Demonic Announcer

The Demonic Announcer is a title given to multiple characters in Call of Duty: World at War, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Call of Duty: Black Ops III.

Biography
The Demonic Announcer is the title given to the entity that is in control of the Aether's energy, which includes Power-Ups, the Mystery Box and the zombies. The Announcer has been (and can be) at least three different individuals, including Samantha Maxis, Edward Richtofen and Ludvig Maxis.

The Demonic Announcer is heard on every Zombies map except for Dead Ops Arcade and the Call of Duty: World at War version of Nacht der Untoten. Its voice seems to shift through different tones and pitch throughout the game mode.

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 * Mob of the Dead (uses Samantha's voice clips)
 * House
 * Facility
 * Temple
 * Overlook
 * Shadows of Evil (uses Samantha's voice clips)

Samantha Maxis

 * Verrückt
 * Shi No Numa
 * Der Riese
 * Kino der Toten
 * Five
 * Ascension
 * Call of the Dead
 * Shangri-La
 * Moon (replaced by Richtofen upon completion of Richtofen's Grand Scheme easter egg)
 * Nuketown Zombies (replaced by Richtofen upon round 25)
 * Origins
 * The Giant

Edward Richtofen

 * Moon (replaces Samantha upon completion of Richtofen's Grand Scheme easter egg)
 * Nuketown Zombies (replaces Samantha upon round 25)
 * Green Run
 * Die Rise
 * Buried (replaced by Maxis upon completion of Maxis' side of Mined Games easter egg)

Ludvig Maxis

 * Buried (replaces Richtofen upon completion of Maxis' side of Mined Games easter egg)

Video


Richtofen's announcer quotes in Moon

Trivia

 * The Demonic Announcer is not fully included in the German or Austrian versions of Black Ops. However, upon completion of the Richtofen's Grand Scheme easter egg, he appears for the rest of the playtime on Moon.
 * The Demonic Announcer is only present in the revamped World at War maps in the French version of Black Ops.
 * In the French, Portuguese and Spanish versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops III, the Demonic Announcer on both The Giant and Shadows of Evil is Edward Richtofen instead of Samantha Maxis.
 * The zombies' eyes will change colour depending on who the Demonic Announcer is. Their eyes are red under the entity from Mob of the Dead and the entity in House, Facility, Temple and Overlook, yellow/orange under Samantha, blue under Richtofen and orange under Maxis.
 * The eyes are yellow in Shadows of Evil despite Samantha not controlling the zombies as of Origins.
 * Maxis remains silent when players pick up Power-Ups.