The 'Heavy Is Dead' meme stems from a surreal Team Fortress 2 (TF2) animation created by Source Filmmaker artist Antoine Delak in 2019. The video depicts a bizarre, nonsensical scenario where the Heavy is suddenly killed, leading to a chaotic investigation by the rest of the TF2 cast. Its rapid-fire humor, non-sequiturs, and GMod-style absurdity turned it into an instant classic within the gaming community. Fans use the template to recreate the high-energy confusion of the original video, often replacing characters or dialogue to fit different fandoms or everyday situations where something has gone inexplicably wrong.