It's a trap!

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2009-04-17T02:21:01Z

Return of the Jedi

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It's a trap! <h2>Origin</h2> <p>“It’s a trap!!” is a quote from the film <em>Return of the Jedi</em> from that most fishy of rebel leaders, Admiral Ackbar.</p> <p>The phase has become a common internets catchphrase, but has specific usage in practice of tranny baiting on imageboards: someone posts a thread with a thumbnail that looks like a hot chick… but it’s a trap!!!11 This is a “bait-n-switch” practice similar to Rickrolling</p> <p><small><span class="caps">PROTIP</span>:</small> purposeful typsos like 1’s and “one’s” instead of exclamation points are often added for emphasis, e.g. “it’s a trap!!!11one”</p> <p>Many quality <a href="http://ytmnd.com">YTMNDs</a> exist using the fad:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://itsatrap.ytmnd.com/">It’s a trap</a> (OG)</li> <li><a href="http://iatiat.ytmnd.com/">It’s a trap it’s a trap it’s a trap it’s a trap it’s a trap it’s a trap</a></li> <li><a href="http://itsatraprap.ytmnd.com/">It’s a trap rap</a></li> <li><a href="http://trap.ytmnd.com/">Part A St’i</a></li> </ul> <blockquote>The original clip from Return of the Jedi</blockquote> <p><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dddAi8FF3F4"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dddAi8FF3F4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></object></p> <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=%22it%27s+a+trap%21%22&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>

2009-11-13T05:11:12Z

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