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** "In death, my soul will be my brethren!" [sic] <ref>Explanation From [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34TerX7pkGs Guan Yu's death scene] in ''3'' (again!), Guan Yu forgets a certain preposition between the words "be" and "my". Hint: it's not on, in, to, by, for, at, of, from, as...</ref>
** "'''[[Broken Record|BENEVOLENCE!]]'''" <ref>Explanation As seen in ''7'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G_DB-[[Whb R 4]] the Shu faction has an unhealthy fondness with the word benevolence.</ref>
* ''[[Guilty Gear (Video Game)|Guilty Gear]]'': DAMEDAMEDAMEDAME[[Rapid -Fire Fisticuffs|DAMEDAMEDAMEDAMEDAMEDAMEDAMEDAME!!!!!]]
** '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNJBST2sJ2c UMEHARA GA KIMETAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!]'''
** [[Perverse Sexual Lust|Bridget]] [[Wholesome Crossdresser|will]] [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|make]] [[Unsettling Gender Reveal|you]] [[No Bisexuals|gay]].
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** At E3 2012, [[Ascended Meme|He mentioned it.]] He was talking about the opportunity for fitness with the Wii-U, and said that "People laughed, my body was ready" to a chorus of cheers.
* At E3 2008, a Nintendo employee named Cammie left a pretty bad taste in all the gamers' mouths due to her overenthusiastic personality about casual games. She even told a personal story on how she broke her wrist when she tried to snowboard. Literally, within seconds, her and and the word wrist became memes on several forums.
* ''[[Star Fox (Video Game)|Star Fox]] 64'' brings us Peppy Hare's [[Stop Helping Me!|various over-eager "hints"]]: "[[Spin to Deflect Stuff|Do a barrel roll!]]", "Use the brake!", "Try a somersault!"
** Do a [http://www.google.com/search?q=do+a+barrel+roll Google] Roll!
** You forgot Falco's "Hey Einstein, I'm on your side!"
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* ''[[Xenogears (Video Game)|Xenogears]]'': Chu-Chu [[Crucified Hero Shot|died for your sins.]]<ref>Explanation In a scene where your characters' Gears are [[Crucified Hero Shot|left hanging from crosses]]. However, you can have [[Team Pet]] ChuChu in your party at this point, who simply [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever|grows larger]] during Gear battles, leading to this.</ref>
** "Master, sir, did you just see my [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|MAD SKILLZ]]?"
** I am! [[Rated "M" for Manly|A MAN!]] [[This Is Sparta|OF THE SEA!]] *boom* <ref>Explanation [[Catch Phrase]] of the captain of the Thames ship.</ref>
* ''[[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Xenosaga]]'': What do you think, ''[[Memetic Molester|Ma belle peche?]]''
** Ah yes! Feed me your hostility! Pierce me with your hatred!
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** '''[[Megaton Punch|GALATICA PHANTOMEH]]'''!! ''[[Narm|A real man's punch]]''. <ref>Explanation One of [[Ikari Warriors (Video Game)|Ralf Jones']] most damaging moves is [[Death or Glory|a mind-bogglingly destructive punch that leaves him very vulnerable while charging]]. The subsequent quote comes from the English dub of the ''[[Alternate Continuity|Maximum Impact]]'' series.</ref>
** [[Detect Evil|Aku]] [[Badass Creed|wa]] [[This Is Unforgivable!|yurusan!]] ('''''[[Ace Attorney (Visual Novel)|OBJECTION!]]'''-[[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger|fingerpoint]]'') '''[[This Is Gonna Suck|HA!]]''' <ref>Explanation [[Fatal Fury|Kim Kaphwan]] is a Taekwondoka obsessed with [[Justice Will Prevail]] who will ''not'' stand for evildoers. He utters this line while either [[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger|pointing]] and/or [[Death Glare|glaring]] [[Glowing Eyes of Doom|at them]], [[Oh Crap|which is usually a sign that copious amounts of ass are about to kicked]].</ref>
*** Colgate EX Kim! Brush your teeth with '''JUSTICE!''' <ref>Explanation One of Kim's win poses is a [[Twinkle Smile]] from his [[Eternally Pearly -White Teeth]]. Fans took this further by giving Kim his own line of toothpaste which would allow everyone the world-wide to have Kim's smile.</ref>
*** '''''JUSTICE!!''''' <ref>Explanation [[Rule of Three|Did we mention that Kim likes justice]]?</ref>
** Shion... is a [[Unsettling Gender Reveal|trap]]! And the poster boy for bulimia. <ref>Explanation The [[SNK Boss]] [[Mid Boss|Sub-Boss]] in ''XI'' ''appears'' to be a lovely female. You'll gasp in despair when you discover that it's really [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|an effeminate-looking dude]].</ref>
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** [[Ho Yay|Sonic]] Thrust <ref>Explanation Guy teaches Luke the arte Sonic Thrust. At night. The screen goes black directly after.</ref>
*** [[Back Tracking|Return to Daath!]] <ref>Explanation You have to return to the city Daath very often. Many players were annoyed by this.</ref>
* ''[[Tales of Destiny (Video Game)|Tales of Destiny]]'': NO! ITEMS! EVVVAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! <ref>Explanation Barbatos Goetia does '''[[Berserk Button|not]]''' like it when someone uses an item in front of him. [[No -Holds -Barred Beatdown|As he will make quite clear if you do just that]].</ref>
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUrBzucwzhQ BURUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?]
* ''[[Tales of Graces (Video Game)|Tales of Graces]]'': Tomodachi nanda! TOMODACHIIIIIIII! [[Narm|HUAAAAAAAAARGH]]
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** Shiki's "Pants. Off. Now." and Beat's "IM DIGGIN' IT!" are popular among fans.
** Tin Pin. SLAM ON!
*** For Tin-Pin is a [[Rated "M" for Manly|Manly Game]].
** Must... resist... emo urges! <ref>Explanation "Another Day" presents us with a considerably more upbeat Neku, whose love of Tin Pin Slammer prevents him from being the antisocial jerk he is at the beginning of the main game.</ref>
** There's a party in my mouth!
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** Futanari [[Catgirl]] looking for ERP in Pocket D on Virtue.
** [http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=112726 this is how it start's jerk hacking (dupin)]
* Why does "[[Pure Pwnage|FPS Doug]]" like shooters so much? Two words: "[[Boom! Headshot!|BOOM! HEADSHOT]]!"
* ''[[Limbo of the Lost]]'' developed a photoshop following from other gamers who, amused by its brazenness in overusing literal [[Copy and Paste Environments]], started coming up with [http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/compo-of-the-lost-gallery/ ways to paste the hero in other games.]
** Also the [[Narm|Narmworthy]] "King of Limboooo!"
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** Cheryl? Cheryl? Cheryl! CHERYYYYYL!! Sweetie?
** I love my daddy. I love my daddy. ''I love my daddy.'' I LOVE MY DADDY. '''I LOVE MY DADDY.'''
* ''[[Star Control]] 2'': "Hold! What you are doing is wrong! Why do you do this thing?" <ref>Explanation The famous words spoken by the Mael-Num to the newly-genocidal [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohr-Ah |Black Ur-Quan]] just as they were embarking on their "Eternal Doctrine" (read: genocide). The words piqued their conscience just long enough for their slightly-less genocidal brothers to stop them (though actually this is ancient history by the time the player gets involved). Y'see, the green Ur-Quan weren't ''that'' much better than the black Ur-Quan. Now used as a gamer's in-joke to call out any idea for being too outrageous for consideration.</ref>
** The *fat words* Orz *spits* are most *squishy* and make *campers* *enjoy the sauce*! <ref>Explanation Orz speech is very entertaining to both write and read.</ref>
* The [[Eroge]] ''Nursery Rhyme'' (which hasn't been animated) is best known for its opening theme, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neD3Ru5al1w True My Heart]", and certainly not for any originality -- in fact, it's ''because'' the song is a generic eroge opening theme. This made it the perfect song for [[Fan Vid|Fan Vids]] depicting random [[Anime]] that might have an [[Improbably -Female Cast]] or [[Joshikousei|a large portion of schoolgirls]] as [[Harem Series]] and removing their plots. The meme is commonly called "Kishimen", a [[Mondegreen]] of a line in the song that's actually "[[Gratuitous English|KISS de]]". [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6JaqQxBf7U This one] from ''[[Code Geass]]'' may have started it off.
* The Cheetahmen, the protagonists of one of the games featured in the compilation ''Action 52'', have quite the [[Ear Worm]] of a theme song. Oddly, despite the fact that ''Action 52'' was an American production, this has become a bigger meme ''[[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|in Japan]]''.
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' has spawned several.
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** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MykhMK9h15I Did someone say... 'Birthday?!']"
* [[Mortal Kombat|This meme wins.]] [[Flawless Victory]]. [[Finishing Move|Fatality.]]
** [[Finish Him!|FINISH HIM!]]
** [[Playing With Fire|Toasty!]]
** [[Large Ham|GET OVER HERE!]]
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** '''[http://img205.imageshack.us/i/119767809896vn5.png/ UR A FAGET]''' <ref>Explanation If you haven't noticed by now, the series runs on [[Rule of Cool]]. This fanart [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this by having Dante defy physics... to deliver a spiteful message to [[Evil Twin|his brother Vergil]]. There's also a ''DmC: Devil May Cry'' [http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2010/09/f2cdd856207ea71c0ee50ac77b60ddf4/original.jpg variant] in which Dante does the same thing to [[Fan Nickname|Not!Dante]] from the [[Darker and Edgier]] [[Prequel]][[Continuity Reboot|boot]].</ref>
* PROTIP: To defeat the [[Doom|Cyberdemon]], [[Shaped Like Itself|shoot it until it dies]]. ([[Don't Explain the Joke|The source of this one is GamePro magazine, not Doom.]])
** Pitch black screen? You must be playing ''Doom 3''. <ref>Explanation A game infamous for [[Who Forgot the Lights?|all darkness, all the time]].</ref>
* ''[[Heavenly Sword]]'' gave us the gem "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1UiakDDoeU We may need you to play twing-twang.]"
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbRGg3e1b68 SPESS MEHREENS!] [[Dawn of War|WE HAVE FEHLED THE EMPRA!]]" <ref>Explanation The voice acting in ''[[Dawn of War]]'''s ''Soulstorm'' expansion spawned several memes. This one even infiltrated [[Warhammer 40000|the original tabletop game]], with Space Marines and The Emperor constantly referred to as Spess Mehreen and The Emprah respectively.</ref>
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-_XvOAF8zk You have been Robo-Rolled!]<ref>Explanation [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEOSLHZwKwM Robo's theme] sounded coincidentally like [[Rick Astley]]'s Never Gonna Give You Up to some fans.</ref>
*** "Rocket Roll'd" is an alternate term for this. <ref>Explanation After the name of one of his techs.</ref>
* A small-scale one, but worth listing nonetheless: anyone who'se played ''Caesar II'' knows when [[Stop Helping Me!|"Plebs are needed!"]]
* Among ''[[Spore]]'' players, some have taken to worshipping Spode, imitating the over-the-top words of the [[Church Militant|Zealot]] class. Of course, many more would like to see Spode [[The Scrappy|blown to bits]].
* ''[[Psychonauts (Video Game)|Psychonauts]]'': "I am the milkman. [[Milkman Conspiracy|My milk is delicious.]]" <ref>Explanation The lines spoken by the Milkman as he reveals himself at the end of the Milkman Conspiracy level.</ref>
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* ''[[Dragon Quest I (Video Game)|Dragon Quest I]]'': "A Slime draws near. Command?"
** "Thou art dead."
** "Dost thou love me?" (No.) "[[But Thou Must!]]. Dost thou love me?" (No.) "But thou must. Dost thou love me?"<ref>Explanation Princess Gwaelin/Lora won't take "no" for an answer after you've rescued her.</ref>
* [[Alone in The Dark|I don't have your example!]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k8KYp0aaJY And FUCK you anyway!]
* The most notable bug in the ''[[Mother 3 (Video Game)|Mother 3]]'' [[Fan Translation]]:
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** "[[Tempting Fate|NOTHING MOVES]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OOCBSvG5yo THE BLOB!"]<ref>Explanation ...except you can actually [[Talk to The Fist|knock the Blob on his ass]] in mid-taunt.</ref>
** "[[Kiai|OoooooooOAAAAARGH!]]"
** "[[Pokémon -Speak|WENDIGO!!]]"
* [[Heroes of Newerth|You want another example? TOO BAD IT'S ME BLACKSMITH!]]
* [[Modern Warfare|RAMIREZ! DO EVERYTHING!]] <ref>Explanation [[It's Up to You|As with most games]], the player character (Ramirez) has to do absolutely everything himself, but ''Modern Warfare 2'' actually contains another character telling him to do it, leading to endless jokes.</ref>
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* [[No More Heroes (Video Game)|FUCKHEAD!]] <ref>Explanation One of Travis' one-liners after dispatching a [[Mooks]] with his [[Laser Blade|beam katana]].</ref>
** [[Fan Nickname|MISTER SIR HENRY MOTHERFUCKER]] <ref>Explanation Travis' derogatory nickname for the Irish assassin Henry (who, unbeknownst to him at the time, [[Separated At Birth|is his twin brother]]). Henry, having just [[Kill Steal|kill-stolen]] by interrupting Travis' duel with Letz Shake, infuriates Travis to no end. Travis mocks Henry with this line [[Brief Accent Imitation|in an Irish accent]] right after Henry leaves. This would soon become Henry's nickname among the fandom.</ref>
** [[Brick Joke|DOWNWARD]] [[Calling Your Orgasms|FUCKING]] [[Funny Moments (Sugar Wiki)|DOG!]] <ref>Explanation Right before Travis goes on to fight the [[Big Bad]] of [[No More Heroes 2 Desperate Struggle|the sequel]], Sylvia shows up at his apartment and [[Pre -Climax Climax|makes good on her promise to have sex with Travis from the first game.]] Earlier in ''Desperate Struggle'', Sylvia mentions that her favorite yoga position is the Downward Dog. After Travis bangs her, he excitedly walks outside and shouts the aforementioned words.</ref>
** [[Amusing Injuries|MY SPLEEN!]] <ref>Explanation A phrase randomly screamed by [[Mooks]] after you kill them. ''After they explode into [[Ludicrous Gibs|fleshy confetti.]]''</ref>
** [[Most Annoying Sound|GETTINYOURJOLLIESGETTINYOURJOLLIESGETTINYOURJOLLIESGETTINYOURJOLLIESGETTINYOURJOLLIES]] <ref>Explanation A oft-used taunt by some enemies in the sequel. They will say it ''nonstop'', and, yes, it is as annoying as it sounds.</ref>
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** I'm not gonna go easy on you just cause you're a girl. Come on, show me something special. Do you love money like I do? Come on, show me some- '''FUCK YOU!''' Do you love money l- '''FUCK YOU!''' Do you l- '''FUCK YOU!''' <ref>Explanation In ''Desperate Struggle'', Shinobu takes over as a playable character for a short period of time. The first is Million Gunman, a [[Greed|greedy]] man with a [[Money Fetish]] and a [[Cluster F-Bomb|colorful vocabulary]].</ref>
*** '''FUCK YOU, I SHOOT MONEY!''' <ref>Explanation Given how over-the-top ''NMH'' is, it should be no surprise that Million Gunman's choice of weaponry is [[James Bond|a golden gun]] [[Abnormal Ammo|that uses money as ammo.]]</ref>
** DEATH PARADE BEAM! DEATH PARADE BEAM! DEATH PARADE BEAM! <ref>Explanation The third boss of the sequel is [[Jerk Jock|Charlie MacDonald]], who you duel in a [[Humongous Mecha|mecha]] [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Mecha|battle]]. The Death Parade Beam is [[Whoring|one of his favorite attacks.]]</ref>
*** HOLY SHIIIIIIIIT! <ref>Explanation Charlie usually belts this out in response to you kicking his ass.</ref>
** You don't want this to become ''No More Heroes '''Forever''''', do you? <ref>Explanation The last boss and the bonus boss ''shatter'' the fourth wall in the first game, with the former commenting on how if she didn't say her life's story in ''fast forward'', the game would be delayed or banned. The quote also doubles as one of the ''many'' [[Take That|Take Thats]] in media to ''[[Duke Nukem Forever (Video Game)|Duke Nukem Forever]]''.</ref>
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* [[Sly Cooper|Dimitri's suit is greasy sweet.]]
** No no, Dimitri is a meme.
* Cedric from ''[[King's Quest V]]'' is known for [[Stop Helping Me!|"helpful"]] warnings about the danger of "poiiiisonous" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F64wDQJLWMQ snakes]. Well, maybe [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p30heMs8UU not just snakes]...
** [[King's Quest V|If you're going in there, Graham, I'm staying out here!"]] (Thanks for nothing [[The Scrappy|Cedric]]))
** [[Video Game Kings Quest Mask Of Eternity|'Tis beyond my reach!]] (Get lost, narrator. We're ''still'' debating if this is a [[Contested Sequel|King's Quest]] game or not.)
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