YMMV / Heavy is Dead

• Alternative Character Interpretation: Was the BLU Engineer really horrified when the Demoman fatally shot the Sniper, or was he just playing along to avoid blowing his cover? Also, did he find Demoman's "Just Joking" Justification to be funny, or was it also an act? Notably, it's kind of hypocritical for Engie to be so horrified by Demoman's lame excuse for murder, considering that Engie didn't have a great reason for killing Heavy either.
• Awesome Music: Mark Knight - Warhammer Shadow of the Horned Rat Combat, the background music for the vid.
• Crosses the Line Twice:
  • Demoman attempting to prove that he killed Heavy by pulling out a revolver and fatally shooting Sniper, much to both the RED Team's and the BLU Engineer's horror? Shocking and senseless. Demoman immediately passing it off as a joke, which causes the RED Team and the BLU Engineer to laugh? Hilarious!
  • Normally, the Spy's Seen-It-All Suicide would be a dark way to end the video, but how does he off himself? By cheerfully deeming the series of events as idiotic, then doing a cool backflip off the chair with the rope around his neck while telling everyone to watch and learn- *crack*.
• Heartwarming Moments: In the Family-Friendly version, the Cameo Cluster has the Administrator holding Sniper's arm during the short sequence. This may not seem heartwarming on its own, but considering their voice actors are married in real life, it loops back around to being this, and is a sweet little detail.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: After some people made versions animated in the style of Among Us, many people have pointed out that the scenario is a surprisingly accurate representation of public lobbies in that game. The machinima was made after the game came out in 2018 but before its Colbert Bump in 2020.
• It Was His Sled:
  • The Heavy being the sole survivor is among the most brought-up facts about the video.
  • Thanks to Memetic Mutation, many have seen the Spy's Seen-It-All Suicide before watching the full video.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • Heavy Is Dead, but [X] ^Explanation This animation proved to be memetic enough to spawn a wave of parodies in the vein of the "We Are Number One" meme on Youtube. Copypastas containing the entire script of the video also surfaced, and you'll often find people reenacting it in comment threads and other places.
  • The Heavy is dead?! ^Explanation The Spy, Sniper, and Soldier state this upon seeing Heavy's remains, and both the RED Team and BLU Engineer shout this when Soldier and Heavy respectively state that the Heavy was killed by a weapon and when the Heavy notes that he thinks Heavy is dead. Expect to hear this whenever a Heavy dies in a Machinima, regardless if they were released before or after Heavy Is Dead.
  • "Well, that was idiotic. Off to hang myself! Watch and learn-!" ^Explanation One of Spy's lines at the end of the Square Dance taunt is "And we're done — off to hang myself!". The latter part of it was used when the Spy does this exact thing by doing a cool flip on the chair with the rope around his neck. Highly applicable as a reaction gif in any situation that makes one displeased.
• One-Scene Wonder:
  • The Scout's appearance. He barely has any lines and dies soon after he appears, but the team's reaction to his arrival perfectly summarizes their opinion on The Scout. Especially since it abruptly halts the video's Rapid-Fire Comedy.
  • The Pyro's background appearance, where he's painting with an easel, which is a nod to another Machinima video, "Pyro Paints" by That Gray Cartoon Pony.
• Signature Scene: The Spy's Seen-It-All Suicide, where he does a cool flip on the chair with the rope around his neck.
• Unpopular Popular Character: The Scout appears in this video solely to emphasize how much the RED Team loathe him, but the audience finds him hilarious for causing the entire cast to go into a Stunned Silence.
• Watch It for the Meme: Several people viewed the animation to see where the gif of the Spy's Seen-It-All Suicide originated from.
• The Woobie: It's easy to feel sorry for the Sniper and the Medic, who have the most unfair deaths in the whole video, even if they are Played for Laughs. The Demoman shoots the Sniper for no reason and then makes it into a joke. We see the Sniper bleeding out, and he looks like he's in agonizing pain. The Medic dies running to help Scout after Scout crashes his car when the car explodes. The Medic made a sincere attempt to help The Friend Nobody Likes and got killed in return.

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