Demonic Announcer

The Demonic Announcer is a character in Call of Duty: World at War, Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

Biography
It is usually the voice of the entity that is under control of the Aether and it's energies, primarily the control of zombies. It is unknown if the Demonic Announcer is Samantha Maxis in all appearances after Verrückt and prior to the end of Moon's "Richtofen's Grand Scheme" Easter Egg, where it switched to Richtofen due to him switching bodies with Samantha Maxis. Following these events, Richtofen serves as the Announcer for every map chronologically taking place after Moon, starting with Green Run.

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.

In Mob of the Dead, the Demonic Announcer is neither Samantha nor Richtofen, but an unknown entity. A common theory is that Brutus could be the Demonic Announcer, but there is little evidence.

In Buried, Richtofen returns as the Demonic Announcer, but is replaced by Ludvig Maxis if the player chooses to obey Maxis during the Mined Games quest and most of the Easter Eggs in Black Ops II.

Once again, the identity of the Demonic Announcer is unknown in Origins, as the map takes place before even Mob of the Dead.

Original

 * Origins
 * Mob of the Dead (uses Samantha's voice clips)
 * Nacht Der Untoten (voiceless in World at War, uses Samantha's voice clips in Black Ops)
 * Dead Ops Arcade (voiceless)

Samantha Maxis

 * Verrukt
 * Shi No Numa
 * Der Reise
 * Kino Der Toten
 * Five
 * Ascension
 * Call of the Dead
 * Shangri-La
 * Moon/Nuketown Zombies (replaced by Richtofen)

Edward Richtofen

 * Moon/Nuketown Zombies (replaces Samantha)
 * Tranzit/Green Run
 * Die Rise
 * Buried (replaced by Maxis, player determined)

Ludvig Maxis

 * Buried (replaces Richtofen, player determined)

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Richtofen's announcer quotes in Moon

Trivia

 * The Demonic Announcer is not included in the German or Austrian versions of the game.
 * After completing Richtofen's Grand Scheme, the Demonic Announcer is featured in the German or Austrian Version.
 * The Demonic Announcer is not present in the French version of Call of Duty: Black Ops, except in the revamped Call of Duty: World at War maps.
 * Out of the four Demonic Announcers, Samantha is featured in the most maps at ten maps, Richtofen comes next at five maps, the unknown comes out around four and Maxis has the least at only one.
 * The zombies' eyes change colour depending on who is controlling them. The eyes are yellow for Samantha, blue for Richtofen, orange for Maxis and red for Dead Ops and Mob of the Dead.
 * Only Maxis does not speak when a player picks up a power-up.