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This is right before people endlessly repeating them [[Discredited Meme|makes it annoying]] and, ironically, may make you want to [[Hype Aversion|avoid it as much as possible]]. Related to [[I Read It for Thethe Articles]], [[Just Here for Godzilla]], [[Come for Thethe X, Stay Forfor Thethe Y]]. Spoiler marks are used in order to keep you from unneeded exposure.

** Misao's dialogues set to ''Ievan Polkka'' have surely added to the fanbase of ''[[Lucky Star (Anime)|Lucky Star]]''. Too bad there's not so much of Misao in the anime.

* Speaking of ''[[Lucky Star (Anime)|Lucky Star]]'', most people watch it for Konata (after hearing her [[Kirby|Gourmet Race]]).

* ''[[School Days (Visual Novel)|School Days]]'': A lot of people watched it only after {{spoiler|hearing that they went for the bad ending}}. Also, ''Nice Boat''.

* ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'': ''So I herd u liek Mudkips'' (sic) macros, as well as ''Fuck yeah, Seaking!'', ''let me show u my pokemans'' and endless memes involving Slowpoke.

** Speaking of Pokémon, the Team Rocket motto just never gets old. Ever. Neither does ''Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again....[[A Twinkle in Thethe Sky|*PING!*]]''

* ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'' has piles of image macros and references which keep drawing new fans in. Two very well known are Bananaphone and [[Cheerful Child|Chiyo]] [[Everything's Better Withwith Penguins|dressed as a penguin]].

* ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'': Because [[Mundane Made Awesome|eating a potato chip can be dramatic]], and because of "single-word spoilers" like: {{spoiler|'''L(A)DIES'''}}.

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: theThe Abridged Series]]'': [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]... ''[[Wearing a Flag Onon Your Head|in America!]]''

* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'': [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|Prussia will seize your vital regions!]]

* ''[[Jo JoJoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'': because it's [[Kiai|wryyyyy]]ly good when [[Time Stands Still]].

* [[Viewers Are Geniuses|If your attention span is long enough]] you're likely watching ''[[Ghost in Thethe Shell]]'' for the meme. The meme that became an actual meme, just to further the show's [[Mind Screw]].

* Reading/watching ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei-sensei]]'' may just leave you in despair!

* ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]'': Because [[It Just Bugs Me|it just bugs you]] -- even—even knowing it'll [[Tastes Like Diabetes|bust your nutbladder]].

* ''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight]]'': Archer, the inspiration for the word GAR.

* A lot of people started watching ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Nini]]'' because of it's many memes, usually they're [[Verbal Tic|Nipah]] related.

* The day ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Animeanime)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' fans watched a certain episode, all female officers are required to wear...<big> '''TINY MINISKIRTS!'''</big>

** [[Dude, She's Like, in Aa Coma|"I'm so fucked up."]]

* ''[[Kuso Miso Technique (Manga)|Kuso Miso Technique]]'' simply for "yaranaika?".

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* ''[[All -Star Batman and Robin The Boy Wonder]]'': "I'm the Goddamn Batman".

== [[Fan FictionFilm]] ==

* ''[[Transformers Revenge of the Fallen|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'': "GIVE ME YOUR FACE!!!"

* There are such "classics" as ''[[Animal House]]'', or ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'', or ''[[Miracle Onon 34th Street]]''. These are movies that if you haven't seen them, you're missing part of the zeitgeist. When someone says, "Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" and you correct them, you expose yourself as the [[Real Life]] version of a [[Noob]]. The only way to correct this is to go back and engage in remedial culture exposure.

** Even ''older'' classics like ''[[Casablanca]]'' and ''[[Citizen Kane (Film)|Citizen Kane]]'' as well.

* ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'': ''You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to Hell!''

** "Take your stinkin' paws off me, you damn dirty ape!"

* ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]''. Hannibal Lector has some memorable lines himself, but a couple of Buffalo Bill's have more of that meme status:

* ''[[Snakes Onon a Plane]]'': "I have had it with these muthafucking snakes on this muthafucking plane!" It's been on ever before the movie comes out.

*** Not to mention that the ''title'' was the only reason [[Samuel L. Jackson]], and everyone else for that matter, was interested in the part at all.

* On a similar note, "[[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|I'm the Juggernaut]], ''[[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|Bitch]]!''" from ''[[X -Men (Filmfilm)|X-Men 3]]'', which [[Ascended Meme|was added to the script]] after it became a youtube meme.

* ''[[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)|The Princess Bride]]'': [[You Keep Using That Word]] and don't know who the hell is the Dread Pirate Roberts? Really, go watch it (or [[Adaptation Displacement|read the book]]).

** [["Hello]]. [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]]. [[You Killed My Father]]. [[Prepare to Die]]."

* "[[Requiem for Aa Dream]]": "Ass ta ass!"

** Episode III: [[Drunk Onon the Dark Side|POWER! UNLIMITED....POWER!]]

* [[Star Trek II: theThe Wrath of Khan|Star Trek II]]: The wrath of [[Skyward Scream|KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNN]]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

* Watching ''[[Balls of Fury]]'' to find out what [https://web.archive.org/web/20130314021236/http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/18998 "Have your grandma pull the car around"] could possibly mean.

** [[Silent Night, Deadly Night|GARBAGE DAY!]]

* ''[[Street Fighter (Filmfilm)|Street Fighter]]'' for [[Ham and Cheese|Raul Julia]].

* ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' for either [[Samuel L. Jackson]]'s speech, [[John Travolta (Creator)]] dancing or [[I Just Shot Marvin in Thethe Face|someone getting his brains blown out by accident]].

* ''[[Titanic]]'' for the "king of the world" or "I'm flying" bits.

* Recent comic book movies like ''[[Iron Man (Filmfilm)|Iron Man]]'' (IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!), ''[[Superman Returns]]'' (WRONG!) and ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' (Why...so... serious?)

* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' for "MY PRECIIIOOOOOUUUUSSSSS...." and [[You Shall Not Pass|"YOU! SHALL NOT! PASS!"]]

* ''[[Labyrinth (Film)|Labyrinth]]'' for any number of reasons:

{{quote| "You remind me of the babe." "What babe?" "The babe with the power." "What power?" "The power of Hoodoo." "Hoodoo?" "You do." "Do what?" "Remind me of the babe." "What babe?" And so on...<br />

No, I said "'allo", but that's close enough."<br />

Hey, lady! Where you goin' with a '''head''' like that!<br />

* The first ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Twilight]]'' movie just to see Edward [[Bishie Sparkle|sparkle]].

** Also, it's good to be the king.

* ''[[The Wicker Man]]'': [[Nicolas Cage]] getting stung by [[Everything's Worse Withwith Bees|bees.]]

* Some people only watched the ending of ''[[Gone Withwith the Wind]]'' because frankly my dear, they don't give a damn.

** If you watch a four-hour movie just for the last line, you've got dedication.

* Hitler is furious that people have watched ''[[Downfall (Filmfilm)|Downfall]]'' because of the [[Gag Sub|Gag Subs]]s of his ranting [[Villainous Breakdown]].

**** Only people with insufficient pop cultural knowledge would assume that [[BJ And The Bear|BJ and the Bear]] were the same person.

* ''[[Friday the 13th (Filmfilm)|Friday the 13 th]]'': Arrow through the throat.

* ''[[Con Air]]'' was [[Vindicated Byby History]] to a certain extent over fascination with matters of [[Homestuck (Webcomic)|putting bunnies back in boxes and questioning how to live without you.]]

* No one makes memes like [[Beauty and Thethe Beast (Disney)|Gaston!]]

* ''[[Network]]'' "I'M/WE'RE MAD AS HELL, AND I'M/WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE THIS ANYMORE!"

* ''[[The Usual Suspects]] '' "And like that... puff he's gone."

* ''[[The Lorax (Filmfilm)|The Lorax]]": "How Bad Can I Be?"

* Only watching ''[[CSI: Miami]]''... [[Glasses Pull|*puts on sunglasses*]] for [[Quip to Black|Horatio's awesome one-liners]].

* If you want to cross off the most memes on your list for a single source, ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' is probably your best bet. The show will give you "spam, spam, spam, spam," "this is an ex-parrot," "nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition," "nudge nudge wink wink say no more," "I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay," "[[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]]," "Burma!" and possibly some others you've been struggling with. Of the films, ''[[Life of Brian]]'' will give you "the People's Front of Judea," "what have the Romans ever done for us," "[[Blessed Are the Cheesemakers]], "he's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!" and "I'm Brian and so's my wife!" ''[[Monty Python and Thethe Holy Grail|Holy Grail]]'' will give you swallows and coconuts, "[[Not Quite Dead]]," "[[Unexplained Recovery]]," "help help I'm being repressed," "your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries," the killer rabbit, and "Ni!" ''Meaning of Life'', oddly, probably won't give you anything, unless you've encountered "every sperm is sacred." Even so, you ought to be satisfied.

** Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving, and revolving at nine hundred miles an hour...

** [[Guilt Byby Association Gag|I didn't even eat the salmon mousse!]]

* Watching ''[[The A-Team (TV)|The A-Team]]'' just so you can understand the [[Memetic Badass|Mr. T vs.]] meme.

* ''[[ChapellesChappelle's Show]]'' is a perfect example of a show people watch so they can quote it with their friends.

== [[Music]] ==

** Or because [[That Guy With theThe Glasses|a Critic]] used it.

* Getting [[Erasure]]'s greatest hits because you played ''[[Robot Unicorn Attack]]'' and--Alwaysand—Always I wanna be with you and make believe with you and live in harmony harmony [http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/9163/humanunicornattack.jpg OH LOVE~]

* This very wiki (and TV Tropes before it) [[TV Tropes Wiki/Memes|has its memes]], making noobs get deeper in, for example after getting a [[Dropped a Bridget On Him|Bridget dropped on them]].

* Any common [[YoutubeYouTube Poop]] material (such as the CD-i games and ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'') after watching [[YouTube]] Poop.

* In [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara's]] review of ''[[All Star Batman and Robin]]'', he introduces the part involving the line "I'm the Goddamn Batman" by saying: "And here it is. The moment of truth. The moment ''everyone'' remembers this comic for." After he reads the line, he says, "Ladies and gentlemen... we have... an Internet meme!!"

*** Although, it should be noted that he ''did'' recite the two most commonly requested memetastic lines from the requested stories: "[[Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose|Sandra Brown, you have to get out of here]]! [[Makes Just Asas Much Sense in Context|Your vagina is haunted]]!" and The Joker's [[Silver Age]] "[[Have a Gay Old Time|Boner]]" Caper. ("Boner. Boner boner. Boner boning of boner. Bonerboner. [[Precision F-Strike|Erect Penis]].")

** [[Obscurus Lupa]] specialises in this trope, reviewing both ''[[Gymkata]]'' and ''[[Shark Attack 3: Megalodon]]'', among others.

== [[Theatre]] ==

{{quote| "Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations." -- [[Orson Welles]]}}

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Playing NES "Tag Team Wrestling" for [[Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|the Strong Bads]]

* Playing ''[[Portal (Video Gameseries)|Portal]]'' even when you know that {{spoiler|[[The Cake Is a Lie|the cake was a lie]]}}, to find out what all the fuss about the [[Companion Cube]] is about and for the ending song.

** Playing ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' after hearing too much need for dispensers and songs completely composed of the word "bonk".

** ''[[Half-Life 2 (Video Game)|Half-Life 2]]'' for putting the can in the trash or Father Grigori.

** [[GarrysGarry's Mod]] using ''[[Half-Life 2 (Video Game)|Half-Life 2]]'' maps for putting the ''Combine'' in the trash, in can form (use of [[Game Mod|mods]] is, of course, required).

* ''[[Cross Channel|CROSS+ CHANNELCROSS†CHANNEL]]'': ''[[Nanaca Crash|NANACA+ CRASHNANACA†CRASH!!]]''.

* ''[[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|The World Ends With You]]'' why is everyone saying "zetta"?

** Crunch! I'll add it to the heap!

** Accompanied with [[Mundane Made Awesome|epic]] [[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger|finger pointing]].

{{quote| "WHAT IS A MAN?! ''[glass shatters]'' A miserable little pile of secrets!"}}

* ''[[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IV]]'' - "You [[Spoony Bard]]!" Thankfully, that quotation is early in the game.

* The ''[[Touhou Project]]'' is so memetic it got its [[Touhou (Video Game)/Memes|own page]], and has an ''exponentially increasing'' number of fans coming for [[Kleptomaniac Hero|the precious thing]], [[Petite Pride|Tsurupettan]] or [[Baka|Nine-ball]]; which then make more memes, draw new fans in and so on.

* ''[[Left 4 Dead (Video Game)|Left 4 Dead]]'': "roses arte red, violets are blue, you suck"; "[[Mad Libs Catchphrase|I hate memes]]."; "PILLS HERE!"

* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2 (Video Game)|Left 4 Dead 2]]'': "Cool story, bro"; "I ever tell you about the time when me and Keith..."

* ''[[Hotel Mario (Video Game)|Hotel Mario]]'': "If you need instructions on how to get through the hotels, [[He Knows About Timed Hits|check out the enclosed]] [[All There in the Manual|instruction book]]."

* ''[[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|Final Fantasy I]]'' has "I, Garland, will knock you all down!". And of course, picking a party of [[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Fighter, Black Mage, Thief and Red Mage]].

* Some people played ''[[Mass Effect]]'' because of Har-'''[[Interrupting Meme|ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL]]'''

** While others played ''[[Mass Effect 2 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 2]]'' because "SIR [[Isaac Newton]] IS [[Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better|THE DEADLIEST SON OF A BITCH IN SPACE!]]"

* Some claim the main point of ''[[Dragon Age (Video Game)|Dragon Age]]'' is [[Fountain of Memes|Alistair's]] dialogue.

** [[Dragon Age II (Video Game)|I like big boats. I cannot lie.]]

* ''[[Zork (Video Game)|Zork]]'': Would any contemporary gamer even consider trying some antiquated, text-only interactive adventure game, if not for the chance to be [[Eaten By a Grue]]?

* In this era, there are exactly two reasons for playing [[The Legend of Zelda CDiCDI Games]]. One is [[Bile Fascination]]. The other is seeing where all those [[YoutubeYouTube Poop]] jokes came from.

* Playing ''[[Metroid: Other M]]'' to see the Mysterious Black Dude ("Remember me?") and find out who he is and why we should remember him.

* [[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim|FUS RO DAH! ]]

* Playing [[Star Fox (Video Gameseries)|Star FoxFOX]] to [[Do a Barrel Roll]]!

* In [[The LegendofLegend of Zelda CDI Games (Video Game)|CDi Zelda games]] ''Faces of Evil'' and Wand of ''Gamelon''

* Most people only play ''[[The Great Giana Sisters]]'', and the remake, these days because it's infamous for being a [[Super Mario Bros.]] clone.

* ''[[ConkersConker's Bad Fur Day|]]'': I am the Great Mighty Poo!]]

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[South Park]]'': "Oh my God! They killed Kenny!."

{{quote| Step 1: Watch the episode "Gnomes" to understand this meme.<br />

Step 2: [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|???]]<br />

* The 1967 ''[[Spider -Man (1967 (AnimationTV series)|Spider-Man]]'' cartoon has seen a surge in popularity, after it was realized that its bizarre, exaggerated animation made for great reaction images.

* The ''[[Super Mario World (Animationanimation)|Super Mario World]]'' cartoon. Six words and a sound: "That's Mama Luigi to you, Mario! *Wheeze*"

* ''[[Futurama]]'': Memes do not work that way! Good night! (There are many ways [[Futurama (Animation)/Memes|they do work]], though.)

* Learning about [[Candle Jack]] from ''[[Freakazoid!]].''

* Many people start watching ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' for the memes, [[You Will Be Assimilated|but end up as genuine fans]].

* [[Disney]]'s ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]'' attracts a lot of its latter-day audience because it originated the Hamsterdance tune.

* ''[[Street Fighter (Animationanimation)|Street Fighter]]'': Yes! Yes!

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