Scout (Team Fortress 2)
| Character | |
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| Name: | Scout (real name Jeremy) |
| Occupation: | Mercenary |
| Relationships: | Other mercs (coworkers), Miss Pauling (crush), Spy (implied biological father) |
| Fandom: | Team Fortress 2 |
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The Scout is one of the nine playable classes in Team Fortress 2.
Canon
The Scout (real name Jeremy) is a cocky, loudmouthed speedster originally from Boston, Massachusetts. He is the youngest of eight brothers, and believes himself to be the biological son of Tom Jones (though a scene in the official TF2 comics implies that his real father is the Spy.) He is infatuated with Miss Pauling, a feeling that she does not reciprocate.
Fandom
Scout is one of the most popular characters among fans of TF2, owing to his distinct personality and his starring role in the official short film Expiration Date. As of December 2023, Scout is the second-most commonly tagged character in works for TF2 on Archive of Our Own, appearing in over 4350 works; roughly 46% of the total TF2 works on the site. He also appears in over 600 works on FanFiction.Net.
He is commonly given the Fanon Personal Name Elbertson, an homage to the popular streamer and fellow Bostonian Jerma985, who got his start with TF2 content and was the inspiration for Scout's canon first name.
Pairings
Scout is most commonly paired with Sniper. This ship, nicknamed Speeding Bullet, is currently one of the most popular relationships in the TF2 fandom. Scout has also been paired with every other merc in the game, with the pairing of him and Medic and him and Pyro being relatively common. The pairing of Scout/Spy has become controversial within the fandom due to the heavily implied blood relation between them.
He is also popular for Reader-Insert fics.
| With... | Full Label | Type | Portmanteau | Information | # of works on AO3[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scout | Scout/Scout | Slash; Selfcest | Scoutcest; Brats 'n' Bats; A Headache; Marathon; Quickie; Bats n Balls; Gay Chicken; Double Play | n/a | 44 |
| Soldier | Scout/Soldier | Slash | All American Offense; American Baseball; Batting Helmet | n/a | 42 |
| Pyro | Pyro/Scout | Slash; Achillean | Flash Fire; Weenie Roast; Fast Flames | n/a | 187 |
| Demoman | Demoman/Scout | Slash | Hop Scotch; Speedy Bombs | n/a | 79 |
| Heavy | Heavy/Scout | Slash | Heavy Hitters; Mice 'n' Men; Heavy League; Hard to Hit | n/a | 61 |
| Engineer | Engineer/Scout | Slash | Quick Study; Texas Two-Step; Scatterbrains; Run 'n' Gun | n/a | 99 |
| Medic | Medic/Scout | Slash | Blunt Trauma; QuickFix; Little Prick | n/a | 291 |
| Sniper | Scout/Sniper | Slash | Speeding Bullet; Coffee 'n' Soda; Quick Scope | (Seen on its page.) | 1116 |
| Spy | Scout/Spy | Slash | Daddy Issues; Silent Running; Seduce Me; Cloak 'n' Batter; SpyScout | n/a | 191 |
| Spy | Scout & Spy | Gen | n/a | (Seen on its page.) | 363 |
| Miss Pauling | Miss Pauling/Scout | Het | Caught Looking; Boston Legal; Swing and a Miss; Prom; Ride-Along | n/a | 308 |
| Sniper | Scout & Sniper | Gen | n/a | n/a | 147 |
| Medic | Medic & Scout | Gen | n/a | n/a | 91 |
| Engineer | Engineer & Scout | Gen | n/a | n/a | 62 |
| Heavy; Medic | Heavy/Medic/Scout | Poly; M/M/M | Putting Up With the Brat | n/a | 49 |
| Pyro | Pyro & Scout | Gen | n/a | n/a | 80[2] |
| Demoman | Demoman & Scout | Gen | n/a | n/a | 34 |
| Soldier | Scout & Soldier | Gen | n/a | n/a | 31 |
| Miss Pauling | Miss Pauling & Scout | Gen | n/a | n/a | 28 |
| Heavy | Heavy & Scout | Gen | n/a | n/a | 25 |
| Sniper; Spy | Scout/Sniper/Spy | Poly; M/M/M | n/a | n/a | 19 |
| (Everyone/Everyone excluding Spy) | TF2 Polycule | Poly | Napoleonic Bias[3] | n/a | n/a |
Example Fanworks
Art
Fic
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References/Further Reading
- Scout on the Team Fortress 2 Official Wiki.
- ^ as of May 15th, 2024.
- ^ as of May 15th, 2024, Scout & Pyro (Team Fortress 2) and Pyro & Scout (Team Fortress 2) are two separate canonical tags. This number combines the fanworks in these two tags instead of considering them separate pairings.
- ^ Tf2 polycule excluding Scout is called Strike Out. Tf2 polycule excluding Spy is called Napoleonic Bias by singularsoldier, Archived version (July 2023)