Easter eggs An Easter egg is an undocumented , obscure , or otherwise " hidden " command — usually buried deep within a program ' s source - code and only triggered by executing a certain series of actions or system commands . Often , an Easter egg will reveal an inside joke , though Easter eggs can also be placed into in - game props and scenery or only in areas visible to those that are actively using " cheat codes " ( or otherwise circumventing the " normal " operation of the software ) . While Easter eggs were once included in virtually all computer software , software companies such as Microsoft have discontinued the practice , citing security concerns associated with undocumented ( and often untested ) code . For more hidden in - jokes and references , see in - jokes and references . Easter eggs in - game . These are mostly Blizzard - related Easter eggs . There is no particular order to the listing of these references . Guards . Guards of cities will respond to some emotes such as / wave , / rude , / kiss , / chicken , / shy , or / salute . This does not apply to all guards though , most notably Darnassus Sentinel s do not reply to emotes and even the same guard will not always respond . However , if you ask a Darnassus Sentinel about the enchanting trainer , she may respond as if you said she was enchanting . Also , if a blood elf paladin / eye a Silvermoon Guard , they will / kneel . Goblin Shredder display . If you look into the cockpit of a Goblin Shredder , you can see a picture of from " " on the control panel . Michel Koiter . At the Shrine of the Fallen Warrior , there is a memorial dedicated to an orc with the initials " M - K " . M K was Michel Koiter , one half of Twincruiser , a Blizzard illustrator who passed away during the development of " World of Warcraft " . If you visit the memorial , you will find a spirit healer named Koiter . Mountaineer Pebblebitty . Players who are fed up with the rude female dwarf who presides over the quest chain to obtain the key to Searing Gorge , Mountaineer Pebblebitty in extreme southern Loch Modan , may feel inclined to use / rude on her after all the trouble she puts them through . Blizzard has anticipated this and provided an appropriate response . Deeprun Tram sightings . When you are riding on the tram , when in the underwater area , you can sometimes see Nessy , a naga siren , a Deeprun Diver , a Basking Shark , or a Deeprun Chest . Vanity pets . If you own a non - combat pet and stop moving for a while , it will begin to sleep or do other kinds of emotes . Stratholme Spectral Citizens . If you type / dance on the civilian ghosts in Stratholme , they will respond in kind and dance with you . Even if you attack them , subsequently dancing with them will make them dance with you instead of continuing to attack you . Also , appropriately , they will respond to the / rude emote with a rude action of their own . Hidden Mickey Mouse . An exceptionally well hidden Mickey Mouse is located in the Valley of Honor within the Horde city of Orgrimmar , where the Hunter trainers are . It is so large , and so well sculpted into the surroundings , that most people will never know that it is there . The only way to see it is to manually increase the maximum zoom setting of the camera . However , this was supposedly removed with Cataclysm . Punch cards . The punch cards you get in Gnomeregan all have hidden binary messages on them which can be translated easily from screenshots with an online translator . Bambi . Bambina ( Bambi ) , Mother of Bambina ( Bambi ' s Unnamed Mother ) , Flora ( Flower ) , and Thudder ( Thumper ) will all be walking in close proximity to the Westfall Brigade Encampment where the ground is yellow ( You will know what I mean when you get there ) . Also , there is a mob named " Westfall Brigade Hunter " who will occasionally spawn and shoot Mother of Bambina and do a / cheer , causing Bambina to become enraged , get renamed to " Vengeful Bambina " , and start attacking the Hunter . The Lost Vikings . In Uldaman , a trio of dwarfs can be found : Olaf , Eric " the Swift , " and Baelog . These three function as a reference to a video game called " The Lost Vikings " . and are also references ; Tsol and Gni ' kiv are " lost " and " viking " backwards . Fun graphics . Along the Webwinder Path , there are some fallen trees . One end of these trees are adorned with smiley faces . Jason . In Elwynn Forest " Crystal Lake " is a reference to " Friday the 13th " . You can also find " Jason Mathers " at the dock next to the fishing trainer . There is also a large smiley face underneath Karazhan . You can see it if you log out near Karazhan . Once you log back in , before the doodads and NPCs load up , you can see the smiley face . Humans can get under Karazhan to the smilie face by jumping to a certain ditch in the corner of the rubble in the back side of Karazhan ( facing the crypt / graveyard ) . You can also find 2 skeletons in a bed in the Guest Quarters , specifically the door opposite of the entrance . One skeleton is holding a vial while the other has a knife in the lower rib cage , this is a reference to " Romeo and Juliet " in which Romeo drank poison and Juliet stabbed herself in the stomach . There is also a small bouquet of roses above their bodies . In Searing Gorge , if you head just a little north of Blackchar Cave and zoom your mini - compass all the way out , you can see a smiley face in it . When floating underwater , one of the motes that float by will very occasionally be a tiny smiley face . In Stranglethorn Vale , the vines on trees look like orc faces , or possibly , the Great Deku Tree from the " Legend of Zelda " series . If one zooms in to the top of a Restoration Druid in Tree of Life form , he can see a hidden smiley face on the bark . In the Allen Farmstead in Gilneas there is a painting of a girl . Look closely and you ' ll notice she opens and closes her eyes . Other paintings across the world share this odd attribute ; there is no known lore - related explanation . On any " Icebreaker " ship , there is a smiley face inside at the front . Lost . There is a small island in the Bittertide Lake in Sholazar Basin with a door and a handle , on which there is a plaque that reads " 5 9 16 17 24 43 " . It ' s a reference to the sequence of numbers " 4 8 15 16 23 42 " from the show . There is also a Darkmoon Fortune Card with the sequence numbers from Lost . Help . Northeast of Thunder Bluff , on top of a mountain is a line of text that reads " HELP " backwards . LOL . Just Southeast of Hammerfall at the right angle , you can clearly see " LOL " carved into the mountain - side . Blind Guardian . In the Quest " Blindeye the Guardian " , you kill an ettin of the same name . This could easily be referring to the band Blind Guardian . Interestingly , the building he is in looks similar to a guitar from the air . Bioshock . Big Papa and Alice At Windshear Hold in the Stonetalon Mountains , there is an elite gnome mech called Big Papa . Around the massive machine wanders a strange young girl who occasionally speaks up , saying " Wake up Mr . P " or " Wake up Mr . P ! You ' ve gotta save the spirits . " These two are a reference to the Big Daddy and Little Sister duos who move around the city of Rapture in the critical darling " Bioshock " by 2K games . In the same area , a man named Anderov Ryan paces around . He is another reference to " Bioshock " , specifically referring to the first game ' s antagonist , Andrew Ryan . In Stormwind City , a young woman in a familiar blue dress strolls through the streets by the name of Elizabeth Birdsong . She is a reference to the third Bioshock game , " Bioshock Infinite " , a fact referenced by her dialogue : " The possibilities are infinite . " Her last name is also a nod to the character of the Songbird , the guardian of Elizabeth in " Infinite " . Pilgrim Squash . At the Imperial Granary in the Valley of the Four Winds , a structure plagued by Sprites , a squash wearing a pilgrim hat can be found . This may be a reference to the American holiday of Thanksgiving , and its inception in particular , when colonists were all but forced to drink alcohol due to the poor quality of the drinking water . Gravis Slipknot . In Hillsbrad Foothills , there is a rare mob named Gravis Slipknot . This NPC is named after the band Slipknot , a reference confirmed by the character ' s quip when combat is initiated : " Greetings , hapless adventurer , I ask only that you wait a moment . . . and BLEED ! " Slipknot has a song called " Wait and Bleed . " Red vs Blue . In the Twilight Highlands , the Horde hold an outpost called Blood Gulch , a reference to the most famous map from the multiplayer segment of the quintessential first person shooter game " Halo : Combat Evolved " . The franchise that followed this game spawned many ' machinimas ' ( fan - made productions within the games ) , the most famous of these being Red vs Blue . Among the leading cast of characters in this long - running machinima series is a SPARTAN - II named Grif , and an identically - named NPC appears in the Blood Gulch outpost .