1. Any meme that has fallen out of favor with pop culture, or at least the segment it was popular in.
2. A Catch-Phrase that was repeated too much.
2. A Catch-Phrase that was repeated too much.
The Ugandan knuckles meme is a discredited meme.
by flintlocke314 September 11, 2018
Certain ideas or attributes of a subject are eventually spread to others in the group.
Group Contagion effect is a result of Syndrome E.
Group Contagion effect is a result of Syndrome E.
by flintlocke314 September 24, 2018
Kryptonite is considered a phlebotinum device as it is invariably used to paralyze Superman in DCU comic plots.
by flintlocke314 September 11, 2018
This is a trope that goes through a circular pattern of change, eventually returning to its original form after several iterations.
Most cycles are bipolar, though, oscillating back and forth between two opposites that mutually subvert (or invert) each other.
Most cycles are bipolar, though, oscillating back and forth between two opposites that mutually subvert (or invert) each other.
by flintlocke314 September 11, 2018
Sometimes a meme about a work, that wasn't originally included in the original, attracts the attention of the author responsible for that artwork, and the original author decides to actually include it in their future artwork.
One webcomic that made new comedy out of old Garfield strips by removing the title character so it seemed that Jon was a lonely delusional weirdo, was made into a book actually endorsed by writer Jim Davis, too, and complete with several Garfield Minus Garfield actually made by Davis himself. This is an excellent example of an ascended meme.
by flintlocke314 September 11, 2018
There is a tendency for some adults and some teenagers to see the newer material in a medium (be it music, film, animation, or comic books) as inferior to the older classics that they knew in their youth.
by flintlocke314 September 11, 2018
by flintlocke314 September 11, 2018