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WARNING: This page contains unmarked spoilers for the anime.
Komaeda is not amused by the memes.
- WHY NO SDR2 ANIME. Explanation Needless to say, many fans did not expect the staff to essentially abort an adaptation of Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair in favor of doing an original story.
- Puberty hit Makoto like a bus. Explanation Makoto's fairly radical new design provided a lot of jokes about finally looking his age.
- Watch Twogami Run
Explanation In the opening scene showcasing the Ultimate Imposter as Ultimate Despair, he's seen to be quite the Acrofatic. The fandom was quick to make jokes about it. - Chandelier. Explanation Yukizome's corpse is found hung from a chandelier. The fandom was awash in parodies afterwards, most of them involving the Sia song of the same name.
- Ishimaru is the mastermind. Explanation Makoto's forbidden action is not being able to run in the hallways. Almost immediately viewers began making jokes that Kiyotaka was somehow behind all of this.
- Rotten Oranges. Explanation Yukizome makes references to Kinpachi-sensei's iconic "rotten oranges" speech, which quickly popularized and ended up causing many people from the Western fanbase who don't know the origins of the quote to misappropriate it as her own saying.
- Everything about the Aphrodisiac scene. Explanation Towards the end of Despair Arc Episode 2, Hiyoko inadvertently causes an aphrodisiac soup to get in everyone's food, which causes much of the cast to start what is basically an orgy. This spread across the internet in record time.
- Tomato sauce. Explanation Aoi is found seemingly dead at the end of Episode 2 of Future Arc only for the next episode to almost immediately out it as just some tomato sauce and a toy knife. Needless to say, this became an instant punchline in the fandom.
- Everything is Sakakura's fault. Explanation Sakakura's physical and verbal assault of Hinata is what pushes Hinata to becoming Izuru Kamukura, indirectly causing 85% of the franchise's events. Thanks to Sakakura being The Scrappy, this has lead to nearly every little thing being blamed on him.
- Even when Sakakura does the right thing, he still ruins everything. Explanation Even after Sakakura became much more sympathetic, fans have noticed that even his heroic actions have terrible consequences, such as how him freeing the survivors from their bracelets allowed Mitarai to use his brainwashing anime on everyone.
- "Local X Ruins Everything" Explanation Fans like to slap the blame of everything to a certain someone as new episodes came out. It started with Sakakura for his mistreatment to Hinata that caused him to turn to Kamukura, and then it was Komaeda for him sabotaging and ruining the Kimura/Ando/Izayoi friendship, and then it was Ruruka for betraying Kirigiri's group and indirectly killing Kizakura, and then it was Munakata for going berserk and killing Sakakura, and then it was Ikusaba for lobotomizing and brainwashing Yukizome... and then it's Yukizome for being confirmed of never being cured from Despair and even had a hand in Munakata's descent to insanity, and for helping Junko kill Chiaki. And then, the monitor for being the source of hypnosis and getting everyone to kill themselves and Tengan, who masterminded everything. The thing about this meme is that the most accurate answer is 'Local Despair-Fetish Girl (Junko) Ruins Everything', but the joke would be lost otherwise, so no one blames Junko.
- "Local X Does Something Right for Once." Explanation The fan reaction when it turned out Komaeda had unintentionally turned Monaka off despair. And after Despair Arc 9, even Sakakura can get this statement, when he flat out confronted Enoshima intending to eliminate her directly. Though just as much as 'does something right'
- Nagito is a terrorist/"Hope akbar" Explanation In Episode 4 of Despair Arc, Nagito plans to blow up the stadium where the final exams take place. The community was happy to mock the absurd premise and the events that take place during the episode and label Nagito as a terrorist.
- The Mastermind's motives better not be complex. Explanation The identity of both the traitor and mastermind, along with the true purpose of the Final Killing, has been a massive source of Epileptic Trees among the fanbase. As many fans have compared the anime to Zero Time Dilemma, this has lead to many on imageboards making these remarks in regards to the infamously complex motives for the corresponding elements.
- The Ultimate Bullshit. Explanation Originally coined by NicoB as a derogatory "Ultimate" title to mock Nagito's luck, the term has been popularized since episode 4 of Despair Arc in regards to how contrived Nagito's plan of blowing up the school gym played out (especially the scene where he and Seiko accidentally switched bags).
- The scene of Hinata staring at a computer in Despair Arc Episode 3 has for whatever reason become a magnet for parodies.
- Munakata is Kaneki. Explanation Munakata's Evil Makeover in Future Arc Episode 5 prompted a lot of jokes from Tokyo Ghoul fans.
- Dr Hopper. Explanation In Despair Arc Episode 1, Komaeda inadvertently gets a ton of Dr Hopper from a vending machine, which can be seen in his bag in a later episode. The fandom has run with this, with it being anywhere from a Trademark Favorite Food to an outright Cargo Ship.
- Dewicious Explanation Comes from Izayoi's fight with Kimura when he said that he would protect Ruruka for love and dewicious sweets with a completely straight face.
- Believe in Weedman Explanation A mantra fans says while clinging to the hope that Hagakure will do something relevant to the plot.
- Dear boy, we hereby arrest you. For treason. Explanation Munakata's word to Naegi in the first episode of the dub. Became popular due to the Narm involved.
- "Nyek Nyek Nyek Nyek!" Explanation The Funimation dub's adaptation of Monokuma's iconic laugh is considered Narm incarnate by its positive reception.
- "Boring." Explanation The ending scene of Episode 6 consists of Hajime/Izuru staring down the fleet of Future Foundation peacekeeping warships headed towards Jabberwock Island. He responds to this with a very deadpan "Boring."
- Time to rewatch Episode 6 for... investigation reasons. Explanation Komaru's introduction scene to the anime consists of her trying to get Toko to take a bath. The scene consists of Komaru tackling Toko in a very suggestive position that shows off Komaru's underwear. Many fans have cited that they need to rewatch the scene for "investigation" purposes.
- The same has been applied to the otherwise horrifying Episode 7 of Despair Arc, thanks to Nagito's Waterfall Shower in that episode.
- X is the 13th Branch Head. Explanation Despite having not been really mentioned, the identity of Asahina's superior has become a massive source of Epileptic Trees. Expect most of the theories circulated in regards to Future Arc to reference it.
- First we need to consult the bagels. Explanation Monomi's dub VA is considered annoying enough to become a target for humour. This line where she talks about everyone's bracelets in particular became popular due to a mishearing that linked to the NicoB meme.
- They Smoothed Him/Smoothgate Explanation A day after Despair Arc Episode 6 aired, Kamukura's profile image on the website changed to give him a much neater hairstyle. As the fandom is notorious for warring, people were quick to predicting the "discourse".
- Episode 7 too raw Explanation Due to delays, Future Arc Episode 7 did not have subtitles, forcing many impatient fans to watch the episode without dialog.
- Third wheel Juzo. Explanation The reveal concerning Sakakura feelings towards Munakata and Yukizome's relationship lead to plethora of jokes about his position in life, usually accompanied by the shot of his clenched fist (which has since been used by fans as a general reaction image for pretty much anything).
- Google it up, shitlord. Explanation Monaka's response to Komaru (this wording is from a Fan Sub) when she asks what she means by one of Naegi's friends dying because of him. Often used as response image.
- After Junko enforced Soundtrack Dissonance for the first mutual killing, fans have joined Junko in the fun by playing similarly unfitting music over the carnage.
- In episode 8, the room where Kyoko's group is now has a huge Bottomless Pit. With all the hate generated by Ruruka, a lot of people have taken up mimicking the scene of 300 where the messenger is kicked in a pit. Usually with Kyoko or Juzo kicking her.
- The scene where Komaeda pulls a gun on Kamukura spawned a truckload of parodies and jokes, being dubbed "Komaeda's new shot through the heart event"
- The Meet Cute/Love Bubbles scene of Izuru and Nagito was the target of a lot of jokes even by Spike Chunsoft's twitter:
Nagito: My nose is stuck... achoo!
Izuru: If it's sinus medication you need, I have that too.
Nagito: K-Kamukura-kun... *blushes*
- The scene in which Ryota opens the video of the First Mutual Killing Game has spawned various parodies.
- The infamous amount of delays concerning the subs has lead to some joking that it's Funimation's Forbidden Action to release them on time.
- Junko is Delta Explanation (spoilers for Zero Time Dilemma) The disturbing similarity to both the scenes in Despair Arc Episode 9 and the infamous "MIND HACKING" from ZTD lead to a lot of jokes from the Zero Escape fans.
- Ryota: "Anime was a mistake"Explanation As Junko plunges Ryota more and more onto natural despair by using his animated anime to screw up the world with despair, he mentioned that anime is stupid, a contrast to when he said anime was a proud part of Japanese culture. This made him compared with people who are disillusioned with anime, even if only via Memetic Mutation, like Hayao Miyazaki. Bonus points for the anime that he watched and inspired him were all modeled after Miyazaki anime.
- John Travolta! Explanation The Ultimate Imposter's true face has been compared by many to looking like John Travolta
- A Clockwork Orange Explanation Chisa's torture resembled an infamous conditioning scene from A Clockwork Orange
- Izuru, Ultimate X Explanation Due to Izuru having literally every other talent in the game, it also means he have some talents that would look funny on him, like Ultimate Princess, Ultimate Housekeeper, Fashionista, Fanfic Writer and so on.
- SHSL PR Guy Explanation Spike Chunsoft's PR guy is pretty memetic for all the responses he gives to people with questions.
- Fire Extinguisher: The true hero of the series.Explanation The anime has a very liberal use of throwing a fire extinguisher to antagonistic characters, leading fans to believe that the real hero is this one item.
- Chisa the Child Slayer Explanation The utterly horrific reveal in Future Arc Episode 10 regarding Yukizome's true nature lead to a lot of jokes from fans.
- Who loses their jacket next? Explanation The cast of Future Arc has a habit of losing their jackets in leiu of something important happening (in order, this has happened to Gozu, Asahina, Munakata, Ando, Kirigiri and Naegi).
- "Lost Waifu Week" Explanation Episodes 10 of both the Future Arc and Despair Arc, which aired in the same week, had Naegi, Munakata and Kamukura crying after the deaths of their respective Love Interest (Kirigiri, Yukizome, and Nanami respectively), causing fans to declare the week of September 11 the week of dead waifus.
- Local waifu cheats death Explanation In the closing moments of Hope Arc it's revealed that Kirigiri was Only Mostly Dead and she reunites with Naegi, to the joy of many fans and the confusion of many others.
- "The Rumor Come Out" Explanation Episode 10 of Despair Arc confirms that Juzo is gay, so people started memeing his outing.
- "Why couldn't Munakata open doors? To see that Juzo was hiding in the closet!" Explanation Likewise, people started cracking jokes about Munakata's NG Code really being about his inability to see Juzo's feelings or Juzo's inability to come out of the closet.
- "Kamukura, Kamukura, YASS QUEEN~!" Explanation The Funimation dub's version of Junko fangirling upon meeting Izuru Kamukura for the first time. Much like Munakata's "Dear Boy", it became popular due to how Narmy it is.
- SHSL Redeemed Explanation Due to his massive status as Rescued from the Scrappy Heap, fans have declared that Juzo has completely redeemed himself as of Episode 11
- Connected to that: "Juzo died for our sins" Explanation Juzo made a Heroic Sacrifice the same episode to end the Final Killing Game before he bled out.
- IS THERE ANYONE WHO CAN REMOTELY CONTROL OUR BOY JUZO Explanation In every 4chan Danganronpa 3 thread, there is always a post labeled with the aforementioned title that hyped up Juzo as a major Memetic Badass who let nothing get in his way, listing all his feats as the series went on. For example, this Reddit post. Initially, his "feats" were the actions that got him criticized by the majority of the fandom mutated via Alternate Character Interpretation (particularly beating up Makoto, Ryota, and Hajime being labeled as a show of masculinity). As the series humanized him, his feats became more legitimate such as him being able get back up despite suffering blows that put down any other man and overcoming Ruruka's brainwashing sweets.
- THERE WAS NO ONE WHO COULD EVEN REMOTELY CONTROL OUR HERO JUZO Explanation The title of the posts were changed to reflect his Heroic Sacrifice in episode 11.
- The ending of Future Arc Episode 11, where Mitarai gets a phone message from the supposed to be dead Tengan, has seen tons of parodies, usually involving giving a gag response to the message itself.
- HOPING INTENSIFIES Explanation The mass reaction from the fandom when Hope Arc was confirmed to be happening
- Goodbye Komaeda. Explanation At the end of Despair Arc, the scene where Hinata and Nanami reunite in the Neo World Program sees Komaeda disappear between shots. Given Komaeda was infamously Demoted to Extra and had his relationship with Hinata completely left out of the narrative, many were quick to joke about this.
- "Memes." Explanation In the last episode of Despair Arc, Izuru talks with Junko about how she plans to throw the world into despair by using it as a memetic agent. Naturally, the fandom jumped on it, even with some jokes about how they were all Remnants of Despair themselves for using memes.
- Ryota vi Britannia Explanation The fan reaction to Mitarai after Future Arc Episode 12, comparing him to Lelouch thanks to his rampant use of mind control and being a massive Well-Intentioned Extremist.
- Being Munakata is suffering. Explanation A common joke used against the ending, as Munakata ends up being the only surviving character to not get a happy ending.
- Friendship ended with X, now Y is my best friend. Explanation A derivative, which began with Chisa on X and Juzo on Y. The reveal that Chisa was brainwashed into becoming a Remnant of Despair herself and slaughtering a bunch of preschool kids started making her lose quite a few fans...while ironically, Juzo, who was up until the latter half of the series one of the most reviled characters in franchise history, fully redeemed himself with the reveal of his more humanizing elements and being singlehandedly responsible for ending the Final Killing Game while bleeding out from a heated katana through his stomach. Needless to say, fans were quick to note the dramatic shift in popularity between the two. Eventually, there were derivatives like Tengan going to X, Class 77 going to Y when it comes to Ryota.
- Yeah, I don't get this either. Pretty sure I died. Explanation The dub infamously used an outtake for Kirigiri's final line. Many fans were quick to use it as a representation of the ending in general.
- Danganronpa 3 Official Abridged. Explanation Compilations of the aforementioned clips from the official dub had made viewers mistaken they were from an Abridged series.These videos sum it up quite nicely.
- TenganRonpa Explanation The reveal that Tengen was the villain of the Future season has led to some joking about how the show really should have been called this
- Tengan: "Yes, I was the one who X" Explanation Some people who weren't pleased with Tengen turning out to the the mastermind behind the final killing game, and the hope brainwashing plan that he hoped it would accomplish, started joking that Tengen was the real mastermind behind prevous things that happened in the anime, then the games, and then incidents and schemes from completely different media properties (like Third Impact, or the Chernobyl Disaster)
- "Fat, stupid, ugly people need to shut up!" Explanation Junko's amazingly Alpha Bitch-y way of telling her sister to shut up in the Funimation dub has gotten a lot of use from fans, as either insult or Self-Deprecation.
- "Fat, stupid, ugly… that's me in a nutshell." Explanation Mukuro's response to the above, also repeated by fans for tongue-in-cheek Self-Deprecation purposes.
