History Memes / MetalGear

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuvLu0uAfTU "They played us like a damn fiddle!"]] [[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers)]]Kaz's reaction to finding out the inspection of Mother Base was a trick that led to it getting destroyed. The [[{{Narm}} way he says it]] is hilarious, which led to it becoming a meme, either poking fun at it or using it as a snowclone ("They [x]d used like a damn [y]!"). It has since been used as a general reaction to unprecedented twists and moments people didn't see coming.[[/labelnote]]

* A Creator/HideoKojima Game [[labelnote:Explanation]]Fans posted UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} reviews of this phrase to protest Creator/{{Konami}} removing Kojima's name from the box art.[[/labelnote]]

* '''''[[GratuitousEnglish ROKKETTO PAAAAANCHU!]]'''''[[labelnote:Explanation]]From a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur6vhxVg6gE&t=0s video]] of Creator/AkioOtsuka (the voice of Naked/Venom/Solid Snake) [[LargeHam loudly]] [[CallingYourAttacks announcing]] the (unbelivably slow) [[RocketPunch remote-controlled rocket arm attack]] Snake can use against enemies. Later used in [[https://youtu.be/bMam6Fj_uaU a fan animation.]][[/labelnote]]

* '''''[[GratuitousEnglish ROKKETTO PAAAAANCHU!]]'''''[[labelnote:Explanation]]From a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur6vhxVg6gE&t=0s video]] of Creator/AkioOtsuka (the voice of Naked/Venom/Solid Snake) [[LargeHam loudly]] [[CallingYourAttacks announcing]] the (unbelivably slow) remote-controlled rocket arm attack Snake can use against enemies. Later used in [[https://youtu.be/bMam6Fj_uaU a fan animation.]][[/labelnote]]

-->'''-- Monsoon''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''[[labelnote:note]]Dialogue is taken from the game, ''completely'' unedited.[[/labelnote]]

* '''''[[GratuitousEnglish ROKKETTO PAAAAANCHU!]]'''''[[labelnote:Explanation]]From a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur6vhxVg6gE&t=0s video]] of Creator/AkioOtsuka (the voice of Venom/Big Boss/Solid Snake) [[LargeHam loudly]] [[CallingYourAttacks announcing]] the (unbelivably slow) remote-controlled rocket arm attack Snake can use against enemies. Later used in [[https://youtu.be/bMam6Fj_uaU a fan animation.]][[/labelnote]]

-->'''-- Monsoon''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''[[labelnote:note]]Actual in-game dialogue.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Metal Gear Rising''

-->'''-- Monsoon''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''[[labelnote:note]]''This is the actual in-game dialogue.''[[/labelnote]]

->''"Free will is a myth. Religion is a joke. We are all pawns, controlled by something far greater: Memes. The DNA of the soul. They shape our will. They are the culture -- they are everything -- we pass on."''

-->'''-- Monsoon''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''[[labelnote:note]]''[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer This is the actual in-game dialogue.]]''[[/labelnote]]

[[MemeticMutation Memes]] from the Franchise/MetalGear franchise. And yes, we do note the appropriateness here.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGear2's'' "[[KillerRabbit deadly poisonous Zanzibar hamsters]]." These hamsters, though never again showing up in the series, are frequently used (complete with a NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer) to illustrate the absurd nature of TheVerse.

* The infamous FissionMailed screen in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2''. [[labelnote:Explanation]]As part of the MindScrew, near the end of the game a fake Game Over message is displayed with the words "Fission Mailed" instead of "Mission Failed" and the game continuing in a smaller window. As an unaware player can easily die thinking it is a real Game Over screen; the term is used to describe failures of a higher level than normal, as well as the trope it named.[[/labelnote]]

* "Snake, what have you done? You changed the future!! You've created a [[TemporalParadox time paradox]]!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]The Colonel yells this in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'' after a Game Over or killing a character that appears in a chronologically later game. Used when someone does something that would mess with time.[[/labelnote]]

* "DIDJURIKEIT?" [[labelnote:Explanation]]From Hideo Kojima himself in an 2008 interview on ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4''. Often used sarcastically when something considered bad or disappointing is released or added into a game, sometimes involving Kojima and sometimes involving others.[[/labelnote]]

* "War has changed." [[labelnote:Explanation]]The ArcWords Snake speaks in the opening and ending of the game. Often used as a contrast with VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'s "War never changes".[[/labelnote]]

And yes, we do note the appropriateness here.

* "That's a nice argument, Senator, why don't you back it up with a source?" "My source is that I made it the fuck up!"[[note]]An exchange between Raiden and Armstrong in WebVideo/Max0r's Incorrect Summary of this game. This line is typically used to poke fun at people making stuff up on the fly in arguments online. This one only got more popular in 2022 when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIMWs7xUif4 the actual voice actors for Raiden and Armstrong said their respective lines in the exchange]].[[/note]]

** Wheelchair Sam [[labelnote:Explanation]]A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNPqe4Cr8Gs lyrical parody]] of Sam's theme sung by ''Happy Bean'' that features a suddenly-crippled Sam bemoaning his paraplegic state. After overwhelming fan demand, Tyson Yen - the ''original'' vocalist for "The Only Thing I Know For Real" decided to do an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47JKejm3P3A unofficial cover]] on his channel, making this an AscendedMeme.[[/labelnote]]

* [[https://youtu.be/NINHiYGzDps Liquid Ocelot running away]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Used to represent someone leaving after committing a [[PokeThePoodle petty and evil act]].[[/labelnote]]

** [[{{Squick}} Dip your balls in sulfuric acid]][[labelnote:explanation]] For some bizarre reason, it has become popular to post variations of this phrase over a gif of Jetstream Sam nodding his head in approval, like he's so charismatic that it would make the viewer ''want'' to dip their balls in sulfuric acid.[[/labelnote]]

** Wheelchair Sam [[labelnote:Explanation]]A [[https://youtu.be/LNPqe4Cr8Gs lyrical parody]] of Sam's theme sung by ''Happy Bean'' that features a suddenly-crippled Sam bemoaning his paraplegic state. After overwhelming fan demand, Tyson Yen - the ''original'' vocalist for "The Only Thing I Know For Real" decided to do an [[https://youtu.be/47JKejm3P3A unofficial cover]] on his channel, making this an AscendedMeme.[[/labelnote]]

* Kaz's "Why are we still here?" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpK5i3EZnsk speech]] is all over the internet. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A clip of the opening words ("Why are we still here? Just to suffer?") tend to be used when something sad happens or someone dies, in a vein similar to [[https://youtu.be/-EQ6eHeBrhM the "sad violin" song]].[[/labelnote]]

** ''' "THERE ARE SEVENTY-TWO WOMEN TO BE RAPED, THE CHOCOLATES FALLING GENTLY DOWN ON THE TERRAAIIIIIIIIIIN!" / "AND IT WILL COME, LIKE A FLOOD OF COME, POURING COME ON ME" ''' [[labelnote:Explanation]] Monsoon's boss theme, [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "The Stains of Time"]], is a powermetal song with extremely jumbled lyrics that can easily be misheard. Among the many intepretations of the lyrics, this is one of the more popular ones.[[/labelnote]]

** "Hey did you hear about X-" "[[PrecisionFStrike FUCK]] this 24/7 internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A response to internet drama that has been talked about to death, using one of Armstrong's lines for the second half.[[/labelnote]]

-> Your memes... end here.

-->'''-- Monsoon''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''