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Compare [[Discredited Trope]], [[Dead Horse Trope]], [[Never Heard That One Before]], [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny]], [[Popularity Polynomial]], [[Defied Trope]].
 
Contrast [[ClicheCliché]], which is what some luckier memes settle into.
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* ''[[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]].
** ''[[DM of the Rings]]'' had a strip where the players started quoting it. The author note stated the next ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' edition should have the option to punish players for quoting the movie.
*** ''[[Seventh7th Sea]]'' actually has this enshrined in the rules.
*** [[White Wolf]]'s ''[[The World of Darkness]]'' games mention this in many of their Storyteller handbooks. In fact, they even tell you how to deal with a player who is an obsessive quoter.
** ''[[Xkcd]]'' had [http://xkcd.com/16/ an old strip] encouraging Python fans to celebrate the group by making up their own surreal, Pythonesque jokes rather than endlessly [[Incredibly Lame Pun|parroting]] their lines.
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