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Me not that kind of orc!
— Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos ‧ 2002
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The joke is the Peon's wounded dignity: a green-skinned labourer, poked one time too many, answers as if he had been propositioned, and the innuendo makes the whole Horde sound like a village of exasperated tradesmen. It is a gag built into the unit's voice set for anyone who keeps clicking.
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In context
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The line belongs to the orc Peon, the worker unit of the Horde in Blizzard's real-time strategy games. In Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (July 2002) a Peon who is clicked over and over loses his patience, and the game cycles through his 'pissed' lines: a whaaat, a plea to be left alone because he is busy, a complaint that there is no time for play, and finally this one, a prim refusal that he is not that kind of orc. The Peon is voiced by Bill Roper, then a Blizzard producer and executive. It is a joke the player earns by poking a worker who is meant to be mining gold, with no scene, mission or listener in the story.
Sources (4)
- Quotes of Warcraft III/Orc Horde - Warcraft WikiPeon section, Pissed linesReference checked
- Peon (Warcraft III) - Warcraft WikiNotesReference checked
- Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness quotes - Warcraft WikiHorde, Peon/Grunt Pissed linesReference checked
- Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos - WikipediaInfoboxReference checked
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