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Aye, I Could Do That

Aye, I Could Do That

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Updated Jan 20, 2020 at 09:08AM EST by Y F.

Added Oct 04, 2018 at 02:20PM EDT by Adam.

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About

Aye, I Could Do That refers to a scene in Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King in which, approaching the final battle, Gimli says, "I never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an elf." Legolas replies, "What about side by side with a friend?" to which Gimli replies, "Aye, I could do that." The scene was turned into an Object Labeling exploitable to show two groups, usually opposed, fighting against a common enemy.

Origin

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King was released on December 17th, 2003. The scene takes place before the climactic battle meant to distract the armies of Mordor while Frodo and Sam attempt to destroy the Ring of Power (shown below).



Spread

On January 24th, 2014, MemeCenter[1] user MikeKink1216 posted an exploitable edit of the scene with Legolas and Gimli labeled Xbox and Playstation, respectively, and they are fighting an army labeled "PC."


Never thought I'd die fightingside by side with a PlayStation What about side by side with a friend. Ave, I could do that NEWVEGAS PC PC PC PC, PPC PC PC

In the following months, the exploitable continued to spread with various video game characters. A version on Cheezburger posted by kcsunshine18 uniting Nintendo, Steam and Playstation against Xbox appeared on February 2nd, 2014 (shown below, left). Another appeared on MemeCenter on April 26th, 2015, uniting gamers against AAA gaming companies (shown below, right).


Nintendo Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with a PlayStation and a PC What about side by side with friends? Nintendo Aye,I could do that. RNEW VEGAS XBOX XBOX XBOX XBOX XBOX XBOX Never thought I'd fight side by side with a peasant..." "How about side by side with a friend?" "Aye !can do that." AY 1 DLC PREORDER ITEMS STEAM Cut content Lies

The meme expanded to include topics outside of video games. Some examples include a tweet by @TheExpanded standing against the Star Wars sequels (shown below, left). Another posted to /r/funny on April 12th, 2017 referenced Pepsi United Spicer (shown below, right).


UFannoV Never thought 'd die fighting side by side with apreuel a PrequeI Fanboy 2 What about side by side with-a friend? OTFanho Aye: l could do that Kathleen Kennedy OT Fans Rlan Johnson Prequel Fans Disney The Last Jedi Fans MAN SzeChua teriyaki dipping M. Never thought l'd die fighting side by side with a Pepsi mem pepsi What about side by side with a friend? IAN SzeChuan teriyaki dipping m. Aye lcould do that

Various Examples


Never thought l'd die by the hands of a man. What about by the hands of a woman? Aye, I could do that I never though I'd die fighting side by side with a tankie. What about side by side with a friend? Aye. I could do that. grinding Never thought I'd die grinding for a hero in a video game ZA GAMES oout grinding for a sense of pride and accomplishment? Aye l could do that Never thought rd die fighting side by side ith mr a council member What about side by side with a Jedi master Take a seat FUN Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with sequel What about side by side with a friend? Aye Tcould do that Never thought idbe fighting side bYS with a CFTC Chairma How about side by side with a friend? Ave, rcan do that

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External References

[1] MemeCenter – Let Us Fight PC Together

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