| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8044_1_1328650754.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:I used to be an adventurer like you. [[DarthWiki/TvTropesWillRuinYourLife But then I got addicted to TV Tropes]].]] |
| 3 | STOP RIGHT THERE, TROPER! Take a look at these ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' memes and see if any are familiar to you. |
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| 5 | %%PLEASE, REMEMBER: Memes that don't explain where they came from will be deleted. Even if you think it's self-explanatory, there are people who will not get it. There is no such thing as a universal meme. |
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| 7 | !!Please add entries in the following format: |
| 8 | * The name of the video game or company. |
| 9 | ** The meme. [=[[=]labelnote:Explanation[=]]=]The explanation behind the meme, if necessary.[=[[=]/labelnote[=]]=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Like this.[[/labelnote]] |
| 10 | ** Further mutations and successor memes, if any. |
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| 12 | !! Recurring: |
| 13 | * [=[=]remain silent[=]=][[labelnote:Explanation]]The Dark Brotherhood quests in Oblivion and Skyrim often give you the option to not say anything in response to an NPC's dialogue. The NPC will react accordingly.[[/labelnote]] |
| 14 | * "Khajiit has wares, if you have coin."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Standard stock line of Khajiit salespeople. Usually paired with pictures of actual felines.[[/labelnote]] |
| 15 | ** "Khajiit stole nothing... Khajiit is innocent of this crime."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Another stock line, typically paired with pictures of actual felines in cages or being dragged away.[[/labelnote]] |
| 16 | * Fishy Sticks [[labelnote:Explanation]]A forum in-joke that's referenced OncePerEpisode. Basically, it's tradition to give newcomers to the official forum a "fishy stick" in the form of [[http://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/File:Fishystick.jpg this image]], an altered version of Captain Morgan Rum, but the Captain is instead saying "Have a fishy stick!" Bethesda was amused by it and has thrown in various in-game references.[[/labelnote]] |
| 17 | * "''Script/C0DA'' makes it canon." [[labelnote:Explanation]]''[=C0DA=]'', a comic written by Creator/MichaelKirkbride, was about, [[MindScrew among other things]], the nature of ''Elder Scrolls'' canon, in that it is deliberately contradictory and open to the interpretation of the community, particularly in the matter of fanfiction. The absurdity of the comic leads many to use this phrase as a response to shitposts and memes. [[/labelnote]] |
| 18 | * It just works. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Creator/ToddHoward used this phrase during the gameplay reveal of Fallout 4. Fans have begun to use this phrase to refer to how buggy the recent Bethesda games have been.[[/labelnote]] |
| 19 | * Jokes about the lore being written by a guy high off his mind on shroom. [[labelnote:explanation]]Due to the [[MindScrew esoteric]] nature of the series' lore, it's a very common joke within the community that its former main writer, Creator/MichaelKirkbride, was tripping balls on LSD the whole time while writing it. The joke is so prevalent that Website/{{Cracked}} even does a whole [[https://www.cracked.com/article_34819_mythbusted-morrowinds-creators-didnt-make-it-on-shrooms.html article]] debunking it.[[/labelnote]] |
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| 21 | !! ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]:'' |
| 22 | * HALTHALTHALTHALTHALTHALTHALTHALTHALTHALTHALT! [[labelnote:Explanation]]City guards cry "Halt!" while chasing you. Committing a crime will result in ''a lot'' of city guards chasing you; if you keep running around long enough eventually the endlessly spawning guards will clog up the memory and cause the program, fittingly enough, to halt.[[/labelnote]] |
| 23 | |
| 24 | !! ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]:'' |
| 25 | * Game of the Year. All Years.[[labelnote:Explanation]]The Game of the Year edition of the game was still being sold in stores some 10-12 years after it came out, so people ran with it. As of 2018, it has been made a backwards compatible title on the various virtual stores, so it will ''always'' be available.[[/labelnote]] |
| 26 | * YOU N'WAH! FILTHY S'WIT! DIE, FETCHER! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Insults the native Dunmer use in battle. They stick out due to the frequency you'll hear them along with the fact that they're [[FantasticSlurs made up racial slurs]]. Carried over into later games.[[/labelnote]] |
| 27 | * We're watching you, '''scum'''.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A classic "greeting" used by Ordinators. [[/labelnote]] |
| 28 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkdR1X0V7sI The Morrowind Strut.]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The odd walking animation, which spawned several youtube videos. There is even a mod for "Shoes of Extravagant Swag" which will play 'Stayin' Alive' when the player character walks in them.[[/labelnote]] |
| 29 | * The Lusty Argonian Maid [[labelnote:Explanation]]One of the in-game books is a SoBadItsGood excerpt from a [[StylisticSuck cheesy]] pornographic play by resident ChivalrousPervert Crassius Curio. It was so popular with fans that it's been included in every game since, then got sequels in ''Skyrim''.[[/labelnote]] |
| 30 | * "With this character's death, the [[ThreadOfProphecySevered thread of prophecy is severed]]. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created." [[labelnote:Explanation]]A message you get if [[OffTheRails you kill a character who's essential to the plot]]. ''Morrowind'' [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness doesn't have]] "essential" NPC [[PlotArmor protection]], so you can very easily kill someone you weren't meant to and get this message ''a lot''.[[/labelnote]] |
| 31 | * "Why walk when you can ride?" [[labelnote:Explanation]]A common catchphrase from the [=NPCs=] that offer Silt Strider Transport.[[/labelnote]] |
| 32 | * "Mournhold. City of Light. City of Magic" [[labelnote:Explanation]]A common catchphrase from the [=NPCs=] in Mournhold.[[/labelnote]] |
| 33 | * ''The 36 Lessons of Vivec'' debuted in ''Morrowind'' and features the especially memorable line "Reach heaven by violence" repeated in several of the sermons; after being popularized as a reference as a recurring line in ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'', "Reach heaven through violence" has shown up in a lot of varied places since. |
| 34 | * Where's your uniform?[[labelnote:Explanation]]To the frustration of many players, joining the Imperial Legion requires the player to wear a ''very'' selective range of armor when speaking to Legion officers. Approaching them without the right armor equipped will prompt them to ask why the player is out of uniform.[[/labelnote]] |
| 35 | |
| 36 | !! ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]:'' |
| 37 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_2Jduxc2P8 STOP! YOU VIOLATED THE LAW!]] Pay the court a fine or serve your sentence! Your stolen goods are now forfeit! |
| 38 | ** [[LargeHam STOP RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCUM!]] No one breaks the law on ''my'' watch! I'm confiscating your stolen goods, now pay your fine or it's off to jail! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Both lines said by the [[CityGuards Imperial Guardsmen]] when they catch you after you've committed a crime.[[/labelnote]] |
| 39 | *** [[https://youtu.be/TvUxwrC6Fa8 STOP RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCUM! YOU'VE VIOLATED MY MOTHER!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A rather (in)famous variation of the above line, coming from a Gamer Poop video, combining two different sentences.[[/labelnote]] |
| 40 | *** THEN PAY WITH YOUR BLOOD! [[labelnote:Explanation]] This is said if you resist arrest.[[/labelnote]] |
| 41 | ** Goddamn telepathic guards. [[labelnote:Explanation]]When you're caught commiting a crime, somehow ''every guard in the region'' immediately knows you're a criminal upon seeing you, even if you flee all the way across the map.[[/labelnote]] |
| 42 | * BY THE NINE DIVINES! THERE'S BEEN A '''MURDER'''! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Often said directly after you kill someone and take about two steps away from the corpse.[[/labelnote]] |
| 43 | ** BY THE NINE DIVINES! ASSAULT! ASSAULT! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Usually shouted if the player attacks a friendly NPC.[[/labelnote]] |
| 44 | ** "The body is still warm. There is a killer about." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Another line that the guards say upon finding a dead body, which they will often say just after they kill someone themselves.[[/labelnote]] |
| 45 | * BY AZURA! BY AZURA! ''BY AZURA!!'' IT'S THE GRAND CHAMPION! [[labelnote:Explanation]]The line comes from a particularly annoying NPC called the Adoring Fan who follows you around sometimes and can't be killed.[[/labelnote]] |
| 46 | ** Also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQven3ENjXA killing]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0stLp4b83Yo the Adoring Fan]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypXMAIL0p5w in unusual]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEcnZCceZ0M ways]]. |
| 47 | * I heard the Fighters' Guild is recruiting again. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Basically a WelcomeToCorneria. Players can expect to hear it a lot.[[/labelnote]] |
| 48 | * I saw a mud crab the other day. |
| 49 | ** Loathsome things, I hate them. |
| 50 | ** Did you steer well clear of it? |
| 51 | ** [[ArtificialAtmosphericActions Goodbye]].[[labelnote:Explanation]]The system that generates chatter for the [=NPCs=] is a bit eccentric; it often repeats itself and throws together odd conversations, and seems to be weirdly obsessed with mud crabs.[[/labelnote]] |
| 52 | * "[[LargeHam CHEESE! FOR]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM8mH0RNHRY EVERYONE!]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]]One of Sheogorath's lines when you successfully complete a quest for him. He's a fairly MadGod ("Wait, scratch that! Cheese fer no one! That can be just as much as a celebration if you don't like cheese, true?!").[[/labelnote]] |
| 53 | * Powdered deer penis. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Weebam-Na lists off the menu of a failed restaurant, ending the list with "Rat ragu with powdered deer penis." Fans were quick to make the "penis" part of the line a meme.[[/labelnote]] |
| 54 | * "Oblivion NPC dialogue in a nutshell" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Comedic Website/YouTube videos making fun of the aforementioned ArtificialAtmosphericActions by setting [[DullSurprise awkward dialogue]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB3sOf9_nDM from movies, tv shows and other sources to Oblivion music.]] [[/labelnote]] |
| 55 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN80_7rNmcE Have you heard of the high elves?]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]] [=LaFave=] Bros, a Youtube channel, have made short videos with absolutely dead-on imitations of ''Oblivion'' characters' physics, behaviours, and voices. The line "Have you heard of the high elves" has become particularly attached to ''Oblivion'', despite the fact that [[BeamMeUpScotty it is never actually said in the game]].[[/labelnote]] |
| 56 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX8najPmiyc Wait a minute let me do that one again-]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]] Some outtakes were left in the dialogue, with the line said by female elves in the Imperial City after completing "Misdirection" being the most notorious. [[/labelnote]] |
| 57 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9zeQMbGEPc NI-NI-NI-NI-NI-NI-NI-NI]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]In the Shivering Isles DLC you meet a bizarre Argonian who shouts this while running around in circles (appropriately enough, the Argonian is named "Runs-In-Circles").[[/labelnote]] |
| 58 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QWnCDYeYH0 I don't know you and I don't care to know you!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]In Cheydinhal, you meet a corrupt guard who will say this to you. Due to a GoodBadBug, he will continue to say this phrase when he is in a conversation with an NPC.[[/labelnote]] |
| 59 | * Horse armor. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The horse armor DLC was widely regarded as an especially blatant example of RevenueEnhancingDevices, partly because it was released before {{microtransactions}} became a common practice.[[/labelnote]] |
| 60 | |
| 61 | !! ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]:'' |
| 62 | * "...then I [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_in_the_knee took an arrow in the knee]]." [[labelnote:Explanation]]The guards of major settlements tend to say [[WelcomeToCorneria "I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee."]] quite a lot. The strangeness of the phrase at face value and its prolific nature in-game led to it being widely parodied. It got so popular online that it eventually spawned a massive backlash by the second half of the 2010s, with many netizens viewing it as the archetypal example of a DiscreditedMeme.[[/labelnote]] |
| 63 | * [[http://resistart.ir/static/media/uploads/2nd_new_galleries/Ray%20Lederer%20-%20USA%20/ray_lederer_-_usa_(1116).jpg This piece of concept art]] was mistaken by many people to be depicting the player facing a bear with tentacles coming out of its lower half (due to mammoths having four tusks in-universe). Tentacle bears are bound to come up in early discussion about the game. It's a bear eating a mammoth, in case you're wondering. |
| 64 | * FUS RO DAH! [[labelnote:Explanation]]The words for the "Unrelenting Force" shout, which can be used to send [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential just about anything]] flying with a SuperScream that generates GaleForceSound. Literally means "force balance push". Often used in videos that show someone or something getting knocked over. For example, [[https://youtu.be/Ip7QZPw04Ks this video]].[[/labelnote]] |
| 65 | ** In particular, the first glimpse of "FUS RO DAH!" from the trailer, always preceded by the "But there's one they fear..." narration and followed by the game's theme song, quickly became a YouTubePoop trend. |
| 66 | * Weightless Carrots. This has become the rallying cry of those who decry the constant "ruined" mentality over the most inane things... because someone actually ''did'' complain about them at one point on the Bethesda forums. |
| 67 | * [[http://imgur.com/gallery/6Zl7k "Unfortunately, I am the High King of Skyrim."]] Came about after a GameMod was released that let the player actually become the High King of Skyrim, giving them the power to order anyone killed, make anyone a follower, enslave or imprison anyone, etc., with the aforementioned gallery focusing on the various [[TheScrappy Scrappies]] of the game (and [[MemeticBadass the Ebony Warrior]]). |
| 68 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CmH3IL9bEA KA... ME... HA... ME... HA!!!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The master-level shock spell in the destruction tree, Lightning Storm, looks like an electrical variant on the (semi) trope-naming [[{{Kamehamehadoken}} Kamehameha]] from ''Manga/DragonBall''.[[/labelnote]] |
| 69 | * Let me guess, someone stole your sweetroll. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Another quote from the guards. This is actually a reference to previous Elder Scrolls games, where the multiple-choice character creation option would ask you what you would do if someone stole your sweetroll. It's nodded at in ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', another Bethesda game, in which at the start, a bully attempts to steal your sweetroll.[[/labelnote]] |
| 70 | * Did you see those warriors from Hammerfell? They've got curved swords. ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Curved]].'' '''''[[MundaneMadeAwesome Swords]].''''' [[labelnote:Explanation]]Those guards are at it again. The ones in Whiterun will sometimes comment on the Alik'r warriors in the city who do indeed carry curved swords, which the guards find fascinating for some reason. Inexplicably, you can also hear it from guards in the other cities where there aren't any Alik'r warriors at all.[[/labelnote]] |
| 71 | ** Don't let yourself be fooled by a pretty face. You're better than that. [[labelnote:Explanation]] A quote by Kematu, the leader of said Alik'r warriors, if you side with him over Saadia. Lobbed at players that are accused of being DistractedByTheSexy. [[/labelnote]] |
| 72 | * "Something you need, you ''miserable wretch''?" [[labelnote:Explanation]]A common greeting from [=NPC's=] that you've managed to royally piss off, usually by stealing something from them or killing a friend of theirs. Most famously used by the merchant Elrindir if you [[spoiler:murder his brother Anoriath for the Dark Brotherhood]].[[/labelnote]] |
| 73 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e55P2XF38O0 People don't want to be sword.]] |
| 74 | * "Do you get to the Cloud District very often? Oh, what am I saying? Of course, you don't." [[labelnote:Explanation]]A common quote from [[TheScrappy Nazeem]]. Considered particularly grating since the 'Cloud District' is just the area around Dragonsreach, which you can not only get to [[SpaceCompression very easily]] and have to go to several times in the main quest including the first time you visit Whiterun, but may be ''[[FailedASpotCheck exactly where you're standing]]'' when he says this.[[/labelnote]] |
| 75 | * "We are but '''maggots''', ''WRITHING'' in the filth of ''OUR OWN CORRUPTION''!" and "Praise Talos!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]One Nord priest named Heimskr has a [[NoIndoorVoice very]] [[LargeHam loud]] way of appreciation of the god Talos. This makes him, along with Nazeem, one of the most favoured characters to kill for being annoying.[[/labelnote]] |
| 76 | ** And "LET ME SHOOOOOOOOOW YOU THE POWER OF TALOS STORMCROWN!" |
| 77 | * "These ''Skyrim'' [[GameMod mods]] are getting out of hand." [[labelnote:Explanation]]On image-sharing sites like Imgur, this is a typical comment on SceneryPorn photos.[[/labelnote]] |
| 78 | * [[http://oyster.ignimgs.com/mediawiki/apis.ign.com/the-elder-scrolls-5-skyrim/thumb/0/07/Skyrim-horse-meme1.jpg/468px-Skyrim-horse-meme1.jpg Horses not giving a crap about physics]] due to the wonky behavior of mountains. |
| 79 | * ''Skyrim'' now on '''EVERYTHING'''! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Skyrim's repeated appearances at E3 2017 (six years after it came out) caused a bit of a reaction, with comparisons to ''Resident Evil 4''. Notably, this was [[MemeAcknowledgement acknowledged]] by Bethesda at E3 2018, with them jokingly announcing Skyrim Very Special Edition for the Amazon Alexa, Etch-a-Sketch, Motorola pager, and Samsung smart refrigerator.[[/labelnote]] |
| 80 | ** Goddamit Todd, you did it again. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Creator/ToddHoward, executive producer on ''Oblivion'', ''Skyrim'', and several ''Fallout'' games, is stereotyped as an [[TheWonka endearing-but-odd boss]] along the lines of a [[Series/TheOfficeUS Michael Scott]] who desperately wants you to buy multiple copies of ''Skyrim'' / ''Fallout 4'' / ''Fallout 76'' / whatever else [[SeriousBusiness at any cost]], up to and including threatening you at gunpoint, [[RealityWarper putting you inside the game]], or disguising a Bethesda game as another game.[[/labelnote]] |
| 81 | ** After the announcement of Skyrim Special Edition and Skyrim for the Platform/NintendoSwitch, ''Skyrim'' rerelease jokes tend to be accompanied by photoshops of Todd Howard's face to [[PaperThinDisguise vaguely resemble someone else]] to [[ButHeSoundsHandsome hype up the Skyrim rerelease]]. Has become somewhat of an AscendedMeme with the joke reveal trailer for ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnEW6dX_BmU Skyrim: Very Special Edition]]'' at E3 2018, which promised the game would be coming to Amazon Alexa, an electronic refrigerator, and the ''Etch A Sketch''. This meme has been extended to the point of Bethesda sneaking ''Skyrim'' into completely unrelated properties, usually in the form of other games unexpectedly transitioning into the ''Skyrim'' intro (the "Hey you, you're finally awake" meme below). Up to eleven with the announcement of Bethesda being bought by Microsoft and added to Creator/XboxGameStudios and that all Bethesda games will be added to the Xbox Game Pass, with the joke being that Todd Howard successfully sold and will continue to sell ''Skyrim'' every month for the rest of time. |
| 82 | * You are carrying too much to be able to run. [[labelnote:Explanation]]You will see this message '''a lot''' in the early part of the game, especially while trudging toward the nearest town with a general store.[[/labelnote]] |
| 83 | * I'll just create a new character with a fresh playstyle... ''And'' I'm a Stealth Archer again. [[labelnote:Explanation]]''Skyrim'' overhauled the Stealth system which has been in place since the series' inception, taking it from near UselessUsefulStealth levels and buffing it to damn near GameBreaker levels. At high skill levels and with the right perks, it becomes difficult for [=NPCs=] to detect you at all, which added to the [[BackStab stealth combat enhancements]] the game brings, makes it a devastating CriticalHitClass. As such, players attempting to create new characters with different playstyles often [[ComplacentGamingSyndrome find themselves drawn back into being Stealth Archers]]. Meme examples: [[https://i.imgur.com/YFPeX5t.png here]] and [[https://i.imgur.com/6vXDTsz.png here]].[[/labelnote]] |
| 84 | * You cannot fast travel when enemies are nearby. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A great source of aggravation for players attempting to travel to another location, especially as, more often than not, it's caused by a Slaughterfish in a nearby brook that the player can't even see to kill. That, or they've randomly encountered a dragon, ''again''.[[/labelnote]] |
| 85 | * "Then I stripped the corpse naked and threw it in the river." [[labelnote:Explanation]]The standard ending to any story involving bandits, Thalmor agents, or anyone else a player fights. In some cases, it's actually become custom for dealing with dead NPC characters who don't disappear after being murdered, as for many, it essentially becomes a funeral.[[/labelnote]] |
| 86 | * "'''A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON'''" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Picking up Meridia's Beacon automatically triggers both her quest and a ''[[LargeHam loud]]'', sudden voiceover from her, ordering you to go to her temple. The beacon is spawned in a randomly chosen boss chest, making it near inevitable that you'll unwittingly pick it up [[MoodWhiplash in the middle of a different, far more important quest]]. This has made it a popular InterruptingMeme.[[/labelnote]] |
| 87 | * Skyrim Intro [=Copypasta/"Rorikroll"/"Hey,=] you. You're finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, right? Walked right into that Imperial ambush, same as us, and that thief over there." [[labelnote:Explanation]]A series of [[https://i.redd.it/j8w8ut9m4fo11.jpg infamous]] [[https://pics.onsizzle.com/bl-anonymous-09-16-18-sun-06-18-30-no-779981271-reply-%3Ebe-me-%3Efinally-get-a-36286888.png series]] of greentext referencing the opening of the game, usually starts off as the poster is heading somewhere on a carrier or simply closing their eyes, resulting the aforementioned opening once the poster wakes up/opened his/her eyes. Naturally, it spawns [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/419/853/e5c.jpg parodies and variations]].[[/labelnote]] |
| 88 | ** Zenimax Online Studios, the makers of ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'', [[AscendedMeme got in on the memes with the release of the ''Greymoor'' chapter, set in (and beneath) western Skyrim]]. The opening cutscene of the chapter opens with you... waking up... in the back of a horse-drawn cart. The driver then greets you with 'hey, you're finally awake!' Unlike in TES V, you're not a prisoner, just a passenger in a caravan, and the driver is cheerful, but the homage is still glaringly obvious. |
| 89 | * [[ThatOneBoss The Frost Troll]].[[labelnote:Explanation]]The path to High Hrothgar has a BeefGate Frost Troll on it which can very easily kill a low-level character. You ''have'' to go to High Hrothgar to advance the main quest, and are told to go there very early in the main questline, so this can lead to a CycleOfHurting where the Troll kills you over and over, causing it to become a bit of a MemeticBadass amongst the fandom.[[/labelnote]] |
| 90 | * [Insert Skill] 100.[[labelnote:Explanation]] It’s popular to make screenshots of real life news stories accompanied by the appropriate in-game skill, insinuating that the people involved leveled those skills to the max.[[/labelnote]] |
| 91 | ** Illusion 100, Sneak 100. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Similar to the above, except this is used sarcastically, in situations where WithCatLikeTread would apply (a cat hiding amongst towels, or a trail claiming to be a train). [[/labelnote]] |
| 92 | * We Know. [[labelnote:Explantion]]The Dark Brotherhood questline begins when you kill one of their targets and promptly get an anonymous letter saying "We Know" along with a black handprint. Letters in other works of fiction are frequently edited into the same message.[[/labelnote]] |
| 93 | * Quicksaving... [[labelnote:Explanation]]It’s common practice for players to quicksave their game upon meeting annoying or rude [=NPCs=] so they can kill them without getting a bounty or derailing a playthrough.[[/labelnote]] |
| 94 | * Skyrim belongs to the Nords! [[labelnote:Explanation]]A common battle cry among the Nordic [=NPCs=]. Since most characters in the game are Nords, expect to hear this ''a lot''.[[/labelnote]] |
| 95 | ** [[DecapitationPresentation I'll mount your head on my wall!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Another memorable battle cry favoured by the native Nords.[[/labelnote]] |
| 96 | * [[BlackComedyAnimalCruelty You'll make a fine rug, cat!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]] A race-specific taunt that [[CatFolk Khajiit]] will hear ''a lot''. [[/labelnote]] |
| 97 | * You've committed crimes against Skyrim and her people, what say you in your defense? [[labelnote:Explanation]]What the guards say when arresting you. Snowcloned for a variety of scenarios, usually to show disapproval of something.[[/labelnote]] |
| 98 | ** Wait, I know you...[[labelnote:Explanation]]If you try to speak to a guard if you have an active bounty at the hold, they will recognize you and say this before trying to arrest.[[/labelnote]] |
| 99 | * The Sacred Chicken [[labelnote:Explanation]]One of the many [[ArtificialStupidity quirks]] of the game’s AI is that, if you kill any of the chickens or other livestock in villages, [[DisproportionateRetribution every single citizen in the town will turn hostile and attack you with intent to kill]]. The bounty you get for it is pretty minuscule, making their reactions even more inexplicable. One particular chicken in Riverwood near the front gate tends to be casually attacked by new players, leading to them learning this the hard way.[[/labelnote]] |
| 100 | * Must've been my imagination...[[labelnote:Explanation]]The Sneak skill was revamped in Skyrim to basically become "ArtificialStupidity: the Skill"; at high Sneak levels, it's exceedingly common for enemies to not detect you even as you're peppering them with arrows, leading to bandits [[OnlyAFleshWound brushing off the arrows sticking out the back of their heads as a figment of their imagination]].[[/labelnote]] |
| 101 | * Never should have come here![[labelnote:Explanation]][[WelcomeToCorneria Said by every bandit that attacks you ever]]. And most other [=NPCs=] in combat, for that matter. It's also strongly associated with the SuicidalOverconfidence of enemies, who will charge fearlessly at a [[SpikesOfVillainy daedric armor-clad]] Dragonborn with their flimsy iron sword.[[/labelnote]] |
| 102 | * [[{{Cuckold}} Cuckolding]] Faendal/Sven[[labelnote:Explanation]]One of the earliest quests you can do is resolving a LoveTriangle between Faendal, Sven, and Camilla in Riverwood. Whichever of the men you help becomes a recruitable companion. The issue? Camilla is ''a marriage option'', meaning you can help Faendal or Sven get a chance at the woman they love, only to [[KickTheDog swoop in and steal her from them, all while making them follow you around and serve you]].[[/labelnote]] |
| 103 | * "I like your ass"/"You're lying, Morgan." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Popular parody [=YouTuber=] [[WebAnimation/GamerPoop Mans1ay3r's]] outro starts with a section of his L.A Noire's parody video, which contains this memetic exchange. Since [=Mans1ay3r's=] ''Skyrim'' and ''Oblivion'' Gamer Poop series are extremely popular among the TES fandom, this meme quickly became associated with ''Skyrim''. Make any joke that originates from [=Mans1ay3r=] and someone is guaranteed to quote this exchange in response. [[/labelnote]] |
| 104 | * Restoration is a perfectly valid school of magic, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise![[labelnote:Explanation]]As Colette Marence, the Restoration master at the College of Winterhold, will tell you every time you come within earshot. The question of Restoration's validity is often jokingly taken with a disproportionate amount of seriousness by fans as a result.[[/labelnote]] |
| 105 | * What in Oblivion is THAT?[[labelnote:Explanation]]General Tullius's uncharacteristically hammy response to Alduin's appearance in the game's intro is relatively popular as a way to express surprise.[[/labelnote]] |
| 106 | * Kleptomaniac with a cheese addiction[[labelnote:Explanation]]The best descriptor for the Dragonborn[[/labelnote]] |
| 107 | * Pogodi! Pogodi![[labelnote:Explanation]] Extreme case of Russian {{Mondegreen}} for the main theme, turning it into hilarious, but strangerly coherent lyrics. ("Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin, naal ok zin los vahriin" - "Pogodi, pogodi, na chasy posmotry", which translates as "Wait a bit, wait a bit, look at your watch"). The rest of the song similary turned into quite insane, but pretty coherent Russian citizen sad tale, lamenting about his dog being fat and flea-ridden, Moscow losing its head (again), and peoples being tired of victories, but still ready to brew a coffee, while enemies are advancing unnoticed without the ring.[[/labelnote]] |
| 108 | * "By Talos, this can't be happening!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Originating on [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/ebd3ee7f5af213eff2f7feb632632042/1d5e2f6f6ef93a2e-60/s1280x1920/2d95c96f341b34db364edd44f853a2b17ce5f394.png tumblr]], the phrase is frequently used as a stock response to negative (but usually harmless or just strange) information. [[BeamMeUpScotty The actual phrase does not appear in the game,]] though several [=NPCs=] say the similar "By the gods, this can't be happening".[[/labelnote]] |
| 109 | * THE SKELETON APPEARS[[labelnote:Explanation]]A sort of "joint" meme with ''[[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Kirby]]'', where an [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere otherwise unrelated]] scene is abruptly cut short by a Skull (an item from ''Skyrim'') suddenly appearing from a wall of flames, complete with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhUO0lfIlPw the Skull Gang's theme song]] from ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack'' blasting in the background.[[/labelnote]] |
| 110 | * PUNCHCAT[[labelnote:Explanation]]A [[https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrim/comments/mmu6f/the_tale_of_punchcat_the_punching_khajiit/ silly but popular build]] revolving around abusing the Khajiit race's inherent bonus for barehanded combat to reflect their claws. The PUNCHCAT is often portrayed as a sort of HotBlooded TestosteronePoisoning BloodKnight and IdiotHero, somewhat akin to ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'''s Soldier.[[/labelnote]] |
| 111 | * "You fool. You don't stand a chance!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A line said by Estormo, a Thalmor assassin sent by Ancano after the Dragonborn during the Winterhold questline. [[SmugSnake For someone with so much confidence, he is not all that strong]], especially in the context of the Dragonborn having defeated a Dragon Priest just before this. All this makes it incredibly satisfying to tear him apart. There is a profusion of Youtube videos (almost always titled simply "You fool, you don't stand a chance") all dedicated to annihilating Estormo in the most flashy or humiliating ways possible.[[/labelnote]] |
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| 113 | !! ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline:'' |
| 114 | * "Transcription Error" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Despite earlier games describing Cyrodiil, the heartland of the Empire and home province of the Imperials, as a tropical jungle, ''Oblivion'' showed it to be much more temperate. As described in the "[[AllThereInTheManual Obscure Text]]" ''The Many Headed Talos'' (which Heimskr, see above, quotes from in ''Skyrim''), the DeityOfHumanOrigin Talos is said to have changed Cyrodiil to its current climate as a way of thanking the [[BadassArmy Imperial Legions]] who served him so well in life. The lore community largely accepted this explanation. However, when ''Online'' came out and showed Cyrodiil with the same temperate climate it has in ''Oblivion'', fans scoffed. The in-game book ''[[https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Heartland_of_Cyrodiil The Heartland of Cyrodiil]]'' added fuel to the fire when it dismissed previous descriptions of Cyrodiil being a jungle as a "Transcription Error". Lore buffs largely settled on the {{Fanon}} explanation that Talos's changes were ''retroactive'', making it so that Cyrodiil had ''always had'' a temperate climate. Since then, "Transcription Error" has been used by the fanbase to mock any changes ''Online'' (which was written and developed by a Bethesda subsidiary instead of the usual ''Elder Scrolls'' team) has made to the lore which they do not like. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/1ydyj7/transcription_error_is_alive_and_well/ Example Reddit discussion here]].[[/labelnote]] |
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