Kunkka

Trivia

 * Kunkka was named in honour of the artist who made numerous pieces of loading screen art for DotA and Dota 2.


 * Kunkka's official alternate/fun names were "Daelin Proudmoore", "CoCo", and "Captain Obvious". Daelin Proudmoore was a campaign boss in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne; his hero model is borrowed by Kunkka in DotA.


 * In his DotA biography, it is stated that some people called him "Jack Sparrow," but it was never seen as his name in-game. Jack Sparrow is the name of the main character in the Pirates of the Carribean movie franchise.


 * His rival hero taunts against, , and , and his allied lines for and , all come from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner".


 * His battle begin line vo_kunkka_kunk_battlebegins_02.mp3 "Rough seas ahead, crew. Strap me to the mizzen when I give the word." is likely a reference to The Odyssey, where Odysseus commands his crew to strap him to the mast so he could hear the Sirens sing.


 * Jon St. John, Kunkka's voice actor, originally suggested to Valve to base Kunkka's voice on the voice he used for Varian Wrynn from World of Warcraft.
 * The final voice is based on a "bad impression" of Captain Picard, a character from the Star Trek universe.