Interesting NPC names
by Jennie Lees 
Jan 6th 2006 at 5:30PM
Having come across some of Blizzard's new auctioneer NPCs--Auctioneer O'Reely in Booty Bay, and Auctioneer Yarly in the Undercity--it seems either inspiration is running low, or Internet memes are all the rage for NPC naming. Have you encountered any strangely named NPCs? What's the best NPC name you've seen?
Filed under: Odds and ends
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Golradir Jan 6th 2006 5:43PM
Funniest one I've seen is Jhordy Lapforge in Gadgetstan. Go figure, he's also the chief engineer.
jz Jan 6th 2006 7:28PM
There's an owl flying around the soothsayer's home north of Steamwheedle Port in Tanaris. His name is O'Reilly.
kaygee Jan 6th 2006 7:47PM
Gann Stonespire that walks the roads of the Barrens happens to have the same first name as my last name. :)
jp Jan 6th 2006 8:23PM
just outside of deathknell there's a group of undead mobs - all named after oingo boingo:
Samuel Fipps, Stephen Bhartec, Karrel Grayves and Daniel Ulfman - and oingo boingo is remembered for their song 'dead man's party'
Ugkul Jan 6th 2006 10:38PM
The lumberjack in Elwynn forest is named Terry Palin. ;)
RighteousDork Jan 7th 2006 1:35AM
I didn't notice it until recently but I think it's pretty funny that the first names of the bankers in Stormwind are Olivia, Newton, and John.
Synergi Jan 7th 2006 2:11PM
In Ungoro Crater, the Marshall camp are npc's based off the old 70's kids tv show, Land of the lost. In fact the whole crater is land of the lost.
Robert Benson Jan 7th 2006 8:49PM
There is a Foreman Grills up in barrens.
PodMonkeys Jan 7th 2006 8:52PM
I liked the gnome dressed in green named Linken, of whom you have to take his training sword to get upgraded.
oboreruhito Jan 8th 2006 12:42PM
Klannoc Macleod, "The Islander", in the Barrens.
The cooking trainer in Stormwind's name is Stephen Rybak. Ask a guard in town about the cooking trainer, he says something about how he handles a knife and how he probably wasn't always a chef. Compare to "Under Siege" (Steven Segal playing Casey Rybak).
I think some mages in Stormwind also say something about "crossing-the-streams bad", a la Ghostbusters, and there are kids running around town that make a number of movie references. And I think the apothecary shop, is named "Five Deadly Venoms" or something like that, a Shaw brothers reference.
There's a quest with the aforementioned Gann Stonespire called the "Revenge of Gann", where you have to blow up a flying ship. Compare to the "Wrath of Khan".
An undead florist named Algernon in Undercity.
I can't tell if Witch Doctor Bombay refers to Bewitched or to the Del the Funkee Homosapien alter ego.
There's a stable master named Wesley in Hillsbrad. Compare to stable master Westley from the Princess Bride.
The transpolyporter pad quest has an engineering supplier named Sovik (Savik) send you to Chief Engineer Scooty (Scotty) to repair a transporter to send you to Gnomeregan. On the other end of the transporter is Spork (Spock) with an "Away Team".
There's a million of these. Try http://members.cox.net/kemal/woweggs.htm
PodMonkeys Jan 8th 2006 3:06PM
Theres Gammerita the big turtle. Probably no relation to Gammera...
Dr. Woo Jan 9th 2006 2:30AM
Dwukk, the smithing trainer in Razor Hill who says, "If I hear one reference to waterfoul, you'll be eating through a tube."
Finkle Einhorn in Blackrock Spire. Reference from Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (Finkle is Einhorn...Einhorn is Finkle!)
kiloer Jan 9th 2006 8:38AM
Foreman Grills up in barrens.
http://www.referate-romana.com/referate/Costache-Negruzzi/page2.php
http://www.referate-romana.com/referate/Camil-Petrescu/page2.php
Rufus2k2 Jan 9th 2006 10:52AM
There is a Tauren at Winterfall, Everlook called Storm ShadowHoof (as in GI Joe's infamous Cobra ninja Storm Shadow) and another tauren at Camp Mojache in Fearlas named Hadoken Swifthoof, named after Ryu's fireball move from the Streetfighter games.
mike Jan 9th 2006 10:54AM
Captain Placeholder FTW
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Placeholder
vectorelement Jan 9th 2006 11:51AM
Best one I've seen is a goblin in Un'goro named Shizzle.
Fo shizzle my nizzle! Haha.
drypulse Jan 9th 2006 12:30PM
here's some sites with a lot of wow easter eggs listed... they probably cover most the same things, but ya may like lookin through one site over the other.
http://members.cox.net/kemal/woweggs.htm
http://www.blizzplanet.com/modules.php?action=Content&pa=showpage&pid=91
Eric B. Jan 9th 2006 9:49PM
I would comment on NPC names if I could get into WoW. Anyone else having a hell of a time with authentication / character retrieval times since the holidays? My buddies and I are getting pretty fed up.
Kartas Jan 9th 2006 10:17PM
Inkeeper Bates in Sepulcher.