History Memes / Hitman

* Hey! ...Listen![[labelnote:Explanation]]In Chongqing, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HiTMAN/comments/u3knd7/hey_listen_the_context_for_that_infamous_line_in/ activating a specific conversation]] will eventually cause an [=NPC's=] voice line to be heard throughout the level; a very loud '''"Hey!...Listen!"''' that can be heard throughout the level due to an oversight in how it handles sound for that one voice line.[[/labelnote]]

* Potential Lust outfits[[labelnote:Explanation]]When the SevenDeadlySins expansion pack was revealed, many were quick to joke about what the outfit for {{Lust}} could be, including 47 in nothing but underwear or having a mosaic bar around his groin. Sadly, nothing of the sort happened, with the released suit being a rather nice red fleur-de-lis pattered jacket with rolled up sleeves and sunglasses.[[/labelnote]]

* The reveal of the ICA 19 F/A Stealth "Ducky" Edition pistol lead to MemeticMutation of duck-related names and puns, such as "Quackshot", "Duckballer" and simply "Ducky Gun". Similar memes occurred when the Ducky rifle was also made an unlock. Became an AscendedMeme in May 2022's Patch 3.110, which added an ''actual'' Ducky Gun as an unlock for Elusive Target Arcade (a reskin of the Compact 5mm, but with ''duck sounds when you shoot'').

* a; The Secretary of State[[labelnote:Explanation]]In "The Farewell", one of the party attendees talks about having been scouted by Providence into doing several jobs, eventually landing the aforementioned role. Marking him as a target in Contracts Mode causes his name to be listed as "a". [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HiTMAN/comments/l6mbdj/ah_yes_the_world_renowned_secretary_of_state_a/ Many were quick to joke about his name being the result of Allan yet again missing details, or trying to justify it as being his actual name]]. The names got changed, and the meme got put to rest on May 2022's update in Patch 3.110, one year and hour months after release.[[/labelnote]]

* A; The Secretary of State[[labelnote:Explanation]]In "The Farewell", one of the party attendees talks about having been scouted by Providence into doing several jobs, eventually landing the aforementioned role. However, marking him as a target in Contracts Mode causes his name to be listed as "A". [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HiTMAN/comments/l6mbdj/ah_yes_the_world_renowned_secretary_of_state_a/ Many were quick to joke about his name being the result of Allan yet again missing details, or trying to justify it as being his actual name]].[[/labelnote]]

* The reveal of the ICA 19 F/A Stealth "Ducky" Edition pistol lead to MemeticMutation of duck-related names and puns, such as "Quackshot", "Duckballer" and simply "Ducky Gun". Similar memes occured when the Ducky rifle was also made an unlock.
* Hey! Listen![[labelnote:Explanation]]In Chongqing, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HiTMAN/comments/u3knd7/hey_listen_the_context_for_that_infamous_line_in/ activating a specific conversation]] will eventually cause an [=NPC's=] voice line to be heard throughout the level; a very loud '''"Hey!...Listen!"''' that can be heard throughout the level due to an oversight in how it handles sound for that one voice line.[[/labelnote]]

* People strangling targets in VR, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HiTMAN/comments/sezq3v/i_must_go_my_people_need_me/ often with hilarious results]].

* Whacking the Chef in "Freeform Training"'s kitchen with a wrench.[[labelnote:Explanation]]The aforementioned Chef is used as an easy, scripted way to navigate to a boat's restricted area. What IOI didn't account for is the prevalence of this technique. Became an AscendedMeme in ''Hitman 2'' onward where they acknowledged this meta with the Chef now wearing a bandage around his ear and head.[[/labelnote]]

* The chef in "Freeform Training"'s kitchen has his head and ear bandaged from this game onward. This is in reference to player behaviour that had players knock him out and take his disguise, which was intended as an easy, scripted way to navigate the boat. What IOI didn't account for is the prevalence of this technique basically being the meta to beat the tutorial, and do they acknowledged it with the headband.

* The Tactical Turtleneck[[labelnote:Explanation]]A crossover meme with ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', for all intents and purposes. After the February 2021 patch, completing "The Final Test" will reward you with the "Tactical Turtleneck", which shares its name [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcJg_q_jWPU with a turtleneck ensemble Archer names and wears.]] It was even picked up on [[https://www.reddit.com/r/ArcherFX/comments/lqsp60/loving_what_they_put_into_hitman_3/ the subreddit for that series.]][[/labelnote]]

* The reveal of the ICA 19 F/A Stealth "Ducky" Edition pistol lead to MemeticMutation of duck-related names and puns, such as "Quackshot", "Duckballer" and simply "Ducky Gun".

* The chef in the yacht kitchen in "Freeform Training" has his head and ear bandaged from this game onward. This is in reference to player behaviour that had players knock him out and take his disguise, which is an easy, scripted way to navigate the boat. What IOI didn't account for is the prevalence of this technique basically being the meta to beat the tutorial, as almost every player did this when playing for the first time.

* Potential Lust outfits.[[labelnote:Explanation]]When the SevenDeadlySins expansion pack was revealed, many were quick to joke about what the outfit for {{Lust}} could be, including 47 in nothing but underwear or having a mosaic bar around his groin. Sadly, nothing of the sort happened.[[/labelnote]]

* The Tactleneck[[labelnote:Explanation]]A crossover meme with ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', for all intents and purposes. After the February 2021 patch, completing "The Final Test" will reward you with the "Tactical Turtleneck", which shares its name with a turtleneck ensemble Archer names and wears. It was even picked up on [[https://www.reddit.com/r/ArcherFX/comments/lqsp60/loving_what_they_put_into_hitman_3/ the subreddit for that series.]][[/labelnote]]

* Potential Lust outfits.[[labelnote:Explanation]]When the SevenDeadlySins expansion pack was revealed, many were quick to joke about what the outfit for {{Lust}} could be, including 47 in nothing but underwear or having a mosaic bar around his groin.[[/labelnote]]

* Taking the Sawed-Off Shotgun in the Primary Slot.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A quirk in the games' code as to how it applies concealable weapons causes 47 to wield the otherwise-concealable [=12G=] shotgun if he's not carrying anything else. The result is 47 entering the level with a shotgun in tow, and immediately getting into a firefight. This most famously happened in Paris, where the scripted intro shows the guards being pretty OK with you waving a shotgun in their face. It was patched out two patches later, so the shotgun could only be placed in the secondary slots, but the bug still works if you have your loadout saved prior to the update [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HiTMAN/comments/lmmnjj/we_got_our_locations_back_today_and_this_is_how_i/ (it'll even work in ''VideoGame/Hitman3'' if you do the save transfer from the former into the latter!)]].[[/labelnote]]

* Taking the Sawed-Off Shotgun in the Primary Slot.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A quirk in the games' code as to how it applies concealable weapons causes 47 to wield the otherwise concealable [=12G=] shotgun if he's not carrying anything. The result is 47 entering the level with a shotgun in tow, and immediately getting into a firefight. This most famously happened in Paris, where the scripted intro shows the guards being pretty OK with you waving a shotgun in their face. It was patched out two patches later, so the shotgun could only be in the secondary slots, but the bug still works if you have your loadout saved prior to the update (it'll even work in ''VideoGame/Hitman3'' if you do the save transfer from the former into the latter!).[[/labelnote]]

* A: The Secretary of State[[labelnote:Explanation]]In "The Farewell", one of the party attendees talks about having been scouted by Providence into doing several jobs, eventually landing the aforementioned role. However, marking him as a target in Contracts Mode causes his name to be listed as "A". [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HiTMAN/comments/l6mbdj/ah_yes_the_world_renowned_secretary_of_state_a/ Many were quick to joke about his name being the result of Allan yet again missing details, or trying to justify it as being his actual name]].[[/labelnote]]

* Lust outfit.[[labelnote:Explanation]]When the SevenDeadlySins expansion pack was revealed, many were quick to joke about what the outfit for {{Lust}} could be, including 47 in nothing but underwear or having a mosaic bar around his groin.[[/labelnote]]

* "Lots of Hummus".[[labelnote:Explanation]]A {{Mondegreen}} of the Latin lyrics heard in the music track: [[https://youtu.be/xK5nFTQXbfY "Apocalypse"]][[/labelnote]]

* [[https://youtu.be/1gX2GaJmrzc?t=107 Jack Please.]][[labelnote:Explanation]]At the end of the "Welcome to Sapienza" trailer, 47 asks for the check from the waiter outside the ice cream shop in Sapienza. It lead to people hearing it as [[{{Mondegreen}} "Jack Please".]] Became an AscendedMeme, as IOI made "Jack Please" the name for the waiter, as seen in Contracts Mode.[[/labelnote]]

* [[https://twitter.com/IOInteractive/status/1141707278824935425 This gif]] of 47 in a Miami food vendor outfit shotgunning a guard opening some doors.[[labelnote:Explanation]]IOI's twitter posted the gif of 47 blasting a guard away when they open the doors when advertising the escalation "The Unpalatable Termination" was added to Miami. They also kept posting it every time [[https://twitter.com/IOInteractive/status/1142432048029863936 they advertised it.]][[/labelnote]]

* Gelato lady. [[labelnote:Explanation]]In "World of Tomorrow", a customer at the gelato café blathers on what flavor of ice cream to get, particularly thinking about anything colored pink. In March 2021, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HiTMAN/comments/m1miqy/day_1_of_killing_this_lady_pink_pink_pink_pink/ videos]] started emerging on the ''Hitman'' Reddit of killing the lady in various ways [[DisproportionateRetribution simply for being annoying]].[[/labelnote]]

The StealthBasedGame ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' is a franchise is full of memes and in-jokes, here's a list of them.

** "What? A gaijin here?" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Also said by the ninjas, this time when they discover that 47 is a round eye, despite him wearing the same face-concealing mask as them.[[/labelnote]]

* Anything the Ghost Mode announcer said.[[labelnote:Explanation]]The female announcer from Ghost Mode said things in a very stilted voice, and has some amusing lines that get repeated quite often. Should your opponent not be doing that well and keep killing [=NPCs=] and guards while you're in the lead, the Announcer will make sure to remind you of this every time they kill ''yet another'' NPC. The meme died when Ghost mode was shut down.[[/labelnote]]

* ''"The Signature MK.II Look"''[[labelnote:Explanation]]The addition of MK.II Items into the game, which are statistically identical weapons from ''2016'', only with a small red "2" sticker on the side of the weapon/ device. It became a running meme in the community to call anything remotely similar (suits, weapons etc.) the "MK II" version of said thing. Became an AscendedMeme with the release of the ICA Exectutive Briefcase MK.II, a MK II variant of the Gold Editions' Briefcase unlock. This MK.II version has a massive worn out "2" sticker on side of the briefcase, and also has slow homing properties, as noted above. Steam also has a MK.II Emoji, added at a similar time. ''VideoGame/Hitman3'' averts this by making the MK III weapons actually look different to older unlocks. The Trinity Pack suits also mention containing "MK II Variants", which makes fun of this meme.[[/labelnote]]

* "This is one of the Mumbai Chawls 47."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Diana exclaiming this everytime you enter the Chawls in Mumbai. As with the other Diana memes, it got toned down to not be heard as much.[[/labelnote]]

* The Tactleneck[[labelnote:Explanation]]A crossover meme with WesternAnimation/Archer, for all intents and purposes. After the February 2021 patch, completing "The Final Test" will reward you with the "Tactical Turtleneck", which shares its name with a turtleneck ensemble Archer names and wears. It was even picked up on [[https://www.reddit.com/r/ArcherFX/comments/lqsp60/loving_what_they_put_into_hitman_3/ the subreddit for that series.]][[/labelnote]]