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Contrast [[Cliche]], which is what some luckier memes settle into.
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* [[Homestar Runner|Strong Bad]] complains about this in "Trogday '08".
{{quote| '''Strong Bad:''' You Internet types ruined [[Our Dragons Are Different|Trogdor]]! Just like you did [[Zombie Apocalypse|zombies]], [[Pirate|pirates]], [[Ninja|ninjas]] and [[Self-Deprecation|Strong Bad]]!}}
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'''Second Caveman''': Hmph. That one old already. }}
* One of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' Halloween specials has giant advertising mascots running amok. The solution was to start ignoring them as ads go away if no one watches them. "Like that old woman who couldn't find the beef?'" Lisa observes.
* At one of his concerts, Dave Chappelle finally chewed out fans for endlessly repeating [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|"I'm Rick James, Bitch!"]] from ''[[
* ''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]'' has been quoted so much, it's now a joke to mock the fact that it's quoted so much.
** Part of the lyrics of "White and Nerdy" by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]].
** ''[[
*** [[Seventh Sea]] actually has this enshrined in the rules.
*** [[White Wolf]]'s ''[[
** ''[[
** An episode of [[Loading Ready Run]]'s ''[[Commodore HUSTLE]]'' involved a D&D group with a "no Monty Python" rule.
* [http://zanyvgquotes.com/ Zany VG Quotes]'s ''[[Zero Wing]]'' page says, "It's dead, Jim," and has a link to the infamous intro that simply says "Oh hell, you already know what this one is." At one point there was a snarky comment about it being time to stop wearing the AYB t-shirts and repeating it all the time. Notable because the entire All Your Base fad can be traced back to a [[Zany VG]] project.
* In ''[[The Simpsons (
** Likewise, in the episode when he starts going to a Catholic school, he introduces himself by rattling off his old catchphrases in a very bored voice, ending in "yadda-yadda-yadda."
** There is also an in-universe example: the episode in which Bart briefly gains fame on the Krusty the Klown Show as the 'I Didn't Do It Boy'.
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* In ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]: Mind over Mutant'', Cortex says over an intercom at one point "No, you can't [[LOLcats|haz cheezburger]]. It's a stupid meme anyway..."
* The entire concept is embodied in a ''[[The Man Show]]'' sketch of their "Museum of Annoying Guys" (faux Latinate name: "Jokus Repeatus Shut the F Up-us"). "It's the beat a [[Catch Phrase]] to death guy."
* According to the image and caption for [[Fauxtivational Poster]], [[TV Tropes (Wiki)|this wiki]] has declared [[Demotivator|Demotivators]] to be unnecessary.
* It's been old hat since about the mid-[[The Nineties|1990s]] to observe that [[MTV]] [[Network Decay|doesn't play music videos]] anymore.
* ''[[Portal (
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_19240_the-rise-fall-internet-meme-5Bchart5D.html Cracked pretty much demonstrates how a meme gets discredited (using The Cake Is a Lie as an example).]
** Gamesradar was one of the first to declare this, and [[Valve]] agreed, stating in commentaries and interviews that they were so sick of it that they excluded it from ''[[
** Just in time for people to start referencing [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/539314 "Nicolas Cage Wants Cake"] instead. [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nicolas-cage-wants-cake Apparently it is a meme now.]
** Yahtzee of ''[[Zero Punctuation]]'' is similarly heartily sick of [[The Cake Is a Lie]] meme. He generally refers to it as a Portal reference, but it's always the same one. He's so sick of it that he completely trashed ''[[Castlevania]]: Lords of Shadow'' for just having the reference (In spite [[Follow the Leader|of]] [[Camera Screw|other]] [[In Name Only|given]] [[Ending Fatigue|reasons]]) long after the meme had stopped being funny. He also bashes anyone who dares to use the cake reference in their [[Web Comic]] for the same reason: "And if that doesn't work then just go on about the cake being a lie."
* ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'': According to one of the administrators, [[Everything's Worse
* [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/family-guy-effect KnowYourMeme,] a website dedicated to...well, memes, has an upcoming dictionary term called "The [[
** So the next time you watch Family Guy and see your favorite meme on it, ''weep for your fallen meme.'' '''''WEEP.'''''
** Oddly enough, their use of [[Rick Astley]]'s "Never Gonna Give You Up" may have been ''too'' early (depending on how long episodes take to produce) to have been a reference to [[Rickroll|Rickrolling]].
* [[
** In the commentary for the same video, he cited this trope as his reason for not including the famous "[[Too Smart for Strangers|bad touch]]" clip, mentioning also that, really, it ''was'' good advice and it was pretty ballsy of the show to make it.
*** He also stated on his commentary for "Top 11 Batman the Animated Series Episodes" that he's really gotten sick of the [[Berserk Button|"Bat Credit-Card"]] joke, to the point where if someone says it to him at a convention, he'll only respond once.
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* [[Sailor Moon Abridged]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPj-tLTsKX8 invokes this trope] with the "Power Levels" meme:
{{quote| '''Sailor Venus:''' "Okay...no. Maybe there's enough [[Take That|underage kids here that you thought this was 4chan]], but it's not and that shit hasn't been funny since 2007, anyway, so I don't even wanna hear it. Venus Meteor Shower!"}}
* The ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'' custom map "I Hate Mountains" has some (custom-made) graffiti where someone asks "[[What Would X Do?|What Would]] [[Chuck Norris]] [[What Would X Do?|Do?]]" about the [[Zombie Apocalypse]]. After a couple of lines of banter, the exchange is ended with four words: "Seriously, he's fucking dead."
* In a moment of [[Self-Deprecation]], [[Little Kuriboh]] discredited his "Card Games On Motorcycles" meme by having Lector destroy it in order to demonstrate Jinzo's special ability. Lector then laughs and says "I've been waiting a whole year for that!"
** He promoted the possibility of a [[Yu-Gi-Oh!
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6VqHCvdg9I&feature=feedu This] episode features Jack trying to find a new catchphrase. He's told that "he will be doubled his paycheck if he never says that phrase again."
* [[Chuggaaconroy]] has completely disavowed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZF2Shvy-7w Steve the Trooper], a red leaf Pikmin. Originally a throwaway gag, as Chugga often names characters, the fans picked up Steve and made fanart, videos, Facebook pages, and more. Throughout his Pikmin2 review, he has specifically avoided the name Steve, sometimes stating "You know what that Pikmin's name is". Still, most comments on his videos relate to Steve in some way.
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