History Main / StopPokingMe

* In ''TheLongestJourney'', if you click April enough times,she will usually say "Wow, April, you have ''got'' to get over yourself.'' Even funnier after the first scene before she puts on clothes.

[[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger Pointing at people is rude.]] [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace So is poking them.]] [[BerserkButton So is poking them repeatedly for no reason when you already have their attention.]] ''[[WhatTheHellPlayer Will you please quit doing that already?!]]'' [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Sheesh, what's wrong with you, anyway?]]

[[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger Pointing at people is rude.]] [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace So is poking them.]] [[BerserkButton So is poking them repeatedly for no reason when you already have their attention.]] ''[[WhatTheHellPlayer Will you please quit doing that already?!]]'' [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech Sheesh, what's wrong with you, anyway?]]

[[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger Pointing at people is rude.]] [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace So is poking them.]] So is poking them repeatedly for no reason when you already have their attention. ''[[WhatTheHellPlayer Will you please quit doing that already?!]]'' Sheesh, what's wrong with you, anyway?

[[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger Pointing at people is rude.]] [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace So is poking them.]] So is poking them repeatedly for no reason when you already have their attention. ''Will you please quit doing that already?!'' Sheesh, what's wrong with you, anyway?

* In the first ''PaperMario'', in the prologue, the guard who keeps you from going into Peach's room will give up if you talk to him enough times.

See [[{{Ptitlez17dr6puup2l}} I Can't Use These Things Together]] for a Point-N-Click adventure game variant where the characters may get annoyed if you ask them to use two items together that don't work.

* BlizzardEntertainment, after [[TropeMaker inventing this]], raised it to an art form. ''{{Starcraft}}'' and all ''{{Warcraft}}'' games (including ''WorldOfWarcraft'') have characters getting angry, doing comedy routines, or just providing additional insight into their characters.
** The TropeNamer is probably the orc's "Stop poking me!"
** Referenced in StarCraft Brood War, with Artanis's "Stop poking me! What do I look like, an orc?", and with the Protoss Observer transmitting "Stop poking me!" over the radio.

* ''BaldursGate'' has something similar. Including comments such as "I do not understand this "mouse magic" that makes me do your bidding!" (incidentally, said by a character with an inhuman intelligence, which arguably allows him to see through the fourth wall) and the classic "Elminster this! Elminster that! Give ''me'' 2000 years and a pointy hat and I'll kick his arse!"

** At the other end of the spectrum, is the just plain crazy Tiax, who informs you: "One day, Tiax will point and click!".

* ''[[{{Warhammer}} Warhammer Online]]'' does this, not just the NPC but also other player characters.

* ''[[TotalWar Medieval 2: Total War]]'' 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." ( [[FridgeLogic Even though 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 {{Alignment}} 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?".

* ''Heroes of Newerth'' includes these for many of its playable heroes. This also includes some {{Shout Out}}s such as the Pyromancer who shouts "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" then chuckles and notes that "...[[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I've always wanted to say that]]."

* Characters in ''DragonAge'' have stop poking me lines if you select/unselect them too many times in the party selection screen. Shale says the trope namer line.

* [[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.

* 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 ''TheLongestJourney'', if you click April enough times,she will usually say "Wow, April, you have ''got'' to get over yourself.'' Even funnier after the first scene [[Fanservice before she puts on clothes.]]

*** Referenced in StarCraft Brood War, with Artanis's "Stop poking me! What do I look like, an orc?", and with the Protoss Observer transmitting "Stop poking me!" over the radio.

*** The ''{{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.

* In ''{{Disgaea 3}}'', you can occasionally find friendly [=NPCs=] in Item World provide various services. If you talk to some of them too many times, they'll get annoyed and fight you, which may or may not let you reap some additional benefits by defeating them.

** Strangely, most WoW [=NPCs=] with Unique voices do ''not'' have comical phrases when clicked on repeatedly. Even characters who pulled their voice clips from previous games (Jaina, and previously Slyvanas) don't have them.

** The Valkyries in Starcraft provided a ShoutOut to YoungFrankenstein.
** Warcraft II's Human Footman class would quip "Why do you keep touching me?" and "Are you still touching me?" The former of which was used in the [[BuffySpeak disco-y]] hidden music track on the expansion CD, and in fact came from the ''original'' game.
** In Warcraft II's case, even the setup program got annoyed if you kept clicking the sound test button.
** 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 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 though, but can potentially scare the heck out of another person in casual multiplayer.

** Xzar, who's like, crazy awesome, actually at one point says "STOP ''POKING'' MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH!" as a ShoutOut to {{Warcraft}}.
** At the other end of the Spectruum, is the just plain crazy Tiax, who informs you: "One day, Tiax will point and click!".

* IcewindDale gives us various character voice sets with this feature. Most are annoyed, some start cursing the player, and one even plays along with the player and then mentions that he knows a druid that can "hook you up with some really good stuff".

** 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: "BFS I gotta ''claymore'' here for ye Jimmy..."

* A hilarious variation occurs in {{Fallout}}. Speaking to people multiple times will result in them saying different things, and trying it on a cow yields this:

* In [[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!".
* In {{Halo}} Wars, one of the selection acknowledgements for the Grunt squad is "Yee! Tickles!"

* ''{{Disgaea 3}}'' - You can occasional find friendly [=NPCs=] in Item World who will sell you stuff or raise the stats of your items. You have the option of talking to them until they get annoyed and attack you, at which point you can kill them for even bigger boosts.

** Warcraft II's Human Footman class would quip "Why do you keep touching me?" and "Are you still touching me?" The former of which was used in the [[BuffySpeak disco-y]] hidden music track on the expansion CD.

** 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..POP! and a small bloody mess is all that's left.

*** Referenced in StarCraft Brood War, with Artanis's "Stop poking me! What do I look like, an orc?"

* ''BaldursGate'' has something similar. Including comments such as "I do not understand this "mouse magic" that makes me do your bidding!" (incidentally, said by a character with an inhuman intelligence) and the classic "Elminster this! Elminster that! Give ''me'' 2000 years and a pointy hat and I'll kick his arse!"

* ''BaldursGate'' has something similar. Including comments such as "I do not understand this "mouse magic" that makes me do your bidding!" and the classic "Elminster this! Elminster that! Give ''me'' 2000 years and a pointy hat and I'll kick his arse!"

* '' In [[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!".

* '' In 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!"

* In ''FinalFantasyIX'', if you call the moogle who acts as your menu on the overworld map too many times without doing anything, he gets angry and threatens you.
** I believe the exact line was "I'm sharpening my knife, kupo..."

[[CommandAndConquer http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Command_and_Conquer_poke_2051.jpg]]
[[caption-width:350:To not lose against the terrorists, don't poke your units.]]

--> -- '''Alleria Windrunner''', ''{{Warcraft}} II: Beyond the Dark Portal''

** 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: "[[{{BFS}} I gotta ''claymore'' here for ye Jimmy...]]"