Memes / BlazBlue

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• Meme name: ^Explanationdescription of meme and how it's used.

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• BEES! ^ExplanationHigh-Tier Scrappy goodness, this time referencing Arakune's favorite "tactic".
  • ...My God. ^ExplanationAnswer to the above.
  • No, not the bees! Not the bees! ^ExplanationAn alternate answer to the above.
• RIDE TEH ICECARZ!!!◊ ^ExplanationA derisive Fan Nickname for Jin's much-spammed air dash attack, a majorly annoying strategy in Calamity Trigger. Seems to be dying out as a meme after Continuum Shift nerfed Icecar's usefulness.
  • Here are ICECARZ racing. In the actual game.
  • And now here are 2 of them crashing.
  • Ascended Meme as Bang's text derisively states that nobody could defeat someone who spams Ice Cars so thoroughly. Notable that the text and audio do not match up.
  • Due to Jin's... rather unhealthy fondness for Ragna, a common joke/play on words for the above is "What is Jin's favorite type of car? A NISSAN!!!" ^ExplanationNissan is a motor company; nii-san (which is what Jin frequently yells in the Japanese version while addressing Ragna) is Japanese for "brother." Summed up here.
  • And to a lesser extent, MOTORICICLES. ^ExplanationAlternate take to the above.
    • Doubly funny due to the fact that, according to the BlazBlue Material Collection, Jin's hobby is collecting vintage motorcycles.
• Big, thick, delicious fish sausage. ^Explanation A minor meme stemming from Blue Radio which involves Kanako Kondo (Noel's seiyuu) slipping under her tongue that she likes "big, thick, delicious fish sausage". Since then, Noel is often depicted in fanarts with a sausage.
• Hazama: Professional Troll. ^ExplanationHazama devotes his existence to making everyone's lives living hells. This is the fan reaction.
  • Hazama is a Smooth Criminal. ^ExplanationHazama's outfit and movements are huge references to Michael Jackson, something fans haven't ignored.
  • Also, "YOU JUST GOT HAZAMA'D!", which has become a somewhat common shout-out around the Internet on April Fool's Day. ^ExplanationAlternate take on "You Just Got Troll'd!"
• Thanks to Dustloop and GameFAQs, there is a picture circling the internet of Rachel confined to a wheelchair looking at a tombstone for George XIII because of her (Continuum Shift 1) nerfs. This was followed soon after with pictures of her asking why God hates her, and God turns out to be Terumi, who calls her a dumbass. Needless to say, it's now common knowledge that Rachel is a cripple in her CS1 state.
  • GOD-DAMN YOUR LOW-TIER BULLSHIT, RABBIT! ^ExplanationSee above, replace Hazama by Ragna. Comes from Blazen!.
• "REAL SOVIET DAMAGE!" ^ExplanationMikeZ's Large Ham narration in the Iron Tager strategy video that shipped with BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger.
  • "GIGANTIC TAGER" ^ExplanationAnother Tager meme. Taken from Tager Calling His Attacks as a hilarious Sound-Effect Bleep. Now an Ascended Meme in Chronophantasma, where one of Kokonoe's supers involves her summoning...a GIGANTIC TAGER.
• BANG BANG BANG BAAAAANG! ^ExplanationThe song that plays during Bang's Super Mode. Used as proof of his endless manliness.
  • S-I-S-I-G-A-M-I! Shishigami Bang Bang! ^ExplanationA fan made a song based on Bang's theme, then Bang's voice actor made his own version. Even more proof of Bang's manliness.
• WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF ^ExplanationA periodically barking dog that appears in one of the backgrounds of Continuum Shift ended up becoming an surprise Internet sensation shortly after the game's release on consoles. It's been nicknamed "Hype Dog" by fans, coming from a common competitive play phrase, "get hype" (meaning to get excited, i.e. for a tournament).
• (◇)人(∵) ^ExplanationAs Hakumen and Arakune are both products of the Boundary, many fans depict them as friends. This ASCII art depicts them high-fiving, as shown here.◊
  • There exists artwork of Hakumen using Arakune as a RUBBER RING! That's true friendship right there. That said, Hakumen wears them in a few bits of fanart, so he must really suck at swimming.
  • They even save fair maidens together.
    I am Jin "Hakumen" Kisaragi!
    And I am Lotte "Arakune" Carmine!
    And together we are... BOUNDARY BUDDIES (cue air guitar, then brofist/high five)
• INFERNODIVIDERINFERNODIVIDERINFERNODIVIDER! ^ExplanationRagna combines Calling Your Attacks with Large Ham.
  • The typical result of Ragna players clashing.
  • Rock, Paper, CARNAGE SCISSORS! ^ExplanationA play on one of Ragna's specials, combined with Rock–Paper–Scissors.
• Ragna's Jesus Kick ^ExplanationRagna's 5B (Standing B) attack is rather infamous among players for being very fast, having a lot of active frames, and usually leading to a high damaging combo from him. Became an Ascended Meme in Continuum Shift when Hazama complains about it in his "Help Me, Professor Kokonoe!" segment if you lose to Ragna in his Story Mode.
• THUH NAYUM EZ HAW KOO MAYUN ^ExplanationComes from the BlazBlue in L.A. Vocal Edition album, which featured vocal remixes of the character themes in Calamity Trigger. Hakumen's theme, "SUSANOOH", had really bad and incredibly cheesy English lyrics layered on top of it.
• "Some people think they can outsmart me. Maybe. I have yet to meet man who can outsmart Bullet." ^ExplanationA pun on a quote from Meet the Heavy regarding Chronophantasma newcomer Bullet.
  • Thanks to Tomokazu Sugita, Yūichi Nakamura and Hiroki Yasumoto from the Riot Summer Again, we have "hottopantsu." "SEXY!" addendum optional. ^ExplanationBullet's character design features jean shorts that accentuate her legs, hips, and rear. Jokes were quick to follow, and even Ragna trolls Bullet over her choice in clothing when they meet in-game.
• DA WEEL OHF FAYT EES TOINING. ^ExplanationCalamity Trigger's announcer is often regarded as the best one because of her, uh, unique pronunciation of the opening quote.
  • THE GORILLA FATE IS YEARNING. ^ExplanationA mishearing of the above. This one ended up being used by the announcer in Skullgirls
  • VANILLA CAKE IS BURNING. ^ExplanationAnother mishearing.

• A wild Azrael appeared! ^ExplanationAzrael's theme is reminiscent of a Pokémon battle theme. This was later spoofed on Bururaji Hyper.
• I don't need anyone else... I have... PATRIOT APOCALYPSE! ^Explanation D.C. Douglas, the English voice of Albert Wesker, was announced as the English voice of Azrael. As to be expected, these jokes were quick to pop up.
  • KURO KISHI! ^Explanation Azrael's hammy way of saying Kagura's nickname (Black Knight) drew some parallels with "CHRIIIIIIIS!"
• BODY THE X ^ExplanationOne of Azrael's attacks is him slamming his whole body into someone, which, with his hard-hitting attacks, leads to an crazy combo potential. As such:
  • Body the Loli/Reaper/Kitty/Robot/Imposter/Witch/etc. And as of Saya/Izanami's entrance in Central Fiction: BODY THE DEATH LOLI!
• LIKE A BOOOOOOOOOOSS, ON YOUR BUUUUUUUUUUTT... ^Explanation"Childish killer", the new theme of Jin vs. Tsubaki in Continuum Shift Extend, is laden with Engrish. As such, fans love to make memes of it.
• ADVANCING ON YOUR POSITION^ExplanationFunimation's translation of Alter Memory is notable for not using the game localization at all. This is a literal translation of the end of Hakumen's White Void speech, replacing "THE END HAS COME".
• Ice Brick◊ ^ExplanationDustloop and GameFAQs have been having a field day with the QUALITY animation in the new BlazBlue anime. The picture linked depicts the anime's version of Jin's Ice Sword special move.
  • The animation budget was spent on Noel.◊ ^ExplanationNoel summoning Bolverk in Episode 2 has surprisingly better animation than much of the rest of the show. It probably doesn't help her reputation as a Creator's Pet.
    • Sailor Noel ^ExplanationThe same scene, set to fitting music.
  • Terumi's◊ troll◊ faces◊^ExplanationTerumi's facial expressions in the anime are hilariously over-the-top, almost as if they decided to run with his QUALITY expressions from the Continuum Shift cutscenes.
  • TACTICAL TAGER INCOMING!◊^ExplanationFrom Episode 5, when Tager is airdropped from the sky into Kagutsuchi.
    • For added hilarity, say it in the REAL SOVIET DAMAGE! voice, and pretend he's in Spetznaz.
  • Platinum's facedesk◊^ExplanationPlatinum falls asleep when switching personalities.
  • Excuse me, sir. It seems my sword is lodged inside of you.◊^ExplanationTsubaki stabbing Jin in Episode 6. Made funnier when Takamagahara rewinds the timeline.
    • It gets even funnier when Rachel gets stabbed in a "Back-Up Plan", giving a shout-out to the above trope.
  • Is Relius Clover gonna have to choke a bitch?◊
  • Arakune: Nerfed in story, nerfed in game, and now nerfed in the anime.◊^ExplanationArakune's appearance in Episode 8 has him doing his 2C animation up a flight of stairs, in hilariously QUALITY fashion.
• Azrael the LOVE PHANTOM ^ExplanationAzrael has a very stylish glitch combo, reminiscent of his original "basketball infinite" from the arcade version before it was patched out. Someone on Nico Nico Douga decided to set it to the song "LOVE PHANTOM" by B'z, and the rest is history.
• UNIT COOKIE DOUGH ^ExplanationA mishearing of Hakumen's Japanese Overdrive quote, used as a term to denote his Overdrive and how absurdly powerful it is. Even after it was nerfed in Chronophantasma Extend, it is still one of the best Overdrives in the entire game just for the absolutely ridiculous damage potential alone.
• You thought it was (insert highly requested character)... BUT IT WAS I, IZANAMI!^ExplanationOne of Izanami's Distortion Drives is a Time Stop. So naturally, the DIO jokes came in full force.
• Hosoku!, Touse!, Ichi!, Yoweehe! ^Explanation A variation of the Kyu kyu kyu nyah :3 meme using some of Hazama’s lines.
• Comparing Izanami to Sans. ^ExplanationWith the reveal of Izanami's Astral Heat, people immediately noticed how the skulls looks similar to Sans' Gaster Blasters in his fight. Cue the Undertale jokes, and how Izanami is gonna dunk everyone.
• MUST DIE ^Explanation The theme of Susanoo, which quickly reached meme status within the fandom thanks to how ridiculously hammy and edgy the song is. It's gotten to the point where the crowd goes nuts whenever it gets picked in Top 8 at tournaments.
  • YO YO HAPPY BIRTHDAY / WHEN YOU DIE, WHERE'S YOUR GOD? ^Explanation As the lyrics to the song have never been released, these are the most common mishearings people quote in reference to the song.
• #WhensKokonoe ^ExplanationKokonoe was the most highly requested character to be added as DLC prior to her eventual inclusion in Chronophantasma, for both eastern and western fanbases.
  • #WhensJubei ^ExplanationAfter Kokonoe eventually was added to the roster , the logical next step was to get Jubei added, as he was the 2nd most highly requested character, though mostly in the west. After NINE years of waiting, Jubei was finally announced at EVO 2017.
• BROKENoe ^Explanation A derivative nickname for Kokonoe after she made her playable debut as DLC in Chronophantasma and players realized just how broken-as-hell she was.
• Ribcage isn't THAT strong. ^note Saya/Izanami's ribcage move allows her to No-Sell strike attacks and is a significant part of why she's top tier. Some people use this in an attempt to defend themselves when called out, despite everyone knowing it's exactly that strong.
• Just wait for CF Extend. ^note The timing of the releases between the Japanese and the West for the console version of Central Fiction were more than unfortunate. There were reports by players who just bought CPEX in the West only for CF to be announced in Japan some time later. The Capcom Sequel Stagnation for CS (CS > CSII > CSEX) that started this trend and the fact the CP wasn't even supposed to get an Extend version at first according to Word of God ticked off many fans who felt that they were being scammed into buying multiple copies of the same installment. So when CF was first announced for consoles, many fans said in the comments section of the YouTube announcement video to just wait for CF Extend or a console port to PC, which was often taken as a sign that this was definitely the last game to be released for that particular installment, leading to Mori's statement that there wouldn't be an Extend version for CF to be taken with a grain of salt, effectively crippling sales in the debut period. Suffice to say, this might be one of the reasons why Arc System Works decided No Dub for You upon console release.
• Who's Ragna?^ExplanationThe aftermath of Centralfiction has Ragna wakes up the master unit in her dreams, essentially erasing his own existence and all the memories of him on everyone's minds. Needless to say, whenever someone new asks who's Ragna and where he came from, the playerbase jokingly starts being oblivious to Ragna's existence as a sort of Play-Along Meme as if no one really knew who he is.

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• The sequence in which Ragna takes down Mu-12 is well on its way.
• Noel and pandas. Especially thanks to her line, "Hands off the Panda!"
• People have taken the "Son, I Am Disappoint"◊ meme and applied it to Relius. And thanks to his English voice actor, he's also often referred as a family man. Possibly an Ascended Meme as of CP, thanks to Relius' Gag Reel.
  • People have also taken to calling Relius "Father of the Year" and "World's Greatest Dad". He's anything but.
• Pakumen, the small, weird, definitely-not-Hakumen Hakumen critter that has "ZEA" on his torso for some reason, has received plenty of fanart, and when the first traces of Susano'o surfaced, surely enough, he got a Pakumen version too. Centralfiction has this as the result of using Amane's Astral on Susano'o, resulting in a black Pakumen with "TRM" on it. They even both say "ZEA?" in confusion!