History Memes / Jerma985

* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=KBh2c34tprY&t=1m55s "That was before the plague hit."]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Jerma poking fun at the many stories set in a ZombieApocalypse during the zombie rage of the early 2010s, particularly moments where a character reminisces about their peaceful life before said apocalypse.[[/labelnote]]

Jerma is (in)famous for the many inside jokes he's created during his streaming career, which have often taken on a life their own outside his fandom. With what many would describe as his... [[TheFool off-kilter]] personality, he has become a FountainOfMemes throughout his time on the Internet.

* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=jAXioRNYy4s#t=4s "Rats, rats rats. We're the rats"]] or basically anything to do with Jerma's ''[[WebVideo/RatMovieMysteryOfTheMayanTreasure Rat Movie]]'' series.
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=KBh2c34tprY#t=1m55s "That was before the plague hit."]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Jerma poking fun at the many stories set in a ZombieApocalypse during the zombie rage of the early 2010s, particularly moments where a character reminisces about their peaceful life before said apocalypse.[[/labelnote]]

* "Denz is a talented swordsman." [[labelnote:Explanation]]From an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omx-JJyadTg#t=1m24s abrupt cutscene in the game ''The Cursed Crusade'',]] accompanied by the eponymous Denz lifting a poor soul off the ground by sticking his longsword through his skull. [[/labelnote]]

*** Jerma is short/Jerma is 5'2" [[labelnote:Explanation]]One of the most popular and longest-running memes, originating from [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cssng_ZVUAAivAb.jpg a picture]] taken at Tip of the Hats, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-RJ2-khnso#t=4m32s the discussion he had about it while streaming Fistful of Frags.]][[/labelnote]]

** "Some people might already know me from playing in servers." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Taken from the intro of Jerma's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NTuflw3nrM first video]]. First mentioned at the end of one of Jerma's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zxkNooUP_I#t=6m28s Hotline Miami streams]]. Made fun of for being an odd way to introduce one's self.[[/labelnote]]

* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=pBXCNwwUFl8#t=2m45s "HEY GAMERS"/RAZER DEATHADDER]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7aw99vEekE Now turned into a fake commercial]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKplyPPtAJ0#t=4m59s "Is it some kind of currency thing?"]] and Jerma's other odd connections to clowns.
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=dEU005uOMlk#t=3m4s "Do you eat ass?"]]

* "LIFE IS PAIN, I HATE-"[[labelnote:Explanation]]During his ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOvP7GAwDh8#t=58s TV Superstars]]'' stream, Jerma is prompted to record a slogan for his self-made character; in response, Jerma screams, "''LIFE IS PAIN! I HATE MYSELF!"'' into the mic, but he started just a ''bit'' too late, resulting in the recording cutting off the "myself" part of his slogan. HilarityEnsues when Jerma's character makes his debut on an in-game contest show, occasionally shouting "LIFE IS PAIN! I HATE-" during his introduction and the challenges.[[/labelnote]]

* JEX (followed by [=PogChamps=]) [[labelnote:Explanation]]Resulted from Jerma making a typo while entering his initials in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=182akC0kgIg#t=6m13s "Officer Jex's Light Gun Quest"]], resulting in the creation of a character that's basically Jerma but incredibly good at video games and much cooler.[[/labelnote]]

* Seagulls. [[labelnote:Explanation]]While playing a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giYjbtL2v20#t=8m37s marine veterinarian game]] every animal that required help was a seagull. A !save command was eventually added to Jerma's Twitch chat, that shows the total number of seagulls "saved" by chat.[[/labelnote]]
* The Giant Enemy Spider! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Towards the end of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7cyaC8Q1f8#t=5m6s Silly Putty Car Circus]] video, Jerma beatboxes the Team Magma/Aqua Grunt battle theme from ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' during an "encounter" with a giant robot spider in the prototype of Wreckfest. It gained traction several years after its creation, after the beatboxing was used in a ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sfM9chzwmE meme]] (appropriately, given the scene involves a gay gangster drag queen who is also a spider).[[/labelnote]]

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEY0jXeWD2k#t=19m27s "Oh shit!" voice line]] from [[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R.]]

* Sparkle on! It's Wednesday! Don't forget to be yourself![[labelnote:Explanation]]An edited low resolution screencrap from Jerma's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOvP7GAwDh8#t=58s TV Superstars]] stream. Posted whenever it's a Wednesday.[[/labelnote]]

* +/- 2 [[labelnote:Explanation]]For a playthrough in ''[[VideoGame/KaneAndLynch Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days]]'', he did a SelfImposedChallenge where he has to complete it within a certain timeframe, with the timer adding two minutes if he told a joke his audience liked and subtracted two if they disliked it. Since then, "+ 2" and "- 2" has become shorthand among Twitch commentators for liking or disliking a streamer's comments respectively.[[/labelnote]]

* "Loot get!" [[spoiler: "THERE'S BLOOD IN THE BOX!"]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Jerma's [[https://youtu.be/fa7TcdabUiE "Dork Cube!" video]] in which he pokes fun at monthly subscription box services. [[/labelnote]]

*** This later became an AscendedMeme in his "[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aCVLznpWS7s Turkey Day]]" video.

** [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vk0-kiRexMU#t=4m45s Jerma beat]] VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII. [[labelnote:Explanation]] During a stream of VideoGame/PlanetCoaster, Jerma, in order to assert how good he was at videogames, said how he "beat Dark Souls III on stream", [[BlatantLies which he hadn't, at the time he said it.]] As of February 2017, however, he has actually beaten it on stream.[[/labelnote]]

** Poking fun at Jerma's [[Main/OldShame embarrassment]] towards his old [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9W3LueLUaA "JermaCraft"]] series. Often involves quoting the opening spiel.

* [[https://youtu.be/2jo-YTJalpk?t=71 “None of this makes any sense. That can’t be how it happened.”]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A mix between a game over screen from VideoGame/MafiaIII and an old [[https://youtu.be/N_gwh2JDdwE?t=84 Ster video]] that had similar phrases. Used when Jerma fails horribly, which is often.[[/labelnote]]

* AA EE OO [[labelnote:Explanation]]While watching the 2020 Game Awards, Jerma tried avoiding copyright claims on ''VideoGame/Persona5'' music by recording himself singing notes and using a [[https://youtu.be/DrYRpPxBEaU soundboard]] to sing over it. This resulted in jokes about Jerma becoming a remixer a-la Music/SiIvaGunner, and became a popular subject for other music-related meme videos (e.g. a ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' mockup video based entirely around Jerma's performance).[[/labelnote]]

* Jerma wants to push chat into a meat grinder [[labelnote:Explanation]] While streaming ''VideoGame/EldenRing'', Jerma got annoyed at a chat member claiming that a boss he was struggling against didn't have any instant kill moves. Jerma responded with a somewhat tortured metaphor about how if he were to push someone into a meat grinder and all that remained was one eye and one finger bone, even if it wasn't an ''instant'' kill, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill it would be safe to assume they were dead.]] The rather...graphic nature of the metaphor, [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext how little sense it made in context]], and Jerma's frantic and [[DiggingYourselfDeeper counterintuitive]] attempts at explaining himself were immediately pounced on by chat as further evidence for the "[[MemeticPsychopath psycho streamer]]" running gag.[[/labelnote]]

** Fake news headlines describing the contents of a stream/video have become somewhat popular in the [=YouTube=] comments section. [[labelnote:Example]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aLo_kujdgs "Local streamer goes insane, turns his house into a strip mall"]][[/labelnote]]

** Zonked out streamer. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A spinoff of the "zerking off" meme based around Jerma's use of CBD oil to treat his chronic pain. While "zonked out" is a real term that significantly predates Jerma's streaming career, fans gravitated towards it thanks to its spelling and silly-sounding nature. Jerma has also [[AscendedMeme mentioned this meme]], [[many times on stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDZJJnQgACk]][[/labelnote]]

** Zonked out streamer. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A spinoff of the "zerking off" meme based around Jerma's use of CBD oil to treat his chronic pain. While "zonked out" is a real term that significantly predates Jerma's streaming career, fans gravitated towards it thanks to its spelling and silly-sounding nature.[[/labelnote]]

* Zerking off. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Comes from Jerma playing ''Streamer Life Simulator'', where BlandNameProduct websites are just the usual name with a "Z" in it somewhere. Led to jokes about going on [=ZornHub=] and "zerking off," most prominently a variant of the "beat ''Dark Souls III'' on stream" meme that jokingly accuses Jerma of having "zerked off on stream," parodying a notorious {{blooper}} by equally notorious gaming content creator [=DarkSydePhil=].[[/labelnote]]

* [[https://youtu.be/lofR-R_rFJ0?t=53 "Be brave, _________s!"]] [[labelnote:Explanation]] In an early build of the game Raven's Cry there was a crewmate onboard the ship who would yell variations of "Be brave, motherfuckers!" or "Be brave, piles of shits!". He was subsequently removed from later builds of the game.[[/labelnote]]