Food, please is taunt number three in Age of Empires II, the real-time strategy game first released in 1999. Players used numbered taunts to send quick spoken messages to allies and opponents without typing, and asking for food was one of the most practical requests because food powered villager and army production. Clips of the taunts later circulated among strategy fans and meme editors, who reused the short, polite voice line outside matches. Its brevity and clear meaning have kept it useful for jokes about hunger, shortages and begging for help.