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Please add entries in the following format:

• The name of the video game or company.
  • The meme. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The explanation behind the meme, if necessary.[[/labelnote]] ^Explanation Like this.
  • Further mutations and successor memes, if any.

Recurring:

• [remain silent]^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.

Morrowind:

• Game of the Year. All Years.^Explanation The Game of the Year edition of the game is still being sold in stores to this day, so people ran with it.
• YOU N'WAH! FILTHY S'WIT! DIE, FETCHER! ^Explanation Insults Dark Elves would use in battle. They stick out due to the frequency you'll hear them along with the fact that they're made up curse words. Carried over into later games.
• We're watching you, scum.^Explanation A classic "greeting" used by Ordinators.

Oblivion:

• STOP! YOU VIOLATED THE LAW! Pay the court a fine or serve your sentence! Your stolen goods are now forfeit!
  • STOP RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCUM! NO-ONE BREAKS THE LAW ON MY WATCH! ^Explanation Both lines said by the Imperial Guardsmen when they catch you after you committed a crime.
• BY THE NINE DIVINES! THERE'S BEEN A MURDER! ^Explanation Often said directly after you kill someone and take about two steps away from the corpse.
• Similarly: "The body is still warm." This is another line guards say upon finding a dead body, which they will often say just after they kill someone themselves.)
• BY AZURA! BY AZURA! BY AZURA!! IT'S THE GRAND CHAMPION!
  • Also killing the Adoring Fan in unusual ways.
• I heard the Fighters' Guild is recruiting again.
• I saw a mud crab the other day.
  • Loathsome things, I hate them.
  • Did you steer well clear of it?
  • Goodbye
• "CHEESE FOR EVERYONE!" ^Explanation One of Sheogorath's lines when you successfully complete a quest for him. He is a fairly Mad God ("Wait, scratch that! Cheese for no-one! That can be just as much as a celebration, if you don't like cheese. True?").

Skyrim:

• "...then, I took an arrow in the knee." ^Explanation The guards of major settlements tend to say "I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee." quite a lot. This has been exploited.
  • People are getting tired of it.
  • It has been discovered that taking an arrow to the knee is Nordic slang (the Nords are an in-game race) for getting married. This entire time, the guard have been saying they used to go on adventure until they got married.
• FUS RO DAH! ^Explanation A shout used to push down just about anything with one's voice. Literally means "force balance push". Often used in videos that show someone or something getting knocked over. For example, this video.
• KA... ME... HA... ME... HA!!! ^Explanation The master-level shock spell in the destruction tree, Lightning Storm, looks like an electrical variant on the (semi) trope-naming Kamehameha from Dragon Ball.
• Let me guess, someone stole your sweetroll? ^Explanation Another quote from those silly 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.
• Did you see those warriors from Hammerfell? They've got curved swords. Curved. Swords. ^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.
• "Something you need, wretch?" ^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 (in)famously used by the merchant Elrindir if you complete the Dark Brotherhood contract on his brother.