History Main / StopPokingMe

* Honking the Freddy Plush's nose too many times in FiveNightsAtFreddys4 will set Foxy off.

* Units in ''VideoGame/CompanyOfHeroes'' will get annoyed whenever you repeatedly select them, and they'll get ''really'' annoyed if you [[WhatTheHellPlayer 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...

* ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest IV'' has an interesting example. If you ask a character the same question three times in a row, you get the following:

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

In games that have units vocally acknowledge when you select them, clicking too often can make them annoyed/sarcastic. Originated with ''VideoGame/WarcraftOrcsAndHumans'' (the TropeMaker and TropeNamer) and became a standard feature of all Creator/BlizzardEntertainment's games, and has since spread to other companies. Now, it is almost considered a mandatory feature for any RealTimeStrategy game. BreakingTheFourthWall is optional, but usually adds to the fun.

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

* Creator/BlizzardEntertainment, after [[TropeMaker inventing this]], raised it to an art form. ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' and all ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' games (including ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'') have characters getting angry, doing comedy routines, or just providing additional insight into their characters. The TropeNamer is the original ''Warcraft'' orc's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by8AZX9dyiw Stop poking me!]]"

** ''VideoGame/WarcraftII'''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.

* ''VideoGame/CompanyOfHeroes'' has this, much like ''VideoGame/StarCraft'', whenever you repeatedly select a unit while it's out 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...

* ''PlanescapeTorment'' likewise.

* In ''VideoGame/MarioVsDonkeyKong 2: March Of The Minis'', repeatedly closing the DS to put it in sleep mode will make Mario stop saying thing 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 newer ''MegaManStarForce'' games, you can poke Omega-Xis with your stylus, resulting in him getting annoyed, and closing the menu. In ''[=MMSF3=]'', 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]].

** 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.

This is not strictly limited to mouse-clicking, but any repeated action (such as talking to a character) where the programmers thought to include an annoyed or comical reaction. For more general examples not related to multiple clicks/conversations, see WhatTheHellPlayer.

* 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 relationship level, you'll get different lines depending on how well you've "advanced" with her. If you do it before you reach the "Friend Zone", you'll get yelled at, but the messages get a little more cordial and flirtatious once uou reach Sweetheart and beyond.

* If ''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 relationship level, she'll yell at you.

* [[spoiler:Vateilika]] in ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}'', after you see her in the [[spoiler:final Tasen hideout]] and poke her repeatedly, she eventually [[HeroicBSOD compleely 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.

** 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/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.

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* 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/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/{{Discworld}}'', examining Rincewind too many times causes him to temporarily steal the mouse cursor.

* ''PlanescapeTorment'' likewise.
-->'''Dak'kon''': The reasons for your incessant clicking are not *known* to me.
** The characters also have quotes for if you try to give them weapons they can't wield or remove items they won't take off.
--->'''Morte''' (a [[DemBones floating skull]]): Sure, I'll just [[SarcasmMode swing it with my arms]]!

* ''VideoGame/WarhammerOnline'' does this, not just with the {{NPC}}s, but also other {{player character}}s.

* In the newer ''MegaManStarForce'' games, you can poke Omega-Xis with your stylus, resulting in him getting annoyed, and closing the menu. In ''[=MMSF3=]'', 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]].
* ''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.]]

* 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, STOP IT, KUPOOOOOH!!"]] 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 and already answer the question right.
* Similarly, if you call Mei Ling in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' too many times without saving, she gets annoyed and sticks her tongue out at you.
* 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.
* ''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 REEP OFF YER HEDD AND SPIT DOON YER NECK." Or, slightly less awesome: "I gotta ''claymore'' here for ye 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/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 "[[LordOfTheRings YOU SHALL NOT PASS!]]" then chuckles and notes that "...[[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I've always wanted to say that]]."
* A hilarious variation occurs in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout|1}}''. Speaking to people multiple times will result in them saying different things, and trying it on a Brahmin yields this:
--> '''Brahmin:''' Moo.
--> '''Brahmin:''' Moo, moo.
--> '''Brahmin:''' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Moo, I say.]]
* Characters in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' have Stop Poking Me lines if you select/unselect them too many times in the party selection screen. Shale says the trope namer line.
** If you repeatedly try to have your main character do something they cannot do (e.g. open a locked door) they ''will'' call you out on it.
-->'''Warden (Aggressive):''' Can I get you a ladder... so you can get off my back?!
* 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): I don't get any closer until you turn into a leggy brunette!
* 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.
** 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.
-->'''Scientist:''' Further manipulation of that object is grounds for further admonishment. [...] Really! You must stop touching that!
** The gag is repeated in the Citadel DLC, with a waterfall in the Silver Coast Casino.
-->'''VI Announcer:''' You know what? Fine. [[{{Squick}} It's a hanar urinal.]] Knock yourself out.
* ''[[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.
** The Pokemon Amie feature in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' has something similar -- pet a Pokemon on a spot it doesn't like long enough and it'll get annoyed at you. You can also poke them, which either produces the same result or provokes an even more irritated response from certain species.
* 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.
* In the first ''VideoGame/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.
* 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 the second, third, and fourth ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea}}'' games, 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.
* 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!".
* In ''VideoGame/HaloWars'', one of the selection acknowledgements for the Grunt squad is "Yee! Tickles!"
* 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.
* Empress Himiko, one of the playable mercenaries in ''VideoGame/AtlanticaOnline'' will occasionally say this after being selected.

* Not "clicking"-related, but keeping a guest's view window open long enough in ''VideoGame/RollerCoasterTycoon'' will cause him to say "I have the strangest feeling that someone's watching me..."
** 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.
* 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/LeagueOfLegends has Mordekaiser, who has one of his sound clips while moving as [[BreakingTheFourthWall "You only need to click once, fool!"]]
* In ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'', attempting to enter one of Black Mesa's locked doors enough time will annoy the automated security computer.
-->''This door is '''locked'''''.\\
''You. Do. Not. Have. Access. To. This. Facility.\\
Are we going to do this all day?\\
No, no, and'' '''NOOOO'''''!''
* 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.

* ''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/ChronoCross'' has a similar secret item early in the game: if you keep trying to open the chest in Karsh's room while he's present, he tells you to leave it alone and counts how many times you attempt it until he finally gives up after 20 attempts, allowing you to have the Dragoon Gauntlet inside instead of having to wait later in the game.
* In ''The Omega Stone'', 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.
* In ''VideoGame/MarioVsDonkeyKong 2: March Of The Minis'', repeatedly closing the DS to put it in sleep mode will make Mario stop saying thing 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!'
* ''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.
* 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/AgeOfEmpires'': some units will say lines including "Quit touching me!" and "Don't point that thing at me!" when selected.
* ''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.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'': There's an NPC in the Twoson hotel who will pay you to leave him alone if you talk to him enough.
* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'''s ''Shivering Isles'' expansion, you gain the ability to summon Sheogorath's chamberlain Haskill. Do it repeatedly and he'll start complaining.
-->"I was right there. You could have just walked over to me."
* ''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.
* Hulk in ''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy'' will occasionally shout "STOP TAPPING HULK" when you select him.
* 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.
* ''VideoGame/{{Gruntz}}'' has the titular gruntz eventually become annoyed if clicked repeatedly.
* In the ''TabletopGame/CandyLand'' PC game, clicking on a location on the board such as the Lollipop Woods or Gumdrop Mountains would take you to an interactive screen set in said location, with objects to click and various minigames, as well as a host character who lives there. Clicking on the character would usually result in being told to click on an object that starts a minigame, instead of the character. Lord Licorice, however, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential would say "Don't poke me!" or "Ow!"]].

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* In the ''TabletopGame/CandyLand'' PC game, clicking on a location on the board such as the Lollipop Woods or Gum Drop Mountain would take you to an interactive screen set in said location, with objects to click and various minigames, as well as a host character who lives there. Clicking on the character would usually result in being told to click on an object that starts a minigame, instead of the character. Lord Licorice, however, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential would say "Don't poke me!" or "Ow!"]].

* Not "clicking"-related, but keeping a guest's view window open long enough in ''RollerCoasterTycoon'' will cause him to say "I have the strangest feeling that someone's watching me..."

* Empress Himiko, one of the playable mercenaries in ''AtlanticaOnline'' will occasionally say this after being selected.

-->''This door is '''locked'''''.
-->''You. Do. Not. Have. Access. To. This. Facility.''
-->''Are we going to do this all day?''
-->''No, no, and'' '''NOOOO'''''!''
* There's a talking door in ''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.

** ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' has a similar secret item early in the game: if you keep trying to open the chest in Karsh's room while he's present, he tells you to leave it alone and counts how many times you attempt it until he finally gives up after 20 attempts, allowing you to have the Dragoon Gauntlet inside instead of having to wait later in the game.

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[[AC:Computers]]

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

* 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, STOP IT, KUPOOOOOH!!"]]

** [[VideoGame/MassEffect M35 Mako]]

** [[VideoGame/{{Halo}} S-117 Master Chief]]