With the amount of Mecha present throughout this Massively Multiplayer Crossover, the Super Robot Wars franchise creates a perfect storm of memes, some of which are the result of memes coming from licensed series interacting with each other.
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- "You are the... Fuck you!"ExplanationYouTube user "mechaextreme" attempted to make English subtitles for the attack animations in various Super Robot Wars installments. Unfortunately, some of the earlier videos were not up to par, and the 4chan Mecha board noticed. This is one of the more notorious lines translated by mechaextreme, one originally said by Shinn Asuka.
- "It's a father's hobby."ExplanationRegarding the many feminine-looking Humongous Mecha that have appeared in the franchise, this meme is a composite of its dual origins: the first comes from a line of dialogue in Super Robot Wars Advance where Lamia Loveless explains her "Angelg" robot was made by her father and received its feminine appearance due to his "purported" hobby (it is — at most — a half-truth, since she's actually an undercover agent for the Big Bad, and the female Mad Scientist who designed the mecha does have the same line of thought as the fathers depicted in this entry). This got adapted into a Yonkoma where the fathers of other Super Robot pilots supported that line of logic
. The second, canon instance (as it had existed pre-Advance, but the Yonkoma that popularized the term wasn't published in that time) is from the "Classic Timeline" of Super Robot Wars - Bian Zoldark is an In-Universe Anime Otaku and his creation of the Valsione for his daughter Lune Zoldark looking too much like an anime mecha girl is because it's his hobby, making it a literal example. - "Masaki got lost again."ExplanationThe frequency that Masaki Andoh gets so easily lost due to his No Sense of Direction, any time he's included in a licensed Super Robot Wars installment (or any Banpresto/B.B. Studio-developed game like Another Century's Episode), expect fans to make this statement about his appearance.
- "Shu can pick flowers and◊ still win."ExplanationA 4chan user on the Mecha board decided to play The Hunger Games at this website, having Shu Shirakawa do nothing, but pick flowers. Regardless, he winds up winning the entire thing.
- "The Age of Fatso"ExplanationBased on the infamous Hong Kong English translation of Mazinger Z, this is a reference to the character Boss and his Humongous Mecha "Boss Borot"; within context of Super Robot Wars, this franchise is a place where Boss can, depending on his appearances, become a Lethal Joke Character, making him a fan favorite, with his status often accompanied by statements that Boss is "the coming of the Age of Fatso", while downplaying his Gonk attributes.
- "When's/Where's Getter Emperor?"ExplanationGetter Emperor is often considered to be the strongest entity in the Getter Robo franchise and one of the strongest in Mecha fiction, up there with Mazinger ZERO, Elder God Demonbane and Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, but it has yet to make a playable or fightable appearance in Super Robot Wars (limited to only cameos), resulting in it being on many a player's wish lists for future installments.
- "Experience Point Thief"ExplanationNumerous titles featured uncontrollable friendly Non-Player Character units in certain stages - most of the time, they're very effective at taking out enemies, thus stealing away precious Experience Points and/or credits (worst of all, conditions for unlocking Secret Characters) from players. The most notorious offender is the titular Ninja Senshi Tobikage, who's so infamous at pulling this that the term refers to it 90% of the time.
- "Victory Condition Thief"ExplanationReferring to Stage 23 of Super Robot Wars UX, Ranka Lee gets captured by a Vajra, whose Hit Points must be reduced to 10% or lower for the stage to end, but without destroying it. Unfortunately, if players accidentally summon Tobikage to the field, he will make a beeline for that Vajra and may even kill it. Even if it isn't Tobikage who deals the killing blow, Brera Stern, who also appears for the stage, might accidentally do it himself as he has boss statistics.
- "Ranka Slayer"ExplanationA more common nickname for Tobikage if the aforementioned situation happens since the latter is technically a Ninja. Part of the reason is also related to NicoNico Douga, as Ninja Slayer-related jokes will appear whenever Tobikage appears on the screen.
Super Robot Wars 30
- "Where's Gurren Lagann?"ExplanationWith Super Robot Wars 30 being the franchise's first licensed installment released worldwide via Steam, the resulting Newbie Boom caused several players asking why certain properties aren't included in the game, with Gurren Lagann often being the most asked about.
- "Where's Transformers?"ExplanationSame with the above, but directed at the one series so very beloved in the West that it "defined Mecha" for the mainstream audience, yet has never been included in any Super Robot Wars title at all. If they do not ask for Gurren Lagann, chances are they'll most likely go for Transformers. (There are some speculation though that TakaraTomy is almost OK to have the series on SRW, it's Hasbro that refuses to unless a good negotiation would give them the go ahead to let them be in the series.)
- "Is this a Transformers/Voltron clone?"ExplanationA variation of the prior: since there's a lot of Japanese Mecha properties that haven't appeared on Western television channels before (a lot of them are only available via DVD, yet many mainstream viewers are unlikely to be aware of the more retro examples), this question pops up on the belief that a Super Robot in question is a clone of either Transformers or Voltron, the latter which was brought to the West (not the original GoLion, however); both properties became iconic to that region. This is usually directed at Combattler V due to its Combining Mecha nature similar to Voltron, and J-Decker, which being sponsored by Transformers' Japanese creator Takara, has several characters that really do resemble G1 Transformers – including Shadowmaru, who is an actual retooled Sixshot.
- "Boss Trolls Akane/Scrap Metal > KaijuExplanationA common joke with 30 is that all of Akane Shinjo's Kaiju are easily trashed by the Boss Borot, a Comic Relief robot literally built by Boss using scrap metal. Akane is shown becoming instantly depressed by this moreso than the series. Sadly, the Boss Borot isn't playable in 30, thus preventing players from enacting this meme in-game.
- Error! No match StringID.ExplanationBefore the release of the first Downloadable Content pack and free update, a Good Bad Bug resulted in the name of the "Gedlav" showing up as this. Due to how bizarre this bug is, players began jokingly referring to the unit as this instead of its actual designation.
- Gridman took the budget.ExplanationBased on the "blew the budget on the Nu Gundam" meme (see the Super Robot Wars Z section), since there's usually one unit in a Super Robot Wars title, whose attack animations are more beautifully animated than the rest, leading to players stating that it must've took the majority of the game's budget, that honor for 30 goes to the titular unit from SSSS.GRIDMAN.
- Where's Izuru?ExplanationThe patch that added the free update and early launch of the first wave of Downloadable Content featured a bug that humorously removed Izuru Hitachi's unit, "Red 5", from the unit selection screen. Cue players joking that Gilliam Yeager (from the free update) replaced Izuru or the Red 5 is replaced with the Voltes V (from the first wave). Prior to the patch that fixed this glitch, it could be fixed if players played stages where Izuru is forced to sortie.
- Red 5 is reforged into the Victory 2 Assault-Buster Gundam's pants.ExplanationOne of the most glaring visual errors in 30 is that the V2 Assault-Buster lacks its frontal waist armor. The patch from the Downloadable Content fixed it for some players (provided they downloaded said free update, though there are reports of failure), but since the aforementioned bug with Izuru and Gilliam still happens, new jokes began to emerge, where Red 5 "disappeared" so that the V2 would have that piece of armor back.
- Other units will also be used as that.ExplanationWhen some players realized that even if they get the Red 5 back, this coincides with the Final GaoGaiGar disappearing from the roster due to narrative reasons. Jokes continue as they find out that other units may have to be used as the V2's "lost piece of armor".
- Izuru must rest. ExplanationAn aftereffect of the bug above. The line 'Izuru must rest' comes from near the end of Majestic Prince where Izuru's body is at risk of aging rapidly due to the Juria System, and so Izuru's bug-caused disappearance is excused with the fact that he must rest.
- Super Bug Wars Explanation 30 has gained a rep for the sheer amount of bugs present after its first DLC. Such include the aforementioned Red 5 Bug and Error! No match StringID Bug above, animation issues such as frames freezing, a Ghost Hi-Nu, Crashing when spirits are used, crashing when fighting Conquerer King Genesic, etc.
- Shin Getter Dragon is afraid of Phenex.ExplanationWhen fighting Unicorn Gundam Phenex, Ryoma mentions that Dragon is afraid of Phenex. Fans infer that this is due to Unicorn Gundam line having the ability to reverse progress with the wave of its hand, something that is the antithesis to Getter's continuous evolution.
- Mommy Phenex and Shota Shin Getter Dragon. Explanation Some fans even ship the two by interpreting the above dialogue as a young child (Shin Getter Dragon is less than a year old) being afraid of an older woman (Rita would mentally be in her 20s while the Phenex Gundam itself is a few years old).
- The Getter TitanExplanationIn the announcement of the final Expansion Pack, it was revealed that Yuki Kaji, best known for his role as Eren Yaeger in Attack on Titan, was the voice of Getter Robo Devolution's Ryoma Nagare. Cue all sorts of Getter/AoT jokes.
- OPPAI Getter: Yuki Kaji voicing Dev-Ryoma hasn't gone unnoticed by fans given Dev-Getter 1 bears huge similarities in design to Issei Hyodo's Scale Mail. Even funnier, both Lancelots are present, particularly Lancelot Albion Zero, which Vali of DxD's Dragon and Scale Mail have the same name and design.
- To add to the Issei jokes, Dev-Getter has chest and shoulder Getter beams, giving some unintended Kotetsushin Jeeg Triple Storm allusions given how Kenji is similar to Issei in look and personality.
- Tekkaman Getter: The above Shoulder Blaster Getter Beams, the ability to create energy spheres and shortening Devolution Getter to D-Getter is hilariously an unintentional Tekkaman Blade reference. Even funnier as Kyosuke's voice of D-Boy is present who's Alt Eisen also has shoulder weapons (albeit as claymore bombardiers).
- The final boss is Goku?!Explanation (SPOILERS for Expansion Pack)The True Final Boss, revealed with the Expansion Pack DLC, is voiced by Masako Nozawa. Being that her most iconic voice being Son Goku, a lot of jokes have been made towards this.
Super Robot Wars 64
Super Robot Wars Alpha
- 65%/Alpha 1 neverExplanation AGTP's Fan Translation (more precisely, it's re-doing since the original version was pure "Blind Idiot" Translation) has been stuck at 65% progress for a very long period of time. Given that Gideon Zhi, the head of AGTP, hates being asked about progress (to the point where he bans people outright from his Discord server if anyone asks) yet gives updates very rarely, 4chan has become rather pessimistic about the first Super Robot Wars Alpha game being completed in any decent frame of time.
- "SORE MO WATASHI DA!" (それも私だ; "That was me as well")ExplanationOriginating from the first Alpha game and returns in the Second Super Robot Wars Original Generation, this phrase is uttered by Greater-Scope Villain Euzeth Gozzo. The character claims responsibility for all plots and schemes for the entirety of the Alpha and Original Generation sagas, with the reveal in the former so intense (or memetic) in Japan that players renamed the generic "Anonymous" username on the 2channel mecha board after this quote. Popularity quickly followed, and as with all memes, international fans quickly picked this up, too.
- If it's evil, one can pretty much guarantee that Sanger...Sanger Zonvolt! WILL CLEAVE IT!!!.ExplanationSanger's frequent catchphrase (Ware wa Sanger...Sanger Zonvolt. Aku wo tatsu tsurugi nari!; "I am Sanger...Sanger Zonvolt. The Sword that cleaves evil!"), used as part of his Memetic Badass credentials.
- CHESUTOOOOOOOO!!!!ExplanationDespite being a common Japanese Kiai, it's used by Sanger so much that it's associated with him.
- "Daicensor"ExplanationSanger's machine, the Dygenguard, uses an explicit BFS that's several times the size of the former. The image of the Dygenguard holding the sword horizontally is used to cover up genitalia or other questionable images on the worksafe 4chan Mecha board, such as this. Irony ensues when posting a "Daicensored" picture will usually result in a temporary ban on the board.
- "Ibis is Love."ExplanationIbis Douglas won the 2006 Saimoe RPG Tournament and is generally considered the franchise's Moe champion, so much so that aside from the phrase, threads revolving around Ibis are referred to as "love threads" on certain Imageboards.
- Symmetrical DockingExplanationBased on the same-named combination procedure for Kouryuu and Anryuu into Tenryuujin during GaoGaiGar FINAL, this Alpha Yonkoma parodied it by having Kusuha Mizuha and Seolla Schweizer press their chests together for a similar effect. The term "symmetrical docking" would be used frequently for images of female characters from series outside of the Mecha genre doing the same.
Super Robot Wars BX
- "31!"ExplanationThe rating given to Super Robot Wars BX by Famitsu. 4chan Mecha board users used this as a way of showing their dislike for the game.
- "The Black Evil Panzer Zwauth."ExplanationThe Aura Battler Zwauth was originally found on Arst, completely sentient, and was identified as such by Arstians. Incidentally, the Panzer World Galient Original Video Animation did feature Black/Evil Panzers, thus labelling the Zwauth as such was probably intentional by the writers.
- However, within context, it goes deeper than that: in BX, Zwauth is possessed by the Satan Gundam before he was resurrected as Neo Black Dragon, thus it makes sense to be called "evil" in the first place; only then does the Black Knight get his hands to pilot it, since its soul is now "gone".
Super Robot Wars K
- "Quotes from Mist-san".ExplanationThe protagonist of K, Mist Rex, was a massive scrappy in Japan. Subsequently, many of his badly written lines ended up becoming memes. He's commonly referred to as "Mist-san" because the players don't feel close enough to him to refer to him without honorifics.
- "I've arrived at the church!"ExplanationSpoken when he arrives at Goh Saruwatari's wedding, even though there's nobody around to hear him at all.
- "Yes, things like these (persecution and discrimination) exist on every planet. I've had this kind of experience too. But right now, it's nothing to worry about. Not important."ExplanationSpoken when Mist is discussing Sheldia Rouge's destroyed home planet with her. Sheldia's sister nearly died from persecution because she had the natural ability to nullify Crystal Heart (an energy source that's worshipped like a god on her planet), yet Sheldia has absolutely no problem with Mist saying something like this.
- "Indeed, if we intervene, we can stop the conflict for now, but doing this wouldn't resolve the underlying problem, would it?"ExplanationWhile technically true, Mist says this while the citizens of Berlin are being slaughtered by the Earth Alliance and the Archangel team is en route to rescue them.
- "Ugh! Calm down! Don't be provoked by that kind of taunting!"ExplanationWhile being taunted by the enemy, it looks like Mist has finally matured a bit...
- "Ahhhhhhhhhh! *Charges enemy*"Explanation...or not, as Mist later charges in anyway and gets the crap beaten out of him.
- "What a fun party..."ExplanationSpoken at the post-campaign celebration after Soushi Minashiro sacrificed himself to kill the Big Bad that destroyed Mist's homeworld of Altreim.
- This line and the context surrounding it ended up becoming so infamous that it crossed over into the Fafner fandom, becoming a darkly comedic euphemism for death. It turned into an Ascended Meme when the official Twitter account for Super Robot Wars jokingly posted "Saying 'What a fun party...' in the comments is forbidden" as the developers were celebrating the five-year anniversary of the release of K.
- "Revenge will only lead to more grief, Mr. Van!"ExplanationNot only does Mist completely miss the point regarding the theme of GUN×SWORD, he outright contradicts himself later by congratulating Van after he finally kills the Claw. That's not getting into how he constantly tries to avenge his destroyed homeworld.
- "I have also been defeated two times in a row!"ExplanationSpoken when he attempts to comfort Lee Jenshin after he is defeated by Domega three times in a row, "attempts" being the keyword here (Lee pretty much ignores Mist). More importantly, Mist is referring to the destruction of his homeworlds - all of his family and friends are dead, yet he acts like it's not a big deal at all, giving players the impression that something is seriously wrong with him.
- "This planet isn't worth protecting! I'm done fighting for Earthlings!"ExplanationAfter the battle at the Space Fortress Messiah, Mist expresses his disappointment at humanity since large scale wars never happened on his destroyed home planets. Apparently, he's content with letting the main antagonists of K destroy the Earth, his new home planet, AGAIN, allowing him to nonchalantly jump to another world, judging by his prior quote about "two times in a row".
- "Man... that Overdevil really was a tough enemy, wasn't he?"ExplanationSpoken after the fight with the Overdevil, which then disappears into thin air. Everyone in the team is shocked that it can do that... except Mist, who acted like the problem is over, even though the Overdevil merely retreated. That didn't solve the underlying problem now did it, Mist?
- "Mist edits"ExplanationThanks to Mist's status post-K, it became common for Japanese fans to photoshop his unit's sprite or his character portrait from K into digital scans of a newly announced Super Robot Wars installment. Initially done to Troll the fandom (knowing how much Mist is hated), it evolved into a pseudo-Take That, Scrappy!, such as pitting Mist as an enemy unit and having the game's featured series fighting against him. Given Mist is still detested years after the game's release, fans don't mind if they do get a chance to kick his ass. Downplayed after the end of the Z Saga, where Mist was last seen in photoshopped scans; newer titles like Super Robot Wars V and Super Robot Wars X didn't have such instances.
Super Robot Wars L
- "Wufei is Nataku's Factor"; also known as the Fifth Team Leader of the "Katou Organization". ExplanationIn Super Robot Wars L, Wufei joins the Katou Organization and fights for them at the beginning of the game. He fits in the group so well In-Universe it's hard to tell if he's not one of them without prior knowledge of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing or Linebarrelsof Iron. The point is driven home when players can use Wufei to convince Soubi Nakajima in order to recruit him, an act that, by Super Robot Wars tradition, is always done by characters from the same series (in this case, two other pilots from the Katou Organization). Can one really tell how Wufei is not one of them?
- "Michael's glasses breaks again."ExplanationDue to a Good Bad Bug in the game, the maximum kill count is fixed at 999 on subsequent New Game Plus play-throughs. If Michael Blanc from Macross Frontier has already gotten 992 or more kills before Stage 29 (where he has to destroy at least 8 enemies to survive), he will be Killed Off for Real as per the Frontier plot. What doesn't help is that most players will let him die in favour of Klan Klang, who has a better Spirit Command set (and an exclusive Super Move Portrait Attack in her "miclonized" form). Michael's glasses breaking is a reference to his death scene in Frontier; contrast UX where Michael will always survive since that game uses the movie version of Macross Frontier where he's Spared by the Adaptation, and he'll chuckle a bit about his glasses' joke.
Super Robot Wars MX
- In Japan, because Super Robot Wars MX male protagonist Hugo Medio is surrounded by such bombastic personalities like Domon Kasshu and Rom Stoll, he is treated as if he's overshadowed by other major characters from the licensed series, such that nobody remembers his name. A common meme in the Japanese Super Robot Wars fandom is to refer to him as "Hyogo", "Nyago" or any other name that looks and sounds similar. This has even extended to the development staff of the franchise during talk show events, who will intentionally mispronounce his name when the subject of MX and its Original Generation comes up.
Super Robot Wars Original Generation
- Regardless of alignment, Elzam von Branstein (or Ratsel Feinschmecker) and "Trombe!" can override pretty much anything.ExplanationElzam/Ratsel's Leitmotif "Trombe!" is one of the most popular musical Interrupting Memes, surpassed only by the Rickroll. This is a result of a Good Bad Bug in the first Super Robot Wars: Original Generation game where it overrides other Leitmotifs, including boss themes. The bug was a such a hit for fans that Banpresto would ascend it for every game Elzam/Ratsel would appear in thereafter.
- Real Men Ride Each Other.ExplanationSanger and Ratsel, two incredibly masculine Heterosexual Life-Partners, can perform a Combination Attack with their respective Humongous Mecha, where Sanger's "Dygenguard" mounts Ratsel's "Aussenseiter", after it transforms into a horse during Original Generation 2.
- In relation to Sanger's Kiai and a certain Gundam meme: Ratsel - he is an Ord.ExplanationOne of Ratsel's "Gespenst Kick" quotes is "Universe!", the same catchphrase used by Harry Ord, the resident Char Aznable of ∀ Gundam; both characters share the same voice actor.
- Lee Linjun sparked a minor series-exclusive meme "NADUHA", which he earns more and more of for his douchebaggery. NADUHA means "Needs a Drill Up His Ass".ExplanationHe attempts to ram a battleship into the Kurogane during Original Generation 2; in case one doesn't know, the Kurogane has a gigantic drill on its bow.
- "Such words... even I could...!"◊ExplanationThe English translation for Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Moon Dwellers isn't necessarily the best: case in point, this line of dialogue is often poked fun at the most.
Super Robot Wars T
- The overshadowing of Expelled from ParadiseExplanationExpelled From Paradise had the unfortunate timing of debuting alongside Cowboy Bebop, Arcadia of My Youth - Endless Orbit SSX and Magic Knight Rayearth, thereby giving it a Running Gag within the fandom about how belittling it is for the former to be in Super Robot Wars T. Things weren't helped when Word of God called its inclusion a case of being Trivially Obvious, as well as being the only new series that doesn't have licensed music attached to it. Granted, Expelled From Paradise wasn't known for its stellar soundtrack in the first place, but this only added to the series' memetic status for this game.
- "[Insert Mecha show here] is filmed in front of a live studio audience."ExplanationStarting with the Super Robot Wars X version of "G no Senkou/Flash of G", this comment was turned into a popular reply due to the use of a saxophone for the vocal segments of the instrumental version to a series opening or ending theme in T - Yuusha-Oh Tanjou and Trust You Forever being noteworthy examples in this entry.
- "I mustn't run away."ExplanationA reference to the memetic Madness Mantra spoken by Shinji Ikari, despite Evangelion not being in Super Robot Wars T, Shinji's voice actress Megumi Ogata does voice major Magic Knight Rayearth characters Eagle Vision and Emeraude. Even though the latter two aren't the type to run away, it looks like Ogata is not going to live down Shinji any time soon.
- Great Booster is still not approved.ExplanationA gag hailing from Mazinger Z: Infinity, at the start of the movie, the Great Mazinger required approval for using its attacks one at a time. The only weapon not approved for use was the Great Booster due to civilians being too close to the combat zone. When a Great Mazinger plastic model figure was released after the film, it was designed with a Great Booster, but by then, it was too late for developer B.B. Studio to add this attack in Super Robot Wars T. They only managed to rectify this in Super Robot Wars 30, giving Great Mazinger this attack.
- VTX Corporate Philosophy #ExplanationDue to the Original Generation of T being part of a modern Japanese corporation, they have a list of phrases that are supposed to be inspiring for their Salarymen, with the most memetic being #6 - "If you don't like it, get out of here!"
- The Unyielding Wish has been fulfilled.ExplanationMagic Knight Rayearth had been a requested series to be added into the franchise, but was never included. Despite the neglect, fans held onto the hope Rayearth would be added in one day. Coincidentally, its first Anime Theme Song is titled "Yuzurenai Negai", which translates into "Unyielding Wish", thus the phrase comes from those fans who unyieldingly held onto an ages-long wish finally seeing it come to fruition.
- FTO.... go. Explanation Eagle Vision delivering what is possibly the quietest and least HotBlooded attack declaration in the history of Mecha has not gone unnoticed by fans.
- "When's the PC port?"ExplanationOf the licensed-Super Robot Wars titles that have been released on PC since V, T remains the only one that hasn't received a port to the platform, much to the confusion of numerous fans.
Super Robot Wars UX
- Shinn Asuka, the pilot of the Fafner Mark Destiny.ExplanationPost-Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Shinn, who lost Stellar Louissier and Rey Za Burrel by canon, becomes a mentor figure to the Fafner cast in Super Robot Wars UX, especially Kazuki Makabe. Since SEED Destiny and Fafner has the same character designer, along with Shinn's SEED ability (which looks awfully akin to the assimilation effect for late-Fafner Kazuki) and his Destiny Gundam, this makes him a perfect Festum buster like the Fafner pilots. It doesn't help that all events involving his Destiny Gundam (damaged, receiving the repaired Destiny, and revealing his Combination Attack with Lunamaria Hawke) in UX happened on Tatsumiyajima.
- Shou(ko) (Ha)zama, the female Aura Battler.ExplanationIf the player fulfills the requirements to reacquire Shouko Hazama, after the sequence where she self-destructs to destroy the Festum in Scenario 13, she'll be brought to Byston Well (where the cast of UX are coming back from) instead, and continues to fight for the people there, even being called a "female Aura Battler" (which is a sign of whether she's rescued or not). The kicker? Her name can be broken into that of "Shou Zama", the male lead of Aura Battler Dunbine.
- The Aura Battler Civil Servants.ExplanationLike Shouko did in UX, Ken Kaido and Ryo Magami are summoned to Byston Well after the Mazinkaiser SKL finale during BX, helping Shou Zama's companions and rejoining the player's group after they resurface onto the Earth.
- Kali Yuga's boobsExplanationThe Final Boss, Kali Yuga, is a roughly 2 KM tall Physical Goddess, leading many to joke about this character having the absolute biggest chest (not relative to size) of all female original characters in the franchise.
- "[[Visual Novel/Demonbane Kurou]] and [[Manga/Heroman Joey]] are friends for no reason." Explanation[[The region-locked nature of the 3DS prevented easy access to playing UX until methods of bypassing it came int. Random and often-critical claims about the game were taken at face value for years, with the Odd Friendship between Kurou and Joey getting stripped of its context and cause.]]
Super Robot Wars V
- "X for no reason."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Back when Super Robot Wars V was being leaked on the 4chan Mecha board, early players stated how certain characters seemingly became friends with one another "for no reason". This lead to many other variations of the phrase as more details about V became known.
- Kincaid's Flash, Kamille's Flash, Amuro's FlashExplanationEven though Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash makes its debut in V, the eponymous Hathaway Noah got the short end of the stick as his pilot stats are poor compared to the other Universal Century Gundam pilots in the game. Therefore, it's common for players to put someone else in Hathaway's Xi Gundam in order to make the most use of it.
- Nevanlinna, the Tsundere Final BossExplanationThe Final Boss of V wants to know about love and starts causing temper tantrums equivalent to that of a Tsundere, hence fans started calling this character as such.
Super Robot Wars Z
- "Did they blow the budget on the Nu Gundam?"ExplanationBanpresto jokingly stated in an interview following the release of Super Robot Wars Z that a significant portion of the production budget for the game was invested in the attack animations of the machine. Upon the release of Z sequel Hakai-hen, fans indeed noticed a specific Animation Bump with the Nu. What was supposed to be a gag by Banpresto has escalated to the Nu Gundam in subsequent Super Robot Wars appearances pulling off further impressive visuals than the last - an apt fan speculation of the developers truly putting more effort and time into this unit than others.
- "Did they blow the budget on x?"/"The budget went into x."ExplanationA snowclone of the above if the attack animations of another unit besides the Nu Gundam is given more of the animation limelight than others.
- "Wrong Tetsujin!"ExplanationStems from the fan reaction to the 1980s series New Tetsujin-28 (aka, The New Adventures of Gigantor) being used over the original or 2004 version for The Second Z.
- "Godmars doesn't need to be animated to kick ass."ExplanationWith the Retraux-induced Art Shift to emulate the original show's authentic animation, Godmars is saddled with minimal animation (as opposed to the aforementioned Nu Gundam's budget-blowing animation). However, this ends up shooting Godmars into Memetic Badass status because it's statistically a powerful Super Robot (and now no longer hampered with bad coding design like in Destiny), and originally was an Invincible Hero that curb-stomps any oppositions with ease (tensions tend to happen when Takeru hasn't called in Godmars to finish the job, since Zuul's plans revolve around making him suffer), thus so badass, players began worshipping it as an "unmoving God" that doesn't need animation or even move at all to destroy the enemy with just its standby attacks.
- Shiony Regis became one of the most memetic characters in franchise, rivaling Mist Rex for the top slot, after her appearance in The Second Z: look at how much fanart exists of her compared to how little there is for the other Hakai-hen Original Generation. However, unlike Mist who owes his memetic status due to being The Scrappy, Shiony is the result of the fanbase realizing how she acts tough while being a Shrinking Violet, overreacting to just about anything; in turn, the fandom latched onto her personality quirks and ran with it, as opposed to being the result of an accidental rumor in Mist's case. Word of God even acknowledged her memetic status by using her portrait in Saisei-hen for a civilian meet-up in-game. Some fans actually find her Moe as an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain (she's upstaged by her villainous partners, nor is she that hard of a boss when fought against).
- Similarly, if the number of fanart is considered, Marguerite Pistail and her large chest come at a close second for the Z saga.
- Crowe's million-dollar debt.ExplanationIn-Universe, The Second Z protagonist Crowe Broust pilots the "Brasta" in order to work off an enormous financial debt; unfortunately, he continues to accumulate more by way of Disaster Dominoes and an expensive Mid-Season Upgrade. This out-of-control debt turns into a Running Gag for the Z saga, which has also spilled over in Real Life, earning him the affectionate Fan Nickname "Debtman".
- "That one doujin"ExplanationA Doujinshi of Kallen Stadtfeld, Aoi Hidaka and Shinji Ikari having "fun" turned memetic on the 4chan Mecha board in no small part due to two fan-favorite redheads getting interaction and for being the Ms. Fanservice of their respective series. Every once in a while, an anonymous user will post the first page of the doujin (featuring Shinji rather neatly sandwiched in between the girls) and ask something along the lines of "Translation when?" Eventually, the board got sick of the wait and did a Fan Translation themselves thanks to a few users who know Japanese.
