What do you think Meet the Spy could have looked like?? I rlly wanna know haha! Also make sure to check out Honkai impact 3rd! hoyo.link/6fbgFEAL ! Great game and i am so pumped theyre directly supporting and making the big upcoming projects a reality!! Also if theres anything specific you wanna see for meet the sniper lemme know hehe.. EITHER WAY HUGE THANKS FOR WATCHING, THIS HAS BEEN A BIG PASSION PROJECT FOR MYSELF AND MY FRIENDS, DONT FORGET TO CHECK OUT ALTRANADE AND POLYBROW!!! And also thanks to the legend that is Dennis Bateman!

@mugh62

5 ай бұрын

Excelent..

@thewritingrowlet2980

5 ай бұрын

Pure amazingness.

@dravent2727

5 ай бұрын

I think a meet the real sniper would be awesome

@Omabatfartsbruh

5 ай бұрын

the only gatcha game i'm into is tf2, you should get a tf2 sponsor

@ShorK

5 ай бұрын

yes, tf2 the famous gatcha game haha

Gentlemen I see, I’ve been re-created

@SniperJarate

5 ай бұрын

Ahhh piss

@Loczek-nt8bt

5 ай бұрын

I haven't even watched the full video yet

@Nazeeeem_

5 ай бұрын

I do believe I'm on fire

@RandomJohn806

5 ай бұрын

INTRUDER ALERT A RED SPIES IN THE BASS!

@Repented_Corrupted_Tyler

5 ай бұрын

​@@RandomJohn806 a red spy in the base?!

Ngl, but that spy's monologue hits hard, I started to see a spy as a actual team leader

@hayond656

5 ай бұрын

I've always seen him as the most leader-like or leader-suitable of all the mercenaries The Bucket Scene in Expiration date is what made me think that

@hayond656

5 ай бұрын

He's the one who told scout to get people's wishes, he's probably the one who organized the meeting, he's the one who lead the Meeting by Giving an inspiring Speech to his "dying" allies, and reading out the wishes

@hunterchichester5720

5 ай бұрын

Is more sane then most

@yougnomed630

5 ай бұрын

engine named "ngl"

@WonderedAtol

5 ай бұрын

Just as in the fedora chronicles

Spy has been lowkey the team captain and often likes to take charge so this monologue of him hyping up the team kinda makes sense.

@BoboaBoboa

5 ай бұрын

I was expecting the red spy to be the blue spy

@AniArtistMe

5 ай бұрын

it made so much sense from Expiration Date him gathering the team and monologuing the teams with speech

@madam-mint

5 ай бұрын

@@AniArtistMeexactly what I was going to say!!!

@haikei888

5 ай бұрын

Team captain as in the most competent (thr only competent) merc

@SHQ09Xtreme

5 ай бұрын

It feels like spy wasn't meant to be a mission impossible type instead but they changed

I'll remind you all that in Expiration Date, Spy first gathered the team together so they could all have their last wishes granted, and then helped Scout ask out Pauling even though Scout was being a jackass to him the entire short. Too many people forget about this kind side of Spy.

@ShorK

5 ай бұрын

its true, spy is the kindest and most loving merc def

@adversarry

5 ай бұрын

@@ShorKtrue...

@IVEdge

5 ай бұрын

Truly a man who has seen death and realized you’ll be remembered not by the job you did, but by the hearts you touched.

@mrukman2006

5 ай бұрын

@@ShorKother than Engineer

@dooplon5083

5 ай бұрын

​@@mrukman2006 and demo and soldier funnily enough considering that youd assume that soldier was a complete asshole given how crazy and violent he is but soldier is a real sweetheart lol. And pyro too i guess so long as he doesnt think you need more rainbows.....

"Your indivual strengths, Speed, Accuracy, Brawn, Brain, Rage, Flame retardancy" Last one is my favorite strength spy said.

@LuanNguyen-uk5gw

5 ай бұрын

He's really hated Pyro. Even his own team Pyro.

@BlazeFiresoul

5 ай бұрын

Haha!

@csharp-animemusic6558

5 ай бұрын

Wait, does that mean pyro's flame retardancy doesn't come from his suit, it's his natural superpower?

@quamors

5 ай бұрын

I'm planning an animation called "raging soldier". Spy said that soldiers strength is rage. So my idea of "raging soldier" is actually perfect.

@Grayson-tk5hn

5 ай бұрын

what does retardancy mean?

I think during the Spy’s speech, they could’ve cut to Spy killing each class, showing how a good Spy knows how to exploit each class. Scout’s cockiness Sniper’s tunnel vision And the general “kill the enemy while they’re distracted” for the rest.

@Randomperson-tg5gx

5 ай бұрын

Yep would be very cool

@xxsegaxx

5 ай бұрын

Oh that would work better as an alternative Meet the Spy Outtakes indeed. I mean no offense but while beautifully animated and all,when you compare it to the rest of the monologues in Meet the Team...this one is kinda empty because it lacks any bit of gameplay. Let's recap Meet the Team,the bits of gameplay: Heavy is shown using Sasha , Soldier destroys a sentry and rocket jumps to a roof and then hits a spy, Demoman has a very well mixed monologue with gameplay, Engineer is kinda weird but hey sentry guns, Sniper talks about his job and shows you around how he does it and finally the Spy...well you already know that. Scout doesn't really count because we'll,it's just his intro and the rest is just him wrestling a Heavy,not strategically shooting or something which basically shows nothing.

@llmkursk8254

4 ай бұрын

@@xxsegaxx Even Scout has a bit of him running around, and even beating up a Heavy.

Why does it feel so satisfying to hear spy say "bitch"

@cockisinn

5 ай бұрын

because he is one

@sanstheskeleton52290

5 ай бұрын

@@cockisinn your pfp is a spy so you're a-

@cockisinn

5 ай бұрын

@@sanstheskeleton52290 FUCK NO NOT THE MINOR SPELLING MISTAKE

@sanstheskeleton52290

5 ай бұрын

@@cockisinn?

@martheedluna

4 ай бұрын

​@@cockisinntheres no spelling mistake

I’m so happy to have worked with you Shork to bring this to life! It’s the most fun I’ve had working on a project in a long while!

@luk4323

5 ай бұрын

What's scout doing in your pfp

@traingameiacs

5 ай бұрын

I don't know why, but I feel as if this could lead into the actual "meet the spy," as in what he did after the pep talk.

@grease_monkey6078

5 ай бұрын

Nade you are awesome, as a Grease Monkey Engineer I have to say "nice job partner"

@Reimu__Hakurei

5 ай бұрын

@@luk4323 Scout pog

@bram3991

4 ай бұрын

Well Scout is your dad

After all these years, we finally got Meet the Spy 2 and it’s as glorious as I expected it for this literal lost media in TF2!

@SpectraMoyai

5 ай бұрын

Stick master without any likes, hmm

@faaskee7071

5 ай бұрын

The man himself, still around after all these years has passed.

@brandon0118

5 ай бұрын

Nice

@-aid4084

5 ай бұрын

Nice to see a familiar face in the comment section.

@Ghost-mg8ih

5 ай бұрын

Lov u stickmaster500

Gentlemen.

@Trihan_98

5 ай бұрын

DUN. DUN. DUN DUUUUUN

@Trihan_98

5 ай бұрын

DUN DUN

@Trihan_98

5 ай бұрын

DUN. DUN. DUN DUUUUUUN

@donpollo3154

5 ай бұрын

spy jumpscare

@user-bv2fy9uv1r

5 ай бұрын

Mentelgen

His speech would be fitting in an episode of the show that never was, or in a feature length film perhaps. Beautiful work from all of you.

@Margen67

5 ай бұрын

birb

The reason that the Spy didn't end up having this "leader" spirit is in my opinion the fact that he isnt there to make money or be the leader. He is there to protect his son, Scout. And so he does what is needed to protect him, or just... keep an eye out on him in his mean, tough-love way. That is the reason they changed it... I think.

@FreshestCool

5 ай бұрын

I feel like Spy caring about Scout in any fatherly way was born from Tom Jones and kind of died with Tom Jones. I’m sure Spy cares about Scout as much as he does anybody else on the team, but I wouldn’t say his only purpose is to protect him. It doesn’t make sense given his character and, hell, even his gameplay.

@KiwiConductor

5 ай бұрын

“Here lies Scout, he ran fast, and died a virgin.”

@BlazeFiresoul

5 ай бұрын

@@KiwiConductorlol

@pashadanilov3490

5 ай бұрын

They changed it because his introduction video wasn't really introducing us to spy. We weren't shown his role, his theme and his abilities. The only thing that made him "The Spy" was his mask. This sounds like a much more reasonable... reason

@dziewiaty

5 ай бұрын

​@@FreshestCoolwhy? He is secret agent first, it is more puzzling why special unit like that would take mercenary contract instead of working directly for the government, especially during cold war. While real life reason for spy is Team Fortress glitch turned into stand alone class, Spy being Scout's father gives pretty good in-game explanation for him being there. Other metrics there for the money (Scout, Sniper, Demo), fled from their country of origin (Heavy, Medic), or are simply insane (Soldier, Pyro) Besides Engi, Spy is the only one who does need work for the contract, and giving him personal reason fixes that. If you mean that his gameplay is not very protective, my man is secret agent. What you want him to do, headshot everyone with his revolver? He already tried it and got nerfed to the ground.

I like to think that happened before Meet The Spy; like how the Medic outtakes happened before Meet The Medic

@ShorK

5 ай бұрын

Yes this was the first thing he ever recorded at valve, in 2007

@zaden9009

5 ай бұрын

@@ShorK Oh! I know; I was talking about in-universe/cannon.

@ShorK

5 ай бұрын

ooooh haha, i understand @@zaden9009

Alternatively: What if, the cinematic started with a clip of the blue team being massacred, then cuts to the speech in the blue base, where the blue spy is rallying the team after their defeat, with cross-cuts of him using his abilities during the battle shown at the start. Then, the blue team gets ready and heads out, running right into an ambush, and right as their medic is about to uber, sniper is about to headshot the Red medic, or some other game changing event, the blue spy, who was actually the red spy, backstabs them, leading the blue team to be slaughtered. The camera then pans out to reveal the dead blue team and how the 'blue' spy sabotaged them during the ambush he rallied them into, eventually showing the blue spy dead, his body hidden somewhere by the red spy, who took on his identity. It shows the abilities from either perspective and the power of spy in team battles, with the classic twist at the end. Nonetheless, the one you fellows made was absolutely fantastic:)

@monothephantom

5 ай бұрын

That would make a fantastic meet the spy video. I still love the one we got, but this suggestion makes more sense for a 'meet the' video that's consistent with most of the others (that being dialogue and gameplay style footage spliced together). I still understand it probably wasn't the original intention, but the potential interpretations are cool to see.

@madam-mint

5 ай бұрын

SOMEONE HIRE THIS DUDE

@Gavlavyus_Rumi

5 ай бұрын

This is also a great idea

@fadillah6014

5 ай бұрын

Good idea, but that's means we need another dialogue from other mercenaries

Meet the Spy is my favorite TF2 short of all time! Its so interesting to go back and see what could’ve been.

@Loczek-nt8bt

5 ай бұрын

You haven't even watch the full video yet

@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaapochemyzachem

5 ай бұрын

and what's wrong?

@CF-or3ci

5 ай бұрын

My favorite is probably medic. And I don’t think Im the only one like that. I just saw this before I played the game and thought “yes. This will be my main” and he still is

@LordVader1094

5 ай бұрын

Bot comment

@triple_check

5 ай бұрын

@@LordVader1094🤓☝️

Spy starting out supportive and calm, devolving into "we're gonna choke this bi to death"

If not the actual version the meme "Your mother!" would not be existing every small thing can make a big difference in world This game is a Timeless masterpiece and this is just one of MANY proofs of this

@ubnominal

5 ай бұрын

True, it wouldn’t be the same The one we got is so much more better with a spectacular soundtrack

@pasha_0791

5 ай бұрын

Spy is definitely the kind of a man to respond with "your mother" and back it up with pornographic evidence.

@101Volts

4 ай бұрын

No, "Your Mother" was said before Meet the Spy. I heard it in other online games in the 2 to 3 years leading up to Meet The Spy, and it almost might as well have been a meme of its own even without TF2. It usually seemed to be a petty insult from my own team, or from people who for whatever reason never simply said "I'm just messing with you, don't worry" and it was usually in Call of Duty games. (Go figure?)

@Igorecznik

4 ай бұрын

I did not knew this! Still it would be a meme but I dont think it would be that big like when tf2 said that. Those are just my thoughts

I think this short could’ve worked a lot better simply by changing the ending. Instead of spy just finishing his speech the rest of the team gets pumped and runs out of the room ready to fight, meanwhile spy stays behind and starts laughing as he changes color to blu, it would then cut to the rest of the red team running out to fight while the announcer says that the intelligence has been taken then scout says like “ah come on” or something cutting to the tf2 logo.

@ShorK

5 ай бұрын

oooooooo! great idea!!

@Lefty2775

4 ай бұрын

And then you just see the red spy in a locker Dead (or sex bombing scouts mum) as a after scene

Spy saying 'bitch' makes me happy for some reason I can't explain. I really love Spy's character, through the comics and through the Meet The videos and Expiration Date. I love this game so much 😭

@IsYeaYesyup

5 ай бұрын

it gives me the same feeling of my mom using gen z slang or something

@bj0405

2 ай бұрын

TF2 😢❤

Did anybody else notice how one of Spy's lines was referencing Shakespeare's "Henry the Fifth", when its namesake gave a motivational speech to his soldiers? "We bold few, we unnatural brothers."

I like how Spy always asserts himself as the team leader like in Expiration Date

3:40 ad skip time code 👍

@user-uc9uj7we2t

5 ай бұрын

thanks man

I'm so glad the VAs love this game as much as we do

@ieatbugs45

3 ай бұрын

Except engie, he doesn’t really care about it. I mean, he doesn’t have an obligation to or anything, but it’d be cool

Speet the My.

@ishkanark6725

5 ай бұрын

Seep the Myt

@CoinClever

5 ай бұрын

Seet The Mpy

@breadstickenjoyer83

5 ай бұрын

Eet the Py

@IsYeaYesyup

5 ай бұрын

mete pe sdy

@Ubermaner22.

5 ай бұрын

Eat the pie

Wow, what an amazing re-creation. Well done for all of you who worked on this. Both this and what we got are both incredible. The narrative ones were definitely the right choices for Spy, Medic, and Pyro. We get their character of what they do along with who they are.

Happy to work with you guys! Was an honour to score the spy saying bitch :D

I'm glad Dennis was willing to give you that file even though it's not the actual audition audio it's still cool to have this. And I'm glad you let us get it ourselves. Great job on the animation and the whole vid really.

Dennis Bateman (and the Spy) is such a class act. I'm so happy you're all working together to share such cool things! Thank you!

Spy do be pulling a Napoleon moment though fr But also I feel like actually watching a new Meet The video like back in the day... So nostalgic.

8:35 meet the spy written by vivziepop is now canon

Ah, what a classic. 14 years, that's crazy

Really outdone yourself this time man, you've instantly become one of my favourite tf2 channels in the past year or so

@ShorK

5 ай бұрын

Wow thank you so much, that means a lot

Get that bread Shork

@ShorK

5 ай бұрын

im so happy, we have an actual budget for meet the real sniper!! and i might not come home with $7 left to my name this time!! (true story)

SOMEBODY PLEASE FULLY POLISH AND ANIMATE THESE 11:49

7:44 "FlAme REtArdEnCy"

12:05 - 12:15 I wish in one day, as a scout main, have abilities like that

Im surprised you didn't have the other mercs walk away, leaving spy in the Intel room. Having him smirk and take off his red spy disguise.

Gentlemen, synchronize your subscription notifications.

Shork, Shork, you know we won't play Honkai.

@htg98

5 ай бұрын

Bro just needs that money fr

@breadstickenjoyer83

5 ай бұрын

maybe those certain pyro players

@greatesttudor

5 ай бұрын

@@htg98money is money

@wrightistheidiot

5 ай бұрын

I do

@vreikezen8268

5 ай бұрын

@@wrightistheidiotWho’s wright

8:15 The last word caught me off guard. Lol.

I would LOVE to see medic saving scout on a chopper 😂 that looked so bad ass

Ok, this is a really good find for sure. And the recreation is really well animated, but I really doubt the tf2 team would animate this as Spy giving his own team a speech. That would be way to meet the heavy/engineer esque. I think it definitely would have had some action sequences that showcases his tools, and some kind of after promo scene at the end, like meet the sniper/scout. Like "the man can be whatever is man enough to be" is 100% a reference to his disguise kit, but more so a tease per say. The "warehouses (No n@ughty word, thx YT) are safer tonight for your absence" seems like it would follow a kill by the spy. The "alone any of you bad men could be the Ceaser of his local sewer" is definitely a reference to the 2fort sewer, my bet is he either kills an engineer or a demoman. He definitely killed 3 enemy mercs considering he is listing 6 traits: Flame retardancy (Pyro), Rage(?), Brains(?),Brawn(Heavy),Accuracy(Sniper), Speed(Scout). Him saying "disorder the natural state of nature is cheap to create" definitely would show the paranoia between the enemy mercs, and implies the enemy spy is as powerful as mother nature itself. "Nature abhors a team gentleman... we UNNATURAL brothers" is 100% a call to arms against the spy, and the final sentence is a promise that they are going to murder that "beach" spy. I think what the likely structure was: - Blue spy says "warehouses are safer tonight for your absence" -- then it cuts to Red spy killing a drunk demoman with a backstab either silently using the invis watch, or loudly like the sniper and then using him as a disguise. -Then Blue Spy says "alone any of you bad men could be the Ceaser of his local sewer". -Cut to Engi hanging out inside the sewer with his toys, and the Red Spy fools the Engi with a drunk demoman act he saps his toys, and shoots Engi in the head. -After that maybe Shork's recreation happened, but with a more disorganized paranoid blue team. -The after promo scene would be a motivated Blu team leaving the intelligence room to hunt for Red Spy. But in actuality Red Spy pretended to be the Blu Spy during the entire speech, so he is able to take the intelligence and leave. I think the likelier reason this version got canceled is, because and to quote the finalized short "It was obvious he is Red Spy". Again it's super likely that this Spy is the Red Spy pretending to be the Blu Spy, considering: -2 mercs are missing during this speech or monolog. -Him naming the Pyro's strength as Flame retardancy is a backhanded compliment at best. -And him comparing the enemy spy to mother nature sound more like he is the president of his fan club. If you asked me Scout's mother really spiced up the final short.

Thank god they went with "show don't tell" trope with spy

What we got: (Showing off his skills) What we wouldve gotten but didnt: *Wise*

the scene where the Sniper is climbing the tower, you should film it like they did the wall climbing scenes for Adam Wests Batman.

11:56 I *SWEAR* that somebody recreated that demo scene a number of years ago. I just can't remember when or where I saw it.

I like this recreation a lot, but I do think it’s for the best that we got the more narrative version in the end. Awesome work on the video to all who worked on it!

Oohhhh man, fresh spy voice lines ripe for sentence mixing. Today is a good day.

Now I want to see plot based Meet the Heavy, Scout, Engineer, Soldier and Demoman

I hope the Sandviches monologue gets discovered someday 😔

WOAH that sounds so good.. but it feels like thats the speech spy woudl give before starting a match :0 but thats cool

Dude, this is so cool that people actually have the motivation to make something like this. This game is half dead and neglected, yet fandom is still thriving. Props to Shork for reaching out and contributing, thank you.

I love how the community can get or create more content even years later. Amazing

01:42 Okay, this actually made me laugh

"Wake up Gentlemen! Shork Just Uploaded!"

The SFM animators gonna go crazy with these new lines

the meme makers gonna be very happy about those voice lines

@ag-workshop

5 ай бұрын

Yes.

That speech goes hard as hell 🔥 it gave me chills man

8:25 Maybe the intro could be the team getting killed, then meeting at the intel room after respawning? Then the extra scenes could be highlights of the match?

Love the content ShorK! Keep it up!

10:06 "Wow this man is very wise" is gold

1:39 "I should've been the one to fill your dark soul with LIIIGHT" ahhhh scene

Ahhh this is fantastic! I love the details in the animation!! Like at 7:45 when the bottles on pyros chest bob when he moves ahhh so good!! Great job to the artist and composer on this

The animation starts at 7:03

12:05 XD

I've been waiting for this ever since the Christmas stream.

THIS IS AMAZING honestly i could see ALOT of things to do like show of the spy backstabbing and disguising to show of the "meet the spy" theme i REALLY want to see you guys do this with medic

4:48 its not “the rest is history” what he said was, “the rest is his-tree”

New stuff keeps gets discovered after 17 years. This game is truly a timeless masterpiece. Amazing work, amazing video. Thanks to everyone worked for this❤ After valve's abandonment, fanbase even started to make their own trailers😆

@Margen67

5 ай бұрын

birb

@101Volts

4 ай бұрын

New stuff could be found *much* later. In 2019 (unrelated to TF2,) there was a lost Betty Boop cartoon from 1938 that was unearthed in Russia. It's "Buzzy Boop at the Opera,"* not one of the most entertaining episodes IMHO, but it's nice to know it wasn't lost forever like a bunch of early media in the 1930s due to film and storage fires. I'm still disappointed at the huge 1937 Fox Films Fire, no doubt Pyro would have had a great day though. * Buzzy Boop is Betty Boop's younger "helpful prankster" tomboy cousin, who only appeared in 2 episodes.

The work you do with the VAs is truly one of the best things for this community and its so great to see how the VAs still care after all this time

Well done all of you, this is simply stupendous. Im glad that more and more stuff about what went on behind the scenes is coming out into the spotlight, hope to see more in the future.great work once again and props to Bateman for being an epic person.

Wow! This was amazing to watch, the history and cut content of TF2 will always amaze me! #SaveTF2

7:30 this sfm is based as hell dude, awesome!

as soon as you said about making a video from this i was like OMG YES LETS GOO, we love dennis batemans spy performances xD

Even though spy has been nerf for over 10 years now I still play him for the rush of doing a combo backstab and it’s worth it and it’s still my favorite class.

This feels like a speech that would've been given in the comics where spy encourages his team to fight Gray.

All of ShorK's videos go hard, I love learning about the history of random tf2 shit.

What a banger of a video, Shork! It's so interesting to see the original version of Meet the Spy, I feel like I just saw a brand new Meet the Team video! Amazing work by you and the team!! 👏

So glad you could restore this ancient lost relic. The editing is peak and the presentation is impeccable

sniper, pyro, and soldier getting hit by a train really fucking sent me lmao

The meet the spy we never got 💀 0:38

This was uploaded on my birthday! Thank you

@ShorK

2 ай бұрын

Happy birthday!

The recreation looks and sounds like an official valve animation, insanely good!!

gentleballs

Mentlegen

This was a really really good video i really like the alternative version and the team behind it :)

Always wanted a behind the scenes for the meet thes I bet the scrapped ideas footage voice lines and even music possibly would be amazzinnggg

Spy tf2 if he was nice and wholesome whoud be epic

aint no way bro was sponsored by genshin impact

I really want to see that Medic helicopter short fully animated now

even the animation was in dissguise.great video keep it up :)

Wow! Valve loves tf2 so much!

@engineer_gaming296

5 ай бұрын

i dont think so

i think a really funny twist would be that when spy turns around at the end of his monologue, his whole team is dead and backstabbed by the blu spy

oh yea i've already seen tophonator videos :0

I remember recording that degroot keep video with you back in 2016-2017, now you're being sponsored by Honkai Impact! You really made it

GENTLEMAN🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥‼️💯💯💯‼️🔥🔥🗣️‼️🔥‼️

Insane quality. Could be an actual Valve video. So true how the characters make you want to play as them with their personality.

That Medic saving Scout animation would have been. Seeing what we could have had just makes me want more, even though i know we will never get more.

I am really surprised Shork hasnt got 1mil subs already with these projects. They're so amazing, we love you shork.