TF2's Most Infamous Mod 

My husband is the Fanciest of pants and I loved watching your vid

it was hard editing the video one-handed wasn't it

Thank you for platforming a small Fempyro review creator like myself, Richter.

Fun fact: did you know when you pause the video, you can use the comma and period keys to go back and forth between frames

My headcanon for pyro is that they are just a sentient fire resistant suit. Completely genderless. Not even human. Just a suit.

I will never forget this video i saw of femme pyro doing the the gass passer taunt that crashed the game. that video haunts me to this day

The funny thing is that only users of Fempyro can see any Pyro’s like this, so it is literally permanent Pyrovision, but it only affects how the Pyro sees themself, and it turns all of him/her into just a her!

It is oddly hilarious getting recommended this video right after the Pyrocynical Livestream Incident of August 27th, 2022.

8:08 "What does this mod's popularity say about the TF2 community?" *It says we like hot girls. It ain't that deep, Richter.*

The worst thing of this is that you can't kill it with fire.

Why is this recommended after the most recent pyro stream......

a bit weird i got reccomended this after the pyrocinical incident

Okay. I would like to see you do an overview of the other fem mercs. I think only fem Scout and Sniper were the only ones that fans decided to say "yes, this is what they would look like".

At 2:22 Soldier isn't accusing Pyro of menstruating, there's actually just a shit load of honey in Amelia Earheart's plane which is why the bears are coming after the mercs

The 27th of August Pyro incident trollge

This dat shit Pyrocynical has

5:50 what a legend . he quit at the top . knowing no one will surpass him .

One thing I'd like to add to Valve toying with Pyro's gender was in Meet The Spy. On the alert board at the start of the video, the word 'Pyro' has the phrases 'Is a Man' and 'Is a Woman' directly underneath it.

im coming back to this video after the Pyrocynical stream incident

Got this video recommended right after the mass hallucination incident..

Honestly, with the whole swapping genders update. I fully and honestly believe that if you did that with the Pyro. Absolutely nothing would change. Here me out. Tf2 loves playing with Pyro's gender. So why would they spoil anything even if they added that gender swap ability.

I remember another mod that technically was a Femme Pyro, though its focus was very different from these. All it did was switch out the Pyro's gas mask head out for Scout's Mom. I remember the Pyro being Scout's Mom being a popular theory for what felt like all of two weeks.

9:04 is the most rewatched moment in the whole video

it's just a group hallucination

I remember watching a video a while ago about the TF2 female models that Valve had planned, I think it was from Shounic. They ended up getting cut due to concerns with hitboxes and players using the female models to have smaller hitboxes. Ultimately a smart decision from a game design standpoint, but it does end up causing a lack of representation as of which was being joked about in the video. There are no other reasons people have female player models installed I swear.

What a 4+ year gap between updates does to a community:

Pyrocynical moment

Pyrocynical really loved this video i bet

I must be old because I remember when FemScout was considered the most popular mod. Maybe it had to do with the design being pretty not super horned-up and it having a well received community voice mod, too.

"Why is there so many pyros?" *chaotic pyro noises* "Computer, search pyro inflation."

I love how this is popping up in my recommend after the pyrocinical incident

The 27th of August Incident

I love that at the end of the "Why do people like this mod?" part you were flashing fempyro images LMAO

I fear how much research and "research" everyone who helped make the video had to go through

Nothing happened in pyrocinical's livestream.

this was very funny to watch, thanks for making it

Dude. Even *I* have history involving this mod. I won't go into the whole details, but tl;dr I made a pair of striped thigh-highs for this mod, people called it Mega Cringe (because people on twitter hate woman pyro), devolved into arguments from the pro-fempyro and anti-fempyro crowds, flame war ensued, I took the mod down, yada yada. I got paid for it tho, so in the end I still won. :P

On one hand. The redux is really well made and makes a good spin on the regular formula of designs. On the other hand I got a whole voice mod changing his mumbling to Max dialogue from Sam & Max and it fits so well with his regular design it's hilarious.

I like how this get recommended, just after pyro lol

Valve was doing little bit of trolling

When this came out, back in my day, severs were filled with people literally screaming at each other and getting into long winded arguments about the gender of the Pyro It was a glorious day back then

It’s funnier to see this after the Clip of Pyrocynical with a mod of it

I think a big part of why Fempyro mods are continuously updated, thus maintaining popularity, is that Pyro's voice is muffled and vague enough that none of the voice lines need to be modified. Compare to, say, ChemicalAlia's various female classes mods, which stopped receiving updates because of how frequently new voice lines were added to the game (combined with ChemicalAlia actually getting hired by Valve after making these mods. RIP, that fem Spy is GOATed.)

I actually really like the half-masked pyro mod shown at 4:51. I remember using it ages ago. I can tell why it never took off, though - the design looks more like something from Jet Set Radio than TF2.

freddy fazbear is my spirit animal

Pyrocynical

Suddenly relevant

7:36 Sniper got slapped so hard in the face by L

this says a lot about the tf2 community

Pyrocynical probably found this is in his recommended recently

pyro is DROOLING over this video

The mad lad that had the balls to cover this topic that I forgor thankfully for a long time lol. Fempyro truly is a peak of TF2 modding and fan-made content scenes, a history to be told in the future. Also I do not admit to anything in terms of fempyro.

jarvis, download the hyper fempyro mod, equip the thermal thruster, taunt and record

pyrocynical was here

wait how did you predict it....pyrocynical

7:48 150 000 scout mains recharging their mad milk right now.

i dont regret spending like 4 minutes to pause on each and every single frame with the "fine art" throughout the "Why do people like this mod?" chapter in this video. Truly brings a tear to my eye what amazing art people can make.

Big props to you for getting mocked by Pyro on stream, only to unintentionally mock him back

oh the one pyrocynical had installed on stream

Richter, I see these Fempyro pics, flashing in and out at around 9:11 Get your head outta the gutter, or else people will draw your VHS character, kissing the Fempyro

This video was something else lmao, loved the stream chat.

Pyrocynical 😱😱😱

9:23 “what are those flashing pictures” Puts play back speed to 0.25 “oh that’s what they are”

i used to be a "fem pyro gmod artist" what ever that was so this was really alarming to see, im having such a violent flashbacks

I think the funny ball astronaut helmet for the Another Femme Pyro model at 4:45 might be a reference to the Fury from Metal Gear Solid 3. The Fury is a boss who is a pyromaniac and wears a similar looking helmet with text on it.

GOOD ONE PYROCYNICAL

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Is pyro is a woman, is fempyro a man???

2:56 "It's not pink, it's lightish red!" - Girly Spartan from Famous Internet series

5:15 - a REAL set of BADONKERS. Packing some Dobonhonkeros. MASSIVE DOHOONKABHANKOLOOS. Big ole' tonhongerekoogers.

Pyrocynical must like this video

3:39 💀👍

10:00 Just because he designed unused concept art of the mercs of the opposite sex, doesn't mean that it won't be turned into porn sometime later down the line. I mean, look at what happened to Mighty No. 9's Call; all her unused concept art has some form of Rule34 of it. It's only a matter of time...and sadly, interest.

Honestly my theory is still that Pyro isn't even human. I think if we step back from the whole Pyro gender thing it's clear the old website "if he even is a man" line meant man as in human. Like aliens and magic and hell itself all exist in tf2 cannon. Like y'all know that Pyro being a demon is decently plausible. Would explain why Pyro vision would exist, literally fool people into sinning when they don't know it's sinning really sounds like something the leaders of hell would like.

Zesty absolutely nailed the ̶p̶r̶e̶d̶a̶t̶o̶r̶ male feminist vibe.

4:45 Always thought that first model was inspired by The Fury from MGS3.

group hallucination

6:48 Maybe it's just me but that is NOT the most efficient outfit on the battlefield

6:33 nice flare

While I am generally on the side which would deliberate this with Dragon's Fury, I cannot lie that myself are also a massive enthusiast at Rule63/Genderswap in general, and hence why I had FemScout&Spy mod on my PC, but for different reasons. It was such an extremely rare moment when someone with amazing voice actor skills participate in a free project which already controversial from the start, hence why I adore DustyOldRose Female Voicepacks so much. Because she nailed their personality and change another perspective that Rule63 isn't that bland of a trope that consisted of degeneracy like the whole context in this video. Hence why one of my life goals would prob commissioned her to complete the voice packs with the latest voice lines possible.

pyrocynical lore

More like Pyrocynicals FAVORITE mod

I remember on one of the older versions of TF2, when you selected your character, Pyro had a tag line on the character page somewhere that said “Give her a try.” Since then I always assumed Pyro was female so installing a mod that gave her a more feminine appearance seemed more appropriate than the vanilla design. 🤷‍♂️

Well, this is a historic timeline of the femme pyro mods. Betcha less than 10 people have tried this.

I’m here from the Pyro”cynical” incident

Richter do you have a time maschine?

6:54 The horror

6:18 as soon as I saw the pfp I knew Armageddon whould start

6:36 Maybe my mind is just in the trash, but the completely calm delivery of that line has me crying.

3:30 Wallace and Gromit robot pants episode lookin ass

3:18 Any focus I may have had watching this was annihilated by that fucking red spy's ragdoll going mach 5 across the screen lmao

You all laugh until you remember that the flat chest pyro from Ceno0 exists

Pyrocinical should react to this

10:37 I recognize that one

9:31 Just 1517?

the most serious richter overtime video by far

You heard of Fempyro now get ready for Femboy pyro!

Masterpiece of an essay. Been watching it frame by frame.

8:34 for anyone wondering, this game is called haydee, its on steam and its a really hard puzzle/tps game

oh boy here we go