Being one of the most popular video game platforms from the mid-late 2000s onward, Roblox has spawned many memes.
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- The meme. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The explanation behind the meme, if necessary.[[/labelnote]] ExplanationLike this.
- Further mutations and successor memes, if any.
- Blame John ExplanationA phrase that's often used whenever something goes wrong in Roblox, due to the belief that John Shedletsky, the creative director of the site at the time of the phrase's emergence, had complete control over the site. It started off as an out-of-context quote on a forum. Then, it became a staff in-joke, which led to it being on a few hats and gears that made it a much more widespread phrase among Roblox users. Nowadays, the phrase is often used when bringing up Roblox's earlier days among nostalgic users.
- The 2011 TV commercial brought up several, like "IT'S FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" and "DESTROY EVERYTHING!!!" Both became popular for their hamminess, especially the former, because of how thoroughly inaccurate it is.
- Roblox death sound/"OOF" ExplanationThe original noise a player made upon dying
before being changed in 2022 (called "uuhhh" in the game files but more frequently referred to as "oof") quickly reached this status in late 2016. If you know where to look, you can easily find some YTPMV renditions of actual songs in which about every instrument of the song (usually sans the percussion) is replaced with the sound. There's even an entire game dedicated to hearing the death sound and your many deaths. It later became a general response for expressing someone's down on luck. Even after the death sound's aforementioned change, its legacy still lives on. - go commit die Explanation A screenshot of a player saying "go commit die" became popular in early 2018, leading to multiple◊ variations◊ thereof and generally just spawning increasingly outlandish ways to tell people to go commit suicide. There's even an entire subreddit dedicated to these!
- The Despacito Spider (pictured above), which consists of a Biggerhead wearing spider legs and a Bighead on the top◊, became popular due to the sheer weirdness of it.
- There are lots of jokes about the 2017 Roblox Logo redesign looking like a Cheez-It, or the Domino's logo.
- Scrambled in Time, the egg hunt of 2019, was suspected to include, and indeed has, some eggs relating to the Avengers, specifically Avengers: Endgame. This of course includes Thanos, so therefore, we have an actual egg based on him. Thanks to his memetic status, the egg itself also became memetic.
- The Chill Face became a popular face to put on characters thanks to Flamingo, a popular and eccentric Roblox YouTuber.
- Still Chill ExplanationThis phrase is often used whenever the Chill Face is brought up, especially by Flamingo fans.
- The Golden Parrot, aka Piss Bird. ExplanationRoblox Youtuber Ant released a hat on the UGC catalog... that was just the Macaw Shoulder Friend retextured with a single yellow texture with no shading or details. The result turned out to be a completely awful looking hat that was subject to much mockery until Roblox took down the hat and refunded users, and Ant apologised to his fans.
- Thanks to the 2020 RDC Game Jam Experience ''Dave's Vision, along with how many times David Baszucki said the word "vision" during RDC 2017, it's common to associate him with anything related towards visions.
- Become a Racist◊ ExplanationA widely-circulated edit of Driving Simulator's advertisement that is better well-known than the advertisement itself, much to the creator's chagrin.
- David Bazooka Explanation A nickname sometimes jokingly given to David Baszucki.
- We're making things more awesome. Be back soon. ExplanationThis is, as of December 14, 2021's server maintenance message for Roblox, and has become infamous when a server outage lasted for half a week. Because of this, that message is used to also apply towards other Roblox games with a good amount of Schedule Slip.
- boy you think you funny but look at ya hairline be looking like the macdondald symble. ExplanationA line from a rap battle by user jevel57, which became popular for the hilarious misspelling that is "macdondald symble", and is used as a joke insult in images.
- Bacon hair ExplanationA common nickname for the Pal Hair due to it resembling bacon. This nickname also extends to the people who wear the hair, which are generally new users with the default male avatar. Ascended with the Thick Bacon Ponytail, which is a ponytail made out of bacon.
- Guest 666 ExplanationOne of the most popular Roblox creepypastas, described a guest with a shadowy face and glowing red eyes with admin commands and its name reading "An Evil Guest" instead of "A Friendly Guest". It grew more popular after Roblox YouTuber ObliviousHD (the same creator behind The Last Guest) created several videos providing his take on the creepypasta. Even after the discontinuation of Guests, Guest 666 has remained very popular in the Roblox community.
- Guest 224 Explanation (somewhat NSFW)A model of a busty female Guest that gained infamy in the fandom for its sexualization. Then, the Rule 34 of it started, placing it in even further infamy. It's only known in certain sections of the community, but where it is known, it's very notorious.
- do you are have stupid◊ ExplanationAn image featuring a four-legged creature with a Bighead saying the phrase, which is used to respond to questionable, ridiculous, or outright stupid things.
- It's common to use the Man Face to replace other faces in images.
- YouTuber Micheal P is popular for his Stylistic Suck videos and his extremely loud screaming. The scream from this soundbite in particular (volume warning) has been used in many videos.
- The "Poco Loco" egg. ExplanationAn tan egg with a sombrero and legs which was first featured in a video where it spun to "Un Poco Loco", spawning numerous image and video tributes.
- This video released by John Shedletsky to announce the arrival of shirts and pants onto Roblox gained large popularity years after its release, with some of it being attributed to nostalgia and charm and the rest being attributed to it appearing in YouTube recommendations.
- The massive amount of free Robux scams have led to many memes about them, such as parodying them in the form of Clickbait Gags.
- Bobux ExplanationA fictional currency randomly used in memes and shitposts, which was given its name by Robux. These memes are generally titled/captioned with "[number] bobux", and some of the non-Roblox variations use the term "bobux" as a name for currency from anywhere else.
- Bobux ManExplanationA nickname for the rich and fashionable character◊ on the "Buy Robux" page, who appears in several of these memes. His actual name is Mr. Bling Bling, if you were wondering.
- The Roblox Horror Music Explanation A “song”, randomly generated from a set of edited gear sound effects via a script, which used in many Roblox horror games from 2009 onwards (the original script having been created by the user Uploader) that quickly became associated with their general low quality. Saw increased use in memes in the 2020s, especially in "cursed image" compilations. It even got used in the "Mr. Incredible Becoming Uncanny" memes, as the music for Phase 9.5 (a subphase of Phase 9.)
- "You promised my son free Robux!"ExplanationFrom a viral video where a father shows disappointment in YouTuber KreekCraft for not giving his son free Robux after he promised to, causing him to stay up until 2 AM. As is with most viral videos, many parodies and edits ensued.
- "If you hate Roblox and you think it's garbage and childish, then get off my page, because all you're gonna see here is Roblox. GOODBYE!" ExplanationA TikTok audio where a girl says this in a thick accent made its way into YouTube videos, with several particular edits being based on this video using the audio.
- "roblos" ExplanationVideos using the audio often include some variation of "roblos" in their title due to the way "Roblox" is pronounced.
- "Stop posting about BALLER (Bass drop)" ExplanationA variant of the "STOP POSTING ABOUT AMONG US" meme, focused on the character Baller from the game Boss Fighting Stages, with this video being the source of the audio used for the meme. The variant became so popular that it gained a life of its own, and Baller has since become a popular character in fan art, videos, and the general Roblox community.
- The Epic Duck/"TEH EPIK DUCK IS COMING!!!" ExplanationOn April Fool's Day 2009, a giant prop duck known as the Epic Duck was added to Roblox. It somehow became an instant hit with players, leading to multiple duck-themed gears, the phrase "TEH EPIK DUCK IS COMING!!!" being added to Safe Chat, and the duck generally becoming a popular item in the community. It recieved a resurgence in 2021, when a tweet◊ showing a mock breaking news featuring an image of a giant inflatable duck that referenced the Epic Duck became viral, and led to similar posts by other users.
- Roblox Car Crash Videos ExplanationA genre of videos where real-life dashcam videos of car crashes are replicated in Roblox, usually trying to be as realistic as possible. Some possible shocking content since many of the videos use audio from real car crash videos.
- Loggus ExplanationA fanmade spell from Rogue Lineage, often used to refer to the act of Rage Quitting before being hit with an combat log.
- Roblox Sad Story ExplanationMany TikTok and similar short-length videos use Roblox animations by Broblox alongside an audio of TikTok user chrishoffish vocalizing to the beat of "Heaven" remix by DJ Sammy. The vocalizations consist entirely of noises that sound like "oh" and "uh," which is played repeatedly as the animations depict a Roblox character experiencing various Kick the Dog scenarios.
- guys what one is your favourite/If X had Roblox ExplanationA TikTok video of a kid showing off his Roblox outfits of various Mascot Horror characters, notably that of Garten of Banban and Poppy Playtime went viral in June 2023 on various social media websites like Twitter. It led to a series of video parodies with various characters like Scout, Dr. Robotnik and Peter Griffin dubbing over the meme, with the caption "If X had Roblox".
- Coems 🤑 ExplanationCoems is a misspelling of the word "comes" (cum) in order to circumvent chat censorship. Its use increased in popularity around early 2023.
- Coems Song ExplanationThe Roblox meme community's name for ''Mina Mintip'' by Central Asian artist Siezdbek Iskenaliev. Its use in short-form videos about Roblox (often those surrounding the word "coems") led to it being dubbed as the Coems Song. It has many remixed versions, one including an official lullaby by the artist.
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