About

Heavy (Heavy Weapons Guy) is a character from the first-person shooter Team Fortress 2. He is the largest class in the game, with the most health and has heavy firepower. However, he is also the slowest character. He is one of the most recognizable characters from the game. Online he is often used as a character in Source Filmmaker parodies.

Origin

Team Fortress 2 was released on October 10th, 2007.^[2] He appeared in the first series of "Meet the Team" videos. His video gained over 10 million views. He is voiced by Gary Schwartz.

Spread

Heavy grew into one of the most recognizable characters in the game and was himself the subject of many popular Source Filmmaker videos. Some popular examples of SFMs featuring Heavy include one published on July 1st, 2012 by YouTuber MisterRoyzo that gained over 1.7 million views (shown below, left). YouTuber Ferhod uploaded a parody of Going to the Store featuring Heavy, gaining over 3.4 million views.

Additionally, many image macros featuring Heavy have appeared online (shown below).

Heavy appears in the Telltale poker game Poker Night at the Inventory. He also appears in Dungeon Defenders and as a character in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.

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