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| '''"All your base are belong to us"''' is a ] arising from a poor translation used in the ]ese ] ]. | '''"All your base are belong to us"''' is a ] arising from a poor translation used in the ] version of the ]ese ] ] (the arcade version of ] does not include the quote). | ||
| It is simply one phrase from the game's primitive ]s, all of which are subtitled and ]. | It is simply one phrase from the game's primitive ]s, all of which are subtitled and ]. | ||
| In late ] and early ] a huge number of altered pictures, ] animations, and ] animation exploiting the popularity of this phrase swept over the ] and just as suddenly seemed to slow to a crawl. Used as a caption for almost any photograph since the heavily-]ed word "]" (along with homophones such as ] and compounds like ]) seemed to make the phrase mean almost anything. | In late ] and early ] a huge number of altered pictures, ] animations, and ] animation exploiting the popularity of this phrase swept over the ] and just as suddenly seemed to slow to a crawl. Used as a caption for almost any photograph since the heavily-]ed word "]" (along with homophones such as ] and compounds like ]) seemed to make the phrase mean almost anything. | ||
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"All your base are belong to us" is a stock phrase arising from a poor translation used in the Sega Genesis version of the Japanese video game Zero Wing (the arcade version of Zero Wing does not include the quote). It is simply one phrase from the game's primitive cut scenes, all of which are subtitled and very poorly translated. 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. Used as a caption for almost any photograph since the heavily-overloaded word "base" (along with homophones such as bass and compounds like base pair) seemed to make the phrase mean almost anything.
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'!! Operator: 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!").
The AYBABTU phemonenon is constantly declared dead, yet it still is seen on the internet. Some people who play multiplayer games like Counter-Strike have become banned from servers for constantly repeating this phrase.
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.
External links
- Hubert's history of AYBABTU
- All your base are belong to us tune & video
- The All your base Dvorak game deck.