The Medic

Dr. Ludwig, also known as The Medic, is a character from the Team Fortress 2 series.
== Charactah Account ==
Raised in Stuttgart, Germany during an era when the Hippocratic oath did not exist, what he lacks in compassion for the sick, respect for human dignity, and any sort of verifiable formal training in medicine, the Medic more than makes up for with a bottomless supply of giant needles and a trembling enthusiasm for plunging them into exposed flesh.
The Medic is a teutonic man of medicine and while he may have a tenuous adherence to medical ethics, he is nonetheless an important healer in his team.
The Medic starts off equipped with the Medigun, Syringe Gun and Bonesaw in his inventory.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Team Fortress 2
=== Video Games ===
* Dungeon Defenders
* Hero Academy
* Surgeon Simulator
* Team Fortress 2
* Team Fortress Classic
* The Orange Box
=== Webcomics ===
* Nerf NOW!!!
== Trivia ==
* The Medic's real name is unknown, but his last name was confirmed as Ludwig in Team Fortress Comic #6, The Naked and the Dead
** Medic is seen in the comics having the basic Bonesaw and the Übersaw
** Medic knows how to bring creatures back to life (his dove Archimedes, Sniper), and could create a new eye for Demoman, but won't because by his own words: "By my medical opinion, and as a man of science I do not say this lightly, that eye socket is haunted"
*** Demoman doesn't remember any of this because Medic has "scooped that part" of his brains out, but because "brain-scooping is not an exact science" Demoman has some memories
** In the same comic, is also confirmed that Medic sold his own soul to the devil, but after that has "surgically added eight more", and wangles himself back to life by promising that the devil would have enough time to get the eight other souls in fifty years of extra life, and before leaving hell, he sells one soul for a pen to convince the devil
*** The eight extra souls are assumed to be his team mates' souls as later in the comic, when Miss Pauling is wondering how they won, Medic says "It's because we don't have souls", then Miss Pauling looks at Medic asks "What?", which Medic responds "Well, they don't. But- Nothing, carry on"
* The Medic was the first class of the nine to receive his own class specific update. This update was prompted due to players feeling that the Medic was underpowered and was therefore the least played class overall. After the Gold Rush/Medic Update was released, the amount of players playing Medic on a regular basis increased dramatically.
* The Medic's glasses and hair make an appearance in Worms: Reloaded as one of the selectable hats for the player's worms.
* The Support class of Monday Night Combat has a promo item of the Medic's backpack and the Engineer's hardhat named "Doctor Dispenser".
* In Meet the Medic, the Medic revealed that he lost his medical license when one of his patients' skeletons went missing, implying that he stole it.
* The Medic has a refrigerator filled with:
** Three hearts sitting atop petri dishes, each bigger than the last, labeled "Loch Ness Hamster" and "Mega Baboon". The smallest heart has no visible label.
** Half of a Sandvich
** Three beer bottles
** The head of a presumably otherwise deceased BLU Spy, connected to a battery to keep it "alive", who asks for Medic to kill him, which Medic replies "Later" (this is a refrence to the Meet the Medic Outtakes).
** An ashtray, full of cigarette butts, likely from the Spy.
* The Medic appears to keep a flight of doves as pets, which are allowed to fly around in his office (despite hygiene concerns). One of them is named Archimedes. Archimedes seems to share his owner's fascination with blood, evidenced by his leaning in while watching surgery, and nesting in open wounds (as Heavy and Scout found out the hard way in the "Meet the Medic" video).
* Although the Medic is German, lived during the Second World War, and his backstory/lore hints a dark past, he is confirmed to NOT be a former-Nazi. None of the other classes call him a Nazi in any of their taunts or domination quips.
* In the Medic's "Meet The Team Video" he is Using The Quick-Fix. However, the Quick-Fix does NOT grant a normal Übercharge like the default Medigun does. As well as this interesting fact, in that same scene, the Übercharge he deploys does not make the Medic himself invulnerable, only the Heavy.
* In the Meet the Medic trailer, multiple items for the other classes make appearances, including several different cosmetics for the Soldier class, the Frontier Justice for the Engineer class, and incidentally, what would later become the Quick-Fix for the Medic, although it was featured in the video as though it were the default.
* One of the Medic's taunt lines, "Papers Please" is thought to be a reference to the Steam game of the same name, which in contrast, is a game about immigration control, where the players line when asking for passports/verifications, is always "Papers, please.". However other theories may hint at this as being another poke at his German history, as similar lines weren't uncommon in the Holocaust. Again, this is neither confirmed nor denied, but its existence grants reason for speculation.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Medic at Team Fortress Wiki
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