The Last Of Us and The Last Of Us 2 are no joke. However, fans beg to differ by creating hundreds of memes about the game. Players understand the importance of protagonist Ellie since she is the reason humankind is not dying altogether.
She has a dark past and a rich personality which are qualities that players take seriously throughout the game. Sometimes she's fun to laugh at though. Many fans dedicate their time to creating countless memes about Ellie that players cannot resist. Let's take a look at some of the funniest memes about Ellie.
10 Bad Ideas
With all of her skills and know-how, players expect that Ellie knows better than to throw a brick at an enemy. Unfortunately, this scene in the game proves players wrong.
It is fair to assume that she is not always carrying the right weapons, or that she uses certain tactics for distractions; however, throwing a brick is not a strong representation of what Ellie can do to enemies. Why doesn't she whip out her switchblade and creep up behind the enemy like she usually does?
9 Ellie Wins The Traumatic Past Award
It's not that Ellie's traumatic past is funny, it's that it is so sad that players cannot help but make a joke out of it. It is at the point where no other character's life in any game can compare to her's. Character's whose parents die is bad enough.
Ellie deals with her mother's death and her caretaker, Marlene, abandoning her. She also witnesses her best friend's death and the only father figure she ever knows dying. Oh and let's not forget that she is still just a teenager and that it is up to her to survive and save humankind from going extinct. Harry Potter has it easy compared to Ellie.
8 The Game Is Too Good
They call them "cutscenes" for a reason. However, even the scenes that players usually skip to continue playing are worth watching. Who wants to miss out on the moments where Ellie and Joel bond over their horrible lives?
Essentially, the cutscenes piece much of the game together and make the players feel something when they control the characters. This game is like a thriller movie as well as an amazing game; it's just too good that it's laughable.
7 Ellie Everdeen
What is it with girls and bows? They are probably a safer option when learning to fight, but this is a little too similar. Ellie breaks out of the bow phase and moves on to other extreme weapons. However, fans cannot ignore the fact that there is an obvious similarity between Katniss and Ellie at a young age.
They even have the same hair color and side-part. Part of the reason this comparison is so funny is that these characters are not very similar aside from how they look and that can use a bow. May the odds be ever in Ellie's favor.
6 Girl Power
There are many female characters as options in video games. The problem is, they are too weak to be playable the whole time. Fans point out in a humorous way that Ellie is the only major playable character in a video game.
Also, she is more than just an option. She is the main protagonist and players need her to succeed in the game or else they're toast. Ellie deserves this recognition and congratulations for being the first of her kind. Thank you to the fan who made this shoutout.
5 Joel Can't Keep Up
Players admire Joel for throwing punches and killing innocent people sometimes, but his skills are incomparable to Ellie's. Not only is Ellie immune to infected bites, but she can fight off monsters like no other. She shoots arrows, guns, her strength, and many other advanced weapons during fight scenes.
Players feel their fingers starting to hurt when they are controlling Ellie's fight scenes because she is relentless. Joel, on the other hand, is much weaker and dies at the drop of a hat. At least it gives players time to recover.
4 Ellie Can't Be A Normal Teenager
Most teenagers are still figuring out who they are, experiencing their first relationships, and concerned about saving their allowance to buy charm bracelets. Ellie, on the other hand, is trying to defeat infected cannibals so all of society does not come to a screeching halt.
She cannot even focus when she is in the hands of her girlfriend because she stresses about stabbing monsters the next time she sees one. Fans cannot capture a more accurate representation of Ellie's mind. Hopefully, she can maintain a longterm relationship in the future.
3 Ellie's Life Is The Plot
It is clear that the plot of the game is after some kind of apocalypse and that a fungal infection is taking over. However, players create ongoing jokes about how Ellie's trauma is the driving force of the plot. There are constant reminders throughout the game about her dark past.
These reminders come up through her conversations with Joel, and events in The Last Of Us 2. Fans laugh at the fact that The Last Of Us 2 is a continuation of Ellie's traumatic life story and how she continues to save everyone in the game.
2 Joel And Ellie As A Couple
The next time a couple is brainstorming costume ideas for a gaming convention, they simply cannot be Joel and Ellie. There are undeniable spirts of tension between the two of them, but let's not take it there. This is a wholesome relationship where a young girl finds the father figure she never had.
Consequently, Joel fills the void of his daughter's death by caring for Ellie like she is his own. They do work as a pair to save the world and protect each other. However, they are not the kind of pair that a couple should be dressing up as. Keep it clean!
1 Ellie Looks Like A Human Being
The last time fans checked, they couldn't find a single female video game character who didn't look like Barbie. Why can't female characters look like normal human beings like Ellie? When fighting infected cannibals and saving the human species, girls probably want their hair pulled back.
They also do not want to be in lingerie and super complicated leggings and shoes. They want to be in breathable clothes that are convenient for fighting. Ellie's design is not strictly to look at but to relate to and appreciate. She proves that female characters can go way beyond looks and that designers should take notes.