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"Wombo Combo" is a memorable quote derived from a viral video showcasing a Super Smash Bros. Melee match in which a man can be heard loudly celebrating the execution of a winning combo. The phrase has since been used to describe impressive combination moves in a variety of other video games and audio from the match is often dubbed in various parody and remix videos.

Origin

On December 6th, 2008, the SCSA West Coast Circuit Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament was held, which included a doubles match between a green team consisting of player SilentSpectre as Captain Falcon and player Tang as Fox against the blue team of players Zhu and Lucky as Fox. After the green team executes a doubles combo against Zhu, the commentators HomeMadeWaffles, Phil and Mango loudly yell various phrases such as "happy feet," referencing Zhu's "Happy Feet" video,^[3] and "wombo combo" (shown below). Two days later, YouTuber Lumpycpu uploaded footage of the match, which gained over 10.3 million views and 22,300 comments in the next eight years.

Spread

On December 9th, 2008, an entry for "Wombo Combo" was submitted to Urban Dictionary,^[2] defining the term as a "zero-to-death ownage" or to be "destroyed very quickly." On March 30th, 2009, YouTuber feral druid uploaded a clip from the animated television show Pokémon dubbed with the audio from the Wombo Combo video (shown below, left). On May 12th, 2009, YouTuber balladechina212 uploaded a video of a Super Smash Bros. Melee match titled "Wombo Combo 2!!!" (shown below, right).

On May 9th, 2010, a page for "Wombo Combo" was created on the Smash Wiki.^[1] On September 28th, 2011, YouTuber MineKraft posted footage of a League of Legends match dubbed with the original "Wombo Combo" audio (shown below, left). On October 4th, 2012, YouTuber Dann Medina posted footage of a dodgeball match with the "Wombo Combo" audio (shown below, right).

On November 27th, 2013, YouTuber Sky Williams posted a video titled "Working as a T.E.A.M.: The Wombo Combo," describing how to properly execute a wombo combo with a teammate in League of Legends (shown below, left). On May 31st, 2015, YouTuber iFunzio posted a video titled "Best Wombo Combos Montage 2013-2015," featuring impressive kills executed in League of Legends (shown below, right). Within one year, the video received upwards of 2.9 million views and 590 comments.

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