Orks are what would've happened if British prisoners got Stargated to random planets instead of being shipped to Australia.

Fun fact: the SAS used pink camouflage in world war II for their jeeps and airplanes. It was to help conduct recon in early morning hours in deserts

Man even the comic relief in 40k is overpowered. Just makes it all the funnier when it comes to ridiculousness.

Headrippa being a Blood Axe makes WAAAAY too much sense

One thing about the deaf skulls is their pension for painting themselves blue as it's the luckiest color, and that is actually what some of the earliest British natives used to do, they're doing a battle completely painted blue. Edit: Spelling

I remember reading an article that the orks in Warhammer Fantasy were originally inspired by football(soccer) hooligans. There was an old article that said that Rogue Trader, the game that would become Warhammer 40k, basically took all the races of Warhammer Fantasy and put them in space.

(crawls out of the rubble, coughing and wiping ash off of my face) Hmm... Okay then. (grabs the mop and broom, hands them to my husband and his goomah self) You two start cleaning. I'm going to call the insurance company and see if they will cover this.

Everyone just knows that orcs are just sophisticated gentleman so if course their British because what else would they be.

Would be nice to see you analyse the cultural inspiration in the other factions of 40k

The Boyz are back in town 😎 I am so glad you did the followup so soon, awesome stuff!

To be honest, I've always kind of seen the Orks as being like the anime antagonists that TRY to be threatening, but come off as being like comedy relief. That's not to say that they're not threatening. I mean, they were able to bring the imperium to it's knees during the war of the beast. They ARE dangerous and you underestimate them at your own peril. But the sheer amount of wackiness and crazy adventures make them seem more like team rocket or yamcha, than vegeta or seto kaiba. This is not saying anything against british culture however. Orks and British culture is completely different beasts (heh, pun). Yes, Orks are BASED off of british culture, but this is like saying that the elves are based off of japanese and chinese culture. There are similarities, but they're not the same thing. So, yeah. TL:DR - Orks are just stupid fun

You know, this might be the only series on youtube that's ever gone into the specifics of ork culture and their inspiration, which isn't surprising given your content. I'm actually looking forward to the probably-inevitable tau video, since a lot of their lore is muddled, buried, and/or overlooked in the community and i genuinely do want to know more about them... Probably due to the fact that i came into the hobby after they were introduced.

That bit about English pirates is no small thing. What we think of as "the Pirate accent" in the modern era, complete with heavy rhotic Rs (which is why everyone think pirates go "ARRRRRR!"), is actually taken from West County England and in particular the Cornwall/Cornish area. This originated with Robert Guy Newton (a native of West County England), an actor who played Long John Silver in multiple films, particularly Walt Disney's first live-action film, "Treasure Island" in 1950, and its follow-up "Long John Silver" in 1954. This man and his native Cornish accent became so popular in the role of a pirate that he's permanently ingrained as the pop culture image of a pirate.

The Death Skulls make me think of ancient Celts with the blue war paint. That's it, it's a very superficial guess.

Whenever I think of Britain's biker culture, I think of how JK Rowling found herself sitting next to a big bearded biker, feeling scared, until he proudly started gushing about his garden. And that's where Hagrid's inspiration came from

BIG BIRTHDAY STREAM ON TWITCH THIS UPCOMING TUESDAY 7pm US CENTRAL TIME! If I don't see you wall on my Twitch streams I'll see you all in October! Gonna enjoy my break and get some other things done, but I'll be ready to get back into the culture grind next month! Hope to see you all back!

You could probably also do the White Scars and their Primarch Jaghatai Khan, honor be his name, seeing as they are literally the Mongolians with Jaghatai Khan essentially being Ghengis Khan. Though yeah, I would like to see the Tau analysis first before the White Scars and more of the Orks.

Kind of disappointed that after all that talk about how the Death Skulls will take anything not nailed down, and then take the nails you didn't cut to the British Museum.

Now I want him to do a video on the Tau Empire.

somthin you might find interestin: the blood axes in the early fluff were abit different: they were all about organization, discipline and actually cleaning their boots. they were originally associated with the stormboyz, so it was more of a ww2 german military vibe. this was all described as them being rebellious youth cause of how unorky it all is. since discipline and stealth go together it was a natural shift over towards kommandos as the game developed.

The Orks were Brits in the Fantasy too, what was weird is that the Humans got an American accent when they went to 40k. When they also had English accents in WH Fantasy.

Best race in 40k, without question

Love the cover on our favorite green boiz! And you enjoy your break!

Well I gotta say I did not expect a Warhammer video from this channel. And it's about Orks! Yous one o' da Boyz now!

Dude, I love orcs. They're so freaking cool xD

3:03 big hulking green humanoids creatures using guerilla warfare oh by the Allspark that is frightning

You're great at what you do. None of this is new information for me but I still stayed around to the end because of the hilarious presentation!

Fun factoid: the Thrakka and Thatcher connection was completely coincidental and fabricated by the fans. But it has been lent into over the years by the settings writers… because it’s funny.

What an awesome episode boss! Well done and thanks for another brain melting good time 😃

This video was simply amazing. I loved it!

All right, this one was way better than the first one! Drawing parallels is definitely your brand when it comes to cultural inspiration analysis, and that's definitely what we got with this one! Sorry you got blown up at the end, though. Makes sense that you'd need a month off after that. 😬

Absolutely loved this video. My favorite race in 40k is Orks so this was such a treat. Would love to see you cover other races in 40k!

Time for an orc bounty hunt

Can Gaijin Goomba cover the cultural inspirations of Mucha Lucha?

I see them as space Australians

Itz KLANZ you Humie! And the T'au is one of your favorite is shocking, shocking I say... Great video as always.

First. Also, I'm surprised Orks don't have a Tankceratop of sorts.

16:16 I wonder if the White Scars and Evil Sunz make a habit of racing each other often?

Post 'Rogue Trader' the orks were a satire on the 1970's and 1980's football hooligans and the British underclass in general. Hence the chant "Ere we go." What we call 'Chavs', 'Neds' and 'Kevs' back home. Typically working class kids from rough areas who used to follow small local football teams, get on buses go to away games, drink too much and start fights with guys like them in other towns. CCTV and a few police operations with stiff sentences mostly wiped out those 'firms' and the 'football casuals' in general. The Speed freaks have less to do with the British motor racing industry and much more to do with 1980's and 1990's "boy racer" culture. Kids who used to buy a beaten up 500 dollar car. Then they would proceed to spend a fortune lowering the suspension, having flames painted down the side or the infamous "red 'go faster' stripes" (hence the whole 'red ones go faster' ork trope)... The Storm boys - 2nd edition - aesthetic and tactics seems to be initially based on world war one German Storm Troopers. The commisar hats, the WWI style box helmets and the military fatigue patterns.

GW created an Orc Battle Chief as a spitting image of then PM Margaret Thatcher. Savage!

Favorite Culture in Gaming KZfaqr doing a video on DA BOYZ?? Heck yeh

You know it’s gonna be good when the first five minutes get you laughing so hard you gotta pause the video! xD

That...Explains a lot?

Video 3 of asking Gaijin to check out The Rangers Apprentice book series. Also I don't use twitter or any other social media, so I wont know it its part of a poll or anything. Anyway, yeah, Gaijin, you gotta check it out. It is basically western ninja. The rangers in question are the spies, assasins, law enforcement, and overall coolest mutha fers ever. Their main weaponry and tools consist of a Long Bow, Throwing Knife, Saxe Knife, (Aka Seax Knife), Crackers, (Aka Brass Knuckles), a camo cloak that is always described as having green, grey, blue, and NEVER black, which they switch out for a white and grey one when the seasons change, a Ranger Horse who acts as transportation, proximity alarm, and overall companion(they are trained to be absurdly smart and loyal, with a password you need to tell the horse to be able to ride it, and just being amazing horses) and finally, a survival kit/rations. While the fictional country they are in isn't that large, it is mostly flat plains, except around the coast, where it gets more rocky and foresty. Rangers are trained to shoot a bow, the basics of almost every weapon, how to throw knifes, riding horses, mountaineering, survival, code breaking and understanding, how to climb basically anything, within reason of coarse, and they know, more then anything, the land. They learn to sleep as light as possible as to never be caught off guard. The Rangers have an extensive knowledge of the country, and a rudimentry understanding of every other country as well. And even though they are similar in rank to Barons, aka the semi-kings of their own county or fief, they only truley act under the king. However, they have secrets the king doesn't even know about. Halt, the mentor of the protaginist, actually has a copy of the Royal Stamp on his person at most times. That is completely illegal. Only the Royal Family can use the Royal Stamp. But you could argue that Halt, one of the oldest, most experienced, and most trusted by the King, could probably get away with it after a stern talking to. Yeah, he might. He also has a copy of every single Insignia and Official Document Stamp from every single country that their country has been in contact with, soooo... thats a bit more serious. Anyway, PLEASE check it out. It is literally Western Ninja.

Hey, Gaijin, do you know what would be a fun 40k project for you. You should do a video on the Tau and their rise and meeting with the other races of the galaxy, specifically during the Damocles Crusade. It'll be fun, you can draw parallels between the Tau and the Eastern world ( like China and Japan) and what they did and how they reacted to meeting the western powers. That'll be right up your alley.

Evil Sunz: Dis ere Umie called Char Aznable knos how ta ride and ave a good scrap!

I'M A DAY LATE??? How did I miss this? I HAD NOTIFICATIONS ON! (This fucking platform....) But love the intro you did. You're doing your best, Gaijin.

I love the dead pan reading in the beginning, video was great too.❤️

Weird... I guess that snakes-bit explains a lot about St Patrick's great feat was driving the snakes out of ireland O.o

I know nothing of warhammer 40k but I still found this video utterly fascinating

Wow, It feels like the last time you took a break, we didn't have to worry about masking up.

I feel like this makes too much sense

Also for 40k, they also take from 2000ad that most of them even shared staff as well. Dan Abnett, Simon Spurrier, Wagner, Pat Mills, and Kieron Gillian tend to have work history in both of them, even helping with licensed board games.

While I'm pretty sure you're tuning out comments already , a vacation head start. This was a very interest topic you covered , and a nice video. Have fun , take all the time you want.

Most privateers turned pirate after relations improved between nations and when given the choice between giving up their livelihood in exchange for amnesty that wasn't guaranteed, or continue their ventures without the protection of the crown, many chose to find safe port overseas and continue operating from there, privately.

Never heard of a snake being referred to as a "danger noodle" before, but it's gonna stick with me.

Purple is the sneakiest colour, you ever seen a purple Ork?…didn’t think so

you are a new one to me, looking forward to see how your content are.

I find that takeing Magret Tatcher at her word on the NHS might be the wierdest take i have ever seen in a 40K video.

As someone who doesn't play 40k, I was really not expecting that Margaret Thatcher jumpscare

The Snakebites sound like they could teach a thing or two to Blackadder.

Thank you for the video. :)

To be fair, the bad moons, I could easily see be based on the English Empires "borrowing" of natural resources, or even the East India Company specifically.

Love the old Clan artwork and codex pics

The Maggie thracture thing was funny.

5:31 Ah man the Jungle Fighters, the Rambos of 40K. Though Sly Marbo is obviously the Chuck Norris of 40K

WAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!

Oh please, I've heard your Kortag voice. You're fully capable of doing da orcy voice. Speaking of which, I hope Da Krew returns this Orctober! I miss that mess 😩

Just caught your Ork kultur vids love it!

There’s also a theory that “Ghazghkull” as a forename is a reference to Arthur “Scargill”, who was a trade union leader and generally considered Maggie Thatcher’s greatest political opponent.

Where's Commissar Yarrick when you need him to take care of some Orks.

Blinkin brilliant vid

Oh wow, today was the day I bought my first warhammer 40k set, and then this video comes out

Great video.

This makes me want to Warhammer. This video is really dope. I'm gonna watch it again.

Yay good vid, gotta love it. Thanks from me here in England.. gotta love those nutty orks they sure know how to liven things up.. And to be fair you should of seen that coming at the end, cuz you know when an ork gets bored he's going to do something about it lol.

Ya know...in my interest for WH40K I've really come down to two factions to choose from and I'm with GG on this one...it's either the Orks or the T'au. I love the T'au tech and mechs...but my playstyle for 90% of the games I've ever played (unless forced by the game otherwise) is....more Orky...I.E "Run in and hit it till it quits moving"...so the Orks playstyle is far more likely to be something I can work with. I haven't really put any major cash behind an army yet cause I just can't figure out which one I wanna dedicate that much cash to...table top miniwargaming, ESPECIALLY stuff from Games Workshop...ain't cheap...at all.

How's that dona resdent evil village 's yokai orgains coming along? Don't mean to sound intiteled or whinny . She is my favorite resident evil character and I can't find anything about her orgains Thank you

Loving these videos. You say you have an interest in the Tau? Tell us more.

Love it how he had to appease the yanks watching 🤣

Yeah if the orks blew up my house I’d want a vacation to, take care my friend.

Have a good break!

18:48 Hey, I remember that name from Orktober!

Despite all the Australia memes with the Catachan I'd say they're more inspired by America than Australia or the British considering the fact that they're 50% Rambo and 50% Predator.

Probably one of the bigger things about Thatcher and Thraka is the religious connection - Prime Ministers are also representatives of the Church of England in a sense, and Thatcher herself was a hardline Christian zealot, actively seeing herself as a warrior for Christ against the tides of progress. Christianity was the primary cited reason of her intentionally worsening the AIDS crisis by ignoring it, and introducing Section 28, a ban on mentioning the existence of queer people by any local authority, particularly in education, only overturned in 2003. Warhammer 40k on a grander scale is influenced by the Thatcherism of the time - her policies were actively inspired by fascism, even contemporary like Chile's dicator Pinochet being a close friend of hers. This was parodied to become things like the hardline upper-class human (white) supremacist Imperium of Man and their rotting dead emperor, only *technically* alive, that has thousands sacrificed to him per day, along with the ridiculous dedication to tradition and the guise of a holy crusade against all other races in the galaxy.

Gaijin, you might appreciate this... Thanks to your videos I was inspired to finally pull the trigger on my Ork Looter warband. Ork Freebootaz that looted a Tyranid warband. Jump packs? Nah, gargoyles used as gliders. Trukks? Nah, they got carnifex armed with shootaz.

I'm picturing a Snakebite dangling a squealing snotling on a stick to speed up their squig😂

Dude! When this vid popped up in my feed it had 40k views ^.^

I’m surprise he hasn’t done the Eldar or Tau yet

8:19 Where do you think murica’s gun lovin came from?

16:48 "Oh what a day. What a LOVELY DAY!!!"

Another side note about Evil Sunz, along with our racing history there is also our commitment (sometimes lethally) to pure speed. If strapping a couple of jet engines to a car and forcing it to stay grounded as it screams towards the sound barrier ain't orky, nothin' is.

I'm all about the necrons personally, but this was fun.

A WAAAAGH can be described as half holy war and half violent pub crawl.

Consider an analysis on the Aeldari when ya get back. But I'll take a T'au analysis too. ^w^ Rest up, old chum.

Fun fact: The Ork ships have windows they open up to scream to each other, IN SPACE

not sure if the Orks carried their own personal Thermos flask full of Bovril tea during winter.

Snakebite is a mix of cider and beer. Helps you get wrecked.

Okay so we now know, big G is strong enough to face tank an explosive device dropped in from presumably orbit… big G is stronk,

I was wondering if you could Cover " Li " from Gunfire Reborn , she's like a fire fox that I think does the ninjutsu hand sign things when she casts a fireball. Also great video : ) I hope you enjoy your break.