Leeroy Jenkins | The Man Behind The Meme

The story of Ben Schulz and what life was like after he got internet-famous.
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[@quiteindeed6809]

Say the line bart.

[@quiteindeed6809]

Wow , heart in 18 minutes??

[@DoomNeb]

HE LURKS

[@tylerhughes4223]

I was literally just thinking that

[@The8347135]

I didn't do it

[@AllHailNannerpuss]

Sit perfectly still. Only I may dance.

[@hawkishere1709]

This is the meme that made my entire family start playing wow. I regret nothing.

[@mrheda]

are u a nolife if u like to watch tv or play a sport?

[@didyfinkise9033]

"This can't be good for me but I feel great."

[@stocklilves4060]

This is a quality channel.

[@DariusMakesContent]

Quality channel with a quality meme mascot

[@lordmurphy4344]

Dan Schneider bring all my BITCHES BACK!!!

[@chrislaezur730]

666 LIKES, BINCH

[@TheRealitzamechrispratt]

I like your sarcasm!

[@dirinc3478]

Cloudy he’s not really explaining it though. He’s merely retelling it in a colourful and entertaining way that pleases children like me who suffer from autism and like colourful images and soothing voices.

[@melodyborg6164]

Finding out this was staged is like finding out Santa isn't real :(

[@FrostiKing]

It did actually happen, in fact Leroy got kicked out of the guild for a few days over the incident. However it became a joke among the guild and they invited him back and what happened was so funny they decided to use it to make the staged video, hamming it up for a laugh and to make it way more interesting. Based off true events though.

[@melodyborg6164]

Oh, thank you for the backstory! Now I'm happy again

[@FrostiKing]

Your very welcome.

[@heaheah5179]

Melody Borg the incident DID really happen. The video we have today is a recreation of the actual one which wasnt taped so they filmed it

[@rolandlee6898]

Like it wasnt obvious the video was staged?

[@zenfrodo]

Rewatching this in 2021 -- even more interesting, with Blizzard self-destructing in front of us.

[@ashamahee]

oh man if only they used him in the movie that would have been such an epic moment.

[@tykamen5588]

Self-destructing is putting it lightly it's more like self annihilating

[@apachehelicopter9032]

2022 gang here yea

[@007Hutchings]

Blizzard will be fine. Stop being gay

[@joelrobinson5457]

Here after season of fantasy filler, where they put in Mccree (not changing a characters name because you want good publicity) voice line "how ya wanna do this?"... And that was the highlight, they're currently running the Diablo franchise straight into the floor, and have doubled their predatory marketing efforts in using every scummy technique they can

[@kaizersoze]

This shit is better then 'The History Channel'

[@BXPHR-]

Kaos we need an Internet history channel

[@craftistic82]

Kaos MTV is better than the history channel these days

[@Meizuken]

Aliens

[@danielgray9177]

political

[@Moving2U]

The man who tried to make a career out of two words yelled while in a drunken stupor. Only in America...

[@A.S.28]

Yeah, europoor wouldn't be able to sustain such a thing.

[@princesstamika]

digital black face at that too

[@nickname8619]

falt dude. do you know where the european continent begins and ends? in western europe, it begins with gibraltar pass and the atlantic coast and ends in the ural and caucas mountains. afghanistan, iran are OVER THERE. PAST THE BORDER. theres a reason the euro is worth twice more than the dollar. stop being ignorant of the world. north africa isnt even a country, you coulve said libya. its the country gaddaffi was dictator of.

[@christianbomar6772]

dxfxct that’s kinda racist man

[@tortoisesoup16]

dxfxct At least europeans aren't as thick as a brick. Whenever I say american can't be dumber, fate makes me meet a dumber one

[@johank351]

"His friends left the game" *overlord flashbacks*

[@excusablegold]

You should have mentioned that fact that the youtube channel that hosted the original video has been sold and now pumps out those shitty spam videos with titles like "Spiderman Nursery Rhymes Lightning McQueen Mickey Mouse Frozen Elsa".

[@ChronicNOTAG]

excusablegold Nooo... Really? Jesus christ, that's... Why aren't those videos banned already?

[@greciasoleble]

for real?

[@MovieEggman]

It's been inactive for more than a year so don't need to worry about that anymore.

[@danielgray9177]

politics

[@MrSpvdes]

annnnnnnnnnd post !

[@ScoutGuy]

Pretty good example of why you shouldn't cash off shitty trends/memes, but it was a nice little thing while it lasted

[@StarHarvestOfficial]

Scout The Yodelling kid and "catch me outside" girl are multimillionaires now what do u mean lol

[@youtuberobbedmeofmyname]

*Everyone is selling out left and right on the internet in modern day* *video pops up and tells the sad tale of a man who was famous for a week and couldn't achieve any benefit from his fame* "Pretty good example of why you shouldn't cash off shitty trends/memes, but it was a nice little thing while it lasted" Kek.

[@vicentecosta5275]

@@StarHarvestOfficial they are not. You do people always think that. Cash me outside might be but the kid no

[@PatPauloMMA]

Milk it for all it’s worth.

[@kasajizo3136]

Too bad blizzard copyrighted it first

[@IAteYourSandwich]

Selling Leeroy Jenkins shirt, when you are Leeroy Jenkins, but having trouble with Blizzard''s copyrights. Then Blizzard basically appropriating his name without asking. WTF Blizz ?

[@ashb712]

The Diddler It's _their_ game, they literally own the rights to everyone's characters, thats in the EULA.

[@cyrusjohnson3914]

Javi B but he can’t sell shirts with his fucking name on it?

[@Icetea-2000]

Javi B what? Didn’t they make the video? The audio isn’t recorded by WoW, is it?

[@Icetea-2000]

Javi B well shit

[@tygonmaster]

His in-game name? Yeah...they can. They own everything about the account down to the name. If you mean his IRL-name...yeah that is kind of weird that they would try something like that. It most-likely would not fly.

[@enix0053]

that *"Yeah, I know"* OOF

[@JeyVGaming]

In other words: "Oh no. Here he goes again"

[@half.blight]

"fuck here comes the cringe"

[@Naxthural]

I actually have a Leeroy Jenkins minifigure. He is in my D&D campaign as an NPC who the players let charge in first because he sets off traps

[@arturarruda8151]

LOL forcefull disarm

[@TheKaos90]

I had kids do the Leeroy Jenkins during Rust raids.We lost those raids.

[@FlikFlaxx]

Lets do this LEEuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-

[@xfinafire]

FlikFlax Funniest parts of the videos.

[@SassyLoverBoy]

This man is the son of the chair of my Undergrad Theatre program. It's hilarious

[@urbanguy1191]

Huh?

[@C.A._Old]

@@urbanguy1191 he saying was this man was legend.

[@hydra7427]

It's the classic case of having utterly nothing to follow up with. You see this with one hit wonders all the time. If all you can do is shout "[insert funny line here]" and nothing else, that's all you'll ever be. The "Insert Funny Line Here" guy. He didn't follow it up with any sort of video series featuring the character - as Rooster Teeth has built a whole multi-media company from doing -, he didn't lend his voice to any of WoW's vast problems to improve the game, and he really didn't have any other talents beyond being the right man in the right place at the right time that one time. Maybe Blizzard's copyright stuff factored into the problem with profiting from it, but that hardly stopped RvB or 'Arby and the Chief' or any other video series built off of parodying a game using that game's assets. And none of these examples are recent, they are contemporaries of Leeroy Jenkins - give or take a few years. This is an excellent video, though. Extremely informative. You'd never get this from KYM or BTM.

[@KG-yz7tr]

Rooster Teeth sucked and still does. They had to bring in outside people and piggyback off of other peoples' talents to actually make themselves successful.

[@theninjachicken5799]

He didnt follow up because back then he made no money of videos and all he wanted was to exand his guild

[@tuxedomollusk]

@@KG-yz7tr As someone who grew up with The Blood Gulch Chronicles, and still returns to it fairly regularly to find it holds up even to this day, I'm _pretty_ damn sure RvB's success was mainly due to RT's own writing talent (read: Bernie Burns), voice acting, and machinimatography (is that a word...?), and that the times they pulled in "outside talent" like Monty Oum were the parts that were actually mediocre in comparison. Remember the CG scenes he did in the later seasons...? Talk about forgettable, at least compared to the actual machinima stuff. You've got this whole thing totally backwards, dude.

[@mnemomatrix8957]

Yo you should do the Fyre festive or whatever the fuck.

[@FatBitches]

Astrology Ace DING DING DING WE GOT A WINNER!

[@heartshaped.]

Ayyyy

[@gabeniklas470]

*smack* n o i c e

[@MoonBeamLaser]

We are from the future, you got your wish!

[@typo691]

Your prayers have been answered.

[@trondordoesstuff]

At least he'll always be known as the most consistent Legendary card in Hearthstone.

[@Echocookie8948]

Lmao should've filed for copyright and made Blizzard pay him the money made from his figures.

[@troodon1096]

Just because you pay to use their sandbox, doesn't mean the sand castles you build in it belong to you.

[@NazzyDragon]

Your characters/account are technically property of Blizzard. You buy the time. Sadly, wouldn't have worked. Super lame that they kinda just didn't even give him, idk, say 5-10% of anything, though.

[@habibthesloth9559]

Blizzard? Caring for their community? HAH

[@mattbenz99]

Troodon You say that but he could have trademarked the name. Blizzard had sole ownership of the character's likeness, but they would have a hard time justifying ownership of the name.

[@Echocookie8948]

It was a joke, but thanks for explaining regardless.

[@getthegoons]

"Say my name. SAY IT!" "LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEROY, *breath*, JEEEEEENKIIIIIIRNS!"

[@nepttune710]

Poor guy. Why did Jamie say "ya I know"?

[@mazder_2709]

hmm, where did the name Leeroy Jenkins, it's spelling and pronounciation came about? like, was he that drunk he fucked up his name and just screamed it? is it his battle name? did he just get bored sitting around and just thought "Fuck it, i'm going in" and just ramdonmly the name popped up and he screamed it?

[@TheEinharjar]

The Jenkins title wasn't a thing back in vanilla... Pleb

[@imbazed22]

Dropsey lulz rekt

[@malindastevens1016]

Actually the Jenkins title didn't come about until AFTER that video. Originally the only way you could get the Jenkins title was by killing so many whelps in like I think 60 seconds. Now you can also get it in a WoD dungeon by saving Leeroy.

[@Fugshot1]

Dropsey turns out you're the dumbass

[@TheRojo387]

To the French captionist, that was a cat's hiss, not a snake's hiss!

[@FranchescoiSpeed]

I love how there's absolutely no quality footage from those years of wow

[@madeleinesmith3062]

Fun fact: My college professor used this meme as a way to show why you shouldn't try to all the work in a group project.

[@rickythedrawer]

I think it was Andy Warhol that said "In the future, everyone will be world famous for 15 minutes." But I don’t think we were ready to see just how saw it would all be.

[@MrButtershoe]

I'm binge watching your channel since yesterday and holy shit, the work you put into these things, the editing, that voice, everything. Haven't had that much fun watching content for a long time, def looking forward to more

[@Silenoid]

Your humor and editing is truely a masterpiece

[@--200dds]

I fucking love the captions on the video

[@alfie-jaybirch4299]

I heard raid and legitimately screamed ‘NO’ Cus I thought it was an ad for raid shadow legends

[@gairisiuil]

wasnt around when this was made

[@CosmeFulanito476]

thanks for censoring the cringe

[@Ghanzo]

This is really well produced. Hilarious

[@peterschreuderr]

The editing is sublime as always. Laughed my ass off again

[@Mokujo]

I need the pic at the end. For reasons.

[@b1gbruh894]

No

[@pretentious_melancholic]

just leaving a comment here in case someone found it

[@mop-ark8987]

ay b, take the photo, and try reverse searching in google. might work.

[@combativeThinker]

It's not even porn. It's just IH censoring a skimpy piece of promotional art in reference to KZbin's tendency to remove videos that feature women showing skin (the amount of skin shown varies widely from video to video).

[@ublackerblau3042]

WOW Blood elf drawn by dantewontdie

[@normalguycap]

I love the part where he doesn't play his own quest. Blizzard was always evil and the signs were there even back then.

[@catness1809]

I feel so sad for Leroy, he was such a meme but didn't get the recognition he deserved :'(

[@Loogaroo1]

I'm a game show nerd and all of the different music cues you were using distracted me greatly.

[@RealLoopine420]

If you go to the original leeroy Jenkins channel the vid is still up but the account has been Elsa-fied into one of those fucked up kids channels

[@heaheah5179]

Is This Death Grips? It gotta be hacked tho. How can one get from WOW to elsa and spiderman shit

[@RealLoopine420]

Of course, its happening to lots of channels and ordinary users

[@nefwaenre]

i thought Leroy Jenkins was the name of Old Man Jenkins from Spongebob.

[@christianyepez1016]

I for some reason thought it was the old guy from The Simpsons

[@TheBUGZNTA]

Leeroy jenkins is the foundation of modern memes.

[@X-SPONGED]

A T-Shirt with Leeroy Jenkins on it : *exists* Blizzard : "hippity hoppity your design is now my property"

[@TheGreekGeekMovieReviews]

Jamie Lee Curtis is such a gem!

[@thefonzkiss]

The video that went viral was staged yes. But it was a remake of something that actually happened.

[@googiegress]

Source?

[@daltonfarris]

6:37 young Max Kellerman in the back ground for literally no reason.

[@pantarei8382]

The fact that blizzard pumped out merchandise without paying Leroy is disgusting!! But shows how little they care about us players

[@HexRox]

At least give the man a free subscription or lifetime free game for games that blizzard have/will made then put him as an easter egg in those games

[@konqi6520]

now I need the source for last image

[@AFmedic]

As the saying goes ... "Be careful what you wish for - you just might get it!" They set out to create a viral video to gain more members ... that what they got!

[@evr-grn]

glad to see Lafayette and FTC has been getting some recognition

[@scienceme9794]

I for one actually really liked the Warcraft movie (despite going into it basically knowing nothing). Who's with me?

[@lecorbak]

"Who's with me?" for what ?

[@scienceme9794]

+lecorbak What I mean is, who is with me in appreciating the Warcraft movie? In other words, who concurs with my opinion that Warcraft is a good movie? After doing a bit of research, it seems the figure of speech "Who's with me?" is not used (or commonly used) in many places, so I see why it may cause some confusion.

[@Elemental-Phoenix]

as a warcraft fan and a self-professed "loremaster" I have very conflicted feelings about it. As a movie, it was subpar. Not bad, not good, not even average, just below average. I loved the costuming and that was about it. from a lore perspective, it was really weird. They took the story, burned it to the ground, did whatever they want, but made sure it ended right about where it should have. So...good for them? I guess? Idk, it was weird.

[@self-righteousideologue9398]

1:43 - Cloud. Nice

[@FingerinUrDaughter]

honestly, if they would have included the actual leroy playing leroy doing his signature leroy, the movie would have done far better. they should have just made the entire movie a giant meme and the idiots who eat up their shitty meme game would have eaten that up too.

[@preettygoood7774]

This has to be the worst kind of fame. Being unable to play the game, all because you're known for a meme that later died.

[@rararasputin8608]

And being condemned to never go beyond the meme.

[@julsie3195]

You watched this in 2018, and it's still commented on and referenced. It never died

[@houlmyhead9947]

@Labyrinth9000 holy shit that brings me back

[@cgme7076]

It definitely didn’t die. Early memes are different. Today, we have thousands of memes to remember and “keep” enjoying. When in reality we probably all forget about them a month after they’ve come out. This meme was in the early days of internet memes. It still lives on.

[@backup3765]

could've made an alt

[@whatevernamegoeshere3644]

Sooo let's recap. Blizzard prevented him from making money from the wow meme, then Blizzard decided to make money from his name

[@NatsumiMichi]

Classic Blizzard. Create a huge meme with just your character name and epic war cry? It belongs to us now and only we can monetize it. Create a new custom game in Warcraft 3? It belongs to us now, we'll sell it and you'll get nothing out of it. What a joke...

[@StrazdasLT]

If he could afford a lawyer army to match blizzard he could have easily beatein blizzard in court over this. But not everyone has a hundred millions to throw away on a case in court.

[@StrazdasLT]

@Jean Bon Terms of service is not a legally binding document and any part of it that contradicts common law is null and void.

[@whatevernamegoeshere3644]

@Joe Mama don't insult aids like that

[@DeadAndAliveCat]

Yes, that's how intellectual property works. Creating a game takes *slightly* more skill and work than screaming a name in a youtube video.

[@cristianarreola8582]

He should sell a shirt that says "Leeroy Jenkins. - Leeroy Jenkins "

[@Sraxton]

LOL

[@Rypio_39]

I I would buy it

[@masterbaits4108]

Where were you dude

[@TheOneGuy1111]

@@Sraxton No, wrong game. WoW, not LoL.

[@rommelcandiani6358]

He cant

[@dillonleon5558]

So in other words blizzard used him and didn't even give him a thank you

[@gulgongdevil4024]

Gear Grinder51 yep sums it up

[@ShutThePuck]

They could have at least let him sell Leeroy Jenkins merchandise, I'm sure he would have taken a modest %

[@TheJanitorIsIn]

They didn't even buy him dinner.

[@ross259]

At least he has chicken

[@diablo.the.cheater]

at least they could have give him a unlimited free subscription whit expansions included for his wow account.

[@3ftninja132]

Blizzard wouldn't let Leeroy sell merch due to copyright... Blizzard sells his character model as figurines... 👏... 👏... 👏... 👏... 👏

[@lewismooney1753]

3ft Ninja well it is there character model tbf

[@justsomeponywithamustache8731]

3ft Ninja Free Hong Kong

[@3ftninja132]

@@justsomeponywithamustache8731 Huh???

[@batt3ryac1d]

Blizzard are and have always been greedy assholes.

[@thomaszeymer3626]

Play LoR

[@thedivide9559]

This channel is far better than Behind The Meme

[@benge1309]

The Divide that's not that hard

[@R0NYFL0NY]

The Divide but not better than the meme review.

[@kushine_]

Behind the Meme is a mistake

[@GrapplingHookJones]

that isn't hard

[@lusteraliaszero]

don't even compare them

[@fret1]

Was one of the most popular memes Got like 50$ out of it

[@Brandelwyn]

Memes arent about profit tho

[@PyroMSX]

at least he got chicken

[@genericwhitemale9566]

@@Brandelwyn nowadays they are

[@Brandelwyn]

@@genericwhitemale9566 and thats disgusting

[@wesleygaray2666]

@@Brandelwyn like cash me outside girl

[@AlternateHistoryHub]

Now that Entertainment Tonight song is stuck in my head

[@Wendoverproductions]

Hey

[@JoshuaShermanNYC]

Crazy seeing two awesome history channels supporting IH!

[@thewalex]

Awesome to see you here as well!

[@herstorian2743]

It's been stuck in my head for two weeks!

[@breppapig559]

AlternateHistoryHub i only hear shadilay 24/7 :(

[@robertcurry8284]

The US Military uses the Leeroy Jenkins video as a “what not to do” when planning and discussing how you’re going to tackle a situation. I’m not fucking kidding.

[@xBINARYGODx]

yes you are

[@blacksunapocalypse]

I'm sure it's used more of a way to "engage" the youngins coming in to bootcamp. Give them a laugh amongst all the crying.

[@gandalf8216]

@Dick Johnson That's a rabbit hole outside the scope of the military, because it's much, MUCH deeper and crazy. Take the 80's crash courses in "Satanism and satanic cults" as an example, or the famous Surviving Edged Weapons educational video for Wisconsin police officers. The backlog of the things taught by American police schools is insane.

[@UnlimitedFlyers]

@@gandalf8216 IIRC, the Gurps Cyber-something RPG book was raided by the FBI because the police thought it was *actually* a Hacker's Handbook. Yes, Steven Jackson games made not AND fun of it in their eventually-released edition.

[@gandalf8216]

@Dick Johnson Nah, I just wanted to point out how bizarre American police education stuff can be or has been, and that it's a fun rabbit hole to dive into sometimes. There was no real depth to my comment, or any real point, so consider my comment a shitpost because it kind of was.

[@boo1760]

So warcraft used his name and his joke freely and he never got any royalties? wow

[@Pawlok131]

Loyalties for what? He never owned either a character, character's name or anything, as nobody really owns their characters or accounts in MMO games, just 'rents' them to say it simply. They didn't ever use sound cue which could be the only thing he could have any rights to.

[@lordbinkythebuffoon5465]

@@Pawlok131 It's not about 'rights' or letter of the law. It's about courtesy.

[@Pawlok131]

@@lordbinkythebuffoon5465 as if big corporations cared about that

[@robrick9361]

@boo You could easily argue that they are entitled to use it since the meme/joke originated from someone playing their game. No game = No Leroy = No meme

[@mrkiky]

@@robrick9361 That's like someone getting famous playing guitar on youtube and then the guitar company would use his fame to sell more guitars and say "well if it weren't for us, he wouldn't even be there so we deserve 100% of cashing out from all this fame". Blizzard was a bag of dicks.

[@b_a_z_e_dv.2.067]

There will come a time where Internet Historian will go down in history for being one of the few that documented internet culture during our lifetime, and that both excites me and scares me.

[@cplpetergriffin1583]

Fantasy Scrub It's arousing

[@Teth47]

I mean, there are literal terabytes of 4chan archives alone. There are tons of people who just hoard data because hard drives are pretty cheap and it gives them a sense of purpose.

[@Ryan-wj5ok]

Fantasy Scrub yeah kinda sad, the only other content I saw similar to this is a documentary on twitch plays Pokémon read like a bible

[@wojak-sensei6424]

He'll be the fucking Plato of the internet.

[@helicopterus1934]

But there are already online encyclopedias and shit. It's not like he's telling us something undiscovered before him.

[@DaParkladin]

And on his dying bed he thought back about the greatest moment of his life. A battle cry in a video game. He's the closest person to a real life pokemon. What a legend.

[@corncob4627]

This comment is underappreciated. xD

[@abysskink]

@@deadliestvice5356 th-that didn't happen tho

[@ZeranZeran]

If that's true.. that is just depressing.

[@yayvey]

best comment

[@j0nnyism]

My bed is dying I need to replace it. One too many Friday currys

[@RegretR3]

This was kinda sad...

[@gl1tchygreml1n]

Grigori I know right, I felt pretty bad to hear that the fans ruined the server and ran him off the game, and then got cut from the movie to add insult to injury.

[@lana_del_Rei.neet-]

Alexa, play despacito 2

[@ZEMO74]

Not sad at all actually. He rode out some fame from just playing a video game. Got to be an NPC in WOW etc. Was almost in the movie. That's pretty cool to me.

[@thewizzardpineapple6007]

1000th like.

[@DevilDaRebel]

@@ZEMO74 I think sad in the way that he was having fun being him, but eventually it didn't pay out in the long term and had to do what he originally had to do to eat at the end of the day.

[@JayBaddAssCutler]

What are you famous for? I'm really good at yelling *"Leeroy Jenkins"* ....

[@stuflames4769]

Shouldnt have been milked. The original had a certain ring of truth, that made it special. That it was in fact staged and kept going ruined that, together.

[@petersmythe6462]

"The movie did alright.... in China" This surprises me.

[@Tomha]

Adult Swim mentioned that awhile back telling America "If we see this in the sequel... *shows pandaren race* It's your fault!"

[@googiegress]

American movies that do well in China are the ones with lots of special effects and action, because they can be easily localized. A movie that's amazing because of its script that relies on English language and a native understanding of Western culture is harder to change for the Chinese audience. That audience represents a ton of money. So Hollywood has drifted even more toward that kind of vapid schlock. There may be a point where American audiences become disgusted enough they refuse to - sorry, nevermind, that will never happen because American standards are so incredibly low.

[@garybrown2039]

Remember the overwatch situation with Free Hong Kong? Pepper ridge Farm and the community members. But Blizzard is too busy with the recent lawsuit to even hear about it

[@tinfoil1225]

​@@googiegress it was successful because WoW is extremely popular in China

[@jtrennie7056]

they cut leeroy out of the movie? no wonder if flopped.

[@v1KE4]

I edited this comment 10 months later after forgetting this comment existed

[@5upl1an]

@@SourCyanide so you are one of the people who doesn't understand what "a movie flopped" actually means...please look it up before you add more to the subject.

[@SourCyanide]

@@v1KE4 I didn't say it was good. I said it didn't flop. Whether or not something flopped is factual based on the money made by the movie... Mostly. Either way, it made quite a lot of money.

[@SourCyanide]

@@5upl1an so you are one of those people that thinks just because a movie performed poorly domestically, it flopped. No. The movie made 433.7 million on a 160 million budget. That's a very respectable margin competing with the likes of Disney (Pixar... not their box office monsters). Why is it every time somebody tells _me_ to look something up, they haven't done it themselves??

[@SirBlackReeds]

It didn't in China. That country alone turned it into a success.

[@AspenSavage]

I remember my friend always yelling this in 5th grade

[@wesofx8148]

me probably

[@paulisnotonice]

Yelled this when we played cod with my friends, one life only, i died bya shotgun

[@script3973]

I remember too.

[@whatisthis-uw9ok]

Aspen Savage cool story bro

[@AspenSavage]

whatisthis131321213 It was more of a statement but thanks

[@ethanthebeet5761]

Putting behind the meme to shame. great video mate

[@GlowZoe]

Why all the hate with behind the meme?

[@II_II_II]

Glow Zoe He ruins memes and hes a normie

[@DD-fs7pg]

that is such a pathetic, spiteful reason.

[@danktrash]

okay I'm sick of this. why on Earth do people hate behind the meme so much?

[@II_II_II]

danktrash Rearn engirish

[@benge1309]

Do The Great Meme War next

[@HidingZebraTube]

Kek wills it

[@bluetextonwhitebg]

sorry, kiddo, but the meme wars have only just begun kek.

[@benge1309]

make Kekistan great again

[@shank549]

phoenix Rude

[@SuperGhostFlower]

Hitler's Moustache don't tell the historian what to do.

[@somecallmewhite3046]

I DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS BUT HOLY SHIT I NEEDED IT

[@wesofx8148]

BUT HOLEY

[@MsGrogz]

White_People_Stop_Dabbing BUTTHOLEY

[@somecallmewhite3046]

+nirvgorilla What?

[@Bustaperizm]

Scott Sekiya Lol...this comment made me laugh more than it should have.

[@freezerburning]

White_People_Stop_Dabbing 778th like

[@poohbear4821]

Blizzard are wrong for making figures and putting him in the game without doing anything for him

[@googiegress]

You don't get rich by signing a lot of checks. -Bill Gates in The Simpsons

[@jaredfranklin4625]

The dude could have easily rode that meme to a multi million dollar youtube channel. Turns out he just got lucky and wasn't actually an interesting person to watch.

[@theforbiddenone7173]

@@jaredfranklin4625 says the octopus

[@Rainbowpuro]

@@theforbiddenone7173 octopuses are smart. Probably a human

[@ZeranZeran]

Blizzard employees are all rapists

[@thewalex]

I am pretty shocked that Blizzard gave him such a cold shoulder. I can see how a lot of folks who are meme famous don't, or even sometimes can't effectively market/profit/improve themselves due to the short half-life of many memes. Internet Historian, may your well-deserved internet fame be stable and long-lived: a dynasty rather than a one-off!

[@breppapig559]

thewalex Blizzard = EA light with effective pr

[@Hammaster]

It's especially weird considering that he is a card in Hearthstone

[@breppapig559]

Hammaster they didn't pay him shit though, so it was good PR for free that would be well liked by the community

[@Zelousmarineinspace]

thewalex Speaking of Half-Life, wonder of he will do some sort of video on Garry or something of similar meme worthiness

[@Ounouh]

I bet the reason he didn't cash in with the meme was that he didn't hire a professional manager to negotiate and search for business deals. He could have become seriously rich having his brand of breakfast serials and everything, but normal people just do not know how to market themselves and negotiate the deals. It's like top sports players get all sorts of deals that have noting to do with the sport they play, but the managers searches out the people who are willing to pay. That fcking "cash me outside" girl is a millionaire nowadays. You think she negotiated the deals and promoted her? No. But she was clever enough to hire a representative or was offered the service and they made it happen. Now the original Leeroy is just a sad bearded guy with a famous phrase he never managed to exploit financially.

[@fuckoff5893]

Thank you for censoring the cringey public leeroys. Reduced my anxiety lmaoo

[@LucasVenturoso]

cringe censorship should be mandatory in all forms of media, it's much worst than nudity or violence

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

@@LucasVenturoso It can be a genuinely stellar comedic tool when used well! Just... people don't often use it that well. That said, I agree with the original comment haha. It helped. :P

[@DantesInferno96]

@@LucasVenturoso fr. Only if more YTPers understood this.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

Censoring people because they told a bad joke is good?

[@aWERFRGT6545BGFG]

@@LucasVenturoso how do you know when somethings cringe or not lol

[@MarcAlcatraz]

i love how you never played the whole Leroy Jenkins shout, shit would be obnoxious

[@EricBarbman]

Great editing choice indeed.

[@Voskos]

I agree it wasn't satisfing at all I'm going to listeb to the 10 hours remix , leeroy jenkins bye bye idiots.

[@nicklol8269]

He got a sub for that.

[@MarcAlcatraz]

Internet's Problems my boner would implode with the force of a thousand dead memes

[@ewhjfewhehgkwhgew8334]

ALRIGHT CHUMPS LET'S DO THIS bwooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@mryan89]

“He was offered a job a EA...” Lol

[@Cryster99]

Keep in mind though, even as recently as the early 2000's EA was seen as a good publisher

[@mecrac]

@@Cryster99 not by the ones who worked there

[@LilyApus]

@@Cryster99 more like we just didn't know they sucked yet, even in those days they were quite content to shove out endless sports and racing sequels with little to no effort put into them, EA just hadn't invented awful MTX yet, it's the only difference.

[@j0nnyism]

And a 6 month contract! They must’ve been feeling generous

[@mastercyconide7660]

Quite a sad ending.

[@tonyweaver2353]

MasterCyconide Electricians make some pretty good cash actually.

[@michaelwhite3762]

Eh its not as sad as some of the others. Nothing he did made him have a negative image in the public eye (his reputation wasn't ruined), most people still know the meme to this day, and he pretty much lives a normal life.

[@tedatlas]

Troy Baker He's actually an engineer so he's probably more well off than most of the people watching this video, including myself.

[@RoeShamBoe]

nice one

[@mastercyconide7660]

+Troy Baker Yeah but the fact that Blizzard kind of forgot about the man behind the character he created is sort of degrading.

[@dukeofderpington7121]

Apparently they had a gay pride event in Runescape.Which then led the the actual majority of players protesting it by.... Dressing in desert robes, which look like the KKK robes.

[@TheRagingStorm98]

Duke Of Derpington Runescape is populated by autsists

[@MarcAlcatraz]

this does not surprise me

[@astralisk]

Cause runescape is retarded

[@ShookOnesTO]

How is this relevant?

[@goldcreeper7376]

Mr Metokur's vid pretty much sums up the whole thing Also, this happened on the old runescape version, so it was a legitimate reaction imo

[@TheMHGuild]

You need to do a video on the Runescape Gay Pride event

[@wesofx8148]

EMILY FAKED CANCER

[@swagnermiteTV]

the best way to sort things out is to fire Mod Wolf

[@KingDusk278]

Dank Memes Fallador Massacre

[@teereclickstiles]

Just watch Jim's shit for current happenings. Let Historian deal with history.

[@TheMHGuild]

somerandomknoob this is history now pal

[@BiggestRedditor]

I feel sad and awkward about him trying to get in his 15 min of fame. It seemed so awkward. The red carpet was just cringy, people were probably sick of him yelling.

[@arete7884]

u never had to worry from your basement tho

[@sparkymist]

CLEM!!!

[@MootjeNL]

Areté damn

[@xxCrazyIzzyxx]

Ok are literally all these other comments aimed at a reply that's been deleted... OR are all the people commenting just assholes who don't seem to understand why OP has 1.3k upvotes?

[@RatusMax]

If twitch existed back in the day...He wouldn't be an Electrical Engineer.

[@BennaDryll]

It actually did exist it was called JustinTV and was riddled with ads lol JustinTV was launched in 07’ but he still could’ve banked in on the meme

[@jeffw5733]

What a shame. He’s actually productive lmao.

[@ray101mond]

sometimes the greatest memories in life are often the simplest ones.

[@IDontLikeMooshrooms]

Folfy wtf is your profile picture

[@yurijedi49]

"SOMETIMES the superlative nouns in noun are OFTEN the superlative noun" um...

[@ShaggyTheClown17]

meh, I had some good memories of WoW but I ran into the same issue, the game just got boring n mostly because I was never in a big guild n I never really got any good loot from bosses, this was years ago, I did try it again a couple years ago but quit again :/ The only real things worth doing in this game are Halloween quests, popular bosses and funny interactions which you can get most of that right here on youtube. Sadly the time of personal experience died but it was inevitable, we're all onto new and better things, hell I had played the game since release......more than 10 years ago, I dunno some small part of me wants to continue playing n just pay the 15$ a month just to screw around n forget about it every now n then but meh.

[@serialdrunkdriver]

That Guy Homie next xpac they're going to release vanilla-only servers on retail wow. I think there is still hope and something worth looking forward to, fear not.

[@MegaHellstrike]

I absolutely adore the pitched and slowed down "ooooo" when anyone says the line

[@xxCrazyIzzyxx]

I like how he went from looking NOT like how you expect someone that annoying to look like... To looking EXACTLY how you'd expect him to.

[@MyVanir]

Almost as if people change with age...

[@oystersoupkitchenfloorwaxm1457]

that beard looks badass the fuck are you talking about

[@StrazdasLT]

@@oystersoupkitchenfloorwaxm1457 Badass if you want to look like a basement dweller that leaves his house once a month you mean.

[@oystersoupkitchenfloorwaxm1457]

@@StrazdasLT maybe beards have just fell out of style somehow, but it's not the worst beard i've seen

[@magmaslug9305]

@@oystersoupkitchenfloorwaxm1457 Beards are ugly af

[@MikeRetroModz]

Its like this old man who won a trophy in 1970 but keeps talking about it for his whole life lol

[@popcornistorturedcorn]

Lil saiyan God damn it Leeroy

[@daddyspacebear]

hiero

[@whitepaws60]

Yeah, poor guy. He will for ever be that guy. Even if he cures cancer

[@suntzu4691]

Yea but then you have to ask yourself, what have YOU done? Nothing, which is why no one makes videos about you.

[@alejandroreyes9975]

@@suntzu4691 so?

[@BonnieFluff]

B-behind the Meme? *DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE MENTION THAT NAME AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*

[@sgalking954]

Grand Wizard Miller are you screaming in a sexual way?

[@BonnieFluff]

no in angrey way fiend

[@sgalking954]

Grand Wizard Miller oh ok

[@xmm-cf5eg]

*[staff morale has increased.]*

[@depreciatednull]

Jeremy Ze tree he's a normie

[@xxBoltSoulxx]

You forgot to talk about the fact that yeah, he tried to bank in on the meme, but he was also hired by Blizzard and still works for them. He does shout casting for them in WoW arena tournaments as well as some overwatch stuff, he hasn't gone back to some average life, he is employed by the makers of the game

[@MidnightOfRain]

Thank you so much for this comment, didn't catch up with Leeroy recently!

[@jaredfranklin4625]

That's a... pretty average sounding life though?

[@Borals]

Jared Franklin what did you think he would be snorting coke off of strippers asses over a internet meme

[@UBvtuber]

sauce?

[@Elevhant]

@Főfasírozó lol who the fuck are you

[@brandongnuschke6054]

I love that a video about Leeroy Jenkins doesn’t once include the signature battle cry in it’s entirety. Brilliant.

[@RedTail1-1]

Hmm. Wonder why that could be?... Genius

[@JesusChatlineReuploads1]

When is there going to be a Jesus Chatline episode?

[@user-kn8bq3lu8j]

Yes. Please. When.

[@madafaka3075]

Yes, please do it.

[@CaptainSexay]

man Iforgot about those 2 geniuses. the first team to successfully troll 4chan and just win

[@AverageAlien]

omg yes

[@pablobustamante8458]

Vetahan J fake or not it's one of the most important moments in internet history

[@AndroidSunner]

Even Old memes like this can come with great knowledge, and not Know Your Meme Pages from 2012. thank you.

[@ReviewingMagnet]

KYM is for normies

[@tk-xd-m8no9]

+Richard Nixon Eh. It's a decent source for quick info.

[@tk-xd-m8no9]

+KingHalbtorix I was referring to KYM, not Behind the Meme. Notice how my comment was addressed to Mr Richard Nixon.

[@mattymachine97]

Didn't mention Paladin Leeroy in dark souls. Surely that was a reference

[@aboutblank4356]

His legacy will never die

[@JarJarBinks4ever]

It's referenced in Duke Nukem Forever. After a soldier rushes and gets killed Duke says "Damn it Leeroy"

[@justhope2117]

IT WAS STAGED!?

[@gabbyprincip1575]

My whole life has been a lie

[@manband20]

Viktor Nikolayev It actually happened, but they didn't record it so they went in and did it again to post on Baby KZbin.

[@Rebellions]

Viktor Nikolayev The Video was staged, the event itself wasn't. Apparently they thought it was so retarded and funny that they had to get it on camera so they did it a second time.

[@dennisp4953]

Viktor Nikolayev I

[@siegwardinspirit]

manband20 they never posted it on youtube (at least in 2005 that was the case), they posted it on forums and someone who saw it, posted it on youtube.

[@zzzzzzz7029]

"He doesn't even play his own quest" 😂😂😂

[@Adeon55]

The most tragic line of all...

[@spencertm5446]

Legend says that if you're early, Internet Historian does not give a shit.

[@_Carnage_02]

St1ck5 & St0nes well its true

[@bikergamersoldierspy533]

It is the most screwed up thing in gaming history, in my opinion. The guy is a legend, no doubt sold millions of subscriptions by what he did. Blizzard cashed in big time on the guy but excluded him from everything, he's not even allowed to use his own meme. Well done triple A game industry. Well done.

[@SethJV]

"no doubt sold millions of subscriptions by what he did" Yeah, no. Almost nobody outside of existing WoW players know about this meme.

[@bikergamersoldierspy533]

@@SethJV sure

[@ghostxcx]

well i do and i never played it@@SethJV

[@surprisedduck6750]

He dies Me: Omg what? He didn't die Me: Oh thank god

[@sandyknowles5638]

Same!!

[@chrispy_cain]

Surprised duck was surprised? Meta...

[@rayman356]

can anyone tell me the song name he used there

[@batayan_]

Dude it fucked me up too

[@ramahan21]

If he died, then how did he grew a magnificent beard in the after life? The thumbnail was a dead giveaway.

[@cuba1061]

uuhh this is the cops , we are going to need that r34 from the end of the video for... evidence.

[@yichern4351]

Meme Queen pls, I want it to

[@mcreeamy7209]

Meme Queen I'm also from the police. I can verify their statement.

[@half.blight]

hi its me ur partner

[@gmoney7424]

m.imgur.com/gallery/QdFr5 Here you go officers, am I free to leave?

[@wedsa95]

Literally literally got acid reflux because of the cringe when he meet Jamie Lee Curtis.

[@SympatheticArsenal]

So literal in fact that you have to say it twice.

[@Cat-up6hb]

@@SympatheticArsenal but wouldnt the second literally negate the 1st and thus make it unliterally?

[@SympatheticArsenal]

@@Cat-up6hb Perhaps.