Balloonicorn

Balloonicorn
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RED BLU
Basic Information
Worn by:	All Class
Slot:	Cosmetic
Equip region:	Disconnected Floating Item
Released:	Pyromania Update
Availability:	Promotional, Craft, Purchase, Drop or Uncrate #46
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Paintable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	Yes
Available Qualities
Unique Genuine Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
Balloonicorn 1 - 100 On Equip: Visit Pyroland Only visible in Pyroland Oh my goodness! Is it Balloonicorn? The Mayor of Pyroland? Don't be ridiculous, we're talking about an inflatable unicorn. He's the Municipal Ombudsman. Between you and me, Balloonicorn's a joke down at City Hall. Gary Brottman, the inflatable Sewer Superintendent, is sleeping with Balloonicorn's wife. Anyway, when he's riding around on your shoulder don't mention ANY of this to him, because Balloonicorn is on a hair trigger and he's usually pretty drunk.

The Balloonicorn is a miscellaneous item for all classes. It's an inflatable, team-colored unicorn that floats behind the player. This item 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, other players' voices become high-pitched, and other players laugh when injured or killed. As you would when wearing the Pyrovision Goggles, Rainblower, Lollichop, Infernal Orchestrina, and Burning Bongos.

When players equipped with the Balloonicorn kill an enemy unassisted by another player, the killfeed shows Balloonicorn getting the assist, with its custom name if it has one.

This item is awarded in Genuine quality to those who purchase the real life version from the Valve store.

Painted variants

Main article: Paint Can

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Single colors
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge	Color No. 216-190-216	Peculiarly Drab Tincture	Aged Moustache Grey
A Distinctive Lack of Hue	After Eight	Radigan Conagher Brown	Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Muskelmannbraun	Mann Co. Orange	Australium Gold	The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Dark Salmon Injustice	Pink as Hell	A Deep Commitment to Purple	Noble Hatter's Violet
A Color Similar to Slate	Zepheniah's Greed	Drably Olive	Indubitably Green
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime	A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED)	Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU)	Balaclavas Are Forever (RED)	Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Team Spirit (RED)	Team Spirit (BLU)	Operator's Overalls (RED)	Operator's Overalls (BLU)
The Value of Teamwork (RED)	The Value of Teamwork (BLU)	An Air of Debonair (RED)	An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Cream Spirit (RED)	Cream Spirit (BLU)	Unpainted (RED)	Unpainted (BLU)

Related achievements

General

The Great Deflate Kill 79 enemies who have the Balloonicorn pets.

Update history

June 27, 2012 Patch (Pyromania Update)

• The Balloonicorn was added to the game.

June 28, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Balloonicorn was added to the drop system.

Bugs

• The Balloonicorn is incorrectly labeled as a badge in-game.
• The Balloonicorn assist does not show after destroying a building.
• When equipped with the Bird-Man of Aberdeen, the Balloonicorn gets credit for kills instead of assists.

Trivia

• Before being officially added to the game, Balloonicorn was hinted at in the comic A Smissmas Story, on page 1, hanging on the tree.

• Killing a player with the Balloonicorn will cause him to hover closely to the owner's corpse.

Related merchandise

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  Inflatable Balloonicorn on Valve Store