History Main / AscendedMeme

** Since the beginning of the game it was a popular story of a power-hungry player that hoards all powerful magic items to be tricked - either by Dungeon Master or fellow players - with "head of Vecna" - supposedly an artifact not unlike Eye and Hand of Vecna, that, to work, need to replace a character's actual eye or hand. Head of Vecna, however, is a normal skull - something power hungry player finds out ''after'' getting their own character beheaded. In adventure ''[[TabletopGame/VecnaTrilogy Die, Vecna Die!]]'' it turns out Vecna himself heard that story and found it so hilarious to actually make a - still entirely mundane - Head of Vecna and spread rumors of its immense power.

** An UrbanLegend says that a player in a championship game was so desperate to win they played a card called "Chaos Orb" with the ability to destroy other cards by being dropped onto the opponents field and destroying any card it touches. If you're lucky you might destroy 3 or 4 cards, but instead of simply dropping the card they ''shredded'' it and sprinkled the pieces over the opponents field, wiping it out and the judge ruled it a legal move (incarnations of the story from there vary, some say the player won and other say the opposing player called for a count of cards in the players deck). Regardless of the truth to the story, the ''Unglued'' set introduced a card called "Chaos Confetti" with the exact same abilities of "Chaos Orb", except it specifies to tear the card apart and sprinkle the pieces over the field. The FlavorText even says "And you thought it was an urban legend."[[note]]Fun fact: the rulings for Chaos Confetti specifically disallow attempting to tear it into "one peice" (i.e., not at all)[[/note]]

* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has an infamous GameBreaker[[note]]At the time, combat damage used the stack, meaning that you could pay to morph him from 3/3 to 5/1, wait until damage would be dealt, and then pay to morph him in the other direction to survive the damage that the attacking creature would do. Admittedly, that requires a lot of mana, but this was in Standard with Tolarian Academy and Skirge Familiar, so getting "a lot of mana" wasn't that hard. Without that trick, it's still a reasonably powerful card, but nowhere near as broken as it once was.[[/note]] called [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=383017 Morphling,]] which was [[FanNickname dubbed by fans as]] "Superman". When the card designers later decided to create an Enchant Creature that granted all of Morphling's abilities, they gave it the name [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=43581 "Pemmin's Aura."]] How is this an example? Pemmin's Aura is a SignificantAnagram for "I am Superman".

** A bit of subtle one occurs in the fifth episode of ''Spirit of Justice''. Armie Buff, via her "Sergeant Buff" drone, presents Apollo and Dhurke with a meal in commemoration of their newly founded bonds. The meal in question is a tray of what could be taken as either burgers or [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorayaki dorayaki]]. It's designed in a way where it could realistically be seen as either despite leaning slightly towards the thinner dorayaki, complete with a side that's supposed to be a side for a dorayaki but is also designed in a way that makes it resembles the kind of designed drink cartons typically gotten with kid burger meals.[[labelnote:Note]]This is especially subtle, and fitting, as a plot twist later on actually reveals Sergeant Buff to be a child.[[/labelnote]] Although it's not exactly confirmed, it's a safe bet to say this was done on purpose by the developers, either as a way to aid the localization, poke fun at it, or probably both.
** Another similar reference, as well as a subversion of sorts, actually occurs in the same case as well. The meal that Dhurke has prepared for Apollo is a plate of sushi, which the localization keeps as is, and it's also revealed that Apollo used to quite regularly eat sushi during his childhood. This is mainly due to him having actually lived for most of his childhood since birth with his Asian adopted family, in the Asian country, [[FictionalCountry The Kingdom of Khura'in]] which means that he isn't your entirely 100% American-home-and-breed attorney, and actually has an Eastern background of sorts. Moreover, at the end of ''Spirit of Justice'', [[spoiler:Apollo actually begins living in Khura'in, to run his own law office.]][[labelnote:Note]]A quote from Awkward Zombie comic that became a meme is Phoenix saying towards the "American attorney" Apollo Justice, "eat your hamburgers Apollo", in reference to what is quite obviously a plate of sushi, while they sit in their "American" house in "Los Angeles".[[/labelnote]]
** At the time of the release of the game, the official Ace Attorney Twitter tweeted... [[https://twitter.com/aceattorneygame/status/773973311139086337 their celebration with ramen.]]
** In the original game, the case "Rise From the Ashes" contains a sequence where, if Phoenix fails to provide the correct evidence to the judge, he penalizes him and threatens to throw a shoe at Phoenix. For the 3DS rerelease, the line was changed to include "boot to the head", referencing [[https://youtu.be/vFldBVWFgWo a fan video of Ace Attorney characters reenacting a famous Frantics routine]].

* ''VideoGame/UndertalePapyrussBelief'': Some early pieces of ''VideoGame/Undertale'' fanart portrayed Papyrus as having a Gaster Blaster of his own, similar to Sans. However, Papyrus treated his far more like a pet, and a few fans chose to call it "Frank." In this game, Frank is used as Papyrus's SpecialAttack, and he even has reactions to Papyrus's dialogue. In addition, the BossRemix that plays during your battle with Papyrus is named [[{{Pun}} "Frankness."]]

* ''VideoGame/UndertalePapyrussBelief'': Some early pieces of Undertale fanart portrayed Papyrus as having a Gaster Blaster of his own, similar to Sans. However, Papyrus treated his far more like a pet, and a few fans chose to call it "Frank." In this game, Frank is used as Papyrus's SpecialAttack, and he even has reactions to Papyrus's dialogue. In addition, the BossRemix that plays during your battle with Papyrus is named [[{{Pun}} "Frankness."]]

* Kemo's "Attention Duelists" catchphrase from ''WebAnimation/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' was adopted Konami EU Commentator Ed Templer during official ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' tournaments, and has been used multiple times on the official Yu-Gi-Oh! European social medias when announcing new products or banlists.

* The ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' collectible card game references a few memes, such as Doctor Whooves. The ''Canterlot Nights'' set introduced a card based on the "Twilicane" seen in "Princess Twilight Sparkle, Part 2".
* Kemo's "Attention Duelists" meme from Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series is a bit of a catchphrase of Konami EU Commentator Ed Templer

* On July 2, 2023, Texas marketing executive Tiffany Gomas had a public FreakOut on an airplane that quickly went viral because her memetic comments--"That motherfucker is NOT real!"--made her sound like a ConspiracyTheorist and left many people wondering what she could have possibly seen (as well as the usual hornyposters who noted her good looks).[[note]]Apparently, it was a metaphorical comment (i.e. "Are you for real right now?") directed at the ''flight attendant'' who was dealing with her after she got into an altercation with another passenger while inebriated. She made up the story about the plane being unsafe because the flight crew initially refused to let her off since they had already departed the gate.[[/note]] While she went dark for a while, she eventually embraced her new notoriety after releasing an apology video, promoting [[https://twitter.com/Tiffany_Gomas/status/1718999827428635029 artwork]] and [[https://twitter.com/Tiffany_Gomas/status/1717920436862767504 Halloween cosplays]] of her iconic appearance and [[https://twitter.com/Tiffany_Gomas/status/1718372112925163798 releasing videos]] poking fun at all the imaginary creatures she supposedly hangs out with.

* ''Tabletopgame/MageTheAscension'' has the infamous "Vampire Lawn Chair" combination from first edition; since {{TabletopGame/vampire|TheMasquerade}}s were not considered "living material" it was possible to use low level magic to turn them into any substance, though the meme was lawn furniture. Come the release of the 20th anniversary edition, and the combination is now clearly outlined for players to use - but with clear advice on, if you're powerful enough to be able to do this, you should be wise enough ''not to'' because the transformation is not permanent and thus the mage will now have to deal with a very pissed off vampire once they revert back which, considering that for all their {{reality warp|er}}ing power, mages are still pretty {{squishy|Wizard}} human beings, will not end well for the mage. Additionally, even if the transformation was permanent, other vampires would still be capable of making sure such a practice doesn't become common.

* The [[UsefulNotes/{{Orlando}} University of Central Florida]], known to one and all as UCF, opened a new [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball football]] stadium in 2007. As is customary for modern American sports venues, it had a corporate name—originally Bright House Networks Stadium, later Spectrum Stadium. Shortly after it opened, it got the nickname "The Bounce House" because it was found to noticeably shake when the crowd jumped in unison. When the naming rights contract expired in 2020, UCF was unable to secure a new sponsorship deal, and decided to ''officially'' call the stadium "Bounce House". However, this only lasted one season; the university managed to get a new corporate partner shortly before the 2021 season and the venue became [=3MG=] Stadium.
* Similar to the UCF situation, Colorado State University built its new arena that it simply called the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Auditorium-Gymnasium]] in 1966, but shortly thereafter [[https://alumline.source.colostate.edu/688-2/ a sportswriter for the school newspaper]] joked that, with its arched roof, it looked like a "great white whale". Then he came up with the RunningGag of referring to the building as [[Literature/MobyDick Moby Gym]]. Pretty soon everyone on campus started calling it that, and after a while the university just adopted it as the formal name, though a later alteration changed it to Moby Arena (which sort of ruins the joke).

* 2015 Tumblr spawned an infamous post imagining that Music/MyChemicalRomance, Music/FallOutBoy, and Music/PanicAtTheDisco put on one big concert that concluded with Creator/DanAndPhil walking on stage with a pride flag. When it was announced MCR and FOB would headline When We Were Young on 19 October 2024, [[WebVideo/AmazingPhil Phil]] himself tweeted "No but seriously imagine it:".

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* On July 2, 2023, Texas marketing executive Tiffany Gomas had a public FreakOut on an airplane that quickly went viral because her memetic comments--"That motherfucker is NOT real!"--made her sound like a ConspiracyTheorist and left many people wondering what she could have possibly seen (as well as the usual hornyposters who noted her good looks).[[note]]Apparently, it was a metaphorical comment (i.e. "Are you for real right now?") directed at the ''flight attendant'' who was dealing with her after she got into an altercation with another passenger while inebriated.[[/note]] While she went dark for a while, she eventually embraced her new notoriety after releasing an apology video, promoting [[https://twitter.com/Tiffany_Gomas/status/1718999827428635029 artwork]] and [[https://twitter.com/Tiffany_Gomas/status/1717920436862767504 Halloween cosplays]] of her iconic appearance and [[https://twitter.com/Tiffany_Gomas/status/1718372112925163798 releasing videos]] poking fun at all the imaginary creatures she supposedly hangs out with.

* On July 2, 2023, Texas marketing executive Tiffany Gomas had a public FreakOut on an airplane that quickly went viral because her memetic comments--"That motherfucker is NOT real!"--made her sound like a ConspiracyTheorist and left many people wondering what she could have possibly seen (as well as the usual hornyposters who noted her good looks). While she went dark for a while, she eventually embraced her new notoriety after releasing an apology video, promoting [[https://twitter.com/Tiffany_Gomas/status/1718999827428635029 artwork]] and [[https://twitter.com/Tiffany_Gomas/status/1717920436862767504 Halloween cosplays]] of her iconic appearance and [[https://twitter.com/Tiffany_Gomas/status/1718372112925163798 releasing videos]] poking fun at all the imaginary creatures she supposedly hangs out with.

* On July 2, 2023, Texas marketing executive Tiffany Gomas had a public FreakOut on an airplane that quickly went viral because her memetic comments--"That motherfucker is NOT real!"--left many people wondering what she could have possibly seen (as well as the usual hornyposters who noted her good looks). While she went dark for a while, she eventually embraced her new notoriety after releasing an apology video, promoting [[https://twitter.com/Tiffany_Gomas/status/1718999827428635029 artwork]] and [[https://twitter.com/Tiffany_Gomas/status/1717920436862767504 Halloween cosplays]] of her iconic appearance and [[https://twitter.com/Tiffany_Gomas/status/1718372112925163798 releasing videos]] poking fun at all the imaginary creatures she supposedly hangs out with.

** Back in 2013, they printed a card called [[https://scryfall.com/card/gtc/54/totally-lost Totally Lost]] that depicted a lost homunculus named [[TheUnpronounceable Fblthp]]. Since then, he's become a fan favorite, appearing in the artwork of [[https://scryfall.com/card/grn/188/march-of-the-multitudes multiple]] [[https://scryfall.com/card/rna/160/captive-audience cards]], as well as having fans clamoring for him to have his own card. Six years later, they finally gave him [[https://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=460977 his own card]]. Appropriately, it shuffles itself back into your library, so you have to go find it again.

* The phrase "But her emails!", referencing the controversy over UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton's use of a private email server during her tenure as US Secretary of State, became a popular meme among opponents of President UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump after Trump's administration came under investigation for various alleged misdeeds in 2017--most often used to sarcastically imply that his supporters [[DoubleStandard went out of their way to demonize Clinton while constantly making excuses for him]], or to mock people who claimed that Trump and Clinton were equally unfit for office (given that most of the accusations leveled against Trump were considerably more serious than those leveled at Clinton). After Trump was ultimately indicted on numerous criminal charges in 2023, Clinton's nonprofit political action organization began selling [[https://shop.onwardtogether.org/products/but-her-emails-hat officially branded merchandise]] with "But her emails!" printed on it.

* The phrase "But her emails!", referencing the controversy over UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton's use of a private email server during her tenure as US Secretary of State, became a popular meme among opponents of President UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump after Trump's administration came under investigation for various alleged misdeeds in 2017--most often used to sarcastically imply that his supporters [[DoubleStandard went out of their way to demonize Clinton while constantly making excuses for him]]. After Trump was ultimately indicted on numerous criminal charges in 2023, Clinton began selling [[https://shop.onwardtogether.org/products/but-her-emails-hat officially branded merchandise]] with "But her emails!" printed on it.