History Main / StopPokingMe

** ''VideoGame/CrisisCoreFinalFantasyVII'' does this at the very beginning of the game. Kunsel tells you to open the supply pod and see what Shinra gave you. However, if you keep checking the pod 20 times, he gives up and gives you the Cursed Ring he got ([[BlessedWithSuck raises all your stats by a lot, but disables your DMW, which means no level ups or Limit attacks]]).

* In ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'' there are a variety of different lines depending on who's chosen as the secretary ship. Some ship girls will tell you to quit, while others say to wait until they're off-duty to "poke" them.

* ''Franchise/Pokemon'':

* In ''[[VideoGame/BloonsTowerDefense 6'' and ''VideoGame/BloonsAdventureTimeTD'', hero characters become annoyed when you tap them too many times in a row.

[[folder: Shooter]]

** Bren Carrier here! HERE! ''HEEEEEREEE!!!''

** The ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' critters do it better: Click them enough and they explode in a ''nuclear explosion''. It doesn't do any damage to other units, but can potentially scare the heck out of another person in casual multiplayer.

** Played straight in the third game, the first click (after opening the window) will prompt them to notice your cursor and follow it, the second will quote the trope name word for word sometimes.

No, no, and'' '''[[BigNo NOOOO]]'''''!''

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** ''VideoGame/CrisisCoreFinalFantasyVII'' does this at the very beginning of the game. Kunsel tells you to open the supply pod and see what Shinra gave you. However, if you keep checking the pod 20 times, he gives up and gives you the Cursed Ring he got ([[BlessedWithSuck raises all your stats by a lot, but disables your DMW, which means no level ups or Limit attacks]]).
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'':
*** If you call the moogle who acts as your save point on the world map without saving enough times, he gets angry and threatens you, first by stating that he's "sharpening his knife, kupo..." before ultimately his dialogue devolves into [[{{Angrish}} "STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT! KU-PHEH!!"]] In the Steam version, there's an achievement for this, "One Nag Too Many." The description reads "Cause Moguo to have a tantrum."
*** Answering the question your boss gives you in the beginning (whether to kidnap the ugly queen or the princess) wrong (as in, "we'll kidnap the queen") 64 times will lead to a female thief storming into the room to tell you to stop messing around already and answer the question correctly.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', if you press X to talk to Kimahri on the ferry too many times, eventually an animation triggers showing Tidus bugging him, Kimahri shoving back, and Tidus stamping his foot after getting pushed.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', if you run characters left-right-left-right-left-right too many times, they have a frustrated "that's quite ENOUGH" animations.

[[folder:Real-Time Strategy]]
* ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'': some units will say lines including "Quit touching me!" and "Don't point that thing at me!" when selected.
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' has a few examples, such as in ''Tiberian Wars'' if one man in the GDI sniper team is shot, the acknowledgement will be much more strained and panicky.
** In ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianTwilight'' all units have different responses depending on whether they are in combat or not, and then if they are winning or not while in combat.
** Also from ''Tiberium Wars'' on, units give different responses depending on if they are moving towards your own base or towards the enemy.
* Units in ''VideoGame/CompanyOfHeroes'' will get annoyed whenever you repeatedly select them, and they'll get ''really'' annoyed if you [[KindaBusyHere do it in the middle of combat]]. Not all units had a quote, but those that did generally had [[ClusterFBomb lots of profanity as they swore at the player.]] Some units had more witty responses, though, such as the British commandos breaking of the fourth wall by asking if one of them can range that camera hanging up there...
** "You click me one more time and I'll fuckin' smoke you."
** "Oh goodie, we got one of THOSE players."
** "SARGE, ARE YOU HIGH?!"
** "We're fucked, crew! Command is drunk again!"
** "Hey... uh, new mouse?"
** "Yes sir, yes sir, ''yes sir'', '''FUCK OFF, SIR!'''"
** "We're Jagdpanzer, goddamnit. And we hate you."
** Bren Carrier here! HERE! ''HEEEEEREEE!!!''
* ''VideoGame/{{Dota 2}}'' has an uncommon use of this. Usually, the heroes has NO "Awaiting Orders" quote at all if clicked once or twice. Poke them a lot of times and they will let out Rare Quotes.
** Ordering them to use an ability that is on cooldown or costs more mana than they have left will cause them to tell you "Not yet." or "Out of mana." Doing this a lot will give you an angry [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "Not! YET!" or "Not! Enough! MANA!"]] And some heroes get a bit creative...
--> '''Troll Warlord:''' Now I'm ready. [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou To stab you.]]
* In ''VideoGame/HaloWars'', one of the selection acknowledgements for the Grunt squad is "Yee! Tickles!"
* ''VideoGame/HaloWars2'' has squads acknowledge when they are selected, with a variation depending on their health. For instance, [[LethalJokeCharacter Yapyap THE DESTROYER's]] unique infantry, Cannon Fodder:
-->'''Cannon Fodder:''' Something just poked me!
-->'''Cannon Fodder, low health:''' Uh, I hit my head... but I can still thunk real good...
* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfNewerth'' includes these for all of its heroes, except the ones who can't talk. This also includes some {{Shout Out}}s such as the Pyromancer who shouts "[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing YOU SHALL NOT PASS!]]" then chuckles and notes that "...[[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I've always wanted to say that]]."
* VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends has Mordekaiser, who has one of his sound clips while moving as [[BreakingTheFourthWall "You only need to click once, fool!"]]
* ''VideoGame/MedievalIITotalWar'' plays with this. If you click on your own units, they'll say things like "Yes, Sire?" as one would expect. Click on another faction's units, and they'll say things ranging from "I'm a warrior. Speak to our diplomats." (Actually, your diplomats can speak happily to any army-type unit on the campaign map.) to "Begone! You are not my liege!" and "You wish I was one of your own armies?", though exactly what they say depends on both their CharacterAlignment and whether the faction is allied, peaceful or at war. Click on an an army of a faction you've just beaten in a battle and they'll say things like "Was that your best shot?".
** In the same game, when you click a hostile imam: "If Allah is willing, you will leave me alone!"
** Of course, perhaps the most epic is clicking on a Scottish unit you're hostile to. "AH'LL RiP OFF YER HEAD AND SPIT DOON YER NECK." Or, slightly less awesome: "I gotta ''claymore'' for ye here, Jimmy..."
** ''Empire: Total War'' has a DeadpanSnarker admiral voice for the British. Clicking on a land square after selecting a fleet results in a delightfully snarky "Ships sail on ''water'', milord..."
* ''VideoGame/{{Sacrifice}}'': As with Blizzard, the Stop Poking Me quotes are rife with puns and {{Shout Out}}s to other media.
-->'''Pyromaniac:''' Gah! [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} Can't... Breathe in this thing!]]
-->'''Druid:''' [[VideoGame/{{Everquest}} Level 4 druid seeks party for monster hunting! Will SoW for clarity!]]
-->'''Earthfling:''' [[Music/{{Queen}} You've got mud on your face... You big disgrace. I. Will. ROCK YOU.]]
* Your units in ''VideoGame/StarWarsGalacticBattlegrounds'' generally remain respectful no matter how much you prod them, but a few units offer some more colourful dialogue:
-->'''Boss Gallo:''' "Yousa givin' me an order?"
-->'''Jedi Knight:''' "[[CaptainObvious I sense... that you need me.]]"
-->'''Darth Vader:''' "I hope, for your sake, this is important."
-->'''Gungan Boss:''' "Stop pokin'!"

* ''VideoGame/CrisisCoreFinalFantasyVII'' does this at the very beginning of the game. Kunsel tells you to open the supply pod and see what Shinra gave you. However, if you keep checking the pod 20 times, he gives up and gives you the Cursed Ring he got ([[BlessedWithSuck raises all your stats by a lot, but disables your DMW, which means no level ups or Limit attacks]]).

* ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}:
** ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'': There's an NPC in the Twoson hotel who will pay you to leave him alone if you talk to him enough.
** The first time you meet [[ThoseTwoGuys Bud and Lou]] in ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'', Lou will ask you to [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall "stop pressing that thing"]], but, of course, you have to keep doing it if you want to get out of the dialogue window.

* VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas takes a similar tack, as repeatedly giving a follower the same instruction leads to snarking.
--> '''Veronica''' (after being told "stay close/keep your distance three or four times by [[IncompatibleOrientation a male player character]]): I don't get any closer until you turn into a leggy brunette!
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', if you call the moogle who acts as your save point on the world map without saving enough times, he gets angry and threatens you, first by stating that he's "sharpening his knife, kupo..." before ultimately his dialogue devolves into [[{{Angrish}} "STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT! KU-PHEH!!"]] In the Steam version, there's an achievement for this, "One Nag Too Many." The description reads "Cause Moguo to have a tantrum."
** Answering the question your boss gives you in the beginning (whether to kidnap the ugly queen or the princess) wrong (as in, "we'll kidnap the queen") 64 times will lead to a female thief storming into the room to tell you to stop messing around already and answer the question correctly.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', if you press X to talk to Kimahri on the ferry too many times, eventually an animation triggers showing Tidus bugging him, Kimahri shoving back, and Tidus stamping his foot after getting pushed.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', if you run characters left-right-left-right-left-right too many times, they have a frustrated "that's quite ENOUGH" animations.

* [[spoiler:Vateilika]] in ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}'', after you see her in the [[spoiler:final Tasen hideout]] and poke her repeatedly, she eventually [[HeroicBSOD completely breaks down]] and talks about how her relationship with her boyfriend fell apart because he kept poking her. With the Scrambler enabled, she starts narrating [[spoiler:the legend of the missile pony]] instead.
* In ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'' there are a variety of different lines depending on who's chosen as the secretary ship. Some ship girls will tell you to quit, while others [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar say to wait until they're off-duty to "poke" them]].
* Similarly, ''VideoGame/AzurLane'' gives each ship girl her own reaction lines if you "touch" her. Some will get upset about it, while the blatantly {{Yandere}} Taihou demands that you touch her more often (and never touch anybody else)...or else.

* A character from ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' located on Noveria will cycle through lines every time you speak to him, until reaching his breaking point.
-->'''Inamorda:''' If you don't stop poking me, I'll throw you off that balcony.

-->'''Scientist:''' Further manipulation of that object is grounds for further admonishment. [...] Really! You must stop touching that!

-->'''VI Announcer:''' You know what? Fine. [[{{Squick}} It's a hanar urinal.]] Knock yourself out.

* Knock on the door of the crazy hermit in ''The Omega Stone'' enough times, and he'll slip out of character to chew you out.
** Knocking on the trapdoor of the druid tower's upper level when he's inside will eventually cause him to open it and yell at you to leave. The first few times he does so in melodramatic, archaic terms ("Begone, or suffer!"), but if you keep it up long enough, he breaks character and tells you "They don't live here, they're next door!" in modern-day accents.

* ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver]]'' lets the lead Pokemon follow the player around and lets the player interact with it. Doing this too much over a period of time leads to your Pokemon getting angry.

* ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'' has them when you rapidly click the character portraits of anyone besides the Watcher (the main character). Each character has multiple lines, and most are even in-universe pokings by the Watcher, though Pallegina breaks the fourth wall once.
---> '''Edér:''' This is why you were traveling alone.
---> '''Pallegina:''' Do you think if you click on me enough, I'll lay an egg? Sorry to disappoint you.
* In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', some characters react as if you are poking them annoyingly when you tap them in the My Room screen. For instance, Alexander says it tickles, and Zhuge Liang complains that you're playing with his hair. However, they just do it randomly, rather than after too much tapping.

[[folder:Other Video Games]]
* In the Living Books version of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' novel ''Arthur's Computer Adventure'', there is a lamp that gets irritated at you for clicking on it.
* Talking to villagers in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' repeatedly within a short amount of time will cause them to request that you give them their personal space.
* Hulk in ''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy'' will occasionally shout "STOP TAPPING HULK" when you select him.
* In ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'', Bottles offers to give you a tutorial of the game. Should you choose to reject his offer, and but still attempt to talk to him, he will refuse to speak with you. Bother him enough times, and he will threaten to erase your game pak. [[spoiler:Banjo pleads with him though, and he stops.]]
* In ''[[VideoGame/BloonsTowerDefense Bloons TD 6]]'' and ''VideoGame/BloonsAdventureTimeTD'', hero characters become annoyed when you tap them too many times in a row.
* In the 1998 ''TabletopGame/CandyLand'' PC game, clicking on a character would usually result in being told to [[PopUpVideoGames click on something else of interest]] instead ("Click on the music machine, not me!"). Lord Licorice, however, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential would say "Don't poke me!" or "Ow!"]].
* In ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow]]'', if you talk to Arikado enough times after fighting Graham, he will get angry with you and change his dialogue to "GO NOW!".
* Variant in VideoGame/ChzoMythos game ''5 Days a Stranger'': Trilby gets progressively more snarky if the player keeps commanding him to look at doors.

* In ''VideoGame/CrushCrush'', if you try to extract hearts out of a girl by poking her after you've already acquired enough to move to the next [[RelationshipValues relationship level]], you'll get different lines depending on how far you've "advanced" with her. Trying this before you reach the Friend Zone with a girl will get you yelled at, but once you cross that line, the responses gradually become more playful and flirtatious.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Discworld}}'', examining Rincewind too many times causes him to temporarily steal the mouse cursor.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Pyre}}'', your carriage has a bell that's meant to be rung whenever it's time for dinner, but you can ring it whenever you want by clicking on it. If you do it too many times in a row, Rukey will get ''furious'' about it and yell at you, with the narration noting [[YouBastard he'll never forgive you]] even after he plays it off as a joke. If you do it too much after that, he'll remove the hammer inside the bell so it can't ring anymore.
* VideoGame/DyingLight has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ3HLJQHEWo&t=24s a pink teddy bear]] that'll eventually get tired of your nonstop poking. [[SchmuckBait Go ahead and ignore its warnings]], [[RedEyesTakeWarning or its eyes suddenly lighting up, for the matter]]...!
* In ''Nstorm'''s "Elf Bowling", you click on a little Easter egg in the corner to view pictures of the developers. If you mouse over three pictures in succession, it says "Stop. Poking. MEEEEEEEE!"
* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'', some characters have quotes expressing aggravation with you when you poke them on the status screen. Ayra in particular has a direct ShoutOut to the page quote.
* Honking the Freddy Plush's nose too many times in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'' will set Foxy off.
* The main mechanic in ''VideoGame/GanbareNeoPokeKun'' is to open a door to spawn characters that interact with the protagonist. However, if you open the door five times in a row it is blown off and you'll have to waste time getting it repaired.

* A flash game called ''VideoGame/GetOffMyLawn2009'' involves a store owner who, if you tickle him (by clicking on him) enough times, will call the police. This nets you the ''Restraining Order'' award.
* ''VideoGame/{{Gruntz}}'' has the titular gruntz eventually become annoyed if clicked repeatedly.
* You can pester Dervahl in ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' after he has been imprisoned. First he will declare that he'll escape. Then he begins to mock Aloy, then threaten her. In the end he begs her to leave him alone.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney'', if you click April enough times, she will usually say, "April Ryan, you have ''got'' to get over yourself.'' Even funnier after the first scene before she puts on clothes.
* ''VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestival'' shows a portrait of your main team's lead member, with them making a random quip or two. If you touch the portrait, you'll get a variety of reactions, such as asking if you need help, to accusing you of being a pervert, or teasingly threatening to touch you back.
* In ''VideoGame/{{maimai}}'' games from ''maimai [=MilK=]'' onwards, you have a partner who speaks to you in the menus. If you tap on them, they will get angry at you.
* In ''VideoGame/MarioVsDonkeyKong 2: March of the Minis'', repeatedly closing the DS to put it in sleep mode will make Mario stop saying things like 'I love-a this game!' and 'Bye bye!' and start shouting 'Hey, come back here!'. Keep doing it and he'll despairingly cry 'Not again!'
* In the later ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'' games, you can poke Omega-Xis with your stylus, resulting in him getting annoyed, and closing the menu. In ''Star Force 3'', however, if you poke him enough, he vanishes, and [[spoiler:the game appears to have frozen. Waiting a couple of seconds will have him come back, mocking you]].
* If you call Mei Ling in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' too many times without saving, she gets annoyed and sticks her tongue out at you. Before that, she realizes partway through that you're messing with her and gets a hilarious look on her face that seems to say "...Oh, you ''dick''."
* In ''VideoGame/TheMessenger2018'', there's a cabinet on the left side of the shop, but the Shopkeeper will not let you open it. Keep trying and he'll tell you to not touch the cabinet in a variety of ways, including even faking a dialogue reset. Do this long enough and he'll go on a philosophical talk that you can't fast forward through. You need to do this for an achievement.
** Later in the game when the Shopkeeper ''wants'' you to open the cabinet, the same thing happens if you keep trying to talk to him instead. This is how you get another achievement.
* ''VideoGame/MoleMania'' has Grandpa Mole, who seemingly waits for Muddy at various spots in each of the levels. Talking to him once causes him to heal Muddy, but each subsequent attempt to chat/heal makes him increasingly irritated - eventually erupting in a NonStandardGameOver.
* The Flash game ''[[http://www.agame.com/game/Poke-the-Penguin.html Poke the Penguin]]'' may be a reference to the exploding critters in Blizzard's games.
** There's also a "Poke the Bunny" which is somewhat less extreme; it just sinks its razor-sharp teeth into the finger and doesn't let go.

* In ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'', there is a rat you can pester by hovering your mouse over him. Doing this repeatedly will cause it to run away, and a nearby group of pirates will get mad at you.
* Using the duck in ''VideoGame/EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'' outside its intended use in a certain puzzle would cause it to quack. Use it enough times, and then it'll moo instead, leading to a confused Guybrush {{Lampshad|eHanging}}ing this by wondering what kind of duck it is.
* ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest IV''[[note]]which, incidentally, was published about three years before ''Warcraft: Orcs and Humans''[[/note]] has an interesting example. If you ask a character the same question three times in a row, you get the following:
-->'''Roger:''' What's goin' on in there?\\
'''One-eyed Alien:''' The two geeks from Andromeda are in there signing copies of their latest release!\\
'''Roger:''' What's goin' on in there?\\
'''One-eyed Alien:''' I JUST TOLD YA! The two geeks from Andromeda are in there signing copies of their latest release!\\
'''Roger:''' What's goin' on in there?\\
'''One-eyed Alien:''' Beat it jerk!
* In the single-player campaign of ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'', if the player speaks to Marie in the overworld enough times, she'll stop talking to them directly, but her thoughts will appear in the dialogue box, among them complaints about the player character's persistence.
* In ''VideoGame/StarshipTitanic'', the parrot objects to being prodded. This quickly becomes a more strenuous objection if you click and drag, effectively abducting him from his cage.
** And "prodding" the Maitre'd-bot enough times or trying to go to one of the tables provokes him into fighting you.
** But the one that takes the cake is the Smart Bomb, voiced by none other than John Cleese. Just one click or use of a hammer you find later makes him lose track of his countdown and forces him to start over. He eventually breaks down in tears.
* In ''VideoGame/TroubleWitches'', you can place your cursor over the shopkeepers and press the "fire" button to try to get them to react. Do this too many times, however, and you get [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment thrown out of the store]].
* There's a talking door in ''VideoGame/ZenoClash'' that demands a password by posing you a short riddle. If you approach it multiple times, it will repeat its riddle, becoming increasingly annoyed with each repetition. In the Steam version of the game, there's even an achievement for doing this.

[[folder:Other Softwares]]
* The free speech synthesis program [=ReadPlease=] 2003. The current voice is associated with the speaker's portrait. Don't click on the portrait.
* aptitude, a tool in Debian Linux, insists it doesn't have [[EasterEgg Super Cow Powers]] when you type "aptitude moo".[[note]]However, its cousin, apt-get, does.[[/note]]
** aptitude moo: "There are no Easter Eggs in this program."
** aptitude -v moo: "There really are no Easter Eggs in this program."
** aptitude -v -v moo: "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Didn't I already tell you that there are no Easter Eggs in this program?]]"
** aptitude -v -v -v moo: "Stop it!"
** aptitude -v -v -v -v moo: "Okay, okay, if I give you an Easter Egg, will you go away?"
** aptitude -v -v -v -v -v moo: "All right, you win."
** aptitude -v -v -v -v -v -v moo: "What is it? [[Literature/TheLittlePrince It's an elephant being eaten by a snake, of course.]]"
* The weather app YoWindow has this as one if its Easter Eggs. The weather "map" is an interactive view of a farmhouse, with surrounding fields, barn, dirt road, etc. Usually grazing in the field is either a cow or a horse. When you roll your pointer over the animal once, it tells you its name. Roll over it again, and it will tell you "Cows/horses do ''not'' fly." If you click on it, the animal will hover in the air. The more times you click on it, the higher it will go. When you move your pointer to click on it while in mid-air, it repeatedly asks you to stop what you're doing and return it to solid ground.
* [[http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/quotes-for-fictional-rts-units.6987/ This thread here]] contains a lot of these quotes for fan-made RTS units. This includes a lot of characters, vehicles, and other beings from a large number of fiction works:
** [[Franchise/MassEffect M35 Mako]]
** Knightmare [[Anime/CodeGeass Shinkiro]] with Lelouch/Zero as its pilot.
** ''[[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Anthy Himemiya]]'' of all people.
** [[Franchise/{{Halo}} S-117 Master Chief]]
** [[Anime/{{Vandread}} Mejare Dreads]], (whose [[OneGenderRace all-female pilots]] are ambiguous over the {{Fanservice}} and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything themes]]).
** [[Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce Stella]], piloting the Esquad Huckebein.
** [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} Yes Man!]] Securitrons.
** [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Jagers]], redi to fait!
** The [[VideoGame/{{Prototype}} Wisemen Teams]]

** Answering the question your boss gives you in the beginning (whether to kidnap the ugly queen or the princess) wrong (as in, "we'll kidnap the queen") 64 times will lead to a female thief storming into the room to tell you to stop messing around and already answer the question right.

** Of course, perhaps the most epic is clicking on a Scottish unit you're hostile to. "AH'LL REEP OFF YER HEDD AND SPIT DOON YER NECK." Or, slightly less awesome: "I gotta ''claymore'' here for ye Jimmy..."

** In ''Warcraft II'', poking a critter enough times will result in lots of little animal sounds and finally the critter will just... well... BOOM! and a small bloody mess is all that's left.

* A flash game called ''VideoGame/GetOffMyLawn'' involves a store owner who, if you tickle him (by clicking on him) enough times, will call the police. This nets you the ''Restraining Order'' award.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6EWYC8uVTg Behold]] the [[ClusterFBomb ULTIMATE]] StopPokingMe, courtesy of king Ymiron from the ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''! In that game, some of the city guards also sass you if you ask them for directions too many times in a row: the Sentinels in Darnassus take it a step further by accusing you of flirting with them. Many [=NPCs=] also have annoyed quotes they say if you click on them (attempt to talk with them) too many times (which can happen due to many players all trying to turn in quests at the same time, or because the NPC keeps moving). Most of the time though, [=NPCs=] just sass you for no reason at all.

--> '''Troll Warlord''': Now I'm ready. [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou To stab you.]]

** A scientist on the salarian homeworld in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' would ''really'' like you to stop poking the console he's working on. He'll eventually suggest you get your own [[spoiler: feces analyzer]] and stop playing with his.

-->'''Dak'kon''': The reasons for your incessant clicking are not *known* to me.

---> '''Edér''': This is why you were traveling alone.
---> '''Pallegina''': Do you think if you click on me enough, I'll lay an egg? Sorry to disappoint you.

* In the Living Books version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' novel ''Arthur's Computer Adventure'', their is a lamp that gets irritated at you for clicking on it.

* If you tap the Fiend's Calderon enough times on the difficulty menu in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'', it'll get annoyed with you and turn around. If you continue, it'll look back at you to see if you'll stop, before turning back around again.

* ''VideoGame/MoleMania'' has Grandpa Mole, who seemingly waits for Muddy at various spots in each of the levels. Talking to him once causes him to heal Muddy, but each subsequent attempt to chat/heal makes him increasingly irritated - eventually erupting in a NonstandardGameOver.

* VideoGame/DyingLight has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ3HLJQHEWo&t=24s a pink teddy bear]] that'll eventually get tired of your nonstop poking. [[SchmuckBait Go ahead and ignore its warnings]], [[RedEyesTakeWarning or its eyes suddenly lighting up, for the matter]]...!
* You can pester Dervahl in ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' after he has been imprisoned. First he will declare that he'll escape. Then he begins to mock Aloy, then threaten her. In the end he begs her to leave him alone.
* In ''[[VideoGame/BloonsTowerDefense Bloons TD 6]]'' and ''VideoGame/BloonsAdventureTimeTD'', hero characters become annoyed when you tap them too many times in a row.
* In ''VideoGame/{{maimai}}'' games from ''maimai [=MilK=]'' onwards, you have a partner who speaks to you in the menus. If you tap on them, they will get angry at you.

** In ''Warcraft II'', poking a critter often enough and fast enough will result in lots of little animal sounds and finally the critter will just... well... BOOM! and a small bloody mess is all that's left. The explosion actually does damage to its surroundings.
** The ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' critters do it better: Click them enough and they explode in a ''nuclear explosion''. That one doesn't do any damage to other units, but can potentially scare the heck out of another person in casual multiplayer.
*** ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' takes the poking further by having various ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' jokes being said among the human units, and veiled pokes at the ChurchOfHappyology among the Scourge's more intelligible units. Also, several rare/unique units have some ''massively long'' "annoyed" quotes. Heck, a lot of the "Demon" units have a running gag of "Darkness" calling people on the phone. The Pit Lord gets even more egregious with line with him publicly coming out to his girlfriend as a demon over a daytime talk show.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6EWYC8uVTg Behold]] the [[ClusterFBomb ULTIMATE]] StopPokingMe, courtesy of king Ymiron from the ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''! In that game, some of the city guards also sass you if you ask them for directions too many times in a row: the Sentinels in Darnassus take it a step further by accusing you of flirting with them. Many NPCs also have annoyed quotes they say if you click on them (attempt to talk with them) too many times (which can happen due to many players all trying to turn in quests at the same time, or because the NPC keeps moving). Most of the time though, NPCs just sass you for no reason at all.

---> "[[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound Your sound card works perfectly!]] Your sound card works perfectly! [[RuleOfThree Your sound card works perfectly!]] Enjoying yourself? [[RunningGag Your sound card works perfectly!]] [[OverlyLongGag Your sound card works perfectly!]] [[DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound Your sound card works perfectly!]] ''It doesn't get any better than this.''"

---> "[[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound Your sound card works perfectly!]] Your sound card works perfectly! [[RuleOfThree Your sound card works perfectly!]] Enjoying yourself? [[RunningGag Your sound card works perfectly!]] [[OverlyLongGag Your sound card works perfectly!]] [[MostAnnoyingSound Your sound card works perfectly!]] ''It doesn't get any better than this.''"

* In ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'', attempting to enter one of Black Mesa's locked doors enough times will annoy the automated security computer. The mod ''VideoGame/BlackMesa'' brings it back as an EasterEgg.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6EWYC8uVTg Behold]] the [[ClusterFBomb ULTIMATE]] StopPokingMe, courtesy of king Ymiron from the ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''!