It's Over 9000! (2006)NSFW

added Jan 04, 2009 at 01:44AM UTC

part of a series on Internet Slang

About

Dragon Ball (ドラゴンボール Doragon Bōru?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. With the ending of Dragon Ball, Toei Animation quickly released a second anime television series, Dragon Ball Z (ドラゴンボールZ(ゼット) Doragon Bōru Zetto, commonly abbreviated DBZ). Picking up where the first left off, Dragon Ball Z is adapted from the final twenty-six volumes of the manga series. It premiered in Japan on April 26, 1989 and ran for 291 episodes until January 31, 1996.

In the original Japanese dub of the series, and in both the Japanese and English language mangas, Vegeta states that Goku’s level is actually “over 8000.” This can be seen in this scan from the manga.

On October 17th, 2006, 4Channer and Youtube user Kajetokun uploaded the video “9000!! NINE THOUSAAAAANDD!” Today, the video has over five million views.

Modern Usage

As early as 2007, the number 7 has been wordfiltered on 4chan to turn into “Over 9000.”

The phrase adopted from Dragon Ball Z is now used in place of saying “Like a million!” or “Tons!” when talking about a relatively large amount. Example dialogue:

Person one: How many people were at the dorm room party last night?
Person two: “Over NINE THOUSAAAAAAAND!”

Spread

The original “9000” video quickly drew attention from DBZ fans, and inspired remix videos right from the start. The meme quickly spread to YTMND within days.

On YTMND, there had already been a HAL9000 fad, centered around the computer from the famous Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey. But on December 24th, 2006, YTMNDer CyrisMustang created “How much will the PS4 retail for?”

YTMND’s surrounding both HAL9000 and “Over 9000” were created through 2007, but by 2008 nearly all YTMND’s containing the number 9000 were in reference to the famous DBZ line.

Furthermore, overall Google searches for the obscure “Over 9000” DBZ reference also surpassed all searches for the wellknown “HAL9000” from Kubrick’s film.

Press

In April of 2008, Kajetokun was interviewed by Cybernetic Tigerz of Japanator.com. Here are some excerpts from the interview:


J: When you made the Dragon Ball cutup, did you have any idea it would go on to become such a huge phenomenon over the Internet? Or was it just something that you made for a small group of friends?

K:I had no idea it was going to get this big. Really it was just a small little something I made as an inside joke for my friends. My friend Patrick posted it on /b/ and then I ended up having like 20,000 views the next day.Then Scott from VGcats front page linked my video and I woke up to 200,000 views.

J: Now that you’ve created an immensely popular meme, do you feel like you understand how they work better? Looking from the inside out, could you identify an element that makes a meme successful with the general public? Or is it all completely random?

K:Honestly I never intended any of my videos to produce memes. They’re just movies that were made to be funny. I guess a successful meme is just something that’s funny.

J: Tell me now, is 4chan the organization behind the scenes that controls you, or is it something more sinister?

K:4Chan influences my type of humor and some of the things I watch, sure, but rarely did they ever influence what actual goes into the video (with the exception of over 9000 which originated from an obscure image on 4chan.) That usual comes about from screwing around with my friends and cracking jokes as we watch old shows.

4Chan trolls Oprah

Over 9000 struck a chord with 4Chan early on, but in September of 2008, one particular Anonymous troll left a message on Oprah Winfrey’s message board, claiming to represent an organized network of pedophiles. Oprah took the bait, and read the post to her audience.

Considering the power and influence that Oprah has, this was viewed by many Anon’s as an “Epic Win.” Oprah had fallen for it, and was very disturbed.

The original video of Oprah’s message to her audience was quickly removed due to a copyright claim by Harpo, Inc.

Despite that fact, many “Oprah 9000” remix videos followed. These videos can be viewed on Youtube.

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29 Comments

Bennett Williamson
Jan 05, 2009 at 03:23PM UTC , Bennett Williamson wrote:

4.5 mil views, which is OVER NINE THOUSAAAND

Mediego
Mar 15, 2009 at 03:43PM UTC , Mediego wrote:

The late, great, George Carlin is not impressed with Goku’s power level. XD

Max Gladding
May 24, 2009 at 09:09AM UTC , Max Gladding wrote:

zone4 DVDs of that episode Re-dub the line “really huge” instead of over nine thousand. I’m sad now.

torero
Jun 06, 2009 at 11:25AM UTC , torero wrote:

Why isn’t Oprah referenced in this article?

Cool Guy
Jun 15, 2009 at 06:17AM UTC , Cool Guy wrote:

I didn’t know DBZ had so many episodes.

Kapuhi
Jul 02, 2009 at 12:03AM UTC , Kapuhi wrote:

tsekub
Jul 18, 2009 at 10:58PM UTC , tsekub wrote:

This may be an unintentional reference to this meme, but I found it highly amusing when I went to the birds section of the Bronx Zoo last month.

http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/5684

Akuma_APN
Jul 22, 2009 at 07:42PM UTC , Akuma_APN wrote:

someone made a video on youtube that was exactly the same as the one posted above, except with the Funimation voices, instead of the original dub by Pioneere. It was an utter failure, as the Funimation voices didn’t even come close to mimicking the hilarity of the original OVER NINE THOUUUUSSAAAAAAAAND!!!!!!!!! WAAAHT NINE THOUSAND?!

Kiri Mizurai
Jul 27, 2009 at 05:47AM UTC , Kiri Mizurai wrote:

OVER NEIN THOUSAND

Arceus5555
Aug 07, 2009 at 06:53PM UTC , Arceus5555 wrote:

ITS OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pgj1997
Aug 12, 2009 at 12:45AM UTC , pgj1997 wrote:

Veteta what does teh scouter say about his power level?

ITS OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTF 9000

Gabriel  Affonso
Aug 17, 2009 at 05:21PM UTC , Gabriel Affonso wrote:

meme.

s0apscum
Sep 03, 2009 at 04:32PM UTC , s0apscum wrote:

Tomberry
Sep 07, 2009 at 06:34PM UTC , Tomberry wrote:

The real voice of Vegeta repeating the meme, it that’s worthy to be added on the article.

coolass
Sep 08, 2009 at 07:46AM UTC , coolass wrote:

I GOT NINE THOUSAND ROLL’D!

prokadae
Sep 10, 2009 at 01:45AM UTC , prokadae wrote:

guy on steriods: vegeta what does the scouter say about his power level
vegeta: WHAT? I CANT HEAR YOU!
GoS: I SAID WHAT DOES THE SCOUTER SAY HIS POWER LEVEL IS?!?!
vegeta: WHAT?!?!?
GoS: I SAID WHAT’S HIS POWER LEVEL?!?!?!
vegeta: I DON’T KNOW WHAT AN HOUR DEVIL IS!!!!!
GoS: NO, HIS POW- ah, screw it.

B33D13Z
Sep 28, 2009 at 09:18PM UTC , B33D13Z wrote:

Most famous meme on the internet?

I think so.

Last HCompany
Oct 03, 2009 at 12:30AM UTC , Last HCompany wrote:

Anonymous has hit the outside world once again. WOOHT!

DJ HepCat
Oct 06, 2009 at 11:52PM UTC , DJ HepCat wrote:

I’ve always liked this flash by Andrew Dickman:
http://andrewdickman.deviantart.com/art/Whun-Thowzand-50848600

Dillon Raborn
Oct 15, 2009 at 12:27AM UTC , Dillon Raborn wrote:
fuitze
Oct 30, 2009 at 12:24PM UTC , fuitze wrote:

Was referenced in the anime Umineko…and its way over 9000. Endless 9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyCPdZhi7lY

emily :3
Jan 10, 2010 at 10:26PM UTC , emily :3 wrote:

OMG, I saw this, and it reminded me that I was almost at nine thousand page views on deviantart and so I went to check on my page, and it was at 9,001! WHAT ARE THE CHANCES!

Chris Menning
Jan 20, 2010 at 04:02AM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

>ↀↂ

Vegeta9007
Feb 17, 2010 at 04:23PM UTC , Vegeta9007 wrote:

EXCELLENT, A MEME TO MY LIKING. crushes scouter

PéQu ze PolaQ Noob Master
Feb 24, 2010 at 04:46PM UTC , PéQu ze PolaQ Noob Master wrote:

When you’re connecting to QUake LIve, after the message “QUAKE LIVE is loading now…”, a random message appears for a second. One of them is “Quake Live, it’s over 9000 !”

iForgot
Mar 05, 2010 at 08:05AM UTC , iForgot wrote:

lol that’s a lot of Nine thousands~~~8DDD

Russia
Mar 07, 2010 at 08:22AM UTC , Russia wrote:

What does the Scouter say to the Comment Count?

domo64
Mar 20, 2010 at 01:50AM UTC , domo64 wrote:

wierd, mine says 12.5

Lanthus [Chicken Ace & Taking Names mode activated]
Mar 20, 2010 at 01:55AM UTC , Lanthus [Chicken Ace & Taking Names mode activated] wrote:

IT’S A RATHER LARGE AMOUNT BUT STILL NOT OVER 9,000!!!!!!!!1

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