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“ | Gentlemen. My name is Gray Mann. I am your brother. | „ |
~ Gray Mann introducing himself to Redmond and Blutarch. |
“ | Attention, Mann Co. employees! I, Gray Mann, am the new CEO of Mann Co., and I order you to get Hale out of my property! | „ |
~ Gray Mann in the VS. Saxton Hale Mode. |
Gray Mann is the main antagonist of the Team Fortress series.
He is the third and youngest son of Zepheniah Mann, Blutarch and Redmond Mann's younger brother, the owner/founder of Gray Gravel Co., and the father of Olivia Mann. He seeks to overthrow Saxton Hale and take control of Mann Co. by force, which he does through an army of robots he created. He is the archenemy and business rival of Saxton Hale, the CEO of Mann Co..
In the TF2 game-mode VS. Saxton Hale, Gray is voiced by Matthew Simmons, who also voiced Saxton Hale in the same game.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
The long-lost third son of Zepheniah Mann and the smallest of the Mann triplets, Gray was also the most intelligent of the three as he was capable of speaking perfectly after being born, having learned it in the womb by listening to his mother speak. Disgusted by this, Zepheniah Mann gave out the order to smother Gray, but before he could go through with it, Gray was abducted by a wild eagle during the Great Eagle Scourge of 1822, and he was raised as one of its own. Once he had fully grown up, Gray ate the eagle and her children and returned to civilization to build his own corporate empire, Gray Gravel Co.
According to Zephaniah's last will, ever since Gray resurfaced, the latter had threatened to blackmail for his cache of miracle gravel. A hundred years later, Gray assassinated his twin brothers Blutarch and Redmond, took control of their respective companies and set his eyes on his late father's company of Mann Co. so he could get his hands on its vault of the world's supply of Australium to fuel his life extender machine. Gray then unleashed an army of mass-produced robots, which he built himself, to destroy every Mann Co. facility worldwide as well as every product related to the company. This forces Mann Co.'s CEO, Saxton Hale, to hire Redmond Mann and Blutarch Mann's mercenary teams to defend the Mann Co. facilities from the robots.
After a year of unsuccessful attacks, Gray realized that he and Hale had reached the same perpetual stalemate as his dead brothers had. Not wanting to continue his late brothers' legacy of stupidity, he decided to make Hale hand over the company through trickery. He went to Saxton hale's office with some robots and cited the Mann Co. policy that any rival CEO could challenge the current CEO to a one-on-one duel, with the winner taking control of the company, a policy Saxton Hale himself had put into place and forgotten about. The latter promptly started to happily beat Gray up until Gray revealed that he is no longer CEO of Gray Gravel Co., having given the position to his young daughter Olivia. Unwilling to fight a little girl, Hale relented and handed over Mann Co to both Olivia and her father. With Mann Co. finally in his hands, Gray proceeded to fire the TF2 mercenaries, causing each members of the team to go their separate ways.
Unfortunately for Gray, the Administrator had anticipated his victory and went into hiding, taking the Australium supply with her and leaving her assistant Miss Pauling with instructions to hide as well. Six months later, Gray opened Mann Co.'s Australium vault, only to find it empty, with only a single bar of Australium remaining along with a cigarette smothered in lipstick. Realizing that the Administrator had taken the entire Australium supply he began searching for her and the Australium, eventually hiring the Team Fortress Classic Mercenaries and the Medic, who caught the trail of Miss Pauling and the other mercenaries, whom the Administrator had tasked with bringing the last remaining Australium to her. The Classic Mercenaries swiftly caught and interrogated them, but their leader, the TFC Heavy, got curious about how Gray had managed to stay alive for 150 years. When Gray refused to explain, the TFC Heavy noted that he and his teammates weren't getting any younger themselves and proceeded to betrayed Gray Mann.
Initially, he wanted to have Gray tortured for information on the Australium's properties, but changes his mind and simply ripped apart Gray's life extender out of his back to let the TFC Engineer examine it, causing Gray to suffer a slow and inevitable death.
When the TF2 Soldier and his girlfriend Zhanna freed themselves, a dying Gray Mann begged them to take him to Miss Pauling, who was held in a cell with the other Team Fortress 2 Mercenaries. Upon meeting her, Gray told Pauling that she has to stop the Administrator's plans, admitting that she's smarter than him and that whatever horrible things he may have planned for the world, her plans are far worse and evil than his. Though Miss Pauling defended her boss and was about to insult the latter, the TF2 Spy revealed to her that Gray Mann had already died two minutes during her speech after one of his vital lungs fell out of the back of his body, leaving her embarrassed. What became of Gray's body is unknown but is possibly left to rot.
In-game[]
Gray Mann is mentioned on the map Helltower during the Halloween event, in which the objective is to push the two deceased Mann Brothers into Hell, his father mentions that Gray was his favorite son and was the smartest out of the three. Years later he appears as the announcer of the VS. Saxton Hale game-mode, where he wants the mercenaries to kill Hale as he is now the rightful CEO of Mann Co.. He is also mentioned on a few hats/cosmetics, like the Graybanns.
Personality[]
Gray Mann is remarkably intelligent as he could swiftly learn how to talk when he was just a baby and was able to build his own corporate empire presumably without needing help. He is also somewhat power-hungry as he sought to take control of his brothers' companies and eventually Mann Co..
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Gray was first mentioned in a birth certificate accessed via a link hidden in a bloodstain on the banner of the TF2 Official Blog.[1]
- Additionally, an updated version of the last will of Zepheniah Mann was released shortly after the hidden link, revealing the secret piece of the will belongs to Gray Mann.[2]
- The smaller set of numbers along the bottom of the Barely-Melted Capacitor read 07180125. When split into four and translated into letters (A = 1, B = 2, etc), it reads "GRAY".
- In "The Shadow Boxers" comic released during the Smissmas 2012 update, it was revealed that Gray Mann owns Gray Gravel Co., a company for which a sign can be seen in the Gravel Pit map.
- Many fans think Gray Mann may be a reference to the G-Man. This is assumed due to a variety of similarities, such as a similar suit, same initials and their uncanny facial resemblance.
- Aside from being a pun on the real-life Raybans brand, the Graybanns are sunglasses made by Gray Mann.
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