots.

• The Pyro is seen wielding the Flare gun, an unlockable weapon which had not been publicly revealed at the time of the video's release.

• The phrase "Boom, headshot." may well be a reference to the catchphrase of the character 'FPS Doug' in the online comedy series Pure Pwnage.

• The Sniper, along with the Spy and Demoman, is shown to be a smoker.

• The video seems to carry on the tradition of the poor Heavy being abused in every Meet the Team video but his own and Meet the Sandvich. To date he has been blown to smithereens by the Demoman, was killed first by the Engineer's Sentry, been bludgeoned to unconsciousness by the Scout and gibbed by the Soldier on two separate occasions.

• The Sniper is able to produce 3 1/2 jars of urine in 4 hours on just 4 cups of coffee.

• The Sniper begins waiting for his shot at 4pm and takes his shot at 8:10pm, 4 hours and 10 minutes later.

• The Sniper's coffee cup says '#1 Sniper'.

• The Sniper drinks decaf, as is evidenced by the orange rim of his coffee decanter. This is most likely in order to keep his nerves steady.

• The Sniper's "standards" are very similar to those of the United State Marine Corps: "Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet."

• The Sniper can be seen with a bruise under his right thumbnail. This might be explained by the SMGs exterior bolt located on the left side that violently flies back after each round is fired. Given that the sniper's trigger finger is on his right hand it's highly likely that his thumb would wrap around to the left side and accidentally get smashed by the bolt.

• The Sniper kills the spy with his kukri by stabbing him through the chest. Not only is this a much less effective method of using a kukri, as the blade was designed primarily to chop, but the sniper also uses it upside down. This may however be an intentional ironic reversal with the Sniper backstabbing the Spy with a knife of his own.

• In the opening title, the Sniper has several jars of urine sitting next to his sniper rifle as well as several used cigarette butts.

• The opening jingle when the 'Meet the Sniper' title appears differs from the other Meet the Team videos.

• The music that plays throughout the entire video would appear to be a homage to the Magnum Force theme, the second in the Dirty Harry movies. The video itself carries a strong early 70's theme.

• The bus that drives by at the end has 'BLUDOG' on the side, a reference to the real life Greyhound Lines bus service. This also seems to indicate the video takes place in the US and not in Australia.

• The camper is being driven on the right hand side of the road. This would also indicate that the video is not filmed in Australia, as Australian vehicles use the left side of the road.

• The Soldier being headshotted and the sound of the shot do not appear to be in sync, but this is fixed in alternate language versions of the video.

• In the scene where the Heavy is shot through the head, which passes through and busts a nearby Demoman's bottle into pieces. The demoman falls into a pit of explosive barrels, these barrels are only seen as models during gameplay. They do not explode at all.

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Meet the Team video series
Meet the...	Scout • Soldier • Pyro • Demoman • Heavy • Engineer • Medic • Sniper • Spy
Others	Meet the Sandvich