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: Narrator: In A.D. 2101, war was beginning.
: Narrator: In A.D. 2101, war was beginning.
: Captain: What happen ?
: Captain: What happen ?
: Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb.
: Mechanic: My anus
: Operator: We get signal.
: Operator: We get signal.
: Captain: What ''!''
: Captain: What ''!''
: Operator: Main screen turn on.
: Operator: Main screen turn me on.
: Captain: It's you ''!!''
: Captain: It's you ''!!''
: CATS: How are you gentlemen ''!!''
: CATS: How are you gentlemen ''!!''
: CATS: '''All your base are belong to us.'''
: CATS: '''All your base are belong to me.'''
: CATS: You are on the way to destruction.
: CATS: You are on the way to destruction....In my pants
: Captain: What you say ''!!''
: Captain: What you say ''!!''
: CATS: You have no chance to survive make your time.
: CATS: You have no chance to survive make your time.... If you know what i mean
: CATS: Ha Ha Ha Ha ....
: CATS: Ha Ha Ha Ha .... Did you know i really like your eyes?
: Operator: Captain!! *
: Operator: Captain!!YO HAVE SMOOTH LEGS
: Captain: Take off every 'ZIG' ''!!''
: Captain: Take off every 'ZIG' ''!!''
: Captain: You know what you doing.
: Captain: You know what you doing.
: Captain: Move 'ZIG'.
: Captain: Me?
: Captain: For great justice.
: Captain: For great justice.


Revision as of 21:55, 28 May 2008

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The phrase is a piece of subtitled dialogue from the introduction to Zero Wing.

"All your base are belong to us" (often shortened to "All Your Base", "AYBABTU", or simply "AYB") is a broken English phrase that sparked an internet and culture phenomenon in 2001 and 2002, with the spread of a Flash animation that depicted the slogan. The text is taken from the opening cutscene of the European Sega Mega Drive version of Zero Wing,[1] a Japanese video game by Toaplan. Its brief but intense popularity derived from its poor translation into English and its near-accidental adoption by a group of Internet humorists. Originating from TribalWar,[2] "All Your Base" is still a well-known reference among gamers.

Transcript and translations

Game transcript

File:AllYourBaseAnimated.gif
A summarized GIF animation of the scene.
Narrator: In A.D. 2101, war was beginning.
Captain: What happen ?
Mechanic: My anus
Operator: We get signal.
Captain: What !
Operator: Main screen turn me on.
Captain: It's you !!
CATS: How are you gentlemen !!
CATS: All your base are belong to me.
CATS: You are on the way to destruction....In my pants
Captain: What you say !!
CATS: You have no chance to survive make your time.... If you know what i mean
CATS: Ha Ha Ha Ha .... Did you know i really like your eyes?
Operator: Captain!!YO HAVE SMOOTH LEGS
Captain: Take off every 'ZIG' !!
Captain: You know what you doing.
Captain: Me?
Captain: For great justice.

* This line and those following it are not in some animated GIF/Flash versions seen on the Internet. They may also be included within the song lyrics of the animated Flash movie.

Original Japanese text

It appears from the original text that CATS may be the name of an organization, not just of the particular cyborg villain appearing on the screen.[1]

西暦2101年
戦いは始まった。
艦長：一体どうしたと言んだ [sic]！
機関士：何者かによって、爆発物が仕掛けられたようです。
通信士：艦長！通信が入りました！
艦長：なにっ！
通信士：メインスクリーンにビジョンが来ます。
艦長：おっお前は！
CATS：おいそがしそうだね、諸君。
CATS：連邦政府軍のご協力により、君達の基地は、全てCATSがいただいた。
CATS：君達の艦も、そろそろ終わりだろう。
艦長：ばっばかなっ・・・！
CATS：君達のご協力には感謝する。
CATS：せいぜい残り少ない命を、大切にしたまえ・・・・。
CATS：ハッハッハッハッハッ・・・
通信士：艦長・・・。
艦長：ZIG全機に発進命令！！
艦長：もう彼らに託すしかない・・。
艦長：我々の未来に希望を・・・
艦長：たのむぞ。ZIG！！

Which, in English, approximately means:

AD 2101―
A war has begun.
Captain: Tell me what on Earth has happened!
Engineer: It seems someone has installed explosives unnoticed.
Communication operator: Captain! We've received a signal!
Captain: What!?
Communication operator: Visual incoming on the main screen.
Captain: You!?
CATS: You seem to be fairly preoccupied, gentlemen? (with sarcasm)
CATS: With help from the Federation Government forces, we, CATS, have taken over all of your bases.
CATS: Before long, your ship will meet its end as well.
Captain: It-It can't be...!
CATS: I thank you for your cooperation.
CATS: Cherish these few remaining moments of your lives.
CATS: Ha ha ha ha ha...
Communication operator: Captain....
Captain: I order all ZIG units to launch!!
Captain: They're all we have left―
Captain: ―to entrust the hope of our future...
Captain: We're counting on you, ZIG!!

Notable media references

The phrase on U.S. Route 50 in Nevada
  • The phrase or some variation of lines from the game has appeared in articles, books, comics, clothing, movies, radio shows, songs, television shows, video games, webcomics, and websites.
  • On February 23, 2001, Wired provided an early report on the phenomenon, covering it from the Flash animation to its spread through e-mail and Internet forums to T-shirts bearing the phrase.[4]
  • On April 1 2003, in Sturgis, Michigan, seven people aged 17 to 20 placed signs all over town that read, "All your base are belong to us. You have no chance to survive make your time." They claimed to be playing an April Fool's joke, but not many people who saw the signs were familiar with the joke. Many residents were upset that the signs appeared while the U.S. was at war with Iraq, and police chief Eugene Alli said the signs could be "a borderline terrorist threat depending on what someone interprets it to mean."[5]
  • On June 1, 2006, the video hosting website YouTube was taken down temporarily for maintenance. The phrase "ALL YOUR VIDEO ARE BELONG TO US" appeared below the YouTube logo as a placeholder while the site was down. Some users believed the site had been hacked, leading the host to add the message "No, we haven't been hacked. Get a sense of humor."[7]
  • On April 23, 2008, a supplement on the topic "Sustainable Development" was made by Chalmers Schools of Entrepreneurship in the Swedish newspaper Ny Teknik, with around 250,000 weekly readers. One quarter of the last page was filled with the message "All your base are belong to us", in the same font as in the game.


See also

Wikiquote has quotations related to Zero Wing.

References

  1. ^ a b Alex Tufty Ashman (2007-02-13). "All Your Base Are Belong To Us". BBC. Retrieved 2008-02-04. {{cite web}}: External link in |author= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Julian Dibbell (2008-01-18). "Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World". Wired. p. 2. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  3. ^ Taylor, Chris (2001-02-25). "All Your Base Are Belong To Us". Retrieved 2007-06-29. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Benner, Jeffrey (2001-02-23). "When Gamer Humor Attacks". Retrieved 2006-05-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ Doyle, Holly (2003-04-04). "Men arrested for 'All Your Base' prank". WWMT — Digital Channel 3. Retrieved 2006-06-17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ Poulsen, Kevin (2004-03-05). "Wags hijack TV channel's on-screen ticker". The Register. Retrieved 2006-05-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ Sandoval, Greg (2006-06-02). "YouTube: Our humor, not our hack". CNET News.com. Retrieved 2006-06-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

As with media and other references, the number of sites containing a reference to All Your Base is very large. Accordingly, the following are links considered representative without being redundant or trite.

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