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 ===Diablo Mini-Pet===
-The first World of Warcraft expansion, the Burning Crusade, added a Diablo mini-pet as a reward for people who purchased the expansion. (Which means that absolutely everyone playing the game today has one.)
+The initial release of ''World of WarCraft'' added a Diablo mini-pet as a reward for people who purchased the Collector's Edition.
 This pet follows, is very cute in a fierce sort of way, and has a fire-breathing "rest" animation.

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	Oddly, the Fetish Shaman is not riding piggyback, as these demons always have in the game.		Oddly, the Fetish Shaman is not riding piggyback, as these demons always have in the game.
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		+	===Tyrael's Charger===
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		+	Tyrael's Charger[http://www.wowhead.com/item=76755/tyraels-charger#.] a World of Warcraft epic mount, a flying horse wearing [[Tyrael]]-styled armor, was first discovered through data-mining[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/tyrael-sparkle-pony-revealed] on October 28, 2011. The full details were revealed soon afterwards,[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3767193] and the mount was available as a perk with the purchase of the twelve-month World of Warcraft Annual Pass. Subscribers to that plan also received a free copy of Diablo III upon release, and along with other perks.
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		+	Screenshots showing off the creature can be seen below.
		+	<gallery>
		+	File:Easter-tyraels-charger2.jpg
		+	File:Easter-tyraels-charger3.jpg
		+	</gallery>
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		+	===DOTA's Witch Doctor===
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		+	One of the characters in Blizzard's [[DOTA]] is a version of the Diablo III [[Witch Doctor]]. See [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzards-dota-trailer-revealed-witch-doctor this news post from Blizzcon 2011] for the game trailer video, as well as video of a Blizzcon panel devoted to their DOTA project.
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		+	<gallery>
		+	File:Easter-dota-wd.jpg
		+	</gallery>

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 These can be major features, such as Diablo 2's {{iw|Secret_Cow_Level Secret Cow Level}}, but more commonly they are smaller inside jokes. For instance, Diablo 2 featured the names of the game designers and prominent members of the fansite community as items, monsters, {{iw|Mercs mercenaries}} and other things.
-This page covers Easter Eggs in Diablo 3 and Diablo-themed Easter Eggs in other games. See also:
+This page covers Diablo-themed Easter Eggs in other games. See also:
 * {{iw|Diablo_I_Easter_Eggs Diablo I Easter Eggs}}
 * {{iw|Diablo_II_Easter_Eggs Diablo II Easter Eggs}}

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	::'''[[Kevin Martens]]:''' There's some Easter Eggs.		::'''[[Kevin Martens]]:''' There's some Easter Eggs.
	::'''[[Leonard Boyarsky]]:''' Yeah, there's something hidden in there. It's just fun stuff. It's nothing that the people are going to be like, "Oh my God, I found this thing. I found the fifth class!" Nothing like that. It's just fun little jokes here and there.		::'''[[Leonard Boyarsky]]:''' Yeah, there's something hidden in there. It's just fun stuff. It's nothing that the people are going to be like, "Oh my God, I found this thing. I found the fifth class!" Nothing like that. It's just fun little jokes here and there.
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−	~~==Diablo III Easter Eggs==~~
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−	~~There are dozens of Easter Eggs in Diablo III, both big and small. The full listing is maintained in a separate article, as this page is overcrowded with other related Diablo Easter Eggs.~~
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−	* See the [[Diablo III Easter Eggs]] article for full details.
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−	~~===Secret Rainbow Level?===~~
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−	~~[[File:Secret-level-unicorn1.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|Rainbow attack unicorn "fan" art by [[Bashiok]].]]~~
−	The most likely early contender for a secret level style of Easter Egg in Diablo 3 developed shortly after the game was announced. The early fan complaints about rainbows and bright colors that turned into the [[Art Controversy]] led to numerous jokes about rainbows, unicorns, happy clouds, and such. The D3 Team parodied this idea with their hugely-[http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1982 popular Blizzcon 2008 t-shirts], and some months later, when Diablo 3 Community Manager [[Bashiok]] posted a photoshopped Diablo 3 screenshot featuring a unicorn apparently farting a rainbow that created a deadly "love combo" of slaughtered monsters, the "Secret Rainbow Level" rumors were off and running.
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−	This is entirely speculative, but it's not out of the realm of possibilities. The {{iw\|Secret_Cow_Level Diablo II Secret Cow Level}} got its start in similar fashion; it was just an April Fool's joke for a screenshot, made in response to the persistent Diablo I secret cow level rumors, and there was so much fan reaction and enjoyment that the team went ahead and put it into the game. The [[D3 Team]] is under no compunction to include a joke secret level, but Blizzard designers have always shown a good sense of humor, and as famous and enjoyed as the D2 secret level was, they've go to be feeling some pressure to live up to that standard with Diablo III.
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−	~~Only time, and possibly April Fool's screenshots, will tell.~~
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−	~~===Christmas 2010 Barbarian Santa===~~
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−	~~[[File:Easter-xmas-barbarian2010.jpg\|thumb\|150px\|Barbarian Santa.]]~~
−	Blizzard released this image of a demonic-looking Barbarian Santa Claus as a special holiday image for Christmas 2010. The image was also included on the December page in the 2010 Diablo III wall [[calendar]].
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−	It appears to be a regular piece of Barbarian concept art that's been modified for the season, with the hat and Barbarian costume, the elf (a [[Fallen Imp]]) added and given a hat, the presents, the snow, etc.
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−	~~===Diablo 2 Act Five Mercenary Name Change===~~
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−	This mysterious event occurred when the D2 v1.13 patch was released in 2009. The patch.txt said that two Mercenary names, "Klar" and "Tryneus" were added, and when fans dug into the code they discovered: <ref> {{cite web \| url = http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/the-mystery-of-klar-and-tryneus/ \| title = v1.13, Act 5 Merc Name Changes \| accessdate = 2010-08-13 \| date = 2010-12-15 \| publisher = Diii.net \| quote = One of the odder tidbits in the v1.13 patch notes is this little line, “Updated two Act 5 mercenary names to Klar and Tryneus.” What does this mean? Why was the change made? }}</ref>
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−	~~::In 1.13, MercX136 is called 'Klar', in 1.12 it was 'Weohstan'.~~
−	~~::In 1.13, MercX135 is called 'Tryneus', in 1.12 it was 'Erfor'.~~
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−	Blizzard has offered no explanation for this inexplicable change. There is some fan speculation that it's meant to set up some plot development in Diablo 3, since there didn't seem any other reason to change those two merc names eight years after D2X was released.
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−	If there's some plot reason to use the names of two Act Five mercs in Diablo 3, Blizzard could easily have just used two existing merc names. That they changed the names in this fashion, intentionally calling attention to their actions, makes it seem meaningful.

	==Diablo Easter Eggs in Warcraft III==		==Diablo Easter Eggs in Warcraft III==

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-==Official Comments==
+==Blizzard Comments on Diablo 3 Easter Eggs==
-The [[D3 Team|Diablo 3 team]] has not yet revealed any of the Easter Eggs they have planned for Diablo 3 (of course not, or they wouldn't be surprises!) but they've spoken in general terms about wanting to include such surprises and bonuses.
+The [[D3 Team|Diablo 3 team]] did not reveal any of the Easter Eggs they had planned for Diablo 3 in advance (of course not, or they wouldn't be surprises!) but the developers have spoken in general terms about wanting to include such surprises and bonuses.
 [[Jay Wilson]], August 2008: [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/08/07/diablo-iii-cow-level/]
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 ==Diablo III Easter Eggs==
-None are yet confirmed to be in the game (of course not, they're surprises!) but some hints have been given.
+There are dozens of Easter Eggs in Diablo III, both big and small. The full listing is maintained in a separate article, as this page is overcrowded with other related Diablo Easter Eggs.

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 ==Diablo 3 Easter Eggs in Starcraft 2==

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 ===Murkablo===
 This Diablo-styled [[Murloc]] mini-pet was seen on the World of Warcraft test realm in April 2011. It's not yet active in the game, and is widely-presumed to be a special prize that will be given out in the [[BlizzCon 2011]] [[goodie bag]], or else as part of the [[Diablo III Collector's Edition]].
 The creature can be seen in-game in a short movie embedded in the news post.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-murloc-wow-pet-for-blizzcon-2011/] This is not the finished version; the animations are reused from the [[Deathy]] mini-pet from [[BlizzCon 2010]].
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 ==Diablo Easter Eggs in World of Warcraft==
-[[File:Easter-wow-mini diablo.png|thumb|125px|Diablo mini-pet.]]There aren't (yet) any specifically-Diablo 3 [[Easter Eggs]] in [[World of Warcraft]]. There are, however, a number of  Easter Eggs derived from the Diablo series on the whole.
+[[File:Easter-wow-mini diablo.png|thumb|125px|Diablo mini-pet.]]There aren't (yet) any specifically-Diablo 3 [[Easter Eggs]] in [[World of Warcraft]]. There are, however, a number of Easter Eggs derived from the Diablo series on the whole.
 * In reference to his demonic form in Frozen Throne, one of Illidan's gag quotes is "Wings, horns, hooves...what am I saying, is this Diablo?"
 * An item called the {{iw|Cow_King Cow King}}'s Hide.
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 This was one of the rarest and most sought-after of all mini-pets at the time, with codes selling for upwards of $800 on eBay.
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 Only time, and possibly April Fool's screenshots, will tell.
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 If there's some plot reason to use the names of two Act Five mercs in Diablo 3, Blizzard could easily have just used two existing merc names. That they changed the names in this fashion, intentionally calling attention to their actions, makes it seem meaningful.
 ==Diablo Easter Eggs in Warcraft III==