Matryoshka Doll

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The Matryoshka Doll (pronounced as "Ma-Troo-sh-Ka") is a weapon available in the zombie maps Ascension and Call of the Dead. It replaces the player's tactical grenade slot, and the player gets three of them. When thrown, they act as a cluster bomb, exploding four times. Most often, one doll will explode into three dolls that fly out in a random direction. Matryoshka Dolls are always an instant kill.

Its usefulness can be hindered by its random nature of explosions, resulting in the possibility of the grenade thrower harming him or herself; however, this is remedied by using PhD Flopper.

If a player already has the Gersch Device in their inventory, the Matryoshka Dolls will replace them, and vice-versa. Therefore, one single player cannot have both the Gersch Device and the dolls since they are both special grenades.

Trivia

 * They are also in Call of the Dead.
 * There are four Matryoshka dolls scattered through Ascension. These dolls are caricatures of the four Zombies playable characters, and will respond when the player presses the 'use' key with a comment in a high-pitched version of the appropriate character's voice. These comments differ when different characters interact with the different dolls. The locations of the dolls are:
 * Takeo - Can be found on the shelves next to the PhD Flopper.
 * Dempsey - Is found on the flaming barrel to the left of the Claymore buy point on the wall.
 * Richtofen - Is in the room directly below the Stakeout, and can be found on a large table in a corner.
 * Nikolai - Can be found on top of the measuring and recording equipment, next to the Speed Cola machine.
 * When throwing a doll, one of the four character's dolls will pop out of the first one.
 * Space Monkeys can't throw back Matryoshka Dolls, But can throw back Fragmentation grenades.
 * Richtofen's Matroyshka doll has a red smiley face on his armband, rather than a swastika.
 * Nikolai's sister used to make Matryoshka dolls, as heard in one of his quotes when he activates a doll.
 * Richtofen's doll has his Wehrmacht outfit, even though he is wearing a space suit in Ascension.

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thumb|left|300px|Matryoshka dolls on [[Ascension.]]