Team Fortress 2 launched in 2007, and Valve promoted its nine classes with the Meet the Team series of animated shorts, beginning that year with the Heavy, Scout and others. Each video opened with the same confident musical sting and title card treatment, which made the format instantly recognisable to players. Clips from the intros were later cut for soundboards and edits, where the reveal alone works without the full short. The format stays popular because anyone who played TF2 recognises the setup in seconds, and the joke of a grand class introduction still fits new footage.