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Featured era: 2000
All Your Base Are Belong to Us
“Somebody set up us the bomb.”
- Featured era
- 2000
- Peak era
- 2001
- Company
- Toaplan / Zero Wing
- Category
- Iconic Images
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The "All Your Base Are Belong to Us" music video
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About This Video
- From:
- zuchini
- Added:
- July 31, 2006
- Length:
- 4:21
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What Was It?
"All your base are belong to us" comes from the opening scene of Zero Wing, a shooting game whose 1991 European Mega Drive release contained some memorably broken English translation.
By the early 2000s an animated GIF of the opening text was spreading across web forums, followed by a techno music video that photoshopped the phrase onto signs, billboards and photographs around the world. In 2001 it was everywhere.
It became a template for a whole style of internet humour, and lines like "somebody set up us the bomb" and "you have no chance to survive make your time" are still quoted by people who never played the game.
Things You Probably Forgot
- "Somebody set up us the bomb"
- "For great justice"
- Photoshopped billboards and signs
- The techno music video
The Story
- 1991 Zero Wing was released in Europe on the Sega Mega Drive.
- 2000 GIFs of the opening scene spread on web forums.
- 2001 A techno music video made the phrase a worldwide meme.
Its Legacy
The meme lives on as a classic of early internet culture. It is remembered as one of the first memes to spread through edited images and a viral music video.
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