History Memes / Berserk

* Creator/KentaroMiura is WebVideo/FilthyFrank.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Some fans see one of the few images of Miura circulating on the internet and thinks he looks a lot like Filthy Frank, a guy with his own web show who, among other gags, puts on a pink bodysuit and behaves outrageously in public.[[/labelnote]]

* ''''''HERETIC!!!''''''[[labelnote:Explanation]]The image of Bishop Mozgus punishing an accused heretic by breaking his skull with an iron-bound book of scripture while screaming "Heretic!" and making an insane expression caused his face to become a meme on 4chan, and Mozgus was even parodied in ''Manga/ExcelSaga''. One particular fan image changes his face to look like ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}''.[[/labelnote]]

* "[[Film/{{Clerks}} My love for you is like a truck! BERSERKER!]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]]An amusing anime dub outtake for the scene following Guts and Casca making love, this is a reference to the film Film/{{Clerks}}. [[/labelnote]]

* [[MemeticMolester Rape Horse]][[labelnote:Explanation]]In volume 17, a horse possessed by one of the spirits attracted by Guts' brand attempts to rape Farnese. He's the series' MemeticMolester.[[/labelnote]]

* "[[GratuitousEnglish Put your grasses on]], [[NarmCharm nothing will be wrong]]".[[labelnote:explanation]]This comes from the 1997 anime theme song "Tell me why" by the Penpals, entirely in mispronounced [[GratuitousEnglish engrish]] that manages to be both {{Narm}} and NarmCharm.[[/labelnote]]
** "It's up 2 u!"

* "Don't lump me together with you [[PrecisionFStrike faggot-ass]] monsters."[[labelnote:explanation]]This is how the Evil Genius scanlations translated Guts' rebuke to Ganishka's WeCanRuleTogether offer, a bit saltier than the official Dark Horse translation's "Don't mistake me for one of you freaks". Fans seem to love this quote as a case of NarmCharm, similar to Kallen's "Badass Mother" like in the dub for Anime/CodeGeass.[[/labelnote]]

* "Don't lump me together with you [[PrecisionFStrike faggot-ass]] monsters."[[labelnote:explanation]]This is what Guts said to Ganishka when refusing his WeCanRuleTogether offer. Fans seem to love this quote.[[/labelnote]]

* Miura's too busy playing VideoGame/TheIdolmaster to make ''Berserk''.[[labelnote:Explanation]]In the magazine that Berserk is published in, Miura often has little comments at the end of the episode. He normally mentions movies he's recently seen, games he's played, or anything else really. In one of them, he mentioned that he had been playing VideoGame/TheIdolmaster recently and was having fun with it. And then some trolls took that and blew it completely out of proportion, claiming that he's addicted go Idolmaster and would rather play the game than make ''Berserk''. In reality nothing could be farther from the truth, as Miura is a total workaholic.[[/labelnote]]

** Are they still on Elfhelm? [[labelnote:Explanation]]A joke due to a hiatus until summer 2016 after chapter 343, not long after the gang left the boat.[[/labelnote]]

* "[[Film/{{Clerks}} My love for you is like a truck! BERSERKER!]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]]An anime dub outtake of a scene following Guts and Casca making love, this is a reference to the film Film/{{Clerks}}.[[/labelnote]]

* Miura's too busy playing VideoGame/TheIdolmaster to make ''Berserk''.[[labelnote:Explanation]]In the magazine that Berserk is published in, Miura often has little comments at the end of the episode. He normally mentions movies he's recently seen, games he's played, or anything else really. In one of them, he mentioned that he had been playing VideoGame/TheIdolmaster recently and was having fun with it. And then some trolls took that and blew it completely out of proportion, claiming that he's addicted go Idolmaster and would rather play the game than make ''Berserk''.[[/labelnote]]

* "[[Film/{{Clerks}} My love for you is like a truck! BERSERKER!]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]]From an anime dub outtake of a scene following Guts and Casca making love.[[/labelnote]]

* [[EarWorm Hai Yai Forces!]][[labelnote:explanation]]The chorus of Berserk's BootstrappedTheme, 'Forces' by Creator/SusumuHirasawa, indispensable for most ''Berserk'' parodies.[[/labelnote]]

** One very NSFW Parody replaces the sword with [[GagPenis Guts' penis]]!

* Casca is a Potato.[[labelnote:Explanation]]"Potato" is a slang term for people with intellectual disabilities such as Down's syndrome, probably originating from the [[DudeNotFunny somewhat mean-spirited]][[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-can-count-to-potato "i can count to potato"]] meme. It's a joke about Casca's mental invalidity since the Eclipse.[[/labelnote]]

* Guts is Batman[[labelnote:Explanation]]The Berserker armor has pointy ears, and when he's fighting with the help of Schierke's control the helmet looks like Batman's mask.[[/labelnote]]
* Casca is a Potato.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Potato is a slang term for people with down syndrome, probably originating from the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-can-count-to-potato "i can count to potato"]] meme. It's a joke about Casca's mental invalidity since the Eclipse.[[/labelnote]]

* "Don't lump me together with you [[PrecisionFStrike faggot-ass]] monsters."[[labelnote:explanation]]This is what Guts said to Ganishka when refusing his WeCanRuleTogether offer. Fans seem to love this quote.[[/labelnote]]

* Miura's too busy playing VideoGame/TheIdolmaster[[labelnote:Explanation]]In the magazine that Berserk is published in, Miura often has little comments at the end of the episode. He normally mentions movies he's recently seen, games he's played, or anything else really. In one of them, he mentioned that he had been playing VideoGame/TheIdolmaster recently and was having fun with it. And then some trolls took that and blew it completely out of proportion, claiming that he's addicted go Idolmaster and would rather play the game than make ''Berserk''.[[/labelnote]]

* Miura's too busy playing VideoGame/TheIdolmaster[[labelnote:Explanation]]In the magazine that Berserk is published in, Miura often has little comments at the end of the episode. He normally mentions movies he's recently seen, games he's played, or anything else really. In one of them, he mentioned that he had been playing VideoGame/TheIdolmaster recently and was having fun with it. And then some trolls took that and exaggerated it, claiming that he's addicted go it and would rather play Idolmaster than make Berserk.[[/labelnote]]

[[caption-width-right:250:[[MemeticMutation The real reason Miura's taking so long]].]]

* Rape Horse[[labelnote:Explanation]]In volume 17, a horse possessed by one of the spirits attracted by Guts' brand attempts to rape Farnese. He's the series' MemeticMolester.[[/labelnote]]

* "Put your grasses on, nothing will be wrong".[[labelnote:explanation]]This comes from the 1997 anime theme song "Tell me why" by the Penpals, entirely in mispronounced [[GratuitousEnglish engrish]] that manages to be both {{Narm}} and NarmCharm.[[/labelnote]]

* Hai Yai Forces![[labelnote:explanation]]The chorus of Berserk's BootstrappedTheme, 'Forces' by Creator/SusumuHirasawa, indispensable for most ''Berserk'' parodies.[[/labelnote]]
* "Don't lump me together with you faggot-ass monsters."[[labelnote:explanation]]This is what Guts said to Ganishka when refusing his WeCanRuleTogether offer. Fans seem to love this quote.[[/labelnote]]

* Casca is a Potato.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Casca has been referred to as a potato since she lost her sanity, since she appears to have the intelligence of a vegetable and contributes little to the plot except as a LivingMacGuffin.[[/labelnote]]

* Hai Yai Forces![[labelnote:explanation]]The chorus of Berserk's BootstrappedTheme, 'Forces' by Creator/SusumuHirasawa, indispensable for most ''Berserk'' parodies.[[/labelnote]]

* Hai Yai Forces![[labelnote:explanation]]The chorus of Berserk's BootstrappedThemeTune, 'Forces' by Creator/SusumuHirasawa, indispensable for most ''Berserk'' parodies.[[/labelnote]]

* [[ArcFatigue "When will they get off the boat!?"]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Because of Miura's increasingly frequent hiatuses, the part where Guts and co. were on board Roderick's ship dragged out for an inordinately long time. Impatient fans took this to hyperbolic extremes.[[/labelnote]]

* [[FlameBait Griffith did nothing wrong.]][[labelnote:explanation]]Because of Griffith's status as a DracoInLeatherPants, many fans try to rationalize or justify his evil actions as Femto. Therefore trolls like to use this phrase or something like as FlameBait to get people fighting on the forums, and it's also used ironically by people to make fun of said diehards and trolls.[[/labelnote]]

* "Homoerotic waterfights!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]From the famous HoYay filled scene where a naked Griffith throws water on Guts.)[[/labelnote]]
* "[[Film/{{Clerks}} My love for you is like a truck! BERSERKER!]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]]From an outtake of a scene following Guts and Casca making love.[[/labelnote]]

* Gattsu! Pakku! Griffisu![[labelnote:explanation]]The Japanese pronunciation of these characters' names, generally used on /r/berserklejerk when being facetious. Partly a reference to the terrible Band of the Hawk scanlations, and the general SpellMyNameWithAnS difficulty that comes from trying to name the characters in English.[[/labelnote]]

Berserk has been spawning memes for a long time. Here are some of the most notable:

* [[FlameBait Griffith did nothing wrong.]][[labelnote:explanation]]Because of Griffith's status as a DracoInLeatherPants, many fans try to rationalize or justify his evil actions as Femto. Therefore trolls like to use this phrase or something like it to get people fighting, and it's also used ironically by people to make fun of said diehards and trolls.[[/labelnote]]

* [[http://imgur.com/gallery/u8En9 Bagzerk]][[labelnote:explanation]]Due to Miura's apparent fondness for drawing lots of bags and pouches on his characters, fans created this GagSub of the manga where everybody is obsessed with bags, and there's a RunningGag where Guts insists that his "manly bag" [[InsistentTerminology isn't a purse]].[[/labelnote]]

* Rape Horse[[labelnote:Explanation]]In volume 17, a horse possessed by one of the spirits attracted by Guts' brand attempts to rape Farnese. He's the series' MemeticMolester.[[/labelnote]]

* [[ArcFatigue"When will they get off the boat!?"]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Because of Miura's increasingly frequent hiatuses, the part where Guts and co. were on board Roderick's ship dragged out for an inordinately long time. Impatient fans took this to hyperbolic extremes.[[/labelnote]]