I'm Here To Kick Ass And Chew Bubblegum

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I’m here to kick ass and chew bubblegum and I’m all out of bubblegum is a statement which implies impending violence. In some instances the quote has been changed to – “I’m here to X and Y and I’m all out of Z”
X is usually is Kick ass or chew bubblegum. Y usually has something to do with the picture/meme and Z is the noun of X or Y.

Origin

While many believe the quote originated from the video game Duke Nukem 3D, it actually comes from the 1988 movie They Live. In the movie, a man named Nada, played by Roddy Piper, finds a pair of sunglasses which lets him see that aliens are disguised as humans, and discovers hidden subliminal messages everywhere. Nada then steals a police shotgun and whist evading the police stumbles into a bank proclaiming “I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass…and I’m all out of bubblegum.”

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Derivatives

Yugioh Abridged References

• Episode 11 “I’m here to kick ass and play card games and I’m all out of cards”
• Episode 23 “I’m here to kick ass and drink cups of tea and I’m all out of tea”

Other references in Movies & TV Shows

• IT Crowd – I came here to kick ass and drink milk and i’ve just finished my milk.
• Dazed and Confused – I only came here to do two things, kick some ass and drink some beer. [glances over his shoulder] Looks like we’re almost outta beer.

External Links

TV Tropes – Chew Bubblegum.

Urban Dictionary – I’m here to kick ass and chew Bubblegum definition.

Facebook – It’s time to kick ass and chew bubblegum group.

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