History Trivia / Warhammer40000

* WordOfGod: After an incident with a Neo-Nazi trying to enter a tournament in Spain, GW explicitly went out and [[https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/11/19/the-imperium-is-driven-by-hate-warhammer-is-not/ said that the Imperium is a VillainProtagonist and that anyone who says otherwise is deluding themselves.]]
* WriterConflictsWithCanon: On April 14th, 2024, when asked about women being members of the Adeptus Custodes in a then-recent short story, Warhammer's Twitter/X page [[https://twitter.com/warhammer/status/1779544596172689822 responded]] by stating there have ''always'' been female Custodians "since the first of the Ten Thousand were created." While retcons are nothing new when it comes to Warhammer, previous editions (particularly the first edition Rogue Trader rulebook and the 8th edition Codex: Adeptus Custodes) explicitly stated beforehand that all Custodes were men.

* WordOfGod: After an incident with a Neo-Nazi trying to enter a tournament in Spain, GW explicitly went out and said that the Imperium is a VillainProtagonist and that anyone who says otherwise is deluding themselves.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda:
** A common internet theory stated that Creator/GamesWorkshop received/continues to receive royalties from Creator/BlizzardEntertainment, as the latter used GW's character designs in ''VideoGame/{{WarCraft}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{StarCraft}}''.
** A variant claims that ''[=StarCraft=]'' began life as a ''Warhammer 40,000'' game until Games Workshop pulled the license, leaving Blizzard to turn it into a standalone title.

** However, some legends say that the first draft of the first ''VideoGame/{{WarCraft}}'' was a pitch for a licensed ''Franchise/{{Warhammer}}'' game, but no agreement could be reached.

* BuryYourArt: The name of the Ork warlord "Mag Uruk Thraka" was pretty clearly intended to be a joke about UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher, who was British Prime Minister back in the 1980s when Warhammer 40K was just getting started. In the early days, such jokes and references in Warhammer material were common. Since then, however, Games Workshop became embarrassed about it, and has since gone on record denying that this is the case, essentially attributing any phonetic resemblance to coincidence. Fans, however, generally discount this explanation - judging it the equivalent of naming an Ork character "Baruk Og Gama" whilst claiming no connection to America's 44th president.

* IntercontinuityCrossover: With the increased notice of the Warhammer 40,000 franchise in the 2010s or 2020s, there's been increasingly more crossovers with other franchises such as VideoGame/WorldOfTanks and VideoGame/PowerWasherSimulator.

* IKnewIt: A great many fans were certain some of the loyal Primarchs were still out there due to the highly ambiguous natures of their disappearances. Corvus Corax revealed to be alive prompted many cries of this within the fandom.

* FanWorkBan: ''Creator/GamesWorkshop'' have placed [[https://www.games-workshop.com/en-WW/Intellectual-Property-Guidelines a zero tolerance policy on fan animations]] after acquiring the creator behind ''WebAnimation/{{Astartes}}'', forcing several fans to drop their projects such as ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice''. It only got worse from there, as they have begun going after GameMods and also 3D modellers.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Main_Page The Lexicanum]] and Wikia [[http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Warhammer_40k_Wiki Warhammer 40k Wiki]].

* TropeNamer;
** AgriWorld: A planet whose main purpose is farming or food production.
** DeathOrGloryAttack: An extremely risky attack which has a big payoff if it succeeds but can cripple your army if it fails.
** DeathWorld: An inhospitable planet.
** MoreDakka: One of the Orks' fundamental principles - sling as much lead at the opponent as possible.
** PowerFist: These big weapons are commonplace in Space Marine armories; Orks like using power clawz as a variant.
** RedOnesGoFaster: Another fundamental principle to the Orks... and thanks to WAAAGH! energy, it tends to happen.

* ReferencedBy: In [[https://youtu.be/5osfQil1fn0 this video]] about the battleship Yamato, the presenter takes a minute to remind the audience that wartime Japan was morally different from modern times, and adds "In the grimdark of April 1945, there was only war."

* FanWorkBan: ''Creator/GamesWorkshop'' have placed [[https://www.games-workshop.com/en-WW/Intellectual-Property-Guidelines a zero tolerance policy on fan animations]] after acquiring the creator behind ''WebAnimation/{{Astartes}}'', forcing several fans to drop their projects such as ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice''. It only got more worse from there, as they have begun going after GameMods and also 3D modellers.

* BuryYourArt: The name of the Ork warlord "Mag Uruk Thraka" was pretty clearly intended to be a joke about UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher, who was British Prime Minister back in the 1980s when Warhammer 40K was just getting started. In the early days, such jokes and references in Warhammer material were common. Since then, however, Games Workshop became embarrassed about it, and has since gone on record denying that this is the case, essentially attributing any phonetic resemblance to coincidence. Fans, however, generally discount this explanation - judging it the equivalent of naming an Ork character named "Baruk Og Gama" whilst claiming no connection to America's 44th president.

** BitzBox: Referring to the leftover pieces from model kits and wherever you end up storing them for later.