History Trivia / TotalWarWarhammerII

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creative Assembly expressed their desire to add Prince Apophas, the Cursed Scarab Lord, to the game. However, his nature as TheWormThatWalks proved too daunting for the game's engine and he was scrapped as a result.
* TheWikiRule: [[https://totalwarwarhammer.gamepedia.com/Total_War:_Warhammer_Wiki The Total War: Warhammer Wiki]].

* FanNickname: Many nicknames from the tabletop are kept, but there are other ones:
** Mazdamundi is known by some as "Toad Hitler" for his explicitly genocidal outlook. Ironically the Skaven, the ancient enemy of the Lizardmen, are intentionally styled after the Nazis. Other nicknames for him include "Floating Pepe" and "Lord Mobility Scooter".
** Similarly to Mazdamundi, Tehenhauin is known as "Lizard Hitler" for his genocidal hatred for all Skaven and for being able to instigate a race war against them as part of his campaign mechanics. On the flip-side, many also call him "Lizard Moses" due to being a savior of the Skinks who carries around a massive stone tablet while spreading the word of his god.
** [=YouTubers=] often refer to the Tomb King's Blessed Legion of Phakth as the "Blessed Legion of Demonitization" because the name sounds too close to "fucked".
** "Roomba" for the Tomb Kings' Casket of Souls.
** "[[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Noctilus Prime]]" for Count Noctilus' Necrofex Colossus mount.
** "[[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man]]" for the Mournguls.
** "Ordertide" for the giant alliance of Order factions [[labelnote:note]]Empire, Dwarves, Bretonnia and sometimes High Elves[[/labelnote]] that tend to form by late game. A wordplay on the "Vermintide", it refers to the ironic reversal of the evil factions having to struggle against endless waves of good guys.
** "Big Henry" for [[TheBigGuy Henri le Massif]].
** "DJ Khatep" for Khatep on his Casket of Souls mount (or just for Khatep in general) as it makes him look like a DJ sitting on a podium and a turntable.
** "Peclis" for Teclis on his Arcane Phoenix mount.
** Ulthuan is colloquially referred to as "the Donut", due to its shape being roughly that of a bagel/donut.
** "Rango" for Oxyotl since Rango is the only other chameleon character in mainstream popular culture who has many similarities to Oxyotl.
** Taurox's campaign mechanic isn't exactly what you would call new since it was already tried and proven by Lu Bu in ''Three Kingdoms'', promptly leading to the nickname "Lu Bull".

** Creator/DylanSprouse of ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' fame, voices the Shadow King Alith Anar. Notable since he's a long time fan of Warhammer Fantasy and at one point an expy of the tabletop was played on the show.

** Creator/DylanSprouse of ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' fame, voices the Shadow King Alith Anar.

** Crreator/DylanSprouse is a big fan of ''Warhammer Fantasy'' and his favourite book series is ''Literature/GotrekAndFelix'' (even stating to wanting to play as Felix in a potential film adaptation). CA released a behind-the-scenes video showing Dylan as the voice of the Shadow King, Alith Anar, and it was later revealed he's been posting on the Total War sub reddit since before the first game came out.

** Dylan Sprouse, of ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' fame, is a big fan of Warhammer Fantasy and his favourite book series is Literature/GotrekAndFelix (even stating to wanting to play as Felix in a potential film adaptation). CA released a behind-the-scenes video showing Dylan as the voice of the Shadow King, Alith Anar, and it was later revealed he's been posting on the Total War sub reddit since before the first game came out.

** LIkewise, the voice actor for Rakarth is none other than Creator/IwanRheon, best known as Ramsay Bolton from ''Series/GameOfThrones''.

** Oxyotl starts with a hero who has a unique trait that references one of the franchise's youtube content creators, ''Loremaster of Sotek''. The hero has a Troglodon mount named C'hloe after his dog.

* FandomVIP: Multiple, especially among the 300,000 strong {{Website/Reddit}} Total War community. Most of the memes and FanNickname come from them, and most of them are based on {{Website/YouTube}}
** ''Turin'' from youtube, is often credited for the strength of the game's TournamentPlay scene, both being a top player, and colorfully commentating on matches.
** The Australian ''Legend of Total War'' from Youtube, who is known for his amazing single-player exploits, which often rely on {{Whoring}} and CheeseStrategy to play as efficiently as possible, making ''Saving Your Disaster'' videos based on saves fans send in, amongst other LetsPlay content.
** ''Okoii'' from youtube is known for his Fan trailer videos featuring "19 X" units/heroes/monsters fighting different battles, combined with memes and musical cues.
** r1kko from steam has been celebrated for making alternate unit cards, after the widely perceived drop in quality newer unit cards have had for years. This has led to Creative Assembly going back and re-making unit cards that fans weren't satisfied with.

** The Australian ''Legend of Total War'' from Youtube, who is known for his amazing single-player exploits, which often rely on {{Whoring}} and CheeseStrategy to play as efficiently as possible, making '''Saving Your Disaster'' videos based on saves fans send in, amongst other LetsPlay content.
** Okii from youtube is known for his Fan trailer videos featuring "19 X" units/heroes/monsters fighting different battles, combined with memes and musical cues.

* FandomNod: Oxyotl starts with a hero who has a unique trait that references one of the franchise's youtube content creators, ''Loremaster of Sotek''. The hero has a Troglodon mount named C'hloe after his dog.

** Ungrim Ironfist, after essentially two years, is finally receiving his own sub faction, and being moved from Karaz a Karak to his home city Karak Kadrin. This was originally done by [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1158985864 Crynsos' Faction Unlocker+]].
** The Dawi are getting their own crafting system based on the Tomb Kings one, showing off their skills as the UltimateBlacksmith of the setting. This had been done prior (albeit with immense technical difficulties) by [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1333020820 Runeforging]].
** After popular demand, the unforgiving and strict Skaven food system is being overhauled and made easier with the addition of many other ways to get food for your horde, which [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1167206768 Adjusted Skaven Food]] did before it.

* DevelopmentHell: The reason for Norsca's long delay for Mortal Empires and the delay for both DLC and FLC was due to not only the team being spread thin as a result of CA having several projects going on at once (such as VideoGame/ThronesOfBritanniaATotalWarSaga and VideoGame/TotalWarThreeKingdoms), but also because they overestimated their ability to get it done early, as regretfully explained [[https://www.totalwar.com/blog/warhammer-ii-development-update in the official blog post]].

** [=YouTubers=] often refer to the Tomb King's Blessed Legion of Phakth as the "Blessed Legion of Demonitization" because the name sounds to close to "fucked".
** The Casket of Souls of the Tomb Kings is known by fans as the "Roomba".
** The Necrofex Colossus mount of Count Noctilus is by many fans referred to as [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} "Noctilus Prime."]]
** [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy "Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man"]] for the Mournguls.
** Similarly to Mazdamundi, Tehenhauin is known as "Lizard Hitler" for his genocidal hatred for all Skaven and for being able to instigate a race war against them as part of his campaign mechanics. On the flip-side, many also call him "Lizard Moses" due to being a savior of the skinks who carries around a massive stone tablet while spreading the word of his god.

** "DJ Khatep" for Khatep on his Casket of Souls (or just for Khatep in general) as it makes him look like a DJ sitting on a podium and a turntable.

** Ulthuan is colloquially referred to as "the Donut", due to it's shape being roughly that of a bagel/donut.

** Doubles as JustForFun/OneOfUs, but Dylan Sprouse, of ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' fame, is a big fan of Warhammer Fantasy and his favourite book series is Literature/GotrekAndFelix (even stating to wanting to play as Felix in a potential film adaptation). CA released a behind-the-scenes video showing Dylan as the voice of the Shadow King, Alith Anar, and it was later revealed he's been posting on the Total War sub reddit since before the first game came out.

* FanNickname: Mazdamundi is known by some as "Toad Hitler" for his explicitly genocidal outlook. Ironically the Skaven, the ancient enemy of the Lizardmen, are intentionally styled after the Nazis. Other nicknames for him include "Floating Pepe" and "Lord Mobility Scooter".

* AscendedFanon: The May Mortal Empires patch incorporates ''many'' features that modders implemented into the game first. Including, but not limited too;

** Similarly to Mazdamundi, Tehenhauin is known as "Lizard Hitler" for his genocidal hatred for all Skaven and for being able to instigate a race war against them as part of his campaign mechanics. On the flip-side, many also call him "Lizard Moses" due to being a savior of the skinks who carries around a massive stone tablet wile spreading the word of his god.

** "Ordertide" for the giant alliance of Order factions [[labelnote:note]]Empire, Dwarves, Bretonnia and sometimes High Elves[[/labelnote]] that tend to form by late game. A wordplay on the "Vermintide," it refers to the ironic reversal of the evil factions having to struggle against endless waves of good guys.

** "Ordertide" for the giant alliance of Order factions [[labelnote:note]]Empire, Dwarves, Bretonnia and sometimes High Elves[[/labelnote]] that tend to form by late game. A wordplay on the "Vermintide," it refers to the ironic reversal of the "evil" factions having to struggle against endless waves of "good guys".