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People Who Know vs Don't Know Oblivion Horse Armor Meme

This two-panel meme contrasts people unfamiliar with a niche gaming reference against those who recognize it. The top panel shows two horses from *The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion*: one wearing a silly banana-peel styled armor, the other in formal knightly horse armor. The bottom panel uses the popular Mr. Incredible meme variant: left is the friendly, smiling Mr. Incredible labeled **People who don't know**, right is the distorted, uncanny smiling Mr. Incredible labeled **People who know**. The joke references the 2006 *Oblivion* horse armor DLC, one of the first widely criticized overpriced microtransactions in gaming; those in the know understand the absurdity of the DLC, while others only see strange horse outfits.
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Contrast between people unaware of the Oblivion horse armor DLC controversy and those familiar with it

Overview

This two-panel meme contrasts people unfamiliar with a niche gaming reference against those who recognize it. The top panel shows two horses from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: one wearing a silly banana-peel styled armor, the other in formal knightly horse armor. The bottom panel uses the popular Mr. Incredible meme variant: left is the friendly, smiling Mr. Incredible labeled People who don't know, right is the distorted, uncanny smiling Mr. Incredible labeled People who know. The joke references the 2006 Oblivion horse armor DLC, one of the first widely criticized overpriced microtransactions in gaming; those in the know understand the absurdity of the DLC, while others only see strange horse outfits.

Origin notes

The top panel's horse armors are from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion's controversial 2006 horse armor downloadable content (DLC). The bottom panel uses the Mr. Incredible Becoming Uncanny meme format, which originated from edited stills of Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) from Pixar's The Incredibles (2004), a format used to depict familiarity with niche references. This is a remix meme combining these elements, commonly shared on platforms like Reddit (r/gaming, r/memes), Twitter/X, and Tumblr as part of gaming nostalgia and meme culture.

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