History YMMV / Saw

* MemeticMutation:
** Hello (insert name here), I want to play a game.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Jigsaw's introduction to his victims has been much repeated.[[/labelnote]]
** Live or die, make your choice.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Jigsaw's last words to his victims before a "game" begins have also been repeated a lot.[[/labelnote]]
** '''GAME OVER'''.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Jigsaw's words when someone loses or dies in a "game".[[/labelnote]]
** ''Saw V'': '''KILLING! IS! DISTASTEFUL!''' [[labelnote:Explanation]]A memorable quote from John in the movie, which he uses to zip Hoffman's mouth when the latter tries to explain to him why he murdered Seth using a mock-up Jigsaw scenario. It's often used by fans to point out, in a humorous manner, his hypocrisy about how he's not a killer despite creating death traps and putting people (some even innocent) in them.[[/labelnote]]
** ''Saw VI'': Due to Creator/DevonBostick's role as Brent, it's not uncommon to find jokes about [[Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid Rodrick Heffley]] (his most famous role that came about a year later) being in a ''Saw'' movie. These jokes range from saying Jigsaw is testing Rodrick, to calling the movie ''Saw VI: [[Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKidRodrickRules Rodrick Rules]]''.
** For ''Saw 3D'':
*** The Hoffmanator [[labelnote:Explanation]]Hoffman was given this nickname specifically for the film, due to him becoming a SpreeKiller and [[TookALevelInBadass leaping on multiple levels of badass]] to the point that he may or may not have turned to an over-the-top persona for the series. The nickname itself is a {{Pun}} between "Hoffman" and "Franchise/{{Terminator}}".[[/labelnote]]
*** Quoting Music/LinkinPark lyrics in the Horsepower Trap, because of their late lead vocalist Chester Bennington playing its lead victim Evan. "Crawling" and "In the End" are especially popular for this, the former due to the line "crawling in my skin, these wounds, they will not heal" (itself highly memetic in its own right) and the fact that the trap involves Evan having to [[FlayingAlive rip the skin from his back]], and the latter for the line "I tried so hard, and got so far, but in the end it doesn't even matter", which describes Evan's struggle pretty well.
*** Dripsaw [[labelnote:Explanation]]John's outfit in one of the flashbacks (including a hoodie and a backwards baseball cap) has attracted attention, especially in recent years, due to how out-of-place it looks for a man who otherwise wears simple casual clothes without much detail. The meme only spread further when ''Spiral'' later did a similar thing to depict a younger Zeke in another flashback, to the point that some fans are petitioning for the same to happen in the upcoming ''Saw X''.[[/labelnote]]
** [[spoiler:Halloran]]'s head splitting into eight pieces in ''Jigsaw'' has drawn comparisons to a plum, Terry's Chocolate Orange, [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Patrick Star]] or the [[Series/StrangerThings Demogorgon]].
** When ''Spiral''[='=]s title logo was first shown, many people noticed that it bore an uncanny resemblance to the Platform/SegaDreamcast logo and made jokes about it being the villain.
** ''Saw X'':
*** "Saw [[WesternAnimation/PAWPatrolTheMightyMovie Patrol]]."[[labelnote:Explanation]]''Saw X''[='=]s release date being moved to September 29th placed it on the same release day as ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrolTheMightyMovie''. With this occurring not long after the simultaneous release of ''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'', which led to the "Barbenheimer" meme, many have labeled this release date as "Saw Patrol" and state it to be the sequel to "Barbenheimer". Some detractors complain that this is a ForcedMeme, given how intensely promoted it has been by both movies' distributors from the outset, whereas "Barbenheimer" came about and spread much more naturally. Similarly, while ''Barbie'' and ''Oppenheimer'' are both films with a significant overlap in audience if not tone and genre, very few people were actually interested in watching both ''Saw X'' and ''PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie''.[[/labelnote]]
*** Boston Sawx [[labelnote:Explanation]] A number of people have made jokes about pronouncing the title as if it were a single word, pronounced as "Socks" in an exaggerated Boston accent.[[/labelnote]]
*** Epic Bad Luck [[labelnote:Explanation ('''SPOILERS''')]]In the post-credits scene, Hoffman refers to Henry cheating John of all people as this. The line gained a lot of mileage from ''Saw'' fans due to how hilariously cheesy it is. [[/labelnote]]

* OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight: The movies released after the departure of creators Leigh Whannell and Creator/JamesWan as writers (they were involved in the following movies up to ''Saw 3D'', but only as executive producers) are highly regarded as significantly inferior to the first three movies, with the [[SurprisinglyImprovedSequel frequent exception]] of ''Saw VI''.

** '''KILLING IS DISTASTEFUL''' [[labelnote:Explanation]]A quote from John Kramer often used by fans to point out his hypocrisy about how he's not a killer despite creating and putting people (some even innocent) in death traps.[[/labelnote]]

** ''Jigsaw'': Creator/TobinBell and Creator/LauraVandervoort have both acted in Creator/RLStine television adaptations (Bell had appeared in ''Film/TheHauntingHour'', while Vandervoort appeared in three episodes of ''Series/{{Goosebumps}}'').

** When ''Spiral''[='=]s title logo was first shown, many people noticed that it bore an uncanny resemblance to the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast logo and made jokes about it being the villain.

** In the first film, Detective Sing makes a crack at Tapp obsessively working on the Jigsaw case in favor of going out and having a beer with him, saying that "maybe [he] should find [himself] a girlfriend." Per the premise of ''VideoGame/SawIIFleshAndBlood'', Tapp ''did'' in fact have a wife and son (named Kara and Michael, respectively), but his [[{{Workaholic}} focus on his work]] resulted in him neglecting and ultimately abandoning them Michael was young.

** In the first film, Lawrence promises his daughter that he's not going to leave her. By the time the seventh film rolls around, his wife's divorced him because of his mental instability and taken their daughter with her. [[spoiler:Not to mention that he's now working with the same guy as the man who held her hostage, after telling her that "The Bad Man" didn't exist and wasn't hiding in her room.]]

** ''Saw [=3D=]'' featured Chester Bennington of Music/LinkinPark as one of the victims of Jigsaw's traps. He wound up committing suicide on July 20, 2017, the same day that the first trailer for ''Jigsaw'' came out. It didn't help that the villainy (being a leader of a racist skinhead gang) of Chester's character in the movie is just informed instead of being portrayed on-screen, and Chester is a nice guy in real-life with deep seated problems with depression.

** ''Saw [=3D=]'' featured Chester Bennington of Music/LinkinPark as one of the victims of Jigsaw's traps. He wound up committing suicide on July 20, 2017, the same day that the first trailer for ''Jigsaw'' came out.

*** "Epic Bad Luck"[[labelnote:Explanation ('''SPOILERS''')]]In the post-credits scene, Hoffman refers to Henry cheating John of all people as this. The line gained a lot of mileage from ''Saw'' fans due to how hilariously cheesy it is. [[/labelnote]]

* EvilIsSexy:
** Hoffman gets this treatment from the fanbase a lot, thanks to combining the above-mentioned EvilIsCool-ness with being a decently attractive man (courtesy of Creator/CostasMandylor).
** In ''Jigsaw'', Halloran and [[spoiler:Anna]], played by the [[MrFanservice easy-on-]][[MsFanservice the-eyes]] Creator/CallumKeithRennie and [[spoiler:Creator/LauraVandervoort]], respectively.

* [[CatharsisFactor/{{Saw}} Catharsis Factor]]

*** "Saw [[WesternAnimation/PAWPatrolTheMightyMovie Patrol]]."[[labelnote:Explanation]]''Saw X''[='=]s release date being moved to September 29th placed it on the same release day as ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrolTheMightyMovie''. With this occurring not long after the simultaneous release of ''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'', which led to the "Barbenheimer" meme, many have labeled this release date as "Saw Patrol" and state it to be the sequel to "Barbenheimer". Some detractors complain that this is a ForcedMeme, given how intensely promoted it has been by both movies' distributors from the outset while the former came about and spread much more naturally. Similarly, while ''Barbie'' and ''Oppenheimer'' are both films with a significant overlap in audience if not tone and genre, very few people were actually interested in watching both ''Saw X'' and ''PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie''.[[/labelnote]]

*** "Saw [[WesternAnimation/PAWPatrolTheMightyMovie Patrol]]."[[labelnote:Explanation]]''Saw X''[='=]s release date being moved to September 29th placed it on the same release day as ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrolTheMightyMovie''. With this occurring not long after the simultaneous release of ''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'', which led to the "Barbenheimer" meme, many have labeled this release date as "Saw Patrol" and state it to be a sequel to "Barbenheimer". Some detractors complain that this is a ForcedMeme, given how intensely promoted it has been by both movies' distributors from the outset while the former came about and spread much more naturally. Similarly, while ''Barbie'' and ''Oppenheimer'' are both films with a significant overlap in audience if not tone and genre, very few people were actually interested in watching both ''Saw X'' and ''PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie''.[[/labelnote]]

*** "Saw [[WesternAnimation/PAWPatrolTheMightyMovie Patrol]]."[[labelnote:Explanation]]''Saw X''[='=]s release date being moved to September 29th placed it on the same release day as ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrolTheMightyMovie''. With this occurring not long after the simultaneous release of ''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'', which led to the "Barbenheimer" meme, many have labeled this release date as "Saw Patrol" and state it to be a sequel to "Barbenheimer". Some detractors complain that this is a ForcedMeme, given how intensely promoted it has been by both movies' distributors from the outset while the former came about and spread much more naturally. Similarly, while ''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'' are both films with a significant overlap in audience if not tone and genre, very few people were actually interested in watching both ''Saw'' and ''Paw Patrol''.[[/labelnote]]

*** "Saw [[WesternAnimation/PAWPatrolTheMightyMovie Patrol]]."[[labelnote:Explanation]]''Saw X''[='=]s release date being moved to September 29th placed it on the same release day as ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrolTheMightyMovie''. With this occurring not long after the release of ''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'', whose simultaneous release created the "Barbenheimer" meme, many have labeled this release date as "Saw Patrol" and state it to be a sequel to "Barbenheimer". Some detractors complain that this is a ForcedMeme, given how intensely promoted it has been by both movies' distributors from the outset while the former came about and spread much more naturally. Similarly, while ''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'' are both films with a significant overlap in audience if not tone and genre, very few people were actually interested in watching both ''Saw'' and ''Paw Patrol''.[[/labelnote]]

*** "Saw [[WesternAnimation/PAWPatrolTheMightyMovie Patrol]]."[[labelnote:Explanation]]''Saw X''[='=]s release date being moved to September 29th placed it on the same release day as ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrolTheMightyMovie''. With this occurring not long after the release of ''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'', whose simultaneous release created the "Barbenheimer" meme, many have labeled this release date as "Saw Patrol" and state it to be a sequel to "Barbenheimer". Some detractors complain that this is a ForcedMeme, given how intensely promoted it has been by both movies' distributors from the outset.[[/labelnote]]