Scout (Team Fortress 2)

Character
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.

Popular Freeform AO3 Tags

In order of popularity as of 2024 and excluding "POV," "Mentioned," "Minor" and "Centric" tags. This list also excludes tags that are not used in at least 10 works as of the making of the list.

• Scout Doesn't Know Spy Is Scout's Parent
• Trans Scout
• Scout Knows Spy Is Scout's Parent
• Scout Has ADHD
• Scout Is A Little Shit
• Scout Has Issues
• Scout Needs a Hug
• Trans Male Scout
• Bisexual Scout
• Hurt Scout
• Scout Has Daddy Issues
• Scout Learns Spy Is Scout's Parent
• Bottom Scout
• Dyslexic Scout
• Gay Scout

Relationships

See List of Team Fortress 2 Relationship Names For All Scout Relationships

Scout is most commonly paired with Sniper. This ship, nicknamed Speeding Bullet, is currently one of the most popular relationships in the TF2 fandom as of 2024. 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.

Common Pairings/Polys

• Scout/Scout
• Scout/Soldier
• Pyro/Scout
• Demoman/Scout
• Heavy/Scout
• Engineer/Scout
• Medic/Scout
• Scout/Sniper
• Scout/Spy
• Miss Pauling/Scout
• Heavy/Medic/Scout

Common Gen Relationships

• Scout & Soldier
• Pyro & Scout
• Demoman & Scout
• Heavy & Scout
• Engineer & Scout
• Medic & Scout
• Sniper & Scout
• Scout & Spy
• Miss Pauling & Scout

Example Fanworks

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fan Mixes

• If i told you... by stolenrelic (2019), Scout/listener fan-insert.

References/Further Reading

• Scout on the Team Fortress 2 Official Wiki.