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2004
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
Lazy Town
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You Are A Pirate!
lazy town, song, video, flash, pirate, tv, children, series, limewire
<h2>About</h2>
<p>The “You Are A Pirate” song from “Rottenbeard” an episode of the children TV series “Lazy Town” that aired October 4th, 2004 and became very famous in the internet, mostly because of numerous user created parodies/recreations. According to <a href="http://www.google.com/trends?q=you++are+a+pirate">Google Trends</a> it started mid-2006.</p>
<p>A number of memetic materials involving Stephanie and other LazyTown characters have their roots in ytmnd, and “You Are a Pirate” is a prime example.</p>
<p><a href=http://piracyrules.ytmnd.com/>http://piracyrules.ytmnd.com/</a> first appeared in mid 2006, and is thought to be the first “You Are a Pirate” memetic instance.</p>
<h2>Media</h2>
<p>The original video on YouTube:<br />
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<p>The main video on YouTube alone already has over 5 million views and counting. Its popularity might have its source in the combination of the following: Weirdness (Lazy Town) + Coolness (the song, although the Stephanie part is also considered to be lame and often left out in user created versions or being made fun of)</p>
<p>Many users decided to delete the weirdness factor by using the song with their own animations, especially the “Limewire Flash Animation” is very famous as it brings the lyrics on connection with file sharing.</p>
<p><b>Flash:</b><br />
<a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Itachi182/pirate.swf">- Limewire Flash Animation</a><br />
<a href="http://z0r.de/?id=195">- Some other Flash recreation</a></p>
<p><b>YouTube:</b><br />
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2009-11-06T21:16:13Z