History Memes / TheLastOfUsPartII

* [insert game here] chokes ''The Last of Us Part II'' [[labelnote:Explanation]]After the downpour of negative Metacritic user scores (many of which were posted within hours of the game's release and attacked the game), the [[Memes/{{Naruto}} Itachi choking Sasuke meme]] [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/468916221975199745/724521283164831825/sketch-1592786881909.jpg started]] [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/369057918596808705/724464864801718293/afe.jpg seeing]] [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/369057918596808705/724465386913005618/103832467_3390959697581533_7818014029537707791_o.png use]] [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/525918677959442448/724616112200876042/jew6rwtb3e651.png in]] [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/618923492095688704/724429765380931676/EbDi7uIWkAQdlj5.jpeg comparing]] other games with higher User Scores to ''[=TLOU2=]'', with Itachi's head being overlayed with the protagonist of the game with the better score, while Sasuke's head is overlayed with Ellie's. There are even a few reverse cases of this where Ellie chokes out a game with an even worse user score instead, such as [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1864756-the-last-of-us-part-ii Warcraft 3 Reforged]].[[/labelnote]]

* Name a character that went thru more pain than her. I'll wait. [[labelnote:Explanation]]In a very similar case to the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/name-a-more-iconic-duo "Name a more iconic duo"-Meme]], Someone on Twitter [[https://twitter.com/ValyrianLord/status/1274831046857707525 asked]] [[https://imgur.com/B00R8ip the community]] to mention anyone who had suffered more than Ellie. It didn't take long for people to give thousands of examples, with one of the most common simply being Naughty Dog's employees themselves given the TroubledProduction the game had. Other common answers included [[VideoGame/Mother3 Lucas]], [[Literature/ReZero Subaru]], [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]], [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]], [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]], [[Franchise/BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge]], any character from ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale Clementine]], [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Eri]], [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} the Doom Slayer]], [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Scarlet Witch]], [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi]], [[Manga/Metamorphosis2013 Saki Yoshida]] (NSFW), ComicBook/{{Batman}}, [[Manga/ElfenLied Lucy]], [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Sans, the Dreemurr family]], [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys the Crying Child]], '''Joel himself''', [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking and]] [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Dr. Doofenshmirtz.]][[/labelnote]]

* Name a character that went thru more pain than her. I'll wait. [[labelnote:Explanation]]In a very similar case to the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/name-a-more-iconic-duo "Name a more iconic duo"-Meme]], Someone on Twitter [[https://twitter.com/ValyrianLord/status/1274831046857707525 asked]] [[https://imgur.com/B00R8ip the community]] to mention anyone who had suffered more than Ellie. It didn't take long for people to give thousands of examples, with one of the most common simply being Naughty Dog's employees themselves given the TroubledProduction the game had. Other common answers included [[VideoGame/Mother3 Lucas]], [[Literature/ReZero Subaru]], [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]], [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]], [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]], [[Franchise/BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge]], any character from ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale Clementine]], [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Eri]], [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} the Doom Slayer]], [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Scarlet Witch]], [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi]], [[Manga/{{Metamorphosis}} Saki Yoshida]] (NSFW), ComicBook/{{Batman}}, [[Manga/ElfenLied Lucy]], [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Sans, the Dreemurr family]], [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys the Crying Child]], '''Joel himself''', [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking and]] [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Dr. Doofenshmirtz.]][[/labelnote]]

* Name a character that went thru more pain than her. I'll wait. [[labelnote:Explanation]]In a very similar case to the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/name-a-more-iconic-duo "Name a more iconic duo"-Meme]], Someone on Twitter [[https://twitter.com/ValyrianLord/status/1274831046857707525 asked]] [[https://imgur.com/B00R8ip the community]] to mention anyone who had suffered more than Ellie. It didn't take long for people to give thousands of examples, with one of the most common simply being Naughty Dog's employees themselves given the TroubledProduction the game had. Other common answers included [[VideoGame/Mother3 Lucas]], [[Literature/ReZero Subaru]], [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]], [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]], [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]], [[Franchise/BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge]], any character from ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale Clementine]], [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Eri]], [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} the Doom Slayer]], [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Scarlet Witch]], [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi]], Saki Yoshida (NSFW), ComicBook/{{Batman}}, [[Manga/ElfenLied Lucy]], [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Sans, the Dreemurr family]], [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys the Crying Child]], '''Joel himself''', [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking and]] [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Dr. Doofenshmirtz.]][[/labelnote]]

* Name a character that went thru more pain than her. I'll wait. [[labelnote:Explanation]]In a very similar case to the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/name-a-more-iconic-duo "Name a more iconic duo"-Meme]], Someone on Twitter [[https://twitter.com/ValyrianLord/status/1274831046857707525 asked]] [[https://imgur.com/B00R8ip the community]] to mention anyone who had suffered more than Ellie. It didn't take long for people to give thousands of examples, with one of the most common simply being Naughty Dog's employees themselves given the TroubledProduction the game had. Other common answers included [[VideoGame/Mother3 Lucas]], [[LightNovel/ReZero Subaru]], [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]], [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]], [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]], [[Franchise/BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge]], any character from ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale Clementine]], [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Eri]], [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} the Doom Slayer]], [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Scarlet Witch]], [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi]], Saki Yoshida (NSFW), ComicBook/{{Batman}}, [[Manga/ElfenLied Lucy]], [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Sans, the Dreemurr family]], [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys the Crying Child]], '''Joel himself''', [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking and]] [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Dr. Doofenshmirtz.]][[/labelnote]]

* "Muh videogame daddy [[spoiler:got killed."]] [[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers)]] Joel's death famously led to a heap of ridiculous behaviour such as harassment towards people behind the game, spreading of false rumours, review bombing mere hours after the game was released, and even ''death threats'' towards Neil Druckmann and Laura Bailey (hell, even towards Laura Bailey's ''child''). Many of the game's most vitriol haters thus became a meme themselves, the joke being that people behaved as if it was their real life dad who got murdered, not a fictional videogame character. [[/labelnote]]

The game’s nature as an extremely ContestedSequel and especially the very divisive plot led to the game spawning countless memes.

* "Muh videogame daddy [[spoiler:got killed."]] [[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers)]] Joel's death famously led to a heap of ridiculous behaviour such as harassment towards people behind the game, spreading of false rumours, review bombing mere hours after the game was released, and even ''death threats'' towards Neil Druckmann and Laura Bailey (hell, even towards Laura Bailey's ''child''). Many of the game's most vitriol haters thus became a meme themselves, the joke being that people behaved as if it was their real life dad who got killed, not a fictional videogame character. [[/labelnote]]

* "Muh videogame daddy [[spoiler:got killed."]] [[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers)]] Joel's death famously led to a heap of ridiculous behaviour such as harassment towards people behind the game, spreading of false rumours, review bombing mere hours after the game was released, and even ''death threats'' towards Neil Druckmann and Laura Bailey (even towards Laura Bailey's ''child''). Many of the game's most vitriol haters thus became a meme themselves, the joke being that people behaved as if it was their real life dad who got killed, not a fictional videogame character. [[/labelnote]]

* [[CrossesTheLineTwice Joel In One: Pro Golf.]][[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers)]]One of the first full scenes seen in the leaks of the game, that Sony and Naughty Dog gave everything they had in order to suppress, was Joel's death at the hands of Abby. The specific method of his death at a golf club led to instant memes about it, especially in the field of golf puns. The ''Last of Us 2'' subreddit even went so far as to make its banner a picture of Joel's head on a golf tee.[[/labelnote]]

* [insert game here] chokes ''The Last of Us Part II'' [[labelnote:Explanation]]After the downpour of negative Metacritic user scores (many of which were posted within hours of the game's release and attacked the game specifically for featuring LGBTQ characters), the [[Memes/{{Naruto}} Itachi choking Sasuke meme]] [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/468916221975199745/724521283164831825/sketch-1592786881909.jpg started]] [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/369057918596808705/724464864801718293/afe.jpg seeing]] [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/369057918596808705/724465386913005618/103832467_3390959697581533_7818014029537707791_o.png use]] [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/525918677959442448/724616112200876042/jew6rwtb3e651.png in]] [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/618923492095688704/724429765380931676/EbDi7uIWkAQdlj5.jpeg comparing]] other games with higher User Scores to ''[=TLOU2=]'', with Itachi's head being overlayed with the protagonist of the game with the better score, while Sasuke's head is overlayed with Ellie's. There are even a few reverse cases of this where Ellie chokes out a game with an even worse user score instead, such as [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1864756-the-last-of-us-part-ii Warcraft 3 Reforged]].[[/labelnote]]

* Name a character that went thru more pain than her. I'll wait. [[labelnote:Explanation]]In a very similar case to the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/name-a-more-iconic-duo "Name a more iconic duo"-Meme]], Someone on Twitter [[https://twitter.com/ValyrianLord/status/1274831046857707525 asked]] [[https://imgur.com/B00R8ip the community]] to mention anyone who had suffered more than Ellie. It didn't take long for people to give thousands of examples, with one of the most common simply being Naughty Dog's employees themselves given the TroubledProduction the game had. Other common answers included [[VideoGame/Mother3 Lucas]], [[LightNovel/ReZero Subaru]], [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]], [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]], [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]], [[Franchise/BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge]], [[UpToEleven any character]] from ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadVideoGame Clementine]], [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Eri]], [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} the Doom Slayer]], [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Scarlet Witch]], [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi]], Saki Yoshida (NSFW), ComicBook/{{Batman}}, [[Manga/ElfenLied Lucy]], [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Sans, the Dreemurr family]], [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys the Crying Child]], '''Joel himself''', [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking and]] [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Dr. Doofenshmirtz.]][[/labelnote]]

* Name a character that went thru more pain than her. I'll wait. [[labelnote:Explanation]]In a very similar case to the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/name-a-more-iconic-duo "Name a more iconic duo"-Meme]], Someone on Twitter [[https://twitter.com/ValyrianLord/status/1274831046857707525 asked]] [[https://imgur.com/B00R8ip the community]] to mention anyone who had suffered more than Ellie. It didn't take long for people to give thousands of examples, with one of the most common simply being Naughty Dog's employees themselves given the TroubledProduction the game had. Other common answers included [[VideoGame/Mother3 Lucas]], [[LightNovel/ReZero Subaru]], [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]], [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]], [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]], [[Franchise/BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge]], [[UpToEleven any character]] from ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadVideoGame Clementine]], [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Eri]], [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} the Doom Slayer]], [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Scarlet Witch]], and even '''Joel himself'''.[[/labelnote]]

* Name a character that went thru more pain than her. I'll wait. [[labelnote:Explanation]]In a very similar case to the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/name-a-more-iconic-duo "Name a more iconic duo"-Meme]], Someone on Twitter [[https://twitter.com/ValyrianLord/status/1274831046857707525 asked]] [[https://imgur.com/B00R8ip the community]] to mention anyone who had suffered more than Ellie. It didn't take long for people to give thousands of examples, with one of the most common simply being Naughty Dog's employees themselves given the TroubledProduction the game had. Other common answers included [[VideoGame/Mother3 Lucas]], [[LightNovel/ReZero Subaru]], [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]], [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]], [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]], [[Franchise/BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge]], [[UpToEleven any character]] from ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' and even '''Joel himself'''.[[/labelnote]]

* "Abby hunting random Joels."[[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers)]]Fans quickly began to wonder how Abby knew specifically how to hunt Joel down given the lack of visual records about him or how she learned his surname, which even ''players'' didn't know as Joel and Ellie's surnames were cut from the first game. This led to some black comedy jokes about Abby spending the five-year time-skip hunting every Joel she met like a serial killer until she got lucky.[[/labelnote]]

* Name a character that went thru more pain than her. I'll wait. [[labelnote:Explanation]]In a very similar case to the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/name-a-more-iconic-duo "Name a more iconic duo"-Meme]], Someone on Twitter [[https://twitter.com/ValyrianLord/status/1274831046857707525 asked]] [[https://imgur.com/B00R8ip the community]] to mention anyone who had suffered more than Ellie. It didn't take long for people to give thousands of examples, with one of the most common simply being Naughty Dog's employees themselves given the TroubledProduction the game had. Other common answers included [[VideoGame/Mother3 Lucas]], [[LightNovel/ReZero Subaru]], [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]], [[VideoGame/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]], [[{{Manga/Berserk}} Guts]], [[Franchise/BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge]], [[UpToEleven any character]] from ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' and even '''Joel himself'''.[[/labelnote]]