It's Super Effective!

It's Super Effective!

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About

"It's super effective!" is a catchphrase stemming from the Pokémon video game series first released in 1996 for the Nintendo Gameboy. During gameplay, power moves used by various Pokémon creatures may result in additional damage which prompts the message "It's super effective!"

Origin

Similar to the "Fake Pokémon Battles" cutscene templates that spawned out of the video game series, colloquial usage of “It’s Super Effective!” may be largely attributed to the global success of Pokemon franchise. The phrase was first introduced with the English version of Pokémon Red and Green released on September 28th, 1998.

In Pokémon battles, certain moves are considered more effective than others depending on the respective Pokémon types. For example, Water-type attacks do additional damage to a Fire-type Pokémon, which results in the announcement “it’s super effective!” on the player’s screen. A full listing of attack damages by Pokémon types is shown in the chart below:


Defender Attacker Normal Fire Wate 0 2 Gras 21½ Electric 函函 2 Ice Fighting 2 Poison 0 2 Ground)22 2 2 Flying Psychic Bug 0 Rock)1 2 Ghost10 2 Dragon Dark 2 2 2

Spread

On April 23rd, 2008, the first web comic (shown left) in the series “It’s Super Effective!” was launched on the site VGCats.com.[3] The Nintendo Wii video game Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which was released in the United States on March 8th, 2008, also incorporated the line “it’s super effective!” following the use of certain moves when playing as a Pokemon (shown right).


SUPER EFFECTIVE 01 HELCOME TO THE HORLD OF POKEMON! I'M PROFESSOR OAK. Are you a BOY or a GIRL? STUDY POKEMON. BUT FIRST ONE THING ...A GIIIRL? ACATS.COM/SUPER It's super effective!

The first Urban Dictionary definition for "It's Super Effective!" was submitted on February 28th, 2010. The Pokemon-related single topic Tumblr "Fuck Yeah Super Effective"[6] was created on March 16th, 2010. On July 26th, the first episode of the Pokemon podcast series "It's Super Effective" was released on iTunes.[4] On December 15th, 2011, a rage comic titled "Squirtle i choose you!" using the phrase in the last panel reached the front page of the f7u12 subreddit.[5] A Facebook[8] page for has accumulated 958 likes as of March 1st, 2012.


When suddenly... a wild spider appears! Just derping in the s shower problem? I got this!

Usage

The phrase is often used in chats and forums to describe a situation in which a performed action is particularly effective against another party. An archived 4chan[2] thread from September 16th, 2008 shows the expression being used along with A Wild X Appears!, another in-game message stemming from the Pokemon video game series.


File :1221575542886.jpg-(32 KB, 341x450, hitler.jpg) Anonymous 09/16/08(Tue)10:32:2 No.85587202 A WILD HITLER APPEARS Anonymous 09/16/08(Tue)10:33:1 No.85587314 File :1221575593595.ipg-(51 KB, 448x419, concentrationcamp.jpg) HITLER USED GENOCIDE IT S SUPER EFFECTIVE >> □ Anonymous 09/16/08(Tue)10:334 No.85587386 File :1221575622876.jpg-(106 KB, 437x333, f------ gay.jpg) WOW According to this thing You're f------ gay

Notable Images


LOLCAT USES AURORA BEAM! ITS SUPER EFFECTIUE THE BODY APPEARS TO BE CHARRED BY A FLAMETHROWER IT WAS SO I GUESS YEEAAAAH SUPER EFFECTIVE Coffee in the morning It has no effect! Its super effective! And one cup of tea, after 9pm: 9 UUuu Fa ehugger used oui P sition It's super effective A WILD PUDDLE APPEAREDI GO SHAMWOW! TS SUPER EFFECTIVE! memegenerator.net oestranhomundodektumbir TEPIG used FLAME CHARGE!

Search Interest

External References

[1] Wikipedia – Gameplay of Pokemon

[2] Chanarchive – A wild Hitler appears!

[3] VGCats.com – It's Super Effective

[4] iTunes – It's Super Effective

[5] Reddit – Squirtle i choose you

[6] Tumblr – Fuck Yeah Super Effective

[7] Urban Dictionary – It's Super Effective!

[8] Facebook – It's Super Effective

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