List of Team Fortress 2 Relationship Names

List of Team Fortress 2 Relationship Names is a page for listing all Pairing Names in Team Fortress 2 fandom. Although it has become common as of around 2020 to call ships by their smushed ship names due to fannish drift, Team Fortress 2 has had keywords and phrases for ship names since it was released in 2007. Many of these phrases are speculated to have originated from TF2chan around 2009, though several were also coined years later on Tumblr and Twitter. 
== Ship Names ==
All of this ships in this table are Slash. Some exceptions may be done for Pyro. Bold names are the most common out of any other name for the ship.
* 	#1 Scout 	#2 Soldier 	#3 Pyro 	#4 Demoman 	#5 Heavy 	#6 Engineer 	#7 Medic 	#8 Sniper 	#9 Spy
#1 Scout 	Scout/Scout; Scoutcest; Brats 'n' Bats; A Headache; Marathon; Quickie; Bats n Balls; Gay Chicken; Double Play	Scout/Soldier; All American Offense; American Baseball; Batting Helmet; SollyScout 	Pyro/Scout; Flash Fire; Weenie Roast; Fast Flames; PyroScout	Demoman/Scout; Hop Scotch; Speedy Bombs; DemoScout 	Heavy/Scout; Heavy Hitters; Mice 'n' Men; Heavy League; Hard to Hit; HeavyScout	Engineer/Scout; Quick Study; Texas Two-Step; Scatterbrains; Run 'n' Gun; EngieScout 	Medic/Scout; Blunt Trauma; QuickFix; Little Prick; MediScout; MedicScout 	Scout/Sniper; Speeding Bullet; Coffee 'n' Soda; Quick Scope; SniperScout 	Scout/Spy; Daddy Issues; Silent Running; Seduce Me; Cloak 'n' Batter; SpyScout
#2 Soldier 	x 	Soldier/Soldier; Sollycest; Rockethoppers; Screaming Eagles; Team Rocket; Boyfriend Bomb	Pyro/Soldier; Fireworks; Fourth of July; Hot Rockets 	Demoman/Soldier; Boots 'n' Bombs 	Heavy/Soldier; Cold War; Red Scare; American Communism; Red Soldier 	Engineer/Soldier; Helmet Party; Rocket ScienceUsed to be a name for Engineer/Medic, seems to currently be used as a Helmet Party alternative.	Medic/Soldier; Fruit Scones by tobiaswraithwall.; Ethics Violation; Liberty Cabbage; Rocket SurgerySurpasses Fruit Scones in usage somewhat as of 2023. 	Sniper/Soldier; American Aviators; Mutually Assured Destruction; Piss-Fueled Rockets 	Soldier/Spy; Freedom Fries
#3 Pyro 	x 	x 	Pyro/Pyro; Pyrocest; Twin Flames; Ring of Fire 	Demoman/Pyro; Firebomb; Molotov Cocktail 	Heavy/Pyro; Toasted Sandvich; Hot 'n' Heavy; Bear Grill 	Engineer/Pyro; Three Rubber Gloves; Texas Toast; Firetrucks; Fire Forged; Molten Metal 	Medic/Pyro; Cauterizer Burn; Burn Ward; Hot Pocket; Roasted Dove 	Pyro/Sniper; Bush Fire; Campfire; It Burns When I Pee; Hot Shots 	Pyro/Spy; French Toast; French Fried; Spyro; Burns 'n' Backstabs
#4 Demoman 	x 	x 	x 	Demoman/Demoman; Democest; Double Dynamite; 20/20 Vision; There Can Be Only One; Dominatening	Demoman/Heavy
Red Bombs ;Big Bang; Black RussianUsed from 2009-2015? Hasn't been replaced with anything commonly used.; Vodka Party; Demoheavy	Demoman/Engineer; Short Fuse; Brains 'n' Bombs, DemoEngie, EngieDemo 	Demoman/Medic; Scotchtoberfest; Jaegerbombs; DemoMedic; MedicDemo 	Demoman/Sniper; Swordvan; Kaboomerang; Piss Drunk; Explosive Shots 	Demoman/Spy; Bomb Voyage; Scottish Wine; Detonators 'n' Daggers
#5 Heavy 	x 	x 	x 	x 	Heavy/Heavy; Heavycest; Russian Front; Giant Men 	Engineer/Heavy; Heavy Metal; Brains 'n' Brawn, EngieHeavy; HeavyEngie 	Heavy/Medic; Red Oktoberfest; Birds 'n' Bears; Beaux & ArrowsOnce the ship name for Heavy/Medic/Sniper, it appears to now be a ship name for just these two as of 2023.	Heavy/Sniper; Vegemite Sandvich; Vodka Shots, HeavySniper; SniperHeavy 	Heavy/Spy; Iced Wine;Russian Roulette; Red Gauloises; KGBriePersonal reference by User:Cavewomania. This is likely inaccurate as of 2023, as this name is not one ship list and listed as the name for Heavy/Medic/Spy, but I swear it was the most prominent ship name for these two at one point. ; Spoovy
#6 Engineer	x 	x 	x 	x 	x 	Engineer/Engineer; Engiecest; A Little More Gun; Hoe-Down; Ram Ranch; Brokeback Mountain; Math Club 	Engineer/Medic; Science Party; Glasses 'n' Goggles; German Engineering 	Engineer/Sniper; Trucks 'n' Vans; Outback Steakhouse; Rifle Upgrades 	Engineer/Spy; Napoleon Complex; Practical Espionage; Knives 'n' Knowledge; Reverse Engineering
#7 Medic 	x 	x 	x 	x 	x 	x 	Medic/Medic; Medicest; Double Dosage; Dopplegänger; Emergency Room 	Medic/Sniper; Bush Medicine; Vanbulance; Hearts 'n' Headshots; Urine Sample 	Medic/Spy; Covert Operations; Poison Dagger; Gentle Surgery; Spinal Tap
#8 Sniper 	x 	x 	x 	x 	x 	x 	x 	Sniper/Sniper; Snipercest; Necklace-o-teeth; Two Aussie One Jar; Twice the Shot; Piss Play; Shoot First	Sniper/Spy; Knife Party; Bloody Suit; Headshot Party; French Kisses Down Under; Great Barrier Thief; Spyper, Sni
#9 Spy 	x 	x 	x 	x 	x 	x 	x 	x 	Spy/Spy; Spycest; Double Agents; Information Sellers; Cloak 'n' Dagger
There are also ships for secondary characters. Italicized names are the most common out of any other name for the ship.
* Miss Pauling/Scout - Caught Looking; Boston Legal; Swing and a Miss; Prom; Ride-Along
* Soldier/Zhanna - Maggot Bear; Russian Raccoons; East Meets West
* Merasmus/Soldier - Magic Missiles
* Medic/TFC!Heavy - Cold Oktoberfest
* Medic/Satan (as seen in the official Team Fortress 2 comics) - Infernal Medicine
* Saxton Hale/Sniper - Blowing the Sax
* Scout's Ma/Spy - Pornography Starring Your Mother; Polaroid Collection
* Fried Chicken Girl/Miss Pauling - Hits 'n' Misses
* Miss Pauling/Scout's Ma - Plain Awkward; Top Secret
* Miss Pauling/Zhanna - Gay Awakening
* Bidwell/Saxton Hale - Saxwell, one of the few portmanteau-only TF2 ships.
There are also labels for character groups. These all apply to their "&" ships as well.
* Scout/Solider/Pyro - Attack Squad; Offense Orgy
* Scout/Soldier/Engineer - American Pie; America! Fuck yeah!
* Scout/Demoman/Sniper - Exploding Australian Rabbit
* Soldier/Demoman/Engineer - War Specs
* Scout/Heavy/Medic - Putting Up With the Brat
* Soldier/Medic/Spy - War Games
* Pyro/Engineer/Sniper - Hot Rods
* Demoman/Heavy/Engineer - Defense Squad; Defense Debauchery
* Demoman/Heavy/Spy - Mixed Drinks
* Heavy/Heavy/Medic - Heavy Medicine
* Heavy/Engineer/Sniper - Minivans
* Heavy/Medic/Spy - Continental Breakfast
* Engineer/Sniper/Spy - Slashed Tires
* Medic/Sniper/Spy - Support Squad; Support Sandwich
* Demoman/Engineer/Medic - Science Squad
* Everyone excluding Scout - Strike Out (July 2023)
* Everyone excluding Spy - Napoleonic Bias
Sometimes this includes secondary and fanon characters:
* Saxton Hale/Sniper/Maggie - Australiancest; Australianfest
* Demoman/Sniper/Tentaspy - Swordfish
* Soldier/Demoman/Zhanna - Boots 'n' Bombs 'n' Brawn ~2023; Soft and Round
== Further Reading ==
* (March 2023)
* (unknown, ~2015)
** Compiled from: 
*** (August 2015)
*** (August 2014)
* , a collaborative Google Doc for ship names.
* (2021-2023), thread on the Steam forums.
== References ==
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Category:Lists of Relationship Names