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[[File:cit_chuck_norris_memetic_mutation_2.jpg|link=Chuck Norris Facts|frame|[[Magic the Gathering|Chuck Norris has power and toughness, but nobody was brave enough to ask for specifics.]]]]
[[File:cit_chuck_norris_memetic_mutation_2.jpg|link=Chuck Norris Facts|frame|[[Magic: The Gathering|Chuck Norris has power and toughness, but nobody was brave enough to ask for specifics.]]]]




{{quote|''"What have you heard? That bad guys would rather confess than be interrogated by him? That his steely gaze can cool a room by five degrees? That he can only be killed by a silver bullet, like a werewolf? They're all true, except for the silver bullet part. Might give him indigestion or heartburn, but I don't think it'd kill him. Any other questions?"''|'''Tony DiNozzo''' on '''Gibbs''', ''[[NCIS (TV)|NCIS]]''}}
{{quote|''"What have you heard? That bad guys would rather confess than be interrogated by him? That his steely gaze can cool a room by five degrees? That he can only be killed by a silver bullet, like a werewolf? They're all true, except for the silver bullet part. Might give him indigestion or heartburn, but I don't think it'd kill him. Any other questions?"''|'''Tony DiNozzo''' on '''Gibbs''', ''[[NCIS]]''}}


A specific form of [[Memetic Mutation]] when the fandom of a series exaggerates a character that is simply [[Badass]], and sometimes not at all impressive, to preposterously epic god-like levels. Despite the name, it doesn't necessarily have to be a widely known Internet meme, and is sometimes just an in-joke among the fan-base. In some cases, [[Popularity Power|the writers agree]].
A specific form of [[Memetic Mutation]] when the fandom of a series exaggerates a character that is simply [[Badass]], and sometimes not at all impressive, to preposterously epic god-like levels. Despite the name, it doesn't necessarily have to be a widely known Internet meme, and is sometimes just an in-joke among the fan-base. In some cases, [[Popularity Power|the writers agree]].