It's dangerous to go alone! Take this!

We need some sort of link to confirm that the kitten picture was the first image macro to bear the catch phrase.

Also, I’m really on the fence about video game catch phrases as a whole.

The princess is in another castle.
The cake is a lie.
You have died of dysentery.

Slippery slope?

The ED entry says that the kitten became famous because of its use as a distributor. I recall back in the murky days of the internet this being the first one as well- I had certainly seen no other versions prior.

Agreed, video game quotes are a bit awkward. I think you need to draw the distinction between what is a famous quote and what is a meme. ‘Princess in another castle’ I think would count as a quote, because it’s a popular line but you don’t really see it anywhere. ‘Dangerous to go alone’ you often find shopped on images and used as jokes, so I believe it counts as a meme.

‘Cake is a lie’ is caught in some strange Twilight Zone, neither meme or quote, like some kind of internet zombie…

Gonna have to disagree with you here.
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See, catch-phrases for popular video games get the image macro treatment and pop up everywhere. In my opinion, a popular catch phrase in general shouldn’t be considered an internet meme unless the meme outshadows the popularity of the source material.

“All Your Base” is different because most people are familiar with the memetic varieties than are familiar with Zero Wing.

Chris Menning= WIN

Are you sure this one doesn’t outshadow it? I wasn’t aware it was from a game yet I hear it all the time. Perhaps I’m simply not in the know enough. I’ve heard this used outside of the internet even.

“the princess is in another castle” sounds like a good one. lol