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His real Ultimate Talent.
- Nagito Komaeda. Explanation Nagito's... 'interesting' personality (and the fact that his shocking revelation in Chapter 1 has taken most fans by surprise) has led him to be a memetic character on his own account, and the name "Komaeda" is just associated with everything... 'unique' about him that even people who refer to characters by their first names (as in the English version) refer to Nagito as "Komaeda". He has spawned many memes single-handedly, as seen below...
- What The Hell, Komaeda. Explanation An MMD of Nagito dancing to Avril Lavigne's "What The Hell"
has become memetic in the fanbase for two reasons: Avril Lavigne, and the rather odd dancing featured in the video. - YOU MUST NOT LOSE HOPE, HINATA-KUN. Explanation Nagito is particularly memetic for his obsession over hope.
- Here we are at Seaworld, Hinata-kun! Explanation The first line of a Youtube video of a reading of a trollfic about Hajime and Nagito going to Sea World.
- Did somebody say HOPE?!/Haha Time for HOPE/You wanna hope with me? Explanation Whenever anybody says the word hope in a Danganronpa thread, they are always responded with a picture of Nagito and this video plus either of those phrases
- I really want Ko. Explanation From the Dangan Crack Confessions Tumblr. Nagito's personality has earned him a... really interesting fanbase.
- I want Ko to run. Explanation Also from Dangan Crack Confessions, which is popular to have simulator videos a la Pony Thread Simulator.
- Nagito loves bagels. Explanation In NicoB's rather popular Let's Play he made a running gag out of Nagito loving bagels so his viewers ran with it. This also somehow made him get shipped with the judge [1] from Ace Attorney.
- Do you like boats? Explanation Nagito's attempt to strike a conversation with Kamukura... Kamukura really likes boats
- Hinata-kun is cheating on me... Explanation In vidya's abridged series "Danganronpa in a Nutshell", most of Nagito's screentime revolves around lamenting that Hajime is cheating on him with all the girls on the island.
- Feed me, Hinata-kun! Explanation With reference to the infamous scene in which Nagito was tied up and asking Hajime to feed him.
- Ultimate Bullshit Explanation A fan nickname for Nagito's 'lucky student' talent, which ended up being used as a major plot device at several important parts of the game.
- I want Hinata-kun's hope/I need more of Hinata-kun's hope/Show me your HOPE, Hinata-kun! Explanation In Chapter 1, Nagito gushes during the trial about how much he wants to see which is bigger - Hajime's hope or Teruteru's hope. At the end of the trial, Nagito gives up on Teruteru, saying that he was disappointed at how 'pathetic' Teruteru's hope is. Naturally, Nagito's obsession with hope and his implied crush on Hinata has led people to joke that "hope" is an euphemism for something else, and that Nagito is obviously thirsty for Hajime's dick.
- Ultimate Asshole Explanation The nickname given by Smosh Games' Honest Game Trailers... which is VERY fitting.
- AVRIL LAVIGNE. Explanation With Monomi acting as Teruteru's translator during the first trial of Danganronpa 2 due to his strong southern dialect that comes out when nervous, she eventually translates one string of words as Avril Lavigne, leading to Avril Lavigne being considered either Monomi or Teruteru's favorite singer. This gets expanded in the Despair Arc, with Teruteru's yelp of pain being "TAYLOR SWIFT!!". In the same vein, one of the statements you have to shoot during the Panic Talk Action with him is "PARIS HILTON!!"
- Ibuki knows that you're reading this! Don't say anything bad about Ibuki! Explanation Ibuki is seen as a character easily able to break the fourth wall, leading to fanworks with her befriending similar-fourth-wall-breaking characters like Pinkie Pie and Deadpool.
- Ibuki's song from Chapter 3. Treads into Accidental Nightmare Fuel territory, and also gives an insight on why she broke up with her band over creative disputes, as stated in her Free-Time events.
- "How's it hanging, Ibuki?" Explanation A reference to Ibuki's death: Mikan kills Ibuki by strangling her with a rope and then hanging her corpse from that rope in order to make it look like a suicide. Cue hanging jokes.
- Spoiler-kun is banned. Explanation In things intended for those who haven't finished Danganronpa 2, the character Izuru Kamukura is banned for his spoileriffic nature.
- Hajime Hinata loves orange juice. Explanation Similar to Yasuhiro and his hamburger, This◊ particular screencap from the in-game CGs is notorious, to the point of orange juice being Hajime's favorite drink in fanon.
- Titty Typhoon Explanation The music venue on the third island is well remembered for its... odd name.
- Hajime Mulaney. Explanation One of the most popular trends in fan made sprite videos is to use audio from the comedian John Mulaney, with Hajime usually playing the role of Mulaney in the videos. Several of these videos have spawned memes of their own.
- Whoa! Explanation Hajime's reaction to many things.
- Meat On The Bone. Explanation In the first Panic Talk Action, the Final Strike combination about where the weapon was hidden is Meat On The Bone. However, unlike the others, there are multiple combinations of these four words that could be construed as correct, and many a fan has claimed to be tripped up by this one puzzle at least once.
- JEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ... Explanation One of Mahiru's voiced lines in the English dub is "jeez" in a clearly irritated tone, which became memetic within the fanbase thanks to the way it was delivered by the voice actress.
- Mikan: Ultimate Fan Service Explanation The nickname given by Honest Game Trailers... which is also VERY fitting.
- Strawbebe. Explanation A Fan Nickname many players have for Mahiru due to her hair color resembling the strawberry color, as well as Mahiru herself having some straw moments at times.
- Banana Loli, Banana Gremlin. Explanation Some fans compare Hiyoko's blonde twintails to bananas, earning her these nicknames in some circles. This became an Ascended Meme in Ultimate Summer Camp, where Miu calls Hiyoko a banana gremlin.
- Comparing Mahiru to the mascot of the fast-food chain restaurant Wendy's is a pretty common joke, as both of them are freckled redhead girls.
- Since Kazuichi seems to bring up Sonia almost every time he talks and states that she will eventually become his girlfriend, only for Sonia to be seemingly interested in Gundham, not to mention creeped out by Kazuichi's attitude towards her, a lot of jokes have been made about Kazuichi being a huge simp for Sonia.
- Jokes have made by the fandom about Fuyuhiko starring in The Boss Baby with the most common one being "I can't believe Fuyuhiko is getting his own movie." This became an Ascended Meme in Danganronpa V3, with Kokichi full on calling him the Boss Baby in Ultimate Talent Development Plan.
- The fandom is prone to making jokes about Hajime being a complete moron, thanks to the fourth trial requiring him to do a Hangman's Gambit to remember the word 'elevator'.
- "What's an Octagon?". Explanation On a similar note to that of the elevator, during the same class trial one of the questions that has to be answered is the amount of sides an octagon has. Jokes about Hajime not knowing what an octagon is have been made ever since.
- Sonia Nevermind’s last name has lead to many Who's on First? jokes within the Fandom.
- "Hello everyone, it's me! Nagito Komaeda on the Nintendo DS!"Explanation This video in which Nagito says the aforementioned line became viral among the community, spawning further mutations such as "Nagito Komaeda on the Nintendo 3DS" or "Nagito Komaeda on the Nintendo Switch", the last of which became Hilarious in Hindsight after Danganronpa Decadence, which contains the main three Danganronpa games alongside Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp, was announced for the Nintendo Switch on June 15th 2021, which of course caused the meme to see a huge resurgence.
- Beta Hiyoko. Explanation There was a rumour going around in late 2020 that Hiyoko was originally going to have a different death. Namely, that Teruteru was going to butcher her up and serve her to the other students. This was also supposed to give Akane and Twogami a fatal case of food poisoning. Despite this rumour being debunked, there are still a couple of edits based around this gruesome “alternate fate”, with it being referred to as “beta Hiyoko” and Hiyoko’s beta design being used in some videos, due to this fate supposedly being kept in beta.
- Hajime Hinata is the Ultimate Pimp. Explanation Because of the sheer amount of characters that show attraction towards Hajime at one point or another (these being pretty much everyone but Kazuichi, The Ultimate Imposter, Fuyuhiko, Gundham and Peko), plus the fact that, per Danganronpa tradition, the other students give Hajime their underwear after finishing all of their Free Time Events, many people joke that Hajime actually does have a talent: being a pimp.
- Consent Explanation The act of shooting the right Truth Bullet at an agree point results in a picture of Hajime and the person he agreed with where the two are separated by the word "consent". While it just means "agreement" in this context, a lot of fans see the word as "consent to sex", which is especially funny if Hajime agreed with, say, Monokuma.
- Mole on the boob. Explanation Chiaki's swimsuit sprite has a black dot on her right breast, leading to many assuming it was the developers trying to trick the player into thinking that they got something on their screen instead of the black pixel being present in-game. Naturally, a lot of memes and edits surfaced from such case of Shmuck Bait.
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