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No Real Life examples section? Elon Musk definitely comes to mind at this point, and if not, I'm sure some people qualify...

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I was looking over the examples and they are more confusing than those for other tropes. In Film, for example, you see listed:

a) Specific Actors (real people)

b) Specific Characters

c) Individual Films

d) Film Series

Are these all considered "fountains"? I think that real people shouldn't be listed, instead mention the meme-able characters they play and films they've been in. It's true that some actors get these roles more than others but the meme isn't coming from the actor but the screenplay author. Samuel Jackson and Bruce Willis didn't come up with their one-liners, the writers created them and the characters said them.

The question then becomes are fountains only quotable characters or also entire artistic works?

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Any special reason why Kajetokun isn't listed? Sure he's best known for IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!! But his various videos have become memetic phrases among fans.

List of memes he made:

Gutsman's Ass (Dun DUN!) The balls are inert Gotcha Bitch! A Day in Dracula's life

for starters.

I think this page needs another cleanup, but I'm not sure exactly how to start. There are several examples on the main page of characters with just 1 or 2 very well known memes, or who became more famouse after the proliferation of that meme, which doesn't exactly seem like it should count. There are also several example of funny lines from videogames or video-game parodies, but they're not always attributable to the same character, and while funny, they don't seem to fit the "every line this character speaks is meme-worthy" definition.

Should we require that posters list at least three examples of reasonably-well known lines along with each character?

Also, in the "Archived Discussion" section, it says that "A Fountain Of Memes is a character, not a work", is this supposed to still be in effect? There are several series listed where it basically just says "everyone": Code Geass, Evangelion, Mean Girls, Finding Nemo, the Simpons, etc.

Would anyone object if I started pulling examples off the main page and into the discussion section for evaluation?

No Real Life category? Or do those people just go under the category of things they're most known for?

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Nothing from literature? At all?

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Oh, hello, i was wondering if Don Ramon, from El Chavo del ocho, could be considered a Latin-american example. I mean, everyone from where i lives knows his phrases, even hispanic webpages consider him a meme (not only because of his face)

Hobby writter. only because im bored.

What about Pirates of the Caribbean? Those movies are FULL of this kind of characters. Captain Jack Sparrow, say.

Alright, what the hell was FastEddie thinking when he removed the page quotes from Captain Falcon? That guy fits the description of this trope perfectly.

Why I am afraid of fences.

I was thinking of putting Albedo from Xenosaga here in this list, but I'm not sure if any of his quotes have reached memetic status. Any thoughts on the matter?

Does the show have to originate the example for it to count? Because Family Guy was only referencing Peanut Butter Jelly Time, that meme is pretty ancient.

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