Difference between revisions of "It's a Trap!"

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''Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi'': Admiral Ackbar's popular line. Originated on Something Awful in 2002 or 2003 and migrated to Fark.com and other web communities, such as 4chan. It's a trap can be found here: http://www.itsatrap.net
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The fad was started in 2002 in Something Awful, and migrated to various other sites including Fark.com.  A site was created prior to the first ytmnds called http://www.itsatrap.net which was a classic-styled ytmnd complete with a picutre of Ackbar, the text "It's a Trap" coming out, and the sound clip of the scene from Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.  After ytmnd was established, the Ackbar fad migrated to the site.
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Ackbar sites can be done in one of various ways
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*Other characters saying "it's a trap" (e.g. {{ytmnd|snakestrap|Solid Snake}}).
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*The quote used to describe something as a possible trap (e.g. {{ytmnd|ackbargetsjiggy|The Superdome during Katrina}}
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*Remixed with another song (e.g. {{ytmnd|itsatraprap|Rap Remix}})
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*Sometimes, Ackbar's quote may come randomly in another site without warning (e.g. {{ytmnd|nedmcakesong|Enraged Cake}})
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Despite not being as popular as other fads like Picard, Vader, and Milton, Ackbar will often show up in [[conglomerate]] sites.
  
 
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Revision as of 09:25, August 8, 2006

It's a Trap!
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August 14, 2002
Worthy Spinoffs:

The fad was started in 2002 in Something Awful, and migrated to various other sites including Fark.com. A site was created prior to the first ytmnds called http://www.itsatrap.net which was a classic-styled ytmnd complete with a picutre of Ackbar, the text "It's a Trap" coming out, and the sound clip of the scene from Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. After ytmnd was established, the Ackbar fad migrated to the site.

Ackbar sites can be done in one of various ways

Despite not being as popular as other fads like Picard, Vader, and Milton, Ackbar will often show up in conglomerate sites.

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