Memes / RWBY

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The sheer number of memes generated by the RWBY fandom has become so much that each 3-volume arc now has its own page. In addition, Volumes 3 and 7's folders are split into two because of their sheer size, and Volume 8 has been split into two separate folders due to the two-month hiatus that occurred halfway through the volume.

Memes originating from RWBY Chibi are listed on that show's YMMV page.

• RWBY Beacon Arc
• RWBY Anima Arc
• RWBY Solitas Arc

General

• This is the day we've waited for. ^ExplanationUsually the release date of the new series, episode, or what have you, fans have taken to using the phrase quite often, based on the title and lyrics of the Volume 1 OP.
• Aura ^ExplanationEven before Monty himself used this simple word to justify how the show breaks logic through the Rule of Cool all the time, fans already had taken a liking to use that answer themselves to explain any strange occurrences in the show that didn't seem physically possible.
• Cyborg Jaune ^ExplanationFans are comparing Jaune to Raiden, and are expecting him to be burned like his basis, Joan of Arc, only to be rebuilt as a cyborg.
• Kerry Who? ^ExplanationKerry Shawcross is one of the creative minds responsible for the show, having been a co-director and later director, as well as one of its main writers since the very first season. In spite of this, fans make the common mistake of giving all the credit of the show to Monty and Miles. Even after several seasons it's still possible to come across comments about the writing which are strictly directed to Miles as if he was the only writer of the show.
• Dishwasher can see the future! ^ExplanationDishwasher became famous within the fandom as an artist who predicted the outcome of Volume 3's Penny/Pyrrha fight before it happened. After the episode came out, the fanart was lauded for just how accurate it was at depicting both the framing and mood of the canon outcome. When the meme reached the creators, they admitted that they saw the artwork just before the episode dropped and panicked because they feared everyone would think they'd copied the artist's work. Ever since, the artist has been used by the fandom as a predictor, even when the artwork depicts commonly held theories.
• Describing the series via references.^ExplanationAlmost all the characters are references to fairy tales, so it has become something of a habit to explain the series by using the character's reference in place of their name. E.G. "Little Red Riding Hood and her sister Goldilocks travel to the Emerald City to team up with Snow White and Beauty so they can fight Cinderella and her henchmen Aladdin and Hermes."
• Potatoes. ^{Potato Explanation}A meme that cropped on up reddit's /r/RWBY board. One user humorously disagreed with another user's theory with the line "Your theory is potato. Literally potato." Now every wacky, out-there theory is referred to as a "potato theory", and various things are referred to as being "literally potato" whenever speculated about.
  • Now an Ascended Meme, with the Grimm Eclipse game's lowest quality setting being "Potato" (albeit "potato" video quality is a joke all by itself).
• Combat Skirts ^Explanation Monty has gone on record to state that there will be no panty shots from characters who wear skirts specifically because they are 'combat skirts.' This, along with a very blunt line from Weiss when Blake points out she and Ruby fight in skirts, makes the term quite common in the fandom.
• ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ^Explanation Many of the fights have Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs from Yang. Naturally, fans have likened it to something Jotaro and Star Platinum would pull off. Helped by the fact the Japanese dub actually had Yang say this.
• Entire Team◊. ^ExplanationConsidering Taiyang got both women on his team pregnant, this has led to a lot of joking that he's made it his mission to impregnate the entire team, including Qrow.
• Bellabooty. ^ExplanationA Fan Nickname given to Blake's butt, which has been turned into an Ensemble Dark Horse by itself.
• "That was Mojojoj fast" ^ExplanationOne of the most famous artists of the fandom, Mojojoj27827860 AKA Iesupa and helpyourselfish, can draw something based on new material from the show minutes after its release while mantaining an impressive artistic quality. A redditor referred to another artist finishing their work in record time as "Mojojoj fast".
• Weiss you useless lesbian! ^ExplanationOriginally a joke from Tumblr about a lesbian who didn't help her classmate who fell down but instead stared at her exposed butt leading to another friend calling her "a Useless Lesbian!", the joke has since be used by the fandom on Weiss on how she fails to confess or kiss the other girls in the show.
• Best girl ^ExplanationHow the FNDM refers to their favorite female characters (example sentence: "Blake is best girl"). Threads on the RWBY subreddit dedicated to finding people's "best girls" usually lead to people putting male or even non-human characters. The RWBY team has gotten in on this.
• We crashed the servers... again. ^ExplanationDue to the sheer volume of people trying to watch the newest episode on Rooster Teeth's website as soon as it comes out, many joke that before you get to watch the new episode you first have to deal with the server crash.
• (Adjective) Weiss ^ExplanationOn the subreddit, the many artworks of Weiss are described as (Adjective) Weiss. This has been noticed many times, and as such it's become a competition to use the most obscure adjectives for the titles.
• On that day, humanity received a Grimm reminder... ^ExplanationThe whole premise of the show has a lot in common with Attack on Titan. Several scenes have been noticed to be very similar, like the scene in "No Brakes" where Grimm break into Vale reminding of the opening scene of AoT, and near-identical death scenes of Ren and Eren's mothers.
  • Became an Ascended Meme when Rooster Teeth released a t-shirt of Ruby facing advancing Grimm in an AoT format.
• Pyrrha plush^ExplanationAn odd-looking official Pyrrha plush became the subject of jokes, with people editing it into Pyrrha's canon scenes.
  • The Great One ^Explanation as of Cyber Monday 2017, following an episode of Chibi that called the plush that way, this is the new name of the Pyrrha Plush, coupled with a MASSIVE discount on the store, further cementing its memetic status.
• "God DAMNIT, Barb!" ^ExplanationThis has been a common reaction of fans to a bad pun ever since Yang, who is voiced by Barbara Dunkelman, made an awful pun about "starting her semesters off with a YANG"
• Jaune has a Mexican cousin called "Juane". ^ExplanationFrom the moment he was introduced, his name was commonly misspelled as Juane, so the Mexican Hat meme was quickly adapted to him, particularly by the RWBY Recaps. Then Volume 2 came along and Jaune tried to serenade Weiss with a guitar... this meme won't be stopping any time soon.
• Character X is trapped on the moon and is writing a Moon-Log. ^ExplanationAdam was introduced in the Black trainer, but never appeared in Volume 1 save for a faint image of his face superimposed over the moon in the end credits. Matt the Mammoth Rider made a Running Gag out of Adam being trapped in the moon and writing a moon log about his struggles. Now that Adam's appeared in the show, the Moon-Log joke has been passed on to other characters that have been referenced but never seen, such as Scarlet and Sage (before Volume 3), Sienna Khan (before Volume 5), and Willow Schnee (before Volume 7).
• Scarletisms ^ExplanationOnce people found out that Scarlet David was voiced by Gavin Free, people began taking popular quotes Gavin has said (which are many) and attached them to Scarlet, just making enough changes to fit it into the RWBY world.
• Drunkle Qrow ^ExplanationA fan nickname for Qrow that began popping up in the fanbase after it was revealed that he's an alcoholic. Drunk Uncle Qrow.
• Everyone is Neo ^ExplanationAfter Neo's Volume 3 disguise was shown, fans have come to speculate that any character who acts slightly suspicious is Neo.
  • You thought this would be [X] but it was me, Neo!◊ ^ExplanationRelated to the above, many people are claiming that various characters are all Neo. They have given her one of Dio Brando's catchphrases as a result.
• Cinder is a BBA/17 years old. ^ExplanationBecause Cinder is only posing as a high school student, many Japanese fans like to call her "BBA" (net slang for "babaa", an informal term meaning "old woman." The voice actress Kikuko Inoue is known for her Catchphrase that she's "forever 17 years old", hence it caught on with Cinder as well.
• The Law of Mercury/Neo/Adam ^ExplanationThe more animation-conscious fans note that fights involving Mercury have been among the best in the series, and so joke that sticking Mercury into any fight would automatically guarantee its quality. This became more pronounced after his fights in Lessons Learned and Fall. Various other characters have since earned the moniker of being a good luck charm for fights, including Neo and Adam (barring his outing in Volume 5).
• HAP HAP! ^ExplanationAchievement Hunter's Jeremy Dooley's "Weiss voice", which hits Gavin Free levels of unintelligible gibberish. It also makes the fandom want him to take over as her.
• Calling Ironwood "Daddy". No, seriously. ^ExplanationFrom Battle of Beacon onwards, James has easily dominated his onscreen fights, and the fandom reacted explosively. Turns out the animators weren't much different.
• Adam the Edgelord. ^ExplanationDue to his corny lines that were supposed to come off as threatening or badass, it was common to joke about Adam being not unlike an angsty teenager.
  • "It's time I got what I deserved." ^ExplanationAdam's final line in his character short, it just drips with irony since it was spoken (chronologically) shortly before he got exactly what he deserved.
• "I've always wanted a litter!" ^ExplanationOut of all the canonical mothers, Kali is generally agreed to be the best (on the grounds that Summer is currently presumed dead, Raven is a bandit who's razed several innocent villages to the ground and is a canonical child killer, and Willow is an emotionally shut-down alcoholic). Fanart and fanfiction consequently has her automatically adopting all of team RWBY at a minimum; it's not uncommon for her to extend it to Ilia, Sun, and team JNPR.
• "(Worst) Mom of the Year (Award)" ^ExplanationRaven Branwen is often depicted in fanworks as having no clue how to handle kids, being as brusque with small children as she is with adults. The fandom also considers her a candidate for this, given her apparent lack of interest in Yang's life. The meme was bedded in by the show itself having Qrow sarcastically calling her "real Mom of the Year" in Volume 4 for deigning to save Yang's life just once.
• Where's Mercury? ^ExplanationSince Volume 3, Mercury's screentime has become a fraction of what it once was, leaving his fans thirsty for him to have a proper comback and badass fight scenes. With the fandom getting into the habit of asking franchise works "Where's Mercury?", fanwork has incorporated the phrase into scenes where the characters suddenly ask this question upon realising Mercury isn't in the scene with them.
• Cinder did nothing wrong ^ExplanationWhereas most villains have at least something resembling a positive trait or a Freudian Excuse, Cinder's actions throughout the show painted her as sadistic, narcissistic, and power-hungry. In something of a parody of Draco in Leather Pants, some people jokingly argue that Cinder has really done nothing wrong and is in fact the true hero of the story. Her most commonly cited "good deeds" are taking in two orphans and providing a new home for multiple endangered species of Grimm.
• Beehaw! ^ExplanationEarly on in the V6 hiatus, the fandom almost instantly decided to make Yang some sort of cowgirl, editing cowboy hats onto screenshots of Yang and creating lots of fanart and A Us of Cowgirl Yang, often dressing up her partner Blake to match. It's gotten to the point where Arryn herself has noticed the meme. It saw a resurgence after the volume 6 soundtrack dropped, including a very country acoustic rendition of Armed And Ready. Due to the soundtrack's proximity to the convention, it also became a rallying cry for fans at RTX 2019.
  • Yorse ^ExplanationSome people have taken Beehaw to strange extremes, editing Yang's face onto a horse or making fanart of her as a centaur. A small portion have matched this variant with Blake Belladonkey.
  • "Don't worry, we're safe." ^ExplanationWhiterose shippers have reacted to the above in mock terror, trying their best to avoid Beehaw from infecting Ruby or Weiss. This was immediately countered by people editing cowboy hats onto Ruby and Weiss in their own shiptease moments...
  • Hiatuses be like "Bonjour" ^ExplanationFor some reason, the Yorse meme continues to revive itself during any planned or unplanned hiatuses in the show's schedule. This has been noticed by the fandom, who have begun joking about it.
• Weiss the jobber. ^ExplanationWeiss has one of the worst win-loss records of anyone in the show despite having one of the most varied skillsets of anyone on the team. While when adding her team fights she has a respectable record, her fans quickly realized she loses most of her solo battles. Even her victories are narrow or outright pyrrhic victories for the enemy. Volume 5 had this become very prominent due to two major losses (her character short and against Vernal, making her the first character and only one to date to lose a fight in their own trailer) and one narrow win (the Lancers). It's gotten Weiss to near Memetic Loser status in the fandom and a derisive reputation as the team's resident jobber, with jokes that Weiss's true weakness is fair fights or comparing her to Yamcha. That Weiss spent much of the following volume in a support role and didn't get any impressive feats didn't help. This only got worse when Weiss lost her DEATH BATTLE! against Mitsuru Kirijo, in a Curb-Stomp Battle to boot (which also made her the only RWBY character in the main series to lose her fight). Started to become a Discredited Meme once she beat Marrow on her own, though fans still point out that Marrow was consciously holding back.
• Pyrrha is a Canadian^ExplanationDue to her tendency to apologize frequently, US fans jokingly theorized that Pyrrha has to be from Canada, or Remnant's version of thereof. Her association with maple leaves doesn't help.
• "Oh grapes!"^ExplanationAt one point, Yang yells "Oh grapes!" in the DC comic instead of swearing. Fans have run with this phrase, replacing words like "fuck" with "grape".
• Cinder is a Yandere ^ExplanationA coincidence that didn't go unnoticed by the fans is how Cinder tends to aim for potential romantic partners for Jaune. She killed his partner, impaled his high school crush, and is hunting down his best friend. Naturally, a common joke about Cinder "cutting down the competition" was born.
• Hiatus Madness ^ExplanationThe fandom was large enough after volume 6 ended that the lack of any RWBY content led to stir-craziness and the above Yorse meme. Come the end of volume 7, and many people are casually joking that the fandom is going to collectively lose their sanity during the wait.
  • Earband Blake^ExplanationTo kick off the hiatus madness, somebody on tumblr posted an image of a cat whose ears were being held together by a hairtie and asked people to draw Blake in that manner. Many artists naturally obliged.
  • Yeecaw ^ExplanationAfter Volume 7 wrapped up, it didn't even take a day before a meme similar to "Yorse" popped up. This time, it depicts Qrow as a cowboy with Clover as a horse.
• Trust the transcripts! ^ExplanationIt's become a bit of a joke to assume that Ozpin knows about the less than honest applicants to his academy and just lets them in anyway while pretending to be oblivious. Some examples include Jaune Arc (fake transcripts), Blake Belladonna (same name as the daughter of Menagerie's chieftain), and the Branwen twins (same name as a famous bandit tribe).
• "Hey did you know RWBY is in Doctor Sleep?!" ^ExplanationAnother extended joke on the subreddit is people watching Doctor Sleep and seeing the RWBY references before rushing to the subreddit to comment on it, almost always in the exact same way of including a photo of the Emerald figure placed in one shot or the posters in the background.
• "Baby!" "NO!" ^ExplanationKdin, voice actress for May Marigold, got one of her roommates to watch RWBY and liveblogged the whole thing on twitter. When Fiona Thyme was revealed, the roommate promptly labeled her 'Baby' much to Kdin's protest. The fandom has, of course, taken this and started referring to Fiona as Baby and/or supporting Kdin's position.
  • Tall Wife, Small Wife, Wife Prime ^ExplanationKdin tried to counter the above by labeling the three members of the Happy Huntresses she does not voice as such. This is considered as equally entertaining by the fandom, especially since Robyn Hill was already admired by the LGTBQ+ portion and Wife Prime rapidly became a new moniker for her.
• Blake Biladonna ^ExplanationThe creators offhandedly confirmed that Blake is bisexual during a behind-the-scenes livestream, with Barbara even pointing out that 'everyone knows already' in reference to fandom shipping tendencies. The fandom, of course, jumped on this.
• The Schneenis ^{Explanation (NSFW)}On the RWBY Rule 34 subreddit, someone, as per the tradition with Weiss’s surname, made a pun… as a name for Weiss’s penis in futanari works. While some have made up names for the rest of the team, the Schneenis got so popular it even got its own flair on the subreddit.
• Arryn the gremlin ^ExplanationArryn Zech, Blake's voice actress, is well aware of the fandom and will often tweet reports of how she reacted while recording lines without any context of what the lines were for and sit back while fans freak out. Many of the fans love her for it.
• "Half the plot is caused by people loving Blake... and I can understand that." ^ExplanationA bit of a funny observation that has been gaining traction among the fandom, in that Blake has a number of characters whose love for her (be it healthy or otherwise) motivates them to do plot-moving things and that a large part of the fandom finds her story and character deeply relatable and/or attractive.
• Is this Summer?^ExplanationRuby's Missing Mom Summer Rose is very specifically never referred to as dead or killed by the characters, but only 'missing' in a series that averts Never Say "Die". Upon noticing this, some fans have not only suggested that she's still alive, but eagerly started inventing theories that almost any new character is somehow Summer Rose before they get properly identified. Some examples include Cinder Fall, Salem, Ruby Rose (in a new outfit), and the Hound Grimm. It's become such a pattern that people are starting to joke about it.
• Oscar Lime^ExplanationAn edit on Oscar Pine's page. While it was corrected, Oscar being drawn as a lime—or more commonly, a lemon—became a common sight. Sometimes joined by Ruby Strawberry.
• Cinder's nine fans^ExplanationFrom a humorous list entitled "What your favorite RWBY Character says about you." The writer estimated that Cinder Fall had only nine fans, and many Cinder fans played along, setting out on quests to look for the other mythological Cinder fans.
• Buzz buzz, buzz buzz...^ExplanationWhenever the show shipteases Yang and Blake, the shippers will immediately give out the call of the Bumblebee ship.
• The Merch Shipping Saga ^Explanation When RT first announced a bumbleby-themed bomber jacket with art from Ein Lee, the initial description was very positive toward shippers. A few hours later, fans noticed that the description had been replaced by a more professional one that was riddled with typos. The FNDM exploded following the hilarious turn of events.
• Liveblog Love^ExplanationAny time there's a new reaction blog, fans will absolutely enjoy watching the new viewers and giving cryptic comments on upcoming plot twists.
• Yird^ExplanationPortraying Yang as a bird, since her mother can turn into a bird, is a common joke in the FNDM.
  • Yanimals^ExplanationA spinoff of Yorse, portraying Yang as some sort of Yang-headed animal is a common way for some fans to tease/torture each other. It even extends to other characters on occasion.
  • Did Yang Xiao Long hatch from an egg? ^ExplanationA question derived from a bit of fridge logic about Raven's ability to turn into a bird and the timing of Yang's birth and Raven's departure.
• Penny's HRT Glow-up^ExplanationBetween Penny's first appearance in the Beacon Arc and her reappearance in the Solitas Arc, she went from a cute if androgonyous little girl to a curvy, long-haired tall figure. Given how many fans have commented on her being trans-coded, the observation was inevitable.
  • Ruby loves the Robo-Booty ^ExplanationA common joke among shippers is that Penny carefully designed her new body specifically to get more looks from Ruby Rose, passing it off as 'technical modifications' to help her fly better or the like.
• Team YANG ^Explanation As part of a Dead Little Roosters set, various posters were created for pseudo-Rooster Teeth productions, including one for Team YANG, featuring Yang, Adam, Nora, and Gunther. Fans went ballistic over Gunther's Stylistic Suck portrayal and declared him an official post of canon lore
  • Gunther is a God ^Explanation A they are wont to do with background characters and jokes, the FNDM imediately assumed that Gunther would be the one to ultimately defeat Salem and beat the Gods into submission.
• Here we are living in fear and it's AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA^ExplanationEver since the show's darker storyline set in, the FNDM has been analyzing every new development for speculation. This sentence is a common reaction to whenever a speculation turns up some new source of drama or fear.
• Spam the catgirl/Happy Birthday Blake! ^ExplanationBlake's canonical birthday occured during the Volume 8 midseason hiatus. Fans on Tumblr posted so much fanart and celebratory posts that the RWBY tag started trending, leading to people joking about how the FNDM will jump at the chance to talk about anything.
• Kdin, Robin Hood Lore Expert^ExplanationKdin Jenzen, May Marigold's voice actor, will often go on rants about various Robin Hood adaptations and their inaccuracies. The fans love to listen.
  • Maid Marian should have been a lion.^ExplanationThe post that started it all—Kdin talking about how Disney's Robin Hood got Maid Marian wrong.
  • Robin Hood is a himbo^ExplanationOne of her frequent talking points is how most Robin Hood adaptations miss the Ensemble Cast nature of the original stories in favor of making Robin Hood an all-capable hero, with the actual folklore having him be more specialized.
  • "When am I going to see a badass Maid Marian?" "Aren't you already voicing one?" ^ExplanationA complaint and rejoinder that is, given the above context, oft repeated for hilarity's sake.
• Atlesian Pizza Ettiquite^ExplanationA Tumblr conversation about how Winter (and later May) eats pizza, featuring Kdin saying using a fork and knife is normal and later using chopsticks just to spite her detracters. Naturally, it's well-remembered for its utter ridiculousness.
• Cinder/Mercury can't read ^ExplanationSome fans speculated that Cinder and Mercury's abusive parents never taught them to read and/or write, and that they bluffed their way around being illiterate. This rapidly became a source of memetic concepts and jokes.
  • Cinder's secret language ^ExplanationThe idea that Cinder Fall invented her own secret written language to compensate for her illiteracy has been floated by the FNDM, with the primary concept that it's unintelligable to those she doesn't teach it to and that she uses it to troll Watts by acting as though he should know it.
  • Emerald teaching Cinder and Mercury how to read ^ExplanationA cute concept brought about by the above.
• Winter dyes her hair/Black-haired Winter ^ExplanationWinter's eyebrows are black, unlike her siblings, leading many people to speculate she dyes her hair, usually in order to further herself from her formerly black-haired father Jacques.
• Emerald was Ruby's first crush^ExplanationA theory that has cropped up seven volumes after Emerald's introduction, it's memetic both for the obvious shipteasing and for how dang long it took to come up.
  • Gee Ruby/Weiss/Blake/Penny, how come Rooster Teeth let you have two girlfriends?^ExplanationWith the level of shiptease the selected characters have with other characters, and the FNDM's own queer community, jokes about polyamory are inevitable.
• Like imagine you’re under attack by nightmare monsters and the person who saves you is Paris Hilton, that’s gotta be wild, right?^Explanation An observation on tumblr in regards to Weiss's in-universe position, which has become memetic for how ridiculously accurate it is.
  • Team RWBY canonically consists of Paris Hilton, an ex-PETA member, a disgraced athlete, and Some Girl who only became relevant when announcing the most disturbing news update of the decade. And it’s the Some Girl who’s in charge of everyone.^ExplanationA reblog of the above further elucidating on how strange team RWBY's composition actually is, which also became memetic.
• Yang's thumbstroke of love^ExplanationThe FNDM has identified a repeating subtle gesture, where Yang strokes her thumb over somebody or something she's holding as a sign of affection. They have also gone bonkers over it.
• Buff Yang^ExplanationSome criticisms of the RWBY art style have led to pictures of Yang with more defined musculature—especially since she does have some remarkable feats of strength. The creators have confirmed that Aura is the reason Muscles Are Meaningless, feeding into the separate meme that "Aura" explains everything.
  • Buff RWBY^ExplanationAn extension of the above, where all the characters are drawn with more defined musculature.
• Somebody get Eddy off Twitter!^ExplanationEddy Rivas will regularly post teasing commentary on twitter before episodes come out, sending the FNDM into a tizzy. Some people have jokingly complained about how terrifying that is.
• Qrow just keeps adopting kids!^ExplanationQrow is the only adult traveling with a an ever-growing group of teenagers for a good portion of the series, which has led to constant jokes about him adopting them all with varying degrees of enthusiasm.
• Maiden Thigh-Highs^ExplanationBy volume 8, almost every character that has had Maiden powers has worn an outfit with thigh-high leggings or boots. The fandom has noticed and jokingly decreed it a required uniform, sometimes speculating who new maidens could be based solely on this fact or calling out existing Maidens for not following the dress code.
• Homestuck comparisons^ExplanationThe level of Homestuck fans flowing into the RWBY fandom have inevitably led to people noting a lot of smiliarities.
  • Cinder is Vriska^ExplanationA comparison of two contentious characters, with the similarities of their arcs and personalities noted.
• Chibi told us!^ExplanationIt's become common to note that many plot points in the show proper were referenced or forshadowed by RWBY Chibi years ago, and the fans have begun using it as a form of prophecy.
• i like ur bow. it goes gr8 with ur............ PA JAM JAMS ^ExplanationA popular image edit of Yang's line that inevitably marks the return of a hiatus.
• Yang's Coconut Wife/Bloconut ^ExplanationThe idea that Yang would make a Companion Cube of Blake before the real one finds her has become a common in the post Volume 8 hiatus.
  • Yango^ExplanationA combination of Yang and Mango, made to compliment Bloconut. Also a new twist on Yanimals.
  • FRWBY^ExplanationFruit RWBY, going off the above memes, has become the 'cursed meme' of the volume 8 hiatus.
  • Lime Ren ^ExplanationThe fruit RWBY extended to other characters.
• Jaune gets a harem.^ExplanationMany fanfictions have portrayed Jaune as a ladies' man, and with him being locked outside the world with team RWBY after volume eight the jokes have just redoubled.
  • Or not^ExplanationThe interpretation of Jaune as a ladies' man is considered by a large part of the fandom to be disrespectful to both him and the ladies involved, and the fact that he killed Penny (albeit at her request) makes some suspect team RWBY would be too upset with him to try for romance.
• Princess Maynonoke^ExplanationKdin quipped that she'd known she's made it once fanart of one of her characters was made in the meme format of the 'I'll kill you that will shut you up' scene from Princess Mononoke. The fans rapidly obliged, with May Marigold being portrayed in Mononoke's position and various other characters being put in Ashitaka's position.
• RWBY Kebab^{Explanation (spoilers)}The sheer number of characters in the show that have been Impaled with Extreme Prejudice has not gone unnoticed by the FNDM. Unsurprisingly for the same fandom that makes "Bad X dying" jokes, it became a common joke to edit various characters into the spear Cinder used to impale Weiss in Volume 5. Witness it here
• Yang can't be a lesbian, her boobs are too big!^ExplanationThis argument, proposed by a detractor of the show, caused the FNDM a collective moment of disbelief. It's now commonly cited as a mocking summation of how a certain portion of the fandom debates.
• Pin the blog on the lesbian/Form the MegaYang!^ExplanationSomebody on tumblr noticed a pattern; many RWBY fan blogs take a title in the format 'yangs(Body Part or Clothing)'. They made a joke post about their new game, and the blogs in question have now united in a quest to form a Megazord-like Yang.
• is rwby worth watching (I hate women)^ExplanationA ridiculous ask on tumblr that took off both because of how hilariously blunt it was and, gauging by the reblog tags, by how succinctly it sums up the perception of certain parts of the fandom.
• "Trust Love"^{Explanation(spoiler)}Taken from Volume 7's opening, this is one that has been used more by detractors of the show who feel like Team RWBY has only made things worse by turning against anyone they disagree with, like Ozpin or Ironwood, despite being portrayed as compassionate people who want to unite humanity against Salem. The use of "trust love" in particular is typically meant to insult the heroes for doing things that show how they don't actually follow the motto in question, like when Ruby hijacked Ironwood's broadcast to the world and said that Ironwood himself can't be trusted.
• Yactus. ^ExplanationIt didn't take long for the successor to Yorse to come about once the post volume 9 hiatus hit. People saw Vacuo was a desert and...
  • Tumbleweiss.
• Come watch RWBY! We have: mommy issues. ^ExplanationThe amount of major characters in the series, both good and evil, with Parental Issues is quite staggering to say the least.
  • Blake: The only character with Good Parents. ^ExplanationBlake is seen as the outlier of the above, due to both of her parents being alive, loving, and supporting of her even when she thinks she doesn't deserve any of their goodwill.
• Ruby's harem. ^ExplanationWeiss, Jaune, Penny and Oscar are widely accepted as the best contenders for ending in a relationship with Ruby hence the community considers them all members of Ruby's harem.
• RWBY for sale! ^Explanation Following the announcement that Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down Rooster Teeth and is selling the rights to its IPs, many fans online jokingly plan to buy the rights to the show just to either undo certain deaths to some characters or making a certain ship canon.
• Give RWBY to Dillon Gu please!^Explaination Former RWBY animator turned independent Dillon Gu himself has expressed interest in buying the rights to RWBY, a settlement approved and backed by GLITCH Productions.

Other Media

Manga

• Hot For Teacher playing whenever Glynda shows up. ^note While by no means does she look as old as she likely is in the animated series, but in the◊ manga◊, she definitely is drawn with a male audience in mind.
• "I want to go home. I want to look at pictures of puppies on the internet." ^note In the manga, Ruby says this during a mini freak out/stage fright moment when she's put in a sparring match against Cardin. It got Funnier / Darker when the relevant chapter came out just as RT released a statement discussing how RWBY was about to get really dark, and fans might be wishing for the tamer seasons.
• That defies physics!^note Yang yells this at Junior when he transforms his bat into a rocket launcher in the adaptation of her trailer, implying that that is the weirdest thing she's seen. Now a citation for the overall impossibility of the weapons of the series. In the published localisation she instead shouts out "What did you just do to the laws of physics!?"

RWBY: Ice Queendom

• Weissdeath ^note When the first teaser picture appeared, showing Weiss in a highly militaristic outfit, many people noted that she looked remarkably like Esdeath of Akame ga Kill!
  • Akame vs Esdeath Round 2 ^note To add to the jokes, Blake lets herself get possessed by a Nightmare, giving herself an appearance reminiscent of Adam. But thanks to the fact that his colors are black and red, Blake ended up resembling Akame. The fans had a field day with this, especially when the two clash at the end of the episode, resembling a shot from Akame and Esdeath's final fight.
• The moment it was announced that Gen Urobuchi was part of the crew, many fans already joked about the potential amounts of suffering the characters would go through.
  • And THERE it is! ^ExplanationWe finally get the suffering in episode 8 as Ruby is scolded for her childish ways of thinking in trying to save Weiss, allowing her to be captured by the Nightmare as she laments how much of a failure she perceives herself to be
• Weiss is gay for everyone^ExplanationThe first three episodes has some moments showing Weiss with some serious shipping moments with both Pyrrha and Ruby.
• Where was this Gambol Shroud?!^{Explanation (SPOILERS for Volume 8)}In episode 5, Blake decides to test out how Gambol Shroud acts in the dreamworld. To her surprise, the ribbon attached to it is LONG. After the events of Volume 8 when Blake missed trying to save Yang, many fans wondered why Blake didn't have this version of her weapon.
• BIG NICHOLAS.^Explanation In Weiss' dream, her grandfather takes on a near-mythical role due to Weiss' memory of him being the founder of the Schnee Dust Company. Multiple characters say this delightfully Engrishy line to affirm their belief in his, "Empire."
• Attack on Weiss^ExplanationWeiss' repressed childhood desires take on the form of dozens of child-aged Weisses. When Jaune accidentally releases them, they start rampaging through the city, even growing to a massive size and destroying buildings much like the titans.
• CONGRATULATIONS ^ExplanationIn episode 8, when Ruby is dragged into her own dream world, she thinks she’s back in the real world with Weiss safe and sound and is soon surrounded by everyone clapping, making it resemble the iconic scene from Evangelion where everyone is clapping for Shinji
• Yang's Mommy Issues^{Explanation (spoilers)}While Blake's nightmare form was meant to reflect Adam, many fans noticed that it also has similar traits to Raven. Since Blake and Yang are one of the show's most popular ships, it led to many a joke that Blake's look gave Yang some mommy issues

RWBY: Arrowfell

• Ivy "THICCETY" ^Explanation When Ivy of Team BRIR's full name was revealed, people started looking at the Punny Name, joking about Ivy being "extra thicc."

Justice League X RWBY: Super Heroes and Huntsmen

• Dead Nora ^ExplanationIn the first trailer, one scene has Ruby elated as Weiss returns while Yang checks up on a downed Nora. Many people started joking on either Ruby’s Skewed Priorities or how Nora was just lying there.
• Sexualized Yang ^ExplanationMany fans were shocked when shown Yang in Maya animation style, confused as to why her chest seemed bigger. Some teased that the animators might have been a tad horny, others pointed out Yang was always like that in her old look.
• Fan-favorite character Rolf ^ExplanationA CBR article about Diane oddly labeled the guard escorting her, a new character by the name of Rolf, as a 'fan-favorite'. This has led to jokes about how great Rolf is, how he's been there since the start, and that people are watching the movie just for the chance to see him. Others go even further and claim he was critical to the plot since the first volume and 'mourn' his theoretical death in later volumes.
• "This is really freaking me out"^ExplanationAt one point, Oscar suddenly starts speaking with Ozpin's voice before glitching out and appearing as Ozpin, prompting Ruby muttering to Yang the quote. Some have noted it would be a perfect reaction meme
• Part 1: Jealousy. ^ExplanationMany people's takeaway from the movie is how much the RWBY pairings get jealous over the League interacting with their partner. Ren clashes with Cyborg thinking he's making moves toward Nora, while Blake makes sure to insert herself into the Atlas-bound crew because Yang is visibly impressed/attracted to Diana.
• Weiss is attracted to older younger men. ^{Explanation (Spoilers for Volume 9)}Weiss' interactions with a now teenaged Bruce about saying he belongs in Remnant can definitely be painted in a Ship Tease light, which coincidentally mirrors her attraction to Jaune as the Rusted Knight, another time-shifted character who later ends up as a teenager with the mind of an adult.
• Never trust Pyrrha. ^{Explanation (Spoilers for Volume 9)}Following her death, every time Pyrrha has been brought back, she has been used for emotional gut punches, most obviously directed towards Jaune. With her form being used in this movie to trap Jaune and Jessica as well as The Curious Cat using her form to deliver a cheap shot in Volume 9 Chapter 8 has lead many to be wary whenever she is stated to be involved in something from now on.
• Can we keep Jessica? ^ExplanationA common comment is about how well Jessica fits in with the cast of RWBY, leading to many wanting her to be a Canon Immigrant, especially seeing as she has had no real presence with the cancellations of Justice League Odyssey and DC Super Hero Girls 2019
• Mommy? ^ExplanationThe first image we saw of Part 2 was a look at the now age-appropriate Wonder Woman and Vixen, along with Black Canary. Yang also comes with a Fanservice Pack, specifically one that finally gives her visible muscles, something many fans have been asking for. Seeing them in the RWBY art style instantly led to fans gushing about their designs.
• #GaveYangAbs. ^ExplanationMany fans have been clamoring for Yang to have visible muscles with the hashtag, "giveYangabs," since she's repeatedly had her Super-Strength emphasized. The teaser for Part 2 shows finally shows her with visible biceps.
• Yang's Lesbian Beam ^ExplanationYang's Technicolor Fire abilities in Part 2 have many pointing out that the palette they chose is remarkably similar to the colors on the Lesbian Pride Flag, starting jokes that Yang was able to weaponize her own sexuality following Volume 9 and her Relationship Upgrade with Blake.
• The last frame of RWBY ever. ^Explanation The film ends with a shot of the Justice League standing over a city. Given that these films are the final pieces of RWBY media made by Rooster Teeth before getting shut down, and the fate of the entire franchise due to WBD selling the rights uncertain, many fans joke that this how the series may end.
  • Justice League: Kill Team RWBY ^Explanation Detractors of the films seem to blame the fact that the performance of both films didn’t impress DC’s parent company Warner Bros. who greenlight the film, and may have played a part in the demise of Rooster Teeth. Due to WB looking into selling the RWBY franchise instead of using the crossover to justify them keeping it, with some fearing that the whole show could be written off for Taxes if it didn’t find a buyer (a fate shared with shows like Infinity Train and Final Space, as well as the Looney Tunes film Coyote Vs Acme), many joke that the Justice League are Evil All Along and sent Team RWBY to their demise instead of back to Remnant at the end of the movie.
  • We didn’t even get our Scooby-Doo crossover… ^Explaination The next WB property everyone expected RWBY to crossover with is Scooby-Doo, especially since that franchise is no stranger to crossing over with various franchises and not just DC Comics, but also has experience crossing over with another Young Adult-oriented franchise with the Supernatural episode ScoobyNatural, and the fact that Rooster Teeth themselves hinted at the crossover in this post on X. With WB looking to no longer owning the rights to RWBY, some fans, either jokingly or seriously, lament that this team up would never happen and the only way for Team RWBY and the Scooby gang to meet up is through Fan Fiction.

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This meme is also a gun.