History Memes / HollowKnight

* Grimm needs water/Grimm is a smoker[[labelnote:Explanation]]Grimm's dry and scratchy voice has made many people joke that Grimm is in dire need of a drink of water, or he's [[SmokyVoice smoked so much that his voice is raspy as a result.]][[/labelnote]]
* Due to Hallownest being a MouseWorld, a lot of of jokes run rampant saying how all these battles are taking place in various generic locations like someone's backyard and also any humans who were watching will just swat the [[TheHero Knight]] and the [[BigBad Radiance]] with a [[NormalFishInATinyPond hand or bug-zapper]].

* "LAMP BRØETHER"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Making jokes about moths being addicted to lamps, lampposts, lightbulbs, or anything that produces light. It comes from a TruthInTelevision fact where moths are indeed attracted to light since the absence of it makes them blind. It gains a relevance in this game, with "light" being the ArcWords of the moth tribe, including the BigBad Radiance herself. In some ''Hollow Knight'' meme communities such as Reddit, the word "lamp" is used to categorize or filter memes focused on the moth tribe, the infection or the Radiance.[[/labelnote]]

** For Grimm it's "SEH!" [[note]] Fans joke he's either dehydrated or a heavy smoker [[/note]]

** Quirrel's battle cry, "KA-SHAAA!", when he [[spoiler:helps you fight Uumuu]] is often misheard and misspelled as "Croissant!". Yes, as in the bread!

** "Tree Lady"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Similarly, this is about making photo-edits or comparisons of the White Lady because she's a tree-like higher being called a Root[[/labelnote]]

* "This game is buggy!"/"This game has too many bugs!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A very common sarcastic comment to remind that the ''Hollow Knight'' characters were based from insects, although the word "bug" has another meaning that gets used in puns, since the word could also refer to GoodBadBugs and {{Game Breaking Bug}}s when it comes to video games. If players do find out and report computer bugs, crashes or glitches in the game, expect these comments and puns to be mentioned by other fans.[[/labelnote]]

* "This game is buggy!"/"This game has too many bugs!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A very common sarcastic comment to remind that the ''Hollow Knight'' characters were based from insects, although the word "bug" could also mean GoodBadBugs and {{Game Breaking Bug}}s when it comes to video games. If players do find out and report computer bugs or glitches in the game, expect these comments to appear.[[/labelnote]]

* "This game is buggy!"/"This game has too many bugs!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A very common sarcastic comment to remind that the ''Hollow Knight'' characters were based from insects, although the word "bug" could also mean GoodBadBugs and GameBreakingBugs when it comes to video games. If players do find out and report computer bugs or glitches in the game, expect these comments to appear.[[/labelnote]]

* "No Cost Too Great"[[labelnote:Explanation]]The Pale King's quote when struck by the Dream Nail. It is often used as a memetic catchprase for doing ridiculous things or sacrificing someone just to achieve one's goals. It is also used to refer to the absurd amounts of traps, buzzsaws and spikes that the Pale King has installed all throughout the [[PlatformHell White Palace]]. But to many, it is used to categorize or filter memes pertaining to the Pale King and other key figures or lore-important characters.[[/labelnote]]
* "Born of God and Meme"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Refers to a [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsv60RZZ4AcXZJoEYyW1E4bR3HtZWMCHX compilation/playlist]] of ''Hollow Knight''-related meme/parody/spoof videos on Website/YouTube. If you're a newcomer in the fandom and would like to ask for good quality or popular meme videos, there's a high chance of someone recommending you to watch this playlist and set you off to a good start.[[/labelnote]]

* "No Cost Too Great"[[labelnote:Explanation]]The Pale King's quote when struck by the Dream Nail. It is often used as a memetic catchprase for doing ridiculous things or sacrificing someone just to achieve one's goals. It is also used to refer to the absurd amounts of traps, buzzsaws and spikes that the Pale King has installed all throughout the [[PlatformHell White Palace]]. But to many, it is used to categorize or filter memes pertaining to the Pale King and other key figures or lore-important characters.[[/labelnote]]

** "Made in Australia"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Overlaps with the above memes putting emphasis on the Australian origins of ''Hollow Knight''. This evolves into stuff claiming that everything in the game's world are Australian, as compared to other forms of media. Sometimes, fans use this to compare ''Hollow Knight'' characters with other things, fictional or real, such as [[https://i.redd.it/04sgjq8zhwq41.png this meme]].[[/labelnote]]

* "LÆMP BRØETHER"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Making jokes about moths being addicted to lamps, lampposts, lightbulbs, or anything that produces light. It comes from a TruthInTelevision fact where moths are indeed attracted to light since the absence of it makes them blind. It gains a relevance in this game, with "light" being the ArcWords of the moth tribe, including the BigBad Radiance herself. In some ''Hollow Knight'' meme communities such as Reddit, the word "lamp" is used to categorize or filter memes focused on the moth tribe, the infection or the Radiance.[[/labelnote]]

* "LÆMP BRØETHER"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Making jokes about moths being addicted to lamps, lampposts, lightbulbs, or anything that produces light. It comes from a TruthInTelevision fact where moths are indeed attracted to light since the absence of it makes them blind. It gains a relevance in this game, with "light" being the ArcWords of the moth tribe, including the BigBad Radiance herself. In some ''Hollow Knight'' meme communities such as Reddit, the word "lamp" is used to categorize or filter memes focused on the moth tribe, the infection or the Radiance.[[/labelnote]]

** Especially the Dung Defender, whose lines are easily memorable due to [[LargeHam ham content]] (with "[[BattleCry BAAAAAAAA HUNDAAAAAAAA!]]" and "[[DungFu Doma, doma, domadomadoma!]]" standing out).

** Puns are also common, with some of the bugs' heads being super-imposed over real-life objects that have names sounding like the memetic voice lines. [[https://i.redd.it/tkzz98v7rh041.png For example]]

* "No Cost Too Great"[[labelnote:Explanation]]The Pale King's quote when struck by the Dream Nail. It is often used as a memetic catchprase for doing ridiculous things or sacrificing someone just to achieve one's goals. It is also used to refer to the absurd amounts of traps, buzzsaws and spikes that the Pale King has installed all throughout the [[PlatformHell White Palace]].[[/labelnote]]

** Hornet's [[{{Kiai}} battle taunts]] also count, given that she screams the words like "SHAW!", "ADINO!", "HEGALE!", and "GARAMA!" to the point that they are easily remembered. The latter gets more relevance for the sequel, since in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQxwbZsL14Y Nintendo Switch Announcement Trailer]], the first sound that is spoken to hype up ''VideoGame/HollowKnightSilksong'' is Hornet shouting "GARAMA!".

* "Can't wait for mossbag to make a video out of this!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Within the fandom, a Website/{{YouTube}}r named [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTvH45HvnOzqXvfNJqdc3xg "mossbag"]] is known for his long and in-depth lore explanation, character backstory, and general theory videos. Although at some points, he claims some of the parts are merely guesses and should not be taken as a gospel. Fans find most of his content reasonable enough, and that he does research and puts infographics and memes on his videos to the point that they can be very long and detailed for otherwise specific topics. When a new official video comes out from Team Cherry, the ''Hollow Knight'' fandom (especially on the [=YouTube=] community) will usually comment this phrase, expecting mossbag to dissect the video for any expanded lore.[[/labelnote]]

* Flukemilf[[labelnote:Explanation]]A joke phrase that started circulating since the ''Godmaster'' update, wherein the Flukemarm statue in the Hall of Gods describes it as an "Alluring god of motherhood". Fans quickly noticed the "alluring" part and played with it, describing this incomprehensible parasite breeding creature as a HotMom.[[/labelnote]]