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'''All Your Base Are Belong to Us''' (1998 - 2001)
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|original=http://ayb.ytmnd.com/
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|originalTitle=All your base are belong to us
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|spinoff1=http://ayborly.ytmnd.com/
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|title1=ALL YOUR BASE........O RLY?
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|spinoff2=http://aybcalvin.ytmnd.com/
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|title2=All Your Base Are Belong To Us - Calvin and Hobbes
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|spinoff3=http://aybabtu-khan.ytmnd.com/
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|title3=All your base, are belong to KHAAAAAAN!
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|spinoff4=http://allyourbaseconan.ytmnd.com/
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|title4=All your base are belong to Conan
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|spinoff5=http://bases.ytmnd.com/
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|title5=All your base are belong to the government
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The phrase comes from a poor English translation in the European-English version of the Japanese video game '''Zero Wing'''.
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'''All Your Base Are Belong to Us''' is a quote from the video game ''Zero Wing''.  The quote is an excellent example of ''Engrish''; poor translations of Japanese to English involving improper syntax or incorrect subject-verb agreement.
  
It is the most popular engrish used in e-mail signatures, forum postings, still images, and flash animations set to music.
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It is the most ubiquitous Engrish phrase, commonly seen in e-mail signatures, satirical and trolling forum posts, forum avatars, and flash animations.
  
As many have said, every time you think '''AYBABTU''' is dead, it crops up again, whether as a clever quote from a hipster writer, a gamer's war cry, or someone discovering it for the first time.
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The phrase is more commonly referred to as ''All Your Base'' or abbreviated ''AYBABTU, ''AYBAB2U, or simply ''AYB'' because the original quote is rather verbose to refer to frequently.
  
Its hard to search for on YTMND, only pops up a few times per month and just wont die.
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==Fad Origins==
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The original outbreak of '''All Your Base Are Belong to Us''' use was image posts of real-world sightings of the prase, either digital or legitimate, on the [[Something Awful]] forums.  As the images became more and more numerous, a user on the [http://www.tribalwar.com TribalWar] forums created a flash animation consisting of the original cutscene and theme music, along with the real-life pictures accumulated on the Something Awful forums.
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==YTMND Origins==
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The original All Your Base YTMND was created by {{ytmnduser|LT3}} in May of 2004.  Since then, several popular All Your Base YTMNDs have been created, following in the fads footsteps.  Occasionally, the fad will resurface and several YTMNDs on the topic will be created, but the surges are short, sporadic, and very far in between.
  
 
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{{wikipedia|All_your_base_are_belong_to_us|All Your Base Are Belong to Us|right}}
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Revision as of 17:09, August 11, 2006

All your base are belong to us
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Original YTMND:
All your base are belong to us  
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All Your Base Are Belong to Us is a quote from the video game Zero Wing. The quote is an excellent example of Engrish; poor translations of Japanese to English involving improper syntax or incorrect subject-verb agreement.

It is the most ubiquitous Engrish phrase, commonly seen in e-mail signatures, satirical and trolling forum posts, forum avatars, and flash animations.

The phrase is more commonly referred to as All Your Base or abbreviated AYBABTU, AYBAB2U, or simply AYB because the original quote is rather verbose to refer to frequently.

Fad Origins

The original outbreak of All Your Base Are Belong to Us use was image posts of real-world sightings of the prase, either digital or legitimate, on the Something Awful forums. As the images became more and more numerous, a user on the TribalWar forums created a flash animation consisting of the original cutscene and theme music, along with the real-life pictures accumulated on the Something Awful forums.

YTMND Origins

The original All Your Base YTMND was created by LT3 in May of 2004. Since then, several popular All Your Base YTMNDs have been created, following in the fads footsteps. Occasionally, the fad will resurface and several YTMNDs on the topic will be created, but the surges are short, sporadic, and very far in between.

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