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	The Demoman says "Cheers, mate!", appears to take a drink from one of the weapons and belches loudly in one of three different ways (other belch sounds: first, second). He clearly enjoys it.

	Associated items	Description	Kill icon
	Eyelander  Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker  Claidheamh Mòr  Half-Zatoichi  Persian Persuader  Nessie's Nine Iron	Main article: Decapitation The Demoman swings his weapon around, 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.

Action

	Associated item	Description
	Director's Vision	The Demoman puts his arms out and forms a square with his fingers, mimicking a camera lens.

	Associated item	Description
	Schadenfreude	The Demoman laughs while pointing.

	Associated item	Description
	High Five!	The Demoman gives a high five.

	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
	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!"

	Associated item	Description
	Oblooterated	The Demoman raises a bottle of beer and cheers with a crate of bottles under an arm, saying "woo!" similar to how he breaks in during a serious moment in Expiration Date "Whooooooooo!! Whoooo! Woo."

	Associated item	Description
	Spent Well Spirits	The Demoman takes a swig from his Bottle, bites off the tip of a grenade and drinks the contents, and ignites the liquids with a lighter while spewing a small mushroom cloud. "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
	Square Dance	The Demoman will swing his partner 'round and 'round while saying: Starting a dance "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
	Skullcracker	The Demoman will gesture towards his head and then perform a head butt with another player. Initiating a head butt "Right here!" "Who's for a head butt?" Head-butting "Hayup!" "Howup!" "Heyup!" "Erroough!" "Freedom!" After a head butt "Now that's a head-butt!"

	Associated item	Description
	Flippin' Awesome	The Demoman will bend his knees slightly with his hands interlocked to form a platform for players to flip themselves off. If he is being flipped, the Demoman will perform 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
	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
	Kazotsky Kick	The Demoman will bend his knees and kick from side to side and proceed to get down on his back on all fours and continue to kick.

	Associated item	Description
	Burstchester	The Demoman will examine the alien and then look over both shoulders.

	Associated item	Description
	Zoomin' Broom	The Demoman pulls out a witch's broom and proceeds to ride it and hover above the ground.

	Associated item	Description
	Bad Pipes	The Demoman will pull out a set of bagpipes and play them while dancing. First tune Second tune Third tune Fourth tune Fifth tune Despite the sour notes, he will compliment 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
	Mannrobics	The Demoman will go 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!"

	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 will trip and spill 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]

	Associated item	Description
	Yeti Smash	The Demoman is rapidly punching his chest before punching ground. After punching the ground "Happy laugh!" "Evil laugh 2" "Long laugh"

	Associated item	Description
	Yeti Punch	The Demoman punches big Yeti made out of cardboard nad says: Before punching the yeti "I'm Drunk you don't have an excuse" After punching the yeti "Ohoho!"

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.

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

• Demoman 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 Decapitation 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.
• 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)

• Bad Pipes and Mannrobics were 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