Demoman taunts

Taunts are character-specific animations that can be manually triggered in-game. The Demoman has several taunts, all of which are listed below with applicable voicelines and a description of the animation. This does not include voice responses or voice commands.

Primary

	Associated items	Description
	Grenade Launcher  Loch-n-Load  Loose Cannon  Iron Bomber	The Demoman does a pelvic thrust and shouts "KA-BOOM!" while lifting his lower body armor to reveal a picture of a smiley face taped to his crotch.

Secondary

	Associated items	Description
	Stickybomb Launcher  Sticky Jumper  Quickiebomb Launcher	The Demoman spins around, thumps his chest twice, and makes a V-Sign with his fingers.

	Associated item	Description
	Scottish Resistance	The Demoman turns around, crouches forward, and shakes his posterior while squeaking sounds are heard.

Melee

	Associated items	Description
	Bottle  Frying Pan  Scottish Handshake  Conscientious Objector  Bat Outta Hell  Freedom Staff  Ham Shank  Golden Frying Pan  Crossing Guard  Prinny Machete  Necro Smasher	The Demoman says "Cheers, mate!", appears to take a drink from the weapon, and belches loudly in one of three different ways. He clearly enjoys it. Attacking after doing this taunt (with the exception of when it is done with the Frying Pan) causes the Demoman to respond drunkenly.

	Associated items	Description	Kill Icon
	Eyelander  Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker  Claidheamh Mòr  Half-Zatoichi  Persian Persuader  Nessie's Nine Iron	Main article: Barbarian Swing The Demoman swings his weapon around and slashes it in front of him, then cleans the blade with his hand.

	Associated item	Description
	Ullapool Caber	The Demoman tosses his Ullapool Caber into the air, catches it, shows it to his opponent and uses it to whack the area in front of him. This taunt does not injure or kill opponents. He says one of the following: "I'm goin' ta blast ya into thin gruel!" "Oooohhh, I'm gonna liquefy ya!"

	Associated items	Description
	Pain Train  Scotsman's Skullcutter  Saxxy	The Demoman does a pelvic thrust and shouts "KA-BOOM!" while lifting his lower body armor to reveal a picture of a smiley face taped to his crotch.

Special

Demoman-exclusive

	Associated item	Description
	Bad Pipes	The Demoman pulls out a set of bagpipes and plays them while dancing. First tune Second tune Third tune Fourth tune Fifth tune Despite the sour notes, he compliments upon his own skills. "Hah! Nailed it!" "Oh it brings tears to the eye, it does!" "Like a chorus of wee bagpipe-playing angels!" "Never played before in me life!"

	Associated item	Description
	Drunk Mann's Cannon	The Demoman steps aside and points forward as a wheel-mounted cannon comes out of the ground, which he proceeds to mount and ride around. The player continuously moves forward during this taunt, only being able to turn left and right. Jumping onto cannon "Freeeedooooom!" "Hae at 'em, lads!" "Get 'am, Boyos!" "Kill 'em aall!" "Leeeeet's do iiiiit!" "Aigheaght's the way to do it!" "Come on!" Flairs Long laugh Long laugh Happy laugh Happy laugh Evil laugh Cannon breaks "Eh." "ACH!" "Bloody hell!" "AW CRIPE!" "BAW!"

	Associated item	Description
	Drunken Sailor	The Demoman drinks a bottle of beer and proceeds to steer a wooden ship wheel.

	Associated item	Description
	Oblooterated	The Demoman raises a bottle of beer with his left hand while holding a crate of bottles under his right arm, yelling "Whooooooooo!! Whoooo! Woo.", similar to how he breaks in during a serious moment in Expiration Date.

	Associated item	Description
	Pooped Deck	The Demoman falls onto a folding chair and proceeds to take sips from a booze flask, occasionally saying some drunken lines.

	Associated item	Description
	Roar O'War	The Demoman steps with his right foot on a small pile of rocks that appears in front of him; he then pulls out his equipped melee weapon and raises it, while shouting a battle cry, before giving it a swing and putting it back away. Battle cries "Freeeedooooom!" "Hae at 'em, lads!" "Get 'am, boyos!" "Kill 'em aall!"

	Associated item	Description
	Shanty Shipmate	The Demoman jumps into the SS DeGroot - a small rowing boat, painted with the team's color and a white stripe around it with a handwritten registry on the back - which pops out of the ground; he then sits down and starts rowing, occasionally looking around and saying drunken gibberish. Upon finishing the taunt, the Demoman stands up with an unstable step. The player continuously moves forward during this taunt, only being able to turn left and right.

	Associated item	Description
	Spent Well Spirits	The Demoman bites off the tip of a pipe grenade and dumps its contents into his mouth together with some of his scrumpy, then pulls out a lighter and spews the mix into its flame, causing a small mushroom cloud. He then closes his right hand into a fist, in a victory gesture, and says one of the following: "That's good scrumpy!" "I love cheap whiskey!" "Hah ha!" "Argh! Phht!" "Pbbbbt! Ergh!" "Ah hah ha!" "Whoop de doo!" "Eh hah ha!" "Woo hoo!" "Wooh hoo!" "Woo hooh" "[weakly] Whoo hoo!" "FREEDOM!" "HAH HAAA!" "Hah ha ha ha!" Associated sound effects [pulls out grenade] [cracks open grenade] [spits out lid] [pours both liquids in his mouth] [drops grenade] [drops bottle] [spits liquids into the air] [explosion]

	Associated item	Description
	Scotsmann's Stagger	The Demoman walks in a slow, drunken stride, drinking from a bottle of beer in a paper bag and spouting slurred gibberish. On occasion, the Demoman trips and spills some of the beer in the bottle. Slurred gibberish "...yer arses arse and I'm the grass man, punk yeah ya havin' heathen." "Any one of you, I..." (belch) (unintelligible muttering) "I love you man..." "Any of you that think ye're better 'n me you're gon' have another thing c-..." "...the BOTH of yeh on you..." "Everyone thinks I'm...God damn it..." (weeping) (unintelligible gibberish) "Any one of you--!" (belches) "Everyone, damn it..." (sobs) "It's on! It's on like--!" [falls asleep, then wakes up] "wha--?" "...gonna take down to the pain train station in train town..." Tripping "Hup!" "Hayup!" "Heyup!" "Uhhh!" Associated sound effects [beer slosh] [beer slosh 2] [beer slosh 3] [beer slosh 4] The player continuously moves forward during this taunt, only being able to turn left and right.

All-Class

	Associated item	Description
	Burstchester	A creature resembling a Bread monster partially comes out of the Demoman's chest. He points at the creature and looks right and left, casually commenting about it before it goes back inside. Creature noises [Long scream 1] [Long scream 2] [Happy scream 1] [Happy scream 2] [Growl 1] [Growl 2] [Growl 3] [Growl 4] [Growl 5] [Growl 6] [Growl 7] [Growl 8] [Growl 9] [Growl 10] [Snap 1] [Snap 2] [Snap 3] [Snap 4] [Snap 5] [Snap 6] [Snap 7] [Snap 8] Pointing at monster "Look at this bonny thing!" "Haha! This guy!" "Ha ha, there he is!" "Ha ha, ya crazy man!" "Oh ho ah ho, I'm dizzy!"

	Associated item	Description
	Cheers!	The Demoman takes out a flask with a laugh and makes a salute while saying "Cheers, mate!". He then tilts himself back while drinking it enthusiastically; when he's done drinking, he curves himself forward with a burp while throwing the flask against the ground beside him.

	Associated item	Description
	Conga	The Demoman bounces in rhythm to the Latin beats while saying: Initiating a Conga line "Conga, lads!" "CONGA! Conga, Conga! Ha ha ha!" "Conga!" "Cong-ga" "Ha ha ha!" "Conga lads!" Dancing to the Conga "Hey, hey, hey, hey!" "Hoo hoo!" "Whoop, hey!" "Conga, conga, conga!" (singing) "Conga, conga, conga!" (singing) "Conga, conga, conga!" "I love the conga!" The player continuously moves forward during this taunt, only being able to turn left and right.

	Associated item	Description
	Director's Vision	The Demoman puts his arms out and forms a square with his fingers, trying to visualize the scene in front of him in a frame or a screen.

	Associated item	Description
	Fist Bump	The Demoman closes his right hand into a fist and points at it before extending his arm forward and inviting others for a fist bump. Intro "Come on!" "Come on." "Come at me!" "Aye!" While waiting, he looks to his left, loses balance, falls to his right and grunts "Hup!" "Hayup!" "Heyup!" "Uhhh!" before readjusting himself. The Demoman then winds up his arm twice before punching the other player's fist. Bumping After a successful fist bump, he points at the other player and nods positively while saying: "Ha ha! There he is!"

	Associated item	Description
	Flippin' Awesome	The Demoman bends his knees slightly with his hands interlocked to form a platform for players to flip themselves off. If he is being flipped, the Demoman performs a somersault in mid-air. Preparing to flip "Come on!" "Come on!" "Come on." "Come at me!" "Aye!" "Aye, let's do it!" "Let's do this!" "Let's do this!" "Come on, then!" "Come on, then!" "Get over here!" "I'll flip ya!" "I'll flip ya." "Who wants a flippin'?" "Oy, let's flip!" "Oy, let's flip." "Who wants a go?" "Who wants a go, eh?" "Aye, let's go!" "Aye, let's go." "Let's give ya a hand!" Flipping another player "Hup!" "Heyeah!" "Uhhh!" Being flipped "Wooohooo!" "Whoaaaa!" After flipping "Oof, I'm dizzy!" "Oh ho ah ho, I'm dizzy!" "Ough, I must be drunk!" "Hwap, ouww." "Ha ha, this guy!" "Ha ha, there he is!" "Ha ha, ya crazy man!" "Hah hah! Yes!"

	Associated item	Description
	High Five!	The Demoman raises his right hand and points at it with his left hand while saying: "Aye!" He then rubs the palms of his hands against one another and slaps the other player's hand, then points to his eye with one finger and to the other player with two fingers.

	Associated item	Description
	Kazotsky Kick	The Demoman puts his right fist on his hip while bending his knees and kicking from side to side, swinging his left fist from side to side in front of him. He eventually drops back and stands on all fours, belly up, now kicking forward and alternating hands on the ground. When he goes back up, he raises him arms for a second, then goes back to having a fist on his hip and the other swinging. The player can freely move around, albeit slowly, during this taunt.

	Associated item	Description
	Killer Joke	The Demoman plays a sting and an unchoked cymbal, then falls asleep on the drums, but quickly wakes up. Falling asleep "Woo hooh" "[weakly] Whoo hoo!"

	Associated item	Description
	Mannrobics	The Demoman goes through an aerobics routine with the option of a class-specific animation. "Whoo, whoo, yah sure! Woh, hup sti'that! Hup, hup, hup yap!" "Hoo, whoo! Whoo whoo, ogh! "Hup, all right, here we go! Whoo! Whoo! That's right, whoo! Whoo!" "Hup hup hup, everybody! Feet up, feet up, feet up! That's it, there's go, ho ho! Oh yeah!" "Oh, d'ye like that, yeah? Oh you like that, oh!" "How 'bout this! Oh, yah!" "I'm a Scottish dancin' machine! Ha!" "I'm a bloody, I'm bloody on fire!: "Oh I'm bloody on fire!" "Ah, who needs this depth perception when you can bloody move like this!" "Oh, I'm not going anywhere! I'm not going anywhere! I'm not going anywhere! Oh!" "Aye, a bit of this! And a wee bit of that! A wee bit of this!" "Aye, a bit of this! And a bit of this! A wee bit of this!" (happy laughter) (excited grunting) "Feet up! That's it! Let's go! Ho, ho! Oh yeah!" Dance flourish "And boom!" "And...boom goes the bomb! Ha ha!" "And..boom goes the bomb!" The player can freely move around, albeit slowly, during this taunt.

	Associated item	Description
	Mourning Mercs	The Demoman lets out a scream as he moves his hands to the sides, palms facing up, which is interrupted by a burp; he starts to lose balance, tumbling back and forward before he can regain his footing, which he does while covering his face with both hands as he says "Ooooh, I've realllly hit rock bottom.", leaning forward and letting his arms hang limply as he says it.

	Associated item	Description
	Rock, Paper, Scissors	The Demoman engages in an intense battle of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Initiating a throw "Rock, paper, scissors!" "Who want ta throw?" Starting the throw "One, two, three!" Win "Heh ha!" "Ho hah, he hah ha!" "Ay!" "Oh, perfect!" "Behold, your winner!" "Oh, hoh ho!" "Woo hoo hoo hoo!" "Yeh hah!" "That's a wee!" "Hah!" Loss "Nooo!" "Aw, come on." "It's a travesty!" "Oh, 'tis a dark day." "Dahhh!"

	Associated item	Description
	Scaredy-cat!	The Demoman gets scared, puts his hands on his head, and points frantically in front of him. Scared "Agh!" "Daaaah!!" Pointing "It's the devil's work!" "What manner of witchcraft is this?"

	Associated item	Description
	Schadenfreude	The Demoman laughs while pointing.

	Associated item	Description
	Second Rate Sorcery	The Demoman takes out a staff with a skull on its top and a tag reading "99¢". He jumps from side to side, but slips and leans on the staff to not fall. He drunkenly attemps to cast a spell with his left hand, failing to create anything but green sparkles. The staff breaks from supporting his weight, and the Demoman returns to his original position.

	Associated item	Description
	Shred Alert	The Demoman summons a guitar and plays an intense solo as flames and lightning spout from behind.

	Associated item	Description
	Skullcracker	The Demoman gestures towards his head and then performs a head butt with another player. Initiating a head butt "Right here!" "Who's for a head buttin'?" Head-butting "Hayup!" "Howup!" "Heyup!" "Erroough!" "Freedom!" After a head butt "Now that's a head-butt!"

	Associated item	Description
	Square Dance	The Demoman swings his partner 'round and 'round while saying: Starting a dance (He also burps mid-swing) "Let's dance!" [drunken mumbling] "Let's dance!" "Let's do-si-do, he he he!" During the dance "Ha ha ha!" [drunkenness] Dance's end "Ha ha ho ho hwah!" "Ah ha ha!" "Eh he ha ha !" "He hee hoo!" "Ooogh!"

	Associated item	Description
	Victory Lap	The Demoman jumps into a team-colored bumper car. Pressing MOUSE1 makes him honk the car's horn. The player can freely move around, albeit slowly, during this taunt.

	Associated item	Description
	Yeti Punch	A wooden cutout of a Yeti appears roaring in front of the Demoman. He wobbles back and forth in a drunken manner, with his hands closed into fists, and hits the cutout with a one-two combo, destroying it. He then returns to his position, still wobbling. Cutout appears [roar 1] Before punching the yeti "I'm drunk! You don't have an excuse!" Cutout destroyed [breaking wood] Defeated roar [roar 2] After punching the yeti "Hoho-o-o!"

	Associated item	Description
	Yeti Smash	The Demoman turns into a Yeti, beats his chest while roaring, and slams the ground with his fist; he then turns back to normal, wobbling a bit, with his left hand slightly covering his face. Yeti transformation [snow falling, loud roar] [landing from jump] [short roar] [long roar 1] [chest hit 1] [chest hit 2] [chest hit 3] [chest hit 4] [chest hit 5] [chest hit 6] [chest hit 7] [chest hit 8] [chest hit 9] [long roar 2] [slamming the ground] After punching the ground Happy laugh Evil laugh 2 Long laugh

	Associated item	Description
	Zoomin' Broom	The Demoman pulls out a witch's broom and proceeds to ride it, hovering above the ground. The player can freely move around, albeit slowly, during this taunt.

Other

	Associated item	Description
	Neck Snap	The Demoman stumbles forward, spouting "I love you man..." as the Soldier grabs him by the head. The Soldier then snaps the Demoman's neck, eliciting a pained grunt during full 360° spin; he nearly falls back at the end, exclaiming "Whoaaaa!" but manages to regain his footing, letting out a short laugh.

Costume

	Associated wearables	Description
	Hair of the Dog  Scottish Snarl  Pickled Paws	The Demoman lets out a wolf howl while holding out his arms and looking towards the sky. [wolf howl 1] [wolf howl 2] [wolf howl 3]

Unused content

Trading

"Look at this bonny thing!" "Ya might like this!" "What you think, eh?" "Cast your eyes on this!" "Not bad, eh?" [hopeful encouraging grunts and a laugh] [questioning, hopeful and pleased grunts with a laugh]

Update history

February 16, 2009 Patch

• Demoman's bottle taunt has received a 'burp' sound.

May 21, 2009 Patch

• Demomen can now detonate their stickies while taunting.

December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)

• [Undocumented] Added two taunts used by the Scottish Resistance and Eyelander.
• [Undocumented] Added unused "high-five" and "bottle showoff" taunts.

December 18, 2009 Patch

• Fixed a server crash caused by the Demoman's taunt kill.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• [Undocumented] Updated the unused "high-five" taunt.

March 15, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the Soldier/Demoman taunts not working correctly when the Half-Zatoichi is the active weapon.

May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)

• Added Director's Vision taunt.

June 3, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Removed Demoman's taunt from the Pain Train.
• [Undocumented] The Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker and Claidheamh Mòr were assigned the Barbarian Swing taunt.

June 8, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added laughing animations.

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• Added Schadenfreude taunt.

October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)

• Added High-Five! taunt.^(sic)
• Taunting with The Pain Train or the Saxxy now plays the same taunt as the Grenade Launcher.
• Added a taunt for The Ullapool Caber (bottle showoff taunt).

October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)

• [Undocumented] Added a Wolf Howl taunt for the Demoman which plays when wearing The Highland Hound set.

February 18, 2013 Patch

• Added Shred Alert taunt.

June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)

• Added Conga, Square Dance, Skullcracker, Flippin' Awesome, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Spent Well Spirits, and Oblooterated taunts.

January 15, 2015 Patch #1

• Fixed AE_CL_BODYGROUP_SET_VALUE animation events not working properly.
  • Fixes the Demoman's sticky note not drawing.

July 2, 2015 Patch (Gun Mettle Update)

• The Kazotsky Kick was added to the game.

October 6, 2015 Patch (Invasion Community Update)

• The Burstchester was added to the game.

October 28, 2015 Patch (Scream Fortress 2015)

• The Zoomin' Broom was added to the game.

November 3, 2015 Patch

• Updated taunts to prevent movement during the pre-round period when players are frozen

December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)

• The Bad Pipes and Mannrobics were added to the game.

October 21, 2016 Patch (Scream Fortress 2016)

• Added two taunts to the Mann Co. Store.
  • Taunt: The Victory Lap.
  • Taunt: Second Rate Sorcery (community-created).

December 21, 2016 Patch (Smissmas 2016)

• The Scotsmann's Stagger was added to the game.

October 20, 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)

• Added 2 official taunts: Yeti Punch and Yeti Smash.

December 3, 2020 Patch (Smissmas 2020)

• The Pooped Deck and the Fist Bump were added to the game.

October 5, 2021 Patch (Scream Fortress 2021)

• The Drunken Sailor was added to the game.

October 5, 2022 Patch (Scream Fortress 2022)

• The Drunk Mann's Cannon, the Shanty Shipmate, and the Scaredy-cat! were added to the game.

July 12, 2023 Patch (Summer 2023 Update)

• The Killer Joke was added to the game.

October 9, 2023 Patch (Scream Fortress 2023)

• The Roar O'War and the Neck Snap were added to the game.

December 7, 2023 Patch (Smissmas 2023)

• The Mourning Mercs and Cheers! were added to the game.

October 11, 2024 Patch (Scream Fortress 2024)

• The Commending Clap was added to the game.

Trivia

• The Ullapool Caber's taunt was added during the WAR! Update as a taunt kill for the bottle. It remained unused until the Manniversary Update & Sale, when it was applied to the Ullapool Caber.

See also

• Demoman marketing poses