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--> '''Naga Sea Witch''': Keep tripping over this damn tail!
--> '''Peasant/Militia''': [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Help! Help! I'm being repressed!]]



--> '''Naga Sea Witch''': Keep tripping over this damn tail!



--> '''Demon Hunter''': Darkness called... But I was on the phone, so I missed it. I tried to Star [[Lol69 69]] Darkness but his machine picked up. I yelled, ''[[SuddenlyShouting "PICK UP THE PHONE, DARKNESS!"]]'' but he... ignored me. Darkness must have been screening his calls...

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--> '''Demon Hunter''': Darkness called... But I was on the phone, so I missed it. I tried to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last-call_return Star [[Lol69 69]] Darkness but his machine picked up. I yelled, ''[[SuddenlyShouting "PICK UP THE PHONE, DARKNESS!"]]'' but he... ignored me. Darkness must have been screening his calls...
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* In the opening scene for second human campaign level, Uther tells Arthas that he sent [[InformedAbility two of his best knights]] to parley with the orc leader and that [[TemptingFate they should be back in a minute]]. Cue two [[NeverFoundTheBody riderless]] horses appear not even a minute later.

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* In the opening scene for second human campaign level, Uther tells Arthas that he sent [[InformedAbility two of his best knights]] to parley with the orc leader and that [[TemptingFate they should be back in a minute]]. Cue two [[NeverFoundTheBody [[HorseReturnsWithoutRider riderless]] horses appear not even a minute later.
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* Grand Marshal Garithos makes it abundantly clear that he's TheNeidermeyer in this exchange:
---> '''Garithos''': Can't you idiots follow simple orders? There's a war on, and you louts are off having a picnic! Get this column rolling immediately!\\
'''Rifleman''': Right away, Lord Garithos! Move 'em out, lads!\\
'''Rifleman''': Oh, they don't pay us enough to put up with that asshole.
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* The HilariousOuttakes at the end of Warcraft 3's credits, where they [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCixCeO00zQ#t=1m56s attempt to recreate]] the Warcraft 2 [[CutscenePowerToTheMax cinematic]] where a footman [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc_MiZlz6gE#t=0m23s slices a catapult's rope and destroy a zeppelin]]. Needless to say, it requires many takes, Archimonde is a [[BadBoss Bad Director]] with a penchant for YouHaveFailedMe, sheep, dragons...

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* The HilariousOuttakes at the end of Warcraft 3's ''Warcraft 3'''s credits, where they [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCixCeO00zQ#t=1m56s attempt to recreate]] the Warcraft 2 ''Warcraft 2'' [[CutscenePowerToTheMax cinematic]] where a footman [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc_MiZlz6gE#t=0m23s slices a catapult's rope and destroy a zeppelin]]. Needless to say, it requires many takes, Archimonde is a [[BadBoss Bad Director]] with a penchant for YouHaveFailedMe, sheep, dragons...



--> '''Acolyte''': ''[[StarWars Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny!]]''... and you get dental!

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--> '''Acolyte''': ''[[StarWars ''[[Franchise/StarWars Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny!]]''... and you get dental!



--> The Pit Lord provides this gem:
---> (Talk show intro music)
---> '''Announcer''': "Welcome back to...Jaina in the Morning!"
---> (crowd applauds)
---> '''Jaina''': "We're here with Malvingeroth, Hunter of Night, and [[InterspeciesRomance his girlfriend Kim]]. Now Kim, you think you're here for a makeover, right?"
---> '''Kim''': (sounding confused) "Um, yeah..."
---> '''Jaina''': "Mal, why don't you tell her why you're really here?"
---> '''Mal''': (embarrassed) "Well, Kim-cake, I love you but I have something to tell you. ...Uh, I'm a demon."
---> (crowd mutters)
---> '''Crowd member''': "Oh boy, he pulled the wool over your eyes!"
---> '''Mal''': "Actually, more of a 'Pit Lord.'"
---> '''Kim''': "What? I don't understand."
---> (crowd starts shouting angrily)
---> '''Crowd member''': "He's a bum! Throw him out!"
---> '''Kim''': "I thought you said you work for the post office?"
---> '''Mal''': "Well, I moonlight."
--> The Troll Witch Doctor provides this gem:
---> '''Ohta''': Fukui-san!
---> '''Fukui''': Yes, go ahead.
---> '''Ohta''': What the [[Series/IronChef Iron Troll]] is doing right now is putting heads in a pot. They have to boil for twenty minutes so that the eyes can be used in a second dish, an eye-and-raspberry sorbet.
---> '''Woman''': Mmm, sounds good.

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--> * The Pit Lord provides this gem:
---> --> (Talk show intro music)
---> --> '''Announcer''': "Welcome back to...Jaina in the Morning!"
---> --> (crowd applauds)
---> --> '''Jaina''': "We're here with Malvingeroth, Hunter of Night, and [[InterspeciesRomance his girlfriend Kim]]. Now Kim, you think you're here for a makeover, right?"
---> --> '''Kim''': (sounding confused) "Um, yeah..."
---> --> '''Jaina''': "Mal, why don't you tell her why you're really here?"
---> --> '''Mal''': (embarrassed) "Well, Kim-cake, I love you but I have something to tell you. ...Uh, I'm a demon."
---> --> (crowd mutters)
---> --> '''Crowd member''': "Oh boy, he pulled the wool over your eyes!"
---> --> '''Mal''': "Actually, more of a 'Pit Lord.'"
---> --> '''Kim''': "What? I don't understand."
---> --> (crowd starts shouting angrily)
---> --> '''Crowd member''': "He's a bum! Throw him out!"
---> --> '''Kim''': "I thought you said you work for the post office?"
---> --> '''Mal''': "Well, I moonlight."
--> * The Troll Witch Doctor provides this gem:
---> --> '''Ohta''': Fukui-san!
---> --> '''Fukui''': Yes, go ahead.
---> --> '''Ohta''': What the [[Series/IronChef Iron Troll]] is doing right now is putting heads in a pot. They have to boil for twenty minutes so that the eyes can be used in a second dish, an eye-and-raspberry sorbet.
---> --> '''Woman''': Mmm, sounds good.



--> In older versions of the game, the Gryphon Rider had this line that may or may not be a playful jab at a ''[[Creator/GamesWorkshop certain miniatures company]] whose franchises often draw comparisons with Blizzard's'':
---> This warhammer cost [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 40k]]! Heh heh...

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--> * In older versions of the game, the Gryphon Rider had this line that may or may not be a playful jab at a ''[[Creator/GamesWorkshop certain miniatures company]] whose franchises often draw comparisons with Blizzard's'':
---> --> This warhammer cost [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 40k]]! Heh heh...



--> '''Sapphiron''': You dare enter my lair? I am Sapphiron, ancient servant of Malygos the Spell-Weaver! Explain yourselves!
--> '''Arthas''': Sorry we don't have time to chat, great wyrm. We've come to murder you and steal whatever artifacts you've been hoarding over the centuries.
--> '''Sapphiron''': Honesty...how refreshing. None may challenge Sapphiron and live!

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--> ---> '''Sapphiron''': You dare enter my lair? I am Sapphiron, ancient servant of Malygos the Spell-Weaver! Explain yourselves!
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yourselves!\\
'''Arthas''': Sorry we don't have time to chat, great wyrm. We've come to murder you and steal whatever artifacts you've been hoarding over the centuries.
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centuries.\\
'''Sapphiron''': Honesty...how refreshing. None may challenge Sapphiron and live!



--> "Doesn't anyone stay dead anymore?!"

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--> ---> "Doesn't anyone stay dead anymore?!"



--> '''Baelgun''': I remember you, evil prince. You're the one that killed poor Muradin!
--> '''Arthas''': [[NoSympathy Get over it already.]]

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--> ---> '''Baelgun''': I remember you, evil prince. You're the one that killed poor Muradin!
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Muradin!\\
'''Arthas''': [[NoSympathy Get over it already.]]



--> '''Arthas''': Are you still upset that I stole Jaina from you, Kael?
--> '''Kael'thas''': [[TranquilFury You've taken everything I ever cared for, Arthas. Vengeance is all I have left.]]

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--> ---> '''Arthas''': Are you still upset that I stole Jaina from you, Kael?
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Kael?\\
'''Kael'thas''': [[TranquilFury You've taken everything I ever cared for, Arthas. Vengeance is all I have left.]]



* In current Warcraft lore, Grom Hellscream is a MemeticBadass. However, when he first appeared in Warcraft 2, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgteUAI4tZo his unit quotes]] meant he just couldn't be taken seriously. He ''really'' puts the "scream" in "Hellscream".

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* In current Warcraft ''Warcraft'' lore, Grom Hellscream is a MemeticBadass. However, when he first appeared in Warcraft 2, ''Warcraft 2'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgteUAI4tZo his unit quotes]] meant he just couldn't be taken seriously. He ''really'' puts the "scream" in "Hellscream".
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--> In older versions of the game, the Gryphon Rider had this line that may or may not be a playful jab at a ''[[Creator/GamesWorkshop certain miniatures company]] whose franchises often draw comparisons with Blizzard's''.

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--> In older versions of the game, the Gryphon Rider had this line that may or may not be a playful jab at a ''[[Creator/GamesWorkshop certain miniatures company]] whose franchises often draw comparisons with Blizzard's''.Blizzard's'':
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--> In older versions of the game, the Gryphon Rider had this line that may or may not be a playful jab at a ''[[Creator/GamesWorkshop certain miniatures company]] whose franchises often draw comparisons with Blizzard's''.
---> This warhammer cost [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 40k]]! Heh heh...
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Baleful Polymorph was renamed per TRS


* In the interlude "Jaina's Meeting", we see Jaina and Archmage Antonidas discussing the undead plague spreading through the northern reaches of Lordaeron. All very serious, of course, however [[FunnyBackgroundEvent in the background]] two sorceresses-in-training are having a MagicDuel, and one of them gets [[BalefulPolymorph turned into a sheep!]]

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* In the interlude "Jaina's Meeting", we see Jaina and Archmage Antonidas discussing the undead plague spreading through the northern reaches of Lordaeron. All very serious, of course, however [[FunnyBackgroundEvent in the background]] two sorceresses-in-training are having a MagicDuel, and one of them gets [[BalefulPolymorph [[ForcedTransformation turned into a sheep!]]

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* In Warcraft II, use a map editor to set the construction time of a building to 0. Then have a peasant construct that building. The building will instantly begin ON FIRE, and the peasant says "Job's Done!"

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* In Warcraft II, ''Warcraft III'', one of the possible Death Knight names is [[CallBack Baron Perenolde]] (implying he's part of the Alterac royal family). It appears this family member is upholding Alterac's legacy of betraying The Alliance in the Second War by joining The Scourge.
* In ''Warcraft II'',
use a map editor to set the construction time of a building to 0. Then have a peasant construct that building. The building will instantly begin ON FIRE, and the peasant says "Job's Done!"
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** The Frozen Throne's credits sequence gives us the first appearance of the Elite Tauren Chieftain, a high-fantasy ''metal band'' of which Arthas is a member, complete with an electric guitar made of ice (That was later remade into a Frostmourne themed one in ''Reforged''). There's even lore about how he split off from the band due to creative differences.
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* In Warcraft II, use a map editor to set the construction time of a building to 0. Then have a peasant construct that building. The building will instantly begin ON FIRE, and the peasant says "Job's Done!"
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* Which is then followed by:
-->'''Uther:''' The urn holds your father's ashes, Arthas! What, were you hoping to piss on them one last time before you left his kingdom to rot?
-->'''Arthas:''' (Laughs) [[SincerityMode I didn't know what it held]]. Nor does it matter.

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--> '''Tauren Spirit Walker''': Yes, the spirits are talking to me. ''[[ToiletHumor (farts)]]'' Yes, they're coming in clearly. ''[[{{Gasshole}} (farts)]]'' Ah, now they're forming into a gaseous material. ''[[RuleOfThree (farts)]]'' I can actually see them now. ''[[OverlyLongGag (farts)]]'' The spirits are very powerful today.

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--> '''Tauren Spirit Walker''': Yes, the spirits are talking to me. ''[[ToiletHumor (farts)]]'' Yes, they're coming in clearly. ''[[{{Gasshole}} (farts)]]'' Ah, now they're forming into a gaseous material. ''[[RuleOfThree (farts)]]'' I can actually see them now. ''[[OverlyLongGag (farts)]]'' The spirits are very powerful today.[[note]]This is based of an American televangelist named Robert Tilton, who was prone to sudden and supposedly dramatic pauses in his sermons. Somebody then made gag reels of him with flatulent noises inserted into the pauses[[/note]]



--> '''Crypt Fiend''': I like chicks that are into bondage. I'm stuck on bandages 'cause bandages are stuck on me.

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--> '''Crypt Fiend''': I like chicks that are into bondage.bandage. I'm stuck on bandages 'cause bandages are stuck on me.



--> '''Rifleman''': Ah shot the sheriff, and the deputeh, and yer wee little dog too!

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--> '''Rifleman''': [[Music/BobMarley Ah shot the sheriff, sheriff]], and the deputeh, and [[Film/TheWizardOfOz yer wee little dog too!too]]!


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** Even more HilariousInHindsight when ''World of Warcraft'' revealed that Muradin himself didn't die, either.
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--> '''Rifleman''': Where's me drink?? ... Ah, there's me drink! '''[[Film/AustinPowers GET. IN. MAH. BELLYYY!!!]]'''
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** The encounter between Arthas and Sapphiron:
--> '''Sapphiron''': You dare enter my lair? I am Sapphiron, ancient servant of Malygos the Spell-Weaver! Explain yourselves!
--> '''Arthas''': Sorry we don't have time to chat, great wyrm. We've come to murder you and steal whatever artifacts you've been hoarding over the centuries.
--> '''Sapphiron''': Honesty...how refreshing. None may challenge Sapphiron and live!

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-->'''Human Peasant''': "That's it. I'm dead."

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-->'''Human Peasant''': "That's it. That's it, I'm dead."\\
'''Human Peasant''': No one else available.\\
'''Human Peasant''': -panicky yelling-\\
'''Acolyte:''' [[BoisterousWeakling Let life cease!]]\\
'''Blood Elf:''' Probability of success: Zero.



** On the subject of Easter egg bosses, use of force of nature on mushrooms in the underground level can start a cutscene of Malfurion walking into the lair of [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever a giant panda]]! Clicking on it reveals the pandas name is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin BIGGEST PANDA EVER]].

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** On the subject of Easter egg bosses, use of force of nature on mushrooms in the underground level can start a cutscene of Malfurion walking into the lair of [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever a giant panda]]! Clicking on it reveals the pandas panda's name is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin BIGGEST PANDA EVER]].



** In the first map of The Founding of Durotar, you can find a penguin toy [[JokeItem that squeaks when used]]. Apparently the centaures [[MundaneObjectAmazement were fascinated]] because they had never seen a penguin before.

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** In the first map of The Founding of Durotar, you can find a penguin toy [[JokeItem that squeaks when used]]. Apparently the centaures centaurs [[MundaneObjectAmazement were fascinated]] because they had never seen a penguin before.



-->'''[[DeadpanSnarker Arthas]]:''' Very... ''dramatic'', Uther.

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-->'''[[DeadpanSnarker Arthas]]:''' Very... ''dramatic'', ''Very'' dramatic, Uther.



--> '''Dryad''': I'll attract the enemy with my human cry. "I'm so wasted, ''I'm so wasted!''"
--> '''Naga Siren''': Would you like to feel the ocean's spray in your face? *PFFFFFT*

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--> '''Banshee''': I hate you I HATE YOU!! ... Call me!
--> '''Dryad''': I'll attract the enemy with my human cry. "I'm so wasted, ''I'm so sooooo wasted!''"
--> '''Naga Siren''': Would you like to feel the ocean's spray in your face? *PFFFFFT**[[SpitefulSpit PFFFFFT]]*
--> '''Naga Myrmidon''': Underwater, [[{{Film/Alien}} no one can hear you scream.]] [[ImmediateSelfContradiction Well,]] they ''can'', it's just, really muffled.



--> '''Rifleman''': Ah shot the sheriff, and the deputeh, and yer wee little dog too!



---> '''Ohta''': Fukui san!

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---> '''Ohta''': Fukui san!Fukui-san!



--> '''Naga Sea Witch''': Keep tripping over this damn tail!



** The second part of that chapter features Arthas and Anub'Arak being ambushed by nerubians trying to kill the traitor king (Anub'arak). [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Arthas thinks they are talking about him]], but Anub'arak corrects him in such a deadpan tone it feels like he was exhasperated at Arthas's interpretation.

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** The second part of that chapter features Arthas and Anub'Arak being ambushed by nerubians trying to kill the traitor king (Anub'arak). [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Arthas thinks they are talking about him]], but Anub'arak corrects him in such a deadpan tone it feels like he was exhasperated exasperated at Arthas's interpretation.
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---> '''Jaina''': "We're here with Malvingeroth, Hunter of Night, and his girlfriend Kim. Now Kim, you think you're here for a makeover, right?"

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---> '''Jaina''': "We're here with Malvingeroth, Hunter of Night, and [[InterspeciesRomance his girlfriend Kim.Kim]]. Now Kim, you think you're here for a makeover, right?"



---> '''Mal''': "Actually, more of a 'Pit Lord."

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---> '''Mal''': "Actually, more of a 'Pit Lord." '"

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