# What's the Warcraft reference for To Serve Man?

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**Created:** [March 28, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-warcraft-reference-for-to-serve-man/443080 "2008-03-28T18:33:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-warcraft-reference-for-to-serve-man/443080/1 "2008-03-28T18:33:51Z")

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According to [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Serve_Man_(The_Twilight_Zone)), there’s a reference in Warcraft. Since I don’t play, I was wondering if anyone could enlighten me.

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**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-warcraft-reference-for-to-serve-man/443080/2 "2008-03-28T18:41:10Z")

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[QUOTE=The Controvert]  
According to [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Serve_Man_(The_Twilight_Zone)), there’s a reference in Warcraft. Since I don’t play, I was wondering if anyone could enlighten me.  
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[[An Exotic Cookbook]](http://www.wowwiki.com/An_Exotic_Cookbook)

Note: It’s a link to wowwiki

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-warcraft-reference-for-to-serve-man/443080/3 "2008-03-28T20:20:30Z")

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FWIW, if you’re a rogue and pickpocket ogres or trolls, you get these books by the bucket.

Another interesing one is the “Gnomish effigy”, which is essentially a doll, sometimes found in Demons’ pockets.

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-warcraft-reference-for-to-serve-man/443080/4 "2008-03-28T21:31:06Z")

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[QUOTE=ShibbOleth]  
FWIW, if you’re a rogue and pickpocket ogres or trolls, you get these books by the bucket.

Another interesing one is the “Gnomish effigy”, which is essentially a doll, sometimes found in Demons’ pockets.  
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You can also get [A Trashy Romance Novel], which you can actually read a couple of pages of.

I think these are usually looted from Blood Elves. 🙂