Current Events > Why did "Arrow in the knee" become a meme anyway?

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Guns_of_Verdun
02/20/23 12:14:59 PM
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Seems like a random throwaway line, it was performed fine.

Crimminal Scum makes sense since they scream it when you commited crimes in Oblivion. But you could play 100 hours of Skyrim and never hear Arrow im the knee. And the inflection isn't even angry or dramatic.

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Vokrent
02/20/23 12:15:55 PM
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i hear arrow in the knee all the time.

the guards don't have much to say unless you directly talk to them

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VeggetaX
02/20/23 12:20:11 PM
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Nerds work in mysterious ways.

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Solid_Seb
02/20/23 12:20:36 PM
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The guards spam tf out of that line, to the point where it was absurd to think 90% of all guards took an arrow to the knee. Absurdity leads to humor leads to memes
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BuckVanHammer
02/20/23 12:21:26 PM
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Solid_Seb posted...
The guards spam tf out of that line, to the point where it was absurd to think 90% of all guards took an arrow to the knee. Absurdity leads to humor leads to memes
Yup arrows fucking decimated a whole generation in that shit

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Ivynn
02/20/23 12:24:13 PM
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Guns_of_Verdun posted...
But you could play 100 hours of Skyrim and never hear Arrow im the knee.

No you couldn't.

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bluezero
02/20/23 12:26:57 PM
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What's the matter, TC? Someone stole your sweet roll?

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Guns_of_Verdun
02/20/23 12:29:19 PM
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Ivynn posted...
No you couldn't.
I mean I played at least 60 and I heard it like twice

And I don't see myself hanging around the town guards if I ever went back to it. There's a whole country to explore.

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pokedude900
02/20/23 12:29:23 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlC6Z0iRoOA

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Biofighter55
02/20/23 12:31:58 PM
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Did you constantly break the law in front of them lol

i mustve it 10-15 times just walking through a town

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masterpug53
02/20/23 12:32:37 PM
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Guns_of_Verdun posted...
But you could play 100 hours of Skyrim and never hear Arrow im the knee.

Statistically impossible unless you:
1) maintain a ten-foot distance from town guards at all times
2) use a mod that disables passing dialogue (which is incidentally one of the first mods I ever downloaded, and has never left my Load Order).

Which is ultimately why it became a meme - it was a psuedo-humorous line that got repeated to player to an obscene degree over the course of a normal Skyrim playthrough.

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VampireCoyote
02/20/23 12:33:26 PM
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Because the guards say it a lot.

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MedeaLysistrata
02/20/23 12:34:04 PM
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VampireCoyote posted...
Because the guards say it a lot.
so i should say it too?

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Robot2600
02/20/23 12:35:53 PM
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i got to thinking...what if IM the dragonborn?

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VampireCoyote
02/20/23 12:39:38 PM
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MedeaLysistrata posted...
so i should say it too?

if you want people to think youre cool

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FF_Redux
02/20/23 12:52:49 PM
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https://youtu.be/UfPTzcU7RME

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masterpug53
02/20/23 12:54:36 PM
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MedeaLysistrata posted...
so i should say it too?

Only if you whip out your 'curved sword' afterwards.

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Foppe
02/20/23 12:58:12 PM
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I used to answer seriously, but then I took an arrow in the knee.

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Revelation34
02/22/23 1:06:10 AM
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FF_Redux posted...
https://youtu.be/UfPTzcU7RME


Man that was terrible writing.

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Butterfiles
02/22/23 1:10:50 AM
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If I had a sister I'd sell her in a second

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pkmnlord
02/22/23 6:25:09 AM
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I used to make 'arrow in the knee' jokes just like you, then I took a dick in the ass.

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WaterLink
02/22/23 6:26:59 AM
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Funnily enough I believe it was something that originated on gamefaqs. One of the few

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Guns_of_Verdun
02/24/23 4:42:53 PM
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WaterLink posted...
Funnily enough I believe it was something that originated on gamefaqs. One of the few
Doubt

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Srk700
02/24/23 4:48:09 PM
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Because the entire guard force in all of Skyrim only exists because of adventurers getting arrows in their knees.
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Vampire_Chicken
02/24/23 4:50:20 PM
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Just don't gag on my lolly.
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Guns_of_Verdun
02/24/23 4:50:47 PM
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FF_Redux posted...
https://youtu.be/UfPTzcU7RME

https://youtu.be/ygIJJAovxEw

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toreysback
02/24/23 4:51:11 PM
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i used to take arrows ro the knee...then i took an arrow to the knee

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A_Good_Boy
02/24/23 4:52:23 PM
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MedeaLysistrata posted...
so i should say it too?
It's a line of dialogue repeated by NPCs, so yes.

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Barber102
02/24/23 4:55:00 PM
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Guns_of_Verdun posted...
Seems like a random throwaway line, it was performed fine.

Crimminal Scum makes sense since they scream it when you commited crimes in Oblivion. But you could play 100 hours of Skyrim and never hear Arrow im the knee. And the inflection isn't even angry or dramatic.

yeah this is the most overused line and no you could not play it 100 hours without hearing it. You likely couldnt play more than 1 unless youre really slow.

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masterpug53
02/24/23 4:55:12 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]


Did you put my good hammer in your ass?

...No.

Blast, girl! You have your tools to put in your ass, and I have mine!

I didn't touch it!

Ass-hammers don't have legs!

Did you look in your own ass? I think I saw it there.

Ah...yes, now that you mention it...err, sorry about that.

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HylianFox
02/24/23 4:57:58 PM
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because you have to go through that entire overly-long opening scene every time you start a new Skyrim game

Unless you're a modder, that is

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Blue_Dream87
02/24/23 4:58:40 PM
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I didnt know it was a metaphor for marriage until last year >_>

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Vampire_Chicken
02/24/23 5:02:56 PM
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Might as well post this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAbLhKvBDec&list=LL&index=49&t=155s
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CountDrugula
02/24/23 5:04:45 PM
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The account SkyrimQuotes is a top 10 Gamefaqs user of all time.

I wonder what he's doing these days.

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Revelation34
02/25/23 5:25:52 AM
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Blue_Dream87 posted...
I didnt know it was a metaphor for marriage until last year >_>


It isn't.

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tri-sapphire
02/25/23 5:44:44 AM
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Almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter doesn't it?

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pegusus123456
02/25/23 5:58:20 AM
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FF_Redux posted...
https://youtu.be/UfPTzcU7RME
This was actually far cleverer than I was expecting.

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