History AscendedMeme / ComicBooks

* A common meme among Smurf haters is to present Papa Smurf as a fascist or communist dictator. In ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' story "The Reporter Smurf", Reporter accuses Papa Smurf of being a dictator through his newspaper when Papa Smurf warns him to stop going after Smurfette with his "exclusives".

* Many comic book fansites, especially the Website/LiveJournal[=/=]Dreamwidth community "scans_daily" had a running gag of ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} having comics' most recognizable ass. An Annual issue of ''ComicBook/Batgirl2011'' had Babs recognize the ass in question and realise that Dick was alive, since at the time he was pretending to be dead in ''ComicBook/{{Grayson}}''.
** Then there's the part of the run where Midnighter gets around the Spyral technology that masks agents' faces by saying he'd "recognize that ass anywhere."

** A joke had Batman ask Robin to check the Batmobile's battery with Robin responding "What's a 'Tery'?", a play on Batman [[{{Hyperaffixation}} adding the "Bat-" prefix to everything]]. ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'' #98 has Batman pulling out a small battery out of his utility belt calling it a "bat-tery". ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, who was with him, [[LamePunReaction groaned out "No, you $&%#$& didn't."]]

** In Issue 205, an insane Dr. Eggman catches Snively sneaking around and declares that he is "Snoo-ping as usual!", a call back to the infamous [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop PINGAS meme]] from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''. The same issue depicts Eggman saying "It's from the show!", a ShoutOut to a [=YouTube=] Poop Music Video.

** PlayedForHorror in ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal. It's a running gag to claim "[[CrazyPrepared Batman could defeat anyone given enough time to prepare". Cue [[AlternateSelf The Batman]] [[EvilCounterpart Who Laughs]], who even the original sees as this concept [[AnthropomorphicPersonification incarnated]] from "Batman always wins".

** It's a running gag to claim Batman could defeat anyone given enough time to prepare. Cue ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal and the Batman Who Laughs, who even the original sees as this fact incarnate.

* The collected edition of ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers Assemble]]'' #9-13 (2013), which focuses on ComicBook/IronMan and the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk, is called ''Science Bros'', in reference to the 2012 meme about their movie counterparts being HeterosexualLifePartners. ''ComicBook/OriginalSin: Hulk vs. Iron Man'' #1 brings the meme in-universe when Tony mentions they picked up the name soon after they first met.

* Batman:
** While there's no confirmation as of yet if it was intentional, ''All Star Batman'' includes a piece of dialogue where Batman proudly proclaims that "rock and roll will never die". [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Hmm...]]

** A recent joke making the rounds had Batman ask Robin to check the Batmobile's battery with Robin responding "What's a 'Tery'?", a play on Batman [[{{Hyperaffixation}} adding the "Bat-" prefix to everything]]. ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'' #98 has Batman pulling out a small battery out of his utility belt calling it a "bat-tery". ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, who was with him, [[LamePunReaction groaned out "No, you $&%#$& didn't."]]
** The infamous "Batman slaps Robin" meme was parodied with [[https://screenrant.com/batman-superman-dueling-slap-meme-variant-covers/ two variant covers]] of ''ComicBook/BatmanSupermanWorldsFinest'', with Batman and Superman slapping each other for putting their own name first in the title.[[note]]For the record, Batman's right.[[/note]]
** The "Dark City" arc of the ComicBook/New52 Franchise/{{Batman}} origin, ''ComicBook/BatmanZeroYear'', has Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb call the title character [[ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder the goddamn Batman]].

* In 1994, the ''[[ComicBook/StreetFighterMalibuComics Street Fighter]]'' comic, Ryu and Ken's master is named Sheng Long, following the English SNES ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' instruction manuals. This all started because of an April Fools joke.
* ''Literature/TheSuperdictionary'' legendarily illustrated "forty" with ComicBook/LexLuthor stealing forty cakes. "AndThatsTerrible". Eventually a canon comic (''Superman'' #709) [[https://theragingfanboy.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/lex-luthor-took-forty-cakes-and-thats-awesome/ revealed]] that, as revenge for not being allowed to enter an early invention in his high school's science fair, Lex Luthor stole forty cakes from the bake sale.

** The new Lugnut toy was designed to execute a ''double dose'' of P.O.K.E. with both hands being spring-loaded, no doubt inspired by the nickname's popularity.
** ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' [[http://www.shortpacked.com/2009/comic/book-8/04-guest-strips-and-miscellany/sgravage/ introduced]] featured MirrorUniverse Ravage, who as the opposite of a silent master of stealth, constantly updated his Twitter feed with exactly where he was. When Ravage appeared in an official ''ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass'' story a few months later, they followed this portrayal.

** It's a running gag to claim Batman could defeat anyone given enough time to prepare. Cue ComicBook/DarkKnightsMetal and the Batman Who Laughs, who even the original sees as this fact incarnate.

* The collected edition of ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers Assemble]]'' #9-13 (2013), which focuses on ComicBook/IronMan and the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk, is called ''Science Bros'', in reference to the 2012 meme about their movie counterparts being HeterosexualLifePartners. ''ComicBook/OriginalSin: Hulk vs. Iron Man'' #1 brings the meme in-universe when Tony mentions they picked up the name soon after they first met.

* While there's no confirmation as of yet if it was intentional, ''All Star Batman'' includes a piece of dialogue where Batman proudly proclaims that "rock and roll will never die". [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Hmm...]]
* Later issues of ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'' also use the phrase "Goddamn Batman" repeatedly after the "I'm the Goddamn Batman!" from an early issue became a meme.

* ''Batman'' #666 featured a possible future wherein Damian Wayne (Bruce Wayne's biological son and later Robin V) is Batman, and has a cat he calls Alfred. Fandom took this and ran with it, and Damian became a Crazy Cat Kid in the fandom. Grant Morrison, writer of the issue, took this and expanded it to have Damian be an animal lover in general, with Damian later adopting a Bat-Cow and becoming a vegetarian. Peter J. Tomasi furthered this, with Damian getting Titus, an updated interpretation of Ace the Bat-Hound. Tomasi's frequent collaborator Patrick Gleason also gave him a colossal 'bat-dragon' called Goliath. Tomasi's ''ComicBook/SupermanRebirth'' run also had Damian lose his shit at Jonathan Kent's accidental murder of a cat, and when they talk later, Damian is basically covered in his pets.
* A recent joke making the rounds had Batman ask Robin to check the Batmobile's battery with Robin responding "What's a 'Tery'?", a play on Batman [[{{Hyperaffixation}} adding the "Bat-" prefix to everything]]. ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'' #98 has Batman pulling out a small battery out of his utility belt calling it a "bat-tery". ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, who was with him, [[LamePunReaction groaned out "No, you $&%#$& didn't."]]
* The infamous "Batman slaps Robin" meme was parodied with [[https://screenrant.com/batman-superman-dueling-slap-meme-variant-covers/ two variant covers]] of ''ComicBook/BatmanSupermanWorldsFinest'', with Batman and Superman slapping each other for putting their own name first in the title.[[note]]For the record, Batman's right.[[/note]]

* The main Franchise/MarvelUniverse is called "Earth-616". There's a fan rumor that it was named for the date the ComicBook/FantasticFour first appeared (supposedly June 1961). This is not true (for one thing, the issue was released in August), but this numbering scheme then became used for real for several Marvel alternate Earths.

* ''Batman'' #666 featured a possible future wherein Damian Wayne (Bryce Wayne's biological son and later Robin V) is Batman, and has a cat he calls Alfred. Fandom took this and ran with it, and Damian became a Crazy Cat Kid in the fandom. Grant Morrison, writer of the issue, took this and expanded it to have Damian be an animal lover in general, with Damian later adopting a Bat-Cow and becoming a vegetarian. Peter J. Tomasi furthered this, with Damian getting Titus, an updated interpretation of Ace the Bat-Hound. Tomasi's frequent collaborator Patrick Gleason also gave him a colossal 'bat-dragon' called Goliath. Tomasi's ''ComicBook/SupermanRebirth'' run also had Damian lose his shit at Jonathan Kent's accidental murder of a cat, and when they talk later, Damian is basically covered in his pets.

* A recent joke making the rounds had Batman ask Robin to check the Batmobile's battery with Robin responding "What's a 'Tery'?", a play on Batman adding the "Bat-" prefix to everything. ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'' #98 has Batman pulling out a small battery out of his utility belt calling it a "bat-tery". ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, who was with him, [[LamePunReaction groaned out "No, you $&%#$& didn't."]]

* In 1994, the ''[[ComicBook/MalibuComicsStreetFighter Street Fighter]]'' comic, Ryu and Ken's master is named Sheng Long, following the English SNES ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' instruction manuals. This all started because of an April Fools joke.

* Lugnut's ultimate attack, the [[PowerFist Punch Of Kill Everything]] in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', had its [[invoked]]FanNickname immortalized in the official ''Animated'' comic series "The Arrival - Part 4."
** The same nickname is referenced in ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron''. Among other things, one skill Soldiers can select to enhance their [[SpinAttack Whirlwind ability]] is called "P.o.K.E Alpha".
** The new Lugnut toy was designed to execute a ''double dose'' of P.O.K.E. with both hands being spring-loaded, no doubt inspired by the nickname's popularity.
** ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' [[http://www.shortpacked.com/2009/comic/book-8/04-guest-strips-and-miscellany/sgravage/ introduced]] featured MirrorUniverse Ravage, who as the opposite of a silent master of stealth, constantly updated his Twitter feed with exactly where he was. When Ravage appeared in an official ''ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass'' story a few months later, they followed this portrayal.
* Music/JimCroce's "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" has the line "Don't tug on Superman's cape." Now, in the comics, Supes gets really grumpy when people screw with the cape.
** The song gets invoked in ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' when the team takes on [[spoiler:treacherous member Hyperion]]... who happens to be a CaptainErsatz of Superman.
* The Advertising/HostessFruitPies ads have been parodied more times than we can count. [[ComicBook/SpiderVerse Morlun]] even went to that universe at one point.
--> "[[BlackComedy You get a big delight in every bite of]] [[IAmAHumanitarian Spider-Totems]]!"

* ComicBook/SquirrelGirl's one-shot appearance becoming a meme in Internet forums led to her becoming a permanent recurring character in ''ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers''.
** Then she was (briefly) Luke Cage and Jessica Jones' nanny.
** Then she got her [[ComicBook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl own series]], written by the ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'' [[Creator/RyanNorth guy.]]
** Then she joined Roberto [=DaCosta=]'s [[ComicBook/NewAvengers2015 New Avengers]], and would go from that to the Comicbook/USAvengers.
** And then thanks to her the ''Great Lakes Avengers'' got their first ongoing in ComicBook/MarvelNOW2016 and we completed the meme ascension circle. Will it become a spiral? Only time will tell.
* The main Franchise/MarvelUniverse is called "Earth-616". There's a fan rumor that it was named for the date the ComicBook/FantasticFour first appeared (supposedly June 1961). This is not true (for one thing, the issue was released in August), but this numbering scheme then became used for real for several Marvel alternate Earths.

* When ''VideoGame/MegaMan2's'' Air Man appears in the ''ComicBook/MegaManArchieComics'' comic, he twice tells Mega Man, is "[[ThatOneBoss You can't]] [[https://youtu.be/opADNvgeZYY beat me.]]"

* In 1994, the ''[[ComicBook/MalibuComicsStreetFighter Street Fighter]]'' comic, Ryu and Ken's master is named Sheng Long, following the English SNES ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' instruction manuals. This all started because of an April Fools joke.
* ''Literature/TheSuperdictionary'' legendarily illustrated "forty" with ComicBook/LexLuthor stealing forty cakes. "AndThatsTerrible". Eventually a canon comic (''Superman'' #709) [[https://theragingfanboy.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/lex-luthor-took-forty-cakes-and-thats-awesome/ revealed]] that, as revenge for not being allowed to enter an early invention in his high school's science fair, Lex Luthor stole forty cakes from the bake sale.
* ''[[ComicBook/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror #15]]'': the bootleg Bart Simpson in "Boo-tleg" is African-American and even talks about his plans to sell shirts of himself at the flea market. This is a reference to the phenomenon of bootleg Bart Simpson shirts being sold in the African-American community in the early 1990s, a substantial amount of which can be seen at https://www.facebook.com/bootlegbart.
** Creator/MattGroening himself lampooned the same phenomenon at least twice in his comic strip ''ComicStrip/LifeInHell'', once in [[http://johnnylurg.tumblr.com/image/81513373908 this ad for bootleg T-shirts]] and again in a strip where a fan asked Groening [[TooDumbToLive how much money he makes from the bootlegs]].
* A common meme among Smurf haters is to present Papa Smurf as a fascist or communist dictator. In ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' story "The Reporter Smurf", Reporter accuses Papa Smurf of being a dictator through his newspaper when Papa Smurf warns him to stop going after Smurfette with his "exclusives".

* Later issues of ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'' also use the phrase "Goddamn Batman" repeatedly after the "I'm the Goddamn Batman!" from an early issue became a meme.

* The collected edition of ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers Assemble]]'' #9-13 (2013), which focuses on ComicBook/IronMan and the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk, is called ''Science Bros'', in reference to the 2012 meme about their movie counterparts being HeterosexualLifePartners. ''ComicBook/OriginalSin: Hulk vs. Iron Man'' #1 brings the meme in-universe when Tony mentions they picked up the name soon after they first met.
* In ''[[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFiendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Fiendship Is Magic #1]]'', some of the crystal pony fillies tease Sombra as "Sombrero", which has been a fandom meme since [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E1TheCrystalEmpirePart1 the Season]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E2TheCrystalEmpirePart2 3 opener]].
* Two Website/{{Tumblr}} memes regarding America Chavez from ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' ("She's beauty, she's grace, she'll punch you in the face!" and "America, no!" "America, yes!") were used in the first issue of ''Comicbook/AForce''.
* Many comic book fansites, especially the Website/LiveJournal[=/=]Dreamwidth community "scans_daily" had a running gag of ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} having comics' most recognizable ass. An Annual issue of ''ComicBook/Batgirl2011'' had Babs recognize the ass in question and realise that Dick was alive, since at the time he was pretending to be dead in ''ComicBook/{{Grayson}}''.
** Then there's the part of the run where Midnighter gets around the Spyral technology that masks agents' faces by saying he'd "recognize that ass anywhere."
* A particularly infamous quote by British Prime Minister David Cameron [[note]]For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'.[[/note]] was picked up by the internet as sounding more like a supervillain speech, and kicked off a meme of photoshopping Cameron's words onto Doctor Doom and other comic book villains, such as [[http://i.imgur.com/6TfMMrG.jpg here]]. In an issue of ''ComicBook/CaptainBritain and the Mighty Defenders'', one of Doom's minions [[http://i100.independent.co.uk/image/7076-1r31e37.jpg virtually quotes the line word for word]].

* There is a popular scene in ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' where Rio kicks over a plant. It's so [[{{Narm}} hilarious]] that it made its way into the ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW'' reboot. Rio kicks over a plant in agitation. People glare at him so he [[AdaptationalNiceGuy apologizes, and puts it upright again]].
* In ''[[ComicBook/CosmicGhostRider Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys the Marvel Universe]]'', the titular Cosmic Ghost Rider - a version of Frank Castle who became a Ghost Rider, then a Herald of Galactus, then an unwilling servant of King Thanos and nearly as crazy as Deadpool - very nearly succeeds in talking Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man, into taking down the Hulk. Specifically, by shrinking down, climbing up the Hulk's, ah, rear entrance, then growing once... within. It was quite clearly a take on the 'Thanus' meme, with fans speculating before ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/AvengersEndGame'' that Scott Lang would do exactly that to take out Thanos, and Frank doubling over laughing after Pym decides against it, saying that "the other Ant-Man" would have fallen for it.
* ''Batman'' #666 featured a possible future wherein Damian Wayne (Bryce Wayne's biological son and later Robin V) is Batman, and has a cat he calls Alfred. Fandom took this and ran with it, and Damian became a Crazy Cat Kid in the fandom. Grant Morrison, writer of the issue, took this and expanded it to have Damian be an animal lover in general, with Damian later adopting a Bat-Cow and becoming a vegetarian. Peter J. Tomasi furthered this, with Damian getting Titus, an updated interpretation of Ace the Bat-Hound. Tomasi's frequent collaborator Patrick Gleason also gave him a colossal 'bat-dragon' called Goliath. Tomasi's ''ComicBook/SupermanRebirth'' run also had Damian lose his shit at Jonathan Kent's accidental murder of a cat, and when they talk later, Damian is basically covered in his pets.
* While there's no confirmation as of yet if it was intentional, ''All Star Batman'' includes a piece of dialogue where Batman proudly proclaims that "rock and roll will never die". [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Hmm...]]
* A recent joke making the rounds had Batman ask Robin to check the Batmobile's battery with Robin responding "What's a 'Tery'?", a play on Batman adding the "Bat-" prefix to everything. ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'' #98 has Batman pulling out a small battery out of his utility belt calling it a "bat-tery". ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, who was with him, [[LamePunReaction groaned out "No, you $&%#$& didn't."]]

* Lugnut's ultimate attack, the [[PowerFist Punch Of Kill Everything]] in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', had its FanNickname immortalized in the official ''Animated'' comic series "The Arrival - Part 4."

* Issue #1 of ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'''s synopsis uses the fan-coined term "Mane Six" (already more than a FanNickname due to being used on a couple of [[TheMerch licensed shirts]], but this further elevates the term).

* A recent joke making the rounds had Batman ask Robin to check the Batmobile's battery with Robin responding "What's a 'Tery'?", a play on Batman adding the "Bat-" prefix to everything. ''ComicBook/BatmanRebirth'' #98 has Batman pulling out a small battery out of his utility belt calling it a "bat-tery". ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, who was with him, [[LamePunReaction groaned out "No, you $&%#$& didn't."]]

* When ''VideoGame/MegaMan2's'' Air Man appears in the ''ComicBook/MegaMan'' comic, he twice tells Mega Man, is "[[ThatOneBoss You can't]] [[https://youtu.be/opADNvgeZYY beat me.]]"

* ''Literature/TheSuperdictionary'' legendarily illustrated "forty" with ComicBook/LexLuthor stealing forty cakes. "AndThatsTerrible". Eventually a canon comic (''Superman'' #709) revealed that, as revenge for not being allowed to enter an early invention in his high school's science fair, Lex Luthor stole forty cakes from the bake sale.

* The Hostess Fruit Cake ads have been parodied more times than we can count. [[ComicBook/SpiderVerse Morlun]] even went to that universe at one point.

* ''The Super Dictionary'' legendarily illustrated "forty" with ComicBook/LexLuthor stealing forty cakes. "AndThatsTerrible". Eventually a canon comic (''Superman'' #709) revealed that, as revenge for not being allowed to enter an early invention in his high school's science fair, Lex Luthor stole forty cakes from the bake sale.

* There is a popular scene in ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' where Rio kicks over a plant. It's so [[{{Narm}} hilarious]] that it made its way into the ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms'' reboot. Rio kicks over a plant in agitation. People glare at him so he [[AdaptationalNiceGuy apologizes, and puts it upright again]].

** Then she got her [[Comicbook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl own series]], written by the ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'' [[Creator/RyanNorth guy.]]

** And then thanks to her the ''Great Lakes Avengers'' got their first ongoing in Comicbook/MarvelNOW2016 and we completed the meme ascension circle. Will it become a spiral? Only time will tell.

* During ''Comicbook/FearItself'', the ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' tie-in arc features a literal Giant-Size Comicbook/ManThing, and Songbird refers to him as just that.

* ComicBook/{{New 52}}:

** The hero formerly known as Captain Marvel is now simply "{{ComicBook/Shazam}}"; partially because (thanks to WritingAroundTrademarks) [[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/geoff-johns-curse-of-shazam-120126.html "everybody thinks he's called Shazam already, outside of comics."]] IAmNotShazam no more!
** The "Dark City" arc of the ComicBook/{{New 52}} Franchise/{{Batman}} origin, ''ComicBook/BatmanZeroYear'', has Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb call the title character [[ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder the goddamn Batman]].

* ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'':

* The collected edition of ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers Assemble]]'' #9-13 (2013), which focuses on Comicbook/IronMan and the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk, is called ''Science Bros'', in reference to the 2012 meme about their movie counterparts being HeterosexualLifePartners. ''ComicBook/OriginalSin: Hulk vs. Iron Man'' #1 brings the meme in-universe when Tony mentions they picked up the name soon after they first met.

* Many comic book fansites, especially the Website/LiveJournal[=/=]Dreamwidth community "scans_daily" had a running gag of ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} having comics' most recognizable ass. An Annual issue of ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl 2011}}'' had Babs recognize the ass in question and realise that Dick was alive, since at the time he was pretending to be dead in ''ComicBook/{{Grayson}}''.

* When ''VideoGame/MegaMan2's'' Air Man appears in the ''ComicBook/MegaMan'' comic, his line is "[[ThatOneBoss You can't]] [[https://youtu.be/opADNvgeZYY beat me.]]"

* In ''[[Characters/GhostRiders Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys the Marvel Universe]]'', the titular Cosmic Ghost Rider - a version of Frank Castle who became a Ghost Rider, then a Herald of Galactus, then an unwilling servant of King Thanos and nearly as crazy as Deadpool - very nearly succeeds in talking Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man, into taking down the Hulk. Specifically, by shrinking down, climbing up the Hulk's, ah, rear entrance, then growing once... within. It was quite clearly a take on the 'Thanus' meme, with fans speculating before ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/AvengersEndGame'' that Scott Lang would do exactly that to take out Thanos, and Frank doubling over laughing after Pym decides against it, saying that "the other Ant-Man" would have fallen for it.

* In ''[[Characters/GhostRiders Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History]]'', the titular Cosmic Ghost Rider - a version of Frank Castle who became a Ghost Rider, then a Herald of Galactus, then an unwilling servant of King Thanos and nearly as crazy as Deadpool - very nearly succeeds in talking Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man, into taking down the Hulk. Specifically, by shrinking down, climbing up the Hulk's, ah, rear entrance, then growing once... within. It was quite clearly a take on the 'Thanus' meme, with fans speculating before ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/AvengersEndGame'' that Scott Lang would do exactly that to take out Thanos, and Frank doubling over laughing after Pym decides against it, saying that "the other Ant-Man" would have fallen for it.

* ''Batman'' #666 featured a possible future wherein Damian Wayne (Bryce Wayne's biological son and later Robin V) is Batman, and has a cat he calls Alfred. Fandom took this and ran with it, and Damian became a Crazy Cat Kid in the fandom. Grant Morrison, writer of the issue, took this and expanded it to have Damian be an animal lover in general, with Damian later adopting a Bat-Cow and becoming a vegetarian. Peter J. Tomasi furthered this, with Damian getting Titus, an updated interpretation of Ace the Bat-Hound. Tomasi's frequent collaborator Patrick Gleason also gave him a colossal mutant bat called Goliath. Tomasi's ''ComicBook/SupermanRebirth'' run also had Damian lose his shit at Jonathan Kent's accidental murder of a cat, and when they talk later, Damian is basically covered in his pets.