Engineer taunts
Taunts are character-specific animations that can be manually triggered in-game. The Engineer 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
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The Engineer performs a hoedown while yelling: |
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Main article: Dischord
The Engineer takes out his trusty guitar, plays a chord, then smashes the area in front of him. |
Secondary
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The Engineer twirls the item in his hand while chuckling menacingly and blows over the barrel (or the side of the barrel, in the case of the Lugermorph) of the gun. |
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The Engineer laughs evilly, slaps his knee and points. |
Melee
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The Engineer laughs evilly, slaps his knee and points. |
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Main article: Organ Grinder
The Engineer revs his Gunslinger which starts spinning, then thrusts it forward. |
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The Engineer throws his arm into the sky, which gets struck by lightning. He then teleports back to spawn, or his teleporter exit. |
Action
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The Engineer puts his arms out and forms a square with his fingers, mimicking a camera lens. |
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The Engineer, standing firmly with his fists on his hips, lets out a hearty laugh; he laughs a little too hard, soon coughing into one of his arms. |
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The Engineer gives a high five and says "Heck yes!". |
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The Engineer summons a guitar and plays an intense solo as flames and lightning spout from behind. |
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The Engineer bounces in rhythm to the Latin beats while saying:
Dancing to the Conga
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The Engineer unfolds a toolbox, which contains a lawn chair, a small umbrella, and several beer bottles. He then sits down, drinks beer, belches, and occasionally says:
This continues until the player presses the taunt button again. Associated sound effects |
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The Engineer will swing his partner 'round and 'round while saying:
Starting a dance Dance's end |
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The Engineer will gesture towards his head and then perform a head butt with another player.
Initiating a head butt
After a head butt |
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The Engineer 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 Engineer will perform a somersault in mid-air.
Preparing to flip
After flipping |
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The Engineer engages in an intense battle of Rock, Paper, Scissors.
Initiating a throw Starting the throw
Loss |
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The Engineer will kick from side to side. |
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The Engineer will appear surprised and carefully examine the alien. |
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The Engineer pulls out a witch's broom and proceeds to ride it and hover above the ground. |
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The Engineer will mount and ride a mechanical bull until it bucks him off. |
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The Engineer will go through an aerobics routine with the option of a class-specific animation.
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The Engineer hits his chest rapidly before punching the ground. |
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The Engineer punches the Yeti made out of cardboard. |
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Engineer enter a team-colored bumper car similar to the ones seen in Carnival of Carnage. |
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Engineer will take out a staff with a skull on its top and a tag reading "99¢". Engineer will attempt to cast a spell, fail to create anything but green sparkles, and then react before putting the wand away or destroying it. Engineer speak: ipsum instantarium (Teleportation spell). |
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When activated, a haystack will appear behind the Engineer while he pulls out a banjo, he will then sit down and begin playing it. When the player ends the taunt, the Engineer will place the banjo next to the haystack and get up after which the props will disappear behind him. |
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the Engineer will pull a jackhammer out of his tool pocket and ride on it. |
Unused
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None | The Engineer takes out his guitar and plays a long tune on it. |
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None | The Engineer wiggles around uncomfortably, then vomits. |
Update history
- [Undocumented] Added 2 taunts used by the Frontier Justice and Gunslinger
- [Undocumented] Added unused "high-five" and "guitar playing" taunts
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- [Undocumented] Removed the unused "high-five" and "guitar playing" taunts from game files
May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)
- Added Director's Vision taunt.
- [Undocumented] Re-added the unused "high-five" taunt back to the game files
June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)
- Added Schadenfreude taunt.
- [Undocumented] Added laughing animations.
October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)
- Wrangler taunt now performs the Pistol taunt animation
- Added High Five! taunt.
December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)
- Added a taunt used by the Eureka Effect.
- [Undocumented] Added an unused "vomit" taunt.
- Added Shred Alert taunt.
- Updated the Short Circuit to use the Engineer's melee taunt
June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)
- Added Conga, Square Dance, Skullcracker, Flippin' Awesome, Rock, Paper, Scissors, and Rancho Relaxo taunts.
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.
- Updated taunts to prevent movement during the pre-round period when players are frozen
December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)
- Bucking Bronco and Mannrobics were added to the game.
October 21, 2016 Patch (Scream Fortress 2016)
- Added Second Rate Sorcery taunt.
- Added Victory Lap taunt.
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