Memes / The Twilight Saga

• CHAGRIN CHAGRIN CHAGRIN CHAGRIN CHAGRIN CHAGRIN CHAGRIN
• Also, it's nearly mandatory to Photoshop any picture of Edward Cullen to include sparkles (see pic). On forums and boards that allow it (such as LiveJournal), sometimes even just his name is formatted to sparkle.
• Association with Twilight Sparkle is also popular, for obvious reasons.
• Edward seeing Bella for the first time is sometimes interpreted... differently.
• "This is the skin of a killer, Bella!" *sparkles*
• Pattinson's "greasy" real-world hair seems to be approaching meme status. If a picture of him is posted somewhere, someone will mention his hair.
• "JACOB, KEEP YOUR SHIRT ON!" "NO!"
• And then there's the habit haters have of coming up with alternate shipping "Teams".
  • "Team Nyu! Because even she can kick Edward's ass!"
  • Team Edward Elric is common (vampires aren't shiny; automail is).
  • Team Blade, anyone?
  • Team Buffy!
  • Don't forget about Team Harry Potter!
  • Team Alucard and Team Seras are popular amongst fans of Hellsing. Because real vampires don't sparkle!
  • Both Alucards apply, really.
  • DeviantArt, for their 2010 April Fool's Prank, sorted everyone into teams, including Team Edward and Team Jacob ("cos REAL men don't sparkle"). Then again, there were also avatars for Team Gaga and Team Seeker.
  • Not sure how far this extends, but some people are "Team Volturi: Because everyone else needs to die."
  • Team Belmont. Using the dialog from the prologue of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and edited to reflect Edward Cullen and/or the Twilight series as a whole is popular.
  • Team Mustache Dad for life.
• "Still a better love story than Twilight."^ExplanationA common quip nowadays in response to Crack Pairings. Or just relationships that end badly.
• TWILIGHT ISN'T LITERATURE!
• Aro's Squee over Renesmee used to be funny.
• "No one hates Twilight more than Robert Pattinson does" has become this, since he's a rare, open hater of a franchise he himself stars in.
• Due to his hair, Jasper has picked up the Fan Nickname "Harpo"; RiffTrax in particular calls him that.
• Bella's immortal line in Breaking Dawn Part II: "YOU NICKNAMED MY DAUGHTER AFTER THE LOCH NESS MONSTER?!"
• Jokes about Buffy and the Doctor killing Edward Cullen are popular — the former due to Buffy's status as a Vampire Hunter, and the latter due to the presence of both Robert Pattinson and David Tennant in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
• "Saw a snail today.... effervescent" ^Explanation A Tumblr post saying Bella being lucky for not having a phone because Edward would send her messages similar to the above.
• Edward is Batman ^Explanation Ever since Robert Pattinson was cast as the Caped Crusader in The Batman (2022), many have made joking comments and images about it, in particular comparing the two characters (they're both associated with bats in some way, both have a habit of appearing and disappearing unexpectedly, are both brooding rich blokes with troubled pasts, both live double-lives etc).
• Twilight is a baseball movie.^explanationOne of the most memorable and oft-parodied scenes in the first film is the pickup baseball game. Baseball fans who otherwise have no interest in the series often claim it as a baseball franchise for this reason. It's even listed in the category "American baseball movies" on Wikipedia.
• A still image◊ of the Volturi from New Moon is frequently used to depict people seen as overtly judgmental or with an inflated self-image.