The statues only appear every April 8th, but the one located in Granary is permanent.For the modern class in TF2, see Scout. After the Soldier's voice actor Rick May passed away from COVID-19 in 2020, numerous statues of the Soldier were placed across twenty-nine maps in tribute.He awarded himself with medals that he designed and patented himself. Soldier was rejected from every branch of the United States military during World War II, so to get around this, he bought a plane ticket to Poland and went on a 'Nazi' killing spree, which was ended quickly when he found out that the war had already ended in 1949.The Scout wears hand wraps, and the other classes wear gloves. He is one of the only two mercenaries in TF2 that do not wear any hand protection whatsoever.The Soldier is similar to Charlie Hewitt from the Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2003 remake film as they are both psychotic soldiers armed with a shotgun, and they are both killers.When Soldier screamed 'I teleported bread!' in Expiration day, his dialogue was briefly provided by Nolan North as Rick May at the time had throat cancer and couldn't properly scream.The 'Meet the Scout' video and 'Righteous Bison' taunt show he enjoys juggling explosives.Their employer did not appreciate this arrangement, and tricked the two into becoming enemies again. The BLU Soldier formed a strong friendship with the RED Demoman.His default melee weapon is a shovel, though he has access to several military-grade tools such as pickaxes. His default secondary weapon is a shotgun, though he may also equip a wide variety of useful tools instead, such as an energy weapon pistol or specialized bugles that grant status buffs to his team. Each of the Soldier's primary weapons are some form of rocket launchers.Additionally, he seems to make exceptions for some of his teammates like the Demoman, Spy, Heavy, Sniper, and Medic. While the Soldier has a xenophobic dislike for foreigners such as French and Scottish people, he has been shown to enjoy The Art of War, which has Chinese origins.

The Soldier is: from the northern part of USA, belligerent and idiotic, destructive, wears a metal helmet, and is one of the most insane characters, partly thanks to drinking toxic water as revealed in the TF2 comics. Engineer is: from the southern part of USA, calm and intelligent, constructive, wears a hardhat, and seems to be mostly sane.

The Soldier and Engineer are essentially the opposite or Antithesis of each other in many ways.

The Soldier was the basis for many Freak Fortress freaks, such as Painis Cupcake and Rubberfruit. This may be due to one of the comics revealing he has been drinking contaminated water, instead of the bottled water meant for the team. In Meet the Spy and later videos, he tends to act more idiotic and immature. In Grave Matters, a possible 'real' name or just another alias ' Barrister Joe' and rank are mentioned by the ghost of his boss Redmond Mann. In the Shadow Boxers comic he is shown to believe his entire team consists of only Americans, even though only he, the Engineer, and the Scout are confirmed to be American (Medic is German, Demoman is Scottish, Heavy is Russian, Spy is French, Sniper is Oceanic, and no one knows the Pyro's nationality, though it's theorized that Pyro is Mexican.).

' Jane Doe' despite that name being used for unidentified corpses of women, instead of John Doe, the male equivalent. This is demonstrated in his Meet the Team video where he talks to the heads of decapitated BLU mercenaries, his 'friends' who are cardboard cutouts that he talks to in TF2 comic Grordbort`s Crash, and hoarding Captain Dan's soup in his home in WAR! comic.

While most if not all of the characters in Team Fortress 2 are mentally unstable, he is one of the two that seem to be completely insane (Along with the Pyro). The two grenades on the Soldier's character model cannot be used unless the player finishes the Kamikaze taunt, which can only be used when the Equalizer or the Escape Plan are equipped. This ability allows the Soldier to pop up in unexpected places and reach areas off-limits even to the Scout's double jump. In defiance of all common sense and judgment, the Soldier can detonate a rocket at his feet and launch himself skyward at the cost of some health. The Soldier is well known for his spectacular rocket jump.

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