This was ridiculous and I love it! 😂 It's a shame this didn't get the green light for more! Either way let me know what I should check out next, 1000 Likes here and we'll check out the most popular suggestion!

The "We are gonna live forever" line from Soldier does kind of hurt now. R.I.P Rick May

"This is a bucket."
"DEAR GOD."
"There's more!"
"NO!!!"

Fun fact: soldier has the highest chance to spawn bread when using a teleporter.

Fun fact: When the mercenaries use the teleporter in-game, there's actually a small chance of a bread spawning!

Fun fact: in his usual lead-poisoned stupidity, Soldier actually was the first who correctly identified the problem. They indeed cannot teleport bread anymore. But then Engineer went ahead and told him that he can teleport as much bread as he likes, and so, following Engineer's instructions (hence why when questioned, Soldier says "you told me to"), he proceeded to do nothing but teleport bread all day.

I don't think anyone's mentioned this, but notice how Spy tried to go through the effort of gathering everyone's dying wishes in an attempt to get all of their affairs in order. And when Scout comes to him (At this point Spy was in denial about Scout being his son and Scout didn't know) with a genuine last wish he spends 56 hours helping him with it. I just think it's neat when they show him to be compassionate.

fun fact! Expiration Date was originally meant to be a pilot for an Adult Swim TF2 show! however, Valve being Valve, they ended up taking too long and the project was cancelled. but they uploaded the finished pilot to YouTube as a promotional film.

I really wish they actually did make the TF2 animated series, just imagine all of the great moments, interactions and memes that would’ve come from it

10:47 One reason why I love medic as a character so much is how this clip shows how his curiosity outweighs his instinctual fear of the unknown.

Soldier has to be the dumbest but most likeable character in all of this, I love his character (as much as I love every other characters)

The fact that he is so proud to have teleported bread for 3 days straight always kills me

Edit : as people are saying in the answers :
R.I.P Rick May 1940-2020
"You were good son, real good, maybe even the best."

If you think about it Spy was willing to spend what he thought were his last hours living helping his own son try to get a date

the way spy tries so hard not to smile when scout says he'll do it himself is so adorable mannn
fuck CN or adult swim or whoever it was who canceled production on it, this was such a good pilot

“I have done nothing but teleport bread for 3  days!”

Quick explaination for ya if youre interested!! Miss Pauling is the Assistant of the Administrator, who is the employer of the Mercs and the voice you hear during the game who tells you when your game has started, if the enemy team is winning ect. Pauling is generally clean up, or literally anything else that the Administrator tells her to do, there was actually a whole event about the government finding out how much she worked and them forcing her to take a vacation, she still works the entire time but still, she's a great character and definitely one of my favorites in the cast

Something sad is that Rick May (soldiers voice actor) died after this and soldiers final line is “We’re not dying! We’re gonna live forever!” Rick May is an absolute legend in an absolutely legendary game

For context about Miss Pauling. She's the Administrator's loyal assistant. The Administrator is the boss lady who yells at you during the game and keeps the mercenaries in check. In this short film, the team has been working together for 4 years, so they know who their 2-3 bosses are.
Miss Pauling is the one who works most closely with the 9 mercenaries.

when you think about it,  even though spy was super annoyed, i dont think anyone would spend their last moments on earth fulfilling someone elses wish, unless it was your kid.

Oh god my face hurts, no matter how many times I see this, Spy yelling, "SEDUCE ME" Never gets old

I really wish the TV show wasn’t canceled. Imagine seeing 20 or 50 full-length animations like this. Only in an alternate reality