History Memes / XenobladeChronicles3FutureRedeemed

* Shulk and Rex Union Combo memes[[labelnote:Explanation]]Their Sword of Liberation Union Combo portrait has them as BackToBackBadasses with their arms crossed and smug expressions. The hilarity of this image made it ripe for meme fodder, such as crossing it over with other memes like Smug Tetsuya Takahashi Posting, [[Series/BreakingBad Gus Fring Los Pollos Hermanos logo]], various reality TV hosts, Youtube "rantsonas", Twitch streamers like WebVideo/Jerma985 and WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}}, the [[WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie Mario Bros]], or the Series/{{Mythbusters}}.[[/labelnote]]
** Blowjob Brothers[[labelnote:Explanation]]Popular FanNickname for the duo of Shulk and Rex, after [[https://twitter.com/bursterasure/status/1650517405997715457 a Photoshopped version of the above image]] replacing the text with a [[https://twitter.com/dril/status/1464841223215083523 popular tweet]] from Blog/{{dril}} took off due to the absurdity of the phrase. Often accompanied by the above picture with the Sword of Liberation text replaced with the phrase as a reaction image. It's since branched out into its own sub-memes, such as editing the text to be other obscene alliterative phrases like "Cumshot Compatriots", or using other characters like [[GenderFlip Melia and Nia]] (who are now the "Scissor Sisters"). The latter format has since made its rounds outside the ''Xenoblade'' fandom to the point that many versions exist using characters completely unrelated to ''Xenoblade''.[[/labelnote]]

** Alvis and Shulk's vow renewal[[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers)]]The person many assumed to be Alvis in previews is revealed to be an EmptyShell named Alpha, while A is a being made of Alvis' LivingMemory and is thus the "real" Alvis for all intents and purposes, with Shulk even outright referring to A by "Alvis" at the end. In contrast to Alpha, Shulk and A are very fond of one another and share moments that can be interpreted as subtextually romantic in nature, which fans declared as triumphant validation of all the interpretations, both the jokes and the more serious ones, about them being a couple in the first game.[[/labelnote]]

* Nonbinary Ally Rex[[labelnote:Explanation]]After a cutscene in Chapter 3 that can be interpreted as Rex walking in for the purpose of explaining the concept of nonbinary gender to the audience, it's become popular to depict Rex as a fervent defender of the nonbinary community who will show up to state the use of "they/them" pronouns for characters such as [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean F.F]], [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Testament]], and [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Kris]], and defend them from anyone who tries to discriminate against them with his newfound muscularity and [[GameBreaker Double Spinning Edge]]. Others will post the screencap of Rex walking towards the camera without explicit context as an unconventional coded way of coming out as nonbinary, or use the image to flood the comments of transphobes as an implied rebuttal and form of "ratio"-ing.[[/labelnote]]

* [[AmbiguousGenderIdentity They/Them Alvussy]][[labelnote:Explanation]]While A looks and sounds like a feminine Alvis, and is listed as female in the game's coding, official materials and in-game dialogue go out of their way to [[PronounTrouble avoid using gendered pronouns]] for A, who is later indicated to be nonbinary and stand somewhere between male and female, thus inheriting this meme from the nonbinary Juniper.[[/labelnote]]

* Stingr-A[[labelnote:Explanation]]A's name is a homophone for the Japanese word for "stingray" (鱝/エイ, ''ei''), thus it's become a Japanese fandom meme to depict A as a ray fish and for A's cape to be their fins, or for stingrays and manta rays to otherwise be A's {{Animal Motif|s}}.[[/labelnote]]

* Nonbinary Ally Rex[[labelnote:Explanation]]After a cutscene in Chapter 3 that can be interpreted as Rex walking in for the purpose of explaining the concept of nonbinary gender to the audience, it's become popular to depict Rex as a fervent defender of the nonbinary community who will show up to state the use of "they/them" pronouns for characters such as [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean F.F]], [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Testament]], and [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Kris]], and defend them from anyone who tries to discriminate against them with his newfound muscularity and [[GameBreaker Double Spinning Edge]]. Others will post the screencap of Rex walking towards the camera without explicit context as an unconventional coded way of coming out as nonbinary.[[/labelnote]]

* "I'm not really feeling it..."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Shulk's one-liner when selecting him from the Heroes menu is an incredibly [[TearJerker depressing]] SubvertedCatchphrase, which many fans have used either as a forum weapon against Shulk's original {{Catchphrase}}, or to express their lack of energy.[[/labelnote]]

* Stingr-A[[labelnote:Explanation]]A's name is a homophone for the Japanese word for "stringray" (鱝, ''ei''), thus it's become a Japanese fandom meme to depict A as a stingray, or for stingrays to otherwise be A's {{Animal Motif|s}}.[[/labelnote]]

* Shulk and Rex Union Combo memes[[labelnote:Explanation]]Their Sword of Liberation Union Combo portrait has them as BackToBackBadasses with their arms crossed and smug expressions. The hilarity of this image made it ripe for meme fodder, such as crossing it over with other memes like Smug Tetsuya Takahashi Posting, [[Series/BreakingBad Gus Fring Los Pollos Hermanos logo]], various reality TV hosts, Youtube "rantsonas", the [[WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie Mario Bros]], or the Series/{{Mythbusters}}.[[/labelnote]]

* Linka's cringefail parents[[labelnote:Explanation]]With the knowledge that the extremely chaotic pairing of Zeke and Pandoria ended up having a daughter as straight-laced and strategic as Linka, it's become a popular genre of fanart and fanedits to depict her as being frustrated at the incredibly goofy antics of her AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents.[[/labelnote]]

* [[DeadpanSnarker Phenomenal.]][[labelnote:Explanation]]A's completely deadpan reaction to Matthew's shenanigans has caught on with the fandom, both making for popular reaction image macross and as a catchphrase in response to someone saying something silly and Matthew-like.[[/labelnote]]

* "Common variety Nopon" my ass.[[labelnote:Explanation]]After his secretive nature was implied in ''3'' proper, Riku was shown briefly in the trailer for ''Future Redeemed'' to have been around during the early years of Aionios and later to be the enigmatic Seventh Founder of the City in the game proper. With this being his only appearance in the trailer, fans inevitably began speculating again about his true nature, noting that his claim of being a "common variety Nopon" was BlatantLies all along. As it turns out, [[spoiler:he's [[CassandraTruth technically not actually lying]] about that in the literal sense, but few people are buying it anyway.[[/labelnote]]

* Alvis and Shulk's divorce[[labelnote:Explanation]]Running off of 3's ending implying Rex married all of his Blades, and the return of Alvis, fans joked that Shulk and Alvis had the same kind of relationship and that their conflict is the result of petty relationship drama. Relatedly, when A's design was first revealed, fans initially joked that A was a Shulk/Alvis daughter the same way that Mio and Glimmer were implied to be Rex's, and that A was part of a custody dispute.[[/labelnote]]

* Alvis is a liar.[[labelnote:Explanation]]With the base game revolving around the ForeverWar between Keves and Agnus, people began mocking Alvis' parting words from the original ''Xenoblade'' that, "all life will walk towards the future, hand in hand," and joking that he lied. The meme was mostly forgotten about after the game came out, but came back with a vengeance after ''Future Redeemed'' teased Alvis not only returning, but returning as an antagonist...[[LiteralSplitPersonality sorta]][[/labelnote]]

* [[AmbiguousGenderIdentity They/Them Alvussy]][[labelnote:Explanation]]While A looks and sounds like a feminine Alvis, the official materials and in-game dialogue go out of their way to [[PronounTrouble avoid using gendered pronouns]] for A, who is later indicated to be nonbinary with a gender between male and female, thus inheriting this meme from the nonbinary Juniper.[[/labelnote]]

* "Common variety Nopon" my ass.[[labelnote:Explanation]]After his secretive nature was implied in ''3'' proper, Riku was shown briefly in the trailer for ''Future Redeemed'' to have been around during the early years of Aionios and later to be the enigmatic Seventh Founder of the City in the game proper. With this being his only appearance in the trailer, fans inevitably began speculating again about his true nature, noting that his claim of being a "common variety Nopon" was BlatantLies all along.[[/labelnote]]

* "Common variety Nopon" my ass.[[labelnote:Explanation]]After his secretive nature was implied in ''3'' proper, Riku was shown briefly in the trailer for ''Future Redeemed'' to have been around during the early years of Aionios and later to be the enigmatic Seventh Founder of the City in the game lrolrr. With this being his only appearance in the trailer, fans inevitably began speculating again about his true nature, noting that his claim of being a "common variety Nopon" was BlatantLies all along.[[/labelnote]]

* Linka's cringefail parents[[labelnote:Explanation]]With the knowledge that the extremely chaotic pairing of Zeke and Pandoria ended up having a daughter Linka, the fact she's as straight laced and strategic as she is becomes a lot more amusing, especially as while both parents are intelligent and emotionally mature they're still goofy idiots.[[/labelnote]]

* The Lore Radio[[labelnote:Explanation ('''MASSIVE SPOILERS''')]]The FanNickname given to the radio playing over Na'el's speech gushing about how Alpha's proposed world is so much better and humane than Aionios. This radio however directly contradicts her claims and gives some massive lore bombs for the future of the series linking ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade Chronicles X}}'' all within one SharedUniverse with the main series. (Albeit in a BroadStrokes sense) This of course led to fans freaking out about these implications, [[SkewedPriorities trying to focus on the radio over Na’el speech and breakdown]] and memeing about both.[[/labelnote]]

* Deliverance Boomfist [[labelnote:Explanation]]The name of Rex and Matthew's Union Combo, which went memetic instantly for how ridiculous it sounds.[[/labelnote]]

* Na'el played [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 Bringer of Chaos Ultimate on a Piano]] [[labelnote: Explanation]] In one of the flashback cutscene some of the city kids ask Na'el to play songs for them on her piano, and then get meta and ask for [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles Gaur Plains]], [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 Tomorrow with You]] and the overly bombastic, heavy rock, and [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic utterly awesome]] theme of The ZEKENATOR; Zeke von Genbu, Bringer of Chaos Ultimate. Fans immediately latched on to how Na'el could play this on the piano and that the theme itself and its name is canon to the series[[/labelnote]]
* The Lore Radio [[labelnote:Explanation ('''MASSIVE SPOILERS''')]]The FanNickname given to the radio playing over Na'el's speech gushing about how Alpha's proposed world is so much better and humane than Aionios. This radio however directly contradicts her claims and gives some massive lore bombs for the future of the series linking ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade Chronicles X}}'' all within one SharedUniverse with the main series. (Albeit in a BroadStrokes sense) This of course led to fans freaking out about these implications, [[SkewedPriorities trying to focus on the radio over Na’el speech and breakdown]] and memeing about both. [[/labelnote]]
* Nonbinary Ally Rex [[labelnote:Explanation]]After a cutscene in Chapter 3 that can be interpreted as Rex walking in for the purpose of explaining the concept of nonbinary gender to the audience, it's become popular to depict Rex as a fervent defender of the nonbinary community who will show up to state the use of "they/them" pronouns for characters such as [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean F.F]], [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Testament]], and [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Kris]], and defend them from anyone who tries to discriminate against them with his newfound muscularity and [[GameBreaker Double Spinning Edge]]. Others will post the screencap of Rex walking towards the camera without explicit context as an unconventional coded way of coming out as nonbinary.[[/labelnote]]

* Na’el played [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 Bringer of Chaos Ultimate on a Piano]] [[labelnote: Explanation]] In one of the flashback cutscene some of the city kids ask Na’el to play songs for them on her piano, and then get meta and ask for [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles Gaur]] [[GreenHillZone Plains]], [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 Tomorrow with]] [[EndingTheme You]] and the overly bombastic, heavy rock, and [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic utterly awesome]] theme of The ZEKENATOR; Zeke von Genbu, Bringer of Chaos Ultimate. Fans immediately latched on to how Na’el could play this on the piano and that the theme itself and its name is canon to the series[[/labelnote]]
* The Lore Radio [[labelnote:Explanation ('''MASSIVE SPOILERS''')]]The FanNickname given to the radio playing over Na’el speech gushing about how Alpha’s proposed world is much better and humane than Aionios. This radio however directly contradicts her claims and gives some massive lore bombs for the future of the series linking VideoGame/{{Xenogears}} and VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} and VideoGame/{{Xenoblade Chronicles X}} wall within one BroadStrokes SharedUniverse with the main series. This of course led to fans freaking out about these implications, [[SkewedPriorities trying to focus on the radio over Na’el speech and breakdown]] and memeing about both. [[/labelnote]]

* The Lore Radio [[labelnote:Explanation ('''MASSIVE SPOILERS''')]]The FanNickname given to the radio playing over Na’el speech gushing about how Alpha’s proposed world is much better and humane than Aionios. This radio however directly contradicts her claims and gives some massive lore bombs for the future of the series linking VideoGame/{{Xenogears}} and VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} and VideoGame/{{Xenoblade Chronicles X}} all within one BroadStrokes SharedUniverse. This of course led to fans freaking out about these implications, [[SkewedPriorities trying to focus on the radio over Na’el speech and breakdown]] and memeing about both.

* Alvis is a liar.[[labelnote:Explanation]]With the base game revolving around the ForeverWar between Keves and Agnus, people began mocking Alvis' parting words from the original ''Xenoblade'' that, "all life will walk towards the future, hand in hand," and joking that he lied. The meme was mostly forgotten about after the game came out, but came back with a vengeance after ''Future Redeemed'' teased Alvis not only returning, but returning seemingly as an antagonist.[[/labelnote]]

* "Common variety Nopon" my ass.[[labelnote:Explanation]]After his secretive nature was implied in ''3'' proper, Riku was shown briefly in the trailer for ''Future Redeemed'' to have been around during the early years of Aionios. With this being his only appearance in the trailer, fans inevitably began speculating again about his true nature, noting that his claim of being a "common variety Nopon" was BlatantLies all along.[[/labelnote]]

* Nonbinary Ally Rex[[labelnote:Explanation]]After a cutscene in Chapter 3 that can be interpreted as Rex walking in for the purpose of explaining the concept of nonbinary gender to the audience, it's become popular to depict Rex as a fervent defender of the nonbinary community who will show up to state the use of "they/them" pronouns for characters such as [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean F.F]], [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Testament]], and [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Kris]], and defend them from anyone who tries to discriminate against them with his newfound muscularity and [[GameBreaker Double Spinning Edge]]. Others will post the screencap of Rex walking towards the camera without explicit context as an unconventional coded way of coming out as nonbinary.[[/labelnote]]

* Rex's Double Spinning Edge[[labelnote:Explanation]]Many, ''many'' memes have been made about Rex and his Double Spinning Edge, such as the pros (its incredibly busted and spammable GameBreaker status), the cons (its immense aggro generation and Rex being a fragile GlassCannon who keeps dying), and the just plain silly (Rex having the ability to transform into a helicopter).[[/labelnote]]

* How many Monados in this picture?[[labelnote:Explanation ('''MASSIVE SPOILERS''')]]The reveal that Matthew's fists have Pneuma's Core Crystal (and the implication that the Sword of the End has Logos' Core Crystal) have led to fans declaring that anything with an Aegis Core counts as a Monado -- including the Aegis themselves. Arguments over how many Monados are in ''Future Redeemed'' immediately cropped up (at minimum: A's Blade. At most: A themself, A's Blade, Matthew's Blades, Shulk's artificial Monado, Rex's Blades, Glimmer herself, Glimmer's Blade, and N's Blade).[[/labelnote]]

* Shulk and Rex Union Combo memes[[labelnote:Explanation]]Their Sword of Liberation Union Combo portrait has them as BackToBackBadasses with their arms crossed and smug expressions. The hilarity of this image made it ripe for meme fodder, such as crossing it over with other memes like Smug Tetsuya Takahashi Posting, [[Series/BreakingBad Gus Fring Los Pollos Hermanos logo]], various reality TV hosts, the [[WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie Mario Bros]], or the Series/{{Mythbusters}}.[[/labelnote]]
** Blowjob Brothers[[labelnote:Explanation]]Popular FanNickname for the duo of Shulk and Rex, after a [[https://twitter.com/MaagicMushies/status/1651749052759851011 tweet]] about the game parodying an existing Blog/{{dril}} meme took off due to the absurdity of the phrase. Often accompanied by the above picture with the Sword of Liberation text replaced with the phrase as a reaction image. Occasionally it's also edited to be similar obscene alliterative phrases such as "Cumshot Compatriots", or applied to other characters, such as turning [[GenderFlip Melia and Nia]] into the "Scissor Sisters".[[/labelnote]]

* ''Xenoblade Chronicles 4'' will have [[ScatterbrainedSenior senile Shulk and Rex]].[[labelnote:Explanation]]Relating to the above meme, Since ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'', the fourth installment of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', has Joseph as a senile old man, a few have joked that the same will happen to Shulk and Rex for the fourth installment. [[spoiler:Even though Shulk and Rex perform a HeroicSacrifice at the end of the game, it hinted that they’re NotQuiteDead, so who knows?]][[/labelnote]]