Umineko: When They Cry/Memes
Since Umineko no Naku Koro ni is in the same franchise as Higurashi, memes were bound to happen.
When a certain team of translators began releasing their patches, even more memes were bound to happen, considering how it usually works with visual novels.
And then when about half the cast started trolling not only the other characters but the readers themselves...well, look down.
Please add entries in the following format:
- The meme. <ref>The explanation behind the meme.]]</ref> [1]
- The small bombs are responsible for EVERYTHING. [2]
- No way, it was the mackerel! [3]
- Are you starting to see how omnipotent mackerel is?
- No way, it was the mackerel! [3]
- *BEEP* [4]
- Rosa Ushiromiya, BEST MOTHER EVER. [5]
- Kinzo Ushiromiya, WORLD'S GREATEST GRANDPA. [6]
- When playing through Episode 4, one must MIND THE GAAP [7]
- As seen in EP 4 (well, the sound novel, anyway), Ange is a delicious hamburger. [8]
- Can Battler see why witches love Beatos?
- Perhaps you DESIRE some Kinzos? [9]
- "Problem, Battler?" [10]
- On a certain Image Board, this is usually accompanied by what's referred to as her trollface, due to the resemblance to the infamous coolface.
- ahaha.wav [11]
- It Got Worse. THIS is Higanbana's laugh.
- Repeat it in red: "(Insert phrase here)" [12]
- MAGICAL GOHDA CHEF [17]
- Kanon is the cake, so he is a lie.
- BERNKaSTELOS: THE META WORLD WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT THE WEIGHTY REDHEADED ADVISER / TASTY COMPANION BURGER WILL NEVER THREATEN TO STAB YOU, AND IN FACT CANNOT SPEAK HER NAME.
- Eva and Hideyoshi are freaking ninjas.
- WOULD YA GIVE IT A REST, EVA?
- Why call it Pony Theory? Because all Beatrice ever wanted was a pony. [18]
- Bernkastel is a TRUE NEUTRAL [20]
- Hell, she's even referred to as Trollkastel [21]
- And Beatrice is a sand castle [22]
- UU-UU MAD?
- Hell, she's even referred to as Trollkastel [21]
- Used in a similar manner as "Meanwhile at Valve", there's "Meanwhile, at Witch Hunt..." [23]
- Post the current status of the translation when there's been no movement in some time and people rage. Post a fake update and people rage. Post an actual update and people will still think you're a troll until they confirm it for themselves.
- But can Message make it run on a toaster?
It's perfect!EET'S PAAFEKKTO! [24]- Slice up your cow tits and make me a sandwich! [25]
- CONGRATULATIONS!
- Witches do exist and Battler is a faggot.
- [Insert word or phrase] DOES NOT EXIST!
- The Adventures of Seacats and its simplistic chibi-style characters get a lot of exposure.
- General reaction to every new episode by people who read the original sound novel: DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN! [26]
- There is no Umineko anime.
- Someone did, however, create a possible opening for one. Having seen that, it's a shame they never created the actual anime, since it clearly would have been really awesome.
- DEEN RUINED CHRISTMAS
- There is no Umineko anime.
- "Yes, Your Majesty" [27]
- Also from EP5, NOBODY EXPECTS THE INQUISITION
- DIE THE DEATH! SENTENCE TO DEATH! GREAT EQUALIZER IS THE DEATH!
- Yami wo kirisaku OH DESIRE! [28]
- A popular fad is to photoshop Kinzo or Beatrice's Trollface onto images. Sometimes with OH DESIRE! incorporated into the caption or as a pun (such as A Streetcar Named Desire). The general consensus is that "Everything's Better With Kinzo. No exceptions."
- Not to say that the rest of the cast is left out, as the sprites are fun to exploit. There's even a fake screenshot maker for even more craziness.
- yOu tO
- U.N. Owen was Jimang's Girlfriend?
- I wouldn't put it past Grandfather. [29]
- OH DESIRE Because chipmunks make everything better. You'll stop breathing 40 seconds in
- Battler is often portrayed as Phoenix Wright due to his dramatic finger pointing and denial of witches. The rest of the cast sometimes takes on other roles as well.
- Tako Maria was created after a rather disturbing scene in episode 11 of the anime.
- Who needs witches and whores when you've got a Bronove watching your back?
- Anything slapped by Battler will eventually turn Moe. ANYTHING.
- MOON TOURISM [30]
- WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
- This level of Memetic Mutation is possible for Furudo Erika. [31]
- What do you think, everyone?
- <Good>.
- Intellectual Rapist [32]
- Chopsticks!
- ......I...Furudo Erika.........have duct tape...!! [33]
- Take that, dead people!
- What do you think, everyone?
- Just about any line in the games translated by ATLAS can become this.
- * CAMPHOR* CAMPHOR*
- Floatage~!
- Beatrice is the B0MB [34]
- When speculating the ending: George dies and everybody lives happily ever after. [35]
- >>>/rs/I_HATE_YOU!!! [36]
- WHICH ONE OF THEM HAS THE PENIS? [37]
- and more recently: Without love, you'll never know which one of us has the penis. [38]
- Fucking Moon-chan! [39]
- "BEATORIICHEEEEEEE!!!!!!" [40]
- I'm the goddamn Battler! [dead link] [41]
- And my parents are deeeeeead!
- Some days you just can't get rid of a B0MB
- Where is my Hideyoshi dakimakura?
- Or my Battler one, for that matter?
- I guess Hideyoshi is too fat to be on the cover.
- IT'S MAGIC I AIN'T GOTTA EXPLAIN SHIT
- See here
- Uryuu!
- I Have No Mouth And I Must Grin [42]
- Ever since Ronove was introduced in the anime, everyone now thinks that Every single person out there is Bronove for Battler.
- George is FAT FAT FAT
- While putting matching up the scrolling ED "Trust Me" from Durarara!! with characters from other series is a meme in and of itself, pairing it with Umineko is one of the most popular, if Pixiv is any indication.
- Jessica is as straight as a rainbow, and bats for the other team.
- Eva Ushiromiya is Batman. [43]
- And Kyrie Ushiromiya is the Joker. [44]
- Furudo Erika? Who is that? [45]
- For the members of the fandom who also are acquainted with K-On!, and have seen certain pieces of fanart:
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- Beatrice is such a Tsundora.
- I WANT TO BELIEVE.
- Umineko - Now with CHOICES! [46]
- The Tragedy in Rokenjima were caused by ACCIDENTS!!!
- And then...I...knew. [47]
- GENDER: LION [48]
- Jessica is a depraved bisexual who can make better love to your fiancee than you can.
- Eva, Ange, Lion. Wait, what?
- Congratulations!
- Why can't I hold all these personalities?
- We've all been
'Banquet Alliance Turn Twilight Legend End Requiem '' Dawn. - I don't care about my [x]'s gender. PFFT.
- With EP8's release, comparisons with Professor Layton are abound.
- This string of mass murders reminds me of a puzzle!
- Lambdadelta is a cake. [49]
- Wheelchair amnesiac Battler! [50]
- Seacats is Inception! BWHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!
- Umineko proves Time Cube
- Two Words: Musou Rosa [51]
- Rudolf: "ORE WA JAKKU BAWAH!" [52]
- Shannon's hat is a seagull. [53]
- Back to Umineko: When They Cry
- ↑ Like this.
- ↑ A joke about the fourth arc where Battler claims that Small Bombs Did It.
- ↑ Kumasawa's Trademark Favorite Food
- ↑ Referring to the hilarious Censor Sound the first raw provider edited into the scene where Eva called Natsuhi a maidservant in the first episode of the anime.
- ↑ A joke about Rosa being an Abusive Parent to Maria.
- ↑ Same, but with Kinzo's Abusive Grandparent tendencies.
- ↑ Gaap's powers is making gaps.
- ↑ Ange gets turned into mushy meat in Episode 4. The witches joke about this.
- ↑ The OH DESIRE meme brought about by the ending theme of the anime.
- ↑ From the Joker's "Problem, Batman?"
- ↑ The memetic witch laugh from the VN.
- ↑ Red truth is the Language of Truth, leading to it being used in arguments all over the internet.
- ↑ A reference to a series of episodes from Haruhi Suzumiya.
- ↑ A joke about Battler's Endless Nine status in Episode 4.
- ↑ Beato's red truth in Episode 2 towards Battler.
- ↑ Colored text has been given memetic usages when discussing Umineko.
- ↑ The entirety of Happy Maria is a giant meme-making machine, since no one seems to know what the actual lyrics are supposed to be. Either that, or it's simply the worst case of Gratuitous English They Just Didn't Care about As Long as It Sounds Foreign. Some other widely used examples are "Witch's golden dreamer", "I'm gonna piss in fire (for magical breeding power)", "Witch's golden bacon", and "You're breaking my broken undershow".
- ↑ A popular theory over the internet. Turns out to be mostly correct.
- ↑ A joke about EP2's ending.
- ↑ EP4 and EP5 reveals Bernkastel is only in it For the Evulz.
- ↑ Exactly What It Says on the Tin
- ↑ Beatrice's death in EP5.
- ↑ A joke about how long translations usually take.
- ↑ Gratuitous English turned into hamminess by Sayaka Ohara.
- ↑ Battler's memetic line in EP2.
- ↑ Studio DEEN's reputation for terrible adaptations.
- ↑ All of these from the events of EP5.
- ↑ The ending theme of the Umineko anime. Also accompanied with OH DESIRE and Kinzo's face attached to it.
- ↑ Kinzo's Memetic Badass status in the game.
- ↑ Krauss once invested in moon tourism. Yes, seriously.
- ↑ Furudo Erika's Catch Phrase.
- ↑ Her self-proclaimed title.
- ↑ Her Mundane Made Awesome moment in EP6.
- ↑ A theory exists that the epitaph's solution is that Beatrice is the B0MB
- ↑ The fanbase's extreme hatred of George in general.
- ↑ Probably something from 4chan.
- ↑ Most likely a joke about Furfur and Zepar.
- ↑ A spin on the Arc Words.
- ↑ Jessica is Moon-chan, by the way. She's a popular target for the identity of Beatrice.
- ↑ Kinzo's Say My Name tendencies.
- ↑ Battler being compared to Batman.
- ↑ Off-Model in DEEN's animations.
- ↑ After Episode 7, with Eva's reveal as a Silent Scapegoat...
- ↑ ...and Kyrie's reveal as a possible Complete Monster.
- ↑ EP7 again, after Bernkastel disowns Erika as a piece.
- ↑ After the announcement that EP8 will have Multiple Endings
- ↑ Battler's Bat Deduction in Episode 5.
- ↑ Sprung up after arguments over Lion's gender.
- ↑ Episode 8.
- ↑ Episode 8 again.
- ↑ Rosa's Memetic Badass status in action.
- ↑ Actor Allusion to Rikiya Koyama's role as Jack Bauer.
- ↑ The OP of Ougon Musoukyoku includes Shannon's hat transforming into a seagull, leading to references like the bottom panel of this.