Leeroy Jenkins

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A red fast-food parody poster shows a white-haired Warcraft fighter holding a chicken drumstick. Visible caption: "at least I have chicken" / LJC

At least I have chicken

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"at least I have chicken" / LJC

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A black-and-white armored Warcraft character holds an axe above a red LEEEROY slogan strip. Visible caption: LEEEROY!

Just Leeroy it

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LEEEROY!

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A bearded Warcraft character rendered as a red, blue and cream Hope-style poster. Visible caption: LEEROY! JENKINS

Leeroy Hope poster

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LEEROY! JENKINS

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About & sources

A player’s shouted name interrupts an elaborate raid plan, turning a disastrous charge into a reusable joke about acting before thinking.

Date

World of Warcraft guild video; Warcraft Movies upload dated May 11, 2005.

History

Know Your Meme dates the Warcraft Movies upload to May 11, 2005. The creators later acknowledged the sequence was staged satire; it should not be presented as an unplanned documentary record of a raid.

Know Your Meme — Leeroy Jenkins
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