History Memes / FireEmblemThreeHouses

** In general, the fandom tends to love portraying Byleth as an [[ApatheticTeacher overly-casual]], {{Uncertified|Expert}} EccentricMentor based on the fact that they're not much older than their students and they had absolutely zero teaching experience or education prior to being recruited as a professor at Garreg Mach.

Memes involving ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriorsThreeHopes''.

* ''Every single one'' of the [[WelcomeToCorneria generic NPC lines]], because you hear them a lot when exploring the monastery. [[MoodWhiplash You'll even hear the "happy" ones when everything about the monastery is somber]] after [[spoiler:Jeralt dies]]. The more {{narm}}-tastic ones in particular caught on even faster for various reasons.

* [[ReptilianConspiracy Lizard People]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Overall description for Rhea, Seteth, and Flayn; being high up in power, shady about it, and having green hair with green eyes as a genetic code for... something. [[spoiler:Made even funnier with TheReveal that they're actually ''dragons''.]][[/labelnote]]

* Shahid needs glasses [[labelnote:Explanation]]Shahid somehow fails to recognize [[spoiler:his half-brother Claude/Khalid]], despite commenting multiple times how much he reminds him of said sibling. Many players were completely baffled, and in-universe [[spoiler:Claude/Khalid]]--if fighting Shahid in Golden Wildfire, where he ''finally'' recognizes him--mocks Shahid for how long it took him to realize this.[[/labelnote]]

** [[SuicideAsComedy "Why won't I die?"]] [[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers)]] Dimitri struggles severely with his mental health throughout both ''Three Houses'' and ''Three Hopes,'' though he's only at his worst at the start of the Azure Moon timeskip in ''Three Houses'' or when faced as an enemy in Verdant Wind. Some of his behavior and his dialogue implies or states that he's become a DeathSeeker, and even at his best, he still displays a troubling lack of concern for his own well-being: in ''Three Hopes,'' he tells Shez that the best possible future he can see for himself involves him dying (which Shez calls him out on), and when facing his [[spoiler: clone during the secret chapters, Dimitri explicitly relishes in the opportunity to kill himself, albeit only technically]]. While plenty of fans discuss Dimitri's suicidal tendencies with great seriousness, more comedic interpretations can greatly exaggerate [[BlackComedy Dimitri's willingness to harm himself or risk death]], depicting him as eager to die as payment for the smallest trangressions or waxing poetic on how wonderful it would be if he could finally find someone who will be able to kill him.[[/labelnote]]

** [[spoiler:DJ Khalid]][[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers!)]]A Nintendo Dream Magazine interview reveals that Claude's real name is Khalid. Therefore, some people make fun of this because of the familiar resemblance to Music/DJKhaled.[[/labelnote]]
** [[spoiler: [[Franchise/{{Aladdin}} Prince Khalid! Fabulous he! Khalid Ababwa!]]]] [[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers!)]] The fact that Claude is a prince who is very similar to Aladdin and the above mentioned DJ Khalid worked in the [[Film/Aladdin2019 Live-Action remake]] puts a very unique spin into the Prince Ali song.[[/labelnote]]

** "Woah...that lady looks real dead, pal."[[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers!)]]Balthus offers this blunt line in the DLC when he sees [[spoiler:Sitri's dead yet pristine corpse that at a glance might just look like she's sleeping]]. Cue jokes that Balthus would say this in the face of any dead body, or even someone who just ''looks'' dead or even sleeping.[[/labelnote]]

*** Got flipped on its head with female Byleth's S Support with [[spoiler:Seteth, as he's actually Flayn's father, not her brother. Naturally, the same meme formats found new life with this particular romance, complete with Flayn being horrified at Byleth becoming her new mom]].

*** It's now common for commenters to imagine Seteth going "'''WRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY'''" in the background if you S-Supported Flayn. Which is fitting for him since [[spoiler:he's really her father]].

** DILF Hunter Manuela [[labelnote:Explanation]]Two of the characters that Manuela flirts most explicitly with are Seteth, in ''Three Houses,'' and [[spoiler: Jeralt]], in ''Three Hopes,'' both of whom are fathers (Seteth initially disguises that he is a father, but eventually tells Manuela that he is, while still hiding the identity of his daughter). It's thus become common to portray Manuela/Seteth and Manuela/[[spoiler:Jeralt]] as if Manuela is explicitly hunting for men who've been married before.[[/labelnote]]

* '''Shez'''
** Shez is [[VideoGame/SonicForces Infinite]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]When Shez's backstory was revealed to boil down to "mysterious mercenary who was defeated in a fight by an existing character and wants revenge for that fight", some fans immediately compared them to Infinite from ''Sonic Forces'', who has a similar backstory.[[/labelnote]]
** [[https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/561917840756834327/1113402458983632896/IMG_6917.jpg?width=655&height=651 SHEZ!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]This image of male Shez's portrait with his name in purple at the bottom rapidly began to spread as a shitpost, with its origins rooted from Twitter. It is often posted in replies to a post about male Shez, and [[https://twitter.com/fe_heroes_en/status/1661991558256922625?s=46&t=io9x_wjAyXORJi6XpcBazg one tweet about a rerun of New Heroes & Rearmed Líf]] from the official ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' Twitter account had its reply section filled to the brim with people spamming that same image, mostly due to the presence of male Shez.[[/labelnote]]

* Shez is [[VideoGame/SonicForces Infinite]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]When Shez's backstory was revealed to boil down to "mysterious mercenary who was defeated in a fight by an existing character and wants revenge for that fight", some fans immediately compared them to Infinite from ''Sonic Forces'', who has a similar backstory.[[/labelnote]]

** "Is this some kind of twisted joke?!" [[labelnote:Explanation (Azure Moon Spoilers!)]] Everything about Dimitri's reaction to learning the identity of the Flame Emperor quickly became a meme, from this line, to his facial expression and [[LaughingMad laugh]], to the ensuing [[MookHorrorShow massacre]] that follows. Part of the reason it achieved memetic status in spite of, or because of how [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct well-acted]] Dimitri's meltdown is contribiutes to it.[[/labelnote]]

* Shahid needs glasses [[labelnote:Explanation]]Shahid somehow fails to recognize [[spoiler:his half-brother Claude/Khalid]], despite commenting multiple times how much he reminds him of said sibling. Many players were completely baffled, and in-universe [[spoiler:Claude/Khalid]] - if fighting Shahid in Golden Wildfire, where he ''finally'' recognizes him - mocks Shahid for how long it took him to realize this.[[/labelnote]]

* Disliking the Gatekeeper?! '''''DEATH.'''''[[labelnote:Explanation]]Just when you thought you couldn't hate Count Varley even more, he actually ''dislikes'' the widely beloved Gatekeeper and thinks he's bad at his job! The absolute ''nerve!'' This further fueled the wrath of many players wanting to obliterate the bastard.[[/labelnote]]

** [[HeroicSacrifice "He died like a true knight"]].[[labelnote:Explanation]]One of Rodrigue's ways for coping with Glenn's death after the Tragedy of Duscur was to convince himself that his oldest son gave up his life for a greater cause by using this exact sentence, something Felix found ''so incredibly tone-deaf'' that it sparked his ire against his father and everything Faerghus' culture stands for. Despite this, it's common to see this sentence used by fans when a characters pulls off an HeroicSacrifice or suffers a tragic death, ironically or otherwise.[[/labelnote]]

** Breaking the Bro Code [[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers!)]]Male Byleth can support and even marry Flayn, who is revealed to be Seteth's daughter (he actually reveals this to you in his and Flayn's paralogue once you beat it). Due to his OverprotectiveDad tendencies, fans often quote that going out with Flayn and even marrying her is "breaking the bro code".[[/labelnote]]

** "Is this some kind of twisted joke?!" [[labelnote:Explanation (Azure Moon Spoilers!)]] Everything about Dimitri's reaction to learning the identity of the Flame Emperor quickly became a meme, from this line, to his facial expression and [[LaughingMad laugh]], to the ensuing [[MookHorrorShow massacre]] that follows [[/labelnote]]

** [[https://reddit.com/r/fireemblem/comments/cv9pz6/fortress_knight_marianne/ Fortress]] [[https://cad-comic.com/comic/bad-teacher/ Knight]] Marianne [[labelnote:Explanation]] Marianne became popular for this kind of class. Her starting class and promotion makes her into a SquishyWizard. However, her Armor and Fortress Knight promotion turns her into a ''massive'' MightyGlacier by increasing her offense and defense, which is ironic considering the armored classes is a TierInducedScrappy and it ''helps'' her survive her infamous paralogue. Fans have joked how unbearably heavy the armor must be for a girl like her wearing such armor.[[/labelnote]]

** [[HeroicSacrifice "He died like a true knight"]].[[labelnote:Explanation]]One of Rodrigue's ways for coping with Glenn's death after the Tragedy of Duscur was to convince himself that his oldest son gave up his life for a greater cause by using this exact sentence, something Felix found ''so incredibly tone-deaf'' that it sparked his ire against his father and everything Faerghus' culture stands for. Despite this, it's common to see this sentence used by fans when a characters pulls off an HeroicSacrifice, ironically or otherwise.[[/labelnote]]

** [[HeroicSacrifice "He died like a true knight"]].[[labelnote:Explanation]]One of Rodrigue's ways for coping with Glenn's death after the Tragedy of Duscur was to convince himself that his oldest son gave up his life for a greater cause, an idea Felix found ''incredibly tone-deaf'' and sparked his ire against his father and everything Faerghus' culture stands for. Despite this, it's common to see this sentence used by fans when a characters pulls of a HeroicSacrifice, ironically or otherwise.[[/labelnote]]

** I love democracy/So this is how liberty dies. With thundrous applause. [[labelnote:Explanation (Three Hopes spoilers)]] In the Golden Wildfire route, Claude kicks off part II by reforming the Leicester Alliance as the Leceister Federation, establishing it as a non-hereditary monarchy with himself elected as its first king by the vote of the roundtable conference, which is rendered immediately obsolete by his new autocratic government. The comparisons between his behavior here and Palpatine's rise to power in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' were immediately seized on, as both films are famously memetic and the moments (and their contexts) when Palpatine gains emergency powers and gives his NewEraSpeech proclaiming TheEmpire have strong parallels to Claude's actions.[[/labelnote]]

** [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/setethsays #SetethSays]] / "I have something to ask of you..." [[labelnote:Explanation]]People often replace Seteth's quests in edits with [[https://www.polygon.com/2019/8/2/20751932/fire-emblem-three-houses-seteth-quest-jokes-nintendo-switch-memes ridiculous and frequently anachronistic problems]], such as him and Flayn being stuck at a {{UsefulNotes/McDonalds}}, asking Byleth to find Edelgard and have her stop terrorizing Flayn in ''{{VideoGame/Minecraft}}'', and this page's image.[[/labelnote]]

* Fire Emblem Warriors: No Hope/Three Copes [[labelnote:Explanation]] Due to the endings, absence of particular plot resolutions, exclusion of notable characters, and lack of endgame/postgame content, fans began pining for a [[DownloadableContent story expansion, or even something as simple as a character pack]], almost immediately after ''Three Hopes'' launched. As the months rolled by and no DownloadableContent became apparent, hopeless puns based on the "Three Hopes" in the title became common on social media, especially after the announcement of VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage. The sentiment (and the despairing puns) deepened after the OST release date was announced, and after Claude, Dimitri, and Edelgard were announced as DownloadableContent for ''Engage,'' both of which seemingly confirmed that ''Three Hopes'' would be getting no DownloadableContent. Variations involving "cope" and "copium" memes also cropped up as fans continued to desperately reach for any possibility that DLC would be coming, even after the start of 2023 and the release date for ''Engage'' approached ever-closer.[[/labelnote]]

** It’s fairly popular to animate Linhardt with audio from Anime/GhostStories[[labelnote:Explanation]] Linhardt is voiced by Creator/ChrisPatton, who is famous for his role as Hajime in the anime’s GagDub. Naturally, fans of both couldn’t separate them.[[/labelnote]]

** It’s fairly popular to animate Linhardt with audio from Anime/GhostStories[[labelnote:Explanation]] Linhardt is voiced by Creator/ChrisPatton, who is famous for his role as Hajime on the aforementioned anime. Naturally, fans of both couldn’t separate them.[[/labelnote]]

** Beware of cougar[[labelnote:explanation]] Manuela, being a slightly older (compared to the rest of the cast, at least) but still very attractive woman who is actively searching for a husband and flirts with a male Byleth and several other male characters much younger than her, is often labeled a "cougar" by Western fans, referring to a woman of that archetype. Interesting, this categorization is somewhat less apparent among Japanese fans, owing to Manuela's dilemma of "worrying that she's old and unfit for marriage" being part of a [[ChristmasCake different, more Japan-specific character arhetype.]][[/labelnote]]

** Mercedes cuts [[MotherlySidePlait her hair]] to save her life.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Mercedes is a motherly character with MotherlySidePlait. Amongst anime fans, however, that hair has become synonymous with "That character is going to die." AKA "Dead Anime Mom Hair" (most prominently thanks to ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist''). So, according to the joke, Mercedes cut her hair in the TimeSkip to avoid the "Dead Anime Mom Hair" syndrome.[[/labelnote]]

** Hilda likes cash, and her hair to her ass.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A video on Twitter went viral of various screenshots of Hilda that went shockingly well to the song "[=BeeFlo=] Mix" by Flo Milli...and the lyrics going a deeper level of being both enormously catchy, and also shockingly accurate to her in-game personality.[[/labelnote]]

* “Honorary X House Member” [[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers!)]]A meme in the western fanbase of varying seriousness in which fans claim characters are “canon” recruits of a certain house based on their connections to a location or characters from it. For example, Lysithea and Mercedes are sometimes considered honorary Black Eagles (for Crimson Flower, at least), and Petra is often considered an honorary Golden Deer. In the case of Lysithea, it is due to her being the only non-Black Eagle student that can have a support and ending with Edelgard as well as them both having backstories that cause them to sympathize with one another, and in the case of Mercedes, she is a former Adrestian noble, and recruiting her onto Crimson Flower is the only way to reunite her with her brother, Jeritza/Emile/The Death Knight. Petra, meanwhile, can support with Claude and Ignatz, and her experience of discrimination in Fódlan aligns very closely with Claude's and creates a throughline of shared goals with him on the Verdant Wind route. From the DLC, Constance is often considered an honorary Black Eagle due to her background as an Adrestian noblewoman, Hapi an honorary Blue Lion due to her connection to Cornelia (who is only a major antagonist on the Azure Moon route), and Balthus an honorary Golden Deer due to canonically having been in the Golden Deer in the past. The other common thread connecting them to their respective "Honorary Houses" is a higher-than-normal distribution of supports within that house (Constance can support with two Crimson Flower exclusives and one Black Eagle, Hapi with two Blue Lions, and Balthus with three Golden Deer) as well as being able to obtain a paired ending with that House's lord. Yuri, being originally from Faerghus and previously being in the Blue Lions, is a special case. ''Three Hopes'' expands on this concept: Lysithea has a paralogue exclusive to Scarlet Blaze that is shared with Edelgard and Hapi, Mercedes can only be recruited onto Scarlet Blaze with Jeritza's deployment (and cannot be recruited at all onto Golden Wildfire), Yuri's and Balthus's unique paralogues are only accessible on Azure Gleam and Golden Wildfire, respectively, and Hapi is recruited far earlier than the other Ashen Wolves in Azure Gleam, which is the only route which features Cornelia.[[/labelnote]]

* “Honorary X House Member” [[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers!)]]A meme in the western fanbase of varying seriousness in which fans claim characters are “canon” recruits of a certain house based on their connections to a location or characters from it. For example, Lysithea and Mercedes are sometimes considered honorary Black Eagles (for Crimson Flower, at least), and Petra is often considered an honorary Golden Deer. In the case of Lysithea, it is due to her being the only non-Black Eagle student that can have a support and ending with Edelgard as well as them both having backstories that cause them to sympathize with one another, and in the case of Mercedes, she is a former Adrestian noble, and recruiting her onto Crimson Flower is the only way to reunite her with her brother, Jeritza/Emile/The Death Knight. Petra, meanwhile, can support with Claude and Ignatz, and her experience of discrimination in Fódlan aligns very closely with Claude's and creates a throughline of shared goals with him on the Verdant Wind route. Even the DLC characters don’t escape this: Constance is often considered an honorary Black Eagle due to her background as an Adrestian noblewoman, Hapi an honorary Blue Lion due to her connection to Cornelia (who is only a major antagonist on the Azure Moon route), and Balthus an honorary Golden Deer due to canonically having been in the Golden Deer in the past. The other common thread connecting them to their respective "Honorary Houses" is a higher-than-normal distribution of supports within that house (Constance can support with two Crimson Flower exclusives and one Black Eagle, Hapi with two Blue Lions, and Balthus with three Golden Deer) as well as being able to support and obtain a paired ending with that House's lord. Yuri is more of a special case, however: due to originally being from Faerghus, some Blue Lions fans claim he’s an honorary Blue Lion, which is helped by him actually formerly ''being'' in the Blue Lions when he originally enrolled into the academy. ''Three Hopes'' seems to have gone forward with this concept in most cases: Lysithea has a paralogue exclusive to Scarlet Blaze that is shared with Edelgard and Hapi, Mercedes can only be recruited onto Scarlet Blaze with Jeritza's deployment (and cannot be recruited at all onto Golden Wildfire), Yuri's and Balthus's unique paralogues are only accessible on Azure Gleam and Golden Wildfire, respectively, due to also containing exclusive characters, and Hapi is recruited far earlier than the other Ashen Wolves in Azure Gleam, which is the only route which features Cornelia.[[/labelnote]]

* [[PowerTrio The Three Nobles]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]OneTrueThreesome of Ferdinand/Sylvain/Lorenz that began popping up in the JPN fanbase and eventually spread to the west. Ever since Constance was introduced, she's occasionally replaced Sylvain as the third noble.[[/labelnote]]
* “Honorary X House Member” [[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers!)]]A meme in the western fanbase of varying seriousness in which fans claim characters are “canon” recruits of a certain house based on their connections to a location or characters from it. For example, Lysithea and Mercedes are considered honorary Black Eagles, due to Lysithea being the only non-Black Eagle student that can have a support and ending with Edelgard as well as them both having backstories that cause them to sympathize with one another, and with Mercedes being a former Adrestian noble, recruiting her in the Crimson Flower route is the only way to reunite her with her brother, Jeritza/Emile/The Death Knight. Even the DLC characters don’t escape this with Constance being considered an honorary Black Eagle (Or an Silver Snow aligned character due to her opposition of Edelgard), Hapi being an honorary Blue Lion and Balthus being an honorary Golden Deer, this all being supported by characters they can support as well as the lords of those respective houses they can have an ending with. Yuri is more of a special case, however due to originally being from Faerghus, some Blue Lions fans claim he’s an honorary Blue Lion. The fact that he was actually formerly a member of the Blue Lions when he originally enrolled into the academy only solidifies him as this with some fans. [[/labelnote]]

* Ugly Dads [[labelnote:Explanation]]''Three Hopes'' introduced many relatives of the characters, particularly fathers, that were TheGhost in ''Three Houses''. Although most of them have their age catch up to them compared to the likes of [[OlderThanTheyLook Jeralt, Seteth, and Rodrigue]], who were introduced in ''Three Houses'', resulting in jokes about how ugly the new fathers are in ''Three Hopes''.[[/labelnote]]
* Fire Emblem Warriors: No Hope [[labelnote:Explanation]] Due to the endings/absence of particular plot resolutions, and exclusion of certain characters, fans began pining for a [[DownloadableContent story expansion, or even something as simple as a character pack]], shortly after ''Three Hopes'' launched. As the months rolled by and no DownloadableContent became apparent, hopeless puns based on the "Three Hopes" in the title became common on social media, especially after the announcement of VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage. The sentiment (and the despairing puns) deepened after the OST release date was announced, and after Claude, Dimitri, and Edelgard were announced as DownloadableContent for ''Engage,'' both of which seemingly confirmed that ''Three Hopes'' would be getting no DownloadableContent.[[/labelnote]]

** Leonie's Student Loans. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Leonie needing to borrow heavily to attend the academy, and subsequently being in debt for the rest of the school year as well into the timeskip, led to a number of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO6rRzzC36k memes]] comparing Leonie to an American student trapped in predatory student debt circumstances, usually played for laughs due to her frequent penny-pinching and mentions of the financial consequences of her loans. It got even more widespread when Shez, in ''Three Hopes'', is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh1HKcVmMyk allowed to attend the academy for free]] under almost the same circumstances...and Leonie is proven to ''still'' be in debt two years later, even though the school year got cut off after less than two months. While the Central Church refunded her the money she had paid them, she didn't get back the other money she had paid her village's local nobility to get access to the academy and other expenses she had accrued.[[/labelnote]]

* "For you the day Byleth graced your mercenary group was the most important day of your life." [[labelnote:Explanation]]With how nonchalant Byleth's victory over Shez and their group was, and how seriously Shez took it, fans have been making [[https://reddit.com/r/shitpostemblem/comments/v9nqll/i_fully_expect_something_like_this_in_three_hopes/ comparisons with M. Bison's scene from Street Fighter the Movie]][[/labelnote]]

* Fire Emblem Warriors: No Hope [[labelnote:Explanation]] Due the [[AudienceAlienatingEnding unsatisfying endings]], [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter exclusion of certain characters]], and [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot absence of particular plot resolutions]], fans began pining for a [[DownloadableContent story expansion, or even something as simple as a character pack]], shortly after ''Three Hopes'' launched. As the months rolled by, and no DownloadableContent became apparent, hopeless puns based on the "Three Hopes" in the title became common on social media, especially after the announcement of VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage. The sentiment (and the despairing puns) deepened after the OST release date was announced, and after Claude, Dimitri, and Edelgard were announced as DownloadableContent for ''Engage,'' both of which seemingly confirmed that ''Three Hopes'' would be getting no DownloadableContent.[[/labelnote]]

* Agarthan technology[[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers)]]A good portion of the fanbase likes to portray the cast with modern things like cellphones, computers, and the internet, and when asked why, they just explain it off as technology from the Agarthans/those who slither in the dark. Given how the Agarthans have access to things like ''giant robots'' and ''modern day ballistic missiles'', it's not exactly out of the realm of possibility...[[/labelnote]]

** [[SuicideAsComedy "Why won't I die?"]] [[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers)]] Dimitri struggles severely with his mental health throughout both ''Three Houses'' and ''Three Hopes,'' though he's only at his worst at the start of the Azure Moon timeskip in ''Three Houses'' or when faced as an enemy in Verdant Wind. Some of his behavior and his dialogue implies or states that he's become a DeathSeeker, and even at his best, he still displays a troubling lack of concern for his own well-being: in ''Three Hopes,'' he tells Shez that the best possible future he can see for himself involves him dying (which Shez calls him out on), and when facing his [[spoiler: clone during the secret chapters, Dimitri explicitly relishes in the opportunity to kill himself, albeit only technically]]. While plenty of fans discuss Dimitri's suicidal tendencies with great seriousness, more comedic interpretations can greatly exaggerate[[BlackComedy Dimitri's willingness to harm himself or risk death]], depicting him as eager to die as payment for the smallest trangressions or waxing poetic on how wonderful it would be if he could finally find someone who will be able to kill him.[[/labelnote]]

** Raphael the himbo.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Like Caspar, it's popular to call Raphael a himbo, due to him being DumbMuscle while also being very attractive and ''extremely'' kind to everyone he meets.[[/labelnote]]

** Beware of cougar[[labelnote:explanation]] Manuela, being a slightly older (compared to the rest of the cast, at least) but still very attractive woman who is actively searching for a husband and who flirts with a male Byleth and several other male characters much younger than her, is often labeled a "cougar" by Western fans, referring to a woman of that archetype. Interesting, this categorization is somewhat less apparent among Japanese fans, owing to Manuela's dilemma of "worrying that she's old and unfit for marriage" being part of a [[ChristmasCake different, more Japan-specific character arhetype.]][[/labelnote]]
** DILF Hunter Manuela [[labelnote:Explanation]]Two of the characters that Manuela flirts most explicitly with are Seteth, in ''Three Houses,'' and [[spoiler: Jeralt]], in ''Three Hopes,'' both of whom are fathers (Seteth initially disguises that he is a father, but eventually tells Manuela that he is, while still hiding the identity of his daughters). It's thus become common to portray Manuela/Seteth and Manuela/[[spoiler:Jeralt]] as if Manuela is explicitly hunting for men who've been married before.[[/labelnote]]