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Long Ago in A Distant Land

Long Ago in A Distant Land

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"Long Ago in A Distant Land" is the introductory line from the monologue uttered by the character Aku in the Cartoon Network animated action series Samurai Jack. Online, the monologue has evolved into a copypasta by fans of the series which is often used as a form of shitposting or to describe the premise of a series by replacing Aku and Jack in the narration with characters from said series.

Origin

The monologue first appeared in the fourth episode of Samurai Jack which aired on August 13th, 2001. The monologue starts at the intro of each episode, where the main antagonist Aku summarizes the events of the first episode in the series leading up to main protagonist Jack's banishment into the distant future. On December 31st, 2012, Youtuber SimdoghallaHD submitted the intro online where it gathered over 844.000 views in 2 years.


Long ago in a distant land, I, Aku, the shapeshifting master of darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil. But, a foolish samurai warrior wielding a magic sword stepped forth to opposed me. Before the final blow was struck, I tore open a portal in time and flung him into the future where my evil is law. Now, the fool seeks to return to the past and undo the future that is Aku.

Spread

One of the earliest recorded examples of the copypasta was in 4chan's /a/ thread on March 20th, 2008. In the thread, users discuss about the Naruto series, among them is a user by the name of The Young /co/mp/a/triot who proposed on how to fix the manga's plot.[1]

The Young/co/mp/a/triot Thu 20 Mar 2008 08:02:37 No.10347550 Report I propose this thread be about how we can fix Naruto. First, get rid the cast, pretty muche Instead the story is set long ago in distant land, the Kyuubi Demon Fox unleashes an unspeakable evil when the Forth Hokage steps in to f--- up his evil s---, Before the final blow, the Kyuubi tears open a portal in time and sends the Forth into the future where the Kyuubi's evil is law and now he travels around helping random people while looking for a way to return to his own time to undo the future that is Kyuubi.

Over the years, the copypasta became a popular form of shitposting on 4chan, appearing on other boards such as /co/, /tv/, and /tg/.[2]

Various Examples


View Same Google Yandex iqdb SauceNAO Aku Nobunaga.jpg, 271KiB, 1280x720 /a/ Anonymous Sat 18 Apr 2009 18:10:02 No.20597265 View Report Quoted By: >>20597752 LONG AGO IN A DISTANT LAND, I, AKU NOBUNAGA, THE SIXTH LORD OF THE DEMON HOUSE, UNLEASHED AN UNSPEAKABLE EVIL!/tg/ Anonymous Mon 21 Oct 2013 22:05:22 No.27861513 View Report >>27861501 LONG AGO IN A DISTANT LAND, I, MKAR, SHAPESHIFTING MASTER OF DARKNESS UNLEASHED AN UNSPEAKABLE EVIL. BUT THEN A FOOLISH GREY KNIGHT WARRIOR WIELDING A MAGIC SWORD STEPPED FORTH TO OPPOSE ME. BEFORE THE FINAL BLOW WAS STRUCK, I TORE OPEN A PORTAL IN SPACE AND FLUNG HIM INTO THE WARP WHERE MY EVIL IS CHAOS. NOW THE FOOL SEEKS TO RETURN TO REALSPACE AND UNDO THE CHAOS THAT IS MKARView Same Google Yandex iqdb SauceNAO山notaik uipromisetg.jpg, 44KB,800x453 /tg/ saurons master plan Anonymous Mon 06 Jan 2014 03:05:21 No.29295361 View Report Long ago in a distant land, I, Sauron, the shape shifting master of darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil. But a foolish numenorian heir wielding a magic sword stepped forth to oppose me Before the final blow was struck, I tore open a portal in time, and flung him into the future where my evil is law. Now the fool seeks to return to the past and undo the future that is SauronView Same Google Yandex iqdb SauceNA。山akujpg, 148KiB, 800x598 /fit/ Anonymous Wed 30 Sep 2015 09:35:43 No.34361455 View Report Long ago in a distant land, I, Aku, the shapeshifting master of darkness, unleashed and UNSPEAKABLE steroid But a foolish lifting warrior weilding a natty SJW sword stepped forth to oppose me.

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Long ago in a distant land, I, LezHuarez, the shitposting master of darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil. But, a foolish mod warrior wielding a magic banhammer stepped forth to opposed me. Before the final blow was struck, I tore open a portal in time and flung him into the future where my shitposting is law. Now, the fool seeks to return to the past and undo the future that is LezHuarez.

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