Dr. Alexis Leskinen

About

Dr. Alexis Leskinen (アレクシス・レスキネン in Japanese) is one of the supporting characters in the Visual Novel Steins;Gate 0. He is the head of the neuroscience division at Viktor Chondria University in America and throughout the story continues to help on the Amadeus AI project. He is well known by the Steins;Gate community for his obsession with Japanese Shaman Girls and a series of memorable quotes.

Origin

Leskinen first appears in the first chapter of Steins;Gate 0, Absolute Zero. During the first chapter, he presents Amadeus, the ground-breaking new AI that can backup and utilize the memories of humans, along with his assistant Maho Hiyajo. It is during this sequence when it becomes apparent that Leskinen has underlying perversions, as he pokes a variety of sexual jokes at her. Later in the game, it is revealed that Leskinen has a severe obsession with miko-clothed females when he becomes agitated with the protaganist, Okabe Rintaro, after missing the Shaman Girls at Yanabayashi Shrine.

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WARNING: MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR STEINS;GATE 0.

On December 23, 2016, redditor darksoulflame posted an image of

The post is considered to be the grandfather of the current Leskimeme uprising. On January 7, 2017, redditor immallama posted a small comic depicting Leskinen trying to pry the location of the Shaman Girls from an infant. In addition, his other quotes like "Holy Cow! So I said we should come soon." and "Awesome! He's really something!" have also been memed because of their subpar grammar.

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