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=== [[In-Universe]] Examples Only: ===

* [[Homestar Runner|Strong Bad]] complains about this in "Trogday '08".

* Old memes don't die, they just become undead, [http://xkcd.com/491/ and get recycled on] [[Twitter]]

** [http://xkcd.com/286/ Similarly,] with some [[Nostalgia Filter]] tossed in for the hell of it

* From Larry Gonick's ''[[Cartoon History of the Universe]]'', in which he illustrates the origin of language, which soon led to the first jokes:

'''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.

* An in-universe example: [[Nodwick]] drove the new swearword "krutz" out of fashion by getting henchmen to adopt it ''en masse''. {{spoiler|A good thing, as a group of villains had created the new swearword as a means of accumulating mystical power}}.

* Quotes from ''[[The Inbetweeners]]'' became so memetic in the UK that one of the lead actors, Simon Bird, got sick of them ''before the series ended its run''.

* [[Sailor Moon Abridged]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPj-tLTsKX8 invokes this trope] with the "Power Levels" meme:

* 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!"