- "Time to fight!"
- ―The Administrator
The main menu is the opening screen of Team Fortress 2. Upon the initial opening of the game's menu, one of the soundtrack songs will play, but it will not loop or play again until the game is restarted. The main menu can also be opened while connected to a server (the default key to open the menu is Esc).
There are four possible map backgrounds and selection of possible class images depending upon active Holidays or special Updates.