It's a trap!

added Apr 17, 2009 at 02:21AM UTC

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“It’s a trap!!” is a quote from the film Return of the Jedi from that most fishy of rebel leaders, Admiral Ackbar.

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

PROTIP: purposeful typsos like 1’s and “one’s” instead of exclamation points are often added for emphasis, e.g. “it’s a trap!!!11one”

Many quality YTMNDs exist using the fad:

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Captain Blubber
Apr 18, 2009 at 02:53PM UTC , Captain Blubber wrote:

So, are movie memes in or is this an exception?

Mediego
May 19, 2009 at 12:25AM UTC , Mediego wrote:

Three! Three memes in one!

Chris Menning
May 21, 2009 at 07:27PM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

I’d say movie memes equal to this or greater in strength have a good shot at making it into the database.

Chris Menning
Jun 03, 2009 at 10:44PM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

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Jimi Heffernan
Jun 26, 2009 at 04:46PM UTC , Jimi Heffernan wrote:

meme or not, this is just about my favorite thing on the internet.

greeger
Aug 31, 2009 at 07:36PM UTC , greeger wrote:

It’s a trap bitch!

Fierce Pika
Sep 10, 2009 at 08:54AM UTC , Fierce Pika wrote:

Most definitely a meme: a catch-phrase par excellence, and applied in many different situations such that its meaning has subtly evolved.

Dillon Raborn
Sep 20, 2009 at 06:36PM UTC , Dillon Raborn wrote:

lolz all over the place

pokecatchsoul
Oct 21, 2009 at 02:21PM UTC , pokecatchsoul wrote:

a trap,it is.

Tomberry
Nov 14, 2009 at 01:53PM UTC , Tomberry wrote:

It’s a trap picture generator

papayabadger
Feb 05, 2010 at 04:41PM UTC , papayabadger wrote:

you know you want one http://shirt.woot.com/friends.aspx?k=11929

RafflePlaff
Feb 23, 2010 at 03:50AM UTC , RafflePlaff wrote:

The clip from the movie was just used in the February 11th episode of The Daily Show. Makes you wonder if Jon Stewart, or his writers, are internet savvy, or if it was just a coincidence.

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