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

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* 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 [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!

* 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!

* In universe:

{{quote|{{color|blue|EB: how do you know about jegus? do you even know what that is?}}

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* On 4chan's /co/ board, due to the massive amount of shipping and general threads, "HOMOSUCK IS SHIT" has evolved into an all-around catchphrase for anything that's too invasive or clutters up the board.

* UPDATE <ref>Explanation Standard reaction to an update.</ref>

** also POTATO <ref>Explanation [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>

** 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>

** UPDORT<ref>Explanation A misspelling of the above</ref>

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

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* H3Y D4V3. H3Y D4V3. 1S TH1S YOU? <ref>Terezi paints Dave's glasses onto various pictures. She usually misses.</ref>

** [http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/354/4/6/wh4t_now___dancing_terezi_by_mcknackus_theoneth-d35beua.gif WH4T NOW??]

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

* 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.]

** In one update [[Ascended Meme|Karkat mentioned Nepetaquest.]]

{{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". }}

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** [[Late to the 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 [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).

* 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).

** Sollux's eyes flashing as a siren.

* Troll terminology including Jegus and Gog (which they picked up from Dave), candlelight hate date, bone bulge, nook and seedflap.

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* "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>

* [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.

* [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 caption "LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HOMESTUCK" has become a [[Catch Phrase]] in its own right.

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

** 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 [http://angry-guards-into-homestuck.tumblr.com/post/11001462920/zoobooks-gamzee-squiddlesexual this pointing guy], [http://ib.skaia.net/post/view/24313 this waitress] and [http://ib.skaia.net/post/view/36544 this befuddled businessman].

** 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].

* Daddy Droog is best Droog! <ref>Following [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=004480 this] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=004483 sequence], a lot of AU fanfic/fanart portrayed Diamonds Droog as Aradia's adoptive father, frequently with other members of the Midnight Crew or the Felt adopting other trolls (usually based on exile/troll pairings).</ref>

* [http://ib.skaia.net/image/2032.jpg AND THEN THEY BOTH] [[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>

* [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>

* "Is she holding the gun right? Y/N" <ref>Two characters, Jade and Eridan, use guns in-canon, leading to a lot of fanart of them with guns. Since they're both expert marksmen, it's somewhat jarring to notice how rarely they're drawn holding their gun correctly, even in otherwise-good pictures, or in canon.</ref>

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

* [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.]

* Aradia's horns are a meme themselves, if only because [[Off-Model|Andrew seems to not give the slightest of fucks about having them look consistent between panels.]] In one panel with a heavy focus on [[Fan Nickname|Arasia]], he actually [http://i.imgur.com/x6REw.gif FORGOT her horns entirely.] If fanart manages to keep Aradia's horns internally consistent, people will joke that Aradia is off-model in how on-model she is.

* SHOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSHHH <ref>A string of updates near the end of Act 5 have Karkat calming Gamzee down from his subjugglating madness by repeatedly "pap"-ing his face and shushing him.</ref>

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* 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>

** its a wwhale <ref>[http://jesscookie.deviantart.com/art/bitches-lovve-wwhales-257833366 The logical conclusion to the above], mixing Eridan's ideal of of the above advice with a separate meme about a whale emoticon on an iPhone.</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 [http://drunk-homosexual-virgo.tumblr.com/ popularity within] [http://glazedauxiliatrix.tumblr.com/ hours.]</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>

** Grimdrunk Rose

*** And many other spin offs

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

* SHES HOT RUNWAY MODEL. (Referring to Kanaya.) <ref>"[S] Cascade" featured one shot ([http://xamag-homestuck.tumblr.com/post/11994677963/naespark-husklaughingalonewithkanaya drawn by fanartist Xamag]) in which Kanaya had an interesting pose. The fandom ran with it.</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], continued with [http://sheshotrunwaymodel.tumblr.com/post/5214483517/krabsnack-hi this], and then threw [http://sheshotrunwaymodel.tumblr.com/post/5225853329/cast-list-for-shrm2 this on] for good measure. Later, the [http://cloofoofoo.tumblr.com/post/11077099141/shes-hot-runway-model-joke-an-inside-look story of its conception] was released.</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>

* The [[EOA 5]] bar and its seemingly eternal progression to the end <ref>When Hussie began creating the End of Act 5 flash he made a progress bar for it on his site.</ref>

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** This also resulted in the creation of Jesus John, Reaper Karkat, and Angel Davesprite.

* Hussieruya <ref>Shipping Hussie with [[Hidekaz Himaruya]] is a fairly common thing that happens, possibly tongue-in-cheek to poke fun at the inexplicable hatred between the ''Hetalia'' fandom and the ''Homestuck'' fandom. It was popularized by artists Tannanana and Sclez. Hussie now knows about it, thanks to user himapapaftw, who, on September 6th (now known by fans as Hussieruya Day), sent him a link to the Hussieruya blog via Twitter. [http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrqje2A15O1r3ufhro1_500.jpg This was his response.]</ref>

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

* 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."] (The meme gets rolling later [http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?29857-Everybody-Make-stuff-hapen-in-a-different-context/page20 here].)

** [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}}.)

*** Has a few snowclones, including "Japanese game shows are the worst/the best/weird."

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

** [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?]"

** "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."]

** [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.]"

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

*** And for that matter, hilariously mistimed Halloween cosplaying.

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

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130720214816/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?34029#post4422904 "[Character]: Attempt to drink [color] 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."]<ref>Riffing off of [http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?34029/page75&viewfull=1#post4672856 this] wisecrack.</ref>

** [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>

** "This is the worst/best superpower ever."

** "That is one powerful poetry reading," and derivatives.

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* Pretty much everything about [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Jake]] [[Memetic Sex God|English]] shortly after his debut.

** HUBBA HUBBA <ref>His... [[Fetish|thoughts]] about "women of a cerulean complexion".</ref>

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

** 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.]

** Double pistols and a wink is quickly becoming a favorite among fans.

* Prior to the appearance of Dirk Strider and Roxy Lalonde, fanartists jumped on the idea that Dirk is a ridiculous fanspeak-spewing anime lover (probably inspired by his pointy shades), and that Roxy is a [[Valley Girl]] (inspired by an [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006029 offhand reference]: "you and she are totally BFFSIES 4EVERZ, her words").

* 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 [http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?37392-Avatar-~~%28and~~-Signature!~~%29~~-Thread-Four~~&p=5739429&viewfull=1~~#post5739429 spread throughout the forum] as [[Freeze-Frame Bonus|rapidly flickering avatars]]. {{spoiler|OBEY}}

** 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-(and-Signature!)-Thread-Four#post5739429 spread throughout the forum] as [[Freeze-Frame Bonus|rapidly flickering avatars]]. {{spoiler|OBEY}}

* 13 YEAR BREAK <ref>On his now-defunct formspring account, Hussie responded to a question about a perceived slowdown in updates by pointing out that his overall rate hadn't changed--there were longer pauses between updates, but there were also more pages per update. Then he pointed out that at that time he had put out enough pages, quickly enough, that he could stop updating entirely for 13 years, and ''Homestuck'' would still have a higher lifetime page-per-day rate than any other webcomic currently in existence.</ref>

* 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] <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>

* [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>

* "Brobot stalking Jake while unfitting music plays": After the [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006134 update] in which Brobot was first revealed, many fans posted the panels to tumblr alongside hilariously unsuitable audio. Music used included the Jaws theme, Every Breath You Take, Somebody's Watching Me, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Never Gonna Give You Up, and an original composition by [http://soselfimportant.tumblr.com/ soselfimportant], among others.

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

** [http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/9752133319/origin-of-trickster-john Here's] [http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?25136-Homestuck-Fan-Art-III-The-Re-Deadening~~/page4~~ where it started].

** [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%2Fpage4 where it started].

* "The Vast What": In reference to [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006182 Jane's alleged death.] The abrupt nature of the update has caused fans everywhere to respond with merely one word; [[Flat What|"What."]] The amount of fans responding to the update on Tumblr led to the phenomenon being known as the Vast What, in reference to the Vast Glub/Croak/Honk/Expletive.

* And now with [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006273 this update], we have eyebrows sweeping the forums.

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* MMM WHATCHA SAY <ref>[[Tumblr]] users post panels of the comic, usually where someone dies, with the song "Whatcha Say".</ref>

* Roxy herself is pretty much a meme, what with her druknen tyspo *typos. Not to mention her dreamself has been manipped into sleepwalking in several panels.

** There's even an [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.

** There's even an [https://web.archive.org/web/20130211151820/http://mspaforums.com/showthread.php?46823-Roxy-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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