Soldier taunts
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Taunts are character-specific animations that can be manually triggered in-game. The Soldier 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.
Contents
Primary
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Associated items | Description |
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| The Soldier mock salutes by making a "loser" sign with his hand while saying: |
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| The Soldier yells and beats his chest in a similar fashion to Tarzan. |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier jumps, stands erect, salutes, clicks his heels then quickly marches in place. |
Secondary
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Associated items | Description |
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| The Soldier salutes with the Shotgun, pointing it into the air and firing three times while the start of the song 'Taps' music plays (this consumes no ammunition, nor does it deal damage). He then gives a military salute and says "BOO-YAH!". There is an alternate, longer version of this music. |
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Associated items | Description |
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| The Soldier juggles his grenades and a spare rocket laughing maniacally or shouting "Screamin' Eagles!". |
Melee
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Associated items | Description |
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| The Soldier screams in one of four different ways and bangs his helmet with his weapon. The screams are identical to those he makes when killed by a non-gibbing critical hit or melee weapon. If the Soldier is in Pyroland, he laughs before banging his helmet. |
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Associated items | Description | Kill icon |
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Main article: Grenade
The Soldier tosses away his weapon, cracks his knuckles and says "C'mere, cupcake", takes a grenade off of his belt, sets it, thrusts his fist in the air and explodes, gibbing himself and any nearby enemies as well as destroying any nearby buildings. If the Lumbricus Lid is equipped when this taunt is performed, the kill icon for this taunt changes to a Holy Hand Grenade, and this music is played. |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier juggles his grenades and a spare rocket laughing maniacally or shouting "Screamin' Eagles!". |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier yells and beats his chest in a similar fashion to Tarzan. |
Special
Soldier-exclusive
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Associated item | Description |
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The Soldier points to a trash can with a piece of paper attached to the lid reading "GET IN" with an arrow pointing towards trash in the can. He says one of the following lines, points forward, points twice at the trash and closes the lid kicking the trash can away.
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Associated item | Description |
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The Soldier steps on a bag of coffee beans and drink from a mug while saying:
Associated sound effects |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier pulls out a trombone and plays four low notes of failure (D, D♭, C, B). |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier cracks his neck while saying "Hooah!", then calls people over with hands forward in a "grabbing" pose. When another player joins in, the Soldier grabs their head while saying "Hut hut hut!" and swiftly spins it, before giving a salute.
Initiating Snapping neck Salute If another Soldier is joining in, he hops toward the initiating Soldier, yelling "For Americaaaaa!" while raising his hands up and clutching them into fists, right before having his neck snapped. He then stumbles back a step with a pained grunt, before readjusting his head with his right hand, eliciting another grunt, and hitting the top of his helmet with his right fist during a final yell. |
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Associated item | Description |
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The Soldier pulls out a puppet version of himself, then turns his head to the side while covering his mouth as he does the puppet's voice, saying one of the following lines in a high-pitched voice, before laughing and putting the puppet away:
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier jumps onto a rocket and rides it around like a cowboy.
Jumping Mounting The player continuously moves forward during this taunt, only being able to turn left and right. |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier takes out a gravestone which says "Here lies maggot. I win. The end." and say: |
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Associated item | Description |
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| A canvas with listed objectives of "Get the intel," "Defend point" and "Stop the cart", crossed out with either "KILL RED TEAM" or "KILL BLU TEAM", appears beside The Soldier, as he extends a pointer stick and smacks the canvas with it, pumps his fist in the air, and snaps the pointer stick over his knee.
Smacking the canvas
Fist pump
Breaking pointer stick |
All-Class
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Associated item | Description |
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| A creature resembling a Bread monster partially comes out of the Soldier's chest. He tries to catch the creature with both hands, but it quickly goes back in; the Soldier then looks around in search of it.
Creature noises
Looking at creature
Looking for the creature |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier raises a canteen high up with both hands while exclaiming "God bless America!", then removes the canteen's lid and throws it onto the ground before drinking from it, holding it over his head with both hands. After a few gulps, he shakes the canteen upside-down a few times to see if there's still any to drink, which there isn't; he then throws it against the ground as he says "Dauggh no!" |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier bounces in rhythm to the Latin beats while saying:
Initiating a Conga line Dancing to the Conga The player continuously moves forward during this taunt, only being able to turn left and right. |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier extends his arms out and forms a square with his big hands, trying to visualize the scene in front of him in a frame or a screen. |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier moves his right hand up while closing it into a fist. He then points at his fist before extending his arm forward and inviting others for a fist bump.
Intro While waiting, he looks right and left before saying:
He then winds up his arm once before punching the other player's fist. Bumping
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier bends his knees slightly with his hands interlocked to form a platform for players to flip themselves off. If he is being flipped, the Soldier performs a somersault in mid-air.
Preparing to flip
Flipping another player Being flipped After flipping
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier stands at attention and raises his hand while saying: He then salutes, slaps the other player's hand, and pumps his right fist back and forth a few times. |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier puts one hand over the other in front of him while bending his knees and kicking forward. He looks left, makes a military salute, repositions his hands, looks right, then looks back forward, his helmet bouncing up and down the entire time. The player can freely move around, albeit slowly, during this taunt. |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The soldier plays a sting and an unchoked cymbal, then stands at attention while "saluting" with a "loser" hand sign and laughing. |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier goes through an aerobics routine with the option of a class-specific animation. The player can freely move around, albeit slowly, during this taunt. |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier falls to his knees and hands as he says "Nooo!", then slams his right fist on the ground while screaming before getting back up and adjusting his helmet. |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier engages in an intense battle of Rock, Paper, Scissors.
Initiating a throw
Starting the throw Win (Condition-specific) Loss |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier screams, points in terror, and crouches while putting his hands over his head. After a moment, he looks back up.
Scared Looking up |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier slouches forward and wheezes, breathless with laughter. After righting himself, he then wipes a tear from his eye. |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier takes out a staff with a skull on its top and a tag reading "99¢" while laughing and jumping from side to side. He attempts to cast a spell with his left hand, failing to create anything but green sparkles. He then angrily throws the staff on the ground before returning to his original position. |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier summons a guitar and plays an intense solo as flames and lightning spout from behind. |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier gestures towards his head and then perform a head butt with another player.
Initiating a head butt
Head-butting After a head butt |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier swings his partner 'round and 'round while saying:
Starting a dance During the dance
Dance's end |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier 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. |
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Associated item | Description |
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| A wooden cutout of a Yeti appears roaring in front of the Soldier. He closes his right hand into a fist, grabs and lifts the cutout over him, and smashes it against his head. He staggers for a moment, dizzy, then goes back to normal.
Cutout appears Before hitting the yeti Destroying cutout Cutout destroyed Defeated roar |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier turns into a Yeti, beats his chest while roaring, and slams the ground with his fist; he then turns back to normal and slightly rearranges his helmet back in place while standing back up.
Yeti transformation |
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Associated item | Description |
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| The Soldier 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. |
Costume
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Associated wearables | Description |
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| The Soldier performs the Robot dance while saying, "Beep beep boop. Maggot!". The actual video demonstration can be seen here. |
Unused content
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Associated item | Description |
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| None | The Soldier stamps his feet, crosses his arms then shows something off. |
Update history
December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)
- [Undocumented] Added taunts used by the Direct Hit, Shotgun and Equalizer.
- [Undocumented] The Shotgun's original taunt (juggling taunt) was assigned to the Buff Banner.
- [Undocumented] Added an unused "high-five" taunt.
- Fixed the Worms gear not playing the correct sound during the Equalizer taunt.
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- [Undocumented] Updated the unused "high-five" taunt.
- 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.
- [Undocumented] Added voice response for the Grenade taunt.
- [Undocumented] Added laughing animations.
June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)
- [Undocumented] Added Schadenfreude taunt.
- [Undocumented] Added the Cocksure taunt, used by the Cow Mangler 5000.
- [Undocumented] Added an unused "show" taunt.
- [Undocumented] The Soldier is no longer able to taunt while the Cow Mangler 5000 is charging.
October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)
- Added High Five! taunt.
- Taunting with the Righteous Bison, Battalion's Backup, or the Saxxy now play the Buff Banner taunt
- Added a robot taunt for the Soldier which plays when wearing The Tin Soldier set
- Fixed the Escape Plan not using the same taunt as the Equalizer.
- Added Shred Alert taunt.
June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)
- Added Conga, Square Dance, Skullcracker, Flippin' Awesome, Rock, Paper, Scissors, and Fresh Brewed Victory 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)
- Added Mannrobics taunt.
July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)
- Added Fubar Fanfare taunt.
October 21, 2016 Patch (Scream Fortress 2016)
- Added Second Rate Sorcery taunt.
- Added Victory Lap taunt.
October 20, 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)
- Added 2 official taunts: Yeti Punch and Yeti Smash.
October 19, 2018 Patch (Scream Fortress X)
- The Panzer Pants was added to the game.
December 3, 2020 Patch (Smissmas 2020)
- The Rocket Jockey was added to the game.
- The Fist Bump was added to the game.
October 5, 2021 Patch (Scream Fortress 2021)
- The Profane Puppeteer was added to the game.
October 5, 2022 Patch (Scream Fortress 2022)
- The Scaredy-cat! was added to the game.
July 12, 2023 Patch (Summer 2023 Update)
- The Star-Spangled Strategy and the Killer Joke were added to the game.
October 9, 2023 Patch (Scream Fortress 2023)
- The Neck Snap was added to the game.
December 7, 2023 Patch (Smissmas 2023)
- The Mourning Mercs and Cheers! were added to the game.
Trivia
- The Cow Mangler 5000's taunt is officially named the "Cocksure" (Salute taunt).
- Near the end of Soldier's Schadenfreude taunt, the voice director can be heard saying "Alright cut".
See also
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