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| 6 | The phenomenal success of HBO's ''Series/GameOfThrones'' in this day and age made it extremely meme-tastic. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | For ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'', see [[Memes/HouseOfTheDragon here]]. |
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| 10 | Beware, this page is dark and full of unmarked spoilers. |
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| 12 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 13 | |
| 14 | [[folder:Season 1]] |
| 15 | [[AC:1 -- Winter Is Coming]] |
| 16 | * "Brace yourselves. Winter is coming." A still image of Ned with his hands on the pommel of "Ice", pointing downward with "Brace yourself, the (noun) is (verb)ing" |
| 17 | |
| 18 | [[AC:2 -- The Kingsroad]] |
| 19 | * "The war for Cersei's [[CountryMatters cunt]]" has become one on /tv/ and for whatever reason, is usually accompanied by a picture of Creator/SaoirseRonan. |
| 20 | * "It is known." [[note]]CharacterCatchphrase of the Dothraki handmaids. A fact, which may or may not be true, is followed with this catchphrase. [[SelfDemonstratingArticle It is known]]. [[/note]] |
| 21 | * Puns involving "imp/pimp" are popular with Tyrion. Tyrion slapping Joffrey is referred to as an "imp slap," and there are various pictures of Tyrion with the caption, "Impin' ain't easy." |
| 22 | * Next time I see you, you will be in black. [[note]]Originally an ironic meme about how it's the last conversation between Robb and Jon (Robb being killed later in the Red Wedding without once meeting Jon), this meme has seen a resurgence after Richard Madden and Kit Harrington both signed up in the [=MCU=]'s ''Film/{{Eternals}}'', fans are hoping for an eventual reunion between Robb and Jon after all.[[/note]] |
| 23 | * "You Starks are hard to kill." [[note]]A popular phrase considering the irony that so many Starks are killed off in the series.[[/note]] |
| 24 | * Bessie, a well-endowed common wench who was Robert Baratheon's lover in his youth and whose large breasts became memetic in the fandom based on Robert's enthusiastic remark, "Thanks the gods for Bessie. And her tits." |
| 25 | |
| 26 | [[AC:3 -- Lord Snow]] |
| 27 | * "Just so." [[note]]Syrio Forel's catchphrase, and also Jaqen H'ghar's. It's a large part of the reason for the EpilepticTrees suggesting that the former is actually the latter in disguise. It's commonly used as a response to mundane questions.[[/note]] |
| 28 | * "My sweet summer child. [What do you know of fear?]" -- Old Nan's affectionate but patronizing appellation to the bedridden Brann when he demands to be told scary stories has been since picked as a way to address naive and/or optimistic people in conversations (such as when they express hope for things getting better in the setting). |
| 29 | * "Gods, I was strong then!" [[note]]Said by Robert while swapping war stories with Barristan Selmy. The line often finds its way into conversations surrounding his [[MemeticBadass/GameOfThrones memetic badassery]] or the show's SeasonalRot (ie. "Gods, the writing was strong then!")[[/note]] |
| 30 | |
| 31 | [[AC:4 -- Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things]] |
| 32 | * Marco images with a variant on one of Robert Baratheon's more entertaining one-liners, "Start the damn season before I piss meself!" -- usually in the several-month wait between the end of one season and the beginning of the next. |
| 33 | * Jon Snow not knowing where to put it. [[note]]Sam and Jon discuss their sexual experiences (mainly lack thereof), and Jon insisting he couldn't go through with it when he had a chance because he didn't want to father a bastard. Cue Sam's anal/oral sex joke. It appears often with another of Jon's memes: him knowing nothing. [[/note]] |
| 34 | |
| 35 | [[AC:5 -- The Wolf and the Lion]] |
| 36 | * Bronn's line "Give me ten good men and some climbing spikes," when viewed in the light of Season 5's Ramsay Bolton and his "twenty good men," has given rise to the "Ser Twenty and Ser Ten of House Goodmen" meme frequently found in Website/YouTube comment sections. |
| 37 | * King Robert's SnipeHunt has reached memetic levels. He sends his squire Lancel Lannister for a "breastplate stretcher". In one animated abridged series, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brestplate_stretcher.jpg he brings it!]] |
| 38 | |
| 39 | [[AC:6 -- A Golden Crown]] |
| 40 | * Viserys Targaryen [[https://youtu.be/tg18etEqfSA keeps getting nominated]] to do the [[CruelAndUnusualDeath ALS Gold Bucket Challenge]].[[note]]Viserys dies by getting a pot of molten gold poured on his head. The parallels between this method of death and the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge were too obvious to avoid notice.[[/note]] |
| 41 | ** DOTHRAKI SOUP IS TOO HOT. [[note]]Khal Drogo manages to melt a handful of gold trinkets over a fire that had previously been used to cook soup. Jokes about how absurdly hot Dothraki food must be followed.[[/note]] |
| 42 | ** The fire didn't melt the gold, [[MemeticBadass Drogo's rage]] did.[[note]]Khal Drogo melts that handful of gold trinkets to kill Viserys because he threatened Daenerys and their unborn child. Very dumb move to piss off someone like Drogo.[[/note]] |
| 43 | |
| 44 | [[AC:7 -- You Win or You Die]] |
| 45 | * "Robert Baratheon: Murdered by a Pig." [[note]]The fate of Robert Baratheon, the first from his house to sit on the Iron Throne: He gets drunk on a hunt, falls off his horse and is injured by a boar. Robert's own self-deprecating words. Memes pictured with Pumbaa from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' who wants to be called '''MR. PIG'''![[/note]] |
| 46 | * "Get me something for the pain, and let me die." [[note]]Robert Baratheon's final words. It's often used when the viewer is fed up with something bad and wants to be done with it.[[/note]] |
| 47 | * The show's tendency to set [[MrExposition exposition]] heavy dialogue during sex scenes has become infamous, and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexposition "sexposition"]]; a neologism, was created to describe it. |
| 48 | * [[https://ismellcarrots.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/littlefingered.jpg "You just got littlefingered"]] |
| 49 | %%* "Play with her arse!" |
| 50 | |
| 51 | [[AC:8 -- The Pointy End]] |
| 52 | * This exchange between Arya and Syrio Forel: "What do we say to the god of death?" "Not today." A newly rising variant of the phrase is "What do we say to the god of death?" "Take Sean Bean!" or "[[ChronicallyKilledActor Sean Bean is over there!]]" |
| 53 | * What happened? [[http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/e3/e3a1cad8904bd171332135af6726a1ec9914aeabe4205ab82449dbd8346c2923.jpg Khal got your tongue?]] |
| 54 | * [[http://m.quickmeme.com/img/5c/5c28ad7020fb083c05d921e37b6afcb6881418471c79a7d6a6a5846123a78da3.jpg Your meat... is bloody tough!]] |
| 55 | |
| 56 | %% [[AC:9 -- Baelor]] |
| 57 | %% * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owf6D2vfZqM&feature=related "THEY KILLED MAH NIGGA NED, MAN!"]] |
| 58 | %% this needs explanation |
| 59 | |
| 60 | [[AC:10 -- Fire and Blood]] |
| 61 | %%* "Renly is not right!" |
| 62 | * "THE KING IN THE NORTH!" [[note]]Robb Stark's AwesomeMomentOfCrowning. It's been mutated in a bunch of different ways, from photoshopping the head of Robb's direwolf onto his body and superimposing the phrase onto it, to captioning it on photos of other people, to various {{pun}}s, and so on.[[/note]] |
| 63 | * [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/24/1b/56/241b56661fb07cf54b1025a51547d207.jpg Command army of fierce warriors. Die of infected booboo.]] |
| 64 | * [[http://thethings2.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/kd0.jpg Khal Drogo! Khal Drostop.]] |
| 65 | [[/folder]] |
| 66 | |
| 67 | [[folder:Season 2]] |
| 68 | [[AC:1 -- The North Remembers]] |
| 69 | * Jokes about Tyrion now being the "(P)Imp-Hand of the King". |
| 70 | * A lie. Take it out. [[note]][[BrutalHonesty Stannis]] says this when a letter dictated by him refers his estranged brother Robert as his "beloved" brother. Fans have quoted this in response to decisions made by the series' writers that were either unpopular/controversial or [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks have drastically diverged from the source material]]. |
| 71 | |
| 72 | [[AC:2 -- The Night Lands]] |
| 73 | * Referring to oneself as "a man" like how Jaqen H'ghar speaks. |
| 74 | * Fish pie has become an UnusualEuphemism for female genitalia after a certain conversation between Shae and Varys. |
| 75 | |
| 76 | [[AC:3 -- What Is Dead May Never Die]] |
| 77 | * "I always hated crossbows. Take too long to load!" |
| 78 | |
| 79 | [[AC:4 -- Garden of Bones]] |
| 80 | * Variations of Melisandre's ominous sentence related to her religion of the Red God, the Lord of the Light: "The night is dark and full of terrors." |
| 81 | ** Website/YouTube has given us a new variation: "The comments are dark and full of spoilers." |
| 82 | ** "Her vagina is dark and full of terrors..." Melisandre's FetusTerrible shadow demon of a baby. |
| 83 | ** Even Series/SesameStreet got in on this one in its [[https://youtu.be/dhWUFXvaZjo Game of Chairs]] skit with "the monster is blue and full of errors." |
| 84 | * [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/gotascent/images/7/72/Meme_-_Bronn_No_Cure.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140612055017 There's no cure for being a cunt.]] |
| 85 | * Stannis' name being followed by the phrase ("[[NeverLiveItDown His semen made a demon]]"), due to Screen Junkies' popular recaps of the series, related to Stannis impregnating Melisandre and she giving birth to a shadow demon. |
| 86 | * "[[BlackHumor Joffrey likes to watch]]". The meme made from the disturbing scene in which Joffrey watches two hot prostitutes, provided as a name-day present from his uncle, but eventually forces one of them to beat the other to death. |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[AC:6 -- The Old Gods and the New]] |
| 89 | * "[[ChewingTheScenery Where are my dragons?!?]]" And [[https://youtu.be/fDPLsIpCCB8 all other variations of said line]]. |
| 90 | ** Where's my wig?! |
| 91 | ** Where's my [[Film/{{Zoolander}} orange mocha frappucino?!]] |
| 92 | ** Where are my kale chips?! |
| 93 | ** [[ValleyGirl Where's my accent?]] |
| 94 | [[AC:9 -- Blackwater]] |
| 95 | * "Fuck The Kingsguard, Fuck The City, Fuck The King" in the eyes of the fans is the new house words for House Clegane thanks largely to Sandor for putting Joffrey squarely in his place with said words. The look on Joffrey's face afterward is utterly priceless. |
| 96 | * The Hound requests someone bring him a drink. A lad hands him a skin, the Hound takes a swig, spits and is all: "Fuck the water. Bring me wine." |
| 97 | * Stannis the Mannis, the Creator/ChuckNorris of Westeros, with the common phrase of admiration being some variant of "First off the boats/on the beach, first on the ladders/walls, slaughtering Lannister bitches like a boss and last to leave." |
| 98 | |
| 99 | [[AC:10 -- Valar Morghulis]] |
| 100 | * Robb Stark is a boss, though after his decisions in this episode, it's "Robb Stark is an idiot." |
| 101 | * Theon's [[{{Narm}} narmy]] [[http://unaffiliatedcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Theon-Alfie-Allen.jpg face.]] And a book about his [[https://randomelouise.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/theon-greyjoy-memoir.jpg poor life choices]], with the same face on the cover. |
| 102 | [[/folder]] |
| 103 | |
| 104 | [[folder:Season 3]] |
| 105 | [[AC:2 -- Dark Wings, Dark Words]] |
| 106 | * Catelyn's monologue has given rise to "If Catelyn had loved Jon Snow, [insert bad thing here] would not have happened". |
| 107 | |
| 108 | [[AC:3 -- Walk of Punishment]] |
| 109 | * Jokes about Jaime's severed hand. |
| 110 | * Due to a faulty recording of a popular download of episode 3 with dissonant audio kicking in at a tense, dramatic moment, people sometimes interru-- A BEAR THERE WAS, A BEAR, A BEAR! |
| 111 | * "Lord Twatbeard" being a far better nickname than Littlefinger. |
| 112 | * Having become a SexGod, Podrick Payne has quickly earned the FanNickname, "Tri-Pod". |
| 113 | * Re-watch bonus. Mance Rayder sends Tormund to climb the Wall with Jon Snow, Orell and twenty good men. Cue jokes about the fact that even beyond the Wall, they know the importance of handling dangerous tasks to twenty good men or Ser Twenty Goodmen spying in the wildling army for Ramsay Bolton. |
| 114 | |
| 115 | [[AC:4 -- And Now His Watch Is Ended]] |
| 116 | * Joffrey is a series-transcending villain for spoiling ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon''. [[labelnote:Explanation]]In the episode Joffrey discusses the fate of Rhaenyra Targaryen during his and Margaery's tour through the Sept of Baelor. This became HilariousInHindsight when the series prequel ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'' was eventually released, thus spoiling Rhaenyra's fate for fans who didn't read ''Literature/FireAndBlood''. This has led fans to joke that Joffery is such a bastard that he delivered a major spoiler for the show years before it was even greenlit.[[/labelnote]] |
| 117 | |
| 118 | |
| 119 | [[AC:5 -- Kissed by Fire]] |
| 120 | * A favorite comment about Ygritte is "Kissed by fire, fucked by Snow". [[note]]"Kissed by fire" is what redheaded wildlings (such as Ygritte) are said to be. In this episode, she has sex with Jon Snow.[[/note]] |
| 121 | * [[RunningGag "You know nothing, Jon Snow"]] became "You know ''one'' thing, Jon Snow", referring to Ygritte's ImmodestOrgasm. |
| 122 | * [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/98/1e/64/981e649f807a805808843817419510ad.jpg Ygritte's weather forecast.]] |
| 123 | |
| 124 | [[AC:6 -- The Climb]] |
| 125 | * The line "If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention" is slowly gaining momentum as fans are applying it to the [[CrapsackWorld entire show]]. |
| 126 | * "I can be your family." Line said by Arya to Gendry, a daughter of House Stark and Robert Baratheon's bastard. The battle cry of Arya/Gendry shippers everywhere. However, he refuses her with "You'd be my m'lady." Similar other characters being friendzoned ([[CoughSnarkCough *Cough* Ser Jorah *Cough*]]), Arya got m'lady-zoned. |
| 127 | * Arya confronting Melisandre in has spawned a few small memes, the most popular being Arya asking Melisandre if she is a witch. |
| 128 | --> "Bitch I might be." |
| 129 | %%* "CHAOSH ISH A LADDAH!" |
| 130 | * As with Tyrion slapping Joffrey, there are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Vq6tdEU7w extended]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T53HEaKNeIQ cuts]] of Ramsay blowing his trumpet. |
| 131 | |
| 132 | [[AC:7 -- The Bear and the Maiden Fair]] |
| 133 | * Posters in the spoilers-free Game of Thrones thread on Website/SomethingAwful refer to Theon's still-unnamed torturer as [[Series/{{Misfits}} Barry]]. |
| 134 | * As soon as Jaime jumps into the bear pit his face goes [[OhCrap well, shit.]] Fans have taken this screengrab [[http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3udu0n and ran with it.]] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | %%[[AC:8 -- Second Sons]] |
| 137 | %%* [[http://mar-er.tumblr.com/image/53189470547 Daario is Zevran]] from ''Franchise/DragonAge''. |
| 138 | |
| 139 | [[AC:9 -- The Rains of Castamere]] |
| 140 | * "Killed by a fucking [[Literature/HarryPotter Hogwarts]] [[ActorAllusion janitor]]." [[labelnote:explanation]]After the complicity of Lord Walder Frey (played by David Bradley, who played Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch in the Harry Potter films) in the Red Wedding.[[/labelnote]] |
| 141 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e01yNFZY4U It's a nice day]] [[Music/BillyIdol for a Red Wedding]]. |
| 142 | * Eddard Stark Junior: |
| 143 | ** Technically speaking, Eddard Stark died '''twice'''. [[note]]This is a meme revolving around Talisa's unborn child, who -- if the kid was a boy -- Talisa wanted to call Eddard Stark. At the Red Wedding, Lothar Frey stabs her in the abdomen, effectively killing her and her child, and the fans have cried foul, saying, "Eddard Stark died twice on the show." [[/note]] |
| 144 | ** "Named after Sean Bean. [[ChronicallyKilledActor Dies immediately]]." (Robb's wife Talisa wanted to name their unborn child Eddard.) |
| 145 | ** [[WebVideo/HonestTrailers All men must die... who are in any way close to Sean Bean!]] [[note]]Ride along on an adventure where any lead character can die. Whether you're Sean Bean, Sean Bean's wife, Sean Bean's best friend, Sean Bean's son, Sean Bean's daughter-in-law, Sean Bean's family dogs, or Sean Bean's unborn grandkid.[[/note]] |
| 146 | * The Roose is Loose! [[note]]Roose Bolton showing his true colors after almost two seasons of being TheStoic and subsequent betrayal during the Red Wedding.[[/note]] |
| 147 | * "Crows before hoes!" [[note]]Fan reaction to Jon abandoning Ygritte.[[/note]] |
| 148 | * Hush, Hodor! No more Hodoring![[note]]Bran's attempt to keep Hodor quiet and prevent him from giving away their position to the Wildlings.[[/note]] |
| 149 | * Red Wedding reactions, particularly reaction videos and the [[https://www.twitter.com/RedWeddingTears Red Wedding Tears]] twitter. |
| 150 | %%* "OMG! They're killing everyone!" |
| 151 | * "Perhaps I've made a terrible mistake", is Robb's entire storyline in a nutshell. And this is just one of ''many'' examples of this particular meme. |
| 152 | * Blackfish excusing himself to go behind a tree and [[SerendipitousSurvival take the world's luckiest piss.]][[note]]Made more amusing since in the books, Blackfish wasn't even present at the wedding[[/note]]. |
| 153 | * [[http://i.imgur.com/wVCglLo.jpg There's]] a picture circulating around of Edmure Tully with the caption, "I heard the party [[RefugeInAudacity really died after I left."]] |
| 154 | * Although the incident being referred is technically shown in the next episode, there is a CrossesTheLineTwice meme which pictures Robb or Robb's desecrated corpse with a caption quoting or paraphrasing from the Macklemore song "Thrift Shop", "What you know 'bout rockin' a wolf on your noggin". See [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3U7N0TCjUM this video]] for reference. |
| 155 | * It's popular for commenters on unrelated things to write something to the effect of "'the Rains of Castamere' starts playing" when referring to something ominous/bad that one knows is coming. |
| 156 | * People have made up ads for "[[BlackComedy Frey Wedding Planners]]". Some of them are blood-splattered. |
| 157 | %%* "They stabbed her in the baby!" |
| 158 | * The line from Season 1 "A Dothraki wedding without at least three deaths is considered a dull affair" is now used to refer to the Red Wedding in various manners, including Walder Frey laughing at the remark and Khal Drogo declaring the Freys throw great weddings. |
| 159 | * "[X] send their regards." |
| 160 | ** "The Lannisters send their regards." Roose Bolton's PreMortemOneLiner to Robb before driving a dagger into his heart. |
| 161 | ** "The Book Readers send their regards." The reactions of many of the book readers is to laugh at the surprise of the T.V. crowd. |
| 162 | * Jokes about playing "The Rains of Castamere" at weddings [[https://img.ifcdn.com/images/1d6d7e15e02deff4654774feafdea1815e6d767f6eadefedfe0acb2cd996742e_1.jpg to see if people would freak out.]] |
| 163 | * At least he's still [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/d4c7f470cbddb750c4177315f7449987/tumblr_mo3didDzJH1r13fflo1_1280.jpg "The King of the Northern Line!"]]. |
| 164 | * [[http://winteriscoming.net/files/2015/08/Wedding-Crashers.jpg Walder Frey and Roose Bolton]]: The ultimate ''Film/WeddingCrashers.'' Directed by T. Lannister. |
| 165 | |
| 166 | [[AC:10 -- Mhysa]] |
| 167 | * Sansa's shit/shift confusion (Sansa thought "shift" is the bad word for excrement.) |
| 168 | ** Substituting "shift" for "shit" in various expressions, after [[TheIngenue Sansa]] mistook the latter word for the former. |
| 169 | ** Sansa literally doesn't know shit -- hinting that Sansa is a silly girl who is lost among her enemies and caught in court lies and politics. |
| 170 | * When most people heard Roose Bolton call Robb Stark "Forever Young", [[http://youtu.be/wtf69UBgpOU this]] no doubt was what lot of people thought of. |
| 171 | * The [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/00ec7b204899dd4a08d6c6bcadd1745c/tumblr_mo6ycjFaTv1s2wkkdo1_500.jpg creepy smile]] Stannis has when he decides to go fight the White Walkers. |
| 172 | * [[http://imgur.com/bkwKTeS This]] image of Ramsay Snow has become pretty popular. |
| 173 | * Literature/{{Fifty Shades of Grey}}joy. [[note]] Due to how Theon's ColdBloodedTorture MindRape under Ramsay that results in AMatchMadeInStockholm and absolute submission tends to be interpreted by fangirls as {{Yaoi}}. [[/note]] |
| 174 | * Theon is Kunta Kinte from ''Series/{{Roots|1977}}''. Kunta Kinte was MadeASlave and was flogged until he accepted the name Toby; Ramsay beats Theon until he accepts the name Reek. |
| 175 | * Jokes about Theon having a "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3d-BkxL-9I Dick in a Box]]". |
| 176 | * Winter may be coming, but... Theon Greyjoy [[https://pics.onsizzle.com/winter-may-be-coming-but-theon-greyjoy-wont-be-game-494329.png won't be]]. |
| 177 | * [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/82/71/e9/8271e95ab9aebdfdb412b437f87d4e0b.jpg Ramsay Snow trolls the]] [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Evil Queen]]. |
| 178 | * "Any man who must say he is [X] is no true [X]," inspired by Tywin Lannister's burn to Joffrey's "I am the King" raging fit -- "Any man who must say he is the King is no true King." [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/a3/f5/43/a3f54348eb53ed364810e6d8fa9742d6--a-fan-karl.jpg As shown here.]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C728bqQVsAAtmEP.jpg It's even been used to disparage Donald Trump.]] |
| 179 | * The scene where the freed slaves surround and reach out towards Daenerys Targaryen while calling her "Mhysa" has been used in mocking the MightyWhitey trope. |
| 180 | [[/folder]] |
| 181 | |
| 182 | [[folder:Season 4]] |
| 183 | [[AC:1 -- Two Swords]] |
| 184 | * Sandor and chickens: |
| 185 | ** After airing of the episode with the scene where Sandor Clegane demanded to eat Polliver's chicken, the community exploded with jokes about Sandor's love for it. It's gone so far some fans have even [[CargoShip shipped the two]]! |
| 186 | ** Fans have jokingly called him "[[UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken Colonel Sandors]]" in reference to "Colonel Sanders", the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. |
| 187 | --->[[https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-e0436b1993d9288b28931db60c719169-c "F**K the [Burger] King"]] |
| 188 | ** Reached critical mass after KFC's "Hold the Door" commercial. People have been clamoring for a Hound KFC commercial. |
| 189 | --->'''Hound''': I understand that if any more words come pouring out your mouth, I'm gonna have to eat every chicken in this room."\ |
| 190 | '''Cashier''': You lived your life for the king. You gonna dine on some chickens?\ |
| 191 | '''Hound''': Someone is. |
| 192 | * Lots of people [do X]. Lots of ''[[CountryMatters cunts]]''[[note]]Used as a response to widespread activities that are nonetheless dickish or just disapproved of no matter how widespread they are. In the original case, naming one's swords.[[/note]] |
| 193 | |
| 194 | [[AC:2 -- The Lion and the Rose]] |
| 195 | * Joffrey gets [[CharacterDeath all choked up]] at weddings. And choking puns in general. |
| 196 | * Although the Rains of Castamere popularized "The Rains of Castamere" being [[MusicalSpoiler the song that plays when]] [[OhCrap bad]] [[WhamEpisode stuff]] is about to go down, this episode solidified the song as the song signalling that someone's about to die with Sigur Ros's appearance in the episode and singing the song. |
| 197 | %% * Memes about pigeon pie. |
| 198 | %% * Memes about wine. |
| 199 | * Several memes based on Bronn's earlier comment, "There's no cure for being a cunt.", about Joffrey: |
| 200 | ** Olenna Redwyne becoming known as the [[CountryMatters "Cuntslayer";]] as it was she who poisoned Joffrey. |
| 201 | ** There ''is'' a cure for being a cunt. |
| 202 | * Jokes about Stannis Baratheon's usurpers to his throne dropping off one by one followed hilariously enough by Balon Greyjoy being the last one left. |
| 203 | * Melisandre's non-reaction while chewing food during Stannis and Selyse's fight at the dinner table. |
| 204 | * A still of the Jaime running into the scene when Joffrey is choking has birthed several memes. One of the more popular examples being with Margaery announcing the pigeon pie is being brought in and Jaime rushing for some ([[http://persephonemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Fuck-Yeah-Pie-Jaime-Lannister.gif "Fuck yeah, pie!"]]). Alternatively, when Bronn informs him the area they're practicing sword fighting in is so secret that he has sex with a screamer here and no one hears it, it has Jaime rushing to Cersei to inform her of a new spot for them to have sex. |
| 205 | * Memes regarding how Tommen Baratheon has just been "promoted" to king along with stills of him smiling smugly. |
| 206 | * Ponderings on just how George R.R. Martin's own wedding experiences have been... |
| 207 | * There are reaction videos for this episode's ''Purple'' Wedding. Naturally, the [[BigYes lat]][[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing ter]] videos are pretty much the exact opposite of the Red Wedding ones. |
| 208 | %% * "Eddard Stark sends his regards." |
| 209 | |
| 210 | [[AC:3 -- Breaker of Chains]] |
| 211 | * "There are two things that Jaime Lannister has thrown out a window. 1: Young children. 2: His character development." [[note]]After the infamous scene in "Breaker of Chains" where he rapes Cersei, next to their own son's dead body[[/note]] |
| 212 | * The first three episodes are summed up by the following quote. |
| 213 | -->''Episode 1, fuck the king. Episode 2, the king's fucked. Episode 3, fuck next to the king''. |
| 214 | * Joffrey is a Dick in a Box.[[note]]An image of him in a palanquin refers to Joffrey as a "Dick in a Box."[[/note]] |
| 215 | * Davos Seaworth's comment "Well if you're a famous smuggler, you're not doing it right" has become this, often clashed with an image of Han Solo (a very famous smuggler) taking offense or wishing to challenge that remark. What's hilarious is that Davos is ''right'' -- Han's only known smuggling run ended up with him attracting an Imperial patrol, jettisoning some very valuable cargo, and then getting a bounty placed on his head by his irate employer. |
| 216 | |
| 217 | [[AC:4 -- Oathkeeper]] |
| 218 | * After his appearance, Ser Pounce has risen to such MemeticBadass levels that many believe he is simply biding his time to rule on the Iron Throne. Fear the great Ser Pounce! |
| 219 | * [[IWasQuiteALooker "I was good. I was very, very good."]] captioning a picture of young Creator/DianaRigg in a fanservice-y outfit. [[note]]A quote from Olenna Tyrell while describing to Margaery how she seduced her husband, Margaery's grandfather.[[/note]] |
| 220 | %%* Karl "the fooking legend of Gin Alley" Tanner. |
| 221 | |
| 222 | [[AC:5 -- First of His Name]] |
| 223 | * After his complete and utter failure at cooking a rabbit, plenty of internet users have started captioning kitchen disasters with "Podrick!". Brienne's irritated look captioned with the quote "Bro, you even squire?!" has also become popular. |
| 224 | |
| 225 | [[AC:6 -- The Laws of Gods and Men]] |
| 226 | * "[[CallBack I demand]] [[WhamLine a trial by combat]]." (and the overall TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Tyrion gives) has become a very popular image macro (and video parody). Recurring jokes about it include references to ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' and demanding a trial by combat to [[DuelsDecideEverything settle any matter]]. |
| 227 | * "You can do that?" [[note]]A popular macro response to Tyrion's demand to trial by combat, with the words said by Ned Stark as he awaits execution on the steps of Baelor.[[/note]] |
| 228 | * After Ser Davos' successful negotiations in securing a loan from the Iron Bank, a lot of commenters have called him "[[Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet The Onion of Wall Street]]". |
| 229 | * Applying Chris Brown's "These Hoes Ain't Loyal" lyrics to Shae, a prostitute, after she falsely testified against Tyrion and Sansa during the trial over Joffrey's death, despite being their lover and friend, respectively. |
| 230 | * [[http://thememetimes.com/image.php?width=450&height=400&image=/m/mphotos/25dd271e7c10ed2497612eaeaa863868n.jpg Ramsay Snow emulates]] Creator/BradPitt. |
| 231 | |
| 232 | [[AC:7 -- Mockingbird]] |
| 233 | * "I will be your champion" is picking up steam as a declaration of aid to someone else, usually in a forum debate. |
| 234 | * "'''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis THIS! IS! WESTEROS!]]'''''" when Petyr hurls Lysa out of the Moon Door which can be compared to the famous scene in ''Film/ThreeHundred.'' |
| 235 | * "She didn't fly so good! Who wants to try next?" [[note]]A nod to Aidan Gillen's role in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', where he played a CIA agent who used a rather peculiar (and ultimately ineffective) interrogation technique on Bane's men.[[/note]] |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[AC:8 -- The Mountain and the Viper]] |
| 238 | * Oberyn's death as The Mountain crushed his skull with bare hands: |
| 239 | ** A lot of reactions to episode 8 of season 4 can be summed up in two words: '''Audible crunch.''' |
| 240 | ** Oberyn's death was [[{{Pun}} mind-blowing]], crushing and other similar puns. |
| 241 | ** "[[TemptingFate Today is not the day I die.]]"- Oberyn Martell, the day he died. |
| 242 | * Sport metaphors: |
| 243 | ** During the 2014 [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup football World Cup]], the Netherlands bounced back from an impending 0-1 loss against Mexico, going on to score two goals and win the game within the final fifteen minutes. Comparisons with Gregor Clegane brutally killing Oberyn Martell after being apparently defeated appeared within minutes of the match's end. |
| 244 | ** Comparisons were made after [[UsefulNotes/SuperBowl Superbowl XLIX]] when a last-second interception in the end zone secured the victory for the Patriots. GRRM, a football fan, hates the Pats and their coach Bill Belichick. |
| 245 | * George R.R. Martin as a stand-in for cousin Orson Lannister, smashing beloved characters while making "Khun Khun Khun" noises. A nod to a scene when Jaime and Tyrion talked about their cousin kept smashing beetles. |
| 246 | * Ramsay and Roose Bolton's scene discussing their territory in the North, which is often compared to the scene in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' where Mufasa tells Simba that "everything that the sun touches is our kingdom". |
| 247 | * After Sansa's EvilCostumeSwitch, comparisons between her and ''[[Film/BlackSwan Black Swan's]]'' Nina Sayers, ''[[Film/{{Grease}} Grease's]]'' Sandy Olsen, Creator/AngelinaJolie in ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' or ''[[Franchise/StarWars Star Wars']]'' Anakin Skywalker ("Darth Sansa"). [[https://pics.me.me/join-the-dark-side-we-have-lemon-cakes-darth-sansa-11293078.png Come to the Dark Side. We have lemon cakes.]] |
| 248 | * Ellaria's horrified face of watching Oberyn brutally killed becomes the reaction picture of all the NightmareFuel seen in the show. |
| 249 | |
| 250 | [[AC:9 -- The Watchers on the Wall]] |
| 251 | * Olly's subtle bro-nod after shooting Ygritte with an arrow has been [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4oQzTGTc_g remixed]] [[http://gfycat.com/IdleDamagedKiskadee countless]] times. |
| 252 | * Grenn. [[https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s480x480/e35/13258917_1741149062794886_2040788183_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTI2MDU1NDEyNjIxMTk2MzEzMA%3D%3D.2&se=6 He held the door before holding the door was cool.]] |
| 253 | |
| 254 | [[AC:10 -- The Children]] |
| 255 | * Quoth the Three-Eyed Raven, Bran shall walk nevermore. From Poe's ''Literature/TheRaven''. |
| 256 | * "Happy Father's Day" jokes following Tyrion murdering his father in an episode that aired on Father's Day. |
| 257 | * Varys' [[http://watchersonthewall.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Varys.png version]] of ScrewThisImOutOfHere. |
| 258 | * The process may change him... [[https://pics.onsizzle.com/the-process-may-change-him-again-game-of-thrones-memes-438479.png again.]] [[note]] A nod to the fact that The Mountain has been played by three different actors. [[/note]] |
| 259 | [[/folder]] |
| 260 | |
| 261 | [[folder:Season 5]] |
| 262 | [[AC:4 -- The Sons of the Harpy]] |
| 263 | * [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus NOBODY expects the Sparrow Inquisition!]][[note]]Response to the Sparrows' surprise assaults.[[/note]] |
| 264 | * The Faith Militant has the nickname of the Faith Taliban and the Westeros Baptist Church mostly for bringing current political issues to the series instead of the more accurate-to-medieval-history post-war religious revival from which it derives. |
| 265 | %%* Obara's ExpositionDump monologue. |
| 266 | |
| 267 | [[AC:6 -- Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken]] |
| 268 | * The Sand Snakes have become the epicenter of a lot of memes, centered around their StupidEvil characterization, the cheesiness of their dialogue, and the poorly choreographed fight scene in "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken." Obara shouting "I am OBARA SAND!" apropos to nothing. |
| 269 | * Due to her obsession with other women being ''pretty'', comparisons between Myranda and [[Film/MeanGirls Regina George]]. |
| 270 | -->'''Myranda:''' You're like, really pretty.\ |
| 271 | '''Sansa:''' Thank you.\ |
| 272 | '''Myranda:''' So you agree, you think you're really pretty? |
| 273 | * And yet another phallic worship example in the series, with the Cock Merchant [[note]] How Tyrion is saved from the pirates.[[/note]] |
| 274 | %% * [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/9d/4a/57/9d4a57a9bc1fd3967f5fc77148764669.jpg Do you miss Joffrey, Sansa?]] |
| 275 | |
| 276 | [[AC:7 -- The Gift]] |
| 277 | * The slave auction for Jorah and Tyrion quickly inspired fans to humorous comparisons with [[Film/ANewHope C3PO and R2D2]] and their acquisition scene. |
| 278 | * David Benioff's defense of Tyrion meeting Dany: "Creatively it made sense to us because we wanted it to happen" has reached this among fans as the showrunners credo for their increasing and often unpopular deviations from the books. |
| 279 | * With Ramsay, [[https://img.memesuper.com/486cac6459224ad65da8005afeda3a7a_ramsay-bolton-meme-memesuper-ramsay-bolton-meme_500-500.jpeg things can always get worse.]] |
| 280 | |
| 281 | [[AC:8 -- Hardhome]] |
| 282 | * Arya's "Oysters, clams and Cockleeeees!": |
| 283 | ** Arya's "Oysters, clams and Cockleeeees!" market cry has inspired various techno remixes. |
| 284 | ** [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/91/29/7d/91297da056b8abd54c1aacc5dba63b41.jpg And Theon asks for a cock.]] |
| 285 | * [[Film/{{Gladiator}} ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?]][[note]]While Season 5 was quite controversial and received extremely mixed reactions, the one thing that just about ''everyone'' agreed on was the utter '''''awesomeness''''' of ''[[Recap/GameOfThronesS5E8Hardhome Hardhome]]'', which was quickly hailed as one of the best, if not ''the'' best, episodes of the series. Its final breathtaking climax was particularly praised. The phrase has been mixed often with the Night's King raising his arms, representing HBO or the showrunners.[[/note]] |
| 286 | * [[http://mtv.mtvnimages.com/uri/mgid:file:http:shared:mtv.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/556bc21c378caf0d670e4d8c_come-at-me-crow-nights-king-1433170383.gif Come At Me, Crow]][[note]]A variation on the phrase "come at me, bro", coupled with the Night's King's taunting pose.[[/note]] [[http://theawesomedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/game-of-lulz-5-7.gif This]] is the other variation. |
| 287 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkl8dv-GZms The Night's King of Pop]]. It has to be seen to be believed. |
| 288 | * [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/db/30/b5/db30b51f01e47ee35d84435700e5dce6--night-king-iron-throne.jpg White Walkers went shopping]]. |
| 289 | |
| 290 | [[AC:9 -- The Dance of Dragons]] |
| 291 | * Ramsay's twenty good men have, due to their somewhat ludicrous (and entirely off-screen) achievement of somehow managing to destroying all the supplies of Stannis' camp, as well as sabotaging his siege weapons and running off his horses, all without facing any resistance or ''even being detected'', become the new Chuck Norris, with people noting that they can singlehandedly defeat Dany, the Nights Watch, the White Walkers, conquer Westeros and so on – it has [[https://www.facebook.com/ramsaysmen a Facebook page]]. Some fans even claim that Ramsay's only accomplice was, in fact, Ser Twenty, of House Goodmen. |
| 292 | * Stannis is no longer the Mannis[[note]]A phrase used by the ''many'' former Stannis supporters who turned against him after he had Shireen burned.[[/note]] Instead, he is 'Stannis the Anus', '[[Film/DennisTheMenace Stannis the Menace]]', or 'Satannis', the last one usually in reference to [[AdaptationalVillainy Stannis in the show as compared to the books]]. Fans who ''still'' like him call him 'Stanamegmon', lampshading his connection to the myth of Iphigenia. |
| 293 | * Stannis: [[CrossesTheLineTwice Father of the Year]] [[note]]This was actually something of an IronicEcho by the fandom. Early in the season, Stannis was praised by fans for his heartwarming scene with Shireen. Burning her at the stake completely changed the context of the meme.[[/note]] |
| 294 | * Ever since the reveal of his, erm, "predilections," Meryn Trant's been showing up everywhere stating that a female is "too old" for his tastes. Up to and [[https://andreacefalodotcom2.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/too-old.jpg including]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice fetuses]]... |
| 295 | |
| 296 | [[AC:10 -- Mother's Mercy]] |
| 297 | * Shame! Shame! Shame! *dingdingding* Shame! Shame! Shame! *dingdingding* Shame! Shame! Shame! *dingdingding* [[note]]Septa Unella's narmy chanting during Cersei's walk of shame.[[/note]] |
| 298 | * Caesared [[note]]Referring to the stabbing of Jon Snow by his men in this episode.[[/note]] |
| 299 | * "[[EtTuBrute Et tu, Olly?]]" [[note]]Referring to the stabbing of Jon Snow in this episode, Jon Snow's incredulity that his personal steward Olly betrayed him, mirroring Ceasar's surprise that Brutus was among the conspirators.[[/note]] |
| 300 | %% * Varys and Tyrion's final scene has been compared to "Pinky and the Brain". |
| 301 | * Balon Greyjoy won the War of Five Kings [[note]] By the end of Season 5, the other four (Renly, Robb, Joffrey, Stannis) have all died, whereas he's still alive. This is despite Balon being the weakest of all the kings militarily, which is why the others could largely afford to ignore him.[[/note]] |
| 302 | * "These Crows Aren't Loyal" once the Night's Watch stabbed their leader, Jon Snow. |
| 303 | * ''Get Reekt''! A variation of ''get rekt'' inspired by the scene where Theon/Reek kills Myranda and escapes with Sansa. |
| 304 | * "Bad pussy"/"[[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent Bad poosey]]" [[note]] This line ("You want the good girl, but you need the bad pussy") was uttered by Tyene Sand to Bronn. Most people associate it to whatever went wrong in the entire Dorne arc due to the characters involved going under OutOfCharacterMoment and holding the IdiotBall.[[/note]] |
| 305 | * Dorne reimagined as a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9A_i_TYDXI sitcom]]. |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[folder:Season 6]] |
| 309 | [[AC:1 -- The Red Woman]] |
| 310 | * Dornish sitcom [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmLawVHbVyk delivers another scene]]. |
| 311 | |
| 312 | [[AC:2 -- Home]] |
| 313 | * "That's what I do: I drink and I know things." Tyrion's one-liner was repeated often with image macros, it appeared on many captions, T-shirts, cups tec. |
| 314 | * The revelation that Hodor's real name is Wyllis, and that there was a time when he could talk normally, has inevitably lead to memes of "Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" from ''Series/DiffrentStrokes''. |
| 315 | * The fact that Jon Snow's resurrection involves Melisandre giving him a crew cut and then burning the hair has led to many jokes comparing his resurrection to a spa session or a visit to the barber. Likewise, the fact that Kit Harington's contractually obligated to maintain his hair has led more than a few to note that Jon Snow's first thought on coming back to life is "Who cut my hair!?" |
| 316 | * Taking Ramsay's claim that Roose Bolton was [[BlatantLies "poisoned by his enemies"]] at face value, and even expressing sympathy for Ramsay for the tragic loss of his father. |
| 317 | |
| 318 | [[AC:3 -- Oathbreaker]] |
| 319 | * The exchange between Ned and Arthur Dayne ("Now it begins." "No, now it ends.") seems to have gained popularity as a one-liner. |
| 320 | %% * "Now it begins." "Nur. Nowwie tends." |
| 321 | %% All memes must be explained. |
| 322 | %% |
| 323 | * "Ned Patrick Harris" or some variation thereof as a nickname for young Ned, as his actor (Robert Aramayo) has quite a bit of uncanny resemblance to Creator/NeilPatrickHarris. |
| 324 | * Smalljon Umber's gleeful, "YOUR FATHER WAS A CUNT!" has been wholeheartedly embraced as the words of House Umber. |
| 325 | * Hanging puns, often with a [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CiGSdHHWkAAOldM.jpg close-up of Olly's face]] after getting hung. |
| 326 | |
| 327 | [[AC:5 -- The Door]] |
| 328 | * The phrase, "Hold the door!" has already become memetic in inducing sadness and hopelessness to fans of the show even in the most mundane contexts after Hodor's HeroicSacrifice and [[StableTimeLoop the reveal of how it relates to the origins of his name]]. |
| 329 | * "Hodor had one job, and he did it."[[note]]Similar as the above meme, this is a reference to another meme where people are mocked for failing a "simple" task they are given that leads to widespread disaster. Since Wylis turned into Hodor, his entire existence led up to his sacrifice which he performed like he needed to.[[/note]] |
| 330 | * Comparisons between Euron Greyjoy and UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump are increasingly popular following Euron's upset victory at the Kingsmoot. Keep in mind this meme started with Trump's upset victory to win the ''nomination'', months before the actual election. |
| 331 | |
| 332 | [[AC:6 -- Blood of my Blood]] |
| 333 | * '''MACE THE ACE''' has become popular after the fan theory that Mace Tyrell is a genius in disguise, pretending to be stupid so that his enemies underestimate him and leave him alone. Principally this basically involves doing what his mother Olenna tells him to instead of whatever he wants because he knows she's smart. Evidence in his favor: every great lord of Westeros except for him is dead.\ |
| 334 | \ |
| 335 | To elaborate: At the beginning of the series, the eight Great Houses are Stark, Tully, Arryn, Greyjoy, Lannister, Baratheon, Tyrell, and Martell. With the deaths of Jon Arryn, Robert Baratheon (and later Stannis), Eddard Stark (and later Robb), Hoster Tully, Tywin Lannister, Doran Martell (and later Trystane), and Balon Greyjoy, the only head of a Great House who is still ''growing strong'' is Mace Tyrell[[note]]Of course, the Season 6 finale made it moot with him [[ShaggyDogStory going up in wildfire together with his entire family]].[[/note]] |
| 336 | * Who the hell is Magnus?! [[note]] Due to the odd way Mace's actor says "Madness", more than a few people mistakenly heard "Magnus" [[/note]] |
| 337 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4m-MbFlQ7Y Mace of House Eorl]]. Mace Tyrell's RousingSpeech mixed with soundtrack from ''LOTR'' ("Ride of the Rohirrim"; Eorl the Young was the Lord of the Éothéod and the first King of Rohan. He founded of the House of Eorl.) |
| 338 | * [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkOV7E0WkAAkQwb.jpg Wololo!]][[note]]A reference to the sound priests in ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' make when they convert enemy units, applied to the High Sparrow getting Tommen on his side.[[/note]] |
| 339 | |
| 340 | [[AC:7 -- The Broken Man]] |
| 341 | * Lyanna Mormont. She may hold the record among the show's characters for number of memes generated per minute of screen time. [[note]] She was supposed to be one-shot character but proved so popular that her role was vastly expanded and she appeared in other episodes up to the final season.[[/note]] |
| 342 | ** She became [[MemeticBadass quite popular for taking no shit from anybody]], in spite of being a ten-year-old girl. |
| 343 | ** Within a day of the episode airing, people were already joking about how if she had 3 dragons, the show would have been over 3 seasons ago. |
| 344 | ** Her agreeing to give 62 soldiers to the Starks' cause. [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/0cac54a1f36ebddf11f9a7970643230f/tumblr_o9317tDdsK1vnraxxo1_500.jpg spawned comparisons]] to ''Film/ThreeHundred''. Or for that matter, the 62 are actual bears. |
| 345 | * Davos has been renamed 'Dadvos', thanks to his habit of becoming TeamDad to any kid he comes across along the way, and some of the "adults" to boot. [[http://weheartit.com/entry/243508965/via/NoxAsh See here.]] |
| 346 | |
| 347 | [[AC:8 -- No One]] |
| 348 | * Arya is chased by a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xiRVVRGhsw Termi]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyBjiX2dbh8 nator]]. |
| 349 | * Dany's return to Meereen, [[http://starecat.com/content/wp-content/uploads/you-three-explain-it-was-tyrion-damn-game-of-thrones-daenerys.jpg as imagined by the fans]]. |
| 350 | -->'''Dany:''' You three. Explain. ''[[TranquilFury Now]]''.\ |
| 351 | '''Grey Worm:''' Tyrion did it.\ |
| 352 | '''Missandei:''' Tyrion did it.\ |
| 353 | '''Tyrion:''' Tyrion did it. Dammit! |
| 354 | * Tommen is disparagingly dubbed "the Hypeslayer" after he outlaws TrialByCombat, which seemingly [[{{Jossed}} rules out]] any possibility of the much-anticipated '''''CLEGANEBOWL'''''[[note]] a theory which posits that Sandor Clegane will face his brother in single combat, usually assumed to be Cersei's trial [[/note]] becoming a reality. [[note]]Sandor and Gregor belong to the House Clegane. The -bowl is taken from the Super Bowl, the football game that is held each year in the United States between the two best professional football teams. Sandor and Gregor are both freakishly strong and considered about the best fighters and killers in the series. [[/note]] |
| 355 | |
| 356 | [[AC:9 -- Battle of the Bastards]] |
| 357 | * This episode is nicknamed as [[HeroicBastard Bastard]][[BastardBastard bowl]]. Or Snowbowl. [[note]] As CoolVersusAwesome Battle between Jon Snow and Ramsey Snow Bolton, two most famous bastards from the North, heirs to the two most prominent northern houses (as bastards from the North all have the surname Snow). Jon Snow as the archetype of the good while Ramsey Bolton as the ultimate evil. The -bowl suffix is taken from the Super Bowl.[[/note]] |
| 358 | * [[WaxingLyrical Who let the dogs out?]] Sansa did. [[note]]Sansa takes revenge on her torturer Ramsey, feeding him alive to his own dogs. [[/note]] |
| 359 | * [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/8480715910f405b12ef4db3661c517c1/tumblr_o92t20OIuL1rujxwko1_400.png Lyanna Mormont's]] DeathGlare. Often done as reaction shots or template for captions. |
| 360 | * Continuing Lyanna MemeticBadass run, there are jokes about her soldiers: No one even remotely accepts the possibility that even one of her 62 soldiers died in battle. |
| 361 | %% * [[LeeroyJenkins Leeroy]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0dA9eUP85s Jenkins]]. |
| 362 | %% web links are not examples |
| 363 | * Within a few hours of the episode airing people have already begun making jokes about Littlefinger and the Knights of the Vale as [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings the Riders of Rohan]] arriving to save Jon's army. |
| 364 | * Just like the scene where Tyrion slaps Joffrey, it didn't take long for fans to start making "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8LivWPrpA0 extended cuts]]" of Jon Snow's [[CatharsisFactor extremely cathartic]] NoHoldsBarredBeatdown of Ramsay Bolton. |
| 365 | * Rickon didn't watch ''Film/{{Apocalypto}}''. '''''ZIGZAG, RICKON, ZIGZAG!''''' Some even [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/92/30/cf/9230cffbd8ded28b200c27797679d4d4.jpg composite this]] with Lyanna Mormont's DeathGlare. Another variation is, "He's dead to me, he should have zigzagged." |
| 366 | * Contrasting Hodor heroically holding the door with Wun Wun heroically opening it. [[note]]Wun Wun, the last surviving giant, opens the gate of Winterfell during the Battle of the Bastards, being another faithful helper to the House Stark. [[/note]] |
| 367 | * [[http://www.gabvine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/13466298_1053566768055189_4102240630227219864_n.jpg The X-Men pledge their support to House Stark.]] [[labelnote:Explanation]] Creator/SophieTurner acted in both ''Series/GameOfThrones'' and ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' [[/labelnote]] |
| 368 | * [[https://uproxx.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/game-of-thrones-memes-battle-of-the-bastards-5.jpg?quality=90&w=650 Ramsay's OhCrap face]]. |
| 369 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'' [[http://reportnewstoday.com/wp-content/plugins/RSSPoster_PRO/cache/d467c_sansa.0.jpg meets]] ''Film/TotalRecall1990''. |
| 370 | |
| 371 | [[AC:10 -- The Winds of Winter]] |
| 372 | * Tommen's suicide by jumping from a window: |
| 373 | ** People comparing the way he chose death with another memetic, similarly shot scene from British sitcom ''Series/TheITCrowd''. [=GIFs=] appeared within five minutes of the event and it's likely to be used in the same way. |
| 374 | ** He sure made a King's Landing. |
| 375 | ** Tommen kills himself. Immediately gains nickname Kingslayer. |
| 376 | * Comparing Sam's reaction to the Citadel library with [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]]'s reaction to the Beast's library. |
| 377 | * '''''R+L=J CONFIRMED!!!'''''[[labelnote:Explanation]]For longtime fans of the series, there has been one fan theory that has been going on for years now that Jon Snow is not the illegitimate son of Ned Stark but is really the son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. With TheReveal on the Season 6 finale, fans were overjoyed to see this theory as confirmed.[[/labelnote]] |
| 378 | * [[SarcasmMode Long May She Reign!]] Cersei, the Mad Queen supreme, declaring herself the rightful Queen. |
| 379 | * [[FunetikAksent DAKINGINDANORF!!]] DA KING IN DA NORF. Referencing Jon's awesome moment of being declared the King in the North. |
| 380 | * [[EnsembleDarkhorse Lyanna Mormont is the real MVP.]] [[labelnote:note]]Opinions differ on whether Jon or Sansa is more deserving of being King/Queen of the North. Given the mistakes both have made, many feel that the person with the most merit is actually the Lady of Bear Island.[[/labelnote]] |
| 381 | * Lyanna Mormont being a genius campaign manager, including to current US presidential hopefuls. |
| 382 | * Wildfire can't melt stone pillars![[labelnote:Explanation]]A corruption of the 9/11 conspiracy "Jet fuel can't melt steel beams" meme referring to Cersei blowing up the Sept of Baelor.[[/labelnote]] |
| 383 | ** The Sept was an inside job! |
| 384 | * In an epic CallBack, before the wildfire ignited, Lance Lannister finally realized there was no such thing as a "breastplate stretcher" (which he was asked to get by king Robert because he was too fat for his armour). |
| 385 | %% * [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Play of the Game]]: Cersei Lannister as the Mad Queen. |
| 386 | * The ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' fandom had a brilliant time [[http://lestenebres.tumblr.com/post/146541343703/cersei discussing how]] [[http://fensharel.tumblr.com/post/146614873921/bye-insp Cersei had taken a page]] [[http://merenwen-luinwee.tumblr.com/post/146712400952/has-this-been-done-yet out of Anders' book]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]] While their motives are very different, the special effects used for the explosions and the combination of iconoclasm and murder makes Cersei's bombing of the Sept of Baelor strikingly similar to the ending of ''Dragon Age II'', in which the party healer Anders destroyed the Kirkwall Chantry (killing Grand Cleric Elthina in the process). Even their outfits are similar![[/labelnote]] |
| 387 | * After the reveal that Arya had mastered the Faceless Men's ability to change her appearance, many fans immediately started looking forward to spending the remainder of the show saying that any random background character must be her. |
| 388 | %% * [[http://starecat.com/content/wp-content/uploads/happy-birthday-game-of-thrones-meme.jpg Happy Birthday!]] |
| 389 | %% * [[https://cdn.meme.am/cache/instances/folder119/500x/69142119.jpg The Starks send their regards.]] |
| 390 | * [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c6/f2/94/c6f29487fbbcb4b91f57d8a3fe47c624--game-of-thrones-meme-prison.jpg Cersei channels]] Wrestling/RoddyPiper. "I'm here to love my children and blow shit up. And I'm all out of children." In this episode, Cersei committed mass murder by blowing up a sept and destroying a part of the city and her last living child killed himself. |
| 391 | * Too bad the show ended here. [[labelnote:Explanation]]After the poorly received ending of Season 8, general consensus was that in hindsight, leaving the series open-ended on a bittersweet note with Jon as King of the North, Cersei as Queen of Westeros and Daenerys with her fleet sailing to Westeros would have made a better conclusion to the show. The comment sections in videos showing the final scenes of this episode are riddled with "laments" about how the show ended here, [[FanonDiscontinuity treating Seasons 7 and 8 as non-existent]].[[/labelnote]] |
| 392 | [[/folder]] |
| 393 | |
| 394 | [[folder:Season 7]] |
| 395 | [[AC:1 -- Dragonstone]] |
| 396 | * Music/EdSheeran's cameo as a NiceGuy Lannister soldier: |
| 397 | ** Arya can find a singing Ed Sheeran in the forest but not [[PutOnABus Gendry]]. |
| 398 | ** "When your legs don't work like they used to before...", coupled with pictures of Bran Stark who can't walk since season 1. The line is from Ed Sheeran's song "Thinking Out Loud". |
| 399 | * Sam's [[HardWorkMontage not so glorious]] life at the Citadel. If the finale of Season 6 had him compared to [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]], then the beginning of the seventh season has him compared to {{WesternAnimation/Cinderella}}. |
| 400 | * "Euron Greyjoy looks like..." due to Euron's new look of leather jacket, v-neck, and biker mustache, usually implying some kind of sleazy loser. Ex: "Euron Greyjoy looks like a guy whose cell phone is still on the plan of a girl he broke up with six months ago." |
| 401 | |
| 402 | [[AC:2 -- Stormborn]] |
| 403 | * Euron's dynamic entry on the top of his BoardingParty complete with maniacal grin has been compared to a WWE DynamicEntry. |
| 404 | * Sam's treatment of Jorah, which consists of more or less flaying the infected parts of his skin has led more than one to remark "Where's a Bolton when you need one", and that the Boltons had potential to be good Maesters. |
| 405 | |
| 406 | [[AC:3 -- Queen's Justice]] |
| 407 | * Bran's omniscience: |
| 408 | ** Bran's completely nonchalant way of describing Sansa's traumatizing wedding night has led to memes and jokes of Bran talking about other characters' traumatic moments and then focusing solely on the weather and their pretty appearances. |
| 409 | --->'''Bran''': I saw you ''[fill in the blank]''. You were so beautiful. |
| 410 | ** Now that Bran is the Three-Eyed Raven who knows everything, people joke that he knows (and should reveal to us) those little mysteries, like what exactly happened to Tyrion with the NoodleImplements of a jackass and honeycomb in the brothel, or what exactly Pod did to those whores who liked his performance so much that they did not accept the money. |
| 411 | ** Jokes that Bran Stark knows everything while his half-brother/cousin Jon Snow knows nothing. |
| 412 | ** Due to Bran's indifferent attitude and him knowing everything everyone has ever said, it led to jokes that Bran has been binge-watching previous seasons and has already watched this one. |
| 413 | * Jon meets Daenerys, Cool versus Awesome intensified, and then falls somewhat flat: |
| 414 | ** The situation when Missandei once again recites Daenerys' extremely long list of titles to Jon Snow and Davos Seaworth. Davos introduces Jon with a succinct, "This is Jon Snow," ''(beat)'' "He's King in the North." This inspired attempts to present Jon in the same style as Daenerys: This is Jon Snow, the Bastard of Winterfell, the White Wolf, the Comrade of the Direwolf, the Slayer of the White Walker and the Slayer of the Dead, 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, the Climber of the Wall, the Ice Survivor, the Champion of the Free Folk, the Resurrected, He Who Knows Nothing, King in the North. (There are countless variations and new titles.) |
| 415 | ** Davos, Jon's unofficial Hand of the King, it the best dude to introduce people: "This is Jon Snow." -- ''(missing a beat and thinking quickly "Shit, this is not enough."'') -- "He's King in the North." -- ''("Yeah, that's it.")'' -- Moments later: "He's a damn bastard!" |
| 416 | ** Webcomic recap [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/287/889/15c.jpg here]]. |
| 417 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmmIs5kPFdg First impressions]]. The awkward meeting of Jon and Daenerys multiplied to awesome levels. |
| 418 | * [[http://i.imgur.com/YdZym5k.jpg Jon Snow is a right proper lad]]. [[note]]Right Proper Lad refers to a phrase from a comical recap of the episode with captioned still images. Davos introduces Jon to Daenerys as "right proper lad" and Jon echoes "right proper". "Right proper lad" became a catchphrase. Generally, people refer to characters that they like as a "right proper lad", with variations "right proper [X]".[[/note]] |
| 419 | * Playing on the fan theory that Jon and Daenerys will end up together, people joked about Daenerys [[http://imgur.com/gallery/0FIRp misunderstanding Jon's request for obsidian.]] She misheard dragonglass as dragon-ass. |
| 420 | * Olenna the Savage.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Olenna's last words are a confession of her part in Joffrey's death, and the audacity she delivers them with straight to his father's face mark her among the fans as one of the most "savage" characters in the show.[[/labelnote]] |
| 421 | * "Tell [person]. I want [him/her/them] to know it was me."[[labelnote:Explanation]]From the same last words scene as "Olenna the Savage," the specific quotation (generally accompanied by an image of Olenna saying the famous words with someone else's face crudely superimposed over hers) has been used whenever Person A, having previously been wronged or insulted by Person B, delivers a devastating blow to Person B. Possibly the most famous example is [[https://twitter.com/jpep20/status/1324702142985371648/photo/1 this image macro]], in which Olenna's face is replaced with that of Gritty (the weird mascot of the [[UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague Philadelphia Flyers]], who somehow became both a symbol of Philadelphia and of the American Left) saying "Tell [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump Donald]], I want him to know it was me" (Trump having insulted Philadelphia fairly frequently, and Philadelphia's returns having tipped Pennsylvania--and thus the whole 2020 election--to UsefulNotes/JoeBiden.)[[/labelnote]] |
| 422 | * ''[[AssShove "A finger in the bum!"]]'' Euron's suggested sex move for when he marries Cersei was such a RefugeInAudacity and so [[LargeHam hammily delivered]] that many fans consider it Euron's CatchPhrase. It's hard to find a Euron clip on Website/YouTube without at least one user posting it, and it's lead to jokes that Euron [[MemeticBadass can defeat anybody]] (including [[GiantFlyer Drogon]] and [[BigBad the Night King]]) simply by sticking his finger in their bums. |
| 423 | |
| 424 | [[AC:4 -- The Spoils of War]] |
| 425 | * The prehistoric cave drawings made by the Children of the Forest in Dragonstone -- it's joked that they were actually drawn by Jon and/or Davos to convince Dany of the White Walkers. The White Walker drawings, in particular, are not in the same style as the rest and look as if they'd be too recent and figurative looking to fit the particular aesthetic effect. |
| 426 | * The CurbStompBattle delivered by Dany's Dothraki horde has led to many a fan quoting Robert Baratheon: "Only a fool would meet the Dothraki in an open field." |
| 427 | * Ko Qhono, the Dothraki bloodrider next to Tyrion who mocks the Lannister army, "Your people can't fight" is quite popular, both for the hilariously smug response and for the fact that it's snidely mocking soldiers for not fighting a dragon. Many note that it could have been prefigured by a [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Nelson Muntz]] style "Haw-haw". |
| 428 | * [[Film/{{Jaws}} "Smile, you son of a bitch!"]][[labelnote:Explanation]]The shots of Bronn aiming at Drogon and the dragon charging at him remind some viewers of the final confrontation between Sheriff Brody and Bruce.[[/labelnote]] |
| 429 | * Dany's insistence that Jon bend the knee inspired a knock-knock joke or a phone prank: A phone rings in Winterfell. "Hello, who's this?" -- "Ben." -- "Ben who?" -- "Ben D. Knee!" (hangs up). [[https://me.me/i/hello-whos-this-ben-ben-who-ben-d-knee-hangs-18175771 See it here with pictures.]] |
| 430 | * Many fans have taken to using Tyrion's (unheard) plea to Jaime -- "Flee, you idiot!" -- and applying it to many other situations both in this episode and earlier ones whenever it seems as though a character is about to do something stupid and/or dangerous. Often accompanied with the following line, "You fucking idiot," when the character proceeds to do said stupid/dangerous thing anyway. |
| 431 | * Jaime has gotten the LeeroyJenkins treatment for his charge on Dany and Drogon, with some fans dubbing him "Ser Leeroy of House Jenkins." [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AKO7oTSIjM A parody video went up quickly after the episode aired.]] |
| 432 | * The [[ThoseTwoGuys two idiotic Stark guards]] in Winterfell that [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy allow Arya to slip by them]] are often associated with HBO online security in light of the hacking incident that took place around the time the season was airing which saw Episodes 4 and 6 being leaked before their official release. |
| 433 | |
| 434 | [[AC:5 -- Eastwatch]] |
| 435 | * Jon's Dream Team who go beyond the Wall being compared to other famous {{Badass Crew}}s[=/=][[RagTagBunchOfMisfits Rag Tag Bunches of Misfits]]: |
| 436 | ** Westeros' ComicBook/SuicideSquad. Referring to Jon assembling a team to travel beyond the Wall for what is considered a {{suicide mission}}. It didn't take long for fans to have [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1284915-game-of-thrones their fun with it]]. |
| 437 | ** They are also being referred to as [[http://i.imgur.com/pqJyZcs.jpg The Fellowship of the Wight]]. |
| 438 | ** It's compared to the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', since there are seven of them, and Jon Snow leads them in a VFormationTeamShot. Davos also recruiting Gendry preparing a hard sell when the latter JumpedAtTheCall is quite identical to the famous scene in ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' when Bruce Wayne recruits the Flash. Especially when he speeds runs to the Wall in the following episode. |
| 439 | ** The seven of them are also compared to [[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]. |
| 440 | ** Ditto Series/TheATeam. |
| 441 | ** "[[Film/TheMightyDucks Alright Ducks, flying V!]]" |
| 442 | * AscendedMeme and FandomNod as to what the hell Gendry was doing since he was last seen in season 3. Consensus was that he was still rowing in the boat. When Davos finds him in Fleabottom, he says: "Thought you might still be rowing." |
| 443 | * Rhaegar's incredibly dickish annulment of his wife Elia and marrying Lyanna ''in Dorne'' has led to jokes about how a modern version would go, with most noting that Rhaegar 2017 would send a text message to Elia about their divorce and never see her again, or likewise pretend she doesn't exist, "New raven, who's this?" |
| 444 | * Davos' awesome advertisement of fermented crab led to a joke that fermented crab will put Viagra and Cialis out of business. |
| 445 | -->'''Davos''': [[RagingStiffie It'll put a hole right through your chainmail]]! |
| 446 | |
| 447 | [[AC:6 -- Beyond the Wall]] |
| 448 | * The episode earned a lot of comparisons to the Olympics since we see Gendry sprint-running in the withering cold to the Wall, Sandor throwing a shot put, and the Night King performing Javelin throwing skills to take down Viserion -- earning a gold, nay platinum medal. We also see Jon Snow "diving" into freezing waters under the ice and surviving, while the scene where the crew march across the ice is about as close as you can get to figure skating. And even before Theon and diving, Jaime and swimming (more like sinking). |
| 449 | * Jokes about how Gendry is motivating himself to run by reminding himself that snow is water and he's rowing with his legs, in a call back to his seasons spent in a boat. |
| 450 | * The RuleOfDrama gods have decreed that Benjen's horse will be like ''{{Film/Titanic|1997}}'''s floating door: one-passenger only. |
| 451 | * "[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lccrsyf.jpg Now I have a dragon, ho-ho-ho]]" [[note]]The Night King sending Jon Snow a message about having a dragon, too, referencing the famous message from John [=McClane=] to Hans Gruber "Now I have a machine gun, ho-ho-ho" from ''Film/DieHard''[[/note]] |
| 452 | * Several ''Anime/YuGiOh'' jokes emerged regarding the Night King getting a Blue-Eyes White Dragon or alternatively Blue-Eyes [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Wight]] Dragon. |
| 453 | * [[http://i.imgur.com/wNzaTUW.png A girl has a shitty memory.]] Faceless men referred to Arya as a girl. In this episode, Arya is a dick to Sansa and twists the description of how her sister Sansa behaved during their father's execution. |
| 454 | * Who is the Chanel of Dragonstone? In response to Daenerys' rather [[CostumePorn fabulous winter dress]]. Comparisons with [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Queen Elsa of Arendelle]] were also not far behind. |
| 455 | * How did Jon know he could call Daenerys Dany? Because all he heard from her was bend da knee, bend da knee -- ben da knee -- ben da nee -- ben danee -- b danee -- danee -- dany -- Dany! |
| 456 | * The wight that Sandor hits with a rock, nicknamed "Dumb Cunt", has become a sort of MemeticBadass for Team White Walker after being the first wight to figure out that the lake had refrozen, getting back up after getting his ribcage and his skull smashed in by Sandor's hammer, and then getting back up again after being knocked into the lake and nearly killing Tormund. We never see him die on-screen, so fans are holding out hope that he survived Daenerys's dragon attack. |
| 457 | |
| 458 | [[AC:7 -- The Dragon and the Wolf]] |
| 459 | * [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/boatsex #Boatsex]]! [[labelnote:Explanation]] The FanNickname for the Jon/Daenerys pairing after the two banged each other on a ship. The term was coined and adopted by the fandom after a leak which occurred well ahead of the airing of the actual episode. [[/labelnote]] |
| 460 | ** Tyrion withdraws coolly a la ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.[[labelnote:Explanation]] During the scene above, Tyrion heard everything that was going on and quietly left, drawing comparisons between him and Speedwagon who didn't want to disturb Jonathan and Erina.[[/labelnote]] |
| 461 | ** Jokes claiming that Jon and Daenerys got it on because they ate Davos' fermented crab aphrodisiac. |
| 462 | ** Emilia Clarke's [[https://youtu.be/Vq0_mMin14Y?t=35s reaction]]. |
| 463 | ** Jon Snow being an honorary member of Music/TheLonelyIsland.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Known for their [[VulgarHumor raunchy humor]], they released a single in 2013 called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVFjaOyAWd4 "I Fucked My Aunt"]], which is about exactly that. Incidentally, some of The Lonely Island's earlier well-known repertoire ''also'' includes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avaSdC0QOUM "I Just Had Sex"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlIhraqL7o "I'm On A Boat."]] So... there's that.[[/labelnote]] |
| 464 | ** Bent the knee.[[labelnote:Explanation]]During the sex scene, Jon literally had his knee bent. Technically this was the first time the audience saw him "bend the knee".[[/labelnote]] |
| 465 | ** Jokes about Jon forgeting/mixing up his objectives, so instead of "Bent the knee" and "get that dragon glass" it became "bend Dany" and "get that dragon ass". |
| 466 | * Cleganebowl is coming and/or returning! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Sandor confronts his brother Gregor face to face in this episode and promises to kill him, with fans being hyped that the much-anticipated fight between the two will still happen after its seeming cancellation in the previous season. [[/labelnote]] |
| 467 | * Littlefinger's trial and death: |
| 468 | ** Clips of Littlefinger's death scene keep circulating, some set to [[http://manicpixiedreamweeb.tumblr.com/post/164714566297 "Turn Down for What"]]. |
| 469 | ** [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim "You cannot fast travel]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIZ_lGOXUAQww0P.jpg when enemies are nearby."]] |
| 470 | ** That was part of the plan.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Fan reaction to Littlefinger's death by claiming that being executed is all part of his plan to ascend the Iron Throne.[[/labelnote]] |
| 471 | ** Jokes about Arya wearing Littlefinger's face to prank Sansa. [[https://i.redd.it/xyyee8eqs2jz.jpg As shown here.]] |
| 472 | * Qyburn's fascination with the Wight's hand. It's either used to joke about how Jaime could use that hand or Gregor Clegane no longer being Qyburn's main point of interest. |
| 473 | * The Hound kicking over the crate containing the Wight...[[https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/aB8dAoO_460sv.mp4 only for Season 5 Tyrion to fall out]], much to everyone's, [[MindScrew including Tyrion]], shock. |
| 474 | * [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Rhaegar may be Jon's father, but he ain't his daddy]] (Ned). |
| 475 | [[/folder]] |
| 476 | |
| 477 | [[folder:Season 8]] |
| 478 | [[AC:1 -- Winterfell]] |
| 479 | * Half the scenes in the first episode end with someone noticing that Bran is watching them, solidifying his title of "Bran the Voyeur". |
| 480 | * Bran's [[MeaningfulLook Meaningful Looks]] are called '''Soul-crushing Stares'''. |
| 481 | ** Made even more hillarious when we learned the reason why Bran's gaze is so intense - [[https://www.insider.com/isaac-hempstead-wright-says-creepy-bran-stare-down-to-poor-eyesight-2019-4 basically the same reason that of Christopher Lambert is.]] |
| 482 | * Bran's being petty enough to wait outside in the cold just so he could make Jaime uncomfortable when he arrived. |
| 483 | * Cersei & Elephants: |
| 484 | ** Cersei loving elephants, due to her obvious disappointment when Lord Strickland didn't bring any of the Golden Company's elephants to Westeros. |
| 485 | ** "Where's my elephant?! Where's my elephant?!"[[note]]Cersei is like Bart Simpson from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.[[/note]] |
| 486 | ** The explanation being that the CGI team ran out of money after doing the Great Battle of Winterfell. |
| 487 | * Jokes comparing Winterfell's hostility to the Dothraki and Unsullied to real-life racism. Many compared their arrival to the "[[NWordPrivileges nigger on a horse]]" scene from ''Film/DjangoUnchained''. |
| 488 | * As the example of Robb's [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice baby]] above, it is joked that Ned Umber died solely because of he had [[ChronicallyKilledActor Sean Bean]]'s name. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/all_neds_nust_die.jpg Eddard Morghulis]] All Neds must die! |
| 489 | * Jon being a ReluctantRuler gets some memetic escalation; every time he quits from his title he gets another, even ''more'' prestigious one. |
| 490 | |
| 491 | [[AC:2 -- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms]] |
| 492 | |
| 493 | * Arya's scene with Gendry, "[=EpicForgeSex=]". |
| 494 | ** Following Arya and Gendry's hook up, Arya's face stealing has lead to fans forming a lot of PowerPerversionPotential scenarios. |
| 495 | ** Quoting Robert Baratheon's Season 1 line to Ned Stark when he proposed to marry Joffrey to Sansa, “I have a son, you have a daughter. We’ll join our houses.” This was used to apply to Gendry and Arya's aforementioned sex scene. |
| 496 | ** Having someone (Gendry himself in a few variations) say that with Gendry being Robert’s son, and Arya resembling her aunt Lyanna, Gendry was able to do what his dad wished he could have done: have sex with a Stark. |
| 497 | ** Arya adding Gendry's three previous lovers to her list. |
| 498 | ** People realizing what was about to happen because/when Arya started taking her gloves off. |
| 499 | ** Random soldier: "Hey, Gendry, who did you bang?" -- Gendry: "No one." (Meme referring to Arya aka 'Girl' aka 'No One'.) |
| 500 | * Podrick's epic performance of "[[AwesomeMusic/GameOfThrones Jenny of Oldstones]]" has led to many people noting (some only [[SincerityMode half-comedically]]) that the show has now finally explained [[BrickJoke whatever it was Pod did for those prostitutes.]] |
| 501 | * Pointing out what a bad idea it is to hide all the civilians in the crypts when the enemy can raise the dead. |
| 502 | * [[https://twitter.com/reallyhalalfood/status/1120437099403018240?s=19 Daenerys' expression]] while talking to Sansa, known as Daenerys Targaryen Squint or Smiling Daenerys. Dany squint smiles at Sansa Stark during a tense conversation, and people find it weirdly relatable and useful for describing their face in so many contexts. |
| 503 | * "The big woman still here?" [[AmazonChaser Tormund]] immediately being smitten with Brienne back in season 6 was already the source of many jokes and memes, but this line is perhaps the most well-known. Any time a piece of media features a StatuesqueStunner, expect this line to pop up online. |
| 504 | |
| 505 | [[AC:3 -- The Long Night]] |
| 506 | * Because she's absent in this episode and previous one, fans joke about Cersei (and by extension, Euron) relaxing in King's Landing while all everybody who is in the North are fighting for their lives. |
| 507 | * Sports memes have emerged after the episode: |
| 508 | ** "The Night King blew a 28-3 lead!" (Alluding to the Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons). |
| 509 | ** Pics with captions of "I gotta admit, they had us in the first half". |
| 510 | ** End game/season statistics (e.g. MVP [most valuable player] = Arya, Defensive Player of the Game = Theon, Grey Worm, Beric, or Jorah, Rookie of the Year = Lyanna Mormont, Most Improved = Theon, Melisandre, Daenerys, or Podrick, Sixth Man = Melisandre, etc.). |
| 511 | ** [[UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan Air Jordan]] logos being replaced with Arya's sneak attack stance. |
| 512 | ** UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan's infamous crying meme being edited into the Night King's face. |
| 513 | ** A video where Arya killing the Night King is superimposed over game footage on a TV in a bar, with mass celebration ensuing. |
| 514 | ** Arya's face being edited into UsefulNotes/{{N|ationalBasketballAssociation}}BA players making winning buzzer beaters. |
| 515 | * Many complaints and jokes about the greatest, most important battle for the living taking place at night and that [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fuckery.jpg nobody can see shit]]. It's not like viewers were not warned: Season 2 -- the night is dark and full of terrors. Season 8 -- the night really IS dark. Nobody should have been ''that'' surprised. Credit where credit is due: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/light_06.jpg Lord of Light]] provides lighting. His high priestess has [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brightness.jpg a piece of advice]]. |
| 516 | * Ungrateful fans: End of [[Recap/GameOfThronesS8E2AKnightOfTheSevenKingdoms the second episode]] -- we are worried so many characters will die. End of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/GameOfThronesS8E3TheLongNight the third episode]] -- we are disappointed so few characters died. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/complaints_about_not_enough_deaths.jpg Difference between season 1 and season 8]]. [[note]]Not ENTIRELY unfounded as some characters did seem like they were getting death scenes, [[https://youtu.be/xbbRrM0MDV8?t=29 Brienne had at least 9 undead on her to the point only her head was visible overhead, only for Jaime to arrive, swing his sword once and suddenly she's clean again.]] and Sam had multiple scenes of being covered in undead and he isn't in metal armor. Many fans believe these two got off lightly.[[/note]] |
| 517 | * Another meme about the duo of the Stark Brothers: Jon knows nothing and does nothing. Bran knows everything & does nothing. [[note]]Jon fought bravely, but he was not the ChosenOne to off the Night King as many believed he would. He did not even kill a single White Walker in the battle. And Bran's omniscience, telepathy and warging skills were sadly underused.[[/note]] |
| 518 | * Fans have taken to superimposing the dragons play-fighting as babies over the Dance of the Dragons, where Drogon and Rhaegal face off against their undead brother Viserion in a very serious battle to the death. |
| 519 | * Why does Bran warg as humanity faces the annihilation? He goes to watch ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. [[note]] The movie premiere was on April 26th in US. The much-anticipated episode was released on April 28th. ''Avengers: Endgame'' had a record-shattering box-office performance and "Long Night" was the second most watched episode of the series, and once streaming numbers were accounted for, it's ''the'' most watched episode of the series. [[/note]] See [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KoKBRJwOpE here]] or [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/i_have_to_go_now.jpg here]]. |
| 520 | * Another name origin explained: Hodor held the door. Beric did the Beric-ade. Meme honouring Beric's HeroicSacrifice to save Arya and Sandor Clagane the Hound from the wights. He blocked the door to give them enough time to retreat. [[note]] In episode [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/GameOfThronesS6E5TheDoor The Door]], Hodor heroically saves Meera and Bran by holding a door while sacrificing himself.[[/note]] |
| 521 | * Jorah Mormont died the way he lived: being a ''good friend'' to his Queen. [[labelnote:explanation]]Jokes about Jorah being perpetually friend zoned by Daenerys, though she was legitimately heartbroken -- about losing a good friend. [[/labelnote]] |
| 522 | * Arya's Kill: |
| 523 | ** [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/58994619_10104655651105243_2276092994819981312_n.jpg Arya is GOAT]]. Greatest.Of.All.Time. Coupled with pictures and macros of Arya with actual goats and gifs of goats making a giant leap. |
| 524 | ** Arya joins [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/king_slayers.jpg the Kingslayers' Club]]. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kingslayers.jpg Most famous Kingslayer is Jaime Lannister]], but there is also the boar who did Robert in, the Shadow monster who killed Renley, Roose Bolton who murdered Robb Stark, Olenna who poisoned Joffrey, Tommen who killed himself, etc. So many kings, so many Kingslayers... Arya's got the greatest kill: She offed the Night King, an Ice Zombie overlord whose ultimate goal was to destroy humanity and life. |
| 525 | ** Only Gendry saw Arya coming... [[note]]It goes back to Episode 2 when Arya didn't want to die a virgin and had sex with Gendry. Her stealth attack was not seen/anticipated by the White Walkers who did nothing to stop her. And even though Arya was set up as a skilled shapeshifting assassin and she did have a Valyrian steel dagger and dragonglass weapon and trained to fight in the dark and kill people on stealth missions, many did not predict it would be her who destroys the ultimate threat to the living by herself.[[/note]] |
| 526 | ** Gendry's dick being the source of power due to Arya's impressive showing this episode. |
| 527 | ** Arya killing the Night King plays out so much like [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing Éowyn killing the Witch-king of Angmar]] that this exchange would not have been out of place. |
| 528 | --->'''Night King:''' ''(holds Arya by the throat)'' Fool! No one can kill me! Die now!\ |
| 529 | '''Arya:''' ''(drops knife to her other hand)'' A girl IS no one! *STAB* |
| 530 | ** Figures it was Arya who slayed the Night King: she did train to fight in the dark. [[note]]nods to Arya's training from hell with the Faceless men when she was blinded for a time; another dab at the poor lighting and the setting of the episode in dark[[/note]] |
| 531 | ** That still only counts as one! [[labelnote: Explanation]] When Arya kills the Night King, it also results in the death of all the other White Walkers and the thousands of wights, technically giving her the biggest killcount in the battle and drawing comparisons to Gimli's reaction to Legolas taking out an oliphant in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'' [[/labelnote]] |
| 532 | * Subverting expectations. [[note]]Benioff and Weiss admitted in the Inside the Episode featurette that they let Arya kill the Night King just because everyone had expected Jon to be the actual slayer and the chosen hero to save humanity. Weiss explicitly said it would be 'cooler' if [[CreatorsPet Arya]] was the one who slayed the Night King. Fans ran wild with it as they also extended it to the remaining part of the series, as character arcs were subverted, plot points were sacrificed for cheap shock as well as admitting the showrunners also subverted our expectations about the show having a great ending.[[/note]] |
| 533 | * The revelation that the Night King is not the ultimate boss does not sit well with most viewers, but [[https://gfycat.com/sentimentalglamorouscollie-charles-dance?fbclid=IwAR0IcQ2JvTNeWplnTXFxXlJkJckRpgIL-wkB1unYfZMg34DDy5gtPUfxklQ Tywin Explains It All]]. |
| 534 | * The Night King {{no sell}}ing Dany's dragonfire and then smirking has become a popular template for image labeling memes. |
| 535 | * "X did Y, causing Arya to become a super assassin. X is Azor Ahai."[[note]]In response to the argument that Jon's importance was in bringing the living together, people began joking about the characters whose actions ultimately led Arya back to Winterfell are the saviors of Westeros. This includes ''Joffrey''. And Night King himself. [[/note]] |
| 536 | ** Azor Apie[[labelnote:Explanation]]This got to the point that people started jokingly saying even the smallest minor characters like Hot Pie is Azor Ahai. [[/labelnote]] |
| 537 | * Night King did nothing wrong. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Night King's and the White Walkers' actions were said to be meant to save us and Westeros from the constant grabbing of the IdiotBall and the rapid decay of the show after this episode. Even Arya, who killed Night King, gets the NiceJobBreakingItHero moment. [[/labelnote]] |
| 538 | * Melisandre saw the ending [[labelnote: Explanation]] Following the victory over the White walkers, Melisandre removes her magical necklace and allows herself to revert to [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld her true age,]] finally dying due to having fulfilled her purpose. However, some viewers joke that she foresaw what would happen in the second half of Season 8 (widely viewed as being the nadir of the show's SeasonalRot) and so let herself die to avoid sticking around for it. [[/labelnote]] |
| 539 | * Winter is coming... aaaaand it's gone [[labelnote: Explanation]] After seven seasons of people repeatedly talking about how "Winter is coming" and stressing how hardcore it's going to be, the White Walker invasion ends up lasting only a single episode before they're defeated and no one outside the North is affected. In fact, in subsequent episodes King's Landing and Dragonstone both have mild weather, which made it seem that winter pretty much ended the moment the White Walkers went down. [[/labelnote]] |
| 540 | |
| 541 | [[AC:4 -- The Last of the Starks]] |
| 542 | * Starbucks in Westeros. |
| 543 | ** A Starbucks Cup of Westeros [[note]]Some eagle-eyed viewers spotted [[https://twitter.com/UberKryptonian/status/1125277431399682048/photo/1 what was believed to be]] a Starbucks cup on the table during the Winterfell feast in the episode [[Recap/GameOfThronesS8E4TheLastOfTheStarks The Last of the Starks]]. This cup even trended on Twitter as a significant take away from the episode, perhaps more than the episode's events themselves. This gaffe became so well-known that Starbucks [[https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/07/starbucks-got-2point3-billion-in-free-advertising-from-game-of-thrones-gaffe.html gained $2.3 billion in free advertising!]][[/note]] |
| 544 | ** The North remembers [[labelnote: Explanation]] After the coffee cup was noticed, the creators edited it out in subsequent releases of "The Last of the Starks", but the original image and footage had already been widely circulated, leading people to comment this oft-cited phrase from the Northern campaign in response [[/labelnote]] |
| 545 | * PET THE DAMN DOG! [[note]]Many unhappily protested that Ghost wasn't pet by Jon before leaving with Tormund for the North after fulfilling the NobleWolf role. This quickly spun off into treating it like a tongue-in-cheek MoralEventHorizon and general expressions of sympathy for Ghost. This was officially [[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-ghost_n_5cd04a2ce4b0548b735d884c addressed by writer David Nutter]], who -- with visual effects supervisor Jack Bauer -- talked about the difficulties of working with CGI direwolves. Nutter explained, "Since the direwolves are kind of CG creations, we felt it best to keep it as simple as possible." None of the characters in Season 8 directly interact with or touch Ghost when he's on screen and Ghost appears to have been [[https://www.thestar.com/calgary/2019/04/22/calgary-film-crew-had-a-hand-in-direwolf-scene-from-sunday-nights-game-of-thrones.html filmed separately in Calgary, Alberta, Canada]].[[/note]] |
| 546 | * Fans have joked about Ghost manning the scorpions, killing Rhaegal out of jealousy that he's now "Jon's new favorite". |
| 547 | * "Who got shot down the hardest?"[[note]]This episode features a mix of physical and emotional hits. Gendry gets knocked back by Arya on his passionate marriage proposal because "It's not her", Tormund loses any chance at Brienne after Jaime takes her for [=EpicOathSex=], Ghost gets the previously mentioned snubbing by Jon [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and Rhaegal gets a ballistae shot right in the cranium.]][[/note]] |
| 548 | * "Dany kinda forgot about the Iron Fleet" and "[X] kinda forgot about [Y]" [[note]]The sheer absurdity of this explanation from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=351&v=u8K9XuPrXko the behind the scenes video]] regarding what happened to her and her dragon is frequently cited by people mocking Season 8's drop in writing quality and the increase in IdiotBall moments, as well as mocking every inconsistency that subsequently appears.[[/note]] |
| 549 | * Sansa is not her father's girl [[note]]Ned Stark kept the secret of Jon's true parentage for years and took it to his grave. Sansa kept it for all of 5 minutes on screen[[/note]] |
| 550 | * Hypocritical Grey Worm [[note]]Jokes relating to how Missandei loved him despite him being a eunuch, yet now she is lacking her head he cannot return the favor.[[/note]] |
| 551 | * One Knight Stand. [[note]]The summation of Jaime and Brienne's plot throughout the series. He's a knight, she's a knight and they have a one-night stand as he ditches her for his twin-sister-slash-lover Cersei.[[/note]] |
| 552 | * [[https://i.redd.it/5n1kxyla40x21.jpg This image]] of Varys looking like he's about to puke has seen wide use as a reaction image. |
| 553 | * The idea that Qyburn can build any manner of outlandish technology if given the time. Examples can be seen [[https://i.redd.it/crakk934bmx21.png here]] and [[https://www.reddit.com/r/freefolk/comments/bmuzrv/iron_throne_2/ here]].[[note]]Jokes relating to how Qyburn can make enhancements to Cersei's ballistae that somehow let them shoot at ''2km/s''.[[/note]] |
| 554 | * [[https://i.redd.it/6jchyhglrxw21.jpg "First Time?"]] [[note]]The image is an existing meme capturing a memorable line from ''Film/TheBalladOfBusterScruggs'', where a cowboy about to hang (played by Creator/JamesFranco) nonchalantly says the line to a newcomer, implying that he's done this before. Fans of ''Series/{{Lost}}'', ''Series/{{Dexter}}'', ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' and other shows that started off strongly only to suffer in quality and have terrible endings used the line to observe that the same thing was happening to ''Game of Thrones''.[[/note]] |
| 555 | * [[https://youtu.be/V4C4yoMPp0o Euron: The Bowmaster of King's Landing]] & [[https://youtu.be/c9YsPmjASsA Things Euron "Just Sort of Forgot About"]] [[note]]Funny FanVid montages of Euron the MemeticBadass who hits many bull's-eyes. The joke stems from his taking down Daenerys' dragon Raegal with ease with three precise hits from Quburn's ballista. [[/note]] |
| 556 | * Guys, relax, Jaime's obviously going back to kill Cersei [[labelnote: Explanation]] This became a very common answer to viewers who were annoyed or dismayed that Jaime ditches a heartbroken Brienne to return to King's Landing before the battle, due to a very popular fan theory that Jaime would be the one to kill Cersei, fulfilling the valonqar prophecy (Cersei believing she would find death from her younger brother; assuming it's Tyrion, but her twin brother and lover Jamie is also her younger brother). Became HarsherInHindsight (and/or HilariousInHindsight depending on your sense of humour) when it's revealed in the following episode that [[TheUntwist no, Jaime really did just go back to try and save Cersei.]] [[/labelnote]] |
| 557 | * "Look how they massacred my boy." Referencing ''Film/TheGodfather'', and Don Corleone's reaction to Sonny's corpse. Rose to prominence from fans of Jaime Lannister after Jaime completely abandoned all remaining hints of character development to turn his back on Brienne and run back to Cersei's side at the end of the episode. Was pretty much picked up by all the fans, even the holdouts who believed Jaime was going back to kill Cersei after his lackluster demise in episode 5. |
| 558 | ** Also spawned an in-series meme. A shot of Jaime pushing child Bran out the window from episode 1 of the first season. Written over Bran's face is "Jaime's character development." The caption reads, "The things I do for shock." |
| 559 | ** Also applied to Euron Greyjoy who might as well have been a completely different character, going from a terrifying, intellectual, charismatic, pure evil SorcerousOverlord with unbridled ambitions of godhood and the ushering in of the apocalypse, to a sex-crazed wise-cracking pirate content with bedding Queen Cersei who feels more ripped out of Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean than a Lovecraftian horror story. Fans were quick to mock how short the series version came up to his monstrous book counterpart. |
| 560 | |
| 561 | [[AC:5 -- The Bells]] |
| 562 | * Daenerys' actions in the episode almost immediately earned her the title [=BBQueen=]. She torched to the city of King's Landing to the ground with dragon fire, even though Cersei's soldiers yielded. |
| 563 | * [[IWarnedYou "Sansa Was Right" or "Sansa Told Them So"]]. [[note]]Daenerys' actions being precisely in line with Sansa's suspicions of her and her warnings to others to not trust Dany so easily because Dany was an unstable tyrant in the making led to many social media posts stating Sansa had been vindicated and if the news reached her in Winterfell, she'd be feeling smug while drinking wine and laughing her ass off, being happy to tell Jon she told him so when they next see each other. Other variations have Jon outright acknowledging that he should have listened to Sansa.[[/note]] |
| 564 | * "No one ever listens to Varys".[[note]]Related to the above meme, Varys continues the trend of his warnings falling on deaf ears as he is executed by Dany for betraying her. A betrayal he started because he saw clear signs of her encroaching breakdown and insanity. That very episode, after he was sold out by Tyrion, Dany doesn't even let Varys make a defense or even have any last words and then she later that day incinerates thousands of people. Frustration at Tyrion and Jon letting this happen and Varys being ignored yet again is pretty high.[[/note]] |
| 565 | * "The leprechaun tells me to burn everything"[[note]]Lots of memes being created comparing Dany's FaceHeelTurn to Ralph Wiggum's pyromaniac leprechaun friend in ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E18ThisLittleWiggy The Simpsons]]''[[/note]] |
| 566 | %% * "Burninatin' the peasants!"[[note]]And likewise to [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE58Dragon Trogdor the Burninator]][[/note]] |
| 567 | * Daenerys nearly did the one thing the Night King failed to do: Kill Arya Stark. |
| 568 | * Some have compared Daenerys' destruction of King's Landing to "Let It Go" from ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', "but with fire and more murder". |
| 569 | * Episode 4: ImprobableAimingSkills. Episode 5: ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Comparing the performance of the Iron Fleet in Episode 4, where they killed Rhaegal pretty quickly as well as destroying most of the Targaryen fleet, to Episode 5, where Dany and Drogon mowed down the Iron Fleet single-handedly, with Drogon dodging every shot. [[/labelnote]] |
| 570 | * An edit of Daenerys immolating King's Landing and the peasants is intercut with scenes of Bastian riding Falkor in The Neverending Story. |
| 571 | * [[RunningGag CLEGANEBOWL]] finally happening in this episode, with fans commenting that ''this'' was the epic showdown they were waiting for (compared to the Night King's takedown) or referring to previous "Cleganebowl hype" videos. There are also jokes about Qyburn actual cause of death was "trying to stop the hype". Jokes that Clegane does not give up his revenge... [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/for_the_hype.jpg for the hype]]. |
| 572 | * Jaime Lannister Is Alive Clown Club [[note]]For fans in self-aware denial over Jaime’s death[[/note]] |
| 573 | * "Jaime's story is [[BookEnds well-rounded]]" [[note]]He ends his first episode throwing Bran out the window and ends his last episode throwing his own CharacterDevelopment out the window[[/note]] |
| 574 | * "To be honest, I never really cared about X" [[note]] Jaime's statement in Episode 5 that he never really cared about the innocent citizens of King's Landing, which flies in the face of the entire reason he killed Aerys and became the Kingslayer. Cue jokes about other characters completely dropping their previous characterization for no reason. ''Even extending to Benioff and Weiss themselves'': "To be honest, we never really cared about ''Game of Thrones''." [[/note]] |
| 575 | * Who killed Jaime Lannister? In a rather literal BrickJoke, it's a brick. Or bricks. Done with macros of Euron who boasted it was him, contrasted with a picture of a brick, or with pictures of Olenna Tyrell with a brick for her face with the caption, "Tell Cersei/Euron it was me. I want him/her to know" (in a call back to her confession to Jaime that it was her who killed Joffrey). |
| 576 | * "Mommy, why did you name me after a homicidal dragon queen?" [[note]] The question that will inevitably be asked by the children of the parents who named them after Daenarys after said children witnessed the massacre of King's Landing. Amusingly, the possible answer ranges from "It was a very popular show, sweetheart" to "I didn't! You were named after your uncle Dany who you never had until now!" [[/note]] |
| 577 | * You had one job, Golden Company! [[labelnote:Explanation]] Fans ridiculing the Golden Company for literally being an army of [[RedShirt red shirts]], dying within moments of Daenerys going mad and wrecking havoc. [[/labelnote]] |
| 578 | * 20,000 men and 2000 horses [[labelnote:Explanation]] Harry Strickland's answer to Cersei's inquiry regarding the strength of the Golden Company has not gone unnoticed by fans, for when they were shown onscreen later on with only a few hundred men and a ''single'' horse. This is used to poke fun at the show's CGI budgeting. Some even joked that "2000" was the [[MetaphoricallyTrue name]] of his horse.[[/labelnote]] |
| 579 | * {{Foreshadowing}} is not CharacterDevelopment [[note]] The response to fans, inspired by [[https://youtu.be/2mlNyqhnc1M a YouTube video]] put out by "Trope Anatomy" who point out that while some fans have said Dany's FaceHeelTurn was foreshadowed since season two, detractors state that just because it was foreshadowed doesn't mean there was any meaningful development. And there were middle ground people who felt that if the writers wanted Dany to turn evil they should have developed it over the course of a season or two, not set her up as good then make her turn bad in the span of one episode. [[/note]] |
| 580 | * BrickJoke meme of Cersei's obsession with elephants: She had it all figured out. Cue pictures of giant elephants using their trunks to extinguish burning houses. Or Cersei 'surviving' the collapse of the roof, becoming Mother of Elephants in the process, even saying the same speech Daenerys did in "Fire and Blood". |
| 581 | * There have been [[https://youtu.be/zc4k5OUSJ2I several]] [[https://youtu.be/C2jDadoM674 videos]] put together of Daenerys and her army destroying King's Landing to Music/{{Metallica}}'s "For Whom the Bell Tolls". |
| 582 | * In place of a Dark Lord, you would have a Queen! [[labelnote: Explanation]] The Night King ends up being defeated under halfway through the season and Daenerys Targaryen goes AxCrazy and becomes the show's FinalBoss, drawing comparisons to what Lady Galadriel would've become had she been corrupted by the One Ring [[/labelnote]] |
| 583 | * You were the Chosen One! [[labelnote: Explanation]] Obi-Wan Kenobi's reaction to Anakin Skywalker falling to the Dark Side in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' mirrors the reaction of Jon, Tyrion and the audience to Daenerys becoming a FallenHero and torching King's Landing [[/labelnote]] |
| 584 | * "Look how they massacred my boy." Referening Film/TheGodfather, and Don Corleone's reaction to Sonny's corpse. After being used in episode 4 in response to Jaime's actions in abandoning Brienne, it also was reused in reference to Jaime for the fifth episode, (complete with an image of Don Corleone himself with the line caption) while referencing Jaime's line in season 3 ("Tell me, if your precious Renly commanded you to kill your own father and stand by while thousands of men, women, and children were burned alive, would you have done it?") with his line to Tyrion in this episode ("To be honest, I never much cared for them, innocent or otherwise.") |
| 585 | |
| 586 | [[AC:6-- The Iron Throne]] |
| 587 | * Jokes about the Unsullied and the Dothraki at the back not hearing about Daenerys's NewEraSpeech became widespread after moments of the episode's airing. |
| 588 | * Her Satanic Majesty [[note]]This bizarre Rolling Stones reference in the official script which many took as another ham-fisted attempt to demonize Daenerys. Many of Dany's fans [[AppropriatedAppellation embraced it]] as a new title for her.[[/note]] |
| 589 | * Brienne writing [[note]]Jokes about what Brienne is writing in Jaime's section of the book chronicling the accomplishments of the Kingsguard. Usually, it's something unflattering about how he left her right after they slept together. References to the [[Film/MeanGirls Burn Book]] are plentiful.[[/note]] |
| 590 | * Let the ink dry! [[note]]Brienne closes the Kingsguard book too quickly after writing Jaime's section, prompting people to joke that she's going to smear the ink on the page.[[/note]] |
| 591 | * "[[WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer Arya the Explorer]]" [[note]]In the end, Arya decided to become an explorer like Dora the Explorer, sailing west of Westeros. This has led to jokes about her going Columbus and discovering "Americos" or "Americsos", or becoming a pirate ("Arrrya").[[/note]] |
| 592 | * What does Gendry do when he finds out Arya is sailing west? He gets back in his boat and starts rowing. [[note]]Fans of the Gendrya ship who refuse to let it sink note that Gendry has already spent over 3 seasons rowing. Arya leaving Westeros by sea gives him a method to follow her that he's already very experienced with.[[/note]] |
| 593 | * Bran's victory. [[note]]The DarkHorseVictory of Bran Stark has led to delight among his fans and disbelief among others[[/note]] |
| 594 | ** Bran wins by doing absolutely nothing. [[note]]Bran becomes King without having to say much beyond affirming to Tyrion that he would lead if asked, drawing comparisons to an earlier meme where [[WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing Luigi wins Mario Party mini-games without doing anything]].[[/note]] |
| 595 | ** Chaos is a wheelchair ramp. [[note]]Bran's omniscience may mean that he predicted Dany's descent to madness, yet did nothing to stop her or warn others. This has led to fans painting him as a [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]], who let everyone around him suffer and die so he'll become king in the end. It's a variation on Littlefinger's "chaos is a ladder" motto. [[https://youtu.be/5AYe6Wf_-5k This crack video]] goes as far as theorizing that Bran began scheming to gain the throne ''way'' back in Season 1, using his powers to orchestrate many major events in the series (including Ned's execution, the Red Wedding and Tyrion killing Tywin) to ultimately become king while appearing utterly innocent/oblivious, thus making it a case of TheDogWasTheMastermind. [[/note]] |
| 596 | * Sam and democracy [[note]]Sam proposing a democracy and getting laughed at prompted many comparisons to real-world politics. Tyrion's suggestion that only nobles get to pick the king has subsequently been compared to the United States Electoral College.[[/note]] |
| 597 | * [[VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammer SUMMON THE ELECTOR COUNTS!]] [[note]]Bran being ''elected'' King of most of a continent comprised of multiple Kingdoms [[FantasyCounterpartCulture elicits comparisons to]] the UsefulNotes/HolyRomanEmpire and to the Empire in ''[[{{TableTopGame/Warhammer}} Warhammer Fantasy Battles]]''; the Lords Paramount would, therefore, be analogous to the Prince-Electors of the Holy Roman Empire and with the Elector-Counts in ''Warhammer''. It also connects to jokes about Bran being able to make pop culture references.[[/note]] |
| 598 | * "Dragon fuel can't melt Valyrian steel beams!"[[labelnote: Explanation]]Drogon destroying the Iron Throne with his fire breath and completely melting it into a puddle of molten metal drew comparisons to the infamous 9/11 conspiracy meme "jet fuel can't melt steel beams".[[/labelnote]] |
| 599 | * "Uncle, please sit." [[note]]When no one steps forward to nominate a new king, Edmure Tully nominates himself and rambles about his qualifications before his niece, Sansa, tells him to rein it in. This quote has since been used to tell older people to settle down when they go on tangents, not unlike "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Boomer OK, boomer]]".[[/note]] |
| 600 | * Drogon destroying the throne: |
| 601 | ** He knew Bran has his own seat (i.e. a wheel chair). |
| 602 | ** Drogon literally thinking that [[https://i.redd.it/0pacceit3ez21.jpg the Iron Throne killed his mother]]. |
| 603 | ** "Drogon is either the smartest dragon ever, realizing the symbolic power of the Iron Throne and its corrupting influence that led to Dany's downfall... or he's the dumbest dragon ever, who deduced that the chair with pointy things stabbed his mom with a pointy thing." |
| 604 | ** Some have humorously painted an AlternativeCharacterInterpretation of Drogon as [[https://true-king-of-monsters.tumblr.com/post/185013752721/what-drogon-was-really-thinking#notes an apathetic, ungrateful son who's just glad he can finally get a vacation and is just bringing Dany's corpse as a snack.]] |
| 605 | * Dany is doing [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/b6bfeb6ac9e20c8dcfd0f46c6aa19453/tumblr_prteh8RPCa1y7viwpo2_540.gif her best]] Film/{{Maleficent}} pose. |
| 606 | * After Bran becomes King, some people joked that Jaime's attempt to murder Bran in the first episode was a pre-emptive act of king slaying. |
| 607 | * Bran is the younger and more beautiful queen that the prophecy to Cersei was talking about. |
| 608 | * Bran the Broken Cock [[note]]Sansa's claim that Bran cannot have children has led to a lot of mockery on his behalf.[[/note]] |
| 609 | * Bran the [[CrossesTheLineTwice Wheely Wheely Legs No Feely]] [[note]]Bran's given epithet of Bran the Broken, bestowed by Tyrion, comes off as more than a little insensitive, possibly outright insulting or mocking to the paraplegic king. Increasingly spicy titles that similarly take the piss out of him have followed.[[/note]] |
| 610 | * Jon Snow deserved more than this! [[note]] Fan outrage towards Jon Snow's final fate, which amounted to being in prison for an unspecified time for saving the world by killing Daenerys, and later being sent to the Wall to appease the Unsullied who were leaving Westeros anyways. As the Night King was dead already, fans found it a poor excuse to just stuff Jon out of Westeros, and infuriated that the 2 season long Aegon Targaryen shtick only amounted to Jon and Dany having SurpriseIncest, Jon not wanting the throne even when he's the rightful heir, and Jon denying Dany sex leading to her rampage in the previous episode. [[/note]] |
| 611 | * Jon and Sansa failed geography. [[labelnote: Explanation]] Many latched onto this line in particular for how it's shot at the two characters intelligence. Many jokes about the pair having horrible navigation skills spawned, such as having to pretend to read maps or heading in the opposite direction of where they were headed. [[/labelnote]] |
| 612 | * Jon petted Ghost, everything's fine. The Pat That Was Promised. And variations. [[note]] After the uproar at Jon seemingly leaving Ghost behind two episodes earlier, Jon gets to pet him in this episode, and the end implies that he and Ghost are heading north together. The fans were greatly relieved and many declared it to be the best scene in the finale and possibly the whole season. Another way of celebrating Ghost finally getting a pat on the head is to combine it with a play on the prophecy of The Prince That Was Promised.[[/note]] |
| 613 | * Catelyn Stark wrote the ending. [[note]]The ending was way too nice to the surviving Stark kids: Sansa is the Queen. Bran is the King. Arya gets to follow her dreams and goes exploring. Jon, Ned's bastard Catelyn never liked, is exiled.[[/note]] |
| 614 | * "We did it Grey Worm/Tyrion/Jon! We saved the city!" [[labelnote: Explanation]] Daenerys gives a speech to her followers about how they liberated King’s Landing -- which is currently a smoking ruin -- calling to mind [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRqxc8ewnC4 this scene]] from ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''.[[/labelnote]] |
| 615 | * Bran: My job here is done. Everyone else: But you didn't do anything. [[note]]This ''Manga/SailorMoon'' meme has been used to mock the lack of Bran's involvement (except for giving Arya the knife which killed the Night King, and leaking to Sam Jon's true heritage which brought trouble in case of Jon and Daenerys). Even after everything is said and done, Tyrion makes Bran the King even when Bran did nothing ''even in the great fight for the living''. Fans have used it to mock Jon (the rightful king) being exiled, and Bran, whom nobody wanted at this point, to become king.[[/note]] |
| 616 | * Tyrion: "Who has a better story than Bran the Broken?" Everyone: "X does/Literally anyone else" [[labelnote: Explanation]] Part of Tyrion's pitch for Bran being king is that he has the 'best'/most interesting story out of everyone, although a lot of viewers disagree, pointing out various other characters who they believe had far more compelling arcs and/or criticizing the fact that Bran doesn't really do a whole lot in the final few seasons, though especially in Season 8. [[/labelnote]] |
| 617 | * Jon went North, Arya went West, Drogon went East [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and the show went South]]. [[labelnote: Explanation]] A common summarization of the GrandFinale.[[/labelnote]] |
| 618 | * "This shot is brilliant and should be shown/taught in any film study class." [[note]] A meme based off a tweet by a guy praising the visually striking shot in which Drogon flies up and spreads its wings behind Daenerys Targaryen, making it briefly appear as if the wings were hers and she actually became a literal demonic dragon queen. The shot was good, for what it was, but many found the supposedly "genuis" symbolism very simplistic, crude, and unsubtle, and people ran with the hyperbolic nature of the original comment. Twitter users took the text of the tweet and added various humorous or very weird images from other visual media.[[/note]] |
| 619 | * "SYMBOLISM!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]([[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain's]] catchphrase, which he uses to mock blatantly obvious and/or overly heavy-handed attempts at, well, symbolism. Several Twitter users posted photos of Film Brain calling out his catchphrase along with the aforementioned shot of Daenerys and Drogon, and it's probably fair to say this was much more the general reaction to the shot among fans)[[/labelnote]] |
| 620 | * Dothrakis and Unsullied are cats. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Most of the Dothraki army and Unsullied were stated to be wiped out during the Great War of Winterfell, even the showrunners declared that the episode would be the end of the Dothraki army. Cue the beginning of the episode, where Daenerys still has a ''really massive'' army of the Dothraki and the Unsullied, which she intended to unleash upon the world, saying that the Dothraki and the Unsullied are cats (as well as gamers) with numerous respawn abilities. Mockingly stated by the fans as another case of 'D & D kinda forgot'. [[/labelnote]] |
| 621 | * Too bad, Daenerys can count only up to 20. [[note]] Daenerys recapping her FromNobodyToNightmare arc, stating her humble beginnings as [[UsedToBeASweetKid a barely literate girl]] who can only count to 20. Fans have taken it to 'explaining' why she [[DestructiveSaviour massacred the city she intended to rule]], she only wanted to burn 20 Lannisters, but she lost count and burned them all.[[/note]] |
| 622 | * If only they'd stood three feet to the right [[labelnote: Explanation]] In ''The Bells'', Jaime and Cersei are crushed to death by rubble falling on top of them beneath the Red Keep; however, in this episode there's enough rubble-free space left in the area for Tyrion to walk through and dig up their bodies, giving the impression if they only moved more to the right, they would've been safe. |
| 623 | %% * Was it an A or an A+ ending? |
| 624 | %% this needs explanation |
| 625 | [[/labelnote]] |
| 626 | |
| 627 | [[/folder]] |
| 628 | |
| 629 | [[folder:General]] |
| 630 | * Don't get too attached. [[note]]The fandoms' collective warning whenever recommending the series to a fresh viewer due to the show's infamous AnyoneCanDie status.[[/note]] |
| 631 | -->'''Creator/JKRowling''': "It's hard killing off so many characters."\ |
| 632 | '''Creator/GeorgeRRMartin''': "You're adorable." / "Oh my sweet summer child..." |
| 633 | * George R.R. Martin as [[AnyoneCanDie the most infamous serial killer in all of fiction]]. Later it led to jokes about [[BlackComedy Martin committing suicide, by killing off the most unexpected character of all: himself.]] Another variation of this meme is this joke: "Why doesn't George R.R. Martin use Twitter? Because he killed off all 280 characters." |
| 634 | * [[RootingForTheEmpire "#TeamWhiteWalker"]] [[note]]After season 5 caught up with/surpassed the books with a GutPunch after another, TooBleakStoppedCaring kicked in and people started preferring the ZombieApocalypse to whatever cruel fate awaited the characters they still cared about. Took on a new meaning around Season 8, when the quality of the show itself got so bad that fans figured the only satisfying ending left was the zombies winning.[[/note]] |
| 635 | * Parodying the show's famous opening title sequence is infinitely popular for other famous franchises. ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' even made their own for a CouchGag. |
| 636 | * The apparent lack of Rickon Stark. It's become a running joke amongst the fanbase to wager guesses where the heck the kid runs off to or what the hell he's doing when he's not around. The meme died off when Rickon had a larger role in Season 3. |
| 637 | * Hodor! Odor by Hodor. [[http://img.pandawhale.com/post-21521-Odor-by-Hodor-fragrance-Game-o-WDPN.jpeg The new fragrance for men]]. |
| 638 | * "These are my dragons, Drogon, Not-Drogon #1 and Not-Drogon #2"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Fans have joked about Rhaegal and Viserion being TheUnfavorite, as Dany interacts most with Drogon and rides him as a mount, while the other two dragons are pretty much relegated to ThoseTwoGuys and get far less screentime.[[/labelnote]] Later Drogon, Zombie Not-Drogon, and Not-Zombie Not-Drogon[[labelnote:Explanation]]After Viserion is slain by the Night King and resurrected as an undead wight, fans have come to joke about how Rhaegal is now the least plot-significant dragon of them which ends up becoming HarsherInHindsight when in the final season they DroppedABridgeOnHim.[[/labelnote]] |
| 639 | * Hodor's PokemonSpeak. Hodor hodor? (It's basically gotten to the point that on any GOT related thread, somebody will post something along these lines, occasionally taking it to the logical extreme by having a post entirely consisting of "Hodor".) |
| 640 | * Ned's [[HonorBeforeReason obsession with honor]] has been pretty big around Tumblr. |
| 641 | * Sansa, the young teenage and somewhat naive girl, has it tough. In some Spanish and Portuguese speaking online communities, Sansa Stark is called "Sonsa" Stark. 'Sonsa' means dumb or naive in Spanish and Portuguese. On at least one Chinese forum, Sansa is sometimes referred to as "San Sha" (San being "three/thrice", Sha being "silly"). |
| 642 | * Whenever someone lists the entire Stark family line, they make sure to add [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony]], (and even a [[UnexpectedCharacter Stark]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Jegan]]) [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tjeHi1QdRY4/VEXFadCyJSI/AAAAAAAEcA0/gQIjHnaLTrg/s1600/qTR12ok.jpg at the end.]] In addition, Jon Snow sometimes gets the MyFriendsAndZoidberg treatment in these lists. Naturally leads to [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10156413/1/A-Man-of-Iron a story where Tony is a cousin of the main Stark line.]] |
| 643 | * "You Know Nothing, Jon Snow". [[note]]Surprising absolutely no one who had read the books, Ygritte's {{Catchphrase}} quickly became [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-know-nothing-jon-snow a meme]].[[/note]] |
| 644 | * Variation of "You know nothing, Jon Snow": After giving the [[TheImmodestOrgasm Lord's Kiss]] to Ygritte, "You Know ONE Thing, Jon Snow." |
| 645 | * Almost mix-and-match variations with Jon Snow and Bran Stark who became the omniscient Three-Eyed Raven demi-god -- Jon Snow: knows Nothing. Does Everything. Bran: Knows Everything. Does Nothing. Alternatively, in memes for the episode [[Recap/GameOfThronesS8E3TheLongNight The Long Night]], Jon knows nothing and does nothing.[[note]]Resulting from Jon fighting in this episode but failing in every attempt to kill the Night King, who fans believed Jon would be the one to off; Jon being unable to conquer the obstacles in his way, facing his doom in yelling at an undead dragon he couldn't overcome, and not getting to go up against a single White Walker.[[/note]] |
| 646 | * Barristan is strong because he's [[Franchise/StarWars General Dodonna]]. Both roles are courtesy of Ian [=McElhinney=]. |
| 647 | * Images of the Iron Throne with another character photoshopped to be sitting on it or drawings of such. Heroes, villains, celebrities, politicians, you name it; it's been done. It's just ''that'' iconic an image for AmbitionIsEvil. |
| 648 | * "You're/you must be Ned Stark's bastard." [[note]]''Everyone'' who meets Jon Snow says [[PhraseCatcher some variant of this]], so it's become popular to photoshop it into photos of Kit Harrington from outside the show, or photoshop characters who were never in the show saying it to him. The irony, of course, was that he never was a bastard in the first place, let alone Ned's. [[/note]] |
| 649 | * Daenerys' obsession with her long list of titles and epithets lead to several memes: people attempt to make her list even longer (like 'breaker of chains' and 'maker of chains' after she restrains her dragons in the pyramid). Or people comprise lists for other characters, e.g. "Lord Tyrion of House Lannister, The Imp, Spymaster of King's Landing, Rightful Heir of Casterly Rock (later Lord of Casterly Rock), son of Lord Tywin of House Lannister, Half Man to the Hill Tribes, victor of the Eyrie trial by combat, Hand of the King to Lord Joffery of House Baratheon, Master of Coin, Kingslayer of Joffrey of House Baratheon, Kinslayer to Tywin and Joanna Lannister, Hand of the Queen Daenerys of House Targaryen, Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons, ''and the God Emperor of the Seven Kingdoms and Warden of all the Realms of, 'I Don't Give A Shit'.''" |
| 650 | * Jon Snow is a [[http://heteronomy.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/hipster-jon-snow.jpg?w=500&h=621&h=621 hipster]]. |
| 651 | %% * "A Lannister always pays his debts." |
| 652 | * Slow Loras Tyrell. [[note]]A pun of Loras' name being a homophone for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_loris a relative of the lemur]], often including Finn Jones' head photoshopped onto the animal's body[[/note]] |
| 653 | * Jorah Mormont, a DoggedNiceGuy to Khaleesi/Queen Daenerys: |
| 654 | ** He's called "King of the Friendzone" or Lord Friendzone. |
| 655 | ** Season 3 had a number of compilations in response to Daenerys hopefully asking about Daario Naharis' fate during the midnight raid of the city, with the most notable coupling it with [[Memes/TheSimpsons Bart telling Lisa]] that "you can actually pinpoint the second his heart rips in half". |
| 656 | ** After his exile in Season 4 by Dany who furiously rebukes him and cuts all ties with him, many smartasses are now piping up with "At least he's not in the Friendzone anymore" type comments. |
| 657 | ** Jorah the Explorer (like WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer): Explored the Friendzone to the fullest.[[note]]It also sums up nicely his exiled knight thing: he's a well-travelled guy who knows much about many parts of the Planetos.[[/note]] |
| 658 | * Hi this is [insert character name] and this is ''Series/{{Jackass}}''[[note]] this is a growing meme on Website/YouTube regarding any character from the show that's about to do something dangerous and stupid that it mirrors something one would see on ''Jackass''.[[/note]] |
| 659 | * On forums people who make speculations based purely on the show without knowledge of the book events are often affectionately called "Unsullied". If they make a particularly optimistic prediction, the response is usually along the lines of "Oh sweet Summer child..." |
| 660 | * Fans who still love the series after the divisive final seasons sometimes refer to themselves as "The Unbroken", in reference to House Martell's motto. |
| 661 | * "Doesn't Matter Had Sex" [[note]]A meme based around a lyric from the Lonely Island song "I Just Had Sex" regarding a character that has been placed in/created a situation where something terrible has or will happen, but the character doesn't care because they "just had sex", thus rendering the consequences of the situation null and void. The meme has been applied to Stannis in light of his indifferent reaction to Melisandre revealing she has drained his life energy during sex (and therefore doesn't want to have sex with him anymore- which displeases Stannis), as well as Edmure Tully (although the show later indicates [[YankTheDogsChain he didn't even get to have sex]], but Jaime Lannister says he's managed to conceive a child during their wedding night.)[[/note]] |
| 662 | * "Classic Roose". Whenever Roose Bolton trolls someone. Alternatively, "The Roose is loose". |
| 663 | * "House Trollton strikes again!" whenever Roose or Ramsay Boltons troll someone. |
| 664 | * "One does not simply make a meme about Game of Thrones without watching the show." Snowclone of "One does not simply X", which is made from a memorable quote from ''Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' "One does not simply walk into Mordor". It helps that Boromir who says the line in the film is played by this show's very own Sean Bean who portrays Ned Stark. |
| 665 | * "Actually, in the books..." A frequent refrain among book-readers and even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snm6qnezv0Q GRRM himself]]. |
| 666 | * Comments to the effect that Westeros has "only two songs" (in reference to the show's emphasis on/multiple versions played of "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" and "The Rains of Castamere", including the fact that both songs supply episode titles). As of "The Mountain and the Viper", where those are the only two songs mentioned in the brothel's belching contest, it's bordering on AscendedMeme. In Season 7, Arya comes across a group of Lannister soldiers singing a song.[[note]] It's the unnamed song that, in the books, Symon Silver Tongue wrote about Tyrion and Shae[[/note]] She quips she's never heard it before, and they reply it's a new one. Definitely an AscendedMeme. |
| 667 | * Arya is [[http://gameoflaughs.tumblr.com/post/64130126767/arya-stark-memes Badass]]. [[note]] Pictures of a smirking Arya, accompanied by [[MemeticBadass Memetic Badass]]-type [[BadassBoast boasts]].[[/note]] |
| 668 | * After ''Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug'', people started making edits about [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/0d/84/fc/0d84fc68a1c372504298dc621809cc22.jpg Daenerys nagging Smaug]].[[note]] Daenerys is the Mother of Dragons, and Smaug is a dragon, so she acts like a nagging mother towards him.[[/note]] |
| 669 | * Joffrey is the JustForFun/FantasyCounterpart to Music/JustinBieber: blond, young, famous and utterly hated. Even Creator/SophieTurner (Sansa) has made the comparison. |
| 670 | * "These Hoes Ain't Loyal" applies to Ellaria and the Sand Snakes in Season 5, where they constantly disobey Prince Doran and eventually kill him and his son in Season 6. |
| 671 | * Brienne of Darth (Gwendoline Christie has been cast in ''Star Wars Episode VII.'') |
| 672 | * [[http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.12223016.2834/fc,550x550,red.jpg Once you go black, you never go back.]] |
| 673 | * "Shut up Bran, this isn't in the books!" (and similar phrases): A joke claiming that Jojen only knows the future because he reads the books. Unfortunately for him, season four is a bit OffTheRails in that regard. |
| 674 | * "You've just been Littlefingered!" is another one for the all the times when Lord Baelish stabs someone in the back. Littlefinger has been Littlefingered! |
| 675 | * After [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethII Queen Elizabeth II]] visited the set in Belfast, pictures of her eyeing the Iron Throne have become very popular. |
| 676 | --> "7 Kingdoms. How Quaint. I have ''[[UsefulNotes/TheCommonwealthOfNations 53]]''". [[note]]Technically she only rules 16 of them.[[/note]] |
| 677 | * Anything having to do with Stannis and [[KneelBeforeZod kneeling.]] |
| 678 | ** "Bend the knee!" Stannis's catchphrase has become memetic among his fans, especially after he completely wrecks the Wildlings and demands that Mance kneel before him. |
| 679 | ** "My knees are bending on their own!" Stannis fans will post this comment when he does something awesome. [[MemeticBadass Or even when he just shows up.]] |
| 680 | ** "We do not kneel." Mance Rayder's stubborn response. |
| 681 | * NOBODY expects the Stannis Inquisition! [[note]]Meme made from the legendary sketch from ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', with line "Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition". Complete with macros of Stannis, Melissadre and Davos in red habits, very much like the Monty Python guys were in the original sketch.[[/note]] |
| 682 | * Many compare Jaime's appearance to Prince Charming from ''Shrek'', which ended up memetic when Jaime is killed by being crushed by a castle, just like Prince Charming in ''Shrek 3''. |
| 683 | * This [[http://thelordberic.tumblr.com/post/85225369289/circle-of-trust-d infographic]] on the Circle of Trust perfectly encapsulates Littlefinger's reliability. |
| 684 | * Teleport device/Jetpacks [[labelnote: Explanation]] Later seasons have people crossing large distances in disproportionately short time spans, leading some viewers to joke that they all got their hands on some teleportation device or jetpacks or that Qyburn, the resident MadScientist, invented jetpacks [[/labelnote]] |
| 685 | ** Littlefinger who travels around Westeros via teleporter/faster-than-light/portal network/jetpack in reference to the show's insistence on overusing him in the series simply to give the actor something to do. It strains credibility that he could travel so quickly. |
| 686 | ** In Season 6, some viewers have posited that Varys borrowed Littlefinger's teleportation device to cross the narrow sea near-instantaneously. |
| 687 | ** Gendry borrowed the jetpack, too, having run from the suicide mission to get a wight to the wall super quickly. |
| 688 | * The continuous growing of Bran (and him becoming noticeably older), continuous growing of his hair, and his eyebrows becoming progressively bushier mean that the next time he appears, he'll be played by Creator/JohnOliver. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_evolution_of_bran_stark_4.jpg Evolution of Bran Stark]]. |
| 689 | * Bran Stark in season 4 and season 10. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bran_freddie_meme_6.jpg Freddie Mercury look.]] |
| 690 | * The fact that Balon and Yara Greyjoy are rarely mentioned and have appeared in only two scenes since Season 2 has given rise to [[http://thronesmeme.tumblr.com/image/120599361749 "We Do Not Show"]], a play on their House words. |
| 691 | * Grey Worm's more-than-passing resemblance to UsefulNotes/BarackObama is taking hold. |
| 692 | * As a result of the high degree of CompositeCharacter in season 5, you have such nicknames as Ser Jonah Mormontington (a cross of Jorah Mormont and Jon Connington whose story he takes in Season 5), Ellariane (Ellaria taking Arianne Martell's storyline) and S.I.N.O (Sansa In Name Only, for the merging of Sansa and Jeyne Poole's story in Season 5). Fans note that Sansa has taken the role of Jeyne who was disguised as a Fake Arya Stark, and so call it Fake-Sansa or Jeynsa. |
| 693 | * Stannis the GrammarNazi. Gets played for [[http://i.imgur.com/G4SlP0d.jpg very dark humor]] sometimes. [[note]]In the second season, Stannis tells Ser Davos that it's "fewer fingernails" as opposed to "less". This gets a CallBack in season five, when he mutters "fewer" to himself in response to a character talking about "less enemies". Gets another CallBack when Ser DAVOS corrects King Jon Snow's grammar from less to fewer. Stannis taught him well.[[/note]] |
| 694 | * George R.R. Martin's stock non-answer whenever anyone asks what he thinks about a change made to his story, "The show is the show, the books are the books." |
| 695 | * Ian [=McShane's=] response to the fans upset at him spoiling which character he would be playing: "Get a fucking life, it's just tits and dragons!" It helps that it sounds ''exactly'' like something a typical [=McShane=] character would say. Chances are, you are reading it in his voice, and adding "cocksuckers!" at the end. |
| 696 | * Make Westeros Great Again. [[note]]Parody of Donald Trump's political campaign, usually promoting a certain candidate for presidency in 2016. Ramsay, Tyrion, Jon, Euron Greyjoy and Daenerys are particularly popular for this, implying varying degrees of affection for the characters (and Trump), but it can be used to promote anyone in the show. Even Hodor? ''Especially'' Hodor.[[/note]] |
| 697 | * Comparing the High Sparrow to US Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Both are popular leaders and even resemble each other. |
| 698 | * It's not uncommon to see the High Sparrow compared to another crowd-pleasing figure who happens to bear a resemblance, Pope Francis. |
| 699 | * Whatever happened to Gendry after he was dispatched by Davos from Dragonstone? |
| 700 | ** Common consensus as to the whereabouts of [[PutOnABus Gendry]] is that he is [[OffscreenInertia still rowing.]] |
| 701 | ** His rowboat has been unofficially named the ''SS Abandoned Plotlines'', and its occupants include anyone who has been missing from the show for a year or more, i.e. Beric Dondarrion, Thoros of Myr, The Blackfish, Yara Greyjoy. |
| 702 | ** And by the end of Season Six, everybody has gotten off the boat... [[LongBusTrip except for Gendry.]] |
| 703 | ** One version of the meme has Gendry finally reaching land... [[FromBadToWorse at Hardhome.]] [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere He decides to turn around and keep rowing for a few more seasons.]] [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a5/d7/50/a5d750ab17477a6782a8944d14069603.jpg For example]]... |
| 704 | ** AscendedMeme. Davos mentions that he, too, thought Gendry would still be rowing when they meet in Fleabottom in the show. |
| 705 | * "On second thought, let’s not go to Dorne. It’s a silly place!" -- The Dorne plot was met with heavy backlash despite the fact that people were hyped for it and excited. The line from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' when King Arthur decides not to go to Camelot sums it up neatly. |
| 706 | * "Honey-potting". [[note]]A fan-speak (and {{Hatedom}}) term for {{Fanwank}} and EpilepticTrees seen as either overly complex or cleverer than what the showrunners actually wrote. Named for the "Lannister Honeypot Theory", a moderately popular fan theory born of Talisa's characterization, which struck many fans as anachronistic to a [[CrapsackWorld crapsack]] medieval world and convinced them there must be more to the character. This led theorists to ultimately settle on Talisa being a {{Honeypot}} in the employ of the Lannisters, meant to seduce Robb to set up the Red Wedding, and claiming the letters she said she was writing to her family were suspicious. The theory was ultimately bloodily {{Jossed}} with when the Red Wedding actually played out, rendering the intricate fan explanations for her behaviour completely moot. Other examples include the "Not Really Arya" theory for Arya's IdiotBall behaviour in "The Broken Man" and the "Two Failed Students" explanation for the Waif's constant un-Faceless-Man-like behavior.[[/note]] Usually accompanied by a picture of Franchise/WinnieThePooh eating honey from a pot. |
| 707 | * [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/6e/a4/56/6ea45673f374fa9b47fd305b329829fd.jpg Arya kidding me?]] (this version is just one of many). Based on Arya/"Are ya"'s PunnyName and Maise Willaims's expressive faces. |
| 708 | * [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/a2/55/65/a255658e6ac7023305feb9d41498f7a8.jpg On a scale of one to Sansa Stark, how much do you regret your childhood crush?]] [[note]]Considering that Sansa's childhood crush and her choosing to side with him rather than with her family ultimately lead to her beloved father's execution, disappearance and suffering of her sister, her own imprisonment, beatings and subsequently the death of her mother and her eldest brother, destruction of her home, younger brothers' exile... not to mention the Civil War in Westeros. Suffice to say, Sansa Stark's first crush regrets broke the rating scale.[[/note]] |
| 709 | * [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Frodo Baggins]] [[http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/29700000/got-game-of-thrones-29788112-500-369.png is the Stallion Who Mounts the World]].[[note]]Frodo is introduced in ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' as "Frodo, son of Drogo".[[/note]] |
| 710 | %% * [[Franchise/StarWars No,]] ''I'' [[https://pics.onsizzle.com/Facebook-Game-of-Thrones-Memes-43af00.png am your father.]] |
| 711 | * The in-universe nickname Mad King has many varions for subsequent kings or those who considered themselves kings. [[https://pics.onsizzle.com/he-mad-king-the-eat-king-the-bad-king-the-2930577.png Mad King. Fat King. Bad King.]] Splat King. Wheel King. |
| 712 | * [[http://www.wastedpotatoes.com/subcategories/2016/game_of_thrones_memes/image/game_of_thrones_memes22.jpg Lich King. Witch King. Bitch King.]] |
| 713 | * [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/36/f5/34/36f534c94f42efdb5a5f7cd86abbcdd1.jpg Bran and Jaime throw insults at each other.]] |
| 714 | * [[https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/enhanced/webdr01/2013/4/10/13/enhanced-buzz-30083-1365615193-15.jpg Raisin Bran.]] |
| 715 | * Black of hair. Description of the classic Baratheon look from Westerosi book version of Ancestry.com [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1wL4PMc4Vo Robert Baratheon: black of hair.]] Stannis Baratheon: lack of hair. Joffrey Baratheon: lack of air.[[note]] He was poisoned and couldn't breathe when dying.[[/note]] Gendry Baratheon: [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse where oh where]]. [[note]]Got lost at sea[[/note]] The rhyming proved quite popular: Theon Greyjoy: lacks a pair.[[note]]Was castrated and lost both pillar and the stones...[[/note]] Brienne of Tarth: fights a bear. [[note]]The Bolton soldiers wanted to have some fun, watching her fight a bear and be killed by the animal[[/note]] Viserys Targaryen: golden-head. [[note]]Got cool and unusual death by melted gold[[/note]] It's even been applied to England's succession crisis with, "King Edward, black of hair, Prince Charles, lack of hair, Prince Harry... Red of hair???" |
| 716 | * Some [[http://www.troll.me/images/hipster-joff/marry-a-traitors-daughter-makes-no-sansa.jpg things]] just don't make [[https://cdn.meme.am/cache/instances/folder305/500x/64910305.jpg Sansa]]. |
| 717 | * [[http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/a-lannister-always-pays-his-debts.jpg Tyrion advertises for Mastercard.]] |
| 718 | * Apparently, Ramsay Bolton is a hero... [[http://wanna-joke.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/good-guy-ramsay-game-of-thrones.jpg when out of context.]] |
| 719 | * And now a story about a family who lost everything, and the one son who has to keep them together. [[note]]Similarities between the Lannisters and the Starks with the [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Bluths]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8l4ZFIxB2I did not go unnoticed]].[[/note]] |
| 720 | * [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/64/18/60/641860d4da5be7d81068548eea8670e2--game-of-thrones-meme-gilly-game-of-thrones.jpg Gilly wins the awkward family relationship debate]]. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gilly_family_tree.jpeg She has a really fucked-up family tree.]] |
| 721 | %% * [[https://www.geeksaresexy.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/burn.jpg And the burns pile up.]] |
| 722 | * [[https://m.9gag.com/gag/aNzY3M3 Makes sense why Jon Snow is still alive.]] [[note]]A comparison of two photos: one of young George. R.R. Martin with big curly hair, a beard, and glasses and one of Kit Harrington sporting a very similar beard, glasses, and hairdo.[[/note]] |
| 723 | * Why is it taking so long to the White Walkers to reach the Wall? [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/we_lost_bro.jpg They're lost!]] |
| 724 | %% * [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/55/66/72/556672ae89a5be3e2a69805d0a3106de--rihanna-games-ramsay-bolton-funny.jpg Ramsay Snow just found himself a favorite singer.]] |
| 725 | * [[BlindIdiotTranslation Rice dramatically!]] [[labelnote:note]]Based off a mistranslation of a libelous faked interview of GeorgeRRMartin. Typically used in the context of the long-running IncestYay shipping war. [[https://78.media.tumblr.com/b0510ddbfc5284fbc1fa0811eeed3b9f/tumblr_oypib71iPv1wwg4amo1_500.png Photos and stills]] with rice edited into them are a bonus.[[/labelnote]] |
| 726 | * After the release of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', it's starting to become a thing for fans to compare the Red Wedding to the climax of that film. |
| 727 | * During the World Cup 2018, most of the favorites to win the Cup were all eliminated one by one, enacting this meme of favourite characters dropping like flies again. |
| 728 | * Just about every scene featuring Gregor post-zombification where he just stands still in a face-concealing helmet will get a comment on his incredible acting skills. |
| 729 | * [[https://pics.me.me/level-of-being-dramatically-tired-jon-snow-49738892.png Level of being dramatically tired: Jon Snow.]] |
| 730 | -->Imagine trying to keep an entire country safe from a pending zombie attack while they're all busy fighting over a chair. |
| 731 | * Stark reunion be awkward: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/reunion_meme.jpg See]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/house_stark_reunion_idied_then_came_backtolife_iam_a_faceless_26567656.png it]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stark_reunion_meme_400x400_3.jpg here]]. |
| 732 | * Jon Snow the hero has to be backed up by women constantly: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/behind_every_succesful_man_5.jpg Behind every successful man...]] |
| 733 | * [[SarcasmMode "BEST SEASON EVAH!"]] [[note]]Back in 2018, Creator/JacobAnderson, Emilia Clarke and Nathalie Emmanuel were [[https://youtu.be/Vxh4hnFKaHs?t=42 interviewed about filming their last scenes and if they were happy with how the show was going to end]] (filming was complete but the final season hadn't aired yet). Emilia laughed awkwardly, said "Best season ever!" and gave an ambiguous look to the camera, while Jacob and Nathalie smiled nervously. Given [[HarsherInHindsight the final season and the audience reception after Episode 3]], in hindsight many fans realized that Emilia was trying to tell them [[ThisIsGonnaSuck the direction the show was going]].[[/note]] |
| 734 | * Game of Thrones: [[Anime/FullMetalAlchemistBrotherhood Brotherhood]][[note]]Quite a few of Season 8's criticisms are heavily blamed on the show [[OvertookTheManga overtaking the books]], similar to what happened with ''Anime/FullMetalAlchemist2003''. People are jokingly waiting for a hypothetical ''Brotherhood'' reboot to actually follow the books[[/note]] |
| 735 | * "I can't wait to never watch it!"[[note]]For a lot of people who never watched ''Game of Thrones'' or gave up a long time ago, the outrage and the amount of coverage and complaining about season 8 and, especially, Dany's FaceHeelTurn has caused a lot of backlash from people ''who just do not care''. The general reaction from non-fans is "hey, that's cool, I don't give a shit and never will" and are just sick of hearing about it on social media.[[/note]] |
| 736 | * My friendship with ''Game of Thrones'' is over. ''Star Wars'' is my new friend. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Rumors surrounding the fact that HBO offered them 2 full seasons but Benioff and Weiss rejected the offer, leading to the rapid deterioration of writing in Season 8 in attempt to cram everything down, so they free up their schedule to join ''Star Wars''. [[/labelnote]] |
| 737 | ** My friendship with ''Star Wars'' is over. Netflix is my new best friend. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Once the news surfaced that [[https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/film/2019/oct/29/game-of-thrones-creators-benioff-and-weiss-drop-star-wars-movies-for-netflix/ Benioff and Weiss quit Star Wars due to a better offer given by Netflix]], fans reacted to this with mixed emotions of elation and hurt, and suggested that Disney actually fired them due to not trusting the writers for failing in Will Smith's ''Film/GeminiMan'' (whose writing was directed by Benioff and considered to be a poor aspect of the movie) as well as the extreme backlash the final 2 seasons faced, and hurt that Benioff and Weiss cut ''Game of Thrones'' short abruptly to jump to ''Star Wars'', then quitting that as well.[[/labelnote]] |
| 738 | * "Themes are for eighth-grade book reports."[[labelnote:Explanation]]In [[http://grantland.com/features/the-return-hbo-game-thrones/ an infamous interview]], David Benioff supposedly told the interviewer this quote when asked about the overall intent of the ten episodes in the then-upcoming third season. It gained a lot of traction in the wake of season eight.[[/labelnote]] |
| 739 | * The "aaaaaAAAAAA" part in Dany's theme[[labelnote:Explanation]]Daenerys' Leitmotif has a distinctive chant [[https://youtu.be/93dH_uNOimo in its climax,]] seemingly producing a sense of awe and wonder at her dragons. Though after the burning of King's Landing, fans have come to joke that the "burning people were also screaming aaaaAAAAA". [[/labelnote]] |
| 740 | * "The xenomorphs send their regards."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A much younger Charles Dance (who plays Tywin Lannister) played a character in ''Film/Alien3'' where he is a doctor who is killed by the alien. Naturally, this didn't escape the fandom's eye. This meme is a snowclone of Roose Bolton's pre-mortem one-liner "Lannisters send their regards."[[/labelnote]] |
| 741 | * Franchise/{{Godzilla}} memes: |
| 742 | ** Tywin vs. Godzilla[[labelnote:Explanation]]Charles Dance (who portrayed Tywin Lannister) has a role as the main human antagonist in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''. Quite fittingly, the main plot of the film involves the monsters fighting over dominance and take the throne as the titular "King of the Monsters", which of course only fueled the ''[=GoT=]'' comparisons.[[/labelnote]] |
| 743 | ** The official Legendary Twitter even acknowledged the meme, saying ''"The watch has ended. Now it is time for the true king to rise."'' Which of course led to images [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/756/919/6eb.jpg like this.]] |
| 744 | ** "Nuclear Winter is Coming"/"Gravity Beams and Blood"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Variations of the House mottoes "Winter is coming" by Starks and "Fire and Blood" from Targaryens. Some fans have joked that the sigil of House Stark, being heavily stylized, looks more like Godzilla than a direwolf. Given the sigil of House Targaryen, being a three-headed dragon resembling Godzilla's archenemy King Ghidorah, the comparisons became very fitting. [[/labelnote]] |
| 745 | ** Due to Godzilla in GMK having blank white eyes[[labelnote:note]]In this continuity, Godzilla is an undead monster possessed by the vengeful souls of WWII victims[[/labelnote]] it's caused fans to joke that [[https://true-king-of-monsters.tumblr.com/post/185669767161/goddamnit-bran#notes Bran is actually warging Godzilla.]] |
| 746 | * Epic showdowns between badasses are referred to with awesome names ending with the suffix -bowl. [[note]]Cleganebowl is the most famous one, coined for the most anticipated combat between Gregor Clagane the Mountain and Sandor Clagane the Hound. Bastardbowl or Snowbowl is a fan nickname for Battle of the Bastards between northern leaders Jon Snow and Ramsey Bolton (originally known as Ramsey Snow). The last confrontation between Arya and the Waif of the Faceless men is sometimes called Noonebowl (as Faceless Men should lose their identity and become no one).[[/note]] |
| 747 | * It Varys. [[note]]Varys' character was a bit shady and it was hard to see where his loyalties truly are and whom he serves. A play on "it varies". Examples include: "Who do I serve? It Varys." -- "How do I serve the realm? It Varys." -- "How do you win the game of thrones? It Varys."-- "Known as The Eunuch or The Spider. It Varys." -- Or dab at the time-distance travelling inconsistencies: "How long does it take to get from Dorne to Mereen? It Varys." -- Or "Why do you betray people so much?" -- "It's simple, m'lord. My loyalty varies" [[/note]] |
| 748 | * Arya pranking people with her faceless skills. [[note]]She can literally take face and body and impersonate dead people, notably those she has killed, as shown with her revenge on the Freys when she took Walder Frey's looks. There are memes of her pranking Sansa with Littlefinger's face or pranking Jon with the Night's King's face.[[/note]] |
| 749 | * Varys is a merman[[labelnote:Explanation]]A meme that arose regarding how Varys managed to cross the ocean is such a short time. It eventually drew comparisons to Aquaman and Zoolander.[[/labelnote]] |
| 750 | * Battle of the Sarah Connors[[labelnote:Explanation]]Lena Headey (Cersei) and Emilia Clarke (Daenerys) both played the role of Sarah Connor in the Terminator franchise in ''The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' and ''Terminator Genisys'' respectively. As the two play rivals to the throne, it's become common for fans to joke about their shared role.[[/labelnote]] |
| 751 | * Mother of Falcons[[labelnote:Explanation]]A joke that arose from Emilia Clarke having a role on Solo: A Star Wars story, where she plays a co pilot of the Millenium Falcon.[[/labelnote]] |
| 752 | * Saying that the Wall was built to protect the White Walkers, namely from [[MemeticBadass Memetic Badasses]] like Tywin or Stannis. |
| 753 | * They forgot about Jon's lines! [[labelnote:Explanation]] Jon Snow had very limited lines in the eighth season, ranging from 'The Night King is coming' to 'You're my queen', to 'I don't want it' [i.e. the Iron Throne], to 'We need powerful allies!', to 'We need to put aside our differences' to screaming incoherently at undead dragon Viserion. Naturally, the lines started mutating more and more as they were quoted often to mock Jon's lack of dialogue. [[/labelnote]] |
| 754 | * Jon Snow's dialogue options. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Computer game version of Jon Snow's poor dialogue. A: WE NEED ALLIES! B: I dun wan et! C: U R MUH KWEEN D: The night king is coming E: I dun wan muh kween's allies! F. [far away look] G. [looks confused] H: SHES EVERYONES KWEEN! [[/labelnote]] |
| 755 | * Mah Queen / Mah Kween [[labelnote: Explanation]] Jokes that a lot of Jon's dialogue in Season 8 (though it started back in Season 7) consists of him stating that Daenerys is his queen in some form ('mah' being the FunetikAksent version of 'my'). There are even [[https://youtu.be/TyOPiFyusnQ compilation videos]]. [[/labelnote]] |
| 756 | * I don't want it / Ah don wannit / Ah dun wan et. [[note]]Another of Jon's mutated dialogues, originally meant as Jon rejecting the Iron Throne in favor of his love, Daenerys, which had pretty fatal consequences for all the parties involved. Fans have led it to saying that Kit Harrington said this when he was nominated for Emmys, as well as Benioff and Weiss saying this when [=HBO=] essentially offered them a blank cheque for the series. Another joke is that when Kit Harington got offered the role of Jon Snow, he kept repeating he didn't want it, which only convinced the show runners further he was the one for the role. It has many different FunetikAksent versions. [[/note]] |
| 757 | * The Starks are the X-Men [[labelnote: Explanation]] There have been some noted comparisons between characters from the [[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men films]] and the surviving Stark kids; Jon is Wolverine (fights with a rare metal, has an AnimalMotif, comes back from the dead, has a tragic romance with a redhead and is forced to kill his love interest to stop her from destroying the world), Arya is Mystique (an assassin who can change her face), Bran is Professor X (a paralysed guy in a wheelchair with mind powers) and Sansa is ''literally'' Jean Grey (Sophie Turner plays young Jean in ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' and ''Film/DarkPhoenix'') [[/labelnote]] |
| 758 | * Euron and his magic teleporting fleet [[labelnote: Explanation]] Euron's fleet seems to be able to travel vast distances very quickly and unexpectedly pop up whenever and wherever the plot needs him to; some people even half-joke that it's a genuine power he has, given that the book version of Euron explicitly dabbles in sorcery [[/labelnote]] |
| 759 | * "''Breaking Bad'' is still the greatest show ever" [[labelnote: Explanation]] There are lots of comments on the internet comparing the two shows, with this sentence in particular (or variations thereof) cropping up in the wake of Season 8. Both are highly acclaimed and some purported that ''Game of Thrones'' could even surpass ''Series/BreakingBad''; however this is apparently not the case considering the [[SeasonalRot generally negative critical reception]] towards ''Game of Thrones'''s final season. [[/labelnote]] |
| 760 | * How do you spell that? [[labelnote: Explanation]] Jokes about how baristas would have trouble writing Daenerys' name on her coffee cup because of her numerous titles and epithets. Arya, on the other hand would have the opposite problem because 'A girl is no one'. It became HilariousInHindsight and saw a resurgence in popularity after a Starbucks cup was accidentally left in front of Daenerys in Season 8. [[/labelnote]] |
| 761 | * Incompetence shouldn't be rewarded with blind loyalty. [[note]] Originally spoken by Varys when he was on trial for his ChronicBackstabbingDisorder tendencies in Season 7 as he justified why he kept searching for better rulers, this quote is becoming more and more popular due to the BrokenBase generated by Season 8, with those who didn't like the direction saying these to those who still defend the poor writing choices and SeasonalRot that began in Season 7 itself.[[/note]] |
| 762 | * Cersei, you will marry the Night King! [[labelnote: Explanation]]People joking that if Tywin hadn't died, his solution to the White Walker problem would be to force Cersei to marry the Night King. It was Tywin's go-to solution as his daughter Cersei was promised to Targaryens, after the rebellion she married King Robert and then despite her protests, Tywin made a match for her with Ser Loras Tyrell.[[/labelnote]] |
| 763 | * Subverting expectations. [[note]]Benioff and Weiss admitted it in the Inside the Episode featurette when they revealed that they let Arya kill the Night King just because everyone expected Jon to be the actual killer. Weiss explicitly admitted it will be 'cooler' if Arya was the one who slayed the Night King. Fans ran wild with it as they also extended it to the remaining part of the series, as character arcs were subverted, plot points were sacrificed for cheap shock as well as admitting the showrunners also subverted our expectations about the show having a great ending. The phrase refers to a mocking criticism of various pop culture franchises, such as Star Wars and Game of Thrones, in their attempts at surprising the audience. The criticism is largely used for cultural artifacts that some believe make story choices that are unjustified, confusing or illogical for the sake of shock. This phrase has been previously used as a positive criticism of the show (and other fictional works as well) but it's often used currently as a sarcastic response to the praise.[[/note]] |
| 764 | * "Give me something for the pain and let me die." [[note]]A quote from Robert Baratheon as he was dying due to being disemboweled by the boar and suffering from immense pain is used by fans to describe their distaste at the show's direction for its final season.[[/note]] |
| 765 | * ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' 2.0.[[labelnote: Explanation]]Following the end of the series, some fans noted that the show's quality curve ended up uncannily following that of ''Dexter'', namely by having the first four seasons getting a near-unanimously positive reaction, then starting to succumb to SeasonalRot with the fifth season, albeit while having an up-tick for one season -- Season 6 in this show's case, Season 7 in the case of ''Dexter'' -- before bottoming out with a final season that was considered disappointing all-around and eventually culminated in one of the most universally criticised finales of any TV series in history. Also, the point where both ''Dexter'' and ''Game of Thrones'' are generally accused of having completely crashed and burned was when they had to move into territory that the respective source novels each franchise was based on hadn't yet covered, albeit ''Dexter'' was never as direct a translation of its literary counterpart as the first half of this series was.[[/labelnote]] |
| 766 | * Who's here to watch an actual night battle/cavalry charge/coronation? [[note]]Once considered the series that could have toppled the ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' film trilogy for the seat of best live-action fantasy show during its heyday, SeasonalRot from the latter half onwards has essentially inverted its reputation while becoming the target of many jokes by the time Season 8 finished airing. Particularly after ''The Long Night'' and ''The Iron Throne'', it's common to see comments in videos of the sieges of Helm's Deep and Minas Tirith as well as the Coronation of Aragorn pop up saying that they are here to see, respectively, an actual high-quality fantasy battle and the crowning of a true king, after the disappointment with the TV series.[[/note]] |
| 767 | * The North Does Not Remember/Forgets/Kinda Forgot. [[labelnote: Explanation]] The show's depiction of the Northern vassals as {{Fair Weather Friend}}s who refuse to help the Starks against the Boltons (a sharp contrast to the books where the tyrannical Boltons had few supporters) and the White Walkers has been met with derision amongst fans. They have used this phrase to mock the often-used phrase "The North Remembers", showing that the Northerners are ultimately all bark and no bite.[[/labelnote]] |
| 768 | * Bobby B bot. [[labelnote:Explanation]] On Reddit's r/freefolk subreddit, an automatic mod response would post a random Robert Baratheon quote whenever the phrase "Bobby B" was typed in, leading to hilarious responses from the bot.[[/labelnote]] |
| 769 | * [=VaRys nO cOcK=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A dig you'll find in any video of Tyrion and Varys from earlier seasons, mocking how their interactions went from witty back and forth banter, to Tyrion just endlessly making eunuch jokes.[[/labelnote]] |
| 770 | * What [x] years of no content does to a fanbase/"Please, George" [[note]]On fansites, threads and discussions scrupulously analyzing minute details or barely-relevant background lore often prompt this response, with the implication being that a decade-plus content drought has led fans who would otherwise be discussing more important aspects into desperation.[[/note]] |
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| 774 | * Among all the Game of Thrones memes, perhaps the most widespread and diverse are the customized "like buttons" for various characters. The fans are extremely creative when it comes to "like". [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/game_of_thrones_fb_memes_like_buttons.png Compilation.]] Example includes: |
| 775 | ** [[http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-mountain-likes-this-post.jpg The Mountain likes this post]] |
| 776 | ** [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jaime_likes.png Jaime Lannister likes this post]] |
| 777 | ** [[http://ih3.redbubble.net/image.27258953.0813/sticker,375x360.u1.png Jaime Lannister likes this post again]] |
| 778 | ** [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ramsey_likes.jpg Ramsay Bolton likes this post]] |
| 779 | ** [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/srireen_baratheon_likes_this_post_o_5431599.jpg Shireen Baratheon likes this post]] |
| 780 | ** [[http://data.whicdn.com/images/200121279/large.jpg Shireen Baratheon likes this post again]] |
| 781 | ** [[https://i.pinimg.com/236x/db/96/6f/db966f62a012b4f355ef62e466d3fc2c--game-of-thrones-funny-funny-memes.jpg Jorah Mormont likes this post]] |
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