Baby LeRoy (born as Ronald LeRoy Overacker, 1932-2001) was the youngest actor ever given a contract by a major Hollywood studio. He is most famous for co-starring with W. C. Fields in three films, "Tillie and Gus" (1933); "The Old Fashioned Way" (1934) and "It's a Gift" (1934). His short-lived fame was probably responsible for the sudden peak in USA popularity of the name LeRoy in 1934 and 1935 before it started swiftly declining.
Every time I hear this I think "Leeroy Jenkins!" It's an internet phenomenon spread from the über nerdy online game World of Warcraft. A player charged into a high-level dungeon with a distinctive cry of "Leeeeeeeerooooy. Jeeenkins!", ruining the meticulous attack plans of his group and getting them all killed. There are an insane amount of parodies and videos of Leeroy Jenkins' Light Brigade style charge on Youtube. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeroy_Jenkins
― Anonymous User 2/22/2009
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Leroy. Heh heh. I'm surprised no one else noted this, but Leroy is the name of the title character in 'Leroy and Stitch', the final installment in the 'Lilo and Stitch' movie/cartoon series. It makes sense, now that I'm thinking about it, 'King'.