List of Team Fortress 2 Relationship Names
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List of Team Fortress 2 Relationship Names is a page for listing all Pairing Names in Team Fortress 2 fandom. Although it has become common as of around 2020 to call ships by their smushed ship names due to fannish drift, Team Fortress 2 has had keywords and phrases for ship names since it was released in 2007. Many of these phrases are speculated to have originated from TF2chan around 2009, though several were also coined years later on Tumblr and Twitter.
Ship Names
All of this ships in this table are Slash. Some exceptions may be done for Pyro. Bold names are the most common out of any other name for the ship.
| * | #1 Scout | #2 Soldier | #3 Pyro | #4 Demoman | #5 Heavy | #6 Engineer | #7 Medic | #8 Sniper | #9 Spy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 Scout | Scout/Scout; Scoutcest; Brats 'n' Bats; A Headache; Marathon; Quickie; Bats n Balls; Gay Chicken; Double Play | Scout/Soldier; All American Offense; American Baseball; Batting Helmet; SollyScout | Pyro/Scout; Flash Fire; Weenie Roast; Fast Flames; PyroScout | Demoman/Scout; Hop Scotch; Speedy Bombs; DemoScout | Heavy/Scout; Heavy Hitters; Mice 'n' Men; Heavy League; Hard to Hit; HeavyScout | Engineer/Scout; Quick Study; Texas Two-Step; Scatterbrains; Run 'n' Gun; EngieScout | Medic/Scout; Blunt Trauma; QuickFix; Little Prick; MediScout; MedicScout | Scout/Sniper; Speeding Bullet; Coffee 'n' Soda; Quick Scope; SniperScout | Scout/Spy; Daddy Issues; Silent Running; Seduce Me; Cloak 'n' Batter; SpyScout |
| #2 Soldier | x | Soldier/Soldier; Sollycest; Rockethoppers; Screaming Eagles; Team Rocket; Boyfriend Bomb | Pyro/Soldier; Fireworks; Fourth of July; Hot Rockets | Demoman/Soldier; Boots 'n' Bombs | Heavy/Soldier; Cold War; Red Scare; American Communism; Red Soldier | Engineer/Soldier; Helmet Party; Rocket Science[1] | Medic/Soldier; Fruit Scones[2]; Ethics Violation; Liberty Cabbage; Rocket Surgery[3] | Sniper/Soldier; American Aviators; Mutually Assured Destruction; Piss-Fueled Rockets | Soldier/Spy; Freedom Fries |
| #3 Pyro | x | x | Pyro/Pyro; Pyrocest; Twin Flames; Ring of Fire | Demoman/Pyro; Firebomb; Molotov Cocktail | Heavy/Pyro; Toasted Sandvich; Hot 'n' Heavy; Bear Grill | Engineer/Pyro; Three Rubber Gloves; Texas Toast; Firetrucks; Fire Forged; Molten Metal | Medic/Pyro; Cauterizer Burn; Burn Ward; Hot Pocket; Roasted Dove | Pyro/Sniper; Bush Fire; Campfire; It Burns When I Pee; Hot Shots | Pyro/Spy; French Toast; French Fried; Spyro; Burns 'n' Backstabs |
| #4 Demoman | x | x | x | Demoman/Demoman; Democest; Double Dynamite; 20/20 Vision; There Can Be Only One; Dominatening | Demoman/Heavy
Red Bombs ;Big Bang; Black Russian[4]; Vodka Party; Demoheavy |
Demoman/Engineer; Short Fuse; Brains 'n' Bombs | Demoman/Medic; Scotchtoberfest; Jaegerbombs | Demoman/Sniper; Swordvan; Kaboomerang; Piss Drunk; Explosive Shots | Demoman/Spy; Bomb Voyage; Scottish Wine; Detonators 'n' Daggers |
| #5 Heavy | x | x | x | x | Heavy/Heavy; Heavycest; Russian Front; Giant Men | Engineer/Heavy; Heavy Metal; Brains 'n' Brawn | Heavy/Medic; Red Oktoberfest; Birds 'n' Bears; Beaux & Arrows[5] | Heavy/Sniper; Vegemite Sandvich; Vodka Shots | Heavy/Spy; Iced Wine;Russian Roulette; Red Gauloises; KGBrie[6]; Spoovy |
| #6 Engineer | x | x | x | x | x | Engineer/Engineer; Engiecest; A Little More Gun; Hoe-Down; Ram Ranch; Brokeback Mountain; Math Club | Engineer/Medic; Science Party; Glasses 'n' Goggles; German Engineering | Engineer/Sniper; Trucks 'n' Vans; Outback Steakhouse; Rifle Upgrades | Engineer/Spy; Napoleon Complex; Practical Espionage; Knives 'n' Knowledge; Reverse Engineering |
| #7 Medic | x | x | x | x | x | x | Medic/Medic; Medicest; Double Dosage; Dopplegänger; Emergency Room | Medic/Sniper; Bush Medicine; Vanbulance; Hearts 'n' Headshots; Urine Sample | Medic/Spy; Covert Operations; Poison Dagger; Gentle Surgery; Spinal Tap |
| #8 Sniper | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Sniper/Sniper; Snipercest; Necklace-o-teeth; Two Aussie One Jar; Twice the Shot; Piss Play; Shoot First | Sniper/Spy; Knife Party; Bloody Suit; Headshot Party; French Kisses Down Under; Great Barrier Thief; Spyper, Sni |
| #9 Spy | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Spy/Spy; Spycest; Double Agents; Information Sellers; Cloak 'n' Dagger |
TF2's ship names are frequently memed. They also may change in popularity over time. While this meme from 2015 implies Urine Sample is Medic/Sniper's most common ship name, Bush Medicine is used more in 2020s TF2 fandom to the point Urine Sample isn't listed on a ship-name list in 2023.
There are also ships for secondary characters. Italicized names are the most common out of any other name for the ship.
- Miss Pauling/Scout - Caught Looking; Boston Legal; Swing and a Miss; Prom; Ride-Along
- Soldier/Zhanna - Maggot Bear; Russian Raccoons; East Meets West
- Merasmus/Soldier - Magic Missiles
- Medic/TFC!Heavy - Cold Oktoberfest
- Medic/Satan (as seen in the official Team Fortress 2 comics) - Infernal Medicine
- Saxton Hale/Sniper - Blowing the Sax
- Scout's Ma/Spy - Pornography Starring Your Mother; Polaroid Collection
- Fried Chicken Girl/Miss Pauling - Hits 'n' Misses
- Miss Pauling/Scout's Ma - Plain Awkward; Top Secret
- Miss Pauling/Zhanna - Gay Awakening
- Bidwell/Saxton Hale - Saxwell, one of the few portmanteau-only TF2 ships.
There are also labels for character groups. These all apply to their "&" ships as well.
- Scout/Solider/Pyro - Attack Squad; Offense Orgy
- Scout/Soldier/Engineer - American Pie; America! Fuck yeah!
- Scout/Demoman/Sniper - Exploding Australian Rabbit
- Soldier/Demoman/Engineer - War Specs
- Scout/Heavy/Medic - Putting Up With the Brat
- Soldier/Medic/Spy - War Games
- Pyro/Engineer/Sniper - Hot Rods
- Demoman/Heavy/Engineer - Defense Squad; Defense Debauchery
- Demoman/Heavy/Spy - Mixed Drinks
- Heavy/Heavy/Medic - Heavy Medicine
- Heavy/Engineer/Sniper - Minivans
- Heavy/Medic/Spy - Continental Breakfast
- Engineer/Sniper/Spy - Slashed Tires
- Medic/Sniper/Spy - Support Squad; Support Sandwich
- Demoman/Engineer/Medic - Science Squad
- Everyone excluding Scout - Strike Out[7]
- Everyone excluding Spy - Napoleonic Bias
Sometimes this includes secondary and fanon characters:
- Saxton Hale/Sniper/Maggie - Australiancest; Australianfest
- Demoman/Sniper/Tentaspy - Swordfish
- Soldier/Demoman/Zhanna - Boots 'n' Bombs 'n' Brawn[8]; Soft and Round
References/Further Reading
- TF2 Shipnames Chart!! The only other one i found was.. outdated and included a.. certain ship so uh. I remade it !! Enjoy ! by freak-fortress, Archived version (March 2023)
- TF2 Shipping name list by tiny-freakin-head and gailqueenoffire, Archived version (unknown, ~2015)
- Compiled from:
- All TF2 Ship Names, Color Coded by many fans, Archived version, a collaborative Google Doc for ship names.
- ^ Used to be a name for Engineer/Medic, seems to currently be used as a Helmet Party alternative.
- ^ TL;DR - It’s an inside joke that got out of hand, Archived version by tobiaswraithwall.
- ^ Surpasses Fruit Scones in usage somewhat as of 2023.
- ^ Used from 2009-2015? Hasn't been replaced with anything commonly used.
- ^ Once the ship name for Heavy/Medic/Sniper, it appears to now be a ship name for just these two as of 2023.
- ^ Personal reference by User:Cavewomania. This is likely inaccurate as of 2023, as this name is not one ship list and listed as the name for Heavy/Medic/Spy, but I swear it was the most prominent ship name for these two at one point.
- ^ Tf2 polycule excluding Scout is called Strike Out. Tf2 polycule excluding Spy is called Napoleonic Bias by singularsoldier, Archived version (July 2023)
- ^ posingforcarsontheamericanstoop suggests "boots n bombs n brawn", Archived version ~2023