History Main / WatchItForTheMeme

* ''VisualNovel/CrossChannel'': ''VideoGame/NanacaCrash''.
* Playing ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' just for the sake of seeing a cutesy, {{Moe}} DatingSim go horribly, ''horribly'' wrong [[spoiler: and turn into a TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou PsychologicalHorror game that deals with depression, self-harm, and suicide.]]

* ''Manga/{{Kagurabachi}}'' gained notoriety before its release due to its preview claiming it as a story about a [[NinetiesAntiHero trenchcoat-wearing swordsman]] going on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge to avenge his dead father, [[ClicheStorm played 100% sincerely]]. It's since managed to stand on its own merits, particularly after [[KnightOfCerebus Sojo]]'s entrance in chapter 8.

* ''VideoGame/HighFleet'': Discovered due to many following the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine hearing the song ''Tanc a Lelek'' from it's soundtrack in video memes that represent Poland as wojak with a SlasherSmile hoping for the chance to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge get revenge]] on Russia by pressing the [[{{UsefulNotes/NATO}} NATO Article 5]] BigRedButton. The song being obviously eastern-european and associated with nuclear exchanges only adds to the meme's fittingness.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' - "You SpoonyBard!" Thankfully, that quotation is early in the game.

* Playing ''Videogame/GenshinImpact'' just to listen to Paimon's "What do you mean, 'hehe'?" which sounds cuter when dubbed in Japanese as "'Ehe' tte nandayo?". Or, if you are feeling hungry and would like to dig into a certain [[EatTheDog emergency food...]][[note]]Paimon herself.[[/note]]

* Thanks to Website/{{Tumblr}}, the only reason anyone bothers to watch the '80s British kids show ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu%27s_TV_Series Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show]]'' is for the scene in the first episode where the kids all enthusiastically introduce themselves[[note]]"HI! MY NAME'S KATRINA!" "AND MY NAME IS HUGH!" etc.[[/note]]. It got so popular that nine of the original ten cast members who did that scene did a re-enactment for Red Nose Day 2017.

%% *** ''Garry's Mod'' and Website/YouTube practically turned every Valve character into a FountainOfMemes

* Many Website/{{Tumblr}} users were introduced to ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'' through a video of the notorious "Booty-Quake" scene that has circulated heavily there.

* Watch any given ''WesternAnimation/SuperWhy'' video on Website/YouTube and count how many people are here to make Advertising/{{Protegent}} jokes.

* Originally one of the many obscure animated shorts of the [=1920s=] to [=1940s=], Creator/{{Terrytoons}}'s ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeBears'' quickly gained popularity in late 2017 after its scene of Papa Bear yelling "SOMEBODY TOUCHA MY SPAGHET!" was posted on Website/{{Twitter}}.

* The only reason ''VideoGame/YakuzaDeadSouls'' really gets any mention is regarding [[AxCrazy Majima's]] segment, particularly his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooFoNwoMxjY batshit insanity while singing karaoke]].
** The ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series gets this treatment in general. What's the story behind "Kiryu-chan" and how did he become "Dame Da Ne guy"? Why does he [[VideoGame/Yakuza0 dance on Friday nights]] and [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 what was on the computer that made him slam his desk]]?

* Playing ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast'' for one of the most famous soundbites in gaming (certainly the early games industry): 'Wise Fwom Your Gwave!'

Just as [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Tropes Are Not Bad]], neither are {{meme}}s ''per se''. True, they get old by the 9001st time they're played, but there's a reason they get played a thousand times and more. Who hasn't ever had [[GuiltyPleasures some lulz]] with them?

* ''Film/{{Morbius}}'' was a complete flop and was slammed on hard by the Internet when it was released. The first week was spent showing pictures of empty theatres and its dismal review scores. The sheer level of bad reception it received ended up creating a wave of ironic memes and shitposts where people pretend it's actually an extremely successful cinematic masterpiece and quote fake lines from it (He unfortunately does not say "It's Morbin' Time."). Morbius memes then rampaged around the Internet afterwards, and the memes were powerful enough to cause at least a few people to actually go watch the movie ironically, [[SubvertedTrope though it hardly saved the movie]]. Sony actually ended up ''losing more money'' [[https://thedirect.com/article/morbius-reopening-sony-flops trying to capitalize on the meme]].

* ''Film/TheMilitaryPolicemanAndTheDismemberedBeauty'': [[VideoGame/EarthBound Giygas]]' lines supposedly came from a character that was being raped. However, this character was engaging in consensual sex, and she said nothing except making a squawking sound when her killer strangled her.

* Playing ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound}}'' just for the sake of the infamously scary, trippy final boss battle against Gyigas.

* Originally one of the many obscure animated shorts of the [=1920s=] to [=1940s=], Creator/{{Terrytoons}}'s ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeBears1939'' quickly gained popularity in late 2017 after its scene of Papa Bear yelling "SOMEBODY TOUCHA MY SPAGHET!" was posted on Website/{{Twitter}}.

* Originally one of the many obscure animated shorts of the [=1920s=] to [=1940s=], Creator/TerryToon's ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeBears1939'' quickly gained popularity in late 2017 after its scene of Papa Bear yelling "SOMEBODY TOUCHA MY SPAGHET!" was posted on Website/{{Twitter}}.

* The obscure local children's show ''Kids Corner'', from Bismarck, Notth Dakota, fell into this status when people watched the episode [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=LrVvUSvYKI4 "Jasper's Hospital Experience"]] because it was the origin of the "We're Not Candy" PublicServiceAnnouncement that became a meme in the spring of 2023.