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Development
- Main article: Nunu (Development)
- During Alpha Test, Willump was simply called Yeti and Nunu was a girl named Yuralia, that had the ability to freeze her enemies into place with blasts of cold.
- Nunu was voiced by Cristina Milizia, who also voices
Amumu and 
Annie.[1] - Willump was voiced by Brian Sommer, who also voices
Tryndamere, 
Demonblade Tryndamere and 
Warwick, the Blood Hunter.
- Nunu is voiced by Lucas Jaye in
League of Legends[2], and by Adrian Raio in Song of Nunu. - Willump is voiced by Jonathan Lipow in both League of Legends[3] and Song of Nunu.
Willump Bot's voice is created using the voice "Ryan" from the Acapela text-to-speech software.- Nunu is heavily inspired by Inuit cultures.[4]
- In the duo's updated lore, with
Willump as a guardian of and 
Nunu as vessel for the magical memories of ancient mortal heroes, is possibly inspired by the Indo-European professional poets.[5]
- Willump is inspired by the eponymous Himalayan cryptid, whose name གཡའ་དྲེད་, g.ya' dred [jaʈ(ʂ)ʰe] means literally "rock bear" in Tibetan.
- One of the goals of Nunu & Willump's rework was to give them the saddest death animation in the game.
- Every sound Willump makes in-game has been translated into human words so that his voice actor would know exactly what inflections to put into the sounds.
- One of the spells tested on Nunu & Willump involved using climbing rope in order to lasso champions; lasso'd champions could not move a certain distance away from Nunu.[6]
- One of the scrapped narrative pitches during development involved Nunu & Willump as part of a traveling circus troupe who secretly found and hid artifacts from
Lissandra. However the Frostguard found out and slaughtered the tribe, but not before Nunu stole a shard of true ice which he uses to 
create infinite snowballs.[7]
Universe
Universe- Main article: Nunu (Character)
- Nunu suggests that Willump's favorite foods are "
Roasted Raptosaurus, 
Pollywog pudding, 
Egg popsicles, 
Rocks, 
More rocks, and 
Bloblets."
- Willump doesn't eat human foods as they do not provide magic/arcane power.
- Willump has a different perspective on the world because he's so ancient. He sometimes tones down his wisdom so he can have fun with his best friend, but they have moments of mentorship too.
- Nunu's mother was the singer in
Ornn's teaser song, The Path to Hearth-Home.[8] - {Nunu is 8 years old, while Willump is much older (possibly old as the three sisters).
- Nunu was 5 years old when he obtained his flute and was separated from his mother and tribe after a raider attack.
- Svellsongur is Old Norse for "Swell Singer."
- Nunu is theorized to be about 4'2", with Willump being about 12'.
- Nunu could develop a crush on Annie, due to a voice line from the Nunu & Willump Bot skin, referring to her as "too pretty".
League of Legends
League of LegendsGameplay
- Main article: Nunu (League of Legends)
- Nunu was named after Steve 'Guinsoo' Feak's dog.[9]
- Nunu is also a nickname for his wife.[10]
- The update in patch V7.16 that made it so the portrait of the selected skin would be used in the central portion of the in-game UI showed the portrait of
Willump instead of Nunu for every skin except for his 
Original skin. 
Absolute Zero was named after the theoretical temperature at which matter stops moving completely (referencing both slows the ability has) and has the highest single ability power ratio in-game (300%).- In the V1.0.0.115 April Fools' Day patch, he was jokingly listed to receive a skin called "Nunurf", referencing
Urf.
- Nunu & Willump drop a
soul each. - Their dance is an updated version of their old animation in which Willump dances and Nunu provides
flute music. - Willump was most likely inspired by several characters from different media, such as:
- Stitch from the Lilo & Stitch franchise,
- Wild Thing from Where the Wild Things Are series,
- Appa from Avatar: The Last Airbender series.
Quotes
- Main article: Nunu (League of Legends Audio)
- ▶️ "I bet, if we stayed really still we become invisible!" references
Teemo's 
passive. - ▶️ "One
dragon to rule them all!" references The Lord of the Rings. ("One ring to rule them all.")
- ▶️ "Don't make the yeti angry. You won't like him when he's angry!" references the famous quote made by Hulk from Marvel Comics.
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- ▶️ "Speak softly... and ride a big yeti!" references Theodore Roosevelt ("Speak softly and carry a big stick.")
- ▶️ Willump: "Oh, hi Marc." is a pun line for Marc 'Tryndamere' Merrill that quotes The Room (film).
- ▶️ Willump: "Party in the front, Brambles in the back." references Joe Dirt. ("Business in the front, party in the back.")
- ▶️ Willump: "To damage, or not to damage; let me thi- thi- thi- thi- to damage." references Hamlet. ("To be or not to be, that is the question.")
- ▶️ Willump: "This monster makes me angry, it will not like me when I'm angry." references The Hulk's famous quote. It was carried as a reference from his old base voice-over (but not to his new base voice-over).
- ▶️ Willump: "I have a need for speed." quotes Top Gun.
- ▶️ Willump: "Krug life!" is a play on Thug Life.
- ▶️ Willump: "Epic lolz." is leetspeak.
- ▶️ Willump: "I have learned the true value of friendship. 43." references The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
- ▶️ Willump: "Rock 'em and sock 'em!" references Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots.
- ▶️ Willump: "The fourth law in robotics... is punching." references Isaac Asimov's 'Robot' series.
- ▶️ Willump: "Oh the damages! The damages!" references Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. ("The horror! The horror!")
- ▶️ Nunu: "Kawaii desu!" as a response to the Star Guardian skin line alludes to the magical girl anime-genre, while referencing the phrase's (intentionally incorrect) use by anime fandom.
- ▶️ Willump: "I am become Death, Destroyer of Noobs." is a play on the quote by J. Robert Oppenheimer.
- ▶️ Willump: "Doggos intensifies." uses the internet slang term for cute dogs.
- ▶️ Nunu: "Apply wrench directly to the forehead!" references HeadOn Commercials.
- ▶️ Willump: "Only you can prevent forest fires, by killing
Red Buff." is a play on the quote by Smokey Bear. - ▶️ Willump: "Chickety check yourself before you get wrecked yourself." is a play on a lyric from Check Yo Self.
- ▶️ Willump: "Rolling it down mid." references Tyler1's toxic behavior.
- ▶️ Willump: "Jungling is so easy." references Support is so easy.
- ▶️ Willump: "I need 6 more
RP for Star Guardian Urgot." references the popular 
Star Guardian Urgot meme. - ▶️ Willump: "Can't Killean the Zillean." references Can't Killean the Zillean.
- ▶️ Willump: "Love me some Tryndamere." is a play on Marc 'Tryndamere' Merrill's 'Love me some Regi' comment.
- He shares this quote with ▶️
Pulsefire Caitlyn.
- He shares this quote with ▶️
- ▶️ Willump: "Another Ryze rework in 3... 2... 1." references
Ryze's many reworks, which has also seen meme-status. - ▶️ Nunu: "Did you see all the bugs beneath that guy's armor?" references
Mordekaiser's many in-game bugs. - ▶️ Willump: "You have dangerous eye-eye-eye-eye- guns." references ▶️
"You've got dangerous eyes, I like that" and is also a double entendre. - ▶️ Willump: "Now I am the Super-bot." references the skin's old quote ▶️
"When I first met you, I was the bot. Now I am the Super-bot." - ▶️ Willump: "Their tears are fully stacked." is a pun for stacking
Tear of the Goddess. - There are multiple references to the old popular meme video 'pro as heck guide to master yi':
- ▶️ Willump: "Now we have the
blue circle, which looks really sweet." - ▶️ Willump: "Now we have the
red circle, which looks sweet and helps us kill faster." - ▶️ Willump: "Now watch as this intense boss battle unfolds."
- ▶️ Willump: "Brambleback is dangerous because he is red."
- ▶️ Willump: "Not so rude now, are you?"
- ▶️ Willump: "Those guys were worthless. Get dunked."
- ▶️ Willump: "Master Yi, you kill fast, and are honorable."
- ▶️ Nunu: "Watch out! He has sword boots!"'
- ▶️ Willump: "Now we have the
- The binary numbers Willump spells out during death translate to "noob":
- ▶️ Willump: "Rito Plsssss." might be a reference to Riot Pls which derives from a common meme used to complain to Riot Games Inc..
- ▶️ Nunu: "Dragon down, Dream Drop Destruction!" is likely referencing Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.
- ▶️ Willump: "Super Robot Wars, begin." references the Super Robot Wars series.
- ▶️ Willump: "I am so awesome, I have
Flash on D and F." might be a reference to the age-old Keybind Wars (Flash on D or F). - ▶️ Willump: "I have a bad feeling about this." quotes the running gag in Star Wars.
- ▶️ Willump: "Welcome to the Destroyed Monster club, appreciate it alot." is a play on a quote by Imaqtpie.
- ▶️ Willump: "Challenger is only a state of mind, Nunu. And a sweet jacket." references the 2016 Challenger jacket.
- The pun ▶️ Willump: "I promise I won't tilt this time Nunu, I don't want you to fall off." references tilting, meaning frustration when playing games.
- They share quotes with:
Skins
- Main article: Nunu (Collection)
- Nunu has brown eyes in his artwork, while his eyes are green in game.
- His eyes are also brown in
Grungy Nunu & Willump's artwork.
- His eyes are also brown in
- His
very first splash art was directly tweaked for the first splash art of his 
Sasquatch skin.
- The second splash art for his
Sasquatch skin also seems to have borrowed the pose from his first classic splash art.
- The second splash art for his
- This skin shares the Fables theme with:
- Willump references the Sasquatch, another name for Bigfoot.
Sasquatch Nunu
- Willump wears the
Banshee's Veil around his neck.
- Willump wears the
- This skin shares the Snowdown Showdown theme with:
- Nunu is dressed like a Christmas elf from Santa's workshop while Willump is a
Giant Reindeer Poro. - Svellsongur is replaced with a candy cane.
- He was released in celebration of Snowdown Showdown 2009 along with:
Workshop Nunu
- Nunu is dressed like a Christmas elf from Santa's workshop while Willump is dressed like Santa Claus.
- This skin shares the Toy Box theme with:
Renektoy and toy versions of 
Tibbers, 
Original Teemo, 
Cottontail Teemo and Grungy Willump can be seen in the background.- Nunu references Boo while Willump references Sulley (both of which are characters from the animated Disney Pixar film, Monsters, Inc.).
- Svellsongur is replaced with a toy recorder.
Grungy Nunu
- Nunu is a reference to Oscar the Grouch while Willump is a reference to the Cookie Monster, both from Sesame Street.
- This skin shares the Heavy Metal theme with:
- The background of their splash art is the same arena as in
Full Metal Pantheon splash art. - "WILLUMP" is an acronym for Workframe Integrated Lossless Lifeform Uploaded Mainly for Punching.
- Svellsongur is replaced with a wrench secured to Nunu's back.
- Nunu fires energy blasts from his wrench during Snowball Barrage.
- Nunu fires energy blasts from his wrench during
- Their joke creates a holographic projection of old Nunu Bot.
- Their dance is likely a reference to the "Disco Nunu" meme, where one would gamethrow by dancing in the middle of a lane in order to get killed by the enemy while using
Clairvoyance and 
Scrying Orb to give the appearance of a disco ball. 
Nunu Bot
- He was named after and references the eponymous series by 'angrygoran'.
- His voice differs from the series because, according to 'angrygoran' himself, another one had to be used due to copyright concerns.
- He was named after and references the eponymous series by 'angrygoran'.
- This skin shares the Rift Quest theme with:
- Svellsongur is replaced with a spiked mace that resembles
pre-rework Mordekaiser's mace. 
Demolisher Nunu
- He references Master Blaster from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and/or Juggernaut from X-Men by Marvel Comics.
- This skin shares the World Champions: 2012 theme with:
- He was released in celebration of Taipei Assassins winning the Season Two World Championship along with:
- He represents MiSTakE.
- This skin shares the Zombies VS Slayers theme with:
Zombie Brand can be seen in the background.- He was released in celebration of Harrowing 2015 along with:
- They reference The Walking Dead, Left 4 Dead, and/or Zombie Tycoon.
- All ice effects are replaced with a substance resembling vomit and/or radioactive liquid.
- Both Nunu and Willump groan to each other instead of speaking.
Papercraft Nunu & Willump
Chromas: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Catseye, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby
Chromas:- This skin shares the Papercraft theme with:
- While not directly sharing a splash art with
Papercraft Anivia, their splash arts can join together to make one larger image. - This skin was inspired by Origami.
- Svellsongur is replaced with a pair of scissors secured to Nunu's back. During his dance, Nunu instead blows through a makeshift paper flute.
- The paper prop in Nunu & Willump's recall is actually 4 different models swapping in/out.[11]
Space Groove Nunu & Willump Chromas: Catseye, Disco, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Turquoise
- This skin shares the Space Groove theme with:
Nunu & Beelump Chromas: Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Rainbow, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite
- This skin shares the Bees! theme with:
Bee'Koz
Bee'Maw
Beekeeper Singed
Beemo
Beezahar- ...and others
Beezcrank
BZZZiggs
King Beegar
Orbeeanna
Yuubee
- Svellsongur is replaced with a daisy flower with a smiley face.
Cosmic Paladins Nunu & Willump Chromas: Amethyst, Catseye, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Turquoise
- This skin shares the Cosmic theme with:
References
- ↑ Cristina Milizia
- ↑ Lucas Jaye on IMDb
- ↑ Willump VA
- ↑ Nunu's cultural inspiration
- ↑ West, M.L. Indo-European poetry and myth, p. 30
- ↑ Xenogenic of Scrapped Nunu Spells
- ↑ Interlocutioner on Scrapped Nunu Lore
- ↑ Nunu’s mother and Ornn
- ↑ Article Reviewing Nunu
- ↑ Article Reviewing Nunu
- ↑ https://twitter.com/RiotOhmu/status/1099016354093400064 Riot Ohmu Twitter