Toilet Humor For The Win
iTZKooPA on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - 15 Comments Tags: Achievements, crap, droppings, grinding, poo, pop culture references, quests, references 
Blizzard Entertainment gets their audience. This is one of the main reasons that their titles – all of them – are so incredibly popular. From clicking on mobs in their RTSs for the funny one-liners, exploding critters, or the Cow Level in Diablo II, the developer has created or honored pop culture for years. Their latest release, Wrath of the Lich King is no different.
All those level 80s out there who grinded their way up via quests have surely come across a few different pop references as rewards, NPCs, events, titles or achievements. You have Predator, Zelda, and even a somewhat subtle nod to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I could go on and on, especially when if we count achievements, as there are a ton of references hidden in those goals.
The thing is, we have known Blizzard to be a witty bunch of nerds for a few years now. What I have enjoyed the most so far is the fascination the quest developers had with making us pick up crap. Most of us probably came across a poo-based quest back in The Burning Crusade, but in the first two territories in Wrath, I came across a pair of them. My initial experience with the substance was for Iggy “Tailspin” Cogtoggle (another pop reference). Just an FYI. Wolves howl when they drop the kids off at the pool, not at the moon. Second time was more “fun,” as the goal was to literally scare the shit out of Darkclaw Bats using firecrackers. Pyrotechnics and cowpies, awesome.
I would like to believe that there is a reference in that quest too, as I learned the definition of Guano from one of the greatest movies of all time. That is probably a stretch, but please, do not call me a looooooooooooooooooo-seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer. I had to.
To top things off, whoever designed these quests is sitting at their desk snickering to themselves, "I am totally getting millions of people to play with animal droppings."
Unlike some of my ProjectLore cohorts, I have not dinged 80 yet. So let me know if I get to play with brown clay later on!
Reader Comments (15)
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I liked the real name of the lich Thel'zan, Father Inigo Montoy.
"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
There are tons of refferences like the town in Blade's Edge Mountains that is straight out of Starship Troopers.
Tons of quests named after songs or phrases from songs by Depeche Mode
He-Man (Adam Eternium) and Skeletor let you into Arathi Basin in Lower City, and you can see Orko and Battlecat there too
There is a quest where you have to get "Indiana Jones" out of a cave in Nortrend a friend told me about
It would be tons of fun to document all this stuff
Don't forget the boss in Uldaman called Grimlok, who quotes "me Grimlock..."
@Draiken
"There is a quest where you have to get “Indiana Jones” out of a cave in Nortrend a friend told me about"
Its in Grizzly Hills, "Harrison Jones", http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=12082 I found it amusing
There's a quest in Grizzly Hills http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=12227 where you actually have to go into an outhouse and "Do your duty"
I loved Ace Ventura!
Loved the firecracker one, but there's a ton more fun stuff to find. In dragonblight, there is a quest to rescue villagers and your character says "Come with me if you want to life" when picking them up. Terminator anyone? The first and most awesome one in Northrend I found to be the first quest in Howling Fjord. When you get off the boat and read the first quest describtion (if you can beat your anxiety to finally quest in Northrend that is) you'll notice that your task is to, and I quote, "report to Captain XXX(cant remember the nam) and tell him that you're all out of Bubblegum". The Duke is back.
speaking of Uldaman, you're forgetting "The Lost Dwarves" namely : Eric the Swift, Baelog, and Olaf which all came from the game "The Lost Vikings".
/cheer Blizzard
The achievement "Shop Smart, Shop...Smart" is a reference to my favorite movie Evil Dead: Army of Darkness. :D
After getting the 50 pets you get a pet skunk names Stinker in the mail with a letter, the last sentence in the letter "Please make sure to feed him twice a day, and um... He has thing for black cats." Is a reference to the Warner Brothers' character Pepé Le Pew, and his love of a black cat who usually got a strip of white paint poured down her back making her look like a skunk, at least to Pepé Le Pew.
I saw one which is a miracle for me cos i never notice things. There's a NPC in Ebon hold called Siouxe the Banshee after the band (Siouxe and the Banshees funnily enough).
Also there's a poo collecting quest in nagrand and it gives you a debuff saying you stink.
Also in uldaman when you kill olaf, he drops oil of olaf
nice little play on oil of olay the moisturiser stuff women use, blizz are a pretty clever bunch of peeps!
There are a npc in Zul'Aman named Harrison Jones, and everyone who's been there knows what I mean when I say it kinda reminds of Indiana Jones ;)
Theres a chick in EPL named "Jessica Chambers."
Resident Evil reference if u dont no
I like the whole Big Lebowski spoof in Howling Fjord at Valiance Expedition. One of the dwarves over there has a turd on his rug. Then you gotta hop in a golem suit and go step on "The Dude's" rug to get him all fired up.