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<h2>Memes in Fandom</h2>
<h2>Memes in Fandom</h2>
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<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="2">Catchphrases/Verbal tics</h3>
<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="2">Catchphrases/Verbal tics</h3>
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<h4 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Ve~ and Pastaaaaaaa</h4>
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'''Ve~''' is, cannonly, Italy's version of echo location, seeing as how he walks around with his eyes closed most of the time; despite the fact most believe it to be a vocal tick. Seeing '''Ve~''' or '''Pasta''' (with numerous a's) in fan comments is quite common, with the use of '''Pasta''' spawning from Italy's obsession with the food and his dragged out 'pasta' in the first episode of the anime.
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'''Ve~''' is, canonly, Italy's version of echo location, seeing as how he walks around with his eyes closed most of the time; despite the fact most believe it to be a vocal tick. Seeing '''Ve~''' or '''Pasta''' (with numerous a's) in fan comments is quite common, with the use of '''Pasta''' spawning from Italy's obsession with the food and his dragged out 'pasta' in the first episode of the anime.
<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Italy's Erogenous Zone</h3>
<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Italy's Erogenous Zone</h3>
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<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Nyotalia</h3>
<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Nyotalia</h3>
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''See: [[Extra Episode 10: I Was Overwhelmed by Heroines|I Was Overwhelmed by Heroines]]''
It has become common to depict characters as the opposite gender in either fanart or fanfiction (for example, Germany as a female or Hungary as a male). In addition, designs of the opposite gender exist for certain characters, as Hidekaz Himaruya drew them for fun to see what the nations would be like. However, Himaruya also noted that when drawing the characters, he came up with their designs as if they were completely different people (if they were designed as females to begin with). This is presumably why some of them lack certain distinguishing details that their original versions had.So far, the characters drawn by Himaruya include the Axis and Allies, Spain, South Italy, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Taiwan, Canada, Sweden, Seychelles, Prussia, Austria, Ukraine, Belarus, Wy, Belgium, Sealand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Korea.In the Japanese fandom (including but not limited to the site ''Pixiv''), this meme is referred to as '''Nyotalia''', from the words ''nyotaika'' (which refers to male-to-female genderbends) and ''Italia''. Fanmade versions of other characters can often be seen in the tag along with the "canon" ones. In some instances, they are depicted as the characters actually genderbent, though the intention is for them to be completely different incarnations.Although the Japanese fandom have given the characters names and used the surnames from their opposite gender, others are apt to come up with completely new names themselves, both given names and family names.
It has become common to depict characters as the opposite gender in either fanart or fanfiction (for example, Germany as a female or Hungary as a male). In addition, designs of the opposite gender exist for certain characters, as Hidekaz Himaruya drew them for fun to see what the nations would be like. However, Himaruya also noted that when drawing the characters, he came up with their designs as if they were completely different people (if they were designed as females to begin with). This is presumably why some of them lack certain distinguishing details that their original versions had.So far, the characters drawn by Himaruya include the Axis and Allies, Spain, South Italy, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Taiwan, Canada, Sweden, Seychelles, Prussia, Austria, Ukraine, Belarus, Wy, Belgium, Sealand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Korea.In the Japanese fandom (including but not limited to the site ''Pixiv''), this meme is referred to as '''Nyotalia''', from the words ''nyotaika'' (which refers to male-to-female genderbends) and ''Italia''. Fanmade versions of other characters can often be seen in the tag along with the "canon" ones. In some instances, they are depicted as the characters actually genderbent, though the intention is for them to be completely different incarnations.Although the Japanese fandom have given the characters names and used the surnames from their opposite gender, others are apt to come up with completely new names themselves, both given names and family names.
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<h2 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Fanon based memes</h2>
<h2 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Fanon based memes</h2>
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<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Color Police</h3>
<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Color Police</h3>
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'''RomaHeta''' is a series of fan videos that circulated on Nico Nico Douga. They play out as an RPG featuring characters of the Axis, the Allied Forces, Prussia, Belarus, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Canada, Austria, Spain, and South Italy. Hungary, South Korea, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia also make appearances as outside supporting characters.
'''RomaHeta''' is a series of fan videos that circulated on Nico Nico Douga. They play out as an RPG featuring characters of the Axis, the Allied Forces, Prussia, Belarus, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Canada, Austria, Spain, and South Italy. Hungary, South Korea, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia also make appearances as outside supporting characters.
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In the series, Japan creates a game that can send people to the second dimension. However, this proves to backfire when it sucks him and a bunch of other nations into its programming, trapping them in the computer. In order to return to their world, they must beat the game.While training, it is revealed that the Japan in their party is an "error" and an evil duplicate, and that the real Japan has actually remained outside of the computer (though he assists the others from outside the game). America attempts to gather all of the other trapped nations, but the Allies and Axis soon face off against each other. It is revealed that some of the nations have become contaminated with a type of virus. While Germany, Prussia, and Spain are healed, Russia is unable to be cured and is revealed to have been behind the manipulation of the fight, having worked with the evil duplicate of Japan (with Belarus following after him).The Italy brothers are later revealed to have also been corrupted by the virus, and the other characters must destroy the altar they guard to free them. However, the destruction of the altar only triggers a transformation in the two, who power-up into white robed, "holy" forms and attack the others. Though South Italy is eventually taken out, a still-infected North must be restrained and is nearly killed by a statue. The ghost of Holy Roman Empire intervenes to save him.The Allies move on to Russia's base to destroy another mind-control artifact, but have to fight both Russia and Belarus. Russia is about to kill America, but Belarus sacrifices herself and reveals that she was secretly working with America to save her brother from the evil Japan. This causes Russia to go catatonic with shock.It is later revealed that Belarus survived the attack, as the evil Japan proceeds to manipulate another nation. Belarus and Liechtenstein journey into Russia's mind and manage to free him from the mind-control, but the evil Japan reveals his newest ally to the other nations: Canada.
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In the series, Japan creates a game that can send people to the second dimension. However, this proves to backfire when it sucks him and a bunch of other nations into its programming, trapping them in the computer. In order to return to their world, they must beat the game.While training, it is revealed that the Japan in their party is an "error" and an evil duplicate, and that the real Japan has actually remained outside of the computer (though he assists the others from outside the game). America attempts to gather all of the other trapped nations, but the Allies and Axis soon face off against each other. It is revealed that some of the nations have become contaminated with a type of virus. While Germany, Prussia, and Spain are healed, Russia is unable to be cured and is revealed to have been behind the manipulation of the fight, having worked with the evil duplicate of Japan (with Belarus following after him).The Italy brothers are later revealed to have also been corrupted by the virus, and the other characters must destroy the altar they guard to free them. However, the destruction of the altar only triggers a transformation in the two, who power-up into white robed, "holy" forms and attack the others. Though South Italy is eventually taken out, a still-infected North must be restrained and is nearly killed by a statue. The ghost of Holy Roman Empire intervenes to save him.The Allies move on to Russia's base to destroy another mind-control artifact, but have to fight both Russia and Belarus. Russia is about to kill America, but Belarus sacrifices herself and reveals that she was secretly working with America to save her brother from the evil Japan. This causes Russia to go catatonic with shock. It is later revealed that Belarus survived the attack, as the evil Japan proceeds to manipulate another nation. Belarus and Liechtenstein journey into Russia's mind and manage to free him from the mind-control, but the evil Japan reveals his newest ally to the other nations: Canada.
The "holy" versions of the Italy brothers quickly became popular in fanart on ''Pixiv'' as a result of the video series, along with the names of the spells used in the game (i.e.: South Italy's '''Rosario Impale''' and Spain's '''Passionate Breakup''' attack).However, due to controversy that arose in the Japanese fandom over fanart for the game being more popular than actual Hetalia fanart, the author discontinued the video series and made their videos private, opting later to delete them. They proceeded to release an official statement about the discontinuation, as well as regret that they didn't get to animate the battle with Canada and other planned plot points. Despite the deletions, copies of the videos continue to re-appear on other sites such as YouTube.
The "holy" versions of the Italy brothers quickly became popular in fanart on ''Pixiv'' as a result of the video series, along with the names of the spells used in the game (i.e.: South Italy's '''Rosario Impale''' and Spain's '''Passionate Breakup''' attack).However, due to controversy that arose in the Japanese fandom over fanart for the game being more popular than actual Hetalia fanart, the author discontinued the video series and made their videos private, opting later to delete them. They proceeded to release an official statement about the discontinuation, as well as regret that they didn't get to animate the battle with Canada and other planned plot points. Despite the deletions, copies of the videos continue to re-appear on other sites such as YouTube.
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A meme that is growing in popularity on sites such as YouTube and DeviantART is HetaOni("http://www.pixiv.net/tags.php?tag=%E3%83%98%E3%82%BF%E9%AC%BC" in the Japanese fandom). The 17-part series (ongoing, but on hiatus since March 2010) is based off of the Japanese horror game ''Ao Oni Jikkyou'', replacing the canon characters with Hetalia characters. It originated on Nico Nico Douga by Tomoyoshi, entirely in Japanese, before being translated on YouTube by SotetAG.
A meme that is growing in popularity on sites such as YouTube and DeviantART is HetaOni("http://www.pixiv.net/tags.php?tag=%E3%83%98%E3%82%BF%E9%AC%BC" in the Japanese fandom). The 17-part series (ongoing, but on hiatus since March 2010) is based off of the Japanese horror game ''Ao Oni Jikkyou'', replacing the canon characters with Hetalia characters. It originated on Nico Nico Douga by Tomoyoshi, entirely in Japanese, before being translated on YouTube by SotetAG.
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The series starts off with the Axis Powers and Prussia after a World Conference Meeting, standing in front of a supposedly "haunted" mansion. They decide to go inside and explore. Soon they are interrupted when a plate breaks and Japan goes to investigate, but comes back to find the others have disappeared. After alien attacks and various other strange happenings, the Allies, and Canada, also arrive at the mansion, becoming locked in as well. Characters suddenly disappear and a time paradox is revealed. Eventually other characters, such as South Italy, Spain and Belarus arrive as well. As the plot goes on, it is revealed that Italy carries a journal around. The journal allows Italy to travel through time. The first time Italy came to the mansion, everyone died. Italy makes it out of the mansion as the only one alive and is met by the alien while holding the journal. Italy screams at the alien, telling it that it lost, that it couldn't catch Italy. Then Italy in tears tells the alien to bring it back in time, so that Italy can correct his mistakes, and so he would be the only one that would die. So again and again, Italy travels back in time, each time after everyone fails to escape safely. Either Italy dies, or everyone dies. Italy is seen to know everything that would happen, and is bitter about the mistakes he had made, and nervous about what he might do wrong again.As it is later revealed, Italy admits he doesn't want to die. Everyone comforts Italy by saying "we are friends. Everyone is going to get out alive. We are in this together. " The nations eventually sign a contract as humans, promising each other that everyone will live through this. England slowly gets back his magical powers, and starts to transport nations into the past to correct mistakes. America goes back and learns that England overused this magic powers and died which makes America fall into despair. When the present England learns of this, he sets of to kill the alien alone with his powers and ends up blind. Italy says that hes going to look in another room for America's glasses, which America lost, and the lights start to flicker. Then all goes black and Italy screams. He is found unbreathing, cold, and without any wounds.Italy somehow ends up in a dark place with two voices telling him to go their way. When he follows the voice on the right, he ends up outside on a flower field. Then Italy sees Holy Roman Empire.
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The series starts off with the Axis Powers and Prussia after a World Conference Meeting, standing in front of a supposedly "haunted" mansion. They decide to go inside and explore. Soon they are interrupted when a plate breaks and Japan goes to investigate, but comes back to find the others have disappeared. After alien attacks and various other strange happenings, the Allies and Canada also arrive at the mansion, becoming locked in as well. Characters suddenly disappear and a time paradox is revealed. Eventually other characters, such as South Italy, Spain and Belarus arrive as well. As the plot goes on, it is revealed that Italy carries a journal around. The journal allows Italy to travel through time. The first time Italy came to the mansion, everyone died. Italy makes it out of the mansion as the only one alive and is met by the alien while holding the journal. Italy screams at the alien, telling it that it lost, that it couldn't catch Italy. Then Italy tearfully begs the alien to bring him back in time, so that Italy can correct his mistakes, and so he would be the only one to die.
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Again and again, Italy travels back in time, each time ending with at least one failing to escape safely. Either Italy dies, or everyone dies. Italy is seen to know everything that would happen, is bitter about the mistakes he had made, and nervous about what he might do wrong again. As it is later revealed, Italy admits he doesn't want to die. Everyone comforts Italy by saying "We are friends. Everyone is going to get out alive. We are in this together." The nations eventually sign a contract as humans, promising each other that everyone will live through this. England slowly regains his magical powers, and starts to transport nations into the past to correct mistakes. America goes back to a timeline in which England had overused this magic powers and died, making America fall into despair. When the present England learns of this, he sets of to kill the alien alone with his powers and ends up blind. Italy says that he's going to look in another room for America's glasses, which America lost, and the lights start to flicker. Then all goes black and Italy screams. He is found by the others unbreathing, cold, and without any wounds. Italy somehow ends up in a dark place with two voices telling him to go their way. When he follows the voice on the right, he ends up outside on a flower field. Then Italy sees Holy Roman Empire.
On deviantART, the series has spawned fan art of the characters running from deformed aliens, or breaking clocks. A particularly popular thing is to draw a character with a bloody clock, because of the time paradox in the series, or falling numbers/clock-style numbers, as well as a fireplace. Another popular thing is to draw Italy laying with a rose.
On deviantART, the series has spawned fan art of the characters running from deformed aliens, or breaking clocks. A particularly popular thing is to draw a character with a bloody clock, because of the time paradox in the series, or falling numbers/clock-style numbers, as well as a fireplace. Another popular thing is to draw Italy laying with a rose.