Demoman taunts
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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.
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Primary
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| 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
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| The Demoman spins around, thumps his chest twice, and makes a V-Sign with his fingers. |
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| The Demoman turns around, crouches forward, and shakes his posterior while squeaking sounds are heard. |
Melee
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| 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. Attacking after using this taunt (with the exception of when it is done with the Frying Pan) will cause the Demoman to respond drunkenly. |
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Main article: Decapitation
The Demoman swings his weapon around slashes it in front of him, then cleans the blade with his hand. |
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| 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: |
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| 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. |
Special
Demoman-exclusive
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| The Demoman pulls out a set of bagpipes and plays them while dancing.
Despite the sour notes, he will compliment upon his own skills. |
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| The Demoman drinks a bottle of beer and proceeds to steer a wooden ship wheel. |
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| The Demoman raises a bottle of beer and cheers with a crate of bottles under an arm, yelling "Whooooooooo!! Whoooo! Woo.", similar to how he breaks in during a serious moment in Expiration Date. |
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| The Demoman falls onto a folding chair and proceeds to take sips from a booze flask, occasionally saying some drunken lines. |
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The Demoman bites off the tip of a pipe grenade and dumps its contents into his mouth together with some of his scrumpy, then pulls out a lighter and spews the mix into its flame, causing a small mushroom cloud. He then closes his right hand into a fist, in a victory gesture, and says one of the following:
Associated sound effects |
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| 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
Tripping Associated sound effects The player will continuously move forward during this taunt, only being able to turn left and right. |
All-Class
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| A creature resembling a Bread monster partially comes out of the Demoman's chest. He points at the creature and looks right and left, casually commenting about it before it goes back inside.
Pointing at monster |
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| The Demoman bounces in rhythm to the Latin beats while saying:
Initiating a Conga line Dancing to the Conga The player will continuously move forward during this taunt, only being able to turn left and right. |
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| The Demoman puts his arms out and forms a square with his fingers, trying to visualize the scene in front of him in a frame or a screen. |
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| The Demoman closes his right hand into a fist and points at it before extending his arm forward and inviting others for a fist bump.
Intro While waiting, he looks to his left, loses balance, falls to his right and grunts before readjusting himself. The Demoman then winds up his arm twice before punching the other player's fist. Bumping
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| The Demoman bends his knees slightly with his hands interlocked to form a platform for players to flip themselves off. If he is being flipped, the Demoman performs a somersault in mid-air.
Preparing to flip
Flipping another player Being flipped After flipping |
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| The Demoman raises his right hand and points at it with his left hand while saying: He then rubs the palms of his hands against one another and slaps the other player's hand, then points to his eye with one finger and to the other player with two fingers. |
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| The Demoman puts his right fist on his hip while bending his knees and kicking from side to side, swinging his left fist from side to side in front of him. He eventually drops back and stands on all fours, belly up, now kicking forward and alternating hands on the ground. When he goes back up, he raises him arms for a second, then goes back to having a fist on his hip and the other swinging. The player can freely move around, albeit slowly, during this taunt. |
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The Demoman goes through an aerobics routine with the option of a class-specific animation.
Dance flourish The player can freely move around, albeit slowly, during this taunt. |
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| The Demoman engages in an intense battle of Rock, Paper, Scissors.
Initiating a throw Starting the throw Win
Loss |
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| The Demoman laughs while pointing. |
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| The Demoman takes out a staff with a skull on its top and a tag reading "99¢". He jumps from side to side, but slips and leans on the staff to not fall. He drunkenly attemps to cast a spell with his left hand, failing to create anything but green sparkles. The staff breaks from supporting his weight, and the Demoman returns to his original position. |
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| The Demoman summons a guitar and plays an intense solo as flames and lightning spout from behind. |
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| The Demoman gestures towards his head and then performs a head butt with another player.
Initiating a head butt Head-butting After a head butt |
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| The Demoman swings his partner 'round and 'round while saying:
Starting a dance He'll also burp mid-swing During the dance Dance's end |
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| The Demoman 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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| A wooden cutout of a Yeti appears roaring in front of the Demoman. He wobbles back and forth in a drunken manner, with his hands closed into fists, and hits the cutout with a one-two combo, destroying it. He then returns to his position, still wobbling.
Before punching the yeti After punching the yeti |
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| The Demoman turns into a Yeti, beats his chest while roaring, and slams the ground with his fist; he then turns back to normal, wobbling a bit, with his left hand slightly covering his face.
After punching the ground |
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| The Demoman 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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| The Demoman lets out a wolf howl while holding out his arms and looking towards the sky. |
Unused content
| Trading |
Update history
February 16, 2009 Patch
- Demoman's bottle taunt has received a 'burp' sound.
- Demomen 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.
- 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.
- 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] Removed Demoman's taunt from the Pain Train.
- [Undocumented] The Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker and Claidheamh Mòr were assigned the Decapitation taunt.
- [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.
- 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.
- Fixed
AE_CL_BODYGROUP_SET_VALUEanimation 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.
- 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.
October 21, 2016 Patch (Scream Fortress 2016)
- Added two taunts to the Mann Co. Store.
- Taunt: The Victory Lap.
- Taunt: Second Rate Sorcery (community-created).
December 21, 2016 Patch (Smissmas 2016)
- The Scotsmann's Stagger was added to the game.
October 20, 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)
- Added 2 official taunts: Yeti Punch and Yeti Smash.
December 3, 2020 Patch (Smissmas 2020)
- The Pooped Deck was added to the game
- The Fist Bump was added to the game.
October 5, 2021 Patch (Scream Fortress 2021)
- The Drunken Sailor was 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
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