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Since it's existed for more than fivea yearsdecade and has a dev team that loves to get in on the fun, it's no surprise that [[Wo WWoW]] has as many memes as it does.

** Only [http://www.wowpedia.org/Hogger_(tactics) Hogger] would stand a chance against him. Or they could team up and look for [http://www.wowpedia.org/Mankrik%27s_Wife Mankrik's wife]. <ref>Hogger's infamy is also likely due to the fact that for many Alliance races (human, gnome, and dwarf) he's the very first Elite they ever see. First timers tend to not understand precisely what the Elite tag means, go at him, and get slaughtered. In this sense, he has something of a Horde counterpart in Flat Tusk. Not to mention the fact that Hogger has exactly [[Number of the Beast|666]] health points... as does Flat Tusk, oddly enough.</ref>

** Saurfang? Pfft. Lord Darius Crowley ''cleaves with his fists.'' [[hottip:*:,<ref>Saurfang's fame originated from when he could be mind controlled by Alliance players raiding Orgrimmar. He was a very effective Horde-killing tool, with Cleave as his signature move. Hogger is a low level elite quest mob in Elwynn Forest who used to have a bugged aggro radius that often resulted in him charging new players out of nowhere, who would die before they knew they were being attacked (which, combined with the fact that [["Wake -Up Call" Boss|he's the first Elite human players will likely fight]],</ref> caused him to be deadly to new players). He's somewhat of an ascended meme: one of the statistics tracked by the game is "deaths by Hogger" and in Cataclysm he's {{spoiler|the final boss of the Stormwind Stockades instance.}} <ref>Lord Darius Crowley, as mentioned, cleaves with his fists and is generally badass in the Worgen starting zone. And in the Barrens, there is a quest given by an orc named Mankrik to look for his wife. She was incredibly hard to find, which would often result in new players using the zone's general chat to ask for help. </ref>

* "Skinning a bear should aggro every bears in a 40 yard radius. It makes sense, you are skinning their best friend." <ref>This one is from a post on the forums that followed an announcement that mining nodes near a mob would increase the likelihood that they would attack you. It's referenced by Blizzard in an April Fools' joke. A more recent example surfaced when the new druid cat and bear models were revealed. [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|As with any change to the game, there were people who were outraged.]] One poster cleverly responded: "Didn't you know, Blizzard? Reskinning a bear aggros every bears."</ref>

** [[Memetic Mutation/Tabletop GameGames|D&D rogues did it first]].

** Now an [[Ascended Meme]]. In content patch 4.1, an optional boss (that you may or may not get) will yell this [[Highly -Visible Ninja|whenever he does a backstab attack.]]

* "[[Hannibal Lecture|YOU ARE]] [[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|NOT PREPARED!]]" <ref>Yelled by Illidan when you start his fight, and also in the Burning Crusade trailer that featured him.</ref>

* Anal [link ability]

**** reported for reporting a report [[hottip:*:<ref>Happens often in trade chat by linking ability, item, quest, talent, effect or achievement tooltips. Examples range from silly to outright gross (anal [Blood Spatter]). Variants include chains such as [Ferocious Butt][Pounding][For the Children!], baby [ability], [[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]] and the [item], and various puns and song lyrics.]]</ref>

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20090714162506/http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=51663 Slap in the Face] is even more so.

** A mock Christmas carol highlighting cross-faction feelings.

* I know what you're thinking. But Tempest Keep was merely a setback! [[hottip:*:<ref>Part of a long speech by Kael'thas Sunstrider at the beginning of his fight in Magister's Terrace. "X was merely a setback!" is often used to joke about the potential return of raid bosses. [[Did Not Do the Research|What most players fail to realize]]</ref> is that you never killed Kael'thas in Tempest Keep; in fact, if you had the quest from A'dal to kill him, he'll show up as you turn it in to taunt you about still being alive. It's an ascended meme: one of the san'layn in Icecrown Citadel starts the encounter with "Naxxanar was merely a setback!" and the same is true of {{spoiler|Hogger in Stormwind Stockades: <s> "Elwynn Forest was merely a setback!"</s>[[You No Take Candle|"FOREST JUST SETBACK!"]] and Crusader Lord Valdelmar in Tyr's Hand "The Scarlet Crusade is not over! Undeath is merely a setback!".}}

* [http://www.wowpedia.org/Alamo CAT DURID IS 4 FITE!!!] <ref>There was a guy named Halbrium who did the same thing for shamans, but sadly it failed to catch on.</ref> <ref>Nah, Halbrium is quoted just two lines down. It's ironic that his most memorable quote was the one about druids.</ref>

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100818124643/http://thottbot.com/i13397 It's [&#91;color]&#93; and looks [&#91;something]&#93;er] [http://www.wowhead.com/?item=13397#comments than your average [&#91;category]&#93; or [&#91;category]&#93;.]

* OH NO WHY IS ANIMALS ON MY FACE? <ref> From Halbrium's guide to shaman PVP, when detailing how to fight druids.</ref>

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100213100559/http://www.cwsargeras.com/2009/03/scourge-chat-log-1.html >8<] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100310010807/http://www.cwsargeras.com/2009/03/scourge-chat-log-2.html spider] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100310010835/http://www.cwsargeras.com/2009/04/scourge-chat-log-3.html pride]

{{quote| Vegeta, what does the scouter say about the Jormungar count?<br />

IT'S OVER ONE!<br />

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105070209/http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/02/26/winter-olympics-2010-ghostcrawler-promised-me-a-moose/ GHOSTCRAWLER PROMISED ME A MOOSE!]

* [http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=1261 "This (change/statement)] is a [https://web.archive.org/web/20090714162506/http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=51663 slap in the face] to (affected class/players)."

* Arise, my champion! <ref> Said by Inquisitor Whitemane when she [[My Rules Are Not Your Rules|flaunts every rules of a priest and puts everyone in the group to sleep using the overpowered version of a defunct spell and then resurrects the final boss while in combat.]] Also used to mock bringing old bosses back before Kael'thas invented a new meme for that (see above)</ref>

* Your heart... will explode... <ref>Whispered to random players during the Ahn'Qiraj raid by the boss C'thun: this particular threat was apparently deemed silly.</ref>

* Basic Campfire for Warchief! <ref>From a lost forum thread where the poster created an initial list of 50 better choices for Warchief then Garrosh Hellscream. One of them was 'Basic Campfire', the fire any character can make to cook food: the posters seized on that one and ran with it. With the publishing of a Garrosh-centric article on [[Wo WWoW]] Insider, this mutated into "Abesik Kampfire".</ref>

* Genn. Motherfucking. Greymane. <ref>Genn Greymane has become [[Rated "M" for Manly|a man among men]] to his fanbase shortly after it was revealed the worgen were confirmed for Cataclysm.</ref>

* '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIVTT4fgPQI AWW DUDE]''' Four STR, four STAM leather belt?! '''[[The Immodest Orgasm|AAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!]]''' Level 18? '''[[The Immodest Orgasm|UUUUH, OHHHH~]]''' (Used in Ventrilo harassment) <ref> For some context, a player was recorded saying this mockingly after finding the Forest Leather Belt, orgasm noises and all. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIVTT4fgPQI An infamous Ventrilo troll recorded it and played it later to his Vent channel], much to the chagrin of the player.</ref>

** Who? <ref>The Blood Elf leader, although having a large part in the Sunwell Trilogy manga, does next to nothing ingame. He was often referred to players as "that Blood Elf guy" but the meme really took off with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOZBU257ERE this video.] </ref>

* [[Calling Your Attacks|BOOOOOOOOOOONE]] [[EverythingsEverything's Better Withwith Spinning|STOOOOOOOOOOOORM]] <ref>Lord Marrowgar yells this during his Bonestorm attack, in a very dramatic fashion.</ref>

*** [[The Simpsons (animation)|Cast Bonestorm or go to hell!]]

* Tauren and Draenei rogues exist, they're just so good at stealth that even their class selection button is hidden at the character creation screen. <ref>A joke about Draenei and Tauren PC's being unable to use the rogue class.</ref>

** When you go to loot a mob you killed and nothing is there? Tauren rogue (or draenei rogue).

** If you fell off Aldor Rise, a draenei rogue pushed you. If you fell off Thunder Bluff, a tauren rogue pushed you.

** Now you see, the Ogres are the biggest guys on the field. There's nobody on the field bigger than the Ogres, that's why they're the biggest guys on the field. <ref>Feral druid DPS is considered one of the most complicated "rotations" in the game.</ref>

** It means "waste of 90 seconds" in Orcish. <ref>The Horde version of the Deathbringer Saurfang encounter is prefaced by a lot of dialogue between the death knight and his father, who has come to kill him and claim his body. One of the lines is "We named [my son] Dranosh. It means 'heart of Draenor' in Orcish." It's a touching scene, but since there's no way to skip it, players very quickly tire of having to sit through the whole thing.</ref>

* When's that new feature coming? Soon^TM. <ref>Blizzard is ''infamous'' for not giving solid dates on patches and hotfixes. Not even a progress report on how they're doing.</ref>

* "[[Why Am I Ticking?]]?"

* Warlocks ride [[All in Aa Row|single file]] [http://azeroth.metblogs.com/2006/06/22/warlocks-ride-in-single-file/ to hide their numbers]

{{quote| '''Akama:''' Without it's master's command, the Illidari will become an even greater threat to this world. Control must be maintained... There must always be... [dramatic fel lightning] a Lord of Outland!<br />

'''Maiev:''' The weight of such a Burden... it must be mine! For I need job now anywa-<br />

'''Bolvar Fordragon:''' The dragons' flame... sealed my fate. The world of the living can no longer comfort me. Place the horns upon my head, Maiev. Forevermore - I will be the Lord of Outland.<br />

'''Akama:''' What the heck are you doing here?!<br />

'''Bolvar:''' Icecrown is nice and all, but I heard there are concubines here!<br />

'''Tirion:''' [shocked] Bolvar... by all that is holy...<br />

'''Bolvar Fordragon:''' Tell them only that they are not prepared...<br />

'''Bolvar Fordragon:''' and that Bolvar Fordragon is on vacation...<br />

'''Maiev:''' But...<br />

* I hate you so much, Cookie. <ref>From a rather humorous conversation in the draenei starting area between Cookie the cook and the captain.</ref>

** The ice stone has melted!

* I remember it well. It was a bright, shiny day... I was just mindin' my own business, when all of a sudden, [[Big Bad|Deathwing]] appeared! [[Memetic Badass|I said to myself,]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1bP-m_BwX0 "I'm gonna punch that dragon in the face!"] <ref> "The Day Deathwing Came" has become one of the most favorited quests ever.</ref>

** The game itself does as well... one of the [[Our Werewolves Are Different|worgen]] /silly jokes is 'At least we don't sparkle...'

* [http://www.wowpedia.org/Johnny_Awesome My body is clad head to toe in heirlooms!] [[The Man Your Man Could Smell Like (Advertising)|Look at your armor, now back to mine.]] Yes, my horse ''is'' made of stars!

** ...but I couldn't, because Hungering Cold has a cast time. <ref>The Death Knight ability Hungering Cold, which freezes all enemies close to the caster in blocks of ice, was deemed too powerful in [[Pv PPvP]]. Fair enough, but Blizzard's solution of giving it a cast time is one of the most derided Cataclysm balance decisions to date. One of the threads mocking the change was titled "I tried to stop Thrall's assailants..." (referring to a quest where Thrall is attacked while the player character is stunned and helpless), with the post itself reading "...but I couldn't, because Hungering Cold has a cast time." The rest of the thread continued in this fashion before it was [[Lost Forever|regrettably deleted.]]</ref>

* Watch your clever mouth, [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|bitch!]] <ref>Said by Garrosh Hellscream to Sylvanas Windrunner, after she mockingly salutes him. Notable because the exchange is not only uncensored, but voiced.</ref>

* Any comment regarding the Draenei's status as Blizzard's [[Unfavorite]] <ref> The draenei were a late addition to the Burning Crusade expansion, and their integration into the Alliance was, and still is, lacking. At Blizzcon 2010, Blizzard even admitted that they failed at implementing the race properly.</ref>

** "Draenei 2.0" <ref> When Cataclysm came out, the Worgen were called "Draenei 2.0" because some felt that the implementation of the Worgen race was a repeat of the Draenei fiasco</ref>

* [[Sarcasm Mode|WOW is hard]]. <ref>Frequent response to people having trouble with WOW, complaining about any aspect being too hard or even sometimes asking for advice</ref>.

* GO'EL, GO'EL, GO'EL, GO'EL... <ref> [[Shallow Love Interest|Aggra]] during a recent questline that made you save Thrall. "Go'el" is Thrall's true name, and Aggra will keep reminding you of that during said questline. Used whenever Aggra is mentioned.</ref>

* POWAH! <ref> During the long intro speech for the Archbishop Benedictus boss fight, the speech is extremely overdone and many players will /y POWAH as he says power.</ref>

** Darth Benedictus. <ref> The parallels to Darth Sidious are pretty obvious.</ref>

** Voldemort references are a decent second in popularity, due to the "there is no X or Y - only power" speech being almost identical to Voldemort's speech in the first [[Harry Potter]] movie, although ''far'' from the only obvious [[Shout -Out]] by raid bosses.

* "Can I have your stuff?" <ref> Players who feel the need to rant about the game on the forums before they quit (which 75% of the time they don't) tend to annoy the forum lurkers, they usually show absolute disinterest and ask if the person can give them their gold/gear/whathaveyou, sometimes with the implication that they believe said quitters are unlikely to be serious.</ref>

* Knowing Blizzard, he'll probably go crazy and become a raid boss. <ref> A joke on the fact that one of Blizzard's favorite ways to make bosses for raids is to have a good or neutral character go insane by various means (Examples include Kael'thas, Malygos, Fandral Staghelm and Archbishop Benedictus). Many feel this method is overused.</ref>

* '''Horde bias!''' <ref> Complaints on the official forums about Blizzard favoring the Horde got so out of hand that if someone doesn't like something, another person will humorously call this out. Even if it's a bad thing for the Horde and/or good for Alliance.</ref>

* "Break yourselves upon my body. FEEL the strength of the earth!" <ref> Ozruk, a boss in the Stonecore instance, repeats A LOT this phrase. And people tend to see in it more than one sense.</ref>