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== Hellsing ==

* [[Hellsing|A declaration of war?]] '''[[Chewing the Scenery|EXCELLENT!]]''' '''[[Crispin Freeman (Creator)|I CAN'T WAIT TO DESTROY YOU AGAIN!]]''' <ref>Explanation Alucard's [[Pre Ass Kicking One Liner]].</ref>

* [[Hellsing|A declaration of war?]] '''[[Chewing the Scenery|EXCELLENT!]]''' '''[[Crispin Freeman (Creator)|I CAN'T WAIT TO DESTROY YOU AGAIN!]]''' <ref>Explanation Alucard's [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]].</ref>

* [[Konami Code|Up,up! Down, down! Left, right, left, right!]] Bringing the motherfuckin' death [[Product Placement|by Konami.]] Aaaah I am so fucking hard right now! <ref>Explanation Jan Valentine is an endless [[Fountain of Memes]], with ''every single thing he says'' being a meme in some form or another.</ref>

* If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed at His Coming. They'll save you for your fate. Amen. <ref>Explanation Anderson's [[Pre Ass Kicking One Liner]].</ref>

* If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed at His Coming. They'll save you for your fate. Amen. <ref>Explanation Anderson's [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]].</ref>

** '''''Aaaaaameeeeeeen!'''''. <ref>Explanation Same character, different [[Norio Wakamoto|seiyuu.]]</ref>

* [[War Is Glorious|Gentlemen, I love war.]] <ref>Explanation The Major's popular ten minute speech about war.</ref>

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== Jojo's Bizarre Adventure ==

* [[Rapid Fire Fisticuffs|MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!!!!!]] '''[[Gratuitous English|ZA WARUDO!!]]''' [[Time Stands Still|Toki wo tomare!]] [[Flechette Storm|(throws knives)]] [[Pre Mortem One Liner|Soshite toki wa ugokidasu.]] [[Death From Above|ROAD ROLLER DA!]] '''''[[Kiai|WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!]]''''' <ref>Explanation The [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Jo ~~Jos~~ Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'' Part 3, Dio Brando, became a perpetual internet celebrity with his [[Battle Cry]] (particularly as it appeared in a [[Capcom]] [[Fighting Game]]) and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[[Kk G 3]]_FNZcwc#t=0m56s unique choice of finishing move.</ref>

* [[Rapid Fire Fisticuffs|MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!!!!!]] '''[[Gratuitous English|ZA WARUDO!!]]''' [[Time Stands Still|Toki wo tomare!]] [[Flechette Storm|(throws knives)]] [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner|Soshite toki wa ugokidasu.]] [[Death From Above|ROAD ROLLER DA!]] '''''[[Kiai|WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!]]''''' <ref>Explanation The [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'' Part 3, Dio Brando, became a perpetual internet celebrity with his [[Battle Cry]] (particularly as it appeared in a [[Capcom]] [[Fighting Game]]) and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[[Kk G 3]]_FNZcwc#t=0m56s unique choice of finishing move.</ref>

** The [[Nineties Anti Hero|Jotaro]] [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|Kujo]] equivalent: [[Spam Attack|ORAORAORAORAORA ORAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!]]

* [[Captain Obvious|"Even Speedwagon is afraid!"]] <ref>Explanation A [[Narm|Narmy]] panel from Part 1 that fans now use as a reaction image.</ref>

* Giorno always wins. ''[[Story Breaker Power|Always]]''.

* [[Translation Train Wreck|AH, WHAT A GLORIOUS DUWANG]] <ref>Explanation For a long time, the only available scans of Part 4 were a [[So Bad ~~Its~~ Good]] [[Blind Idiot Translation]] that used a Chinese source (the town is called Moriou (forest king), which in Chinese would be read as Duwang) that fans refer to as the Duwang Translation. The above quote is one of the more memorably [[So Bad ~~Its~~ Good]] bits of dialogue, spoken by the main villain.</ref>

* [[Translation Train Wreck|AH, WHAT A GLORIOUS DUWANG]] <ref>Explanation For a long time, the only available scans of Part 4 were a [[So Bad It's Good]] [[Blind Idiot Translation]] that used a Chinese source (the town is called Moriou (forest king), which in Chinese would be read as Duwang) that fans refer to as the Duwang Translation. The above quote is one of the more memorably [[So Bad It's Good]] bits of dialogue, spoken by the main villain.</ref>

* "What was that?! Depending on your answer I may have to ''kick your ass!''" <ref>Explanation Joseph's macho catchphrase from Part 2.</ref>

* "This taste... [http://www.mangatraders.com/view/file/104229/page/114 it's of a liar!]" <ref>Explanation In Part 5, Bruno Buccelatti claims that he can tell if a person is lying by the taste of their sweat. He then demonstrates this ability by sneaking up behind the hero and licking his cheek in a memetically [[Ho Yay]]-tastic scene.</ref>

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* White Devil <ref>Explanation Nanoha's [[Fan Nickname]], from a line when Vita refers to her as "a devil" and her white outfit. Also a reference to ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam (Anime)|Mobile Suit Gundam]]'', where Amuro Ray has this nickname in-universe.</ref>

* [[PS Vita]]. <ref>Explanation The fact that Sony named their recent handheld "Playstation Vita" was not lost on the Nanoha fanbase.</ref>

** The extraordinary popularity of overdubbing scenes from the show with the soundtrack of mecha shows, including but not limited to Subaru's [[~~Gao Gai Gar~~ (Anime)|Final Fusion]].

** The extraordinary popularity of overdubbing scenes from the show with the soundtrack of mecha shows, including but not limited to Subaru's [[GaoGaiGar (Anime)|Final Fusion]].

** To the point that in Japan, Subaru is more commonly known as [[Fan Nickname|GaoGaiGar-tan]], since she is well, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHpKU3apXQE a walking homage] to the aforementioned series.

* [[Les Yay|Rainbows are straighter than Subaru]]. <ref>Explanation Subaru's behaviour around Nanoha and Teana has led to her portrayal as a yuri maniac.</ref>

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== One Piece ==

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SToaRFdblqE YO HO HO HE TOOK A BITE OF GUM GUM!] <ref>Explanation Despite most fans hating the 4Kids! dub of ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'', many did however grudingly love [[So Bad ~~Its~~ Good|the pirate rap.]]</ref>

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SToaRFdblqE YO HO HO HE TOOK A BITE OF GUM GUM!] <ref>Explanation Despite most fans hating the 4Kids! dub of ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'', many did however grudingly love [[So Bad It's Good|the pirate rap.]]</ref>

* Thanks to the advent of Emporio Ivankov's powers combined with the author drawing [[Gender Bender|Gender Bent]] versions of the main characters, there has been an absolute deluge of Rule 63 fan art. Absolutely no one is safe.

** Within moments of his anime debut, AMV's to "Sweet Transvestite" were rampant.

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* SUUUPPAAAAAAAAAAAAA! <ref>Explanation Franky's hot-blooded catchphrase</ref>

* Nobody dies in ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'' outside of [[Flash Back|Flash Backs]]! <ref>Explanation At least before the [[Wham Episode|Wham Episodes]], this fact is frequently brought up in ''One Piece'' discussions. [[spoiler:The [[Time Skip]] is considered a second beginning with the recent deaths of Ace and Whitebeard applicable to [[Flash Back|Flash Backs]], this meme is officially back.</ref>

** This is a bit of an Invoked Meme, as it just applies to people the protagonist has met. Partly because even with villains, he doesn't kill them, but leaves them alive [[A Fate Worse Than Death|to watch their hopes and dreams crumble around them.]] ([[What Measure Is a Mook|Plenty of ''unimportant'' people die]]).

** This is a bit of an Invoked Meme, as it just applies to people the protagonist has met. Partly because even with villains, he doesn't kill them, but leaves them alive [[A Fate Worse Than Death|to watch their hopes and dreams crumble around them.]] ([[What Measure Is a Mook?|Plenty of ''unimportant'' people die]]).

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** "I must have that delicious Oyaji Moe scent!"<ref>Explanation 2chan and /a/ have discovered that the cologne Kotetsu owns is a real brand. Things haven't been the same since.</ref>

** Sold out in X seconds <ref>Explanation There's been a notorious tendency for T&B figurines to not only sell instantly after preorders open, but actually crash the sites they're sold on from the surge in orders.</ref>

* [[Are We There Yet|"Is it Saturday yet?"]]<ref>Explanation [[Tiger and Bunny]] fans are very impatient for their Superhero Saturday fix. No T&B thread on /a/ ends without this question asked.</ref>

* [[Are We There Yet?|"Is it Saturday yet?"]]<ref>Explanation [[Tiger and Bunny]] fans are very impatient for their Superhero Saturday fix. No T&B thread on /a/ ends without this question asked.</ref>

* After unwittingly winning the affection of not one but ''three'' [[Tsundere]] ([[Precocious Crush|Karina]], [[Ho Yay|Barnaby]] and his own wife, Tomoe), the fandom has concluded that Kotetsu has magical [[Tsundere]]-attracting powers.

* "Yes, yes, Baaahnaby. Jut out your hips more." <ref>Explanation Fans are more than a little suspicious of Maverick's parenting techniques, given his ward's habit of pandering to the [[Female Gaze]].</ref>

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== Yu-Gi-Oh! and spin-offs ==

* [[Yu-Gi-Oh ~~the~~ Abridged Series (Web Video)|"In America!"]] <ref>Explanation The [[Gag Dub]] series took the bizarre evil American character Bandit Keith and exaggerated his already laughable jingoist nationalism. His [[Catch Phrase]] become emblematic of the series, even now that he has revealed himself to actually be [[Canada Eh|Canadian.]]</ref>

* [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|"In America!"]] <ref>Explanation The [[Gag Dub]] series took the bizarre evil American character Bandit Keith and exaggerated his already laughable jingoist nationalism. His [[Catch Phrase]] become emblematic of the series, even now that he has revealed himself to actually be [[Canada, Eh?|Canadian.]]</ref>

** "Attention, duelists! My hair is now an internet phenomenon!" <ref>Explanation The infamous anime hair of one of Pegasus' henchman was another thing [[The Abridged Series]] made popular.</ref>

** Pegasus and Bakura play [[Serious Business|children's card games]] the [[Camp|manly]] way... with ''[[Frickin Laser Beams|ancient Egyptian laser beams]]''! <ref>Explanation Another line made popular by [[The Abridged Series]].</ref>

** Pegasus and Bakura play [[Serious Business|children's card games]] the [[Camp|manly]] way... with ''[[Frickin' Laser Beams|ancient Egyptian laser beams]]''! <ref>Explanation Another line made popular by [[The Abridged Series]].</ref>

** Tristan has spouted the now-famous lines: "My voice gives me super strength!" and "Burn the witch!" Also, people at anime conventions love to swipe the Millenium Rings from Bakura [[Cosplay|cosplayers]] and fling them across the room while shouting "Go, Millenium Frisbee!" <ref>Explanation Another line made popular by [[The Abridged Series]].</ref>

** [[Screw the Rules I Have Money]] <ref>Explanation Said in the first episode to "explain" why Kaiba could perform a move blatantly illegal by the rules of the game. A [[Trope Namer]], with many permutations.</ref>

** [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]] <ref>Explanation Said in the first episode to "explain" why Kaiba could perform a move blatantly illegal by the rules of the game. A [[Trope Namer]], with many permutations.</ref>

*** Screw The Rules, I Have Green Hair! <ref>Explanation Another line made popular by [[The Abridged Series]].</ref>

** CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES!!!!! <ref>Explanation Another line made popular by [[The Abridged Series]].</ref>

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* [[Rozen Maiden|"desu"]]. <ref>Explanation Suiseiseki's [[Verbal Tic]]. Even though this is a fairly common speech pattern in lots of characters it became [http://youtube.com/watch?v=FkVYHUMCCwc highly associated with her.] It's not so much the word itself that's peculiar to Suiseiseki, but how she pronounces it: "desuuh" as opposed to the usual "dess".</ref>

** You mean [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5BXTMEcCv4 de geso]? <ref>Explanation With [[Invasion Squid Girl]] getting an anime adaptation, Ika Musume's verbal tic became just as popular as desu for a short time.</ref>

* After the [[Off Model|horribly animated]] ''[[Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na]] -Crescent Love-'' drew two cabbages as simple green circles, [[Fan Art]] with Feena holding one such cabbage was everywhere, and it actually survived a round in the SaiGAR "manly character" competition. ''[[Negima]]!?'' also spoofed this one.

* After the [[Off-Model|horribly animated]] ''[[Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na]] -Crescent Love-'' drew two cabbages as simple green circles, [[Fan Art]] with Feena holding one such cabbage was everywhere, and it actually survived a round in the SaiGAR "manly character" competition. ''[[Negima]]!?'' also spoofed this one.

* [[Rurouni Kenshin|"FUTAE NO KIWAMI, AAAAAAAAAAH!"]] <ref>Explanation Based on the various dubs (the English one being the most popular).</ref>

* [[Attractive Bent Gender|"IT'S]] [[Wholesome Crossdresser|A]] [[Unsettling Gender Reveal|TRAP!"]] <ref>Explanation Many [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Wholesome Crossdressers]] in anime are drawn really, really pretty, to the point where they can be passed off as actual female characters to new fans with surprising ease. Admiral Ackbar's memetic exclamation was taken to describe this kind of a character as a "trap", in the sense that a highly stereotypical, undersexed, and loudly heterosexual male [[Otaku]] would be trapped in a conflicting lust for the character. [[Cyclic Trope|At this point, the jargon is used ironically.]]</ref>

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* Every time you bring up real world physics in a discussion about fantasy anime, God kills a [[Catgirl]]. Please, think of the catgirls. <ref>Explanation Anime fandom's version of the [[MST3K Mantra]]</ref>

* [[Black Lagoon (Anime)|Amen, hallelujah, and peanut butter.]] <ref>Explanation A line said by Dutch just brimming with memetic potential.</ref>

** [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|YOU]] [[Ramming Always Works|GOT]] [[Precision F Strike|FUCKED!!!]] <ref>Explanation A line said by Rock in a [[Crazy Awesome]] moment that led to Dutch speaking the above line.</ref>

** [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|YOU]] [[Ramming Always Works|GOT]] [[Precision F-Strike|FUCKED!!!]] <ref>Explanation A line said by Rock in a [[Crazy Awesome]] moment that led to Dutch speaking the above line.</ref>

* [[Taishou Yakyuu Musume|KOUME! It's eight of clock! WAKE UP!]] <ref>Explanation Inspired by a scene near the beginning of ''[[Taishou Yakyuu Musume]]'', /a/ previously had a tradition of posting a picture of Koume every day with this text at 8:00 board time. It still surfaces from time to time.</ref>

* [[Super Dimension Fortress Macross|"Captain! No smoking on the bridge!"]] <ref>Explanation A [[Bridge Bunny]] reminds Captain Global of this when he is about to light up.</ref>

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** MY LEGEND BEGAN IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY!<ref>Explanation The ''other'' catch phrase of Excalibur.</ref>

* [[Fist of the North Star (Manga)|ATATATATATATATATATATATATATATA!!!]] <ref>Explanation Kenshiro's cries as he performs his signature Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken. If any film, anime or series features at one moment somebody pulling out some similar attack, expect to find videos slapping this over the actual soundtrack within hours.</ref>

** "[[You Are Already Dead|Omae wa mou shindeiru.]]" [[Killed Mid Sentence|"What the hell are you talking abo]]--[[Memetic Mutation|HIDEBU!"]] ''[[Your Head Asplode|(head explodes)]]'' <ref>Explanation The equally famous result of the above and mainly the [[Famous Last Words]] of every single [[Mook]] in the series.</ref>

** "[[You Are Already Dead|Omae wa mou shindeiru.]]" [[Killed Mid-Sentence|"What the hell are you talking abo]]--[[Memetic Mutation|HIDEBU!"]] ''[[Your Head Asplode|(head explodes)]]'' <ref>Explanation The equally famous result of the above and mainly the [[Famous Last Words]] of every single [[Mook]] in the series.</ref>

* [[Mawaru Penguindrum (Anime)|SURVIVAL STRATEGY!]] <ref>Explanation The translation of possessed!Himari's catch phrase. (Doubling as [[Wham Line]] when said by somebody else.)</ref>

** VIVA MUFFLER! <ref>Explanation A line in [[Engrish]] that Kanba shouts in episode 10- while this sprang up after that episode's premiere, it became even more useful after Himari began knitting scarves for Double H and episode 20's flashbacks.</ref>

** FABULOUS MAX! <ref>Explanation Yuri Tokikago's own catch phrase.</ref>

** Making photoshops of Shoma's ''very'' [[Off Model]] face from episode 10 [http://tinypic.com/r/11l0rk7/7 has become quite popular] in [[Image Boards|some image boards.]]

** Making photoshops of Shoma's ''very'' [[Off-Model]] face from episode 10 [http://tinypic.com/r/11l0rk7/7 has become quite popular] in [[Image Boards|some image boards.]]

*** As of episode 16, doing the same [http://i41.tinypic.com/rsgzms.png with a certain shot] that shows {{spoiler|the return of the Princess of the Crystal}} is starting to go that way too.

** Shouma is mai waifu. <ref>Explanation Shouma has become, er, very well-known among males in 4chan, and his [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] traits have made him one of the VERY rare males that 4channers would consider as [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mai-waifu "waifu" material.]</ref>

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