Burning Bongos

Burning Bongos
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Basic Information
Worn by:	Pyro
Slot:	Cosmetic
Equip region:	Grenades
Released:	Pyromania Update
Availability:	Drop, Craft or Purchase
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Paintable:	No
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	Yes
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Burning Bongos 1 - 100 On Equip: Visit Pyroland Only visible in Pyroland When you were a kid, all you wanted was to play the bongos. But then you grew up and, like all of us, realized you're not as good at bongos as Matthew McConaughey. Well, guess what, pal: Nobody is, or ever will be. (Equips Pyrovision.)

“

Mpphmumph! Click to listen — The Pyro on his newfound musical talent

”

The Burning Bongos are a cosmetic item for the Pyro. They replace the Pyro's napalm grenades with three small bongo drums as seen in Meet the Pyro. The Burning Bongos may only be seen in-game by users who are in Pyroland.

When equipped, players are able to see in Pyrovision; map textures are replaced with those of Pyroland, gibs and pickups are replaced with their counterparts from birthday mode and low-violence mode, other players' voices become high-pitched, and all players laugh when injured or killed.

Update history

June 27, 2012 Patch (Pyromania Update)

• The Burning Bongos were added to the game.

June 28, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Burning Bongos were added to the drop system.

Trivia

• The description mentions Matthew McConaughey, an American actor, who was noted for his 1999 arrest for, among other crimes, playing the bongos very loudly in the early hours of the morning while in the nude and disturbing the peace.