We show you 5 NPCs from World of Warcraft, that actually have their origins from completely different places – such as from porn or Schlager songs.
World of Warcraft has grown over many years. The game world has now reached a considerable size – this also applies to the sheer number of NPCs that populate Azeroth. Therefore, it is not surprising that some NPCs are allusions to real people or other fictional works. We show you 5 characters and their companions that you will see in a completely different light by the end of the article.
Harrison Jones and Commander Schnottz
The first gentleman on our list is probably not a big secret and most players are familiar with him. The archaeology teacher Harrison Jones is a clear allusion to Harrison Ford and the character he played, Indiana Jones.
But did you know that besides his adventurer and researcher career, many other details from the films have also been adopted? In the films, Jones almost always fights against Nazis, and this is also the case in World of Warcraft. So in the course of the quest series, you have to infiltrate Jones’ adversary, the sinister goblin Commander Schnottz, and his camp.
Schnottz himself is a clear allusion to Adolf Hitler, which is evident from his manner of speaking. This is reinforced by his environment; he has a turkey with him named Gobbles (an allusion to Joseph Goebbels). This continues in the quest series “The Desert Fox” – that was the nickname of Erwin Rommel, a field marshal in World War II.
The most obvious allusion to Schnottz’s role, however, is taken from the film “Inglorious Basterds.” He demands that players bring him nine turkeys. After his plan fails, he loudly yells at the player, “It should be nine! NINE NINE NINE!” – one of the most famous scenes from Inglorious Basterds, where Hitler gets loudly upset.
The whole area is still full of further details that can seamlessly be associated with a parody of the Nazi era; Schnottz’s subordinates call him in English “the Furrier” – which sounds more than just a little like “the Führer.”
In Germany, people may view the quest series with mixed opinions and sometimes see it as crossing the line of good taste – however, the rest of the world is amused.
