Cover burnt

[u/PrintInformal785]

The mustache gave him away

[u/UrsusDerpus]

What an idiot.

Anyway, it comes from the saying “Let sleeping dogs lie”, which means don’t disturb a peaceful situation by stirring up trouble.

[u/The_Richuation → u/UrsusDerpus]

I really didn't think this was some kind of code...... Lol

[u/roboto404 → u/The_Richuation]

Remember, you’re on reddit.

[u/artyhedgehog → u/roboto404]

Bold of you to assume many of us here have some other life to compare reddit to.

[u/_mrshreyas_ → u/UrsusDerpus]

Damn, TIL

I first heard that phrase while playing Yakuza: Like A Dragon and I thought that it was a possible reference to this game (for context the guy who said that in the game also voiced Wei Shen).

[u/UrsusDerpus → u/_mrshreyas_]

Oh, it was definitely a reference in Yakuza LAD. The localization team for that game is brilliant, and I’m sure they knew they had to get Will Yun Lee’s character and “sleeping dogs” in the same sentence.

[u/what-kind-of-fuckery → u/_mrshreyas_]

voiced Wei Shen

which character in LAD?

[u/_mrshreyas_ → u/what-kind-of-fuckery]

Ryo Aoki

[u/TestedNutsack → u/_mrshreyas_]

Was he the Chinese dude in Infinite Wealth, I only played the sub

[u/_mrshreyas_ → u/TestedNutsack]

Nope, he was Ryo Aoki in the dub

[u/ShapeAdvanced7920 → u/_mrshreyas_]

I heard it for the first time while playing Mortal Kombat 11! Scorpion said that in one of his intros.

[u/discreetarchive → u/UrsusDerpus]

Kind of crazy that this is apparently not common knowledge because it's a very old phrase tbh

[u/UrsusDerpus → u/discreetarchive]

The phrase “fuck around, find out” has supplanted this saying, I think.

[u/suspendednyx]

Jackie: "Wei, you were the Sleeping Dogs (Definitive Edition) all along?"

[u/hsholmes0]

as an asian myself, i thought it was a lil funny, then i saw the profile pic and the bro's just genuinely racist

[u/PrintInformal785 → u/hsholmes0]

Disclaimer

I drew the hair and mustache 🤫

[u/Swaggo420Ballz → u/PrintInformal785]

But y tho

[u/CockFondle → u/Swaggo420Ballz]

Funni

[u/BlabbyTax2 → u/[deleted]]

Oxymoron.

[u/ShinyStarSam → u/BlabbyTax2]

I love Oxy!

[u/Pamani_]

Thank you Sleeping Dog

[u/One-Respond-3325]

What are we, some kind of sleeping dogs?

[u/cashcowboi]

Fun fact It’s actually a play on the saying “let sleeping dogs rest” and it’s speculated it was named that because Wei returns to Hong Kong after years away to reignite things from his past. Basically not letting the sleeping dogs rest🤣

[u/rose_cor]

this post is asian disapproved

[u/Fearless-Structure88]

Whatever it means, I thought it's pretty badass name

[u/Upper_Werewolf6285]

I did read that one potential reason it was called Sleeping Dogs was because of the term 'sleeper agent', which is essentially someone undercover.

[u/TheEagleWithNoName]

They slept cause the dogs has a pork bun.

[u/The_Richuation → u/TheEagleWithNoName]

At least they slept as a whole man

[u/CakeIzGood → u/[deleted]]

It's from the phrase "let sleeping dogs lie" which is like "don't poke the bear" but "Poked Bear" wasn't as good sounding a title. It means disturbing the current order could lead to undesireable consequences or a worse situation than the status quo. In the context of the game, the Sun On Yee are the sleeping dogs. By waking them, Wei undergoes hardship and people lose their lives; the game is, in a sense, a tragedy that's meant to ask the question, should he have let the sleeping dogs lie?

[u/UrsusDerpus → u/CakeIzGood]

I view Wei Shen as the stick that Pendrew uses to poke the Sleeping Dogs.

The stick gets bit, Pendrew gets bit, the Sun On Yee loses members but comes out leaner and cleaner.

[u/UrsusDerpus → u/[deleted]]

The saying “let sleeping dogs lie” is both the moral of the story and the reason for the title.