Funny / Total War: Warhammer III

• The trailer for the Ogres is this. Unlike most trailers for Warhammer III, where they are either epic (Grand Cathay and Kislev) or sinister (Khorne, Tzeentch), the trailer for the Ogres is basically one giant Vampire Coast-style sea chant "I Am" Song where Ogres are doing nothing but eating, drinking, and fighting. One Youtube comment puts it at best:
  Youtube comment: "I don't get it, it's just my local Pub on Saturday night."
  • Especially the ending. Trailers often feature a Wham Shot, like the reveal of a character or facing down an impossibly huge enemy army. The final shot in the Ogre Kingdoms trailer? Greasus letting out a massive belch.
• Due to the fact that players can choose the name of the God-slayer before starting his campaign, his name can range from the fantastical, the fearsome, the bizarre, the silly or just the ordinary. For example: You can just name him Daniel.
  • Since then, it has been common in the fan community to just refer to the Daemon Prince as Daniel.
    • Taken to its extreme logical conclusion in the Immortal Empires trailer coming from the Advisor of all people:
    "Advisor: Kislevite Spears are a tool the Daemon Prince knows intimately. In his past life he wielded one in the name of honour...Now, he wears a different name and cares only for forging himself into a weapon of unfathomable destruction. Sometimes, carried on the whisper of an ice-laced breeze he hears the name...Daniel."
• The developers obviously had fun with the attack animations for the Great Unclean One, including a sumo wrestler stomp, barfing with both of its mouths, and literally crapping all over its enemies!. There's even a chance a Nurgling will come out of the Great Unclean One's butt and begin dancing around in the spray before flopping on its back and making poo angels. As unexpected and hilarious as it is disgusting.
• The start of Tzarina Katarin's campaign features the Advisor heading to Kislev to tell them that their chief deity, Ursun, is still alive and is being held hostage by the daemon Bel'akor.
  Advisor: "My proposition will require... a delicate touch."
  [Smash Cut to the Advisor being slowly frozen in ice by a livid Katarin.]
  Crowd: "Deceit and lies! Sacrilege! Kill him!"
  • When pleading for his life to Katarin, the Advisor sounds more scared than in any other campaign intro, including the ones where he speaks to the most dangerous daemons to have ever existed.
  • The simple fact that the Advisor's life is on the line in most intros is itself pretty funny, particularly in Skarbrand's who, shortly after meeting him, intends to take his skull the instant he smells magic on the seer, which would have made the Advisor's journey an incredibly short one.
  • One of the few characters who doesn't directly threaten the Advisor, in fact, is Kugath, a Daemon of Nurgle. While it's implied the Advisor would have been used as an experimental subject if he had not made such an intriguing offer, Kugath is still the only one who patiently hears the Advisor out and never explicitly threatens to harm him.
• When agreeing to diplomatic arrangements with human factions, Zhao Ming might say this:
  “We, ah, humans stand together.”
• Some of the randomly-generated names for Daemon characters can rival the Lizardmen in terms of Punniness. For example, you may run into a Slaaneshi daemon named “Tou’che’me” or a Tzeentchian daemon named “Liar’lar’panz’oun’fyre.”
• Also, you may occasionally encounter an Ogre lord or hero named “Moobs” and/or "Manboubz". And another named Chungus.
• Beyond the Great Bastion, there will be a Norscan lord or two named “Soren Kalsarikannit.” “Kalsarikännit” is a Finnish term for the feeling when you are going to get drunk home alone in your underwear – with no intention of going out.
• Every Faction in the game has a particular reason for trying to find Ursun: The Kislevites want to save him, the God-Slayer wants to finish what he started, Kairos Fateweaver wants to take his eyes so he can see the present, etc. The Ogres? They just wonder what a God tastes like.
  Greasus: A bear, you say?
  Ogre: Sounds tasty.
  Another Ogre: Shut up!
• Greasus Goldtooth's introductory video in the campaign menu features him drifting his chariot! MandaloreGaming compared it to something out of Initial D during his review. This isn't just for the intro, its one of his actual attack animations!
  "I actually had to pause when I saw Greasus Initial D'ing his way across the screen.''
• In a copious case of Black Comedy, it's possible for the Ogre Kingdoms to find a valley filled with miniature horses that come in all sorts of colors. The ogres decide to make them into stew.
• Another Ogre dilemma has them accidentally invent ketchup, and then get into an argument whether it deserves to be considered food or not.
• Entering the final battle itself as the Ogre Kingdoms evokes what could be described as Fridge Humor. No matter who you're playing, you're only able to make it into the Forge of Souls to face Be'lakor because of a loophole revealed in the Tome of Fates. In other words, Be'lakor has every reason to believe that his ascension being interrupted isn't just unlikely, but nigh impossible. So he's minding his own business, about to become a god, when suddenly some ogres appear in his sanctum looking for a meal. Even if he massacres the ogres and succeeds in his plan, the fact that they appeared at all would still be a complete Non Sequitur to him. At least with Chaos or Kislev he'd at least understand why they're there, and the dragons of Cathay have a long history fighting Chaos. Especially hilarious when you imagine him learning the stupid reason they showed up.
• There is a random event where a rogue Cathayan alchemist conducts a failed experiment with a Maw Shard. While the poor chap meets a grisly end, he inadvertently causes all Ogres to appear …cat-faced to Cathayan eyes. This causes Cathayan soldiers to find Ogres funny instead of terrifying, increasing their leadership while fighting Ogres.
• Playing as Cathay, there is a random event where the Dragon emperor and Moon Empress are all but explicitly said to come watch over your work disguised as cats. One of the options is to take the two rulers of Cathay and throw them down a well (justified, since they might as well be a Tzeentch plot in the work). Made even funnier considering you're playing as one of their children.
• Another Zhao Ming specific event is an alchemist showing up with a chest full of warpstone dust, which you can dump into the water to have a bonus to your provinces. Or Zhao Ming can huff the equivalent of several tonnes of warpstone himself. No wonder why his siblings think he's a bit off.
  • In Immortal Empires' (on launch, at least), the same event could also pop up for Miao Ying. You decide which is funnier: that the alchemist thought it was a good idea to bring it to her instead, or that she can also huff said warpstone.
• Slaanesh's research tree is themed on a perfume parlour, with the description of each tech being a sales pitch.
  Rigorous Chastisement: Nothing says indisputable power and authority like the heady fragrance of damned souls screaming for eternity.
  Wanton Destruction: Some days, you want every head turned in your direction — but on some days, you want every head parted from its shoulders. On those days, only Wanton Destruction will do.
  Darkling Disciples: Bold top-notes of sensuality entwined with a subtle base of relentless, pitiless brutality. This is ethereal beauty meets torment-filled death, with a lingering citrus mist.
  Chromatic Servitude: Because even a nauseating, indescribable affront to existence itself deserves to smell like fresh-cut roses.
• When at war with a Warriors of Chaos or a Nurgle Monogod (i.e. Ku'gath) faction, and you click on a Sorcerer Lord of Nurgle, he may sometimes utter "You are a degenerate."
• One Kislev event is a cavalcade of Black Comedy involving a backwater village building a chapel to Ursun... using their own homes as building materials. When a bunch of them predictably freeze to death, the local Patriarch chastises the survivors for not being pious enough.
• Valkia the Bloody has a Lord skill, 'Blood Raven.' While referring to an especially brutal execution method, it gives boosts to looting and stealing. Why? It's referring to a different type of Blood Raven.
• One of Azazel's idle lines is asking you to "Tell me what you want... What you REALLY want."
• The official launch for Immortal Empires is mostly an awesome showcase of the world-spanning conflict the campaign promises. However, after Karl Franz and Teclis deliver a Rousing Speech to try and unite the races fighting for order, Throgrim brings up his doubts. And with one word, Teclis throws the meeting into chaos.
  Thorgrim: "This is just another Elgi scheme! I see many leaders here, but do you even speak for your people?"
  Teclis: "High King, this is not the time for short-sightedness—"
  Thorgrim: "Short?!"
  • The fact that Teclis in the lore is a skilled orator and Ambadassador who has been instrumental in smoothing over still-tense relationships between the high elves and dwarfs...and he managed to nearly singlehandedly derail The Alliance with such an absurdly basic diplomatic blunder.
  • Karl Franz literally letting the hammer down to make everyone listen is mainly an epic moment, but it's also pretty funny if you consider it him (or the community) absolutely refusing to let the The End Times happen again.
• The Chaos Dwarfs are incredibly petty in their own language since you barely understand them.
  Generic Chaos Dwarf Lord: I am the victor of this shouting match! Now leave!
• Azazel has a nice jib at the Chaos Dwarfs in their diplomatic talks.
  Azazel: Your hat is very high... Are you compensate for something?
• The Hag Witches being embarrassed over people calling them affectionately.
  Hag Witch: Granny, nanny, goodie...What names are these for powerful sorceresses?