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

* It started out with "What's In the Box, Jack?" ,<ref>In comic, Jack Noir looks into a box. A thread was created where fans created their own versions of what he found.</ref>, which then launched so many spin-off threads that they all ended up condensed into one gigantic [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130224148/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?29862-IMAGE-MANIPULATION-THREAD-What-s-the Image Manipulation thread.] Then there's pretty much [[Fountain of Memes|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!

{{quote|<span style{{=}}"color|:blue|;">EB: how do you know about jegus? do you even know what that is?}}<br /span>

<span style{{=}}"color|:#004183|;">AG: I have no idea! It's something Terezi has 8een saying non stop for some reason.}}<br /span>

<span style{{=}}"color|:#004183|;">AG: It is weirdly infectious.}}</span> }}

** also POTATO <ref>Explanation [https://web.archive.org/web/20130720102142/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?37386-Homestuck-Fandom-Memes-Explained-It-s-like-dissecting-Billious-Slick&p=4797757&viewfull=1#post4797757 Explained here.]</ref>

*** ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'' could have updated RIGHT NOW. <ref>Explanation ''Homestuck'' updates a lot and at odd hours.</ref>

* being 0kay with things <ref> A common response by Aradia to the events going on.</ref>

* All of the X. All of it/them. <ref>A phrase referenced repeatedly by the character Vriska, beginning with "you've gained all the levels. All of them."</ref>

* Also, BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEEEEEEEEEEP [[hottip:Explanation:,<ref>Associated with characters driving cars,</ref> or [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003065 pretending to drive cars]

* Anythiiiiiiiing repeating 8 times [[hottip:Explanation:<ref>Vriska's typing quirk [[Western Zodiac|(she's Scorpio)]]</ref>

* Sloppy makeouts <ref>[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]]. Also known as "sloppy interspecies makeouts"</ref>

* Everyone is Spades Slick <ref> A parody of [[Epileptic Trees]] for ''Homestuck''.</ref>

*** Nepeta is Lord English! <ref> A further parody of the above.</ref>

** STRONGjumping, STRONGgalloping, STRONGsitting, STRONGlifting, STRONGrunning, STRONGdating, STRONGhobble etc. <ref>See above</ref>

*** SIX SOLAR SWEEPS! ''NOT'' 0KAY! <ref> Six solar sweeps is equivalent to 13 Earth years.</ref>

* Basically everything in ''[[Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff]]''. Particularly "I warned you about stairs", "flip it turnways" and SBAHJification. <ref>Everything is based off various lines from the comic. SBAHJification is making something like ''[[Stylistic Suck|Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff]]''.</ref>

** PSYCHE [[hottip:Explanation:<ref>A [[Running Gag]] where just before a character does something [[And Now for Someone Completely Different|the story switches to another character. Also used to create a fake end to Act 4.]]</ref>

* Autistic Nepeta [[hottip:Explanation: <ref>[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004061 A typical abusive comment from Karkat about Nepeta led to this being a relatively common interpretation of the character.]</ref>]

* "Tangle buddies" [[hottip:Explanation:<ref>A reference to the [[Show Within a Show|Squiddles]]</ref>

* "Lousy goddamn stupid X" .<ref>A [[Running Gag]] in the series</ref>.

* Good dog. Best friend. <ref>Originates from when Jade feeds Becquerel a radioactive steak. It promptly became a snowclone phrase, "Good ''x''. Best ''y''."</ref>

** Bad dog. Worst enemy. [[hottip: Explanation:<ref>Jade applying said snowclone phrase to [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005876 Bec Noir]</ref>]

* You cannot beat X in a Y-off. He/She is simply the best there is. <ref>[[Running Gag]].</ref>

* It's hard being a kid growing up. It's hard and no one understands. <ref>A repeated phrase in the comic.</ref>

** It's hard. Being a [insert thing here]. It's hard and nobody understands. <ref>A snowclone of the above.</ref>

* THIS IS STUPID! <ref>Usually said after a [[BigNon LippedSequitur Alligator MomentScene]]</ref>

** Dog Tier! <ref> Jade has a [[Animal Motifs|dog motif]] and her God Tier form has dog ears. [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]], bestowing upon her this nickname.</ref>

** And most recently, Cod Tier. <ref> After a fan requested a picture of a God-Tiered Gamzee as part of Hussie's charity fundraiser for Japan after the earthquake, Hussie drew a sketch of Gamzee in his God Tier outfit which included, among other things, an [[Brain Bleach|enormous codpiece]] from ''Bard Quest''. Naturally, the fans ran with this.</ref>

* ''Homestuck'' is [[Crap Saccharine World|RELENTLESSLY LIGHT-HEARTED]]. <ref>See the [[Pothole]].</ref>

** The villain is a DOG WEARING SUNGLASSES. <ref>From [[Word of God]].</ref>

* Tavros is the worst troll. <ref>Tavros is inept at trolling.</ref>

** Vriska is the best troll. <ref>Vriska was intentionally created to be the best troll, not only infuriating the characters but also the readers.</ref>

* 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." [https://web.archive.org/web/20130720164542/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?34149 Now, the fans are making it hapen.] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130720203921/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?38034-NEPETAQUEST-2011-Thread-4-Oh-god-the-quadrants! Twice.]

{{quote| KARKAT: [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s{{=}}6&p{{=}}006887 YOU KNOW WHAT?] GIVE ME FIFTY FUCKING NEPETAS! WHY THE HELL NOT. WE'LL CALL OUR JOURNEY THROUGH BLACK ENDLESS DESPAIR "NEPETAQUEST". }}

* [http://images.wikia.com/protomenstuck/images/b/b7/Hope_rides_forevver_alone.png HOPE RIDES FOREVVER ALONE!] <ref>The character Eridan uses double "v"s and "w"s as his typing quirk [[Western Zodiac|(he's Aquarius)]] and is commonly characterized as being a desperate, dateless loser. And then he was revealed to be the "Prince of Hope". Mashing him with the line "Hope Rides Alone" from [[The Protomen (Music)|The Protomen]] swiftly followed.</ref>

* Kanaya's feet. Look at them go! <ref>4chan /co/ meme originating from a gif where Kanaya moves her feet very fast. [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005423 A later update was made as a homage to that meme.] </ref>

* {{<span style="color|:#2b0057|;">honk. HONK.}}</span> <ref>[[Ax Crazy|sober!Gamzee]]'s [[Madness Mantra]], which quickly became a spectacular instance of [[Hell Is That Noise]] both in-universe and out.</ref>

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111102165922/http://laiho-69.deviantart.com/art/Ef-Yes-March-199364385 MARCH MADNESS] <ref>Back in December of '10, a group of fans got together and began designing a Homestuck calender. When the topic of a crossdressing Eridan was breached, the artist designing [http://abortedslunk.deviantart.com/art/Homestuck-Calendar-March-Page-191184591 the picture for March] decided the idea was too good to pass up, so they decided to work it into their image.</ref>

** Be the [[Our Vampires Are Different|Rainbow Drinker]]. Get ''all'' the ladies. <ref>Kanaya being a [[Lesbian Vampire]] [[Memetic Sex God]].</ref>

** [[Late to Thethe Punchline|...holy SHIT.]] <ref> Almost two years into the comic's run a fan who had only recently started the series asked a forum [http://gyazo.com/d52f1006830afa72b49c71e5da198166.png if anyone else had noticed Dave Strider's hair was in the shape of a stylized bird.] [[How Did We Miss This One?|Cue entire thread freaking out.]]</ref>

* Shenanigans on the fora have led to two involving photoshopping Erdian: [http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo74/KOHBC/Untitled-1.png "upside-down-torso Eridan"] [http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo74/KOHBC/Untitled-2.png or "UDT Eridan"] (from [http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy121/split9102/03533.png this]), and [http://i51.tinypic.com/2rhvkna.jpg ERIDAN AMPORA, LIMBO MASTER] (from [http://i.imgur.com/ioBmL.png this]). [http://i52.tinypic.com/33mmr0j.jpg The logical conclusion.] <ref> They're shops of [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005436 his death scene].</ref>

* Another memetic mutation that eventually worked its way into the AlterniaBound album was Trollcops. It started as [https://web.archive.org/web/20140217114842/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?34044-TROLL!COPS-The-AU 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).

* [[Hollywood Pudgy|Fat Vriska]] and Fat Feferi, aka Fatferi. <ref>Fat Vriska comes from [http://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/photos/images/original/000/162/794/neWm1.png a long series of trolling/counter-trolling Q&A on Hussie's formspring account about] whether Feferi was fat or not that eventually degenerated into an expression of hatred & lust for fat people with Vriska as the focus.</ref>

* Doc Scratch as [[The Man Your Man Could Smell Like (Advertising)|The Man Your Man Could Smell Like]] <ref>The comic revealed that Scratch likes the company of [[Mistaken for Pedophile|younger girls]]...and to Scratch [[Mayfly-December Romance|every girl is "young"]]</ref>

** {{<span style="color|:white|;">Hello ladies.}}</span>

** Doc Scratch as other [[Memetic Molester|Memetic Molesters]]s, such as Pedobear

* ''Homestuck'' versions of the [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ooh-mister-x Ooh Mister X meme] (originally from [[Hark! aA Vagrant]]).

* Terezi facing the wrong direction in fanart <ref> Terezi is blind.</ref>

* [[Anime|The animes]], like [[Discworld|Disukuwarudo]] by [[Terry Pratchett|Pratchett-san]]. <ref>These two related memes emerged from some of Hussie's snarky Formspring responses concerning, well, anime; Hussie doesn't care about the animes, and so gave ''Discworld'' as a snarky response. It spent most of its time as a Formspring/MSPA forum injoke, and didn't get a nod in ''Homestuck'' itself for a long time, until Jade alchemised the Dead Shuffle dress and it's remarked that in it she looks like she's "straight from the animes".</ref>

* "AnD ThEn mAyBe mAkE OuT a LiTtLe ;o)" <ref> This came from a particularly hilarious line by Gamzee where he casually (and unexpectedly) asks Tavros to make out.</ref>

* "i am not a homosexual." <ref> Right after Karkat confesses his hatecrush on John, John replies with this line. It can be found absolutely everywhere.</ref>

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120626221254/http://ib.skaia.net/post/view/5003 This image of cosplayers], with a security guard giving them a funny look in the background, is meme gold.

** The security guard from the original picture (nicknamed Lemmy Telya, the Peeved Passerby, or just Frank) has inspired [https://web.archive.org/web/20120626220710/http://ib.skaia.net/post/view/12447 fanart], [https://web.archive.org/web/20120626221809/http://ib.skaia.net/post/view/23203 at least one cosplay], and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120626221424/http://ib.skaia.net/post/view/23311 fanart of said cosplay.] (This fandom is the [[Ouroboros]]. It's us.)

** Slightly less famous are [https://web.archive.org/web/20120409175110/http://angry-guards-into-homestuck.tumblr.com/post/11001462920/zoobooks-gamzee-squiddlesexual this pointing guy], [https://web.archive.org/web/20120626221817/http://ib.skaia.net/post/view/24313 this waitress] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120702201533/http://ib.skaia.net/post/view/36544 this befuddled businessman].

* [http://ib.skaia.net/image/2032.jpg AND THEN THEY BOTH]{{Dead link}} [[Unusual Euphemism|PORKED]]! <ref>The punchline from a comic shipping Eridan and Nepeta together, itself based on a [[Questionable Content]] [[Memetic Mutation/Web Comics|meme]], has seen more than its fair share of usage.</ref>

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150620034358/http://miraculoustang.tumblr.com/post/8839897677/somebody-sent-this-to-me-on-my-livestream The Sufferer can break those cuffs.]

* GIVVE THAT BITCH A WWHALE. BITCHES LOVVE WWHALES. <ref>said Seahorse Dad to Eridan. In fanon, this is generally portrayed as the extent of their knowledge of the ways of love, moreso for Eridan.</ref>

* Kanaya is a drunk, [[Alcohol Hic|hic!]] <ref>Sometime around June 2011 someone posted a role-play log wherein they were role-playing Kanaya as a drunk, it boomed with [https://web.archive.org/web/20130501030015/http://drunk-homosexual-virgo.tumblr.com/ popularity within] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131103231016/http://glazedauxiliatrix.tumblr.com/ hours.] </ref>

* John noping. <ref> [http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lde1yf8H3O1qd31ve.jpg This image.] </ref>

* ssh only ______ now. <ref> From [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/scraps/D4V3XD4V3.jpg this] drawing sent by Terezi to Dave.</ref>

** <ref> This meme is much [[Older Than They Think|older than that]]. It pretty much launched [http://sheshotrunwaymodel.tumblr.com/post/12155154078/shes-hot-runway-model-the-movie-the-trailer with this]{{Dead link}}, continued with [http://sheshotrunwaymodel.tumblr.com/post/5214483517/krabsnack-hi this]{{Dead link}}, and then threw [http://sheshotrunwaymodel.tumblr.com/post/5225853329/cast-list-for-shrm2 this on]{{Dead link}} for good measure. Later, the [http://cloofoofoo.tumblr.com/post/11077099141/shes-hot-runway-model-joke-an-inside-look story of its conception]{{Dead link}} was released.</ref>

* HI AGAIN, IDIOT. <ref>Karkat's first line of dialogue</ref>

* Dave as Satan, also known as Devil Dave. <ref> After a [[Stealth Parody|so-called]] [http://anti-homestuck-blog.tumblr.com/ "anti-Homestuck" blog] decreed that Dave represented Satan, the idea caught on and there was an influx of fanart for the idea.</ref>

* The [https://web.archive.org/web/20130720115540/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?46181-Different-Context-IV-A-drip-full-of-memes Different Contexts] thread has also spawned its own set of memes:

** [http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?29857-Everybody-Make-stuff-hapen-in-a-different-context&p=3929087&viewfull=1#post3929087 "Japanese fetishes are the worst."]{{Dead link}} (The meme gets rolling later [http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?29857-Everybody-Make-stuff-hapen-in-a-different-context/page20 here]{{Dead link}}.)

** [http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?29857/page40&viewfull=1#post4116847 "You decide this is an auspicious time to start a jazz band."]{{Dead link}}

** "Why is he getting [[Naked People Are Funny|naked]] [http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?29857/page68&viewfull=1#post4322826 at a time like this?]{{Dead link}}"

** [http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?29857-Everybody-Make-stuff-hapen-in-a-different-context/page81&viewfull=1#post4388169 "This is the worst/best bed and breakfast you have ever been to."]{{Dead link}}

** "This [[Cosplay]] [http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?29857/page85&viewfull=1#post4398154 leaves a lot to be desired.]{{Dead link}}"

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130720214816/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?34029&viewfull=1#post4422904 "[&#91;Character]&#93;: Attempt to drink [&#91;color]&#93; Kool-Aid." "It gets all over your face!"]

** [http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?34029/page76&viewfull=1#post4679619 "That shocked you so much it teleported you back home."]{{Dead link}}<ref>Riffing off of [http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?34029/page75&viewfull=1#post4672856 this]{{Dead link}} wisecrack.</ref>

** [[A Good Name for Aa Rock Band|Good names for rock bands]].

* 10/25, never forget. <ref> When Hussie posted the EOA 5 flash on Newgrounds on the 25th of October (10/25), so many fans flocked there to see it that Newgrounds crashed. Then, when he posted a link to download it on Megaupload, the same event occurred. A livestream that was set up to play the EOA for everyone who'd missed it also crashed within minutes. Even Tumblr ended up crashing due to the sheer amount of fans posting about the flash. 10/25 has since been dubbed "the day that Homestuck broke the Internet."</ref>

** As soon as his first Pesterlog conversation happened, fairly accurate comparisons to [[The Wild Thornberrys|Nigel Thornberry]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120616124206/http://ib.skaia.net/post/view/24493 ensued.]

* There's currently a rebellion brewing on the forums against Betty Crocker. FIGHT THE BATTERWITCH. <ref>Betty Crocker is a villain in ''Homestuck''</ref>

** The revelation that she uses [[Subliminal Seduction]] has caused it to [https://web.archive.org/web/20130720235107/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?37392-Avatar-%28and(and-Signature!%29)-Thread-Four&p=5739429&viewfull=1#post5739429 spread throughout the forum] as [[Freeze -Frame Bonus|rapidly flickering avatars]]. {{spoiler|OBEY}}

* Dirk Strider as a sink wearing sunglasses. <ref>The first pesterlog Dirk has is in fact Jake talking to his autoresponder- that is, his shades- which are shown resting on a sink.</ref>

* [http://waffling-narcissus.tumblr.com/post/8435088222/so-i-look-up-tags-for-pbj-because-i-really-want PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY DEMONS FUCKING EACH OTHER]{{Dead link}} <ref>The widely used pairing name for Gamzee/Tavros is 'pbj', due to their respective blood colors. This prompted a non-Homestuck fan on tumblr to complain that after searching the 'pbj' tag he found a bunch of 'peanut butter and jelly demons fucking each other' when all he wanted was a sandwich.</ref>

* Trickster Mode, named after the [[Easter Egg|Easter Eggs]]s 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.

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20120417234313/http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/9752133319/origin-of-trickster-john Here's] [https://web.archive.org/web/20151004072455/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?25136-Homestuck-Fan-Art-III-The-Re-Deadening/page4%2Fpage4 where it started].

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130929202802/http://janeseyeswheretheydontbelong.tumblr.com/ Photoshopping Jane's eyes on everything].

* There's a Youtube meme where people try to take the like/dislike numbers and use math to get 8. <ref>A number associated with Vriska Serket, also the sum of the digits of the [[Arc Number]] 413.</ref>

** There's even an [https://web.archive.org/web/20130211151820/http://mspaforums.com/showthread.php?46823-Roxy-Sleepwalk&highlight=roxy%3A+sleepwalk app] to let Roxy sleepwalk across ANY MSPA panel, and you can further extend it to your computer in general.

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