# Leeroy Jenkins

> A staged Warcraft raid wipe reached 45.9 million views on one YouTube repost.

- Owner: PALS FOR LIFE / Ben Schulz / Ben Vinson
- Kind: Creator moment
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2005-05-11
- Milestone date: 2017-03-31
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 38 (Niche), v1.3
- Mechanics: Catchphrase, Platform jump, Press loop, Controversy, Political adoption

## Summary

PALS FOR LIFE shared a staged raid wipe on Warcraft forums and WarcraftMovies. Reposts carried it to YouTube, while Jeopardy! and press reached other audiences. Blizzard turned Leeroy into cards, an achievement and a recruitable character.

## Timeline

- 2005-05-11 — Abduhl / PALS FOR LIFE (Open web) — PALS FOR LIFE shared the raid-wipe video through a WoW forum thread and WarcraftMovies.
- 2005-05-15 — Tyren / Blizzard (Open web) — Blizzard forum representative Tyren replied that he could not stop laughing at the video.
- 2005-11-16 — Jeopardy! (TV) — Jeopardy! named Leeroy Jenkins in a clue whose answer was World of Warcraft.

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Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/leeroy-jenkins

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Leeroy Jenkins.” Case HIS-01509. Spread Score v1.3: 38/100. Updated 2026-10-23. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01509