Beep Boy

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Some sort of portable gaming device.
Beep Boy publicity blurb

The Beep Boy is a community-created cosmetic item for the Scout, Pyro and Engineer. It is a team-colored portable gaming device with two orange action buttons marked with "T" and "F" letters, a grey directional pad, speaker and a display with a smiling emote. The Beep Boy also contains a cartridge inside of it, which shares the same name as the item.

The Beep Boy's emote has facial flexes that correspond with those of the wearer's, allowing it to mimic the user's current expression and facial movements. When worn by the Pyro, the Beep Boy expresses an evil grin, and its emote does not move.

When players equipped with this item kill an enemy unassisted by another player, the killfeed shows everyone in Pyroland that it gets the assist, with its custom name if it has one.

The Beep Boy was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Painted variants

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[hide]Painted variants
  • Scout, Engineer
  • Pyro
Scout, Engineer
Single colors
Painted Beep Boy E6E6E6.png Painted Beep Boy D8BED8.png Painted Beep Boy C5AF91.png Painted Beep Boy 7E7E7E.png
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey
Painted Beep Boy 141414.png Painted Beep Boy 2D2D24.png Painted Beep Boy 694D3A.png Painted Beep Boy 7C6C57.png
A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Painted Beep Boy A57545.png Painted Beep Boy CF7336.png Painted Beep Boy E7B53B.png Painted Beep Boy F0E68C.png
Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Painted Beep Boy E9967A.png Painted Beep Boy FF69B4.png Painted Beep Boy 7D4071.png Painted Beep Boy 51384A.png
Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet
Painted Beep Boy 2F4F4F.png Painted Beep Boy 424F3B.png Painted Beep Boy 808000.png Painted Beep Boy 729E42.png
A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green
Painted Beep Boy 32CD32.png Painted Beep Boy BCDDB3.png
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Painted Beep Boy A89A8C.png Painted Beep Boy 839FA3.png Painted Beep Boy 3B1F23.png Painted Beep Boy 18233D.png
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Painted Beep Boy B8383B.png Painted Beep Boy 5885A2.png Painted Beep Boy 483838.png Painted Beep Boy 384248.png
Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU)
Painted Beep Boy 803020.png Painted Beep Boy 256D8D.png Painted Beep Boy 654740.png Painted Beep Boy 28394D.png
The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Painted Beep Boy C36C2D.png Painted Beep Boy B88035.png RED Beep Boy Scout Engineer.png BLU Beep Boy Scout Engineer.png
Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted (RED) Unpainted (BLU)
Pyro
Single colors
Painted Beep Boy E6E6E6 Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy D8BED8 Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy C5AF91 Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy 7E7E7E Pyro.png
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey
Painted Beep Boy 141414 Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy 2D2D24 Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy 694D3A Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy 7C6C57 Pyro.png
A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Painted Beep Boy A57545 Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy CF7336 Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy E7B53B Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy F0E68C Pyro.png
Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Painted Beep Boy E9967A Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy FF69B4 Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy 7D4071 Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy 51384A Pyro.png
Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet
Painted Beep Boy 2F4F4F Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy 424F3B Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy 808000 Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy 729E42 Pyro.png
A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green
Painted Beep Boy 32CD32 Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy BCDDB3 Pyro.png
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Painted Beep Boy A89A8C Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy 839FA3 Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy 3B1F23 Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy 18233D Pyro.png
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Painted Beep Boy B8383B Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy 5885A2 Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy 483838 Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy 384248 Pyro.png
Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU)
Painted Beep Boy 803020 Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy 256D8D Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy 654740 Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy 28394D Pyro.png
The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Painted Beep Boy C36C2D Pyro.png Painted Beep Boy B88035 Pyro.png RED Beep Boy Pyro.png BLU Beep Boy Pyro.png
Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted (RED) Unpainted (BLU)
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Update history

October 10, 2013 Patch (Fall Event 2013)

  • [Undocumented] The Beep Boy was added to the game.

March 3, 2016 Patch

  • Updated models/materials for the Beep Boy.
  • [Undocumented] Updated the Beep Boy to be equippable by the Scout and Pyro.

March 7, 2016 Patch

  • Updated models/materials for the Beep Boy.

March 10, 2016 Patch

  • Updated materials/models for the Beep Boy.

July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)

  • [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

Bugs

  • Sometimes, the Beep Boy's expression on its screen does not correspond to the tone of a player's action; e.g. a Scout performing the Rock, Paper, Scissors taunt has the Beep Boy stuck in an open-mouthed, wide-eyed face ("Scared" pose).
    • This applies to disguises as well; when a Spy is disguised as an Engineer who has equipped the Beep Boy, the Beep Boy on the disguised Spy has a sad facial expression.

Trivia

  • The Beep Boy's name and design reference Nintendo's handheld console, the Game Boy.
    • The "T" and "F" buttons parallel the Game Boy's A and B buttons, and reference the initials of Team Fortress.

Gallery

See also