All Your Base Are Belong to Us

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2008-12-12T20:10:09Z

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classics, engrish, videogames, somethingawful, catchphrase

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Most of the early derivatives took the form of image macros and Flash animations, although the meme has spread to Youtube videos as well. The poor grammar present in “All Your Base” is an example of Engrish; phrases originally written in an Asian language but translated poorly into its closest English approximation. Quite often, instances of All Your Base are accompanied by the song “Attack of the Gabber Robots” by The Laziest Men on Mars; a song created using samples from the game. The phrase and game footage used in the meme come from the 1989 side-scrolling arcade shooter Zero Wing. [[research needed for first appearance in “rage games” site mentioned in video]] “All Your Base” was so well-known to the Something Awful community that the joke was referenced a number of times on the site’s front page a number of times in 2001. Something Awful Front Page News: PCXL Wins! – April 26th, 2001 Something Awful Front Page News: The 60 Geocities sites destruction derby – October 17th, 2001 On December 23rd, 2001, an All Your Base flash animation was uploaded to Albinoblacksheep. “All Your Base” flash animations were also popular on Newgrounds in the early 2000’s. …</p> </div> </div> <div class='c' id='entry_content'> <h2>About</h2> <p>“All Your Base Are Belong to Us” is a classic internet meme that has been spawning derivatives at some level since at least 1998. Most of the early derivatives took the form of image macros and Flash animations, although the meme has spread to Youtube videos as well.</p> <h2>Appeal</h2> <p>The poor grammar present in “All Your Base” is an example of <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/engrish>Engrish</a>; phrases originally written in an Asian language but translated poorly into its closest English approximation. Quite often, instances of All Your Base are accompanied by the song “Attack of the Gabber Robots” by The Laziest Men on Mars; a song created using samples from the game.</p> <h2>Origin</h2> <p>The phrase and game footage used in the meme come from the 1989 side-scrolling arcade shooter <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Wing>Zero Wing</a>.</p> <p><b>[[research needed for first appearance in “rage games” site mentioned in video]]</b></p> <h2>Spread</h2> <p>“All Your Base” was so well-known to <a href=http://forums.somethingawful.com/f/search/result?qid=164124>the Something Awful community</a> that the joke was referenced a number of times on the site’s front page a number of times in 2001.</p> <ul> <li>Something Awful Front Page News: <a href=http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/pcxl-wins.php><span class="caps">PCXL</span> Wins! – April 26th, 2001</a></li> <li>Something Awful Front Page News: <a href=http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/60-geocities-sites.php>The 60 Geocities sites destruction derby – October 17th, 2001</a></li> </ul> <div class="block"><h1>Albino Black Sheep</h1> <p>On December 23rd, 2001, an All Your Base flash animation was uploaded to <a href=http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/archive/december2001.html>Albinoblacksheep</a>.</p> </div><div class="block"><h1>Newgrounds</h1> <p>“All Your Base” flash animations were also popular on <a href=http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/search/title/all%20your%20base>Newgrounds</a> in the early 2000’s.</p> <h2>Google Insights</h2> <p class="ta_c">Chart unavailable on iPhone.</p></div> </div> <div class='block' id='entry_footer'> <h1>More Info</h1> <div class='c'> <a class='btn left' href='KYM://entry/photos' id='entry_photos'> View Meme Images <br /> <span># Total images</span> </a> <a class='btn right' href='KYM://entry/share' id='entry_share'> Share <br /> <span>Tell a friend!</span> </a> </div> <p> Author <span>aaa</span> </p> <p>Updated xxxx</p> </div> <div class='block c' id='entry_nav'> <a class='btn left' href='KYM://entry/prev' id='entry_nav_prev'>Prev Meme</a> <a class='btn right' href='KYM://entry/next' id='entry_nav_next'>Next Meme</a> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>

All Your Base Are Belong to Us <h2>About</h2> <p>“All Your Base Are Belong to Us” is a classic internet meme that has been spawning derivatives at some level since at least 1998. Most of the early derivatives took the form of image macros and Flash animations, although the meme has spread to Youtube videos as well.</p> <h2>Appeal</h2> <p>The poor grammar present in “All Your Base” is an example of <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/engrish>Engrish</a>; phrases originally written in an Asian language but translated poorly into its closest English approximation. Quite often, instances of All Your Base are accompanied by the song “Attack of the Gabber Robots” by The Laziest Men on Mars; a song created using samples from the game.</p> <h2>Origin</h2> <p>The phrase and game footage used in the meme come from the 1989 side-scrolling arcade shooter <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Wing>Zero Wing</a>.</p> <p><b>[[research needed for first appearance in “rage games” site mentioned in video]]</b></p> <h2>Spread</h2> <p>“All Your Base” was so well-known to <a href=http://forums.somethingawful.com/f/search/result?qid=164124>the Something Awful community</a> that the joke was referenced a number of times on the site’s front page a number of times in 2001.</p> <ul> <li>Something Awful Front Page News: <a href=http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/pcxl-wins.php><span class="caps">PCXL</span> Wins! – April 26th, 2001</a></li> <li>Something Awful Front Page News: <a href=http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/60-geocities-sites.php>The 60 Geocities sites destruction derby – October 17th, 2001</a></li> </ul> <h3>Albino Black Sheep</h3> <p>On December 23rd, 2001, an All Your Base flash animation was uploaded to <a href=http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/archive/december2001.html>Albinoblacksheep</a>.</p> <h3>Newgrounds</h3> <p>“All Your Base” flash animations were also popular on <a href=http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/search/title/all%20your%20base>Newgrounds</a> in the early 2000’s.</p> <h2>Google Insights</h2> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=all+your+base%7Care+belong+to+us%7Cthe+cake+is+a+lie%7C%7C&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=empty&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=650&h=300&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script>

1998

2010-02-01T16:04:22Z