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* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-jdSgjtUPk MEMZ trojan]] may not involve skull imagery, but it causes various other overlays and payloads to appear, doing things that include, but are not limited to: moving the mouse on its own, opening satirical Google searches of "how 2 remove a virus", playing random error sounds, gradually flooding the screen with icons, causing a screen tunneling effect, and true to it being named after Internet Memes, overwriting the boot sector with an animation of Nyan Cat complete with sound.

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* As they browse the Deep Web, the protagonist of ''Videogame/WelcomeToTheGame'' is constantly hacked. Each hacking minigame starts with a cackling skull.
** This is repeated in the sequel ''VideoGame/WelcomeToTheGameII'', where anytime your computer gets hacked as you explore the Deep Web, an image of a laughing skull takes over your screen, followed by a minigame to repel the hacker.

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* As they browse the Deep Web, the protagonist of ''Videogame/WelcomeToTheGame'' is constantly hacked. Each hacking minigame starts with a cackling skull.
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skull. This is repeated in the sequel ''VideoGame/WelcomeToTheGameII'', where anytime your computer gets hacked as you explore the Deep Web, an image of a laughing skull takes over your screen, followed by a minigame to repel the hacker.
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[[folder: Literature]]

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[[folder: Literature]][[folder:Literature]]
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Often overlaps with HollywoodHacking. Compare CallingCard for the non-computerized version of leaving a stylistic signature.

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Often overlaps with HollywoodHacking. Compare CallingCard for the non-computerized version of leaving a stylistic signature.
signature. Subtrope of JollyRoger.
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-->-- '''Dexter Grif''', ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''

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-->-- '''Dexter Grif''', ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''
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* Invoked in ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection Red vs. Blue: Reconstruction]]''. As Simmons tries to hack Command's computer system, Grif unhelpfully offers advice such as, "You should try uploading a virus to the mainframe. I find viruses that feature a laughing skull work the best."

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* Invoked in ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection ''[[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheRecollection Red vs. Blue: Reconstruction]]''. As Simmons tries to hack Command's computer system, Grif unhelpfully offers advice such as, "You should try uploading a virus to the mainframe. I find viruses that feature a laughing skull work the best."

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