Introduction
Team Fortress 2 Dog Names In Pop Culture
As you might have guessed, most of those achievements were incredibly tongue in cheek by design; one of the first theoretical achievements listed, The King of the Moon, requires players to send a picture of them taunting over a defeated enemy player's body to their recently bested foe. Another achievement, aptly titled Hot Dog, required Guard Dog players to defeat an enemy Pyro after Guard Dog has been set on fire and then survive the entire ordeal. Guard Dog had 37 proposed achievements in total, further illustrating the extent to which the fan base had thought out Guard Dog's update.
The amount of proposed cosmetic items for Guard Dog also illustrate just how meticulously this joke character was thought out; Team Fortress 2 has affectionately been referred to as "America's number 1 war-themed hat simulato" due to the increasingly large amount of cosmetic items that players can give to their favorite classes and Guard Dog wouldn't have missed out on the festivities, if the player base had their say. Everything from superhero capes to thematic dog collars were proposed as potential cosmetic items Guard Dog players could obtain and give to their respective four legged avatars to help them stand out from the crowd.
Guard Dog's unique weapons and character abilities would've also helped it stand out from the crowd in that the character was intended to act as something of a Jack of all Trades class who could switch between offensive, defensive, and supportive roles when need be. The Hanger was meant to be Guard Dog's primary offensive tool and it would've acted like an SMG type weapon with a staggering 100 rounds of ammo. The Hanger would've purportedly done very little damage, but it would have also served as an anti-personal weapon meant to keep would be attackers at bay. The Helper was Guard Dog's next unique tool that would've allowed Dog to manually carry health and ammo pickups to teammates. Lastly, Guard Dog's final weapon would've been a collar mounted jet pack that would've enhanced Dog's natural jaw strength to devastating effect. While Guard Dog has been relegated to existing as an incredibly well thought out joke character thus far, many are still hopeful that Valve will eventually give the mercenary mutt an official role in game.
As for actual dogs with Team Fortress 2 names, we can look to Scout the rescue dog from Florida who now spends his days as a therapy dog. Also a superhero dog is Travis, who lives in the UK and has been trained as a hearing dog for a youth who lost his hearing due to cancer. Three legged Misha also has a Team Fortress 2 name and excels as a dog giving out kindness; she travels to nursing homes and also visits hospitalized children who have lost a limb in her home state of Rhode Island. Displaying a toughness beyond measure, these 3 rescued canines are a testament to the real support that dogs can offer to those in need.
Team Fortress 2 Dog Name Considerations
Male Team Fortress 2 Dog Names
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Scout
The lightning fast, trash talking speed demon from Boston
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Jeremy
The Scout's real name
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Soldier
The rocket-jumping super patriot who's missing a few more screws than the others
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Saxxy
One of the Soldier's weapons is a pure Australium statue of Saxton Hale
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Travis
Tavish Finnegan DeGroot is the Demoman's real name
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Heavy
Short the Heavy Weapons Guy, who has the highest health and DPS in game
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Mikhail
The Heavy's birth name; Heavy could potentially be seen as the game's mascot
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Misha
A nickname given to the Heavy which is shorty for Mikhail
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Dell
Engy's native Texan first name
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Ludwig
The Medic's currently listed last name
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Mun-Dee
Though the Sniper sports a thick Australian accent, he was born in New Zealand
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Sandman
An alternate baseball bat that the Scout can use to slow down enemies
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Nathan
A reference to the Scout's voice actor, Nathan Vetterlein
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Rick
A reference to the Soildier's voice actor, Rick May
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Demoman
This Scotsman's explosive weapons are only matched by his explosive temper
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Gary
A reference to Gary Schwartz, the Demoman's voice actor
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Engineer
One of the most explicitly mild mannered classes in game who lets his sentry guns do the talking
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Engy
An affectionate and often used nickname for Engineers
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Wrangler
One of Engy's secondary weapons that lets him manually control his sentries
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Grant
Taken from Grant Goodeve, the Engineer's voice actor
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Medic
The primary healer and supportive character in the game
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Kritzkrieg
A variant of the Medic's unique Medi Gun, which grants allies guaranteed crits
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Bonesaw
The Medic's trusty, dusty melee weapon
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Sniper
This dedicated mercenary always waits for the perfect shot
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Jarate
One of the most potent secondaries in the game...and one of the most demoralizing
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Bushwacka
Named after a community created melee weapon the Sniper can use
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Spy
This sneaky, covert operative can cloak himself and slip past enemy lines
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L'Etranger
One of the Spy's unique handguns that can increase his cloak's duration
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John
Derived from the Sniper's voice actor, John Patrick Lowrie
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Dennis
Taken from Dennis Bateman, the Spy's voice actor
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Female Team Fortress 2 Dog Names
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Pauling
Miss Pauling is the Administrator's young yet equally deranged assistant
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Zhanna
One of the Heavy's sisters whose had feelings for the Soldier
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Sasha
The nickname the Heavy has affectionately given his minigun
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Nessie
A reference to a melee weapon for the Demoman and the Loch Ness Monster
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Jag
Another Engineer weapon that speeds up his building rate
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Pyro
The most mysterious class of all whose gender,and even species, remains a mystery
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Administrator
The disembodied voice who narrates all of the matches in TF2
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Helen
The Administrator's actual name
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Ellen
A reference to Ellen McLain, the voice actress for the Announcer and Portal's GLaDOS
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Announcer
The name most Team Fortress 2 players end up calling the Administrator
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Ashley
Taken from Ashley Burch, Miss Pauling's voice actress
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Olivia
Gray Mann's young, and secretly sinister, daughter
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Lar-Nah
The Sniper's long lost birth mother who hails from New Zealand
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Yana
Another of the Heavy's sisters
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Bronislava
The last of the Heavy's sisters with most syllables to her name
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Natascha
An alternate minigun the Heavy can use in place of Sasha
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Ludmila
Taken after a scrapped minigun with a name that also has Slavic roots
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GlaDOS
The name an AI character might have that's a reference to the Portal series
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Atmoizer
One of the Scout's bats that allows him to triple jump
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Phlogistinator
A unique weapon for the Pyro that provides invulnerability and other perks
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Lollichop
Named after one of the Pyro's melee weapons, a giant lollipop
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Bootlegger
Named after a pirate themed accessory that can be given to the Demoman
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Sandvich
Taken from the Heavy's iconic, health restoring sandvich
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Fishcake
Another restorative snack that the heavy can chow down on
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Dalokohs
Taken from the Heavy's Dalokohs Bar item, which is the Russian word for chocolate spelled backwards
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Eureka
Taken after an Engy weapon that allows him to teleport
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Blutsauger
A weapon for the Medic that means "vampire" in German
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Sydney
A reference to the Sniper's Sydney Sleeper weapon and Sydney, Australia
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Razorback
An unlockable defensive weapon for the Sniper that prevents a single backstab
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