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Death Parade Opening Parodies refers to a number of Anime opening parodies based around the first opening to the 2015 anime series Death Parade, Flyers, by Japanese band BRADIO. After the series first premiered, the song gained popularity online due to it’s upbeat nature, in contrast to that of the show, spawning many parodies.

Origin

The parodies originate from the opening to the 2015 anime drama, Death Parade, which was animated by Studio Madhouse and started airing on January 9th, 2015. The show stars Decim, a bartender at the bar “Quindecim”, which acts as a purgatory to help decide whether people should go to heaven or hell, forcing customers to play a game in order to determine who goes where. The opening to the show, Flyers, sung by Japanese indie rock band BRADIO (Shown Below), was first posted to YouTube by YouTuber DeathParadeOfficial^[1], and has gained over 1,600,000 views as of March 2015.

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Captain Falcon is the main protagonist of the racing video game franchise F-Zero. Known as the mascot of the F-Zero franchise, he is more commonly known for his presence in the video game fighting franchise Super Smash Bros.

Origin

The first addition to the F-Zero franchise was released in Japan for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System on November 21st, 1990. This game marks the debut of Captain Falcon, who is mostly accommodated by his racing vehicle, the Blue Falcon. Inspired by the Formula One races, Nintendo envisioned Captain Falcon as the flagship character of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, however the plan never was carried out, due to Captain Falcon rarely making appearances across Nintendo media. In F-Zero, Captain Falcon is one of the best racers in the circuit and is a relentless bounty hunter.

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On July 14th, 1998, F-Zero X was released onto the then new Nintendo 64 in Japan. Only a year later, the fighting video game Super Smash Brothers was released on the Nintendo 64 and included Captain Falcon as a playable character, although locked upon startup. In 2001, Super Smash Bros. Melee introduced Captain Falcon as a playable character upon startup for the first time, along with Ness, the posterchild of the Earthbound franchise. On July 25th, 2003, F-Zero GX was released onto the Nintendo GameCube in Japan, ironically developed by rival company _SEGA_’s Amusement Vision department. In 2008, Captain Falcon became a playable character again in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Unlike Melee, however, he is locked on startup once again. Since F-Zero Climax was exclusively released in Japan on October 21st, 2004, the F-Zero franchise has been on hiatus.

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Falcon Punch

The term Falcon Punch is used on the Internet usually as an image macro as a verb for someone punching someone else intensely, it is also often portrayed as a way to abort pregnancy. Originating from the Super Smash Bros. series, it has gained a wide notoriety around the Internet.

Show Me Your Moves

Show Me Your Moves is a term uttered by Captain Falcon, originating from one of his taunts in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The phrase is likely used around the Internet in order to persuade other users to fight or acknowledge a claim that has been made.

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Stop It, Boner is a picture of a character having an unwanted erection. It has become a staple of reaction image when being confronted to any material that could provoke the weirdest boner.

Origin

The initial image comes from a 2-panes comic made by an anonymous user and featuring a man looking in dismay at his computer screen before turning away, revealing he has an unwanted erection (shown below, left). While there is no precise archived mention of its first appearance, its earliest recorded use was found in a 4chan’s /tg/ (Traditional Games) thread about tabletop games, in a post made on February 15th 2011^[1] reacting to another poster talking about kobold porn. Then, as early as June 8th 2011, a cut version of the second panel with the character saying “Stop it, boner” to which the bulge in his pants retorts “no”(shown below, right) was posted in another /tg/ thread^[2].

Precursor: “why, boner?”

As a similar note, two other pictures on the same theme have been circulating as reaction images on imageboards in order to describe this feeling of unwanted arousal towards questionable material. The first one is a drawing of a man’s lower half sitting on a chair with an apparent bulge^[3] (shown below, left) posted as early as February 7th 2011 and the other, a 2-panes image of a stick figures looking at a computer screen in disbelief^[4], posted as early as March 24th 2011 (shown below, right). Both displayed the phrase “Why, Boner?”, that has been defined on Urban Dictionary on April 22nd 2011 as “getting a boner for some reason you can’t explain; getting a boner when you consciously know you shouldn’t be having one. (see: should not want)”^[5].

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Although the initial blank 2-pane comic continued to be reused as a reaction image of its own, as it was the case in the comment section of the “Oh No They Didn’t” Livejournal for example^[6], the cut version became reposted on various websites such as Funny Junk as early as August 18th 2011^[7] where several parodies were made, the Cheezburger“Dating Fails” section^[8] or even TVTropes, as an online example referencing the “Strangely Arousing” trope^[9].

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Best Girl is slang used by anime or manga fans to describe an individual’s favorite female character. The term usually goes hand-in-hand with the term waifu.

Origin

The first recorded instance of the term on /a/ was on January 1st, 2009^[1].

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Along with being used on /a/ frequently, it is also used on reddit’s /r/anime often^[3], including a subreddit about Chie, who is declared as the best girl. ^[2] A common contest on /r/anime is Best Girl Contests, where there is a large bracket of characters, and users vote for the best.^[4]

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Best Pone

Best Pone is another phrase, used by fans of the show My Little Pony in similar fashion.

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/mlp/ is the main board on 4chan for discussions related to the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic television show and franchise. Along with Equestria Daily, it is one of the largest pony-related social hubs for “bronies”, adult fans of the show, on the internet.

History

The board was created in 2012^[2] in order to provide a contained location for 4chan’s growing brony populace to converse over their shared interest in the franchise. The decision to create /mlp/ was heavily influenced by a strong upwards trend of pony-related threads and posts on multiple boards, especially /co/ and /b/ (illustrated on graph below).

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“Cover Myself in Vaseline and Pretend I’m a Slug” a joke statement often used in lieu of a real one to see how people respond. It is often used as an example of a Google Search Suggestion, due to it’s frequent searching and bizarre nature.

Origin

The exact origin is unknown. The oldest known example of this dates back to at least 2010 on Joy Reactor^[1]. The image shows the Google search suggestion of “sometimes at night I”, while using the Rage facesPoker Face and the OMG Rage face as a reaction to the search result.

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In 2011 this phrase, as well as variants of it, became frequently used on Yahoo! Answers.^[2] It is often used as a silly question, or a joke response to other questions.

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The concept behind the meme is also used for pretending to be other things. The most commonly used variant is “I like to cover myself with dirt and pretend I’m a carrot” though others certainly exist.

In May of 2012, the twitter account @Im_Home_Alone ^[3] was created, tweeting about doing things while pretending to be various things such as a refrigerator, gummy bear or a deer. The last tweet by this account was in September 2013.

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Sweden Yes! is a catchphrase used to mock Sweden multiculturalism and gender equality politics.

Origin

One of the first uses of the phrase can be found on a thread on 4chan board /pol/, where someone made a novelty thread of Brian Griffin asking for the best country to immigrate. One of the posts, made on 23rd November, 2013, contained the message “Sweden Yes”.^[3] On the same day on the same board, a thread about Swedish military contained a post with the catchphrase.^[4] On the same thread other posts also featured the phrase.

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Open the Gate! is an exploitable based off of a comic by the Belgian cartoonist Jeroom. While many edits are based off of a change of heart over something problematic, which was present in the original comic, other edits take a meta approach or focus on the relationship between the guards featured in the comic.

Origin

The original comic, which featured several guards discussing an approaching transgender woman, was published by Jeroom on February 27, 2013. The comic was translated into English and posted onto a Facebook page for translated Jeroom comics the next day.^[1]

Spread

The day the original comic was posted, an unofficial translation was posted onto /r/funny, where it gained over 1,000 upvotes.[3] Some time afterward, said unofficial translation was posted onto 4chan, where users created various edits of it. An Imgur gallery of these edits was posted to the subreddit /r/4chan.^[2]

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Consensual Sex in the Missionary Position (often extended to Consensual Sex In The Missionary Position For The Sole Purpose Of Procreating) is a meme mocking the softness of missionary position sex. The phrase commonly gets ironic responses calling the act highly vile or lewd. A popular variation of it is holding hands.

Origin

The phrase was first posted on the Newgrounds Forums on November 8th, 2007^[1] in response to a NSFW post earlier in the thread. Many also believe the phrase actually originated on 4chan’s /b/ (Random) or /d/ (Hentai/Alternative) board, which can’t be confirmed as archived versions of either boards don’t go back to 2007 or earlier.

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The phrase gained most on its spread through 4chan’s /d/ (Hentai/Alternative) board, a board that focuses on uncommon and extreme fetishes that are often considered shock content. Threads focusing on consensual sex would be considered out of place and are quickly identified as joke threads. Other boards where the phrase can be found include /a/^[2] (Anime & Manga) and /b/^[3] (Random).

The first definition to the phrase was added to Urban Dictionary on October 17th, 2008 (shown below);^[4] followed by an extended version 2 years later on October 07th;^[5] which have gotten respectively over 320 and 120 likes as of March 2015. over The phrase also appeared in fetish threads on My Anime List^[6] in 2009 and the Bodybuilding Forums^[7] in 2011. A page for the phrase was also created on the 1d4chan Wiki^[8] in March 2011. A Facebook page^[9] named after it gained nearly 500 likes as of March 2015 since its creation 5 years earlier. Trope Wiki Tv Tropes describes the reactions as “Your Normal Is Our Taboo.”^[10]

“The most disgusting act one can engage in.”

Holding Hands

Holding hands is another meme, that is used in a similar manner to Consensual Sex in the Missionary Position. Threads with hand holding as the topic will often receive satirical replies usually criticizing how the original poster is sick or lewd. Related images of this at time feature anime characters with unnecessary censorship photoshopped over the hands to add further lewdness.

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Are They Still On Namek? is a catchphrase used by anime fans in order to reference story arcs from popular anime shows that seem to be dragging on for too long or that may contain too many perceived filler episodes, thus asking if a story has moved on or not. The sentence is directly related to popular anime franchise Dragon Ball Z, especially its story arc taking place on the remote planet Namek.

Origin

According to the Lurkmore page^[1], the phrase was coined on 4chan’s/a/ (anime & manga) board around 2005 in threads discussing the Bleach anime and its Soul Society Arc, a storyline that was cut into two season, displayed over 43 episodes and first broadcasted between March 1st 2005 and January 10th 2006. Considered way too long for an arc by many users, they drew comparisons with Dragon Ball Z’s Namek Saga and especially the final 5-minute battle between Goku and Frieza that was originally cut into 10 episodes for a total 3 hour-long broadcast time.
While there is no archive of these events, One of the earliest use of the catchphrase outside 4chan was made on January 7th 2006 in a D-Addicts forum thread about the Naruto tv show^[2].

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On July 20th, 2007 a post in an IGN thread about random images highlighted a parody reusing the phrase^[3]. In september of that year, a thread titled “Are they still on Namek?” was made on the stadium-arcanium website^[4]. Another one, titled “Why are they still on namek?” was created in december in the Bleach sub-section of Naruto Forums^[5]. On November 19th, 2009, a post about the meme and its relationship with the Bleach series was made in a GameFAQ thread^[6]. The phrase became used as a prime example of the “Arc fatigue”^[7] trope applied to Anime and Manga on TVTropes as well as being mentioned as a trivia on the Dragon Ball wikia page for “Namek”^[8].
In June 2011, popular Youtuber and Abridge Series makers TeamFourStar released the 24th episode of their parody series Dragon Ball Z Abridged. In it, the character of Krillin (voiced by Lanipator) is making a reference to the meme (shown below).

Krillin: You know Gohan, it just occured to me.
Gohan: Yeah Krillin?
Krillin: We are STILL on Namek.
Gohan: What do you mean?
Krillin: Well I mean it feels like we have been here for like… a year.
Gohan: But we have only been here for six days!
Krillin: I know right!

On 4chan specifically, archives featuring the phrase can be seen as early as 2011^[9]. On March 13th 2015, a thread with a picture of villain Frieza and the sentence “this thread will be deleted in 5 minutes” was posted to 4chan’s /v/ (video games) board. Prior to being archived, an anonymous user answered with the phrase “Are They Still On Namek?”^[10]

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These Are Their Stories refers to a series of photos of the actor Chrisopher Meloni in strange or sexual poses.

Origins

The phrase comes from the introduction of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit^[1] in which Meloni played detective Elliot Stabler from 1999 to 2011.

In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York city, The dedicated detectives that investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories…

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^[1]Wikipedia – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

^[2]Tumblr – These are their stories

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#WhereIsPutin is a hashtag associated with jokes and conspiracy theories surrounding the whereabouts of Russian president Vladimir Putin during his ten-day public absence in early March 2015.

Origin

On March 11th, 2015, Twitter user @szaulo^[2] posted a tweet asking “How many doubles does Putin have?” along with the hashtag “WhereIsPutin”^[5] (shown below).

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On March 12th, 2015, Twitter user @grodaeu^[1] posted a #WhereIsPutin tweet joking that the Russian politician was “praciticing for a surprise entry into Eurovision” with the hashtag “#whereisputin” (shown below).

On March 14th, Twitter user @CWynnkWilson^[3] tweeted a photograph of several European Union leaders with the caption “#EU leaders also looking for #Putin #WhereIsPutin” (shown below). In the first 48 hours, the tweet gained over 360 retweets and 200 favorites.

On the following day, Twitter user @Otto_English^[4] posted a tweet comparing a photograph of Putin next to a look-alike dog (shown below). In the first 24 hours, the tweet gathered upwards of 160 retweets and 110 favorites.

On March 16th, Putin appeared on television where he remarked that life “would be boring without gossip” while meeting with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev (shown below). In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the hashtag, including BBC News,^[6] Bustle,^[7] Mashable^[8] and The Guardian.^[9]

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Felines of New York is a Tumblr created to parody the popular photography project Humans Of New York. Each Tumblr entry features a portrait of a cat paired with a “quote” from the cat.

Origin

Felines Of New York was created on February 3rd, 2015 by comedian and writer Jim Tews^[2].

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The first entry in Felines of New York, “Lily, Queens” received 186 notes. The most popular entry to date is “Don Sr, the Bronx”, which garnered 1,087 notes.

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^[1]Tumblr – Felines of New York

^[2]MTV.com – ‘Felines Of New York’ Is The Tumblr Parody Humankind Needs

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Elephants are a type of mammal that live in a range of different habitats across Africa and Asia. As the largest surviving terrestrial animals on Earth, elephants have long been celebrated in popular culture and online, especially for their unique trunks, large ears and longevity, as well as their ability to use infrasound and seismic communication.

Online History

On March 7th, 2008, the Gifts with a Cause YouTube channel uploaded a video featuring an elephant painting a picture of an elephant holding a flower (shown below, left). Over the next seven years, the video accumulated over 9.7 million views and 14,900 comments. On April 25th, 2010, the /r/elephants^[1] subreddit was launched for discussions and media related to the large mammals. On September 19th, 2011, the Evolve Campaigns YouTube channel posted a video of two elephants reuniting after being separated for 20 years, gaining upwards of 8.7 million views and 2,500 comments in four years (shown below, right).

On February 23rd, 2014, Redditor AtomicFaxMachine submitted an elephant image macro titled “Bad Luck Elephant” to the /r/adviceanimals^[4] subreddit, where it received more than 3,200 votes (95% upvoted) and 350 comments prior to being archived (shown below).

On November 11th, the NYPost YouTube channel uploaded footage of an elephant escaping an attack by 14 lions (shown below, right). Within four months, the video gathered upwards of 22 million views and 5,500 comments. As of March 2015, the “Elephants” Facebook^[5] interest page has over 134,000 likes.

Baby Elephants

Footage of baby elephants awkwardly interacting with humans and their environment are widely circulated online in communities featuring cute animal content. On February 24th, 2009, YouTuber kikicat25 uploaded a video of a baby elephant acting surprised after sneezing out of its trunk (shown below, left). Within six years, the video received more than 16 million views and 6,600 comments. On August 23rd, 2010, YouTuber Gene Hengeveld submitted a video of a young elephant riding on its mother’s back, which received upwards of 2.7 million views and 800 comments over five years (shown below, right).

On October 9th, 2011, YouTuber koveosd posted a video of a newborn elephant accidentally stepping on its trunk (shown below, left). Within four years, the video accumulated more than 3.5 million views and 1,400 comments. On December 11th, 2012, YouTuber Vivian H. uploaded a video featuring a young elephant knocking over a man trying to give it a hug, gathering over 6.1 million views and 1,600 comments in three years (shown below, right)

On March 9th, 2014, the subreddit /r/babyelephantgifs^[2] was created to highlight animated GIF images featuring juvenile elephants (shown below). Within one year, the community gained upwards of 65,900 subscribers. On April 7th, BuzzFeed^[3] published a compilation of notable GIFs sourced from the subreddit.

On November 10th, the Tastefully Offensive YouTube channel uploaded a montage of baby elephant clips, which garnered over 980,000 views and 90 comments in four months.

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Pornhub (site domain Pornhub.com) is an online pornographic video hosting and sharing website launched May 24, 2007. With four and-a-half million unique visitors visiting the site everyday, it is the largest of the pornographic website due to its large gallery of videos.

Origin

The site was originally founded by online developer Matt Keezer in early 2007.^[1] In 2010, it was bought out by businessman Fabian Thylmann, who founded the company MindGeek, which became a porn monopoly^[2]. On January 7th, 2014, the Pornhub team did an AMA on reddit^[3], getting over 15,000 comments and questions.

Joke Videos

Jokes Videos are a common joke on Pornhub, where someone will upload a non porn video with a sexual title, when the video itself is not in fact sexual.

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In May of 2014, Pornhub begun a non pornographic ad contest^[4] with people voting for the best. In October of the same year, the winner was put up in Times Square^[5].

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Notorious R.B.G. is a social justice blog and cultural trend that depicts U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a “badass,” gangster-like figure.^[1] The trend has spawned a variety of macros, paraphernalia, and even books, but Ginsburg’s reaction to the notoriety has drawn criticism from legal scholars who argue that the added publicity impinges on Ginsburg’s duty to remain impartial on the bench.^[2]

History

Notorious R.B.G.^[3], named as a nod to hip-hop performer The Notorious B.I.G., was created on Tumblr in June 2015 by NYU law student Shana Knizhnik in support of Ginburg’s dissent in Shelby County v. Holder, which struck down a portion of the Voting Rights Act.^[1][4] The blog’s inaugural post quoted Ginsburg’s dissent:

“Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.”^[5]

Since then, the blog has posted quotes, stories, photographs, artwork, image macros, and merchandise related to Ginsburg and many social justice causes with which she is associated. The blog has been reported by the Huffington Post^[6], MSNBC^[7], Politico Magazine^[8], the Washington Post^[9], TIME^[10], and others. It was featured in the ABA Journal’s “8th Annual Blawg 100.”^[14]

Merchandise

The first instance of Notorious R.B.G. merchandise was created by Tumblr user charlesdingusesquire on the same day as Knizhnik’s initial post.^[11] In approximately one year, Knizhnik is reported to have sold thousands of T-shirts of various designs.^[4] Previously, shirt-selling campaigns have been used to raise money for Planned Parenthood^[15] and the Advancement Project^[16]. Ginsburg admitted to personally having a large supply of the shirts,^[10] and enjoys giving them to friends as gifts.^[17]

Biography

In January 2015, New Your Magazine’s The Cut reported that Knizhnik is teaming up with MSNBC reporter Irin Carmon to write a Notorious R.B.G. biography. The book, entitled Notorious R.B.G.: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be “an unobjective and irreverent celebration of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life and role in the women’s movement.”^[12][13]

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In March of 2015, a variant cover of DC Comics Batgirl #41 raised controversy over the cover art. A hastag called “#ChangeTheCover” was used on Twitter over the weekend of March 14, 2015 to convince DC Comics to not print any issues of the comic with the cover.

History

In March of 2015, DC Comics revealed a Joker themed variant cover for issue number 41 of their most recent Batgirl comic story arc, which was drawn by artist Rafael Albuquerque. According to Albuquerque, the artwork was created as an homage to Alan Moore’s famous Joker centered graphic novel The Killing Joke (released in 1988). Controversy over the artwork soon erupted on websites such as Twitter, leading to a hashtag campaign called “#ChangeTheCover” in order to convince DC Comics to not print any issues with this specific cover art.

Concerns raised about the artwork came from groups who felt the artwork depicted a situation that comes dangerously close to depicting acts such as sexual assault, or that depicting Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) in such a vulnerable position made her look too similar to female victims of other violent acts. Artist Rafael Albuquerque asserted that the cover was not meant to depict such actions, but rather showcase the dark history between Batgirl/Barbara Gordon and The Joker. In an official statement, Albuquerque stated:

“My Batgirl variant cover artwork was designed to pay homage to a comic that I really admire, and I know is a favorite of many readers. ‘The Killing Joke’ is part of Batgirl’s canon and artistically, I couldn’t avoid portraying the traumatic relationship between Barbara Gordon and the Joker. For me, it was just a creepy cover that brought up something from the character’s past that I was able to interpret artistically.”

However, despite affirming that the artwork was not created with the intent of depicting the acts raised by those who complained about the cover, the decision was ultimately made the following week to no longer publish any issues with the variant cover. Both Rafael Albuquerque and DC Comics released further statements on the decision:

Albuquerque:

But it has become clear, that for others, it touched a very important nerve. I respect these opinions and, despite whether the discussion is right or wrong, no opinion should be discredited. My intention was never to hurt or upset anyone through my art. For that reason, I have recommended to DC that the variant cover be pulled. I’m incredibly pleased that DC Comics is listening to my concerns and will not be publishing the cover art in June as previously announced. With all due respect, Rafa

DC Comics:

We publish comic books about the greatest heroes in the world, and the most evil villains imaginable. The Joker variant covers for June are in recognition of the 75th anniversary of the Joker. Regardless if fans like Rafael Albuquerque’s homage to Alan Moore’s THEKILLINGJOKE graphic novel from 25 years ago, or find it inconsistent with the current tonality of the Batgirl books – threats of violence and harassment are wrong and have no place in comics or society. We stand by our creative talent, and per Rafael’s request, DC Comics will not publish the Batgirl variant. – DC Entertainment

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“Intelligent, Nihilistic, and with a Wicked Sense of Humor” is a copypasta used to describe oneself as being similar to a fictional character from some sort of medium, usually to make oneself look edgy and dangerous.

Origin

The copypasta originated from 4chan’s /v/ board. On July 23rd, 2014, an anonymous user started a thread^[1] asking others if video game characters reminded them of themselves. The original post had a picture of Final Fantasy VI antagonist Kefka and the following comment:

ITT: Characters that remind you of yourself

For me it’s Kefka – intelligent, nihilistic and with a wicked sense of humor.

Spread

For the most part, the copypasta was associated with Kefka, though on September 16th, 2014, it was used with another similar character, the Joker from Batman comics^[2]. On November 7th, 2014, the copypasta started to be more widely used with other characters like Max Payne^[3], Legate Lanius^[4] from Fallout New Vegas, Kyle Hyde^[5] from Hotel Dusk: Room 215, and Master Chief^[6] from Halo series.

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“Patrolling the Mojave Almost Makes You Wish For a Nuclear Winter” is a quote from the role-playing video game Fallout: New Vegas. It is a stock line said frequently throughout the game by New California Republic Troops, sometimes compared to the Arrow to the Knee line from another game by Bethesda, The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim.

Origin

In Fallout: New Vegas, the NCR soldiers and other NPCS (NPCs) have stock lines they will repeat when the player approaches. The repetition of this stock line throughout the game led the players to reference it in discussions of the game. as well as when discussing other frequently used speech by NPCs.

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On November 2nd, 2010, a thread titled “Patrolling The Mojave Almost Makes You Wish For A Nuclear Winter” was posted on the escapist magazine forums ^[1] with the original post complaining “NPCs in New Vegas sure could use more than three lines of dialogue.” On August 20th, 2012 Reddit user Chastain86 uploaded a work by DeviantArt user Saber Scorpion’s^[2] of a New Vegas Diorama made out of LEGO to the r/fallout subreddit, with the title “Patrolling the Lego bricks of the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.”^[3] This post gained 956 upvotes.

An Urban Dictionary^[4] entry submitted on October 26th defined the term “Patrolling the Mojave” as “The Fallout: New Vegas equivalent of the Arrow to the knee meme from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, originating from the generic dialog lines spoken by NCR troopers throughout the game.” There are also 50 pages worth of Posts containing the phrase “Patrolling the Mojave” on Archive Moe^[5]

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Monster Girl Quest (also known as Monmusu Quest!, or MGQ for short) is an eroge series made by the company ToroToro Resistance. The game is a straight-forward RPG featuring different types of Monster Girls as the main point.

Plot

The story follows the journey of Luka, a boy who believes in the possibility of coexistence between humans and monsters. Thanks to a certain chain of events, Luka meets Alice, a lamia monster girl. After Luka tells her about his dream, she decides to join him on his journey in where, at the end, they both bring coexistence in the monster world.

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Hora Hora

Hora Hora is a catchphrase from the Monster Girl Quest heroine Alipheese Fateburn XVI, mostly known as Alice. She is known for having the verbal tick “Hora, Hora, Hora”, specially during sex scenes with Luka.