Miss Pauling

Lesbian whomst only likes other chicks. Also, not a /co/ character.

Actual description

Miss Pauling is a non-player character from Valve's 2007 first person shooter video game Team Fortress 2. She is the loyal assistant of the Administrator (the main announcer from the games) and is a highly skilled professional. Pauling is commonly shipped with Scout, who has a crush on her.

Although she is heavily associated with the /v/idya games board, Pauling plays a more significant role in the tie-in comic series rather than the video game itself. She first appeared in WAR! Comic, a webcomic installment released in December 2009 alongside the game's WAR! Update patch, making her technically a /co/ character (and thus eligible for the Miss /co/). This makes her one of the few video game characters to be eligible for both /co/ and /v/ tournaments. The secretary made her first animated appearance on June 2014 as a major character of Expiration Date, a Source Filmmaker promotional movie for the games' Love and War Update.

Tournament History

Ms. /co/

Pauling has qualified for three Miss /co/ editions since 2020. She had a breakout performance in 2021, securing the 10th seed and reaching the Elite Eight by beating "meme pick" Karen in a "Mann vs. Machine" matchup before losing to Miss Bellum in the quarter-finals. She then received the most votes in favor of 8th by a wide margin, coincidentally matching Scout's final position in the King of /v/ tournament in 2020.

Pauling's 2021 performance makes her the first Elite 8 character to come from a joint property, and also technically the first to originate from a webcomic. She garnered backlash from anons during the middle rounds because of her association with a video game instead of a comic / cartoon, and the series writers saying that she's "a lesbian". The secretary has been featured in several OC pieces, some of which were featured as thread images.

Pauling appeared again in 2023 with a 24 seed, but suffered a round 1 loss in a close match with Lois Lane, with some anons crediting this loss to Lois receiving a popularity boost from her recent appearance in My Adventures with Superman. Her 2024 run was slightly more successful, this time getting past the first round after defeating newcomer Daria only to lose to FARTS member Azula.

Now in Ms. /co/ 2025 things took a worse for the secretary who, despite the conclusion of the Team Fortress 2 comic earlier that year, wasn't nominated until the very last nominations thread and proceeded to fail to make the cut for the main bracket in the qualifiers. Anonymous commentators have credited this as proof of the character's drop in popularity on the /co/ board, but whether or not this qualifiers exit is indicative of future performances this would be a tournament without Miss Pauling.

Queen of /v/

Outside of /co/, Pauling has appeared in /v/'s waifu contest in the 2021 edition, where she scored a 69 seed and was narrowly defeated by WarioWare loli Ashley. She appeared again in 2022 with a 23 seed, defeating Earthbound's similarly named Paula before losing in round 2 to Aigis.

In 2023 Miss Pauling was the only TF2 rep to qualify outside of joke pick Scout's Mom, and saw a decent amount of thread presence and OC. This helped her up to round 2 where she scored a narrow victory over Pokefag waifu Rosa, however she fell short by 8 votes against future Elite Eight member Taokaka.

Unfortunately for Pauling, her momentum from 2023's Queen edition did not seem to carry over to 2024 as she had the misfortune of being placed against the 2nd seed and soon to be triple-Elite Eight member Shantae in the first round.

Results

Ms. /co/

Qualifiers

• Ms. /co/ 2025 - 88/94 votes (seed 158)

Ms. /co/
2020 - seed 61
Round	Opponent	Series	Votes	Pct. For
Round 1	(68) Kuki Sanban / Numbuh 3	Codename: Kids Next Door	429 - 401	51.6%
Round 2	(4) Ty Lee	Avatar: The Last Airbender	387 - 446	46.4%
2021 - seed 10
Round 1	(119) Ashi	Samurai Jack	636 - 338	65.2%
Round 2	(55) Mulan	Mulan	546 - 352	60.8%
Round 3	(106) Beatrice	Over the Garden Wall	517 - 361	58.8%
Round 4	(103) Karen	SpongeBob SquarePants	382 - 363	51.2%
Quarterfinals	(63) Ms. Bellum	The Powerpuff Girls	345 - 377	47.7%
5th - 8th Match	Contestant Series 5th 6th 7th 8th Total (6) Muriel Bagge Courage the Cowardly Dog 242 135 144 129 650 (45) Eris The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy 115 203 178 154 (8) Lord Dominator Wander Over Yonder 169 194 174 113 (10) Miss Pauling Team Fortress 2 Comics 124 118 154 254
2023 - seed 24
Round 1	(43) Lois Lane	DC	264 - 281	48.4%
2024 - seed 47
Round 1	(121) Daria	Daria	538 - 438	55.1%
Round 2	(10) Azula	Avatar: The Last Airbender	364 - 428	46.0%

Queen of /v/

Queen of /v/
Round	Opponent	Series	Votes	Pct. For
2021 - seed 69
Round 1	(60) Ashley	WarioWare	505 - 519	49.3%
2022 - seed 23
Round 1	(106) Paula	Earthbound	898 - 750	54.4%
Round 2	(87) Aigis	Persona	700 - 806	46.4%
2023 - seed 20
Round 1	(121) Melina	Elden Ring	640 - 465	57.9%
Round 1	(19) Rosa	Pokemon	597 - 581	50.6%
Round 3	(103) Taokaka	Blazblue	557 - 565	49.6%
2024 - seed 26
Round 1	(2) Shantae	Shantae	353 - 637	35.7%
2025 - seed 44
Round 1	(117) Saria	The Legend of Zelda	599 - 717	45.5%

Gallery

For more images, visit the Ms. /co/ booru or Queen/King of /v/ booruplus.

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  Ms. /co/ 2021 - Pauling v. Karen
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  Ms. /co/ 2021 - Pauling v. Karen
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  Ms. /co/ 2021 - Pauling v. Mulan
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  Queen of /v/ 2022
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  Queen of /v/ 2023 - Pauling v. Taokaka
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  Queen of /v/ 2023