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Sniper (Team Fortress 2)
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Sniper (real name Mr. Mundy, birth name Mun-dee) |
| Occupation: | Mercenary |
| Relationships: | Other mercenaries (coworkers) |
| Fandom: | Team Fortress 2 |
| Other: | |
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The Sniper is one of the nine playable classes in Team Fortress 2.
Canon
The Sniper was born in the sunken land of New Zealand, but was accidentally sent to Australia via his biological parents' rocket ship, where he was found by his adoptive parents and raised as an Australian.
Sniper is a self-proclaimed professional, relatively quiet compared to the other mercs. However, the crude remarks he often makes towards opponents in-game, and his habit of using his own bottled urine as a weapon, show that the Sniper isn’t as clean-cut as he claims.
Fandom
While Snipers are often detested by players during matches, the Sniper character is incredibly popular in transformative works. As of December 2023, there are over 4,400 works with the Sniper character tag on AO3, more than any other character in the fandom on that site. He is also tagged in 500 works on Fanfiction.net. Fanworks often depict Sniper as something of a loner, spending much of his time away from the team in his camper van.
Popular Tropes
- Awkward Sniper
- Autistic Sniper
- Gay Sniper
- Trans Sniper
- Emotionally Repressed Sniper
- Soft Sniper
- Sniper Has Anxiety
- Sniper Is Bad At Feelings
Relationships
See List of Team Fortress 2 Relationship Names For All Sniper Relationships
Sniper is something of a fandom bicycle, being featured in several of the TF2 fandom’s most popular ships. Sniper/Spy (AKA Bloody Suit) and Scout/Sniper (AKA Speeding Bullet) have over 900 fics on AO3 each. The pairing of Demoman/Sniper (AKA Swordvan) has over 140 fics, and is notable for being featured in the popular SFM Requiem for a Pizza: Part Two; works for this pairing often focus on supernatural themes such as cryptozoology.
Common Pairings/Polys
- Sniper/Sniper
- Scout/Sniper
- Sniper/Soldier
- Pyro/Sniper
- Demoman/Sniper
- Heavy/Sniper
- Engineer/Sniper
- Medic/Sniper
- Sniper/Spy
Common Gen Relationships
Example Fanworks
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Fan Art
- blink blink by momijiage, Archived version by monijiage (2023), fan animation.
- Christmas Beetles, Archived version by protowilson (2022)
- sniper doodle dump, Archived version by castowhere (2023)
Fan Fic
- Goin’ Home, Archived version by Locke73 (2023), After the mercenaries at RED get fired, Mick Mundy heads back home.
Fan Videos
SFM and G-Mod Fan Animation
- Meet the Failing Sniper by DasMxD
- Meet the Jarate by The Winglet
- Sniper Reviews his Camper Van by lolripk
Fan Mixes
- barely beating heart by iUpelKuchen (2017)
- professional by shinyjpg, Archived version (2017)
- fan mix by Gonna Be Queen, Archived version (2016), with songs collected from the headcanon Tumblr blog headcanonfortress, Archived version.
- Why D'ya Think He Sleeps So Much? by nix_nox, Archived version (2016), featuring trans Sniper.
- I'm a dinkum Aussie, not some bloody cartoon! by nukacolacherry, Archived version (2015)
- rifle boy by hawkepaw, Archived version (2015)
- Daddy's Boy by barafrance, Archived version (2014)
Meta
- So. You kin a TF2 mercenary by onionfortress, Archived version (2020), includes a section on Sniper fictionkin.
Wikis
- Sniper on the Team Fortress 2 Official Wiki.