X-COM (Video Game)/Memes


 * [Rookie/Recruit] has panicked!"
 * Explanation: A reference among other similar phrases to a recurring trend found across every X-COM game. Namely with how recruits/rookies are the quintessential Red Shirts, unless they manage to survive long enough to get promoted.
 * "I'm losing control of the situation!"
 * Explanation: Attributed to XCOM: Enemy Within. More specifically, this is one of the quotes uttered by the very human operatives of EXALT should they get panicked.
 * Snek/Snaketits.
 * Explanation: A reference to the Viper, an alien type introduced in XCOM 2 that resembles a feminine humanoid snake. Hilariously enough, Firaxis Games has caught on to it, as this posts suggests.
 * Punished Bradford.
 * Explanation: A nod to Central Officer Bradford's appearance in XCOM 2 compared to XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Enemy Within. Which bears a passing semblance to Big Boss.
 * "XCOM = ISIS."
 * Explanation: Originating from boards like 4chan, it's a play on irreverent comparisons between XCOM's incarnation in XCOM 2 to ISIS and other terrorist groups. Given the covert undertones, guerrilla warfare elements and fervent subtext, such comparisons became forthcoming. Sometimes accompanied by screams of "VIGILO CONFIDO!"
 * Ayy lmao.
 * Explanation: Though the X-COM games may not have popularized the term, which is associated with random alien pictures, it's managed to sneak in simply because of the fact that the games let you take on said aliens.
 * "That's XCOM baby!"
 * Explanation: Coming into prominence in various forms from XCOM: EU/EW onwards, it's a phrase that refers to the series' at times notorious tendency to screw players, even when the odds seem to be on their favor; a more negative variation tends to be along the lines of "DAMMIT XCOM!" It's also used, albeit less frequently, when even in spite of the odds against you, your soldiers still manage to win the day.