He's Speaking the Language of the Gods

About

He Is Speaking the Language of the Gods is a quote taken from Dragon Ball Super about the character Super Shenron. A still of the moment has been used as a reaction image and paired with nonsensical phrases.

Origin

The episode with the quote aired on May 1st, 2016, in episode 41 of Dragon Ball Super.^[1]

Spread

The quote began as a reaction image in late June of 2018. On June 27th, user MistahJ217 posted it to the Go Commit Die meme in /r/dankmemes,^[2] gaining over 80 points (shown below, left). The following day, user ChrisTweten used it with Rarted, gaining over 14,000 points^[3] (shown below, right).

Over the following years, the meme expanded to include the quote in videos of nonsensical images or words. For example, YouTube user SageBlade paired it with a poor cover of Africa by Toto, gaining over 18,000 views (shown below, left). User Felix Fischer posted an ear rape version of the clip (shown below, right).

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