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| gender=Female
| series=''Team Fortress 2 Comics''
|debut=2009
|boards=/co/ - Comics & Cartoons<br>/v/ - Video Games
| tournament_berths=Ms. /co/: '''3''' ([[Ms. /co/ 2020|2020]], [[Ms. /co/ 2021|2021]], [[Ms. /co/ 2023|2023]])<br>Queen of /v/: '''3''' ([[Queen of /v/ 2021|2021]], [[Queen of /v/ 2022|2022]], [[Queen of /v/ 2023|2023]])
| highest_seed=Ms. /co/: '''10th''' (2021)<br>Queen of /v/: '''20th''' (2023)
| best_result=Ms. /co/: [[E8|'''Quarter-finals / 8th''']] (2021)<br>Queen of /v/: '''Round 3''' (2023)
|next eligible for=[[Ms. /co/ 2024]]<br>[[Queen of /v/ 2024]]
| image2=<gallery>
34-Miss Pauling.png|2020
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==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.
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 [[Ms. /co/ tournaments|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 [[Ms. /co/ 2020|2020]]. She had a breakout performance in [[Ms. /co/ 2021|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''.
===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 outsided 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]], and then was eliminated in the loser's bracket in a 4-way, coming second behind OC powerhouse [[Hex Maniac]].
===Results===
{| class="article-table" width="100%" style="height: 1px; border: 2px solid #ddc1f7; border-collapse:collapse" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
|-
! colspan="20" scope="row" style="background-color: #5c2691; color: #ddc1f7; text-align:center;" |Ms. /co/
|-
|-
! colspan="20" scope="row" style="background-color: #5c2691; color: #ddc1f7; text-align:center;" |2020 - seed 61
|-
! style="text-align:center;" |Round
! style="text-align:center;" |Opponent
! style="text-align:center;" |Series
! style="text-align:center;" |Votes
! style="text-align:center;" |Pct. For
|-
|-
| style="background-color: #5c2691; color:#ddc1f7;" |'''Round 1'''
|(68) {{no 3}} [[Numbuh 3|Kuki Sanban / Numbuh 3]]
|''Codename: Kids Next Door''
|'''429''' - 401
|style="background-color: #98fb98; text-align:center;" |51.6%
|-
| style="background-color: #5c2691; color:#ddc1f7;" |'''Round 2'''
|(4) {{Ty lee}} [[Ty Lee]]
|''Avatar: The Last Airbender''
|387 - '''446'''
|style="background-color: #ffdedb; text-align:center;" |46.4%
|-
|-
! colspan="20" scope="row" style="background-color: #5c2691; color: #ddc1f7; text-align:center;" |2021 - seed 10
|-
|-
| style="background-color: #5c2691; color:#ddc1f7;" |'''Round 1'''
|(119) {{ashi}} [[Ashi]]
|''Samurai Jack''
|'''636''' - 338
|style="background-color: #98fb98; text-align:center;" |65.2%
|-
| style="background-color: #5c2691; color:#ddc1f7;" |'''Round 2'''
|(55) {{mulan}} [[Mulan]]
|''Mulan''
|'''546''' - 352
|style="background-color: #98fb98; text-align:center;" |60.8%
|-
| style="background-color: #5c2691; color:#ddc1f7;" |'''Round 3'''
|(106) {{beatrice}} [[Beatrice (OTGW)|Beatrice]]
|''Over the Garden Wall''
|'''517''' - 361
|style="background-color: #98fb98; text-align:center;" |58.8%
|-
| style="background-color: #5c2691; color:#ddc1f7;" |'''Round 4'''
|(103) '''{{karen p}}''' [[Karen]]
|''SpongeBob SquarePants''
|'''382''' - 363
|style="background-color: #98fb98; text-align:center;" |51.2%
|-
| style="background-color: #5c2691; color:#ddc1f7;" |'''Quarterfinals'''
|(63) {{Ms bellum}} [[Sara Bellum|Ms. Bellum]]
|''The Powerpuff Girls''
|345 - '''377'''
|style="background-color: #ffdedb; text-align:center;" |47.7%
|-
|-
! colspan="20" scope="row" style="background-color: #5c2691; color: #ddc1f7; text-align:center;" |2023 - seed 24
|-
|-
| style="background-color: #5c2691; color:#ddc1f7;" |'''Round 1'''
|(43) {{Lois maws}} [[Lois Lane]]
|''DC''
|264 - '''281'''
|style="background-color: #ffdedb; text-align:center;" |48.4%
|-
|-
|}
====Queen of /v/====
{| class="article-table" width="100%" style="height: 1px; border: 2px solid #ddc1f7; border-collapse:collapse" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
|-
! colspan="20" scope="row" style="background-color: #5c2691; color: #ddc1f7; text-align:center;" |Queen of /v/
|-
! style="text-align:center;" |Round
! style="text-align:center;" |Opponent
! style="text-align:center;" |Series
! style="text-align:center;" |Votes
! style="text-align:center;" |Pct. For
|-
! colspan="20" scope="row" style="background-color: #5c2691; color: #ddc1f7; text-align:center;" |2021 - seed 69
|-
|-
|-
| style="background-color: #5c2691; color:#ddc1f7;" |'''Round 1'''
|(60) {{Ashley ww}}
|''WarioWare''
|505 - '''519'''
|style="background-color: #ffdedb; text-align:center;" |49.3%
|-
! colspan="20" scope="row" style="background-color: #5c2691; color: #ddc1f7; text-align:center;" |2022 - seed 23
|-
|-
| style="background-color: #5c2691; color:#ddc1f7;" |'''Round 1'''
|(106) {{paula}}
|''Earthbound''
|'''898''' - 750
|style="background-color: #98fb98; text-align:center;" |54.4%
|-
| style="background-color: #5c2691; color:#ddc1f7;" |'''Round 2'''
|(87) {{aigis}}
|''Persona''
|700 - '''806'''
|style="background-color: #ffdedb; text-align:center;" |46.4%
|-
! colspan="20" scope="row" style="background-color: #5c2691; color: #ddc1f7; text-align:center;" |2023 - seed 20
|-
|-
| style="background-color: #5c2691; color:#ddc1f7;" |'''Round 1'''
|(121) {{Melina}}
|''Elden Ring''
|'''640''' - 465
|style="background-color: #98fb98; text-align:center;" |57.9%
|-
| style="background-color: #5c2691; color:#ddc1f7;" |'''Round 1'''
|(19) {{Rosa}}
|''Pokemon''
|'''597''' - 581
|style="background-color: #98fb98; text-align:center;" |50.6%
|-
| style="background-color: #5c2691; color:#ddc1f7;" |'''Round 3'''
|(103) {{Taokaka}}
|''Blazblue''
|557 - '''565'''
|style="background-color: #ffdedb; text-align:center;" |49.6%
|-
|}
==Gallery==
For more images, visit the [https://msco.booru.org/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=miss_pauling Ms. /co/ booru] or [https://booru.plus/+queenkingv/miss_pauling Queen/King of /v/ booruplus].<gallery>
<gallery spacing="small">
pauling co oc 1.jpg|Ms. /co/ 2021 - Pauling v. Karen
pauling co oc 3.jpg|Ms. /co/ 2021 - Pauling v. Mulan
pauling v oc 1.png|Queen of /v/ 2022
pauling v oc 2.jpg|Queen of /v/ 2023 - Pauling v. Taokaka
pauling v oc 3.png|Queen of /v/ 2023
</gallery>
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