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[[File:cit_dbz_vegeta_over_nine_thousand.jpg|link=Dragon Ball (Manga)|frame|[[Over Nine Thousand|Ask me about Kakarot's power level]]. Go ahead, just ''ask''. <ref>Explanation: One of Vegeta's lines from the first dub of ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', referring to Goku's [[Power Level]] after his first [[Back From the Dead|return from the dead]]. Popular for its [[Narm]], and used to describe any situation in which something is unexpectedly large.</ref>]]

* [[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)/Memes|Axis Powers Hetalia]]

** [[Hetalia Bloodbath 2010 (Manga)/Memes|Hetalia Bloodbath 2010]]

** [[Captalia (Manga)/Memes|Captalia]]

** [[Hetalia Bloodbath 2011 (Manga)/Memes|Hetalia Bloodbath 2011]]

* [[Bleach (Manga)/Memes|Bleach]]

* [[Code Geass (Anime)/Memes|Code Geass]]

* [[Death Note (Manga)/Memes|Death Note]]

* [[Dragon Ball (Manga)/Memes|Dragon Ball]]

* [[Gundam (Anime)/Memes|Gundam]]

* [[Lucky Star (Manga)/Memes|Lucky Star]]

* [[Naruto (Manga)/Memes|Naruto]]

* [[Nasuverse/Memes|Nasuverse]] (''[[Fate Stay Night (Visual Novel)|Fate/stay night]]'' and ''[[Tsukihime (Visual Novel)|Tsukihime]]'')

* [[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)/Memes|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]

* [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime)/Memes|Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]

* [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)/Memes|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]

* [[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)/Memes|Umineko no Naku Koro Ni]]

** [[Ascended Meme|And then]] official ''Haruhi'' staff made a series off of it for [[YouTube]], much to the chagrin of the [[Unpleasable Fanbase]], was referenced in the live concert for the show by Taniguchi's voice actor, Minoru Shiraishi, who proclaimed "Nyoro~n! Smoked cheese!", and also in ''[[Lucky Star (Anime)|Lucky Star]]'', produced by the same company as ''Haruhi''.

* ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi no Seitenkan (Fanfic)|Suzumiya Haruhi no Seitenkan]]'' <ref>Explanation Fan-made pictures of the cast (and even a rewrite of some of the novels) as the opposite sex. "Kyonko" is particularly popular, mostly for being [[The Comically Serious]], as is "Itsuko", who apparently makes some Itsuki fangirls [[Even the Girls Want Her|question their sexuality]].</ref>

** [[Watch It for The Meme|"Is This A]] [[Dancing Theme|Dancing]] Anime?"

* "Wawawawasuremono... ore no wasuremono..." <ref>Explanation Taniguchi sings this line as he walks in on a [[Not What It Looks Like]] moment with Kyon and Nagato. Quickly became an [[Ascended Meme]] as Taniguchi's voice actor, [[Minoru Shiraishi]], references it where ever he can, from his role in ''[[Lucky Star (Anime)|Lucky Star]]'', to even [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCTBLIJwllc reenacting the scene when announcing the ''Haruhi'' live concert!]</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>

* [[I'm Taking Her Home With Me|"OMOCHIKAERI~!"]] <ref>Explanation "I want to take it home with me!" Ryuugu Rena is well known for her love of cute things. Sometimes this gets taken a little too far and she'll snatch up some poor soul and carry her off like a kidnapper.</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!!!!!]]

* 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>

** 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]].

* [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>

* 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>

* [[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|Doro...]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB0QLbvKCUM MONSUTAA KAADO!]" <ref>Explanation A popular [[Gratuitous English]] line. Variations include ones in which Yugi fails to draw a monster card, and [[Stupid Statement Dance Mix|the inevitable techno-beat remix.]][[/labelnote

* [[Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds|8|]] <ref>Explanation In reference to the blank expression that Yusei carries about 90% of the time.</ref>

* Yami is a canon Peachshipper. <ref>Explanation A recently growing outlook on how Yami [[[[Shipper On Deck]] encourages Yugi's crush on Anzu.</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.

* [[School Days (Visual Novel)|NICE BOAT!]] <ref>Explanation The final episode of the ''[[School Days (Visual Novel)|School Days]]'' anime was replaced with thirty minutes of peaceful landscape scenery, including a boat on a lake, after it was deemed too close to home due to violent incidents in the news. A 4channer decided to mess with 2ch by making a thread with screenshots of the scenery video describing the "nice boat". In a rare scenario, both the Japanese and American viewers had a good laugh and a meme has been born. Used to describe anything from censorship to being murdered. The ''real'' last episode coincidentally ''did'' end with a Nice Boat.</ref>

** An episode of ''[[Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei|Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]'' snuck this in as a quick flash on a wall.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LauaI21uFgY Card Crusher.] <ref>Explanation From a Japanese TV sketch involving a man crushing a business card in front of the woman who gave it to him, while looking at her with a ridiculous expression on his face, was turned into a meme when someone did a comic strip version with Kagami and Konata from ''[[Lucky Star (Anime)|Lucky Star]]''. An example of [[Values Dissonance]], as the exchanging of business cards is a fairly big deal in Japan, with its own set of social mores.</ref>

* The ending sequence from ''[[Clannad (Visual Novel)|Clannad]]'', the touching "Dango Daikazoku", has been made into hundreds of different versions.

** The opening theme of ''[[Clannad (Visual Novel)|Clannad]] ~After Story~'', Toki wo Kizamu Uta, has a tendency to be remade with any anime that has a [[Improbably-Female Cast]], any other work of [[Key Visual Arts]], or just any work in general.

** "Sailor Mars is the hottest". This tends to show up in discussions about which of the Sailor Soldiers is the hottest. Sailor Mars' powers are based around [[Playing With Fire]], so the [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] was inevitable.

* Not exclusively related to anime but the infamous Finnish dubbing team Agapio Racing Team's [[Macekre]]-dub of certain series has achieved meme-like qualities in Finland, especially the emotionless expressions of emotion from ''[[Digimon (Franchise)|Digimon]]''.

* ''"____ is mai waifu"'' <ref>Explanation "My Wife" rendered as [[Gratuitous English]], referencing someone's particular attraction to a fictional, unattainable character. Bonus points for extraordinarily hot anime girls. Originated from ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'' where the girls look at a picture that Kimura-sensei dropped which he explains is of "Mai waifu". She's pretty hot, and this is ''Kimura'' we're talking about here.</ref>

** An alternate origin could be the Japanese otaku practice of proclaiming a female (or male) character "ore no yome", which means exactly the same thing. A [[Shout-Out]] to this practice appeared in ''[[Lucky Star (Anime)|Lucky Star]].''

** There's even a Mai-Waifu Fansubs, the waifu in this case being [[Hell Girl (Anime)|Enma Ai]].

* ''[[Fate Stay Night (Visual Novel)|Fate Stay Night]]'': [[Rated "M" for Manly|GAR!]] <ref>Explanation A small but amusing typo (or acronym) in the phrase "Gay for Archer", gave way to the ultimate synonym for "manly" and "[[Badass]]".</ref>

* 2008: "The Year of Dead Snipers". <ref>Explanation {{spoiler|''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Anime)|Gundam 00]]'', ''[[Macross Frontier]]'', and the most recent ''[[Full Metal Panic]]'' novel}} have all killed off or apparently killed off their respective sniper characters during that year.</ref>

* Among [[Humongous Mecha]] fans "G is the most powerful/hot-blooded letter of the alphabet". See ''[[Gundam]]'' (especially ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Anime)|G Gundam]]''), ''[[Gao Gai Gar]]'', ''[[Getter Robo]]'', ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', among others.

** Not to mention green being "the most powerful/hot-blooded colour." Not just because it starts with a "G", but because the Getter Rays from [[Getter Robo]] and its derivatives ([[Gao Gai Gar|G-Stone Energy]], [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Spiral Energy]], [[Kotetsu Jeeg|Bronze Bell Power]] and so on) happen to glow neon green.

* On /a/, it's a meme to answer any and all requests for anime recommendations or the source of a picture with "''[[Boku No Pico]]''". {{spoiler|It's a [[Shotacon]] [[Original Video Animation|OVA]].}}

{{quote| "C-[[Crispin Freeman (Creator)|Crispin Freeman]]! ''Get out of my bedroom!''"}}

* Thanks to the characters in ''[[Saki (Manga)|Saki]]'' never showing any panties even in angles where a [[Panty Shot]] should appear (naked flesh is shown instead), Japanese fans in 2chan have declared that "[[Vapor Wear|Saki is not wearing any]]".

** [[Memetic Sex God|Eveyone]] is [[Shotacon]] for [[Chick Magnet|Negi]]. <ref>Explanation Negi has a potential harem to rival ''[[Tenchi Muyo]]'', nearly everyone falls in love with him in one way or another (including ''two of his mortal enemies''), and he is ''only ten years old''.</ref>

* ''[[Black Butler (Manga)|Black Butler]]'': "Yes, my lord." <ref>Explanation Sebastian's main [[Catch Phrase]], with others listed below. "Yes, your highness" is a variation.</ref>

* It has become popular on several sites to, whenever [[Requiemfromthe Darkness|Ogin]] gets mentioned, talk about her amazing assets by ending the sentence with "and that is a very good thing." <ref>Explanation The meme comes from the ridiculousness of Ogin's rather obviously large cleavage and how that it's a wonderful thing to look at.</ref>

* [[Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt (Anime)|FLY AWAY NOW, FLY AWAY NOW]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD2qDkzmcUA FLY AWAAAAY!] <ref>Explanation Panty and Stocking's [[Transformation Sequence]] is incredibly popular for its [[Art Shift]], incredibly addictive [[Ear Worm]] of a song, and blatant, blatant [[Fan Service]].</ref>

* [[Ghost in The Shell Stand Alone Complex|The Laughing Man]] is an in-universe example. <ref>Explanation (spoilers) The original laughing man was a genius hacker who found out the medical industry was screwing the public over concerning a particularly nasty disease and its cures. He kidnapped one of the major presidents of said industry to make a statement, culminating in a rather public outburst in public, digitally replacing his face with a logo. Since he was never caught, various people took his persona to commit various crimes, all under the impression that they were the original Laughing Man. Eventually, one of them threatened to kill a police chief at a public event. The attempt took place, but at least two dozen people came out of the woodwork to do so, each claiming to be the original Laughing Man. It was eventually determined through insanely complex philosophical, psychological, and technological babble that the Laughing Man had become a meme, and spread into people's minds due to their ability to directly interact with each other's brains on the net.</ref>

* [[Detective Conan (Manga)|I'm Tv Tropes, tantei sa!]] <ref>Explanation One of Conan/Shinichi's catch phrases is "Edogawa Conan, tantei sa!", which means "I'm Conan Edogawa, a detective!".</ref>

* ''[[Tekkaman (Anime)|Tekkaman]]'' will deactivate that giant robot with his SPACE LANCE! Maybe the SPACE LAN- Oh, it slipped! I've got to get this GIANT ARM off me! IT'S SO HEAVY! <ref>Explanation The Tekkaman dub has Tekkaman yell out "SPACE LANCE! ''every fricken' time'' he uses it . He also [[Captain Obvious|states the obvious]] '''constantly'''.</ref>

** [[Tekkaman Blade (Anime)|Can't forget]] '''[[Kiai|VOLTEKKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!]]''' *breaks mic* <ref>Explanation This is because [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] - who voiced [[Tekkaman Blade (Anime)|Tekkaman Blade]] - screamed the signature [[Wave Motion Gun]] attack in such a [[Hot-Blooded]] manner that the recording microphone '''actually broke''' - and he did this on two separate occasions.</ref>

* [[Sally the Witch|"Mahariku Maharita Yanbara Yan!"]] <ref>Explanation These are the magic words Sally uses whenever she uses her magic. They have about as much meaning as "[[Cinderella (Disney)|"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo".]]</ref>

* [[Kämpfer (Light Novel)|Natsurium, ]] [[Oblivious to Love|The densest material known to man.]] <ref>Explanation The main character is named Natsuru, and he is absolutely hopeless when it comes to romance.</ref>

* [[Spice and Wolf|I watch it]] [[I Read It for The Articles|for the economics]]. <ref>Explanation Used to by the fans to differentiate between the exciting economic plots and the [[[[Best Known for The Fanservice]] perceived ecchi elements.</ref>

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

* ''[[Soul Eater (Manga)|Soul Eater]]'': '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnSbgtCc7iA GODDAMMITSHIT]''' <ref>Explanation Free learns of a different way he could have gotten out of prison sooner after he's already broken out. With [[Gratuitous English]].</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>

* [[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>

* [[Blood-C]], BEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR, MAN! <ref>Explanation According to some people, the series had WAY too much [[Narm]].</ref>

* ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]'': ''THANK YOU, FUCK YOU, THE STAR IS HERE!'' <ref>Explanation Ladd Russo's epic moment of [[Incoming Ham]].</ref>

* [[Russian Reversal|In Soviet Anatoray, ship steals YOU!]] <ref>Explanation In [[Last Exile Fam the Silver Wing]], [[Sky Pirate]] Fam's attempt to steal the Silvius got her captured and forced to work for them. The Silvius' captain also happens to be named Tatiana, which is a Russian name.</ref>

* [[Angel Beats (Anime)|Itsumo]] [[Soundtrack Dissonance|Hitori]]... <ref>Explanation [[Angel Beats (Anime)|Angel Beats]] is very notable for abusing its ending song, ''Brave Song''. Get whacked with a giant hammer? Play the ending theme. Use a rocket chair to smash a victim multiple times? Play the ending theme.</ref>

* [[Sonic X|GOTTA GO FAST!]] <ref>Explanation The name of the American opening song of [[Sonic X (Anime)|Sonic X]], which is quite an [[Ear Worm]]. It also refers to a silly picture of a [[Waddling Head]] Sonic. This fits nicely with the ''Dumb Running Sonic'' meme.</ref>

* [[Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei|Make yourself taller]] <ref>Explanation Euphemism for suicide by hanging. Named after Kafuka's bizarre explanation that Nozomu was not trying to kill himself, but merely trying to increase his height.</ref>

* [[Akira (Manga)|Akira]] gives us this gem: [[Say My Name|"TETSUOOOOOOOOO!!" "KANEDAAAAAAAAAAA!!"]] <ref>Explanation Much of the dialogue in AKIRA consists of Tetsuo and Kaneda shouting their names at one another</ref>

* DRR DRR DRR. <ref>Explanation The ending sound effect of [[The Enigma of Amigara Fault (Manga)|The Enigma of Amigara Fault]], which is either complete [[Narm]], or extremely terrifying.</ref>

* ''[[No 6]]'' due to the amount of [[Ho Yay]] between Sion and Nezumi has fans saying sarcastically "THIS ANIME IS VERY HETEROSEXUAL."

* [[Maria-sama ga Miteru|"You should tie your scarf in a proper knot."]] <ref>Explanation These are words Sachiko says to Yumi when fixing Yumi's scarf, and which sets in motion all of the events in the [[Light Novels]] and subsequent [[Anime]]. This gets referenced and parodied in many manga and anime, especially when hinting at [[Yuri Genre|romantic involvement between girls]].</ref>

* [[Steins Gate]] "El Psy Congroo"