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Nothing “heroic” about this shooter

This is a gaming meme that pairs the viral shocked close-up cat image with greentext-style text joking about the naming of the 'hero shooter' game genre. The text points out an obvious contradiction: while the genre is marketed as 'hero shooter', nearly all playable characters in most hero shooter games are criminals, terrorists, or vigilantes with non-heroic backgrounds, not traditional heroes. The cat's wide-eyed shocked expression conveys the poster's amused disbelief at this inconsistent naming.
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>game is called a hero shooter
>looks inside
> 92% of the roster is full of criminals, terrorists, and vigilantes

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game is called a hero shooter
looks inside
92% of the roster is full of criminals, terrorists, and vigilantes

Overview

This is a gaming meme that pairs the viral shocked close-up cat image with greentext-style text joking about the naming of the 'hero shooter' game genre. The text points out an obvious contradiction: while the genre is marketed as 'hero shooter', nearly all playable characters in most hero shooter games are criminals, terrorists, or vigilantes with non-heroic backgrounds, not traditional heroes. The cat's wide-eyed shocked expression conveys the poster's amused disbelief at this inconsistent naming.

Origin notes

This user-created meme originates from Reddit, per the provided source information. It uses the popular viral shocked cat meme template to create a joke referencing the hero shooter video game genre, which includes popular titles like Overwatch and Valorant where the majority of playable characters have non-heroic backstories despite the genre's name.

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