The male Blood Elf dance in World of Warcraft is actually based on Napoleon’s dance from the movie Napoleon Dynamite. It was originally based on the “Jack Rabbit Slims” dance scene from Pulp Fiction, but was changed after a lawsuit (unverified) was threatened by choreographer Robert Kehr.[3]
The female Blood Elf dance in World of Warcraft is actually based on Britney Spears’ Toxic performance during live concerts.
Male Blood Elves were originally thinner, rather than their current toned form. Some beta-testers complained about the perceived femininity of their look. Blizzard gave them a more masculine build though this may not have been the only deciding factor.[4] However, male blood elves in World of Warcraft retain some effeminate aspects in their voiced emotes, such as /silly (“Don’t you wish your girlfriend was hot like me?”) Except for the skeletal Undead, they are still the slimmest race.
Before the official release of Burning Crusade, the Blood Elves had a hairstyle resembling Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII
The male blood elves in World of Warcraft are voiced by veteran voice actor Cam Clarke.
The female blood elf flirt “No, no I won’t do that. But my sister will…” is a reference to the ZZ Top track, Tube Snake Boogie.
One of the Male Blood Elf flirts “I know every rose has its thorn, but if you would just pour some sugar on me we could rock and roll all night and par-tay every day…” is from the songs Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Pour Some Sugar on Me and Rock and Roll All Nite by rock bands Poison, Def Leppard and Kiss, respectively.
According to a survey made by the Warcraft Census at 08-15-07, Blood Elves are currently the more popular of the 2 playable races that were introduced with the Burning Crusade expansion pack, are currently the most popular Horde race overall (the 2nd most popular horde race being the Undead), and are currently the 3rd most popular race in the game (ranking behind the Humans and Night Elves).