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8	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
9	** While there's no confirmation if it was intentional, ''All Star Batman'' includes a piece of dialogue where Batman proudly proclaims that "rock and roll will never die".
10	** 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.
11	** ''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/Superman2016'' 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.
12	** 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/BatmanJamesTynionIV'' #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."]]
13	** 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.
14	** The "Dark City" arc of the ComicBook/New52 Batman origin, ''ComicBook/BatmanZeroYear'', has Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb call the title character [[ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder the goddamn Batman]].
15	** Many comic book fansites, especially the Platform/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}}''.
16	** 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."
17	** 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".
18	** [[ComicBook/BatmanChipZdarsky Chip Zdarksky's run]] finally answers the age-old question: [[ComicBook/JLATowerOfBabel "If Batman has a contingency plan against everyone,]] does he have one against ''himself?''" He does: the NighInvulnerable android aptly named "Failsafe".
19	* The collected edition of ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers Assemble]]'' #9-13 (2013), which focuses on ComicBook/IronMan and the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]], 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.
20	* 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]].
21	* 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.
22	* ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} has been saddled with a love of couches (and sitting on them) by his fanbase, ever since an infamous moment in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' (though [[OlderThanTheyThink it wasn't the first time he was seen doing this]]). By the time a spectral image of Darkseid was seen lounging in ''ComicBook/MisterMiracle2017'''s living room, there could be no doubt it was deliberate on their part.
23	* Creator/RobLiefeld auctioned a sketch of ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} [[AlternateCompanyEquivalent battling]] ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} to help Comic Book stores in financial straits, which ascended two memes at once: First, the many comparisons fans make about the two (Liefeld always insisted Deadpool was actually based off ComicBook/SpiderMan) and second, Deadpool is yelling at Deathstroke "Give me back my [[CreatorThumbprint pouch]]!" (pouches in Liefeld characters are akin to belts in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''.)
24	* The end of the ''ComicBook/EndOfTheSpiderVerse'' event prominently features the "Only a science major could do X" line which initially appeared as a throw-away remark in Spider-Man's origin story and was popularised by [[Creator/LewisLovhaug Linkara's]] use of it as a running gag on ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' whenever Peter does something outlandish.
25	* During ''ComicBook/FearItself'', the ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' tie-in arc features a literal Giant-Size ComicBook/ManThing, and Songbird refers to him as just that.
26	* The Advertising/HostessFruitPies ads have been parodied more times than we can count. [[ComicBook/SpiderVerse Morlun]] even went to that universe at one point.
27	--> "[[BlackComedy You get a big delight in every bite of]] [[IAmAHumanitarian Spider-Totems]]!"
28	* 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]].
29	* 1980s ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' fandom came up with "Arm-Fall-Off Boy" as an extreme example of the sort of ludicrous characters who showed up for Legion Try-Outs. Gerard Jones then included him as the very first wannabe-Legionnaire in an issue of ''ComicBook/SecretOrigins''. (Legend has it Jones didn't realise Arm-Fall-Off Boy was a fan joke and didn't already exist.)
30	* 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.]]"
31	* Issue #1 of ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'''s synopsis uses the fan-coined term "Mane Six" (already more than a [[invoked]]FanNickname due to being used on a couple of [[TheMerch licensed shirts]], but this further elevates the term).
32	** Upon being confronted by Chrysalis, Applejack and Rarity are quick to insult her, and reference the meme of Chrysalis having Swiss cheese legs.
33	** And of course Derpy's in the comic (though not named), including being lured into a trap by a trail of [[TrademarkFavoriteFood muffins]]. Furthermore, when one of the Changelings changes into Derpy, its companion is forced to bonk it on its head to get the derped eyes just right.
34	*** In issue 2, one of the spiders is gray, has a bit of blond hair, one set of its two pairs of eyes in a wall-eyes fashion, and has a pattern of bubbles on its rear section.
35	** Sweetie Belle as a dictionary (propagated from "The Return of Harmony") pops up in issue #3.
36	** [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-veMldxA36ZQ/UOssf3Ys7RI/AAAAAAABOK4/D8R2VxmyHYw/s1600/image.png Hot Topic's #3 varient]] offers up Epic Wife Throwing, which had become a fandom meme after "The Crystal Empire".
37	*** Midtown variant covers for Issues [[http://www.midtowncomics.com/store/dp.asp?pl=321&PRID=My+Little+Pony+Friendship_1249785 4]] and [[http://www.midtowncomics.com/store/dp.asp?pl=322&PRID=My+Little+Pony+Friendship_1249786 5]] have Epic Wife Tossing ''[[IdiosyncraticCoverArt across two covers]]''.
38	** In ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries'' Issue #2, the 20% cooler meme is referenced in the beginning when Rainbow goes 20% ''faster'' after doing a Sonic Rainboom.
39	*** Rainbow gives Tank a "brohoof".
40	*** Rainbow pulls off a Sonic Double Rainboom. There has been a fan-made full length episode entitled "WebAnimation/DoubleRainboom" that's been in the works for a while and teased. Whether this inspired the comic's term is unclear, though it's most likely a reference to the old Double Rainbow meme from Platform/YouTube (which many bronies naturally associate Rainbow Dash with).
41	** The GiantEnemyCrab that shows up at the end of issue #13 is no doubt a nod to the "Rarity fighting a giant crab" meme.
42	* 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]].
43	* ComicBook/New52:
44	** In his new series, most people react to ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} as if they only knew him from the ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'', [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway What Kind Of Lame Power Is Talking To Fish, Anyway?]] version. This leads to him working so hard to prove that he is badass that it doesn't actually make any sense for him to have that reputation he's trying so hard to shed in the first place. This changes after ''ComicBook/ThroneOfAtlantis''.
45	** 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!
46	** 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]].
47	* ''[[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.
48	** 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]].
49	* ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'':
50	** A common meme among Smurf haters is to present Papa Smurf as a fascist or communist dictator. In the 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".
51	** A bizarre, realistic image of a Smurf with a cat-like face, dubbed as the "Blue Smurf Cat", went viral as a meme in 2023. The Smurfs' official Instagram account then later posted a picture of a blue Azrael walking while a Smurf laughs at him. The blue Azrael looks similar to Blue Smurf Cat.
52	* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'':
53	** 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 [[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.
54	** The Tails Doll, a playable doppelganger of Sonic's best friend Tails, was introduced in ''VideoGame/SonicR'', but other than that he was a rather unremarkable LivingProp. Due to the [[UncannyValley creepy nature]] of the design, he became rather popular to imagine as an otherwordly monster in {{Creepypasta}}, with the parodic ''WebAnimation/SonicShorts'' taking a hand in popularizing the concept. When Creator/IanFlynn introduced him, he ran with this concept for Tails Doll, who was a demonic-looking MechanicalAbomination inside the innocent-looking doll.
55	* One of the infamous memes associated with ''WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967'' is the "Masturbating Spider-Man" macro. The first issue of ''ComicBook/WebWarriors'' has ComicBook/SpiderGwen discovering Spidey in that pose and referencing the entire meme.
56	* ComicBook/SquirrelGirl's one-shot appearance becoming a meme in Internet forums led to her becoming a permanent recurring character in ''ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers''.
57	** Then she was (briefly) Luke Cage and Jessica Jones' nanny.
58	** Then she got her [[ComicBook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl own series]], written by the ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'' [[Creator/RyanNorth guy.]]
59	** Then she joined Roberto [=DaCosta=]'s [[ComicBook/NewAvengers2015 New Avengers]], and would go from that to the ComicBook/USAvengers.
60	** 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.
61	* In 1994, the ''ComicBook/{{Street Fighter\|Malibu Comics}}'' 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.
62	* ''Literature/TheSuperDictionary'' legendarily illustrated "forty" with ComicBook/LexLuthor stealing forty cakes. "AndThatsTerrible". Eventually a canon comic (''ComicBook/SupermanGrounded'') [[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.
63	* 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."
64	** 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".
65	** A 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.
66	* 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.
67	** The song gets invoked in ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' when the team takes on [[spoiler:treacherous member Hyperion]]... who happens to be a CaptainErsatz of Superman.
68	* 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''.
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