Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is the sound of a dutiful, slightly resentful worker clocking off, and a whole generation of RTS players hear it as the heartbeat of a build order. Fans pair it with the Peasant's "More work?" and "Off I go, then!" as a running joke about the Alliance's long-suffering labour force, and the line is quoted as a catchphrase for finishing any tedious task.
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In context
Spoilers for Warcraft III: Reign of ChaosShow the scene
In Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002), "Job's done" is what a human Peasant says when he finishes a building. Order a Peasant to raise a farm, barracks or town hall and, once the structure is complete, he turns to the player and delivers the line in a weary, put-upon voice. It is not a character's speech in a scene but the Alliance worker's job-complete sound cue, heard hundreds of times in an ordinary match. The wording goes back to Warcraft II, where the Peasant already says it; in the first Warcraft (Orcs & Humans) the equivalent cue was the stiffer "Work completed." The orc Peon has its own, different completion line.
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- Quotes of Warcraft III: Human Alliance (Warcraft Wiki)Peasant section, 'Job complete'Reference checked
- Quotes of Warcraft II (Warcraft Wiki)Alliance, Peasant, 'Job Complete'Reference checked
- Quotes of Warcraft I (Warcraft Wiki)Humans, 'Building Creation'Reference checked
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