The inspiration for the dancing animations in WoW.

Posted by Les on Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 07:28 PM. Read 2343 times. Tags: , ,
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Every race in World of Warcraft has two unique dances, one for males and one for females, that a character will perform when a player types /dance into the console and every player has used them at least once. I’ve always known that they were based on real-world dances, but I didn’t always recognize the inspirations behind them or how well they match the source material Blizzard used as a reference when making the animations. Now YouTube user animpinabox has put together a video clip that shows various WoW characters dancing alongside their real-life inspirations:

There’s still more to come and he hopes to put a second video together soon and I can’t wait to see it.

List of Clips:
1: Saturday Night Fever
2: MC Hammer- Cant Touch This
3: Chubby Checker- The Twist
4: Alizee- J’en Ai Marre
5: Napoleon Dynamite
6: Daler Mehndi- Tunak Tunak Tun
7: Chris Farley Chippendales sketch
8: Britney Spears- Toxic (dance routine)
9: Michigan J. Frog
10:Riverdance
11:Michael Jackson: Billie Jean
12: Peanut Butter Jelly Time

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zilch Austria Posted on 05/27/2007 at 06:10 AM

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Pretty funny.  This is certainly a cut above what Slash can do…

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timmeh United States Posted on 05/27/2007 at 09:42 AM

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I have never played wow, but that clip is great.

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timmeh United States Posted on 05/27/2007 at 10:45 AM

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If you want funny check out the blog on exchristian.net titled “Christians putting on the kink”. It’s about a Christian domestic discipline site. The best part is if you go to the site you can, get this, order crotchless pantaloons in five different styles.

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LuckyJohn19 Australia Posted on 05/29/2007 at 03:24 AM

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Thanks for the pointer to the exchristian.net site.
I found Submissive Jesus particularly hilarious.

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timmeh United States Posted on 05/29/2007 at 04:26 AM

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I just watched that, and I agree it is great.

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Neil T. United Kingdom Posted on 05/30/2007 at 02:08 PM

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Sad thing is, I know which dances are missing:

Human female
Gnome male and female
Draenei female
Orc female
Tauren female
Undead male and female
Troll male and female
Druid bear form
Goblin male and female

There’s a few others like Broken and Druid Moonkin form but they have the same dance as other races.

timmeh United States Posted on 05/30/2007 at 06:36 PM

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I wouldn’t call it sad, kind of pointless, but not sad.  Sad would be if you pointed out that dance X was not based on what was shown in clip Y, but was instead based on T.

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Picklemeister United States Posted on 06/04/2007 at 07:38 PM

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Alright… im guna do all of these dances but the 4th and 10th one… (the 4th would make me look like a prostitute and I just dont like riverdances...)
and yes im doing the toxic song.  I dont care either!!! im guna do it in front of everyone at the talent show!!!  Anyone to back me up? :D?

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Genni Germany Posted on 06/30/2007 at 12:24 AM

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Where is the Tauren female? It kinda broke my heart not to see it. :( (I just dinged at 70 today btw)

Les United States Posted on 06/30/2007 at 10:26 AM

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I think the guy that put that together plans on doing another one once he finds the needed footage. I’ve not checked yet if he’s managed to do so.

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