History Trivia / Dota2

** Zig-zagged with Creator/BarryDennen (Phantom Lancer, Chaos Knight and Rubick) who passed away in 2017. While Phantom Lancer hasn't reappeared or gotten an Arcana, Rubick got an Arcana but Valve decided to just use his old voicelines with added extra effect to respect Barry's passing. However, Valve still reassigned Chaos Knight to Creator/DarinDePaul for ''VideoGame/DotaUnderlords''.

** Zig-zagged with Barry Dennen (Phantom Lancer, Chaos Knight and Rubick) who passed away in 2017. While Phantom Lancer hasn't reappeared or gotten an Arcana, Rubick got an Arcana but Valve decided to just use his old voicelines with added extra effect to respect Barry's passing. However, Valve still reassigned Chaos Knight to Creator/DarinDePaul for ''VideoGame/DotaUnderlords''.

* ActingForTwo: Despite having well over a hundred different heroes, there are scarcely more than ten or twenty voice actors to give them all voices. While some of these are fairly obvious (Anti-Mage, Beastmaster, Necrophos and Warlock are all voiced by Sam A. Mowry, and sound like the same person at different ages), quite a few are very surprising (Crystal Maiden, Drow Ranger, Enchantress, Mirana, Phantom Assassin, Spectre, and Vengeful Spirit are all voiced by Gin Hammond).
** This can reach its peak when certain Heroes give responses after killing others.

** Zig-zagged with Barry Dennen (Phantom Lancer, Chaos Knight and Rubick) who passed away in 2017. While Phantom Lancer hasn't reappeared and gotten an Arcana, Rubick got an Arcana but Valve decided to just use his old voicelines with added extra effect to respect Barry's passing. However, Valve still reassigned Chaos Knight to Creator/DarinDePaul for ''VideoGame/DotaUnderlords''.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://dota2.fandom.com/Dota_2_Wiki A fan-made one]].

* TalkingToHimself: Despite having well over a hundred different heroes, there are scarcely more than ten or twenty voice actors to give them all voices. While some of these are fairly obvious (Anti-Mage, Beastmaster, Necrophos and Warlock are all voiced by Sam A. Mowry, and sound like the same person at different ages), quite a few are very surprising (Crystal Maiden, Drow Ranger, Enchantress, Mirana, Phantom Assassin, Spectre, and Vengeful Spirit are all voiced by Gin Hammond).
** This can reach its peak when certain Heroes give responses after killing others.
--> '''Nature's Prophet (voiced by Eric Newsome), after killing Leshrac (also voiced by Eric Newsome):''' [[http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/dota2.gamepedia.com/2/29/Furi_rival_04.mp3 Leshrac, now the earth splits you.]]
** With the addition of Earth Spirit, it is now possible to play a match where all 10 heroes are voiced by Creator/NolanNorth (and as the cherry on top, one of those ten is Ogre Magi, who has two different voices that talk to each other regularly); if that wasn't enough, Meepo also got an announcer pack, meaning you can have a game where Nolan North provides commentary over two teams of Nolan North. And with the addition of Underlord, you can have a team (Abaddon, Bristleback, Skywrath Mage, Timbersaw, and Underlord) voiced by TJ Ramini.
** Techies is composed of three characters. All of them are voiced by Creator/DeeBradleyBaker with varying voice levels.

** Outworld Devourer's original name was ''Obsidian Destroyer'', based on a ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' unit, so his initial Dota 2 name was ''Outworld Destroyer''. It was ''very'' briefly changed to ''Outworld Demolisher'', and then again changed to the current ''Outworld Devourer''. Some fans jokingly refer to him as ''Ongoing Developer'' due to this.

* TalkingToHimself: Despite having well over a hundred different heroes, there are scarcely more than ten or twenty voice actors to give them all voices. While some of these are fairly obvious (Anti-Mage, Beastmaster, Necrophos and Warlock are all voiced by Sam A. Mowry, and sound like the same person at different ages), quite a few are very surprising (Crystal Maiden, Drow Ranger, Enchantress, Mirana, Phantom Assassin, Spectre, and Vengeful Spirit are all voiced by Gin Hammond.

** With the addition of Earth Spirit, it is now possible to play a match where all 10 heroes are voiced by Creator/NolanNorth; if that wasn't enough, Meepo also got an announcer pack, meaning you can have a game where Nolan North provides commentary over two teams of Nolan North. And with the addition of Underlord, you can have a team (Abaddon, Bristleback, Skywrath Mage, Timbersaw, and Underlord) voiced by TJ Ramini.

** The Monkey King in the trailer is voiced by Creator/MatthewMercer, who also voiced the same character for ''VideoGame/HeroesOfNewerth'', though he used his usual BadassBaritone with no funny monkey noises to differentiate.

** Beastmaster, Jakiro, Outworld Devourer (Obsidian Destroyer)

** Windranger (Alleria/Windrunner), Kunkka (Daelin)

* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** Could be coincidence, but in one game, both Creator/JenTaylor and Gin Hammond end up voicing two occasions of pairs/rivals: Lina-Crystal Maiden and Windranger-Drow Ranger.
** With the release of Grimstroke, this becomes one of those games that houses Creator/SteveBlum[[note]]Grimstroke[[/note]], Creator/FredTatasciore[[note]]Disruptor, Spirit Breaker, Treant Protector, Undying, Ursa, ''Underlord'' Sven[[/note]] and Creator/NolanNorth[[note]]Brewmaster, Earth Spirit, Gyrocopter, Keeper of the Light, Lone Druid, Lycan, Meepo, Ogre Magi, Shadow Demon, Troll Warlord[[/note]] in the same roof, three actors that were often considered the definitive go-to actors for certain ''Franchise/MarvelComics'' superheroes, reprising their roles for various adaptations (respectively: ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk, ComicBook/{{Deadpool}})

* DummiedOut: The Stalker and Drakken Ancient creep camps, which were removed in the transition from ''[=DotA=]'' to ''Dota 2'', were all modelled and had their abilities coded, but were never actually allowed to spawn in the game itself.

** Zig-zagged with Barry Dennen (Phantom Lancer, Chaos Knight and Rubick) who passed away at one point. While Phantom Lancer hasn't reappeared and gotten an Arcana, Rubick got an Arcana but Valve decided to just use his old voicelines with added extra effect to respect Barry's passing. However, Valve still reassigned Chaos Knight to Creator/DarinDePaul for ''VideoGame/DotaUnderlords''

* NamesTheSame: Games journalist Austin Walker got a good joke out of putting DOTA in the title of a PAX panel he was hosting when it was actually about DeathOfTheAuthor.

** Similar to the above, the three Spirits (Storm, Ember and Earth) used the Pandaren model in the original War3 Dota, and had their designs changed to more closely resemble humans. In the case of Earth Spirit, who was created long after Dota 2 became its own game, his [=DotA=] 1 model was still a Pandaren for the sake of consistency.

** Magnus is referred to as Magnataur in the game files. The Magnataur are a race in the ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' universe, so the Magnoceros race was created in its place.
** Nature's Prophet had the name "Furion" in [=DotA=] 1, being a shortened version of "Malfurion Stormrage," a prominent ''VideoGame/WarCraft'' character.

** Windranger was originally known as Windrunner. The change came due to Windrunner being the surname of a prominent family of heroes in the ''VideoGame/WarCraft'' universe. In [=DotA=] 1, Windranger was actually Alleria Windrunner, but used Sylvannas Windrunner's in-game model.

* FountainOfExpies: It's difficult to deny Pudge's influence in the MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena community. He is by far the most copied hero for many MOBA games thanks to his iconic, dreaded skill combo of 'hook your enemy to your side and then pin them down in place while beating the crap out of them'. Other games' heroes and champions like [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Blitzcrank]], [[VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm Stitches]], [[VideoGame/HonorOfKings Zhong Kui]] (not the one from ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}''), [[VideoGame/ArenaOfValor Grakk]], [[VideoGame/MobileLegendsBangBang Franco]], and many others with their chain hook skills owe their existence to Pudge.

** It's taken UpToEleven since the addition of Earth Spirit, it is now possible to play a match where all 10 heroes are voiced by Creator/NolanNorth; if that wasn't enough, Meepo also got an announcer pack, meaning you can have a game where Nolan North provides commentary over two teams of Nolan North. And with the addition of Underlord, you can have a team (Abaddon, Bristleback, Skywrath Mage, Timbersaw, and Underlord) voiced by TJ Ramini.

* Released in 2021:

** ''VideoGame/{{Dota 2}}'' is actually the last work done by Creator/DavidScully, while he isn't dead, he hasn't been seen ever since he voiced the heroes at 2013. Hence, in other works like ''VideoGame/DotaUnderlords'' and in case of Arcana, his voice actor was replaced (Bane has no replacement by the virtue of having no Arcana or appearing in other works):

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Could be coincidence, but in one game, both Creator/JenTaylor and Gin Hammond end up voicing two occasions of pairs/rivals: Lina-Crystal Maiden and Windranger-Drow Ranger.

* TheOtherDarrin: ''VideoGame/{{Dota 2}}'' is actually the last work done by Creator/DavidScully, while he isn't dead, he hasn't been seen ever since he voiced the heroes at 2013. Hence, in other works like ''VideoGame/DotaUnderlords'' and in case of Arcana, his voice actor was replaced (Bane has no replacement by the virtue of having no Arcana or appearing in other works):
** Juggernaut is inherited by WWE wrestler Wrestling/SamoaJoe, who also provides his new Arcana voiceover.
** Sven is inherited by Creator/FredTatasciore ([[ActingForTwo also the voices of]] Disruptor, Spirit Breaker, Treant Protector, Undying and Ursa)
** Sand King and Morphling are inherited by Jack Daniel
** Dazzle is inherited by Creator/DarinDePaul
** Weaver is inherited by Creator/JasonSpisak

** Sven is inherited by Creator/FredTatascoire ([[ActingForTwo also the voices of]] Disruptor, Spirit Breaker, Treant Protector, Undying and Ursa)

* FanNickname: [[FanNickname/{{Dota2}} Lots of 'em.]]

** Terrorblade
** Phoenix

** It's taken UpToEleven since the addition of Earth Spirit, it is now possible to play a match where all 10 heroes are voiced by Nolan North; if that wasn't enough, Meepo also got an announcer pack, meaning you can have a game where Nolan North provides commentary over two teams of Nolan North. And with the addition of Underlord, you can have a team (Abaddon, Bristleback, Skywrath Mage, Timbersaw, and Underlord) voiced by TJ Ramini.

* BilingualBonus: Necrophos is a Greek version of his original name ''Necrolyte'', "phos" meaning [[StealthPun light]] in Greek.

* TheOtherMarty: Monkey King was voiced by Creator/MatthewMercer during his trailer, but when he becomes playable, he had his voice actor changed.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://dota2.gamepedia.com/Dota_2_Wiki A fan-made one]]. The lore is chronicled [[http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=35923 here]].

** Riki

** Tusk, Phoenix

** Pangolier
** Dark Willow

** Snapfire
** Void Spirit

** It's taken UpToEleven since the addition of Earth Spirit, it is now possible to play a match where all 10 heroes are voiced by Nolan North. And with the addition of Underlord, you can have a team (Abaddon, Bristleback, Skywrath Mage, Timbersaw, and Underlord) voiced by TJ Ramini.