History Memes / Nasuverse

* Boys to MEN.[[labelnote:Explanation]] The franchise's habit of showing its manliest heroes as borderline adorable children/teens in their younger years (save Waver, who is an adult) has not gone unnoticed. The series artists tend to play to this rule just as often out of canon as within-- see Azusa and Murabito's April Fools jokes for example. It even extends to the dual nature of Charlemagne and Karl der Größe in ''VideoGame/FateExtellaLink'', where fans percieve the former to be the latter's "lily" variant.[[/labelnote]]

* [[Literature/FateZero Diarmuid's Final Speech]][[labelnote:Explanation ('''SPOILERS''')]][[https://youtu.be/GOeaEwbmFZI?t=173 When Diarmuid was forced to commit suicide]], he went on a hateful rant of being utterly betrayed and launched a DyingCurse as his final middle finger to that betrayal. Turns out this ends up easily snowcloned with many betrayed bullied people making variations of his death curse. This is parodied once in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' where Blackbeard parodied the quote; but the actual MemeticMutation is from the [[Memes/FateGrandOrder 'bully victims']], like either Ibaraki-douji or Demon God Pillar Barbatos, who were often 'bullied' by the players[[/labelnote]]

** [[SexyDiscretionShot LOL dragons. / LOL dolphins. / LOL sperm fish.]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Remember that VisualNovel/FateStayNight originally was an {{eroge}} of the same name and the anime adaptions of its storylines happen to have BleachedUnderpants. This is how, during two obvious sex scenes... before anything risque shows up, you are treated to a show of a CGI dragon (in the Fate route anime), CGI dolphins (in the ''Unlimited Blade Works'' movie), or CGI fish that resemble sperm (''Unlimited Blade Works'' anime) instead of the scene.[[/labelnote]]

* [[GratuitousEnglish COOL!!/SAIKOU NO COOL!!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Uryu likes to sprout that phrase for witnessing something horrendous, and Gilles caught on, what with his plethora of EldritchAbomination. Hence, this phrase usually accompanies any witnessing of abominations that would make Gilles/Uryu jump in joy and admiration.[[/labelnote]]

** [[SexyDiscretionShot LOL dragons. / LOL dolphins. / LOL sperm fish.]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Remember that VisualNovel/FateStayNight origins comes from an {{eroge}} of the same name and the anime adaptions of its storylines happen to have BleachedUnderpants. This is how, during two obvious sex scenes... before anything risque shows up, you are treated to a show of a CGI dragon (in the Fate route anime), CGI dolphins (in the ''Unlimited Blade Works'' movie), or CGI fish that resemble sperm (''Unlimited Blade Works'' anime) instead of the scene.[[/labelnote]]

** GAR. [[labelnote:Explanation]]An adjective describing [[RatedMForManly manly]] characters who become {{Memetic Badass}}es via PerverseSexualLust.[[/labelnote]]

* "Kirei Kotomine is best girl/waifu" / "Where's Kirei Kotomine's Route?".[[labelnote:Explanation]]The ''Fate'' series has prominent emphasis and fandom on attractive female characters. Kotomine is jokingly called a waifu for his [[RatedMForManly badassery]], being a MemeticBadass for every other meme he's listed on here for, and being one of the main characters who has a significant relationship to Shirou.[[/labelnote]]

* [[Literature/TheGardenOfSinners Touko]] is a dirty red [[JustForFun/CandleJack bi-]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Calling Touko "[[BerserkButton dirty red]]" (reminding her that [[SiblingRivalry her sister Aoko]] [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter got the title "Blue" that Touko wanted]]) results in the poster being KilledMidSentence.[[/labelnote]]

** [[LightNovel/LordElMelloiIICaseFiles Lord El-Melloi II:]] "You are dead if your head has been taken away."

*** The sarcasm gets further upon the inclusion of ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'''s Asagami Fujino as an Archer-class Servant, yet she doesn't have anything in her to be an Archer (as she doesn't have a bow or any ranged weapons but has her telekinetic ability as her main method of attack instead), and some believes she fits more as Caster or Avenger instead.

* Unlimited ______ Works. Just fill in the blank with a noun and you can bring up wonders: [[LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners Unlimited Häagen-Dazs Works]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Unlimited Musket Works, Unlimited Every Military Weapon Works]], and of course, Unlimited Blade Works. Bonus points if you created a special chant to go along with it.

* "I ask of you: Are you my Master?" [[labelnote:Explanation]]This is mainly the first line EVERY servant states when they are summoned in ALL Fate series. Most notable during Saber's summoning in ''LightNovel/FateZero'' and especially the SignatureScene in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''.[[/labelnote]]

** By the end of ''LightNovel/FateZero'', it's become "Being everyone in ''Fate[=/=]zero'' is suffering." [[DownerEnding Because there's not a good end for ANYONE.]] [[TheBadGuyWins Except Gilgamesh.]] (Unsurprisingly, both ''Fate[=/=]zero'' and ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' have the same writer, Creator/GenUrobuchi).
** Being Lancer is wonderful. [[labelnote:Explanation]]As of [[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Fate/Apocrypha's]] release, this has taken a complete 180, since both of its Lancers, Vlad the Impaler and Karna, are respectively [[RankScalesWithAsskicking the strongest member of Black Team]] and [[StoryBreakerPower one of the single most overpowered characters in the entire franchise]], theorized to be able to take on [[PhysicalGod GILGAMESH]]. It became a DiscreditedMeme following the conclusion of Apocrypha.[[/labelnote]]

* Kirei's jogging in ''LightNovel/FateZero's'' eighth episode has reached a memetic status among the fandom.

* Ancient Hindu Spaceships! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Mutated form of the ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' Ancient Egyptian Laser Beams meme when referring to Gilgamesh's flying ship in ''LightNovel/FateZero''. Yes, it's at least grounded in true myth in the Literature/{{Ramayana}}.[[/labelnote]]

* 2017: The Year of Fate. [[labelnote:Explanation]] With the announcement of the first Heaven's Feel movie, Part II of the ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' mobile game as well as it's US release, ''VideoGame/FateExtellaTheUmbralStar'', anime adaptations of ''Grand Order'', ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' and ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', and an anime movie for ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya'' all being released at different points in 2017, fans have proclaimed that 2017 is a great time to be a Fate fan.[[/labelnote]]

* Iskandar is "DUDE".[[labelnote:Explanation]]Well, for one thing, he's a [[BigBrotherMentor total bro]]. The meme may have originated earlier, but in any case, in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdWPnAOCzHI scene]] in ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', Waver's remarks to his absent friend were subbed/dubbed rather oddly as, "Heroes are those who do things driven by their ego. Like you, dude."

* [[LightNovel/FateZero Diarmuid's Final Speech]][[labelnote:Explanation ('''SPOILERS''')]][[https://youtu.be/GOeaEwbmFZI?t=173 When Diarmuid was forced to commit suicide]], he went on a hateful rant of being utterly betrayed and launched a DyingCurse as his final middle finger to that betrayal. Turns out this ends up easily snowcloned with many betrayed bullied people making variations of his death curse. This is parodied once in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' where Blackbeard parodied the quote; but the actual MemeticMutation is from the [[Memes/FateGrandOrder 'bully victims']], like either Ibaraki-douji or Demon God Pillar Barbatos, who were often 'bullied' by the players[[/labelnote]]

* They got 3 [=SSRs=] and 1 SR in one roll[[labelnote:Explanation]]The simultaneous summoning scene in the beginning of ''LightNovel/FateZero'' is pretty awesome, but after ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' was released fans half jokingly complained about the Masters' incredible good luck of rolling extremely rare Servants in one summon when all they get from the infamously low-rate gacha were Craft Essences and low tier Servants, especially the much loathed Black Keys.[[/labelnote]]

* [[LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners Touko]] is a dirty red [[JustForFun/CandleJack bi-]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Calling Touko "[[BerserkButton dirty red]]" (reminding her that [[SiblingRivalry her sister Aoko]] [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter got the title "Blue" that Touko wanted]]) results in the poster being KilledMidSentence.[[/labelnote]]

** Being Lancer is wonderful. [[labelnote:Explanation]]As of [[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Fate/Apocrypha's]] release, this has taken a complete 180, since both of its Lancers, Vlad the Impaler and Karna, are respectively [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking the strongest member of Black Team]] and [[StoryBreakerPower one of the single most overpowered characters in the entire franchise]], theorized to be able to take on [[PhysicalGod GILGAMESH]]. It became a DiscreditedMeme following the conclusion of Apocrypha. On that note....[[/labelnote]]
*** Being Lancer is still suffering [[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers for Apocrypha)]]In the second volume, Vlad is stripped of his advantage, forced to use his Legend of Dracula Noble Phantasm against his will, and possessed by Darnic; despite faring well against a total of six Servants at the same time, he, [[DeathByIrony a Catholic, is soon dispatched by Shirou Kotomine AKA Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, a Catholic pseudo-saint]]. And on the other hand, despite Karna's much better performance, he's still stuck with a Master that he doesn't fully trust, got his servitude via underhanded means, and having to take the antagonist role. [[BrokenBase For the camp]] that liked him [[AmericansHateTingle and also disliking Sieg]], they also put 'being eventually beaten by Sieg' as another point of Karna's suffering.[[/labelnote]]

** Up until that point in the Fate route, Shirou had survived at least half a dozen near death experiences (including being disemboweled, stabbed through the heart, and cut clean through from shoulder to hip) through a magical HealingFactor. However, Shirou then gives up that power [[spoiler:so Saber can use it to stand a chance against Gilgamesh]]. Thus, Shirou is just restating he's fine giving the power up, as he's already more than grateful for surviving more near death experiences than a person would normally ever expect to. People still make fun of Shirou and the BlindIdiotTranslation though.

** "Isn't it sad that Anime/CarnivalPhantasm is the ONLY VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} anime?"

*** Being Lancer is still suffering [[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers for Apocrypha)]]In the second volume, Vlad is stripped of his advantage, forced to use his Legend of Dracula Noble Phantasm against his will, and possessed by Darnic; despite fairing well against a total of six Servants at the same time, he, [[DeathByIrony a Catholic, is soon dispatched by Shirou Kotomine AKA Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, a Catholic pseudo-saint]]. And on the other hand, despite Karna's much better performance, he's still stuck with a Master that he doesn't fully trust, got his servitude via underhanded means, and having to take the antagonist role. [[BrokenBase For the camp]] that liked him [[AmericansHateTingle and also disliking Sieg]], they also put 'being eventually beaten by Sieg' as another point of Karna's suffering.[[/labelnote]]

* "Just because you're correct doesn't mean you're right." [[labelnote:Explanation]]More oddly-translated wisdom from Shirou, this time from the official sub of the ''[[Anime/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorks Unlimited Blade Works]]'' anime. In context, he meant something along the lines of "just because you've got your facts correct doesn't mean your conclusions are right".[[/labelnote]]

*** Swimsuit Jeanne is even worse, since was thought to be a given for the Rider class after the teaser trailer showed her riding a whale... but nope, she's an Archer, and her projectiles are dolphins.

** [[Manga/DeathNote L:]] "The thing you have to do, is die before getting killed."(Ironically this phase actually makes much more sense given the premises of ''Manga/DeathNote'')

* Suppress Roa in my ass! [[labelnote:Explanation]]A line from a ridiculous sex scene with Ciel.[[/labelnote]]

* Mapo tofu. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A scene in ''Heaven's Feel'' when [[VillainsOutShopping Kirei is caught eating the mapo tofu dish]] as if it was his ultimate life goal and somehow [[MundaneMadeAwesome still manages to put Shirou on full guard]]. Even better with voice acting as Creator/JojiNakata goes all the way with panting and "chomp chomp" sounds. This scene is then taken UpToEleven in the first [[Anime/FateStayNightHeavensFeel Heaven's Feel]] Movie. It's also referenced in ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya Drei!!!'' as he runs an ultra expensive Mapo tofu shop.[[/labelnote]]

** '''HEAVEN'S FUND''' or alternately, '''HEAVEN'S BUDGET'''[[labelnote:Explanation]]With Ufotable also adapting the ''Heaven's Feel'' movie trilogy and taking into account the studio's reputation for high quality animation plus the budget they've earned from the UBW anime itself, people have been dead set on calling the adaptation of the third route this. Now that the first movie's out, fans everywhere all agree that Ufotable outdid themselves with the [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome animation this time]], with them even going so far as to say that it ''[[UpToEleven managed to surpass UBW's animation in quality]]''.[[/labelnote]]