Homestuck/Memes



> SLEUTH OUT EXTENSIVE LIST OF INTERNET COLLOQUIALISMS

Wow, they have all of the memes. All of them! You're surprised Know Your Meme doesn't have an individual article just for Homestuck... OH WAIT

Please Note: This page is for memes exclusive to Homestuck. Please put memes that are universal across at least two MS Paint Adventures in the appropriate place!

"EB: how do you know about jegus? do you even know what that is? AG: I have no idea! It's something Terezi has 8een saying non stop for some reason. AG: It is weirdly infectious."
 * It started out with "What's In the Box, Jack?", which then launched so many spin-off threads that they all ended up condensed into one gigantic Image Manipulation thread. Then there's pretty much everything from Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff (which also has achieved memetic status within the series' own universe). Listing all the in-fandom memes would take the rest of this page... oh look, it does!
 * In universe:

"KARKAT: YOU KNOW WHAT? GIVE ME FIFTY FUCKING NEPETAS! WHY THE HELL NOT. WE'LL CALL OUR JOURNEY THROUGH BLACK ENDLESS DESPAIR "NEPETAQUEST"."
 * On 4chan's /co/ board, due to the massive amount of shipping and general threads, "HOMOSUCK IS SHIT" has evolved into an all-around catchphrase for anything that's too invasive or clutters up the board.
 * UPDATE
 * also POTATO
 * UPDORT
 * Homestuck could have updated RIGHT NOW.
 * Turn that 0_0 into a 0u0!
 * Wait, no, that looks stupid.
 * being 0kay with things
 * All of the X. All of it/them.
 * Also, BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEEEEEEEEEEP, or pretending to drive cars
 * Anythiiiiiiiing repeating 8 times
 * "Be in cahoots. CAHOOOOOOOOTS!"
 * OH NOOOOOOO
 * Sloppy makeouts
 * Shit and the handle's repeated breakups and reconciliations
 * GET SOME LEAVES!
 * Everyone is Spades Slick
 * Everyone is Lord English, who is already here!
 * Nepeta is Lord English!
 * BLUH
 * HUGE BITCH BLUH BLUH
 * GLUB GLUB HUGE FISH
 * DERP
 * being STRONG
 * STRONGjumping, STRONGgalloping, STRONGsitting, STRONGlifting, STRONGrunning, STRONGdating, STRONGhobble etc.
 * ___ double reacharound
 * complete bullshit
 * Trollsonas
 * Buckets counting as sex toys
 * Referring to Valentine's Day as "Pail Day"
 * Is that... a bucket? Augh, I can't believe someone would post that kind of smut on a worksafe site! Have you no decency?
 * SIX SOLAR SWEEPS! NOT 0KAY!
 * My Little Hoofbeasts
 * NEIGH
 * FUCKING NEIGH
 * Basically everything in Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff. Particularly "I warned you about stairs", "flip it turnways" and SBAHJification.
 * FUCK HOMESTUCK IS CREATING ALL THESE MEMES
 * IT KEEPS HAPPENING
 * I WARNED YOU ABOUT MEMES BRO. I TOLD YOU DOG.
 * IT KEEPS HAPPENING
 * where doing it man. where MAKING THIS HAPEN.
 * (in my dream) I am the X. Its me.
 * THE X RUSE WAS A...........
 * DISTACTION
 * dude you gotta FLIP IT, TURN-WAYS
 * "YES. FUCK YES. HELL FUCKING YES."
 * 2X____COMBO!!!
 * PSYCHE
 * SWEET CATCH!!!
 * Autistic Nepeta ]
 * "Tangle buddies"
 * "Lousy goddamn stupid X".
 * Good dog. Best friend.
 * Bad dog. Worst enemy. ]
 * Doing an acrobatic fucking pirouette off the X
 * You cannot beat X in a Y-off. He/She is simply the best there is.
 * It's hard being a kid growing up. It's hard and no one understands.
 * It's hard. Being a [insert thing here]. It's hard and nobody understands.
 * Special mention should go to Nepeta, Equius, Feferi, Eridan, and Aradia for bringing cat, horse, fish, and frog puns into the fur-ray.
 * ribbit
 * THIS IS STUPID!
 * Who's this douchebag?
 * Got Tiger
 * Dog Tier!
 * And most recently, Cod Tier.
 * Duck Tier for Doomed Eridan, who's God Tier outfit's hood makes him look like a Psyduck.
 * "It's not like X being real was ever a thing that stopped being true" and other verbose ways of reminding readers that something long-forgotten still has significance.
 * WV IS AN IMP!
 * Worcestershire sauce
 * Homestuck is RELENTLESSLY LIGHT-HEARTED.
 * The villain is a DOG WEARING SUNGLASSES.
 * Everyone hates Vriska!
 * Tavros is the worst troll.
 * Vriska is the best troll.
 * Hussie is the best troll.
 * Your name is [something stupid here]
 * H3Y D4V3. H3Y D4V3. 1S TH1S YOU?
 * WH4T NOW??
 * An extreme example: on the formspring Hussie commented that "There are major characters, and there are minor ones. If you're waiting for me to fire up NEPETAQUEST 2011, don't hold your breath." Now, the fans are making it hapen. Twice.
 * In one update Karkat mentioned Nepetaquest.


 * 1/18
 * HOPE RIDES FOREVVER ALONE!
 * The best ship is FRIENDSHIP!
 * Kanaya's feet. Look at them go!
 * honk. HONK.
 * MARCH MADNESS
 * The outfit is also memetic, as is the picture for being ugly to many.
 * "Be the, the ."
 * Be the Rainbow Drinker. Get all the ladies.
 * Dave's hair is a bird!
 * ...holy SHIT.
 * Shenanigans on the fora have led to two involving photoshopping Erdian: "upside-down-torso Eridan" or "UDT Eridan" (from this), and ERIDAN AMPORA, LIMBO MASTER (from this). The logical conclusion.
 * Another memetic mutation that eventually worked its way into the AlterniaBound album was Trollcops. It started as a thread on the forums and was your standard AU thread. The music team then answered with making the AU's radio theme, the aptly named Trollcops. It especially shows in the Radio Play version when the narrator describes the long-time officer (Terezi) and the rookie (Sollux).
 * Sollux's eyes flashing as a siren.
 * Troll terminology including Jegus and Gog (which they picked up from Dave), candlelight hate date, bone bulge, nook and seedflap.
 * Troll typing quirks
 * Fan art depicting troll, felt and first guardian versions of various characters
 * Fat Vriska and Fat Feferi, aka Fatferi.
 * Doc Scratch as The Man Your Man Could Smell Like
 * Hello ladies.
 * Doc Scratch as other Memetic Molesters, such as Pedobear
 * Titles following the stuck / bent naming scheme
 * Homestuck versions of the Ooh Mister X meme (originally from Hark! A Vagrant).
 * Terezi facing the wrong direction in fanart
 * This even extends to cosplay photoshoots, in which the various Terezis stand with their backs to the cameras, wave to the sky, or just look off in the wrong direction.
 * Pantskat
 * Missing Middle Kanaya
 * The catchphrase "Kids & Fun" and the many variations of it
 * Tsunamis and Secretaries
 * Gods & Fun
 * The animes, like Disukuwarudo by Pratchett-san.
 * "AnD ThEn mAyBe mAkE OuT a LiTtLe ;o)"
 * "i am not a homosexual."
 * This image of cosplayers, with a security guard giving them a funny look in the background, is meme gold.
 * The caption "LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HOMESTUCK" has become a Catch Phrase in its own right.
 * The security guard from the original picture (nicknamed Lemmy Telya, the Peeved Passerby, or just Frank) has inspired fanart, at least one cosplay, and fanart of said cosplay. (This fandom is the Ouroboros. It's us.)
 * Slightly less famous are this pointing guy, this waitress and this befuddled businessman.
 * Daddy Droog is best Droog!
 * AND THEN THEY BOTH PORKED!
 * "Is she holding the gun right? Y/N"
 * The Sufferer can break those cuffs.
 * Aradia's horns are a meme themselves, if only because Andrew seems to not give the slightest of fucks about having them look consistent between panels. In one panel with a heavy focus on Arasia, he actually FORGOT her horns entirely. If fanart manages to keep Aradia's horns internally consistent, people will joke that Aradia is off-model in how on-model she is.
 * SHOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSHHH
 * KARKAT IS A SUBJUGGLATOR WHISPERER.
 * GIVVE THAT BITCH A WWHALE. BITCHES LOVVE WWHALES.
 * its a wwhale
 * Kanaya is a drunk, hic!
 * Grimdrunk Rose
 * And many other spin offs
 * "John and Dave Play Sburb", a video mashing up audio from Two Best Friends Play with scenes from Homestuck, has become very popular. "I might NEED the blankie!" "That's textook vampire-ism." Fans have been known to declare that Matt and Pat are now their Head Canon voices for John and Dave.
 * John noping.
 * ssh only ______ now.
 * SHES HOT RUNWAY MODEL. (Referring to Kanaya.)
 * HI AGAIN, IDIOT.
 * The EOA 5 bar and its seemingly eternal progression to the end
 * Merry Gristmas
 * Who's that boy, wanna be amigo?
 * Carlito! Carlito!
 * Dave as Satan, also known as Devil Dave.
 * This also resulted in the creation of Jesus John, Reaper Karkat, and Angel Davesprite.
 * Hussieruya
 * The Different Contexts thread has also spawned its own set of memes:
 * "Japanese fetishes are the worst." (The meme gets rolling later here.)
 * Has a few snowclones, including "Japanese game shows are the worst/the best/weird."
 * "You decide this is an auspicious time to start a jazz band."
 * "Why is he getting naked at a time like this?"
 * "This is the worst/best bed and breakfast you have ever been to."
 * "This Cosplay leaves a lot to be desired."
 * And for that matter, hilariously mistimed Halloween cosplaying.
 * "&#91;Character&#93;: Attempt to drink &#91;color&#93; Kool-Aid." "It gets all over your face!"
 * "That shocked you so much it teleported you back home."
 * "This is the worst/best superpower ever."
 * "That is one powerful poetry reading," and derivatives.
 * "_____ won the staring contest."
 * "This is the strangest Christmas card you've ever seen."
 * Good names for rock bands.
 * *User was infracted for this caption*
 * 10/25, never forget.
 * Im Sorry I Thought It Was Obvious
 * HUUUUUSSSSSSSSIEEEEEEEEEEE
 * Pretty much everything about Jake English shortly after his debut.
 * HUBBA HUBBA
 * As soon as his first Pesterlog conversation happened, fairly accurate comparisons to Nigel Thornberry ensued.
 * Double pistols and a wink is quickly becoming a favorite among fans.
 * Prior to the appearance of Dirk Strider and Roxy Lalonde, fanartists jumped on the idea that Dirk is a ridiculous fanspeak-spewing anime lover (probably inspired by his pointy shades), and that Roxy is a Valley Girl (inspired by an offhand reference: "you and she are totally BFFSIES 4EVERZ, her words").
 * There's currently a rebellion brewing on the forums against Betty Crocker. FIGHT THE BATTERWITCH.
 * The revelation that she uses Subliminal Seduction has caused it to spread throughout the forum as rapidly flickering avatars.
 * 13 YEAR BREAK
 * Dirk Strider as a sink wearing sunglasses.
 * PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY DEMONS FUCKING EACH OTHER
 * "Brobot stalking Jake while unfitting music plays": After the update in which Brobot was first revealed, many fans posted the panels to tumblr alongside hilariously unsuitable audio. Music used included the Jaws theme, Every Breath You Take, Somebody's Watching Me, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Never Gonna Give You Up, and an original composition by soselfimportant, among others.
 * Trickster Mode, named after the Easter Eggs in various flashes, is an art meme where the characters are redesigned in bizarre ways, ie candy-themed and constantly cheerful. It can get very disturbing.
 * Here's where it started.
 * "The Vast What": In reference to Jane's alleged death. The abrupt nature of the update has caused fans everywhere to respond with merely one word; "What." The amount of fans responding to the update on Tumblr led to the phenomenon being known as the Vast What, in reference to the Vast Glub/Croak/Honk/Expletive.
 * And now with this update, we have eyebrows sweeping the forums.
 * Roxy mentioned "eyebrow raising funnybiz" earlier in the comic which prompted a tumblr user to make fanart of her looking at Dad's butt.
 * The line Jack Noir just bees himself instead has given rise to fanart of Jack as a bee.
 * Which isn't completely unprecedented.
 * "Do the [Element]y Thing!": Starting from this panel, fans have referred to something drastic done by the players, usually involving their powers, as "Doing the (Element)y Thing."
 * When the God Cat was introduced, fans began drawing it as Kyubey.
 * "I'm glasses."
 * Photoshopping Jane's eyes on everything.
 * And with followed updates, this too.
 * "HELLO DANTE": When it emerged that Dante Basco (whose character Rufio has had minor involvement in the story) has started reading Homestuck, Hussie slightly modified the header of the MSPA website to issue an... ominous greeting, then posted a screencap of it on Twitter and Tumblr. Some other Homestuck establishments, like the Reddit board, have since done the same.
 * HONL
 * There's a Youtube meme where people try to take the like/dislike numbers and use math to get 8.
 * MMM WHATCHA SAY
 * Roxy herself is pretty much a meme, what with her druknen tyspo *typos. Not to mention her dreamself has been manipped into sleepwalking in several panels.
 * There's even an app to let Roxy sleepwalk across ANY MSPA panel, and you can further extend it to your computer in general.
 * There's even an app to let Roxy sleepwalk across ANY MSPA panel, and you can further extend it to your computer in general.

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