A while ago, I came up with the idea that TF2's Pyro class may in fact be a woman (To clarify, I don't for a moment think I'm the person who first came up with this, but I hadn't seen the idea before I posted it). I have seen and heard of this thing rage across the internet, spanning message boards, youtube videos, comparisons to the Metroid series, pornogrpahy (which could retroactively grow a lot more disturbing if Valve deny it)(I only heard about this, and am too scared to follow it up) and have turned into a major question being debated. So I thought I'd move it here.

Well...ummm....dammit.

she has a pretty deep voice for a woman....

The truth is: Pyro is neither man nor woman. A horrible accident involving a waterfall, a pair of pliers and two dozen ice cubes caused Pyro to lose whatever genitalia they had. Since then they've donned their heatsuit, gasmask and flamethrower with the intention of ridding the world of all waterfalls. To appropriate the funds for such an endeavour however, Pyro needed to enlist with the Team Fortress teams in hopes of acquiring enough money to begin major reconstructive surgery of the planet.

I think that VALvE will never tell us...

BUT! I also think it's a chick. And the pyro suit is just lumpy.

Amnestic:
The truth is: Pyro is neither man nor woman. A horrible accident involving a waterfall, a pair of pliers and two dozen ice cubes caused Pyro to lose whatever genitalia they had. Since then they've donned their heatsuit, gasmask and flamethrower with the intention of ridding the world of all waterfalls. To appropriate the funds for such an endeavour however, Pyro needed to enlist with the Team Fortress teams in hopes of acquiring enough money to begin major reconstructive surgery of the planet.

Wouldn't it be easier to rid the world of pliers?

Indigo_Dingo:

Amnestic:
The truth is: Pyro is neither man nor woman. A horrible accident involving a waterfall, a pair of pliers and two dozen ice cubes caused Pyro to lose whatever genitalia they had. Since then they've donned their heatsuit, gasmask and flamethrower with the intention of ridding the world of all waterfalls. To appropriate the funds for such an endeavour however, Pyro needed to enlist with the Team Fortress teams in hopes of acquiring enough money to begin major reconstructive surgery of the planet.

Wuldn't it be easier to rid the world of pliers?

I dunno. Think about how many pliers there are, now think about how many waterfalls there are. Plus the whole anti-water thing goes with the "I like to set things on fire" thing.

Who the hell says
http://www.tfportal.de/gfx/content/tf2/classes/pyro.gif
is a woman? Are you sillybilly?
Oh well if you're American you might be used to seeing girls who resemble large bovines.

<DISCLAIMER: Just kidding. No offense intended. Jeesh.>

Anyway, i voted 'i don't care' and i don't care.

Amnestic:

Indigo_Dingo:

Amnestic:
The truth is: Pyro is neither man nor woman. A horrible accident involving a waterfall, a pair of pliers and two dozen ice cubes caused Pyro to lose whatever genitalia they had. Since then they've donned their heatsuit, gasmask and flamethrower with the intention of ridding the world of all waterfalls. To appropriate the funds for such an endeavour however, Pyro needed to enlist with the Team Fortress teams in hopes of acquiring enough money to begin major reconstructive surgery of the planet.

Wuldn't it be easier to rid the world of pliers?

I dunno. Think about how many pliers there are, now think about how many waterfalls there are. Plus the whole anti-water thing goes with the "I like to set things on fire" thing.

Thats more an uphill battle...literally.

I figured it was just a fat guy; thought never crossed my mind that it might be a woman.

The Pyro is the G-Man. Think about it.

Hermaphrodite alien from the sun, thus explaining the need for a suit that protects it from our atmosphere and the fire fetish. It only wants to bring a little piece of its home to Earth.

The Pyro has no gender. It never did. In between its legs is merely another flamethrower.

Break:
The Pyro has no gender. It never did. In between its legs is merely another flamethrower.

Yes. This.

The pyro pisses liquid fire.

The Pyro is either a man, or a woman/man/goat hybrid; I for one am going with the hybrid.

Seriously, look at the suit, yeah it's possible it could be a woman if she was using duct tape, but she'd have to be really frumpy under that suit.

If it was a woman we would see the breasts.

For example:

If it was a woman we would see the breasts.

For example:

(image here)

That's pretty freaking nerdy right there. Pretty freaking cool too though.

The Pyro Union would only hire men, so she had to pretend to be a man to get in. And the suit is to confuse us.

deathkittin:
female it only makes sense that the best most badass character would be:)

http://i35.tinypic.com/zmfa6p.jpg

punk arsonist!

You just reminded me of Desert Punk..........I MUST WATCH IT!! :)

The Pyro is like the Stig. Forever beyond our comprehension.

the pyro is a flamer in more ways than one.

The voice actor for the pyro is a male.

Case solved.

Short answer No.

Long answer: No and shut up.

Come on, just look at the shape of his body. I can not even understand how can you guys even THINK he's a woman.

And listen to the "ooh!" noise he makes when you push, X (Xbox360) and Square (Playstation 3). If you can't hear that that's a man's voice, then you're probably on drugs, provided by Valve, to promote people to play Team Fortress 2, because they think the Pyro's a woman.

Dur the pyro is a [insert humourous fifth option].

It's obvious

Or a genderless alien

Because only men are aloud to be fat… I would like to think that the pyro is a woman, because it would be really awesome to have a female character that doesn’t have to be announced in huge really obvious ways. Like revealing clothing or character reactions:
“what sorcery is this?!” Altair asks when he realises the person he fought was a woman.

Also bart simpson is voiced by a woman, so that dosen't matter.

Man but I wouldn't be supprised if it was a woman look at the friends a seemingly gay penguin, a dashingly hansome tall tiger. Like would it be any big supprise?

Who cares what the Pyro is? Anyway has anybody ever thought that the scout bears a striking resemblence to Kevin Pereira?

Pro is neither man nor woman. The Pyro is asexual and will destroy us all!
DESTROY US ALL!
DESTROY US ALL!
DESTROY US ALL!
DESTROY US ALL!

Hey Joe:
The Pyro is the G-Man. Think about it.

The Pyro is quite short, even if he were to stand upright. The G-Man however, appears to be a tall man. Just with that it becomes very improbable that the Pyro is G-Man. And another, more obvious arguement against Pyro being G-Man, is simple: There are many Pyros! I'm not sure what the player limit on a Team Fortress 2 server is. I'm guessing 64, which means there can be 64 Pyros in existance at the same time. However, there is only one G-Man (I assume, as we only get to see one of him at a time, and just short glimpses. This, I figure, implies he can not be several places at once, but has to leave to get to another place).

On topic, I believe Pyro is a man. There is no (apparent) logical reason for him to be a woman, so I don't get how this claim could exist at all. Though, I suppose there will always be someone to claim that a masked person is actually a woman, even though most things implies it is a man.