![]() On January 8th, 2015, Tumblr user commanderofpie highlighted a variation of the image with the caption "420 blaze it" (shown below). On May 30th, Funnyjunk user rdangerdash submitted the image macro in the comment section of a post about an angry ex-girlfriend. Throughout 2014, the image was posted on various other 4chan boards. On January 26th, 2014, an image macro featuring Senator Armstrong with the caption "200% Mad" was posted to the /v/ (video games) board on 4chan in a thread about Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (shown below, right). "200% Mad" is a reaction image series featuring Senator Armstrong and other subjects accompanied by the caption "200% Mad" written in the cut-out character style of the Expand Dong meme. Monsoon's nihilistic in-game monologue about memes as units of culturally transmitted information that control humanity gained much online notoriety, with fans eventually associating the speech with internet memes. Though Hideo Kojima didn’t write or direct Revengeance, it still has all the heightened melodrama of the series and then some. The phrase is meant to indicate that he is using nanotechnology to armor himself and achieve invulnerability. Monsoon is one of the primary antagonists in the 2013 hack and slash action game Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. And the memes seem to be the culprit behind the game’s resurgence. In Metal Gear Rising, Senator Armstrong is confronted by the game’s protagonist as to why he cannot be killed, to which he responds “Nanomachines, son” (shown below). On the web, the phrase is typically employed as a non sequitur response to an unrelated question, in a similar vein to the use of Aliens. "Nanomachines, Son" is an expression uttered by Armstrong character in a cinematic sequence from the 2013 action video game Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. ![]() Many of his lines have been used in memes parodying the character, such as "I'm making the mother of all omelettes here, Jack" and "Played college ball, you know" (examples shown below). On December 18th, 2018, YouTuber Rycluse posted a video analyzing the character, gaining over 499,000 views (shown below, right). ![]() On August 2nd, 2015, YouTuber KirbyBulborb posted a compilation of moments from the game highlighting Armstrong's over-the-top character, gaining over 402,000 views (shown below). The character quickly proved popular online following the game's release. Ultimately, part of Armstrong's plan is to have the current American president killed to start another War on Terror during which he can seize power. He is a far-right conservative Senator and a candidate for President involved with the Desperado private military company. Raiden Punching Armstrong refers to a quick-time event from the 2013 video game Metal Gear Rising Revengeance in which the protagonist Raiden rapidly. Senator Steven Armstrong is the main antagonist in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, which was released on February 19th, 2013.
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