History Memes / GenshinImpactPlayableCharacters

*** Goes to Sumeru, immediately attacks an Er*mite [[labelnote:Explanation]]Given Eula's ironic.... portrayal, in some spaces in the fandom, the fact that Arlecchino's Character Demo has her battle an Eremite was taken as the final bit of conformation that she really is just evil Eula.[[/labelnote]]

** Arlecchino checks out. [[labelnote:Explanation]]It's possible for Arlecchino to die just as she uses her burst, causing her death animation to play within the burst cutscene. People joked this was just her desiring to leave mid fight.[[/labelnote]]

*** Double Agent Eula[[labelnote:Explanation]] Some even go as far as to claim that Arlecchino is Eula in disguise[[/labelnote]]

** #1 Father[[labelnote:Explanation]] In contrast to [[TheFagin her role in the Fatui]] and wariness displayed towards her by Childe and Wanderer, the Hotel Bouffes d'ete trio's voicelines about her, where they all display admiration and gratefulness towards her, prompted fans to depict [[DracoInLeatherPants Arlecchino as being a loving and doting father]]. Some even go as far as to use her contrast the games less stellar parents or adult figures, like the [[RonTheDeathEater Raiden Shogun]][[/labelnote]]

** The Fatui patch[=/=]Pantalone in disguise [[labelnote:Explanation]]Version 4.6's lineup is set to include Arlecchino and Lyney followed by Wanderer and Baizhu. Of these, Baizhu is the only character not to be related to the Fatui. Given his [[IdenticalStranger similarities in appearance to Pantalone, coupled with the latter's interest in Liyue, memes cropped up that Baizhu was actually hinting his true colors as the identity of the ninth Harbinger.[[/labelnote]]

** Xiangling in the Fatui banner[[labelnote:Explanation (Chapter IV Act I spoilers)]] When Xiangling was announced to be one of the featured 4 star characters alongside Lynette and Freminet on Arlecchino and Lyney's banner, jokes were made about her presence being wildly out of place with the House of Hearth members, such as being accussed of being secretly a Fatuus herself.[[/labelnote]]

** Xiangling in the Fatui banner[[labelnote:Explanation (Chapter IV Act I spoilers)]] When Xiangling was the announced to be one of the featured 4 star characters alongside Lynette and Freminet on Arlecchino and Lyney's banner, jokes were made about her presence being wildly out of place with the House of Hearth members, such as accusing her of being a Fatuus.[[/labelnote]]

** Gacha Art Itto vs In-Game Itto [[labelnote:Explanation]] One of the Genshin's biggest nerfs is In-Game Model Itto getting his muscle abs reduced into an ordinary skinny oni. While the gacha splash art previews his abs. Alhaitham on the other hand, getting a faithful design of his abs in his in-game model just like his gacha splash art.[[/labelnote]]

** The Fatui patch[=/=]Pantalone in disguise [[labelnote:Explanation]]Version 4.6's lineup is set to include Arlecchino and Lyney followed by Wanderer and Baizhu. Of these, Baizhu is the only character not to be related to the Fatui. Given the two were already extremely similar in appearance, coupled with Pantalone's interest in Liyue, memes cropped up that Baizhu was actually hinting his true colors as the identity of the ninth Harbinger. Later, when Lynette, Freminet and ''Xiangling'' were revealed to be on Arlecchino and Lyney's banner, jokes were made about Xiangling being a Fatuus.[[/labelnote]]

* '''Sethos''':
** Sethos Kaiba [[labelnote:Explanation]]Almost as soon as Sethos was revealed in the 4.6 Special Program, people started making ''Anime/YuGiOh'' jokes about him and Seto Kaiba due to having a connection to Cyno, who himself is a huge shoutout to Yami Yugi.[[/labelnote]]

** The Fatui patch[=/=]Pantalone in disguise [[labelnote:Explanation]]Version 4.6's lineup is set to include Arlecchino and Lyney followed by Wanderer and Baizhu. Of these, Baizhu is the only character not to be related to the Fatui. Given the two were already extremely similar in appearance, coupled with Pantalone's interest in Liyue, memes cropped up that Baizhu was actually hinting his true colors as the identity of the ninth Harbinger.[[/labelnote]]

** Donut curse [[labelnote:Explanation]]Both of Wanderer's reruns have run alongside characters whose signature weapons are infamous for being a borderline useless catalyst for nearly every characters other than specific ones. Thus those who desire his weapon have lamented how he's cursed and how ill-advised it would be to pull for the weapon and risk losing 50/50 and getting the other option.[[/labelnote]]

For memes about non-playable characters (and the game itself), see [[Memes/GenshinImpact here]].

** Furina is the entire circus/Furina Aqua memes [[labelnote:Explanation]]Furina's constant string of fails, chuuni-personality, and smug ego have turned her into the series' primary clown character, which is one hell of a feat given the existence of Paimon. It comes to the point that comparing her to Aqua is more then apt.[[/labelnote]]

*** Killed someone by stepping on them[=/=]Lobotomy heels[[labelnote:Explanation]] Fans have also noted that the design of Arlecchino's heels, possessing very sharp-looking points, means that her actually stepping on anyone would likely kill, or at the very least lobotomize, them. [[TooKinkyToTorture Not that this deters most]].[[/labelnote]]

** Donut curse [[labelnote:Explanation]]Both of Wanderer's reruns have run alongside characters whose signature weapons are infamous for being a ScrappyWeapon catalyst. Thus those who desire his weapon have lamented how he's cursed and how ill-advised it would be to pull for the weapon and risk losing 50/50 and getting the other option.[[/labelnote]]

** Baizhu is stuck in miHoYo's basement [[labelnote:Explanation]] Baizhu is notorious for appearing as a recurring NPC in Liyue's quests and events, but not being playable for over two years since the game's release despite having a Vision and a unique design. While his exclusion from the playable roster in ''Genshin's'' early days was due to Dendro not being complete, come Version 3.0, Dendro was made into a more fleshed-out element, but it took until Version 3.6 that he became a playable character despite being in the game before the game's first playable Dendro characters (Tighnari and Collei). Thus, many fans have joked that miHoYo had him locked up in their basement.[[/labelnote]]

** Step on me, daddy[[labelnote:Explanation]] Predictably, Arlecchino has elicited such reactions from fans[[/labelnote]]
*** Killed someone by stepping on them[[labelnote:Explanation]] Fans have also noted that the design of Arlecchino's heels, possessing very sharp-looking points, means that her actually stepping on anyone would likely kill them. [[TooKinkyToTorture Not that this deters most]][[/labelnote]]

** Best Actress/Best Director[[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers for Fontaine Quest Act V)]]The real Focalors devised a cunning plan to save Fontaine by separating her divinity (Focalors) from her humanity (Furina) and was successful in deceiving the heavenly principles for ''500 years''. Since she fooled everyone, even the players, and the Archon Quest is agreed to be one of the best in the game, fan content photoshop them holding the best actress/best director awards in their hands or pasting their faces on the award podiums (sometimes alongside fellow best actor Alhaitham).[[/labelnote]]
** Furina winning Furina award [[labelnote:Explanation ]]During the 4.3 ''Roses and Muskets'' event, the first prize for the Fontinalia Film Festival is a Furina trophy and Paimon points out it would be funny if Furina, who is helping Xavier's team as the director, wins the trophy that's named after her. Cue the event ending with Xavier's film winning and Furina awkwardly holding the Furina award in the group photo, with everyone comparing this to the Obama medal meme.[[/labelnote]]

** Neuvillette has PTSD[[labelnote:Explanation]]Jokes of Neuvillette being deeply traumatized after Focalor's death became popular thanks to the heartwrenching cutscene between Focalors and him inside the Oratrice. Fans take this joke to the next level with gags of [[BlackComedy Furina unwittingly reminding him of this moment]], by being under a large sword as one example.[[/labelnote]]
** Zhongli's rival[[labelnote:Explanation]] Both Zhongli and Neuvillette share [[MirrorCharacter many similarities]], like their true natures being dragons of their respective element. Couple that with Neuvillette's grudge against the archons, his voice line about Zhongli sounding like he's ready to throw hands against him compared to the other archons which are more neutral sounding, and the fact that both are related to [[spoiler:now-deceased blue goddesses]]. Memes of him and Zhongli brawling it out were born. Made even funnier during Lantern Rite 4.4, where Zhongli is implied to have taken great pains to just barely avoid running into Neuvillette during the latter's impromptu trip to Qiaoying Village. [[/labelnote]]

*** I NEED Kok. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Kokomi is very useful in a wide variety of teams thank to her off-field hydro application, thus the teams "need Kok."