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| The final phrase "]" appears also to have been adopted by various groups as their slogan, and there is also some adoption of "]" (which resembles that of "]" - a universal command to action) and "]" (basically "uh-oh!"). | The final phrase "]" appears also to have been adopted by various groups as their slogan, and there is also some adoption of "]" (which resembles that of "]" - a universal command to action) and "]" (basically "uh-oh!"). | ||
| '''All yuor base are belong to us''', seemingly arising from a misspelling of "all your base are belong to us", has also taken on a life of its own. | |||
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All your base are belong to us is a stock phrase from a poor translation of the Japanese video game Zero Wing. It is simply one phrase from the game's primitive cut scenes, all of which are subtitled and very poorly translated, almost seeming to imply a strange alien English dictionary of their own behind the odd phrasing.
In late 2000 and early 2001 a huge number of altered pictures, GIF animations, and Macromedia Flash animation exploiting the popularity of this phrase swept over the Internet and just as suddenly seemed to slow to a crawl. The heavily-overloaded word "base" seemed to make the phrase mean almost anything - and thus suitable to use as a caption for almost any photograph.
The cut scene transcript goes as follows:
In A.D. 2101 War was beginning
Captain: What happen? Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb. Operator: We get signal. Captain: What! Operator: Main screen turn on. Captain: It's You!! Cats: How are you gentlemen!! Cats: All your base are belong to us. Cats: You are on the way to destruction. Captain: What you say!! Cats: You have no chance to survive make your time. Cats: Ha Ha Ha Ha .... Captain: Take off every 'Zig'!! Captain: You know what you doing. Captain: Move 'Zig'. Captain: For great justice.
The final phrase "for great justice" appears also to have been adopted by various groups as their slogan, and there is also some adoption of "move 'zig'" (which resembles that of "Let's Roll" - a universal command to action) and "Somebody set up us the bomb" (basically "uh-oh!").
All yuor base are belong to us, seemingly arising from a misspelling of "all your base are belong to us", has also taken on a life of its own.