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[[File:Command and Conquer poke 2051.jpg|thumb|250px|link=http://skunk-works.deviantart.com/art/Command-and-Conquer-Blues-49287105|[[Command & Conquer|To not lose against the terrorists, don't poke your units]].]]
{{quote|''"Do that again and you'll pull back a stump."''
|'''Alleria Windrunner''', '''''[[Warcraft]] II: Beyond the Dark Portal'''''}}
[[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger|Pointing at people is rude.]] [[No Sense of Personal Space|So is poking them.]] [[Berserk Button|So is poking them repeatedly for no reason when you already have their attention.]] ''[[Self-Demonstrating Article|Will you please quit doing that already?!]]'' [[What the Hell, Player?|Sheesh, what's wrong with you, anyway?]]
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See [[Adventure Narrator Syndrome]] for a [[Point and Click Game]] variant where the characters may get annoyed if you ask them to use two items together that don't work. For more general examples not related to multiple clicks/conversations, see [[What the Hell, Player?]].
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* [[Blizzard Entertainment]], after [[Trope Maker|inventing this]], raised it to an art form. ''[[StarCraft]]'' and all ''[[Warcraft]]'' games (including ''[[World of Warcraft]]'') have characters getting angry, doing comedy routines, or just providing additional insight into their characters. The [[Trope Namer]] is the original ''Warcraft'' orc's "Stop poking me!"
** Referenced in ''[[StarCraft]] Brood War'', with Artanis's "Stop poking me! What do I look like, an orc?", and with the Protoss Observer transmitting "Stop poking me!" over the radio.
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** Of course, perhaps the most epic is clicking on a Scottish unit you're hostile to. "AH'LL REEP OFF YER HEDD AND SPIT DOON YER NECK." Or, slightly less awesome: "I gotta ''claymore'' here for ye Jimmy..."
** ''Empire: Total War'' has a [[Deadpan Snarker]] admiral voice for the British. Clicking on a land square after selecting a fleet results in a delightfully snarky "Ships sail on ''water'', milord..."
* ''[[Heroes of Newerth]]'' includes these for many of its playable heroes. This also includes some [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] such as the Pyromancer who shouts "[[The Lord of the Rings|YOU SHALL NOT PASS!]]" then chuckles and notes that "...[[I Always Wanted to Say That|I've always wanted to say that]]."
* A hilarious variation occurs in ''[[Fallout]]''. Speaking to people multiple times will result in them saying different things, and trying it on a cow yields this:
{{quote|'''Cow:''' Moo.
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