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The Buy A Life is an action item for the Spy.
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{{Item infobox
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| type              = special taunt
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| image              = Taunt Buy A Life.png
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| used-by            = [[Spy]]
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| released          = {{Patch name|6|18|2014}}<br>([[Love & War Update]])
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| availability      = {{avail|drop-expired|purchase|audition-reel|directors}}
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| trade              = yes
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| gift              = yes
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| marketable        = yes
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| rename            = yes
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| numbered          = no
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| loadout            = yes
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  | prefix          = Taunt:
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  | item-kind        = Special Taunt
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  | item-description = Spy Taunt
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}}
  
To be able to initiate the taunt, you must first place it into one of eight slots in the Taunt loadout; this can be done by accessing the Loadout menu, and clicking on the Taunt button below the character model. Once in game, press the action button, followed by the number in correspondence to the slot you placed the taunt in.  
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{{Quotation|'''The Spy'''|Here. Go buy a nicer hat.|sound=Spy kill taunt 13.wav}}
  
When the player presses the action button, the Spy will bring out a wad of dollars from his suit pocket, before taking a few out and throwing them in front of him
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The '''Buy A Life''' is a [[Taunts#Special taunts|special taunt]] for the [[Spy]].
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When the player selects it from the taunt menu, the Spy brings out a wad of [[Mann Co.]] dollars from his suit's pocket and takes a few bills from it while saying [[Spy taunts#Spy-exclusive|a voice line]]. He then tosses the bills into the air in front of him and puts the wad back into his suit's pocket before returning to his default position.<!--
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The taunt's duration is approximately 5 seconds.-->
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{{Weapon Demonstration}}
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== Update history ==
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'''{{Patch name|6|18|2014}}''' ([[Love & War Update]])
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* The Buy A Life was added to the game.
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'''{{Patch name|6|23|2014}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Set all [[taunts]] to be [[Gift Wrap|giftable]], [[Name Tag|nameable]], and support [[Crafting|craft numbers]].
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'''{{Patch name|1|27|2015}}'''
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* Fixed some taunt sound effects that were clipping the [[Responses#Class responses|character lines]].
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'''{{Patch name|2|11|2015}} #2'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Special taunts no longer drop for [[Account types|Premium account]] players.
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== Bugs ==
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* Doing this taunt while holding the [[Spy-cicle]] causes the wad of cash the Spy pulls from his jacket to have the frosty particle effect from the weapon.
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== Trivia ==
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* The animations for Buy A Life and several other taunts added in the [[Love & War Update]] were added to the game in the [[Scream Fortress 2013]] event, as shown in this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPx_VlX2n-8 video uploaded on November 1st, 2013].
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* An image of a [[Mann vs. Machine]] [[Tour of Duty#Available Tours of Duty|tour badge]] can be seen on the face of the dollar.
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery>
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File:Buy A Life Cashwad.png|The cashwad model used in the taunt.
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</gallery>
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{{Love And War Update Nav}}
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{{Spy Nav|state=collapsed}}

Latest revision as of 14:22, 4 February 2023

Here. Go buy a nicer hat.
The Spy

The Buy A Life is a special taunt for the Spy.

When the player selects it from the taunt menu, the Spy brings out a wad of Mann Co. dollars from his suit's pocket and takes a few bills from it while saying a voice line. He then tosses the bills into the air in front of him and puts the wad back into his suit's pocket before returning to his default position.

Demonstration

Update history

June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)

  • The Buy A Life was added to the game.

June 23, 2014 Patch

January 27, 2015 Patch

February 11, 2015 Patch #2

Bugs

  • Doing this taunt while holding the Spy-cicle causes the wad of cash the Spy pulls from his jacket to have the frosty particle effect from the weapon.

Trivia

Gallery