History Memes / FateGrandOrder

** Animation Updates Never. [[labelnote:Explanation]]After March 2022 to today as of this writing (a bit more than a full year), there hasn't been any Animation Updates to servants at all, It doesn't help that Lasengle are Radio Silent on them without an explaination to why, Tesla was the last servant to get an Full Animation Update.[[/labelnote]]

* [[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Paradox Kyogre.]][[labenote:Explanation]]Andromeda's Noble Phantasm features the sea monster Cetus as a giant mechanical MonsterWhale. The fandom very quickly latched onto the fact that it looked like a WhatIf of Kyogre, ''Pokémon'''s own Monster Whale, having come from the future like ''Scarlet and Violet's'' time-displaced Paradox Pokémon. The comparisons only grew when Andromeda was shown to be a SSR StoneWall in gameplay, mirroring Kyogre's playstyle as a notoriously bulky [[OlympusMons Legendary]].[[/labelnote]]

* The Saber ticket[[labelnote:Explanation]]For the 20th anniversary of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', a special campaign includes a ticket to pick up one of the seven of the Servants from the Fuyuki Grail War. As Saber Altria is the only5-star, many players of the Japanese server declare they're going for Saber exclusively. [[/labelnote]]

** Kadoc wakes up to see X[[labelnote:Explanation]]This is based on how Chaldea has recruited various characters that Kadoc would be familiar with during the two years between his appearances in the main story and joking about the potential comedy of waking up to find the person who beat the crap out of him and put him in a coma or some of the people he worked with casually hanging out in swimsuits.[[/labelnote]]

* [[MemeticBadass Sasaki Kojiro, Savior of France]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The fact that Sasaki is one of the two best cards for the French part of the game (said map is infested with Rider-class dragons, which Assassin-class Servants do extra damage against) has led to its reputation in the Fate/Grand Order fandom as the Savior of France.[[/labelnote]]
** [X] is [[BadassBoast just a bigger swallow]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Kojirou's Noble Phantasm refers to cutting down a swallow mid-flight. Replace X with anything from the aforementioned dragons to end-game bosses.[[/labelnote]]
** REGEND [[labelnote:Explanation]]Sasaki Kojiro's interlude was named this before they corrected the spelling. After he's defeated and seemingly killed during the Moon Festival event, one of the choices for the PC to say is "LEGEND OF SAMURAI" in Japanese. Nasu was having a blast while writing this.[[/labelnote]]
** Scathach Skadi, Savior of Quick [[labelnote:Explanation]]Quick-based Servants have been the butt of inefficiency jokes thanks to Merlin bringing in the Buster meta and Quick Servants having no busted supports as opposed to Merlin for Buster and Tamamo for Arts (Osakabe-hime tried to be one, but was considered a bit lacking). Then comes Scathach Skadi, who's easily an ''absolutely amazing'' Quick Support; this made her hailed as the Savior of Quick Meta, and sometimes, parodies with ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' can be applied, [[Memes/AvatarTheLastAirbender with Merlin/Buster taking the place of the Fire Nation/invaders.]][[/labelnote]]
*** Skadi carrying Quick on her back / "Fine, I'll do it myself!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Extending from the above meme, with the release of Caster Altria and later Koyanskaya of Light, Quick fell behind in the meta once again, leading many to ask for new Quick support. Cue ''Summer'' Scathach-Skadi, who is an even ''better'' Quick support with an offensive Quick NP on top of that, who can loop. By herself. You can have an all Skadi Quick farming team now. Cue jokes about Skadi being the entire Quick meta[[/labelnote]]
** Spartacus, Savior of China [[labelnote:Explanation]]In Lostbelt 3, Spartacus defied gravity and went [[WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant Iron Giant]] on a meteor to save the civilian inhabitants of SIN.[[/labelnote]]
* [[MesACrowd The Cu Chu train]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A team in Grand Order using only Cu Chulainn in various forms, as he has four separate and very popular summonable versions.[[/labelnote]]
* David is a shitty parent. [[labelnote:Explanation]][[spoiler:After the revelation of Solomon being in control of the Ars Goetia demons the protagonist had fought so far, these kinds of jokes were quick to surface about how Solomon's aim to doom the future spawned from David being a bad parent. Even TheReveal that it wasn't the real Solomon but the demons themselves controlling his corpse and the real one is actually very much a NiceGuy still didn't stop the jokes from coming.]][[/labelnote]]
* Rin and Shirou's children. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Given that the design of the male and female protagonist was based on a genderflip of Rin Tohsaka and Shirou Emiya respectively, the fandom quickly made jokes of the protagonist being the child of the latters, or children if both the male and female protagonist are present. This was partially due to the game being released after the end of the ''[[Anime/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorks Unlimited Blade Works]]'' anime - in which Shirou and Rin are romantically involved - and also due to Rin's route being the only one where Shirou could have any potential children.[[/labelnote]]

* Unlimited Maintenance Works[[labelnote:Explanation]]''Grand Order'' had a rocky start to say the least; during the first five days after its release, the game was only online for HALF of that time.[[/labelnote]]
** 48 hours [[labelnote:Explanation]]The longest period of maintenence so far, which has become rather infamous[[/labelnote]]
** "So, what happens when the maintenance is over?" [[labelnote:Explanation]]A comic featuring [[Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra Cobra]] talking about the end of server maintenance. Has since mutated with [[Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya Chloe]] and the female protagonist saying the same thing. "You don't know? That's when maintenance begins."[[/labelnote]]
%%* Fate/Hunger Games Simulator [[labelnote:Explanation]] One of the pass-time activities that players engage in while waiting for the game to go online again[[/labelnote]], which naturally has led to its own share of memes:
%%** [[http://i57.tinypic.com/r085d3.jpg Emiya picks flowers]]
%%** [[http://i58.tinypic.com/w0i06u.jpg Father of the year]]

* [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CU_PkCAUEAAb6qZ.jpg X is good civilization.]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CU_PkCKVEAAM-IG.jpg Y is bad civilization]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Attila wishes to destroy all civilization except for dango after eating some during the first Mid-Autumn event, declaring it to be good civilization, and then there's [[https://fate-go.us/manga_fgo2/comic23.html this comic]] about [[WebComic/LearningWithMangaFGO gacha being bad civilization]] that made it hilarious. Eventually, 'Good/Bad Civilization' became the fandom go-to phrase for declaring 'Desirable' or 'Undesirable' things. The joke also extends beyond FGO, popping up in Extella's Ending.[[/labelnote]]
** "Absolutely haram/halal."[[note]]The Hassan-i-Sabbah legend originated from Islamic stories. And the baddest of them all, King Hassan, ends up memetically using the phrase "Absolutely haram" (haram is basically the Islamic phrase of forbidden things that followers must always avoid, like pigs) as his own substitute for Altera's 'Bad Civilization'. Naturally, his substitute for 'Good Civilization' is "Absolutely halal"[[/note]]
* "Fuck off Reddit." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Someone on 4chan datamined the gacha used for the guaranteed 5 star servant and pasted a slightly transparent sign saying "Fuck Off Reddit" on it because of a perception that a reddit poster was claiming the anon's datamine. Said reddit poster took the bait and posted the datamine as it was, and was appropriately made fun of. Japanese posters, who were also looking for info in 4chan, found it and started typing the letters out in English without understanding what they were and wondering if the gacha was real or not. After that, every leaked picture of new events/Servants has this label.[[/labelnote]]
* Saber Lily's crotch blasting Noble Phantasm. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Her animation for Caliburn targets the enemy's crotch.[[/labelnote]]
** And now we have Charlotte Corday with her "Circumcision" NP while attacking some bigger Riders (Ivan being the most common victim).
* [[Webcomic/OnePunchMan One Buster Man]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to the fact that, in early content and events, sufficiently leveled Berserkers could take out pretty much any enemy in one Brave Chain (if not one Buster attack), fanart would compare them to Saitama and his infamous OneHitKill punch. Unfortunately, this died off some time after later content started introducing enemies that wouldn't go down with one chain from a Berserker, relegating the class to a collective CrutchCharacter.[[/labelnote]]

* Fionn, you've changed. [[labelnote: Explanation]]Fionn's design in ''Grand Order'' is ''radically'' different to the one he had in ''Literature/FateZero'', which lead to a lot of jokes from confused fans who didn't get the reference to a legend that was fairly obscure outside of its native Ireland.[[/labelnote]]
* Super High School Level Heroic Spirits. [[labelnote: Explanation:]] Edmond Dantes was revealed to be drawn by ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'''s main artist Rui Komatsuzaki, sporting a design that bore an eerie resemblance to [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Nagito Komaeda]]. Many fans ended up wondering what Komaeda was doing in a ''Fate'' series, to which Nasu himself [[http://forums.nrvnqsr.com/showthread.php/5875-The-BAMBOO-BROOM-DIARY-%28Nasu-and-Takeuchi-blog%29?p=2290630&viewfull=1#post2290630 responded]]: "Were you expecting a mere [[Anime/{{Gankutsuou}} Cavern King]]? Too bad! He was a Super High School-tier Heroic Spirit instead!" When Komatsuzaki was called upon again to draw Cleopatra, fans started drawing the pair participating in a Chaldea Killing Game. [[/labelnote]]
* I've become a mom. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The reaction of many players after summoning Jack from the gacha. This is because Jack calls her master (or anyone that's nice to her), no matter what gender, as "mommy".[[/labelnote]]
* [POPULAR SERVANT] WHEN? [[labelnote:Explanation]]A common reaction from some players every time a new batch of Servants was released, which began primarily from the non-appearance of Iskandar in those releases. The ''Fate/Zero'' collab cashed in all the hype that people had for him. To make it worse, he was the only limited Servant of the event.[[/labelnote]] The meme got [[AscendedMeme ascended]] a little during the ''All the Statesmen!'' event; while Altera is 'masquerading' as Wyatt Earp, the protagonist can reply with "Oh, come ON! Wyatt Earp Servant when!?" Variants of the meme include:
** SEMIRAMIS WHEN? Or ACHILLES WHEN? [[labelnote:Explanation]]They're the fan-favorite Apocrypha characters that were unavailable in the game for a long time. Achilles had been expected for a long time as he makes a non-playable cameo in Alexander's interlude and his two rivals (Hector and Penthesilea) were already in the game. With Semiramis, it became a common joke that she'd appear after an Amakusa gacha, a reference to her love for him. Or alternatively for both, when Apocrypha ended airing in Japan and received a collab event. Both versions are now {{Discredited Meme}}s, since Semiramis became the focus for Valentine 2018 and Achilles became playable during the Fate/Apocrypha collab event.[[/labelnote]]
** BERSERK ATALANTE/ATALANTE ALTER WHEN? [[labelnote:Explanation]]After the airing of Episodes 21 and 22 of Apocrypha, the demand for an 'alternate' Atalante after using her other Noble Phantasm, Agrius Metamorphosis, got a rise. This became discredited, as Atalanta Alter was released along with the first Lostbelt chapter.[[/labelnote]]
** SITA WHEN? [[labelnote:Explanation]]Many players expected Sita to appear in the India Lostbelt since she's an Indian servant and they want her to be reunited with her beloved husband, Rama. Except she never appears in the entire Lostbelt ''at all'' despite Rama being one of the major Servant allies.[[/labelnote]]
*** Curse of Separation EX/Mad Jealous Rama/Bruh-Mastra [[labelnote:Explanation]]The lore explanation of the above was that both Rama and Sita were hit with Curse of Separation, making them a very tragic pair of StarCrossedLovers that will never be together. And then, Sita actually became summonable... in the Arcade, where there is no Rama. Fans take it that Rama is ''very annoyed'' at his Curse of Separation and continues to curb down his anger and jealousy whenever he sees another HappilyMarried couple (such as Sigurd and Brynhild, who finally were able to reunite and be the happy couple they dreamed of) because he's constantly denied of his chance to reunite with Sita. Because of this, the phrase 'Bruh-Mastra' also gets an increase of usage with this situation, since it's just one letter away from Rama's NP (Brahmastra) and it put the emphasis of Rama's frustration on his separation issues. Furthermore, when several Arcade Servants got included in mobile thanks to the collaboration event... Sita is ''still'' not amongst the included summonable Servants (she can be equipped as an accessory only for that event), whereas they had time to include a brand-new Servant, Locusta. [[YankTheDogsChain You can definitely imagine just how further annoyed Rama is for getting yanked yet again.]][[/labelnote]]
** MURAMASA WHEN?[[labelnote:Explanation]]After his stellar scene of using his Noble Phantasm against Amakasa in Shimosa, there was a huge demand of him being a playable Servant. Like Sita, his supposed playable debut was deemed long overdue and many players kept hoping he would appear in future events and storylines with some speculating that he might show up when the third ''Heaven's Feel'' movie was released. [[spoiler:As it turned out, he actually made an appearance in the Atlantis Lostbelt, a few months before the final ''Heaven's Feel'' movie was originally scheduled, albeit as one of the Foreign God's Disciples.]] This became a DiscreditedMeme after he was revealed to be the game's 2021 New Year servant.[[/labelnote]]
** Swimsuit X when? [[labelnote:Explanation]]A common yearning of certain fans to have a summer version of each of their favorite Servants who are yet to get theirs. Even newer Servants are not safe from this.[[/labelnote]]
*** Male Swimsuit when? [[labelnote:Explanation]]Similar to above demanding a summer version of a male Servant like EMIYA and Gilgamesh. Starting from 2018, the game would release summer variants of the male characters, but as alternate costumes, not brand new Servants, which kept the meme alive. Of the boys that recieved one, Robin Hood and Edmond Dantes were the only boys to get a swimsuit-themed costume, while everyone else (Gilgamesh, Siegfried, Merlin, Kotarou, EMIYA, Gao Changong, and Sigurd) stuck to casual wear. Odder is their decision to showcase swimsuits for the entire male side of the Round Table in 2019 as cameos, yet still promote them with cardboard standouts and merch as if they were implemented (although Lancelot, Gawain, and Tristan would eventually get swimsuit costumes in 2023). Chief amongst this is 'Hawaiian Shirt Cu Chulainn', which has garnered popularity since ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'' and even made appearance in ''Anime/CarnivalPhantasm'', and yet [=DelightWorks=] has never bothered to give Cu this alternate outfit.[[/labelnote]]
*** SWIMSUIT OKITA WHEN? [[labelnote:Explanation]]A RunningGag amongst the GUDAGUDA Servants was that Okita, being a well-loved 5-Star Servant, wished she could get a swimsuit alternate for her. And DW continued to [[YankTheDogsChain yank her from the chance of getting it]], Nobunaga stole the chance in 2017 Summer, and while Nobu got her 'comeuppance' (sort of) and Okita popped up wishing she'll get her chance next year... that didn't come to pass, as the Japanese Swimsuit Servants in 2018 were Ushiwakamaru and Ibaraki. And in 2019, once again she missed out the 'Japanese Swimsuit Servant' entry, beaten out by Musashi, Osakabe-hime AND Hokusai, but not after Okita expressed her lack of swimsuit variant in the fourth GUDAGUDA event which ran before the 2019 Summer. Okita's lack of swimsuit variant (or being constantly denied for it) became a running joke within the fandom and at the same time, also made her a most requested Servant to get a Swimsuit variant. It's now a DiscreditedMeme after the Summer 2019 TV CM revealed she finally has her swimsuit.[[/labelnote]]
*** OKITA STRENGTHENING WHEN!? [[labelnote:Explanation]]A SpiritualSuccessor of the lack of Swimsuit Okita that popped up after Japan's 5th Anniversary. Okita is one of the earlier year Servants whose kit was effective enough that she ''never'' ever received any Strengthening or Interlude Quests. The fans were left frothing for the strengthening of Okita to make her ''even stronger'' or at least not look like she has an archaic skill set. And she was constantly denied of it as well, with the 5th Anniversary Strengthening Campaign seeing that Musashi ''once again'' stole her spot (followed by Sigurd, who missed out his chance in the Strengthening Campaign, only to be revealed that he got one to match his appearance in Summer 2020 event, so fans take it that [[EtTuBrute Okita got backstabbed twice by fellow 5 Star Sabers]]). It was enough that Okita's name ''trended'' and [[Creator/AoiYuuki her voice actress]] [[https://twitter.com/staff_aoi/status/1292401921911791617 expressed her surprise, feeling of deja vu and disappointment that Okita got snatched from her chance again and that it trended in Twitter Japan.]] This was swiftly killed off as Okita finally did receive a Strengthening at October 2020.[[/labelnote]]
** [[Manga/{{Gintama}} GORILLA]] KONDOU ISAMI WHEN??[[labelnote:Explanation]]Kondo is actually one of the hypothetical Servants that Okita could summon using her unused Noble Phantasm Flag of Sincerity, which would summon all of the Shinsengumi members to fight for her. With FGO being a phenomenon in the 2010's, many of the players are also more familiar with ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'', and amongst the major Shinsengumi members (Kondou, Hijikata and Okita), only Kondou was absent, with many lamenting that it was Saitou who became playable in GUDAGUDA 5 as the Shinsengumi representative (when he was actually more minor in ''Gintama''. 90's fans, on the other hand, were overjoyed for him, because Saitou was the biggest Shinsengumi representative of that era thanks to ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''.) The meme's fullest form is when fandom wishes that Kondou Isami should take elements from Kondou Isao, up to being built like a Gorilla (and have a Gorilla/Triple Buster deck), or having stalker tendencies, with the other side of the fandom either joining the flow or reminding that ''Gintama'' was a ''very'' loose, not accurate take, of the Shinsengumi and the FGO renditions of Hijikata and Okita weren't carbon copies of the ''Gintama'' renditions (Hijikata is not obsessed with mayonnaise, and though he does like takuan a lot, it didn't override his other traits. Okita is not at all a sadist, even in her darkest form), so FGO shouldn't just copy ''Gintama'' wholesale (Not to mention elements of Kondo's 'Gorilla build' and 'Stalker' can be somewhat found in Napoleon, a muscular guy that did his best to impress certain ladies, though not in a creepy stalker way.). Regardless of that, Kondo remains as one of the most requested Servants to appear in FGO, but bonus points if he turns out to be like a Gorilla.[[/labelnote]]
* FGO chibis. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A lot of people are very fond of posting Servant chibis in the style of ''Learn With Manga!'' while posting in imageboards. The April Fools events just made the chibis even more popular, since now, there's official chibis for everyone.[[/labelnote]]
* Wait, and hope. [[labelnote:Explanation]]This quote from Edmond Dantes is always used whenever discussing rolls and future events/Servants. Dantes' VA (Nobunaga Shimazaki) posted a tweet of his NP 5 Dantes with the caption "Roll, and hope", spreading the meme further.[[/labelnote]]
* Angra Mainyu. [[labelnote:Explanation]]This loved, ultimate JokeCharacter was secretly added to the Friend Point gacha during Fate/Accel Zero Order, resulting in almost all players trying to roll him, and was jokingly suspected to be the reason for lots and lots of server lag and a record five maintenances for the game. And to rub salt in the wound, it's possible that his roll rate is even smaller then any of the SSR Servants' roll rate. All the Evils of the World indeed.[[/labelnote]]
* Drawings of Helena. [[labelnote:Explanation]] One chapter of ''Learn More With Manga! FGO'' has the protagonist commissioning Leonardo Da Vinci for a drawing of Helena Blavatsky under ''very'' strict (and suggestive) specifications, much to Da Vinci's chagrin. Since then, this has become a minor meme, and lots of players (along with some of the game's artists, including her character designer Matsuryuu) actually drew Helena under said specifications.[[/labelnote]]
* The Lancer Curse. [[labelnote:Explanation]]There are staggeringly high amount of players without a golden-rarity Lancer due to the difficulty of acquiring them, since most of them are either limited exclusives or story-unlocked; to put this into perspective, there are currently at least six gold-rarity Sabers able to be summoned anytime. Some unfortunate players eventually started to jokingly attribute this to Lancers' generally poor luck stat, though some players used this as an excuse to use the longtime fan-favorite Cu Chulainn... ''then'' jokingly [[ButtMonkey blame their luck on him.]][[/labelnote]]

* Another crossover meme with Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire: Arash's Noble Phantasm [[SayMyName Stella, the Lone Meteor]].
** Music/ManWithAMission also has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiehyJNDOoY a song named "Stella"]] ([[https://imgur.com/a/cdas7 and yes, the fan artists have not left this unnoticed]]).
* Sandstorm [[labelnote:Explanation]]Camelot's earlier stages have a notorious sandstorm that greatly drops frame rates of the game. Many call it "The Rude Sandstorm", alluding to Darude's "Sandstorm".[[/labelnote]]
* Mary's reaction in the "Chaldea Summer" CM to the ball going her way first being a smile as she tries to hit it and then surprise as it gets too close and hits her in the face became an ImageMacro for players' disappointment in the game.
* DW hates dudes. [[labelnote:Explanation]] With many of the 4* and 5* servants composed mostly of girls and Medb's exhibition round punishing you for using male servants, some people have come to this conclusion.[[/labelnote]]
* The outfit that Mash wears in the "Dangerous Beast" CE is often put on other characters, both male and female, by fan artists. Most of the art, especially the ones of female characters, tend to be very NSFW.
** This has been a ongoing theme for Halloween. One of the exclusive [=CEs=] for the 2017 Halloween event features artwork by the doujin circle [=ReDrop=] similar to the "Dangerous Beast" outfit [[note]]which was for 2016's event[[/note]]. Prior to it, for 2015's event, there was the "Halloween Princess" [[note]]which featured [[Literature/FateZero Irisviel Von Einzbern]] in a [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus guise]][[/note]]. For 2017, there is "[[{{Stripperiffic}} Trick or Treatment]]" [[note]]featuring [[Characters/FateGrandOrderBerserkers Nightingale]][[/note]]. For 2018, there is "Royal Icing" [[note]]featuring [[Characters/FateGrandOrderLancers Lancer Altria Alter]][[/note]]. They all tend to get popular around fan artists rather quickly.
** [[AscendedMeme And then it was made canon]] during the [=ServaFes=] 2023 event, when Chloe (Avenger) has a variation of Dangerous Beast as her Third Ascension and is given a reason to wear it in the event's main story.
* Smile protected. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Building off the wider "don't you want to protect that smile?" meme that gained popularity with many anime fans, once Mash protects ''your'' smile with her HeroicSacrifice and your heroics in turn inspire a certain character to defy reality and save her from death, you two share a moment outside Chaldea for the first time where she gives you a beaming smile. The threat is over for now and the smile has been, in fact, protected.[[/labelnote]]

* Tristan in Extra (CCC). [[labelnote: Explanation]]He's the only bonus Servant for the event without any apparent connection with CCC. Cue confused reactions from Japanese players. Tristan even trended on twitter on the day the CCC event details were announced![[/labelnote]]
** That's so sad. [[labelnote: Explanation]]Tristan's memetic CatchPhrase in Japan. Only became really meme-worthy elsewhere when the phrase "Tristan, play [[Music/LuisFonsi Despacito]]" was added onto it.[[/labelnote]]
* Berserker can't be defeated -- he's the strongest man in the world! [[labelnote: Explanation]]This line comes from Illya in the UBW route of ''F/SN'' ("Basaka wa dare ni mo makenai -- sekai de ichiban tsuyoin dakara!") and is typically quoted whenever a player has Heracles thoroughly trash powerful bosses like Goetia by ''himself''. Demonstrated [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCPEZoDaNsQ here.]][[/labelnote]]
* Nasu's still got it. [[labelnote: Explanation]]This appears whenever story content written by Nasu concludes and fans are left very satisfied with the story, be it the emotional aspect, epicness, or jokes inside.[[/labelnote]]
* My homies/MLG Marie. [[labelnote:Explanation]]When one of Marie Antoinette's story responses was translated to [[TotallyRadical "Whassup, my homies?"]] players were quick to associate MLG memes with her.[[/labelnote]]
** Kirakira [[labelnote:Explanation]]Translated as 'Shining', this's a phrase by Marie (when using a Skill) that is often associated with her, and also combined with the above. Example: "Kirakira, my homies!"[[/labelnote]]
** Marie Antoinette is a [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure JoJo]]! [[labelnote: Explanation]]Her name at birth was Marie Antonia Josepha Johanna, thus fulfilling the need for a ''Jo Jo'' protagonist to have the syllables in their name.[[/labelnote]]
* Frankie's "Daddy". [[labelnote: Explanation]]During the "Dead Heat Race" summer event, Fran manages to co-operate with Archer of Shinjuku (of all people) by calling him "papa". His response gave way to fanart of him fainting over the sight of Fran being cute.[[/labelnote]]
* Grail for Love. [[labelnote: Explanation]]Given the limited rarity of Grail RareCandy, much debate is on just who gets grail ascended. While there are a few characters who are useful in a spreadsheet sense, the general accepted answer is that you grail the character you love to play.[[/labelnote]]
* Skip NP when? [[labelnote: Explanation]] Some fans are just not into the Noble Phantasm animation sequence. It's even acknowledged in ''[[Webcomic/LearningWithMangaFGO Learning with]] [[http://fate-go.cirnopedia.org/comic_page_02.php?chapter=20 Manga]]''. When this issue was brought up to the developers in [[http://www.rpgsite.net/interview/5761-fate-grand-order-anime-expo-2017-interview-with-the-producer-and-creative-director an interview]], their response was basically HahahaNo. The closest we get to this feature is Bunyan's NP that only has 2 seconds of animation.[[/labelnote]]
* ONORE ONORE ONORE ONORE!! [[labelnote: Explanation]]Gilgamesh's grunt of pain after something seriously painful (eg: a Noble Phantasm) is oft-quoted by many to curse at something that didn't go their way.[[/labelnote]]
* Sitting EX [[labelnote: Explanation]]Yagyu Munenori's skill animation involves him kneeling, then getting up again. Because of his good skillset for burst damage, many have called his animation "Sitting EX" [[/labelnote]]
* Sumanai. [[labelnote: Explanation]]Siegfried's LowTierLetdown status was pretty much legendary and not only [[FanNickname is the phrase used to describe him]], it's also used as a way to 'spook' people who drew 4-5 star Sabers only for them to be revealed to be Siegfried. The Interlude buff, while not enough to make him a decent standalone Saber, actually made him at least servicable or showing combo potential with other Servants (his combo with Georgios can be extremely lethal even on non-dragon enemies). But [[NeverLiveItDown people have a hard time forgetting his sucky days]], so 'Sumanai' is still going to stick.[[/labelnote]]
** This is his catchphrase because of his guilt to his wife.[[labelnote:Explanation]]When Kriemhild joined the game and acts like a yandere towards him, fans now understand why he says "sumanai" a lot.[[/labelnote]]
* [X] Santa Lily. [[labelnote: Explanation]]After the sheer adorableness that 2016's Christmas event brought with the introduction of Jeanne Alter Santa Lily, many fans took it upon themselves to make Santa Lily versions of their favorite Servants in the hopes that the next year might make one of them real.[[/labelnote]]
* Genderbent Chaldea. [[labelnote: Explanation]] The sheer amount of genderbent female Servants appearing in Chaldea had some fans wondering about an event where these Servants unexpectedly turn into their historical counterpart's gender. While some versions have the Masters try to reverse the curse, others fully embrace the change and turn this new Chaldea into a [[YaoiGenre BL]] or [[RomanceGame Otome]]-styled facility.[[/labelnote]]
* Swimsuit Nitocris. [[labelnote: Explanation]]Nitocris' Swimsuit Assassin alt has amassed a ridiculous amount of memes, thanks primarily to the Medjed disguise she puts on in her earlier levels. The meme lasted well into the Halloween season and beyond, with Nitocris still wearing it in order to use it as a makeshift ghost costume, or use it as a blanket in the winter, or just because she doesn't feel like taking it off.[[/labelnote]]
* ONE RIDER GEM [[labelnote: Explanation]]In celebration of the upcoming Winter Festival in 2017, there was a special log-in bonus courtesy of Ozymandias... in the form of a single Rider Gem. Needles to say, the utter randomness of it made the whole thing go viral.[[/labelnote]]
* [=Amazon.com=] CEO [[labelnote: Explanation]]For Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons, being an 'Amazon CEO' isn't just her FanNickname, it also made her the target of [=Amazon.com=] spoofs, like being made to deliver Amazon products, or when said product is [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=2350151 to instantly kill you.]][[/labelnote]]
* It's definitely [[Literature/FateApocrypha Semiramis]].[[labelnote: Explanation]]Semiramis fans on Reddit who'd been waiting for Semiramis's availability in the FGO gacha latched on to the idea that ''all'' the characters from the then-upcoming ''Cosmos in the Lostbelt'' chapter were her ([[https://i.redd.it/4k3eyqy637601.png even when they weren't Servants and/or clearly not her]]). Even after she became available as the featured Servant in the 2018 Valentine's Day event, the meme lives on.[[/labelnote]]
* Part of Medusa's reworked animations include her making her signature crouching pose during her Extra Attack. However, the positioning makes it so that when she's not at the front of the party, she'll be doing it right in front of the party's leader, in most cases close to their crotch. It's common to see various screenshots of this with multiple characters.
** Sherlock Holmes's Extra Attack animations include closely examining and [[FingerFraming hand-framing]] enemies. [[https://i.redd.it/ys21w5jazncz.jpg This is]] [[http://i.imgur.com/FZk7ltA.jpg also]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIFHRnUU0AAlRp0.jpg exploitable]].
* Stheno the Useless Goddess [[labelnote:Explanation]]Usually Medusa is the Gorgon Sister that gets ridiculed and bullied in-universe by being called 'useless' or sorts. However, in gameplay, while both Medusa and Gorgon range from decent to very useful, and Euryale is very useful, Stheno... is a LowTierLetdown, so she's the one being labelled as 'useless goddess' in the players' eyes. While her strengthening quests have made her usable, the meme remains, especially when her facial expression is a super smug one like trolling that she just spooked you out of any dream Assassins you have been gunning for.[[/labelnote]]
* Ishtar the Useless Goddess: [[labelnote:Explanation]] Already present in game due to a tablet that Gilgamesh makes her wear, her tendency to sabotage herself mixes in photoshops comparing her with [[Literature/KonoSuba Aqua]] who has a similar meme. The meme gets further elevated with the release of the 17th episode of [[Anime/FateGrandOrderAbsoluteDemonicFrontBabylonia Babylonia anime]], where people now have enough visual reference to compare Ishtar and Aqua (complete with the "I am a Useless Goddess" tablet), along with Ishtar crying pathetically.[[/labelnote]]
** [[Literature/KonoSuba Eresh pads her chest!]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Ereshkigal is often shortened as 'Eresh' and it was a close enough pronounciation with Aqua's junior Goddess Eris whom she's very jealous of. In addition, Eris was a genuine ReasonableAuthorityFigure, whereas Ereshkigal came off as the more dutiful, down-to-earth sibling compared to Ishtar's much more sneaky personality. One of Axis Cult's well known mantras is ridiculing Eris and accusing her of chest-padding. Take all those above and the comparison between Ishtar and Aqua and you've got a bunch of Ereshkigal (and Ishtar) fans jokingly applying the quote on Ereshkigal.[[/labelnote]]
* Who's this Servant you speak of? I only see a Mana/Rare Prism.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Some LowTierLetdown servants such as Siegfried, Stheno (both pre- and [[NeverLiveItDown post-buff]]), and Fionn are often joked as being more useful as Rare Prisms than in gameplay.[[/labelnote]]

* "The king of the Vikings who wields a bloody axe. [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment This is Eric Bloodaxe, the Bloodaxe King.]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Eric "Bloodaxe" Haraldsson's profile in the NA version is mocked for its redundancy.[[/labelnote]]
** Who? [[labelnote: Explanation]]Eric is otherwise forgettable.[[/labelnote]]
* Astolfo the haunted plush [[labelnote: Explanation]](Probably) created by [[https://myfigurecollection.net/profile/dokidoki dokodoki]], a stock photo of the Potekoro Mascot Astolfo plush serves as a template for homosexual-themed memes while being a cursed doll at the same time.[[/labelnote]]
** This was actually started by this picture proclaiming to sell [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1343031-fate-type-moon a haunted Altria plush]], which started a trend to do the same to other merchandise of characters.
* Saber buff when? or Instinct upgrade when? or Avalon when? [[labelnote: Explanation]]A common yearning of players, especially the fans of Saber Altria to fix her PowerCreep-ed status, especially for an upgrade of her Instinct skill like MHX and MHX Alter got. The 3rd Anniversary more or less killed this meme by giving Saber Altria the much-needed Instinct upgrade... although there are still other Servants stuck with vanilla Instinct (example: Mordred) and some are still clamoring for a buff that uses Avalon in some form. Was further discredited when Mordred got Cigarette Knight to replace Instinct, and Altria's Mana Burst was later upgraded to Dragon Reactor Core B, which adds an NP Damage buff and ''also'' converts all of Altria's currently available command cards to Buster.[[/labelnote]]

* Fujino the Bridge Bender [[labelnote:Explanation]]Fujino's Noble Phantasm animation makes reference to her fight in ''Kara no Kyoukai'' where she uses the Mystic Eyes of Distortion to tear the bridge she and Shiki were on in half. However, many people tend to imagine that she just ''manifests a bridge out of nowhere'' just to break it in half, thus leading to many jokes about her and bridges.[[/labelnote]]
** "The Archer class is really made up of Archers." [[labelnote:Explanation]]While that line has been a good source of snark due to Archers using mostly swords, Fujino's case is further hilarious due to her being an Archer despite using PsychicPowers which would be more suited to the Caster Class.[[/labelnote]]
* Avicebron's single finger pointing upwards was found to be hilarious [[https://twitter.com/2peropepero/status/981520424809844736 and]] [[https://twitter.com/ame_neko22/status/981834898456698881 quite]] [[https://twitter.com/fate_hibiki/status/981831696701009925 exploitable.]]
* Kadoc got locked in a trunk and NTR'd. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Anastasia serves as Kadoc's MoralityPet, to the point where his allies are worried that he might prioritize her over their goals. When he's inevitably defeated, his version of Anastasia is killed, and he is captured aboard the ''Shadow Border''. The protagonist can then summon a fresh version of Anastasia, who falls in love with them. Fans then imagined [[https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/8ah3ko/anastasias_bond_110/ Kadoc being forced to listen from the next room as his Servant grows to love the one who destroyed the world he meant to create for her]].[[/labelnote]]
** Such is the fate of Crypters.[[labelnote:Explanation]]An eventually DiscreditedMeme. NTR-ing Kadoc originated from the fact that Kadoc's entire goal was to support Anastasia, only for his version of her to be killed and the summonable one to fall in love with us, leading many to see it as the player NTR-ing him and thinking the rest of the Crypters would follow suit, or to some people, seeing it as a punishment for what all the Crypters did in the Lostbelt Prologue, as many players at that time were still fresh off suffering a brutal PlayerPunch and people usually coped by trying to see this in a BlackAndWhiteMorality manner, with the Crypters needing to be punished for being 'the ungrateful bad guys' and taking away everything the players did for mankind (and Kadoc, being the first Crypter the players faced while possessing an inferiority complex and jealousy against the protagonist, didn't help his case). This died out as the other Crypters were revealed, and players were further hit with just how much of a GreyAndGrayMorality the conflict truly was and discovered the Crypters exuded other honorable and admirable attitudes, as well as avoiding being NTR'd in various ways. [[spoiler:Ophelia died in her Lostbelt and you can't NTR the dead. Hinako is a bit more complicated since she dies, but ''becomes'' a very attractive Servant, and the Servant she's in love with, Xiang Yu, isn't exactly conventionally attractive [[NinjaPirateRobotZombie being a hellish-centaur-robot-creature.]] Peperoncino lost control of his Servant to God Arjuna and has to work with the protagonist to defeat him which is more like God Arjuna NTR-ing him. Kirschtaria abandons his Servant Caenis the moment she failed him for his plans, meaning that he's OK if you NTR him, and later on, his reveal that he was GoodAllAlong is taken as 'he's such a bro that he's OK if you NTR him, including that Pollux (albeit at the cost of NTR-ing Castor)'.]] At the moment, the Crypters are no longer seen as NTR-targets, and people also no longer subject Kadoc to NTR-ing (especially after Lostbelt 6.5 [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap made him much more likable]]), although there's one Crypter who got hit with it [[HateSink deservedly]]: [[spoiler:[[FourEyesZeroSoul Beryl Gut]], considering he stayed as an extreme StalkerWithACrush and continuously hitting on Mash. In this case, the players LITERALLY NTR him by merely defending their favorite kouhai from his advances.]] By the time [[spoiler:Beryl died being NTR'd]], the players have had their fill that they just stopped trying or forgot to NTR Daybit with Tezcatlipoca (who, of course, is a guy, but even female players just stopped trying either)[[/labelnote]]
* CameraFiend Anastasia [[labelnote:Explanation]]Based on how Anastasia's last moments in life were basically being the one personally taking photos of herself and her sister, Anastasia is often made to be a CameraFiend who likes to take selfies or photos of others with more modern cameras compared to the ones in her time. Often to tease Kadoc.[[/labelnote]]
** Anastasia under kotatsu [[labelnote:Explanation]]The playable Anastasia has one My Room line if the player has the resident LazyBum Osakabe-hime, asking the protagonist if she can take Osakabe-hime's kotatsu for herself. This leads some fanartists to depict her under a kotatsu, sometimes turning into a LazyBum herself.[[/labelnote]]
* How does he fit into a truck? [[labelnote:Explanation]]Ivan the Terrible is one of the biggest, tallest summonable Servants, whose debut is after the first Lostbelt... and by that point, Chaldea has been reduced into just one truck (Shadow Border). Therefore, fanarts tend to poke fun on how the massive Ivan has trouble fitting himself into the truck.[[/labelnote]]
** Kingprotea in My Room [[labelnote:Explanation]]Similar as above regarding Kingprotea whose size dwarfs even ''Ivan''; her portrait in My Room has her sitting down just to barely fit in the screen.[[/labelnote]]
* Furries!! [[labelnote:Explanation]]The first Lostbelt chapter is filled with Yagas (chimeric people who are fused with beasts), most of who are wolfmen. One of them, Patxi, is very liked for his character.[[/labelnote]]
** Music/ManWithAMission [[labelnote:Explanation]]The wolfmen also remind the fans of this band's wolf mask gimmick. Also, they have a song titled "Stella".[[/labelnote]]
* Welfare Sieg[[labelnote:Explanation]]A lot of players theorized (and were correct) that Sieg would be given out as the welfare Servant of the ''Apocrypha'' event. Given his very divisive nature among fans, it become commonplace to joke about burning him for some Rare Prisms even though welfare 4* didn't yield any Rare Prisms at the time. Though it eventually got turned around, as [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap the Inheritance of Glory actually makes Sieg acceptable and likable]], so people changed their mind about burning him.[[/labelnote]]
* "I just don't like you for some reason. That's all."[[labelnote:Explanation]]This line is said by Iskandar during the Fate/Zero Accel Order event in response to El-Melloi II demanding to know why he's siding with Kariya and Lancelot over Chaldea, to which El-Melloi can only stare blankly in shock. It quickly became the idea for what Servants who refuse to be summoned by players would say, even if said players spend all their SQ for them and get nothing.[[/labelnote]]
* 10 Saint Quartz [[labelnote:Explanation]]To celebrate the 1,000 day anniversary milestone, [=DelightWorks=] rewarded players with only 10 Saint Quartz, to which the Japanese fanbase responded with anger and mockery, noting that previous day anniversary milestones had better rewards such as Golden Apples, EXP cards, and even ''rate ups of certain limited 5* servants.''[[/labelnote]]
* [[AffectionateGestureToTheHead Headpatting]] Ushiwakamaru [[labelnote:Explanation]]Ushiwakamaru is... [[BadassAdorable adorable]]. And in her interlude, she asked the protagonist to pat her head in congratulation of her deeds. Hence, every player seems to have an urge to pat Ushiwakamaru's head all the time whenever she does something nice or cute.[[/labelnote]]
* Nursery Rhyme saying "Fuck" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Thanks to this [[https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=manga&illust_id=68233822 comic]] where Nursery Rhyme said 'Fuck' in a complete contrast with her innocence, her particular face there has become a reaction face for saying OhCrap[[/labelnote]]
** Also known as "[[{{Pun}} Cursery Rhyme]]"
** HOLY SHIT FUCKING CRAZY [[labelnote:Explanation]]Same vein with the above about Abigail's 3rd Anniversary CE. The 3rd Anniversary album has a comment from Abby about her gangsta-style casual outfit in which she says "Ho** ***t fu***ng crazy".[[/labelnote]]
* GenderBender/Crossdresser Guda [[labelnote:Explanation]]Because the player can change the main character's gender and portrait at will and at any time in My Room, they're often given this ability in fanworks.[[/labelnote]]
* Darius, 3 years old/Age 3 [[labelnote:Explanation]]Darius III was referred to as a 3 year old during the first Christmas event (Little Darius, Age 3). Combined with how he's rendered as a ScreamingWarrior, fans started to portray him as more or less a 3 year old mentality-wise behind all that screaming.[[/labelnote]]
* Pantless Chiron [[labelnote:Explanation]]Chiron goes full centaur in his final Ascensions, making him technically pantless. Fans wondered and poked fun at this, wondering if Chiron is fine having his private parts exposed to everyone when he is in this form.[[/labelnote]]
* The Promised Day [[labelnote:Explanation]]Achilles' debut was met with fanart of him encountering Penthesilea, who hates him to no end.[[/labelnote]]
* Shinjuku Salter when? [[labelnote:Explanation]]Saber Alter and Jeanne Alter showed up in ''Epic of Remnant'' in new outfits that were met with an overwhelmingly positive critical response from players. Jeanne Alter eventually got hers as an alternate costume for the ''Da Vinci and The 7 Counterfeit Heroic Spirits'' 2018 rerun. Saber Alter, on the other hand, has yet to get hers (many believe that she should've gotten hers during the "Saber Wars" rerun just two months after). While not as popular as her Avenger rival, Saber Alter is still very much a BreakoutVillain, so the aforementioned phrase has become an obligatory comment of sorts whenever fanart of her in her Shinjuku outfit is posted. Now a DiscreditedMeme with DW finally releasing the costume dress on Feb 1, 2020.[[/labelnote]]
* Chacha Out of Nowhere [[labelnote:Explanation]]The ''GUDAGUDA Meiji Ishin'' event where Chacha is the banner and reward Servant had a surprise re-run and came unannounced a few days after the conclusion of ''Murder at the Kogetsukan'' mystery event. This unexpected event caught many players off-guard. It was the same for NA, where the ''GUDAGUDA Meiji Ishin'' Event Rerun came with barely a few hours notice in place of the ''Murder at the Kogetsukan' Event, catching even JP players expecting the Murder Mystery to come first off guard.[[/labelnote]]
* Useless, just like Shinji [[labelnote:Explanation]]Craft Essences featuring Shinji tend to either have increased debuff resistance or increased debuff success rate, which are less than useful attributes to buff.[[/labelnote]]
* Sabers fire beams! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Similar to the "Archers don't actually use bows" meme, the Saber class is often joked about being made of Servants who just [[SwordBeam shoot beams with their swords]] instead of fighting in melee with them. The joke got new material when Okita Souji's Alter form (whose NP has a Sword Beam unlike her vanilla self) was implemented in the game as an Alter Ego servant, leading players to treat the class change as a MindScrew; [[InsaneTrollLogic how could a Saber who fires beams not be a Saber?]][[/labelnote]]

* Yay, Peace, Peace. [[labelnote:Explanation]]When doing Noble Phantasm, Sakamoto Ryoma might get an alternate sprite where Oryou instead puts up a peace sign, much to Ryoma's consternation. This sprite/pose tends to get snowcloned with other possible duos, like [[https://twitter.com/natsuno_n/status/1009085761121972226 such]] or [[https://twitter.com/cei_draws/status/1008044338193018880 such]].[[/labelnote]]
* Banana Oni [[labelnote:Explanation]] Ibaraki-Douji started being called this since, thanks to her color scheme and the way her clothes are draped over her, she resembles a peeled banana. AscendedMeme as of the third Summer Event.[[/labelnote]]
** The NA translation of the Prisma Illya crossover event includes [[AscendedMeme addressing Ibaraki as "a fearsome banana oni"]], which she apparently finds flattering.
* Rate Up Is A Lie [[labelnote:Explanation]]FGO's very stingy gacha rate has become a subject of jokes thrown around whenever people whaled and still failed to get what they wanted. While it can be used in other gacha games, FGO's version is usually accompanied with the picture taken from ''Webcomic/LearningWithMangaFGO'' [[https://grandorder.gamepress.gg/manga/chapter-67 featuring Jeanne d'Arc going doomsayer mode]], only with her plank rewritten with the phrase.[[/labelnote]] (pictured above)
** Desire Sensor at work [[labelnote:Explanation]]An in-joke about the gacha's seemingly supernatural ability to spit out even multiple copies of higher rarity Servants the player ''isn't'' trying to get, but not what the player actually wants, leading to the suggestion the game has some kind of "desire sensor" programmed into it to detect results a player wants and prevent them from coming up to keep them spending. Technically, Desire Sensor is ever-present in any other gacha games, but FGO being infamous for being possibly the game with the stingiest gacha rate amongst gacha game means that the presence of Desire Sensor and its shenanigans is even bigger in FGO.[[/labelnote]]
* [[FanPreferredCouple OTP of Brynhild and Jeanne Alter]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Jeanne Alter is a super popular Servant and powerful to boot, and Brynhild complements with her very well... and especially, during Jalter's debut event (Da Vinci and the 7 Heroic Spirit Counterfeits), Brynhild was featured as Jalter's masochistic lesbian girlfriend. So why did this become memetic, not just a mere FanPreferredCouple example? Let's take note: Jalter was not included in Brynhild's Beloved list, and the event made it clear that it's not the real Brynhild, just a flawed counterfeit. And yet the hilarity of the event, Jalter's excellence in making 'disgusted face' (of which the event provided many), her own popularity and how well Bryn complements her in gameplay made fans go beyond that and treat it like the fake Brynhild was actually the real Brynhild, so you'll rarely see a fanart of Brynhild not lusting over her "Onee-sama" Jalter because of that. Sigurd's arrival in Lostbelt #2 changed things up a bit, however, as his determination and devotion in the face of Brynhild's murderous love, combined with his earnestness, won a number of fans over to Sigurd/Bryn.[[/labelnote]]
** Sigurd and Brynhild's Guts Relationship[[labelnote:Explanation]]Brynhild is cursed to always kill Sigurd when she meets him. Sigurd's My Room dialogue saying he would be okay with her killing him, and his second skill granting him the Guts ability, has lead to a fan workaround of the curse. She ''does'' kill him every time they meet, but Guts brings him back with 1 HP, and her curse is alleviated for a time.[[/labelnote]]
*** Confirmed in Chaldea Thriller Night. In fact, they both enjoy it immensely.
* [[IfItsYouItsOkay It's not gay if it's clay]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Sometimes fans upgrade Gilgamesh and Enkidu's bromance to a full-on romance. It helps Enkidu's form is based on Shamhat, making him really, really bishonen-looking.[[/labelnote]]
* Mash the third-wheel cockblock[[labelnote:Explanation]]Mash tags along with the protagonist everywhere, even on excursions with other female Servants who have obvious romantic intentions. Players who prefer those other female Servants over Mash would rather not have her hanging around and making disapproving faces while they're trying to have alone time with their waifu of choice.[[/labelnote]]

* DAISHOURI!![[labelnote:Explanation]]Okita's victory celebration is often used as a way to express great success or to refer to anything Okita does or things that make her happy (many fans yelled this en masse when Okita ''finally'' got her Summer variant)... or when it happens to her VA, Creator/AoiYuuki. It can also be snowcloned into 'Dai-(X)' to refer to 'Great X' (since Daishouri translates to Great Victory)[[/labelnote]]
** Okita-san Die-shouri/Die surely[[labelnote:Explanation]]Historical Okita died of tuberculosis and that have been poked fun about Fate!Okita's ButtMonkey status. It doesn't help that her summer variant involved Okita dying in its backstory. Even in gameplay, her overbearing demerits makes her good as dead. Poor Okita can never get a break even when her long running meme has been discredited.[[/labelnote]]
* RIP Swimsuit Jeanne[[labelnote:Explanation]]The Summer 2018 event was first teased with a swimsuit version of Jeanne, complete with an NP reveal. Excitement for her was initially high, and most players were expecting a ton of fanart to come out of her when the event released... then came the announcement of Swimsuit [[BreakoutVillain Jeanne]] ''[[BreakoutVillain Alter]]''. Cue jokes about Jalter stealing the spotlight from her normal counterpart. It helps that she's the event's welfare Servant (which means that she'll be readily available to anyone who plays the event, fulfilling a dream for lots of players who wanted Avenger Jalter), as opposed to Vanilla Jeanne being a limited 5*. Amusingly, the plot of the event involves Jalter trying to upstage her "sister" at a Comiket parody.[[/labelnote]]

* POKING SHEBA'S SHEBAS [[labelnote:Explanation]]Caster of Midrash is the shopkeeper and lottery watcher of the Battle in New York 2018 event. In the lottery portion, the buttons for doing the rolls are located right over her rather [[BuxomBeautyStandard large chest]]; the joke basically writes itself.[[/labelnote]]
* WASHI JA! [[labelnote:Explanation]]This is Nobunaga's 'acknowledgement' quote after picking a card. It's an archaic way to say "Me!", mostly used by old men or lords that lived in Nobunaga's era... but in the context of FGO, it's ''always'' meant to refer to Nobunaga and her wacky attitude, also oft-accompanied with one of her cartoony circular eyes, Koha-Ace style[[/labelnote]]
* ART THOU A DRAGON?![[labelnote:Explanation]]George's ability to apply Dragon trait with his Noble Phantasm has made people believe that George thinks ''anything'' can be a dragon.[[/labelnote]]
* NORMIES EXPLODE!![[labelnote:Explanation]]While Blackbeard by himself is a FountainOfMemes, this one is the most profound. This is an expression used by many Otaku like Blackbeard himself to express jealousy over people who have stable relationships (or just someone who is NOT an Otaku), referred to as 'Normies'. It's also a very clever translation of the original Japanese word expressing disgust and envy at those in stable relationships, similar to the use of "normies" by certain online communities. Occasionally, the Japanese version is used: "RIAJUU BAKUHATSU SHIRO!!"[[/labelnote]]
* QP Hell [[labelnote:Explanation]]A ''very'' common occurence among more experienced players, especially maxing out skills of higher rarity servants like Merlin and Waver (higher rarity servants tend to use a ''lot'' of Ascension materials as well as QP), where they discover that they have run out of ''QP'' of all things rather than just the materials needed for enhancement. As a result, anyone who tries to mock them or claim that QP is very plentiful quickly tends to get outed as a new player who hasn't really played the game enough.[[/labelnote]]
** Reverse QP Hell [[labelnote:Explanation]]Lottery events tend to give a LOT of QP, enough to overflow the cap and be lost if you don't use as much as you can before the event shop permanently closes[[/labelnote]]
** Bone/Dust Hell [[labelnote:Explanation]]Another common occurrence where the player runs out of [[https://fategrandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Unlucky_Bone Unlucky Bones]] and [[https://fategrandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Void%27s_Refuse Void's Refuse]] to ascend their servants or max their skills. While they are generally relatively easy to farm, a ''lot'' of servants require them for ascension or maxing their skills, including newer servants and especially higher rarity servants. While there are some lottery boxes and event shops that give those out, many event farming nodes generally don't drop them, leaving players to farm those at the downtime between events. Bones are particularly difficult to acquire because the most AP-efficient nodes for farming them, in Fuyuki, have low drop rates but ''incredibly'' low AP costs, meaning the only limiting factor is the patience and sanity of the farmer at higher levels. Vlad III Beserker and Fujino Asagami are the biggest offenders of this meme, as the former eats up a total of ''216 Bones'' when maxing all of his skills; while the later uses a bunch of various bronze materials (Bones and Void's Refuse included).[[/labelnote]]
* Beast VIII: Riyo Gudako[[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to Riyo Gudako's status as a MemeticPsychopath, many fans have coined the name Beast VIII, declaring her to be the true ultimate evil in the game that makes other villains such as [[spoiler:Goetia, Tiamat, Kiara, and the Alien God]] look like rank amateurs in comparison to her. This is only excerbated by the April Fool's card art showing her distressing in various ways ''Beast class villains''. In fact it is fairly plausible that Gudako is the Beast of Alaya as the Counter Force has a Beast whose job it is to explicitly prevent the extinction of humanity.[[/labelnote]]
* Martha hates BB's guts [[labelnote:Explanation]]Martha appears to be a perfect counter against BB and her shenanigans during SE.RA.PH. Ruler Martha is one of the best counters against BB due to her class advantage while Rider Martha can easily remove debuffs should BB Slots mess with the player. This extends to the [=ServaFes=] event, when BB becomes a host of Pele and Nyarlathotep and gains Divinity, which makes her vulnerable to Ruler Martha's Limbs of Jacob skill in-game, as it has anti-Divine properties. Fans poked fun at this and artists drew some art depicting Martha bullying BB and similar stuff (most prominently, keeping BB's {{Troll}}ish shenanigans at bay and not being amused at it, reacting to any bad things BB would do with violence, to the point that BB runs off in the face of Martha).[[/labelnote]]

* [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Ruler HeartGold and Ruler SoulSilver]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Qin Shi Huang Di and Samba Santa Quetzalcoatl look a lot like [[VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} Lugia and Ho-oh]] when placed side by side. Not helped by both of their events being released at nearly the same time, much like the games the meme reference.[[/labelnote]]
* '''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans GIVE ME MORE,]]''' '''[[https://i.imgur.com/OmoGcn0.jpg BARBATOS]]''' [[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers)]]The final Singularity in part 1 features a global raid against the Demon Pillars. Because Barbatos (the Assassin pillar) had the best drops (gears, demon hearts, pages), Masters in dire need of those materials literally farmed him to death. And since the Gundams in IBO share the same naming scheme with the Demon Pillars, a crossover was inevitable (though the context of the quote featured is different). It should also noted that Barbatos buffs other pillars with a pierce invulnerability buff, a buff that is considered to be annoying for most players, which is why he often goes down quickly for most players gameplay-wise. This is repeated in the Lady Reine's Case Files event; where he was about to die the first day of a multiple day raid (at a million deaths per hour); so DW had to quadruple his hit points.[[/labelnote]]
* Buster memes [[labelnote:Explanation]]This has become a common joke among Fate/Grand Order players due to Merlin's overpowered kit; he significantly boosts Buster based servants to the point that he trivializes various challenge quests and makes the gameplay significantly easier for players who have him.[[/labelnote]]
** Arts/Quick memes[[labelnote:Explanation]]A variation of the above meme, featuring Tamamo for Arts and Skadi for Quick.[[/labelnote]]
* Spartacus rebelling against the greatest oppressor of all: gravity. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The end of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDzbCBZ4U9c Lostbelt 3 trailer]] features a shot of Spartacus flying through the sky as the song in the background swells heroically.[[/labelnote]]
** "Superman..." and "You stay. I go." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Once the chapter came out and context was revealed - Spartacus flies toward a meteor so he can repel it in a HeroicSacrifice - many allusions were made to the climax of ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant''.[[/labelnote]]
* Anastasia the CYKA BLYAT princess[[labelnote:Explanation]]The Christmas 2018 and New Year 2019 events had the resident Russian princess Anastasia do comically badass yet un-ProperLady-like things (lifting Ivan the Terrible on her shoulders and mercilessly throwing gemstones at monkeys respectively), a stark contrast to her first appearance in the Lostbelt prologue and Lostbelt No.1. And to further on this meme, her incarnation in ''Webcomic/LearningWithMangaFGO'' is seen during its volume 2 promotion [[https://youtu.be/8OA3ewTzE_4?t=3 punching the hell out of the male protagonist in the face aggressively.]][[/labelnote]]
** Strength E(X)[[labelnote:Explanation]]Similar on the above considering her Strength stats.[[/labelnote]]
** [[PrecisionFStrike GODDAMN HOT!!]][[labelnote:Explanation]]The above meme on Christmas/New Year has its 'origins' actually from the Japanese 2018 Summer Event, where Anastasia made a cameo solely to say that line ([[GratuitousEnglish in English!]]) because she's wearing too much for a really hot event. And then it evolved into the above meme, due to how Anastasia was seen to be acting not very serene or ladylike unlike her previous showing as a BrokenBird IceQueen. Or the go-to phrase of any cases of Anastasia undressing some of her clothes herself to cool off or wearing fanservice/swimsuit outfits, looking 'hot'/attractive. It's inverted in "Saber Wars II" when she complains that it's GODDAMN COLD and [[AscendedMeme ascended]] in the promotional image of the 3rd Anniversary of the game's global version, where [[https://imgur.com/2LhH2OH Anastasia held a fan with the text 'GD HOT' written on it.]] And when Anastasia got her own Summer variant, her fans turned towards this quote once again.[[/labelnote]]
* Wiggling Altera[[labelnote:Explanation]]The animated adaptation of ''Webcomic/LearningWithMangaFGO'' featured a ''very'' memeable dancing Altera. This meme was popularized by Riyo, but was started by the Chaldea Radio Station, specifically Tanaka Minami doing a dancing ritual before successfully rolling for Cu Alter; even the comic showing Altera dancing said "the seiyuu said it worked, so I'm doing it".[[/labelnote]]
* Beni-enma = Creator/GordonRamsay [[labelnote:Explanation]]Beni-enma's [[{{Pun}} roasting]] of her fellow Servants' cooking skills is very similar to how Gordon Ramsay does it in ''Series/HellsKitchen'', and fans were quick [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/fategrandorder/images/4/49/1546341277490.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20190101145324 to make the connection.]]. Bonus points for Beni-enma literally coming from Hell.[[/labelnote]]
** It's fucking RAW!!... dechi [[labelnote:Explanation]]Gordon's memetic line combined with Beni-enma's VerbalTic.[[/labelnote]]

* Goetia was right.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Jokingly claiming that the incineration of humanity is the solution to whatever grievance or problem one has. Usually in response to a really bad joke or IncrediblyLamePun.[[/labelnote]]
* How to counter Cosmic Horrors or Eldritch Abominations? Use giant robots.[[labelnote:Explanation]]The final boss of the Salem event is a Foreigner-Class Servant, which is weak to Alter Egos. Mecha Eli-chan is a welfare Alter Ego with a triple Buster Deck. Add Merlin for Tengen Toppa Mecha Eli-chan, and two Merlins for Super Tengen Toppa Mecha Eli-chan. The result? What should be a climactic final battle turns out to be something out of Pacific Rim or Getter Robo.[[/labelnote]]
* Chin[[labelnote:Explanation]]Qin Shi Huang's [[RoyalWe personal pronoun]] is what's listed under his gender which led to it primarily being associated with his character. On top of that, it can be construed as Japanese slang for penis which the JP fandom had a field day with.[[/labelnote]]
* Kingprotea headpats[[labelnote:Explanation]]Kingprotea's NP has her simply turn giant and press down on enemies with her hands. Cue the jokes about how dangerous her patting someone is or using her NP on enemies like 'Sword, or Death' Kiara, Tiamat, Demon Pillars and more.[[/labelnote]]
* Moriarty turns people evil. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Moriarty's upgraded second ability gives party members the "evil" trait for 3 turns; making them eligible for his attack up with his third skill. Fandom has made this a MirrorMoralityMachine.[[/labelnote]]

* The Lostbelt No. 3 Experience[[labelnote:Explanation]]The battle against Qin Shi Huang in the third Lostbelt is often regarded by many as ThatOneBoss, thanks to the fact that his persistent buff and Noble Phantasm ramp up his attack power to the point where he instantly kills ''Avengers'' in a single hit ''despite the class disadvantage as a Ruler'', much to the sheer horror of players who thought bringing them would trivialize the fight, or at least make it simpler.[[/labelnote]]

* Lostbelt 4 When? [[labelnote:Explanation]]After Lady Reines Case Files ended, players expected that Lostbelt 4 would come next due to the release of a Daily Class Banner during the spare time for the next announcement (Daily Class Banners were previously released before a main chapter release) and that it had been months since Lostbelt 3 release. When a new Mystery Event was announced, the players started to ask when Lostbelt 4 would be released. The fact that the waiting time between Lostbelt 3 and 4 has the longest waiting period between main chapter releases (6 Months) didn’t help.[[/labelnote]]
** DW doesn't want Nasu to end FGO. [[labelnote:Explanation]] On [[https://www.4gamer.net/games/266/G026651/20181228023/ this Interview,]] Nasu stated that the end of Part 2 will leave players with a sense of loss like he felt at the end of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''. Some players interpreted this to mean that FGO will end on Part 2. When the wait for Lostbelt 4 was getting long, players started joking that DW was delaying the main chapters on purpose to prevent Nasu from finishing Part 2. [[/labelnote]]
** Who let Sanzang drive?![[labelnote:Explanation]]Since Xuanzhang Sanzang's story is all about [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest taking the most roundabout route from China to India imaginable]], the jokes about her somehow being responsible for the wait between the two Lostbelts write themselves.[[/labelnote]]
** Lostbelt 4 exists! [[labelnote:Explanation]]On June 4, 2019, the Lostbelt 4 pre-release campaign was announced which prompted the fandom to cheer, "Finally!" after 6 months of waiting for the next main chapter to be released.[[/labelnote]]
** "...For I am...a god..."[[labelnote:Explanation]]The one screenshot of Lostbelt Berserker's dialogue took off as the one bit of dialogue and character in almost two years to latch onto, with both his [[https://twitter.com/pakosun/status/1135847674274410496 artist]] and his [[https://twitter.com/nobunaga_s/status/1135843597549330433 voice actor]] joking about it.[[/labelnote]]
** Lostbelt 4 is ''Anime/DragonballZ''[[labelnote:Explanation]]Many players compare the final battle between Super Karna and Arjuna Alter to a Super Saiyan battle due to the flashy animation and high-powered stakes.[[/labelnote]]
** "[[SayMyName KARNAAAAAAAAAA!]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]]One of Arjuna Alter's battle lines unique to the aforementioned final battle, and a general indicator of their sibling enmity. He sometimes says it even when he isn't attacking the player's mandatory Super Karna support, leading to the joke that he likes to yell Karna's name apropos of nothing.[[/labelnote]]
** Arjuna Alter the catboy[[labelnote:Explanation]]In his [=3rd=] Ascension Art, his horns shrink down to about the size of cat ears, and his artist pako has gone on record saying he had a space cat in mind when drawing Arjuna Alter. Add in the tail and the result is the entire fandom drawing Arjuna Alter acting like a cat.[[/labelnote]]
* [[Series/KamenRiderZiO IWAE!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]In the [=GudaGuda=] Final event a new version of Nobunaga was introduced called Demon King (Maoh) Nobunaga, just as Zi-O series was airing. Since this is the same title that Zi-O is known as, it was inevitable that Woz, the retainer of Zi-O, would be spammed whenever she appears.[[/labelnote]]
** Merlin is Woz [[labelnote:Explanation]] Merlin's position as a Kingmaker and a retainer to Altria is often used to compare him to Woz. Became even more obvious with Merlin's Summer Costume Camelot and Co, which gives Merlin an outfit similar to Woz. [[/labelnote]]
* Kagetora on toilet[[labelnote:Explanation]]Japanese fan artists had fun with the theory about Uesugi Kenshin dying while having a "call of nature" by either succumbing to his disease or being assassinated. They depict Kagetora in various antics when dealing with modern toilets, or even having them as her WeaksauceWeakness much like Medb and cheese.[[/labelnote]]
* Kagetora is a [[Franchise/DanganRonpa Remnant of Despair]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Kagetora sometimes sports spiral-like eyes, similar to anyone who's a Remnant of Despair in the ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' franchise. Add up with how she's a StepfordSmiler incapable of anything but smiling eerily... many think that she's one of the followers of despair, and speaking of ''Danganronpa'', Kagetora and her spiral-y eyes might also attract comparisons with Servants designed by DR's character designer Rui Komatsuzaki, most prominently Edmond Dantes, who did fall into genuine despair and had similarities with one of such remnants, Nagito Komaeda.[[/labelnote]]
* CatGirl Kagetora [[labelnote:Explanation]]For no discernable reason, Kagetora occasionally displays a VerbalTic of saying "Nya" at the end of her sentences. This then gets used to portray Kagetora as some sort of CatGirl like Atalante, which is ironic because cats are relatives of tigers, and she has 'tiger' in her name (Kage''tora'') and as the epithet of her rival UsefulNotes/TakedaShingen (Tiger of Kai)[[/labelnote]]
* [[Literature/DoYouLoveYourMomAndHerTwoHitMultiTargetAttacks Do You Love Your Mom And Her Seven-Hit Multi-Target Buster Noble Phantasm?]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Thanks to [[MyBelovedSmother the similarities]] [[IncestSubtext between the]] [[MsFanservice mothers in question]] of this light novel/anime and this game, the joke on the series' name writes itself with Raikou, who is famous for being a very useful AOE, Buster NP, 5-Star Servant and a very hot mama. Coincidentally, Murasaki Shikibu, fellow sexy older lady drawn by Raita, shares the same voice actress with the eponymous mom from the light novel.[[/labelnote]]
** Do You Love Your Mom And His Nine-Hit Multi-Target 'Buster' Noble Phantasm?[[labelnote:Explanation]]The meme quickly spread to fellow memetic TeamMom Emiya, though with his Strengthening in the 5th Anniversary, you can change the Buster word into Arts, because he gains the ability to change the type of his NP.[[/labelnote]]
* Pepe is a [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure JoJo]] character [[labelnote:Explanation]]Many players noted that Pepe's character design looked similar to Creator/HirohikoAraki's art style despite not being drawn by him. It helps that Pepe's sprites and facial expression looked like he would fit right in the world of [=JoJo=].[[/labelnote]]
** Because of Scandavinia Peperocino's obvious fake name, many NA players came up with silly names which are usually "[name of country] + [name of food]" such as "Yugoslavia Peperoni" etc.

* [[SpotlightStealingSquad The seven bronzes]] are the ''real'' 4th Anniversary Servants. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The spotlight Servant of the 4th Anniversary was intended to be Rider Da Vinci. However the addition of seven new low-rarity Servants to the FP gacha for the first time since ''launch'', many of whom were fan-favorites and all of whom had unique skills and animations to make them stand out, garnered far more attention.[[/labelnote]]
** Chen Gong is the ''real'' 4th Anniversary Servant. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Variation of the above, as players discovered Chen Gong's kit is [[GameBreaker pretty ridiculous]] and stands out in its own way from the game's gigantic roster but he's ''practically free''.[[/labelnote]]
** It's a necessary sacrifice [[labelnote:Explanation]]Chen Gong's Noble Phantasm sacrifices a fellow Servant, which led to many jokes of him being a TeamKiller. His usual targets include any SupportPartyMember, particularly Waver/Zhuge Liang. It's even more hilarious that Chen Gong's My Room dialogue reveals he dislikes Zhuge Liang because of the Stone Sentinel Maze, which he considers not a real strategem. Became more or less an AscendedMeme in the ''Fate/Requiem'' collab event when Chen Gong remarks about having a necessary sacrifice while looking at Moriarty, to the latter's chagrin.[[/labelnote]]
* Salome's [[VisualNovel/SchoolDays Nice Boat]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Salome's {{Yandere}} traits plus her obsession in keeping the skulls of her lovers, and her particular favorite being John the Baptist's, made her comparable with the infamous ending of the ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'' anime, where [[spoiler:Kotonoha snapped and murdered Sekai, and then took the head of her dead lover Makoto for herself while riding a yacht/nice boat]]. So people like to imagine that Salome took John's head to a boat and...[[/labelnote]]
* Christian Servants vs Salome [[labelnote:Explanation]]John the Baptist is an important figure in the Bible, prophesizing the arrival of Jesus Christ and baptizing him. And Salome did... ''[[OffWithHisHead that]]'' to him. While they do not have particular lines against Salome, other Christian Saints such as Jeanne, Martha and Georgios (and to an extent, maybe also King Hassan, since John was considered a bigger prophet/Saint in Islam, thus also tying with the above meme, King Hassan usually considers Salome 'Absolutely haram') are portrayed to be absolutely ''livid'' against Salome and treating her as some sort of ArchEnemy in order to save John the Baptist from torture. Which may be easier said than done considering Salome can deal extra damage to LawfulGood Servants, like all of them.[[/labelnote]]
* Protect your husbandos and waifus from Bart [[labelnote:Explanation]]Because Bartholomew Roberts likes people with bangs, this led to jokes about the protagonist protecting Mash and other Servants (e.g. Fuuma Kotaro) from him due to having this hairstyle. Moriarty and Kadoc join in to protect Fran and Anastasia respectively from him.[[/labelnote]]
** Bart reacting to GUDA GUDA 6 [[labelnote:Explanation]]The event featured several new characters with bangs, causing a fan art trend of Bart getting excited by them and/or upset when the new males were [[WordOfGod confirmed to be unplayable]].[[/labelnote]]
* [[WebComic/LearningWithMangaFGO Riyo]] Brynhild [[labelnote:Explanation]]Bryn herself has never appeared in the ''Learning With Manga!'' webcomic, but there is an edit of several of Mash's renditions in the comic, especially [[https://fate-go.us/manga_fgo/comic10.html this one]], so it's like [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/f8654676-2f00-4003-a13e-176b433bf695 Bryn]] [[https://i.redd.it/8vqm2sgfuj7y.png was]] [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/25e3efc94ddc555c267cdaa42d7d1690/tumblr_o1z1ejhjsW1ssg673o2_500.png doing it.]] One of these even became an icon in this game's Wikia page to represent Limited Servant pages ([[https://fategrandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Brynhildr Like so]]), but Riyo really hasn't added Brynhild in the comics, it's just [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c6/fd/ab/c6fdab68c92ee3d2573dce13b4da85ee.jpg a series of edits]] that ended up treated like it's an official thing. It's more or less an AscendedMeme during the last Nero Festival where Brynhild posed as Mash and caused trouble.[[/labelnote]]
* [[{{Brainwashing}} BIG SISTER BEAM!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]During the Summer event where Hokusai battles the Seven Swimsuit Swordmasters, Summer Jeanne, alongside Summer Altria (Ruler), was the one who most captured the fanbase's imagination, as she controls a ThreateningShark and uses an attack called the "Big Sister Beam" to brainwash targets into thinking of her as their big sister. This, and the way it was countered by recruiting Raikou to counter her attack with a "Mother Laser", has led to parodies, where other characters try to use similar "beams" to alter others' perception, to various degrees of success and effect.[[/labelnote]]
* "You are ill. I recommend suicide." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Nightingale's retort to Cu Alter's MotiveRant at the climax of America. It quickly gained traction for being a good sum up of Nightingale's character and an awesome one liner.[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://youtu.be/uRPJR9lKqlg?t=32 ENDLESS BATTLE]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Dumuzid, the Mesopotamian god who is associated with shepherds, appears in Battle of New York 2019 as a golden sheep and as one of the shopkeepers. He even spouts random English words such as aforementioned "ENDLESS BATTLE", "PRESENT START", "GOOD JOKE", "FORGOTTEN" etc.[[/labelnote]]

* [[https://twitter.com/appmediafgo/status/1176084335830528000 Treating Ivan as the lamest Lostbelt King]] and noting how [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg he doesn't shape up]] compared to the other Kings.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Ivan is a versatile and powerful Servant, but he can't really stack up to his more specialized colleagues, between Skadi's game-breaking Quick buffs, Qin Shi Huang's almighty MightyGlacier gameplay, and Arjuna Alter obsoleting out almost every other Buster [=AoE=] Servant in the game in the field of murdering everything really fast. This really picked up after Battle of New York 2019 as players realized that between Qin Shi Huang tanking, Arjuna Alter's nukes, Skadi's still excellent support kit and even getting to use her NP for the Mephistopheles Exhibition Match, Ivan doesn't really have ''anything'' that lets him shine in this event like the others. Even worse is that while Morgan was initially perceived to be in a similar level to Ivan, the release of Koyanskaya of Light effectively made her a GameBreaker while the same can not be said for Ivan.[[/labelnote]]
* Gomenasorry [[labelnote:Explanation]]Because the NA translation changed some of her lines into [[PlayedForLaughs deliberately]] cringeworthy GratuitousJapanese, Osakabehime is now known in the English fandom as a [[{{Hikikomori}} shut-in]] [[OccidentalOtaku weeb]] despite being a Japanese youkai herself. This also ties in with people complaining about finding her English dialogue cringy, and attacking and insulting the localization team for supposedly altering her characterization.[[/labelnote]]
** [[Memes/JojosBizarreAdventure NIGERUNDAYOU!!!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]One of Osakabehime's GratuitousJapanese phrases is that phrase used when she attempts to run away. It's also a reference to a meme from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. Additional material also shows that Miyamoto Musashi (who DOES have a historical/mythological connection with Osakabehime) has a Battle Continuation EX skill that is basically the Joestar Family Secret Technique, so fans assume that she was the one who taught Osakabehime to, well, NIGERUNDAYO.[[/labelnote]]
** YAMETEKUDASTOOOPP!!! [[labelnote:Explanation]]One of the most used of Osakabehime's weebspeak, since there's a lot of cases that people would want to say a BigNo or BigShutUp, and if Osakabehime's involved in a tiny bit, expect this phrase to pop up.[[/labelnote]]
* [[PrecisionFStrike FOU-KYU]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]After Fou was noted to have a tendency to beat the crap out of Merlin, fans noted its battle cry (or similar) just happens to rhyme with the sort of phrase for someone who's utterly pissed with another person, as it sounds like [[PrecisionFStrike "Fuck You"]]. Comparison can be made with [[WebAnimation/KizunaAI a certain AI youtuber and her attempt on the same thing: "Fakkyu!"]][[/labelnote]]
* Ishtar 720° kick[[labelnote:Explanation]]Ishtar does two full revolutions of spinning before kicking into a monster in the anime, which became popular for just how gratuitously over-the-top it seemed. People were disappointed when it was not added as an attack in her animation overhaul.[[/labelnote]]

* Long Servant for maintenance [[labelnote:Explanation]]There is a trend of posting Servants (usually with their Riyo artwork) with their bodies stretched out whenever there is an extended maintenance, with their bodies becoming longer the longer the maintenance goes on. The meme first began on the 2018 during NA's Nerofest, where the maintenance was extended for ''18 hours'', leading to people posting really long Neros. The crowning moment of the meme, however, was during "The Little Santa Alter" rerun, where the maintenance surpassed the Nerofest maintenance, leading to the game being under maintenance for ''an entire day'', leading to stuff like [[https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/dvlbi2/hope_everyone_gets_his_10_tickets/ this]].[[/labelnote]]
** Look how they massacred my streak... [[labelnote:Explanation]]When the "The Little Santa Alter" maintenance ended up going for ''24'' hours, it simultaneously broke every single consecutive login streak in the game, to the bemusement of those who had maintained a perfect record of logins since launch, and preventing anyone from getting the bonus ten tickets for the then-ongoing 8-Million Downloads campaign. Fortunately, compensation was promised and delivered upon by giving those who participated in the campaign all the rewards they missed as a result of the broken streak, preventing the reaction from turning too bitter and acrid.[[/labelnote]]

* [[Literature/TheHeroIsOverpoweredButOverlyCautious The Cautious Crypter]].[[labelnote:Explanation]]Kirschtaria decides to deal with Chaldea seriously right from the start of Lostbelt 5(A), starting from ''sending a whole fleet'' along with Caenis and prototype beasts to intercept ''Nautilus'', backed by a giant KillSat in the orbit. Obviously, people compare him with Seiya or the Demon Lord from the show.[[/labelnote]]
* Odysseus's [[CleavageWindow boob window]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]JP players made fun of Odysseus's CleavageWindow when he went helmet-less in one of his ascensions. Some even joke that this is how Charlotte Corday killed him (in the story, Charlotte stabbed him in the back), possibly with a superior mastery of boobs. It's even more hilarious that Odysseus is a Rider and Charlotte is an Assassin, and her skillset actually counters his (her Invicibility Pierce skill and Ignore Defence on her NP makes his third skill moot).[[/labelnote]]
* THE ONLY SUCCESSFUL ASSASSIN IN FATE HISTORY [[labelnote:Explanation]]Since most Assassin class servants in the franchise are either unable to actually sneakily kill anyone since that would produce a narratively unsatisfying ending or prove to be Assassins InNameOnly, many jokes have been made about the fact that Charlotte is possibly the first one to actually catch a target off guard and assassinate them.[[/labelnote]]

* DOKODA![[labelnote:Explanation]]King Hassan's attack lines are all various inflections of "Dokoda", which translates to "there". The phrase has thus become synonymous with the game's resident badass.[[/labelnote]]
* Boomer Caster and Zoomer Archer[[labelnote:Explanation]] Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shōnagon, respectively. They're both famous Japanese writers from the Heian era, but the former is more old-fashioned and mature while the latter looks like she's in her teens and has a more modern outlook and outfit. And they hardly get along. Sei being the 'modern' one tends to use the newer meme/slang used against the baby boomer generation, "OK, Boomer", and Murasaki counters with a newer and maybe accurate "Very well, Zoomer."[[/labelnote]]
* Sei Shōnagon's dynamic cut-ins in her NP prompted fanartists to draw other Servants doing similar poses. This meme even spread outside ''F/GO''.
* Animation Update When?! [[labelnote:Explanation]]After DW made a habit of reworking the sprites and animations for various servants, many began begging for animation updates on some of their favorite servants, in particular Servants available since launch that only had basic animations. While many have been [[https://fategrandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Servant%27s_Battle_Animation_Update_List updated]], plenty of Servants are still highly requested.[[/labelnote]]
** Ushiwakamaru's Animation Update. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A [[DiscreditedMeme now dead meme]] stemming from Ushiwakamaru being one of the most requested Servants to get an Animation update due to her popularity and overall usefulness. Yet until the Little Big Tengu event, she had no animation update, even when the Babylonia anime was airing (to put into perspective, Ushiwakamaru's animation update came out almost a year after the Babylonia anime). Not helping the case is that Marie, Caesar, and Fionn got an Animation Update before her.[[/labelnote]][[labelnote: To take it even further]] Both Stheno and Euryale will got an animation update ''years'' before her, one of whom (Stheno) is one of the least-loved Servants in the game by the fanbase.[[/labelnote]]
*** "This is for not giving me an animation update, DW!"[[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers!!)]]Ushiwakamaru's long awaited adult form ''finally'' appeared during Lostbelt 5.5 Heian-kyo after being teased as far back as Onigashima...as an Avenger. Jokes about how the reason she turned into one involve her ''still'' not having an animation update for her younger version abounded pretty much instantly. Humorusly, Rider Ushiwakmaru got her long-awaited animation update the same day her Avenger version became summonable.[[/labelnote]]
** Leonidas' Animation Update. [[labelnote:Explanation]]While not ''as'' requested as Ushiwakamaru's, Leonidas is considered one of the Launch Servants desperately in need of an update. After his AdaptationExpansion in the Babylonia anime gave him a very impressive DefiantToTheEnd HeroicSacrifice against Gorgon shortly before Ushiwakamaru's own HeroicSacrifice, many began clamoring for him to get an Animation Update too.[[/labelnote]]
** Animation Updates Never. [[labelnote:Explanation]]After March 2022 to today as of this writing (a bit more than a full year), there hasn't been any Animation Updates to servants at all, It doesn't help that Lasengle are Radio Silent on them without an explaination to why, Tesla was the last servant to get an Full Animation Update.[[/labelnote]]
*** Mooks Animation Update. [[labelnote:Explanation]]To add insult to injury, the only ones who are reciving some kind of Animation Updates during this time period are..... a few regular mooks and mini bosses (Which includes the Camelot Knights, Dolls, Golems and Giant Ghosts) Needles to say, people who are waiting to actual Animation Updates for Servants did not take this very well.[[/labelnote]]
* Fionn's [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsGaiden Hydro Pressure]][[labelnote:Explanation]]A much more respectable meme featuring Fionn after he was RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap; his Noble Phantasm (Mac an Luin) shooting out water jet draws comparison with [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsGaiden Tyutti Noorbuck and her mecha Gaddeath/Goddess]] (who does have a strong (though not ultimate) attack named Hydro Pressure, and it works the same as Fionn's NP). And even moreso because Fionn also shares long blonde hair and spear main weapon (and [[MakingASplash water manipulation]]) like Tyutti, and he's voiced by [[Creator/ShinichiroMiki someone who has done a more widespread SRW character (Ryusei Date)]], although in a more ironic sense, Tyutti possesses Norse Mythology theme-naming and there's already a lot of Norse Servants, yet the one linked with her is from Celtic Mythology.[[/labelnote]]

* Caster Balls[[labelnote:Explanation]]A FanNickname given to the generic HandBlast animation that was used at launch and the game's early stages (mostly given to Casters, hence the name). Often used as a derisive catch-all term for the game's bland animations early on that have stuck with some Servants (usually low-rarity Servants like Hans or Mata Hari).[[/labelnote]]
* We all now know why Troy fell.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Odysseus' Noble Phantasm is basically a mechanical Trojan Horse [[TransformingMecha which can turn]] [[HumongousMecha into a humanoid robot]] with a ChestBlaster. Almost everyone on the net agrees that Trojans taking the horse isn't out of stupidity; after all, no red-blooded man could possibly resist taking away a fully-functional mecha left as a present on their doorstep. [[/labelnote]]
** In relation, the reveal that his version of the Trojan Horse is a HumongousMecha led to many jokes about Odysseus piloting a Franchise/{{Gundam}}. [[AMechByAnyOtherName Or any other mecha]].
* [[MaamShock Old hag]] [[KilledMidSentence Scath]]-- ''"I can't believe Troper is dead."'' [[labelnote:Explanation]]Scathach is kind of sensitive about her age, and tends to get riled in her own cool-headed way when it's mentioned. How do fans portray it? Scathach is portrayed to be [[BerserkButton hypersensitive about her age to the point of murdering anyone that calls her by terms that imply she's old.]] Most common victim of this is Cu Chulainn, whose laid back attitude might bait him to make a comment on her age, and thus repeat the old meme of [[Anime/CarnivalPhantasm "Lancer/Cu ga shinda!" "Kono hito de nashi!"]], but he can be replaced by anyone else. Usually continued with or having a variation of someone else mentioning about cleaning up puddles of blood, implying that the murder is very messy. This is also a reference with [[Memes/{{Nasuverse}} the one involving Touko Aozaki and a phrase consisting a certain state of undesired cleanness and a certain crimson color]], seeing that many saw Scathach to be strikingly similar with Touko. And then Caster Cu gets an updated voicelines and stepped on the very same line, with Scathach trying to impale him as a result, making it partially ascended; since Scathach's method in the meme is usually instantaneous and will result a KilledMidSentence phenomenon, Caster Cu could at least finish his sentence.[[/labelnote]]
* Gremlin/Nugget Kama [[labelnote:Explanation]]Kama's Riyo artwork is particularly memorably to many people due to her small proportions, her shit-eating grin and her just standing there. As such, many people like to call her a "gremlin" or "nugget" while possibly using the Riyo artwork.[[/labelnote]]
* Mash has a gun.[[labelnote:Explanation]]The Olympus trailer reveals that Mash's Ortinax shield has been modified into a {{BFG}}, akin to a railgun. Combine that with how up to this point she's mainly been a defensive character to the point of pretty much never really using her sword in her original form, people started joking about what would lead her to break out a massive gun for the offensive and the power that she now wields. Gameplay wise, it manifests as an upgrade to her Bunker Bolt skill, renamed Black Barrel, which doubles the Buster buff and critical damage buff and lets Mash ignore defense buffs for 3 turns.[[/labelnote]]
* DAYBIT!!! DAAAAAYBIIIIIT!!! [[DistressedDude HELP ME!!!]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Originating from a [[https://i.imgur.com/IvoW4dk.png greentext post]] from [[Website/FourChan /fgog/]] about Daybit where Wodime asks Daybit what if they summon Adolf Hitler to defeat the Protagonist, it evolved into Wodime asking Daybit for help with all sorts of things, such as whenever there is a difficult fight, him losing to the Protagonist or other forces, or other absurd things, with Daybit not offering any help due to his own agenda. If he does come to save him, it usually involves his sick skateboarding skills. Exaggerated after Lostbelt 5.2 due to the reveal that Wodime is a DorkKnight. Ironically, [[spoiler:Daybit is never seen in Atlantis and Olympus and Wodime gets himself killed near the end.]] [[/labelnote]]
** Oh, ORT, it's so good...[[labelnote:Explanation]]Often, if Daybit ''doesn't'' show up on a skateboard to save poor Wodime, it's implied to be because he's too busy attempting to fuse with ORT in an, ahem, ''intimate'' fashion.[[/labelnote]]
* Kirschtaria giving away Golden Apples.[[labelnote:Explanation]]During the Pre-release campaigns of Atlantis and Olympus, the player would receive Golden Apples from Kirschtaria as a part of the Log-in Bonus. Cue fan-artists drawing him giving away the golden apples or growing them in an orchard.[[/labelnote]]
* STAY AWAY FROM MY SISTER, NINGEN![[labelnote:Explanation]]Castor's personality is summed up as a siscon who really, really hates humans, which fans have concluded wouldn't mix well with the protagonist's Harem Protagonist EX.[[/labelnote]]
** [[Memes/FireEmblemHeroes Disgusting]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Castor being a siscon to his twin sister and said sister trying to reel his siscon attitude from going out of control drew similarities with [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones Ephraim and Eirika]], so Castor sometimes ended up saying Ephraim's memetic "Disgusting" line in terms of their sibling bond (and Pollux facepalms like Eirika).[[/labelnote]]
* Kirschtaria '''Bro'''dime [[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers)]]When Kirschtaria was first introduced, many players came in fully expecting to despise him as yet another arrogant magus who looks down on the protagonists. Then Olympus came out and revealed that not only is this ''not'' the case, but Kirschtaria also actually greatly ''respects'' the protagonist. The reveal of his [[DarkAndTroubledPast backstory]], his [[HumansAreSpecial true motives,]] and his more [[{{Adorkable}} eccentric tendencies]], as well as his HeroicSacrifice in the end to protect the party endeared a ''lot'' of players to him.[[/labelnote]]
* The Crypters practice social distancing. [[labelnote:Explanation]]While rather normal during the JP release, the Global version of the first Lostbelt was released amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, with Kirschtaria alone in a room with holograms of the other Crypters. Cue memes that while the Crypters are trying to destroy the Proper Human History, [[EvenEvilHasStandards at least they're practicing safety against COVID-19 via social distancing.]][[/labelnote]]
* CHICHI-UEEEEEE/FAAATHHEEERRR!!! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Mordred has daddy issues with Altria, true. But thanks to the Drama CD of [[https://youtu.be/hMkHs3J_iiI?t=538 GUDAGUDA]] [[https://youtu.be/sea_pUoczag?t=130 Order]], she tends to be portrayed as going LargeHam on her father, especially that overly long yell, which is oft-repeated by fandom. It can also extend to any other characters with [[Creator/MiyukiSawashiro the same voice as hers]], especially when [[Franchise/BlazBlue they]] [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure also]] [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening have]] [[VideoGame/SoulCaliburVI daddy issues.]][[/labelnote]]
* Boudica the unofficial Roman.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Romulus-Quirinus can inflict a debuff that gives his targets the trait 'Roman'. Boudica, who by default ''hates'' Romans, has the ability to inflict extra damage against enemies with the 'Roman' trait (similar to the Georgios-Siegfried combo with Dragons instead). The synergy can actually work both ways, as Boudica's third rank-up quest lets her share her anti-Roman bonus with her allies, and Romulus-Quirinus also deals bonus damage against enemies with the Roman trait. The meme goes that [[TeethClenchedTeamwork Boudica is exasperated that she has to help the originator of the people she hated in order to be even useful]], whereas Romulus-Quirinus chills out and even considers her Roman. Became an AscendedMeme in Romulus-Quirinus's interlude, where the two get put together on a mission and Boudica ends up picking a fight with Romulus-Quirinus.[[/labelnote]]
* The Waver ticket.[[labelnote:Explanation]]During the 20 Million Downloads stream, the devs announced a '''''free SSR ticket''''' for any permanent SSR (minus Odysseus and the Dioscuri due to being too recent) of the player's choice. With the ''extremely'' useful [[GameBreaker Zhuge Liang/Waver Velvet]] being one of the choices, nearly ''everyone'' declared it as the "Waver ticket", with jokes at how the already overworked Waver is going to be even ''more'' overworked surfacing as well.[[/labelnote]]
** Pick Xiang Yu[[labelnote:Explanation]]Since the free SSR ticket includes Xiang Yu, there are fanworks and memes about Yu Mei-ren pressuring the player to pick him over Waver or any other choices.[[/labelnote]]
** HELP! MY FREE SSR IS GONE![[labelnote:Explanation]] The free SSR obtained starts off as a temporary servant, and must be made permanent by ascending them once and raising their Bond level to 5. Considering the very lenient window of ''two months'' to do it, if you lost your SSR, [[NoSympathy pretty much everyone agrees that you're an extremely incompetent idiot who had it coming.]] Even if you picked your SSR at the latest possible time, that's still ''one month'' to fulfill the conditions.[[/labelnote]]
* With the abundance of reference to ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' and the involvement of Arthurian characters here, [[FountainOfMemes some of its memes]] start to leak around here.
** Brought to its logical conclusion [[https://youtu.be/FrQTodwB3jM in this video]], which features all in-game members of the Knights of the Round Table who were also in the movie.
** Fou is the KillerRabbit[[labelnote:Explanation]]Fou's cuteness and hidden badass attitude (especially when Merlin is involved) makes it often compared with the KillerRabbit of Caerbannog, or thinking that they're the same. This is despite Tristan recognizing a similar rabbit named 'Vorpal Bunny' and Fou [[spoiler:is actually the Primate Murder, Cath Palug, and it's a different beast altogether.]][[/labelnote]]
** Sir Robin Hood. [[labelnote:Explanation]]All of the party members of King Arthur's group from the film are present as Servants (Arthur/Altria, Bedivere, Lancelot and Galahad)... except Sir Robin, who's entirely fictional. There is, however, a Servant whose first name is 'Robin'. So Robin Hood often gets saddled with the role of Sir Robin, further helped with how Robin Hood himself is a ChaoticGood Servant, chivalry ain't his thing and this is often translated to Sir Robin's [[LovableCoward 'Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot' trait.]][[/labelnote]]
** The capital of Assyria.[[labelnote:Explanation]]The otherwise hard-to-answer question that threw Sir Robin to the Gorge of Eternal Peril is rendered absolutely trivial when the game roster includes the frigging Wise Queen of Assyria herself, Semiramis. She can either answer the question easily, or she ''asks'' the question instead in place of the Bridgekeeper.[[/labelnote]]
** Revisiting Castle Anthrax A Lot[[labelnote:Explanation]]In conjunction with the Galahad the Pervert meme below, Galahad's quest was about being utterly tempted in Castle Anthrax, full of beautiful {{Naughty Nun}}s trying to take away his purity; eventually, he wanted to give in, but Lancelot came to bail him out. With Galahad resenting Lancelot in-game, people like to infer after somehow escaping from the Gorge of Eternal Peril and before getting into the Throne of Heroes, Galahad paid a visit to Castle Anthrax a lot to satisfy his libido behind Lancelot's back, leading him to have a perverted mind to design Mash's armor as noted below.[[/labelnote]]
* While debuting in ''Literature/FateRequiem'', Kijyo Kōyō's T-rex form has spawned many ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' and/or ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun'' related jokes and fanart with her debut here. Her dinosaur form is generally considered her ''most popular'' ascension form within the fandom.
* Voyager's latter ascensions have him smile when using his NP, the Pale Blue Dot. Let's just say that the smile stuck among the fandom... And that is not mentioning the surge of NASA related jokes regarding him.
* Erice is '''14''' [[labelnote:Explanation]]Both of Erice's summoning lines have her mention to the player that she's 14 years old. The fandom had a run with this and used it as an opportunity to make FBI and jailbait memes centering on her by continuously reminding everyone that she's ''only'' 14 and therefore, could land you in jail if you put her in a fanservice-y light.[[/labelnote]]
* Kodac[[labelnote:Explanation]]When you switch around the vowels of Kadoc (which is easy to do for some people who aren't careful when typing), it becomes 'Kodac', and it's spelled similarly to a camera brand (Kodak). Combine with the fact that his Servant, Anastasia, tends to be portrayed as a CameraFiend, and you get people mistaking Kadoc as a personification of a camera brand or being the camera that Anastasia uses.[[/labelnote]]
* Hassan of the [[OnionTears Sliced Onions]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Fate's version of the "onion-cutting ninja" meme, in which crying at a TearJerker is blamed on someone cutting onions out-of-sight[[/labelnote]]
* Jokes along the lines of "Did you know Skadi has a Noble Phantasm?" or "Skadi world wide NP reveal!" became popular during the NA server's third anniversary when she was released[[labelnote:Explanation]]Unlike most Caster supports, Skadi's primary value comes from her skills, meaning players have less reason to use her NP compared to Merlin, Tamamo, or Waver. As a result, a lot of players joke she either doesn't have an NP, or that it was hiding due to it being seen as less useful. This can be seen as a good thing, however, as it means that you only ever need to summon her once to gain the maximum mileage from her.[[/labelnote]]
* With ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' getting a lot of media coverage and controversies, the FGO fandom applies a lot of memes involving Abby onto Abigail Williams, who is usually called 'Abby' for short (except one certain very obviously NSFW meme since it's improper for someone of Abigail's age). Memes include portraying her as being muscular, choking someone or placing her hair on the very muscular Heracles (Bonus: Replacing Heracles' normal club with a golf club).

* Rasputin Run [[labelnote:Explanation]]Sort of a successor of the Lancer Run meme from the first ''Heaven's Feel'' movie. While this meme had been made as early as Lostbelt No. 2, it eventually exploded during the new opening for the Lostbelt arc's second half, where it actually shows Kotomine running very fast. Even Creator/JojiNakata himself made fun of this by posting [[https://twitter.com/joujinakata123/status/1288630476744167424 a picture of himself in running pose on Twitter]] the next morning after the PV's release.[[/labelnote]]
* Altria Grail War [[labelnote:Explanation]]With the release of Altria Caster, players immediately joked that there were now enough Altria-clones to fight an entire Grail War with just her alternate versions.[[/labelnote]]
* Summer Abigail dropped several of these with her reveal, particularly with her NP.
** Abigail opens the door to Franchise/KingdomHearts[=/=][[Manga/FullMetalAlchemist the Gate of Truth]][=/=][[PaedoHunt the FBI]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Since Abigail's skill animations and NP involve opening eldritch doors, with the latter dealing damage with a burst of light from within, it's common to joke that it's one of the above doors (or in the latter case, the police coming to arrest the "degenerate" players).[[/labelnote]]
** Revenge of the Doors.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Again, since doors are so prominent, particularly in Abby's NP, the joke is that all the Doors a player has farmed for materials in the game are getting their revenge.[[/labelnote]]
** What is the cat's name?[[labelnote:Explanation]]At the end of Salem, Carter and Abigail bring a black cat along on their journey. Whenever the cat comes up, expect people asking about the cat's name due to [[NWordPrivileges what Lovecraft's own cat was called]]. The meme mainly picked up traction once summer Abigail appeared with the cat; however, her profile reveals its actual name is "Nosh".[[/labelnote]]
* Overworked Support Servants [[labelnote:Explanation]]Waver, Tamamo, Merlin, Skadi, Caster Altria, Koyanskaya of Light, Reines, Oberon, and Andersen are considered some of the most useful Servants in the game, and the sheer amount of mileage Masters get out of them have led to fans portraying the bunch as being forced to do lots of continuous farming and dying from overwork as a result, if Chen Gong doesn't kill them first. These memes are especially popular on the game's dedicated subreddit. ''Anime/FateGrandCarnival'' makes this an AscendedMeme by having the overworked servants go on strike for overworking them.[[/labelnote]]
** What an expensive arrow [[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to Chen Gong's Noble Phantasm special ability of killing an allied servant per use, a common strategy is for a high level support servant like the aforementioned Waver, Tamamo, Merlin, Skadi, Reines, Altria, Anderson, Oberon, and Koyanskaya to use their skills/buffs and then Chen Gong to kill them to bring a fresh support to start the cycle over. Thus fans joke that each support is nothing more than arrows for Chen Gong's Noble Phantasm.[[/labelnote]]
** [[TheDreaded Dreaded]] Chen Gong/"New Support Servant? [[ScaryShinyGlasses Welcome...]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Everytime a major Support Caster/Servant got introduced, the fans are more likely to think/make arts portraying Chen Gong being the guy that welcomes them to the team and is pleased (while also flashing his ScaryShinyGlasses), knowing that it'll do good for his 'expensive arrow', while the new Servant, no matter how high their rarity or their canonical godlike power, is basically [[ThisIsGonnaSuck crapping on their pants imagining the horrors they will go through with]] [[TheDreaded Chen Gong]], [[AlmightyJanitor just another 2 Star Servant]][[/labelnote]]
* "[X] is a Massive Ghost? RIP their chances of playability."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Whenever an antagonistic Servant summons or transforms into a Massive Ghost, players take it as a sign that the developers have not created the assets or do not plan to make them playable any time soon. This is especially prevalent because the only cases that did get PromotedToPlayable are Ereshkigal, Bartholomew Roberts, Ashiya Douman, and Xu Fu (Douman having been slated for release ever since the beginning of ''Cosmos in the Lostbelt''), while Dark Marie and other assorted Servants remain unplayable.[[/labelnote]]
* Ero Protag EX [[labelnote:Explanation]]A meme which turns the fan favorite Archer EMIYA into a memetic ChickMagnet due to being an AlternateSelf of Emiya Shirou, an actual eroge protagonist, having three female Masters (although two can be male depending on the player) across the ''Fate'' multiverse, and other incidents like Meltryllis' attraction to him as Nameless in ''VideoGame/FateExtra''. Has a layer of {{Irony}} however, as he is Shirou's future self who hypothetically did not end up with any of his heroines. Servant Summer Camp 2020 notches this up with the release of his casual outfit--and him being involved with the shenanigans of nearly every featured Swimsuit Servant just writes the jokes.[[/labelnote]]
** Harem Protag EX [[labelnote:Explanation]]Related to EMIYA's own meme, the player character proving to be a huge ChickMagnet story-wise has led to fans exaggerating it into them being the ultimate harem protagonist with everyone wanting their love.[[/labelnote]]
* Don't call it [=ScatFest=]! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Scathach being announced as the face of 2020's yearly Autumn festival lottery event led to fans trying to nickname it similar to the previous Nero Festival ([=NeroFest=]) and Battle in New York ([=GilFest=]), which results in the rather... [[ToiletHumor unfortunate-sounding]] [=ScatFest=]. Alternate jokes include Scathach insisting on less rude names or getting upset at the name everyone chooses to call her event.[[/labelnote]]
** [=ScathFest=]? [=ShishouFest=]? [=BunnyFest=]? [[TooDumbToLive OldHagFe]]- [[KilledMidSentence ooooof]]![[labelnote:Explanation]]Sometimes, after Scathach has ranted about not calling it [=ScatFest=], various other characters will supply other possible names. Inevitably, this ends in Cu Chulainn, as per the meme above, insulting her age and getting a Gae Bolg right through the chest. [[BrickJoke (Jeez what a bloody mess we gotta clean up...)]][[/labelnote]]
* [[BraveScot Scottish Accent]] Scathach [[labelnote:Explanation]]In a similar manner with the [[Memes/{{Pokemon}} Scottish Female Pokemon Trainer]], people like to spice up Scathach's accent into a Scottish one, because, while she is ethnically [[FightingIrish Irish/Celtic]], the Isle of Skye is described as being in modern Scotland. [[/labelnote]]
* Bunny Girl Servants [[labelnote:Explanation]]After the introduction of Ruler Altria, the fandom got flooded with fan art and sprite edits of other female Servants in bunny girl outfits. Now an AscendedMeme with the introduction of Scathach’s Bunny Girl Spirit Dress.[[/labelnote]]
* Galahad the pervert [[labelnote:Explanation]]Thanks to the [[ChainmailBikini outfit]] Mash gets when using Galahad's powers, fans have made jokes assuming him to be a massive pervert who designed the outfit to fit his kinks.[[/labelnote]]
** That's Lancelot's son, alright. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Related to the above, jokes about perverted Galahad are usually followed by jokes saying that he inherited his behavior from his father, Lancelot.[[/labelnote]]
** Galahad tempted Ritsuka, so it's not their fault. [[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers)]]Fans who ship Ritsuka and Mash have joked that Galahad's reasoning for refusing to help Chaldea anymore during the Lostbelt arc is that the two of them had sex offscreen and Galahad stood by being a virgin. This is usually followed up by mentioning the outfit he gave Mash and saying that Galahad was just asking for Ritsuka to fall for Mash by choosing that attire.[[/labelnote]]
* Roman, I finally understand. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to the reveal that Merlin's been catfishing Roman throughout Part I as virtual idol Magi☆Mari, it's incredibly common to show Magi☆Mari looking like a female Merlin. The release of Proto-Merlin on "[=FGO=] Arcade" has many fans uttering this statement or things similar due to how attractive she is.[[/labelnote]]
* Ishtar's feet[[labelnote:Explanation]]Ishtar became a huge favorite in the anime foot fetish community (yes, that's a thing) due to her barefoot attire and attempt to seal the temporary contract with Ritsuka by asking him to kiss the top of her foot, so many other viewers started jokingly praising Ishtar's feet everytime she came up.[[/labelnote]]
** Ishtar's Third Ascension shoes[[labelnote:Explanation]]Ishtar's Third Ascension, among other things, gives her a pair of golden high-heeled shoes. The same people who praise Ishtar's feet tend to say the designer of her Third Ascension spoiled their fun and should have kept her barefoot.[[/labelnote]]
* X will be Arcade exclusive[[labelnote:Explanation]]''Fate/Grand Order Arcade'' has received several exclusive Costume Dresses, including Jeanne d'Arc Alter's Shinjuku dress, and eventually exclusive Servants after Christmas Helena, Proto Merlin and Sita were revealed without an accompanying announcement for them in the mobile version. Because of this, many fans have joked that highly-requested Costume Dresses and Servants will be exclusive to the Arcade version.[[/labelnote]]
** [[Memes/JojosBizarreAdventure I'll never forgive the Arcade!! (raises hand)]]/[[Series/KamenRiderDecade ONORE, ARCADE!]][[labelnote:Explanation]]The phrase that accompanies anytime Arcade receives an exclusive that wouldn't be coming to the mobile version any time soon. It's a LOT more prominent in the case of Sita, because in conjunction of the Curse of Separation meme above, the player can ''easily'' associate this to Rama. This meme EXPLODED when it was revealed that Tiamat, one of the most highly desired characters to become playable on mobile, instead appeared on Arcade first in a unique Larva form, with even players who weren’t that bothered about the exclusive content, cursing Arcade for getting her first. To make matters worse, she's actually ''the same'' Tiamat that mobile players defeated, somehow reborn in the alternate universe of Arcade. So Arcade players didn't just get ''a'' Tiamat. They got ''our'' Tiamat. The [[Website/{{Reddit}} r/grandorder]] subreddit even has a flair that says "Damn You Arcade" just for these situations alone!!. This was later tone down when it was revealed in FGO x FGO Arcade collaboration event that Tiamat will be also joining in the mobile game as well, though Rama is still not getting Sita.[[/labelnote]]
** Onore Mobile!!![[labelnote:Explanation]]The InvertedTrope version, in the rare occassion where the mobile version gets something ''Arcade'' players want. Most notably with the release of Proto!Merlin's swimsuit version for Summer 2022 on mobile when she's an Arcade-exclusive Servant. Though her being a Pretender-class servant in ''Mobile'' while classified as Caster in ''Arcade'' might imply something bigger...[[/labelnote]]
* Saitou Hajime himself has become [[FountainOfMemes a fountain]] based on his design, voice and pre-FGO appearances...
** Where's my [[Manga/RurouniKenshin Gatotsu!?]] (Okita stole it...)[[labelnote:Explanation]]One of the earlier appearances of Saitou Hajime in mainstream media is his portrayal in ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' where he popularized the sword stance 'Gatotsu'. Even during ''Koha-Ace'', the Kenshin-based Saitou made a cameo (with his eyes censored). The Gatotsu stance eventually was used by Okita in several of her animations (in particular her Buster attack and also somehow on her Mumyou Sandanzuki), and no one batted an eye at it... until Saitou himself became summonable, upon which it became an easy joke to have Saitou wonder who the hell stole his patented Gatotsu stance and it was actually Okita...[[/labelnote]]
** [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Saitou May Cry/is Motivated]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Because Saitou's initial art is basically a similar looking BadassLongcoat and having a sheathed katana, he's been compared a lot with [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Vergil]], his quotes being put on Saitou ("I'm motivated", "Foolishness, Master, Foolishness", "I NEED MORE POWER!", "Might Controls Everything."). And to further the comparison, he's also voiced by [[Creator/KaitoIshikawa Nero's Japanese VA]]. [[/labelnote]]
** About evil? [[Memes/FireEmblemThreeHouses Kill every last one of them!]][[labelnote:Explanation]]A bizarre mixture of both ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' within Saitou. ''Kenshin''-Saitou is known for his motto "Aku. Soku. Zan" AKA "Kill Evil Swiftly.", and additionally, he shares the Japanese voice with [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd]], who eventually gained messier hair and thirst of blood as time goes on like Saitou, and eventually uttered the memetic phrase "Kill every last one of them!!". The two phrases can be easily combined into the effect of 'Swiftly killing every last one of those evils' or used as standalone phrases for this Saitou. Even the Gatotsu theft meme above can also attract another memetic line from Dimitri: "Is this some kind of twisted joke!?"[[/labelnote]]
* Nobukatsu is the ultimate simp/siscon.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Nobukatsu's entire gimmick is effectively being a SupportPartyMember [[SituationalSword especially geared towards]] Nobunaga, up to the point ''Nobu'' is the one who gets the most benefits off his sacrificial Noble Phantasm. Combine this with how he basically treats himself like Nobu's [[HeroWorship hype man]] and defines himself as just being a stepping stone for her greatness, it's not hard to see his "brotherly love" going ''way'' too far, to the point it's also joked he takes pride in being able to one-up ''other'' Servants who express their love for their siblings, most notably Castor.[[/labelnote]]
* Early Yu [[labelnote:Explanation]]The requirement for the 2020 Summer Event, "Chaldea Thriller Night", was simply that it could be done as soon as you finished Fuyuki, ie the prologue chapter. Many fans had fun with how Summer Yu's presence would be rather glaring, given that storywise at that time she was part of Team A who were all in comas in cryogenic suspension (At least one Japanese fan-comic took it a step further, taking advantage of the Throne being outside time to have her summoned by Team A).[[/labelnote]]

* We are hot.[[labelnote:Explanation]]PlayerCharacter Ritsuka is subject to just as much SelfFanservice as the rest of the cast, usually leading to people saying that, since Ritsuka represents the player, it makes [[ScrewYourself people enjoying fanart of Ritsuka technically lust after themselves]].[[/labelnote]]
* Why can't we grail Mash?[[labelnote:Explanation]]Mash's Ascensions are tied to story progression with her current level cap being the standard 4-star level 80, and she is the only Servant in the entire game who cannot be selected for Palingenesis to increase her level cap up to 100 with Grails. Mash fans have expressed the desire to give her their Grails, assuming the story doesn't eventually reach a point where she automatically gets upgraded to a level 100 cap.[[/labelnote]]
* YEET THE NEET[[labelnote:Explanation]]The "Imaginary Scramble" event has an exploration mechanic with Servants launched from the ''Nautilus'' to reveal new tiles on the map grid. Because of Osakabehime's unwillingness to be launched and how her animation emphasizes being thrown out of the submarine, unlike other Servants who jump from the submarine, this meme quickly became shorthand for her situation in the event.[[/labelnote]]

* Type Moon wants your penis. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A joke based on one-sided (as in always male-to-female) [[HistoricalGenderFlip gender-flipping of prominent male historical figures]] in the Fate franchise. May be a DiscreditedMeme in certain parts of the fandom for those who don’t find the gender-flipping to be an issue, but not so for the fandom in its entirety.[[/labelnote]]
* X will be a Saberface. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to the sheer number of Saberfaces in the franchise, fans have started to predict who the next Saberface will be, with female Merlin being one of the characters that fans believed would be a Saberface. Her having the same voice actress as Altria certainly lent weight to this theory. This was {{Jossed}} in 2020 when her FGO Arcade exclusive unit revealed that she’s actually a [[GenderFlip Merlin-face]].[[/labelnote]]
** X character is an [=XFace=]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A FanNickname turned meme that’s applied to virtually any character that looks the same as another character. It started pre-FGO with Saberfaces (As in characters that look similar to Altria) but then moved onto other characters with reused character designs such as the Tamamo-no-Mae copies, characters that look like Jeanne (Jeanneface), characters that look like Sakura Matou (Sakuraface), Rin Tohsaka (Rinface) and most recently due to the reveal of [[GenderFlip female Merlin]], Merlinface.[[/labelnote]]
* You can't spell "Smash" without "Mash".[[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to Mash having something of an implied romantic crush on the protagonist, and the fact she is a common source of fanservice, fans often joke about her name and wanting to "[[DoubleEntendre smash]]" her.[[/labelnote]]
** Mashu Smashu.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Even before the Smash Bros. guest character speculation came about, this meme had already existed thanks to the Camelot singularity, where Mash inherited Galahad's indignance at Lancelot's behavior, usually showing up in fanart as Mash about to smash Lancelot around with her shield just as he's about to hit on another female Servant, for example.[[/labelnote]]
* Gilgamesh loves Thanksgiving.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Fans have noticed that as of November 2020, Gilgamesh has received rate-ups for all four of the NA Thanksgiving Summoning Campaigns. Because of that, many jokes revolving around Gilgamesh and Thanksgiving were made.[[/labelnote]]
** Where's Gilgamesh? [[labelnote:Explanation]]Once it was revealed that who was on rate-up within the 5th NA Thanksgiving Summoning Campaign, many people were quick to point out Gilgamesh's absence for that summoning campaign.[[/labelnote]]

* Two kilograms each [[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://twitter.com/sian_sasaland/status/1161680058269855744 A fanart of swimsuit Musashi]] based on [[https://twitter.com/pon6336/status/1161987593031958529 this picture]] led fans to assume that Musashi's breasts do weigh that amount.[[/labelnote]]
** One ton of fun [[labelnote:Explanation]]Similarly, Passionlip's listed weight of 1 ton has many fans joke that the weight doesn't come from her gigantic metal arms or her Breast Valley data storage space, but from her massive 160cm breasts themselves.[[/labelnote]]
* "I can't believe they nerfed Arash" [[labelnote:Explanation]] Arash was widely praised for his utility in farming, being able to sacrifice himself with his NP, which had a very fast animation. However, during the Camelot Movie Pre-Release Campaign, he was granted an animation update, which ended up making his NP animation '''''longer''''', leading to this joking complaint from the fanbase. Actually [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], as the new animation skips his death, resulting in using his NP [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmn2h8BNnRg surprisingly taking 1 to 2 seconds less than before on certain settings.]] [[/labelnote]]
* Arcade Suzuka vs Mobile Suzuka [[labelnote:Explanation]]For the 2020 Christmas event in ''FGO Arcade'', they announced that its Santa Servant would be Suzuka Gozen with a gyaru aesthetic and a general cheery, lighthearted attitude. The next week, in a stream for "Mandala of Hell" in the main game, its trailer showed a shot of Suzuka with glowing red eyes, covered in blood and growling. The contrast in tone between the two was quickly noted by fans.[[/labelnote]]
* Heian Babbage[[labelnote:Explanation]]The trailer for "Mandala of Hell" has Babbage make a very noted appearance in both versions, which makes him very out of place amongst all the period-appropriate Servants and resulted in multiple jokes about why he'd be in Heian-era Japan.[[/labelnote]]
* Japanese fanartists like drawing Ashiya Douman as a cat, given how easy it is to compare him to one. The meme has become more and more {{Ascended|Meme}}, with Koyanskaya of Darkness saying that she doesn't like "all felines (AKA Douman) and him being listed as having cat characteristics in the Learning with Manga collab Challenge Quest.
* Muramasa the Sword Simp [[labelnote:Explanation]]One of Muramasa's My Room lines has him fanboying over Ibuki Douji...'s sword (Kusanagi). This has given rise to the meme of Muramasa preferring swords over women, even the original Fate/Stay Night cast.[[/labelnote]]

* Astolfo's Monster Cock[[labelnote:Explanation (VERY NSFW!)]]In Febuary of 2021, an Astolfo cosplayer posted a collection of photos [[BiggerIsBetterInBed comparing the size of his penis to a can of Monster Energy Drink]] on Website/{{Twitter}}, and the sheer number of people commenting on this caused "Astolfo" to reach the Trending page. Memes were made poking fun at the absurdity of the whole situation, [[https://twitter.com/mewvore/status/1360480172504469505?s=21 such as wondering]] what the poor guy who writes the descriptions for trending topics must be going through, and freaking out as Creator/FayeMata (a.k.a. Astolfo's VA in the ''Literature/FateApocrypha'' English Dub) [[https://twitter.com/FayeMata/status/1360516342235885569 posted a tweet]] commemorating the occasion, not realizing ''why'' he was trending until afterwards. And as a result, Astolfo became somehow associated with the Monster Energy Drink in many fanworks, in a similar vein of ''Franchise/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' and [[Memes/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Morning Rescue Energy Drink]][[/labelnote]]
* Caren getting cash from the gacha rolls[[labelnote:Explanation]]After Caren Hortensia was announced in Fate Grand Order, many memes involving Caren's skit in ''Anime/CarnivalPhantasm'' that has her attempting to get money have been made in regards to the gacha rolls. [[/labelnote]]
* TKAE THIS![[labelnote:Explanation]]A typo from Summer Jeanne Alter's 2021 Valentine's scene, from the English version. While ''Fate/Grand Order'' is no stranger to typos, they're usually easily overlooked unless one is paying attention. Here, however, the fact that Jeanne Alter shouts this line, resulting in large uppercase letters, makes it all but impossible to miss, not to mention that as a free event Welfare unit, a significant portion of the player base had the character and were able to see the typo for themselves. This resulted in a lot of fun being poked at the translation team.[[/labelnote]]
* Galatea is the first ever waifu in the world[[labelnote:Explanation]]After she was announced, people came to look at Galatea's backstory, and immediately compared Pygmalion's desire to have Galatea be an actual living being instead of a statue to an Otaku wishing their waifu was real. As a result, Galatea has been called "the first ever waifu in the world". [[/labelnote]]
* Sheep yeeting[[labelnote:Explanation]]The FGO: Arcade trailer for Jacques de Molay shows him [[https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/mbyg58/jacques_de_molay_yeets_the_sheep/ kicking a sheep like a soccer ball]] which made many players joke that he and Asclepius are now fast friends because the latter hates his dad, Apollo, who is in sheep form.[[/labelnote]]
* Galatea's pants[[labelnote:Explanation]]Galatea's first ascension features her wearing a set of extremely baggy mecha pants that clashes heavily with her slender figure. Fans began editing the pants onto other Servants for laughs.[[/labelnote]]
* Fairy Knight Tristan is Elizabeth. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Many people believe that Fairy Knight Tristan looks an awful lot like Elizabeth Báthory in this game.[[/labelnote]]
* Zeus' crotch bulge[[labelnote:Explanation]]When Zeus' full body portrait was revealed, the fandom immediately latched onto his prominent crotch bulge, either jokingly comparing it to other characters they wished had one like Astolfo or having it be subject to GroinAttack.[[/labelnote]]
* NTR Mash[[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers for Lostbelt 6)]]In Lostbelt No. 6, Mash gets hit with amnesia and is married off to a lion fairy. While it turns out nothing physical happened as Mash is just meant to be a figurehead, the chaos of spoilers leaking in after the chapter's release meant fans started assuming the worst, causing it to spread like wildfire.[[/labelnote]]
* Kiara the Punching Bag[[labelnote:Explanation]]A problem that some FGO content creators have is the lack of readily-repeatable, high-difficulty bosses, meaning that they will try to preserve as many notable bosses like the 1Mil HP dragon from Gilgamesh's third Interlude to be used as demonstration for Servant's capabilities. The battle against Kiara [[spoiler:(as Beast III/R)]] in the end of SE.RA.PH Main Interlude is the most notable of the bosses as her three health bars, [[spoiler:mostly neutral class advantage]], and her rematch Challenge Quest being repeatable means that she is the perfect candidate for any boss clear demonstrations.[[/labelnote]]
* Oberon Vs Merlin [[labelnote:Explanation (MASSIVE spoilers for Lostbelt 6)]] Oberon's passive actually makes Merlin's buffs have a 20% chance of failing, resulting in them being portrayed as antagonistic against each other. It makes even more sense when Oberon's true identity is actually ''Vortigern,'' whose defeat was mainly thanks to Merlin's plans. This gets amplified in August 2022 where Proto!Mer- excuse us, [[InsistentTerminology Lady Avalon]] is added as a Pretender-class Servant, which led to many joke parties where Oberon is sandwiched between the two Merlins.[[/labelnote]]
* Habetrot's Windows XP [[labelnote:Explanation]] Habetrot's NP creates a background of a grassy meadow, which bears a strong resemblance to the default Windows XP home screen, which immediately caught the attention of many players.[[/labelnote]]
* Ultimate Floof [[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers for Lostbelt 6)]]In the story, Cernunnos is a rightfully terrifying and extremely powerful monster to fight against. However, he is considered to be ''[[AdorableAbomination utterly adorable]]'' by the fanbase, due to essentially appearing as a huge, fluffy ball of fur. Comparisons to other cute and large creatures such as Totoro were quick to follow.[[/labelnote]]
* Sus Class[[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers for Lostbelt 6)]]Oberon-Vortigern's class is the Pretender, which can switch into any of the other classes. The name alone caused a spread of memes to appear, including comparisons with ''VideoGame/AmongUs'', where impostor(s) pretend(s) to look like crewmate(s), and the game having a lot of memes already, comparisons are inevitable. [[/labelnote]]
* The Brexit Lostbelt [[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to being a massive {{Crapsaccharine|World}} WorldOfJerkass, it's often joked about how the separation of Britain from the European Union led to the creation of the Avalon le Fae Lostbelt. [[/labelnote]]
* Chen Gong hates X. [[labelnote:Explanation]]There are several servants that can prevent being sacrificed from Chen Gong'a NP such as Arash and Nobukatsu since their [=NPs=] already providing Instant Kills to themselves, Miss Crane since her Noble Phantasm can just have her move to the backline, and Oberon since he has a skill that prevents somebody from being sacrificed. Because of that, many jokes have been about Chen Gong hating these servants.[[/labelnote]]
* 2018: Year of Quick [[labelnote:Explanation]]The game's 3rd Anniversary in 2018 introduced Scathach-Skadi, the long-awaited Quick support, and redefined the game's farming meta for 2 years until 2020 arrived and... see below.[[/labelnote]]
** 2020: Year of Arts [[labelnote:Explanation]]The game's 5th Anniversary in 2020 introduced Altria Caster, being a ridiculously loaded Arts support with all the tools Arts really appreciates to farm a lot more reliably, redefining the farming meta far more significantly than Skadi and Quick once did.[[/labelnote]]
** 2021: Year of Buster [[labelnote:Explanation (slight spoilers for Lostbelt 6)]]The game's 6th Anniversary in 2021 introduced Koyanskaya of Light, with a very powerful skillset intended to help out Buster servants in fast and reliable farming. Later on, the Avalon le Fae Conclusion Campaign introduced Oberon, the first Pretender servant, and also sporting a very powerful skillset intended for Buster farming. Although unlike Altria Caster and Arts effectively dethroning Quick farming, Koyanskaya and Oberon simply make Buster farming every bit as viable as Arts and Quick farming.[[/labelnote]]
* Oberon and Arjuna Alter back to back/[[Music/BoBRapper Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars?]][[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers for Lostbelt 6)]]English-speaking fans were quick to notice that the final ascension artworks for Arjuna Alter and Oberon, [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ppaZXNlfsW0/maxresdefault.jpg when being put side-to-side, strongly resemble and compliment each other]]. The fact that Arjuna Alter's artwork shows him with a night sky background further led to comparisons to a [[WesternAnimation/RegularShow certain]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic infamous]] CrackShip [[https://www.deviantart.com/bluedog444/art/MordeTwi-Airplanes-319272821 artwork]] that has turned into a meme of its' own, which has resulted in memes such as [[https://twitter.com/KompyAlter/status/1425806776100851712 this]].[[/labelnote]]
* Pretenders singing 'Pretender'[[labelnote:Explanation (slight spoilers for Lostbelt 6)]]The moment the new class name was announced, a number of Japanese fanarts portrayed Oberon, the game's 1st Pretender-class Servant, singing [[https://youtu.be/TQ8WlA2GXbk Pretender]] by Official髭男dism due to the song being the same name of his class, and the first line of the chorus "Goodbye, your fated one is not me" reflects those who failed to get him perfectly. Western versions would have him singing [[Music/{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]]'s 'The Great Pretender' or any song with the word 'Pretender' in it instead. Later on this meme extended to the other Pretenders as they're released, with the possible exception of welfare Servant Nine-Tattoo Dragon Eliza.[[/labelnote]]
* (x)gatsu no Oberon[[labelnote:Explanation]]Taken from the Japanese fandom, this mixes Oberon with the Japanese title of ''Manga/MarchComesInLikeALion'', whose author Chica Umino also designed Oberon. While other months can be substituted depending on when the meme's user drew Oberon, 'Sangatsu no Oberon' (Oberon of March) in particular can also be used to put him in ''3gatsu'''s setting.[[/labelnote]]
* Koyanskaya trying to fit in.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Koyanskaya of Light is one of the best Buster supports in the game, rivaling with Merlin, so naturally, she is one of the most sought meta-defining Servant by the players. The problem is that story-wise, Koyanskaya didn't have the best first impression, being a [[TheSociopath sociopath]] that continuously taunted the player while a lot of times getting away from her crimes with a hobby of 'seeing humans suffer' (except that one time Qin Shi Huang managed to torture her), and one of her first actions is mercilessly stomping the depowered Fou. The meme take form of Koyanskaya having an even harder time to fit in, even compared to Ashiya Douman, and having to bribe the protagonist with her Buster Support credentials in order to fit in, with some characters just wanting her dead, and Fou being one step closer to treat her as a second [[ArchEnemy Merlin]].[[/labelnote]]
* [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Vitch]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Many fans have taken note of the attacks of Koyanskaya of Light make heavy use of modern weaponry including guns and in the case of her NP, her [[HumongousMecha NF-79 Tactical Suppression Vehicle]], which is very similar to [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Metal Gear Excelsus]] aside from being pink. Add in the fact that her first ascension outfit is a SpyCatsuit not too disimilar to a female Solid Snake (albeit with a bit of added cleavage), and you can expect at least one comparison to ''Metal Gear'' to be made whenever she's brought up.[[/labelnote]]
* Wu Zetian is the real Grand Assassin.[[labelnote:Explanation]]In September 2021, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/polq2g/bilibilis_fgo_changes_wu_zetian_into_shadow_of/ admins over Mainland China server fixed Wu's Ascension Arts as the same as the gold Assassin art during summoning]], and her revealed true name remains the same (Assassin of Nightless City), while her voices and personal data are removed. Fans are joking that she's the real Grand Assassin since even King Hassan didn't receive such level of concealment.[[/labelnote]]
** Is Rider 231 really Berserker 049?[[labelnote:Explanation]]Following Wu, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/pp47um/fgo_china_has_decided_to_remove_some_servants/ most of the Chinese servants received the same treatment]], along with their names reduced to "Their Class name + their character ID" (until they received new official names later on), for example Red Hare becomes "Rider 231", and these also takes effect during in-story dialogues. Most of the dialogues in Lostbelt 3 becomes hilariously incomprehensible as a result, and fans (within and outside China) use the same formula to speak about other servants, either mocking such changes or playing along as a meme.[[/labelnote]]
* Outer God HRT[[labelnote:Explanation]]The playable Jacques de Molay in the mobile version of FGO is a female Foreigner. It's explained that the rumors surrounding the normally male Saber Molay worshipping Baphomet had twisted him into a female form, and is also implied to have connected her to Shub-Niggurath. The female Molay is also voiced by Creator/ShikiAoki, notable for being one of the openly transgender voice actors in the Japanese industry. Jokes were quickly made at how linking with an Outer God turns you into a woman.[[/labelnote]]
* "Nooooooooo! Don't turn me into a Marketable Plush!!!!!"[[labelnote:Explaination]]After Molay's attempt to summon her God (implied to be Shub-Niggurath) using the Protagonist goes awry, their body is possessed by said God while their soul is ejected and [[ForcedTransformation transformed]] into a [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Ridiculously Cute]] PumpkinPerson the size of a plush toy. Cue this joke and many variations of it.[[/labelnote]]
* Tamago-no-mae [[labelnote:Explanation '''(SPOILERS)''']] Tamago is Japanese for "egg." Using a machine translation of Tamamo-no-Mae results in "Before the Tamago". The ending of Tungska Sanctuary has Koyanskaya sealed inside a CosmicEgg. Because of these, it didn't take long for puns relating to Tamago being released.[[/labelnote]]
* [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry5 Hephaestion is the storm that is approaching.]][[labelnote:Explanation]] Similar to Saitou Hajime's "Saitou May Cry" memes above, Vergil-related memes are being applied to Hephaestion because her pose from her final ascension art involves her unsheathing her sword in a way that resembles Vergil's character render pose from ''Devil May Cry 5''. Bonus points for the lightning sparks coming out of her weapon.[[/labelnote]]
* Lasagna[[labelnote:Explaination]]Admittedly, the developing company taking over from Delightworks, Lasengle, has a name that's easily [[SpellMyNameWithAnS misspelt]] and/or [[ItIsPronouncedTroPay mispronounced]], so most western players end up referring to Lasengle as 'Lasagna'. And of course, make ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' jokes about it since lasagna is Garfield's TrademarkFavouriteFood.[[/labelnote]]
** [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Lazengann]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Another way of referring to Lasengle. Typically followed by "OVERLOOOOOOAD!" thanks to Lordgenome's DyingMomentOfAwesome in the final battle.[[/labelnote]]

* Kamen Rider Odysseus [[labelnote:Explanation]]Odysseus' Stage 2 design includes a helmet [[spoiler:after two years]], making him look like a Kamen Rider. Fans immediately brought in good ol' Kamen Rider jokes. Some even gave him nicknames like "[[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ouja]]" and "[[Series/KamenRiderZeroOne Metal Cluster Hopper]]".[[/labelnote]]
* FGO x ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' Collab[[labelnote:Explanation]]After the Anime Japan 2022 expo showcased a Noble Phantasm animation of the then-unnamed Trung Sisters, many fans point out that they looked like human characters from the ''Pokémon'' franchise (particularly Trung Nhi bearing a resemblance to Nessa from ''Sword and Shield'') with the two animals on their hats as well as the elephant within their NP animation looking like actual Pokémon themselves. As a result, many fans begin joking about a Pokémon collaboration event, and it helps that their character designer also worked on the [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon seventh]] [[VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndEevee and]] [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield eighth]] Generations of the games.[[/labelnote]]
** FGO x ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses''[[labelnote:Explanation]]Because the conflict in Lostbelt 6.5: Traum involved a war between three factions represented with red, blue and yellow, many fans have taken to nicknaming Traum as such. It helps that Constantine XI is drawn by ''Three Houses'''s character designer, and each of the faction leaders in the singularity have something in common with the leaders of the three main factions of ''Three Houses'' (Constantine XI being an Emperor that wears red outfits like Edelgard, Kriemhild being an AxCrazy person with a misplaced desire for revenge like Dimitri after the timeskip, and Don Quixote being far less evil than the other two faction leaders like Claude [[spoiler:at least prior to ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriorsThreeHopes'']]), and it is 'technically' possible to make a ''Three Houses'' team consisting of Astraea, Saitou Hajime, Kiichi Hougen, Oberon, and Scheherazade who share voice actors with [[Creator/ShizukaIto Female!Byleth]], [[Creator/KaitoIshikawa Dimitri]], [[Creator/AiKakuma Edelgard]], [[Creator/ToshiyukiToyonaga Claude]], and [[Creator/KikukoInoue Rhea]] respectively. All that's left is for [[Creator/YuusukeKobayashi Male!Byleth]] and [[Creator/JunyaEnoki Yuri]] to become Servants.[[/labelnote]]
** FGO x ''ComicBook/BlackPanther''[[labelnote:Explanation]]Lostbelt #7 has drawn comparisons to Black Panther as well as its [[Film/BlackPanther2018 two]] [[Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever films]] at the time of the Lostbelt's release as not only Izcalli's design drew comparisions to T'Challa, but this Lostbelt has Kukulkan as a servant while Namor from ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever'' gets called Kukulkan by his people.[[/labelnote]]
* The "Sea Monster Crisis" event welfare will be [[TotemPoleTrench three Kons in a trench coat]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The event's free Servant wasn't initially revealed, prompting a joke theory that the event's cute creature allies would become the new Servant. This ended up being ''exactly the case'', albeit via HiveMind rather than TotemPoleTrench.[[/labelnote]]
* NP Charge [[labelnote:Explanation]]A Japanese meme about how many of the later Servants have at least one skill that increases their NP gauge to the point that it almost seems mandatory for them to be able to charge it. This meme even extends to Rank Up quests, as of the six rank ups that happened during the release of "Sea Monster Crisis" and pre-release of "Mississippi Mythicizers", ''five'' of them charge up their NP gauges.[[/labelnote]]
* We've got wyverns![[labelnote:Explanation]]Story-only nodes did not become available until Babylonia, resulting in many story chapters abruptly shifting to a fight just so gameplay could be included. Orleans was particularly infamous for its onslaught of wyvern enemies, turning it into the face of this meme. It's become something of a joke in the game too, with Las Vegas and Olympus both quoting the meme.[[/labelnote]]
* Live Constantine Reaction[[labelnote:Explanation]]Constantine was [[https://news.fate-go.jp/2022/traum/ the face of announcing Lostbelt 6.5]] and his "blank face / screaming inside" expression caused many to compare to the "Live Slug Reaction" meme from {{Memes/The Rise Of Skywalker}}[[/labelnote]]
* Kadoc wakes up to see X[[labelnote:Explanation]]This is based on how Chaldea has recruited various characters that Kadoc would be familiar with during the two years between his appearances in the main story and joking about the potential comedy of waking up to find the person who beat the crap out of him and put him in a coma or some of the people he worked with casually hanging out in swimsuits.[[/labelnote]]
* Kriemhild has become a bit of a FountainOfMemes.
** Kriemhild is Sieg's mom.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Since Kriemhild is Siegfield's wife, and with Siegfried being a father figure to Sieg as well as how Kriemhild end up developing harsh but maternal feelings for the homunculus in Kriemhild's My Room lines, many people started referring to Kriemhild as Sieg's mom. Most fanwork involves her lecturing Sieg ''before'' doing the same to Siegfried who comes to interfere.[[/labelnote]]
** Kaguya Alter[[labelnote:Explanation]]Kriemhild is voiced by Creator/AoiKoga, the VA for [[Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar Kaguya Shinomiya]], and with her crazed disposition and tsundere attitude towards her husband, jokes were made that Kaguya went insane after being rejected by Shirogane. Many moments from Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar are applied to Kriemhild, and by extension Siegfried and Sieg, such as when Shirogane fell asleep on Kaguya's shoulder, Ishigami being tied up and Kaguya holding him hostage and making a rather menacing statement about something that ends with "How cute." (especially about the meme below)[[/labelnote]]
** Kriemhild is annoyed by being surrounded by people with HeroicSuicide tendency.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Kriemhild's hate towards Siegfried comes from barring her knowing his SelfSacrificeScheme, thus her devotion for avenging him becomes totally pointless. Most fans agree that she acts like Sieg's mom (as above) is to prevent him from following his "father" (which obviously failed already)... while wondering how she'll treat his "partner" Jeanne (whose HeroicSuicide pushed Sieg to his HeroicSacrifice later on).[[/labelnote]]
* The Dragon Slaying families. [[labelnote:Explanation]] With the announcement of ''Fate:Lost Einherjar'', which will feature the daughter of Sigurd and Brynhildr, Aslaug, as one of the main characters, it became a trend to depict the three of them together in fanart. This meme was also complimented with the release of Kriemhild in ''Fate/Grand Order'' and her my room interactions with Siegfried and Sieg, making them a mirror family to the aforementioned three.[[/labelnote]]
* [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors HEAVEEEENNNSS!!]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Zhang Jue took the title of 'General of Heaven' in the original source, so he does speak a lot about heavens. His incarnation in ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' took this to absurd levels of FountainOfMemes that it ''leaked'' to Zhang Jue over here, so you can expect many of the old {{Narm}}tastic yellings of him and the Yellow Turban characters in particularly the third game to apply to him. Take your pick from the likes of "Zhang Jue does not believe in magic." or "Zhang Jue wants you to feel the power of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF-MDuXXiSI MAJEEEEEKKK!!]]" or calling his opponents [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeSMpetv34M "flaming idiots."]][[/labelnote]]
* '''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency YOU FOOL! CHALDEAN SCIENCE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD!!!!]]'''[[labelnote:Explanation]]When "Re: Discover Movie Lostbelt No.3" is released, it's revealed that Goredolf Musik will be voiced by Creator/AtsushiImaruoka, with one of his most famous roles being Rudol von Stroheim. No points for guessing why the fandom created this line.[[/labelnote]]
* Morgan's [[Anime/PuiPuiMolcar Moru-car]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Courtesy of a non-canon idea Nasu wrote on his blog and the pun that comes out of combining Morgan's name with ''Pui Pui Molcar'', an exodus of fanart depicting Morgan driving a guinea pig-car hybrid has been making the rounds on Twitter in early 2022. Even funnier - ''Pui Pui Molcar'' was one of the two anime series that Oberon failed to outtrend (despite his infamous Twitter popularity that outshone [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora]] [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate getting into Smash]], the release of ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl's remakes'', ''Manga/ChainsawMan'', ''VideoGame/UmaMusumePrettyDerby'' and other anime and games), the other being ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba's'' ''Infinity Train'' movie.[[/labelnote]]
* [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Metal Gear]] Hijikata / The only thing I know for real...[[labelnote:Explanation]]As part of the 7th anniversary Craft Essences, Servants have alternate outfits themed after the Lostbelts. Hijikata wears one that immediately drew comparisons to Jetstream Sam.[[/labelnote]]

* Stupid Sexy Noah[[labelnote:Explanation]]The general reactions to Nemo/Noah’s Final Ascension art and some parts of his profile calling him “sexy”. Fans (especially the Western and Christian ones) have debated whether it crosses the line, or if the art should be more or less “biblically accurate” when it comes to his nakedness and posture, and so forth.[[/labelnote]]
** Drunk Noah / [[https://twitter.com/fgonetasto/status/1551879399662026752 “Where’s my Good Morning Kiss?”]][[labelnote:Explanation]]One of Nemo/Noah’s Terminal lines in his Third Ascension has him being drunk while denying that he is drunk and then asking his Master to give him an eye-opening kiss. Combined with his apparent weakness to alcohol, fans have joked that Noah should be prohibited to get drunk or else he would do and say inappropriate things.[[/labelnote]]
** Isn’t it sad? Even Draco forgot[[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers)]]Players noticed that Noah is the ''only'' story-relevant Arcade-exclusive servant to never make any appearance in the Arcade collab ''at all'', barring the event’s Command Support mechanic as Nemo/Noah. In the first days of the collab, Saber Jacques de Molay and Sita made appearances in the story albeit as [=NPCs=], which made fans hopeful for his appearance. However, when the Master’s group reached the flooded Okeanos, a ship appears to give them a ground to stand on''...which turns out to be Drake’s Golden Hind'', helmed by Altria Lancer Alter using their Wild Hunt connection. And later near the end of the collab’s story, there is a flashback to the finale of ''Arcade''’s Lilim Harlot from Beast of Sodom’s perspective. Everything is preserved''... except for Noah’s presence in the scene.'' His lack of presence in the ''Arcade'' collab, coupled with fans’ grievances towards his characterization (see the above memes about him), quickly plummeted him into MemeticLoser status and the resurfacing of his “Grand Jobber” FanNickname.[[/labelnote]]
* Mandricardo being anxious about his anniversary outfit.[[labelnote:Explanation]]The game's social media teased certain 7th Anniversary [=CEs=] by only showing their silhouette during the countdown to July 30th. The teaser commonly speculated to either be Holmes or Seimei was eventually revealed to be Mandricardo when the [=CEs=] were released with fans immediately pointing out how in-character it would be for Mandricardo to start getting anxiety over being mistaken for someone else and it spawned various jokes and fanart over the matter.[[/labelnote]]
* Douman's Time-Out Jar[[labelnote:explanation]]The Summer 2021 and 2022 events end with Ashiya Douman, who caused them to happen in the first place, stuffed in a jar as punishment, leading to numerous fanart of Douman in said jar. The 2022 event later reveals that said jar, which got reused, was from Abe no Seimei, and that he has 3 other "punishment items" made specifically to keep Douman in check he can lend to Murasaki Shikibu, which caused many a "Seimei is into [=BDSM=]" joke. But the joke is mostly used in scenarios where Douman is up to no good.[[/labelnote]]
* Armwrestling Emiya[[labelnote:Explanation]]When it comes to discussing Servants's parameters, one of recurring points of comparison is done with EMIYA [[MusclesAreMeaningless having only D in Strength]]. With someone like Abigail having B in Strength, many people joke about which Servants could win EMIYA in an arm-wrestling match.[[/labelnote]]
* "You want this Rikyu to make you matcha latte?" [[labelnote:Explanation]] This is actually a transplanted meme from the old manga, ''Tokyo Osamurai Land'', highlighting the absurdity of a historical Tea Master making a cheap modern drink. FGO went with it and so did the fandom. [[/labelnote]]
* Many Christmas-related jokes for Lostbelt #7 [[labelnote:Explanation]]After it gets confirmed that Lostbelt #7 shall be released on Christmas Day 2022, many Christmas-related jokes end up happening such as Ritsuka deciding to visit Brazil for Christmas, or Daybit being Santa himself. This was actually foreseen by the developers as Rasputin says "Merry Christmas" only if played on the actual holiday itself.[[/labelnote]]
* Arcueid help us.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Upon finding out just how outclassed they are in the battle with [[spoiler:[=ORT=]/Type-Oort Cloud]], the playerbase promptly [[MassOhCrap shat themselves]] and started praying for something, mostly Arcueid/Archetype Earth, ''anything'', to get them through the nightmare that is Lostbelt 7.[[/labelnote]]
* Permadeath.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Within an hour of players finding out about [[spoiler:[=ORT=]/Type-Oort Cloud]] at the end of Lostbelt 7 Part 1 during launch day, a rather infamous rumor spread among the players, saying that Servants that died fighting it will be locked out for the rest of the story nodes due the unique death animation where they turn into green crystals and get absorbed instead. With no way of confirming due to it being the last fight before the timegate, this infamous rumor is debunked for the time being. [[spoiler:While there is a bit of a permadeath mechanic, it's only within the raid bosses against ORT. Other than those raid fights, you can freely use any servant you want to even if they died during a fight.]][[/labelnote]]
* '''YOU'RE GOING TO BRAZIL.'''[[labelnote:Explanation]]Lostbelt 7 is located in the Amazon Rainforest, where not only [[spoiler:Beast VII/U-Olga Marie sinks the Shadow Border]], but is also filled with dinosaurs who have replaced humanity and Aztec deities roaming round, culminating in the appearance of [[spoiler:[=ORT=]/Type-Oort Cloud]]. Because of this, memes relating of not wanting to be in Brazil popped up quickly, due to Brazil's infamous reputation as a PlaceWorseThanDeath in real life.[[/labelnote]]
* Kirei dancing to Music/BoneyM[[labelnote:Explanation]] While this was around since the reveal of Rasputin as a Pseudo-Servant in the body of Kirei Kotomine, the moment he was made playable a lot of jokes referencing the song was made, along with a few videos dedicated to animating Kirei in doing just that. Some have even used them as catalysts in summoning him, but results vary. Bonus points if someone connects Kirei to [[Series/DoctorWho the Master]] as played by Creator/SachaDhawan who also did this in ''[[Recap/DoctorWho2022CENThePowerOfTheDoctor The Power of the Doctor]]'' not long before Kirei's release.[[/labelnote]]
* Mr. Camazotz, the creator of Alter Servants.[[labelnote:Explanation (Nahui Mictlān Spoilers!)]]Camazotz, who received the protagonist's Command Spells from Tezcatlipoca, corrupted at least 2 Chaldea servants (Kingprotea and Beni-enma), changing them into their "Alter" forms. While it's not confirmed that if Nitocris Alter is "born" from him when she's summonable, people are already placing "orders" for further Alter servants, since even without Nitocris there'll be at least another Guardian of the Underworld under his control (Later confirmed to be Ereshkigal Alter).[[/labelnote]]
* Waifu ORT[[labelnote:Explanation (Major Nahui Mictlān Spoilers!)]]ORT has often been joked about as a possible waifu long before the reveal that Kukulkan is ORT's heart given consciousness as a god. As a result, many people begin joking that Kukulkan is ORT as a waifu or that the ORT-chan is real.[[/labelnote]]
* Tezcatlipoca's terrible aim.[[labelnote:Explanation]]His attack animations for his first ascension reveal that he cannot aim ''at all'' when using guns and misses his target all the time, which promptly became the most discussed trait of his to talk about just how bad he is at using guns and extending that trait to literally anything that requires aiming. He also hates people bringing it up, no matter how obvious it is, for the same reason he hates having his general inadequacy as a sun mentioned, so violence on the speaker is sometimes a factor.[[/labelnote]]
* [=ORT=] is fine, but the Alter Egos have to go.[[labelnote:Explanation (Major Nahui Mictlān Spoilers!)]]The fanbase quickly became amused by the fact that the Human Order is blocking Novum Chaldea from entering Antarctica because they abused the summoning of Rulers, Avengers, and Alter Egos, but it's seemingly fine with them summoning Foreigners and Pretenders, who are outright stated to be enemies of the Human Order, including the most recent Foreigner Servant, Kukulkan, who is the sentient heart of [=ORT=].[[/labelnote]]
** "Oh, no! Anyway..." (summons another Alter Ego)[[labelnote:Explanation (More Spoilers.)]]Fans were quick to note that the event immediately following this "you shouldn't have Extra Class Servants" plot bomb was a collab with ''Arcade'', with the poster Servant being an Alter Ego. The problem? Said Alter Ego was '''Tiamat''', who has been in high demand ever since the Seventh Singularity. A good many players promptly ignored the implications and pulled for Beast Mommy, with many joking that the Human Order wasn't impressed. Another variation of the meme involves Popess Johanna, who is a Ruler and whose debut event was announced ''two days'' after Ordeal Call Prologue’s release.[[/labelnote]]
** "I don't think this is helping to prove our innocence in the Ordeal Call."[[labelnote:Explanation (3rd serving of Spoilers)]]Soon after Tiamat was released, the actual ''Arcade'' collab came and introduced of all people, Queen Draco, who ''isn't'' an Alter Ego but ''an actual Beast Class Servant'', which is strong against the regular 7 classes but weak to all the Extra classes bar Shielder. Players decided to joke about the Human Order frothing at the mouth while they try to summon the first Beast Servant in the game.[[/labelnote]]
* WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO[[labelnote:Explanation]]In his later Ascensions, many of Tezcatlipoca's battle voicelines are ''very'' spirited and jovial whoops and yells, even when ''damaged''. Most frequent and memorable is his battle cry of "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO", which has proven ''very'' popular among players, with videos or streams containing Tezcatlipoca usually flooded with commenters spamming "WOOOOOOOO" in solidarity. Some amused players have made comparisons to Youtuber [[LetsPlay/{{Critikal}} MoistCr1TiKaL]], known for his own iconic "WOOOOOO!" from one of his videos, or to wrestler Wrestling/RicFlair, who also has "WOOOOOO!" as a catch phrase.[[/labelnote]]
* [=AI Takasugi=] [[labelnote:Explanation]] During the CBC 2023 event players were introduced to an AI version of Takasugi Shinsaku in the event shop, some players decided to ship treat said AI as a whole characters and even shipped with the other characters such as the protagonist.[[/labelnote]]
* Mom vs. Mom [[labelnote:Explanation (Possible Spoilers)]] With Tiamat finally able to be summoned, people immediately joked about her being a SitcomArchNemesis to Chaldea's other resident mother Raikou, often involving the two competing over who gets to be Ritsuka's mother. [[/labelnote]]
* Devil Trigger / Maou Nero[[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers)]] At the conclusion of the Arcade collaboration event, Beast Draco unlocks her third and final ascension, in which SheIsAllGrownUp, covered in black armor with a crimson cape, has horns and other draconic features akin to Siegfried, and an ''even bigger'' FlamingSword (at least, one more exaggerated that the one she already had as a Saber). For any players familiar with ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'', the jokes wrote themselves.[[/labelnote]]
* The ''Arcade'' collab is secretly a ''VideoGame/FateEXTRA'' collab.[[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers)]]After the finale of the ''Arcade'' collab revealed that Kishinami Hakuno, the main protagonist of the ''EXTRA'' games, ended up causing Fujimaru's contract to Draco and the Incarnadines just to save Draco, many fans end up stating that the ''Arcade'' collab was secretly a ''VideoGame/FateEXTRA'' collab.[[/labelnote]]
* Finally, a Kinoko Nasu servant [[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to Locusta implementing mushrooms as part of her design, many joke that she happens to be the AuthorAvatar of Kinoko Nasu himself, who has a MushroomMan as his mascot.[[/labelnote]]
* Intern-kun and the NA 6th Anniversary[[labelnote:Explanation]]The 6th anniversary for NA was especially buggy. First, the Super and Great Success EXP rate increase for Servants were much, much, ''much'' higher than the stated 3x, with Great Successes happening almost every time. This bug was patched out several hours later in an emergency maintenance, though by then most players already leveled their roster. After that patch, players discovered an exploit where they could get [[https://youtu.be/JCTT891Y-SE 10 SQ from each extra mission]] repeatedly. Again, this was patched out in another emergency maintenance, and the extra SQ where taken away from players. The playerbase quickly claimed that the bugs were the work of "Intern-kun," who was either a bumbling incompetent accidentally helping with their constant screw ups, or an unsung hero trying their best to help against the wishes of Lasengle executives.[[/labelnote]]
* Baobhan Sith's foot fetish.[[labelnote:Explanation]]The plot of the Mystic Eyes Symphony event revolves around Baobhan Sith having Chaldea collecting shoe pics of other servants. This has fans jokingly stating that Baobhan Sith has a foot fetish, especially since some of the servants don't have any shoes to begin with.[[/labelnote]]
* RIP Tamamo / The future is now old hag.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to the release of Altria Caster who's now the new premier of Arts support team, many fans began to joke that Tamamo No Mae is either no longer serve its purpose or still be useful as Chen Gongs ammo. It's even made it more hilarious when her alternate counterpart Koyanskaya was released where Gamepress placed her along Caster Altria on EX Tier list while Tamamo being demoted to A+ Tier [[https://gamepress.gg/grandorder/servant-tier-list as seen here.]][[/labelnote]]
* The toes are sus.[[labelnote:Explanation (LB6 spoilers)]]When it was announced at the 8th anniversary that Altria Caster would be getting an SSR swimsuit variant for the next Summer event, people began noticing that Fairy Altria (as the staff called her now that she was no longer a Caster) had ten toes, whereas Altria Caster was noted in Lostbelt 6 to have lost several toes to frostbite as a child. This immediately led to suspicions that Fairy Altria was a Pretender whose true identity was Aesc/Morgan. HilariousInHindsight as Aesc ends up getting released 24 hours after the announcement of Fairy Altria. [[/labelnote]]
* Triple Morgan System[[labelnote:Explanation (LB6 spoilers)]]After the release of Aesc, many people begin to use a "Triple Morgan System", where the team just consists of Aesc, Berserker Morgan, and Altria Caster due to her being the other Avalon le Fae.[[/labelnote]]
* Hassan of the Giant Spoon[[labelnote:Explanation]] in the 2023 Memorial Movie; one scene has First Hassan surrounded by a group of lesser Hassan/Nizari. One fellow is wielding a scythe, but another nizari's hood behind him makes it look like a giant spoon.[[/labelnote]]

* Oberon [[spoiler:Vortigern]] the stalker[[labelnote:Explanation '''(Major Spoilers for Avalon le Fae and''' '''''Oshi No Ko'''''''')''']]Oberon Vortigern's "Grumpy Summer Oberon" summer Spiritron Dress makes him resemble the [[spoiler:stalker that killed Ai Hoshino]] in ''Manga/OshiNoKo''. Cue many jokes regarding sandwiching Mysterious Idol XX Alter or Mash (due to both her and Ai being voiced by Creator/RieTakahashi) between two Summer Oberon Vortigerns. It can get {{exaggerated}} in the final boss fight of "Servant Summer Festival 2023" where there can be '''''five''''' Summer Oberon Vortigerns (two by deploying the player's and the friend's in addition to three fought as the enemies) as shown in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK25wXQT_Qc this video]].[[/labelnote]]
** Oberon went to Hot Topic[[labelnote:Explaination]]With Oberon's 2nd playable Summer Spiritron Dress being a dark and edgy hoodie, tights and sandals that he bought from a shop last minute during the "Servant Summer Festival! 2023" event because Altria Caster busted him nicking what would become his Refreshing Summer Prince outfit from the cafeteria, many players made jokes about him buying from Hot Topic (known for their edgy clothing).[[/labelnote]]
* OfficeLady Morgan[[labelnote:Explaination]]Fanarts of Morgan as a modern day business woman are very popular. Often included with Baobhan Sith as her teenage daughter and the protagonist as her spouse[[/labelnote]]
* Musashi likes little boys[[labelnote:Explaination]] During Shimousa, Musashi says that she wishes Fuuma were "a little younger" but clarifies that she's joking and it's still good to appreciate "handsome young men". Given how Fuuma isn't particularly old, fans took the line out of context and ran with the idea that Musashi is attracted to children.[[/labelnote]]
* Missing Ivan Raids[[labelnote:Explanation]]During the NA run on Tunguska, fans expecting to run the Ivan raid found that his HP was already at 0 and the final battle node open, thanks to a bug where his HP fell to 0 just minutes after the last story content got released. Fans were quick to post how this was the fastest raid completion with the explanation being Ivan was dead when we got there or he ran away.[[/labelnote]]

* Iori's Hit List[[labelnote:Explanation]]When Miyamoto Iori was released, it was noted that he had a special dialogue line... [[LongList that could be triggered by over a hundred different characters]]. Given Iori's [[BloodKnight true nature]], it was quickly joked that these were the characters he wanted to challenge to duels. Humor was also found in the fact that some of these characters were {{Physical God}}s far outside his weight class, such as [[UltimateLifeform Kukulkan]], [[TopGod Quetzalcoatl]], and [[TheJuggernaut Arjune Alter]].[[/labelnote]]
** [[Memes/DragonBall "Hey, I heard you were pretty strong."]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Iori's status as a BloodKnight who seeks out strong people to fight ala Goku draws plenty of memes in general, such as being drawn over [[Manga/{{Kagurabachi}} Chihiro unsheathing his sword]], in the [[Memes/JujutsuKaisen "Nah, I'd win" pose]], or, of course, suddenly appearing behind a character to challenge them to a fight like [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]].[[/labelnote]]

* Iori's Hit List[[labelnote:Explanation]]When Miyamoto Iori was released, it was noted that he had a special dialogue line... that could be triggered by over a hundred different characters. Given Iori's [[BloodKnight true nature]], it was quickly joked that these were the characters he wanted to challenge to duels. Humor was also found in the fact that some of these characters were {{Physical God}}s far outside his weight class, such as [[UltimateLifeform Kukulkan]], [[TopGod Quetzalcoatl]], and [[TheJuggernaut Arjune Alter]].[[/labelnote]]

* Iori's Hit List[[labelnote:Explanation]]When Miyamoto Iori was released, it was noted that he had a special dialogue line... that could be triggered by over a hundred different characters. Given Iori's [[BloodKnight true nature]], it was quickly joked that these were the characters he wanted to challenge to duels. Humor was also found in the fact that some of these characters were {{PhysicalGod}}s far outside his SuperWeight class, such as [[UltimateLifeform Kukulkan]], [[TopGod Quetzalcoatl]], and [[TheJuggernaut Arjune Alter]].[[/labelnote]]

** [[Memes/DragonBall "Hey, I heard you were pretty strong."]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Iori's status as a BloodKnight who seeks out strong people to fight ala Goku draws plenty of memes in general.[[/labelnote]]
** [[Memes/JujutsuKaisen "Nah, I'd win."]]

* [[ArcFatigue Ordeal Stall]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Despite starting with a strong first half with the releases of LB 7 and Ordeal Call I, the second half of 2023 was filled considered very lacking by many players as event reruns are no longer possible along with relatively few new events and content in general. Combined with the infamous low cap of Ordeal Call tickets coercing players to do Ordeal Call runs ''in the middle of events'' to make room which interrupted their usual event farming, this term came into existence to describe the pacing so far.[[/labelnote]]

* Ordeal Stall[[labelnote:Explanation]]Despite starting with a strong first half with the releases of LB 7 and Ordeal Call I, the second half of 2023 was filled considered very lacking by many players as event reruns are no longer possible along with relatively few new events and content in general. Combined with the infamous low cap of Ordeal Call tickets coercing players to do Ordeal Call runs ''in the middle of events'' to make room which interrupted their usual event farming, this term came into existence to describe the pacing so far.[[/labelnote]]

* Missing Ivan Raids[[labelnote:Explanation]]During the NA run on Tunguska, fans expecting to run the Ivan raid found that his HP was already at 0 and the final battle node open, thanks to a bug where his HP fell to 0 just minutes after the last story content got released. Fans were quickick to post how this was the fastest raid completion with the explanation being Ivan was dead when we got there or he ran away.[[/labelnote]]

* Missing Ivan Raids[[labelnote:Explanation]]During the NA run on Tunguska, fans expecting to run the Ivan raid found that his HP was already at 0 and the final battle node open, thanks to a bug where his HP fell to 0 just minutes after the last story content got released. Fans were pick to post how this was the fastest raid completion[[/labelnote]]

* Oberon and Arjuna Alter back to back/[[Music/BoB Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars?]][[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers for Lostbelt 6)]]English-speaking fans were quick to notice that the final ascension artworks for Arjuna Alter and Oberon, [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ppaZXNlfsW0/maxresdefault.jpg when being put side-to-side, strongly resemble and compliment each other]]. The fact that Arjuna Alter's artwork shows him with a night sky background further led to comparisons to a [[WesternAnimation/RegularShow certain]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic infamous]] CrackShip [[https://www.deviantart.com/bluedog444/art/MordeTwi-Airplanes-319272821 artwork]] that has turned into a meme of its' own, which has resulted in memes such as [[https://twitter.com/KompyAlter/status/1425806776100851712 this]].[[/labelnote]]

* Grand Berserker [[WebAnimation/{{hololive}} Usada Pekora]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Once Usada Pekora was announced as the ambassador for the Japanese server's 8th Anniversary real-life event a number of ''hololive'' fans started cracking this joke due to how chaotic Pekora can be, especially during her own ''Fate/Grand Order'' livestreams.[[/labelnote]]

* OfficeLady Morgan[[labelnote:Explaination]]Fanart of Morgan as a modern lady business woman is very popular. Often included with Baobhan Sith as her teenage daughter and the protagonist as her spouse[[/labelnote]]

* Vortigern the stalker[[labelnote:Explanation]]Oberon Vortigern's "Grumpy Summer Oberon" summer Spiritron Dress makes him resemble the [[spoiler:stalker that killed Ai Hoshino in ''Manga/OshiNoKo'']]. Cue many jokes regarding sandwiching Mysterious Idol XX Alter or Mash (due to both her and Ai being voiced by Creator/RieTakahashi) between two Summer Oberon Vortigerns.[[/labelnote]]

* Shinjuku Salter when? [[labelnote:Explanation]]Saber Alter and Jeanne Alter showed up in ''Epic of Remnant'' in new outfits that were met with an overwhelmingly positive critical response from players. Jeanne Alter eventually got hers as an alternate costume for the ''Da Vinci and The 7 Counterfeit Heroic Spirits'' 2018 rerun. Saber Alter, on the other hand, has yet to get hers (many believe that she should've gotten hers during the ''Saber Wars'' rerun just two months after). While not as popular as her Avenger rival, Saber Alter is still very much a BreakoutVillain, so the aforementioned phrase has become an obligatory comment of sorts whenever fanart of her in her Shinjuku outfit is posted. Now a DiscreditedMeme with DW finally releasing the costume dress on Feb 1, 2020.[[/labelnote]]

** Oberon went to Hot Topic[[labelnote:Explaination]]With Oberon's 2nd playable Summer Spiritron Dress being a dark and edgy hoodie, tights and sandals that he bought from a shop last minute during the ''Servant Summer Festival! 2023'' event because Altria Caster busted him nicking what would become his Refreshing Summer Prince outfit from the cafeteria, many players made jokes about him buying from Hot Topic (known for their edgy clothing).[[/labelnote]]