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About

With Great Power also know as “With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility” is a quote spoken by Spider-Man’s Uncle Ben, used in forums to indicate a post that will feature a Spider-Man meme. When not used in direct reference to Spider-man, it can express that a person has so much skill that they only need to demonstrate it in order to win an argument or competition.

The phrase can be used in its whole form, but often the word “responsibility” is swapped out for something that rhymes or completes an alternate joke. It is especially suited for use in image-macro form because of its dual-part construction.

Precursor

The quote “With great power comes great responsibility” is variously attributed to the Oevres de Voltaire, Volume 48 (1829)^[1], Thomas C. Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates (1827)^[2], and a variety of other sources and other derivations. The first instance of the quote in Spider-Man was Amazing Fantasy #15, August 1962, otherwise known as the first Spider-Man story.

Origin

While the earliest use of the phrase on the internet is unknown, many memes point to either an original Spider-Man reference or a video when in the 2002 version of the film Spider Man, Peter Parker’s uncle Ben speaks the line during a heartfelt scene. This clip was posted to March 10th, 2010.

The first known applications of the phrase to images was with Demotivational Posters. The image on the left is probably circa 2004; The image on the right was created May 16th, 2008.

Spread

Two years after the video clip of Uncle Ben speaking to Peter was posted to YouTube, in August 2011, users began to create image macros, sometimes called “Uncle Ben’s Words of Wisdom” using variations on the phrase over a screen capture from the film.

The phrase and its snowclones spread to images of Spiderman around the same time, including lots of crossover with ’60s Spider-Man.

In addition, the phrase and its variations are commonly used as bait-and-switch forum post titles. There are 129 posts across Reddit^[3] with the exact phrase “With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility” and thousands of others with variations or substituted words.

On July 24th, 2010, With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story^[4] was released, using the famous phrase to tell the story of Spider-man’s creator.

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External References

^[1]Goodreads – Voltaire

^[2]Wikiquote – Responsibility

^[3]Reddit – Search: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

^[4]IMDB– _With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

About

“It’s My First Time” is an image macro meme that revolves around images of large gaping holes with the phrase captioned on them. The meme is sarcastically referring to women who lie about being virgins.

Origin

[W.I.P.]

Spread

[W.I.P.]

Various Examples

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[Work In Progress]

About

Hunter x Hunter is a manga and anime series created by Yoshihiro Togashi, also known for YuYu Hakusho, and published by Shueisha. The story follows the adventures of Gon Freecss, who dreams of becoming a Hunter in order to find his father who is also a Hunter.

History

The manga began its serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on March 3, 1998. On October 16, 1999, the manga got its first anime adaptation produced by Nippon Animation. It lasted 63 episodes until March 31, 2001^[1], covering the manga up to the middle of Yorknew City arc. Several series of original video animations were later released, continuing the story up to the end of Greed Island arc^[2].

In July 2011, a new anime adaptation was produced by Madhouse, lasting until September 23, 2014 after 148 episodes^[3]. A pair of anime film adaptations named Phantom Rouge^[4] and The Last Mission^[5] were released in 2013.

Online Presence

[Work In Progress]

Related Memes

Gon-san

Gon-san is a nickname given to an adult form of Gon Freecss, the main protagonist of the manga. This muscle monster with glazed look filled with deep despair has been a popular subject for parodies since its shocking arrival in 2010.

Hiatus x Hiatus

Hiatus x Hiatus is a fan nickname given to the manga, due to its frequent and long periods of hiatus. This has become a subject of parody and various jokes.

Neferpitou

Neferpitou is a cat-humanoid Chimera Ant and one of the three royal guards. As the manga never reveals it’s gender, Neferpitou’s gender discussion are a common topic, also used as a joke when someone refers to it as a female.

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Suck my cock dude is a funny meme from s4s

it is about cirno saying “suck my cock dude”

she went several days without her cock getting sucked which gained her news coverage in one of the s4s papers

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Post-Anesthesia Videos are amateur footage of people emerging from anesthesia after surgery, in which they typically exhibit humorous signs of intoxication, including reduced inhibition and slurred speech.

Origin

In May 2008, David DeVore took his seven-year-old son David DeVore Jr. to a dental surgeon to take care of an extraneous tooth that was caused by hyperdontia. After the surgery was completed, DeVore filmed David’s reaction, in which he asked various questions including “is this real life?” “why is this happening to me?” and “is this going to be forever?” After sharing the video with his family and friends on Facebook, DeVore uploaded it to YouTube with the title “David After Dentist” on January 30th, 2009 (shown below). Within six years, the video gained over 128 million views and 100,000 comments.

Spread

On May 20th, 2010, YouTuber Unicornpp uploaded a video titled “Unicorn After Wisdom Teeth,” in which a woman claims she feels like “a unicorn just took me on a ride to a magical place” when emerging from anesthesia after a wisdom teeth removal procedure (shown below, left). On June 30th, YouTuber Kelly Claire uploaded footage of herself talking to her mom in a car following a wisdom teeth surgery (shown below, right). Within five years, the videos garnered more than 9.9 million and 4.1 million views respectively.

On October 16th, 2011, YouTuber brittmellish09 posted a video in which a young man laughs hysterically after being injected with anesthetic while having a broken arm bandaged (shown below, left). In four years, the video received upwards of 13 million views and 32,000 comments. On April 5th, 2012, YouTuber Sam Kitling uploaded a video featuring a girl who thinks she is at the magic school Hogwarts from the Harry Potter franchise after having her wisdom teeth removed (shown below, right).

On May 25th, YouTuber TheDizzays8^[3] uploaded a video of a child emerging from anesthesia after having arm surgery, which gathered upwards of 6.9 million views and 5,100 comments in the first three years. The following day, Redditor capt_yesterday submitted the video to the /r/videos^[4] subreddit, where it gained over 1,900 votes (86% upvoted) and 270 comments prior to being archived. On April 29th, 2013, YouTuber Jack Barth uploaded a video of a young man crying in a car after having his wisdom teeth removed (shown below, left). On August 30th, 2013, YouTuber Jason Mortensen uploaded a video of himself seeing his wife after surgery, in which he tells her she is “eye candy” and asks her if she is a model (shown below, right). In two years, the videos gathered upwards of 4,2 million and 15 million views respectively.

On October 21st, 2014, YouTuber Stephen Underwood uploaded footage of his wife Jayci expressing her desire to look like Nicki Minaj and her appreciation for Ellen Degeneres (shown below, left). In five months, the video gained over 4.3 million views and 1,000 comments. On November 5th, Jayci and Stephen Underwood appeared on The Ellen Show (shown below, right).

Various Examples

As of March 2015, there are over 100,000 search results for the keywords “after wisdom teeth” on YouTube.

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About

One-Punch Man (also written as One Punch-Man and OnePunch-Man; Japanese: ワンパンマン) is an online webcomic by manga artist One which was later remade into a stylized digital manga illustrated by Yūsuke Murata, as well as an anime adaptation animated by the production studio Madhouse.

Premise

The story of One-Punch Man follows Saitama, a powerful hero who easily defeats his opponents with one punch. However, because of his strength, Saitama ends up becoming bored of his powers, as no opponent poses a challenge for him. Along his journey, Saitama meets various other heroes, battles many monsters, and gains his own diciple in the cyborg Genos. Even with his strength, howevet, Saitama struggles to gain respect and recognition by society, eventually leading him to join the Hero Association, an organization which oversees and ranks all of the world’s heroes.

History

One-Punch Man^[1] was first published on June 3rd, 2009, when the manga artist known by his online pseudonym One^[2] began posting the series on his personal homepage Galaxyheavyblow.^[3] On June 14th, 2012, Young Jump Web Comics’ website began publicating a stylized digital manga remake of One-Punch Man^[4] illustrated by Yūsuke Murata^[5] after Murata approached One on his Twitter^[7] to discuss a possible collaboration. The English serialization of the manga is currently published in Viz Media’s Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine.^[9]

<sup>One’s Original Webcomic

Murata’s Manga Remake</sup>

Reception

One-Punch Man quickly went viral, and One’s homepage has since surpassed 10 million hits, with an average of 20,000 hits per day. In November 2013, the manga had 2.2 million printed copies in circulation, which increased to 3.4 million in May 2014 and 4.5 million copies in November 2014.^[6] The manga was nominated for the Manga Taishō in 2014,^[8] an annual Japanese manga award limited to manga with eight or less collected volumes.

2015 Anime Adaptation

On March 10th, 2015, Shueisha’s Young Jump magazine announced that an anime adaptation of One-Punch Man had been green-lit, although this news was already available the week prior to that.^[10] The cast and staff of the manga were announched through a promotional video at Bandai Visual’s booth at the Anime Japan 2015 event on March 21st and 22th, where it was revealed that the anime would be animated by Japanese animation studio MADHOUSE Inc.^[11]

Fandom

The story and humor of One’s original webcomic, combined with the high-quality art of Murata’s manga remake, quickly gave the series viral spread and notability. Since then, many pieces of fan art inspired by the series has been shared on illustrator communities, both on the Japanese web and the rest of the Internet. As of March 21st, 2015, the Japanese illustrator social network Pixiv^[12] contains over 5,500 images tagged “ワンパンマン,” the online artist community DeviantART^[13] has over 14,000 submissions submitted under the keyword “One Punch Man,” and the /r/OnePunchMan sub-Reddit^[14] has over 1,100 subscribers. The fandom’s presence can also be found on Tumblr^[15] and the OnePunch-Man Wiki.^[16]

Several scenes present in the manga feature multiple panels overflowing into each other to make the scene appear animated. These scenes became highly popular among fans due to their visual appeal, with animated GIF versions of them often being made and shared.

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About

Fist of The North Star (also known as Hokuto No Ken) is a shounen manga written by Buronson and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara. It also received an animated adaption produced by Toei Animation.

Plot

The story revolves around a powerful warrior named Kenshiro,who knows a deadly martial art style known as Hokuto Shinken, defending good from evil in a post-apocalyptic world.

History

The manga premiered on Weekly Shōnen Jump in year 1983 and it ended in year 1988. It was adapted into weekly anime series by Toei animation. It aired on Fuji TV from year 1984 to year 1987. It was later followed by the sequel series untill February 18, 1988.

Reception

Fist of the North Star is one of the best selling mangas. It sold more than 100 million copies. The series received positive reception from critics and fans alike. The series influenced many works such as Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure..

Fandom

Sub memes

Hokuto Hyakuretsu-ken / “AH TATATATATATA”

Hokuto Hyarskuretsu-kenis a famous attack used by Kenshiro which consists of rapid punches.

You Are Already Dead / お前はもう死んでいる (Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru)

You Are Already Deadis a catchphrase used by Kenshiro when he declares the opponent’s death.

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VIP Teacher (Japanese: VIP先生, Bippu Sensei), also called “Mariotropolis” (マリオトロポリス), refers to a series of parodies and remixes inspired by phonetic translations in a flash movie featuring a fan-made Super Mario RPG song. On the Japanese web, this was one of the most famous memes originated in 2channel’s /news4vip/ board, and it also had a large affect on the early days of the video remix culture in niconico Douga (niconico).

Origin

In around the beginning of May 2005, a Spanish blogger Javi Agenjo, also known as tamat, uploaded a flash movie titled “Mariotropolis” on his website.^[1] It is consisting of a weird dancing robot acted by German actress Brigitte Helm^[2] in 1927 silent Sci-Fi film Metropolis^[3] and a ROBOVoice remix version for Super Mario RPG Song. The flash creator cited the audio track from a YTMND page submitted in April 2005^[4], but it was originally posted to Newgrounds by DJ XBrav in June 2004.^[5]

Spread

This cheap but addictive flash movie caught an attention among users in 2channel where phonetic translations, or Soramimi^[6], had become a popular flash movie trend by the hits of “Numa Numa” and “Moskau” in those days. And the biggest reaction was drawn from the /news4vip/ board since the phonetic translation for a phrase “Peeps Insane”, “Bippu Sensei” (lit. “VIP Teacher”), win the hearts of the board users usually called VIPPER. Just after the first thread for this flash movie was submitted to /news4vip/ board early on May 8th, 2005^[7], heavy traffic surged at tamat’s server. According his blog post on the evening of the same day, the number of access from Japan in that day had reached over 20,000 and he had to take down it to avoid exceeding the transfer limit for that month.^[8] Many parody flash movies and pictures for VIP Teacher were quickly created by getting inspirations from silly phonetic translations given from VIPPERs, and those are archived into a portal site for VIP Teacher which was launched on the following day.^[9]

Besides, tamat revealed in another blog post in the following year that his “Mariotropolis” also caught some attention in France as well.^[10]

niconico

VIP Teacher brought back into the spotlight in the first half of 2007 by the launch of niconico. The “Mariotropolis” flash was reprinted to niconico from the very beginning of the service^[11], and VIP Teacher has become one of the classics in niconico’s video remix culture as shown by the song being included into “Kumikyoku Nico Nico Douga”, the second track in the original Nico Nico Medley series released in June 2007.^[12] On November 30th 2013, it made a headline on the Japanese web that a niconico user shota made the HD Remastered Version for VIP Teacher (shown below) from the blu-ray edition for Metropolis released in 2010.^[13]

Niconico 【HDデジタルリマスター】VIP先生【高画質高音質】

VIP Teacher also brought a large online popularity to the original song “Beware the Forest’s Mushrooms” (森のキノコにご用心) composed by Yoko Shimomura.^[14] Since after the hit of a Lucky StarMAD video in the summer of 2008 (shown below)^[15], this song has been sometimes utilized in MADs.^[16]

Various Examples

Flash Movies by VIPPERs

Parody Videos in niconico

Niconico HIP先生　【兄貴ｘVIP先生】Niconico ZIP先生
Left: Billy Herrington from the Wrestling Series | Right: Bruno Bucciarati from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
Niconico VIP先生　☠ウッディverNiconico VIP ZONE【VIP先生×RED ZONE】
Left: Revoltech Woody | Right: REDZONE

“Beware the Forest’s Mushrooms” MAD Videos

Niconico 【ドナルドMAD】森のハンバーガーにご用心Niconico 【人類は衰退しました】 森の妖精さんにご用心
Left: Donald McDonald – Ran Ran Ru | Right: Humanity Has Declined

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Terra Formars (Japanese: テラフォーマーズ) is a manga and anime series written by Yū Sasuga and illustrated by Kenichi Tachibana, published on Young Jump.

Premise

Terra Formars is set on 26th century. On 21st century, scientists sent modified seeds of algae and cockroaches to Mars to start a terraformation of the planet, so future Earth inhabitants could go to another planet in case of lack of resources. But the first manned ship to Mars sent 500 years later is attacked by mutant humanoid cockroaches, called Terraformars, who exterminate the entire tripulation. Decades later, a multinational expedition is sent to exterminate the Terraformars, but this time the members undergo genetic modification to to inherit the characteristics of other organisms. This time only two members survive and go back to Earth, but when a deadly virus from Mars strikes humanity a third expedition is assembled.

History

Terra Formars^[1] started his serialitzatzion on 2011, at the magazine Weekly Young Jump from the company Shueisha. At first, it was going to be a short series, but the reception of the chapters made that on 2012 the series continued. The series also has various spin-offs^[8][10] and a series of novels. The English serialization of the manga is currently published in Viz Media’s digital magazine.^[11]

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Anime Censorship

Terra Formars Anime Censorshiprefers to the controversy caused by the crude removal of gore scenes in the anime adaptation of the series, which consisted of poorly edited black screens and circles. This caused negative reactions from fans of the manga, and subsequently a series of photoshops mocking the crude censors. One of the most controversials censorships include Elena Perepelkina’s death, censored with two black circles.

Terraformars

Terraformars design has been controversial for being seen as a parody of African American people, although is based on Homo Erectus. As a joke, the Terraformars are sometimes refered as African American people, often using stereotypes.

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#GOPHatesPoorPeople is a Twitter hashtag used to criticize the American Republican Party for policies that are hostile to the lower class. It can also be used sarcastically to criticize Democrats for the same behavior. Related hashtags include #uniteblue.

Origin

The first tweet to use the hashtag was posted on July 7, 2011 by user @tesstoro:

The hashtag was sporadically used across twitter before it became popular on March 18th, 2015^[1].

Spread

On March 18th, 2015, a series of popular tweets were posted by a variety of users using the hashtag. Each tweet was different, but they alluded to a series of arguments going on in Congress over the federal budget, the annual farm bill, and a recent Senate work delay over a bill that would fairly recompense sex workers. The last bill had bipartisan support before reaching the Senate floor, causing many to complain that the delay was generated by partisan politics.

Users began to tweet using the hash tag, often accompanied by image macros detailing political points.

The hashtag spread quickly; at its peak, during the night of March 18th and throughout the following day, it was used by 55,206 users and was the top trending hashtag in the United States.

Twitter Analytics for #GOPHatesPoorPeople

Many conservatives used the tag to defend themselves against the criticism, including famous commentators like Michelle Malkin.

Search Interest

not available at this time

External References

^[1]Twitter – Twitter Search: #GOPHatesPoorPeople

^[2]Kicker – Twitter is having a huge catfight over whether the #GOPHatesPoorPeople

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Tokyo Ghoul is a 2011 manga series first written by Japanese mangaka Sui Ishida and serialized by Shueisha, followed by an anime series animated by Studio Pierrot in 2014. The series has garnered a notable following online, spawning a number of fan works.

Premise

Tokyo Ghoul is set in an alternate version of Tokyo, where a race of monsters known as Ghouls exist, who survive by eating humans. The story follows Ken Kaneki, a boy who, after being attacked and almost killed by an infamous ghoul known as Rize, is transformed into a ghoul after Rize’s organs are transplanted into him by a corrupt doctor. Because of this, Kaneki is forced to learn to live with his new Ghoul powers, working at a Ghoul-run coffee shop by the name of Anteiku..

History

Tokyo Ghoul first began as a 2011 manga series written by Sui Ishida and circulated in Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump, which ran for 14 volumes before ending on September 18, 2014. A sequel manga, titled Tokyo Ghoul: re was also created following the ending of the original series, beginning publication on October 16 of the same year. A prequel manga focusing on the character of Kishō Arima, titled Tokyo Ghoul: JACK, also began publication in August 2013, running until October of the same year. An anime series based off the original Tokyo Ghoul manga, animated by Studio Pierrot, also known for their work on popular series such as Bleach and Naruto, was also created and ran from July 4 to September 19, 2014 for 12 episodes. A second season featuring an anime original storyline, titled Tokyo Ghoul √A was also created, and first began airing on January 8, 2015.

Reception

Upon release, Tokyo Ghoul became the 27th best-selling manga series in Japan for 2013, selling around 1,666,348 estimated copies that year. As of January 2014, the manga had sold around 2.6 million copies^[16]. For 2014, Tokyo Ghoul became the 4th best-selling manga series in Japan of the year, selling around 6,946,203 copies that year alone^[17].

Online Relevance

In North America, the Tokyo Ghoul anime is licensed by FUNimation, available for streaming on their website^[1], with the manga adaptation being licensed by Viz Media^[15]. The series has gained a large online following on many sites, including on Tumblr^[2], Reddit^[3], 4chan’s /a/ (Anime and Manga) board^[4], Fanpop^[5], My Anime List^[6], and DeviantART^[7]. There are numerous sites that provide episodic information about the series, such as the Tokyo Ghoul wiki^[8], TV Tropes^[9] and Anime News Network^[10]. In addition, the Tokyo Ghoul Facebook page also has over 190,000 likes^[11].

Fandom

The Tokyo Ghoul series has spawned a significant online fanbase since it’s creation, which has created much fanart. On the Japanese fanart site Pixiv, there are over 29,000 images tagged under “東京喰種”^[12], as well as over 2,000 videos on the video sharing website Nico Nico Douga^[13]. On DeviantART, there are also over 25,000 images tagged related to the series^[14].

Notable Sub-Memes

Shuu Tsukiyama

Shuu Tsukiyama is a character within the Tokyo Ghoul series, portrayed as an eccentric Ghoul who has an obsession with the main character, Ken Kaneki. Due to his over the top demeanour and actions, he received a notable fan base, spawning many fan parodies based on his outbursts within the anime.

Banana Haise

Banana Haise is a meme originating from the sequel series to the original Tokyo Ghoul manga, Tokyo Ghoul:re, in which the character of Haise Sasaki is seen with a poster of Bananas in his room. The scene gained notability among fans, causing many fan parodies featuring the character paired with Bananas.

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WWE Bitter Over Young Bucks Turning Them Down.

- In a post on the Wrestling Observer message board, Dave Meltzer wrote that the line from Mark Henry to Roman Reigns on Smackdown about the “young bucks” never being anywhere was a direct shot by WWE officials on the Young Bucks tag team.

The remark is a result of WWE officials still being apparently bitter because the Young Bucks turned down a tryout for the company last year. In addition, the recent “Superkick Party” edition of WWE Fury from last month on YouTube was also meant to be a subtle shot at the Bucks, as it is a term associated with the tag team.

http://411mania.com/wrestling/wwe-bitter-over-young-bucks-turning-them-down/

Backstage Latest On WWE Taking A Shot At The Young Bucks, “Superkick Party” Talk

It appears WWE is really still bitter over The Young Bucks turning down a tryout in 2014. We’ve noted how WWE has applied to trademark the “too sweet” hand gesture, which is used by The Young Bucks and New Japan Pro Wrestling’s popular Bullet Club stable.

http://www.pwmania.com/backstage-latest-on-wwe-taking-a-shot-at-the-young-bucks-superkick-party-talk

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Expectation Vs. Reality refers to a serie of images and videos featuring, commonly, two borders comparing the expectations of a task and its poor realities, similar to What I Watched / What I Expected / What I Got.

Origin

The first usage of Expectation Vs. Reality is from a scene of the movie (500) Days of Summer (shown below, left), wich was released on January 17th, 2009. On February 22nd, 2010 the user jemapellenedge posted a video titled “Expectation vs. Reality” (shown below, right), wich is the earliest known usage of Expectation Vs. Reality online.

Spread

On April 2011, the Expectation Reality^[1] Tumblr was created. Currently it has has over 190 pages of posts featuring various examples of Expectation Vs. Reality.

On February 15th, 2013 the youtuber nigahiga posted a video called “Expectations vs Reality: Romance” (shown below, left). In 2 years, the video has gained over 8.000.000 views and 29.000 comments. On July 8th, 2013 the youtuber IISuperwomanII posted a video with notable examples of Expectation Vs. Reality. In 10 months, the video has gained over 4.000.000 views and 9.900 comments .

Various Examples

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^[1]Tumblr – Expectation Reality

About

The Lebron James Vine is a Vine featuring a young child repeating the name Lebron James repeatedly. It received wide popularity in the Vine community, as well as multiple remakes.

Origin

The original Vine was recorded and uploaded on June 27th, 2014 by Vine user, DARius^[1], whose little brother was featured in the video. It recieved 661.2K Likes, 472.7K Revines, and 42.8K Comments.

Spread

The clip recieved a huge spike in popularity in late January of 2015. On January 22nd, 2015, User William45^[2] posted a vine featuring a scene of Taylor Swift’s music video, Blank Space, replacing a piece with the clip. It received 256.7K Likes, 181.2K Revines, and 13.8K Comments.

There have been multiple remakes of the Vine, the most popular being a Vine posted on January 22nd, of a remake of the original Vine, but with an adult black man, posted on January 20th, 2015.

Notable Examples

External References

I need help with this entry and I honestly can’t find the exact source of when this first started so help would be highly appreciated.

About

Pokemon Variants is a series of fan art depicting what a Pokemon would look like if it was of a different subspecies or breed of the said Pokemon.

Origin

(researching)

Spread

On Feburary 22 2015, the dedicated Tumblr blog “Pokemon Breeds, Subspecies & Variants” was created.

Notable Examples

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The Daily Barak is an Israeli meme which developed through Twitter. User @amit13 tweeted a photo of Ehud Barak, a former Israeli Prime Minister, walking in the street with a bodyguard, and the photo went viral. User @itamars was the first to incorporate Barak into a variety of pictures, and now the image appears in artworks from the middle ages, modern paintings, Tarzan book covers and film scenes.

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Villanova Crying Piccolo Player, also known as the Villanova Crying Flute Player and March Sadness, is a photoshop meme based on a video clip of a college marching band mate playing the flute in tears that was displayed on Jumbotron during a NCAA men’s basketball tournament match between Villanova University and North Carolina State University in late March 2015.

Origin

After Villanova University’s loss to North Carolina State in the annual March Madness NCAA basketball tournament, Roxanne (last name unknown) began to cry. She then looked up at the Jumbotron and saw herself featured on the screen crying. “I’m a senior in the band, so I knew that was my very last game. It’s just so easy to get emotional especially being a senior, that just changed the game for me, knowing it was my last game,” Roxanne said to the Angelo Cataldi of CBS Philadelphia^[1].

Spread

After the moment was broadcast, it was posted to YouTube by user Vic on March 21st 2105, and by two days later the video had received 48,588 views.

In addition, several sports publications posted widely retweeted screenshots. One such screenshot, by sports publication Bleacher Report, was retweeted 2,658 times and favorited 3,798 times by Monday, March 23rd.

VIDEO: The crying Villanova fan playing the piccolo is the saddest thing you’ll see all week http://t.co/cVPyDACP0ypic.twitter.com/mbJIWku42u

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 22, 2015

User @NumbersMuncher then photoshopped Inappropriate Joe Biden into the screenshot with Roxanne on March 21st 2015. The tweet received 5,113 retweets an d 5,328 favorites.

"That's right… you just keep on playing. Biden's here." #MarchMadnesspic.twitter.com/FGNJNMNjHf

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) March 22, 2015

Notable Examples

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External References

^[1]CBS Philly – Villanova Crying Piccolo Girl On 94WIP: ‘I Think It’s Funny’

^[2]Geeks and Cleets – Here Are The Best Villanova Crying Flute Girl Memes!

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Catgirls, also known as Neko or Nekomimi, is the name given to any female character with cat traits, normally defined by having cat ears, tails, and sometimes even cat paws. A Catgirl differs from a cat furry. This is because while a cat furry has the physical characteristics of a cat a Catgirl simply looks like a human with cat parts added on. Catgirls have become a popular trope on anime.

History

The earliest instance of the female-cat hybrid is Bastet, the Egyptian goddess of cats, protection, joy, dance, music, and love.^[1] The first modern story which introduced a ear’d character is The 4th of Narcissus Month (水仙月の四日) by Japanese author Kenji Miyazawa on 1924.^[2]

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Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls

Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls is a series of fan made animation in the style of Japanese anime, featuring catgirls as the main characters.. The series is well known for its poor overall quality in art, voice acting, and audio.

Every dollar spent on X is a dollar not spent on genetically engineered catgirls

Every dollar spent on church is a dollar not spent on genetically engineered catgirls is a phrase used when a person desires the creation of real-life catgirls via genetically engineering. It is often used in conjunction with Shut up and take my money.

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Mecha (メカ) is a science fiction^[1] genre based around the use of giant robots as machines to be piloted by humans, usually to stop an evil force from harming the Earth, or individual nations within it. The robots themselves are known as mechs by fans of the genre.

Origin

While the earliest depictions of piloted machines stretch back to H.G. Wells’^[2]The War of the Worlds^[3], the modern mecha genre did not enter into its current state until the manga series Tetsujin 28-go^[4] which depicted a giant robot being remotely controlled, and Mazinger Z^[5] where the mechs are being controlled via a pilot in a cockpit.

History

Since the popularization of mecha in the 1960s, the genre has spawned a number of successful anime and manga franchises such as Gundam, Space Runaway Ideon^[6], Evangelion, and Gurren Lagann. Along with these several video game franchises focused on mecha have also spawned, such as MechWarrior^[7], Shogo^[8], and Zone of the Enders^[9].

Fandom

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Notable Subcultures

Gundam

Gundam is a space opera mecha anime series produced by animation studio Sunrise^[10]. The series has spawned a very successful franchise, and has helped influence a large number of mecha anime.

Evangelion

Evangelion is multi-media franchise spanning a television series, a manga series as well as several spin-offs, a series of movies, and several games.

Gurren Lagann

Gurren Lagann (also known as Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann) is a 2007 mecha anime series produced by studio Gainax^[11]. The series has spawned a subsequent manga series as well as two compilation movies.

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About

“Where is Charles Lee?” is a memorable quote from the Action video game Assassin’s Creed 3, frequently said by the main character Connor Kenway in his hunt to find Charles Lee. Due to the obsessive nature and delivery of the quote, it has since become an injoke among fans of the series.

Origin

In Assassin’s Creed 3, main character Connor goes on a hunt for revenge against the templars, primarily Charles Lee, who he believes caused the burning of his village and subsequently the death of his mother. Connor will constantly search for Lee by asking his whereabouts towards several figures throughout the story.

Spread

On November 30th, 2012, youtuber “XenomorphQueen” uploaded a video titled “WHERE IS CHARLESLEE?!”, featuring a montage of all the scenes in which Connor yells out the quote or similar with Yakety Sax for the background music. As of March 24th, 2015, the video has gained over 98,000 views. On April 3rd, 2014, redditor KayRay1994 submitted a video called “Where is Charles Lee” on /r/assassinscreed, which gained 206 upvotes as March 24th, 2015.^[1]

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