Fandom:Memes

The MS Paint Adventures fandom have produced a variety of memes, often in response to a particular event in Homestuck, or during long periods without updates. This page lists some of the most well known ones.

Pantskat
Pantskat is a reference to HS 5748 (this page) of Homestuck, where Karkat's clothing appears to merge into a single item, resembling an absurdly tall pair of trousers. It quickly became an ascended meme, with Hussie noting it on his Twitter, and subsequently referencing it within Homestuck in connection with Kankri and the Sufferer, both of whom are noted to have absurdly tall trousers, as well as fedorafreak's reference to alchemizing "an extraordinarily tall pant." At the end of the flash HS 6273 ([S][A6I1] Karkat: Mental breakdown.), there is a slowly revolving image of Pantskat on top of the turntable of the phonograph that was playing.

Considerably less common memes that also originate from the same page include Sollux in a similar single-piece outfit, Terezi with no arms, and Kanaya with no middle section, due her belt appearing to blend in with the background. Unlike Pantskat, these memes have not been referenced in canon.

March Eridan
The March image of the 2011 Homestuck calendar featured a crossdressing Eridan with pigtails and a small shirt. The image became so popular it eventually became canon in HS 7327 (ani[S][A6I3] MINISTRIFE!!!).

Homestuck Minus
The concept of this meme is to alter Homestuck by removing a character from the narrative and rearranging events and dialogue to accommodate the absence.

Everyonestuck
An inversion of Homestuck Minus. After Tumblr user Wariofan63 created a, he received the response,
 * Silly Wariofan
 * One does not simply “homestuck” without Dave

and replied, "You’re right! I’ll fix my mistake by adding in more Dave!" was a set of panels from Act 6 Intermission 2 having all characters present replaced with Dave, and the chatlogs altered accordingly.

Numerous other such pages have been produced, both with Dave and with other characters such as Aradia.

Janeface
Jane Crocker has become known for her amusing expressions, most especially on HS 6488 (these) HS 6490 (two) pages (also seen in HS 7152 ([S] Dirk: Unite) and HS 9616 (while being carried by Jasprosesprite^2)). There are various blogs on Tumblr dedicated to the first expression in particular, generally placing it on other characters' faces.

Aradia's HS 7928 (maniacal grin) has begun to receive similar treatment, as has Karkat's face.

Homestuck anime
During the long period without updates in late 2012, the fandom started producing faked anime screenshots, and discussing their favorite "episodes". It quickly became a running joke that the various episodes had massively varying art styles and qualities, but it was insisted that there was an anime despite the obvious evidence contrary to the claim.

Although the output of images somewhat dwindled with the ending of the hiatus that spawned the trend, production of them continues to the present, including coverage of more recent panels. There was also a dedicated group for Homestuck Anime images on DeviantArt, although it is no longer available.

In the news post that Andrew posted at the conclusion of Homestuck, he jokingly stated "What is there to say about this ending? The short and funny answer is, Homestuck has finally completed its long journey over the rainbow, and become the anime it was always meant to be."

Squiddles
Much in the same fashion as "Homestuck" anime, the frequently seen Squiddles (for example: Jade's plushies of the cute little squidlings and lunchtop featuring the characters) throughout Homestuck have led to fan animated title sequences, naming of the squids, and discussions of favorite episodes as though it were really a children's TV show.

With Equius
In October 2012, a meme emerged of Equius being inserted into various group pictures or scenes, often of popular media, the title of which would be suffixed, "with Equius" or, in cases where it fit better, "and Equius". For example, "Adventure Time with Finn and Jake and Equius".

A young x stands in his y
Several images circulate around Tumblr of the HS 1901 (first panel) of Homestuck with John and/or his bedroom replaced with something else, sometimes the same thing, and the caption altered accordingly. This is in fact the basis or starting point of a significant fraction of fanventures, crossovers and parodies, simply because it's such an instantly recognizable and iconic part of Homestuck.

Examples include "A young Kanye stands in his Kanye" and "A bedroom stands in his young man".

Transitive property of Nepeta
A meme on the MSPA Forums dating back to when the identity of was still unknown and many guesses were made to his identity, with Nepeta frequently joked to be. Later, it became common to claim any and all characters were in fact, Nepeta. Because of this, all characters were claimed to be all other characters because they were in fact, Nepeta (and by logical extension, everyone is also, eventually including the fans).

Simply put: Everyone = Nepeta = Everyone

Therefore: Everyone = Everyone

In a possible reference to this, in conversation between Calliope and Roxy, when Calliope suggests a gambit against those in 's service, Roxy assumes it involves Fefetasprite, a character who literally is Nepeta, as a secret weapon.

Nyeh
Nyeh is a long running meme within the Homestuck fandom stemming from an Octopimp video. It involves the character Eridan saying the word "nyeh" when aggrivated or surprised. It became canon during the second Meenah walkaround flash when Cronus says it.

Additionally, when Hussie uses Cronus to get close to Seahorse Dad, he tags his comment with.

The Baby is You
The Baby is You is an album by Toby "Radiation" Fox, a member of the Homestuck Music Team. John walks in to discover that Dave has somehow become pregnant and is near to giving birth. When John asks who the father is Dave refuses to answer, causing John to ask in confusion who the baby is, to which Dave answers "the baby john... is you". Discussion of the album has become forbidden on the MSPA Forums causing it to gain the moniker The Opera That Must Not Be Named.

A History of Babies (1:03)  Throguh Song (0:48)  Im Having A Baby, And The Baby Is You (1:39)  bootes (1:48)  Rose Pragnant (1:10)  the rose rap (2:44)  uh oh (0:06)  vs. bros (1:26)  A Baby Is Born (1:29) </li> </ol>

Given the phrasing, it is possible that Hussie referenced The Baby is You in HS 6888 (this dialoglog,) as Dave says "" to Rose.

Bloodswap
A Bloodswap is a popular fanart and fanfiction alternate universe exercise that involves swapping the blood caste of the main troll cast. The impact of this swap can vary. Some swaps simply swap personality and costume across characters, others blend the personality of one character with the quirks of the character belonging to their new blood type (so, for example, a Yellowblooded Karkat may be portrayed as Karkat, as a hacker like Sollux, rather than Karkat living a different Yellowblooded lifestyle), and others fully reinterpret in their new social circumstances. One of the earliest successful bloodswaps was adamantApoplectic's Red Dead Virgo.

Fancy Dreamers
A fanart and cosplay meme, involving modifying the Derse and Prospit outfits into elaborate dresswear fit for the royalty of the two moons. This pattern is often marked by fancy beading on the clothings, which can range from elaborate dresses to detailed pyjamas reminiscent of the original canon outfits.

9828 selfies
Most likely because HS 9828 (Andrew Hussie literally specifically requested it of the fandom, at length and with much intensity), a trend quickly cropped up after the Flash animation of Arquiusprite and Davepetasprite^2 of fans taking selfies in front of their computer screen with this page on display. At least two tumblr blogs for the meme alone were created the day of the update, and Hussie linked to these two specifically.

Dirk requesting decapitation
Usually framed as Dirk reviewing a situation and then concluding, "There's no other way out of it, you're going to have to decapitate me," often to the frustration of Dave. This meme has arisen as a result of Dirk's second decapitation in the comic, during the climax of [S] Collide, which in combination with the first case during HS 7138, seems to suggest that Dirk's preferred solution to any and all predicaments is the removal of his own head.

Dirk has, in fact, been surrounded by themes of decapitation from very early in the comic, as far back as the webcam puppet that Dave HS 2471 (beheaded) during Act 2. How much of this was intended as foreshadowing at the time, and how much is retroactively intended as such, is unknown. If only there were some way for us to find out... perhaps Dirk has a suggestion?

Bee-forus Seat Belt Safe-Bee
Bees.mp3 (2:03) </li> Seatbelt Safety (-:--) </li> Damara's Bees (Fatalism Beemix) (-:--) </li> Safety Crusher (-:--) </li> In Love (With Safety) (-:--) </li> FEAR OF BEES  (-:--) </li> Beltstep (-:--) </li> Beetermination (Thinking Bee) (-:--) </li> Bee Safe (-:--) </li> Savior of the Driving Dead (-:--) </li> I Want You (To Wear A Seatbelt) (-:--) </li> Safe Drive At Midnight (Fuchsia Moonrise Beep Mix) (-:--) </li> Sleep Tite, Veri (2:02) </li> </ol> Link