Unused Voice Lines

This is a sub-page of Team Fortress 2/Unused Sounds.

To do: Several administrator alternate takes for SD. Civilian's "Medic!" calls. Normal variants for Soldier's WAR! domination lines. Unused Necromasher and Pumpkin Bomb lines. Finish Soldier's Trading lines. Spell casting line for Pyro. Several mercenary lines for Mann Vs. Machine. As is noted on the main unused sounds page add in dates of addition/removal of files where necessary along with filenames and full directories for any entries missing that information.

Generic Death Sounds#

In the files, 5 critical death sounds not tied to any class can be found, left over from prior to the game receiving full voice acting. As a result, they were used as the critical death sounds for the partially-implemented Civilian class prior to its complete removal. These remain used in Day of Defeat: Source, albeit mildly pitched up.

Unknown Mercenary Voicelines#

There were some unused player voicelines around in the files used in the first 2007 build of the game which were later removed. It's unknown whether these voicelines were just placeholders or not. According to their metadata, they were recorded on the 21st of August, 2006, with the exception of medic1.wav and medic2.wav, which are still in the game's files and were recorded on September 20, 2006. The files were removed from the game in the August 19th, 2008 Patch.

Death#

The Mercenary has died. Good night, sweet prince.

On Fire#

The Mercenary is on fire and should stop, drop and....what's the third one again?

In Pain#

The Mercenary got a big owie, but that's fine because such is life and there's no need for medical assistance.

Fall Damage#

The Mercenary has taken fall damage. These were used in launch-day TF2, before class-specific responses to fall damage were recorded. Maybe jumping off tall things isn't a good idea?

Breaking Flesh#

The Mercenary has sustained a crippling injury.

Calling For Medic#

The Mercenary is in need of medical attention.

These two sound files were not removed in the August 19th, 2008 Patch.

Miss Pauling#

Halfway Into A Contract#

Thanks to how the game sends out messages from Miss Pauling during Contract campaigns, the Gun Mettle campaign had some voicelines that made it unlikely the player would ever hear while completing a contract. The only way to do so was to intentionally leave the server (or not do any more progress on the contract and wait for the server to change) and then join another server, which then triggered the messages. Valve realised this rather convoluted process a few months later, when they added contract-style "Merasmissions" on the Scream Fortress 2015 update, which didn't add the equivalent lines for Merasmus. Future Contract campaigns, like Tough Break and Jungle Inferno never use these lines either, and Scream Fortress 2016 - 2019 didn't add any new voice lines outside of taunts, so the Merasmissions folder for Merasmus remain unaltered.

Scout#

Trading#

The files for this trading concept were first added in the June 18, 2014 Patch and can be easily found in that patch's diffs.

To do: Soldier also has some similar lines that will need to be documented for him; sound\vo\soldier_trade_taunts01 through 06 sound\vo\soldier_hat_taunts15 through 19 (01 through 14 are not in the game files) sound\vo\soldier_weapon_taunts01 through 05

Scout has one lone trading line left in the files.

Domination#

Note: All lines below lack lip-syncing.

Successful Sandman Stun#

Soldier#

Trading#

Just like Medic, Soldier also has unique trading voice lines.

Taunting another player's weapon#

Soldier and Medic have unique lines for taunting other players' weapons.

Critical Rocket Launcher Kill#

Seems as if Soldier could've had something to say regarding the infamous crit rocket - or Crocket.

Truncated Fresh Brewed Victory Responses#

An oversight in the audio department cuts a part off of one of the lines for the "Fresh Brewed Victory" taunt. The reason the line gets cuts off is because the sound for the Soldier drinking coffee kicks in at around two seconds into the taunt, meaning this is cut short by mistake. Despite Valve claiming it had been fixed in the 24th January, 2015 Patch, the fixes were undone due to Valve's decision to convert the sound files from WAV into MP3.

WAR! Update - Dominating A Demoman#

In 2009, the WAR! Update was put in the game, which was themed around the Soldier and Demoman being more bitter rivals than usual (but not really, they're actually good friends who are only saying these things because the Admin wouldn't like it any other way). There are several voice lines for both of them that reference this event, showing their true feelings.

Oddly, there are even variants for the Robot Soldier and Demo in the MvM mode which are also obviously unused.

Tin Soldier - General Responses#

The Tin Soldier set, a Halloween cosmetic set for Soldier that has him wearing a bunch of boxes and pipes to make himself look like a robot, has several robot-related quips that he will say in place of normal lines. It seems there would have been even more responses at some point that have gone unused, however.

Tin Soldier - Encountering The Ghost#

Soldier would have even had something to say when getting spooked by the ghost seen on several Halloween maps.

Pyro#

Trading#

Pyro only has the main trading lines to present. Most of them are various grunts and noises made by them.

Demoman#

Trading#

Demoman also joins in on the trading frenzy.

(MVM) WAR! Update - Dominating A Soldier#

Same situation as Soldier's WAR! lines, just...different lines. Yes, there are also MvM variants, a result of Valve simply passing all the related voice lines for each class through a robot filter.

WAR! Update - Dominating A Soldier#

Same situation as Soldier's WAR! lines, just...different lines.

Heavy#

Trading#

Like Demoman, Heavy only has the main trading lines.

Upon Killing An Enemy's Medic While Being Healed#

Teleportation#

This voice response used to play after the Heavy exited a Teleporter. It is unknown which patch removed this, but it was around the time the Jungle Inferno update was under development.

Alternate Takes#

These are earlier versions of various lines used in the game, all labeled as "yell(number)". The sound quality is lower than the final versions. None of these lines have lip-syncing data.

To do: Add used versions for comparison, along with filenames/full directories.

Unknown Condition#

The file name implies this would have been used in a taunt or a melee battle cry. But it seems no one wanted to even play with the idea of touching his gun.

Engineer#

Medic#

Trading#

The Medic wants to trade

The Medic has lines relating to wanting someone to tauntingly trade with him.

Taunting another player's weapon#

The Medic also has taunts for weapons as well.

Unknown Condition#

The filename seems to imply this, too, would have been used in a taunt or battlecry of some kind.

Voice Commands#

One voice command line for the "Go Go Go!" command went unused up until the October 5, 2021 Patch (Scream Fortress 2021) when the [https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Mannbulance! Mannbulance!] taunt was added, which resulted in the line finally being used for the taunt.

Sniper#

Trading#

Sniper only has two trading lines to work with.

Domination#

Note: This line is missing its lip-syncing.

Revenge Kill#

Possibly directed at a specific class.

Spy#

Trading#

Spy has more taunts relating to trading on average.

Dominating a Demoman#

Default Revolver Taunt#

In the files, there lie lines with the prefix "spy_tietaunt". With Spy's only tie taunt being his default revolver taunt, some have thought these could've been intended to be retroactively added to said taunt.

Default Knife Taunt#

Similar to the above, there are files under the "spy_stabtaunt" prefix are greatly speculated to be intended to be added to the Spy's default knife taunt. Many of the lines are similar to each other, often being different takes and formatted same way as what Spy currently says while taunting in-game.

Rock Paper Scissors Tie#

According to one voiceline, it may have been possible to tie with Rock Paper Scissors. This is normally impossible in game.

Kazotsky Kick Taunt#

Interestingly, if you open up the console while the Spy is using the Kazotsky Kick, the console will print out an error message, which relates to the game not finding this sound. As of July 17th, 2024, this (alongside another unused line) has been fixed in the 2024 Summer Update

Initiating High Five Taunt#

Funny enough, Spy is (or at least could have been) the most vocal about wanting a high five from someone. As it is, he'll only say "Slap my hand!" when activating it in-game.

Successful High Five Taunt#

Unknown Condition#

Unknown what this line was intended for, perhaps for being healed or ÜberCharged by the Medic?

Unknown kill taunt of somekind? Maybe a set of Scout domination lines? Who knows?

Likely voice lines for dominating Scout.

Announcer/Administrator#

Killstreak Announcements#

Separate from the Arena Mode killstreak announcements, these files are killstreak announcements meant for maps outside of Arena. These could potentially be intended to be played with or replacing the standard killstreak sound. Interestingly, announcer_ks_19 was repurposed for when the revenge powerup spawns in Mannpower.

Match Start#

Upon Capturing The Enemies Intelligence#

These files were used as a placeholder for the administrators voice lines for Mannpower Mode while it was in Beta.

Match Ending#

Match Win#

Stalemate#

Control Point Mode Responses#

Some voices lines that likely refer to the game's Control Points (known by many as 5CP, and not to be confused with Attack/Defend) game mode and specific points being attacked. In-game, the same lines are used in pretty much all maps with control points.

Intelligence Responses#

Failure Responses#

Alert Responses#

Mann Vs. Machine#

Dead Spybots#

There are a total of 13 voice files for the Announcer announcing Spy bots being destroyed. Originally, all of them were used during MvM's launch, but for some reason these 9 are not used anymore. It was speculated that they went unused when the Mecha Update for TF2 has been released as there is a new advanced mission named Broken Parts that uses 100 Spy bots in the main wave.

Enemy Teleporter Activated#

There are also 5 voice files for the Announcer alerting players about the presence of an active teleporter that go unused.

Multiple Engineer-bots Teleporting In#

There are 6 unused voice files related to multiple Engineer-bots teleporting in the map, dying without a teleporter and dying with an active teleporter left in the battlefield. But all of these are never used and instead the Announcer only announces if another Engineer-bot appears in the battlefield.

Multiple Engineer-bots Dead#

There are also unused voice files related to multiple dead Engineer-bots, but in two categories; with a Teleporter left active;

And without a Teleporter left active;

Arena Mode#

Match Starting#

Control Point Open#

Kill Streak#

Last Man Standing#

There are 8 unused Last Man Standing voice files. The first 4 are for when you are the last man standing;

The other 4 are for when the enemy wins by capture.

Payload Race#

There are multiple unused voicelines for Payload Race, varying for who's in the lead, what stage, and how much of a headstart the enemy has.

First Stage Outcome#

Second Stage Outcome#

Final Stage Start#

While winning on a multi-stage gives a positional advantage on the last stage, it does not give a time advantage. These voicelines show evidence that it was time-based instead.

Final Stage Outcome#

Despite ending the same compared to the others, the final stage uses different lines compared to other stages.

General Payload Race Lines#

Leftover lines suggest the Administrator would be a lot more active in commenting on the gamestate of Payload Race.

Special Delivery#

Suitcase Carrier Is Not Moving#

There are some unused voicelines for when the suitcase carrier isn't moving;

Suitcase Is About To Explode#

There are also some unused voicelines for when the suitcase is about to self destruct;

Robot Destruction Start#

To do: There are 29 total sounds that'll go here.

All of these soundclips go unused, as they appear to be superseded by the main intro for Robot Destruction.

For context, this is the final intro:

...and here are the unused clips. Some of these appear to be snippets voices of what would become the final intro.