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The Lord of the Rings Online is an epic, sprawling MMORPG with hundreds of quests, grand, sweeping narratives, and the most extensive and faithful recreation of Middle-earth in modern media. Like the books it's based on, it also has it's fair share of funny moments and downright sillyness.
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[[folder:Epic Quests]]
* At the end of the Moria- and Mirkwood-storyline, in an optional quest as part of the epilogue, a dwarf tasks the player with killing an orc or a goblin in every region of Middle-earth (prior to Mirkwood) in his family's name, after which you are to tell the dwarf's father of your glorious exploits. The father is less than amused, bemoaning the fact that his sons spend more time complaining to strangers about their grievances with the orcs, than actually doing something productive. He also questions whether or not the player character hasn't got anything more important to do.
--> '''Tandri''' (the father): 'What in the names of all the Fathers has my son had you do?'
** A rather amusing bit of dialogue comes from the Epilogue where the Dwarves return Zigilburk to it's former resting place in the Drowned Treasury. Hundi, the dwarf who originally gave you your very first legendary weapon, asks you how the weapon has served you since it was first wielded. Your [[PlayerCharacter character's]] response? ''They had already replaced it'', [[LampshadeHanging lampshading how the first legendary weapon you acquire usually gets canned later on in the game]]. Hundi is obviously disappointed.
--> '''Hundi''': 'You replaced it? Oh, I see. Well, that is sometimes the way of weapons, is it not?'
* During Epic Volume III, a Dunlending Man named Iwan has you gather toxic toad-residue for him to treat his clan's weapons with. Upon bringing him the residue, he immediately taste-tests it. He becomes quite ill, but is pleased at how effective the poison is.
--> '''Maelona''': "Iwan is a fool and always has been! Never taste the poison you are making! *sigh*"
--> '''Iwan''': "I feel...terrible...is that not wonderful?"
* [[spoiler:During your captivity in Isengard, you are made to do various things such as cleaning up, [[FetchQuest carrying things to and fro]], and [[RatStomp killing rats]]. This isn't the funny part. The funny part is your character suddenly gaining speed boosts whilst lifting things, with the accompanying buff descriptions implying that [[PlayerCharacter your character]] is more annoyed than actually suffering, as if being a prisoner of Isengard is the least of their concern!]]
** A couple Isengard quests involve cleaning up piles of slop. The accompanying description for each pile?
---> Slop. What more need be said?
** [[spoiler:Also in Isengard, after gaining the trust of your overseer you're allowed more leeway to move around and [[GreatEscape hatch an escape plan]] with a Rohirrim prisoner named Baldgar and the former tower steward Acca. After obtaining some black powder and killing the prison's key-master, you're beckoned over by a Dunlending prisoner who saw the entire thing and begs to join the scheme. [[GilliganCut One black screen later]] you have a ''small army'' of freed Dunlendings at your back, with Baldgar -- who insisted on retaining a small, stealthy team for the entire thing -- [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe appropriately exhasperated by the sudden increase in co-conspirators]].]]
---> '''Baldgar''': 'This is not what I meant, <Player Name>.'
* Prince Théodred, the Prince of Rohan whose presence in the books amounts to nothing but a footnote in the appendices, proves to be very sharp-minded with an ''extremely'' [[DeadpanSnarker dry sense of humour]].
--> (''Discussing upcoming battle-plans'') '''Théodred''': 'From what you have said, we know that Saruman has a much larger force of uruks than we do of Men. Grimbold estimates that each one of us is worth at least twenty uruks, but he is from Grimslade, and [[DeadpanSnarker the men of that place are not known for their mastery of numbers]].'
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[[folder:Landscape Quests and NPCs]]
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[[folder:Epic Quests]]
* At the end of the Moria- and Mirkwood-storyline, in an optional quest as part of the epilogue, a dwarf tasks the player with killing an orc or a goblin in every region of Middle-earth (prior to Mirkwood) in his family's name, after which you are to tell the dwarf's father of your glorious exploits. The father is less than amused, bemoaning the fact that his sons spend more time complaining to strangers about their grievances with the orcs, than actually doing something productive. He also questions whether or not the player character hasn't got anything more important to do.
--> '''Tandri''' (the father): 'What in the names of all the Fathers has my son had you do?'
** A rather amusing bit of dialogue comes from the Epilogue where the Dwarves return Zigilburk to it's former resting place in the Drowned Treasury. Hundi, the dwarf who originally gave you your very first legendary weapon, asks you how the weapon has served you since it was first wielded. Your [[PlayerCharacter character's]] response? ''They had already replaced it'', [[LampshadeHanging lampshading how the first legendary weapon you acquire usually gets canned later on in the game]]. Hundi is obviously disappointed.
--> '''Hundi''': 'You replaced it? Oh, I see. Well, that is sometimes the way of weapons, is it not?'
* During Epic Volume III, a Dunlending Man named Iwan has you gather toxic toad-residue for him to treat his clan's weapons with. Upon bringing him the residue, he immediately taste-tests it. He becomes quite ill, but is pleased at how effective the poison is.
--> '''Maelona''': "Iwan is a fool and always has been! Never taste the poison you are making! *sigh*"
--> '''Iwan''': "I feel...terrible...is that not wonderful?"
* [[spoiler:During your captivity in Isengard, you are made to do various things such as cleaning up, [[FetchQuest carrying things to and fro]], and [[RatStomp killing rats]]. This isn't the funny part. The funny part is your character suddenly gaining speed boosts whilst lifting things, with the accompanying buff descriptions implying that [[PlayerCharacter your character]] is more annoyed than actually suffering, as if being a prisoner of Isengard is the least of their concern!]]
** A couple Isengard quests involve cleaning up piles of slop. The accompanying description for each pile?
---> Slop. What more need be said?
** [[spoiler:Also in Isengard, after gaining the trust of your overseer you're allowed more leeway to move around and [[GreatEscape hatch an escape plan]] with a Rohirrim prisoner named Baldgar and the former tower steward Acca. After obtaining some black powder and killing the prison's key-master, you're beckoned over by a Dunlending prisoner who saw the entire thing and begs to join the scheme. [[GilliganCut One black screen later]] you have a ''small army'' of freed Dunlendings at your back, with Baldgar -- who insisted on retaining a small, stealthy team for the entire thing -- [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe appropriately exhasperated by the sudden increase in co-conspirators]].]]
---> '''Baldgar''': 'This is not what I meant, <Player Name>.'
* Prince Théodred, the Prince of Rohan whose presence in the books amounts to nothing but a footnote in the appendices, proves to be very sharp-minded with an ''extremely'' [[DeadpanSnarker dry sense of humour]].
--> (''Discussing upcoming battle-plans'') '''Théodred''': 'From what you have said, we know that Saruman has a much larger force of uruks than we do of Men. Grimbold estimates that each one of us is worth at least twenty uruks, but he is from Grimslade, and [[DeadpanSnarker the men of that place are not known for their mastery of numbers]].'
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* From the description of a pair of special shrew-stomping boots, from the elves' Spring Festival:
--> "These boots were made for stomping, and that's just what they'll do. One of these days, these boots are going to stomp all over shrews."
--> "These boots were made for stomping, and that's just what they'll do. One of these days, these boots are going to stomp all over shrews."
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* During Epic Volume III, a Dunlending Man named Iwan has you gather toxic toad-residue for him to treat his clan's weapons with. Upon bringing him the residue, he immediately taste-tests it. He becomes quite ill, but is pleased at how effective the poison is.
--> '''Maelona''': "Iwan is a fool and always has been! Never taste the poison you are making! *sigh*"
--> '''Iwan''': "I feel...terrible...is that not wonderful?"
--> '''Maelona''': "Iwan is a fool and always has been! Never taste the poison you are making! *sigh*"
--> '''Iwan''': "I feel...terrible...is that not wonderful?"
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* At the end of the Moria- and Mirkwood-storyline, in an optional quest as part of the epilogue, a dwarf tasks the player with killing an orc or a goblin in every region of Middle-earth (prior to Mirkwood) in his family's name, after which you are to tell the dwarf's father of your glorious exploits. The father is less than amused, bemoaning the fact that his sons spend more time complaining to strangers about their grievances with the orcs, than actually doing something productive. He also questions whether or not the player character hasn't got anything more important to do.
--> '''Tandri''' (the father): 'What in the names of all the Fathers has my son had you do?'
** A rather amusing bit of dialogue comes from the Epilogue where the Dwarves return Zigilburk to it's former resting place in the Drowned Treasury. Hundi, the dwarf who originally gave you your very first legendary weapon, asks you how the weapon has served you since it was first wielded. Your [[PlayerCharacter character's]] response? ''They had already replaced it'', [[LampshadeHanging lampshading how the first legendary weapon you acquire usually gets canned later on in the game]]. Hundi is obviously disappointed.
--> '''Hundi''': 'You replaced it? Oh, I see. Well, that is sometimes the way of weapons, is it not?'
* [[spoiler:During your captivity in Isengard, you are made to do various things such as cleaning up, [[FetchQuest carrying things to and fro]], and [[RatStomp killing rats]]. This isn't the funny part. The funny part is your character suddenly gaining speed boosts whilst lifting things, with the accompanying buff descriptions implying that [[PlayerCharacter your character]] is more annoyed than actually suffering, as if being a prisoner of Isengard is the least of their concern!]]
** A couple Isengard quests involve cleaning up piles of slop. The accompanying description for each pile?
---> Slop. What more need be said?
** [[spoiler:Also in Isengard, after gaining the trust of your overseer you're allowed more leeway to move around and [[GreatEscape hatch an escape plan]] with a Rohirrim prisoner named Baldgar and the former tower steward Acca. After obtaining some black powder and killing the prison's key-master, you're beckoned over by a Dunlending prisoner who saw the entire thing and begs to join the scheme. [[GilliganCut One black screen later]] you have a ''small army'' of freed Dunlendings at your back, with Baldgar -- who insisted on retaining a small, stealthy team for the entire thing -- [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe appropriately exhasperated by the sudden increase in co-conspirators]].]]
---> '''Baldgar''': 'This is not what I meant, <Player Name>.'
* Prince Théodred, the Prince of Rohan whose presence in the books amounts to nothing but a footnote in the appendices, proves to be very sharp-minded with an ''extremely'' [[DeadpanSnarker dry sense of humour]].
--> (''Discussing upcoming battle-plans'') '''Théodred''': 'From what you have said, we know that Saruman has a much larger force of uruks than we do of Men. Grimbold estimates that each one of us is worth at least twenty uruks, but he is from Grimslade, and [[DeadpanSnarker the men of that place are not known for their mastery of numbers]].'
--> '''Tandri''' (the father): 'What in the names of all the Fathers has my son had you do?'
** A rather amusing bit of dialogue comes from the Epilogue where the Dwarves return Zigilburk to it's former resting place in the Drowned Treasury. Hundi, the dwarf who originally gave you your very first legendary weapon, asks you how the weapon has served you since it was first wielded. Your [[PlayerCharacter character's]] response? ''They had already replaced it'', [[LampshadeHanging lampshading how the first legendary weapon you acquire usually gets canned later on in the game]]. Hundi is obviously disappointed.
--> '''Hundi''': 'You replaced it? Oh, I see. Well, that is sometimes the way of weapons, is it not?'
* [[spoiler:During your captivity in Isengard, you are made to do various things such as cleaning up, [[FetchQuest carrying things to and fro]], and [[RatStomp killing rats]]. This isn't the funny part. The funny part is your character suddenly gaining speed boosts whilst lifting things, with the accompanying buff descriptions implying that [[PlayerCharacter your character]] is more annoyed than actually suffering, as if being a prisoner of Isengard is the least of their concern!]]
** A couple Isengard quests involve cleaning up piles of slop. The accompanying description for each pile?
---> Slop. What more need be said?
** [[spoiler:Also in Isengard, after gaining the trust of your overseer you're allowed more leeway to move around and [[GreatEscape hatch an escape plan]] with a Rohirrim prisoner named Baldgar and the former tower steward Acca. After obtaining some black powder and killing the prison's key-master, you're beckoned over by a Dunlending prisoner who saw the entire thing and begs to join the scheme. [[GilliganCut One black screen later]] you have a ''small army'' of freed Dunlendings at your back, with Baldgar -- who insisted on retaining a small, stealthy team for the entire thing -- [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe appropriately exhasperated by the sudden increase in co-conspirators]].]]
---> '''Baldgar''': 'This is not what I meant, <Player Name>.'
* Prince Théodred, the Prince of Rohan whose presence in the books amounts to nothing but a footnote in the appendices, proves to be very sharp-minded with an ''extremely'' [[DeadpanSnarker dry sense of humour]].
--> (''Discussing upcoming battle-plans'') '''Théodred''': 'From what you have said, we know that Saruman has a much larger force of uruks than we do of Men. Grimbold estimates that each one of us is worth at least twenty uruks, but he is from Grimslade, and [[DeadpanSnarker the men of that place are not known for their mastery of numbers]].'
** After acquiring some ale, the player looks for a spot near Daervunn to set it down. He questions what you're doing and wonders why your [[SkewedPriorities first priority isn't to cut him loose]].
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[[folder:Gameplay and Deeds]]
* There are an extensive number of avatar emotes and cosmetics to acquire in the game. Some of these are appropriately Tolkienesque, but the game doesn't hesitate to throw in a bunch of silly items, especially during the in-game festivals!
** From the description of a pair of special shrew-stomping boots, from the elves' Spring Festival:
---> "These boots were made for stomping, and that's just what they'll do. One of these days, these boots are going to stomp all over shrews."
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gameplay and Deeds]]
* There are an extensive number of avatar emotes and cosmetics to acquire in the game. Some of these are appropriately Tolkienesque, but the game doesn't hesitate to throw in a bunch of silly items, especially during the in-game festivals!
** From the description of a pair of special shrew-stomping boots, from the elves' Spring Festival:
---> "These boots were made for stomping, and that's just what they'll do. One of these days, these boots are going to stomp all over shrews."
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--> [Page 21] ''On this page, the author supplies a surprising confession: [[spoiler:he claims that he himself is a skin-changer!]] Judging from the rest of this book you find this a difficult thing to believe.''
to:
--> [Page 21] ''On this page, the author supplies a surprising confession: [[spoiler:he claims that he himself is a skin-changer!]] Judging from the rest of this book you find this a difficult thing to believe.''''
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[[folder:Instances and Raids]]
* The Northcotton Farm is a three-man instance centered around saving the hobbits of the titular farm from the evil Gaunt-Lord Thadúr the Ravager. How does he plan to accomplish this? By poisoning the hobbits' water supply... and trying to lure all the hobbits into ''eating poisoned pies''. The player has to ''[[GetAHoldOfYourSelfMan literally slap them]]'' to snap them out of it!
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[[folder:Instances and Raids]]
* The Northcotton Farm is a three-man instance centered around saving the hobbits of the titular farm from the evil Gaunt-Lord Thadúr the Ravager. How does he plan to accomplish this? By poisoning the hobbits' water supply... and trying to lure all the hobbits into ''eating poisoned pies''. The player has to ''[[GetAHoldOfYourSelfMan literally slap them]]'' to snap them out of it!
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