SpongeBob’s “Goofy Goober” breakdown in “The SpongeBob ... you’ve likely seen that clip — or at least a meme of it — shared with eerie sincerity. Maybe you laughed.

In the annals of military science fiction, few figures loom as large as Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, the stoic protagonist of the Halo franchise. Clad in Mjolnir armor and wielding an ...